The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-08-11
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SUPERVISOR
The 1rst candidate for the Office of
supervisor was ". j. johnson who
gave his hearers an outline Of his con-
ceptton, OF the duties In this Office and
declared that he had the ability to
fill IT, II elected ep .E'B.
Thomas B. Kay began his speech
by saying that he is supporter of
Governor Blease. He believes that
every portion of the county should
;hare equally in getting some Of the
tax money through road work ana
SAID that his policy, If elected To the
office. wcn!i be "build no new roads
until The old ones are worked"
Mack King the incumbent. was Civ
en- hearty reception by the crowd
He told of his service in the general
assembly and Of being appointed su-
pervis0r aud then told OF what he
has done since he was placed In that
office. He sny, that he has worked
the county roads from one side Of
Anderson county to the other and has
distributed tile county's money as ev-
enly as possible. He says that he has
Instituted a business system, has
saved the county money, has reduced
the Indebtedness OF the county and
Will reduce 1t still, more, saved every
nickel that he could and has given
satisfaction. He got good round
| of applause when he finished.
! &. +. Martin told his hearers that
| the Office of supervisor demanded .
business administration and promised
| that 1t would get 1t II he should be
| elected. Ha believes that every sec
| tion OF the county should have share
| Of the road work and promieed that
this would also be done II the people
choose him for the office. He stated
stated that he is aibusinesB man and
not G speaker. 5s
T. M. Vnndfver began his speech by
saying that he Is a "Blensite". He
wants q system put into operation
| In this county by which the white
people and the negroes Will be sepa.i
| rated on the chaingang and not hous-
ed together. He wants q chance to
try and work every road in the .coun-
ty at least twice year and believes
that It can be accomplished. He told
OF HIS work on the present .county
ic6mfnfsBion along with sHupess:sor
King, ~, -, /: ..
| 5ss; ~ tiy = 1reaGnEefs
G. N. C. Boleman was first candi-
| date for treasurer to speak. He ga "a
that he could point to his record as a
| county officer with pride and asked his
audience to Investigate this record und
Gee IL they could flnd anything, wrong
with 1t. He said that the office Oh
treasurer Is sslarled one and that
he ista shlnrledtman He says that 1io
has alwayo earned his living on sail
afy. He promised the voters that they
| would all get courteoun treatment at
all times from the office OF treaaurer
II he fs elected. When asked how he
| otood on the senatorial race the speak
er replied that he was for g. n. c.
Rniaman and wnnld rata for whn h.
pleased. W. 80
53aacote. G. Bsoiil5eT .ss5aa;da at the start
that he 'fs for B0linger and Blease but
Tor Bolinger all the time. He told Of
his work In the cotton mill and at
farming and says that he has gained
enough knowledge from the banking
business to be perfectly competent to
I'LL the Office. *
J. "A. Cook made ONLY a short spcsch
| In which, he snid that the tofilte OF
| treasurer is purely a clerical job and
that his a business connections have
given him all the experience that he
needs In order to nj the lob accept
| ably. When asked about the race for
the senate he said that he Intends .ex-.
ercisfng his own Judgment In voting.
| w. A.I,Elrod told his hearers that
he had been employed III the office,
knows the duties OF the -ofIlce, knows,
what has to be done and knows that he