The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-08-08
COUNTY CANDIDATES SPOKE,
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s"ercu nimsclt qualified to I'LL the OIL
nee and would give good service. il
elected. He asked that u good, he
hoped. unanimous vote. would be
cast for him ON August 25th, lac was
applaudcd.
Mr.. y. w. Raffieid came before ...c
people Of Privateer for the first time
asking their votes. He was farmer
and was from the country. lie did not
nave timo to make house to house
canvass. nor did he believe II a proper
method of seeking votes. II elected,
he would always be ready day or
night, no matter how bad tho wealth
Or. to do his duty. lie received somc
applause.
Mr.. w. J. Scale could not mako n
speech. he said. but he wanted the
people tn realize the Importance of the
ONCE OF coroner. as It was on tho tes-
ufnony secured ut the inquest Ivy the
coroner on which the solicitor made
his fight In opposing bail In any case.
IL elected he would secure all the nec-
sssary Information possible and would
make IL his duty to hunt up Witness
%. He hoped that Mr.. Owens would
net get n unanimous vote and ne felt
sure that hc would get some votes
here. which no would appreciate. He
received applause.
The legislative candidates came
next. tho candidates for senate speak
sns first MIR. II. ID. Epps began his
speech by expressing his pleasure ut
being with tn, people Of Privatcer to
thank them for tho large vote given
nsm TWO years ago. saying that II af..
Sorded him pleasure to think that he
had merited their confidence as indi.
Gated by their votes.
The South was now facing q mo-
nentous ei1., The threatened Euro
pean war placed the United States In
serious situation and especially was
the situation serious I'm the South.
where the farmers would find that
sncy are making mistake in living on
cotton and not raising moro oodstuffs.
The war would bankrupt the South
uniess something was done to save
ene farmers when the price of cotton
fell. II thank God that the United
states now has at Its head Woodrow
Wilson. n man capable Of guiding the
nation In any emergency" said Mr..
Epps. amiI applause.
Unless the war is quickly ended
cotton will not bring the cost OF pro-
duction. and IL warlike preparations
continued he was In favor OF the gov
srnor calling special session OF the
legislature to devise means of aiding
the GARNER and tiding him throu. :,
this crisis. lie had been born and
raised on the farm and knew the
hardships OF gaining an education on
flve cent cotton.
He was Interested I'm the cause OF Cd
ucation. The high schools should get
some aid. but the common schools
were not looked after as they should
De. He had taught school for nine
years and thought himself capable of
representing the people on education
al matters.
Mr.. Epps referred to recent investi-
cation which showed that tho South
was bottled UP and not getting as low
freight rates as other parts of the
country. saying that IL had been stated
on the stand that 1t would cost less to
make \ series OF shipments from each
station To the next than of one long
haul Of freight from tho west to South
Carolina. The southern farmers were
paying this freight. If one road could
not make this haul prontabiy. why did
IL compete with the other roads? 1t
was n common sense Wow to consider
that the road made profit or IL would
not endeavor to get the traffic. He
stated that the railroads generally
started of on small capitals and
usually Increased this capital by issue
OF watercd stock and of course when
the time came for dividends the rail.
roads could not show good dividends
on this Inflated capital. Hc read {,
letter from railroad attorney asking
the Sumter delegation to oppose the
two cent rate bill. but stated that he
had voted for the two cent rate bill,
with n clause cxempting short lines
from this low rate. but thought that
the longer lines should have the low
er rates. On this matter nc referred
to Mr.. Clifton's record, reading from
notes. which he stated were taken
from the senate journal. showing Mr..
CIfton's efforts To postpone. or con-
unue the two cent rate bill each time