The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-06-18
LINEUP OF CANDIDATES
ELEVEN CANDIDATES QUALIFY
FOR GOVERNOR.
McLaurin Does Not Enter Ring.
CansIer Comes Forward at Last
Moment for Commissioner.


Columbia, June 16.-Fifty-three
candidates had filed pledges and paid
their assessments when the time for
entries in the race for the Democratic
nomination for various offices closed
at noon to-day. Promptly on the hour,
State Chairman John Gary Evans
closed the lists, and with Gen. Willie
Jones, the treasurer, and Mr.. w. c..
MCGOWAN, the secretary of the State
Democratic executive committee,
made up the official list of candidates
who are seeking the Democratic nom
nations.
Senator John L. McLaurin, OF
Marlboro county, came up to the fore
cast to-day when he failed to qualify
either for Governor or United States
Senator. The only other develop
.ment of the morning was the fling
by Cansler, /of Tirzah, of his pledge
as a candidate for railroad commits
sioner, making an even half dozen
offering for the seat of Banks L..
Caughman, whose term is expiring.
The following is the official list of
entrants as made up by John Gary
Evans, State chairman:
For United States Senate-Cole l..
Blease, l.. D. Jennings, w. P. Pol
lock, Ellison D. Smith.
For Congress-First district: E..
J. Dennis, R. S. Whaley; I'd district,
Jas. F. Byrnes, R. M. Mixson; Sd dis
trict, Wyatt Aiken, F. H. Dominick,
F. S. Evans, Jno. A. Horton; 4th dis
trict, T. C. Duncan, Jos. T. Johnson,
Sam ]. Nichols; 5th district, D. E..
Finley, w. F. Stevenson; 9Th district,
A. L. Hamer, j. E. Ellerbe, ]. w.
Ragsdale; 7th district, A. F. Lever.
For Governor-Lowndes J. Brown
ing, Jno. G. Clinkscales, R. A. Coop
er, Jno. T. Duncan, VIM. G. 1rby, Jr.,
Richard 1. Manning, Jno. B. A. Null
lally, Jno. G. Richards, Chas. Carroll
Simms, Chas. A. Smith, Mendel L..
Smith.
For Lieutenant Governor-A. j.:
Bethea, VIM. NJ. Hamer, J. A. Hunter,
B. Frank Kelley.
For Secretary of State-R. NJ. Nc
Gown.
For Comptroller General-A. w.
Jones, ]. A. Summersett.
For State Treasurer T. Carter.
For Adjutant General-W. w.
Moore, NJ. C. Willis.
For State superintendent of Edu-
cation-J. E. Swearingen.
For Attorney General-A. G..
Brice, Thos. H. Peoples.
For Commissioner of Agriculture,
Commerce and Industries-E. j..
Watson.
For Railroad Commissioner
James Cansler, Geo. w. Fairey, c..
D. Fortner, Frank w. Shealey, Jno.
H. Wharton, w. l. Witherspoon.
For Solicitor-Twelfth circuit, L..
NJ. Gasque.
Six of the seven CongEsssmen have
opposition, only A. F. Eever, in the
7th district, being unopposed. Con-
gresham R. S. Whaley, in the 1st,
has against him State Senator E. J.
Dennis, of Berkeley county; Con-
gresham ]. F. Byrnes, in the I'd, is
opposed by R. NJ Mixson, of Barn
we'll; Congressman Wyatt Aiken, in
the third, has three opponents, AS
sistant Attorney General Fred H.
Dominick, of Newberry; F. S. Evans,
of Greenwood, and John R. Horton,
of Belton. In the 4th district Con-
gresham Joseph T. Johnson has
against him Sam j. Nichols, of Spar
tanburg, and former Mayor T. G.
Duncan, of Union; in the 5th, Con-
gresham D. E. Finley faces w: F.
Stevenson, of Cheraw, and in the 9Th
Congressman j. Willard Ragsdale is
opposed by former Congressman J.
E. Ellerbe and A. L. Hamer, of Ben
nettsville.