The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-06-26
FACT|0NAL|SM
Being INJECTED
SOME OF JOHN C. RICHARDS
REMARKS AT FLORENCE
WERE KISSED
A NOISY MEETING
Clinlacales Seemed 60 Be The
Favorite With Che Crowd AT
This Meeting
Special to The Intclligcncer.


Special to The ICtclligenccr.
Florence, June 24.-Greatcf display
OF factionalisn than at any previous
meeting by voters end candidates
alike marked rather warm meeting
here today Of candidates for state Of
fices. attended Ey probably ci3:.t hun
dred persons.
Compulsory education was strongly
endorsed when Iohn G. Ciinkscales Of
Spartanburg, the compulsory educa-
ton advocating candidates for goyer-
nor, wns given hcnrty reception by
the men and particularly by large
number Of women attending the meet
Ing. ClinckScales devoted pert OF his
address, TO n mild denMnciation of his
opponent, John G. Richerds of Lib
erty Hill; whom he called upon 10 TO
sign from his office as chairman OF
the railroad commission before asRlii,,
him (Clinkscales) to relinaufsh his.
professorship at Wofford; college. The
remainder OF his speech was given to
an exposition OF the needs of "a state
wide compulsory education law
Cheers, and hisses and cat calls
greeted John G. Richards. candidate
for governor. when he made his us,
ual denunciation of those unnamed
persons charging him with being a
lcoat-tail swInger. E.chnfds' address
contained more or factionel fesline
than any previously made Dyis any
Candidate, and indications or half
dormant tactional lisine were. ali; Nm: 81
I've CROWD 81 y; 4 IA
tIi SIS s. gaSassasS
,B.llI Fr1ak5 Kelly, OF 4 Lea count y; Stinl
didate for Lieutenant Governor; when
atfhck king his opponent, 3. AZ Hunter! a
former Georgia school teacher for :.op-
posing the FortHer bill providing for
separation OF the races In the schools
ana denounciug the recent revision of
the primary rules. s,5i S.
H Again factionalism crept into the
meeting when Attorney General
Thomas IL. Peoples. OF Barnwell, can
didate for reelection. declared that
he Is being opposed because his elec-
1lon two years ago was due to his az
filiation with Governor Blease In state
politics. Z. ',8s5;s I
"The recent investigation Of thz
State Asylum was directly brought
into the campaign for the frat time
when ]. A.. Hunter of Bamber, in tho
race for Lieutenant Governor called
upon b. Frank Kelley, who had made
some stinging remarks regarding
Hunter. to explain Kelley :. ~. g; :.
at midnight. meeting Of the senate
judiciary committee when the asylum
|sprobe was being considered. Hum
Ter referred to his part indicating DR..
Eleanora 3. Saunders with apparent
pride. y, 80
Cries OF mo-. @no."a greeted c. D.
Fortner OF Spartanb,lrg candidate for
rnilroad commissioner when he bitter
" attacked the delegates action In
revising the. primary regulations.
Possibly. feeling the apparent tense.
ness Of the crowd in political way.
Charles Carroll Sims, OF. Barnweli
and Mende1 l.. Smith OF Camden CUB
|ernational candidates. pleaded, with,
them to forget the political past and
to Join with them In their fight for
/ good government Sims described
tho last two state campaigns as dis
graces to the state. /. {.
Mendel L. Smith devoted consider
able part OF his speech to opposing the
compulsory education views OF Ciink-
scales. -: ~ 5,.s Z q {
immediately after Cllnkscales con-
clu6ed his address, possibly a hundred
persons left the court room. Interest
Of terra here seemed principally
divided between Richarts and Glink-
scales, who might possibly be, termed
(icxponents of lhe opposite views
Lib6rat applause was given each OF