Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-06-28

1T is mans job" he said. He paid
hlsh tribute to the German citi-
zens Of this section, descendants of a
nation OF people whom he had but
recently had opportunity, on his
travels with the Ford peace party, to
observe in their individual and ma
tional life. He had been greatly i'm
pressed with the German people on
this trip. and he congratulated the
people OF this section upon the
source OF their origin. He hoped to
continue to give his best service to
the people of the State for another
term III the Lieutenant Governors
once, and would appreciate the sup
port OF the people OF Oconee.
DIR. &. II. L.. Adams
Is seeking MIR. Bethea's present Of
nee. He was surprised, he said, that
Mr.: Bethea should come to Oconee
ana address the German citizens al
most exclusively. ''Why," he said,
you're not Germans, or am badly
mistaken. You are good American
cltlzens, and l want to talk to you as
american citizens" He said that MIR
Bethea should have been in South
carolina attending to tho duties of
the office of Lieutenant Governor OF
this State instead of galivanting
all over Germany at Ford's expense
and drawing his pay as a servant of
the people Of South Carolina. He
spoke of Mr.. Bethea's work as Code
commissioner of South Carolina and
SAID that while the ordinary product
OF that position was the South Caro-
INA Code Of Laws, Mr.. Bethea's
WORK is referred to frequently by the
lawyers OF the State as South Caro-
mas Code Of Errors" He prom
lsed' II elected. to give close per-
sonal attention to the duties Of the
office.
George w. Wideman,
was the first candidate for Secretary
OF State to speak. He was a mem
Der OF the General Assembly and
mad fought the proposed increase in
salaries in that department.. The
secretary Of State and his assistants
nad said that they could not live on
the salaries they were receiving. Said
ne knew that there plenty of good
men IN the State who would be glad
To have the Office for the present sal
ary, and he was one of them. Didn't
thlnk 1t would be right to continue
these men in office when they could
not live on the salary it paid. He
IS opposed to compulsory education
ana had fought that in the Senate,
as lie had also the child labor legis-
lation. Didn't want anybody com
ing around telling people that they
must send their children to school or
should not work them. 1t was no.
body's business but the parents of
the children.
w. Banks Dove
is also seeking the Office of Secretary
of State. He is now holding the
place of assistant to the Secretary of
state, and is thoroughly familiar
with the duties of the office, he said.
lie promised an economical admins
tration of the Office, based on busi-
ness methods and conscientious SER
vice. If elected. His service as as
sistant, he felt, peculiarly fitted him
for advancement to the Secretary
snip, and he hoped for favorable con-
sideration at the hands Of the peo-
pie Of Oconee.
Spoke Under Difficulties.
Those candidates who followed the
Gubernatorial candidates smoke mn
der difficulties. So soon as the last
Gubernatorial aspirant had finished
speaking the crowd began to dwin-
die, and when the last man finished
he was addressing more empty
benches than citizens of Oconee. 1t
was about o'clock when the speak
ing had ended and few had remain
ed, tired and dinnerless, through
out the whole performance"
The attention accorded all the can
didates was admirable, and there was
nothing whatever to mar the speak
ing. The whole meeting was typi-
cal or Oconee-good natured. pa
tlcnt, interested, yet not demonstra-
tive. 1t seemed that those who lis
tened tried hard to- 'derive some ben
eft from the long siege" With
what success we do not attcmpt to
say