The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-08-24
lish it word for word as written.
j. d. LANFORD.| ~

are many voters still asking
themselves and others who to,
! vote for. s,y1%i.&
There is no lawyer from Pick-
ems county in the race. fsVVe
have to vote for a qreenville
man. But which one of thel1I
comes nearest being like a PICK,
lens County man? Which 4one;?
sure enough, is the one who
worked himself up from a poor
mountain boy, like lots of our
jmountain boys have done, and
got an education? y Which one
deserves it? He is Jack Lanford.
We are not saying O word
against the other boys I'M the
race. We just want TO tell You
about Lanford. We know him.
He is not much to brag on him
self, but here is what he saws in
his circular:
John d. Lantord was born
in the mountains of Greenville
County of poor parents and has.
worked for his living. Till he
was sixteen years old he follow
ed a mule in the shade of Hog
back and CLASSY mountains, and
after that for fours years he
worked in the cotton mills of
Greenville County. While some
OF his opponents, who are now
so loudly proclaiming their loyeI
for 'the cotton mill boys, were
lolling in the lap of luxury and
fortune. John Lanford was a
cotton-head boy down at Pied
mont on seventy-five cents, al
day:
BY his own efforts, j. d.
Lanford has secured a legal ed
ucation and has been successful
ly practicing law for the last
seven years. He is a firm be.
lever in hard work and a square
deal for everv man. His meth
ods are to fight hard, but fight
always in the onen. He has
never been a 'straddler' or 'dod-
ger in politics. He says, The
people have a right to know
where | stand, and l purpose to
tel them on every stump in this
Circuit"
NV fellow citizens, all this is j
straight goods. His father, j udge'I
w. l.. Lanford, used to be Mag
istrate in CLASSY Mountain town
ship. He was a good magistrate
and good man. but he was
poor. He wanted to make more,
money than he was making as
magistrate and on his little farm,
so he could give his children a
good education. He bought a i
saw mill outfit, but failed. in'l
business. Before he went into
the saw mill business he had to
mortgage his place, and when
he went to the bad lin the bust
ness he had a mortgage hanging
over him. To pay off this mort,
gage the whole family went to-
Piedmont and worked and made
rtbe money to pay off this mort
gage, and did it. Jack stayed
with his father until the farm
was clear.
After, that, Jack worked and
studied hard on his books at odd
jobs and times till he cot an ed
ucatioh. He worked and saved
money enough to pay his way,
through college at the Univer-.
sitv Of South Carolina and got
as fine law education as any
LAWYER in the state. After he
got through the law school he
borrowed $4,000 and opened
law office at Greer. He did a
good business there for few
years. Then he moved to Green.
vile. He is a good LAWYER to-
!, | day in Greenville, and he has
the respect and favor of all
business men and people in
\ Greenville. ,g,gp ,,t,Gl
u Now, my fellow citizens,i if
this boy, born and raised @iust
across the line from us, III the
, mountains of Greenville county
| has this much sand in his cra%, {,
J, can't he make us a good Solici-
, tor9 We've got to hand it. to O.
fellow like this. t, $ az,
I He wants your vote on the
Goth. He is as good lawyer as
any. In the bunch. He is clean,
sober land hard fighter, and
works all the time with q level
head. If he is elected Solicitor,
and one of our people was to be
tried, he would do his best tp