The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-08-18
LARGE CROWD
HEAR CANDIDATES
For Congress and Solicitor at
City Park on Saturday.

to order and first introduced A. II. Mil
Ter, candidate for congress.
Mr.. Miller said he had determined
to discuss real issues and expressed
his qualification over the attention ac-
corded him. He had also resolved to
conduct clean campaign, and had
kept the faith. Had not said one
word against any opponent that was
unkind. If what my opponents say
about each other are true, then neith-
er of them is fit to serve you.
We are confronted today by serious
problems. We must forget politics
and vote so as not to hereafter to re-
gret the vote.
Nowhere else has private wealth ac-
cumulated in the hands of the few as
may be seen in this county. The rea-
son is that your representatives have
forgotten who sent them. They serve
the corporate wealth and not the peo-
pie. Wall street owns a large part
of the wealth. More attention has
been given to the production of wealth
than to the destruction of it.
There is another menace. 1t is the
drift of the population from that coun-
try to the towns. In the country is
the source of our real wealth. If the
trend be ever reversed, you must make
it as attractive as the town life.
The increase of our tenant class is
another menace. 1t was 20 years rep
resented by as per cent 1t is now
represented by 65 per cent. Unless
some relief be given, our agricultural
interest they will be swept off the map.
1 would stand for an enforcement in
the rural credit bill. What has been
given is better than nothing, but needs
to be carried further.
would stand for federal market
ing bureau. The American farmer re-
ceives but 35 cents out of each dollar
he produces. This comes from the
faulty distribution. 1t is the waste
between the farm and the consumer.
Germany, Switzerland and France
have already solved this problem.
If elected I would not be a one
sided representative. I would repre-
sent all the interests committed to me.
have always stood for law and
decency, and if elected will not depart
from this course.
The next speaker introduced was d.
B. Traxler, candidate for congress.
He said: There must be a reason for
everything. l don't make single
statement without proof. carry the
proof, printed and published by your
government. Some people would like
to tear out pages from the record;
they would like to tear UP letters. This
is not campaign of personalities.
Campaign has been one of education.
The church, the school house have lift
ed the people above "heckli'ng."
| / want to go into the political rec
ords of my opponents. I don't spend
any time on Andy Miller. He is ad-
vertising Red Poll cattle. The race
is between old Dave Traxler and
Sammy. We get the idea that Sam
Nichols is busy in Washington. If
he were busy 1 would not want
If it had not been for Cole Bleasc
Sam Nichols would never have gone
to congress. Now Sammy is in and
Blease is out, and I will give $25 to
the one first securing from Sam Mich
oils a statement that he will vote for
Cole Blease in the coming primary.
| Doiloi i1CdIoll Sdiu Ildu UOlu
him that if Blease ran against Man
ming, he would not vote for Blease.
Now why can't Sam come down and
tell you where he stands.
See what the Spartanburg Herald
editor says:
Editor Chas. o. Hearon is a relia-
BILE man and everybody that knows
him has confidence in him. Here's cx-
tracts from his letter to the editor of
the Fountain Inn Tribune:
"The Herald supported SAM Mich
oils in the second primary before hav-
ING aLy conversation or understand
ing with Sam Nichols as to his ia
turc politica! activity. After the pa
per had come out for MIN, he tina ankci
me for what had said and / replied
that | feared we had done something
that we would regret, but ! was will
ing to take chance on him. I pre-
dicted that Blease would be running
against Governor Manning this sum
mer and that we would have him SUP
porting Blease and the whole row 70
go over again.
"He told me that he believed that
| DiSaoo Heiu peSh SuiiCleilly noHOTeu
| by being governor for two terms and
should he run against Manning, he
would not support him.
| (Signed) Chas. o. Hearon.
| Now the fireworks have changed.
Coles out and Sammy is in.
We hear that Mr.. Nichols is busy.
Busy in the military committee? What
is that? Sam is the thirteenth man
on the fourteenth committee; yet he is
busy.
| Newspapers say that only a hand