The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-08-05

called for more money to run them.
He favored biennial sessions of tre
legislature. If elected he would al
ways be found ready and willing to
serve.
Davis ID. Noise was the next speak
er. He has served one term in the
legislature and seeks to succeed him.
self and Is not seeking new Job. He
supposed that the other candidates
were seeking to fill the office vacated
by Mr.. Belser. who was not seeking
reelection. He ran two years ago,
when Shiloh and other sections of
Sumter county had seen fit to elecs
him by large majority. He thanked
the people for the confidence placed
bin him then and hoped that that con-
fidence had been deserved by his rec
ord in the legislature. He referred to
the immense number of bills intro
duced every year and stated that he
was opposed to the Introduction, Of 40
many bills, as there were too many
laws now and one Of the chief duties
of good representative was to see
that many of these needless laws did
not pass. He took up the Laney-
Odom act. stating that he had opposed
it. There were two bills introduced,
one the Laney-O -Odom act, and the
other bill which gave the insurance
commissioner authority to hold hear
ings on rates when 1t was charged
that they were unjust or excessive,
and after the hearing the commits
sioner was to pass on the rate. He
had favored this measure. but the 9th
er had been passed. The result was
that insurance companies had with
drawn and insurance could not be se-
cured in the rural sections. He was
in favor OF regulating the insurance
companies or other large corporations.
Il they needed regulation, and would
vote for a measure to such effect, Il
he was shown that It was q good bis.
IirePs proposition. He stated that ii
was the poor man In the country who
was made to suffer by the passage 81
the law. as he could not get insiit-
ance. and he had given as his. ciitef
reason for opposing the Laney-o od0na
measure that the rates would 60 Up.
which they have done. One reason he
wanted to go back to the Legislature
was to see that reasonable aid
just law is passed guarding thls -.
sue. He favored the State warsh0uiSss
system. as the best thing which, had
been done for the farmers. as tAR6hsy
through It could be secured onAfariii
products at as cheap or4cheapsf rate
OF interest than ever before. i nndsf
the pesent federal banking lava Hs
stated emphatically that It must bs
kept out OF politics. howevr. Hs re-
vorsd biennial sessiohs Of the ixgislk-
ture. He said that the voter&shad a
good set OF men to choose from and
asked to be remembered on the 2sth
of August when the people Of Shiloh
marked their tickets for the ballot
box.
DR.. w. L. McCutcheon said that he
had been asked why he was running.
He said he ran Of his own wish and
no one\ was putting him up to run. He
desired the office because 1t WAS an
honor to be member of the legisla-
ture. especially from Sumter county;
he wanted to do something for the
county and State and he wanted to
give the voters Of the county a larger
field from which to select their repre-
sentatives. He believed In keeping
down the number of bills and eiimi-
mating unnecessary ones. He thought
that everybody believed In and want
ed good schools and good. roads. He
wanted to see that the money Of the
State was expended in an economical
way. He favored the State warehouse
system. but wanted 1t kept out of
politics. He did not believe in giving
too much authority to any one man
or set Of men, as 1t set temptation I'm
their way. He asked the support Of
the people of Shiloh on election day
and would appreciate anything they
might do for him. W
| j. X. McElveen, Shiloh's favorite
son, was the next candidate seeking
the Office of representative who gave
his views. He stated that the people
had already heard several good
speeches. SO he would not attmept to
make one, but would simply outline
his position on the issues of the day.
He believed in education as q COM
munity builder. He wanted to see the
rural schools built up and he adyocal.
ed In having In each township q