The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-08-10
SOLICITORS RACE
How This Race Is Looked Upon
In Greenville County, Which
Has Been Covered BY
the Campaign Party

The Fountain Inn Tribune, a
weekly paper in the lower part
Of Greenville county, edited by
Robert CULLEN, who is free
lance in all matters and strikes
where he pleases without regard
for the pleasure of the other fell
low, is supporting Robert Mar
tin for solicitor. He gave his
reasons some months ago in a
column editorial. But in his
paper of August 3, after hearing
the candidates speak and after
looking over the political situa-
tion, writes an editorial headed
Lanford," in which he says,
among other things:
When the candidates for so.
licitor first began to stir things
up in this district, Robert Martin
was so far ahead that he looked
an easy winner. But Martin is
losing votes as the days 20 by,
and his losses 20 to Lanford,
who is generally accepted as the
second best man in the race.
There are many, Blease and
anti -Blease alike, who hold that
Martins feet are cold. If a suf-
ficient number of voters come to
believe that, Lanford will be in
the second race with little Smoak,
the only bone.to-bone Bleasite
in the lot"
Robert CULLEN, who is sup
porting Martin, says that Ian
ford is generally accepted as the
second best best man in the
race. AS a matter of fact, he is
considered such by all those sup
porting another. Those having
a favorite candidate other than
Lanford say: Yes, he is a.
good fellow and is my next
choice" And as a matter of
fact the universally second
choice man is the strongest in
the race always. He can and
will beat any of them, for his
own following will put him into
the second race, and this great
second choice vote will all be for
him in the second race.
The situation in Greenvilte
county, where the campaign
meetings have been held, is
summed up about as follows, as
set forth in the Greenville News
of some days ago:
The campaign for solicitor in
the Thirteenth circuit opened on
Saturday, July %, at Fairview,
in the lower part of Greenyille
county. All contestants for this
office are Greenville lawyers,
and all the meetings so far held
have been in Greenville county.
except one at Easley.
The opening of the campaign
found Martin in the lead. He
had been an announced candi-
date for several months and had
covered the territory very close
ly, while the other four candi-
dates had done little canvassing.
Daniel was possibly the second
candidate in public favor, he
having been a candidate for this
office four years ago. Lanford
was running third. He was
we'll known in the upper part of
the county, where he was born
and reared, and in the southern
part, where he had built up a
strong following while he prac-
ticed law at Greer, but in the
lower section he was practically
unknown
But with the opening of the
campaign matters became at
once considerably complicated.
At Fairview, the first meeting,
Lanford, Harris and Smoak took
positive stands as to their pres
ent and past political alignments.
Mr.. Martin stated that he would
not under any circumstances
state his past or present prefer
ences for Governor or any other
office.
Mr.. Daniel ran lightly oyer the
matter without making state
ment. Each candidate in his
best manner stated his qualifi-
cations for the position which he
sought and made thrusts at his
opponents. Mr.. Lanford made
a straightforward, man-to-m man
talk, telling the people that he
was a plain man and would
talk to them in a plain way;
that he believed in the strict en-. /.