The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-08-11
Large Gathering Hear Speakers at West
Springs Good Order and Good Will
Prevailed Candidates for Congress
and Solicitor Also Speak.

If l am elected I will not give any
of the jobs as deputies to members
of my family. You know all our rec
ords. Mr.. Leonard will find it hard
er job than he thinks to take up the
job of sheriff. If great many of
my friends had not urged me to run
I would not be here today. 1 am the
oldest man in the race, but am fully
| able to fill the Office. On the 29th
of August hope you will put me in.
If you do not l will go back to my
farm, and will treat everybody right.
l will have this right arm pulled out
by the roots before I would disgrace
my family by not doing my duty. Come
to see me in the Jail, for if elected I
will live there.
Candidates for Clerk of Court.
Godshall, candidate for clerk of
court. come the second time asking
| for a public Office. You elected me
coroner. I come now asking for cleo
tion to the Office of clerk of court. I
am as competent as any Of my oppon-
ents to fill the Office. 1t does not
require any great training, but it re-
quires common sense. There are four
candidates. There is but one differ
| ence between us-each of us wants the
job. Mr.. Williams is your master.
He makes a good one. Let him stay
there. Mr.. Peake has had the Office
a long time. Mr.. Long is good man.
But want you to remember me on
the Goth of August. I will do my
duty.
JAS. G. Long, Jr., candidate for
clerk of court, next introduced. I am
| asking your suffrage to the most i'm
portant Office in the great scheme of
our government. You should inquire
| whether a man is honest and will do
! his duty. If the Office is badly kept
and should be destroyed it would cost
you more than the loss of any and
every Office. l. was brought up in
the court house for my father was for
years sheriff. My record is before
you. have made good. had charge
of the affairs of the county dispen-
sary. And today the Union county
dispensary is the only one in the State
that not breath of scandal was foune
against it. If elected I will prompt
ly record all papers. l will take pa
pers one day and record them at once
OF my opponents l can say: Mr..
Peake has made as good clerk as
you have ever had. But he has had
the Office long enough. And when you
have man who is as good a master
as my friend Williams is, keep him
in that Office. Godshall has made a
good coroner. He should have sought
it again. We live in a democracy. I
am satisfied that if you give me the
place I think you will say at the end
of my four years, "Jim Long, you
have made as good clerk as Union
county ever had"
R. c. Williams was next intro
duced, the last speaker for clerk of
court. I saw the light just three and
a half miles from where I stand. l
am making no kick against the man
who has held the Office for 16 years.
Five years ago asked for election
to the Office of master. was your
choice. / have made good in that
office. / have never been reversed
by case that I have tried as master.
The clerks Office is merely a record
ing Office. He should know how to con-
duct the court. My experience as mas
ter has fitted me for the work in the
clerks Office. If elected on goth of
August I promise to fill the office we'll
and to treat you courteously. On the
29th of August I hope to receive a
hearty support from my people.
/. Frank Peake was next intro
duced. I am a candidate for clerk OF
court. appreciate your past suf-
frage. l do not hope to get all the
votes of West Springs. Mr.. Williams
will get some; he is native of this
community, as am 1. The other candi-
dates will get some. I give all men
an equal and just treatment. Vote
for the man Of your choice. l hope
l will be that choice; but, if not, /
will step down and out and feel no i'll
will to any man.
At this point there was an inter-
mission of one hour for dinner. At
1:30 o'clock sharp, Chairman Hyatt
called the meeting to order and the
speaking was resumed.
For Superintendent of Education.
Thos. H. Gore was the first speak
er. He said: I am at disadvan-
tage. There is too much stirring over
there. A friend told me that I was
the best stump speaker Union ever
had. If so, that's all I have ever
had except wife and a number of
children. / have a good record.
have done more for the schools than