The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-06-19
Few Surprises at the Last
Moment.
FOUR CANDIDATES
FOR u. S. SENATE
State Committee Takes Up Matter OF
eSoldier Vote. Endcayor will be
Made to Provide Election Machinery
for Soldiers In this Country. OBJ
stacles Almost Insmrm0untablc.

The time for the filing Of pledges
ana payment OF assessment fees for
state candidates in the Democratic
primary closed Monday at noon and
few surprises developed at the last
hour. -Four candidates filed pledges
for the United States senate and sev-
on candidates for governor w. A.
Stuckcy of Bishopvillc was the only
candidate prominently spoken Of for
governor who failed to file his pledge.
j. ~. Banks Of ST. Mathews reached
the committee rooms just two minutes
too late to file his pledge as Il candi-
date for secretary Of agriculture. 4
complete summary Of the action Of
the party officers and the executive
committee as carried in The State yes
trday was as follows:
Several 18th hour candidates en-
tered, George w. Wightman OF Saluda
and Octavius Cohen of Monck's Cor
ncr, offering for lieutenant governor.
N. G. Evans Of Edgcficld and T. G.
Croft of Aiken were the surprises in
the second congressional district in
Opposition to Congressman T. Ryrncs.
Congressman Lever of the Seventh
has four opponents, 7. f. Brantlcy OF
Orangcburg, ". G.. Mcleod, Bishop
vile, and George Bell Zimmerman
Lexington.
Congressman Whalcy Of the First
district, Congressman Stevenson OF
the Fifth district and Congressman
Ragsdalc Of the sixth district are with
out opposition.
E. T.. Werner Of Richland Oconcc
county, filed his pledge by telegram
Sunday, as a candidate for congress in
the third district. The telegram was
not received by General Willie Jones
until 10 o'clock yesterday morning, but
as the lapse of time between the sond-
ing OF the telegram and the closing
hour in which a pledge could have
been filed by letter after application
had been made for the forms could
have been sent the committee ruled
Mr.. Ncrncr'S pledge as inadequate.
j. a. Banks Of st. Matthws reached
the committee just two minutes late
with his pledge as candidate for the
Office Of commissioner Of agriculture,
commerce and industries. The sub
committee rejected the pledge, which
action was sustained by the executive
committee as a whole.
". a. Stuckcy of Bishopvile did
not Qualmy as a candidate for govern
or.
The committee wrcstled much with
the problem incident TO voting sol
dicrs, sailors and men in the civil
service An honest effort will be made
to provide opportunity for every man
in the camps and naval stations and
i'm the civil service in Washington to
vote. as anticipated in the Berry meas
urc, enacted at the recent session Of
the general assembly, but the task is
almost inSurmountablc.
The Berry act provides that boxes
shall be provided at each cantonmcnt
for the IS counties OF the State The
great task is to locate the absent vot-
CT. Military authorities arc not over
|lenicH%}yith election matters and the
booths Br boxes will likely have to be
placed outside the three cantonmcntS
of the state. AS there arc no specific
units Of South Carolina men at any
of the camps, the task is one OF over
whclming magnitude and will require
strenuous effort on the part Of the
various county chairmcn and eXccu-
tive committeeman to bring any apprc-
ciablc number OF the men in touch
with the election machinery. The Ber-
ry act was adopted as q part OF the
primary rules and q central commit
tee, consisting Of John Gary Evans Of
Spartanburg, State chairman J..A.
Berry, Orangcburg; Col. r.. b. Butler,
Gaffney, and Macbeth Young, Union.
TO provide for the application Of the
machinery for the military, naval and
civil service vote. The federal govern
ment has ruled that no provision will
be allowed for the men abroad to cast
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