The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-19
CAMPAIGN OPENS TOMORROW.
THE SENATORIAL ITINERARY
WILL OPEN AT wINNsBORO-
STATE At BARNWELL.
Four I'm Race for United States Sem
ator---Scven Candidates for Govern
or.

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the former at winnsboro and the lat
ter at Barnwell. With only two can
didates so far who will make the SEN
atorial itinerary-N. B. Dial, of Lau-
rens. and James +. Rice. of Anderson
the probability Is that the State
party. In which are included the gu
bernatorial aspirants, will take prece-
dence In public interest. Cole L.
Blease. OF Columbia. n candidate for
the senate. has announced that nc
will not make the regular senatorial
campaign meetings. unless Senator b.
r. Tillman. chairman OF the naval af-
fairs committee OF the United States
senate. participates in the canvass, and
the latter has stated positively that
he does not intend to desert his post
In Washington.
So far there are seven announced
candidates in the race for the govern
orship TO succeed Gov. Richard l.
Manning. whose second term expires
next January and who Is not asking
for political preferment OF any sort
Robert A. Cooper. OF Laurens, who
has made the race twice before. looms
up as a strong contender. Ae Is OF
the nti-Blease persuasion In politics
as Is Andrew j. Dethea, Lieutenan
Governor, who is asking promotion af
ter serving two terms as the second
executive officer of the State. Major
John @. Richards. Of Liberty Hill
chairman OF the South Carolina rail-
road commission, Is In the race as %
candidate for the so-called Reform"
faction, and this Is his third try at the
chief magistrateship. He was de.
feated In the second primary in 1914
by the present governor. Thomas II
Peoples, one of the most youthful at
torneys general In the United States
Is requesting the people to make him
governor after having served thres
terms as the head OF the legal depart
ment Of the State. He has been align
ed with the Blease faction in politics
John L. McLaurin. of Bennettsville
formerly United States senator, has
cast his hat into the ring for the gov
ernorship. lie Is the stormy petrc
of South Carolina politics and prom.
fses to enliven the debates on tn,
hustings. He was. at one time.
State senator from Marlboro county
and was the prime mover in the es-
tablishment OF the State warehouse
system. of which he was the first com
missioner. The perennial candidate.
John T. Duncan. OF Columbia. who
made the system" famous. will again
give enjoyment TO the voters Of the
state by his picturesque and peculiar
style OF oratory. John Madison Des-
Champs. OF Rock Hill. who made the
canvass of the State 10 1915 for gov
ernor. In again in the race. William
a. Stuckcy. OF Bishopville. secretary
OF the eastern district exemption
board. who announced some time ago.
<as not yet filed his pledge.
In the race for the United States
senate. so far there are only four can
didates-with the probability that 1t
will end at this figure. Senator Il. II
Tillman. OF Trenton, is In the race to
succeed himself. He has been In the
senate since 1895. and. consequently
IL now serving his fourth consecutive
term. which expires March 3, 1919.
Cole l.. Blease. OF Columbia. one OF
his opponents. Is the tituiar leader
OF the so-called Reform" faction In
South Carolina. He was twice COVER
nor or the State. from 1911 to 1915
and defeated for third term by Gov
Manning I'm 1915. In the interim. in
1919. he was defeated by Senator FL
Hson DuRant Smith, the incumbent
Tor the United States senate by de.
cisive majority. N. b. DIAL of Lau
rens. the third candidate, Is a well
known business man OF the Piedmont
section lie unsuccessfully opposed
senator Tillman for rejection in 1912
The fourth candidate. James Francis
Hice. of Anderson. is an attorney OF
that city. He moved TO South Caro-
Ian from Virginia about "a quarter oi
century ago and opened "a law office
later giving up the law for a business
career. lie was classmate OF New
ton ID. Baker. secretary OF war. 1t is
understood. Preceding the state
Democratic convention Asbury Franci,
Lever congressman from the Seventh
Congressional District. and chairman
or the agricultural committee OF the