The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1919-08-14
CAMPAIGN MEETING
HERE YESTERDAY
ALL CANDIDATES PRESENT
AND GREETED BY GOOD
CROMWELL RECEIVED

Sixth district was held mere !es'ei
day at II o'clock. A fairly represen-
tative crowd greeted the candidates
and a most respectful hearing ac-
corded each of them applause be-
ing also liberal.
An of the men in the race were
present and spoke in the following
order: ]. ]. Evans, Bennettsville;
7 w. LeGrande, Bennettsvil(e; Ju-
Inns S. McInness, Da1Angton; +. j..
Sherwood, Horny; W. F. Stack
house, Marion. :,
Each of the gentlemen paid MT
ting tribute to Mr.. Ragsdale, whose
sudden death caused the vacancy
in congress from this district which
they now seek.
Nj. ]. J. Evans
In opening his address Mr.. Evans
wanted it understood that he is not
the Evans who opposed Mr.. Rags
dale in the congressional campaign
three wears ago. This impression
had gone out in the district he said:
Mr.. Evans gave a brief sketch OF
his life; he had served his country
as a representative in the leglsla-
ture and as a member of the State
Senate; he is in favor of govern
ment aid for drainage. of our low,
swamp lands, he is opposed to for
eirn immigration and would close the
gates Of Castle Garden on all bum
throwers anarchists and agitators;
he believes that Bolsheviksm 1T the
offsp. ;ng Of ignorance and thinks
government should aid in the
educational work of the country by
the appropriation of money for the
purpose. The speaker was listened
to with undivided interest and was
applauded when he concluded his
remarks. 1t was his first appearance
in Kingstree.
Mr.. J. w. LeGrande
This gentleman was not strang-
er in Kingstree, having spoke here
last summer in the interest OF one
of the war drives and made very
favorable impression which he PLAIN
ly upheld yesterday. In giving a
brief review of his life he said that
he was born in Richmond county,
: N. C. March "a, 1875, attended
country schools and worked way
through Wake Forest College, mar
lied a South Carolina lady and set
tied in state; was elected to legis-
iature m 1914, could have been re-
elected but war broke out and he
felt it a duty to engage in service
of his country; had never before
asked the peoples votes outside OF
his own county. He realized that
there were big problems to be met
and considered by the congress and
cited that of the high cost OF living
that is now before the national
bodies. Such problems need the ser
vices Of capable men. Referring to
profiteering in food, he did not be-
ieve in merely fining the guilty
parties, but would send them to
the penitentiary. He is in favor OF
restricted immigration, and stands
for Americanism pure and unadul-
terated, and will always work for
the uplift of American manhood.
This speaker, as did each Of the
others touch upon the cotton situa-
ton and expressed himself as In
favor of legislation that will be OF
benefit to cotton raisers.
julius S. McInnes
Ills C6uulu6IS was AOI q SSA o4AS
er in u strange land" He spoke here
from the congressional stump In
1916 when he was opposing Messrs.
Ragsdale and Evans. He appreciates
the flattering vote received IN the
county at that time and is grateful
for the same. Mr.. McInnes talked
about immigration, and favors its re-
striction for period Of four or five
years, until America gets her bear
ings straight; would study the cot
ton market and growing conditions
and would urge the financing by
the federal government of bankrupt
nations so that they would be in
position to buy our cotton. He said
he had never made promise from
the stump and never would, put
would ask Woodrow Wilson, the
greatest living American to take
him by the hand and lead him ac-
cording to his own ideals if he were
sent to congress.
Mr.. E. J.. Sherwood
Was lawyer like all the rest of
the bunch; he had always received
a retainer, but in this, the. biggest
case he had ever gotten into, he had
had to pay a retainers fee of $50
bucks. He spoke in happy vain,
told where and when he was born
ETC., and complimented Williams
burg's candidate, Major P. H. Stoll,
said his old county had done all it
could for him by permitting him to
be born in the Little Rock communl-
ty. He told the fish story OF the
Jew and Gentle whereby, according
to the Jew, the Gentle got what he
.,wanted-the little fish. He told his
hearers to give Stoll some fish, but
to give him the little fish. He was
educated at Wake Forest and had
been in college with LeGrande; was
SO years old and big and tall enough
to reach any federal plum, I, that
might hang over the Sixth district.
He was applauded.
Mr.. w. F. Stackhouse
After paying a high tribute to
his former friend apd boyhood COM
panion J. W. Ragsdale, Mr.. Stack