The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1920-08-12
CANDIDATES MAKE
CLAIM TO OFFICE
WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY'S 81
ENNIAL SUMNER CIRCUS oP-
ENED AT GREELYvILLE

The County Dem0crdiC SohipoiS
was opened at Greelyville Monday by
Mr.. G. NJ. Beasley, candidate for the
Senate. The meeting was held in the
& town hall and was called to order by
Dr. O'Bryan shortly after II o'clock
With the exception of Messrs. d. E.
McCutchen and D. F. Remington can
didates for the House of Representa-
t;yes, and NJ. M. Burrows, candidate
+ Coroner, every candidate who had
hnounced for county office was pres
Int and appeared before the seventy
five oeone hundred voters in attend
ance, and perhaps half as many more
women and children. Doubtless the
\crowd would have been larger but Tor
he intermittent showers Of rain which
ere frequent and copious.
I'm addition to the county candidates
(ngressman Stoll was present at the
Meeting and when called upon py
! Chairman O'Bryan, he was received
with an outburst of applause that gave
ample evidence of the high esteem in
which the Congressman is held by the
people of the Greelyville section.
Mr.. Stoll said he had come to pay
his respects to the voters of Greedy
vile: to thank them for the unani-
NOUS vote they had given him for
Congress, which he appreciated beyond
measure.
For the State Senate.
Mr.. G. M. Beasley, candidate for the
State Senate, was the first to speak.
He told the gathering that he had no
apologies to make for being In the
.Irace. He ran ten years ago for the Of
flee and made a very gratifying run,
4 considering the fact that at that time
1 he was a comparative stranger in the
County. He was especially grateful
\ the people of Greelyville for the
Ikndsome majority given him at that
me. At this time, Mr.. Beasley
I'd, he was in the race as the
Nalt of the death of the late Senator
Huah McCutchen. He would make no
promises as to what he would do;
2 there were many things needed to be
done, and he would endeavor to serve
conscientiously, to do whatever ap-
5 peared to be best for the people OF
the County and State. There was
nothing to be gained from a pecuniary
standpoint, but he was not without
ambition, an ambition to represent his
County in the State Senate, which had
,ssslept dormant in his breast for ten
years. He had nothing to say against
his friend, Mr.. S. A. Graham, either
personally or of his past record. Mr..
Beasley believes in better education
and would-vote for liberal appropria-
tions to colleges and schools In the
State. He also stated that he believes
in good roads and that we should
| spend money justly and wisely for
kthem. The candidate said that it had
ONE to him that he was being criti-
zad for "living in Columbia and as
piring to office from this, County.
This criticism was unfounded. 1t
came to point where his family OF
I children had to have better education
al advantages, and he sent them, with
: their mother, to live in Columbia; ne
uays taxes here, votes here and spends
most of his time here; has no inten-
ton of severing his interests in Will
liamsburg County, and expects even
tualIy 20 bring his family back here.
The speaker was applauded at the con-
clusion of his remarks.
Hon. S. A. Graham.
Also candidate for the State Senate,
was the next speaker, and began by
thanking his opponent "for the clean
manner in which he opened his cam
paign.
Mr.. Graham understood that ne had
been criticised as a member Of the
house of representatives; that he could
not make a speech; had been there
six years and done nothing; others
held that he had passed legislation
that has about ruined the count y;
also for the passage of the fish W;
and the vehicle tax. About the last
the speaker said II was necessary to
raise more money for road purposes
tn raise more mony for road purposes,
and as large per centage Of the pop
ulation of the county had no real prop
erty, but had vehicles, it was consid-
ered only fair and just to assess these
slp the situation. He claims that
ne colored population owned IS per
cent of the vehicles. Mr.. Graham is
!, favor of read improvement and SAID
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