The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1922-07-12
STATE CANDIDATES
TAKE WEEKS REST
Spoke In Orangeburg Last
Saturday
TO SUMTER
NEXT MONDAY

NEXT MONDAY
The State Campaign Party has been
Through Seventeen Counties In
Southwestern Portion Of the State.
Large Proportion of Orangeburg
Audience are Women.
The State, July 8.
Orangeburg, July 8.-About 700 vot-
ers heard candidates for state Offices
IN Orangeburg today. a large proper
tion Of the audience being women. Fol
lowing the meeting today the cam
paign party disbanded to meet in SUM-
ter July II, next week being taken off.
The party SO far has been through
IL counties in the southwestern por-
tton OF the state.
Cole T.. Blease was the first speaker
this morning. He said he had told
the people when he entered the race
that he would not indulge in personali-
ties Twice personalities had been
dragged in once at Allendale and
again yesterday at ST. Matthews. He
mad said he was not going to pay any
attention to personalities unless they
came from man OF character and
responsibility, and If day Of reckon
ing should come, he wanted the people
TO understand that he did not start it.
The former governor also charged
that men in the employ of the state
of South Carolina were following the
campaign Ito work against me-"
Referring to the increasing number
or men brought to the penitentiary,
Mr. Blease said he would put these
men ON the chaingangs. Some people
were saying that the crimes were be-
ing committed by men he had turned
loose. If that were true, why was
it that they could find but two men
with pardons who had committed other
ofenses, he asked
John T. Duncan followed Mr.. Blease
and said he always paid his respects
to the former governor, who was want
ing to wipe out the past and be the
governor OF all the people when in
his two former administrations he had
been only the governor Of his friends.
HE'D now kiss and make up and be
the governor Of ALL" the speaker said.
Mr.. duncan said that Republicans
were putting $4,000 into the state
campaign in the effort to have the
Democratic party betrayed in South
Carolina. 1t was time, he thought,
hoo Il 7
and hang at the crossroads Of public
opinion traitors to the party IN the
state. He said the former governor
had repudiated James Nj. Cox, the
Democratic nom inee for president in
1920, and had ri!lde speeches for w.
g. Harding, the Republican nominee.
II Mr. Blease w':4ld pull off from the
Democratic petty in South Carolina,
st would be 4 God-send," he said.
George X, Ianey gave his "war rec
ord" today, emphasizing that during
the war period he had turned aside
from his farm work and law prac-
tice and engaged in every phase OF
war work asked by President Wilson.
He did everything in his power to help
the American boys overseas to bring
the Germans to their knees, and he
was pleased to say that every drive
put on in Chesterfield was brought
to triumphant success. That's my
war record" he concluded.
The Chesterfield candidate had
voted against the immigration bureau
In 1904, as he did not think 1t wise
to import foreigners into the state
to digplace South Carolinians. He had
also voted against the creation Of
the state tax commission and the bud
!. get commission, and against the Of
Ace OF insurance commissioners, but he
thought he was wrong that tine."
d{e reviewed the efforts OF the last
general assembly to cut the state levy
10y finding hitherto uncovered prop
erty, reminding the voters that the
state levy was thus cut tearly In two
by this method.
Thomas G. Mcleod said he was not
only farmer but was "a boil weeWl
farmer, and I'm afraid I'm busted"
He asked II there were any OF those
present, which brought a hearty laugh
from the audience. as the cotton crop
the, last few years in Orangekurg
county has been cut 4rom $4,000 20
r .HeA 4. 80 - a.. - H . . .