The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1922-06-28
LANEY DENIES HE'S
BLEASE SUPPORTER
Man Dcnounccs Current
Report
SPEAKERS AT ALLENDAIE
Mcleod and Blease Deliver Regular
Addresses, Latter Reading
His Platform

His Platform
Allendalc, June 27.-Surrounded bv
an audience composed of citizens who
DoaSt that the youngest county in the
oIate Is the best, aspirants for State
Offices today in the city hall of Alien
dale, delivered their appeals for suf
| irage. approximately three hundred
! voters attended the meeting and a
large portion remained until the
last speaker had been heard.
chesterfield County, who is offer
ing for Governor of the State, took
major portion of his time today
to a denial of the report which is
| current that he is an active sun
! porter of former Governor Bleasc
| and denounced emphaticallv the pcr-
son who had started this false run,or
as a "c0wardly cur"
Mr. Lancy turned to his opponents
ON the platforc and cxoncrated
them of any connection with this
report. and referred to the audi
cncc his public record in the legis-
iatlVS ia halls Of South Carolina as
the best proof that he could offer
! in rcfutation Of this statement. Mr.
l'ancy invited investigation of his
pubic record and private life and
declared that in no way had he
ever aligned himself with former
Governor Blcasc other than at times
/ when he thought it was to the best
interests of South Carolina and her
citizens. 81 am not, nor have ! ever
been Il supporter of the politics of
Cole l.. Blcasc. but have always
la6ored for the best interests of agri-
culture, ust and proportionatc dis
tribution Of school funds and the en-
forccmcnt of all laws on the statute
boo ks Of the State Of South Carolina
and the federal government. He
1aVorS a water power tax, a luxury
tax and an income tax, and tax on
any other sources of revenue which
vii! tend toward the elimination of the
personal property and real estate
tax, such as is now in effect in North
Carolina.
For Support of Veterans
Former Lieutenant Governor Me
Leod favors continued support of
Confederate Veterans and liberal
appropriations for education Which
he believes is an investment in
moral character, and presented an
able plea IN behalf 0! rv-op."At....
IN the enforcement Of laws. "Therc
is no crime wave, said Mr.. Mcleod;
"crlmc is contagious, and the only
way to effect it's elimination or con
troll is by the calm and deliberate
Judgment on the part Of citizens in all
sections or the State who will lend
their moral support in this vital is
, sue. Mr. Mcleod told the Allcndalc
audience of the distribution Of county
funds, and stated that 76 pcr cent Of
; the taxes of the county were spent
, for education and law enforcement
within the bounds of the county and
= for othcr purposes, and that "a per
| cent is used b! the State government
Cole l.. B!"asc, former Governor,
} vs. mwCi today and read from
his manuscript thu platform which
, he outlined in Columbia al; the
oncning Of the State campaign, dc
rlarin~ himself in favor Of "a con-
. structivc polry in the administra-
ton of State affairs, and the discon-
tinuancc Of Offices crca cd since
his last trrr as Governor which
have proven entirely unsa lfactory
= - regard economical STATE GOVERN
! mcnt AMI which are n... ;sarily
: :upNoncd hv tAc taXnar~. = the
St".C
-, r; "lcasc told OF his 1T in
} 'hv Senate for free ru:a! "nools
; and declared himself in l., " Of
iacing adequate educationH, facii~
; Ties wthi'' the reach Of cr ty boy
i and girl in the State II pledged
himsrif TO th" strirt"c' nforccmcnt
of the law with special emphasis on
, the prohibition law anG 70 law re-
gard ng he sale Of narcotics.
;; John II. Duncan again assaIed
the system, stated that if necessary
, the system would appropriate an ad-
ditional $50,000 to keep Blcase in the
race in order that Mcleod might be
the next Governor.
The following candidates were alb
sent from the meeting today J. j
, Cantcy and William Coleman, for
{: Governor; l.. c. l.. Adams, Tor
. Lieutenant Governor; s. NJ. Wolfe
and Harold Eubanks, for Attorney
, General
, The candidates accepted an invi-
5 tation to address the voters at
5 Fairfax tonight and will journey to
t Hampton tomorrow.
, FRENCH PREPARE