The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1922-06-22
CANDIDATES FOR
STATE OFFICES
MANY HATS TOSSED INTO PO-
LITICAL RING AT LAST
MOMENT.

Columbia, June ia bumper crop
of candidates for state Offices makes
a rich harvest this year for the treas
ury of the State Democratic Execu-
tive Committee. AS one hat after
another was flung into the ring, and
these fell thick and fast up to IL
o'clock today, accompanying the SOM
breros of male candidates and the
millinery of women candidates were
checks of S1OO and $500 denomina-
tions.
"a pretty good days business,
remarked Edgar A. Brown, the state
chairman who, hailing from Barnwell,
where he is a candidate for the leg
islature, is incidentally boss of the
works.
Complaint was heard not very many
days ago that this year there appear
ed to be little interest in state poll
tics outside of the gubernatorial race,
but the last days gleanings, and it
was only half day at that, brought
the biennial crop of candidates up to
something a little more than par.
Pledges were filed thick and fast this
morning, so thick and so fast that
the entire landscape was complete
ly changed. Those political wise
acres who have heretofore predicated
their representations upon the line
up as previously existing now face
the necessity of revising the same
because of new entries.
Eleventh-hour candidates have
rather complicated the situation for
those who, until this morning, had
no opposition. POLITICAL aspirants
came today from various parts Of the
state. One shudders to think what
might have happened to the aspira-
tions and ambitions of some of these
had their trains been late or had they
suffered more than one or two blow
outs on the way. In point Of fact,
Sam T. Carter, state treasurer, is the
one state officer who did not draw
an opponent, a worthy tribute to a
worthy and faithful official Of the
state government.
There was also one withdrawal,
Paul Moore, of Columbia, quit the
race for state superintendent Of edu-
cation. In this race, however, are
left six candidates, including two
women, the first of the female sex
to offer for state Offices, Mrs. Bessie
Rogers Drake, of Marlboro, and Mrs.
Martha Wallace, Of Columbia.
For lieutenant governor two new
candidates entered the political arena,
E. B. Jackson, of Wagner, and DR..
E. C. L. Adams, of Columbia.
Two candidates for attorney gen
eral also announced, Harold Eubanks
and D. NJ. Winters, both of Columbia.
For comptroller general, T. Hagood
Gooding, of Hampton. announced and
two new candidates for governor
filed pledges, J. J. Cantey, of Sum-
merton, and William Coleman, Of I'm
ion.
/. S. Hutto, of Dorchester, j. j.
Mcmahon, of Columbia, and W. F.
Stevenson, of Cheraw, filed their
pledges.
The complete list of candidates as
compiled after the clock struck the
noon hour today, is as follows:
For Governor.
For Governor: Cole L. Blease, j.
]. Cantey, VIM. Coleman, John T.
Duncan, Geo. K. Laney, Thomas G.
Mcleod.
For Lieutenant Governor.
For Lieutenant Governor: E. c.
L. Adams, E. M. Jackson, James X.
Owens.
For Congress.
For Congress: First district-W.
Turner Logan, I. S. Hutto, ]. D. Nor
rison.
Second district: Jas. F. Byrnes.
Third district: S. H. Sherard, Fred
H. Dominick, E. F. McCrayy.
Fourth district: ]. ]. McSwain.
Fifth district: w. F. Stevenson.
Sixth district: w. R. Barringer,
A. H. Gasque, Jerome T. Pate, P. H.
Stoll.
Seventh district: A. j. Bethea, H.
P. Fulmer, ]. j. Mcmahon.
Other State Offices.