The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1922-05-04
SPECULATIONS ON
GOVERNORS RACE
IMPOSSIBLE AT THIS TIME TO
SAY WHAT POLITICAL MENU
WILL EMBRACE.

In a recent survey OF the Soutl
Carolina political field The Columbi'
Record sizes up the situation in thi:
manner:
The positive statement from Wash
ington, that Frank Lever, who i:
retiring from the Federal Farm Loar
Board to head a joint stock land bank
company recently formed in Nortf
and South Carolina, will not be {
candidate for governor cf South Caro-
Ina this summer, is calculated tc
stir the simmering political pot ir
this state, at least to the extent Of
bringing forth into the arena one OF
two, and maybe more, positive if not
outstanding candidates. There has
been much speculation rs to whether
Mr.. Lever would go into the race, and
it is known to be fact that, for a
time, he did give the matter seri-
Gus consideration. The possibility
of his becoming candidate, and
recognition of the fact that he would
prove a factor in the gubernatorial
race, has possibly deferred some other
good man or men who may be as
riring to fill tho chair now occu-
pied by Robert A. Cooper from
jumping into the fray. Now that
the atmosphere has cleared, so to
speak, at least so far ss Mr.. Levers
intentions are concerned, the next
few weeks should bring some de-
velopments that will indicate what
the lineup will be this coming
summer. 1t is a well-known fact
that in various parts OF the state
there are men who, if they have
been hesitant, have nevertheless had
their ears to the ground. Some of
these are in decidedly receptive mood
and in South Carolina politics, OF
human nature, perhaps, as history
will attest, when a man gets in re-
ceptive mood he is Only a few de-
grees removed from a positive candi-
date.
To some political observers the
story coming out of Greenwood the
other day, that John Gray Evans
had practically decided to offer for
the chief magistracy he once upon
tirae held, is construed as definite
enough to justify accounting the
Spartanburg r1an-formerly of Aiken
AS full-hedged candidate. Mr.
Evans has not been altogether in
active lately. During the recent leg
islative session he was seen upon
several occasions hobnobbing with the
lawmakers under the capitol dome
his visits to the state house not by
any means confined to the wing oc-
cupied by the supreme court and If
there is anything in signs that is Z
sure sign that the political bee is
buzzing strong in somebody's bonnet
On the eve of the reorganization
of South Carolina Democracy-the
Democratic clubs to meet the latter
part of this month-men and women
throughout the state are asking OF
each other the question: "Who will
be in the race for GOVERNOR" Sc
far it is a querry with only a partial
answer. There are at the present
time number of candidates whose
somberos have already baen flung in.
to the ring, but for the most part
the fiinging mas not, so to speak
caused any undue excitement, ano
with the exception of the effect OF
Mr.. Blease's announcement upon his
followers, produced very little if any
enthusiasm. It must be admitted that
for the moment Cole Blease is the
cnly big-leaguer in the race, or rather
the preliminary. That there will be
some candidate of standing and parts
around whom the anti-Blease forces
may rally, to enter the arena before
the big show begins, goes without
saying; but just who is the question
without answer.
Usually things begin to shape
themselves politically in South Caro-
Lima in election years during the leg
islative session, end usually by th'
time the general assembly wears it
self and everybody else out and ad
icurns in self-oefense, it is possible
to forecast if not positively to asser
just what sort of a political men'
is to be served up for the whettint
of the voters appetites in the Angus
primaries. This year, however, suS)
is not the case-all signs hhg
perhaps, in aodry countrYas in DIR!
weather. There have ben numerous