Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1922-08-03
HEARD IN FORT MILL.
Candidates for State Office Speak
at Confederate Park.

efHapS as many as 0UU people
were present at Confederate park
in Fort Mill late Tuesday after
noon to hear speeches by Cole l..
Blease, candidate for governor,
and number of other candidates
for State office. The candidates
had spoken in Lancaster during
the day and were passing through
Fort Mill Oh the way to Rock
Eill for the meeting there Tues
day night. Original plans for
the Fort Mill meeting were that
it was to be addressed by Gov
ernor Blease only. but other can
didates were in town and all in
vitation was extended them to
speak. The crowd was unmis-
takably i'll sympathy with the ut
ttranceS of the former governor,
Judging from the applause he re-
ceived.
The meeting was presided over
Ivy Arthur &. Lytle, mayor OF
Fort Mill. Following prayer
,by the Rev. R. ii. Wiser, pastor of
tie Presbyterian church, Govern
or Blease was introduced by
Hon. $. ii. Epps. former member
o. the Legislature from York
county. The former governor
lest little time in reaching the
subjects he said he would discuss
briefly. He laid particular en-
phasis OH what he said was the
eNtravagance of the Legislature
for the last eight years i'll Great
ing useless offices and otherwise
spending the peoples money
ncedlessly.
Men are now sitting III the sky
SC, aperS in Columbia drawing
large salaries from the State Tor
performing no service of value to
The people, he declared, and the
one message they give to the
people of South Carolina Is,
- All we'll, plow OH, plow OH. -
He cited as an Illustration OF the
waste OF the taxpayers money,
the expense incurred by the etti-
cheney and economy committee,
: which he said had done no good.
lie also called attention TO the
crime wave which has been
sweepnS over the state, saying
' lhat south CarOlInu Is Today the
most lawless State III the AmerI-
, Can union.
Mrs. Barton Wallace of COlum-
Ina, followed Mr.. Blease III d
n"ppy nllle speech III which she
. told OF her Work III the schOoi
room lOr the children OF the
state auu OF her service overseas.
Mrs. " Wallace was the first wo-
: m;,n candidate Tor d State Otnce
&c address For, Mil audience
.. and her speech was listened lu
with much interest.
Waiter f.. duncan, comptroller
, general, candidate Tor reelccllon,
. >. III the efficiency and economy
y committee had cost the State
more than $li, ,OUU. He denoml-
mated II nolhmg more than Il
smelling committee composed
OF men Drought from the NORTH
= to tell us how to run our govern
:. ment, saying that its WORK had
amounted to nothing and that the
~ lax payers had to 1Oot the bill.
- W. Banks Dove, Ill shor'
. speech, announced his candidacy
: tor reelection as secretary ol
State. lie told of the efncien'
way in which the Office had been
e run under his administration anI
:, thanked the people of York coun
:. ~ for the large vote he had re
J. ccived i'll the county III one OF
,r his former races.
+. State Senator George Wight
v nan of Saluda county urged sup
+ port of his candidacy tor com
a missioner of agriculture and re
:. fcrred to the work he had done
i as senator for the mill opera
70 tives of the State. He said th'
Il Office he sought was being ex
l. travagantly run and he though
e he could do some effective worl
, lin If as an economist.