Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-08-11
CAMPAIGN OPENS
MCCOnneIISVlile Voters Hear Candl'
dates for Various County Offices.
SMALL CROWD, LITTLE ENTHUSIASM

Platforms are Largely the Same
Oher Candidates Spoke Briefly a
Afternoon Session.
(By Staff Correspondent)
McConnellsville, Aug. 9.-With ap'
proximately $50 people in attendance
the York County Democratic Campaign
for 1922 was formally opened in Reuben
McConnells pasture here today when
the candidates for the several Of
fees presented their respective claims
to the voters for suffrage. 1t was
lively, good natured folk, practically
all of them residents of McConnells-
vile. Shortly after l o'clock the
meeting was adjourned that the crowd
might partake of a bountiful picnic
dinner, the principal feature OF which
was soup and hash prepared by those
masters in the art of cooking soup and
hash. Messrs. Jack Bratton, Bob
Stevenson, w. r. Harper and Mr.. Con-
rad. The eight candidates for the
house of representatives addressed the
voters before dinner while candidates
for probate judge, treasurer ana su-
perintendent of education spoke in the
afternoon. It was a hard matter to
persuade the after dinner speakers TO
come to the stand, and as it was, most
of them contented themselves with
brief announcement of their respective
candidates.. Candidate Ernest w. Guy
who seeks the office of treasurer was
on his native heath today and when he
arose to announce his candidacy he
was greeted with liberal applause in
GLIDING two yelps. There was ap-
parently little or no interest in the
other candidates.
S. H. Love, precinct chairman at Nc
Connellsvile, presided over the meet
ing here today, the candidates speak
ing from a platform built in the
pasture with seats arranged nearby
for the auditors. The meeting was
opened with prayer offered by Magis-
trate E. A. Crawford Of Guthriesville
in the absence of Rev. r. c. Wilson of
!McConnellsyille, who was late in
getting to the meeting 1t was the in
tention to hold the candidates for the
legislature to 10 minutes each; but II
wound up by each candidate speaking
about as long as he cared to speak
talthough some of the candidates said
they did not have sufficient time to
c. all the matters they cared to
talk about. While a respectful hear
ing was given each legislative candi-
date, there was no enthusiasm apparent
for any one of them.
Mr. Beamguard.
James E. Beamguard of Glover, for
mer state senator from York county
who is seeking election to the lowe:
house of representatives where he has
served eight years expressed his ap-
probation to the people of McConnells-
Vile for the vote given him in former
years He had made mistakes while
legislator but they were mistakes OF
the head rather than the heart. He
said he was again offering for a seat
in the house at the solicitation OF
many voters from practically every
section of the county.
He said that any legislator who sits
in the house of representatives during
the next four or five years had
Imans Job before him. There is teel-
ing of unrest on the part OF people
over the state and the people are cry
ing out because Of the burden of tax
alton they are carrying. There was IN
every nook and corner cry for econ
omy in government and for efficiency
in office. While he stands for econ
omy he would do nothing to cripple
the roads and schools and he does not
believe that the people Of York county
can elect from the eight legislative
candidates four men who would DC
willing to cripple the schools and the
roads.
Rciterating his statement that there
was a demand for economy and eff
cheney he said that it was now going
to be necessary to have men OF brains
in the legislative halls to look out for
the STATE.
Declaring there were too many use
less commissions connected with the
state government he said that the
state had driftcd into the practice oi
creating too many commissions and
clothing them with too much authority
in fact sweeping powers. AS matters
stand now there is little army OF
state employees classcd as inspectors
going over the state on different mis-
sions-thc number including inspectors
of hotels and ot-dog stands. Il know
of no other name to call them except
beach combers," said the speaker.
Referring to the work Of the Eff
cheney Commission" about which much
has been said in the state political
campaign, Mr. Beamguard said that
while he did not approve the idea OF
going out of the state to employ MEM
bers of this comm' ssiOn, there was no
doubt of the fact that the work they
had done was pure gold" Saying