The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-08-17
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Laurens, Aug. 18.-Here tpday as
was the case yesterday in y0reenwood,
there was a somewhat generous in
dulgence in personalities Among can
didates Offering for state superintend-
ent Of education. -
J. H. ope of Union, referring to
yesterdays statement of Ceeil H.
Seigler of Aiken, that candidate
complaining Of buying textbooks,
twas not living with his family and
possibly had not bought a Textbook
for his child in ten years." had stoop-
ed to a contemplate lie, and I told him
SO this morning" ~,
Mr.. Seigler said he understood that
the children were living with their
grandfather and that in SO far as he
was concerned the matter was drop
ped. 4f
John E. Swearingen said M Hope
had attacked him five times before
he mentioned Mr.. Hopes nante, and
eff he wants to fight let him blind
fold himself and III meet him IS b
Mr.. Hope said he didn't want the
Office if he had to crawl Through a
sewer pipe to get it. The PEI pie OF
Union county knew him and had elect
ed him county superintendent of edu-
cation. He referred the voters to the
people of Union and would ABIDE
whatever the Union people won "a sSy.
J. j. Cantey today gave a s.sstbiRg
arraignment Of Bleaseisnt, wipich ne
said was temporary rev95S gainst
civilization. All the talk bSGs e fNf-
mer governor about taxes we cheap
demagoguery. The former .sfs30r
"would take you back to TIL Fndlan,
who lived on mushrooms : Sed
meat, back to the days Of tt .Sbs1on,
who paid no taxes" II q
The Clarendon couY& ydAte
said the time had pasSsft cribed mi !
garchy could write ofre' Y~n&S ID
hand it to the voters kar lS ID
is passed. This was sup&
more damnable system TX3rk 4
garchy was overthEQwn A thirdl
ment set up 4or the IN y = .ls, OF 4
man In power Hs atked 4 4 ,csa Il
ers ;be not stampH ded into y q, - |
stale poIitician Just toiE the HN2
other stale poliici isn ysse miets3h
Carolina, 8 hk Z a,1 AN
lir t1at cese u.,sS;ny ~ S5S56sf hs,
s,sss - u alis Two sin i " Il
John i. Duncsess sessterdsy' s.s%t; s'sns.ssllyt j
the scalp of the To- r e. .svas a,a Eesps.
an occasional thrust n re was as
the crowd into rollickingNy sa
Mr.. Duncan said Mr.. Bleas =
rading over the state as eup
mans friends, and yet woul} ~
the tax commission, ga bodn0
to help you poor fellows taiiroau
the big interests bear thu ne ma''s
portion of taxes" This 'aue' e
shouts for the former 60, ns.e-- n.
Duncan then said Mr. Ble! 'efollow.
ers were riding in from tn tadjoir1ina
counties and leaving the mp citing with
the former governor, who always
"beats it" when he has spoken, to
make it appear that the crowd is for
Blease. This brought another spurt
Of shouts from a half dozen Blease
supporters. When one Of these per-
sisted in his shouting and talking
hack at the speaker Mr.. Duncan SAID:
"If I had that jaw bone, I could slay
more Philistines than Samson did.
This silenced the would-be heckiers
ard the speaker concluded withou'
further interruption.
Cole l.. Blease said today that the
holl weevil has wrought much damage
in the state, but that far greater harm
had been done by the boil weevil poll
ticians.
Referring to the volume Of unpaid
taxes, the former governor said the
penalties and costs incident to forced
collections or delinquencies this year
will amount to almost as much as II
cost to operate the state government
when he left the Office of governor
Governor Harvey, he said, now hac
about half a dozen sheriffs and doz'
en- constables looking up men -paroief
by Governor Manning and Governo,
Cooper. These sheriffs and copsta
bles were not looking for men parolet
by Blease, for the men paroled by hin
rad been making good citizens. Ht
did not "blame Bob Cooper for leav
ing the state. If had record like
him I'd leave, too"
The speaker made his customary at
tack on the state tax commission, th'
board Of public welfare and the bud
get commission, to which he has add
ed the farm demonstration agents ant
the home demonstration women.
Thomas G. Mcleod, George X. La
ney and William Coleman made thelI
usual speeches and were listened tt
most attentively.
Poincare Orders
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