The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1922-06-21
ECONOMY NOTE SOUNDED
BY STATE CANDIDATES
First Gun of State Campaign Fired
at Columbia With Chief Inter-
est in Governors Race
VOTERS APPLAUD WOMEN
Harold u. Eubanks Launches Vigor-
Gus Attack OH Attorney General
Wolfe About Boundary
Question

ernment which have prevailed
throughout the State during the past
half-year, the opening Of the cam
paign today demonstrated that the
major candidates in the race were
actuated with desire of economy.
Cole l.. Blease, former Governor Of
the State of South Carolina, who is
offering hi sservices Tor Chief Execu-
tive of the State; Senator Geo. K.
Mcleod, Of Bishopvilie; John Il. Dun
can, of Columbia, and William c..
Coleman, Of Union, all were in tune
to the cry of economy. There were
perhaps 800 people in attendance at
the meeting when it began. When
it ended there were tWenty-three peo-
pie present.
The beginning of the campaign
marked a new epoch in the history
Of the State, with two we'll known
women in the race for State Superin-
tendent of Education. These two wo-
men are Mrs. Bessie Rogers Drake,
of Bemettsville, and Mrs. E. Barton
Wallace, of Columbia. Both of these
candidates are experienced in public
school work and made excellent ap-
pcals to the Richland county voters
for their suffrage in the August pri-
mary.
, Mrs. Drake is an alumane of Win
'throp College at Rock Hill, and has
the, Sunreserved support of the Win
thr6p daughters. She is prominent
ly connected with the educational
forces of Marlboro county.
Mrs. Wallace, teacher Of many
years experience, served as an en-
tertainer in France during the war,
and upon her return to this county
became aligned with the government
camp schools, where she had charge
of 1,700 soldiers in teaching them the
fundamentals of education
of the State for two terms, again
seeking the nomination for the CUB
ernatorial Office. Mr.. Blease was the
first, speaker at the meeting today,
. and read from a manuscript plat
for mfree from the former invectives
which he SO successfully used in the
previous campaigns. In practically
every county Of the State lined up
with Blcase in the race that is receiv-
ing the most attention from the press
and the people in the State are:
Thomas G. Mcleod, who made the
campaign twelve years ago and was
defeated; Geo X. Laney, for twenty
years representative in the General
Assembly from Chesterfield county;
Coleman, successful businessman of
Union; J. j. Cantey, planter and
businessman of Summerton, and John
T. Duncan, whose attacks on the So
callrd "Ring" and "Systcm" are made
each campaign year.
Aside from the interest that is be-
ing manifested in the race for Gov
.ernor and for Superintendent of Edu-
cation only a nominal amount Of en-
thusiasm is apparent in the contests
'for the other Offices.
A striking fact in connection with
the campaign this year is that only
one State Office is uncontested. State
Treasurer Sam Y. Carter is the only
candidate that has no opposition.
Two youthful candidates made
their announcements Monday and filed
their pledges for the race at the last
minute. TIL 50 two young aspirants
are Harold U. Eubanks, aged twenty
three, and D. NJ. Winter, a few years
older. Both arc graduates Of the
University o. South Carolina. Mr..
Winter has served his county in the
Legislature for the past four years.
AS soon as Mr. Eubanks was ac-
corded the privilege of the floor to-
day he launched an attack on the
administration Of the incumbent,
Samuel l.. Wolfe, who has announced
for reelection, but who stated this
morning that he would not make the
canvass of the State. Charges
brought against Mr.. Wolfe by Eu-
banks were to the effect that the At
tomey General had for personal glory
muddied the waters in regard to the
well known dispute between the
States of Georgia and South Carolina
relative to the boundary line dispute,
and that the Attorney General had
talegraphed messages from Washing
ton after the hearing on the question
by the Supreme Court that had been
misleading and were erroneous. Mr..
Eubanks also called attention to the
records of tire office, which revealed
that the State Of South Carolina
had been forced to employ counsel to
the extent Of $4,000 during one single
year of the administration of the in
cumbent.
The platform the candidates for
GRyernor of the State center around
q Possible solution Of the question
Of tax reduction, increasing the ed
ucational facilities for the youth Of
the State, a more rigid enforcement
Of law and more liberal appropria-
ti$ns for caring for the Confederate
Veterans.
Former Governor Blease sounded
the keynote Of the tax reduction
problem when he stated that he
was in favor Of abolishing the State
Tax Commission, equal distribution
of taxes on the high and humble
classes Of citizenry, increasing the
sources Of reyonue md hy ono