The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-07-29
Candidates at ~
Conway Monday
Only About Four Hundred in
Horny Audience-Not Much
Interest

Interest
Conway, July 24-Horry county
today provided the smallest crowd
for campaign meeting held thus
far in the Pee Dee. There were
abou. 400 persons present and 1T
tie enthusiasm or interest was
manifested.
Several Of the candidates were
absent today. T. B. Marshall, cam
didate for adjutant and Inspector
general, has lame foot, which
gave Kim much trouble most of last
week. He could not attend today.
S. NJ. Wolfe, attorney general, and
Georgc w. Wightman, candidate
for commissioner of agriculture,
were also among those missing.
James C. Dozier, of Rock Hill, is
native of Horny county and had
many warm friends at the meeting
today
Candidates for governor were
near the top of. the list this morn
ing and a number OF the people left
after these; had spoken, to return
when the two women candidates for
the Office of state superintendent Of
education spoke. This procedure
obtains in some degree almost every
day.
Thomas G.. Mcleod was the first
of tn, gubernatorioa1 candidates to
be heard and was the only one who
got much applause when he was
introdaced. Mr.. Mcleod made an
Garnet appeal to the women to en-
roll for the primary and then to
register for the general election.
Whether they were for suffrage or
not the duty had been imposed and
it was patriotic duty which ought
to be performed.
Mr.. Mcleod made his usual ap-
peals for constructive tax reforms
and for education, but reminded
that above these was the supreme
issue of law enforcement. The
crime wave could only be STAYED
by a chief executive who held sa-
cred the verdict Of juries and sem
tences Of courts. The liquor traffic
was the greatest cause OF crime.
He pleaded with the people to
stand by their officers and courts
in an attempt to wipe out this
curse
Cole I. Blease again made a COM
parison of the items Of the gen
eral appropriation bill of 1914 with
those Of 1921, emphasizing the in
creases since he went out OF the
Office of governor. He made his
usual charges that. the state tax
commission was worthless and
said that it should be abolished,
criticised the state board of pub
Ec welfare and the budget com COM
mission, was opposed to seeking
new sources for taxes. as advanced
by Msssrs, Mcleod and Laney to
relieve the buren of real estate and
personal property. He would aboi-
ish a.. useless Offices and, stop ex-
tfavagance and thus reduce the
general appropriations bill.
John T. Duncan asked that man
be elected governor who would be
the servant OF. all the people and
not their boss. He referred tc
Bleases war record saying that
.Blease was so disloyal in the
Worl1 war that is own brother took
tho stun1n TO ceunteract his infiu-
ence. He also told the voters that
when the former governor came
and talked to them about the ne
groes to remember that "he goes
TO tl1e negroes and talks about
the whites He reviewed the
candidacy of Mr.. Blease for con
gress in the Senevtnh district three
years ago saying ..Blease could not
deliver the split then. Even the
decent negroes did not vote for
him"
State Senator Laney said some
of the. newspapers We're attempt.
ing to make it appear that taxation
was not the chief issue. He begged
to disagree with them, He review
ed the tax measures of the last gen
eral assembly and hoped that the
policy established then would be
continued until all revenue for
state purposes would be thus pro-
vided, leaving each county to econ
omize to any limit it and its dele
gator might determine.
Senator Laney said that despite
the. statement Of Blease that the
Chesterfield senator was just "prac-,
ticing he was mkaing the race to
win. The former governor should
know the roads pretty well, as he
had been around the state eight
or ten tines.
rhe meeting tomorrow viii be
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