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46 county seats, was officially ended
The speaking tour ended at Co.
lumbia last night to the roars Of
almost 5000 persons.
Both Smith and Johnston planned
to make several more speeches.
Brown, Barnwell attorney, said in
his statement, handed to newsmen
here, that he could not see any good
that can come to the State by me
remaining in this race"
Brown said that he had instructed
State Democratic party officials to
notify all county chairmen and pre-
cinct managers that any votes cast
for me. by mistake or otherwise, shall
not be counted. tabulated or reported"
Democratic Secretary Lane L. Bon
ner explained that Browns name could
not be removed from the ballots as it
was too near the primary. Many alb
sentee ballots, too, have already been
mailed, Bonner said.
Third Man in Race.
"As this campaign draws to a close, "
DAoN A. coAAt \ SoAl NAoddlALt tllC poIIll.
cal situation in South Carolina. Not
withstanding my burning ambition to
90 to Washington, yet facing the
issue squarely. I have reached the
conclusion, most unhappy one, that
am the third man in the race.
IT could get into the second race
with either of my opponents hon
estly believe that I would receive a
ma ajority Of the votes in the State. but
I am resigned to the unfortunate
position of the third man.
Il cannot see any good that can
come to the State by me remaining in
this race. A second primary would. in
my opinion. be attended by political
bitterness that might not insure tc
the peace and happiness of our peo-
pie and the continued success of rep
resentative democracy"
While President Roosevelt did not
ask directly for Smiths defeat, as he
did in the case of Senator George, in
| Georgia, he made brief talk as his
train passed through South Carolina
several weeks ago which gave Gov
| Johnston boost.
After the President returned to
Washington. reports persisted that in
in the Tuesday primary, the President
would return to South Carolina be-
tween that day and the run-off to give
more positive support to one of the
New Deal aspirants.
| Many political observers in the
South have felt recently that Senator
Smith would lead in the first primary
although they were doubtful whethe,
he would obtain the majority neces-
sary to avoid run-off. 1t had ap-
peared, therefore, that run-of1
might occur between Senator Smith
and Gov. Johnston.
Surprise to Smith.
LYNCHBURG. S. c.. Aug. ~ tP).-
Senator E. D. Smith. the incumbent,
termed complete surprise" tonight
the withdrawal of Edgar Brown from
the three-cornered South Carolina
senatorial contest.
Smith was informed of the with
drawal while at his farm nome near
here. He issued the following state
ment:
The withdrawal of Edgar Brown
from the race for United States Sena-
tor comes as a complete surprise to
me. He is the third candidate to
withdraw from this race, two others
having dropped out prior to the begin
ming of the campaign.
Il am sincerely sorry Mr.. Brown
has chosen this course because I
wanted the satisfaction of winning
over both him and my other opponent
in the primary Tuesday. But after
presenting his candidacy vigorously in
all the 46 counties in the State, Mr..
Brown has evidently reached the same
conclusion that the two other candi-
dates learned earlier, that is, the
Democrats of South Carolina are
still loyal to the man who has been
loyal to them in the United States
Senate for 80 years"