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LAURENS CROWD j WELCOMES SONS THE POLITICAL 3IEET1XJ GOOI> SATIRED AM) ORDERLY. / Candidates Continue Their Charges Along Lines Laid Out on Previous Occasions. The State. i Laurens, Aug. 13.?An audience of * "* notliroH o T1H DTH PT <tUUL JL,?JW 'guuu uatui vu auv> ?. - ? ly citizens of Laurens county, a large percentage of them woinen, listened (here today with close attention amd( with spontaneous hursts of approval^ to tfce speeches the candidates (for State offices. They accorded a warm we'ccme especially to the sons of Laurens county, Robert A. Cooper^ and William C. Irfoy, Jr., candidates, for governor, and J. H. Wharton, candidate for railroad commissioner. *!l"* ? Jn 4-Vv A orr?Aof_ U'iowers also were given iu. est profusion. The gubernatorial candidates con-^ fined their attacks to the same charges as in previous meetings. John G. Richards was on the defensive today in replying to the attaccks directed against him for his legislative work in getting the immigration bureau. He also corrected several "misrepresenta tions" 01 nis ponuous uu tanuus questions. .j The elimination conferences ani. editorial figured again today as objects of severe attacks at the hands of several candidates. Wthen the candidates and newspaper men in the State campaign party arrived in Laurens last night, j - ? * irt- M 1 citizens of Laurens iook xtnem co pn-j vate "homes in many parts of the city, j The generous hospitality was deeply appreciated by all. A Natnr&l Amphitheatre. The meeting was called to order at,' 10:30 o'clock by George A. Browning, ,j acting county chairman, for "William , C. Irby, Jr., who is county chairman.! tThfc stand was near a spring and sur-, rounded on three sides by sloping hills that made a natural amphitheatre with a railroad embankment as a back-. ground. The Rev. J. R. T. Major, pas- j tor of the Met&oclist cnurcn, onerea prayer. James A. Summersett, candidate for comptroller general, was the first speaker. He spoke at length of the j "evils of long tenure Of office." A. W. Jones said that Mr. Summersett, by his speeches, showed his ignorance Of the tax , problem. He, charged that his opponent was in the race as an agent of the bonding in-; ciimtim trnst ***"- - 1 W. W. Moore, seeking reelection as adjutant and inspector, read many indorsements of his administration, said that all property shortage during his term in office was amply j covered by bonds. M. C. Willis said -that Gen. Moore had gotten many of his indorsementwhile on his inspection tour and that several persons had signed them "as a matter of courtesy." J. *1. wnarion, 01 .uaureiis cuuui^, candidate for railroad commissioner, announced his candidacy and asked that a respectful hearing be given the other candidates. He was warm-, ly applauded and received a large bouquet. He was followed my W. I. Witherspoon. Sot a Bleaseite. The statement by George W Fairey that he had never and would never Tote for Blease was loudly cheered. C. D Fortner's statement in strong contiast to the above was greeted with fewer cheers. Frank W. Shealy was the next speaker. He paid a tribute to Mr. JWfaarton and was liberally applauded. "William M. Hamer, candidate for lieutenant governor, said that he was not as serious about his race as his competitors. He stated that South Carolina would soon put the "law ahr*vp thp man and not the man abov? the law." J. A. Hunter maintained that the i lawlessness of the State was largely due to the abuse o? the pardoning power. At this point a persistent j heckler was taken in charge by a policeman. The crowd cheered and many said: "That's right." ''Has anybody here seen Kelley?" j asked the chairman as the turn for! B. Prank Kelley to speak came j around. Mr. Kelley was absent. Andrew J. Betbea won applause for his statement in favor otf a strict enforcement olf law. He was given a bouquet. Thomas H. Peeples, asking for reelection as attorney general, spoke in behalf of his economical administration. A. G. Brice charged that <Mr. Peepies !had never represented the State. J? nrirr nrtllT^ ill auj wui * Robert A. Cooper, of Laurens, "was given an ovation by bis fellow towns- j people as be said: Glad to Welcome Them. "It is a real pleasure for me on this j occasion to extend tc the members of the State campaign party a gen nine welcome to my home town and the grand old county of Laurens, a county that has never failed to do he! *- - i duty as siie saw it. 1011 are sianuaij | today on historic ground consecratec ' by the memory of heroes in five wars and their descendants are facing you today, worthy sons of worth: sires. It gives me a peculiar pleasun ! to extend a cordial, heartfelt greet i ing to my competitors in the race fo: governor of the proud old State o . South Carolina. I "I shall not discuss here the im . portant issues that are before us, bu , give my time to our honored guests """* J J3UL you Win paruou me in sa.t iug iua in seeking this high office I am actu ated by my great love 'for the State o ; my birth, the land of my childhoo< i1 and my home until I shall sleep upoi the hillside yonder. In the languag< ; of the immortal and classic Virgil i "fA's long as the river flows on to th< j sea, as long as the shadows fall upoi | the mountain side, as long as th< heavens feed the stars," just so Ion* , will the welfare and honor of the ol< Palmetto State be my sacred charge whether as governor or as private citizen in the humble walks of life. "Again, gentlemen, I bid you welcome to our city and county. Th< keys are turned over to you. It yoi do not see what you want, ask for it.' He was showered with bouquets and the audience again cheered as n< feelingly thanked them for their em hV^s of love. William C. Irby, Jr., olf Laurens, was also accorded a generous welcome as he arose and said: "As the question inas be*v asked why Mr Cooper and I are in this race, I wish to answer: Mr. Cooper is my personal friend, and an honesl man, and there is nothing in reason that I would not do for Mm, but wc represent different views in politics, Ask who is supporting him here and consider the fact that a great daily paper, owned or* controls i by one of the biggest and most powerful bankers in this State, is so afraid that the people will not know for whom to if Mrri'ps his name in big ? ULC lUUi, A v vv** * , t type, "with instructions to vote for 'Mm, at the head of its editorial page. If he is not with them why are the big financial interests supporting him? The people may at times be disappointed in their men, but the big financial interests never. I will do him justice to say that his entrance into their ranks is so recent that he still realizes the aspirations of his people, and I believe would yield to many just demands, but he could not become a fighter in their cause without alienating many of his present supporters and being distrusted by the people. "You know where I have stood for 12 years. Yoa -have trusted me, and two years ago, in one of the bitterest fights this county has had in years, although my enemies predicted that I would be overwhelmingly defeated, you elected me, the only one on the first ballot with nine men in the race. After your loyalty to me, alfter the legislature naa turnea ao* u ucai ij everything you sent me there to work for, would I not have been a coward if I had laid down on the job and not appealed to the people of this State to put me in a position that when*! call on the legislature for the passage o! laws that they will know that it is not mine, but the voice of the people speaking to them through me? Because of my stand for the rights of the neoDle I have received many bitter cuts. I have often been in youi midst, with a heavy "heart, but vou did not know it. I have been arming myself with the sword of truth and justice, and there are men here that can bear witness that in this Campaign my thrusts have sunk deep in the financial octopus that is fastening itself upon the people. You, my hare pvpr nrntected me from J 1 ;uuuo, i*M. ? v w ' w slander and calumny and should I be elected governor, while busy fighting for laws tfor the protection of my people, I will do as in the past, leave my enemies to the tender mercies of my friends. i "Whether elected or not, I know tha~ I have started a movement that all the wealth, power and trickery of the financial oligarchy can't stop." -- '? -? a. ^ j JUT. mcnaras jrajueu. John G. Richards said that The State has been un'fair to him. He said that the paper was trying to make him appear as a man who trims to every breeze. "On the question of liquor,' he said, "I will snbserve my opinior to the opinion of the people. I would undertake to carry out your decrees even if it was contrarry to the dictates tvitt <-VTVn PT1 " UX IUJ V" A1 VVUWV? i He charged that Mr. Simms misrepresented him grossly when h* stated that Mr Richards had tried tc repeal the lien law "I am a pooi man," he continued "and I am making my campaign on borrowed money I am hacked by the farmers' union of which I have been a member foi many years." { He uphe.d his work in establish ing the iir.'iiigration bureau saying 1 that it was of great benefit to tlu 'farmers as out of it grew the present * department of agriculture commerce ' and industries. ?>i ~ ~. *-v .?/->,! flint- o ti mar\ r>r Q P 1 Sdv> Lt/ > u u Liiai ctii j wuu J | of men who say that I swing fron = one side to another ;ior political pref *! *rment says something that is abso 5 lutely false. I want my opponents am '; critics to give me credit for honest: r of purpose." f " i He went on to say tinat the peopl< j have a right to know how a guberna torial candidate stands in politics, a: ^ the governor is the head o'f the Stat* Democracy. * Merely a Dust, " i " Mr. Richards has kicked up i q dust," said Charles Carroll Simms 141 "and blurred the issues. His action: speak louder than works. The rec 3 ords show that he introduced measuri ' to repeal the lien law.'" He wen a on to speak of his work in presenting 1 the bill permitting chattel mortgages " | Mr. Simms said that Gov. Bleas* T ' r ? after his first election announced hi! candidacy for the United States sen ' ate He again asked that Mr. Rich ' [ ards declare himself on his 1912 vote I "T Tirnnt frt QCCOrf " MlfJ Mr. Rich" I >T aub WW UUk V| ? ards, "that though I would be prouc to be kin to Senator Tillman, I an , not kin to him. Nor am I kin to Mr J Gonzales." This was brought out bj ' a statement from Mr. Simms that h< toad heard that ;Mt. Richards was re , lated to Mr. Tillman. He proceeded | to attack Mr. Richards on his "re5. cent conversion to Bleaseism" and his i ' (various political friendships. -I Charles A. Smith spoke at length ir ? favor of a 2-cent passenger rate or 5 covinor that t.Jiev had made j I din uauo) v w 5 large profits. He advocated a system of rural credits. Lj "fWhile I was mayor 01 my owe ! ttown," said Mr. Smith, "the blind tigers did not flourish there." Then 1, he told of his stand in favor of a stnct enforcement of the laws. He (went on tc ?ay that he favored sub, mitting io the people the question of prohibition. He called attention to tfcp advance in education through love ana not through legislative enactment. Condemns Aiken FBau. Mendel L. Smith condemned the , Aiken plan of elimination and the undercurrents that resulted from the , movement. He repeated that he had not voted for Blease and had held his officce as speaker of the house above partisan politics. He outlined . his stand in favor of local option .compulsory education, good roads ana ; the enforcement of laws. His opposition to the abuse of the pardoning power was applauded. Lowndes J. Browning attached the elimination schemes. He challenged . Mr. Manning to show on single vote j he had cast in the interests of the people and against the interests of the capitalists during his 12 years in the general assembly. He discussed his tax reforms and his system of rural credit, pointing out tfae large percentage of negro land owners. He urged that the citizens voce as uue sons of South Carolina and lay aside factionalism. He was given two bouquets. : ( "Ignorance," said John G. Clink1 soaks, "has cost the State of- South Carolina more than all other thiugs put together." He protested against the report that people have been put! tir?:* out that he favored sending a ' sheriff after a child to place mm is sci'col nine months. He then ' went into an explanation of the school attendance law he advocates. He was given several bouquets. ' John T. Duncan discussed the "system," saying "Mendel L. Smith is the greatest political dodger on earth and John G. Richards has knocked down a whole panel of : fence changing sides." He added that "Blease had beaten himself." Richard I. Manning told of his work in the interests of tihe farmers and denied the statement that he is a "corporation lawyer." He called f attention to the laws regarding fer:( tilizer. He outlined his iviews on compulsory education, favoring the local option featur?. :! He said that the issues of Bleaseism is more important than the platoil nthpr oandidat.es nut to I gether. He excoriated Gov. Blease's : pardon record. He said that lie would . be the governor of all people, irl respective df factionalism. ' j B. Frank Kelloy, candidate foi '.lieutenant governor, having arrived l on the grounds, was the next speaki er. - -* " 4 11 ? IT,, ! Jomn a. Aager iviuiiiui.y, uavxug > come in, was the last speaker. ! ? ?'<$> <3 > > SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN. <8 <S> <S . Georgetown?Monday, August 17. , Monck's Corner?(Tuesday, August 18 Manning?Wednesday, August 19. Sumter?Thursday, August 20 Trr-,--* v^arvNtgfcCTMBCTBBMwaaBwawB1 ;; j pLARKE'S < Just as illustrated, Iuun liiiiiicuidiciy . nothing to be desii ran s 1 m j 1 k--i : jg ; full m ; I | J?? 3 I THIS OFFc AD nFD Fo'.rFul IV/JLM/IVIV gladness . NOW I K 1 minute you pull the cork f \ us thirty lone years to pro ; assures you of satisfaction, i i JUST SAY, "SF^ 2 FULL QUA 5 2 FULL QUA l and enclose a c We prepay express on ali Adam ' - Whiskies, Brandies, Cordials, etc T H. CLAI RICHMOND, ^ k ( <S> I COUNTY CAMPAIGN <S> I <$> SCHEDULE. <$> Little Mountain?Thursday, August 13. Young's Grove?Saturday, August 14. Silverstreet?Tuesday, August 18. Utopia?Wednesday, August 19. . Newberry?Saturday, August 22, 10 a. m. Willowbrook Park?Saturday, August 22, 8 p. m. * Kidney Trouble?if you suff, write today for sample bottle of Whittle's | Epsom-Lithia water. The most effective water for curing Rheuma ii_ t->_* _-u i. _ A I I tism, .uiaDetes, origins uiocoac. *?> i wonderful Uric Crystal solvent and i Acid Eliminator. Heals the weak Kidneys Readily. Write at once Whittle Springs Co., Whittle Springs, E. Tenn. > WANTED TEACHER ? i For Vaughnville school. Salary $45 ; per month. Term eight months. Send | application to j 1 L. H. Senn, J. 0. Johnson, Chappells, S. C. 1 Teacher Wanted. ' I ; !d For Broad River school district No. j ^ 24. One that can teach the usual ^ branches in rural schools. 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Crooks, s Secretary Chairman of Board. n <i ; NOTICE OF ELECTION IN ST. r s PHILLIPS DISTBICT NO. 22. ? e , Whereas, one-third of the resident * l r elctors and a like proportion of the J resident freeholders of the age of 21 . years, of St. Phillips school distr-ict No. 22, o fthe county of Newberry State of South Carolina, have ? filed a petition with the county Board ^ , of Education of Newberry County, South Carolina, petitioning and re- c questing that an election b (held in '.lid ^ ? school district on the question of le/yt ing a special annual tax of four mills > to be collected on the property located > in the said school district. ^ * Now, therefore, the undersigned | composing the County Board of Edu1 s* i? r?t ai. . cation lor iNewDerry uouniy, ooum Carolina, do hereby order the Board C of trustees of the St Phillips school / GET-ACQUAINT ?will start you on the road to The picture tells the ?ory an *ed. 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WILMINGT istrict No. 17, to hold an elec- ' ion oil the said question of levying a our mill tax to he collected on the iroperty located in the said school dis- | rict, which said election shall be held t St. Phillips school house, in aid school district No. 22, on Wedesday, Aug. 19, 1914. at which said leotion the polls shall be opened at a m and closed at 4 d. m? The aembers of the board of trustees of aid school district shall act as mana;ers of said election. Only such lectors as reside in s?id school disrict and return re_l or personal iropenty for taxation, and who exhibit heir tax receipts and registration cerificates as required in general elecions shall be allowed to vote. Elecors favoring the levying of such .ttax thall cast a ball'o-t containing the rord "Yes" written or printed thereon, md each elector oDDQsed to levyiDg luch tax shall cast a ballot contalnng the word "No" written or printid thereon. Given under our hands and seal on lugust 3rd, 1914. Geo. D. Brown, S. J. 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