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TUE ADVERTISE Lt. Subscription Price is $1.00 per Year Payable in Advance. S. E. HONEY, Enrrou. PUBLISHED BY ADVERTISE!* BlUNTING company LAUBENS. S. 0. KATES FOB Advk.iitisinc. - Ordinary advertisements, per square, one inser tion, $1.00; oach subsequent insertion, 50 cents. Liberal reduction made for large advertisements. Obituaries: All over 50 words, one cent a word. Notes of thanks: Eivo cents the line. Entered at the postoffico at Laurens, S. t". as second class mail matter. LAURENS, S. C, AUGUST IQ. 1908. BRYAN SPEECHES FOR LAURENS. Bryan's campaign speeches have been made into phonograph records and are being scattered abroad over the coun try for tho enlightenment of the peo ple. To hear Bryan's voice is worth more than the price of a record; to hear his speech on a vital question of tho day is of inestimable value. So, WO are going to suggest to Manager Roman, of the electric theatre of this city, that some of these records would be a valuable asset to his business and at the same time a great boon to the Democrats of Laurens. He will do himself financial good to use some of these records at the evening entertain ments and he will materially aid the Democratic cause in the way of arous ing enthusiasm sufficient to increase the Bryan fund we an* raising. Now, if Manager Ronan does not care to make 'his departure The Ad vertiser starts a fund to buy these rec ords and to arrange for some exercises where they may be used. This news paper led in the subscriptions for the campaign fund and has appealed re peatedly to the people in behalf thereof; wo never do things by halves, so we in augurate this movement for the benefit of the cause. Let the Democrats of the city combine their efforts toward raising a magnificent sum. We have no doubt but that Manager Roman will be in hearty accord with our suggestion and that ho will give several benefit performances for the cause. Mr. Brooks should receive at least thirty dollars from the first of these benefits. We intend making these suggestions at once and the people will be informed as to the plan. Anything now to raise money for the people's cause should be heartily received by the people. We are in dead earnest about this matter; it is weighing heavily upon our soul; wo feel the responsibility of the task, and nothing is going to be left undone that will in any way aid in the election of tho great commoner. Now is the time for work; the shouting is over with until November. Re ready, all ye Democrats, for tho call. NEXT TUESDA V. Next Tuesday, August twenty-fifth, is election day in South Carolina-tho first Democratic primary, in which offi cers are to be nominated for the ensuing term. Tuesday's election and the second primary two weeks later are virtually the elections in the State, since they decide all the contests, no other party offering serious opposition in the November general election. So next Tuesday the people of South Caro lina aro to decido who will administer the afTairs of government for the com ing term. Whom shall wo elect? The question is loft for the voters; they art! to de cido, It is not incumbent on the nows papcrs to sclecl the ofTicors; thoy hro nol lo dictate ballots. However, it is their solemn obligation to acquaint their constituencies with facts. Concerning the various candidates; and none the less is it their privilege and right to ex press opinions on the situation naming their choice I, As an honest journal, whose editorial opinions are absolutoly independent of any influence save the recognition of true worth anil fitness, The Advertiser has endeavored to present facts Upon which the voter.: might Intelligently ??hoose (for all cannot BOO and hear the numorous aspirants for oflice) and it has not feared to express its prefer ences. THE ADVERTISER DOES NOT RECEIVE ONE CENT EOR ITS EDITORIAL EXPRESSIONS; neither is it paid for news articles boosting n candidate. What it baa given currency to was of its own free will and accord for the public informa tion. There is not a man in Laurens COUnty or anywhere else who can gain say these BtatCmontS. Attacks hnve been made upon our editorial policy; BOmO "I Mi- Q were honest dilTVrcnces; the Othors from sources the very nature of which forbids credence. The Ad vert iser haH -ought earnestly to fulfill its obligation-, to the publ! . Now, whom shall we nlccl in the war of ballots next Tuesday? Again we say the voters must decide. If they want scheming, designing, unreliable, time serving politicians to administer their affairs, to handle their money and to bold in their hands the honor of our grand State, then let them elect such for they deserve no better. There are some people in South Carolina, sad to relate, who want such officials; their own private interests will best be served thereby. But we cannot believe that such are in the majority. Faith in the integrity of our people and confi dence in their loyalty to law, order and decency sustain us in the belief that the choices next Tuesday will be men whose honor is unimpeachable, whose names are free from stain, and whose records and qualifications commend them as proper administrators of the peoples' affairs. Let the voter bo reminded that when bis ballot is cast the act affects not him self alone, but every man, woman and child in South Carolina. Voting is a public privilege and a public obligation. May sound judgment, good conscience and a true desire for the public good direct every voter next Tuesday. ONE PHASE OF THE ISSUE. Candidate Bleose is now standing on the very platform he fought so bitterly two years ago?and lost. In 1906 this same man was opposed to county dis pensaries and advocated the corrupt State grog shop as it stood. Bleasc then fought what he now advocates; Ansel won out on his advocacy of an option law a step toward prohibition, ! and now be has a platform a step still nearer prolubition ?a consistent devel opment and progress. Years ago when the dispensary was established they told us it was a step toward prohibition: thirteen or four teen years between steps was a long time and the people spoke in unmis takable terms two years ago. What did the election of 1906 mean? It meant that South Carolina was done with the State- dispensary; that the institution was a failure in its purpose; that it had proved a cankering sore in the body politic and must go. The people repu diated the system that made the State a whiskey agent and took a decided step toward the complete elimination of the business. This year the issues are again before the people, embodied in the two candi dates for governor. The election of Blease would mean, to say the very least of it, a standstill in the progress ' of the State in settling this vexing problem, while the election of Ansel will mean endorsement and vindication , of tho people's will as expressed in the election two years ago; and besides, a material gain for the cause of prohibi tion. Shall we advance or shall we al ' low another thirteen years to elapse be fore making another move? This is one phase of the question that confronts the Democratic voters of the State. BLEASE'S PRIENDS. Senator Cole L. Blease, the young ' man from Newberry, who aspires to gubernatorial honors in the State of South Carolina, (worthy ambition it is and for which we cast no blame upon j him,) seems never to fail in his speeches to use this expression or something with the same purport, "Blease sticks to Blease's friends." Such repeated utterance is bound to attract notice,and the question naturally arises in our mind: "Who are Blease's friends?" Now, while the young man from New berry, South Carolina, is today running on the platform he denounced two years ago and advocating in his speeches the same methods of handling whiskey that met with bis unqualified opposition in 1906, one cannot but observe that there seems to be something else back of the whole business. Who are Blease's i friends? Since he always sticks to bis friends who were his friends two years ago? Answering this question will throw some light on the situation. Who were "Blease's friends" in the year 1906 and the years preceding? Senator Blease acknowledged that he knew who was the South Carolina Sen ntor in the employ of Lanahan, the whiskey doalcr. This senator, whoever he may be, was a violator of the law. Was it a motive of kindness that prompted Bleaso to withhold bis name from the investigating committee? Now, Mr. Lewis W. Parker, of Green ville, says that Lanahan told him Blease was the man; and the people of South Carolina always associated the name of Blease in that c\,ncction. We do not know whether or not Blease was Lanahan's agent in this State, but it matters not; on either count Blcnse is culpable. He is either the friend of the man who violated the law of South Carolina or was himself the man. Now, take your choice. Cole Blease knew who the guilty Senator was and refused, or at least did not give his name he "stuck to his friend." Blcnse failed to give the committee the name of the South Carolina Senator who was viola ling the law. So much for that. "Blease sticks to Blease's friends." In I!>()<> Please was the friend of the State dispensary as it stood; with all its faults he loved it still; be ing blind with love, he failed to sec the faults that were there. Then, nec essarily, this young man from New berry was friendly to those who had in charge the operation of this, his dar ling institution. Surely, the operators wero*pp.rt and parcel of the machine. Then Blease was their friend; and "Blease sticks to his friends." Some of us people have an idea there were some grafters among the number of operators of the (Jreat Moral Institu tion. Were they Blease's friends? "Blease sticks to Blease's friends." So it seems that while Blease today stands upon the option platform and favors county dispensaries, he has not forgot ten the friends of l'JOG, and before. He appears as standing with one foot on the option plank and the other yet lin gering on the State dispensary with all its dishonesty, corruption and graft. He is sticking to his friends of two years ago and more. The election of Cole L. Blease, of Newberry, South Carolina, would mean a victory for the grafters and thieves of the old State dispensary regime. Will the people of South Carolina stand for it? Sometime ago The News and Courier intimated that we, as a friend to Gov ernor Ansel, were seeking to justify his act of appointing a negro notary public by the fact that Governor Till man did it. We resent this in that the circumstances justified the emphasis laid on Governor Tilbnan's custom. The Blease supporters who were agi tating the matter lay special stress on the fact that the Reform Governor had! the licenses of all the notaries revoked and tried to make the impression that he did so to get rid of the negroes, which was utterly at variance with the truth. We emphasized Governor Ti 11 man's attitude in the matter because he had been cited up as opposed to the custom while the other governors had not been mentioned. In this fact we found warrant for our course. Candidate Blease charges Governor Ansel with extravagance in his admin istration. This accusation falls flat on the cars of thinking or informed peo ple. They know that it is the General Assembly, of which Blease is a mem ber, that makes the appropriations and determines the amount of enpenditures by the State. The governor of South Carolina has nothing to do with the economy or extravagance of the State. Another charge brought by Blease against Mr. Ansel is that he recom mended a new governor's mansion and an increase in the governor's salary, Blease making it appear that the pres ent governor thinks he is too good to live in the residence now in use and upon the present salary. The govern or's mansion is a disgrace to South Carolina a public shame -and Mr. An sel had the manhood to state his posi tion on it. The governor's salary is in adequate to the demands made upon it; , all the governors who live honestly, and who sustain the dignity of the State, come away from Columbia poorer. No, Mr. Blease himself, if he should be elected governor, and should live and act as have our many honorable chief executives, would find the present salary inadequate. Strange it is how sane, sensible men can contend that a dispensary decreases the sale and consumption of whiskey. Under a dispensary regime we have three agencies for the supply: blind ti gers, the jug trade and the dispensary. Republicans are cordially invited not to contribute to the Bryan campaign fund that, we intend to raise by repro ducing the commoner's speeches. Only good Democrats will be welcomed as eligible contributors. Just so soon as the primary elections are over with we purpose devoting our time almost entirely to increasing the campaign fund started by us some weeks ago. The need is urgent sind we are alive to its import ance. All we ask is the heruiy co-operation of Laurens DcmocraLs. The day is not past when a candidate fails to arouse prejudice when he dis cusses the negro question. Sad to re late, but true it is that "tho nigger" is among the leading topics in our cam paigns this year. In the Laurens county campaign he is being made much of; likewise in the State campaign, Let a candidate begin "cussing" t he "nigger" and the crowd will begin to yell. Just watch next. Saturday and 800 how it works. Candidate Smith promises to raise the price of cotton if he is elected to the Senate, but the folly of his idle boasts is too apparent to the thinking' people today. Tho farmers will not al ways allow themselves to be used by |M>liticians who ride into office on their shoulders. Hon. K. D. Smith can do no more for the farmers in the United States Senate than can any of tin* other aspirants for that office. In his present, work he is a help to the farmers; why not keep him here at home? He is the best "cotton" speaker in South Carolina and we ought not to let him get lost in the Senate. Mr. Rhett's pnticnt forbearance dur ing the entire campaign commends his remarkable self-control to tho voters. None but a thoroughbred gentleman could carry himself in such a manner. A contemporary makes this observa tion: "Of course primaries are uncer tain and one cannot sometimes always tell who will win," which we are per fectly willing to admit; but, oh, the grammar of it! Candidate Bleaso referred the voters to a minister or the ministers of his home town for testimonials as to char acter, etc. Now he is lambasting those preachers for NOT ENDORSING HIS CANDIDACY. His assurance over stepped itself. Referring to the seven Senatorial can didates the Walterboro Press and Stan dard says: "These are all good men and South Carolina will have a good Senator which ever one is electee!." Has the Press and Standard been asleep for the past fifteen years, or docs it fear lost some one's feelings be hurt? Candidate Todd, for the House, has the nerve and courage to tell the voters that he does not believe that all corpor ations are bad; in fact, that corporate interests are "sometimes necessary for the growth and progress of our indus tries." There exists such blind preju dice against corporations that such a stand requires courage. Several of our candidates are oppos ing the Insurance Commission. We believe this to be one of the best offices ever instituted by the Legislature; already it has saved the people thous ands of dollars. A distinguished veteran who has been attending tho annual re-unions of the old soldiers for years made comment to us a few days ago regarding the effect of holding the re-unions in dispensary and non-dispensary cities. He said very earnestly that in Greenville this year the drinking among the veterans was at a minimum while in the same city some years ago when there was a dispensary the drinking was at a terrible rate and the behavior utterly disgraceful "Anil," continued he, "much of the whiskey in Greenville this year came from the Laurens dispensary." It was really pitiful to see some of the old soldiers last week hurrying up to the dispensary here, buying whiskey, and hurrying back to their trains. Lau rens is not doing much good by the vet erans in this matter. Candidate C. N. Cuninghnm, for the Legislature, states in his speeches that there was about as much whiskey sold in Laurens twenty-five years ago when the population was small compared with that of today as is sold now under the dispensary. While we have not looked up the figures, if such there be on the matter, we are rather a doubting Thomas on the correctness of Mr. Cun ingham's comparisons. The air above Laurens possesses de lightful qualities for aviation and no speed limits have been set. We respectfully suggest that some of the county candidates look up the defi nitions of "prohibition" and "teetotal inn." Webster's, Worcester's, the Standard, International, Imperial or even Johnson's may possibly enlighten them somewhat. Mr. R. D. Hoyd, candidate for the House, advocates the manufacture and sale of fertilizer by the State; Mr. Irby also favors such a measure, if we err not. The idea and plan may be all right and good; its purpsse is doubtless the best, but it will be a bad day when the State goes into the business. We are opposed to any such measure. So Mr. Irby, candidate for the Legi lature, thinks we corporation newspa pers are advocating prohibition because WO hope to do away with the dispen sary and then get "whole page adver tisements from the wholesale liquor houses." That's a new idea for us; we confess our dullness in not seeing this before. Excellent idea! Mr. C. N. Cunningham speaks of the noble dispensary which "fell into the hands of the. Philistines, who deflower ed It of its virtue." Later in his speech he talks of Whisky as the "vile thing." Now, we should like to know wherein lay the "virtue" of tho dispensary, "the only moral code," as he terms it, if whiskey, the reason of the dispen sary's existence is a "vile thing." Mr. W. R. Richey, for the House, states that the money that went out of Laurens county last year thorough dispensary sales would have macadam ized seventy miles of road in the county. _ In one breath Hon. J. M. Cannon says that prohibition is wrong, and in an other refers to the "noble and pure flag of prohibition," which appears to us rather inconsistent. When candidates for office make un usual or "feature" statements that they cannot back back up, I hey may very well count on the newspapers giving prominence to such. ?fr************************* AMONG THE EXCHANGES. | ****************4*4******* A Ocnllcman in Politics. The issue is not of Mr. Rhett's mak ing, but it must be decided. Will it be worth while hereafter for a man of in telligence, of ability, of integrity, of party service and clean record to enter a stump-speaking campaign in South Carolina and address himself to the dis cussion of political questions affecting the State and the Republic, abstaining from personalities, refusing to indulge in blackguardly language, slander and billingsgate? The candidates for United States Senator have appeared at thirty eight meetings. Suppose that Mr. Rbett, charged with being a Republi can, (this same Mr. Rbett whom the Democrats of South Carolina sent to a national convention four years ago, and whom tho Democrats of Charleston have twice elected mayor,) had re sponded, "You're a 'liar!'" would that have proved his fitness to represent South Carolina creditably in the Ameri can Congress. Shall a gentleman, ambitious to be Senator, before submitting bis claims to the voters in a primary, resolve to bandy epithets and discuss personali ties or else abandon bis ambition? That question must be answered in the pri mary. Do the people of South Carolina want upright, sell-respecting, decently behaved men to participate in party primaries? Mr. Rhett has not made that the is sue. Rut it is the issue just the same. ? News and Courier. The Journal's Forecast. The vote for Governor will be about like this: Ansel.05,000 Blease .36,000 And that will be doing well for Blease. Spartanburg Journal. ??Here Lies an Edilor." "Here lies an editor! Snooks if you will; In mercy, kind Providence, Let him lie still. "He lied for his living; so He lived while be lied; When he could not lie longer, He lay down and died." Home Journal. For a Clean Administration. Every voter who stands for a clean administration of the State government should now come forward in support of Martin P. Ansel. No man who claims to stand for upright dealing and manly character can fail to realize the impor tance of doing his duty at this time. Yorkville Enquirer. "Hell-lire and Puccoon Root." Mayor Rbett, of Charleston, is sim ply a shining mark for the perspiring malevolence of certain of his opponents in the Senatorial race. And with this frantic and perspiring malevolence they make bold to entertain generous and intelligent people by the hour. Their frenzied attacks upon the democracy of Rhett, and upon his good faith to his own race, roll off of that gentleman as rain drops roll off of cabbage leaves. And this is pretty much all we choose to say about the Senatorial, Congres sional and Solicitorsbip meeting in our town on Thursday of last week. It was a lively and very highly entertaining meeting. There were brains in it, and education, and high mental cultivation, and oratory, and eloquence, and wis dom, and wit, and humor, and satire, and ginger, and red pepper, and Tabas co-sauce, and what we primitive Edge* field people call "hell-fire and puccoon root." And still it was but a wretched and pitiful manifestation of human self seeking. Edgefield Chronicle. Next! "We have a man in Anderson who knows Mr. Kern quite well." Daily Mail. "We have a man in Union who used to buy vegetables from Mr. Kern's sis ter." Union Times. "We have a man in BranchVIllo that they tell us is Mr. Kern's first cousin." Branchville Journal. "We have a man in Laurens whose daughter's first cousin's wife has benight vegetables just like those sold ( by Kern's sister, dern it. " Laurens Advertiser. "We have a man in Clifton who is authority for the statement that he heard another man say that Maj. Hemp hill said that Mr. Kern was born in Charleston." - Clifton Chronicle. Charleston must have been in North Carolina then. Chester Lantern. Organize and Educate. One powerful means of agricultural education is the farmers' organization or association. All our dairy, horticul tural, poultry and livestock associations are great educators. Farmers blunder when they fail to encourage organiza tions. Sometimes, out of foolish no tions of independence, they neglect to unite their forces. They are utterly blind to their best interests when they do so. They should encourago organi zation if for no other reason than for the splendid educational advantages that How from it. Prosidonl Konyon L. Butterfleld, Cbnptcrs in Rural Pro gress. When the Stomach, Heart or Kidney] nerves get weak then these organs al l ways fail. Don't drug the Stonuiehl nor stimulate the Heart or Kidneys.J That is simply a makeshift. (Jeta pie ; scription known to Druggists oven where as Dr. Shoop's Restorative The Restorative is prepared expressly lor these weak inside nerves. 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