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STATE CAMPAIGN PARTY VISITED AIKEN SATURDAY Attorney General J. Fra/er Lyon Rcfiitcr B. B. Evans* Charges---Mr. Featherstone Accorded Hearty Applause. Alken, July I*. Alken voters gave careful attcntl n to iho State cam. pnigucrs today, although the meeting was practically without feature, cxceiil possibly, tii?' denial by tin- lion, i>. s. Henderson to tho charge made by P>. IL Evans, thai the state of South Carolina I had been put to expense hiring him to argue the Pink Franklin case. Attorney General Lyon was present today, and answered the charges made by ids op ponent. Mr. Lyon received hearty ap plause. Mr. Feat bet stone, in a local option county, gave Alken credit fro standing for her convictions .and not straddling the fence. At least, she must he given credil for giving kuestions n hearing before making her decision. When the speaking begnit today tho court house was packed, n generous sprinkling of ladies being in the audience. As had been expected, the liquor question was given considerable atten tion by the gubernatorial candidates. Mr. McLcod used the argument of Mr. Featherstono to prove that tho local option plank was the safest one for those who were for sobriety to stand upon, lie argued that the present con dition of tin' State, where 3(5 counties are dry. is proof conclusive that local ? option is the saner platform, whereas under the prohibition standard it would be Impossible to bring tho state to its present condition of sobriety. The meeting was called to order by the Hon. I). S. Henderson, ami the Rev. .1. It. Trnywlck lead in prayer. The candidates for railroad comlssioner were the first to speak. McDtiflle Hampton asked that of kce Of railroad commlsioticr be given to a man who was a civil engineer, a man who was able to see to it that the railroads w, e put in such physical condition, that the lives of the patrons would he safeguarded. He has been sucessfui In business, and feels him self qualified to hold the ofTlce, and promises to the voters a rigid enforce men of the law. Q. II. Mnhon opened by aserting that he was born poor, on the form, and was the "champion cotton picker of Abbeville county in his youth." He proceeded to show the voters bow South Carolina was discriminated against, in comparison to other States in the Union, especially as to the rates from Charleston to interior t'p-Stnte points. He was given generous ap plause. O, C. Scharborough came before the Voters as a fanner and a business man, one who h 's extensive knowledge of rates on the necessities of life. He asked support upon his record as a legislator, in which capacity lie has heen Instrumental in the reducing of railroad rates. He stands for an equal consideration of the claims of both the railroads and the people. Cnnsler, of Tlrzah, made his bow. with the little "cap." He paid con siderable attention to the "kid" from Greenville, who has 3,200 "drummers" beside him, besides the railroads and newspapers. He creating considerable amusement by referring to one of bis opponents as being a man who had followed one profession for twenty nine years and was now out of a job. Charles A. Smith was the first can didate for lieutenant governor and at the close of bis address was gener ously applauded. lie held that the candidate for lieutenant governor should possess the qualifications to fill the gubernatorial chair if called upon, hi outlining his platform, be said that he stood for the rigid en forcement of law. an economical ad ministration of the government und retrenchments where possible, while thei^e are some appropriations which must necessarily lie made, still he hold that the State governments' expenses must be cut down. Mr. Smith received generous applause on Iiis assertions that he stood unequivocally against the legalized sale of whiskey. E. W. Du vail gave bis qualifications for a business administration If he is elected, showing that the financial af fairs of the State should be placed on a better basis. The tax problem of the State should be improved by an equal isation through the means of full value taxation, thereby catching the tax (lod gers. He was in favor of a State sup port of rural high schools, and was against the proposed issue of $1,000.000 bonds for the improvement of the roads, he believing that every county should take care of her own highways. As to the liquor question, he believed that local option was the sanest method of dealing with that problem. II. 11. Evans reiterated bis old charg es of extravagance and Incapacity in the present attorney general's office. He charged that Mr. Lyon had made promises which he had not fulfilled. thai tlx- through lack of legal ability hq had allowed tli- grafters In the dispensary tanble, one through Ignor aucd of the law. and another by a com promise, to go free. n<" presented n vast array of (inures to "show U|> Gen. Lyon," charging thai it bad become necessary to employ high priced law yers to do work which he was unable to do, and in tills connection charging that the Hon. I). S. Henderson, of (bis city, had I.II employed at the State's expense to go to Washington to help fight a "nigger lawyer." At the close of his speech. Mr. Hen derson arose to say that he had been employed by tlm South Carolina dele gation In congress, and that the State had not been placed to any expense thereby. At the close of his statement there was loud applause for I.yon. Frusor Lyon Speaks. Mr. Lyon made his cool. elean-CUt speech, giving, through signed st;u< ineilts of Chairman Murray and Comp troller loncs, tin ts to show that in no instance had the money of the State been misused, going so far as to show whore at one instance he had gone in to his pockets to defray, temporarily, Slate expense.-; to keep secret of fact of a detective's work upon an important case. Mr. Lyon had statements to show that he had never received moneys other than due him in salary. He showed that the ?Southern Merger Case." which Barney Evans had charg ed bad been allowed to let drag, was, docketed for the fall term of COUI't of, lllchland county. Attorney General Lyon closed by asking, "What do you reckon would become of Cousin Hub" if Barney Evans was el cted? Mr. Lyon received tremendous applause. Col. W. W. Moore recited his record in the State militia, from a student at the citadel to the Governor's staff. He related the charm' of Cnpt. Richardson, made at Edgedold, that he had lead tin voters to believe that he was a gradu ate of the Citadel. After comparing his record to that of ("apt. Richardson,] he closed by saying that he did not. in this campaign, intend indulging in personalities. Capt. Richardson recited ills record from the Artillery school, at Fortress: Monroe, to the present time, showing' how he had always been a close stu dent of military affairs. As to the charge in the report of Col. Landis. to the adjutant general's office, in which insubordination on the part of bis of ficers and men were conspicuous at * their summer manoeuvres, be said that it was an absolute falsehood, and if it could he proved that he would step down from the platform and give up the race. ('has. Xewhain gave bis record in , i Continued on Page Seven, i PHOTOGRAPHS The McCord I Studio I will copy any Photo, en s large any picture and I make High Grade Pho | tographs for you at the ? I very lowest prices. 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The only razor strop In the world that hones and strops your razor nt the same time and enables you to obtain an edge w nil ii only an es per ieuced batber can give, i na i>> ?not self honing Knzor Strop will put a keener edge on n razor with fewer strokes than nny other rnzor strop. OUARANTltl'.l) never to be come hard or glossy. Special :?a $2.00 Brandt Safety Razor and Brandt Shaving Brush for y/c. ?ach. M.ui, OKDUK8 i'U^r.u. Laurens Drug Company $2.00 Razor Hones 97c.