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?ITH IE STATE CAMPAIGNERS IN THEIR COUNTY-TO COHNTY TOUR i Florence, July 30.?It was a unique scene from a political standpoint, that ?was enacted in the State campaign . meeting at Florence today, Unique, and with a peculiar Interest to those -who keep record of the trend of politi cal events In South Carolina. A situ ation in which cheers for "Lyon and Ragsdale" are commingled, and when the Hon. Jas. B. Ellerhe rises in his seat and with the enthusiasm of his strenuous nature leads in a round of applause for .1. Willard Ragsdale, is indeed tense and of peculiar signifi cance. Lyon, Ragsdale and Ellerbe! The heated campaign of 190G hetween Ragsdale and Lyon Tor the Attorney generalship, when bitterness almost reached the acute stage and the lines were so clearly drawn, is fresh in the minds of the people. The yeomanry of the 6th district vividly recall the race for Congress two years a??, when j Ullerbe and Ragsdale were pitted against each other; when every inch of ground was contested with a reso luteness and vigor such as only these two eomhatants could inject into the Campaign. Hence, when today In the opera house at Florence this remark able incident took place, the savants nodded their heads (that is, after the excitement of the moment had sub sided.) and mentally pondered: "Verl, ly, what hath the day brought forth." The Lie is Passed. It w.is somewhat in this wise: At torney General Lyon flung Into the teeth of his opponent. Barnard B. Evans, an accusation or charge cal , culated to precipitate trouble; the epithet "liar" was passed; "infamous liar" was applied to Barnard B. Evans of Columbia, candidate for attorney general. The tense and exciting sit nation w;is not produced by an effort on the part of the accused to resent the charge; it was merely his effort to have a last word with the audience, and the audience would have none ot him. They howled him down. For., nearly two minutes Barnard B. Evans faced the audience of four hundred souls,-endeavoring to have his say; j each attempt *in . with rebuff on the j ? pari of County Chairman Ragsdale, Whose hand, when raised in warning seemed to bo the signal for the attdl eiKv./.. break Into wildest uproar, thus effy ively accomplishing the utter of-.-hiij/t of all Evans's assays. Final ly, and when he did*it. the audience gave vent to terrific cheers. Chairman Ragsdale shoved Barnard 15. Evans ofl ? the stage ; nil behind the scenes at the side exits. Then broke forth the wild yells: ""Hurrah for Ragsdale," "Hurrah for ,Lyon," and then Congressman J. E. Ellerhe rose from his seat In the au dience, not far from the stage, and emitted one of the heartiest, healthi est cheers thai ever sprang from hu-j man throat. Ragsdale, Ellerbe and Lyon! The scene will not soon be for got, What produced the scene is by n? aneans of secondary significance. For the fivxt time during the campaign ol 1010, the absolute and unqualified term ' liar" has been used. Evans <>n pre.' his occasions and again today h?e Id: "1 will not say he is a liar, fo: that would he unparliamentary; T will not say he is a thief, but ?" Salary and Fees. Attorney General .1. Fr?ser Lyon to day said: "When he (Evans) says that ;t received $20,000 in addition to my fenlary, he is an infamous liar." This tvas?hnmediately tit the conclusion of Evans's speech, who had the reply to day. 'Re fore another word could he tittered Chairma Ragsdale was on his feet, his hand uplifted for order. Ev ans advanced to the front, endeavored to speak, hut the audience was wild., and the deterring hand of the chair man was in his face, almost. .Mean while, alter applying the epithet. Lyon o,rms akimbo and with that placid look on K . face that so many South Carolina audiences know so well, was ? describing a semi-circle aboul Evans on ,ii" stage. He continued this until Evans was shoved off the stage. A few moments later Evans re-entered ihe Stage and quietly took a seat: Lyon sat in the right wing. Replying to the "bOgtls" insurance matter. .Mr. Evans said that the com pany had been duly chartered by Mr. Norton, then comptroller general; that later It did develop that the Company was a fraudulent one, hut that he bad received none of the money. On this point Mr. Lyon said he was very sure the State of South Carolina would o? willing to give Mr. Fvans a f.r T."? Commission if he would get back some of this money. The meeting today was held in the Opera house, presided over by the Hon J. Wlllnrd Ragsdale and opened with prayer by the Rev. Will B. Oliver, ot the First Baptist church. When the speaking began there were hut a hun dred people present, hut the number swelled to four hundred before Attor ney General Lyon concluded. Feat uring the occasion was the Lyon-Ev ans episode, a chnllege to the editor of The State by Cole L. Blease, can didate for governor, tile ovations ac corded Thos. 0. McLeod, Attorney Gen eral Lyon and James E. Ellerbe, the inthusiastic reception given Charles A. Smith in his home county, and the bestowal of bouquets on three candi dates who have hitherto not been thus favored, Blease, Mahori and Duvall. O. C. Scarborough was loudly applaud ed and proved the favorite among the candidates for railroad commissioner. Mayor Blease wants a debate be tween himself and the editor of the Columbia State, or at least with the author of an editorial squib in Satur day's issue of that paper. In reference to that utterance Mr. Blease said: I notice in the editorial column of the State newspaper of this day, 'We shall in a day or two have something to say in regard to the candidacy of Candidate "!e?oe that will not be re garded-as indorsement.' "1 believe that the people of South Carolina are in favor of fair play, and I now requost and invite the man who wrote that article to come on the rostrum at Columbia at the State cam paign meeting next Saturday, August fi, and have his 'something to say in regard to the candidacy of Candidate Blease' to my face,- where I can and will have the opportunity to make reply; and if he declines this, then I demand that he name a time and place where lie will agree to meet me face to lace and make his statements." Following this Mr. Blease made a strong pfea for economy in the State's affairs, particularly in the higher edu cational institutions. He says Fur man, Wofford. Erskine and Newberry are running on one-third the money given the State institutions and are sending out just as brainy men and accomplishing just as much good. Col. W. W. Moore seemed to be the favorite among the candidates for ad jutant general. , C. C. Fentherstono made a particu larly strong speech today, on which he drew forth considerable applause. In view of criticism regarding his lo cal option advocacy two years ago, Mr. Feathers! me made the following statement: Kcntltcrsionc and Local Option? "I want to make plain my position on the liquor question. 1 have advo cated prohibition all my life, and as a means to an end, until the State got ready for absolute prohibition. I have advocated local option. "In the local option interview of 1907, to which reference has been re peatedly made of late. I distinctly and emphatically made the statement that what we ultimately wanted was prohibition for the entire State, and that I sonly advocated local option as a means to an end. I furthermore dis tinctly stated that when we had such an overwhelming majority 'in the en tire state' as to insure its enforce ment I would favor the language 'in ( the entire Slate.' I did not and could not have had in mind a condition of affairs when a majority of the people ' in each county in the State would fav or prohibition: nor do I think that the language employed is susceptible of 1 that construction. If so. I was unfor tunate; In the language used, for no such idea was intended to be conveyed. "Surely, no man could believe, for! example, that I expected to wait for Stnte-tirlde prohibit:;::: until a majority of the people in Charleston would fav or State-wide prohibition. I spoke of the Slate as a unit, and the lan guage] 'the entire State', must be con sidered in that connection. "About two years ago, in a second interview. 1 stated that 1 believed that the time bad come for State-wide pro hibition; and even a casual reading of these two interviews will make my position so plain that no one will mis understand it. If some of the newspa pers which have been criticising my position will be fair enough to print both of these interviews in full, my po sition on the liquor question will be perfectly plain. "Since the interview of 1907 the conditions have changed. Kipihtoon counties (sixteen last summer and two in (he fall of 1008) have voted out dispensaries, and now about SO of 8."? per cent, of the white people in the State are living in prohibition terri tory. The time for which I waited, and which I predicted, hUfl conic and I am now for State-wide prohibition. In other words I believe we now have such a majority 'in the entire State* as will Insure an enforcement of the law. "One other thing: I have said on the stump, and I will Bay again, that the whiskey people are fighting for local option. I have never said, nor do I believe, that all of the local option people are for whiskey. I realize that there are a great many people In this sta?o who are local optlonlsts from a different motive; but the fact re mains, and It cannot be denied, that ' the j-vhlskey interests in this State are fighting for local option in a last, des i perate effort for self-preservation, i Some of the local optionists hope for I a returii of the old State dispensary; j some of them want to perpetuate the county dispensary system, and some of them want the return of the license system, and some want It for purer and hetter motives. The whiskey peo ple are not for prohihition; they are fighting for local option; and this Is known to any man who hns heen ?vith the campaign party or who is at all familiar with the conditions in South Carolina. "Again, as to the enforcement of j the prohihition law: I have said, and' I say again, that I want a law provided with the necessary machinery for Its enforcement. I do not now believe that an extra tax levy will he neces sary; hut. If it does become necessary, I would favor it. 1 want the substance and not the shadow. 1 believe that the abolition of the whiskey traffic in South Carolina is of more importance than the paymen*. of a small tax. I believe that the tnforcement of law is of more Importance than dollars and cents. I believe that too preservation of the morals of our people is more important than wealth." Struck a Itich Mine. S. W. Bends, of Coal City, Ala., says he struck a perfect mine of health in Dr. King's New Life Pills for they cured him of Liver and Kidney trouble after 12 years of suffering. They are the best pills on earth for Constipa tion, Malaria. Headache. Dsypepsia, I Debility. 26c at Palliens Drug Co. and Palmetto Drug Co. Annual Reunion of Company P. The annual reunion of Company P, 1Kb regiment. S. C. V.. will he held at L?ngsten church on Friday, August 26. Hon. R. A. Cooper and others will , be the speakers of the day. Public cordially invited. W. F. Wright. For Committee. .lust think, a beautiful decorated.: pure china 7 piece Berry Set for IS ? cents. "See it." Hundreds of other big bargains to he found during our great cut price sale of fancy China. Commencing Monday, August S. S. M. & E. II. WilUes a, Co. Tylcrvlllc Personals. Tylerville, August 2.?Mr. T. p. Poole and son. Joshua Craig spent several days in Union last week; Mr. Meli Blakloy of l?llenton spent last week with Ids mother, .Mrs. War ren Blakley. Miss Melle Holt and brother of Lnil rens. Miss Louise Cromol' and brother of Clinton spent the week-end at the home of Mr. T. P. Poole's. Misses l.ila and Irene Dillard of Clinton spent the week-end at Mr. .1. w. Hollams'. Miss Mary Peterson of 1.aureus spent Sunday at Mr. .1. W. Peterson's. ' Mrs. Lily Johnson and son of Knoroe spent last week with Mr. C. R. Cooper. Miss Fannie Poole spent last week at Lanford Station, Misses 1311a Peterson and Emma Blakley spent the week-end at Youngs With Miss Annie Lou Little. Life on Panama Canal. lias been one frightful drawback? malaria t rouble?that has brought suf fering and death to thousands. The , germs cause chills, fever and agin1, biliousness, jaundice, lassitude, weak ness and general debility. Put Elec tric Bitters never fail to destroy them and cure malaria troubles. "Three bottles completely cured me of a very severe attack of malaria," writes Win. A. Fretwell. of Lucnina, N. ('.. "and I've had good health ever since." Cure Stomach, Diver and Kidney Troubles, and prevent Typhoid. 50c. Guarantee!* by I.aurens Drug Co. and Palmetto Drug Co. With the OH) (''lurches. On Sunday morning at II o'clock Dr. (!. B. Strlckler of Richmond who Is on a visit here to his daughter. Mrs. c. Rnnkin, preached at the First Presbyterian church, and at the same hour the Rev. P.. P. Mitchell of the city preached at the First Baptist church. Shot Ills Wife. Sunday afternoon Stunrt Cunning ham, colored, went to the home of his wife's parents in the suburbs of the city, and Unding his wife there shot her in the side, indicting a very serious wound, hut not necessarily fatal. Cunningham skipped out imme diately and lias not been seen in these parts since, so far as the officers know. Cross Hill. Mrs. Mary Bradley of Jackson, Geor gia, and little James, are with her mother. Mrs. N. K. Boyce for a nice long visit. Rev. Mr. Bradley will come on later. He is engaged just now holding meetings and helping his brethren. Mr. James A. Griffin of Florida is visiting his brother Mr R, S. Griffin. i Mr. Griffin Is a native of Cross Hill. j this county but has been In his adopt ed State some BO years, having gone there in about 1856. This Is his third visit to his native State. He was here , In 1S71 and again in issr>. He and Mr. R. S. Griffin are the only ones liv ing of a large family. Their father. 1 Mr. Richard Griffin was a prominent 'and Influenclal citizen. , Big Fire Sale! Will Continue All This Week! Although we have enjoyed a liberal patronage the past week during our Fire Sale, we have numerous bargains still to oiler. When we say Bargains we mean Bargains. Come and look over our stock, yon will surely find something yon need and at a price so lew you will buy quick. COME ! Many Bargains All This Week! I J. L. Hopkins, l .aurens, S. C. S To Clean Off Cemetery. All interest ort persons are invited to meet at Providence cemetery on Friday. August 12, for the purpose of cleaning off the graveyard. Staggers Skeptics. Thai a clean, nice, fragrant com pound like Bucklen's Arnica Salve will instantly relieve a bad burn, cut SCald, wound or idles, staggers skep tics. Hut great cures prove its a wonderful healer of tin- worst sores, ulcers, boils, felons, eczema, skin eruption, as also chapped hands, I.aurens Drug Co. ami Palmetto Drug Co. Quarterly meeting at Sandy Springs. Rev. \V. M. Duncan of Greenville, presiding elder of this district, held quarterly meeting* with the Sandy springs church last Saturday and Snm day. LIQUOR ?nd DRUG HABITS and SELECTED ~ NERVOU5' Honuuift. Ind ivldu AI Doctor CORBEID PLACE GREENVILLE S C; No Hypodermics .u^sed in ; treatment of Alcoholism "WH 1SKEY \ ? rff DRUGS Reduced Gradually. Tribble ClotHing Co. Laurens, S. C Take pleasure in requesting your presence at the Opening Display of Ilig'K Grade Custom Tailoring for Fall and Winter by Isaac Hamberg'er C?L Sons Baltimore-, Mcl. On ^Vug'ust 8 and 9 when their representative will be on hand to take inc isui ?>. This line will include all the newest fabrics, and fit and satisfaction are absolutely guaranteed by sixty years experi ence in good clothes making