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WITH Till STATE CAMPAIGNERS IN THEIR COUNTY-TO-COUNTY TOUR Oaffney, Aug. 10.?It wbb after 12 o'clock when the candidates for kov emor began to speak. The crowd had become tired and restless and some began to leave, but still a fair audi ence remained to listen to the speak ers. Hon Thus. Q. McLeod, of Lee. was the tlrst caudldato for governor to speak. Mr. McLeod entered into his work with zest and made a splendid speech from his standpoint. He Is a localrOptiontBt, and made a strong plea, that each county he allowed to conduct its own liquor affairs. He was strongest on the remaining planks of Iiis platform, however, and grew eloquent In his plea for a higher civilization and an enlightened citi zenship. He was liberally applauded at the conclusion of his speech. Hon. .lohn G. Richards, of Kershaw, was the next speaker. Mr. Richards was greeted with applause, fie has a lot of friends In the county and they are doing good work in his he half. He declared he was a pro hibitionist and tho only simon pure farmer candidate In the race. He re cited his years of experience in the legislature and other service rendered his people and said he hud never ask. bd the people of Kershaw for any of fice and been refused. He advocated education, and every plank in his platform seemer to bo sound. He Closed amid applause. Hon. Cole L. Blense, of Newberry, was the next speaker. Mr. Blease Is an easy and graceful orator, and while he did not receive any ap plause as he stepped to the front he woke up some of the boys during the course of his speech and was liberally applauded now and again. lie ad vocated local option and descried pro hibition, taking a fall out of us by reason of the fact that Mayor Little had a bunch of negro women and men in the lockup right at that time for violation of the prohibition law. lie was convinced that the education al institutions the higher colleges were spending too much money for the results obtained. He was in favor of reform along financial lines. Had never been denied any nMlee at the hands of the people of Xewberry. Mr. Blease (dosed amid applause, Hon. .lohn T. Duncan, of Uichland. was the next speaker. He launched out Into a sea of generalities at once ami denounced the whole of Columbia as being even more rotten than the Rev. I. Walter Daniel said it was. AH the newspapers, especially The State, the Messrs. (Ion/ales, Wylie J0UC8? Hanker Clark and a host of others needed to be in the penitentiery for their damnable grafting and mis deeds. .Mr. Duncan was severe, but (he audience did not seem to take him seriously as he closed amid very Slight applause. Hon. C. C. Peatherstone, of Lau rens followed. Mr. Peatherstone lias lots of friends in Cherokee and he was well received. He pointed out how several years ago, single handed and alone, he had fought for Prohi bition when the State was reeling and staggering under the Influence of the dispensary. At that time there were only two dry counties In the State. He had been informed through Mayor Little that the liquor cases tried that morning were the tlrst since March. Mr. Peatherstone aimed a body blow at the newspapers, saying that the editors had no more brains or sense than anybody else and thai the editorials in them only expressed tiie view of one man ?the writer. He declared the reason why tho Charles ton News and Courier and the Colum bia State wer,, fighting him was be cause these newspapers desired the retention of the dispensaries in their respective cities. He was forceful In his plea for prohibition, really putting up at) unanswerable argument in be half of the cause. He was liberally applauded, Hon. F. II. Hyatt, of Riohlnnd. was the last speaker. The crowd had be come weary and many were depart ing when Mr. Hyatt stepped to the front. He proposed that if they would stay lie would divide his time with them?til311 Is, that he would speak but ten minutes. At this announce ment many resumed their seats. IP was tired of the whiskey question and knew his hearers were and would not indict them with an argument on that subject. If all the hot air that had been spent on whiskey In this cam paign Could be distilled there would! be enough to intoxicate nil present, j no was a successful business man and was running on a business man's platform. He had but one promise to make rind that was, If elected, he would visit every county In the State and geo how the books wore kept and would see to It that the business of the State was conducted in a busi ness-like manner. Mr. Hyatt spoke about fifteen minutes and made a good impression. He was liberally applauded. fireenvlllo, Aug IL?The meeting here wn? held I? the Grand opera house und somu iOO voters were on hand for the opening choruB. The audience grow rapidly and numbered nearly 800 before the conclusion of the festivities. The meeting was called to order by C. D. Smith, county chair man. Rev. Z. T. Cody, D. L)., opened the meeting with prayer. J. Fr?ser Lyon was the first speaker and he was greeted with applause. He opened with a reference to his speech here four years ago when he | promised to prosecute the grafters. Mr. Lyon again said, "There is a man , here who thinks ho Is running for at torney general." Continuing the at torney general said. "1 have branded his statements as false in toto and 1 do so today." Mr. Lyon then told the people unless "this man" varies his : tale "he will tell that Avery Patton and his associates have made way with a million dollars of school money." Mr. Lyon said that Evans doesn't have to bo attorney general to have him arrested If he*has done something wrong, for any citizen can have an other arrested. "Why doesn't Evans have me arrested?" was the speaker's querry. "Is It because ho Is too busy getting arrested himself?" Referring to the much talked of attorneys' fees, Mr. Lyon said T. B. Felder took cases on a contingent fee and had to put up money himself before he could collect from the liquor bouses. He said the money recovered was picked up for South Carolina out of a pig track as it were. Concluding. Mr. Lyon said, "l defy hint to prove a sin gle statement derogntory to my char 1 acter." The attorney general promised to pursue all the grafters and those who are helping them directly and In directly, lie was cheered and applau ded. 1>. B. ICvnns almost at once reforred to the attorney general ns a "creature" saying "1 will not call him a man." Th?so statements were greeted with a storm of hisses, and cries of "shut up" were lie.nil from parts of, the au ditorium, lie said Mr. Lyon had re ceived $17.000 in addition to his sal ary and had compounded a felony. He declared he would finish the campaign if he only gol one vote, and predic ted that in years to come mothers would point him out as the man who had saved their children's schools. Mel repented some of his numerous' charges Inn did not rend from his re port of the winding-up commission. He saiil hi' would continue to wage war on the graflers. A few ap plauded as he closed. .1. M. Richardson was the first can didate for adjutant and inspector gen eral to speak, lie made his usual re.' view of his military record and gave his conception of some of the needs of the oflloo. Charles Newhain reviewed the good service of Greenville militia. He told of his military career and fitness for the ofllce he seeks. W. W. Moore planted a battery and directed a brisk fire at Capt. Rich- ] ardson. Col. Moore referring to Capt. Richardson's prediction that if it had nol been for a slight defect In eye- | sight he might have been a major in the United States army, said that he , (Moore) might have been a colonel in the United States army If be had grad uated from West Point. The first of the candidates for rail-: road commissioner, O. C. Scarborough, spoke of his successful tight for a reduction in freight rates in fertilizer.! II'- said lie is a farmer and shipper but has engaged in other business and has much experience in other lines. He thinks tin- Peo Dee should have a representative on the commission. .lames Cansler returned thanks for his Qreenvlllo vote two years ago. He said that he had been told that he "bad been (minted out." lie begged the voters not to olect another Greenville man, quoting Mr. Mnhon as saying that the one now is no good. They both drank out of the same bot tle, declared Mr. Cansler. This was applauded and the speaker received applause when he closed. g. McDufMo Hampton opened by saying that the freight rates need adjusting. As Mr. Hampton spoke, a veteran yelled. "Hurrah for Wade Hamilton.' The speaker then devoted several minutes to speaking of these soldiers "who did so much for their State." saying that if he failed ol election he would cherish the memo ry of the veterans. As he concluded the same veteran called. "Vote for Wade Hampton's son, boys." G. II. Mahon. former mayor of Oreenvllie, was last speaker In rail road commissioner's race. Ho was cheered as he commenced to snenk. He said he was at home and the peo ple knew his faults and virtues. He told of discrimination In freight rates and said the Piedmont should bo rep resented. Ho was interrupted by ap plause at he spoke. C. A. Smith, after telling the du ties of the office of lieutenant gov ernor, told the people that he has never cast a vote or lifted his voice for the legal sale of whiskey, believ ing in the abolishing of the evli. He talked of the business conditions. B. W. Duvall told of his 20 years us a business man and told of the need of legislative economy. He spoke of business conditions and said that a man's private affairs conducted as are those of tho State would re sult in a visit from the sheriff. John G. Richards was the first can didate of tho day for governor to address the populace. He was ap plauded when he told the people that Green Vile has given South Caro lina a great governor In Martin P. Ansel. He said he had been elected to any \olllcc he has ought In his own county on the first primary. He recalled his success In the legislature and rejoiced at his work for education schools and colleges. He declared himself a farmer horn and reared and*, one who has always worked for and with the farmers. His prophecy that Greenville will not return to whiskey was greeted with applause. C. L. Riease told of his legislative record. He Bald he was proud of his vote two yoar3 ago. Ho said Fuvuiau, Wofford and other colleges were turn ing out as much brains as State in stitutions for less money. He then took up the question of where other candidates stand. "My friend, Mr. Peatherstone. lias changed several times; my friend. Mr. Richards, has ohanged. My friend. Mr. McLeod? l don't know where he stands." The speaker said he wanted to know bow Mr. McLeod stood between local op tion, the license system and the dis pensary. He said a paper in eastern Carolina said he (Blease) stood for open saloons. This he emphatically denied. J. T. Duncan spoke. C. C. Peatherstone said when he made the race for governor In 1898, he Stumped the State for prohibition. II?' said he bad not changed, but that a man who does not change as conditions change is a fool. He talked of prohibition and told of the advance of the cause he had witnessed. He had seen an increase from two dry counties to 36. He called Greenville blessed because it lias no wet coun ties around. He said Richland county is nullifying the efforts of prohibition in the dry counties in that section. He said the whiskey interests wore supporting local option. He was pre sented with a bouquet of flowers. P. H. Hyatt said he was fresh from the business men's rank. Mr. Hyatt stuck an exit si^n on booze at Gaff ney yesterday and he didn't talk whiskey today. He deplored the fact that the people seem to lose sight Of the financial condition of the country. He said the money crop is cotton. He reminded the people of his fight and said he saw before him men with whom he had made a fight for a sen sible price for cotton. T. (i. McLeod opened by saying that there has been too much "I" In the campaign. He announced Ills stand for education and praised Fur man university and declared his faith in the great system of pulio schools. He declared his position oil the liquor question. He was In favor of leaving the present situation alone. He favors present conditions with only changes that will strengthen the present law. He stood for hte sound, sane Democratic doctrine of local op tion. He denied that the man who advocates local option is on the im moral side of the question. He em phasized the fact that prohibition is enforced best in the counties where local sentiment is l.ehind the officers of the law. He said if being a local optionist meant that he had to ad vocate the sale of liquor he would not be In that class. Joseph T. Johnstone, congressman Of the Fourth congressional district, who has no opposition, addressed the voters, saying he was there to show them that he Isn't lost. Ho did not make a speech but thanked the peo ple for their confidence and support. If your liver is sluggish and out of tone, anil you feel dull, bilious, con stlpated, take a dose of Chamberlain'! Stomach and Liver Tablets tonight before retiring and you will fed ull right in the morning. Sold by Lau rens Drug Co. Notice. Whereas the trustees of Lantofd school district Xo. 10, of Laurens county, S. C. have been duly authorized to sell coupon bonds of sajd district, aggregating the sufVi of jjra,600, bear Ing Interest at the l^ite of six per Cen tum per annum, ? pio/able annually, said bonds run twenty years. Now therefore tpo said hoard of ' trustees will reeclve bids for such bonds or any part thereof, tho bids to ! he sealed and to state the maximum ! and minimum amounts of said Issue of bonds tlint will he taken at the bid submitted. No bid at less than par will bo accepted, and tho trustees re serve the right to reject any or all bids or any part thereof. T!i<- bids must he submitted in writ ing to W. H. Drummond, chairman of said board of trustees, Lanford Station S. C. on or before noon of the 22nd day of August, 1910. W. H. Drummond, M. (I. Patterson, C. L. Waldroi). 2-2t Trustees. See our $2.90 Porch Swings. a. id. ft E. H. 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In New Office in Todd Building, South Harper St. 1 JOIN THE CROWD / 2=DAY EXCURSION -TO COLUMBIA, S. C. -VIA C. N. & L. R'Y Wednesday, August 24th BASEBALL-Columbia vs. Augusta Leave Laurens.7:20 am $1.25 " Clinton .7:50 am 1.25 " Goldville.8:05 am 1.00 " Kinards.8:13 am LOO " Gary.8:18 am 1.00 " Jalapa.8:24 am LOO 11 Newberry.8:47 am 1.00 " Prosperity.9:07 am .75 Leave Slighs.9:25 am .75 " Little Mountain 9:33 am .75 " Chapin.9:45 am .50 " Hilton .9:54 am .50 " White Rock.9:58 am .50 " Ballentine.10:06 am .50 " Irmo.-.10:18 am .50 Arrive Columbia 10:50 RETURNING, Tickets good on any Regular Train up to and including Train 14, due to leave Gervais Street, Columbia, Thursday, August 25th, 5:20 p. m. Ask Agents, Phone or Write W. J. CRAIO, P. T. M.| J. R LIVINGSTON, S. A., Wilmington, N. C. Columbia, S. C.