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VA N 4 VLM XI.LAURENS, SOUTh CAR~OINA, W[ 1DNFiSDAY, JUNE 28, 1916, UB3~4 STAi CAMPAIGN[RS Candidates Receive Respet Delivers Finished Ad< Mean Unusual Quanitity of Construction No ticeable In Several Addresses. Tem. per of Audience Quite Different from That of Several of Previous Years. 3Ilaurin Attacks Carter. (Greenville DaIly News.) Unlike political campaign meetings held in Greenville in 1912 and 191.1, that held here Wednesday was din nifled, and delightfully free from the murky, nasty feeling so often in years gone by, noticeable at gatherings in Greenville and elsewhere. The crowd of about 3,000 persons, perhaps a hundred of whom were women-gave respectful attention to the candidates, and dispersed after the last address in an apparently happy frame of mind. Heckling was not attempted. Prolonged yelling was absent. The candidates showed no ill feeling, one for another, generally speaking, al though State Treasurer Carter made a spirited reply to an attack made up on him by his opponent, ). W. Me Iaurin. The treasurer explained to the crowd that he disliked such tac tics, but felt justilled, inasmuch as his record had 'not been correctly stated by his opponent. This incident was the nearnest. approach to the old time campaigning, and was provoked by the attack made by Mr. Mc Laurin who four years ago was decidedly de feated by Mr. Carter. The meeting was held in the beau tiful city park, the scene of many other political gatherings, though ci none, In recent years so satisfactory, from the standpoint of public dignity, as that of Wednesday County Chair man McSwain was a splendid presid ing officer. The Greenville Concert Band had been employed for the day, and between the addresses of the several sets of candidates. the land ulayed, while the crowd "stretched its legs." Rev. S. R. Bass, of Travel ers Rest offered the opening prayer. If judged by past campaigns, that Is, of the campaigns of two and of four years ago, that held here Wed nesday was featureless. Nothing un toward happened. Nothing new de veloped in a political way. The can didates had no offerings of startling nature, and no one in the crowd at tempted to "start" anything. One man during the speech of Mr. Blease sought to interrupt the speaker, but when the former governor remon stated with him, many of the audi tors called out that the speaker was right, and that all should have a res pectful hearing, the would-be heck ler subsided. Good Adresses. The outstanding feature of the gathoring was the unusually high quality of several of the addresses. Many remarked upon the fact that not before in recent years have there been so many really good, construc tive addresses delivered in Greenville at any campaign meeting. Person alities were left out. The criticism brought war against official records. Cooper, DesChamps, Manning and Btlease all spoke in food form, and Duncan made his usual comment up on the "system". As was the case in Spartanburg on Tuesday, ' Des Champs enlivened the crowd with his happy facuniy of funny oratory. Sev eral tiines he was interrupted 1~y laughter and sometimes by applause of appreciation, especIally when he adlvocatedl the posItion of publ)1Ic (1e fender, to espouse the cause of the U:Oor i)eole who are accused of cimne, and who are prosecuted by the State, bi. t not defendedl by the State. H-e tr ok a fling at the lawyer's wvho are ai'cintedi by the court to dlefend men who cannot affordl to purchatse de fen, e. R. A. Cooper, of Laurens, dleliveredl one of the most finished, andi one of the strongest, straight forward ad dresses heard hero in several cam paigns. Governor Manning spoke vigorous of his eslbousal of the cause of the State Hlospiltal inmates; paidl hligh tribute to the loyalty of South Carolinians in times of stress, such as 'ho present when tihe militia is res5 pondling to a call to. dunty; gave an account of his stewardship, his "busi ness admlinistration, andl spoke of s vr1 things he hopest t* seec accom plished. Former Governor Blease spoke in unequlivocal terms of the public rec 0ord madle b~y Governor Manning; as Railed the administrations' polity at the State Hospital: called to mindl the hostility of general assemblies during his entire of oflce. which hostility, saidi he, 'thwar'ted many of his bfforts for good. A Local Touch. Mr. Please receivedl lively applr. ase and dheers when ho saidi that had he been governor, ho would have vetoed the bond Issues for roads In Richland and Greenville counties, unless the propose4 bond issues had been refer red to the people. At other points In his-address, he also. received applause, and . whos the gathering- was over, a ~amnlher of tha anmer , fvm..mrs 'P[AK AT GR[[NVILL[ tfuI Attention. R- A. Cooper ress on Constructive ures. friends filed into the speakers' stand to greet him. 1'ehoes of the Past. While the meeting yesterday was Very tame, conpar(1atively speaking, there were echoes of the past, old, familiar sounds which two or four years art, were as fre.inent as could be. liut the echoes caused laughter, while the originals, of former years caused anger. During the address of Mr. lilease, one now and then heard such remarks as "'Tell 'em about it guvnor," or "That's talkin' to 'em." 1Each time laughter followed the re marks from the crowd. The old time bitter fire of some candidates was wanting, and the old time ire of the crowd, most happily was a conspicu ous absentee. Meeting in lDetail. John TR. Swearingen, unopposed for re-election as State superintendent of education, started the meeting with an address on education. A telegramh was read from Adj. (en. Moore ex pressing regret that he could not be present, and explaining that the pressing military duties rendered it impossible for Ihima to attend. Next camse the candidates for lieu tenant governi'r. Andrew .1. 1tethen, seeking re-elect lon, stressed law en forcement, education, a warehouse system divorsed from politics, nd spoke in beautifle nonenccature of President Willson. The speaker said the office he holds is an important one, and should not be belittled. Dr. E. C. L. Adams, opponent of Mr. lHethea, characterized the incumbent tis a "coat tail swinger of Henry Ford and W. J. Bryan. Ie played upon the trip of Mr. Bethea, to Europe, as a members of the getting-the-boys ot't of -the -trenches-by-Christmas par ty. George W. Wightman, of Saluda, was, the first speaker for the position of secretary of State. He recalled his caneer In the State senate; said his announcement resulted in Sect'dtary of atate McCowns decision not to ask for re-election, and that the latter had told his chief clerk, Mr. Dove, to get into the race. W. Banks Dove, the other candidate for this position, said he knew nothing of Mr. McCown's reasons for declining to run, that the only thing the people wanted to know was whether lie was competent to till the oficee, and that by virtue of his experience, lie was competent. ie has been in the olice as chief clerk for eight years. D. W. McLaurin, for State treasur er, qttacked the incumbent, Mir. Car ter for sending his daughters to Win throp on free tuition and for his vote in the sinking fund matter, when the State bond debt was refunded. S. T. Carter, asking re-election, said his opponent has never recovered from the tremendous defeat of four years ago. Ile explained his vote in the l sinking ,utnd matter, as a favorable busiiess proposition for the State, and I in Vigorous terms replied to his op ponent's remarks. Albert S. Flant, candidate for rail road commissioner, asked for re-elec tion on a number of grounds, one of which is that there is no elective St'te officer from the Pledmont see tIon of Ile State. C. Mc )utfie Iinnip ton, of Co'umbia, seeking re-election W. ii. Kelly, of Spartanburg ; W. 1). 'l broweru of 'Chester'fleid and ('ansler of Titrzar pr'esented their claims for tihe ofile of r'ailroadl commissioner. At one o'clock the candidates foi' gover'nor' began to speak, eacti hiaving twenty-five minutes. It. A. Cooper, lirst speaker, said hie w~as r'unning because ho had a right to run, becauise it is th'e privilege of anyv cltizen, howvever' humble, to aspire for any offlec, howvever high, lie op piosed1 freec scholarships andl tuiiition to State schools, as being untwise in theor'y and1( prtacticee, lie dloes not be lieve a student should accept a gift fro nmthe State, but that whtat is nowv a gift should be in the nature of a loan, anid the stuidenit pay it back after entering upon the life for which the education has pr'epared him, Hie adlvocatedi an extensIon of the high school system, as ninety per cent of the school attendants gel. their only education at the school near'est home. State schools, said he, should not be given advantage over dlenomninational schools. Hec opplosed the titan wher'e by the tax payers pay for' the eduica tton of boys andl girls wvhose parecnts could wvell afford to pay the pr'ice of tuition. Hie cxpressedl the Importance of agricultI ul tr'aining, said Clemson College could. and desiredl to be of greater benefit to the S'tate than any othier' institution of iearnting in -it, be 'cause Clemson is an agr'iculurmal school, and becautse our whole fabric of life is based upon agicui ture. Mr. Cooper' descr'ibcd the legal machiner'y which sends one man to the chanin gang, biecauise lhe has no money with which to pay a fine and buy his liberty while enabling a more fortunate neighbor to buy him self free, and thus cheat the law. IJohn Madison. DesChamps, "the only man in the race who has 'not been defdated for .governor," elicited mlich-latughter during -his very pleas ing afterwinner s ort of - naarga wikchi was intermingled with much Seriousness. lie said that he was a friend to corporations, thong i knew that was a radical thing to say. The corporations, said he, have uipbuilt the State and country, and while it is the popular thing to berate, lam poon and lambast. then. he said he would never be "coward enough to get votes In any such fashion." As between "men and mooney", said the speaker," you will always find me on the side of the men." The speaker believed, however, in recognizing the essentialness of corporations. lie pleaded for a return to simipe gov ernment; said that one in every twenty voters now held oflice; that this was increasing taxes, and was an otgrowth of factionalism, each side trying to Create olilees to reward friends and build up political strength. Gov. Richard I. Manning, the next speaker, said he believed that .\meri ea is going to war with Mexico and that not only the National Guard would see service but others would be called for. lie predicted that South Carolina would repeat her glorious record of seventy years ago when the Mexican wair' was fought. lie asked that positions be held open for the guardsmen who leave for tile front, and that the plans to recruit ien he facilitated in every way possible. in comme1inting upon labor legislation, he mentioned the weekly pay bill, the board of conciliation and olier meas ures in favor of labor, and reviewed the reorganization of what lie said was the splendid changes made at the State IHosidtal for the Insane, prnis ing Supt. Wililams and Ilie board of regents. The governor was iresented with flowers and a silver cuii at the conclusion of his spirited reiarki'. Col. L. ilease. final speaker, at tacked the record of the present gov ernor's administration and the most lawless and extravagant in the history of the State. lie Jumped on the crea tion of the new ofiers,. mentioning the state board of charities. lie said lie wanted to thank Nili. Cooper for going so far as to approve hi, pardon ing record. The speaker romped on the tax commission; delivered some heavy blows at the administration of the Slate Ilospital, said it would be a "stench" when all the facts are known; said it was extravagant; that Dr. Iabcock, held up in 191.1 as a man martyred by Blease, Is now work ing for lilease. The taxation issue, said he, is now paramount, and taxes are high because of extravagance, al leged the former governor. Scholarship Examinations. In the county court room on the 14th of July will be held competitive ex aminations for scholarships to Clem son College. Tiiere are two 2-year va cancies and one 1-year vacancy to he filled this year. The 2-year vacancies occurred at the graduation of Messrs F. E. Armstrong and Frank Poole. The 1-year scholarship was held last year by Mr. Claud Illrown. ons hart. Wants to Fly. Augustus G. IHart, member of the local hair and scoutmaster, of the local troop of tBoy Scouts, has, through the War Department, offered his services to the aviation corps of the l'nited States army. For six years, lie was a member of the Traynham Guards at Laurens and has successfully pass ed the physical examination required for enlistment. Mr. Hart has had no experience In flying, but is ready and willing to enter this extra-harzard ous branch of the seirvice. It is under stood1 that recruits for aeroplane (duty3 ar'e Riot pleentiful andl we may soon1 lbe Reading aibout the aer'ial exploits of Avlatoir iiart.---Greenville News. ATITENTION ELkS! Atlanta Lodge No. 78 and tiirmilng hamii Lodge No. 79, together winth ot her E~lks andt th'i r friends willI leave Sun - dlay, .hily 9th I ove'r the SECA lGOAl(D AiR LIN I lALAY for liaitimnore, Md., to attend the great ELK'S. ltl'UN ION, sliecial t raIn stairtinag fromn hla lnghamn, Ala., on following schedule: Leave liirmilngham i.......8:u10 A MI Leave Atlanta .. .... .....1:10 P MI Leave Al~ieille..........5:21 P Nt Leave Green wood .. .. ...6:19 P' M Leaive ClInton..........7::0 P Mi Ari've laltimore next (lay 1 ::10 A MI SPECiAL IY~lND-TRIP IATiICS WIlLL liE IN EICFIE'T. For specitle rates, P'ullIman resei'vation or ot her information, call on nearest SEA ItOAillD Agent or write Fred Geissler, Asst. U. P. A., Atlanmta, Ga. C. S. Comripton, Tr. IP. A., Atlanta, Ga. *iS-3t MORPHINE and all other drug habits can) be sire cessfiully tireated at hIOME, at a small expense and without pain or dletention from business; every suffer'er should know of this treatment. Write mne for partIculars, sending stamp for reply. H. M. Ow ens, 436 Peachtree Street, >..1 Name for, the Thiisy to knember" Everybody knows it by its name ,VIII Sold only in the original sterin I ized bottle with the label on it, at Soda Founts and other Re freshment Stands. - Wednesday Thursday - June 28 June 29 Friday and Saturday June 30 July 1 We will have an expert tailor with I us on the above dates from the Aero Tailoring ompany Baltimore, d. who will take your measure for Fall / Suits to be delivered any time that suits your convenience. Come in and look over this grand dis play of the latest creations in Fall and Winter Fabrics, the line consisting of over 400 different designs. Prices From $15.00 Up/ Smith & Little "Suits" Opposite Postoffice Laurens, S. C. FINAL SETTLEMENT. I -oieo ~t tc.Wnho olg Take notice that on the 1-ith day ofJSIILlliI tdEN IA C Jluly, 1916t, I will render a final ac- U 'hrItna Cocn:E MINAilN counft of my acts and doings as AXd- TeCOlln ~ 0 i lW do minist rator or the esat of Elhla ocriy htIhv n i'itshlrhp n Vli io ' Pie, deecased, in the ofilce of the w iesae fsoki h e-ieeadfrte ai~ 511 fZC J1udge of P'roba te, of Laurlens 'County. pe ~aHa~ xhnefako aU tl~~it' ilh eda '(o at 11 o'lclc a. ml. and on lbe saine da~y will apply for a final id':c harge fronm rnsm ~igoiia etfct Cut1tneo rdy l ,aI my trusts as Administrator.N. ise Juy1,10,an tattaisxen eas ta ag. X'ei Any person indebted to said estatesad et tct ha benltord- chiriip ae a fattri y7 are notified andl retiuired to make pay- s oeadI(eiean~ etfct hy~ l ea~addi oemkn nient on that (late; and~ aili piersontesigct ' ag i i 5(XaiiI having claims against saidl estate witllof tokt liis edt me nplc tin, rvdd thy ette(0111 present themi on or before said (late,ofltorgn.ins oenig te wad Apii duiy proven or be forever barred. acfrhrntfdtatIhalcns orS oasip soud~ io NATHAN PRitCEt rsdn onsnbfr h x Admin)strator, aeapiaintoteAi epe Jnec 12, 1916.-I mo. la n xhneBn tisoc mnto o coasi xcn~a Another shipment of Alaska Ice .RT.PDE, ifr ton ad aalgad:o Cream Freezers just fin. Dtdti 3ddyo a,'96 rs .B onofok111 .C STo all whor.WILt mayCConcern: