The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, June 28, 1916, Image 9
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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:
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Leave Atlanta .. .... .....1:10 P MI
Leave Al~ieille..........5:21 P Nt
Leave Green wood .. .. ...6:19 P' M
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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
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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
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know of this treatment. Write mne for
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H. M. Ow ens, 436 Peachtree Street,
>..1 Name for, the Thiisy to knember"
Everybody knows it
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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: