The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-07-24

Il LII uhSWCE w u ulESCO luCSUtOh VI SOlO
mel Meals, both said that they would
support and work for Tillman for the
United States Senate. The fact is tha
Captain Shell was in Spartanburg Il
work up a boom for General McLaurir
| for Governor.
81 have been slandered and misrep
| resented on all sides and it has beer
| said that was the candidate of fac
tion.
"Now, fellow citizens, am going tc
tell you something l very much dis
like. l am going to tell you whose
candidate I am. AT meeting OF sev.
eral Alliance and Reform leaders,
| Governor Tillman among them, they
asked me to make the fight for Cover
nor, Tillman himself joining in the re.
| quest. l consented, although 1 told
them that my health was bad and that
1t would be better to take some other
good farmer and put him up. Cover
nor Tillman said that we must nave a
farmer for Governor by all means"
About this time General Ellerbe was
! several times Interrupted by man
asking him:
"How about the Conservatives sup
porting you ?" This question was sew
be finally answered in this way:
81 don't know why they are support
ing me il they are doing so, but l
would rather have the good will of a
dog than the bad will. (Cheers.) But
will say this: If thoy are supporting
me thinking am a compromise candi-
date they are badly mistaken. loud
cheers and applause.) If am elected
Governor or If l am sent to the sand
hills of Marion 1 will still remain loyal
to the Reform cause. (vociferous ap-
plause.) I will say further that II
Evans is nominated for Governor if
Tindal is nominated or Pope nomi-
mated, will support with all my ener-
plause for the speaker.)
This strong reply struck the crowd
forcibly and there was no further
attempt to cast an imputation on Ell
lerbe.
Continuing his personal remarks,
General Ellerbe said: "There is dis
position to change the Farmers move
ment into a Lawyers movement. 1 do
not think they ought to be allowed
everything. All classes and interests
should be represented. The lawyers
have the most now"
General Ellerbe proceeded to show
that lawyers now draw from the State
treasury $4,000 year and all the
other classes only S22, 300. He asked
If this was just and fair.
General Ellerbe next read para
graph from the Laurensville Herald
to the effect that when he (Ellerbe)
was at the Spartanburg meeting he
was a great advocate of the Dispensary
law, but since he had been o candi-
date he had barely mentioned the Dis
pensary.
General Ellerbe declared that in q
dozen counties he has talked the Dis
pensary, and if l am elected Governor,
fellow citizens, 1 will have the Dis
pensary law enforced to the letter.
loud applause.) My record in the
fights with The railroads and the banks
shows that whom 1 make up my mind
| will carry out the law in spite of op-
position" (Applause.)
General Ellerbe followed this with a
hot discussion Of the Dispensary, say
ing that it is the only solution of the
saloon. He declared that prohibition
is impracticable.
Toward the close he started to say
that If he was elected Governor
You will be-" said voice, amid
applause,
General Ellerbe had devoted the best
part of his time to his personal re-
marks and not many minutes were left
him, but he talked on national issues,
saying, with loud applause, that ii
Cleveland's policy is continued it
will make the rich richer and the poor
poorer.
General Ellerbe wound up by saying
that the people had tried one moss
back farmer for Governor and are go
ing to try another.
Voice." Yes, and we don't want any
lawyer"
There were various witty sallies by
the crowd. At first some of them were
intended to annoy General Ellerbe, but
he made such strong speech that the
men who were engaged in this stopped
and applauded the speaker.
OF course hot stuff was expected from
Senator Evans when his time came.
General Ellerbe had jumped on lawyers
too hard for the Senator to remain
quiet. The Aiken Game Cock was
warmly welcomed by his many
friends. Barnwell adjoins Aiken and
the Game Cock is popular here.
Senator Evans began by saying that
he was prepared to answer any fling at
lie says he (Willie) would be- elected
If there was not a ring. There is NO
ring, Evans said, except hands all
round ring of the people. 1t was doing
the Reform movement no good to be
making such charges. Willie had
simply lost his candy. daughter and
cheers.) He says he Is going to make
me Trial Justice when he Is elected
Governor.
Voice-"I believe he will do it,"
Evans-But he won't get the chance
Willie has been sucking the public til
for four years and has gotten over
| $4,000. Now we are trying to choke
him off.
Evans exclaimed dramatically-"]
won't malign any man in the Reform
| movement. / have been going over
| the State for years making speeches tC
the people and spending money out o.
| my pocket, and I've never before asked
a thing.
"Willie talks to the Alliance and ad
| vises them to do such and such things
| More Alliances have endorsed me fol
Governor than any other candidate"
| Later in his discussion Evans charged
| that Ellerbe was not even o member
of the Alliance and had been turned
out.
Ellerbe asked Evans to allow him Il
explain this and Evans consented.
Ellerbe said that he was one of the
first members of tho Alliance in his
county. He was then farming. He
had afterward gone into the mercan
tile business and, under the rules O
the Alliance, had to drop his member
ship. The Alliance. however, had en-
dorsed his business and he had saved
the farmers $50, 900 year.
When this explanation was made
Evans turned and said: