The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-03-19
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Gov. John Gary Evans afirms thai
Judge Simonton's decision against
b ~dispensary law rendesed last weel
will not interfere with the laws opera.
ton. Governor Evans is q sanguine
young man.
A second cotton mill is 10 be built by
Capt. Courtney at Newry, Oconee
comfy.
A company to manufacture tobacco
mas been chartered to do business at
Rock Hill.
Adjutant General j. G.. Watts is in
the North buying guns for the militia.
He will probably return in q day OF
two.
Without half trying Laurens could
send to the Atlanta Exposition an eN-
hibit which would excel that OF any
county In the country. Laurens should
half try.
The Abbeville Press and Banner
predicts that the registration being
over Governor Evans will remove ali
the notaries public in the state. Then
this correspondent will be deprived of
the only public Office for which he was
ever q candidate. Alas! This cruel
world.
ABOUT II FORTY.
~ N"p IlCIdlu vi bu1S
week appears an address to democratic
voters signed by some gentlemen who
writes as democrats. Heretofore the
signers have been Tillmanites. Capt.
Tlllman-in q recent letter to q Western
paper remarks that the democrat
had become q stencil in the nostrils of
South Carolina farmers or words to
that effect. 1t is gratifying to note that
the name democrat" has not been
abandoned by these gentlemen not
w~ithstanding the desertion of the old
party by Capt. Tiliman,-i is crafty
ing that the democracy is dearer to
many Laurens Tillmanites even than is
Tfllman himself. From this address I
quote-"as between the Forty faction
and the independent Conservatives
factions alliance with negro Radicals
there is practically no d~ifference"-
and believe the burden of the address
is aimed to prove an intended coalition
OF the Forty and the !igger. This ap
plies as straight as rlish can apply
to the gentlemen whu sympathy with
Herald call upon 'the white men, of
Laurens to meet and elect delegates to
the Forty's state convention.
L am not surprised that DR.. John
Smith is charged with being in league
with the niger. Nor that Col. Fergu-
son is. Nor that Mr.. Burnside is. Nor
that Mr.. Wash Drummond along with
the other ants is. We ants have been
living under such accusations for a
long time and are doing fairly we'll,
thank you. We really don't mind. But
| am surprised hat Col. Williams and
DIR. Fuller and DR.. Wright and other
staunch Tillmanites are with us.s( gaze
with mingled terror and horror and
wondCr at their miserable wretched
fate. / opine that the committee above
mentioned has brought u dire misfort-
une upon these gentlemen. 1t appear
that they have been seized and cast
out of the synagogue. Excommuni-
Gated with bell book and candle. Sent
the way Of Wards ducks. Pluckcd as
offending members and spewed from
the mouths of the righteous. All the
same; we welcome these gentlemen to
membership in the society of the polit-
ically damned which we repeat is not
so unbearable as some imagine. We
a v no doubt that the expelled breth-
rem will enjoy u favorite amusement
of distinguishing.
But maybe these brethren will not
join us. They may be able to get out
OF the Forty. They may repent and
bow down and have q few feet
placed upon their necks and kiss q few
SfcdO IOcS ana SnCu u low barrels OF
tears n whine for q week and then
rise up free from thc-taint of the Mig
ger for sooth. But they won't be free
and honest men who boss themselves.
Seriously, it is time that Laurens
should be able to understand that alb
ject, supine, humiliating submission is
required by the Laurens ring. If those
OF us who do not intend to surrender
will make q stand now, we can VIM
Nc, can crush the party which in it's
wisdom and authority assumes to de-
nounce us as niggerites. Then let us
go to the polls and "quit ourselves like
men,"
Well, neXt week u howl will go up
that the ants are trying to break up
the reform movement by a conspiracy
with the TRAITORS in Laurens. But
mark this. We shall mot fight alone.
1t goes against my grain to become q
Tillmanite, but if with the help of Ben
Tillman the way appears open to stamp
out boss rule in Laurens I shall put my
feelings behind me and follow him.
And unless all signs are deceptive Till
man will be with us in the struggle. [
am sure of it.
w. w. BALL.