The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-08-27
LAURENs. S. G., Aug. 81, 1895.
The Demaeogue.

At Columbia, which is the county
site OF Richland county, one of the
Dor counties of this State, is situate
be State Capital. The population Of
the town consists mostly of poor people
M working young men, employees Of
mess concerns. Largely they are
neless people and q number OF the
ing men have dubbed together and
I'VE rooms where to enjoy themselves
Bcially and innoccntly they do of even
3hgs ~cOngregate and invite a friend.
Some OF these homeless, houseless peo-
pie, who are without great plan
tations, have their little tin boxes
with q dozen cigars and o gallon of
Acherry bounce in case Of sickness and
b friend. These are their appliances
hSn Nbsence of large plantations,
NRsand jersey cattle, Cover
Ne &dhills at Roperand Tren-
SS%.$ aing 1t modest hospitality
(%SSba little social communion
~ ,ffing to their garrets for
4Bep, preparatory for their next days
humble toll. Their little supplies of
bounce and their duplicate cups are all
asaysteand so marked. These supplies
A'aided and seized by the State
tn Carolina, through it's agents,
NaSly armed gems de armes, the
= Ansonstabulary, and ruth
kNced to the use of the
Sc Q State officers, q stones
throw 49, Silken robes with SO, 500
@ year look "a Snounc-
ing these poor clerNQ g men
as aristocrats, crying, kill them, XIII
them. But this is not the amazing and
startling part. Here we have the
Press and Banner of the rich Athenian
County of Abbeville, with q %splendidly
equipped capatalistic plant raising the
cry of "the poor and I, plain con
stabulary," and sticking them on to the
brave work of torturing these young
"aristocrats," and selling their little
luxuSies and comforts. The writer of
this article owes nothing to clubs and
particularly the Columbia Club and
knows no a%ristocracy in South Caro-.
lima and is prepared to assail none as
such. He rejoices that there are men
In every county in the State, in shops
and on plantations who are above want
and toll, can employ labor, send their
sons and daughters to church on the
Sabbath morning in plain vehicles and
nsdecently dressed without being de-
nounced as aristocrats. In the mean
while, brother Wilson, we believe,
abstains from grog, while he encour
ages the State to furnish unadulterated
strychine to her boys, hat the tax
payers may thrive at the expense Of
the poor working-man who pockets her
hall pint TASKS. The Abbeville Press
Banner, we look to see setting the
constabulary upon some comfortable
reader in Abbeville, who has a comfor-
table income of a few thousands, and
keeps a "big bellied bottle" as Burns
So. Of course they are aristocrats.
But we say-there are no ]aristocrats
: In the State. And we take comfort in
the that the plain Laurens
man is prepared to kick every man
off the highway who sets up preten-
sion to being better than his neighbour.
In Laurens we need every fellow who
can lend youa hundred and give you a
drink. He is usually n good fellow,
as plain as ar old shoe and no ''aristo-
crat." If this demagogic cry of "Aris-
~tocrat" goes on and is tolerated much
longer in South Carolina, we will all
be Socialists, and every man a scoun-
drel who lives in his own house, on his
own farm, employs a laborer, and don't
o his fitch of bacon with his own
hands and his wife and daughters
wash and iron for a living.
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The EIectiOns.