The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-07-23


people deserve more from the State tha
L. the teachers, especially the hard work
ing, poorly paid women teachers. A
to the veterans, 1t is for them to deter
8, mine whether or not they want
a. soldiers home. 1 personally do nc
think it "a practical plan, but it is
matter for them to consider and deter
o mine in their reunions" His tribut
- to the Confederate soldier was splen
= didly eloquent and the crowd was visi
u u bly, touched. "Being Democrat
= am opposed to trusts and private mono
polies."
. Congressman Talbert, of Edgefield
y was the next speaker. The iority
of the crowd was clearly hl d he
, was frequently cheered. AT l. close
of his speech he had one of the h. ,gest
, cheers of the day.
"My people at home," he exclaimed,
"have endorsed me for twenty-five
years, and that is sufficient to answer
some Of the ISLANDERS that have been
circulated about me. am opposed to
ell political trickery and combinations.
The question is whether manhood or
ioney should rule this country. We
should have laws to protect the people
against greed of corporations. ~;tal
and labor should go hand in haI
"Any man who will visit Win hrop
and Clemson will come away proud
that he is South Carolinian. favor
reasonable and moderate appropria-
tions for all our higher institutions.
The great bulwark of liberty is the
education of the people. Make the
common schools strong and let them
be established deep and broad. Let
them be literally supported. / have
sometimes thought if we could do it
without Federal interference both the
spelling book and the ballot should be
taken from the negro. Then put him
in the field where he belongs, (cheels.)
am opposed to using the money of
the white man to educate the negro.
believe that this can be. effected
under the constitution. The use of
The three mill school tax is in the dis
cretiOn of the trustees.
" favor the enforcement of the dis.
pensary law in every nook and corner
of South Carolina, in Charleston and
| Columbia as we'll as I.aurens, not max
ing fish of one section and fowl of
another.
" Having been youthful soldier of
the Confederacy of course favor PEN
sioning the grand old veterans who
need help"
Col. James III. Tillman opened
with telling a joke of Col. Talbert's
which the latter had been cut off from
by the call of time. "I do not believe,
/ know it," he asserted, "that the peo-
pie will allow Hayward to ride into
office in the companionship Of Con
zales. He says he Is thankful for the
support of The State"
Capt. Hayward from his seat: " And
of all newspapers if they support me-"
Tillman continuing: "And / am
thankful for his epmity. Ben Tillman
was the worst slandered man in the
State by the newspapers.
Z" have seen tears trickle down the
ISLANDERS. am now close second to
him IN being slandered. It locke as
though the journalists, and L am not
rejecting on the correspondent of The
State and News and Courier, had Or
ganized scheme to underestimate the
size of the crowds at these meetings
and so delude the people into staying
away from them so that they may not
hear the issues discussed" He called
attention to the Greenville News esti-
mate of the Greenville crowd, which
he said was too small.
"'rhe dispensary law has many
friends, it is popular, but put none but
Romans on guard tonight | When
the law was put TO the test at Darling
ton / was one of the first to respond.
My opponents were not too young or
too old to come 10 its aid. Like Col.
Talbert am opposed to taxing whites
TO run negro schools, but think the
less said about it the better, as the
white people are already getting more
than their proportionate share" "I am
the friend of the old soldiers, but am
unalterablY opposed 10 soldiers home,
which would be no more than poor
house.n
DIR. w. III. Zimmerman said that
the candidates were agreed on most of
the issues. He stressed the necessity
of education. If elected he would do
his duty. ",rhere is yet to be found
J in all this broad State one man to find
fault with one act in my recood in
| holding office. Nor has any fault been
found with my private life. / was
raised on the farm and 1 know what it
is to sympathize with the working peo.
ple."
FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
, Mr.. @. T.. Blease, of Newberry
, attacked the dispensary records of his
: opponents. He said that he alone had
not changed his dispensary views
q Both of his opponents had changed
theirs.
Col. John T.. Sloan, of Columbia
expressed his thanks for support In
Laurens two years ago. He was ther
= the second man in the race. The win
ner Of that campaign was out of 1T ant
he was logically entitled to succeed
him. Col. Sloan told of his record ant
. referred eloquently to his deceased
, friend, the late Col. Is. W.. Ball, will
whom he served in Ga.y'e brigade
;, saying that !" no truer or braver soldie
), ever rode In the saddle and no pure
. patriot had ever breathed the air OF tn
- State"
q" Frank b. Gary, OF Abbeville, resen,
4 ed Col. Sloan's reference TO the Gar