The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-13
drive home before the speaking began.
 ftrnr,d nj Tnkkegee.

l Crowd at Tnskegee. Notwithstanding this large ereWe heard the Lieutenant Governor. Tht speaking was in the open. The crowe
 assembled on the lawn of the cour'
 house yard. grouping about ih circi'
 in the shade of the court hoube.
 Editor c. w. Hare of The Tuskegee
 News in short and eloquent speech 1 introduced pr. Cunningham to the as- l sembled crowd. In his speech or in- l troductiou MT. Hare took occasion to | read the editorial published In The Moulton Advertiser, which spoke In l complimentary terms of the Cunning | ham family in Lawrence county and Of | the high character and splendid at- 1 tainments of pr. Cunningham.
 1 For nearly two hours Doctor Gun | nfnRham held the close attention ot l his open air audience. Tuskegee and Macon county, regarded as Conner 1 strongholds, had been fruitful fields | for the discrimination of Conner Htera- 1 ture with all the half-truths and mis-
 information they contain.
 1 In a logical and convincing speech
 backed up by the proof of the record
 pr. Cunningham punctured the falla-
 cies that had been floating about. | He gave his hearers some new 1 thoughts on the question of environ Conner and Environment.
 MT. Conner says that I am good
 man, and that my platform Is as good l as his, said Dr. Cunningham. But he
 insinuates and intimates that Tn some | hidden inexnlicable way I will be gov
 erned by environment. Now let us looH m this question of environment. I, tol | one. am opposed to Mir. Corners mar
 row view of humanity. believe ar
 honest man Is an honest man wherever
 you put him and whatever his environ ments are"
 But for the moment let us take MT. Corners view for argument lie | has always been an employer of men | I have been an employer of men. He
 has spent his life in business, In pill | ing up dollars. I have spent mine l In the practice of my profession, by
 the side of suffering humanity end by humanity in all phases of life. IS
 there anything in hk environment
 which would make hinra a better friend to the people than l?
 We will carry Mir. Corners argu- ment further and admit that men in this life are guided only by self in- terest. MT. Conner Is President and a large stock holder in the Avondale cotton mill. He is President of the Sylacauga cotton mills and l under stand but am not certain that he has incorporated hlS farming lduuS Ah Barbour county If MT. Conner is cleo ted Governor, if we accept his argu- inent, will he not run his office in the interests of the cotton mills of Ala bama, whenever their interest Is at stake? Will he not be guided by his environment and his interest?"
 The Notasulga and the Tuskegee meetings were altogether satisfactory to Dr. Cunningham's Macon county frieGdA
 eve had been told that there was not a single Cunningham voter in No tasulga Reat," said Dr. Johnston. But when Mir Lewis ana I went up to ar- range for the meeting the first ten men we spoke to were Cunningham men. In nearly every part of the county we have found unexpected Cum nlngham strength. Dr. Cunningham friends in Macon are now waging an active fight in his behalf and this oounty's vote is going to show some surprises" After the speaking Dr. Cunningham was Rratfied at the number of men who came forward and gave him voluntary pledge of their support
 pr. Cunningham was the guest oi honor at a dinner in the hospitaois horne of pr. Ludie Johnston. At this delightful course dinner covers were IaId for a dozen guests and some oi Dr. Cunningham's warmest supporters in the county were present