The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-08-19
WATERLOO VOTERS
HEAR CANDIDATES,
County Campaign Rcsum-
cd ut M0Ore'S Monday.
ONE OR TWO FEATURES
Senatorial and Legislative ASpirants
Continue TO Discuss "Licker"
and Other Topics.

anu OlHeT topics.
Moore's precinct was the meeting
place Monday for the voters of Water
loo township to hear the aspirants for
county Office and something over hun
drcd and fifty of the citizens of that
section were on hand to give them au-
dcncc. A barbecue dinner was served
on the grounds; plenty of fruit and wa
tcrmclonS in addition helped add to the
pleasure of the day Mr.. Marion Moore
presided over the meeting, which was
in all respects a very interest ting one,
close attcnti being given all the
speakers who spoke very earnestly in
their efforts to impress the voters.
Since the opening of the campaign the
discussions have grown in interest and
spread out to cover many more topics
than were first introduced. OF course
the WhiSkcy question is still among the
Invest subjects despite the contentious
OF some that it has no place among the
issues. All the aspirants for Legisla-
tive office seemed pretty well agreed in
their opposition to the immigration bu-
l'NN, ~ NIlt blNl SOiNlltlS IlOUlc Ill SOl-
Wmhla TO negro education, and some
arc opposing the newly in
.awurc commission.
Mondays meeting was without spc-
rl feature unless the little tilt be-
tween Mr.. w. K. Richey, for the House.
and MIR. Alf McNinch may SO be termed.
\.'hrconclusion Of Nh Richey's speech
nj as he WIS leaving the stand Mr..
MrNmch asked if Mr.. RicheV was po-
ua to vote for Col. w. w. Lumpiin
for the IT, S. Senate, to which query
lho reply WAS "No." Mr.. McNinch
,nmcd to hold the opinion that if Mr..
i'rhcy was prohibition candidate he
ci3l 10 support this prohibition candl-
date for the Senate. In addition to the
above sentiment Mr.. McNinch said:
''Wcll, Mr. Richcy, like you all right
personally but am not going to vote
lor YOU, to which Mr.. Richcy replied
that that was perfectly all right and
tuat if ne were depending upon Mr..
McNmch'S 5 kind he would not be in the
race. MIR. McNinch taking this as an
insult rose from his seat and started TO-
ward Mr. Richcy, but was stopped by
staNdcrS by. AS he rose he said: "You
can't insinuatc against my honor. :"
Afterwards the matter was SatiSfac-
lurly settled when it was shown Mr..
McNmch that Mr.. Richey was casting
no reflections upon him as 4 man, but
that ne referred to Mr.. McNinch's s
"kiud" as meaning those of his pOliti
cal leaning.
There is another matter that was
silently touched upon Monday, but
which may develop later on in the cam
papu The impression seems to be
that i'm his first speeches Hon. John M.
Cannon, for the Senate, stated that If
elected to the Senate, he would go
there dispcnsary advocate no matter
how many times the people of LaWcns
voted against it; now 1T seems that
Mr. Cannon'S statements had this
meaning: That no matter how many
times the people voted against the dis
prnsary 1T would not change his views
ON the subject" Mr.. Wharton holds
THAT Mr.. Cannon $ uttcrances were to
Tine effect that he (Cannon) would go to
the senate as a dcSpcnsary advocate,
REGARDLESS of the will of the people as
c>l.rcsscdl.n an election. Messrs. Can
non and Wharton are opposed to each
other ON the diSpCnSary question, but
,rN nearly together on the other
rlr. Mr.. Cannon contends that pro-
I.nIDiun is mot right in principle,
.l,uy that it dcpriVcs people OF Their
Ft...r\. I'm the course of his address
L,u..d an expression referring to the
-roplo and pure flag of prohibition. y
lIn ..m that it was a shame for the
rrupIr 10 have such paper as the Ad-
,ulIsur for their political guide, and
called uuun them to 'away with such
ulIdmcc and dcmagogucry; that The
Advertiser had never got over It's OPP
rn.,tion to the reform movement and to
u.t Grand and noble statesman, BenJa-
min f. Tillman The reference TO
Senator Tillman was greeted with ST.
Irurr. except from one of the listeners:
.IIc viii have to go in 90 hls own
merits not Tillman s.
Tnr candidates for the Legislature
.y. following their usual lines IN. the
II r-sion Of the whiskeY road, school,
Enumeration lien and tax questions. All
.,. about agreed on the various issues
,>r,pt that of whskcy there beng
,Irrc dispcnsary advocates and three
..r,nibilionists. Mr.. BOYD states tnaI
,,u,revcr the people decide IN Ghe ran
rI,.gun will constitute his stand IN thG
legislature, if elected, and that ne VIII
IN. AGAINST the dispcnsary TINS IAN
l,r Irby says he would vote Prohlpltloh
~ ,br matter could be started In Con-
~r,.4 and get the U. ,. government
i,..,irJ fine law. MIR. Cunningham IS
rop the dispcnsary as 1T Is the olllE
,pl code" regarding the handling OF
In1i, AIR l{ichcy Is for prohibition,
W ',Ihm economic value of the law and
or a.. moral rood of the people. Mr..
"I;,',n orcupics the same ground.
~, ,In,Id is a local optionist, who he
Ir,rs the dlspcnSary tn" ncSI S"'''''"''
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