The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-08-05
County Campaign Began Yesterday.
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return to high license.


ter touching on some national issues he
proceeded to Il fcrvid discussion of the
whiskcy issue. Declared that he was
not welded to any liquor-scDlng system.
| Thought, however, that the dispensary
was the best way to handle the traffic
and he did not care continental
| damn what the church members of
| Laurcns thought of it. Is himself an
officer in the church and would not hurt
or try to injure the church itself. "The
| people have caught hell when they have
| allowed certain people to dictate how
/ they should VOTE If we could keep
| liquor out Of the State he would vote
for prohibition, but under the laws this
/ cannot be done, so the traffic must be
regulated Prohibition is humbug
worked by fanatics and corpora
/ tons. Charged that the present whis-
key issue had been forced into the cam
Ipaign through the pulpit. He would
abolish immigration bureau in Column
bia. After telling why the cotton mills
arc closing down, taking their orders
from New York, he thought child labor
law was being violated by the mills.
Told Of an instance in Spartanburg
where an S-ocar-old lad was employed
| i'm Il large mill and another was draw
/ inu. his nav nc - u,ov of dod,r;ro. +ho
INK nr, -
/ "'" ciV'''c" i''hSell against Ihc
charge Of alleged immortality in his own
|lic Some Of our paper friends are
| foolish cnourh to bc odvocoting nrobibi-
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/ I,harlcSton. misunderstanding the ref
crcncc MIR. w. +. Wright injured of
/ MI. I.hv what .'rrob;bitior ro,,o,. d;d lo
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"''''N -" INC AuverI'Ser' Vhe hau-
tehS Advertiser, replied the speaker,
and took his seat
Mr.. s Il Todd follovod F;rst finn
Ib, 49,
''.'" "i',c"leu pciore inc people ask
ing ior ONCE. Had not been brought
| out by any certain political crowd.
Twas making race o, his nlotfo,n, ,I-
ro,I,. ,,LLi.k. ,, 80. y.
'e''"S P"D',S,.er' raVorS Carey-Coth-
ran law BelleVeS present system best
Regulation Of the liquor traffic. Ex-
Iplaincd distribution Of the county dis
4 y
ling each year to the education of the
| children. BY voting out the dispensarv
| this sum, which amounted to about
50, 600 last year for educational pur-
poses alone, would be lost Outsiders
/ arc contributing to Laurcns school fund
! through the channel of the county dis
Ipensury. Would repeal lien law on a
Graduated basis. Is not against cor
|pCrationS but is opposed to compulsory
/ education and present immigration law.
After rcccssing an hour for dinner
the crowd rc-asscmbled when the chair
] man stated that he had been asked to
pass on the question of Mr.. b. Good
Han $ failure to file his pledge at the
proper time and he ruled that the can
| didatc was out of the race for coroner.
Hon. K. ID. Boyd, candidate for the
iloUsc was then presented. After
making some personal remarks con
corning his present race for the lcgisla-
luc and telling of his work in the
general assembly he went into the
/ whisky question. Is opposed to State
/ WIDE prohibition, favors local option.
| i the people vote the diSpenSary out
|oI I.aurcns he will stand by that result
/ i'm the legislature. He will vote to
abolish county dispcnsary IN the No
Ncmbcr election Considers the other
| Clemson had too much money. Would
ubmjJ lien law question to the people
/ for settlement He voted against it in
| thc legislature. Opposed to immigra-
| ton law Declared that he had voted
.hc last cent to continue the dispcnsary
investigation and the prosecution of al
lcged graitcrs. Whole thing hasn't
| amounted to anything; no stripes have
heen placed on anybody
MT Jared ID. Sullivan came next.