The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-08-19
WATERLOO VOTERS
HEAR CANDIDATES.
County Campaign ResllIn-
ed ut MO0re's Monday.
ONE OR TWO FEATURES
Senatorial and Legislative Aspirants
Continue to Discuss "Licker"
and Other 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
dred and fifty of the citizens of that
section were on hand to give them au-
dience. A barbecue dinner was served
on the grounds; plenty of fruit and wa
termelons in addition helped add to the
pleasure of the day. Mr.. Marion Moore
presided over the meeting, which was
in all respects a very interesting one,
close attention 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 whiskey question is still among the
livest subjects despite the contentious
of some that it has no place among the
issues. All the aspirants for Legisla-
tive Office seemed pretty we'll agreed in
their opposition to the immigration bu-
reau, to the old soldiers home in Col
umbia, to negro education, and some
are opposing the newly y-established in
Surance commission.
ciaI % featSre '''n mnlesS the ,ittie Iio t;lt '
tween Mr. w r. Richev. for the House
and Mr.. Alf McNinch nav 50 he termed I
At the conclusion of Mr. Richev,s sneoch
and as he was leaving the stand Mr..
McNinch asked if Mr.. Richey was go
ing to vote for Col w. w. Lumpkin
for the U. S. Senate, to which query
seemed to hold the oninion that IF Mr.
Richnv was n nrobihition candidate he
oupht to sInnort this nrobibit;on cant,-
date for the Senate In adI;t;nn ~, the
above sentiment Mr McN;ncb sa;d
"WeIl M R;chev ike vo,, ali r;"bt
nersonallv hut I am not oo;no tn vote
for vor y to which Mr. Richev renl;ed
that that was nerfectlv ali ripht and
that if he were dene1ding u5on M
McNinch's kind he would not he in the
race. MIR. McNinch taking this as an
ward Mr.. Richev. but was STONED bv
.standers- As he rose he said. "YoHH
can't insinuate AGAINST INV honor "
Afterwards the matter was satisfac.
tnrilv settled when If was shown M
McNinch that Mr. Richev was cast;no
No renections unon him as man hnf
that he roferred to Mr. McN;ncb;s %
"kind'' as meaning those of his noIit;-
cal leaning.
There Is another matter that was
SLIGHTLY touched unon Monday but
which NAV develop later on in tbe cam.
naipn The imnression seems Tn ho
thnf in his first sneeches Hon. John M
cannon for tho Senate stated that ;f
elected TO the Senate he would 90
there dispensary advocate no matter
how MANY times the people of Laurens
voted against il: now Il seems that
Mr. Cannon's Statements had th;s
meaning: That no matter how many
times the people voted against the dis
nensarv at would not change his views
On the subject ,, Mr.. Wharton holds
that Mr.. Cannon's utterances were to
the effect that he (Cannonl would 90 to
the Senate as a despensarv advocate
regardless of the will of the people as
exnressed in an election. Messrs. Can
non and Wharton are opposed to each
other on the dispensary question, but
verv nearly together on the other
ISSUES. Mr.. Cannon contends that pro-
hibition is mot right in principle. j"
saving that it deprives people of their
liberty. In the course of his address
he used an expression referring to the
"noble and pure flag of prohibition. 4"
He said that it was shame for the
people to have such a paper as the Adj
vertiser for their political guide, and
called upon them to "away with such
,,uidonce and IenaUouuerv. that Tho