The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1910-07-13
STATE CAMPAIGN PARTY
VISITED AIKEN SATURDAY.
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the militia from private to lieutenant
colonel, saying that he had always
betterment of the National Guard.
The Governors.
John T. Duncan lead off for governor
He gave his usual line of talk con
cerning the graft ring at Columbia the
Seminole business" and the Asylum
deal" He made the usual charges that
the newspapers We're not giving him
square deal. He attacked the in
tegrity of the courts. saying that af-
fairs had reached such a state that the
poor man could not get Justice while
the richer classes rob the people and
go free
Mr., Featherstone sprinkled his
speech with generous number of
anecdotes. He was well received by
the audience. he about splitting hon
ors with Mr.. Mcleod in the matter
of applause. However, he got one
on the local option candidate by being
the recipient of a large bunch of flow
ers. ell said that he did not plank
the votes OF the people upon Ole plank
in his platform. but asked their sup
port upon his general qualifications.
AS there was only one issue in this
campaign I'll. to him really needed
attention. /. would dwell on that more
than others. He had always stood for
prohibition. Local option is not a sane
Democratic principle. in that the sale
of it jeopardzed the health and the
moral of the people
f. II, Hyatt laid his claims TO his
right TO the governorship upon his
record as a business man, and what he
had already done for the State in the
way of good roads and the increase
in the price OF cotton. He says that
South Carolina is paving 1-2 to 6 per
cent interest on her bonds. when other
States. no better situated, are paving
only l-2 to | per cent. Only by an
economical administration of the GOV
ernment could the State be placed i'm
a position to change this state of af-
airs when the present bond becomes
due within the next few years.
Mr. Mcleod. while confining most of
his remarks to the liquor question.
made the usual talk along educational
lines and the tax problem. He desired
more eQualiZed distribution of the
school fund to the rural schools and
the colleges. The tax problem should
be solved so as to put an end to the
tax dodger. While he does not advo-
cate whiskey selling or whiskey drink
ing, still he advocated the sane, Wemo-
cratic doctrine of local option. He held
that the sale of liquor could be better
solved through local option than
through prohibition Whiskey selling
could not be controlled unless public
sentiment was behind it, Mr.. Mcleod
was generously applaudcd. after he
had closed making a promise of lust
ana fair administration of the law.
Recess for Dinner.
MI Richards was the first speaker
when the meeting was called to order
after dinner He took up the liGuor
issue and told of each of the candi-
dates position on the liquor question.
paving special attention to Mr. Feath
erstone. He told of his record and
how he voted on the different propo
sitions of Statewide prohibition. and
claimed that he had done more for
prohibition than any other man in the
State, and if there was any logical can
dldate for prohibition he was the man.
He promised if elected not to veto n
local option measure. Then he took
up his record as to the Acts he helned
10 pass In the aid of education. He
read from his record the Acts to aid
winthrop and Clemson: claimed credit
OF helping to frame the labor contract
law.
cole l.. Blease was the last sneaker
lie paid compliment to the business
management of Aiken county and
claimed that they were handling the
Ilquor question in the best possible
way He was a local optionist and was
proud OF il: thought il was tho hest
solution of the liquor question. Re
viewed the liquor question and was
willing TO abide the result of the elec-
tions last fall The dry counties were
not trying to force their views down
the throats OF the citizens OF wet coun-