The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1910-08-10

On the WhlSKey question, MIR. Duyall
believes in county option I'VE have
got mans job in enforcing the law
over there" he said, and someone in
the audience cried out, And every
where else Mr.. Duvall said Ches-
terfield would resent any other county
or the people of the State saying what
that county should do, nor would Ches-
terfield wish to dictate to Richland.
Charleston or any county now wet
Mr.. Duvall was we'll received and lib
orally applauded.
For Governor.
John T. Duncan said the reason he
spoke here today is that you people
have not given me the right to call
this my home" He told of his work
for fourteen years. of his aid i'm the
killing of the State dispensary. 81 have
no powerful dailies back of me- said
Mr.. Duncan. These men say less about
me. They know hot proposition and
have to drop it to let it cool" Some one
endeavored to ask the speaker a ques-
tion. He asked Duncan if the COVER
nor's mansion was good enough to live
in. The chairman would not permit
the interruption. Duncan made "A
smart reply, and the incident closed
Those five other men i'm the race
are running against each other and
all after me. Duncan is in the lead"
The speaker made reference to the
newspapers, especially one, in his usu-
al commentators" style.
San Francisco and Pittsburg graft
is modern history compared to Colum-
bias" said MIR. Duncan
Mr.. FcnthcrSt0nc.
c. c.. Featherstone referred to his
record at home and his business uual- !
ifications for the office of governor.
He jumped right into the whiskey
question and told of his work i'm the
cause of prohibition. To-day am be- .
ing sneered at by some of the news
papers. do my own thinking. r
don't take my views from any newspa-
pers in South Carolina" This was
greeted with applause. He hit at Mr..
McLeod's advocacy of the State dis
pensary. mo recent convert can read
me out of the prohibition party" said
Mr.. Feathcrstone He said he is the
only candidate i'm the race who fought
the old State dispensary
Mr., Featherstone then discussed the
issues. He said in Rchland $4,000
| Df
this was sold to Lexington, Kershaw
and the contiguous dry territory. He
denied that local option was a sound
Democratic principle.
Mr.. F. ii. Hyatt.
| f. III. Hyatt, Il Columbian stated that
as he was in his home town he would
divide his time with the audience. on
account also OF the condition of the
weather. Mr.. Hyatt came to the peo-
pie as business man. not as poll
itician. He is fresh from the ranks of
the business element
Mr.. Hyatt referred to his work for
good roads in this State and for the
material upbuildng OF the common
wealth.
Mr.. Hyatt is running on business
mans platform. There are other things
more important than the whiskey Ques-
tion. He is personally a prohibition
list. He has resorted to all means to
place the protection of the law around
the control OF the traffic i'm the best
way possible.
He compared the whiskey question
to the nine lives of the cat.
Mr.. Hyatt pointed out the direful
possibilities of the recent cotton mill
combine of $2OOOO0OO capital He
compared this with the bottlng of the
tobacco market by the American TO
bacco company
Mn. Hyatt was applauded literally
at the close of his speech
MIR. Il. 6. Mcleod.
When Thomas c. Mcleod Got up to
speak he was applaudcd Mr. Mcleod
said the duty upon candidates going
around the State should be education
al in its nature. to add something to
the development of the State, to throw
out thoughts that would lead to better
conditions
My record is before YOU; the rec
ord of my private life the record of
my public service i'm the State Capitol
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