The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1910-08-10
ar as the law is concerned.

j. Archie Willis is making his first
political race, and therefore has no
record to point his friends to. How
ever, he is mighty willing to under
take to make one. Took up the matter
of railroad freight rates, declaring that
South Carolina was being discriminate
ed against, giving the figures i'm sup
port of his, contention. Favors good
schools, and better roads. South Car
olina is not yet ready for compulsory
education law, but it will come later,
he thinks. Taxation is necessary but
burden should be made as light as
possible. Whiskey question is not
issue of this campaign in Laurens.
However, he is a favor of local option.
If Charleston and other counties want
to sell liquor let them do it. Be
licves the State will be prohibition
by and by.
w. C. Irby, il. is before the people
for the fourth time as candidate for
important legislations to come up and
referred to his work in the house.
Thinks fight TO restrict the ballot will
be renewed next session. and he is
immigration law, the effort made TO
remedy the law relating to oil mills
and the child labor act in the State.
Declared that it was very hard to get
c1 1af thrnno1,
for the reason that there appeared to
be a scheme to side track everything
that did not suit certain interests. He
felt that he had accomplished prac-
tically nothing. In fact 1T was a do
nothing, run about legislature' and
nothing could be done Stands on
whiskey question where he did eight
years ago.
ID. Dunk Boyd is for the fcurtl. time
asking election to the house OF repre-
sentatives from! Laurens. No new is
sues in this campaign, so far. Had
heard that Boyd was too narrow
minded" Thought the delegation had
done very we'll by Laurens in the mat
ter Of securing appropriations, refer
ring to the court house bill and other
measures. He is opposed to increas-
ing the judiciary of the State now.
Courts may be congested but the law
yers are responsible for it. Has al
ways stood for Improvement and pro-
gress in the common school system of
. 1,o Cfofa l., 10 oil
indeed, regards every dollar spent on
Winthrop as money well appropriated.
Clemson probably gets too much
money, but that is a matter not easy
to remedy now. Would vote against
the reestablishment of the dispensary
in Laurens. Hopes to never see dis
pensary in this county again. Re-
ferred to taxation and mode of as
sessments, primary election law and
so on.
Jared ID. Sullivan comes asking for
Endorsement of his record as made in
the last legislature. Got the court
house appropriation and the new depot
and permitted the town to build an
electric line" Agricultural men
should be sent to the Legislature, and
he considers himself typical farmer.
Referred to his record in the house.
Favors game law, appropriations for
old soldiers Told of his success in
getting pensions for eX-Confederate
soldiers. Favors all institutions of
learning. Some changes desired in
the matter of property returns for
taxation. Prohibition best thing for
Laurens. Does not favor restricted
ballot
w. r. Richey, Sr began by congrat-
ulating the county upon it's prosperity
and said that one of the good signs
of a continuation of 1t was the forma-
ton of the Boys Corn club in the
county, and the scientific cultivation
of corn by the older farmers of Lau-
rens and of South Carolina had
brought about new era in agricul-
tural conditions. He then entered in
to discussion of the manner the leg
islature voted the peoples money to
this and that cause, declaring that
unless extravaganza was practiced in
more ways than one. Cited the crea-
tion of the position of insurance com
missioner as one of the unnecessary
acts of the last legislature, for 1t
only relieved the secretary of State