The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-08-07
COUNTY CAMPAIGN
OPENED MONDAY
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always work for the poor man be-
cause the rich man can take care Of
himself He favors voting bonds for
! road Improvement, but Is considerably
shy OF that mule tax proposition put
up by Mr.. E. w. Copeland, as the poor
man Will pay most of this tax. He is
opposed to the measure fathered by
w. III. Hand for taking the election of
the superintendent of education out
OF the peoples hands. He is in favor
OF the Torrens land bill, and helped
to fight for 1t in the last legislature.
Mr.. lrby discussed at length the mill
mergers and their persecution and
robbery OF the people. He said the
bankers and mills connived together
to control the price Of cotton and that
this ought to be stopped AS rem
edy for conditions he favored among
other things the state warehouse sys-
tem MIR. lrby expressed in unmis-
taxable terms his preference for Cole
l.. Blease for governor.
DIR. j. III. Miller gave an account of
his stewardship and asked for the con
tinued support Of the voters. He said
no personal interest would come be-
tween him and the best interests of
the state, he always stood for the best
interests OF the white people of South
carolina. He Is opposed to the Hand
| education bill spoken of several times
| ABOVE. He favors uniform system
OF school books. He favors good
roads. He supported bill to take
100000 Of the fertilizer tax to give
1t to Winthrop. DR.. Miller said he al
ways stood and fought for what he
considered for the best interest of the
county, but that he did not believe in
giving the poor man more than what
ne was entitled to. He favored Civ
| ing the rich and the poor man both
a fair showing When he closed some
one, as reported above, asked him as
10 ms preference for governor and he
stated that he was for Ira b. Jones.
Mr.. w. X. Richey said that this was
the third time that he had run for the
house and that he hoped he would be
elected this time. The tax question.
he said, was the most vital question
before the people today. He declared
that compentent men should be sent
to Columbia to soc that the assess
ments over the state were put on
an equal basis, as the western Dart
or The state was paying more than it's
Just share. He favored giving the old
soldiers all that the state could pos
sibly afford to give them. He favored
good roads and thought that now is
the opportune time to make a fight
for national aid for roads AS to
the labor law, he said that it could not
be improved on because of federal
constitutional limitations, but that If
the people would act sQuarely by each
other that the present laws would
suffice. He is in favor OF common
school education. state warehouse sys-
TEN and two cents railroad fare. AS
to the governorship, he said that he
was personal friend of Blease,
thought that he was being prosecuted
and considered the governor honest
so he would vote for him. "If Gov.
Blease pardoned Wash Hunter, that is
no sign why Ira b. Jones should be
governor of South Carolina, said Mr..
Richey.
Mr.. Joseph G. Sullivan was the only
man that complimented the voters
with prepared speech. He said he
was opposed to all cliques and COM
binations, that he would go to Colum-
bia with unclaimed feet and unbound
hands. He said the taxes are too high,
that the colleges are getting too much
money to the detriment of the com
mon schools and that the negro
schools are getting too much money.
He favors cents railroad fares, pub
lication Of factory cotton holdings and
other mill statistics, better roads by
federal aid and Torrens system Of land
registration He Is in favor of the
state ware house system. He is also
for Cole l.. Blease for governor. de-
claring that he has lost many friends
by allegiance to his eXcellency
l.,
on the program.