The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-04-24
FAVORABLE NOTICE OF
MR.. DiAL'S CANDIDACY
Meeting Much Encouragement Wherev.
er He Goes Over the Stato-Inter.
viewed In Chareston.

that he Is receiving a great deal of
encouragement wherever he goes and
that the prospects for election grow
roster each day. During the past week
he has been covering the entire state
but hitting 1t in spots just to see how
the wind is blowing Charleston, Co
lumbia, Greenville, Spartanburg, Sa-
vannah (Mr. Dial thinks he will poll
few Georgia votes) and other places
have found him busy circulating
among the voters.
Mr.. Dial is very popular in Charles
ton, as will be gathered by the very
friendly interview in The Evening Post
of that city:
N. B. Dial, Of Laurens, one of the
best known business men in the State,
who has announced his candidacy for
United States Senator, is a visitor in
Charleston today, and he received a
warm welcome from his host of
friend here. Mr.. Dial has not yet
made up his platform in detail, but he
said today that he would run on his
record as business man as a develop
er of industrial South Carolina.
Mr. Dial is Of pleasing personality.
He lays no claim to being an orator.
out he possesses an ineXhaustible fund
OF anecdotes and is vigorous speaker
who has ideas abreast with the times.
and who sees great future for South
Carolina as an agricultural and manu-
facturing state. If he has one hobby
that is dearer to him than any other.
it is to develop South Carolina's farm
ing capacity by cutting large areas up
into small farms, and promoting di-
Versitication of crops. AS successful
FARMER, banker manufacturer, and real
estate man, Mr.. Dial commands the re-
spoct of all who have the pleasure of
his acquaintance. He was born in Lau-
rens county and has spent his busy life
there making good at almost every
thing he has undertaken While not an
office seeker in the ordinary sense nor
politician, Mr.. Dial has served the
people of Laurens three times as May
tion refused a consulship to Switzer-
land. He has been delegate to
Democratic national convention, where
he picked up many ideas Of how the
big political game is played
Pioneer Cotton Seed Oil Man.
His achievements in the industrial
history of Laurens are noteworthy. He
was one of the first men in this State
to build cotton seed oil mill and he
Duilt the second successful cotton
warehouse, both OF these plants being
at Laurens. He started two banks in
Laurens and has been a pioneer in
water power development in his sec
tion of the State Mr. Dial firmly be-
lleVes that If the water power Of
South Carolina were owned by the
State and properly developed that the
people would not be called upon to pay
any taxes.
AT present he is busy man, being
president of the Enterprise Bank, at
Laurens; president of the Home Trust
Company; president Of the Laurens
cotton mill, president of the Reedy
River Power Company, president of
the Sullivan Power Company, Of the
Southern Land Development Company
and of the Laurens Bonded Warehouse
Company, He took a prominent part
in promoting the Ware Shoals Manu-
featuring Company, which has cap
ital of million and half dollars
and he built the Laurens glass works.
These activities show something of
the ability of Mr.. Dial as man of af-
fairs, and he believes that as a Sen
ator from South Carolina he can bring
to bear his business training in a way
that will help this state materially. He
proposes to go to the Senate to bring
South Carolina more prominently to
the notice of the business elements OF
the country and of the world.
Confident of Election.
1t might be stated that Mr.. Dial has
succeeded signally in his many busl-
ness enterprises because of his acumen
and indomitable will, and moreover,
he Is confident that he will be elected
United States Senator through live.
well-balanced campaign that he will
conduct this summer, when he runs
against Senator Tillman.
Raised on a farm, and a practical
farmer, Mr. Dial took to the practice