Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-07-31


Furthermore, if parents expect
their children to make satisfactory
progress in their studies they must
send them To school regularly.
l am bitterly opposed" said Mr..
DeLaughter. to giving the pardon
ing power TO one man. Will do
my best to pl"ce that power with
board, and not leave it to the gov
ernor. The power has been abus-
ed. Men convicted of all sorts of
crime have heen turned loose on the
state. Work against me if You do
not want me to work against the
abuse of the pardoning power
Mr.. DeLaughter advocates liber-
al pensions for the men who fought
for the cause that was right in the
sixties, is right to-day and will al
ways be right. Georgia gives her
old soldiers twice as much as South
Carolina. y
He expressed the belief that no
frrther Legislation is needed as to a
just and proper distribution of the
public school funds. The whole
matter is in the hands of the trus-
tees.
Mr.. DeLaughter spoke in no un-
Certain terms of his contempt for
blind tigers Said he: There is
no crime more debasing than sell
ing liquor illegally. The man who
drinks it and gets over it should
thank his stars that he is living"
MIR. DeLaughter favors making a
change in the law by providing a
sentence of from to 1a months on
the county chaingsng for those
convicted of selling liquor, elimina-
ting the alternative of a fine alto
gether.
He advocates the driving out al
together of corporation, silk-ha: lob
byists from the State House.
The establishment of bonded
warehouses for storing cotton when
the price is low, meets MIR. De-
daughters hearty approval. He re-
ferred to the benefit that the wes-
tern corn growers have reaped from
the erection Of the enormous grain
elevators in the northwest. The
price of coffee in Brazil was like
wise almost doubled by a similar
means.
Mr.. DeLaughter stated that if
elected he will represent every part
of the county. In conclusion he
said, in substances: "As to the can
didates for governor, 1 am no coat
tail swinger; but the office to which
I aspire belongs too the people of
Edgefeld county AMI they have a
right to know how st,nd. ex-
pect to support and vote for Judge
Jones in the election on the 9th of
August" +"
The Advertiser made strenu-
Gus effort to get cut of MI. De-
Laughter to present along with the
others but did not succeed.
Schools and Roads.
After the candidates for the
House had finished, County Super
intendent of Education w. w. Ful-
ler made a five minutes talk on edu-
cational matters. Supervisor w.
G.. Wells and A. A. Edmunds, a
candidate for supervisor, each made
talk of five minutes on the duties
of the county supervisor, dwelling
particularly on road building.
Congressman J. r. Byrnes.
The speech-making of the day
closed with an able and convincing
defense by Congressman j. f.
Byrnes of his vote for the Bristow
amendment. Mr.. Byrnes spoke with
his usual vigor; and by reading let
ters from Senator Tillm IN and other
prominent Democrats, endorsing
his vote on this measure, made what
he said very effective. The Bristow
amendment was embodied in the ma
tional Democratic platform that
was drafted at Denver and it receiv-
ed the votes of practically all of the
Democrats in the House and senate.
AS the hour was late Mr.. Byrnes
could devote but little time to 9th
er national issues. He will appear
before our people at some subse-
quent meeting and The Advertiser
will report his speech at greater
length.
Sumptuous Feast Served.
Upon the rectangular table under
the oaks, the members of the Re
publican church, with Generalissi-
mo J. T. Littlejohn in command,
served a bountiful basket or picnic
dinner. For abundance, variety and
very excellent manner in which 1T