The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1914-10-14
REPLIES TO "AUNT KATE,

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Dear Aunt Kate:
We people up here believed all the
time that you were for the silk hat"
crowd But l want it fully under
stood that We don't belong to that ele-
fnent, and we consider it beneath our
dignity to tag" after them.
Our great-grandfathers were SOL
diers in the Revolutionary war, our
fathers fought under Lee and Jack
cause they thought to be right; and
today we are fighting no less valiant
| ly for a reason we consider equally
! just Therefore we are supporting
those candidates who best represent
our interests.
| Aunt Kate is surprised that | believe
some Of Bleasc's statements. | may be
over credulous sometimes; but l will
bet a Jews harp that Aunt Kate
thought that Burns and Fielder would
jug" Blease when they said they
would. And guess she sat there
day after day wondering why they
didn't arrest him.
Aunt Kate, l do not wonder at your
| happiness over the result Of the cleo
ton, and | shall not be offel&lcd in
the least if YOU jubilate to the extent
OF bursting your lungs. think you
should be allowed that privilege after
the long dcfcat YOU antics have suffer-
ed. and the expense OF those invcsti-
eating committees.
You wish TO keep the record straight
in regard to Pollocks and Jennings
aid to Senator Smith, and think they
arc already receiving their reward.
You are correct inasmuch as they
did serve him in the exalted capacity
OF "skillct carrier" and also agree
that Mr. Pollock came very near to
getting what he justly deserved after
the banquet in Columbia when he met
Frank Hammond in the lobby If !
had been there | think | should have
said "Sic him Tigc!"
l6 votes for Pollock and A votes
for jennings! A rather flattcring bal
lot isn't it? That shows the opinion
the good people OF old Iaurcns coun-
~ have Of them
Aunt Kate thinks Blcase's defeat due
to some extent, to the blow he rccciv-
ed from Tillman. Well Tillman is
just that sort Of man Look what he
did for Col Irby. lrby was the I.au-
rcns county man whom b. II. Tillman
selected to launch his cause when he
first ran for governor. lrby said that
after he had wadcd the stream with
Tillman on his back and had landed
him safely on the bank, and while he
Urby) went back after his clothes,
/ Tillman got poll and tried TO sink
him rs he was crossing
trust that Aunt Kate hasn't for
gotten that yet. and that is the way
/ politics has been running ever since.
Your faction for several years, has
/ been saying Give us a government
! for the people, by the people" and Just
! as soon as they got it, they squallcd
. out FRAUD. restrict tnc primary
! Just because it didn't suit them.
wish it were otherwise, but Meth
cr Blcasc nor Smith represent my idea
OF true craftsmanship to the extent
that ! can say to my husband or to my
! sons, "Thcre is a man worthy Of your
emulation. In your everyday walk of
life, follow in his footsteps" Fortu-
natclv | do not have to choose between
In, two on that point. This IS the
view | take Of the political question
where no perfect model is available,
and | must choose between two evils,
| take the less ! have been reliably
informed hat Sen. Smith is a Ycry
wicked man. For example: During
the last senatorial campaign, the day
he spoke at Woodruff. | was told that
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