The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1914-02-11
What PrOfiteth 1t q Man II Ha
Vote For ellis Friend" and
Cripple His State.
Editor The Advertiser:

great moment before the legislature
at the present that are liable to be
made use of in campaigns to come
by politicians who climb by pulling
others down rather than upon their
own merits. The two bills are the
Primary Reform Bill and the Bill Po
hibiting White Teachers in Negro
Schools.
Now Mr.. Editor, | want to ask tho
people Of Laurens county if they do
not expect. to hear some candidate
come out on the platform and attack
some opponent as a negro lover just
because he votes against that bill?
Perhaps it will not be in Laurcns |
county but some man will be accused |
Of being negro lover just because he
was opposed to whites being prohibit
ed from teaching the negro. Now let
us consider this: Does the man who
makes the accusation believe what he
has himself charged? No, he does not
and his own conduct will prove that he
doesn't. Our ministers, or the great
or portion Of them, are opposed to
the bill; our own denominational pa
per, The Baptist courier, Is opposed to
it. And yet, If any one Of these min
listers or DR.. Cody should come about,
the man who attacked his political OPP
I pono... tiius would be glad to be in his
presence unless he felt too cowardly
and bad to be comfortable there. Now
is this not fact? Weuld he ever
think Of making such an Accusation
against that man were he not his po.
litical opponent?
Now then, why has this man made
an accusation that he knows deep
down in his own heart is a falsehood?
1t Is evidently for a purpose, is it not
VOL. what purpose is it? How will it
help him? VIII it give him any adj
how? | am persuaded they do not.
Then you say how is it that it does not
hurt that man to tell falsehood on
another man when the people know 1t
to be false? That is the thing too,
want to know. | want to know why
1t Is that man in South Carolina
:. can get up before the public and ac-
;, cusc the newspapers Of "cussing" him
and accuse his opponent of being ono
Of their pets and a negro lover and a
friend Of the corporations and carry
the crowd with him without one par.
ticlc of foundation for n word utter.
cd Now, every man who knows any
, thing knows these things are true.
ask in the name Of humanity how Ions
. can they exist and why do they cXis
today? Now again, | have seen thu
printed statement of some member:
Of our own Legislative members only
this week where they said it was alb
> solutely impossible to pass any law
that would give us the power to holt
fair primary election in the state o
=, South Carolina. Now | am not max
ing any attack on any member of thu
Legislature or any one else but | wan
any means have fair election in thi
State? Then why Is it true and HOY
:, may we ever remove the condition? o
: ought the condition to be removed? ID
!, the majority Of the people Of the stat
:. want primary Of graft or one that
free? Is it impossible to pass law
that if enforced would not bring al
=, most any result we desired? If sue
Is the case law is not the great instrr
ment conceive it to be.
Mr. Editor, l think it is high tim
that politics had some alteration.
he is time for the people to awake then
~ selves and stop1cttng their prejudice
ch make them the tool Of the selfish pol
pt tician for self ACKNOWLEDGMENT. 1t
y time we were iaking the governmcl
ID is the instrument by which the peop
rI were upliftcd and benefited and not
ey thing for men to speculate in Let ,
,r- think and think sobcry. Who is
ne that bears the burden OF bad govern
no no ment? Is ii this politician? Is it tt
,et newspaper you are trying to spite?
lily it the other fellow over there clo
D. by whom you do not like? No. 1t
=, yourself. If you have any proper
Just as much as any other. Think
I'll this in all your dealings. Even
you have no sympathy with any OF
:, else, you should be actuatcd to do Il
right thing from selfish motives.