The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-08-14
WARM WELCOME TO
DIAL At Ills HOME
Senatorial and Congress
slonal Meeting Thursday
TRAILER SPRINGS
SENSATION
Calls on Nichols to Sny Whether or
Not lie Intends Voting for Cole L.
BlcnSe for the United States Senate.
Mr. Nichols EyNdeS the Issue.


Candidates for senatorial and con
grcssional honOrS We'd with each other
in appealing to Laurcns county voters
in the court house Thursday morning
and afternoon. The senatorial candi-
dates for the long and short terms
spoke in the morning and after short
intcrmission for dinner the congress
sional candidates held the boards.
The senatorial meeting in the morn
ing was held in the presence of COM
fortably filled auditorium. Ex-Gov.
Blcasc and Attorney General Thos. H..
Peoples were absent Supporters OF
Messrs. Dial, Pollock and Bcnct were
apparently in a safe majority i'll the
meeting and received generous ap-
plausc as they proceeded. MIR. G. A..
Power presided over the mcct -ng and
prayer was offered by Rev. Graves l..
Knight.
Mr.. Dial, the local candidate for the
long term in the senate, was the first
speaker. Mr.. dial, being in his home
town, did nc take up his allotted time.
He was givcA n warm welcome at the
opening Of his speech and generously
applauded at its close. He spoke on
Iy ab,ut 10 minutes, making a special
plea for united effort in support of
the national administration in pushing
the war to successful conclusion.
tn ict a
/, they might be prepared for any event
uality. Bleasc and the Charleston
American were contcnding that BlcaRc
was the natural successor Of the late
Senator Tillman. During the cam
paign prior to his death, Mr. Tillman
each day had sent a letter to the coun-
.ty chairman in which he said it would
be disgrace to send such a man as
Bleasc to the United States senate az
ter the Pomaria and Filbert speeches.
Mark Twain had remarked when he
first saw the ocean, "Wcll, it's sue
cess" Mr. Dial was pleased to report
that his campaign was a success
wherever he had been and he greatly
appreciated the commcnda bic letters
the people Of Laurcns County had been
sending throughout the State in behalf
of his candidacy. Whether elected or
not. he would always be grateful for
this.
James Francis Rice cOntcndcd that
the fact that he was a bachelor should
a ~ l.,
senate. He promised, though, if elected
to get married. 81 will cross the Ru-
bicon and take unto myself a bride"
he said. Some Of the boys In Anderson
had regarded his candidacy as a joke,
but. he was as sure to win as Bob
tall" the race horse, the worthy cX-
ample Of which he says he's cmulatng.
'In this race | am Bobtail," Mr.. Rice
concludes his speech each day.
Senator Bcnet made strong ad-
dress and was generously applaudcd
by the audience. Tom Peoples had
jumped out OF the governors race
into the short term race and had
stayed just 80 minutes after "Pollock
and I put him on the rack" Senator
Benet said Peoples was like the man
who had climbed up into tree and
caught coon and was now shouting
"for Gods sake como here and help me
to turn 1t loose" Mr.. Bcnet explained
in detail the government cotton hold
ing corporation to fix price below
which cotton shall not be allowed to
drop and also to purchase all distress
cotton that will have to be sold He
was not welded to this. 1t was the
best plan so far suggested. If bet
ter suggestion could be offered, he
was prepared to support that.
Blease had made his "own medicine"
which was now so nauseating to him.
The use OF the word America in con-
nection with the Charleston American
was a disgrace and was being used as
mere camounage.
w. p. Pollock also had many friends
In Laurens. Mr. Benet, he said. had
.practiced law in skyscraper and had
never walked down cotton row. The
fCheraw candidate was a plain, practl-
Cal farmer and he thought in fixing
-tha minimum price for cotton this