Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-04-06
Representative Smith Says Governor
Bleass Changed The Names.
MATTER IS IN A MIDDLE
The Members of; the Greenville Del
eeation Reopens the Question OF
Appointing County Assessors ana
Endeayor to Straighten Out the
Matter II They Can Do SO.

A dispatch from Greenville in
speaking of the recent discussions
that arose over the action OF Gov.
please in revoking the commissions
of c. G. Drake and ]. l.. Campbell as
members of the county board OF as
SCISSORS, and the subsequent alleged
statements of the governors stenog-
rapher that the names OF Bearden
Jennings and Mr.. Acker had been
erased by Representative c. ID.
Smith. a member OF the Greenville
county delegation, says Mr.. Smith
went before B. NJ. Shuman, an attor-
ney, and made affidavit, the substan-
tial statements OF which are given In
the following extracts:
Senator Mauldin stated that the
stenographer in the governors OF
fee told him that had erased the
name of Mr.. Acker and substituted
that OF Mr.. Campbell on the board OF
assessors OF .Dunklln townsh fHne
also had erased the name Of l
Jennings and substituted tina
G. Drake in Cleveland township.
'T erased no names, nor were they
erased under my directions, but these
changes were made under the dtrec-
tion OF the governor.
Being the only member OF the
Greenville delegation that was es-
pecially friendly to the governor, the
governor stated to me on several oc-
caslons while In Columbia during the
session Of the general assembly that
he would make appointments on my
RECOMMENDATION.
"H3 told me to make my fight In
the Gy eenville delegation and II 1 was
downted to come to him and he would
take care Of me.
In the delegation meetings the
delesac~u appeared to be controlled
by Senator Mauldin, and all the men
recommended by me were promptly
voted down by the members. In
Dunklin township, which was my
home township, especially requested
the delegation to recommend the
name of ]. L. Campbell in the place
OF ]. D. Wood The delegation, how
ever, recommended the names OF
Traynham, Cothran and Acker, my
recommendation being Cothran and
Traynham. In Cleveland township
there was no delegation meeting. i
was informed that the majority OF
the delegation recommended Morgan,
Hagood and Jennings. The minority,
which were Mr.. Earle and myself,
recommended Hagood, Morgan and
, Drake. / carried the papers to the
governor, who had told me he would
appoint my appointees, and there
; upon Gov. Blease told his secretary
: to make any changes that I desired.
"The appointments made were oy
, the governors own orders and the
= governor knew that he was appoint
ing on my recommendation and not
on that of a majority of the Green
Vile delegations"
, Smith is one of the leaders OF the
r Cotton Farmers' union and has been
2 organizing the union. He has also
2 organized the farmers In the legisia-
ture so that they may legislate In
telllgently on matters pertaining to
farms.
What Gov. B1ease Says.
Gov. Blease said Thursday that he
did not remember the details In con-
nection with the appointment of the
Greenville county board OF assessors.
He said that the matter had been
p handled by stenographer employed
by him for several weeks and that
she would make a statement Friday.
"I will stand by whatever statement
she makes" said Gov. Blease.