The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-07-30
SOME SPICE INJECTED
into SECOND MEETING
STATE POLITICS FIGURED SOME.
WHAT LARGELY.
Col. Dickert Makes Vigorous Attack
on Senator JOhnStone-The
Speeches.
(By JnO. X. Aull).

(By JnOs "A. AuN)s
Williams Store, July 26.-The coun-
ty campaign warmed up" a little here
today, at the second meeting, some
spice being injected by the questions
from some in the audience, asked of
the legislative candidates as to where
they stood in the governors race-or,
as the questioners put it, ''How do
you stand on Blease?"-and by Col. D.
A. Dickert's vigorous attack upon
Senator Alan Johnstone.
In addition to the candidates, there
were about one hundred voters and
a few ladies at the meeting, which was
held in the grove, just across the road
from the old Williams home, now oc-
cupied by Mr.. James W. Johnson.
Secretary Frank R. Hunter, of the
county executive committee, presided
over the meeting, and introduced first
the candidates for the house of repre-
sentatives.
Mr.. III. II. Evans.
Mr.. H. H., Evans said, while he
thought the various issues in this
campaign were well settled, and that
there was little use of much speak
ing" yet he thought it we'll for the
candidates to appear before the peo-
pie. He attacked the expenditures of
the legislature, saying the representa-
tives in the general assembly had
promised to look out for the interests
of the people, and he wanted to know
what people they had looked out
for" Everybody wanted good roads.
He advocated putting the State con-
victs on the roads instead of keeping
them on the State farms, in competi-
ton with the farmers, and renting
them out to Yankees" He wanted
them given to the counties and put on
the roads.
Everybody favored education, but
the education of the negro was a men,
ace, and if elected he would not cast
vote to educate the negro. He would
also seek to reduce appropriations to
the highr institutions, which appro-
priations he said were getting entirely
too large.
The people knew the record of their
representatives. The question to ask
them was, what have you done for
u.s." If one set of men was kept in
Office too long they would own the
people.
He denounced what he termed the
insults and calumny heaped upon Gov
ernor Blease, which he said were
tissues of lies" When the chief ex-
ecutive was insulted by men like that
sinking liar, T. B. Fielder and his
hireling detectives the whole State
was insulted. He said the statement
in reference to him and Blease being
in Atlanta together, when Blease was
charged with doing certain things, was
lie. During those two years, he
said, he was not even speaking to
Governor Blease and in the race for
the senate at that time Q904) he had
voted for Hon. Arthur Kibler against
Governor Blease He said the last
legislature had devoted most of its
time to fighting Governor Blease, and
was making the people pay for
it. The partisan prejudice of
the legislature against Governor
Blease was so great, he said,
that everything else was given place
in the background. Governor Blease
had kept his promises to the people,
and had vetoed extravagant measures,
and had sought to give the people an
honest and economical government,
and therefore he stood with Blease.
He scored the legislature for what
he said was an unreasoning opposi-
ton to the governor, and advised the
people to inquire into how the candl-
dates stood. He charged that the "in-
terests' were. trying to beat Blease
because if, they could do so it wouldn't
Ea ahat a few. minutes until they could