The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-08-24
JONES SUPPORTERS CHEERFUL
REPORTS REACHING COLUMBIA
ARGUE A CROwNING MAJORITY.
Edgefieid Expected to Give the
Judge Two Votes to Blease's One.
Spsrtanburg Now Considered Safe
for Jones by Over Two Thousand.
Young Men Taking Eager Interest.

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Young Men Taking Eager Interest.
Columbia. Aug. 21.--A gentleman,
who has been In twelve Of the big
Piedmont counties and through 21
cotton mill villages In the last few
weeks. returned here with good news
OF the Jones sentiment among the cot
ton mill operatives. He stated that
Judge Jones was going to get lot
OF the cotton mill vote and said that
the Blease men were going to find out
on election day just how strong Jones
10 among the mill people. This gentle
man said he hadn't attended a single
campaign meeting. but he has been In
the counties where the candidates
have spoken In the up-country and he
found almost In every county people
changing from Blease 70 Jones follow
ing the campaign meetings. He said
that the prevailing opinion In the up
country was that Jones was already
as good an elected. The Jones tide In
his opinion 10 overwhelming through
out that part OF the state In which
he has been.
A gentleman from Johnston. in
Edgeneld county. said that out
about 500 votes at the two clubs The /,
Blease would Set dozen. He said
that u is unanimous for Jones In his
section. and that scarcely Blease
man could be found at Ridge Spring.
A great many people figure that Edge
field county will 20 for Jones by two
~ one.
That there are people going to vote
this year who haven't voted before for
many elections. and that they are go
ing to be Jones votes IL evidenced by
. statement made here by railrosd
naA who said thathe hadn't voted for
|csvsntssn ysara but that he was GER
6aly ooing TO vote this year and for
u6so yonss. Another gentleman told
~. .eseFosposdsnt that he. hada't
vpts1 IN ten years. buts that he was
going to cast ballot for Judge
Jones this election. The illustrations
could be multiplied indefinitely. show
Ing that there will be practically none
Who refrain from voting this year.
and while In the second primary two
years ago several thousand voters re-
Trained from going to the polls the
vast majority Of them are going to
vote this year and for Judge Jones
for Governor.
The young men. II the number of
several thousand. who are just COM
ing Of age. and who will cast their
ballots for the first time this year are
going to give the bulk OF their vote
20 Judge Jones. jadeing from express
sions heard every day on the streets.
They are registering IN large num-
bers and openly prociaiming that
they are Jones pepole.
Good Jones news Is coming In from
Spartanburg. According to a resident
OF that city. two years ago. the city
OF spartanburg polled about 1900
votes. and this year there are about
5000 on the club rolls In the city Of
Spartanburg. This gentleman stated
that practically all OF this increase was
going to be Jones votes and he >esti-
mated the majority for the judge in
that city alone at $500. Then ne
stated that the great bulk of the far
nners OF sparfanburg county would go
TO Jones. and he said that Spartanburg
would give Jones a majority ranging
from 2.500 to 5000. He said that
tire strong Jones sentiment in Spar
tanturg IL on the increase daily end
that he believed the county would poll
1900 votes this year.
A Laurens man stated this morn
ing that he was confident that the
large number of daily additions to the
Jones ranks would likely throw that
county into the Jones column on cleo
ton day. He said that the drift to
Jones In Laurens Is surprising.
Sumter county gave Featherstone u
majority OF about 200 two years ago
over Blease. and Senator Clifton. Of
that county. said today that sumter
would go for Jones by 400. Reports
from all over the Pee Dee section re-
late the increasing strength OF what
IL certain TO be "a big Jones majority.
Day after day the Jones tide Is in
creasing In strength. based on reports
that are heard from people who are