Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-08-07
WOULD NOT LET HIM SPEAK.
"Over.Ripe" Eggs Thrown at Charles
tonian in Spartanburg.


shouted and the police force failed
tonight in theatre filled with
1900 representative voters Of Spar
tanburg and one hundred mill opera
ttves who had congregated In the
building to hear Mayor J. p. Grace,
OF Charleston, who attempted to
speak. After trying from $50 to ii
O'Clock to get hearing, and during
this time speaking only about fifteen
minutes, the Charleston mayor gave
1T up as hopeless task, and the hun
dred men who had howled him down
congregated outside of the building
and continued their rowdy tactics.
Mayor Grace quit trying with the
statement that he would see Blease
tried, convicted and put behind the
bars Of the State penitentiary.
me meeting opened at $50
o'clock. 0. l.. Johnson, mayor Of the
city, some say, was out Of town;
others say he was not. At any rate,
Alderman 0. w. Leonard, mayor pro
TEN, attempted to preside and made
a failure. He managed somehow to
get through his Introduction and
then Mayor Grace arose.
Cheers for Blcase, Jeers for Grace.
"Hurrah for Coley," and 1--WE
want Blease," "Who are you?" Go
back to Charleston" your eyes are
too close together" and the like re-
sounded from the gallery, where per-
haps hundred Blease supporters
was suffering from q cold, several
times got start, only to be stopped
on the completion Of sentence. He
appealed to the men who live within
stones throw Of Cowpens and
Kings Mountain, where their ances-
tors fought for liberty, to accord
him the privilege of free speech, for
which their forefatherrs had died.
The plea had no effect on the men in
the gallery and the jeers continued.
Attacks Blease's Record.
After some time Mayor Grace was
permitted to utter a few sentences,
while some Of the leaders Of the
howling-down brigade were outside,
1T is said. He assailed Blease's ref
erence to the constitution, when the
Governor Is said by Grace to have
said, ITO hell with the constitution"
He appealed to the mill hands on
this ground and pointed out that Ira
b. Jones sat on the Supreme bench,
which upheld decision giving one of
their number verdict of $1,000
against Lewis w. Parker's mill be-
cause the mill black-listed him and
prevented him from securing work.
Then the howlers-down returned.
Bitterness was growing fast. The
"ouiu-pe presidlng olhcer asked
SSels citl"en VINO would volunteer to
w s"oin IN as special ofhcer to
oolie on lne stage. Hundreds re-
b,,f fl,
oponaou. pul Ihe sherlH or the
Houn.s noI;a appearea' ana IN lieu of
9o.'e 5u 5oi4e salu ne would Keep or
tba,, tea ne aiu LOT lew minutes. but
uo',d rmHn p"iueihohlum "i'oe again broke loose
~ Wo'SS ,'an eF' tN'5 continued I'M
w. N.".r H'"Pi'" I!E}nS.
~, ,,,.o, "'."3l'l. SH'''@ "he lhre"
",a "n :, ,,','iE> yIS OF 'n2 S5a&e, IhiS
""S y V"''", - trI'#Id bE @hH'Heu
onIv oot 'b,,,n IT., ,S"s, ,oHoLu nHI
~ So nm as iar as the alleged
,,ou'i StU,Il essay IN coliege before he was
no,;oo 60 ~ uo"m. ING opartanburg
nisn rH sou ~ '"me III lot pltter crit1-
Gbnr,asto ns pa ~ piayea. Inc
oo,,,d ] ,'iasol iei,erated tnat this
on nova onoan;ppe mappen ii Ills Guy, ana
Waunu ~ D. ooI%aiohS T: man one ADVISED
IIo ~ .eln 1onaro 10 resign.
e 80, sa'u -, lne Spai'ahDurs ponce were
"o''o '""" 'hoSe III ne" YORK.
Speaks at Gaffney.
Gaffney, Aug. 3-Witb the s. r q
sign exhibited at the court house
this afternoon, Mayor John p Grace
of Charleston, spoke to q tremnnd,
Gus crowd Of Cherokee voters 1'he
mayor was met at the station nv
reception committee and brass
band and escorted directly to the
court house. Ed. II. DeCamn nre-
sided over the nIeeting, and in a short
and happy sp1,,h introduced the
speaker. When the sneaker arose