The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-07-31
EDGEFIELD CROWD
AGAINST BLEASI

After going into detail about the
Alan Emerson parole the speaker ex-
claimed: "a man who can hold up
his head after a record like that must
be a man of abnormal cheek" He
said the governor absolutely has no
chance of election and Is dead poll
tically, saying that in a recent meet
ing of some 1000 voters in Ander-
son the "Blease men were al scarce
as they are In Edgefeii.
POLLOCK CHEERED.
w. p. Pollock was greeted with an
outburst OF cheering and immediate
ly lit into" the governor, saying Of
him, HE is feather-legged and
hasn't dared to stay on the stand
since l opened on his damnable rec
ord, but is ashamed Of 1t and runs
away" He arraigned the governor
for his remarks about the elimina-
tion conference to be held Friday,
saying 1t was "Blease who had
preached factionalism from every
stump. boasted of his political ma
chine and held caucauses in the SUI
preme court room and the governor $
office to which only Blease men were
admitted"
! He charged the governor with
irving to swing to the coat-tail OF j.
w. Thurmond whom he called Pussy
foot Bill two years ago" and OF at
tempting to get some votes by flatter
ing Senator Tillman. and added, An
derson county, which disgraced itself
by giving Cole Blease over 1000 ma
jority two years ago, is going with
the rest of the counties and will wipe
Blease and the whole Ashley clan
from the face Of the earth on August
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Mr. Pollock made a heckler admit
he came from Greenwood County and
asserting that the Blease hecklers
were imported" drew another cheer
and laughter from the crowd by say
ing "A Bleaseite can make more noise
than five human beings"
His reading Of the "Furriner" list,
the parody on "Old King Cole" the
references to certain colonels on the
Governors staff and particularly the
Republican ticket of 1880, on which
the said Col J. p. Gibson OF the Gov
ernor's staff, ran for the Legislature
in Marlboro county, kept the aud
ience laughing and cheering. He
pleaded with the people not to elect
the Governor Senator Ito disgrace
his nation as he has his State" and
complimented Edgefeld for its heavy
Ianti-Blease vote before. The crowed
wanted him to continue but his time
was up and he sat down amid great
applause.
SMITH IS POPULAR
Senator E. D. Smith was greeted
with prolonged cheering and got
mere when he referred to his collea-
que, Senator B. r. Tillman, Edge
fields son, saying, where 1t not for
the limitations Of the flesh brought
labout by Providence. B. r. Tillman
would ask no greater gift of the God
lof men, than controls the destinie OF
men, than 70 be In this fight TO help
bring back right conditions In South
Carolina." -. -:
The senator's relation of his work
for the farmer and Of how he had
kept the faith BY carrying out the
promishes on which he was elected
received the closest attention. He vaa
accorded little short of an ovation
and presented with q watermelon
and peaches from admiring farmers
That II was q Smith crowd was easily
seen by the number Of cotton bios
SONS In the lapels Of costs and the
reception accorded him.
The reporters were tho recipients
Iof some fine Edgeheld peaches, the
gift Of Mr. p w. Hardy. They were
sent up to the stand during the
speaking with the compliments OF
j. w. Hardy to the newspaper re.
porters."
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