The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-07-31
POLLOCK WAS
VERY BITTER
DENOUNCE GOVERNOR AND
HIS RECORD IN NO UN-
CERTAIN TERMS
EQUALLY DIVIDED
Idgefield Voters Loudly Applaud
ed Smith, Jennings and Pol
lock Eliminating c::,:..-a

ed Smith, Jennings and Pol
lock Eliminating c::c..-a
Special Correspondence:
Edgefiled, July 2s.-About 1000
Edgefleld county voters. the vast ma
1ority of whom were ati-Blease. to-
day heard the SHnatorial candidates
mere. The outstanding features of
Ime ~, II nlen1lns Ye:e the receptions given
-, c.:ScH-S Suu Senator. smith. Mr.
POLLOCK was accorded nothing abort
or an ovation and Senator Smith was
just as cordially received, especIally
by his farmer friends 8.
GOV. Bcalse, whose psupporters
seemed to number only d small clt-
que, some OF them strnngers. declared
that the campaign IL no fibhger one on
education. but has degeneratetl into
ABUSE, yillilcatiOn and faIsehood
He characterized the hesanti-Blease
meeting which has been Called for
Friday In Columbia as a q" "rump con-
vontion" and said that iit reeked with
the most bitter partisanship. Il. .i ] q
Mayor Jennings quotedith he !, state
ment OF DR.. Mcintoshy idanyinE that
ne had signed the statemehf read by
stress on the fact thai n Governnr
Blease had said DR.. Mcintosh wnuld I
not tell lie. He; !merG Gilessiy de. B,
nounced the governor for The par, he 4
had taken in the Or, SannIars casa
MT. Jennings offered Stos MI iidrawF if 1
anyone could prove Id Atilii fhat tsia
apyerpprs has ayetS Il III 81 for b
the prki1gtnan. q sasS
Mr.. Pollock was fece I'D Mif til e HI.
multous cheers and Shias 81 one OF
the best speeehes Of Sampaisn, !,
He said that GovernS et3If Asa lis too
big coward to stay on THE platform
and, hear his record ,.QiHcgsHed anu
sSmpared sbanssed him to sNa feat thsr. legged
Senator s/,!th defended Snis record
IN the Senate and was peatedly
This county went overwhelmingly
against the governor. vs. y6ars ago.
and tho indications are evthat the COVER
nor Is no more OF q faYorite now than
he was at that time. After he had
left the stand at the conclusion OF the
speech, his following that remained.
seemed to have been reduced to q ba.
ker's dozen. IL scattered bursts Of re-
sentiment against MessrB! Jennings
and Pollock were to be regarded as
a barometer. Fl ,isS Il: s7sassst
Doesn't Like Caaftaign. !.
The meeting today was marked by
Governor Blease's decrying OF fac
"was not to educate or to. .efSvate the
people by discussion Of Issues. It
was" he explained, "a campaign OF
Of slander, ;'of abuse and
~. 9 s7s5
The proposed convention III Colum-
bia next Friday to eliminate some of
the antl-Blease administration candi-
dates or TO focus the fnterest OF the
people on few OF them. was de- 4
nounced as a plan to-; bolt the pri-
mary. Such action, he said, it ac-
cepted by the candidates; would create
a factional candidate of those who
were selected. The whole thing, he
added. reeked with factionalism. 5;
would incur upon the
trainers. the loss not only Of the Uni
ted States senatorship, but also The Of
fee OF governor. flsSss.ff n Z s; K
No Kick Coming. AS
Only limited information as to en-
rollment was In the hands OF the /
governor today. What, he had, he said
was all in favor of the Blease forces.
boxes. Overwhelmingly
anti Biea5e two years asu, i!iinIiiCateIi
much shrinkage. BY night, tie gov
ernor said. he would practically have
returns. sSt,y IS
Stronger In Anass
letter was read from Josh Ashley 4
In Anderson stating that Anderson
was stronger than ever tSIore for the
Governor and expressing the. belief
that the. shooting OF u ). Mcintosh
WaS helm rather than hfY. JrfSyf cb,s tn tha