The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-08-14

The presentation MS made by
hartman McGown. the go,eraor res
pondins and ezpressin= his thanks
.eelingly. He said lie would take the
crp 10 tie tel and give it to the
best looking red-headed woman in
South Carolina
The Norwood Incident.
TIE governor, referring to the Nor
wood incident during the campaign
meeting in Greenville, declared that
]. wv. Norwood came on the stand
and "attempted to assassinate the
governor Of South Carolina" Reading
from 'fMen of Mark the governor
said Mr.. Norwood had since the Chi
cago convention been voting the Re-
publican ticket, and that his attempt
in Greenville was to help this (Nor-,
wood's) Haskell friend, Smith" :"
whom, however, added the governor,
the affair had injured.
The governor launched into his
usual criticism of Senator Smiths rec
ord, with particular reference to the
appointment of United State Marshal
James L. Sims, District Attorney
Francis H. Weston and Internal Rev
enue Collector D. C. Hayward, in all
of which, the governor declared, the
farmer had been ignored.
''All of this war scare is talk" said
the governor, who further declared
that the i'll effects would not be felt
long. When the governor urged the
holding of cotton, somebody asked
MIN how to do it and "how about
warehouses" The governor replied
that in his opinion the warehouse
scheme is for the purpose of helping
few men "to unload some brick
buildings"
The governor said the main way in
which Bleaseism has hurt the State
was to keep a lot Of hobces out of
Office and put decent men in" He
read his usual statistics.
Refers to PardOns.
Referring to pardons, the governor
said: eff it hadn't been for the par
doning power Of God Almighty ever,
Smithite would have been in hell long
ago." while his supporters loudly ap-
plauded.
The governor declared that he had
in his Office good reasons for every
parole or commutation granted by him.
Amy man who says, by word o. act,
that have ever received one cent, or
that any Of my agents, with my con-
sent has received anything, is dirty,
lying, 5lackguard and coward said
Governor BIease. The governor re-
ceived a box of handsome fowers.
l.. d. Jennings Speaks.
Mayor L. D. Jennings Of Sumter said
he noticed the same men wearing red
badges at a number of the meetings
and that they could not be residents Of
"all these counties" Mr. Jennings said
the governor claimed he had two men
at each club, and, said the speaker,
these two men are FOR the purpose OF
voting those men who haven't sense
enough to vote themselves, but that
there are not enough such to put the
governor in the senate. He said a
great many good men are wearing red
badges. you're right there came
from Bleaseite.
'fBut when these good men have their
eyes opened they'll cut their threats
before they'll vote for Cole. l.. Blease,
added Mr.. Jennings, with which, how
ever, the red badge wearers disa-
greed.
Referring to the governors state
uGuI dUOuI Ou1llullSS d14u lAC <AAAoAS1
tvs pardoning power, Mr.. Jennings
said that had it not been for the "ac-
cident" two years ago, which kept
the governor in office, many Bleaseites
would now be in the penitentiary. He
said the governor lad likened himself
to the Almighty, and that "Bleaseism
is a thousand times worse than heath
enism.'
Reviews Saunders Case.
The speaker then reviewed the
Saunders case, asking, "Do you
Bleaseites approve Of that?''
"Yes," replied one Bleaseite: every
thing Blease does is all Alright" from
another, the speaker retorting, ''If you
do you are either bachelor or your
wife won't let you live with her"
"Wl1o is Chicco supporting?" some