The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-07-17
DAY IN ABBEVILLEI
ONE OF FEATURES
GOVERNOR EN2LAIN$ RELEASE
Or RICHEY.
Sumter Wan Speaks Very Nharpi! OF
the Charge OF Pre.r"an@e-
ment.

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ment.
The State.
A16ayile. July 14,-The carD&ign
mceuGg. here toaag VAS o1e cOntina-
oas cain OF unexpected features The
governor himself afforded the drsc,
when ne gave practically h.s entire
time 10 discussion + tie parole OF
r. \. Ric4ey. who was convicted .or
assault upon his 13-year-old adopted
daughter. Thoug2 the governor con-
sumed 80 O. his allotted 81 minutes
in reading letters and other manu-
scripts on which the parole was
based, he said tbs was neither an
explanation nor an apology. Nor was
it, he said, to be considered as reply
to anything that had been said on
the stump by opponents, though this
case was the high light in the Green
wood meeting last Saturday. He did
this, he said, in answer to certain re-
ports that had been circulated in Alb
beville county, and if it had not been
for this, he would not have come to
Abbeyille today.
The governor said that Richey,
though technically paroled, was out
on $4,000 bond, and that he could
be reincarcerated at any time, and
would be when his health so improved
that it would not impose burden on
the State to keep him in the peni-
tertiary.
Answers Charge.
Mr.. Jennings added another feature
when he read editorial comment from
the Yorkville Enquirer to the effect
that Messrs. Jennings and Pollock had
entered the campaign according to a
carefully prearranged plan to help
SSudLOE Su1llu anu IACI L4DO oOA11Sh
motive behind it was ''probably
money-expenses paid firm some
other source, and a good bonus in
addition" The speaker said that il
the author was gentleman he would
furnish the proof as to the prear-
rangement or retract it with the same
publicity.
Mr.. Jennings declared that other
wise the writer would show himself
a liar. The charge about money he
denounced bitterly.
The mayor OF Sumter offered to
withdraw from the race, and in ad
dition to subscribe $4,000 to the deaf
and dumb institute at Cedar Springs
il the editor will furnish proof o.
his assertion.
Mr.. Pollock, in raking through the
records again today, mentioned an
ether member of the governors staff.
This latest discovery, according to the
Cheraw candidate, is the son of the
man who owned the Kingstree paper
on which James L. Sims of Orange
burg, as a young man, set type. 1t
was for this work tnat the governor
so strenuously objected to Mr.. Sims
appointment as United States mar
shall, and over which he has gnashed
his teeth on many stumps in the
present campaign.
The speaker today called for the
first hand primary. After subjecting
the governors record to a severe
grilling, he asked that all those who
indorsed that record to show their
hands. The speaker said about Is
shot up. When asked that all those
who did net approve to raise their
hands, there was a general futter-
ing of hats and waving OF arms while
the grove behind the court house
echoed with applause.
Appause for Smith.
Senator Smith was the first speaker,
and was we'll received and generously
applauded. He made today his usual
speech in defense of his record, with
out any apology for working five and
one-half years in the interests of the
FARMERS. There were many bursts Of
spontaneous applause in response to
his appropriate jokes. When he had
concluded he was presented with the
unique gift of the campaign, wnich
was last years cotton stalk Of rank
growth, with all bolls open, and none
picked, and with the long staple locks
hanging low from the Durrs.
There was much applause when this
was passed up to the stage.
Senator Smith began by saying that