The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-07-18
SMITH RECEIVES OVATION.
PARADE OF FARMERS GREETS
JUNIOR SENATOR.

Rcbut Charges.
Anderson. July 15.-Anderson,
whose slogan Is MY town." allowed
n. ID. Smith to appropriate the owner.
ship today, when the city was taken
In hand by farmers and turned over
10 the United sttaes senator.
When the time arrived this morn
ing for the speaking to begin, a
pageant Of IL wagons twice circled
the court house. with the senator on
'ths ,fsst. psrched high up on two bales
Of cotton. Another Of the train bore
the hoe Brigade" each occupant be-
inG armed with one Of these deadly
sooss-necked weapons. One man,
acting the part Of clown, rode bare
backed dusky mule. plastered with
samples OF cotton from its nose to
the end of Its tail. the man himself
wearing q mask Of cotton whiskers
and . coat covered with splotches Of
lint. A brass band Of 12 pieces oc-
cupied another wagon. and crashed
out lively airs as the parade went by.
In the other wagons were farmers
their wives and daughters, there be.
Ing In all 80 men and % women.
Four mounted scouts led the proccs.
sion. each bearing q banner inscribed,
The Farmers Friend for the Sen.
ate. Il. d. Smith," The four on
horseback were d. L. Barnes. N. M.
Camm. Charles Dobbins and r. Ches-
ter. three of these being leading farm
srs In the county.
Senator Smith today tore of the
mask OF indifference and cited his
record In answer to three different
charges preferred by the governor.
The first was that he had voted to
pay $4,000 to q negro family in the
event q member Of that family had
been iynched. This. the speaker said.
had been written into the organic law
OF the state by b. r. Tillman and the
reformers In 1896. when the consti.
tuition was rewritten. and that, as a
member OF the legislature. no took
an oath to preserve. protect and de-
fend the constitution of this State"
II do not propose to perjure my
self and perjure my soul II some peo-
pie. . majority Of them. have made a
grievous error. for I shall stand by
the error. IL such II be until the
sovereign people have corrected IT,"
he explained. In answer to the accu-
'st!oa- that hp bad voted against the
separate coach law. ne said: Turn to |
page +23 Of the house journal Of 1898, |
aad IL you do not find that f. ID.
Smith voted for the separate coach
law I will quit the race" He rec
ommended Francis II. Weston. United
States district attorney. he said. be-
cause back In 1904 ne had gone with
the senator from one end Of the
country to the other helping to fight
tho peoples battles. paying his way
out Of his own pocket and sleeping
at night In empty box cars.
The appointment Of james l.. Sims
N United states marshal was Sena-
tor 1fllman's. Senator Smith said.
But. he added: "I'n rather appoint a
man to this Office who. Of necessity.
had taken a job as typesetter on a Re-
publican paper than to have as colo
mel on my staff white South Caro-
iinian who ran on Republican ticket
with negroes to keep their heels upon
the State"
Another point Of interest In the
meeting today was the governors at
tack on the new primary rules from
an entirely different angle. He do
clared that In the event of q candi-
dates Withdrawal within 20 days of
the election the primary would be au-
tomatically postponed. This he brand
&c - 1,cther scheme to steal United
states senatorship and prophesied that
there would be withdrawing before
August rs. "And IL there is." he
added. 1T will be the hottest time
South Carolina has experienced since
1876. The Bleaseites will take care
Of themselves. I'll tell you what to
do and I know you'll do It," he con-
cluded. while his ardent supporters
emphatically shouted their approval.
The governor made 1t clear today that
ne would continue to disregard the
attacks which two OF the candidates
have been making on his record. Re-
ferring to this. he said: "I ignore
those who put themselves on a plane
with John T. Duncan and Barney
Evans. That's exactly what my
enemies want. They would roll 1t
under their tongues as a sweet morsel
IL I we're to take any notice OF them.
They may be fools. I'm not" he con-
I'll