Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-07-22

Mr.. Jennings said that he is Civ
Ing his endeavors in this campaign
to opening the eyes of the people,
and he had been listened to atten-
lively by thousands over the State.
He did not hope to change the biased
opinions Of designing politicians and
their heelers, but he believed the
great body Of voters wanted to know
the truth and were open to convic-
ton. 1T is to you that | appeal" he
said, "and | believe that you are on
the side of law and order and de-
cency and opposed to conniving at
and trucking to the gambling inter-
ests, blind tiger kings and the
forces of evil. (Applause.) Thou
| sands Of the voters of the State have
been misled by the Establishments Of
| designing politicians posing as the
friends of the laboring people when
in fact they were their real enemies.
/ Some have been deceived and have
| unwittingly aligned themselves with
| the worst forces Of the State. 1t was
| immaterial whether or not the peo-
| pie sent him to the Senate. The point
| Is to get the people to realize where
| they stand as regards order and de-
| cency and the forces that are op-
posed to principles of right and JUS
tice and truth" (Applause.)
| Mr.. Jennings closed by saying that
he had no great political record to
boast of. Senator Smith has a record
which he will endeavor to explain to
you. He says he has done much, and
| guess he has done the best that he
| could. Governor Blease has a record
which you all know. Do you ap-
prove Of that record-do the major-
| hof
is the real question you have got to
solre-whether or not you believe in
| righr principles or wrong ones, and
whether you are going to vote to per-
| petuate law and order and decency,
| or stand by those things which have
| given South Carolina a bad name
wherever her name is mentioned. 81
appeal to you old soldiers Of the Con-
| federacy, you sons of the old sold
| iers, to think what you are doing,
and if you want that which is right
and true and just, don't cast your
| vote for Governor Blease for the Uni
ted States Senate. He has liberated
| over 200 cOnvicts from the peni-
| tentiary, some 700 of them negroes,
and doubtless If he were sent to the
| United States Senate one OF the first
| things he would do would be to in
| liouutc al DlIl W pdiuOn anu llDSIdIS
| every buck niger in the Federal
! penitentiaries. He talks about kick
ing the negroes out Of their mail SER
vice positions, and | guess he thinks
| that would be as easy as 1t has been
| for him to open the State peniten-
! tiary doors and liberate the cut
| throats, thieves and murderers whom
| the courts and juries have convicted.
| Gentlemen Of Oconee, said Mr.. Jen-
| n!ngs, | want your support in this
| race for the United States Senate,
but above all | want you to do your
duty and cast your vote on the side
Of truth, justice and morality. That
is bigger question than the mere
matter Of the mans name. You
seek the principles and let the men
take care Of themselves. (Applause.)
w. T.. Pollock,
Of Cheraw, followed Mr.. jennings.
He, too, was visiting this section of
the State for the first time, but had
met friends here-men with whom
he had served in the Legislature and
! others whom he knew in public SER
| vice. He was in no condition to
speak, he said, and his voice was
| husky. 81 have just come from An
! derson, where | did big days work
yesterday-where | dug a hole and
put Cole into it." He did not sieep
much last night, he said, because he
had been lambasting Cole Blease all
over South Carolina, and his con-
science was beginning to hurt him
because he hated to lambaste
| corpse.
| At this iuncture there was a slight
| ripple of disorder in the audience and
Mr.. Pollock called out: "Ill make
you pay attention. Cole hates to, but
he can't help himself He won't
conc on the stand while Pm speak
ing, but he knows the things | tell
about him, and he knows those things
are true. | knew he had a bad rec
ord, but | didn't know till | got into
this campaign that he is feather-leg-
ged. He can't stand up and take his
medicine like q man."
MIR Pollock said that he was going
| to talk about the record OF Senator
Smith as well as the record Of Gov
| ernor Blease. Smith has a record
he said, but 1t wasn't much to brag
on. He comes to you singing a song
OF Cotton, cotton, cotton" He talks
about how he raised the price Of cot
| ton He and ! and you want to see
| the price OF cotton go up and stay up.
But If Smith raised the price OF cot
ton he also raised the price of mules.
Peas are up in Drice-$2.50 to SO a
bushel. You have got to have peas
to plant, SO when you have to buy
your peas just pay your $3.50 and
SO bushel and go to Ellison ID.
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