The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-08-11
MR.. POLLOCK ALLEGES THAT
DARLINGTON MAN DID
THIS
A BIG CROW D
Attended the Meeting at Darling
ton Yesterday-Smith Goes
10 Washington
Special to The Intelligencer.


Darlington, August 8Approximately
1000 voters heard the senatorial can
didates here today Darlington people
say that two-thirds OF the crowd was
anti administ ration. There we're about
800 Blease followers, some from other
counties.
The meeting was feaured by the
charge by w. p. Pollock that Josh
kirvin held mortgage OH Darling
ton county plantation in remunera
ton for recently invoking the COVER
nor's mercy for A. G. Tedder. convict
ed Of manslaughter and sentenced 10
life Imprisonment kirvin is IL candi-
date for the state legislature and the
charge was made in Darlington today
that this local candidate had been
promised the privilege of distributing
state patronage. The governor had
commuted the life sentence to 90 years
OH the chaingang before the pardon.
Senator Smith departed from his
customary speech for u moment today
to make his first plea Of the campaign
for the cotton mill vote. A group of
mill operatives were attempting 10
hccs!O ani confuse the speaker.
Turning directly to these. Senator
Smith said he would work for them as
faithfully as he had for the farmers
II the mill workers would take him
into their confidence He emphasized
this by assuring them that he would
make no promise that he would not
keep.
In the morning petition had beeh
presented to Governor. Blease asking
that he call an extra session ,Of the
legislature to formulate some plan of
concentrated effort to aqunteract the
demaralized condition Of the cotton
markets incident to the war crisis In
Europe The governor explained that
this extra session would be called only
on the condition that the members
agree in advance to pass ,,:stay law"
which would not admit of the fore
closure OF chattsl mortgages.
l.. D. Jennings, who spoke i first,
came to the defense OF newspaper
men by saying that the.o governors
campaign was built largely ON, abuse
OF the newspapers and. the newspaper
reporters. This speaker lsaid that he
didn't know anything OF the newspa-
pers' reports OF previous campaigns.
He did know. though, he added, that
the reporters In this campaign were
giving accurate accounts of the meet
ings and had not at any time told lies
on any man. Mr.. Jennings explained
that the newspapers were educating
the people as to the chief executives
record, much to the. despair Of the
governor. He and Mr. Pollock. the
speaker explained had held up the
governors record from day to day and
the governor had nnt ye. had the tenn
Gritty to call them liars. :.
Senator Smith leaves tonight for
Washington to formulate plans in ad.
vance for the cotton congress. He
today read telegram from the assist
ant secretary OF the treasury assuring
the senator that this official would
meet with the senator tomorrow
morning in conference to go over the
financial situation.
Senator Smiths plan Is to have the
machinery to cooperate to the new
banking and currency law completed
go that farmers can demand money on
cotton which has to be accepted by
The next meeting OF the campaign
will be at Bishopville next Monday.