Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1914-07-23
THE WOULD.sE SENATORS HOLD
FIVE MEETINGS IN PIED
MONT SECTION.
LITTLE sQUALLY AT Tl%ES
This Section of State Is Alive With
Cotton Mills and Farmers and is
Real battle-ground OF the Race.

COLUMBIA - The past week IN
the senatorial race has been one CT
many features. features which have al
times lUol>d a l!.;.e squal!y, Tor both
the carU.dates Offering for this hiah
Office and for the Noscrs who have
heard th>M. There were only hTe
meetings Hc!f. ana these we're IL the
PiedmOu. >rIt:Cl Ct The safe WAcTc
the ma;Cr.;y OF tie voters live and
which is considered By ali as the red!
battle ground CT the race for the SeL,
ate. This section 0i the state Is 1--we
with cotton mills and sem" Cf the
best farmers CT the entire state live
there. In the past few years its COM
pleXion GS a vOting body presents )
many interesting phases. In the race
for the governorship two years ago,
Governor Blease, now candidate for
United States senator, carried AnGeT-
son. Spartanburg, PiCkens and made
a close run in Greenville and carried
Abbeville by a small majority. On
the other hand, the present senator,
Z. d. Smith. candidate for reelection,
carried all Of these counties by sub
stantial majorties. The other two
candidates for the Office, Messrs. W.
P. Pollock and l.. D. Jennings, not
having before this entered state poll
ties their strength is problematical.
There is much speculation as to the
result of the past week on the com
plexion of the campaign, as each
meeting was featured by attacks upon
the governors record by w. p. Pol
lock and l.. D. Jennings and by al
tacks upon the record OF Z. D. Smith
by the governor, as we'll as the de-
fense Of his record by the encumbent.
All Of the candidates received their
need OF applause, and the friends or
each in the various counties visited
were read to acclaim and proclaim
their loyalty to his candidate.
At Abbevil;e Governor BleaSe used
thirty of the forty-fve minutes allow
ed him in explaining the status OF. the
now well-known Richey case, although
he stated at the outset that he was
not explaining or apologising for any
of his acts during his administration.
The Richey case was one where the
governor had been accused OF pardon
ing a man who had been convicted OF
assaulting his adopted fourteen-year-
Old daughter, and the governor read
from the stand many voluminous doc
uments in regard to 1t. He stated
that Richey had not been pardoned,
but that he was out on a bond OF So
600; that he had issued the papers in
this case upon the recommendation of
the prison superintendent and the tes-
timony OF two reputable physicians
who had been delegated by him to
make an examination. These physi-
clans were DR.. A. B. Knowlton, re-
Gently deceased, and Dr. J. H. Mcln-
tosh, both of Columbia. He stated
that these physicians had stated that
Richey was a paralytic, and that free
dom would aid in his restoration to
health. Abbeville county is the home
Of Richey, and this is the reason as
signed by the governor in explaining
the status of the case. The meeting
was devoid of other features. with the
exception Of the presence of the cotton
bill as the emblem OF the Smith
forces. 1t is estimated by f. H. Aull,
editor of the Newberry Herald and
Blease in sentiment.
w. P. Pollock and l.. D. Jennings
both made impressions at the Able
vile meeting. and were received by
the crowd with cheers. They made
their usual attack upon Senator
Smith and Governor Blease. MIR.
Pollock stating that the record OF
Senator Smith was too loor and that
of Governor Blease too bad to stand
upon. Pollock exhibited an election
ticket of 1850 upon which the name OF
J. P. Gibson, one Of tn colonels on
the staff of the governor appeared
alongside that Of negroes who ran on
the republican ticket that year. He
stated that the governor appointed
James Sottile, an Italian Of Charles
ton, on his staff, and that the latter
had not even gotten out naturaliza-
tion papers, being at the time OF the
appointment q citizen OF Italy. He
criticized the pardon record OF ths
governor, and took Senator Smith to