The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-08-26
CALLS BLEASE DOWN
CHARLESTON MAN DENY WHAT
GOVERNOR SAID WAS so.
SENATOR smith SPEAKS

UAtSAk O2h UNAa AA Vk AfahAV
Pollock and Jennings Are Cnabse to
be Present at Meeting at M1nck's
Corner-Snlau Crowd HeIs Gov
ernor and Senator Present Their
Claims for Suffrage.
One of the smallest crowds that
have attended the AZ n eetings of the
| present campaign for the United
States Senate heard two Of the can
didates, Senator E. D. Smith and
Gov. Cole L. Blease, speak at Monck's
Corner Tuesday. The audience num-
bered about 400, a decided majority
of which MAS anti-Blease The gov
ernor carried Berkeley county two
years ago.
w. P. Pollock and L. D. Jennings
were not present. The following
telegram was read from Mr.. Pol
lock: II regret exceedingly my in
ability to be at Mopck's Corner to-
| day, especially in view of yesterdays
meeting. I will be at Manning to-
morrow. Please read this to the
audience"
| Senator Smith was rendered dem
onstration by many of his Berkeley
county supporters. He rode to the
meeting seated on a bale of cotton
in a wagon drawn by four mules,
while above the wagon foated ban
ner inscribed:
ED Smith, the Peoples Candi-
date for the Senate" The paradt
was led by Metz's band from Char
lesion, along string of buggies con-
tanning farmers following.
Gov. Blease declared that conser-
vative estimates, based on reports
from his leaders in every county,
show that he will be nominated in
the primary next Tuesday by not less
than from six to seven thousand, per-
haps from fourteen to fifteen thou
sand.
Senator E. D. Smith was the first
speaker He referred to existing
conditions as the result of the Euro
pean war and the effect on the farm
ers of this country, declaring that
when a commercial disaster comes
the "man on the bottom is always
the first to suffer. The Senator then
discussed the recent cotton confer
ence in his Office in Washington,
when he outlined to treasury Off
cials what was necessary in the way
of government aid to prevent heavy
, loss to the farmers as the result OF
the closing of the European cotton
markets.
"You only did your duty" said
some one in the crowd.
Eyes, and thank God, that's all
want to do" replied the speaker to
applause. The senator added that
"the man who wants to help only
himself is like a stagnant pool, which
breeds snakes, mosquitoes, frogs and
malaria, and isn't worth darn
! The senator then entered upon a
discussion of the new banking and
currency law, explaining the features
, originated by him and designed to
benefit the farmers. He. then made
his regular cotton speech, reviewing
his work in and out of the Senate for
the farmers, who, he said, sent him
to Washington.
The senator closed by inviting
thorough inspection of his record, de-
claring that he had been faithful and
expected to be reelected. The SEN
ator was heartily applauded through
out, and at the conclusion Of his
ispeech.
i Gov. Blease charged that Mr.. B.
IF. Mcleod of Charleston, a support
er of Senator Smith, had paid for the
services of the band which appeared
in the Smith parade. Mr.. Mcleod
came up to the stand and told the
governor that his statement was not
true, whereupon he governor de-
manded to know if Mr.. Mcleod had
not paid the band. BY this time the
governors friends near the stand
(some of them from Charleston)
were cheering loudly at what appear
ed to be the discontinue of Mr. Nc
Leod, who, despite the noise, man
aged to make himself partially heard.
He explained that the band had
been secured with contributions by
Berkeley county supporters OF Sena-
tor Smith, and that he (McLeod) had
merely acted rs the agent of these
gentlemen in engaging the musicians
and seeing that they got to Monck's
Corner. Frank Reid, merchant,
shouted from the crowd that he had
seen Mr.. Mcleod buy, out of two
ten-dollar bills, tickets for members
Of the band from Charleston to
Monck's Corner. One of the Char
lesion contingent, said to have been
Harry L. Wilensky, insisted that the
newspaper men print Reid's state
ment.
The governor said he was satisfied
that the Drake-Inness-Green Shoe
| company, of which Mr.. Mcleod is
president, had paid for the services
of the band. He also declared that
mem Der of the band had told him
that, although he was wearing a
white Smith badge, "we are all work
ing for you," and, said the governor,
II don't blame him, because he's got
Frank McLeod's money in his pock-
et," adding that he knew nearly all
of the bandsmen would vote for him.