The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-08-16
VOTERS OF WILLIAMSBURG
VERY DEMONSTRATIVE
YESTERDAY
DEFENDS HIRSCH
Blease Defends Editors Son, But
Made No Reply to 7illman's
Letter
Special to The Inteliigencer.

kingstree, s. c., Aug. 15.-Wil.
liamsburg turned itself topey turyy
today with the advent OF senatorial
candidates and made for Senator f.
d. Smith the biggest demonstration
OF the campaign. A four mule team
OF "greys" drew the senator to the
! courthouse grove where the speaking
was held. This. followed ~ two other
wagons. seven carriages and buggies
and eighteen to twenty autos, oach
vehicle 'drapcd in huge banners with
the inscription: Vote for E. D. Smith,
the Farmers Friend"
Senator Smith was the first speaker
and made his usual appeal to the
farmer vote by accounting strictly
for his stewardship in rccounting the
measures he has initiated in their in
terests. AS to the present demorali-
zatton OF the cotton market Senator
Smith said there was no time now to
build warehouses. The plan he is ad-
vocating and which ia being worked
out In Washington is that cotton shall
be stored locally and the money is
Eued on receipts of the cotton stored
and insured at home.
| Governor Blease came to the rescue
OF Edwin Hirsch, one OF the appoint
ments held up each day to emphasize
the governors Inconsistency and read
la letter signed by fourteen Kingstree
citizens expressing confidence in
tfirsch and recommending that he be
appointed to the governors staff
,Mr. Hirsch harpns to he ,tha. HonApf
the editor and the owner, Of, the re.
publican paper on which James L..
Sims as young man act typs. W p.
Pollock refere to this each day and
argues that IL setting type on the
paper should disqualify Mr.. Slmms
from becoming United States mar
shall then bring the son of the editor
and owner should likewise diequal-
! ify Mr.. Hirsch from becoming a men,
Ear OF the governors staff.
The governor was not satisfied
with the reports OF the Conway meet
Ing yesterday and said today that
while he could not bet he knew a man
who would bet the three reporters
$500 each that the governor would
carry Horny county. The reporters
had only said the meeting was anti
administration in sentiment, which
the chief executive did not deny. No
reference was mado by the governor
today to the Tillman letter to the peo-
pie OF South Carolina today, in which
the aged senator asked that citizens
unite in. destroying Blcaseism.
L. D. Jennings made much short OF
the governors claim that crlminality
was on tho decline in South Carolina
as indicated by solicitor reports.
"It has become a joke In South
Carolina to convict man for any
thing" Mr.. Jennings explained, turn
ing to Solicitor Stoll. who was pre-
ceding. He asked. "Do you suppose
your solicitor would bother to prose-
cute a "Blind tiger" II he convicted
one. the convict would be pardoned
tefore breakfast the next morning.
this pardon being telegraphed." Sen
ator Smith. Mr.. Jennings urged,
neeedd no defense at any mans hands
for the charges preferred by the
governor. 4
w. p. Pollock raised tho crowd to |
an uproar when he kept asking. |
where Is Cole l.. Blease. should |
like to see him?'
The governor had left as was his |
usual custom; carrying away with him
about one-third Of the $500 persons |
in the audience. Soon : group OIL
three returned and .persistently wrag- |
gled the speaker at times. drowning |
out much that he said.
The governor. he said, was not
only feather-legged. but gun-shy and !!
stand the shot.
81 may get hurt some time." Hr.
Pollock continued, "but Cole Elease
haen't yet run me off the stand as
have him."
Mr.. Pollock made his usual refer
ences to the ."tained" appointments
today. though this was the home Of
Edwin Hirsch