Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-06-24

years, "and nobody else amt been"
and knows he'll be United States
Senator. Said Smith will have to
gain $4,000 votes to beat him. The
Governor said he wasn't through
p]ardOning. Got six months more;
going TO pardon some from this coun-
ty; one when | get back to Column
bia tonight" he declared.
The Governor quoted from several
big Northern newspapers and asked:
How come all Of these supporting
Smith and they for the Republican
party?" In a or less general
way the Governor attacked Smiths
record in the Senate, claiming he had
accomplished very little if anything,
especially for the farmers. He then
enumerated the things he would work
for ii elected, among them drainage,
Improvement in post offices and post
roads, deeper waterways and a meas
IRE prohibiting miscegenation in any
part Of the United States. The Gov
ernor declared he would have one
hundred thousand copies of his
speech printed and distributed.
After his speech the Governor left
the grounds.
Jennings Introduces Himself.
Mayor jennings told the crowd a
great deal about himself, by way Of
Introduction, of his carly struggles
and present material success. Said
if life lasts and his voice holds out
he will show the people OF the State
that neither Smith nor BIease is fit
to sit in the Senate OF the United
States. TO show that he. besides be-
ing a lawyer. is also a real farmer,
having been born on a farm, Mr.. Jen-
nin&s stated that he runs Is plows
and plants 1,400 acres Of cotton. He
promised that the voters would hear
more during this campaign ABOUT who
is the poor mans friend.
He defended the action Of the State
Convention in changing the rules. de-
claring that the only new regulation
was that requiring each voter to ap-
pear in person and sign the club roll.
ASK any one VINO charges it to show
where the new rules deprive any man
OF his vOte,' he said, adding that the
change was made because under the
old rules there was no provision as
to how voters should enroll. which
made it easy for frauds to be perpe-
tratcd, especially in the larger cities,
where names could be taken from
tombstones and from other counties
and given to the secretary to place
on roll.
Mr.. Jennings defended the nation
al Democratic platform with the eX-
ception OF the tolls plank, declaring
this was 'slippcd in" He said the
party in Washington did right in sus-
tanning President Wilson in the tolls
fight, and declared himself in favor
Of all the Presidents policies.
w. u. Pollock Heard.
Mr.. Pollock said he hoped the cam
paign would be one for order and
decenCy; that he is not the candi-
date OF any clique or caucus: is in no
combination, and makes no promises
except that Of faithful service to the
State. He referred to his eight
years service in the Legislature from
Chesterfield county. and claimed he
was the first member of the House
to advocate State support OF free
county schools.
Replying to Governor Blease's re-
marks about corporation lawyers, Mr..
Pollock said many Of them were bet
ter than the men who stood here
and lamhaSted them"
Governor Blease charged that Mr..
Pollock had voted against a Jim
Crow" bill. and in reply Mr.. Pollock
said: I'm that o remarkable ad-
dress, if it can be dignifed with the
word address, the gentleman who
spoke first took occasion to speak
about my vote on the Jim Crow bill.
| don't know whether it was correctly
read III full or not. That was 30
years ago, when there was ace issue
and the railroads were poor and
merely existing, and good men, as