Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-07-24
FRIDAY, JULY "a, 1914.
THE COLUMBIA MEETING.
Big Crowd In Opera House Makes
Things Lively.


The Richland county campaign
meeting yesterday was held in the Co
lumbia theatre, and practically the
entire seating space was filled WIN
people representing both factions OF
the party.
There were large numbers of anti
Bleaseites present, but the Bleaseltes
were evidently in considerable ma
jority.
l.. d. Jennings was the first speak,
er; but very little that he said could
be heard on account OF interruptionsS;
w. =. Pollock was not interrupted
until he had made considerable pro-
gress with his speech; but during the
latter part of what he had to say he
was interrupted repeatedly.
Senator Smith was accorded quite
an ovation by the anti-Bleaseites, and
the Bleaseites did not try TO inter-
fere.
When Governor Blease appeared on
the stand there was tremendous ap-
plause from his friends and storm
of Kisses from the opposition. Ihe
demonstration lasted quite a WHILE
and when it became evident that the
opposition was trying to make tsell
especially obnoxious, the governor
said that if he was not permitted
fair hearing in the opera house ne
would go to the state-house steps IN
the evening and speak from there.
IF YOU start anything here today
the governor said to his opponents
"many of you are likely to be car
ried out" He denounced the hlssers
as belly crawlers and drunken cigar
ette suckers
Charging that most of the Interrupt
ton came from the habitues OF the
METROPOLITAN, Ridgewood and Colum-
bia clubs, he ordered Constable KID
bier to close those places and keep
them closed until further orders, else
the constable would lose his job
During his speech, Mr.. Pollock re-
ferred to the shooting of DR.. James
Mcintosh and said The gunmeh
may shoot down good men. The pa
go Franks the Leftie Louies, the
Whitley Lewises,' and the 'Gyp the
FLOODS; NAV shoot down good citizens
but for every one shot down tnere
will be others to take his place. Inc
liberties of men," he added, are not
DESTROYED by midnight assassins.
Governor Blease deplored the shoot
ing of DR.. Mcintosh and said he was
very sorry that the doctor was unaole
10 be present He went on 10 say
that DR., Mcintosh was not shot py d
Bieaseite for Bleaseites are not assas-
sins, -. oda
in reply to Banker Norwood, Govern
or Biease proceeded to answer the
ouestion, What about DR.. Mc!n-
tosh?" He read extracts from his
Ahbeyille speech and said: DIR. james
Mcintosh may not be known to you'
but he is known to your physicians.
Ask them who he is. AS physician
and as a man he stands high in his
state. and no one would say that Dr.
Mcintosh would lie. He then READ
statement to which was attacneo the
signature of the late DR.. A. p, knowl-
ton and Dr. James II. Mcintosh as
follows: u
"At the request Oh MI W. ~
Richey, Of Laurens. s. c., and win
the permission of Capt. ]. D. Griffith
SUPERINTENDENT of the state peniten-
tiary, and of DR.. r. T. Jennings, sur
geon of the same, we have this day
visited and examined Mr.. r, A. Rlchs
ey, now confined in the hospital OF
the penitentiary. We would report
that we find Mr.. Richey suffering
from a marked neurosis, that the
same closely Stimulates a true paraly-
sis. We are informed that Mr.
Richey has had such trouble Tor the
past ten years or more, and close con
finement is rendering it more marked;
We do not believe this condition VIII
he improved so long as Mr.. Richey
remains a prisoner in the penitentl-
ary, We do believe that freeoom'
ont door exercise, etc, would restore
him to as good state of health as he
has enjoyed for the past ten years
Respectfully submitted,
"A. B. Knowltop, NJ. D.
James Il. Mcintosh, M. ID.
Cfo
governor said in effect.
"If DIR. Mcintosh had been at the
meeting today I would have asked
him if the signature were authentic,
and If he had said no, then | would
have at once joined him In the hunt
for the forger in order that justice
might be done"
Along with the statement OF Drs;
xnovlton and Mcintosh, the record
of the Richey case contains RECORDS
of a number of similar statements oy
other physicians equally reputable