The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-08-18
WAS HOWLED
DOWN AT GEORGETOWN
BleaSe HeckIers Force Him TO
Give 1t Up.
MEETING WAS DISORDERLY
Stration Yet rendered Him
During the Campaign.


Georgetown Special to Columbia
Record, Aug. 17.-Governor Blcase
was given one of the largest demon
strations yet rendered him during a
campaign. He drove a red-ribboned
wagon, drawn by two grey mules, to
the stand, followed by several hun
dred of his followers. The mules
were draped with banners bearing
the slogan, Vote for Blease." When
he reached the stand he was given
bouquet and a flower horseshoe by
two handsome women.
Walter IL. Andrews, mayor of
Georgetown and general manager of
the Atlantic Coast Lumber corpora
tion and the Georgetown e Western
Railway Co., gave the chief executive
a silver loving cup, a present from
the city administration.
The meeting was called to order on
Broad street near the monument. by
J. w. Doar, acting in place of DR.
Guillard, county chairman. Prayer
was offered by Rev. II. J. Cauthen
Governor BlCasc. the first speaker,
prefaced his speech by telling of va
riOus appointments of Georgetown
men. He explained the reason for
not appointing a county chairman for
Georgetown. The executive commit
tee first declared, he said, that the
present treasurer was the nominee.
and IA days later they declared for
the other man. The supreme court
refused to decide the matter and the
governor refused to appoint either
man. II the supreme court had de-
cided in favor of either man he stat
ed that he would have appointed that
man. The present treasurer is a
holdover.
! Governor Blease fayed a man who
asked the chief executive about John
Grace, pointing his disturber out and
calling him "hypocritical profess
sional beggar."
Governor Blease read his usual ar
ray of statistics today and referred to
his pardoning of convcts
Governor Blease quoted letter
purporting to be from NJ j. Miller.
chief clerk in the department of agri-
culture to John G. Chaffee. saying
that the Blease followers are from
the lower class, who Miller does not
come in contact with, according to
the letter.
The governor scathingly attacked
Mr.. Miller, and said:
Il here today denounce Miller a
a liar for writing this letter and
after the campaign closes. will be
in Columbia and he can get any kind
OF satisfaction he wants"
At the conclusion of his speech
Governor Blease was presented with
a gold-headed cane by the machinists
of the G. 4 w. Railway.
He said he was glad to meet the
people of Georgetown and the
Bleaseites of Florence. Williams
burg and other counties"
AS soon as Mr.. Jennings began tC
speak the Blease hecklers in the
crowd began to howl and jeer at the
speaker so that he could hardly be
heard above the din.
JENNINGS HOWLED DOWN.
Il am mayor of Sumter" declared
the speaker and the olamor, "and
will have enough police and citizen:
to keep order. l am going TO see
; that Governor Blease gets a respect
full hearing, and that is more thar
am receiving"
This is Gods country" cried
voice.
, "If this is Gods country sur,
, want to join the country of tn
devil" was the retort of Mr.. Jen
nings
| Howl alter howl went up from til
6 audience. and there was no e9ror
p made to keep order, although Mayo
! andrews and the chief of police wer
on the stand.
q After repeated efforts to make hi
o speech Mr.. Jennings had to give II
end take his seat
: telegram from w p. Polloc
stating that he was unable to attsn
o the meeting brought jeers from In
- cTowd-some of whom exclaime
G they would have pulled the Chera,
man off the stand If he had come.
Mayor Andrews before Senate