The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-08-11
POLLOCK HARD
ON GOV. BLEASE
WAS PARTICULARLY SEVERE
IN HIS ATTACK AT BEN
NETTSVsLLE
1T WAS in REPLY
3iease Had Charged Him with
Voting Against Separate
Coach" Bill in 1898
Especial to The Intclligencer,

| DeUucttSSliIc, august t-maTlOOrO
county voters here Friday we're treat
cd to q hot line of talk.
In the opening speech of the day
the governor. who once said he would
ignore Mcssrs Pollock and Jennings,
charged w. p. Pollock with voting.
against the separate coach bill back
in 1898 when Mr.. Pollock was mem
bcr Of the state legislature.
The Cheraw candidate branded this
as wilfTl distortion OF the official
records. and said that man who told
a part OF the truth and concealed
the other part was worse than the
man who told a full lie.
Mr. Pollock said that he voted
against weak bill which provided
that the same coach should be cut
into separate compartments for tho
! races. He then wrote as q substitute
the bill which provided for separate
| coaches which was later adopted al
most word for word as the present
| separate coach law
To retaliatc for the goveror's mis-
representation. this candidate cc"red
forth a TRADE Of invcctive that has
scarcely been equalcd in any cam
| paign. Among other things the chief
executive was pictured as "a feather
| legged Shanghai. which couldn't stand
tne gaff' "a coward" along with
other complimentary epithets.
The governor was tho first speaker
and gave over most his entire time to
.:c reading os S;; answer 10 an z. i.
Smith circular. entitled: "For the Fpr-
pose OF Keeping the Record Straight;
and Correcting Certain hfisSapresen-
tations." The Smith circular, waHIfg
sued In rcbuttal to the governors. st.
Matthews speech, which hasIu. also
becn circularized and distribmtcd4 Ssae-
| iy all over South Carolina. What the
governor read today was but.a. dppiie
cation OF the Haskellitc charges pre-
ferred against Senator e. D., ,Smith,
on practically every campaign, stump
IN the state, and refuted by, Senator
smith with tho evidence whenever shR
took notice of them.
L. D. Jennings followed the ,yc,,stoA
mary outline OF his speech, ,paintdpg
| the governor as "the pretended aproten.
Tor OF woman's virtue" In support oi
this characterization, the speakesL Loited
she case OF Richey, In Abbevilieruwhu
| seduced his own adopted daugllfar,
! fourteen years old, and the Emmer-
son case In Anderson Where, an aged
father was slain in defense soEvtis
daughters honor. Both Of which .SEiuiI
inals got tho benefit OF the governors
abundant mercy."' .."'
This speaker offered to ;with1naw
from the race and give $500 ito. any
man who could prove thatJa !, single
word he had uttered was untrue. .ulso
Marlboro is tho homo OF J!,H. 9th
son OF "mixed-republican-ti hfams,
and there had been much speunla4ion
as to what form the resentment lwc3ld
take today when Mr.. Pollock. the Che
raw candidate Haunted the calico
backed ballot. 1t WAC rumored that
Gibson would do something.
Mr.. Pollock did not vary his speech
In the slightest to appease the local
setting when emnhnatzing the gny-
ernor's inclination toward Tainted"
appointments. To tho contrary. the
chatting only served to spur to more
excited pitch the bitter tongue LASH
ing and whipping into fury of his scath- |
ing denunciation.
Senator Smith said that there was
not single act of hi, from his earliest |
entry into public life that called for
an apology. The governors recital
was termed "garbled statements'' and a |
distortion of the record.
The senator said that he would notl
give his time to the discussion of any |
mans record. He would discuss the |
issues dear to the heart OF every
farmer. He would go to. ,WashingtonI
Saturday to invoke federal aid for the |
farmers. This no said would boI
characterized as playing politicB.vl
He would not go as a candidate. but In |
continuation OF the work he had al |
roady been doing. He would remain In |
Washington IL necessary, though this
should jeo1ardize his chance OF going
back to the United States senate. He /
would resign with dispatch. ss met
would rehabilitate the cotton market
he said. Z.
Senator Smiths plan ID to urge that
the machinery for the full operation |
OF the new banking and currency law
be completed at once. When this IA I
done. It will be possible for farmers /
to- demand issue Of money. the 6ankal
being compelled to accept cotton. as |
collateral: Such transaction ita pro-
vtded for In section 1s OF the law
which amendment was written by SEM
tator Smith, y. s. 9slE 'ss3ss
Z This was one of tho largest crowds
OF the campaign. Il WAS eatli liliafed! |!
that at the beginning OF the addresses
thare were 900 people present and i
others came while the meeting swns
I'M progress. The crowd, In sfhe 6pinsl
lon os conservative men OK the town