The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-07-29
FLAY HIM AGAIN
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Bleaseism would be impossible" said
the speaker, and bunch Of about
fifty wearers Of the red badges stand
ing on the right Of the stand again
began their bowling tactics and Sher-
if Owings said to them, "You keep
quiet over ther. We have our own
people to do our hollering."
Mr.. Pollock reused the ire of the
Blease men by telling them that when
Gov Blease served in the general
assembly he never introduced any
Jim Crow" car bill while he, Pol
lock, had one enacted into law. He
again referred to the governor serv-
ing as a trustee of the negro State
college, and asked why he hired a
negro, Harrison Neely, for his chauf-
feur when a white boy wanted the
place? When MIR. Pollock said Gov.
Blease would be defeated and began
reading his parody on "Old King
Cole" the Blease men broke into
ieers, and so great was the noise that
he could scarcely be heard.
He said he was not in the race to
help either Smith or Blease. GO
ing to help him." shouted a red-badg-
ed man in the crowd. "If 80, you'd
hear what had to say, but you won't
listen because you know it's blister
ing him and you," replied Mr.. Pol
lock, while the crowd again jeered.
He attacked the governor for leaving
the stand as soon as he finished
speaking and said, His record is so
bad he can't stand it." His last shot
at the yelling crowd was:
"God Almighty hates a gutter and
brave men are generally willing to
stand up and take their medicine -
Cheers from large part Of the crowd
greeted Mr.. Pollock when he quit,
while the Blease followers made their
disapproval known by jeering and
shouting for their champion.
United States Senator E. D. Smith
was received with applause and said
The had no apologies for working for
the farmer for the last FIVE and one
half years.
That's the man Blease has got to
beat" shouted one from the side OF
the hill MAN he'd like to beat, but
by gun can't do it," promptly replied
the senator, while his friends ap'
plauded. A bunch of men wearing
red badges, standing on the right side
of the stand. and said to have been
made up of people from Anderson
Greenville and Greenwood, kept VI
such a din that Senator Smith said II
was unfair for a handful to keep the
crowd from hearing him, and Chair
man Browning and the sheriff sue
ceeded in quieting the disturbers.
81 propose to stay up law, order
and decency," said the senator, stat
| ing that he had not come up by pull
| lug VOHu oIUOA ..
"I have fought for the rights Of
those who produce the wealth Of the
world" he exclaimed. He told Of hi:
work which got the government te
experiment with cotton grades, ane
tof a bill pending providing for the
| establishment Of the government
standardized grades of cotton and fol
license for all buyers and exporters
of cotton which would insure the use
of, these grades and save the farmers
lots of money on their cotton.
go on" yelled the crowd wher
the chairman notified Senator Smith
that his time was about up. He sale
he never ran over time. The senator
told Of his work for the farmers ant
his efforts to get them their right:
and to protect them from gambler:
in Wall street. He denounced as in
famous a report that he was not keep
ing faith on the immigration bill ant
SAYING he believed in America fol
the Americans, and would work will
all his might for the passage of the
immigration bill.
"In spite of the world, the fest
and the devil I am going back to the
Senate" he exclaimed, closing amid
many cheers.