Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-07-14
THE NEWBERRY MEETING
Smithites Wear Cotton Blooms and
Bleaseites Red BADGES.

states senatorial nomination spoke
last Friday at Newberry, the home Of
Governor Blease, and were met by
some two thousand or more people,
fairly equally divided as between the
opposing factions
Especial effort had been made to
make the meeting a notable one, and
Senator Smith was driven from his
hotel to the speakers stand astride a
bale of linters, followed by a crowd Of
supporters wearing white cotton
blooms. The Bleaseites were out in
equal numbers wearing red ribbons on
their coats, shirts or hats.
The speakers generally were about
the same as at other meetings except
that Governor Blease who spoke last,
confined himself mainly to q review of
his political record in Newberry coun-
ty, before going as candidate for the
house of representatives when he was
little more than a boy. He also refer
red to the lockout by the Monegan
mills of Greenville, and said that the
trouble was started by the mill man
agement to drive the mill workers out
Of town so they could not vote in the
approaching election. To vote in the
primary a voter must have resided at
the precinct at which he offers to vote
at least sixty days next preceding the
primary. IL lHeSe IHlll WOTkeTS are
driven out of Greenville and others
come in from other towns to take their
places then the voters Of all concerned
both coming and going will be killed.
The governor was frequently cheered.
Senator Smith reviewed his five and
a half years in the senate, telling Of
he benefits he claims to have confer
1 ID on the farmers Of the country, and
the south in general because Of his eff
forts in behalf Of cotton.
Messrs. Jennings and Pollock made
their usual speeches and were sub
jected to frequent Interruptions; but
everything passed off good naturedly.
There were numerous bouquets of
flowers and boxes Of fruit for both
Governor Blease and Senator Smith.
and Messrs. Jennings and Pollock each
got box Of flowers.
Mr. Jennings said that numerous
people had told him that Governor
Blease would not carry his own coun-
ty and expressed grave doubts as to
whether the governor would be in the
second race. Voices from the crowd
said that's right" and others said,
talks cheap, votes make nomina-
tions."
At Greenwood.
The attendance at the Greenwood
meeting was fully as large as that at
the Newberry meeting and rather
more noisy.
Pollock, being the first speaker, gave
way to Senator Smith, the explanation
being that Smith wanted an early start
to go over into Laurens county where
he wanted to investigate the nature
and extent Of damage inflicted by the
hail storm with a view to taking steps
looking to Federal relief, etc. The SEN
ator made his speech along the usual
lines. While he was discussing the
prices Of cotton, an auditor asked him
why, while he was it, he did not make
the price dollar pound, so We could
all go to farming" The senator replied
that if the interrupter would farm as
hard as he talks, the price would soon
be dollar a pound.
Governor Blease came up while Sem
ator Smith was speaking, and asked
how came that change in the pro-
gramme without his being consulted.
He said that his place was after Smith
and he would have his place or not
speak at all. Pollock agreed to the ar
The governor referred to
the statements made at Newberry by
the other speaker that his color, red.
stood for socialism, anarchy, ETC., and
disavowed such implication. He waved
a red shirt of the 1876 campaign, and
said that it represented the kind of red
his color stood for. He ridiculed
Smiths proposed visit to Laurens, and
said he was going over there after
votes; but would get none except his
own kind. He said that he had already
given instructions for the issuance Of
for the relief of hail
sufferers.
Mr.. Jennings made about his usual
speech. the only new matter being the
declaration to the effect that while n
Of the general assembly Gov
ernor Blease had even voted against
Wade Hampton for the United States
senate. Mr.. Jennings cited the alleged
Of n number of pardOns
the governor had issued, and in each
case commented that it was no won
der that the governor was unwilling to
explain his record.
Mr.. Pollock made his usual speech.
calling the roll Of the foreigners who
had applied for enrolment in Charles
ton and exhibiting the Republican
ticket Of the Garfield campaign, upon
which appears the name of Col. J. p.
Gibson, Of the governors staff Mr.
Pollock was fought by the crowd
his speech, as was also Mr.
Jennings.