The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-08-08
POLLOCK HARD
ON4COV. BLEASE
WAS PARTICULARLY SEVERE
IN HIS ATTACK AT BEN
NETTSVILLE
1T WAS I'm REPLY
Rlease Had Charged Him With
Voting Against Separate
Coach" Bill in 1898
Especial to The Inteiiigencer,

county voters here Friday were treat
ed to a hot line of talk.
In the opening speech of the day
the governor, who once said he would
ignore Messrs Pollock and Jennings,
charged ". P. Pollock with voting
against the separate coach bill back
in 1898 when Mr. Pollock was men,
Der of the state legislature.
The Cheraw candidate branded this
as a wilful distortion OF the official
records, and said that a man who told
part of the truth and concealed
the other pnrt was worse than the
man who told full lie.
Mr.. Pollock said that he voted
against a weak bill which provided
that the same coach should be cut
into separate compartments for the
races. He then wrote as substitute
the bill which provided for separate
coaches which was later adopted al
most word for word as the present
separate coach law.
To retaliate for, the goveror's mis-
representation, this candidate poured
forth TRADE Of invective that has
scarcely been equaled in any cam
patgn. Among other things the chief
executive was pictured as "a feather
legged Shanghai, which couldn't stand
The gaff," "a coward" along with
other complimentary epithets.
The governor was the first speaker
and gave over most his entire time to
the reading of an answer to an e. d.
Smith circular, entitled: "For the Pur-
pose Of Keeping the Record Straight,
and Correcting Certain Misrepresen-
tat!ons." The Smith; circular was Is
sued in rebuttal to the governors st.
Matthews speech. which has also
been circularized and distributed free
ly all over South, Carolina. What the
governor read today was, but a dupli-
cation Of the Haskellite charges pre-
fcrred against Senator E. d. Smith,
on practically every campaign stump
In the state. and refuted by Senator
Smith with the evidence whenever he
took notice of themss
L. D.. Jennings followed the custo-
mary outline of his, speech, painting
the governor as "the pretended protec-
tor Of wonnan's vfrtda." In support of
this ctaracerizatioh.a 9he speaker cited
tho case OF Richey, In Abbeyille who
se6nced his own adopted daughter,
fourteen years old, end the Emmer-
SON case in Anderson "Where en- aged
father was slain In, defense OF his
daughters honor. Both OF which cri:a-
inals got the benefit ofithe governors
abundant mercy -;
This speaker offered to withdraw
from the race and give $500 to. any
man who. could prove that single
word; :lin had uttered was untrue.
Marlboro is the home of J. p. Glib
son of ed-republican-ticket" fame,
and there had been much speculation
as to what form the resentment would
take today when Mr.. Pollock, the Che
raw candidate Haunted y the calico
backed ballot. 1t was rumored that
Gibson would do something.
Mr.. Pollock did not vary his speech
In the slightest to appease the local
setting when emphasizing the gov
ernor's inclination toward tainted
appointments. To the contrary, the
chatting only served. to.spir to more
excited pitch the bitter tongue LASH
ing and whipping into fury OF his scath-
ing denunciation.i
Senator Smith. said that there was
not a single act of his from. his earliest
entry into public life that called for
an apology. The governors recital
was termed "garbled statements" and q
distortion Of the record.
The senator said that llc would not
give his time to the discussion o! any
mans record. He would discuss the
Issues dear to the heart OF every
farmer. He would go to Washington
Saturday to Invoke federal aid :or the
farmers. This he said would be
characterized as playing politics" -
He would. not go as a candidate, but in
continuation OF the work he had al
ready been doing He would. remain In
Washington IL necessary, though this
should jeoiardize his chance OF going
back to the,United States senate. He
would resign with dispatch. II that
would rehabilitate the cotton market
he said. Il, Ee
Senator Smiths plan is to urge that
the machinery for. the full operation
OF the new banking and currency law
be completed; at once. When this is
done. sitSwill be possible for farmers
to demand issue of money, the banks
being compelled to accept cotton as
collateral. Such transaction is pro-
vfded for in. section l3 Sof the law,
which amendment wes written by. Sem
ator, Smith. ..iigl, Z. 8.
This was one of tho largest crowds
oe the campaign. It was estimated
thatFat the beginning of the addresses
there were 8. 900 people present and
others came while the meeting was
In; progress. * The crowd, in ahe 1opin-
ION OF conservative men of the town
and g country. was overwhelmingly
81 Senator Smith and Mr.S:S Pollock