The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-07-24
RECORD BREAKING
CROWD At LAURENS
4,5OO People Hear Senatorial
Candidates Speak.
COLEY'S RECEPTION WARM
Pollock Has Rough Sailing When
He Launches HarpOon at
the Governor.

Laurens Special to Charleston
News and Courier, July 22.-Gov-
ernor Cole l.. Blease was given a
warm reception this morning when
he came on the stand opening the
speaking for the United States SEN
ate. crowd estimated at more
than $500 people gathered for the
meeting, many of them being from
the surrounding counties of Ander-
son, Greenwood, Newberry and
Greenville. While the partisans OF
all candidates were present In large
numbers, there was no disorder and
nothing to mar the day. The wear
ers of the red badges, followers OF
Governor Blease, were more numer-
Gus than those who wore the cotton
blossom emblem, adopted by the
followers of United States Senator
E. ID. Smith, but both of these ear
ried off much applause.
l.. ID. Jennings was given good
reception, but w. p Pollock had to
fight his way in the face Of hostile
crowd Of the governors followers.
who, seemingly. were not wanting TO
hear the Cheraw man. He. however.
held his own and mercilessly nayed
Governor Blease. raking especially
his pardoning record. Frequently
Chairman Browning had TO appeal 20
the wearers of the red Wedges 10
cease their evidence of iisappr0val
and Mr.. Pollock told then ne pro
tn ba
no matter how they might jeer
The meeting was held in a grove
below the station, the hitsides temg
thick with people, many LADIES' being
IN the audience.
GOVERNOR BLEASE SPEAKS.
Governor Blease paid his respects
TO the co. ro at ms and tho nUwspa-
perf Refe.;'rE to the Co.el.an Incl
G'nt at VIII tire, where Ina GoveI-
nor 81: Sr. 6 leman, a mill Dreei.
iHIt, In '''Cd i'm to So ie." y. he
charged tst ,he corp ration men
ere lighting him, say ," t'G Ons
had come on the stand at Anderson
with a pistol, and the president OF
the third largest bank IN the state
had tried to crawl on the stand at
: Greenville, saying that since he had
them beaten they were mad. He
said he had been threatened with as
sassination if he should come to
Laurens. There is nothing between
me and the dirty coward. Let him
stand up and shoot" eXlaimed the
chief executive, while his followers
. cheered him. Recalling the Norwood
incident at Greenville, the Governor
= said that no Blease man had at
e stand, and said had such attempts
u been made by the Blease men as
= were attempted by Norwood and
others they would have been locked
u up. He denounced as false the ru.
e NOR that he had pardoned a negro
e Fred Elledge, who was sent to the
penitentiary for thirty years in 1905
" for attempted assault He showed
that this negro died in the peniten.
tiaTy on May ;, 1912. Telling thai
the newspapers had lied" in Their
m reports of people leaving him anC
Y, turning to Senator Smith. The gov
N ernor said $500 BIease badges hac
n been given out today and there were
t demands for more He said the peo
n pie were behind him and he wa.
y stronger than ever, and that while
ic the newspapers said two Blease oer
e would be in the race for governor
e they were saying Blease would b,
defeated for the senate, which ht
= termed " lie on its face" He ridi
u culed the Smith parade at Newberry
. anderson and Greenville.
ONLY THE NUMBt.P.
= The governor said all that hat
% been left of the anti-gambline oil
10 introduced by Senator Smith was III,
,r number, and he asserted that. tn,
conferences on this bill wodId repor
the Lever substitute, which D1qset
n. the house.
There amt white man II
10 Laurens county fool enough to no
n lieve I'D Smith can raise the price O.
n cotton" stated the governor, n1akinI
- FUN OF the senator's work along aht,
n line. lie again attacked the an