The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-07-19
Excitement Ram Very High
Greeraui1le Campaign Meeting
Wilkins Norwood, Asking the Governor
Question, Felt Himself Insulted and Sprang
at Governor, Using Insulting Epithet-
Pandemonium Broke Loose -lCrowd
Cheered Pollocl<'s Attack ON |Blease
Norwood Later Made Speech
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! Grcenville, July lS.-PrObably the
tittcrest display OF partisan feeling
exhibited In South Carolina since the
nineties marked the senatorial cam
paign meeting here today. A small
riot which occurred when Gov. Cole L..
Blcase was speaking bade fair at one
time to get beyond control of the
officers and OF cooler heads. and to re-
suit in the shedding of much blood.
1T Is considered remarkable that 1t
was checked in It's incipiency. AS 1t
was. several men carry reminders of it
In the shape of slight bruises
During the speech OF Governor
| Blease. j. w. Norwood. president of
4. the Norwood National Bank of this
city. asked him to explain "the DR.. Nc
Intosh incident" referring to the re-
pudiation by DR.. Jas. H. Mcintosh, of
! read at the Abbeville meeting purport-
/ Ing to have been made by DR.. McIn-
tosh and the late DR.. A. r. Knowlton.
The governor replied when talk
i about q man 1t is in his home town.
When get to Columbia. expect to
request DR.. Mcintosh to take q seat on
the stand and to answer him like one
gentleman answers another; not as O
coward to his hack like you.."
| Applied Strong EpitIiet.
| To this Mr. Norwood replied: "You
are a. dirty lying -" and
{, sprang at the governor. 1t took the
united efforts OF dozen men to hold
! the angry man from the chief cxecu-
tive. Small of stature. but strong, he
pushed his way until at Eono time. II
| looked as II he would 3elude those who
! were holding him and. would succeed
In reaching the governor. However,
he was finally showed down the steps
to the groJri where q frec-for-all
Hsnt ensGea. il which Haany figured
Sheriff Ashley, of Anderson county,
was among those present land a man
with a pistol started at him exclaim-
Ing that he was going to shoot that
d sheriff of Anderson county" He
was grabbed by cooler heads. Sheric
Rector, of Greenville, received q sting
Ing blow on the forehead and in re-
turn administered T. stinging blow to
some one, badly bruising his hand in
SO doing.
There was considerable indigna-
tton felt towards Sheriff Rector but he
issued a statement this afternoon de-
claring that he went to the assistance
of Mr.. Norwood. as he thought The lat
ter was going to -be killed.
| 1t has been impossible to ascertain
the names of the participants in the
fighting which took place of the stand.
Bleaseites Were H0Oted.
Following Governor Blease's speech,
some 400 or 500 of his followers left
amid the boots Of those who remained
Some 5000 In all. Messrs. jennings
and Pollock followed with the bitter
est speeches they have made during
the campaign and were wildly cheered
by the crowd, which had by this time
become wrought up to the highest
pltch. Jennings made what was said
to have been his greatest speech of
the campaign. He Ia a friend of Mr..
Norwood and showed plainly that he
was angry as he spoke. He made an
eloquent appeal to the crowd to wipe
Bleaseism and lawlessness, one and
the Same, forever from South Caro-
lima. He said thnt no one man could
deter him from exposing the damnable
record OF Governor Blease on every
stump In South Carolina. nor could
any dozens prevent him from so do
Ing.
W. p. Pollock was greeted with loud
| applause and immediately launched
into the greatest speech he has made
In tho present campaign according to
hearers who have heard them ALL
He was merciless. In his denuncia-
tion OF please After he had been
speaking for q few minutes a heavy
shower began to fall. The crowd re-
fused TO- leaye and refured to- let the
speaker ston. ! They stood< in tho
drenching rain and cheered as the
speaker scored point after point
against the governor.
Congressman Lever There.
Another, most unusual feature of the
meeting was 1.-The Injection OF Con-
gress man A: F.. Lever.;a spectator. In
to the campaign. Lever was greeted
with wl.d applause. when. he made his
statement. Senator. Smith took ad-
va1tdgc OF Mr.. Levers presence to
reGudiate the charges that the Smith
}Lever bib was not the bill OF E. d.
Smith. He stated that the "bill which
had been agreed upon In conference
| blythe house and senate was this bill"
land that Mr.. Lever was present and
would 80 state II the audience wished.
Governor Blease when he arose to
speak asked Congressman Lever to
state Il the bill had been agreed upon
In conference as Mr.. Smith had said.
Mr., Lever replied that "it had not" .
The followers of the governor cfieered