The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-08-12
Hold TWO PARADES
BLEASE PROCESSION.
farmers vs.. OPERATIVES

farmers VS.. OPERATIVES
Governor Says it is Right to Call a
Cotton Conference and Following
Smiths Advice Tells the Farmers
to Hold Their Cotton-Crowd Lis
tens-Blease Leaves Stand.
Rival Smith and Blease demonstra-
tions featured the meeting at Camden
Tuesday of the campaign for the
United States Senate The Smith
parade was composed Of farmers on
horseback, escorting aw agon, drawn
by eight mules, and containing three
bales of cotton, ntop Of which was
seated Senator E D. Smith.
The mounted men carried banners
bearing. the names of all the Demo-
cratic clubs in Kershaw county. The
Smith adherents wore white cotton
blooms and badges, inscribed: "E.
D. Smith, Farmers Candidate" =
The Blease parade was made up
mainly of the governors cotton mill
supporters, who marched behind a
big banner, inscribed on one side,
"Cole L. Blease for Senator" and on
the other, John G.. Richards for
Governor Both parades went
through a part of Main street to
Monumental Park, where the meeting
was held.
w. P. Pollock was the first speak
er. He said he had been sick in
bed for the past three days and didn't
feel much like making speech. Ear
ly in his speech Mr.. Pollock was
given trouble by a bunch of Bleas-
ties who had taken position near the
stand. Several sharp replies by the
speaker to his hecklers brought lusty
cheers from the anti-B1easites The
chairman intervened, but not until S.
D. Bailey, apparently the leader OF
the disturbers, alleged to be drunk
was taken from the crowd by po-
liceman, was quiet restored.
Referring to the political machine
of which, he said, the governor boast
ed, Mr.. Pollock declared it was impos.
lsible for any man to build up such a
machine as the governor has without
money obtained somehow and from
somewhere. He asked if the people
wanted a senator chosen by politi.
cal machine.
The speaker said there were three
Things he would stress, freedom Of
the press, free speech and that peo
pie should go up and vote like mer
and mot with rings in your noses
like some of you poor deluded fol
lowers of Cole L. Blease"
While severely excoriating the par
don record of Gov. Blease, Mr.. Pol
llock charged that pardoned criminals
are living in peonage all over the
State and working without pay fol
those who got pardons for them.
"Cole L. Blease has brought more
disgrace to South Carolina than the
damnable records of all the governor:
of South Carolina for the past Sc
jvearcn caid Mr. Pol1ock
Senator Smith declared he would
not discuss the little amenities Of
life" while such dark cloud hung
over the interests of the. South He
urged that all people of the State
ltake stand as unit to protect hose
who produce the cotton upon which
900 million people are dependent
He said he was glad to see that al
least one of his competitors had got
ten on cotton at last; that If the
campaign lasted two months longer
all would be "cottontots".
The senator said he was glad the
crisis did not come until :
man in sympathy with the people en-
tered the White House. He advo-
Gated aid from the federal govern
ment to prevent a sacrifice of the cot
| ton crop as result of the conditions
in Europe. He said he would work
to have the federal government send
money to the banks in the South to
lend to the farmers at the lowest pos
sible rate of interest.
He pledged his efforts to see that
the government come to the rescue
| of the farmers. The senator declared
/ he had received kilograms saying the
markets were getting ready for cheap
cotton. He said if a half million dol
/ lars could be secured the war clouds
may threaten, but that the prices
would rebound.
In reply to a question from the
crowd as to whether or not he had
voted for Haskell, the senator said:
81 did not vote for him." not, how
ever, that he did not think Judge
Haskell was not an honorable man.
but that he considered the movement
unwise; that the names Of some of
those said to have attended the Has
kell convention were taken from hotel
registers, boarding houses, etc. He
declared he was not seeking to retain
the senatorship on the shortcomings
of others, and that if he had to resort
to abuse and villifcation, you can
have the damn job"
Gov. Cole L. Blease was greeted
with long and hearty cheers by his
supporters. The governor said that
two years ago the newspapers said
he had stated ION this same stand"
that he would make some people
sweat blood, and since that time, said
the governor, "some anti-Bleasites
have sweated a great deal of blood
Several attempts to heckle the gov
ernor were met by him in character