The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-08-26
AOHLED HIM DOWN
JENNINGS NOT ALLOWED TO
SPEAK At GEORGETOWN
CROWD WAS FOR BLEAsE

Blease badges and Smile at the
Observation-Disclosures Shops and
Lumber Works Closed so Workers
Could attend Meeting.
"Howled down bc a crowd of
Bleasites was the face that Defeu
Mayor /. D, Jennings Of Sumter,
candidate for the United States Sem
ate, at the campaign meeting at
Georgetown Monday. From the time
he was introduced Mr.. Jennings
fought against heavy odds to make
his speech and present his usual ar
raignment Of. Gov. Blease, but: had
to finally give up, so great WIS the
din kept up by bunch Of red badge
wearers, directly in front Of the
stand, who continued their. boots and :
jeers despite the many stingtng re-
Dukes from Mr.. Jennings.
The affair had every appearance
OF an organized determination to
prevent the Sumter candidate from
speaking, although many Of the
Bleasites present took no part in it,
the voices of several being heard In
disapproval of the proceedings Mr..
Jennings was game, however, and
not. until he was. convinced that fur
ther attempts to speak would be USE
less did he take his seat.
The badgering of the speaker was
so persistent that the candidate
hardly. was allowed to speak two
connected sentences. In desperation
Mr.. Jennings reminded the audience
that he was mayor of Sumter.
when the party gets there Thurs
day I expect to have enough police
and citizens to keep ORDER" Mr.. Jen-
nings assured them. 'I guarantees
in advance Gov. Blease respectful
hearing, which is more than am
receiving" This, too, was futile
, shot.
W. H. Andrews, mayor cf George
town, and general manager Of the
Atlantic Coast Lumber corporation,
who led a delegation to Washington,
to oppose tariff reduction on lumber.
was on the stand also, but did not
open his mouth to silence the heck
lers. Instead. the saIlies Of the un-
ruly were enjoyed by the mayor who
sat by and smiled compiacently.
Bolick, the chief Of police, was at
Mayor Andrews side. His arms.
were likewise limp and his voice still
ed. Both of the officers expressed
their preference by wearing Blease
badges: When the time came for the
introduction of Senator Smith the
mayor asked that the crowd give the
senator a respectful hearing, as 81
understand he discusses issues"
'I don't ask you to vote for him.
he explained I'm fact I hope you
won't" he added.
The crowd numbered tbout one
Thousand, the supporters of Gov
Blease being greatly in the majority.
It was stated that the Georgetown
and Western Railroad shops at An
drews and. the mills of the Atlantic
Coast Lumber corporation at George
town, were closed to allow the em-
ployees, practically all of whom are
Bleasites, to attend the meeting, and
they were out in full force. Major
W. II: Andrews is the local head Of
both corporations mentioned. An
excursion train, bringing several
hundreds, was operated into George
| town.
A novelty at the meeting was the
installation, just above where the
speakers stood; of a megaphone at
tached to a telephone transmitter,
the device being connected with the.
telephone exchange, enabling sub.
scribers to hear the spee| les wtlile-
remaining at their homes and places
of business.
Another point Of interest in the
| meeting was the reading. by. the gov
ernor of two letters purporting to be,
one from J. G. Chaffee of Langley to
NJ. ]. Miller, chief clerk in the Office
Of e. J. Watson, and Mr.. Miller's re-
ply. The object of the Chaffee letter
was to ascertain Mr. Miller's opinion.
as to the adyisabiIity of betting on
Senator Smith. Mr. Miller's reply
was that the Blease following from
classes Of people with whom he had
little personal contact. The class
proposition was what angered the
governor, who denounced Mr.. Miller
as ''liar" as to the Blease follow
ing being from the lower classes. and
Fpromised that the man so dominated
could ge: satisfaction when the chief
executive got to Columbia.
The. senator said he would not
have the courage to face the crowd
if he had worked only for those who
voted for him. What had been ac-
complished through organization and
legislation, he pointed out, was to
the direct benefit of the good, bad,
Indifferent, big. little, rifraf and
bobtail.". Senator Smith made a gen.
eral-discussion of the different meas
ures to get better markets for cot
ton, pointed out that the State had
saved $4,000 in six months in con-
sequence of his resolution to have
the nitrates Investigated and that
the, prices Of ties and bagging had
been cut practically in two in conse-
quence Of like resolution he had
introduced. Senator Smith got
much applause at the conclusion OF
his speech.
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