The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-07-22
PARADE FOR smith
ANDERSON FARMERS LED THEIR
CANDIDATE TO STAND.
ANSWERS Three CHARGES

Turning Aside From Cotton Speech
Senator Tells of Voting Money to
Family Of Negro Lynched, Says He
Voted for Separate Apartments and
Defends Appointments.
A feature of the Anderson meet
ing Wednesday was pageant in
honor of Senator Smith. When
the time arrived for the speak
ing to begin, a pageant Of eleven
wagons twice circled the court house,
with the senator On the first, perched
high up on two bales of cotton. An
other of the train bore the "hoe .bri-
gade," each occupant being armed
with one of these deadly goose-neck-
ed weapons.
One man, acting the part of a
clown, rode barebacked dusky
mule, plastered with samples OF cot
ton from it's nose to the end of its
tail, the man himself wearing a mask
Of cotton whiskers and coat cov-
cred with splotches of lint. A brass
band of II pieces occupied another
wagon, and crashed out lively airs as
the parade went by. In the other
wagons were farmers, their wives and
daughters, there being in all SO men
and % women Four mounted scouts
led the procession, each bearing a
banner inscribed, 1.-The Farmers
Friend for the Senate, E. D. Smith"
Gov. Blease, who was the first
speaker, made mis- characteristic
"Haskellite" and negro Republican
charges, and said that he had no
fears of any crowd that joined hands
with free niggers''. He said some
people may say that it is horrible
thing for the governor of State to
dvocate lynching. "But if were not
governor" he went on, I'D go along
and help. And as long as I'm gov
ernor 1 don't intend to do anything
to keep them from it."
L. D. Jennings spoke after the gov
ernor and began by reminding the
audience that the Blease forces had
often consoled themselves by saying
that all the fraud of two years ago
was on the "other side. He then
ascked: "Well, if all the fraud was
on the other side two years ago, why
should the Bleasites complain when
those rules are so framed that now
there can be no fraud?" This candi-
date assured the Anderson people
that he had never gone into any fight
that he didn't stay in to the finish,
and the governors charge that there
would be Withdrawing did not apply
to him.
Mr.. Jennings drew much applause
when he discussed the appointment
of James l.. Sims as United States
marshal. He concluded this part Of
his speech by asking, (Which is the
greater offense, to have man ap-
pointed United States marshal who
had set type on Republican paper,
or to appoint to your staff man who
ran on the negro Republican ticket
in 1880, as did J. P Gibson. on the
governors staff"
W. P. Pollock recalled that the
governor had said repeatedly that he
would never explain or apologize for
a single act he had ever performed
or word that he had ever uttered.
"Yet," the speaker went on, che spent
three-fourths of his time yesterday
explaining the Richey case"
Mr.. Pollock again put on exhibi-
tion his mixed" Republican ticket
of 1880. He also reminded the au-
dience that there was on the gov
ernor's staff, besides J. P. Gibson,
who voted the Republican ticket, the
son of the owner of the newspaper
on which James L. Sims set type.
The speaker got much applause when
he referred to "Col. Sottile".
This candidate said he had heard
that Greenville cotton mill opera
tive had applied for Harrison Neeley's
Job to run the governors automobile,
but had found that Harrison Neeley
was good enough for the governor.
In speaking, Senator Smith said in
part: "I was surprised that any
Southern man, any South Carolinian,
seeing that splendid pageant this
morning, should dare to criticise any
cause for whom it was inaugurated,
because in that pageant there was
combination which should fire the
heart of every South Carolinian. In
that parade there came into conJunc-
tion this morning two things that
make out State prosperous and glo-
rious-the silken fibre Of cotton, IN
which there is every store and church,
every school house, the comforts and
convenience of every home, and wear
ing the bloom from that cotton was
the pride and glory of South Caro-
lima, her immaculate and matchless
womanhood. T want no grander en-
blem for my coat of arms than the
bloom of the cotton worn by noble
South Carolina women, and I thank
God that was my badge this morn
ing.
Senator Smith tore off the mask Of
Indifference and cited his record in
answer to three different charges pre-
ferred by the governor. The first
was that he had voted to pay $4,000
to negro family in the event
member of that family had been
lynched. "Tillman and tho reform
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