The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-06-30

HAS BECOME
STATE ISSUE
RICHARDS THROWS HIM.
SELF UNRESERVEDLY IN
FAVOR OF PRINCIPLE
TAUNTED INTO ACT
Expression Comes After Brown.
ing Declared Richards Man
Of Many Vices
Special To The lntclIigcnccr.

Special To The lntclIigcnccr
DarlinHt0lE June % C0ntiriIcd
.AiIi O! me campaign fa.' .i::to Of
iiccs was rndely disturbed and possi-
niF broken here today wheii Lov,rdch
>: browning candidate for Governor
vigorously attacked the personal and
po'''cal record of John G. Richards
ana .'chn q. tlinksrales. his oppun-
ms w!ich provoked Clinkscales To
uetihrlhg Tor statewide prohibition
Ai'cr {. ID. Fortnnr. candidate for
.,"''r"itd commissioner had warned
'"e voters against supporting a candi
u"'e VINO asked their suffrag, be.
AUS Tue ciiice seeker is straight
'f'"aSe or an anti-Blease man, Brown
.nS ""hched INTO sweeping dcnun-
'.'''"h MS opponents criticising OF
III pres Tor supporting CIinkscaIes.
joke
John G. Richards. has every vice
:" h'c"Se ana none Ot his virtues.
WIN "iiy thin veneer of religion to
No'tr MS ianlt*,' Browning declared
with cmphusis.
: NIL, ne charged tina, Richards held t.
''iriah ahd Gonzales for years and
is now dragging down the Blease
crowd Ills attack OF Richards was
Sc",chihE ana extended. Clinkscales
rtpiiea 10 browning's attack in en-.
phh''c language and declared his
ecin"l enmity to liquor telling Of
an oati he TOOK at his mothers knee.
re said Browning's statements forced
nihl 10 bring the prohibition question
INTO The campaign, aud he told of The
Fu q 81 J. /.
md; lna of tbs saxing OF ass
For Prohibition. & 5~ :
III fight liquor If 1t defeats me IN
every eection." lie stated Some can
didates express the belief that hjs
stand Will probably make State.w wide
prohibition an issue in the Gubcrnu-
tOrial fight.
Soiici'or Cooper OF Laurehs. cundi-
date for Governor. expressed regret
that personalities and bitterness han
been injected into the campaign. Fol-
lowing Clinkscales, the Parker mer-
ger OF Cotton Mills. Of this State. WAS
bitterly attacked by J. 3. A. Mullally.
or Anderson. candidate for Governor
VINO made his first campaign speech.
lie asserted five candidates opposing
him are talking tonImyrot" and dodg
ing the real issues. and declared in
creased wages and higher cotton pric-
es through legislation effecting the
corporations Is the sensible solution
OF the educational and other econo-
ihical question lie sarcastically de-
nounced his opponents and was
cheercd when he asserted he liz a
Blease man.
John G. richards made his usual
address. failing to answer The chars-
es OF browning save in general way.
The other candida.ns FOR Governor,
and for minor Offices ,.l;ldc their rs
ual speeches tempering what Is re-
garded az the warnlest meeting OF
the campaign to come eX,.nt by their
discussions of the iss,ies
After Adjutant General Moore,
seeking reelection. had charged that
'lensea' action prevented militia
cncampmcnt this year, NJ G. Willis.
his opponent asked why did General
Moore require the mastering of
several militia companies II the
forces are In as good con-
ditiOn as Moore had declared they are.
". NJ. Ilamer. candidate for I.iem-
tenant Governor. described u coat-tail
~" "'HSci hS pOiitiIE. pstt dSi.c anu
fOrecaste the abolition OF the State
campaign before 1916.
Continued ,hrrii ing i.,ll ,".cl the
reference Of CaDtaIn J. \. fiGnter,
candidate for IL; Tenant governor to
his part as 4 con l,lr .:ci2n 1T the
recent state asylum Investigation.
About seven hundred voters and
women attended the meeting and evi-
dence6 more entnisia thant at for
mer meetings. Blease candidates and
Charles 4. Smith. candidate for Gov
crnor. received the Lore liberal ap-
plause.