The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-07-15
FNOISY DEMONSTRATION UP
ON HIS ATTACK ON E.
b. SMITH
LIVELY TIME
The Crowd Whooped 'Em Up for
Quite q While When This
Happened
Especial to The lIntelligencer.)

lSpecIai To the lIntelligencer.)
Aiken, July 14-The continued
calm OF the campaign for State Of
f1ces was rudely broken when scenes
Of dieorder were enacted by crowd
Of probably 1000 people here today
following the denunciation OF United
States Senator Ellison D. Smith. by
John G. Richards. candidate for gov
ernor. shortly. before an otherwoihe
quiet meeting was brought to a close.
fractional interest was aroused to
high pitch when Richards made his
usual declaration in favor OF Cover
nor Blease for the United States SEN
ate, WHICH drew prolonged cheers. He
then began reading statement at
tacking the statement credited to
Senator Smith that he had raised the
price of cotton.
Cries of "Hurrah for Smith," Hur-
rah for Blease," "Hurrah for Rich
ards" came from the crowd.
why did you raise the express
rates.. came the cry from man d.
rectly>in front OF Richards.
Lie Passed,
You lfe",; came the heated reply,
from the speaker.
s"You are another, replied the un-
! known man. who was later learned
to be resident OF Blackville.
When the unknown man hurled
back this reply, Richards hastily
clutchef a drinking glass and drew
as II to, hurl 1t at the interrupter.
A large number Of excited persons
haEtily lysscranabled. tponi the sfatid and
l61Hkesf TO the ;EEGNh attannting tn aa.
cnre q nearing from H!chafiH, while
he continually repeated that he would
rend his attack on Senator Smith 4if
1t takes me until night
After the unknown man had been
escorted from the crowd by police
man, the crowd was finally quieted to
an extent and Richards read his
statement.
From John g. Clinkscales came tn.
unequtvocal statement today that he
Is not advocating statewide prohi.
6ition., In reply to Lowndes J..
Browning. who called upon thu
Spartanburg candidate for q deflnit.>
Of his Views.
II believe South Carolina has suf-
fered from the lack of constructive
legislation because OF the uL .ue agi-
tation of the liquor question, and ]
favor enforcement of the present law"
declared Clinkscales.
That state wide prohibition Is an
Issue that should be brought into the
campaign for governor was asserted
by Charles A. Smith, who advocated
that idea.
Several excoriations of the "open
lawlessness I'm. this state" was made
by Robert A. Cooper.
Richard I. Manning, made state
ments criticising the manner in which
Governor Blaase has exercised thu.
pardoning power. ~.
). He stressed law enforcement and
realization OF the educational advan-
tages OF the State by giving create,
appropriations to their financially
weaker counties were among the 9TH
er issues OF the campaign.
Compulsory education was urged by
John g. Clinkscales, while other can
didates for governor opposed any
form OF compulsory education or ad-
vocated submission to the people Of
the local option form.
Among the candidates tonight the
principal subject OF conversation was
the sudden and entirely unexpected
outbreak OF 'factionism here with evil
dences Of Blease majority at the
meeting today.