Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-07-09
Tuesday, July 9, 1913.

a man who has nothing in his record
% he ashamed of. And he hasn't.
Among those In attendance upon the
meeting at Greenwood were several
gentlemen who have attended most OF
the meetings thus far held. They have
moi been in attendance In any ofnclai
capacity or in behalf OF any special
candidate; but just because they ike
II and have the money and the time to
GO galivanting around. They gave 70
me as their opinion that Cooper would
lead the field in the first primary and
that the man who beats Cooper VIII
be governor. It Is so.
The gubernatorial candidates them
selves know that. Greenwood people
who can't see anybody else but Cooper.
gave IL as their opinion that the man
whom Cooper had to beat was either
McLaurin or Richards. Furthermore,
most of them who talked thought 1t
would be McLaurin.
None of the gubernatoriM canoi-
dates chum much with McLAurin.
Their attitude toward him Is one OF
worry. Somehow he appears to have
them all guessing. When McLaurin
drove up to the Oregon hotel In
Greenwood about $50 the Fourth OF
July morning. the other candidates
were already there. They encounter
ed him in the lobby and bowed rather
formally; but 1t was Kind OF frosty
greeting. Remember. this Is July.
None OF them said: Top OF the morh-
ing to YOU" or How are you feeling
this morning." or any other niue
commonplace like that Yet apart
from him they mix ogether-Peeples
and Cooper and Richards and Bethea.
nd Ilinnnn St rangers
to the others And these two literally
despise each other.
So far as McLaurin and the others
are concerned, men who have followed
the campaign say this polite formality
between them has existed all through
the campaign. It will continue to eX-
list. One Is naturally interested to
know why all Of them are 80 nervous
about McLaurin. l noticed that after
the speaking at Greenwood many pros
porous looking farmers came up to
him and shook his hand.
When II comes to juggling the
Kings English. John Madison Des-
Champs Of Rock Hill, Is some 5ugglerl
He shoots out adjectives and adverbs
and metaphors and SMILES galore. He
gets 'em mixed sometimes, but the
crowds seem to be amused by his line.
He was the only candidate who eulo-
gized the late Senator Tillman who
was being put under the soil over at
Trenton, about the time the meeting
In Greenwood was on. Mr.. DeS-
Champs referred TO the deceased SEN
ator as IAN international figure" and
said that his courage was as great as
the heart Of the Son Of God" and
that he was pure In spirit and soul
and Is now sitting with the angels ut
the throne Of heaven" Applause fol-
lowed his eulogy. DesChamps' speech
es are eXtemporaneous efforts ana
be II said to his credit, he is different
from most Of the other candidates In
that he says something new Mt each
meeting.
Lieut.. Governor Andrew J. Bethea
makes patriotic speeches altogether.
He has nothing TO say concerning state
issues. He made fiery patriotic ef-
fort at Greenwood which was really
good. He damned the Huns and an
initiated "kultur." and said that South
Carolina stood Us one man behind
Woodrow Wilson and his assistants In
the conduct Of the war. Furthermore.
he said that II was up to all OF us to
do our bit In every way toward bring
ing the struggle To speedy and sue
cessful conclusion.
A soldier who was in the audience
remarked after the meeting that he
wondered why fire-eater like the
lieutenant governor didn't enlist In the
ranks. Mr.. Bethea Is about 35, and
is unmarried. He looks to be physi-
cally fit.
Attorney General Peoples Is q clean
cut speaker. He looks his audience
straight In the eye and puts pep into
his statements. Mr.. Peoples has a lot
Of friends among, the younger men
rover the Haf6. HSlsc- dulf5 e yolnK
man himself and 1t Is not his time to
be governor. Mr.. Richards Is talking q
great deal about rural education and
| wants to extend the scholarship privi-
lege to the high schools as we'll as the
colleges. He doesn't fail to tell the
folks that he is a farmer. He has lots
Of friends and knows how TO make
| them. From what people said around
Greenwood, he Is one OF the big three
| in the race.
John T. Duncan Is exploiting the
Columbia System again. It seems
from what he says that the Big Boss
| has been changed. A couple OF years
ago he talked that Wash Clarke was
it," but this year II is Ed Robinson.
He cussed Robinson for cleaning up on
the Camp Jackson cant0nment site at
| Columbia, and cussed Governor Man.
ming for vetoing an act Of the last Leg
| islature whereby the sum Of only five
cents could be charged AZ car fare
/ fro al, INIn % kA
said at Greenwood that former Cover
nor Blease lied when he said that he
| (Blease) had given some forty acres OF
land and house In the vicinity OF
Camp Jackson for military purposes.
Mr.. Blease was not there to attend
| to Mr.. Duncan. And the other candi-
| dates say that Duncan Is liable to say
| anything.
Big John Hemrick Is q f.rmer de-
| putty sherin OF Greenville county. Big
John weighs about 225 pounds and in
young days was a professional boxer
| and baseball umpire. He was q sue
cessful umpire and as younger men
know, to be a successful umpire one
| must he a successful boxer. Big John
| is a great admirer and friend OF Hon.
John l.. McLAurin's and 1t being the
Fourth Of July and all Of that, he
| went over to Greenwood from his
home in Greenville, to hear his friend,
| McLaurin speak.
He was standing out in the crowd
when the McLaurin- Duncan bout came
OF. While the fighting was on and
while things looked really serious,
| Cooper heckler standing near Big
John started toward the stand with
the remark: Let me get up there
| and at that white headed - -"
He referred to McLaurin.
Big John was hot anyhow, because
July sun had been boiling down on
his bull neck for quite a while. His
left shot out and landed on the ear OF
the fellow who would mon I'M with