Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-08-18
BLEASE AT HOME.
Newberry Voters Gave Him the Lions
Share of the Applause.

Newberry Voters Gave Him the Lions
Share Of the Applause.
Candidates for state offices spoke at
Newberry, the home town of formef
Governor Blcase on Monday, and ac-
cording to Edward Mcdowell. stan
correspondent of the Grecnville Pied
mont, most of the applause Of the
thousand or more voters present was
for Blease among the gubernatorial
candidates. Somebody handed Candi-
date II. G.. Mcleod a stalk of boil wee
viii eaten cotton wrapped in crepe ait
er he had concluded his speech, and
Mcleod charged the donor with being
full of. moonshine. John Il. Duncan
made no attack on Blcase. Following
is the Piedmont's report of the New
berry meeting:
Newberry August I.-Ovcr q thou
sand Newberry county citizens stood
in the broiling rays of the sun to hear
the candidates for state offices today
1t was the opening of the final lap 81
the campaign, and the candidates pre-
sented their claims with renewed Wig
or after their week of rest. Tho meet
ing was opened in the opera house, but
had to he removed to the court house
lawn on account of the size of the
crowd.
For the first time on the campaign
John T. Duncan gefrained from attack
ing Cole l.. Blease.
While Mr.. Mcleod was speaking of
the wave of crime, some one in the
crowd yelled "Blease can stop it," Mr..
Mcleod retorted, "Blcase may have
started 1t, but he can't stop it," At the
conclusion of his speech, some one
presented Mr.. Mcleod with stalk of
cotton tied with big piece of crepe
Addressing the man who made. the
presentation, Mr.. Mcleod said, "You
take this crepe and wrap il around the
rest of the white lightning you've got
left" and threw the crepe wrapped
cotton stalk intosthe arms of his heck
ler.
|, Cole l.. Blease was received with
yells and cheers from the audience of
his old home town people. He launch
ed into his usual attack against the
Manning and Cooper administrations
claiming they had been the most cx'
travagant since those of Scott and
Moses.
Winter Makes Charge.
d. w. Winter, candidate for attor-
ney general, charged that Attorney
General Wolfe had collected or should
have collected, attorneys fees and costs
in certain civil cases handled by his
office through the Federal courts
which should have been turned over
to the state treasurer, but which have
not been turned over to the state
treasurer. That failure to turn over
these fees and costs is a violation OF
the civil code, 1912, sec. 72f, Winter
said, which provides, "The attorney
general shall act with the treasurer ot
the state for all fees, bills of cost and
moneys received by him by virtue o
his Office" Winter stated that in 1917
fees and costs of this kind turned over
to the state treasury by Attorney Gen
eral Wolfe amounted TO SELLS, while
in 1908 they amounted to $5O7.5O.
#. Hagood Gooding, candidate fol
comptroller general, claimed that the
members of the state tax commission
had sent out circulars to candidates
for the legislature throughout tho
state setting forth the accomplishment
of the commission in order TO Great,
a sentiment to save it from abolish
ment. He declared the commission is
doomed.
Walter r. Duncan, candidate to sue.
ceed himself as comptroller gencl al
charged that Mr.. Gooding had beer
removed from the office of auditor II
Hampton county because of dcrclic-
ton of duty.
Wightman Attacks Harris.
George w. Wightman, candidate FOL
commissioner of agriculture, said il
the rest of the state had voted as New.
berry had voted when he ran for lieu.
tenant governor, he would have beer
governor. He made Il heated attack
upon the record Of Commissioner b
Harris.
Thomas b. Marshall, candidate fol
as the states chief witness. The latte!
,ooddnd tho Spvplifv of th(