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' State Campaig In Newbei ? - - - ?- * aw itt a n V * '''''' ' "' ' ' -? \ VOLUME L, NUMBER B5. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA* FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1912. TWICE A Will, |LM A Y1AJL ? ? ??????????????????????m GOVERNOR BLfcASfc WAS GIVEN FINE OVATION 4 THE BEST OF ORDER WAS MAINTAINED. Blease Badges and Banners?Flowers for the Candidates?BSar, Enthusiastic Audience. (By Jno. K. AnlL) AT C% r AA _ ^ in m on V AUUUl pwpic, 1UV1UU111Q "mu; ladies, attended the State campaign ,meeting in Newberry on Tuesday, which was held on the Lewis lot, out east Main street, about a mile from ^ the public square. While the big crowd was enthusiastic, giving Governor Blease a fine ovation in his home county, and generously applauding other favorites, scrupulous order was maintained, every candidate was given a GOVERNOR COI respectful and a courteous .hearing, i and the whole meeting, so far as the audience was concerned, reflected credit upon the county of Newberry, j . Enthusiasm' ran high throughout fij^the day. Early in the morning Blease badges were in evidence on the streets, and before 10 o'clock Blease banners were being borne through the streets out to the meeting. These banners were variously inscribed, the inscriptions upon some of them being as follows: "West End?Cole. L. Blease Is Our Choice"; "Brain, Backbone, Blease"; "One Hundred Per Cent. Blease"; "Slander Won't Hurt Blease ^ iii Newberry"; "Duncan and Jones May Claim Newberry, But Watch The .Vote"; "Lancaster And Newberry Both For Blease"; "The Cotton Mill Boys Are Still With You, Cole." The great majority of the Blease badges worn by men simply had the name Cole. L. Blease printed on white ribbon, but large numbers of ladies wore whit* ribbon badges with Gov. Blease's picture, and the inscription, "For Gover-* nor, Cole. L. Blease; Newberry Knows ; Him." ^ There was a big demonstration when Wovernor Blease was introduced. He was heartily and generously applauded throughout his address, and was given a real ovation when he concluded. Between one-third and one-half of the crowd left the grounds with Governor Blease after his address, before the other gubernatorial candidates spoke. 1 Judge Ira B. Jones was received with w? annlsnsp and was sriven some applause r ,? - - at intervals .'-r'rz Ms ?d !re?s. Tb? best of atte.nio: vv.is '?&*:. - *?' Candida tee. n Meeting cvv nn Tllf>snav r i j v?* ? The audience was generous with flowers. Governor Blease received about fifteen beautiful bouquets, and Judge Jones received some five or six. When Governor Blease concluded his address Miss Blanche Davidson ascended the stand and placed a magniI fiAont VinrQo chnp of rvhrvioe nut. flowers UWUV/ UVi W\y-W?"v w w- ? around his neck, and other young ladies carried his flowers to the stand. Standing with the flowers around his neck, and surrounded by his bouquets on. all sides, he asked the newspaper men to see what the good women of Newberry had done, saying that he would rather have this evidence of their esteem and their connaence in him than to be governor of all the States in the American Union. Judge Jones also warmly thanked the ladies for the flowers which were given him, saying that he would rather be defeated and have the good will of the women OI souin i^arunua. iua.li IV win : ' <: : . : x : - ^ ' . "';' ;& :;*> ' . - -. ' '% V www . . jE. l. blease. without it. As stated in another column, in the report of the addresses of the candi- i iates for minor office, Attorney General Lyon received a beautiful bouquet. The sentimentjof the crowd has been variously estimated, but there can be no question that it was a BJease crowd by an overwhelming majority. Governor Blease took a hand primary .it the conclusion of his address, and it appeared that at least three-fourths of the hands in the audience went up. Of course, there were some Blease supporters who did not vote. Judge Jones did not take a hand primary in Newberry. County Chairman Fred. H. Dominick ! Hoo-an tha mpptini? nrnmntlv at 10.30 v?v ^vv?O X? ? I o'clock. Mayor J. .7. La>gford and Chief of Police W. H. l.ominick were on the stand and in Derscnal charge j of the officers of the- law. Ample poj lice protection had been provided. It 'was gratifying, however, that there j was no need to call it into active play. Chief of Police Lominlck when congratulated upon the order which was observed, said the credit was not due the !police force; that he wanted it placed ' where it belonged?with the psople of | Newberry. I Constable W. P. Beard and ex-Sherj iff Corley, of Lexington, who are accompanying the campaign party, were ion the stand. There were some visitors from other counties, and these were welcomed by County Chairman Dominick. Some of these visitors Were supporters of Governor Blease and some of them : ryo-o opponents of Governor Blease. : ? >.r' vt'2 ? I'Y.'pov j il.von's fatb'^r and r\ L>iI ' Bruhl, assistant attorney general. A very small per cent, of the crowd, however, was from beyond the borders of the county. The speeches of the gubernatorial j: U/n1/\ttr fnr flmmc^lvoc CctiiUiUct LCij UC1U V> iui iuviumvi i va. A report of the speeches of the other candidates will be found in another column. County Chairman Dominick said he was glad to see such a large and representative audience from a county that could boast that all three of the gubernatorial candidates were natives of Newberry. He also welcomed cordially those from adjoining counties, who, he said were South Carolinians iand had a right to be here. He said lit was unnecessary to ask a Newberry J audience to be orderely, and nothing ! less was expected of the strangers within Newberry's gates. He said or! der would be preserved, but he hoped !the ample arrangements which had been made for enforcing order would prove to have been unnecessary. He * >c-trr^ fho net nrlirJatpc fn hp rp CUIOVS aoXVL/U tuv W4.UWVM.VWV v spectful to the audience, remembering j that they were before a crowd of good I Newberry citizens?as good people as | there were in the State of South Caro| lina. Got. Blease's Address. Governor Blease began his address by a reference to the card which the then ministers ot Aewoerry naa pudlished against him in the campaign of four years ago, and asked where they were today. "Where," he said, "are some of the people who have stood upon the street corners of Newberry and cursed and abused me and tried to keep me from going forward in the world and making a success for myself and a success for my county? Where are some of them today? Is. what condition are their brains and tongues, and in what financial c'ondi tion are some of them today? As for me, thank God, I stand here today &6 governor of the proudest State in the American Union." He said, with the exception of a little throat trouble, he stood here healthy, strong and robust, in sight almost of the ste3ple of the church where he was taught to say, "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want," and in sight of the old chimney which holds the fire-place where he was taught to say, "Now -I lay me down to sleep," and he said he stood as the (representative of his people, as one who had succeeded, as one who had written for the first time on the records of South Carolina the name of a Newberry boy as her chief executive. " 'They' have said much," said Governor Blease. "Who is 'they,' with their slanders and vituperation? 'They' said that the blind tigers of Newberry built Ed Jones, Ira B. Jones's, brother, a dewlling house. 'They' said that Sam B. Jones, another brother, got so badly in debt that they closed him up with a distress warrant because he wouldn't pav his store rent, j t ., ^ _ rney saia mat ira d. .ivues goi nm pn^ a township bond deal of railroads o. ir in Lancaster county. 'They' said that Ira B. Jones made a fortune in r transaction at the Hale gold mine over in Kershaw county. If you are going to take 'they say,' then 1 am willing to put the record of the Blease family against the Joneses any day that God lets his sun rise and lets the honest people be the judge." The governor said he had lived in Xewberrv 42 years, ana mere wasn't < a man in it that could present him with a bill for one five cents that he owed him. He had always paid his honest debts, he said, and owed nothing to any man except to love him as a brother and a man. He had lived among these people and they knew him when he was a boy working in his father's livery stable, and there | he had unhitched and cared for the j horses of many of those present on this occasion. "What hurts the other crowd," he said, "is that a little boy with a little cheap straw hat, with a little homespun shirt, with-a little pair of copperas breeches, and with a pair of brogan shoes, has walked out of that livery stable at Newberry and has taken the patent-leather- shoes, the boiled shirt, and the frock-coat aristocracy, . and whipped them to a finish, and they can't help it." The governor's remarks in regard to Mr. Hush Renwick were as fellows: < "T1 3-o ? vrn? "nan in the county r an ei Hugh Rewho^is^a^tep son of Mr. Ira B. Jones' sister. Mr. Hugh Renwick told a gentleman that i Cole. Blease had appointed a man to go to Oklahoma to bring a man back to South Carolina who was a brother-inlaw of the man he was going for, and ' that Blease had gone to work, in order to keep that man from being brought back, and sent a man out there who : he knew wouldn't bring him back. , Now, Hugh Renwick is a son of Dr. Renwick, who married Ira B. Jones' j sister. Now, I am going to prove to you that Hugh Renwick told a lie. I am tracing the Jones family right I alone: in this whole transaction." The governor then presented and read the following telegram which he had sent to W. H. Newbold, attorney for Luther Boozer, he said, at Ches; ter: * "Newberry, S. Car., Aug. 13, 1912. "W. H. Newbold, Chester, S. Car.? Who suggested that Derrick be sent to Okla. for Perry. "Cole. L. Blease." And the following reply: "Chester, S. C., Aug. 13, 1912. "Gov. Cole. L. Blease, Newberry, S. Car.?Solicitor Henry, Sheriff Calwn, Luther Boozer and myself agreed Derrick proper man to send for Perry in Oklahoma. You sent him at our request W. H. Newbold, J "Attorney." He said they were telling it around j wn^H . " .... ... . ... ., . ., '. . - " : :V'':'r:- ;.:i-:':. . ' . ' ' ' ^ " ' ''! P". : ^ ' : ' ' . ' . ' > :^Jcwa-aflgB8a5)^ff^f i WnflMaToiPTna 7ijjfln3m^jS^?ij-TBfli?iMllDRBcy ri: . : .:': ' ::" - ' '. : ... .v,;'..V,r- ' . .'. ' : " ' . _ . ' JUDGE IRA B. JONES. the country that he had tried to keep Luther Boozer from getting this man Perry that killed Mr. Boozer's son, and he wanted the people of Newberry to see the affidavit of Derrick, who had been sent to Oklahoma at the request of those named in the telegTam he had read, in order to show the falsity of the charge: "Ridge Spring, s. u., July 61, iyiz. j'To His Excellency, Hon. Cole. L. P,lease, Governor of South Carolina.? Dear S;r: In reply to your letter of Julv 30th, 1912. Desire to say, the iran h:ld under arrest at McAllister, Oklahoma, was not W. E. Perry and that no person or persons whatsoever attempted to influence me improperly for or against this man and that it - * * r 1 J 2X1 i could not nave Deen aoue uau n uedi tried. I knew my duty, went to McAllister determined to do it, and did it. For six years I have been especially anxious to capture this man> and would let no consideration deter me should the opportunity offer. The rumor is without foundation. "Yours very respectfully, "M. B. Derrick, ^ 1 ^ 9? "umei-oi r-unuc. "STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, "COUNTY OF SALUDA. "Personally came M. B. Derrick, who, being duly sworn, says that he was appointed special agent of the State of South Carolina, and that he proceeded to McAllister, Oklahoma, and upon arriving there, he found the party who had been arrested under the name of W. E. Perry, for having killed the son of one Luther Boozer, at Chester, S. C., some years ago; that he went there at the request of the said Luther Boozer and the Chester authorities, as the said Perry had boarded with him (Derrick) for some j (CONTiyUED O'.v PAG'S. LAURENS GIVES BLEASE A BIG DEMONSTRATION CROWD WON'T PERMIT JUDGE TO ANSWER GOVERNOR. Peeples and Earle in Keply to Question Declare for Governor Blease. 3,000 Present Laurens, Aug. 14.?Two candidates for attorney general, Messrs. Peeples and Earle, today publicly declared themselves supporters of Governor Blease for re-election, according to the interpretations put on their state ments by the large Blease audience at the State campaign meeting here. This was one interesting development in the political situation. Another feature of today's meeting was this declaration made by Governor Blease: "I. don't need Tillman's endorsement. I have proven, in the last nineteen months I'm as well qualified to be governor as Tillman or anybody - 1 9 9 eise. The gathering today was overwhelmingly and typically Blease, as was to be expected, and the governor was inspired by the presence of so great a' number of his supporters and their frequent outbursts of wild enthusiasm. The hotter the governor's words, the louder was the yelling, many of his friends becoming frantic \ with delight at Governor Blease's denunciatory deferences to Judge Jones and others whom he classed among his political enemies. Jones Often Interrupted. Judge Jones was accorded only a i fairly respectful hearing. While he j managed to make his speech, a number of men in the crowd persisted in an noying him with such remarks as: "We don't want to hear you." "Sit down," "Take him out," and so forth. There were also frequent hurrahs for Blease while Judge Jones was speaking. The climax came when Judge Jones endeavored to make a categorical re ply to Governor Blease, at the conclusion of the latter's speech. This the crowd would not permit, despite ttie cnairman s enoris to uuiam uiuei. Judge Jones arose, prepared to make his reply, but gave up the attempt in view of the determined howling of the Bleaseites. ? pespite the presence of Sheriff John D. Owings, Chief of Police W. S. Bagwell and a number of special policemen scattered through the crowd, only a semblance of order was preserved j during the greater part of Judge Jones's speech. This is the home county of Col. J. H. Wharton, candidate for railroad commissioner, and the colonel receiv-, ed literally a warm reception, the in- I tensity of which was greatly increased by his rudely, if unintentionally, disturbing a nest of yellow jackets, which had made their nome near ine speaK.er's stand. The colonel quickly | "ducked" into a nearby friendly bush, I thereby ridding himself of his unwel-! come admirers. The experience merely j served to sharpen the colonel's wit and I enabled him to draw another laugh j when he referred to the incident in his j speech. j There were two "lost" children in j the crowd today, both girls, but the j exhibition ot tne tots on me siauu w<xt> the means of- prompt restoration to their rightful owners. Second Largest Audience. The meeting was hetld in a grove on East Main street, on the same spot where occurred the exciting incident in connection with the Lyon-Evans race in 1910. County Chairman John M. Cannon, who presided, referred to that affair in his preliminary remarks | today. Mr. Cannon urged the audience ' to give each speaker a respectful hear ing, calling attention to reports that trouble was expected at the Laurens meeting. The chairman repeated his exhortation several times during the speaking and while at times consider- i able disorder prevailed, there was nothing to indicate that it was malicious or prearranged. About three thousand persons, including perhaps two hundred ladies, heard the candidates today. This was next to the largest crowd of the pres(corTiru^p ON PAGE 5). GOVERNOR SPOKE AT WUIOWBROOK PARK WAS PRESENTED WITH A BEAUTIFUL LOYIXG CUP. Other Candidates Made Short Address- # es?Crowd of 1,200 People Was Present t Willowbrook park was the scene of the gathering of about 1,200 people On Tuesday night, when Gov. Blease delivered an address, and three of the i other candidates for State offices delivered short addresses, and a beautiful loving cup was presented to Governor Blease. Governor Blease promised some time ago that he would address the people at Willowbrook park on Tuesday night, arid at the meeting on Tuesday morning an invitation was extended to any ui tue omer aiaie ca-iuuiuaies wuu cresired to do so, to attend and deliver addresses. . Messrs. Thos. H. Peeples, candidate for attorney general, and S. T. Carter, candidate for State treasurer, were introduced first by Chairman Fred. H. Dominick and made short and happy addresses. Gov. Blease was then introduced and was enthusiastically received by the big crowd. Loud and prolonged cheering greeted him, and it was some little time before he could begin his address. The governor expressed his sincere appreciation of the support giv^ri hin in the past by the mill workers of Newberry. If it had not been for the i "Newberry mill boys," he said, he would never had been in the South Carolina legislature as a representative from Newberry county; he would never have heen in the senate from this county, and if it had not been for their endorsement in the past he would never have been governor of the proudest State in the American Union. Gov. Blease spoke feelingly of the magnificent reception! he had received in Newberry, and said his reception here had said to the other counties of South Carolina that those who had slandered him were contemptible falsi ners. Gov. Blease spoke of his reception in other counties' of the State with a great deal of pride, saying that' even the Newberry reception was tame as compared with what he had received in some of the other counties. The governor paid a high tribute to Supt J. Marion Davis and to President Z. F. Wright, of the Newberry cotton mills. He referred to Col. J. Marion Davis' appointment as quarter i J.1. master general uu uie gu*ciuui 5 siau, and he referred to Mr. Wright as his school-mate and friend and "your friend." He congratulated the mill management and the employes upon beai/tiful Willowbrook park. The governor said he had heard that it was being circulated that he was going to prevent the executon of Sam Boozer, the negro condemned to death for murder in the killing of Mr. Gilliam, on Jno. C. Hipp's Old Town Uo coiH O WflC T1 AW I pidilUlllUll. IJLV OU1U. VUV vvkvv .tv^u .. ! ini the supreme court on appeal, and he had had nothing to do with it, and had now nothing to do with it. "If the t supreme court grants him a new trial i I can't help it," he said, "but if the x i [supreme court doesn't grant him a' j new trial he is as certain to die in the ! electric chair as Tench Boozer is to live to turn on the current." -v.I At the conclusion of the governor's |pddr?ss he was presented with several I * * ' handsome bouquets, brought to the # stand by little girls. The loving cup presented to Governor Blease by friends and supporters was lovely in workmanship and dejsign. It was engraved as follows: To Governor Cole. L. Blease from friends and supporters jvewderry, s. u. -1912. "Of what should a man be proud if * he is not proud of his friends." At" the request of the donors, the ft presentation was made by Mr. Jno. K. Aull at the conclusion of the governor's address. Mr. Aull said: "Gov. Blease, I have the honor to I present to you tonight a token of the ' - " ' .1U_ ^1 n.* I frienasnip ana naency ul ui?s v/i. Newberry. You have lived and labored and lo^ed and served among these