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^ ll i _______ ???????????????^???? VOLUME u XUXBEB 67. NEWBEBBT, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 28,1912. TWICE A Will, fLM A YEAJt Blease Receive Ovatu BLEASE SENTIENT WAS LARGELY PRED0M1NAN1 4 CLOSE OF CAMPAIGN HARKED B\ GOOD ORDER. *Kins- Watson** Incident Was >^t .Hen tioncd?The Cami>a!gn Is Heviewed. (By ,]no. K. Aull.) Greenville, Aug. 22, 3.30 p. ra.?Dun can came first of the candidates foi - governor. He made about his usua speech. His brother, Sam M. Duncan was ir. the audience while Duncan was ^ speaking. \ A lame number of people with rec Blease badges gathered on the grounds "One. hundred per cent. Blease' badges were largely in evidence. Duncan's statement that ever} Blease man would vote for him before they would vote for Jones, received % large applause. Jones Received With Applause. 4 Jones was received with considerable applause. He did not attach Blease'on his administration in. th( first 40 minutes of his speech but de voted himself to a discussion of education, good roads and other matters he advocates. The crowd became restless during his speech and there *'a* no enthusiasm during the latter pari of his speech. He referred to lawless ness which he said existed in the State and charged that it was easy tc get a pardon. He said he wanted tc be governor for the people and claimed that he had attacked only Blease's public record and had not attacked Blease personally. Cheers for Blease greeted nis statement tnat oiease Knew , he was beat, mingled with cheers for Jones. Supporters of Blease and Jones each tried to cheer louder than the others. He said a full ballot and a fair court would bury Bleaseism, and when he said Blease had threatened Charleston Blease applause made it difficult for him to proceed, and he ' % said it was a pity there was such sentiment. When he concluded there was a great deal of applause for him, and the band played, but the Jones apy plause was almost drowaed by the applause for Blease. Jones received two bouquets. Blease Greeted With Ovation. Blease was greeted with a demonstration for him which exceeded the ovation he received in Newberry. So great and prolonged was the applause that it was several minutes before he could begin his speech. He began with a beautiful tribute to the late Senator i Mauldin. He charged that Christie Benet had been cau?ht trying to hold back tickets and had been made to "come across." Blease revised the campaign and said the dirt and filth had come from such men as Felder and Grace and ~+V>/\ T/-vvin^ ran1/c Spvpra' VJlilCI S III liicr ow.iv, O . v?. ^ ti n?s there were cheers for Jones, A which interrupted the governor for a W moment, but they were quickly drowned out by Blease clieers, and when a magnificent design of cut flowers and f other bouquets were brought to the stand in the midst of his speech there was another big Blease demonstration. TTiprp was a fieht out in the audience and the stand sagged under th* crowd that surged around it. but the people kept their heads remarkably well a-.id quiet was soon restored. Throughout his speech there Was loud and prolonged applause, and if cheers and enthus' j iasm are any index of the sentiment of I a crowd, it was a tiiease crowa uy an overwhelming majority. When Blease was interrupted by scattering Jones cheering to holler and "'charge it up to the Blease hoodlums,' and there was another great Blease demonstration. He said he was goins to beat Jones and Duncan by eighteen to twenty thousand. While he was picking up his bouJquets and*telling the crowd they were from ladies, a large silver waiter was present h'n: ' v o* thc rn?eti- 2" om boI-C.If oe is Great on in Greenville the effect that in spite of the opposition the people were with him, and ' were going to make him governor again. In closing he thanked the people of j the State for the courtesy extended all j the candidates during the campaign, and he spoke eloquently in conclusion, of the conduct of the people of the State during Jhe campaign. He was almost bodilv carried off the grounds by his enthusiaHic supporters. Neither King nor Watson was mentioned dur. ing the day. This ends the campaign .! of 1912. j [ I Greenville, Aug. 22.?Crowds of peo9 | I pie began to pour into Greenville early 5: this morning for the State campaign j meeting here today. Governor Blease ' I was besieged at 9 o'clock with a stream ! ~f n-T-iiifaiiIh r>nt hp rienipd | vji taucio, nuu ,? ~~ ? admittance, and he was even forced to j receive some of them during his bath. Sheriff Mooney called on the governor J cais morning and stated that his efforts ' would be to be impartial, and to preserve order during the day. The gov' ' 1 ^ ^? A4-,1-v o 4- ' v* fllie V? A j ernor toia ivir. iviuuiiejr iuai m mio would have the assistance of the gov. i k ernor and his friends, and that there ' j was no reason why the neeting should "; not pass off quietly. Over one hun"' dred snecial officers have been sworn ' in. i The Minor Officers. Greenville, 12.40 p. m.?The big crowd which gathered when the meet> ing opened gave evidence that the ( crowd would reach five thousand. The crowd banked itself against the stand, being composed almost entirely i of men, the very few ladies present be[ ing scattered here, and there on the outside. , | Evans carried out his threat of call;ing former Gov. Ansel a liar only by i nnntine' fi^nrec in connection with dis pensary matters and asking "who is the liar?" Lyon was given a cordial reception. He referred to Evans as a ''notorious character" and denounced some of his i ! statements as false. His statement that he did not belfeve Ansel would tell a falsehood received 1 I nruiciHprahip annlause. He defended Felder, but received no applause on his j commendations of Felder. ) i Peeples got a good reception. Earle ; did no-t draw much. As the speaking progressed the crowd kept gathering and there was no doubt that by the time the caadi-; dates for governor were presented the | crowd would be the biggest of the j campaign. Fine order was being maintained in ' the early stages. J. K. A. ! i ? Greenville, Aug. 22, 1.36 p. m.?Canj sler got off soaie of his foolishness, | but it fell fiat. Jones came on the i star.d while Cansler was speaking. He, 'I too, was received in silence. J. K. A. mm^ ILi ; >ewberrians at HendersonvJlle. Hendersonville Herald, 19th. ! : j j Misses Vernar and Lila Summer, of | Newberry. S. C., are visitors in Hen-! ' dersonville. Miss Linda Welch, of Newberry, S. C., is spending some time in the city. ' | A party of Newberrians, composed of Messrs. T. Roy Summer, Thos. P. ! j Johnson, E. E. Stuck, Claude Morris land Harry W. Dominick, are registerled at the St. John. Misses Cora and Mazie Doniinck, of : Xewberry, S. C,, are in Henderson vilie j j for a ten days' stay. 1 j Miss Carrie Spearman is numbered ; j among the Xewberrians visiting in '; Henderson ville. 1 j Mrs Geo. W. Summer and children, of Xew.bery, S. C., are at the Wheeler.' fi Mrs n T, SohumDert and littl-e Miss >! Mary McClure, of Newberry, are spendi t j ing the summer in this city. .' Prudence in Opposition. > j He?I intend to set my face against ; | football this season. Sh?- (flippantly)?Well, ptease don't > ~?t i* ae.arinst weig?.?"-a.lti. .r- ia > > .. v * e AJ - - v JJ. ; j POLITICAL SITUATION IN THE UPPER SECTION SOME CAMPAIGN REPORTS ABSO * frri'I V UVL'ITTVn ill X ?|JL L lit, 1 L I JUI'I Tlie Situation as Seen in Greenville bj StaiY Correspondent of The Herald and News. (By Jno. K. Aull.) Greenville, Aug. 22.?Within twc hours, the last meeting of the State nf 1Q19 Will HP fill. Slid TirO" uauii/aigu ^, ? x phecies as "to it, in face of the facts which will be reported in the same issue of The Herald and News in which this will appear, will be idle. # Governor Blease reached Greenville shortly before midnight last night. He was accompanied by a "whole lot" ol flowers, notwithstanding the report that in Abbeville he sent out to buy flowers. More of that report in a moment, as of another report, which will be dealt with. I I reacnecl (jreenvine yesieraay a.iternoon at 6:35 o'clock. So far as the city of Greenville was concerned at that time, one would not have known there was to be a State campaign meeting here today?much less the last meeting of the campaign. There have been two "incidents" talked of the Greenville meeting. One j has been the. "King-Watson affair," as it has come to be canea, ana me omer is the threat of Major Barnard B. Evans to attack former Governor M. F. Ansel here. Mr. Evans told me last night he was going to "make good" on his threat, which has been, as I have understood the newspaper reports, to make a somewhat vigorous attack hdon the former governor. "Vigorous attacks" of this character, however, are somewhat silly, unless there is some justice and reason behind them, and they sometimes act as a "boomerang" when they are directed at oue who would'resent an insult under or** nrliA lrn Anre ainary coi>uiuuu&, um ?uu nuu??o? that to resent it under existing conditions would be liable to precipitate a condition which might work to the harm of some innocent person. As an example, witness the attack of "Can? sler, of Tirzah" upon the editor of The Herald and News at the Newberry mpptinor when thp renorter for the Atlanta Journal seemed to take pleasure in reporting that Mr. Aull's "son was present," not, however, stating Cansler's physical condition or the circumstances under which the "son" labored. If one wonders at my noticing such a matter in this correspondence, I would call his attention to the number of people who ou the train yesterday afternoon told me that "Cansler was not known in Georgia." This, however, is not pertinent to "the is Z>ut7. Governor Elease brought to Greenville with him a large quantity of flowers. which had been given hi in yester. | day and last night. It was reported in Abbeville, on the streets of the town. Dn the day of the campaign meeting there, by some of the opponents of th-. | governor, that he sent somebody out to telephone for flowers to be sent to be presented to the governor; that the person sent came back and reported ; ro the governor in a crowd that the flowers could "not be secured, and that the governor went into a "tantrum," as some people say. Those who know the governor know that such a report is false, notwithstanding the fact that A J T* ? i * V* rrr?nri f orl AA K\* t Vl Q 11 was yi llltfU si cai uj> I_ii^ Greenwood Daily Journal, because those who know conditions and those who know the governor know, in the first place, that it is not necessary for the governor to look after such matters as flowers, even if his mind had I that bent, because his supporters have been overloading, him with flowers and'gold watches and loving cups, . : - J f-ViAOA nr^A 1/nAn' J ill LUIS , anu tin-ro^ ? nv/ rv. nv/ >> j the governor know that he would never have thought of such a thing, anyway. I have learned since I have been here that the man who had sent some one to order "flowers" was the sheriff of Abbeville county, Mr. C. J. Lyon, who wanted some cut flowers to present to the governor, but who, after all, failed to secure them. There was another "report" put out I;? zrvo'T.or in Abb ville, to the ' Liec; i'.et he d:\iik oa the after noon before the campaign meeting. This report was "nailed" by the govI ernor in Abbeville, and was "nailed" in Newberry by Mr. Robert E. Leavell, who occupied a room with the gover" nor on the afternoon in question, and who told me the report, as the gover- | nor proved, was false, and who is a J ' | gentleman who, I know, having tola me so, will corroborate the statement wherwer called upon to do so. There is still another "report" which is going the rounds in this country. It is that the loving cups which Gov. Blease has been receiving "are only one loving cup, which is being sent around from county to county." Well, 1 it is, of course, useless to deny thar the "loving cup" whicn he received at Xewberry was converted into a geld f watch and chain and fob at Laurens, ! and into diamond-set lockets ana oth- j er things at Anderson, but I do want I ' to say something in regard to the lov- ! ing cup which the governor received at Xewberry. At about 9.30 o'clock of the morning of campaign day in Xewberrv a gentleman who has the confidence of the entire community?and who deserves it?came to me and asked me it' I would present a loving cup to Gov. Blease at the campaign meeting at the " Lewis lot that morning, the loving cup to be presented in the name of "friends and supporters" of Newberry. I toltf the gentleman I would. The loving - cup arrived about 10 minutes after rir,xr Rioasp had finished his address and left the stand, j and the gentlemen interested asked mfe to present it that night at Willowbrook park, whith I did. Next day Mr. E. E. Williamson, ' of Newberry, who had ordered it frdm 1 1 Charleston for the gentlemen, came to- < my de? . in The Herald and News of- 1 ' fice, saying he would like to see the handsome present he had ordered ' from Charleston and there had en- 1 graved for the gentlemen in question. < I told him then that Mr. Dominick had < told me that Mrs. Blea.se had prized it cn hifrhlv that she would not let it out ] ~ ~0~" - I of her possession after it was present- | j ed at the park, and that she had taken < ' it to Columbia with her {the night it i ' was presented. t So much for another campaign "story." ( For corroboration of these two de- < nfels, in regard to the governor being j drunk in Abbeville, and in regard to 2 "the loving cup, the people of Newberry i are referred, respectively, to Mr. Rob- 1 ert E. Leavell and to Mr. E. E, Wil- I liamson, both of whom I know will ( corroborate the facts and the state- 2 ments heretofore made to me. I do not think, however, that the people of i Newberry county will ask for any cor- < rODorauon ui siat-emeu us m my ^unc- spondence, because they know that in the past The Herald and News has spared no expense to sive them facts ?s they are, and that whenever I have ^en sent off or delegated at home to "e^ort. facts, that T have done so withopt color a"d without prejudice, re r>rt?na: matters as I saw them and as 1 V?,r ? o p-.mpaign meeting here today a will be presided over by County Chair- i -rnn W. Mil's Mooney. I. E. Holcom- r be is chief nf police and .T. Perry Poole c is sheriff, and city council has made an * appropriation of $5,00.0 if so much be e necessary, for the preservation of or- r der. Where there is so much talk t there is usually little action. Every- ^ /-I 4l,i. f rning is quiet m uree'jvme ims mum- ing and no trouble is apprehended, t The issue of The Herald and News. ^ however, which carries this story will t carry the story of the meeting. ? Sc-nething as to the political situa- S tion up here: There has been little * talk on the streets and in the hotels o since I have been here, but it is known C that talk of this kind is not a criterion, ? anyway. The situation in this section e appears to be that Blease will split Greenville county with .Tones, and that * Blease, in dividing the county, may get i the majority. That, however, is un- v certain. "It is confidently predicted v that Blease will get a big majority in c Spartanburg, and Anderson is claim- r ed for Blease by s. vote of 2 to 1. r Greenwood, which has heretofore 1 been placed solidly and substantially t in the .Tones column, is now classed h as doubtful, and Blease supporters are ' claiming a majority for Blease. Laur- fi po?rse, wil' give 3Irase a bi? majority. , * MONUMENT NOW STANDS WHERE COL NANCE FELL INTERESTING ACCOUNT OF TRIP TO BATTLEFIELD. Vonhorrv Partv Hpa/tori Itv W I 41VMW.J - ?* V J ... G. Peterson, Locates Xonument And Visits Places of Interest. (By W. G. Peterson.) Our party, consisting of Mrs. M. M. Satterwhite, Mrs. Thomas Wicker, Miss Helen Satterwhite, W. G. Peterson, T. P. Pitts, Dr. S. G. Welch, Welch Wilbur and Williams Welch, left New. t 3erry on the 14th inst., for Washington md the battlefields of Fredericksburg, Va. a n _ 1. u: _ a ??* /\?*^ I/\in a J V?*f T T? Ax. uoiuiuuja w e wcie jwiu^u ujf o. a-. 3enn, of Silveratreet, and J. A. Sattersvhite. Mr. McLean put on an extra joach for us, so we could have plenty )f rooin on the trip. We left Columbia twenty minutes ate, -at 6.30 p. m., and arrived at Washngton at 9 o'clock on the morning of ;he loth. Dr. Welch and Welch Wil)iir left us at Orange and went-direct ;o the battlefield. We were glad to meet Dr. Wolliiig )n the train. He said he was fat, but lid not show it. However* he was very jolly.. We stopped in Washington at >!3 North Capitol street, and were ijven a good welcome by Mrs. Doni han. There we met Congressman >ver, who boards there, with several f.ier South Carolinians, so we were smcng our friends. We spent the day in the capitol, s*eng the sights and went at night to the Congressional library. On the next lay our girls seemed to have coid feet ^ j TTf n ind only t. f. nus auu w. or. irt-iri;on left on the early morning train or Fredericksburg. At Frgdericks)urg we were met by Mr. Davis, of the irm of Cartright & Davis. V/> secur;d teams and left immediately for the Wilderness. The monument had been orWarded in the early morning and vas on the ground when we arrived, Lbout one o'clock. We had the monuniaf.ori un thpre and snenr the yiUVVV* V? w, emainder of the day v-isiting the field >f the Wilderness and Chancellorsille, Salem Church and around Mar- j ;e's House, also the sunken road and j i ock wall. We went around on the elegraph road and saw the spot on vhich Spencer Piester was killed cn io iCdO Wa ol-an wpnf 11ft ->CUC1I11/C1 It), iuu?. ?r t ?j o Lee's Hill, then we returned to , Washington that night and spent the >alance of the time in sight-seeing. ! ] Sunday we visited Arlington Heights.' >ome of the party went up to Mimson's j Till, where'the Third S- C. V. used to i. in nicket duty, and also to Fa'Is : "hurch. We left Washington on the > veiling of the 19*h, at 6.00 and arrTv- i; d home on the 20th at 2.48. j. On a former visit, the roads from;, . Fredericksburg to the battlefields were n bad condition. Now, in Spottsyl-,. ania county they have voted $200,000 < vorth of bonds to build roads in the 1 ounty. They have completed nine < ailes towards the Wilderness and the oads were splendid for that distance. < ^he corn along the route was fine and ( he people around Frrdericksburg Lave large fields of alfalfa, out of j rhich they make money "hand over I ;st." 11 Of course we visited Culpepper, j tj.v.j. c ricii. iliaissas. rul: Rj 1= and Alexandria, also Mt. Vernon, Glenn Echo Park and, in fact, as many of the sights around Washington as we could in the limited time we stayed. The monument is about three feet high, and, in fact, is a facsimile of the cut which has appeared in the paper, except a little larger, and weighs about 1,000 pounds. Our party was taken, by Mr. Aiken, n>n?n<4 tVlfl rr-Vl lfa VlAlICQ O Tl/1 TnOO OriVOrt CLi. UU11U luc VY ait^ UVUUV "uo by Mr. Taft the right hand and a "glad to see you." Mr. John K. Aull had expected to go with the party, and take his camera, t so that we could secure pictures of the monument and scenes of interest, and for this reason we did not secure but he found that he was unable to go, the photographs. Arrangements will be made to have a photographer at Fredericksburg make some pictured of ? the monument and we hope to have these at an early date. SEWS OF EXCELSIOR. First Public Meeting at Young's Grove Was Held in 18$2?Army Worm. Personal Mention. Excelsior, Aug. 22.?Mr. Oscar Petertin, of Newberry, has been on a visit lb Mr. J. C. Singley'o fcaixly. The army worm is reported in the -oiorhhorhprv} iirt it is honed they will no: spread and do much harm. . Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Lorick and Mr. a.id Mrs. J. F. Wheeler spent Tuesday in Newberry shopping. Misi' Lucy Wheeler, of Augusta, Ga.# has been spending a few daj's with her father's family here, Mr. T. b. Wheeler. ' Miss Ol'ie Counts spent Saturday and Sunday in Columbia with her sister, Mrs. Ben Wheeler. Mrs. Alible Kinara ana nine son,. Frederick William, of Leesville, have been spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Kinard. Miss Lillie Mae Moore, of Newberry, has been on a few days' visit to Mrs. J. D. Stone. Mrs. J. B. Walton, of Newberry, is visiting Mr. 0. B. Lovelace's family. Miss Leila Frazier is visiting Mrs. I R. J. Crumpton. . Mrs. Ophelia Bowers is visiting her r.;ctnr \Tre Willi** RIanfnn at Ora.n?ft? MOL^l y O. ?f lliiv ~ w 0 ~ burg. The first public gathering held at what is now known as Youngs Grove was a barbecue furnis*eu by "Xlr. W. J. Mills in- August, 1382, and since that ctete the place has been known by the name of Youngs Grove and different kinds of gatherings are now held there. Mr. Mills, who has been dead several years, Was noted for good barbecues, and he is still missed'at the annual so'diers reunion gatherings. Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Kinard * expect no go up to Greenwood Saturday to spend a few days with relatives and friends. The Rev. 0. G. Davis will preach for us here Sabbath afternoon at 4.30. The Sabbath school will meet at the usual tiour. Public cordially invited to the sei vic?s. Mrs. R. D. Kinard and children are risking her father's family in Saluda :ounty. Sigma. Love Dog, Lore 3fe. Mrs. Highup?We can't let her into :he club. She has no pedigree. Mrs. Blase?I know, dear; but her has.?Fall River Journal.