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y VOLUME LI I, NDIBER :>4. SEWBERRY, S. C? FRIDAY, ,f! I.Y 10. 15)14. TTVIC7" A WEEK, $U0 A YEAS. ' MECkUNG MARKS UNION MEETING SENATORIAL ASPIRANTS HAVE EXCITING TIME. Audience Listens Purt of Time, But * -A <1 H.nU' IV LM>es 3VI lUUMiir iu *. 3ina: Its Ears. The State. Union, July 8.?The United States r senatorial campaign meeting here today was marked by a siege cf the most pesistent interruptions of speakers that has occurred since the J campaign opened. ; % s * i 1 i V. /v?A i I^ast 'Saturday at spartanourg uicic, was a concerted effort to howl one I or the speakers off his feet. In Union I today three of the four speakers were j subjected to similar grilling interrup- j ticns from a small but noisy t^-oup j k that harangued the speakers and kept | nn a raDid fire of discourteous remarks j W -r throughout the speeches of both I Messrs. Jennings and Pollock and far : into that of Senator Smith. For the first time the governor's friends stayed today after the chief executive had had his say. On every stump, the policy of Gov. Blease is not >* * ? tima hac arrived i lo appear uuui mc for him to speak, and to leave tne j stand promptly when he has finished, j Today tie governor left as usual, J hut his supporters remained behind j to hear both Messrs. Jennings and j Pollock apply t.:e gaff to tne governor's record. It was their bold assaults that caused the limited number to fret and bristle and squirm. Easiest for Smith. Of the three subjected to th-se in- j terruptions, Senator Smitn had least j to resist. This was occasioned Dy tne , fact t'-at the senator r >frained today, as he has on every other stump, from ; any discussion of the charges preferred by the governor, and utterly , ignored the governor's record. The attacks which were directed against him were in the main due to a hostile attitude and were not provoked by 1 any particular remark by the speaKer. After much tackling the senator finally struck a sympathetic chord and car ried the audience along with him by telling jokes, aptly illustrating the ; i questions under discussion. Tins was .w timp that tile senator has 9 ' L.c CVVVMM V had to !face a hostile audience in the beginning, and then emerge in unanimous favor, with a chorus of pleas t: continued speaking. A New Exhibit. Mr. Pollock also added a feature ,irw rr>r t,hP audience to W UCU lie 1 ^ J. V? v. inspect the red spread-eagle Republican ticket of the Garfield-Arthur campaign in 1880. This explosive con^ tained tse names of several negro candidates for Republican electors and V congress from different districts in BBB the State and t'liar of J. P. Gibson, a fi-nm "UnvlhnrA roiintv for rCctllUlUCl ii VUi v . w v the house of representatives "and appointed a member of the governor's i i Gov. Blease, who spoke nrst said j tt.:at he and his lieutenants had held j a meeting last Monday, when reports as to the general situation from all parts of the State were considered. Conditions are such, he said, that ^victc in his mind no doubt as ! t'lt'l v gAAUl-O 111 - ? to his promotion from governor to United States senator on August 25. "These reports," he added, "were not ; from blatherskites or from those who like to hear themselves talk but from those who spoke in 1910 and in 1912. when everything seemed to be or- j ganized against us." The governor again today struck at j the newspapers. "When the governor was pilloring j the members of the S'ate Democratic 4 convention and charging that the new , B rules were only to "deceive ur A crowd," some one anticipated the speaker and said. '"It's rascality." ''It's downright thievery." the governor retorted. "Rascality doesn't ' expre^i it."' "The rules are wrong. Otherwise . they would not be defending them." the governor added. 1 T e g vernor said that he d-idn't 1 Iclieve that there was a voter in j Union county who would believe tliat j i on > i.ian could raise or lower the price c* cotton. "I don't believe any one v- Ll be iollei I?> Senator Smith'.- c.apii';: i;.'' the speaker continued. Not Open to Concivtion. f' wouldn't vote for him it' I knew he could," one in the andienci fol mi uci/i ru. I.VIien ' t'.:e governor defended his pardon record 011 the petiti 11 plea, one enthusiastic follower told tin speaker. "You haven't pardoned enough yet. Open the doors and turn them all out.*' The speaker assured the audience that as long as petitions, properly signed and properly drawn up, come in, pardons would be granted. Mr. Jennings drew a heavy fire when h/-I 1.1 .Iti aA r. . 1 f ?>n e A r\t tVia 111CU (X Utiv-acv \j i. til V/ ?*V primary rules, and told the Union citizens that if they voted August 2.~> t'iiey would vote according to the new primary rules, "and you can't help it." This was resented by several directly in front of the stand. "les, we win vote. we wui v.it, one auditor reiterated again and again, while companions urged that i:e keep * cool. T.:e hubbub became even more heated when ex-Sheriff J. G. Long, Sr., shouted: "The old rules were good enough for Den Tillman." \v'."ich he l<ept repeating, as others t:ok up the j cry, "Take 'him out." When 'Mr. Jennings told o' his success as a farmer, the question was askel. "Are there any negroes over there?" *\ One Who Was Pardoned. "Oh, yes," ue speaker answered, "some the governor pardoned. One whipped a little child to death, but he was turned cut, along with a whole j lot o. otters." Here again MacbeTh Young, the j county chairman and State senator j from Union county, interposed, and j insisted t'.iat the speaker get a respectful hearing. "Let them have their fun now," Mr. T ^ /wri 44 A f r /\?? \ 11 mi ft 0~ I ji-uiuugs ucggcu. -n.ii.ci -lueuoi. i..? they will be wearing the longest faces you ever saw,'' he explained. Mr. Pollock referred to the pardon i "Senator Smith's record was too weak j for anv man to stand on.'" t "Yci're right." was echoed from ! the crowd. les, and lm going to ten yuu j another tiling that's right," the Cheravi man added, w'jile the faces in the audience grew stern. "The record of Gov. Blease is too bad for any good j man to stand upon," he added, and j Kio V> or-L-lin cr c; oociin falron nn uvviviiii^ ?' ao u^uiu v*y. To one of those who kept inter-. rupting him, Mr. Pcllock replied: "If 1 you had as much brains in your head as you've got mouth, I'd ask you to get up here and make my speech.'* Mr Pnllnok re'^prrprl trv thpnarrinn of Cordoza Hampton, the Union county n^gro blind tiger, who got the benefit of the governor's mercy when under a chaingang sentence, together with the Davment of a fine, for vio lation of law in I'nion county. This speaker also took the governor to task for vetoing the act that prevented aliens from voting in the Demcratic primary. However, it was the Republican ticket which t'ne Cheraw man displayed that was the distinct feature f the meeting. The candidates for presidential electors from two districts, he said, were negroes. The candidate for congress from the First district was also, the speaker sa?d, a negro. The name of .T P Oihsnn nnnMrfn On this negro Republican ballot as a candidate for the house of representatives, "the man appointed cn the governor's staff." Mr. Pollock said. Senator Smith, when introduced was met with the remark, "He looks just like Jones." "You'll :'inri out, by gum. that it's not Judge Jones before we get through with this." the senator replied. which retort drew much applause. The speaker then said that he had no apology to make for spending five and one-hall years working in the I'nited States senate "in the interests of the people who make the food you eat and the clothes you wear. If it weren't for the farmers, there'd be no factories." the speaker continued. It was at this juncture that some jne asked about the negro. (iiiod (irounds for Prejudice. Wo man made in the image of God wants a pun white government . ( J more t'.um 1 do." Senator Smith an- ! ; swered. "Three members of my own ! family have been butc'/.ered by black ; ; brutes, and the man who says 1 ad- j i voeate the social or political equality j o'.' the negro tells a deliberate taise- j hood and he knows it.'* 1 "What about negro postmasters?" 1 ( another inquired. i "'I'd put them out tomorrow, if I 1 could," was the reply. "But you t must remember that there are 100,- 1 000.000 people in this country, and 1 some o1:' tnose Yankees up there want I to keep negroes in office that thr-y J1 may get a few votes," he added. A query was alsD asked about "Haskellism." To this Senat r Smith re- s nliprf that he rlirl not attend the Has- I ' kell convention; that he was at St. George to see the woman he after- I vara married, and that he had affi- ? cuniis to this effect. s T.e speaker also volunteered an 1 answer to the charge that he had voted to pay $2,000 to the family t ? i If ot h. negro m uie evem. a. uumuci uau been lynched. This, the speaker ex- t plained, was written into the const!- ^ tiition by Tillman and the reformers in 1S95. and that all the legislature \ was called upon to do was to pro- s vide a way for a court of comperent \ jurisdiction to handle t'.'.is provision t it' ihe constitution, alter 11 aaa ut.-t.-n | i embodied in the constructive law of ! the State. c Tlie - lder of speaking today was an i e\ac-t oup'ication of that of the ini- t tial meeting of the campaign at St. i Matthews June 17. T.ien as today ' e tno governor had stirred the crowd j in advance, and Senator Smith had to J face a hostile audience at the outset, j i But today, as at St. Matthews, the <. senator tactfully felt his way, and when f. chord of sympathetic interest had been struck, swept his audience along with him, keeping all in c boisterous good humor by an inexhaustible supply c'.' striking good ^ jokes, with which te aptly illustrated } each question under discussion. - ^ Thj meeting todav was held in tje . c grove on the schoolhouse grounds, ^ with approximately 1,000 voters pros- . There will be no meeting to- e morrc-w. On Friday, the candidates ! ^ again got together at Newberry, and go to Greenwood Saturday. EDITORS AT CHICK SPRINGS a .. , * ^ " - | c Press Association Convenes in Anmul 1 Session. , r ?; . ,M . f/t W. F. Caldwell in News and Courier. 1 Chick Springs, July 6.?Marked by ^ the warm-hearted reception arranged hv J Thos Arnold the South Caro- i a lina State Press Association met tonight in its fortieth session in the new \ hotel just completed here. A large i number of newspaper workers were in attendance at t':e initial meeting, and . more are expected tonight and tomorrow. Mayor John B. Marshall, of Greenville, delivered the address of 1 welcome to the Press members tonight assuring them of the pleasure of 1 the great Piedmont section in having * them and telling them that "Greenville was tneirs." 1 Mayor Marshall took a rap at pres- 1 ent conditions in South Carolina, when c he said that apparently "all a cheap little thrity cent politician had to do c was to say he was against the news- v papers to be elected to office." He \ called on the newspapers to do their } part in lifting South Carolina out or this deplorable state into a higher re- 0 gion, where demagogues do not flourish. ^ Greenville's mayor was vigorously cheered, and in closing told oT the plan of this citv to entertain the fare mers on .Julv !T. when thev and the s townspeople will mingle together, and ^ offered it as a plan which would re suit in great good r.o South Carolina ^ if followed by other cities throughout c* the State. Welcomed by Press. George W. Brunson, editor of the Greenville News, assured the members F that rhe press of Greenville were "delighted to have them present."' He made a catchy little address and received much applause. Editor W. W. Ball, of the Columbia a State, made the response on behalf cf ^ the Press Association and thanked the a hotel. Mayor Marshll and Editor 11 Brunson for their cordial greeting. Mr. Ball said that the prime need in South Carolina is "Knowing or.r own people," ' -nii d Mr. Arnold and the people f Greenville. He voiced the senlincnts o. the Association in a pleasing nanner. Tne initial meeting tonight took jlace at 9 o'clock in the handsome ball "oom of the hotel. President Ed Decamp, o. the Gaffnev Ledger, presided u'flis usual gracious manner. I he Rev. 5. Cody, of the Baptist Courier, made he invocation. ,irs. J. 'M. Lundsdeu, :':.e vocal soloist > ored the Associaion with leveral beautiful selections, ' Deing applauded time and again for icr charming sinking. I Pragr.irinne Committee. The commitee on programme con- : >ists of J. D. Evans, of the Florence rimes; A. K. Lorenz, of the Aiken ; Fcurnal and Review, and McDa'vid 1 Norton, of the Columbia State, Joe si arks was named by Mr. DeCamp as j ergent-at-arms and "chief gun man," , vith "Billie" Banks hs "assistant." , Business sessions will be held hroughout tomorrow, and tomorrow ; ifternoon the members will be taken or a trip around the city of Green- , rille. The chief attraction tomorrow night vill be the address by Fairfax Harri- ; >on, president of t'.:e Southern Raiivay. Many visitors are expected for hat occasion. On Wednesday night he Rev. Plato Durham, of North Caroir.a, will make an address. The guests >: the h-^tel were present at the meet ng tonignt ann nave eoraiai mviiaions to attend each session. Followng tonight's meeting the members >njoyed a dance. THE NEWS OF PROSPERITY. Midden Deatli of Mrs. H. C. Moseley. Funeral at Prosperity Today. "Sister Masons." special to The Herald and News. Prosperity, July 9.?Mrs. Carrie i tfoseley, wife of the late H. C. Mose- < ey, died at thp home cf 'her daughter, Irs. D. C. Copeland, of Clinton, Thurs- ( lay morning after a short illness. ?:.e remains will be brought to Pros- ] ierity for interment Friday, the fun- < ral services being conducted by her lastor, the Rev. C. H. Xabers. She is survived by two daughters, 1 iesdames George White, of Savannah, j nd D. C. Copeland, of Clinton, and , me brother, Mr. G. D. Brown, o: ( Prosperity, aiiu a host of friends tQ -j nourn her departure. ~ ] Mr. and Mrs. Aibram Stork, of Co- i umbia, have been visiting Mrs. A. G. i Vise. i Miss Clara Brown has returned from 1 Vint':rop College Summer school. Miss Sara Mae Hayues. of High J 'oint. X. C., is visiting her grandpar- < lets, Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Bowers. : Mr. H. J. Rawl spent the week-end n Rock Hill. Mr. 3. S. Birge has returned Brockton, <Ja. Mr. and Mrs. .J. B. Ehrhardt, of Ehrlardt, are the guests of Mrs. U A. , 3lank. ... | Miss Ruby Russell has gone to Co- < umbia to visit her father, Mr. Henry Russell, who is ill in the Columbia ; iospital. ? ( Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Wise and little laughter, Wilhelmina, of Ridgeland, sill reach "here Sunday for a week's isit to the former's parents, Mr. and Irs. A. G. Wise. Mrs. L. C. Merchant spent Tuesday .t Slighs. See the "Sister Masons." At last he secret of masonry has been reealed. 'Cone one, c:me all, and learn 3 ow this wonderful p.ecre; was discov- , rer3. Given by the Young People's ocieiy 01 tirace cnurcn qi cuy nan ^ 'uesdav evening, Julv 14. at S:30 , , , * . , c clock. Also there will be chorus, , olos and readings. One hour of v olid fun. Admission ID and 10 cents. . c The manv friends of Miss Lillie -Mae v Lussell will be pleased t;) hear o:' her 3 larriage. in Atlanta, to Mr. W. L. 'incMer. o* Cartersville, Ga. ' i ?? c On Wednesday, July 22, I will give f first class barbecue at my residence y t Werber place, one-lialf mile from Hd Town. Special attention to ladies nd children. Plenty of amusement Dr both old and young. Remember f he date and place. t L. Clarence Pitts. \ I CROPS ARB INJURED ' by big hail:torm; ( SEVERAL COUNTIES IN I'PPEK zvi.vi r, ?*( rrrjt j York, Lanrnes, Anderson and fhero-j, kee Among Sections Visited? Much Damage. Xews and Courier. , Yorkville, July 7.?York county was , visited by another crop-destroying hail siorm eariy mis morning, ji exieuuea over an area, so far as known at this time, from Dallas, X. C., to Rock Hill, 5. C., and was from three to five miles , wide, literally wiping out everything in the way of vegetation in its path. < The storm passed down the eastern , border of the county for eight or ten < miles and then diverged to the south- , east. 'While the full extent of the ( damage cannot be learned, it is not < likely tr.at it will amount to less fhan ] $500,000. At some points the hail stones were as large as-hen'eggs and * drifted to a depth cf from one to six < . , i reet. The storm commenced between 8 and 9 o'clock last night. There was considerable wind and great damage roin this source. At the same time there was another destructive hail storm southwest of Yorkville, but it did not cover very extensive area, only wiping out the crops cn three 1 or lour farms. The damage in the county is estiA 4- /\ /I K r\ rryAO " Q r* tlion f O ct nVTVI maLCU IU L?C lai glcaivi bliau jvui m j that visited the Clover section 011 August 2, 1912, owing to the fact that the area covered is so much more extensive. Terriffic HuJl at Laurens. Laurens, Ju4v 7.?Hail storms . wrought hav:c to the growing crops - ? 1 - aw,-. nf T onronc nA!m_ 1X1 IWU bCCliUilb LKIU1 cno j j ty early this morning. In the vicinity I of Woodrow Wilson school, a few j niles west of the city, and along the | Greenville branch of the Charleston ! ind Western Carolina R:ad, as far as j . Barksdale, a great destruction to tar j i :rops is reported. | { The hail storm lasted twenty min- I \ Jtes and in that time corn and cotton j t A-ere beaten to a frazzle on many j < 'arms. Samples of corn and cotton j stalks stripped of tneir ronage were exhibited today. One farmer re- i ?>&rted his watermelon patch literal-1 l v beaten to strings and a melon the > size of a quart cup shows 'forty or :ifty indentations, some as large as ( i quarter and the punctures a half an t nch in depth. i The other locality visited- by the j >torm is east of Clinton and includes j < joldville. Here the crops suffered : < greatly and are said to be practically I < mined. It is said that after the storm ; ( :he ice pellets were gathered up in i 1 ?reat .;*iantities in drift places. i ~ -? --- f i Brings Bap of Hail to Town. i Gaffney, July 7.?A severe hail ; stcrm passed over Cherokee coun- , :y last night between 9 and 10 o'clock, devastating certain sections west of jaffney. The path of the storm was j ibout one mile in width and a number ] )f farms are practically ruined. One i armer brought to Gaffney a bag filled 1 svith hail stones, many of them being is large as guinea eggs. Heavy rain iccompanied the hail, increasing the iamage. None of the farmers damaged j J far as could be learned carried j ;:orm insurance. Storm in Anderson. f Anderson, July 7.?A severe wind ? tnd rain storm, accompanied by heavy I tail and electricity, played consider- t ible havoc in the fertile Mountain l 'reek section of the county early tolay. The winds blew down several louses and the corn and cotton crops J '.'ere practically ruined by the hail and iownpour of rain. This same section vas visited by a terrific wind and hail torm last Friday. Lightning struck a he pump station at Brogdon mill and I s was destroyed by fire, putting out of r ommission the transmission wires y rom Portman Shoals for about four i ''urs. frops Ruined by Hail. Charlotte. X. C., July 7.?Report? j omin? in today from tne country ais-1 j ricts show last night's storm to have ;een S'Ayer_-a~in many T'?e ter-f' ' ii I ritory extending along the Seaboard kail way west Oi* Charlotte was the i.ardest hit. and in many places cotton other growing crops are practically ruined by the hail. The path of the storm seems to have been most severe at Cherryville from Station and Stanley Creek,- where the damage to crops will run into thousands of dol lars. At Charlotte the roof of the office building cf the International Harvester company A'as ripped off and records and other valuable papers practically ruined. Wind and Hail. Albany, Ga., July 7.?Wind and hail combined in * storm *hich swept Lee. Worth, Crisp and Burke counties ia ^eorgiaa early today, causing a property less of thousands of dollars, rrops were almost completely destroy- v ed in many sections apd buildings inmap'pH miH in enmp posps Hpstrnvpd T Considerable live stock was reported killed. $> BARBECUES, <$> 3> 1 $ I will give a first claao barbecue Friday, July 17, at tbe cool spring near my residence also near St. Phillips cburch. The public is cordially Invited. The jelly candidates are also invited. Everybody come and enjoy the day. D. E. Halfacre. We will serve a first class barbecue at Pomaria Park Friday, July 24. There will be speaking in the forenoon and baseball in the afternoon. Evervbodv invited. Walter Richardson. The scnool improvemnt association \ will give a first class barbecue at Pomaria compaign day, August 11th, for the benefit of the school. x Mrs. Jno. C. Aull, / President. The School Improvement associa ;ion of the Little 'Mountain high school aill serve a barbcue on July 4th, ror he benefit o?f the school. A fine bar* ? Decue dinner is assured to all who at,end and the proceeds go to a worthy jause. - f-y " " *! "! " ^ . i . < , I will give a first class barbecue a: ny residence July 4. Sel' Jieat and lash 11:30. J. M. Counts. We, the undersigned, will serve a jue in J. P. Wicker's grove on July I. The candidates and everybody s invited. aCndidates for governor md for congress will be invi:ed tcr ;Denk. Our cueist has had 26 years experience in cooking cues. We have secured -a hash maker who has had over 20 years experience in making bash. Special arrangements will be made for the enjoyment ?: the young people. oCme along everybody and 3njoy the best dinner of the season and a day of rest. J, P. and H. M. Wicker. - - ? , - . I will give a first class barbecue at ny residence, near the fill on Broad river, on Saturday, July IS. In ad- * iiticn to the barbecue there will be 3oat racing and other features. B. M. Suber. I will give a first class barbecue at Pomaria campaign day, August 11. Caldwell Ruff. For July 10 I will give a barbecue 'or the big crowd that will attend the speaking of xhe candidates -for the jnited s ates senate, uon t lorgei ime or the place. J. M. Counts. I will give a fi^st class barbecue inomcf- 1!> Statp ramnaiern riav. J. M. Counts. We will serve a oarbecue at Halfcre's mill on campaign day, July 29. Everybody invited. Special arrangenents will be made for candidates and -oung people. C T, "RnfL G. K. Sligh. We will give a first class barbecue Lt Silverstreet county campaign day, . August 18, 1914. iWm