The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, August 11, 1914, Page THREE, Image 3

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SPEECH OF FRF!> IM?I!MCK CANDIDATE FOR I'OXiRESS (OOX T'l X I'EL) FROM PAG E 2) satisfied with their c mmissions :or tr.at is the meat of toe whole proposition. Tiie Trouble and the Remedy. j Only a few days ago I passed a large mill at Anderson with a friend of mine and he pointed it out to me and J told me that it was now tae Equinox I Mill, i said it appears that they are working on the mill, and he told me that it was closed down at present; that it was formerly known as the Cox Mill and tiat they are changing the style of goods they are going to manufacture; that tlie mill "bursted" and was bought in by the selling agents ; for $125,000.00; that the selling agents j didn't nave to pay in any cash lor the *$125,000.00 was the amount that: was due the selling agents by the Cox \ mill, "I have now in my safe," he < said, "$3,500.00 worth of stock in the old mill, which 1 will present to you with my compliments if you have need for it." Now, what is my remedy. I 4 * A ~ AI^OO ooroirict am not tu sui up \sia.w * class but tiere should be some remedy for this crime that is being committed against our Southern industries. If we can cut down this commission, it will result in you, Mr. Operatives, receiving higher wages; it will result in your receiving more comforts in your hemes; it will result,Mr. Minority Stockholder, in your getting a dividend on your stock where you are! T??r#?ivinsr nothing now, and it will re-I suit, Mr. Farmer, in your receiving a better price tot your cotton, :or the cotton mills will have more money to spend for products. The United States 'has throughout the civilized world its consular agents and trade agents and it is their duty I -to find out the best manner of market-1 ing the products and produce of this country. The Federal government has investigated and is investigating the , various trusts and monopolies and coporations in this country. This "Selling: Agent'' combination is one of j the greatest trusts and monopolies j and one of the greatest curses that is now afflicting the Southern cotton manufacturing interests and its employees. Aiken's Campaign Manager. Now, my friends, I am in this race for congress and I am going to win. Wihen I win and get up there, I won't .have, as Mr. Aiken has now, and nas admitted on the stump, one office four miles from the city ctf Washington at hia Virvm*> and another five hundred w ? miles from the city of Washington at his secretary's home at Abbeville, but I will keep the effice set apart at the office building in Washington. I shall have a secretary there who will receive a salary for the performance o? his dutes and for looking after the interests of the people of the third congressional district and the people of South Carolina. I s'aall not allcw that amount to be expended as Wyatt Aiken is doing by W. W. Bradley who | draws a salary of ?1,500.00 per annum and instead of going to Washington and performing his duty, stays at Abbeville and in the third congressional district his whole duty oeing co go around thrcughout the district; and keep up tie breaks in Wyatt! Aiken's fences. If I have a campaign j manager, I shall pay him out of my j own pocket and will not use the t'unds j of the United States government to further my own personal and political interest to the detriment of the people o: the third congressi:nal district. 1 j Aiken Dodges the Issues. i As I stated before, I am going to be j elected to congress and when I get there, 1 am going to do as I do' in ! every matter that comes before me. I am going to meet tie issues fair and square, straight and open. There will be no dodging. My friend, Aiken, has stated in a letter that 'be has written that he could not dodge a certain postoffice appointment; that he did not want to have anything to do with postoffice appointments and wishes that * 1 J ?/\ m A Ana All iiy coma. s>uui n m sumc wuc that I 'have to say is that he is going to have his wish gratified; he is not going to have to dodge many more of them and the responsibility is going to be shifted: that responsibility is; going to be shifted to my shoulders 1 and on the shoulders of a man who i will not dodge any responsibility that might come up during the term to j which he has been elected. I mention ' this, my friends, in view of the condi-; tions of the postoffices in the third j congressional district. Flaying Politics with Anderson Postoffice. I can recall where some friends <X * ^ a. "ais nave oeen lurnea out 01 ?un;e ut;foTe their tterm had. expired to make room for some whom he considers his better political friends. I can mention other instances, one in particular, j that at Anderson, where Mr. Aiken, j the present congressman, lias between } 15 and 20 applicants, some of whom j are over 60 years of age and could not. YORKVILLF CROWD ! SEES FIST FIGHT WILLIS AM) MOOKE CLASH AT I CAMPAIGN MEETiMi Militant Pasture Between >1 ilitar\ Men and Verbal Attacks by Other Candidates Feature Dav. ? " j The State. Yorkville, Aug. 6.?M. C. Willis and W. W. Mo re, candidates for adjutant ; and inspector general, had a short j and spirited n'ist fight on the stand j here today in b'.w meeting of candi-1 dates for State offices. Each received ' a blow and for a moment overzealous j friends of Capt. Willi* threatened to storm Gen. Mo ere. The fight began while Capt. Willis j was speaking. He said: "If there j is one thing I have handed down to j my children it is a reputation for | stainless integrity ?.nd any man who intimates otherwise tells a falsehood as black as any which emanates from the pits of hell." ">Are you referring to me, sir?" asked Gen. Moore, advancing tcwards the speaker. On receiving an affirmative answer, he struck at Capt. Willis whom he hit on the left ear. Capt. Willis managed to hit Gen. Moore in the face before peacemakers intervened and kept the combatants apart. The crowd surged to the stand but ^ 3 <"<! ^ -vt^tl^ ti Ulipi. w mils ciiiu tuaumaii .yilw?,i by urgent requests, were able to quiet the excited crowd to a sufficient extent to permit Gen. Mo:re to speak, though with difficulty. The meeting was called to order at 10:50 o'clock by Thomas F. McDow, acting county chairman, in the yard of the school house. Many antomobiles flying pennants fcr the favored . sons of York county? iM. C. Willis candidate 'for adjutant and inspector general, W. I. Witherspo:n, candidate fcr railroad commissioner, and D. E. Finley, candidate for congress from the Filth district?gathered in the yard. Ti:e Tirzah band rendered several selections 'be'ore t:-e meeting was called to order. A. W. Jones, asking for reelection as comptroller general, said that he had found some banks which were taking illegal exemptions. James A. Summerseftt maintained that the State asylum was in better condition than in years past. The Plot Thickens. M. C. Willis, candidate for adju taut general, was given an ovation. In answering previous charges by Adjt. Gen. Moore that the York company was in pcor condition because o/f his incompetency, Capt. Willis , brought out an affidavit from the captain of the local company, Bert F. Smith, who stated that Gen. Moore . had said during the inspection that the company was in good condition. Capt. Willis was saying that eGn. Moore had been criticising him and the Yorkville company and said his people knew he was a truthful man. "If there is one thing I have handed be appointed on account cf their age, yet there is a Republican holding that postoffice against whom many and numerous complaints have been made j and he makes no changes whatsoever,! holding the matter up until after the \ election, hoping in that way to make ' some few vctes by it. He is afraid j to meet tie issue and will not meet j it, and as lie has not yet made the ap- j pointment, the hext appointment at! Anderson will be made by me. 1 * ; Beware of the ''Hirelings.* I have been through this campaign with my opponents and what charges I have made against them and their records have been made to their faces and on the stump, as man to man. I i have heard some whispering of some slanders and lies being circulated upon me by "hirelings" of some people and I want to warn the voters o<f fclie third congressional district against such people. I am not afraid and have never been airraid of any man when he comes and has what he has to say to my face but I do dread the liars and assassins who will stab me in the back. My friends, look out for that kind of a man. 1 t \ Dominick Stands on His Merits. I Now, mv friends, I am not asking to i I :>e elected to congress on account "i| the fact that I am from Newberry county and that Ne-vberry county has had only one congressman in years. I am not asking to be elected on account of the fact that Wyatt Aiken has held the office f:r 12 years and his father, the Kon. D. Wyatt Aiken for 10 years, making a total oif 22 years in one family, very near one-fifth of tne entire period of the United States government, but I am asking you to vote for me on my merits. If you do not think and believe that I am the best qualified by ability and fitness and experience to represent you, vote for tbe other man. If you do believe me the best, why vote for me. ) down :o my children it is a reputation i or stainless ixirr:t;. and any man who intimates otherwise tells a falsehood as black as any whicu emanates from the pits of hell." "Are you referring tc me. sir?" asked Gen. Moore, rising i'rom the bench on tie back of the platform and stepping towards the speaker. ''I am. sir." replied Capt. Willis, ana received a blow n the left ear as he turned io face Gen. Moore. Capt Willis then hit Gen. Moore in the face. 'Friends- and officers of the peace interceded and with great difficulty kept the combatants apart. An cverzealous friend of Capt. Willis climbed over thp rpflr of the nlatform and was only restrained from joining in the figO.t by the combined efforts cC several peacemakers. T.'::e stand "was crowded with citizens cf York who dispersed only after urgent requests from the chairman and Capt. Willis. W. \\\ Moore then arose to make his speech. "I wish to apologize,"' he said, "for the unfortunate incident, but when my ihcnor is at stake, as it was a few minutes ago, I shall ever resent such a statement as that made by Capt. Willis as any one of you would do. "Now, Capt, Willis," he continued, "is the man who first introduced the cnarges anci who preuipiuuru uuo unfortunate and untimely incident. "I'll take any man single handed,'' he said as he faced some hostile faces. "Come out, come out!" came from many quarters, but Gen. Moore was allowed to c.mplete his speech without further heckling. "Let the band play, please," said Chairman iMcDow as Gen. Moore took his seat, and in this way t?e strained feeling was subdued to a large extent. Wharton to the Rescue. The auditors, however, clung to the platform for some time after the can- i didates for adjutant general conclud- i ed their speeches. J. H. Wharton, candidate ::or railroad commissioner, told several jokes, which also helped to soothe tue temper of the audience.j W. L Witnerspon was given an ovation by his follow citizens of Ycrk county. He announced his candidacy and issued an invitation to the candidates and newspaper men to attend dinner at his house. George W. Fairey also told jokes and outlined his platform. C. D. Fortner and Frank W. Shealy followed in the order named. Andrew J. Bethea, candidate for lieutenant governor, spoke next. He was followed by William M. Hamer and J. A. Hunter. The statement of B. Frank Kelley, opposing compulse educaticn, was cheered. In reply tc the question of Mr. Bethea if he bad anything to say about the paroling of Caughman, he i;~J All * n n. o-r-wrO/loriQC <T\ reyueu mai. u-c iiau uu ?.w make and that Blease iad done right in issuing that parole. The statement was cheered. He said that any men who said that he was not in favor of law and order told a false- j ho-d. He directed many attacks at! Mr. Bethea, \>lio was not given an! opportunity to reply. Mr. Kelley's | s-'.ort statement in praise of Congress-j man Finley was warmly applauded. A. G. Brice, candidate for attorney j general, sp:ke next to a crowd that frequently cheered Cor Thomas H.1 Peeples, incumbent, who gave an account of his economical administra tion. "I plead today f:r peace and for less fctionalism than we have had in years past,'' said John G. Clinkscales, the first candidate :or governor to speak. He said that he was in favor of t'ne strict enforcement of laws as tbey appear on the status books. He went on to speak of instances o>r disregard for law, telling af his experience at the Charleston meeting where he had said that those who operate blind tigers shou.'d wear stripes. For Compulsory Law. Mr. Clinkscales then went into his i discussion of a Statewide ccmpuLsory f*du^aticn law "I can not agree with Mr. Swear- j ingen," said the speaker, "when he i says that we are not yet ready for | compulsory education." Robert A. Coper launched immediately into what he considered j the paramount issue, law or lawless-1 ness. Urging that the voters vote :'or the State and not t'or a friend, Mr. Co:per was applauded. "If I am put into office on January 17 next," he said, '"there will be no race track gamlbling on the ISth.j Let the man who violates the law j pay the penalty. I plead for an equal j impartial enforcement of law, whether the maa is considered hagh or low." Mr. Cooper then advocated "provision" before the enactment oif a compulsory school attendance law. He told of his plan in regard to furthering the agricultural interests of the Q.+ '?ho T-Ta wan warmly armLauded and I given a waiter loaded with peaches and grapes. collection for tie sufferers from j \ the hail in the Rock Hill district of ! Yorw county was taken, am anting' to 1 John T. Duncan discussed the "sys- : : .. I i tem. j W. C. Irby. Jr.. told of his work; in ti'.e legislature and his li.elong stand in favor of law and order. J In his speech Mr. Irby said: ".Mr. I ? 1 Manning: lias insinuated several times , that if elected governor I \v uld give ) i t-.e State a disgraceful administration.: | I not only challenge him to show from j my ten years' recoid in the lesisla-! I ture where I have ever voted against j the interest and welfare ol: the people, j but I wish to ask him a question j which may throw light on his attack: Mr. Manning. I am informed, purchased a large farm of abcut 60 plows between Kline and U'mers. At : the time ol purchase said farm there i were manv \vuite families that had I " [ lived on it for many years and were i an additton to the church. Allon's chapel, and also to the schools, etc. I ask Mr. Manning if he did not put these white citizens off and put negro tenanis in their places when he bought tOese lands? Also, if this did j not demoralize and ruin conditions for the farmers of that community. When I .have spoken about these conditions from the stump hav^ I been hitting him not knowing at the time that I was." Manning Replies. "It seems to me/ said Richard I. Manning, "that I must be a favorable j i opponent, for I am being attacked from all sides. "Now, Mr. Irby is an honest man, but I make a strong denial to his question. I know nothing oti it, and I say emphatically tfnat the statement or insinuation that I have put negro tenants in place of white people is a falsehood." "If you deny it," said Mr. Irby, "I am perfectly satisfied." Mr. Manning went on to say fib at he considered it no detriment to a can- . j didate for governor to be a successful | farmer or business man. He stated I that he was in the race on his own j initiative and manhood and owed ; ! allegiance to no man or clique of men. i Mr. Manning again reierrea 10 iue great issue of perpetuating the policies of the present administration. "Are we to wipe cut this disgrace from the State we love so well," he j asked, as Ta^e arraigned the pardon record of Gov. Blease. "I am not I mincing words,'' he concluded, "and I ask you. to put aside personal feeling in the election on August 25." He ) was applauded. .Tnhn o. Aderer Mullaly spcke next "I have worked for biennial sessions of the legislature," said Joihn. G. Richards. "I assert to you that statement which held ttat I dodged the issue of the enforcement of law ' at the Charleston meeting is one of many misstatements that have been circulated about me. I stand for strict enforcement of tfte law, with fairness to all our people and without partial- 1 ity to any. ] "I believe, however, that justice < should be tempered with mercy." < "D ? n-ont /~m tr\ car thst i -Vir. XVIVJilex I UO OUU vu vv | f be "had never intentionally appealed to j ] passion. "If you don't wish to for- j feit what Tillman and the reform j (CONTINUED ON PAGE 7). 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I will give two barbecues State campaign day, one at my residence and the other one at the place where the speaking will be, at the corner of > 'Alain and Hine streets, August 12, I "The Fals Episode "TU im:IK 1 lie 11111111 Myst Arcade-Airdome, Wei If you failed to see the this one. This serial is tl < i f i attempted in pboto-play. : tofore shown in this city, who miss seeing this play one episode and you will They get more interesting Remember the < Admission: - 1914. J. M. Counts. We will furnish one of the best and most up-to-date barbecues at Newberry State campaign day, August 12, 1914, in the beautiful grove on the ground that the speaking will be held. During the day we will have one of the best cooks in the State to prepare, and guarantee a first-class dinner; will also serve refreshments of all kinds, to make it a pleasant and comfortaJble day for every hody. Be sure to codhe and hear the candidates for governor and other State officers. f * Vi rv Aliciicf* "1 9 LJKJLL t iUioCi uatV/, .*. ?. A. P. and H. H. Ruff, Mgrs. I will give a firs: class barbecue August 12, State campaign day. J. M. Counts. The scnool improvemnt association will give a first class barbecue at Po- maria compaign day, August 11th, for the benefit of the school: Mrs. Jno. C. Aull, President. We will give a first class barbecue it suverstreet county campciigu uajr, August 18, 1914. J. M. Nichols, 1 W. H. Nichols. We will give a first class barbecue at the residence of Col. D. A. Ruff on Friday, August 21. There will he dancing for the young people. The iinner will be cooked by Mr. Luke 3ease and a good dinner may be expected. ( D. B. Ruff, / F. A. Gall man. We will give a first class barberue at Bethel school house, Pomaria, on on August 22. The services of an ; * experienced cook nave Deen secureu j and a fine dinner'is assured. A pleas- j and time promised. Public invited. H. F. Counts. Caldwell Ruff. SPECIAL ANi The P Paul Heretofore shoi every Friday, w shown every othe ! This picture was intc two weeks, but as The . series when it was first rei every week until they cau? N*?vfr instalment A lVAb UlVkM??aava? Friday, At i v . e Friend" . IVT^ O : iio. ^ on Dollar ery dnesday, August 12 first episode, don't miss be biggest and best ever (t eclpses anything hereDon't be one of the few . You'll regret it. See want to ree them all. r each time. late, August 12 5 and 10 Cents I wMnMammaammBam* i i mutmmanmamm \ Summerland College ?. w rur iuuiig fiuuicu: mmmmmmmammm r-wsi Courses: Literary, Music, (Piano, Voice, Violin.) Preparatory course for those not sufficiently advanced to enter College. Next Session Begins SepL 16 For catalogue address P. E. MONROE, Leesville, S. C. Teacher Wanted. _______ 4 For Broad River school district No. 24. One that can .teach the usual branches in rural schools. Must have first grade teacher certificate and well recommended; seven months school. B. M. Sufaer, J. L. Crooks, Secretary' Chairman of Board. How To Give Quinine To Children. FEBRILINE is the trade-mark name given to an improved Q'linine It is a Tasteless Syrup, pleasant to take and does not disturb the stomach. Children take it and never know it is Quinine. Also especially adapted to adults who cannot take ordinary Quinine. Does not nauseate nor cause nervousness nor ringing in the head. Try it the next time you need Quinine for any j?\rpose. Ask for 2-ounce original package, jie name FEBRIUNE is blown in bottle. 25 c~L!fc MOUNCEMENT pHIs nf line" vn at The Arcade *i l fi ___ 1_ _ in nereaner De. j r Friday. inded to be shown every Arcade did not start this leased they had to take it [ht up with other theatres 1 tmll ka eliAiim > Tf ill UV OI1VTY1A I igust 21st