The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, August 11, 1922, Page THREE, Image 4
FILBERT PICNIC
Candidates for State Offices Present
Their Claims for Suffrage?Most
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of Applause For Blease
(By a Staff Correspondent YcrkHf
viile Enquirer.)
V Filbert, Aug. 2.?Candidates for
^ state offices spoke to a crowd of people
variously estimattd at from 4.000
to 5,000 people in Parsley's Grove
here today, it is estimated that between
2,500 and 3,000 heaui the
speeches of the cand'dutes for governor
especially, while the remainder
having little interest m rne po-mcai
aspect of the occasion devoted their
day to mingling with friends and acquaintances.
Rain fell at 3:15
o'clock while Mrs. Bessie Rogers
Drake, a candidate for state superintendent
of education was speaking
and brought the meeting to a close.
Because of rain candidates for commissioner
of agriculture, attorney
general, comptroller general and secretary
of state did not have opportunity
to addres<> the voters, although
Messrs. James C. Dozier and
W. Banks Dove, candidates for secretary
of state did introduce t'hemfcelves
while the rain fell. Promoters
of the picnic wfy> had a rain insurance
policy for $150 did not collect
their insurance despite the lac.. that
it rained. The policy covered the
hours between ^a. m. and 2 p. nf.,
2nd since it did not rain until more
than an hour later they were out of
luck. However sales of refreshments
?mostly cold drinks and fruits at
the-" several stands on t'^e grounds
were good, and the revenue was at
last sufficient to cover all expenses, i
Big Jelly Crowd
h was a big, jolly, good natured
crowd. They came from every section
of York county. There were many
people present from Cleveland,
Gaston and Mecklenburg counties in
North Carolina and quite a number
from Chester, Lancaster, Richland,
Greenville and perhaps other South
Carolina counties.
There was not the slightest semblance""
of disorder. Each candidate
was given a respectful hearing and
the voters who heard the speakers
were liberal with their applause. The
lion's share of it went to Former
Governor Blease, however, who was
vociferously applauded both when he
began 'his speech and when he concluded.
There was scattering applause
for Thos. G. McLeod of
Bie&opville when he concluded his
speech and there was considerable
applause for George K. Lanev of
Chesterfield. Mr. Laney was presented
with a basket of flowers
brought to the stand by a son of W.
M. McConnell of Yorkville.
Larse Stand for Speakers
The speaker's stand was a large
' one, erected deep down in Pursley's
Grove. It was large enough to- accommodate
all of the speakers comfortably,
the members of the Tirzah
band wjio furnished the music for
the occasion and a half dozen newspaper
reporters representing various
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ah tne pauons ui
Knoll are invited to
and all the people of
also invited to attend
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munity about the sch
It shall be my purp
them in the doing of
children of the com
like to have a confer
so that we might det<
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people can do what tl
We will get throuj
who may desire can
at Peak.
Let all the good p(
meeting and be in
they want to do to in
the community.
Superintendent of 3
County.
state papers. The newspaper men'
were united in their praise of Chairman
Pursley for thoughtfulnes.^ in
providing them with chairs and tit- <
bles. A recess was taken at 1 o'clock
after the candidates for adjutant and
inspector general, governor and iieutonant
governor had spoken in order
all might have dinner. Most of <
the candidates ate dinner at the <
spread in Purseley's vav 1. The grove 1
was dotted with dinner parties. There',
v.as plenty of it of variety?a'
characteristic tiibert picnic dinner. ; 1
Meeting Opene-1 With Prayer 1
Thy meeting ar f'Iberr was called 1
1 r> 'v.-.L- fu- .1 r?Vin A. -
i.U UI UC1 aWUv J. \r \J civv Ji v / ..-Marion
of Yo-kviil?, county Dome-!
crati:- v'.'a'.' r.n a yc w.is .^yeie I v.r:ih'
prayer by Rev. X. A. riemrick, pas- ;
tor cf Clover and Union Baptist ,
ehuuhes. Thos. B. Marshall and ;
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Rubor. E. Craig, candidates for ad- j
jutant and inspector general opened <
the meeting and consumed their time t
lanVoastin.z each other relative to j
their war records. A lively little tilt ,
ensued between the two before Capt.! Craig
concluded h;:3 .speech and some )
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UL LUC ?l.u,v;? at VVV..
forerunner of other personal scraps
that were to follow. In his opinion,
"lcwever. they were mistaken be-'
cause while some of the other candidate
did take a fling at one another!]
they were rather tame flings. Thos. i
B. Marshall. I'he lirst.speaker, told off
lv:s long military experience in thej.
National Guard and spoke of his ser-j
vice in the late World war. He said J.
that a number of York county mili--,
i
tary officers including Col Spratt ana
Lieut. Mack of Pert Mill and Col. J
Lindsay McFadden of Rock Hill I (
would gkdly recommend him to any
of the voters who might inquire (
about him.
Capt. Robert E. Craig of Columbia;
woo followed Lieut Marshall said his!;
opponent had intimated that some of.
the officers of the 118th infantry,;oOth
Division in which the regiment!
he (Craig) served, were against him. j
The speaker suggested that any of;
th^ voters interested should inquire j
of the men who served under Col. j
M'cFadden z-3 to who Craig was.
Capt. Craig recited his experience in
the National Guard extending over a;
period of twenty years and spoke of j
Co. L, llSih Infantry, which he com-j
nvanded in the World war. He wrasi
the son of a Confederate soldier but
he was running for the office of id
jutant general on his man. Two;
York men?Sergeant .Campoell ana !
Jake Robinson, he said, hrd served)
in the World war under him and j
wculd vouch for him.
He read a letter fiom his former)
major, James H. Howell of Waynes-!
ville, X. C., under whom he served in'
France endorsing his candidacy for
adjutant and inspector general. He
said he also had letters from Major
Mahon of Greenville and Col. Mc-'
I
Cully* cf Anderson.
''Read the letter vou have from!
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Major Mahon,," inter runted Lieut-;
Marshall, his opponent.
"I haven't ?Ct 'em with me," re4
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St. John's and Red j
attend this meeting
1 the two districts are
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ie people of'this com- j
tool situation.
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tn pnnnpiMlo with
: what is best for the
munity and I would
ence with the people
ermine what is best.
i democratic and the
hey want to do.
?h in time so that all
attend the barbecue
sople come out to the
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position to say wnat
nprove the schools of
E. H. AULL,
Education Newberry
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Then turning r.u lire on Lieut.
Marshall Capt. Cviv'j sa'.d that the
latter \v;;s trying to nixke the impre.? ,
:ion that he had fought on ;he H?ndi'iiburg
line in Frunze.
"Xeither Marshall nc myself
fought with the Thirtieth in breaking ;
the Hindenburg line," he 5aid. "1 ,
;an prove we did not a'.ul that joth
:>f us had been retired on a;coun: of ^
n-nunHc Kpfnrp ihp iiyhfciiit? on the
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H: 21 den burg line."
In concluding the little sunt Capt. ,
Craig said he intended to publish a
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number of letters for the ir.forma- .
tion of the voters before ihe cam-'
!>algn was concluded. !;
Cadidates for Governor i
Former Lieut. Governor Thos. G. |
McLeod of Bishopville, was the first.;
[)f the six candidates for governor to 1 <
address the voters. There were a \ ]
few band claps as he began his:;
speech. He was given close atten-jj
tion through his speech. He was glad!,
;o welcome so many folks, he said, [ j
especially women, since he had al-:;
ways been a ladies' man and during!;
the past twentv vears had been un-!
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;ier good control. He reviewed his j
personal history as a farmer, repre-!;
tentative in the lower house, state!,
senator and lieutnant governor. For!<
the past several years, he said, he (
had been devoting his services to the
public welfare.
He realized, he said, that there ;
were two great powers entrusted to ;
the governor of South Carolina?the):
pardoning power _and the power toll
recommend legislation. Any governor,
he said, owed it to the people (
to be careful in the use of those pow
ers. While the governor can rejoin- j
mend legislation, he can neither in-j,
crease nor decrease the burden of;,
taxes.
While some might think that taxes
are high in this section of the state
the burden of taxation under '.he
present system was on the people of
the low country who have only their
farming interests on which to depend
while in the Piedmont section
1 1 ?i-? ^
agricultural interests a;c
merited by textile interests. So far
as' York county is concerned, however,
there is no dnying the fact that
the great majority of the taxes paid
by the people of the county are paid
for local purposes and especially for
roads and schools. He favors economy
in state affairs and abolishment
of* all useless offices but he is confident
that the high tax rate under
which the people of the state labor
at present is because of the obsolete
tax system. North Carolina, he said,
has a system under which no direct
levy is made on personalty or realty
and he thought it well for South Ca1
- ? TT?^
ronna 10 aaopc a sjjmiar svsicm. Wilder
the present system, he said, 30
per cent of the taxes are on farm
property, 18 per cent town property,
.0 per cent on factories, about 3 1-2
per cent on banks and 11 pe-r ctnt
on railroads. Luxuries have not been
bearing their part.
Despite uisu-esaing times he was
inclined to turn a hopeful eye to the
future. Educational progress had
been great in the past quarter of a
century. He paid" taxes to support
four graded schools and patronized
only one but he did not begrudge a
dollar of it. He would not reduce the
appropriations for the support of the
asylum nor for the Confederate soldiers.
He nlead for enforcement of the
prohibition laws and for the enforcement
of all laws in this day when
"we are living-in the backwash of the
World war." Verdicts of juries
should be upheld at a time like this,
he said, and it is the duty of every
man and woman to try and help create
an atmosphere for law enforcement.
You'll be told I'm tracking
arour.d, he said in conclusion. Don't
you believe it. I'm not making vain
premises. T ni not saying I'm going
lu ue guvcniui. jjui/ a -am. 1U11111115
past thost who arc running. And if
I air, elocted your governor I will be
governor of all the people without
respect to class or calling'.
Applause for Blease
Considerable applause greeted
Cole L. Blease, the second gubernatorial
speaker and one "enhtusiastic
supporter yelled as Mr. Blease rose
to speak: "There he comes; there he
comcs."' The former governor eaid
that he felt like he Avas speaking at
home when he spoke at Filbert as he
came today with a message to his
York county friends that he had
found no man in the state who had
supported him in the past who was
net supporting him now while many
others have joined the Blease band, j
I was your governor for four years, [
said Mr. Blease, ar. 1 tried to conduct}
the office for the,best interests of the {
people; but the two administrations
that have followed me did not keep
faith with you. Some of the newspapers
have tried very laboriously to
get me to deviate from my determination
to make a campaign free from
mudslinging; but their efforts have
been of no avail. Some others have
tried to draw me from my path. I am
reminded of the days when I used to
f
go fox hunting1 and how ;: ? the fox
dog-.- passed little iive would run out
and bark at them; the fox dogs
were centered on the chase and paid
no attention to them.
"And i don't propose to notice the
barking1 of the fiees" said Mr. Blease; 1
"but propose to point out some of
[he troubles of the state and will try :
^o point out a remedy. Speaking of
newspapers, however, I want to say
that you have in your county one 1
icw^paper that is fair and square !
in (I can be1 depended upon to -be fair ,
to all and refuses to print lies on a
man because he may not happen to
be of the same way of thinking as
the newspaper."
Mr. Blease took a fling at some of
those office holders who .were going
Dver the state fighting him. If you
hear of one of thesd office holders
lighting me, he said, you will find
that he is some fellow who has hold
oi a political tit and Blease is choking
him off. He launched into a vit- j
riolic attack on the state tax commission
which he said " is making :
V'ou out a set of liars, and which rep
resents the corporate interests of
South Carolina. Tho tax.commission
cost you nearly $80,000 last 1
year and here just recently when one!
the state political pets lost a good :
job in the federal revenue depart-;
ment, the state iax commission ere-',
f
ated a new clerkship for him at a sal
ary of $3,000. The cow only had
four tits and they had to stick on a
fifth for tnis man."
Mr. Blease attacked the budget
commission which cost $6,000 last
year and which did nothing except '
make estimates of the expense of
conducting various departments of
government. "If your state officers
haven't got brains enough to make
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The speaker also paid his respects 1
to what he called l':he S.nellin.^ com- *
mission," a commission of Boston '
Yankees, he said, whbh looked into
t'arh branch of government t > see
how things were run. Tht-y couldn't 1
pel men in South X'arolina for this 1
work but had to go out cf the state 1
for them and pay more than $20.000
for their services."
He characterized the state board !
of charities and corrections as unnecessary
and expensive. The prirrt- ituv
bill of rhe state, he said, is now :
200 per cent more' than in 791 (> '
md there can bo no denying the^fact.
He sa5:l that when governor he had ;
tried to have the late Senator Till
man who was then chairman of the
senate committee on Indian affairs 1
take over the Catawba Indians. If his :
suggestion had been acted upon, the
state would have saved $100,000.
Harking back to the state tax commission
he said that some of the <
members and clerks spend most of .
their time in the Columbia cluo ]
"drinking that which is forbidden" i
and sending word to the farmers, 1
"Plow on; plow on." <
"How will we ever get rid of <
'em?" inquired a man in the crowd. :
"Go to the ballot box on election s
day and vote like you holler," re- 1
torted Mr. Blease. -.1
"They told you," continued Mr. 1
Blease, 'to get rid of ..Blease and J
we'll have law and order.' v You've
been having it. You sure have. Let -
the leaders preach what they prac- 1
bice and others will folloto their lead.
"I'm not boasting:." he said in con- 1
elusion; "but I know from the signs i
of the times especially in the coun- i
ties we have visited that McLeod is <
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There were a few boos and jeers
is a greeting1 for John T Duncan, the
third of the gubernatorial candidates
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*w v_-o tiiv. v u i/u; i iir liviov. ouwsided
in a moment, however, after ;
Mr. Duncan said: '"You have heard
^'our favorite?now let's talk business
for a while."
He said that Larey, Biease and
\IcLeod are pledged U your political
joss, Edwin Wales Robertson, to deiver
the water power of the state to 1
iin\" and that "James B. Duke has :
already possessed himself of live of .
irour best water powers.
"The newspapers would have you
believe that Duncan fights Biease
alone; but it is not so. I play no
ravomes." i
Cotton Association Fraud i'
Mr. Duncan attacked the South
^aro:ina Cotton association and the J
American Imports and Exports corporation,
saying they were frauds
uul tha: former Governor Manning, '
:ho head of the Imports and Exports
corporation, had paid the 'stockholders
a $5 dividend out of the capital
and has spent -another $104,000 for
salaries. He told cf his own attempts
io establish a cotton marketing association
"along democratic lines."
Pie paid hit? respectc to W. A. Clark,
Esq., of Columbia, saying that in the .
'days of good stealing Clark was a
Republican; but in these days of bet:er
stealing he is a Democrat."
Returning to .his attack on Blease,
Duncan said that Congress-man Siemp
Df Virginia was attemptnig to organizes
Republican party in South Carolina
and that Blease has been paid ;
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$50,000 of Republiccan money to
carry out a betrayal of at least a part
of his followers to the. Republican
party. He charged . further that
B'ease was an independent candidate
for congress from ihe Seventh district
in 1919 and that when the eamp.:isn
party was at Florence recently
Biease acccpted an invitation from
a ri.Ir. Andrews, a Republican, to deliver
a speech in Florence county.
''i31e~.se will entertain you with
various statements from dav to day,"
concluded. "Pie has never told
you what the inducement was for
him 10 pardon .Tones, the wife murderer
or Portland Ned,"*"the bank
robber."
Best Informed Candidate
J. J. Cantey of Sumnieiton, Clarendon
county, a candidate for governor,
raid he was the best informed
man about the business interests of
the state in the race. "Blease," he
aid. "didn't get you out of the hofe
while he was governor and he has
proved conclusively that the two admin
isrwrinn; rhn* fnllmvprl him have
not clone-so. You should now choose,
a man who can certainly do you no
worse, although really there is so little
left that the boll weevil and the
policemen bid fair to get that.
''I am a new force in the political x
arena in South Carolina, and I am
appealing to the moral courage and
intelligence- of the people," said Mr.
Cantey. "I'm conducting the cheapest
and cleanest campaign of any of
them and I propose to write the story
of the campaign after its conclusion.
I have submitted to the people the
finest platform ever presented to any
people. My opponents are for law
and order verbally, but none of them
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