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THE GREENVILLE MEETING J T 1 . I... I. .. .11 * Near Riot Caused by Question Asked The Governor. (tfellHlfiy'H OrdMM.I villi* NeWS.) The wildeat meeting of the wenato rial campaign w?h held here yexterdrty afternoon. At our time II looketL M* If tlm meting would break up In great confusion If not 1?? actual rM. The melee WH* precipitated when .1. Yv. NofwiHiil, president of Ihc NiuwimhI National Hank, ami an ardent *up|?ort ??r of l? l>. Jennings, made a de*|>er ate effort lo get |o the governor Mft?*r the latter lia?! styled ldm a WWII r<1. TJio Iik i<ieiii i ?< <m i ? ?< I when flovar nor Hlease had Imm?ii >q>eaklng about 1ft minute*. "Mow about l>r. Mcintosh?" called Honieone from the rear of tilt* ntand and to the governor'* W{t abb*, ?Tin glad you brought tjmt up at 1hlH t1w Ntbl the governor. I don't talk about a man behind IiIh back. When I go t<? Columbia I'll Invite l>r. Mcintosh to 1 1 id Htand and ask liliu to Ida faee.i' 1*41 not talk liehlnd Ida bark like a roward like you/* At t he word coward, tile Jnteroga tor, who waa J. W. Norwood, rushed at the governor, but wan Mfopj>ed by neycral men wbo were on the atuud. Mr. Norwood called the governor a liar and cursed him bitterly, said ma ny who heard him. Wild confusion followed, and in the tu*sle <>n the .stand .sheriff Hector, chief of police llolcomb, and the governor's ?pe<|al detectives |<M>k a part. I'lpllliets flew thick and fast while t 111' olllcelK stlllgglHl to put Mr .^Wuod on. Although a small mail, the hanker put up a game light to get lit the governor. During the dls ??rder Mayor Marshall walked up and down I he stand calling out "oh, w here la your police commission now. You have taken the matter out of my hand*." Several time* he re|?ented this remark and cried "anarchy! where are the |M>llee." Tile struggle which several engaged In id the entrance to the stand, aroused the Ire of spectatora in the crowd oil the ground and several llstlcufYs en. sued with bloody noses and mouths aw a result. Matters were decidedly dangerous for a time, for the crowd was in no tem|ier to Im? cowed. The anger had reached the explosive point, and had Home one touched off the fuse, serious rioting would likely have been the re HUjt. In ejecting Mr. Norwood from the stand It. was necessary to protect him from the crowd. Home one struck him In the face while he was being held by the oftieers, but otherwise he np|>eared to liave reclviMl no Injuries. Sheriff Hector said he did all In his power to protect Mr. Norwood from the anger of t hose wbo were trying to get at him. in the fracas t lie sheriff hit his deputy Jake (iosnell, and also struck another of Ids friends who was mixed in the affray. Mr. Norwood made his way to the front of the stand and remained through the meting, after which lie ad dressed the gathering and made some scathingly denunciatory remarks about the governor and Ids supporters. (Joveriior Hlease dhl not sjK'iik long after the unpleasant Incident. The crowd was restive, and had been noisy mI lice the time lie started. When he Was leaving the stand the governor had some words with Mr. Ition Me Klsstek, as he was passing out Mr. MeKlsslck said to (Joveriior Mease; ??Did you hear what lie called you, governor?" . "No" replied Mease, "What did he say." The governor pressed the ques tion and Mr. McKlssiek explained that In his question to the governor, he was simply engaging in a pleasantry. The governor replied that he did not joke thut way and made a move as If to strike Mr. McKlssick. Two men grab bed the governor and the Incident was closed. Meeting Called to Order. The meting was held In the city park and was scheduled to l>egin at one o'clock. Senator Smith was brought to the park cm a bale of cotton which was placed oil a two-horse wagon. Soon after this a parade of HI ease men appeared carrying a large banner u|>on which was inscrilied these words: ??Hlease, the working man's friend." Estimates of the niuubcr In this parade vary greatly. The governor claimed during the course of his speech that there were 700 by actual count. Mr. l'olloek said there were about one-lift h tills number in this parade, and ex plained the fact that some might have thought it larger on the ground that "One mouthy Hleaslte can make as .much noise as five human beings." The crowd was variously estimated from -I.ikhi to b.ooo, the majority of whom were anti Hlease. The Hlease men gathered on the left of the stand and the others, with an occasional ex ception. in front of .tin* stand. At the beginning the crowd was good natured but later the tein|H?r changed. Senator Smith was not seriously Interrupted, but (Joveriior Hlease had often to con tend with noise from the crowd. Senator Smith s|>oke first and was given fair attention throughout the talk of 15 minutes. Especially did he nppcal to the farmers present and he seemed to have this portion of the crowd with him. At the conclusion of his remarks, he was presented with a miniature bale of cotton on a silver salver and a note with the inscription "(Jreenvllle county will give you hX> majority over all your competitors." When he appeared after the lutro -d notion he was loudly applauded, lie <o)>encd bis remarks by stating that when he appeared in this city sl\ years ago and ask?nl for nomination and election to the United States senate, that he promls<?d to see that the j>eo pie who made the clothing and food supply of the world did not go butigrx and naked themselves, lie said that he ins there to give an account of how well be bad tried to carry out those promises. He defied his eompet it ors ?or any one elset to show that lie had not done the best he could. lie claimed that the farmers now have a I tetter chance than they had when he went to the senate and pro ceeded lo ;Hiint out several important changes that have been w rought bilge* ly* through his efforts in the senate. He first took up (he immigration question and stated that he was vio lently opposed to allowing foreigners to come to this eountry to take the places vt the men and women in the factories, liecause the foreigners, bv living at a cheai?er wage scale, could starve out the Southern men and ? I . I I women ind ? *??* dlnhon^i e*|*tlll?U? could j>ur the diiri'mx^ into* their IMH'kttt*. ' ? iii- wini on to state tint had nut ill* ( rl|?M Into New Kugland to <o||<|lt h'JlS there it IK I In* found I lllll till* foreigners are gradually dlsplmrfug the native Americans. He promised that 1 f Iim returned to the scnute he wouMJ I'OilUUW' l)U work to eliminate that forclgu "? in ' .hi a (fww) Hi. 'in II.- showed tlnit tliruu^b hi* effort# 1 1 n ? ?iiii'ia<> ii-.-.r bud Ik^ii placed Ui the Immigration hill and liow Iw'fore u foreigner ( Mil ehtcr t li?* country he iiiunl ls? able to read i|U<l write. "I am not wJUJiDtf f??r t lit? foreigner# to come Ui rf and take your Job at half the price. The llllll owners muni pay you or ( li??y taunt Hliut up their mlUtf," lie said. "When you elected me to the wtjiftttf, I promised to work f??r the farmers, If It wch' not for tin* farmers there wouldn't be uuy factories, If It were nor f??r the farmer* there wouldn't Ik* a -dngle store lu town.". w lie i uuk up t!i<* currency l>lll ami showed how lie had werkciV for the farmers. Ill- told how when tin* hill whh Isdng work?*d on, the framers of llir hill had failed to take care of t h?? farmer and ho was oppose* 1 to the hill itH it stood. President Wilson sent for Mr. Smith and wanted to know why Io wa* opposed to thi' hill. Senator Smith replied : "You haven't taken eare of the far mors.*' Il(> said that now when the lllll nets Into o|M>ratlon, the farmer will Im> ahle to borrow money to the extent of ^me half of the taxahle worth of his land and will he ahle to get II for ^lx months Instead of for only IK) dayj as the f ra liters of I he lilll at llrsl proposed and which Senator Smith opposed. "When they told me thai commerce and agriculture wouldn't mix on such a hill," Hald Senator Smith, "I told them that since they had to <leal with ugrlcult lire three limes a day they had i tetter take eare of agriculture llrst." "I wrote that section lli Into that blfr>vlth my own hands and when that blTr gets into operation a" fanner can hoirow money on six months time and at one-half the value of hl? land," "You cotton farmers are the people upon whom the State rests, you are the people who make South Carolina the grand old State that she is, and though you might not know me personally, rest, assured that "Kd." Smith Is think ing of you and working for you all the' time. You are the people that have hullt every mill and store and school anil you ought to he taken eare of." lie paid one of the most beautiful tributes to womanhood In general and motherhood In particular, stating that the time had come when the mothers who tolled and dreamed their dreams over their children ought to he looked out for, when they could make those dreams for their hoys and girls come true and that he was in the senate to make those dreams come true for the women and children of South Carolina. He was greeted with tremendous ap plause at the conclusion of this piece of oratory, the only llowory sentence of the whole speech and one as beauti ful Is It was true. "1 am the llrst man who ever put a bill through the senate to curb that gang on Wall street or (o put st rlpes upon them. This dealing in cotton fu tures and this bill when signed by the president will be a law. I hoi>e that if lie signs it and sends me a gold pen, that he will also send one to my friend Congressman Lever also." Senator Smith, In shaking on the raise In the prlee of cotton, met with applause throughout Ids remarks on the subject. He showed how the prlee of cotton has advanced since lie has been working upon the proposition In the senate and showed that the price has advanced from 8 1-2 eents to 14 cents i>er pound, or some $20 on the bale. "They say that I had nothing to do with the price of cotton, that supply and demand raised It, well if I could n't raise the price of cotton, how can they hojie to do it?" He showed how he had had an ap propriation passed for the purpose of having cotton graded and tested and he showed that an exi>ert couldn't tell the dllYerenee. He stated that that was one of the methods by which the farmer was robbed of his profit and that lie promised to see to It that the dishonest exploiters couldn't rob the farmers In any such style. He was liberally applauded here. in answer to the question of the fact that the price of food had gone up with the price of cotton, lie replied that the man who raised the cotton raised the j?eas and he wished the price of both would go still higher. He replied that he had an affidavit to show that he was not in the Has kell convention but was at a Ceorgla station, "courting the lady who after wards became my wife, and believe me it was more pleasant work." Senator Smith seemed to have the crowd with him at all times, certain ly U was that the applause accorded blm was more diversified as to the lo cation Iu the crowd, for the 1 Mease men were nil In one crowd of |>erhai>s TiH> at one side of the stand while the supporters of Senator Smith seemed to be in all parts of the large as semblage. (iovornor lllcasc The governor n|>ene<l his' remarks with some disparaging references to the "Smith parade." and the bale of tut ton. lie said he saw hut four men in the parade, and that the rotten In the hale was of inferior grade and wouldn't bring three cents on any mar ket He then claimed that by actual count there were 7(H) TVlease men in the parade. The s|M?aker next referr ed to Senator Smith's statement that the Smith I. ever cotton futures bill had ln*en agreed upon in conference, lie called Congressman 1 /ever, who was on the stand, and asked him If that were true. "It is not.' 'said Mr. Lever. "Hut isn't it true that the Associated Press carried the statement that the conferees had agreed V asked Senator Smith. "it is." replied Mr. I .ever. "That show* the newspaper lie," said the governor The governor then attacked Sena tor Smith's r?M-ord on immigration. 11c referred to the immigrants who re cently came to Wllllamston. At this juncture a |H?lieeman attempted to arrest a man on the ltlease side of the stand and the governor told tne ! officer to let the man alone. "I am tired of these towns trying to IntUul my >UCH It they (Toift step It. I flin koIh k to have my meetings In the country, hHl<l I lu? governor. < *liu I t'uifi ii .\Iooii?*y wu? prulxed | ?y the HjM'ukfi, who weiil on f<> nay dial Senator Smith <iist \jr> m,h?i n?y usii|i? in order to ?P|M?|llt SIlllS II H ('ll)tCf) Ht&tOH lliur sluil, WllOU SIlllH )llld "ollCe set tV|>C on ti nigger |>1|UT." It uiin at I his Juncture that Mr. Nor ' wood Interrupted the governor with the: question nhout Dr. Mcintosh, th<> rof I ertMICe being to t ho Jtlcllty VUH4f. Tlir melee followed during Which the chair man, Solicitor Bouham um| others tried to run tor# order. Tlw governor ?u?| not ?|H;ak Ioiik after this Incident. Mr. ?loniiiiiKH SpwikH. Tin* governor left the stand ami ?ev- 1 era I hundred of his followers went out of III., park With him. lie wan pre sented with Kcvcral beautiful bouquets Mi Jennings o|HMU(| his remarks by H'i> l"K "I am here to uncover that JHthy pile of trash which Iuih been He cumulated during the pit m t three ami a half yearn. <>|m?ii your ears ami your eyes, hut hold your noses while 1 uu cover the Irtish." The HjH'iiker then sahl that South < 'arollnlaiiM are rising an they <|f?l |? 1K80, and that they would throw off the rule of Blcaselsm. In refering to Ida exposure of the governor's record the sjteaker , sahl "I will apeak out though the heaveiiH fall and though hell breaks Iookc." He told of the Allen Kmcrson case In Anderson county. Kmerson kllUsI Tom Drake, an old man, in Drake's home, and Mr. Jennings said that he was reliably Informed that in the face of a jH'tltlon containing more than 1.000 name#. Including' the names of the Jurors, asking that ICmorson |><> not released, the governor had never t lieUjss extended ( 'Iciucncy on a i>cti tlon containing hut about 1,000 names.! He also spoke of the release of "Port land Ned," the yeoman, and referred] to the appointment of J. Preston Gib- j son, a former Uepuhllcan, as a member ' of the governor's start*. Mr. Jennings said It was foolish for the governor to talk about ousting the nugroes from federal ollice, si nee they served under the civil service rules ami could not l>e turned out. He was asked about the Rlchey case, hut re plied that It was too vulgar to Ih? talked of In a mixed audience. The speaker said that if Blease was sent t ?? the senate "I doubt If ten j>er cent of the representatives and sena tors would speak to him, as they would not want 'to be so honored." He then scathingly denounced the treatment of Dr. Kleanora It. Saunders, of the asy lum stair. Mr. ..Jennings was presented with two bomjuets and In acknowledging thein said : "I had rather receive these as a token from the good people of the, state than to be elected to the United States senate by the lawless element.'' Mr. Jennings rccelvcd great applause. Mr. Pollock Speaks. Mr. Pollock was popular with the crowd from the start. He announced in the beginning that he was running ion his own Initiative and that no one else had anything to do with his can didacy. He sahl that "the record of Senator Smith was too weak to stand on and that of Governor Blease too damnable." The siteaker said that all over the state the good i>eople were rousing themselves to the needs of the hour. He said that the men were singing aud women chanting "Into oblivion with Cole lilease go." Referring to the Norwood Incident, Mr. I'ollock said : "I have no gunmen to stand l>etween me and a respectful citizen of this state who wishes to ask a decent question. Has It come to the time when the governor of a state must go around with a Gyp the Blood, a I*efty I^ouls, a Whltte i/ouie and a Dago frank? There Is not one drop of cowardly blood In Mr. Norwood's veins," said the speaker amid applause. Mr. Pollock charged that the gover nor was a coward, that he took men to protect him and that he was so feath erlegged that he squaked when the galT was put to him and couldn't stay on the stand to listen. "I do hate to see a man who has mis representee! his state go about with feathers on Ills legs," said Mr. Pollock. The si>eaker then displayed two pic tures of Blease. One was in an auto mobile of the "ego" make. This one the governor thought had started to ward Washington, but had skidded and had gone to oblivion instead." The other picture showed a eharacture of the governor standing Itefore the clos ed door of the senate over which was the word "welcome." "That ain't for i me," was credited for the picture of the governor. A shower came up at this |H>lnt, but the crowd called to the speaker to go on. "Nigger, nigger, nigger." said Mr. Pollock. "That's what he gives you, and yet when he wanted a colonel on his start* lie got J. P. Gibson who in 18S0 ran on a union Republican ticket with negroes, one of whom was Wilson Cook, a bar room nigger of Greenville." The speaker referred also to the ap-' pointment of Hirseh, the "son t>f a man who in 1N7H was the partner of a nigger and who worked to defeat the white men.". Jim Sottlle. "the sawed off dago blind tiger," came in for his usual treatment at Pollock's hands. The s|?eaker said that Sottlle was not even an American, but was the subject of tin* king of Italy. Sotiile is a mem l>er of the governor's siaff. Some one in the crowd said some thing to the si>eaker at this point. "Are you a Bleaslte, partner?" asked Mr. Pollovk and the man replied in the af firmative. "Then may God have mer-~ cv on your soul." replied the s|>eaker. He referred to a young lady at Pickens who had thrown down a Blease badge after hearing the record of Blease ex l>< ?SCd. Mr. IMllock said that the governor whs the friend <?f the "working mittt on t !??? chain gang." Hero ho excor iated the liberation of the hundreds of <r1mtnals. alvout 5mh? of whom wore ne groes. Tho speaker read to the amuse ment of the erowd a list of mimes taken from the Charleston club hooks, and said that the governor had in 15)12 vetoed a hill which would have prohib ited such dagoes and foreigners from voting in the primary elections. He charged that the governor was trying to line up good men, but deluded men, with the lawless and the dagoes of (Continued on Last Page.) Bank Stock For Sale 1 am offering fof sale. within 30 days. Five Thousand ($5,000) Dollars worth of stock of the Loan & Savings Bank, of Camden, S. C. L. L. CLYBURN DeKALB. S. C. BANK STOCK WANTED I hereby offer Five Thous and Five Hundred Dollars ($5,500.00) for the Five Thousand Dollars of 1,-oan & Savings Bank Stock, (50 shares) advertise^ by L. L. Clyburn, that ia^to say, ten per cent, above par. Henry Savage . CAMDEN, S, C. MONEY TO LOAN. On Improved farms. Easy termB. Apply to B. B. Clarke, Camden, 8. C. 60. SAM WING LAUNDRY PHONE 91 915J Broad St., Camden, S. C. COME AND GET Y($t DOLLAR There' is a concern in Cam ? v v den promising to put mon4y"m your pocket every time you trade with them... They don't claim to open the safe and give you money from there, but they do save you money on all goods bought from them. The name of that concern is the MURCHISON Wholesale Supply Company Dr. I. H. Alexander Dr. R. E. StiniMt Alexander & Stevenson DENTISTS Offic* Sootbaaat Corner Broad and DaKalb SU. Dr. E. H. KERRISON dentist Successor to Dr. L. W. Alston Office In the Maiiii Building Phone 185 COLUMBIA LUMBER & MANUFACTURING CO. MILL WORK SASH, DOORS, BLINDS AND LUMBER PLAIN & HUGER STS. Phone 71 COLUMBIA, S. C. Farm Lands For Sale Plantation of Mrs. T. It. Team in West Wateree, seven miles from Gam den, 2Vi miles from Lugoff. Tract contains 1373 acres, 800 acres open land; some good timber on place; one good dwelling, 20 tenant houses, barns and gin house. Kents for 86 bales of cotton; good tenants and plenty of labor. This is one of the best plantations in Kershaw County, and will pay good interest on investment at price ofTered. Terms reasonable. 610 acres, more or less, known as the Spencer Place, situated 12 miles Southwest of Camden on the Coulter's Ferry Road; 100 acres of open land, two horse farm under cultivation; land lies well; good stream running water; plenty of wood, and good quantity of timber on this tract. Price $10 per acre. Farm of W. E. DeLoache, situate 2 1-2 miles Southeast of Camden containing 270 acres; 160 acres of open land, part of this under cul tivation; timber and wood enough for place; land producing well; ad joining lands have sold for $80.00 per acre; one five room dwelling, a good barn and seven tenant houses. For sale at $35.00 per acre. The Doby Place, containing 460 acres 3 miles of Blaney; 260 acres open land, a part of this under cultivation; 100 acres pasture land under wire; some good open creek land, plenty of wood and some timber on the place; good buildings; one overseers house,; 6 tenant houses and two barns. Twenty-five mile creek runs through thiB pro perty. Price $7,600. Terms: 1-4 cash, balance in three years at the usual rate of interest. : I ? ^ ... \ 361 acres on Town Creek, four miles south of Camden; 60 acres open land; two tenant houses. Will sell at a bargain. Plat of same can be seen at our office. , 137 acres on Lockhart Road known as the Wheat Place; seventy one acres under cultivation; 3 tenant houses and one dwelling. Price $22.00 per acre. ? \ ? 100 acres three miles from Camden betweeen the Kershaw and Liberty Hill Road; 60 acres under cultivation; one four room dwell ing and barns. Price $36.00 per acre. ' ? 76 acres adjoining Citv Limits, known as Race Track Place of H. ? Q. Carrlson; ohe good overseer's house, several tenant houses and barns; improvements first class; lands In high state of cultivation. Price Reasonable. 1,900 acres eight miles from Camden, on Charleston Road, on *?' Southern Railway with siding and ware house; one new over-seer's - - * house, eight tenant houses, 1 large barn, 1 gin house and equipment and 1 cotton house. 1,200 acres swamp land, excellent for cattle or bay culture;; 660 acros upland. 300 acres 1 of the upland being of the finest land "in the state and in the highest state of cultivation. Price $21 an acre. Very easy terms. 362 acres of land known as the Creed property, eight miles North of Camden; 200 acres open land; some timber and plenty of wood on place; one half mile from good school; one five room dwelling, barns, ^ one store building and ten tenant houses. Price on application. Terms: one-third cash, balance to suit purchaser. Small farm, property of H. M. Flnclier, one mile East of Camden; one new $1,200 dwelling and barns; land in high state of cultivation 10 acres of this land produced seven 600 weight bales of cotton and 144 bushels of corn. Price $3,000. Terrms 1-6 cash, balance at 7 per cent on easy terms. Wo also have listed with us a good selection of City property. ~ C. P. DuBose & Company Real Estate City Property Farm Lands