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60V. BUM WAS PUT ON THE OEFENSIVE DURING THE CAMPAIGN SPEAKING AT BARNWELL LAST WEEK. POLLOCK ATTACKS HIM ABOUT PARDON RECORD The Governor Returned to the Fray at Barnwell, After an Absence of Several Days, and Things Liven up as a Consequence. Governor Cole L. Bleasc, who left the Senatorial campaign party for two 01' throe fblVS Inst vvonL* votnvn. ed to the fight on Friday June 2(>th at Barnwell, S. C., seeming all the botder for the absence of a few days, and evidently ready to take up the fray. For about the first time since the campaign opened the governor was put on the defensive at Barnwell meeting, by reason of the constant hammering at his pardon record by \V. P. Pollock. He was ready with reproaches to hit back at what had been intimated during his absence. Ho had hardly begun his speech before he had to launch into an explanation of the pardon of the yeggman sometimes known as "Portland Ned," who disappeared from the governor's office. This outlaw, the governor said was not "'Portland Ned," but one Jas. Johnson instead, who had the alias of the widely notorious safe blower. He also read letters from a United States Marshal and a federal district attorney saying that there were no outstanding warrants against the the convict at the time clemency was granted. The governor made his customary bitter attack on the newspapers, designating certain reporters as "liars." He characterized the new primary1 rules as "a dirty, contemptible piece of thievery which "Portland Ned" and i all his associates would not be guilty I of. E. I). Smith, he said, was a Re- ' publican, and no friend of his. Go for His Record. Though in a distinctly Bloase territory, Messrs. Jennings and Pollock did not let up on their denunciation of1 the governor's pardon record. "I expect to place the governor's record on exhibition from every stump in South Carolina," Mr. Jennings said, "and the detectives running around with the party can't scare me off the stage. Mr. Pollock said that he had heard "nigger, nigger, nigger" until he war. thoroughly disgusted. "That's all the governor's got, and if my memory serves me correctly, I believe it was only a few years ago that the governor was himself a trustee of a negro school in Orangeburg." Senator Smith, who has been completely ignoring the charges by his opponents, today answered the statement made by the governor that Mr. Smith, when a member of the legislature, had voted for a bill to indemnify the family of a negro who had been lynched, to the amount of $2,000. In answering the accusation, Senator smitn read arucie o, section a, or the constitution of South Carolina, which makes this provision. The constitution was written, the senator explained, by Senator Tillman and his Reformer associates back in 1895, "the very heyday of the power of the common people." Many Voters There. Approximately 1,200 voters attendded the meeting* and each candidate was cordially received. The governor got a welcome similar to that extended by Barnwell on former occasions. Senator Smith, too, was a favorite, and when the governor asked for a minute at the close of Mr. Pollock's speech to answer a charge by Mr. Pollock, it looked as if the governor would he howled down by calls for Senator Smith. The governor waited patiently a minute and then exclaimed that he knew what he was doing. "I asked permission from the chairman and I also got Senator Smith's permission to make a brief reply," he said. Immediately upon his arrival in Barnwell today the governor was handed a petition for a pardon, he said, bearing 97 signatures. Among these h? asserted, were 50 anti-Please men. "That shows the kind of traps they set for me. If I were to grant the pardon, then they'd run around and attack me for granting it. It only shows the extremes to which they will go to defeat me." The governor held up a catalogue of Benedict college, a negro school in Columbia, which contained a cut of the faculty, some of the members of which were white women. It was at this stage that some one in the crowd called to the governor and said: "You'll be in the next group when Senator Smith takes your picture." "You're a liar," the governor retorted. An effort was made by the man to come to the stage, apparently to at tack the speaker, but policemen interfered. It was reported that the man was arrested. The speaker alsc made mention of the fact that at Beaufort a negro orchestra furnished music for the campaign exercises These, he said, went with 27 other negroes to the court house where the speaking was held. This, he supposed, was a "compliment to Senaator Smith, who voted with the negroes for Haskell in 1890." Claims to be Confident. During the last three days the governor has been in the Pee Dee section. From reports in this territory I he had more reason than ever to be| lieve that on August 25 he would receive a majority vote of the "white" neonle of SnnfVi Pn l li Ci The governor received several bunches of flowers. While he was kissing the little girl that presented one, an enthusiastic supporter repeatedly called for a hand primary. If the governor heard this he took no ; notice of it. Mr. Jennings, who was the next ' speaker, said that on election day, "the governor and his friends will have to vote according to the new primary rules whether they sign the rolls in a skyscraper or in a back ] yard, and "they can't help it." This statement was made in answer to the governor's charge that one set of the registration books had been placed in The State company's office. This speaker also recalled the leap in elec- j tion returns from 108,000 in 1910 to 144,000 in 1912. "This," he said, "was enough circumstantial evidence to turn a negro out of the penitentiary." J After delving assiduously into the governor's pardon record, Mr. Jennings prophesied that the governor would be retired to private life on; August 25. "If I am any judge of the quiet, not of the loudmouthed 1 howling, Cole L. Blease will be re- c tired beyond the possibility of resur- ] rection. And if you were to ask live * VOIl vc f ,'fim f 1 ^... J ,? ^ liviu nv/? oyj mis ui Ult'SU iuuu- ' mouthed^ere today if they applauded ] the governor of the State, when he , bragged that he had pardoned 1,200 ( and "you can't help it," that man , will either deny it or hang his head in shame." Cites Orangeburg Case. The mayor of Sumter also cited the case of Max Stokes of Orangeburg "He was convicted of violating the dispensary law, and was fined $250," said Mr. Jennings. "Later he was indicted on a similar charge, and fled the country. Convicted in his absence, a sealed verdict was held 1 against him. Later when he returned i and gave bond, and appealed to a i higher court, he was pardoned while the appeal was pending. This Max Stokes is the same man than on election day two years ago used his automobile in hauling votes to the polls." This was met with a chorus of apl proval, some saying: "Every word of that's true," and others, "Lay it on, Jennings, we know it hurts." I The Barnwell crowd was prepared i for the attack which Mr. Pollock has been making for the last few days on the governor. He had hardly begun before someone, in disapproval, asked, "What is your text?" The Cheraw I man, who always appears at an advantage under fire, quickly replied, "See the 17th chapter of 1 Samuel and read the whole of the chapter. It j describes the struggle between David and Goliath. Blease, with his polit ical machine, claims to be a great Goliath. What David did to Goliath II hope by the grace of God to do for! Please on August 25. Now that's my text, and I. hope it soaks in." This was greeted with prolonged applause, and the questioner did not interrupt ; the new primary rules, and referred again to the 500 foreign voters in Charleston who were controlled by Vincent Chicco and Sottile in Charleston and an effort made to have their names registered. Would Send Him to Mexico. Some one in the crowd suggested to Mr. Pollock that the governor be sent to the United States Senate to get rid of him. "No," Mr. Pollock answered, "my solution is that we allow him to go to Mexico at the head of the State troops, and when they are advanced far into Mexican territory, let the troops drop back and leave the governor to the Mexicans." Mr. Pollock again today reminded the voters that a "little sawcd-off, hammered-down Dago is on the governor's stalf, and when you militiamen pass in review before the governor and his staff, you will have to salute the Dago, "and you can't help it." Senator Smith answered the charge of one of his apponents that the senator should help to expose the record of the governor. "It's not necessary," the senator announced. "What I'll ! 25 will be a plenty." The speaker | said he didn't know whether he had anything to do with the advance in the price of cotton or not, but he was thankful that he was there when it was doing, and "I don't know where they (his opponents) were. You don't hear anything about them along then. The governor earlier in the day had . { i iccus&A the seittttfr of voting for i >ill to indemnify negro families ii which a member was lynched. Sena cor Smith read article 6, section 6 oi the State constitution, which this pro vision as written by Senator Tillman when the "reform movement" was al its crest back in 1895. Senator Smith said that his onl\ friends were not those who were vot ing for him. "Those who do not favor me, I pity them profoundly. The} . an not tell the chaff from the wheat :5ut, tnanK tiort, on August 25, the :halT will be winnowed out." The speaker went into a detailed liscussion of the amendment of the oanking and currency bill which pro/ideded the farmer with time extension feature. He also explained the work of testing the tensile strength of the different grades of cotton, and of having the grades standardized. J. I. Iv. PRELIMINARY PLANS NOW ABE MPLETEO \ POR ENLISTING TIIE GOOD WOMEN ALL OVER THE LAND IN CAUSE OF GOOD ROADS jHURCHES 10 SCHOOLS DEPLNJ QNGOQj ROADS hist Here Lies the Grand Reason \\ hy the Women of the United States Should Feel Deep Interest, And it Seems they Already Do. Washington, D. C., July G.?Mrs. Robert Baker, chairman of the ret .1 \\T ? - * i ^xiliv ticiuvu wumuii s ?urinary Department of the American High.vay Association, announced today that she had completed her preliminary plans for organizing the women jf the United States into a strong organization which will work continuously for the improvement of the roads of the nation, especially rural roads. At a recent meeting of the Executive Committee at which Mr. Leonard Tufts, Chairman, Hon. Logan*VVal ler Page, Director U. S. Ofhce of Public Roads and President American Highway Association, Mr. Fairfax Harrison, President Southern Railway, Mr. A. G. Batchelder, Chairman Executive of the American Automobile Association, Mr. Richard H.rEdmonds, Editor Manufacturer's Record and others were present, it was decided that a Woman's Auxiliary Department should be established to aid the women who have been working individually for better roads in their various communities. The women of the country should learn the value of good roads, not only to the nation as a whole, but to individual women and children. It is the opinion of the officials of the American Highway Association that if the women had an organization through which they might obtain all needful information concerning roads and the most effective means of organization, inquiry, and propaganda they would become a powerful influence for efficient handling* of mar funds and adequate road building and maintenance. "Millions of children in the Unitec States," said Mrs. Baker, "are educated in rural schools and yet at certair seasons of the year, because of the de plorable condition of the roads, th< children are unable to get school Disclipline is destroyed and the con tinuity of study is made impossible (iood roads will bring consolidation o. the one room schools into grade< schools and the use of school wag I ons." | The country churches are not as < I whole showing healthy growth an< | development, and it is upon thes< churches that the virility of the citj | churches depend. Women all over th< land should rally to the support of tin good road movement when its vita influence upon the home, the schoo and the church is so plainly shown.' Arrangements arc being made t( hold a conference of prominent women under the auspices of the Woman's Auxiliary Department in conjunction with the Fourth Americar Red Cross Congress, in Atlanta, Ga. during the week beginning Nov. 9. * ni ** * i rcspass notice. All persons are hereby forbidden tc enter upon or trespass in any manner upon my place known as the Open Pond Place, without my consent, and all violators of this notice will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. J. M. Sarvis. 7-:;o-4t. For Weukness and Loss of Appetite The Old Strtiidard general strengthening tonk. OROVK'S ~ASTEMtSS chill TONIC, drives on Malatta and builds up the system. A true toni< and sure Appetizer. For adults and children. 50c "" I r if 111 Illaii Mi ; I M<B"0a6J [ fi* ' ** th ^Mllllllll I??i # .t : The i Mason & H? m'in Grand a ?rx? VVeiluiij<on Upi"Lfh& Piano. Z.ZZH Ki r.j/shury UpOyrhtaod Pla> ""1^, Cdb.c (ri f-'d in d Op 'k'ht an Cocavur Grand jn?? Up'Oj/ht. $480 00 buj 11 ti H -non | ~?- This i? a piaro otlWin^ c?f oxc I st.run e it should oy all int-an tbar vo'-v inKcubar of ynu?* f< for $000.00 in.mtnv thar p;a ???? on, all 'o?* $080 00 <" %///lllllllllllllllllllll ?? l II l. I l ????? I CAN TO TKli VOTERS OF THE 6T It is your duty and is, no doub , ftvh who comes nearest to represent r S? district; it is my purpose, ti I policies and principles whi -h I of next August. Drainage?There is nothing of lowlands. The United States t the West and South Carolina i drain our lands and make thei governmental and local superv of some of the most fertile lam now financially able to undert; to undertake the carrying into our district, to our state and GOOD RO/\DS.?In a measu in many sections of this distric swamp lands. If elected it sh the statute books so simplified the assistance now offered by ment's portion of the available ment of more rural free delive rouragement of the federal go TRUE DEMOCRACY?m jority. To enact Democratic ] few as under the operation of en leader of the party, Wood) the purest, highest minded am faith in the integrity and abili qualified support of his policic majority of the Democrats of i ? 1 GOOD FOR THE EYES-AND EYES ONLY ARK.YOIIR F-YKN watery, mattery, weak? tJet a iinc. tut?e of KVK NAJLVK* I.'ho ft and avoid granulated lid*. orrowihN, Ntyen and otlser bad re*iili* tliat follow thl? Nure algn of lnfeete?l even, t Kasrle Eyea lor everybody If they u*e KA<d.E KYK Salve. \ o success if hari ihorlwt cut to prosperity an c rough, craggy, bruisit\?j path of iardcr tn the bc?imtW\?Y but Motar xger a* the journey araute longer 3 revOari at the goal." -Herbert 3f<mr fitri dollar in (gyy the har^C5t thati* 1 jbllcvO ?i-the thrift yi i j His i illllillllllllllllllHIIIIISIIIIIIII! B SKIPPEj Hie price Piano and Organ Ma , ihi* worlds bes' P alios on easy Ui'tns <1 Upn^i t Pianos. er Piano, d PI i"i- v Piano, ano I j ,\ yvr Pi;? r's a strictly High Grade PJayf and 24 K ?ii> of Piaver u,<?c*. ou t ej.tiorjal morit. that -*very int^oaini/ p - invfst.it/atr', Think ?f bnyioy a spleno imilv cm) u?o, and et j >v ?i piano whi i o 'jompie.rw wim 21 rolls of u a v lovn'fii < \f dftirif] iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii L. HAME DIDATE FOR CONGR H CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: t, your intention to support and vote foi ,ing your ideas of what a Congressman t lercfore, to lay before you from time to pledge myself to support if >ou elect rn greater importance to this state and (lis government is spending millions annual); s helping pay the bills; why should not n productive? One million dollars put ii ision would mean the reclamation of a rls in the country. Neither the State n ake the work, and if elected to Congress elFect this most important undertaking to the South generally, re drainage work will advance the buildi t and State road building is ail but imj iall be niv earnest endeavor to have the as to make it easier for each county or the government. One of the desired cha i funds and reduce the county's portion ;ry routes will also stimulate good road vernment. cans the yielding of individual opinion tc principles into law and bring prosperity Republican policies, it is necessary to ow Wilson, of whom the State Democra 1 most capable man that occupied the VV ity of our President is sufficiently strong >s, if 1 am elected, especially so when tli the House of Representatives. JK5SS& VOTE FOR A. L. HAMER FOF Items from Savannah Bluff. ? t The health of this community is generally good, except some fever. a The crops are looking fine since the nice rain last week. c Mr. Frank Singleton of Bucksport spent Saturday night at Mrs. M. T. j Clardy's. i Mrs. Susie Marlow and children of DeEand, Fla., is visiting the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Causey of this place. Mrs. Cora Cox and Miss Emma j * only djujft d contentment ' the pioneer** muscle* .qroO , and there!* alKhufmon i the 3>ank U atvtfqys hc^tart. Others v)iU itt make the burden ou ought to^yaVe. ttmto thg ^ 11K ran R % ^ m >,+ r Piano. EE l^rujs t ' : 'j re hi) tor of mi 'h an In id b?autiful t? ??* ? piano fh wouid ordinarily olaver in i-?ie an ^^5^ llllllllllllllll iw# ESS' 8? " that candidate for Congress yjg )\ves to his constituents and to time during the campaign the ujficl e to that cfiice on the 25th day gjgl trict than the draining of its nj y to irrigate the arid lands of |H . we secure government to i drainage work under proper Kg hundred million dollars worth |2| or the individual counties are MB i I shall deem it my first duty ?1 which will mean so much to |H ng of good roads, inasmuch as ^ possible without draining the HD public highways laws now on Bff district to take advantage of Kj nges is to increase the govern- HH now required. The establish- 91 building with the aid and en- H| > the will and decree of the ma- Hj "% * to the masses instead of the stand by and support the chos- 9H tic Convention said that he is rhite House in a century. My BR to make me pledge my un- nS ose policies are endorsed by a i CONGRESS. I > Smith of Loris, spent a few days in his community. Mr. Edd Cooper spent the Fourth^ it Myrtle Beach. Mr. Arthur Causey spent Sunday it Mr. W. J. Singleton's at Toddsville Miss Martha Singleton of Toddvillc las just returned home after spendng some time in this community. No weddings to report. Petit. WANTED?Clean Rags at The Herald Office. #'