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* «r .TOLDHI Ult BLEASE HECKLED IN HORSE CH AND CHEERS GIVEN TO LEON / W. HARRIS. THUmDAV. JCLT lUTT. Chib Rolls Purged at Meeting Monday MoK1b« of the Coanty ExecuUre Com- aiittee Made Very Few Chaftfee. County Candidates Speak at Williston Crowd Betimated at Nearly 300 Htm % and Women Hear Office-Seekers Make Appeals. Questions Are Asked.—Junior Sena* tor Often Interrupted During Speech at Langley. Aiken, July 26—Speaking last night in the Horse Creek Valley to voters that heretofore had given him hand some support, Senator C. L. Blease found plenty of opposition among his hearers and one of his opponents, Leon W. Harris, of Anderson, drew hearty applause for attacks on the senator's record. It was something that had never happened in the Horse Creek Valley before—heckling of Blease with cheers going to the other fellow. Both Harris and Blease had been asked by friends to speak, but they themselves, it is understood, did not know that both would be in the same territory. Harris arrived at Granite- ville just about the time Blease finish* ed his speech and Blease left for Langley. By the time Harris had tabbed at GraniteviU# and driven to t^angley, Blease had finished speak ing there, and had gone, but the crowd had been held intact for Harris. Therefore Harris did not hear Bless* either time, and Blease did not hoar Harris. James F. Byrnes, former resident of this county and the third ceodidnte for senator. wa« not present. Bienne's speech wns often inter rupted by questions from the crowd. They wanted to kaww shoot the ~ye4- t«w dog contract." the "Whealsr rsos lott'o" and "Biease's Weohly,** which d to ho printed In Anderson. It u A meeting of the Barnwell County Democratic Executive Committee wag held here Monday morning for the purpose of purging the club rolls and appointing managers of election for the coming primaries.' The following clubs were represented: Barnwell, Bennett Springs, Double^ Ponds, Dun barton, Elko, Four Mile, Great Cy press, Red Oak, Reedy Branch, Rose mary, Siloam and Williston. W. P. Sanders, candidate for re-elec tion as Magistrate at Barnwell, ap peared before the committee and made complaint of some alleged ir regularities in the enrollment, and after hearing statements from Mr. Sinders and various members of the committee five voters were ordered dropped from the Barnwell chib roll, three were ordered transferred from Barnwell to Siloam, and several voters, who had enrolled at both Barnwell and Siloam, were stricken from the Barnwell roll at their owfi request. The five voters ordered dropped from the Barnwell club roil ere J. P. Conley, Mrs May Conley, Henry Con ley. Margaret Conley aad W. P. Con ley, It having been shown \hnt they have not established the required two I vionaly. Mr years residence la South Carolina, j dience later. Emmett Sense. Baarom Morris and | County Eknee Moms were ordered transfer red from Barnwell le S4 a name of Nat Zom »bo w at both Barnwell aad Siloam. wet •f do rod t inrhea from the In spite of the extremely hot weather, a crowd of 300 men and women gathered in the auditorium of the Williston-Elko high school build ing Friday morning to hear the can didates for county offices make claims and appeals for support in the primary elections, this being the second meeting of the campaign. All of the aspirants for suffrage were well received and generously applaud ed. In the absence of the president of the Williston Democratic Clulf, the meeting was presided over by M. C. Kitchings, who had a kindly word of introduction for every speaker. J. J. Bell, candidate for county treasurer, was not present when the meeting was called to order, and the first speaker introduced was W. H. Manning, unopposed for reelection for the office of county auditor, who was followed by John K. Snelling, also un opposed for reelection to the office of Judge of Probate. Theese gentle*ren made short fhlka,. expressing their pleasure ia appearing before a Willis- ton audience, eepectially without op position, their remarks being practi cally the same as reported at the Dunbarton meeting two week* pre- Bell addressed the au- e# Rdacetiea C mpisinl wee alee made ef the ea- Dm eat ef N*ek Creach aad his wife. was a aew tape no act fee Bleaee la have hostile quaatmus fired at him I K Dtaseeud, by a Mseue Creak Valley ctuwd aad I Bsutsu aad Ardell N aerie ( >r ItarriH ar m _ d with mark launched tale a vigor* B ee** • record re*t< meets that he had made aa venous •tumps He rom aded h«e hearers.that j he wa« keen sad reared ta a textile reuaty aad said that 71 per coat, of the textile workers ta his circuit hud I he adaphad aa the efftctal club roll, the beet voting for him for tea years ss 1 amt ion being adopted, sehcthsr. He mid he felt honored | Msaegers ef elect Ian, clerks aad hy their vU, and "they see gong |e pell mg places were then named by the eeetiaue to vote fee me," he shouted, committee, after which the He scored the teas tor fee bring tag. wa« adjourned, hatred aa this country hy let B 8. Moore. Jr., of Bsrnweli, wm* the sad the | first candidate for the office of Coua- 11*11 ty Sapenateadeat of Edarstfcn, and m the meia his talk wes along the same lines as at the opening meeting. He did charge, however, that Mr ly one aft • uses is h>s oir*w and St hi. of 91 AM a year this amosata to 9M far a few hear* work. He that the ef the visited the euce last said that hoys U years of have told him that they have Mr Cvu«t Mi sway at Mr South Americans as 'half-breeds aad Niggers'"; he criticised Blease for havtag members sf his family on the Building Fuad Group No. 4 will government payroll when, he claiamd, ha vs a cat-fish sad frisd chicken sup- they had not done the wsrk mad per at the Barnwell Coca-Cola plant on ped oa the senator for casting the | Friday evening, beginning at 7 o'clock, big vote in a contested election The public is cordially invited. Price to send a Negro to congress instead 50 cents. Mrs. Buist Grubbs, teadar. ^ump of General Moist. He also said it was Blease who voted to tablf the resolu tion which would have segregated the races on street cars in Washington. Blease, speaking cn the Wheeler rssoAttioix, providing for investiga tion of labor conditions in the two Carolines, said he did not vote against Mrs. Hayne Hogg, sub-leader. Blease declared that money was be ing used against him and that it was being handled “by a certain store right down the road to circulate lies on me." Asked about the so-called yellow it; that it had never been put to a dog contract, Blease said he knew vote. “And the man who tells you that [ nothing about a yellow dog, and “if I was ever against it is a common I had one I would poison him”—and every day liar,” he said. | added. “How much money are you Harris, unaware of Blease’s state- getting for asking me that?” ment, pulled a page of The Congres-1 With that, there were cheers for sional Record which, he said, proved Harris and Byrnes, and one called “that Cole Blease’s motion to carry out, “Harris will tell you about the the bill over to the next Session of yellow dog contract.” congress is $he reason that it was . Blease urged the organization of not voted upon.” He also read a labor under South Carolina heads, newspaper clipping in which Blease “Link up with the American Federa- was quoted as saying in the senate: tion of Labor or some other good or^ “I have never been for the Wheeler ganizations, but let the Communists resolution, am not for it now, and atone,” he said, never will be for it.” The audience 1 The senator said he had been friend- gave Harris applause. | ly to labor. He said that during As to Blease's Weekly, the senator strikes while he was governor k* said that it was printed at Anderson has refused to send out troops, “be- by Wilton*E. Hall, but that it “merely cause I knew you boys would destroy he kind ef J hy hie opponent, but would be fomsd ia hie effkv wbea am visiting the erkoolt He devoted e part of hie time le a brief review ef hie life. Horace J. Crouch agmia devoted hie tiam to e partial review of hie slew the S years of his yiag that he woatd die- ports of his record that ho did each upon at Dunbarton. He declared that he cam* prepared to do the work of the office when he was first elected, having been a pupil, a teacher, aad that he is a graduate of Furman University. He produced his record book to prove that he has visa ed schools in and out of season, and cited instances cf such visits He called attention to a new* dispatch from Rock Hill announcing his election as vice president of the organization of county superintendents and also read an editorial from a recent issue of The Williston Way anent candidates. He told of various instances in which his work has been commended by the editors of periodipals and officials of the State, and reviewed the “products” of the Williston-Elko schools, many graduates of which are now making their marks in ^he outside world. One reason for higher taxes, he said, are the improved school buildings, which were voted by the patrons themselves. The State, Mr. Crouch said, fixes the salaries of teachers, but that the trustees may pay higheer salaries if they desire to do so. He also cited the amount of State aid that Barnwell County gets under the 6-0-1 school law. l House of Representative*. All of the candidates for the House of Representatives were present ex cept the Rev. D. W. Heckle, who was Issue Statement About Chain Gang J. W. Patterson Says Only Two Gnaris Employed.—Two Men Operate Tractors.—Other Data. The erroneous impression was cre ated by the remarks of one of the candidates for the House of Represen tatives at the Williston meeting that the Board of County Directors main tains five guards for 10 convicts*. The truth of the matter is that Mr. Joe Baxley and Mr. Ansel Anderson are the only two guards. It is true that* five men are employed in connection with the chain gang, but Messrs. Nat F. Sanders and Bernice Still operate the tractors, while Mr. Henry Hartsog is employed to build and repair bridges and also repair the tractors. The Board has found it impracticable to use inexperienced negro convicts to operate high-priced tractor* and considers it economy to employ train ed white men to do this work. • There has been a substantial re duction in the. expense of operating the chain gang during the incumbency of the present Board of Directors and the taxpayers are invited at any aad all times to inspect the records and see for themselves what has been and is being done to safeguard their inter- est in the matter of expenditures. J. W. Patterson. Churn.. Board of County Directors. AKPARAGl'8 FIELD Cham Negro Through Streets of Barnwell Strmnf. Mu AttoapU* to Safer Horn of Saa J. Halford ta Search of Suitcase. Considerable excitement was caus ed here Friday when several white men chased a strange negro through the streets of Barnwell after he had attempted to enter the home of Sam J. Halford, on the Elko road, in search of a suitcase that he claimed to have lost. Mrs. Halford and one of her daughters were alone at home when the negro went to the house, claiming that he had left his snitesse by the side of the road and that he taw a white man enter the house with the “grip” in his hand. Mrs. Halford told the negro that the suitcase had not been carried into her home and £ho negro, it is said, threatened to force entrance and search the house. He went away and later returned a second time, but left again when he saw a man on the buck porch. In a short while, Mr. Halford returned and was told of the occurrence. He got hi* gun and searched a nearby field but found no trice of the negro. He started towards town and met Chief of Police Peeples, whs said that the negro had asked him to got a suitcase that ws a hidden in s house creak. When Mr. Halford the a it satiety the officer get oa the side of his ear and the two towards the Halford heme. ENROLLMENT * mm I TOTALS INCREASE OP ABOUT FITS CENT SHOWN. Hum Practacta Show Gataa, ] Recife* Losses sod One Hu Not Yet Reported. The enrollment in Bern well County for the Democratic primaries ia ma of Hie heaviest on record, according to figures compiled this week by the secretary of the county executive com mittee. With enrollment figures from every precinct except Hilda, it is es timated that the total will reach SAM. Eleven precinct g show gains as com pared with four years ago aal five clubs register loeeee. Two letters have been written by the ssrrotwy to the executive committeeman ef the Hilda Club, requesting that the en rollment book be sent in, but at he time this was written yesterday (Wednesday) morning, the bosh had for dobs, with is as fellowt: the cxrpption of Mile DAT AUGUST SIXTH g* Aiken Agrkrullural Ouh ef Fertiliser ran taf C L Gewaa. County Agent far Couaty and from C Donald. Field N V Potash Export My that firm by Mr. Halford rbe wore jstaod In hfc ta have hailed ed in this paper will ha A Ikes Agrirnhura] dab August sixth, will start promptly at 9.1ft at whirh t>me I growers will give a of aaparegus # *rt i.taii n A Bov. B B the choir; Mas Obvu a reading. If.* by Badyard visits gala, "Malady ef L Jams* Burnt; mmm. “Mi _ N. V My. will offer a prise of sire, who raa ehew that ho has seed more actual potash par acta thaa nay- etae at the meeting. FoBowiag the dlsmoaiea. a short will bo made to several fortili- domonatration* soar Aikea. and then the masiiag mil adjourn to a hark'ewe luncheon served through the Blame. Mrs. courtesy of the A ikon Cl eh sad the n evils, and Quads Agriculture! and Scientific Burean of FWhUag presented a gift from the N. V. Potash Export My. congregation of the church ta County Agents in the asparagus section, bankers, farmers, fertiliser dealers and manufacturers are co operating to make this the biggest meeting of asparagus men ever held ia the United States. Every grower of asparagus is cordially invited to attend. Duncsq; Miss OH*# Baxley a gift from the Missionary society to Mrs. Duncan; Mr. Duncan i after which the choir sang “Blast Bo the Tie That Binda” and G. C. Brad ford pronounced the benediction. carried my name” and said be had no no property.” He said he refused to financial interest in it He said he protect strikebreakers; that he would conducting a meeting at one of his told Hall to take his name off when meet them at the station with ■ churches. The first speaker to be Hsll btcaa -soafe kind of cobUoI” atilHarr company. Inks thorn to the introduced wns Winchester C. Smith. wanted penitentiary and back nual nrVice, from which he said it will be seen that oply ten mills are levied for the support of the county government, including the 'thain gang, salaries of officers, the county home; etc., the remaining mills being for schools apd roads. W. W. Cam, of Blockvilie, said that the only way to jiduce taxes is to re duce expenditures and favors a re duction in salaries and the combining of some offices. He alstJ"declared his opposition to the voting of extra ex pense money to themselves by the members of the general assembly. Jas. Arthur Kennedy, of Williston, was the last speaker and, in the main, covered the same ground as at Dun barton. He said, that, in traveling over the county, he had found that the citizens had lost interest in the gov ernment, because the promised reduc tion in taxes, etc, has not been forth coming. He again charged the lost of time by the courts as being partly re sponsible far high taxes, and briefiy Urn chain AUTOMOBILE ADJUNCT TO CRIME DETECTION Oneida, N. Y, July 29.—The auto mobile, as a necessary adjunct to crime detection and prevention, plays an integral part in activities at the New York State Police barrack s here. The State Troopers, under Major Warner, now operate 180 cars, of which 82 are Chevrolet*, and many of the duties the cars are called on to perform rival the tests on an automo bile manufacturer’s proving ground. Yearly mileage - up to 40.000 or 50,000 miles, much of it at high speeds are common, and the sudden starting and stopping to which the Troopers' cars are constantly subjected, put the mechanical festures of the cars to un usual strain, it was pointed out An unusually spectacular feat in which the cars recently participated was in getting the local unit to Ai£ burn in quick time during the Auburn prim riot. The distance between the two towns, 58 ariles, was covered by ia 56 ia the audience *Why did they ry Boy." have accompanied by her Hay. Henry Hay, of Parrie Island, Thursday here. Mrs. J. M. Gaunt has returned from Ccltmtbia, where she has her a cn, Fred Gaunt, and family. Sam Hay and son, flam. Jr, of Birmingham, Ala, are visiting the former's brother, Harold Hay. Ted Tharin has returned from Col umbia, where he spent several dags. Mis a Laurie Ella Gaunt entertained a few small friends at a party Satur day night. W. D. Gaunt and family and Mia. Maude Woodruff are occupying A. P. Hay's residence for a week. Drayton Gaunt spent Sunday here. Carroll Fowke is here for the week end. Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Gaunt, of Al lendale, spent Sunday with Miss E. M. Gaunt Mr. 3. H. Hay and son, of Birm ingham, Ala, are the guests H. H. Hay. , Mrs. R. E. Riggs, of Beaufort, several days here last week, the of Mrs. A. P. Hay. Mrs. M. W. Tharin and son, who have been making their Al in their ia M