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SENATE CANDIDATES ' SPEAK AT BARNWELL. ALL LHBERALLY APPLAUDED, BUT SMITH APPEARS FAVORITE WITH CROWD. Barnwell, June 26:?The spiciest meeting so far of the Senatorial campaign was held here today before a thousand or more voters, some of whom were from other counties. Each candidate apparently had a number of friends in the audience, which was frequently quite demonstrative, but the consensus of opinion was that the supporters of Senator Sm: th were considerably in the majority. The reception of the Senator was little short of an ovation, and after bis speech dozens crowded about him on the platform, where for some time he was busy shaking hands with many old and probably a considerable number of new friends. Flowers were in evidence again today. Governor Blease received four bouquets, one from the young daughter of Col Charles Carroll Simms, candidate for Governor, and as a token of appreciation the Governor planted a kiss on the cheek of the dainty little girl. Two bouquets were presented to Senator Smith. The vote in Barnwell county for Governor in 1912 was: Blease 1,265, Jones 1,113, Duncan 27. GOVERNOR BLEASE SPEAKS. Governor Blease, after an absence of three days from the campaign party, opened the "discussion" today by declaring to his supporters in the crowd that he brought them "good news" from the Pee-Dee section, v;here he had been. He assured them that he would be elected in the first primary by a handsome majority, which, he said, the "nasty, contemptible rules" might reduce to from 8,000 to 11,000, whereas, declared the Governor, he had from 18,000 to 20,000 two years ago. The Governor declared antiBlease men who signed pardon petitions to set "traps" for him were cowards, who asked him to grant n*rdnns r.hen criticised him for do ing so. "Shows the kind of fight they're making to defeat Blease," he said. At Beaufort, declared the Governor, ";hey had a nigger brass brass band to lead the other gang up, I reckon as a compliment to SenatoriSmith for voting with negroes for Haskell in 1890." The Governor exhibited a catalogue of Benedict College, in Columbia, directing attention to a picture of the faculty, composed of white and colored teachers. "Smith is not in that picture," Marvin Holland told the Governor from the audience. "No," replied the Governor, "Smith is a white man; I'll say that much." "You'll he in the next group when Smith takes your picture," came again from Holland. "You're a liar," snapped back the Governor, who declared a later catalogue of Benedict College contained a picture of the college building instead of the faculty. Governor Blease declared Senator Smith's friends were "hopelessly divided and know he's beat." "Not yet," from the crowd. "Not yet, but soon," retorted the Governor. Governor Blease again denounced the new primary rules, declaring that a "dirtier piece of thieving was never concocted by 'Portland Ned' or any of his associates." He said five of his friends went to the office of the State Insurance Commissioner in Columbia to enroll, but couldn't ^io do so because nobody was there, that seven of his friends went to another place to enroll, but found nobody. The Governor declared this was the kind of "trickery" his enemies were resorting to. He took a whack at the newspapers, at least at those he said published "lies" about him. He referred to the preachers, who, he said, prayed two years ago for the best man to win and had their prajers answered. "It may not be Providence," said ^ * the Governor, "but I've never had anyone to do me a mean trick unless something happened to him." "Little Jesus," from somebody in ; the crowd. "No, I'm no hypocrite," ! said the Governor. As the Governor closed his speech ; somebody near the stand shouted, | "Take a hand primary, Governor," i renestinrr it several times, but the Governor failed to adopt the suggestion, so no hand primary was taken. JENNINGS ON RULES. Mayor L D Jennings spoke next, beginning with a defence and explanation of the new primary rules so roundly denounced by the Governor. "Bleaseites," said Mr Jennings, "will have to vote under the new rules whether they sign in a skyscraper or in aback lot." "Now, what are the rules?" asked the speaker. "Honest rules," vouchsafed an auditor. "Yes, honest rules to prevent dishonesty and people from Georgia voting in South Carolina," said Mr Jennings, who declared he expected to speak in every county in the State from the records "and two or more State detectives going around the State can't run me off the stand." Mr Jennings again showed how easy it was under the old rules to perpetrate election frauds. "How long are you people going to stand it?" he asked. "No longer," someone in the crowd answered. Mr Jennings called attention to the increase in the primary vote between 1910 and 1912, when it jump ed from 108,000 to 144,000 in two years. He said railroad lawyers, as charged by Governor Blease, might have had something to do with it, but, said he, "I was there, and I'm no railroad lawyer." He declared "the honest men are going to carry this election." Mr Jennings said he proposed to show that politics has entered many of the State institutions, not to build them up, but to further the political interests of the Governor. He said he proposed to read a book that will make the blood of every right-thinking man and woman almost gush from their veins. He declared he urrmlri trn into the recent Asvlum investigation, "to see if the people of South Carolina will stand for such." Cries of "No, no," came from the audience. Mr Jennings declared he would present records, not through the newspapers, which the Governor said lied, but from the stump, and that if the records were denied he would furnish the proof. Mr Jennings said he hoped to be able to show that many convicts were turned loose without petitions. He referred to the case of Mack Stakes, who was convicted of selling liquor in Orangeburg, sentenced, appealed and was pardoned before the case reached the supreme court. At the meeting in Orangeburg Governor Blease was asked by someone in the audience to "tell us who asked you to pardon Mack Stokes," to which the Governor replied "None of your business." MR POLLOCK. Mr W P Pollock said many men who came to cheer for "their man Blease" and to hear him, go away because they "don't want to hear the truth about Cole L Blease." He declared he had listened to the Governor's speech and had heard nothing but "nigger, nigger, nigger, that's all," and he's turned a lot of them out. He said he was sick and tired of "nigger, nigger, nigger." He said he read in the papers that Governor Blease wanted to pardon his negro chauffeur, who had been fined for speeding by the Columbia Recorder, "Give it to him! Tell 'em about it!" came from the crowd. Mr Pollock said he thought "this man who talks so about 'nigger' all the time was a trustee of the negro college at Orangeburg,and he wishes they had put Blease's picture in the book while trustee." He said Blease had been claiming a majority of from 18,000 to 20,000 until he got to Walterboro, when he dropped to from 8,000 to 11,000. \ He said the Governor's claim that he was as strong as ever was due to his desperation. "What's your text?" asked someone. "Seventeenth chapter, First Samuel?and read the whole chapter," replied the speaker, who added that this described the contest between j David and Goliath, with the Governor,backed by a big political machine, 'in the role of the Biblical giant. "And," said Mr Pollock, "what Da vid did for Goliath, I hope, by the ! helD of God.to do for Cole L Blease. Now, that's my text, and I hope it i will soak in." Mr Pollock again read and commented on Governor Blease's "declaration of principles" as announced by the Executive in a speech at Walterboro. The speaker declared that it was a good platform, on which every man should stand, but he declared that, judging from the Governor's record, the latter had repudiated every plank. "Hurrah for Blease!" somebody in the crowd shouted. "Yes, hurrah for Blease, but on August 25 you'll have a chance to UIUJJ Ck tcai \jix uio \j\jt 1 uv.uj giutv) Mr Pollock retorted, adding that "this year will mark the close of the political career of Cole L Blease." Mr Pollock declared that Governor Blease had vetoed more acts than any other Governor, among the vetoed acts being the appropriation for the eradication of cattle tick. The Cheraw candidate said he would like to talk two hours "and tell you about Cole L Blease,for,God knows,the one thing we need now in South Carolina is to get rid of Blease and the things he stands for." Referring to the statement attributed to Governor Blease that in case of war with Mexico he (the Governor) would lead the South Carolina troops, Mr Pollock suggested, should war come, that the Governor be put at the head of the troops and shoved into the heart of Mexico, then that the troops drop back and let the Mexicans eat him up. "Couldn't get him there." "Could not get him to North Carolina," came from the crowd. "No, he wouldn't go to Mexico," said the speaker. "He's only bluffing, like he's been bluffing for the last four years." "Why, down in Charleston, where Governor Blease appointed the king of blind tigers on his staff, Jim Sottile, when you pass in review you've omt fn (utlntp 11 littlp sftwpd-off hlind tiger Dago, Jim Sottile," said the speaker. "Not going to do it," someone in the audience replied. "No, the people won't stand for it," said the candidate. While he thought Senator Smith better than Governor Blease, Mr Pollock said he didn't think much of Smith; that Blease had a bad record and Smith had none at all, but was a "joke." "Do you want your sons to be the kind of man Governor Blease is?" the speaker said. "No!" came back from the crowd. "Then," said Mr Pollock, "you should set your children a better example, for if you join hands with race track gamblers,blind tigers and ex-convicts you can't blame your, boys for going wrong a little." The audience loudly applauded this. SENATOR SMITH. Senator Smith was in splendid form and had the crowd from the time he began his speech. He declared that twenty-five years ago there was a demand for a change in conditions in this State He traced the Tillman movement down to the Constitutional convention. He said that the instrument which is now the basic law of South Carolina was written by Reformers led by Benjamin R Tillman,but, said the Senator, the charge has been made here today "that Ed Smith voted to give the family of a rapist $2,000." The Senator then read the section of the State Constitution, written, he said, "by that intrepid and matchless gladiator, Benjamin Ryan Tillman, one year before I went to the Legislature," providing that when a person is lynched in this State, the county wherein the lynching takes place shall be liable to the family of person lynched in the sum of $2,000. (Continued on page 7). 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MD 25 drums X Gin, 70 proof, $2'..00 per druir 25 44 44 44 22.00 21 << 23.00 44 15 44 Swan Gin,80 proof, 22.50 44 15 44 44 44 23.50 15 44 44 44 24.r>0 44 10 44 Holland Gin, 90 proof, 25.00 44 10 44 44 44 26.00 io zi.w 50 Cases Stokes County Corn, $8.00, $9.00, $9.5< MO gallon bottles Maryland XX Corn, 80 proof 600 half gallon bottles Maryland XX Corn, 80 prool PAUL JONES & CO, LOUISVILLE, KY. 4 cases Four Roses, $15 OC 4 cases 15.6( J AS OLWELL & CO, NEW YORK, N Y 20 cases Old Stage Coach, bottled in bond 9.0( 20 44 44 , . " 10. OC 20 " Irving Port 3.5C 20 44 Catawba (Irving) 3.5( SHERBROOK DIS CO, CINCINNATI. O 25 cases My Maryland, bottled in bond 8. Of 25 44 44 44 8.72 25 44 44 44 9.2f 5 drums, 50 gallons, grade X Rye, 80 proof, 15 drums Majestic A and P Brandies, 70 pf 23,0C 15 44 ' 44 44 24.04 15 44 14 44 25. Of 10 44 Capital Hill A and P B'dies,90 pf 27.0( 10 44 44 44 28.0( 10 44 44 44 29. Of 10 44 best Grain Alcohol 12.21 LUYTIES BROS, NEW YORK, N Y 2 cases Creme de Menthe, white 8.0< 2 44 44 green 8.04 2 44 Blackberry Cordial 44 8.<K 20 44 Veritas California Port 3.71 20 44 44 Sherry 3.71 4 44 Apricot Liqueur 9.04 KY PURE FOOD DIS CO, LOUISVILLE, KY 10 drums Newcomer, 100 proof 29.0C 10 44 44 " 30,0C 10 44 44 44 31.OC WHITE CREST WINE CO, NORFOLK, VA f r, rn . ., .m. A ftl pu cases vjarrevt o uuug 50 44 44 Port 4.0C 50 44 44 Sherry 4.0C ELDER, HARRISON & CO, BALTIMORE, MD. 50 cases Old Tom and Dry Gin 7.5C 10 " E, H & Co Old Reserve Cal Port 3.5( 10 " " 8herry 8.0C 10 44 " Claret 3.4? 15 gallons 44 Port oE 15 ? 44 Sherry 72 15 44 44 Claret 51 GALLAGHER & BURTON, PHILA, PA 30 cases G & B Choice 7.5( 30 " 44 8.2E 40 " 44 30 44 Private Stock 8.7E 30 4 4 4 4 9.7E 40 44 44 10.7E 15 44 Nectar 12.0C 15 " 44 13.5C 20 44 44 13.0C 10 44 Black Label 14,84 J0 44 44 15.34 10 44 44 15.84 20 44 G & B Scotch 11.0C 10 44 Alcohol HIRAM WALKER & SON, Ltd, Walkersville, Onl 10 cases Canadian Club 13.0C 5 44 16 oz Canadian Club 14.W, 5 " 8" 44 15. OC FRIEDMAN. KEILER & CO. PADUCAH, KY 3 cases Old Ollie 9.76 3 ' 44 10.25 4 44 " 10.75 6 44 Old Tom Gin 8.50 6 44 44 9.0C 8 4 4 44 ' 9.5C 33 44 Old Possum Corn 8.50 83 44 44 9.0(1 34 44 44 9.50 1 drum Royal Club Gin 29.50 2 4 4 4 4 30.20 2 44 44 3LOO 6 cases King Leo, whiskey 8175 6 44 44 9.25 8 44 44 9.75 20 44 Coming Out Gin &O0 30 44 44 8.50 20 44 44 9.0C JACK CRANSTON, BALTIMORE, MD 6 cases Fine Keystone 8.75 6 44 44 9.75 8 44 44 10:75 20 44 Old Diadoro 8.50 20 4 4 4 4 9.80 10 44 44 10100 6 44 Private Stock 8.75 6 44 44 9.75 8 4 4 44 10.75 2 44 Three Feathers 16.50 2 44 44 17,50 2 44 44 18.50 6 44 Cabinet Gin 8.00 ? " ? o no 8 " 44 10.00 10 44 Georgia Cocktails 9.60 10 44 44 10.60 EARLY TIMES DIS CO, PADUCAH, KY 6 cases Old Tom Gin, 85 proof 8.50 8 44 -4 9.00 6 44 44 '* 9 50 6 44 Moore & Moore Rye 8.75 6 44 i4 9.25 8 44 44 9.75 OLD BAGBY DIS CO, PADUCAH, KY 3 drums XXXX Corn, 90 proof 27.50 3 44 28.50 4 44 " 44 44 44 29.50 H CLARKE & SONS, RICHMOND, VA 1 drum Old Tar Heel Corn 28.00 2 44 29.00 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 30. 00 6 44 Tip Top Corn 25.00 6 44 41 26.00 8 41 44 27.00 AUGUSTA BREWING CO, AUGUSTA, GA 200 bbl Belle of Georgia 7.40 CONSUMERS' B B EST. CHARLESTON, S C 100 bbl Nat'l Export 7.75 JOS SCHLITZ BREWING CO, MILWAUKEE 1600 bbl Export 10.35 ; County Dispensary Bo; rhereof as May Be Orderei September 30, 1914 COST price '?$;?!?? Pin?. 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