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$2.00 A YEAR ABBEVILLE, 8. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1912. CANDIDATE* HEARD Large Crowd Chee vailed?All Cand ferred and I The State campaign meeting at Ab hoviiip was a most orderly gathering. Elaborate preparations had been made for preserving order, but, barring a little excitement caused by the im pending clash between Attorney Gen eral Lyon and Barnard B. Evans, there was hardly a ripple. The speaking was held in the grove be hind the court house and was well at tended, the crowd numbering, accord ing to estimates, from 1,500 to 2,000 persons. The enthusiasm of the crowd was quite pronounced, especi ally among the partisans of the two leading candidates for governor. Many claims have been made by both sides as to the respective strength ot the two candidates among the crowd present, but to a careful observer it seemed that the adherents of Blease tributed. Rain interferred with the meeting, which finally was adjourned to the opera house, after an intermission ol about an hour. Railroad Commissioner. The first candidates to address the voters were those for railroad com missioner, Messr^ John G. Richards, J. H. Wharton and James Cansler, who each presented their claims for election. Attorney General. Mr. Thomas H. Peeples led off the candidates for attorney general. He said he was a young lawyer who fa voreu economy, auu piumiscu, ?. elected, to carry out this policy, and if defeated to accept the result pleas antly and retire to private life with nothing but good feeling for every body. His speech was well received and he was cheered heartily when he announced his opposition to white teachers being employed to teach in negro schools and educating negroes with the money of white people. Mr. Peeples was a'pplauded at ihe conclu sion of his speech. m .1. R. Earle. Mr. J. R. Earle characterized Mr. Peeples' effort as "a sup of sweet ened wind." He deprecated the con tinued survival of the dispensary is sue. He thought the department of justice ought not to be turned into *a detective bureau. 1? 1) V.AMU !> I>? JLtUIl Mr. B. B. Evans referred to the fact that he?was a native of Abbeville county. Meeting with some encour agement in his first assaults upon the Attorney General, he launched into a vicious attack, denouncing Lyon in se vere terms, using both ridicule and invective. He referred to the Attor ney General as "a coffin-seller posing as a lawyer," and said that Abbeville people had never entrusted him with an important case in court, which de claration was seconded by Uncle Josh Ashley, occupying a seat in a second story window of the court house. Evans lovingly referred to ex-Gov ernor Ansel as "poor old mutton head Anse." He read some figures relating to the winding 'up of the old State dispensary, which he claimed substantiated his charge that the Ansel commission -had defrauded the i common schools of many thousands of | dollars. "I hate to think a man is a thief," I said Evans, but he (meaning Lyon) had recently sold property in Columbia for which he received $7,500. Evans also rpferred to the Attorney General as "An ass in a lion's skin." Somebody in the crowd made a re mark which was not caught by the newspaper men present, and in re ply Evans said: "It takes two to make a shooting match, and if he can shoot quicker than I can I am his meat, but if he can't, both of us will go down together." Other remarks of the speaker' were along the same line. He received applause at its con clusion. ' Fraser Lyou. Attorney General Lyon was suffer ing from hoarseness, which handi capped him considerably. His appear ance at the front of the stage called forth hearty applause. "It is- intense ly disagreeable to a man who makes any pretense to decency or honor to be in a campaign with a dirty liar like .that," said the Attorney Gen eral, pointing his finger at Evans, who sat close by. More than once the speaker referred to Evans as a "crook and liar." "He may flaunt his brav ery in the faces of honest people, but the people of Saluda know him for a crook and every man who has fol lowed this^ampaign knows him for a liar." Lyon charged that Evans had been indicted in Saluda for forgery and all that saved him was the fact that the solicitor had failed to spe cify, in the indictment, the name of the party defrauded. Mr. Lyon said that notwithstanding the "infamous falsehoods which this crook has told here today," the good people of South Carolina would, when ? -...Ml the time came to register meir win, stand by him and return him to the office of attorney general. The speaker referred to criticisms of his acts in employing other lawyers to as sist in the winding-up of the State dispensary. "Old Tom Felder," shouted Uncle Josh Ashley. "Yes sir," retorted the Attorney General "and what's the matter with you and vmir kind is. Felder caught the grafters. and that's what you don't like." Mr. Lyon said that whatevei might be thought of Felder, he had recovered and placed in the State's treasury thousands of dollars. Mr Lyon said that, as a matter of fact Felder had not been employed by his office, but by the dispensary winding up commission. Mr. Lyon said thai he' would not receive and did nol want the votes of any grafter or frienc of grafters. He closed amid loud anc continued applause. At the conclusion of .Mr. Lyon's ad dress Mr. Evans arose to reply. H< applied the shorter and uglier wort * "to " the Attorney General and wai t. \yamed by Chairman Graydon tha 1 do abuse would be tolerated. Con i FOR STATE i BY ABBEVU r Their Favorites? iidates Well Receiv Vieeting Adjourned tinuing, Evans said: "I have denied seriatim the charges of this dirty fraud, whom 1 have denounced all over the 'State as an infamous nar.' At this point Lyon arose with clenched fist and advanced* towards Evans, but he was intercepted by Chairman Graydon and others, while Chief Riley, Rural Policeman Bruce and others took Evans in charge. The crowd refused to listen further to Evans, and after attempting for a few minutes to get a hearing he gave it up'and retired from the stage. The encounter created considerable excitement in the crowd, which was never quite restored to its former state of attentiveness. During the occurrence one man, said to be a magistrate, was seen to draw his pistol and step behind a tree. "What his intention could have been is not known. As a peace officer, he ha.s a right to carry firearms. Governor Blease. Governor Blease opened his speech by giving a detailed account of his entrance into Abbeville on the after noon before the meeting, naming sev eral prominent citizens who had met him at the depot and others who had called at his room, stating that, upon the insistance of Maj. F. W. R. Nance, he had appeared upon the streets and oeen introduced to many citizens. This, the governor said, was done to refute a report to the effect that he was drunk in his room at the hotel. "Another Jones lie nailed to the cross" said the Governor, when he had finished his statement with re gard to this matter. Referring to the Gus Richey case, the Governor called upon W. R. Rich ey, Sr., of Laurens, to substantiate his statement that he had never prom ised a pardon for Gus Richey in return for the support of his brother. The Governor stated that Mr. W. R. Richey, Sr., and his son were not re cent converts to his cause, but had supported him two years ago. Upon the call of the Governor, Mr. Josh Ashley, characterized as "a lie" any statement that the Governor had promised him a pardon for Pearman, convicted for the killing of young Nance. Governor Blease read a letter from E. A. Newman, Pine Creek, Camden, which contained the statement that Charles D. Jones, son of Judge Jones, "gave Archie Vincent of Heath Springs, $50 to work for votes for his father." Referring to Chief Justice Gary, the Governor said he was a better man than his predecessor, and claimed that Justice Gary would have saved the State thousands of dollars in the ap pointment of special judges had he, inctaori nf Juries .Tnnes. held the nosi tion of Chief Justice for the past sev eral years. The Governor said that while Judge Jones was av Reformer, he had now allied himself with the Haskelites, of whom he said: "They were againat good Democracy then and they are against good Democracy now." The Governor read a letter from Senator Tillman, dated Aug. 12, in which the writer said so many letters and telegrams had come to him about his letter to J. L. Sims of Orange burg "and my supposed endorsement of Ira B. Jones" that he had given out an interview defining his position, to which interview his correspondent was referred for information. In ad /Ht inn thia lflnfriiaze Was QUOted b>' the Governor from the letter: "I am sick and disgusted at the unfairness and dishonesty, especially in 'the headlines, with which certain newspa pers have used my letter to Mr. Sims nnd tried to give it a construction it does not bear." Another Tillman let ter which the Governor read, without mentioning the name of the addressee or the date, was very brief. It said: "I have yours of July ?. Whoever told you I was lined up with John Gary Evans or anybody else to beat Blease for governor does not know what he is talking about." The Governor charged that the corporations were furnishing the money for Jones campaign, and read a letter alleged to have been written by Judge Jones' campaign manager, J. William Thurmond, referring a supposed worker for Judge Jones to Col. Leroy Springs of Lancaster for settlement of his bill. Governor Blease made the state ment that the secretary of the editor of The State was responsible for the statement that Judge Jones owed The State $8,000 for printing. Governor Blease said his opponents had to send John Gary Evans to Washington to get Tillman's endorse ment. He said that for the past 19 Smith flarolina had had but i one Governor and he didn't need any one to vouch for his position on the "nigger" question. The Governor charged that an at ! tempt would be made to rob him ol > the election on the 27th, and called i upon his friends to watch the polls closely. He attacked the State chair i man of the Democratic party, John ' Gary Evans, characterizing him as , "the biggest scoundrel they could gel *r\ rnh vnil." I The Governor reiterated his oft-re > peated declaration that he would stand by his friends, saying that h( would accord justice to his enemies I but that when it came to the mattei i of appointments none but Blease mer . need apply. The Governor's remarks with re j spect lo Judge Jones and his oppon . ents in general were quite caustic t "dirty set of liars" and other like epl t thets being applied to the supporteri 1 of Judge Jones. The Governoi i charged that Judge Jones had mad< "the blankest record of any white mar . in the State" by voting against th< ; separate coach law. 1 The supporters of Governor Bleasi 5 seemed to enjoy his address, whicl t was liberally punctuated with ap - plause. At the conclusion of his re OFFICES w w r-5 1 t rv rr<nr\ r? LLL VUILKS -Best of Order Pre-' ed?Rain Inter to Theatre. marks he was presented with flowers. Judge Jones. Judge Jones addressed an audi ence of between 800 and 900 people in the opera house. The ex-Chief Jus tice appeared in perfect good humor and his remarks were listened to at I W?? ?\??AOAnf CnnnArf. I LCIIUVCiJ' uy U1UDC picocui. uuppv* w ers of Judge Jones claimed that some converts were made by the speech of the former chief justice. Judge Jones, replying to the charge that his campaign expenses were be ing borne by corporations, character ized as "impertinent" questions which the Governor had asked him atong this line. Ke declared emphati cally that oiot one cent had come to him from corporations, firriis or indi viduals for financing his campaign. At the proper time he would, in ac cordance with the law of the State, file a statement showing his cam" paign expenses. , Judge Jones referred to his rela tions with Chief Justice Gary, which he said were of the most friendly na ture. He paid a tribute to his former associate on the supreme bench, say ing that he was the soul of honor, courage and fidelity fmd one of the bes and noblest men in the State. "When he beat me for Associate Jus tice we ran and end^d as friends and 'vhen I ran against him for Chief Justice the race was a friendly one," nnnilnnoH Tiidp-p .Tnnes. Wilfkil* UV\* WMMQW ? ? ? When the speaker asked what ele vating thought had been suggested by Governor Blease's speech and de clared it was nothing but malice, slan der, dirt and vituperation, a voice in the crowd said: "Mr. Jones, you caused it all." "I have not caused it . all," Judge }ones replied, declaring he had al ways fought fair, had not struck be low the belt and only attacked Gov ernor Blease's record, which "every body, he said, had a right to criticize. Judge Jones declared it was perfectly proper to refer to his public record. Referring to the charge of the Gov ernor that unfairness was likely to characterize the election next Tues day, Judge Jones said he would not in sult the people of South Carolina by charging that they were corrupt enough to steal the election. "What I want is a fair election and if given me we'll bury Bleaseism In South Carolina so deep it will never be res urrected," said the speaker. "Why he's scared to death; he's backed . When you hear a man talk ing about intimidation you know he's beaten," said Judge Jones. The speaker said that at Gaffney the Governor claimed to have been warned that he would be assassinated, but that he had shown the Governor that the only weapon which he car ried was a corkscrew, "because," said the speaker, "if there is one thing that the Governor is not afraid of, it is a corkscrew." Judge Jones ridiculed the idea that the Governor of the State should trav el about with a bodyguard, referring to Special Detective Beard of Abbe ville, who was not present at the Ab beville meeting. "Do any of you know Dr. P. B. Car wile?" asked Judge Jones. "Yes. yes," answered voices. "If Dr. Carwile is in this house I want to tell him Governor Blease says he is in favor of social equality be cause he voted as* I did against the separate coach law," said Judge Jones. This sally brought down the house. Judge Frank B. Gary, Messrs. T. A. Graham, J. T. Robertson, J. E. Todd and R. E. Hill were others whom I Judge Jones declared opposed * sepa rate coaches, to which list he added the Hon. Dave Magill, "now Lieuten ant Governor of Greenwood county," but formerly a member of the House from Abbeville. Judge Jones said there were "Not many fools in Abbevile county who can be fooled by any such rot." Referring to newspapers, Judge Jones said that if you see* it in The State or The News and Courier or most of the weekly papers, it is an infamous lie, but if you see it in the "New Cemetery" (News-Scimitar), "edited by the Governor's body-guard, Mr. Beard, who carries a pistol, it's the truth stralgtit irom Heaven. The speaker paid a splendid tribute to the people of Charleston, whom he charged the Governor had attempted to intimidate Into voting for him by threatening to impose upon them the Metropolitan police system. Also at Camden, the speaker charged, the [ Governor had threatened to "make that gang sweat blood." Commenting i upon these two incidents, Judge Jones said: "We have descended to lo\y depths of shame and ignominlty when the chief executive of the State thinks it necessary to attempt to bully . and threaten a brave and long-suffer ing people into reelecting him." I Judge Jones said he had no blind t tigers to finance his campaign, no . pardoned criminals running around i working for him and no body-guard i to protect him at the expense of the t State. The speaker then told of some of the constructive measures which he advo I cates for the betterment of the peo ' pie, amon? which are better common , schools with longer .terms, the Tor * rens system of land registration, an i improved employers' liability law and the bringing together of capita! and - labor upon a basis or muiuai imeicBio and mutual advantage. He appealed , to his hearers to turn from bitter ness and vengefulness and take care i ful thought whither the State is r drifting, ending with a strong plea i for the enthronement of law and or 1 der and promising if elected to do all : in his power to establish an era of good feeling among all classes of cit ; izens and to be the governor of the j whole people. Judge Jones was presented with - several floral tributes at the conclu I r~rt i?hiunnrrB jij-n"" ir News Snapshots ??S Of the Week jpmqry B? Bocknar, a young lawyer ol the New Yoefc police department ? sion of bis address. While in Abbeville, ^udge Jones was the guest of Chief justice Gary. Affidavit from 8. A. Vincent. To the Editor of the State: I am sending you herewith, at the re quest of 8. A. Vincent an affidavit of his, denying a statement in a letter of one E. A. Newman to Gov. Blease, which state ment Gov. Blease read to the campaign meeting at Abbeville yesterday; and which said statement represented that Chas. L. Jones had given said 8. A. Vin cent $50 to work for votes for Ira B. Jones. Mr. Vincent wishes it distinctly under stood that he is not working for Judge Jones, but for Gov. Blease. E. C. Croxton. Heath Springs, S. 0., Aug. 17. State of South Carolina?County of Lan i caster. I have just read in today's News and Courier that Gov. Blease read a letter at Abbeville yesterday from E. A. Newman of Camden, statinjr that"Cearles D. Jones gave Archie Vincent $50 to work for votes for his father till August 27." Neither Chas. D. Jones, nor anyone else has ever given me $50 or "any other amount to work for Ira B. Jones. I have never been a Jones man at all, but have been for Gov. Blease up to the present time, and if I should chango in the future, it will not be through the influence of money, for I can not be bought over. Furthermore, Newman simply lied when he wrote that letter, and I demand a copy of said letter. S. A. Vincent. Sworn and subscribed to before me this 17th day of August, 1912. E. W. Croxton, Notary Public for South Carolina. 8tate of South Carolina?County of Lan caster. We, the undersigned, do hereby certify A. VJUUBUb to a L>IWW Uiau auu lino been supporting Gov. B1 ease ever since he entered the race for Governor. W. M. Hunter. E. L. Crenshaw. A. J.Cauthen. J. A. Clark. Sworn aud subscribed to before me this 17th day of August, 1912. E. C. Croxton, Notary Public for South Carolina. I The Rickey Case Again. Columbia, S. C., Aug. 20.?James A. Summersett, member of the State Pardon Board, who is a candidate for the House of Representatives from Richland county, announced from the stump Saturday that the Board of Pardons had recommended a pardon for Richey, upon the request of the young woman in the case, but that the Governor had not as yet acted on the recommendation and was not bound to accept it. NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENTS KNOWN IN ABBEVILLE. Practically Entire Corps Bound To Abbeville By Ties of Kinship. Among Vie corps of newspaper corres pondents with the campaign party last Friday were four young men upon whom Abbeville county has some claim. Mr. McDavid Horton, reporting for The State, was, in his younger days, a resident of Lowndesville, where his father, Mr. E. R. Horton, Sr., now of Anderson, at one time had large business interests. Mr. Horton has many friends here who were glad to see him. Mr. L. H. Wannamaker, Jr., with The News and Courier, is quite well known in Abbeville, where he has spent much of his time. He is a nephew of Dr. G. A. Neuflfer. Mr. Wannamaker was no stranger in Ab beville. Mr. Wannamaker was welcomed by a host of friends of former years. Mr. Harold C. Booker is a native of Don alds, in this county, where his family still reside. Mr. Booker is the editor of the Greenville Dally Piedmont, and repre sented his papor at the meeting. He, likewise, bad many friends in the large audience. Another young newspaper man having Abbeville ties was Mr. Wyatt Aiken Tay lor, reporting for The Columbia Record. Mr. Taylor is a kinsman of Congressman Wyatt Aiken and has friends' here who were glad to see him. These young men are all men of the strictest integrity and are worthy exem plars of the best ideals of journalism, and each is performing an arduous and at times disagreeable duty in a manner to reflect credit upon themselves. Get your name on the Club Boll. 1 maneuvers In Connecticut, with the c? rest Secretary of State Knox started fc teir of John Jacob Astor was born. Dr wernmenfs chief chemist Jacob Got ! considerable dbllliy, was named as sp< HOWL DOWN JONES IN ANDERSON TOWN ? Crowd of Three Thousand Re fuse to Hear Him. EVEN JOSH ASHLEY COULDN'T QUIET Meeting Finally Adjourned Without Either Candidate Speaking?Governor Talks Later. Spartanburg Herald. Anderson, Aug. 17.?The greatest howl ing down yet accorded a speaker in the present political campaign was;that given Judge Jones today by Anderson County voters, or an element of them. Judge Jones made four separate efforts to begin his speech, but none was of any avail. Governor Blease, Acting County Chair man S. D, Pearman and "Citizen" Josh Ashley all made efforts to quiet the crowd, but the crpwd would not be quieted. A well groomed citizen said after the meet ing that he had heard many of the howl ers say before; the meeting started that they came for the purpose of preventing i Judge !Jones from speaking. They sue ceeded. > . j BLEASE DIDN'T SPEAK. But neither did Governor Bleage Idelivei his speech, for he said unless the crowc would hear Judge Jones he would nol talk. The governor did say a few words and took a hand primary, thus showing that a large part of those who put up theii hands were in that section of the crowc from whence had come the howling. The meeting was adjourned, the day's even! breaKing up in constenmuuii. Pandemonium prevailed for a while anc the crowd so packed the speakers' stanc that the stand came near collapsing. HAND PRIMARY A FAILURE. About 3,000 people heard the candidatet and It was evident that the Blease senti ment was strong, though wheu the hanC primary i was taken less than half the hands went up. There was a large part ol the crowd which could not hear the gov ernor call for the "vote" so great was the consternation. Good order had beer maintained during the meeting up until the introduction of Judge Jones. Judgt Jones was announced and the crowd be gan its racket. There was a continual up roar for many minutes and Judge Jonc* folded his arms, placed his knee upon the railing in front of him and waited. The chairman remonstrated with the howlers I but could not quiet them. I Governor Blease rose to his feet. A louder shout went up and then lulled The governor asked the crowd to hear the speakers respectfully and said that he would not speak unless Judge Jones waf given a hearing. RAILROADS WILL CO-OPERATE For Success of Corn Show. Will Gran! JSIde Trip Rates for Those Desir to Take it In Columbia, Aug. 20.?In connection with the National Corn Exposition tc be held in Columbia next January the railroads operating in South Caro lina have granted what is known as side-trip excursion fares from Colum bia to a large number of points ic South Carolina. This will enable vis itors who come to the exposition ic Columbia, taking advantage of th< low rates to Columbia rrom an parts of the country, to take side trips tc any part of South Carolina at reduced rates. It is planned to make the Corr Exposition the occasion for a greai home-coining of native South Caro linians now residing in other States and this will afford them the oppor tunity to secure cheap rates not onlj to Columbia for the exposition bul from Columbia to other points in this State. Residents of South Carolins who are expecting their relatives anc friends in other States to come bad at that time will do well to call theii attention to these side-trip rates which are granted by the Southern Railway, the Atlantic Coast Line, th( Seaboard Air Line and the Columbia Newberry and Laurens, and connect ing lines in the State. The side-trip tickets will be on sale in Columbia January 28 and 3C and February 6 and 8, 1913, with finai limit to reach Columbia returning nol later than midnight of February 11. Reduced rates for the National Corn Exposition have already beei: granted by the railroads operating through the Southern States, anc southern Illinois and Ohio, and it is expected that similar rates will be granted throughout the West. tpture of New York city's approaches as >r Japan as America's representative at tb< . R. E. Doollttle was named as probable lid SchurmaA, president of Cornell unlvecsl acini counsel to the aldermanlc oommlttee v J ^ THE LAST Li OF THI < > ? Less Than a Week ?Interest Is I the Can Next -Tuesday the voters will exercise their privilege of choosing the men who N for the next two years will enact and en force the laws. All interest has been cen tered in the governor's race and little else can be heard in any section of the county 1?* tji???? ?nrt Tnnoc Snnnnrfj>rs of both UUli DICUOC UflU uvitw> k?uj^t/v*vv.v ? ? 1 candidates are .claiming Abbeville county ! for their favorite, and every effort is being put forth by both sides to capture a major 1 ity of the votes. In the last primary two 1 years ago Governor Blease carried the county by 27 votes. Supporters of Judge Jones base their claim upon the fact that 1 the Governor has lost more than the 27 majority which he received two years ago and has attracted no new support, and in addition many who voted for Governor Blease before as an expression of their op ' position to prohibition will, since the elim ' ination of that issue, cast their ballots for Ira B. Jones. The supporters of the Governor deny that the prohibition vote, as registered , two years ago, will go solidly for Jones, 1 and It is upon this and the fact that the 5 vote will be heavier this time than in the 5 former election that they base their hopes , of carrying the election. ^ One thing is certain, every inch of I ground has been fought and no stone has j been left unturned to change a voter who u might in the least be inclined to waver. Careful and well-informed estimators [ place the majority of the leading candi I date in this county at from 150 to 250 votes. There is practically no discussion of the other candidates for State offices, the gov ernor's race having overshadowed every 1 thing else. t u"lr"* r?f Hon Vrnsor A. I1IO UUJ tig VUXJ U\/Uiv v* 1 Lyoii, Abbeville will give him a handsome 1 majority, but predictions as to the others ^ will be the merest guesswork. . COC.VTY CANDIDATES. l The county campaign resumes today, [ the meeting being held at Antrevilie. The > remaining meetings will be held as fol lows: Due West?Augwst 22. i Donalds?August 23. > Abbeville?August 24. 1 While, with the exception of cundidates ? for the house, a public expression from the county candidates as to their preference for governor has not beon demanded from . tha cfnmn mnriv voters are going to > draw the lines and the leanings of most 1 candidates are pretty generally under 1 stood. SHOW DOWJT 0E THE CANDIDATES ' Peeples and Earle Said They Were Friends of Governor Blease i (Wyatt A. Taylor in Columbia Record) ? Laurens, S. ?C., Aug. 14.?Three , thousand or more people heard the candidates here today. Judge Jones i was greeted with several shouts like, "We don't want to hear him," but he i was given & respectful hearing by the larger part of thg crowd. i The crowd was the greatest political ; gathering Laurens ever saw. i The declaration of several candi ) dates of how they stand on the gov 1 ernorship was an unusual feature of i the campaign meeting today, t "How do you stand on the race for - governor," was the question put to 1? rxif tlm "minnr" r??n , neariy every uuc ui ui.uv. ~? - didates. Peeples, for attorney general, ' answered: t "Gentlemen, I have always been a ? friend of the Hon. Cole L. Blease and t I see no reason?"and his words were I cut off by the shout. Earle expressed i his favor of Blease. McLaurin got r mad and hurled epithets at the man , who questioned him, saying he. was i not "on anybody's coat tail." s Carter and Wharton were quest , ioned, but, with Richards and Cansler, made a "get away." Earle said he had in the general assembly nearly al i ways stood with Blease and was will I ing to do so again. Lyon was not I 'Querried. t Judge Jones did not mention the name of Governor Blease, nor did he I make any direct reference to the i charges brought by the governor. He r, was not in best health and did not I consume all his time. Governor Blease ! was greeted with a loud shout from i the crowd of his friends near the speaker's stand. He was very bitter the problem to be solved, attracted > funeral of tbe late mikado. A post successor to Dr. Harvey W. Wiley ty, was appointed minister to Greece. phich Is investigating auegea gran m 3 CAMPAIGN Until the Election | Keen?List of isl didates. For the house the candidates have an nounced their positions as follows: For Blease?J. Howard Moore, P. B. Car- yf wile, Melvin J. Ashley, J. W. Bampey. For Jones?Wm. N. Graydon, J. 8. Gi- , v- M bert, F. C. Bobinson. Following is a complete list of the can- , rllHnfoa fnr nn.flonflJ RtAte and COllhty of flees: NATIONAL. U. S. Senate-B. B. Tillhian, N. B. Dial, Jasper Talbert. House of Representatives?Wyatt liken, Marcus C. Long, F. S. Evans. STATE. / Governor?Cole L. Blease, Ira B. Jones, John T. Duncan. Lieutenant Governor?Chas. A. 8mith. Attorney General?J. Fraser Lyon, T. H. Peoples, J. B. Earle. Comptroller General?A. W. Jones. Treasurer?D. W. McLaurin, 8. T. Car ter. Superintendent of Education ? J. E. Swearingen. Secretary of State?R. M. McCown. Commissioner of Agriculture?E. J. Wat son. Adjutant and Inspector General?W. W. Moore. Railroad ComnlisSioner?Jno. G. Rich ards, J. H. Wharton, James Canzler. Solicitor, Eighth Circuit?B. A. Cooper. COUNTY CANDIDATES. The following is a list of the candidates in the race for county offices: For House of Bepresentatives?P. B. Carwile, J. W. Rampey, J. Howard Moore. J. S. Gibert, Melvin J. Ashley, F. C. Robin son, W. N. Graydon. For Clerk of Court?J. L. Perrin. -- For Sheriff?Joseph L. Johnson, C. J. Lyon, Joseph B. Wilson. For County Supervisor?George S-Wil son, G. N. Nickles, W. A. Stevenson, * For Auditor? Richard Sondley, J. *s. Jones. Fofc^Coroner?James Augustus Watkins, W. L. Darracot, R. H. Armstrong, M. J. Link, H. W. Bowie, R. W. Smith, W. A. Gallagher, J. B. Winn. ;. For Superintendent of Education?W. B. Bradley, A. F. Calvert, B. M. Cheatham, John B. Gibert, J. Foster Hammond, C. E. Williamson. Siih.t!nnflrvl(inr?H. 8. McComb. W. ?r- ?? T. Magill, "B. A. Wil&on, G. W. Calvert, A. F. Seawright. For Treasurer?<L F. Bradley, W. 0. Sherard, R. C. Wilson. against Judge Jones and nwspapers, and close around him-purged a howl ing crowd of men wh$ were very en- ' thusiastic in their approval of the governor's bitter remarks and some of the men on the edge of the stage were rude in their remarks. "I have proved for the last 19 months that I'm as much qualified to be governor as Ben Tillman," said Governor Blease today, referring to the senator's connection with the present campaign. Several young ladies presented him with flowers and he was presented with a gold watch and chain by W. R. Richey, Jr., in behalf of the governor's friends. At the conclusion of the gov ernor's speech, Judge Jones was al lowed time for a categorical denial, according to the candidates' rule, but the howling mob would not hear him. He was given a rude howling down. The governor was taken off on men's shoulders. WYATT? A1KE1* IN CHAIR during wool debate South Carolina Congressman Called 011 to Preside While House Talks of Veto. Washington, August 13.?Congressman Wyatt Aiken today had the pleasure for a few minutes of presiding over the house. Debate; was going on over the wool bill, which the Democrats were trying to pass r>ver the president's veto and Speaker ""* 1 ,f 1 o__.au n? uiai'K caii^d tnu ooumi uttivumau l\j wo chair. For some little time the latter pre-' si<l<m1 with <>nse and dignity.?P. H. Mc LJowan, Cor. The State. Vj