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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
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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
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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
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News Snapshots ??S
Of the Week
jpmqry B? Bocknar, a young lawyer ol
the New Yoefc police department
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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.
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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
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THE LAST Li
OF THI
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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.
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