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JONES COMES BACK IN FIGHTING STYLE (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 2). lina has written her will against it, and I accept her peculiar attitude in the matter." Judge Jones declared that he held his own view on this great debatable question, but that he was content to abide the will of his State, on/i that he could not change the law if he wished. Says Blease Voted for Passes. In the matter of free railroad passes. Judge Jones admitted that in those days he was fool enough to think that ttfre acceptance of a free pass could not, by any means, influence an official. He soon found that the public conception was otherwise and immediately gave them up. "I repented of that," said Judge Jones, "but Blease must answer to j you on this very matter which he charges against me. In the vote on the acceptance of free passes, Blease j -while in the legislature, skipped the j onestion. and did not vote, but in the journal of 1892, on the question of re- j pealing the act allowing the accept- j ance of passes, you will find that Cole, j L. Blease voted against the repeal and for the acceptance of passes. In that vote I had seen my error and stood I against accepting passes. j *Jlm Crow" Car B1IL Judge Jones was yesterday accused by the governor as favoring the same ? ~ J rt-, fnw V>/-\+V> wh itoo ariil miTUttU t~UilV;UCS lUi UUUi nuivvg uu- , blacks. A bill providing for separate j coaches was introduced in the legisla-! tare in 1892. This, Judge Jones stated j totiay, he knew to be unconstitutional, j That was prior to the constitutional i convention of 1895. | 'That bill, as presented," said the j speaker, "could not have stood the j tests of the courts five minutes. I am j "heartily in favor of separate coaches j for negroes, of course, and it is mere i elap-trap to charge that I favor social j equality." "Xo," said Judge Jones, "you cannot tear down a man by finding a flaw here j and there in some of his individual acts; if you cannot make a successful attack upon his character, you cannot i damage him by citing some errors of j judgment. I am today making a fightj * ' -Li against lilt; gieaxe&L ucuiaguguc n nw ever ruled in South Carolina. I defy j an investigation of my whole life, the lives of my whole family." Attacks Blease's Record. Turning his guns upon the record of j Governor Blease, Judge Jones said:' "You don't have to go back into an- ; ? ? ?- ??? -J 1 *1 Vv 1 A rv a i m ^ n eieiu nisiury 10 iuiu t umciamc pumuo in this man's record. Blease vetoed the bill providing an investigation of the Murray winding-up commission, thus holding against these honorable men the slander that had been made. *The Factory Inspection Act," said the speaker, "was vetoed by him, and yet te gees ahead and pays Col. L. M. Green about $200 a month. I think, to j snake long distance inspection of factories and make up his report from the ? T?/?i Af a o orrinnlfnrol PAmmk. AAXiUXU^O VI tUV a^ilVUiVUiUi VWiUiiil.. sioner." The speaker then charged that the governor had crippled the work of the State board of health by not allowing an appropriation of $4,163, to cover a deficit in the funds for diphtheria anti lUAiil. Judge Jones merely mentioned the governor's pardon record today, call-, ing attention to the Wash Hunter case.; fc -which he said Blease tried to bamijoozie the supreme court on the issue of a "true bill" finding, attempting to' show analogy with the Lazarus case. Judge Jones declared that the supreme court had not reversed itself in - this, and that Blease's charge was a reflection on Justice Woods. Judge Jones was given rousing cheers and hearty handclaps as he concluded^ ipplittise and Hisses for Blease. Mj^gled with the applause with -which Governor Ble^so was received there were a few hisses. "I am surprised to hear hisses from a Darling- i ton audience," said the governor, who at once struck a defiant atrimde, proclaiming independence and statiijg that he expected opposition here. He said he knew that "there are men in this audience who would not vote for me if i their souls getting to Heaven depend sd on it." . The speaker explained that he had | not cefwsed to aid the work of the! State board of health by declining to approve an appropriation, but he con- j feeaded that deficits should be made up out of the $15,000 contingent fund. Denying that he had insulted Justice j Woods, the governor read from his j "book of pardons" extracts from his Wash Hunter case, in which Justice was mentioned as a distin guished, high-toned, Christian gentleman. "Yes, I pardoned Wash Hunter, i and I'm going to pardon some more,". he shouted, when some one in the audi- >. ence taunted him on his record. Says Hunter Still Owes Him. One man asked him the question a i little later: "Were you under 110 personal obligation to Wash Hunter?" "Xo," replied the governor, "and he ! has not even paid my attorney's fee yet. They have tied up his property i in bankruptcy proceeding and I haven't got my money." Referring to Judge Jones's explanai tion of the unconstitutionality of the tL T-? ^ ***" firof I Jim ru \% i<x w <ia in oi 1pen v_u, Governor Blease said: "Constitutional lor not constitutional, I never expect 1 ! to vote for white people and free niggers riding in the same coaches." As to the general scope of his charges made at Bishopville yesterday, Gov| ernor Blease said he would submit it to any three men, his bitterest enemies, if necessary, and if there is an untrue charge in it he will quit the race at once, resign his office, leave I th? country and never return. [ Expects 20,000 Majority. | The governor is confident of his election, stating today that he would .Turtle Jones bv 20.000 majority. In addition he made the offer that if Judge Jones carries Newberry county and is elected, he will present him with the finest Prince Albert to be had i on the day of his inauguration. First mention of special judges was made today, when the governor said: j "He (Judge Jones) would not be j running for governor today if I had bowed to his whims in the appointment of special judges.'/ Defending his character agc.lnst attacks upon his honesty, Governor Blease declared that if the affidavit of any one reputable man could be obtained showing that he had received, as a man and a lawyer, a single dollar except that earned honestly, he would get out of the race and leave the State. "Those Guttersnipes in Charleston." "And those guttersnipes in Charles- j ton," said the governor, "I call them j guttersnipes, because to say what I j would wish would be an unwarranted I (JJieUt'C UgctlXlOt I.UC11 CUL^7l O , IUVOV , guttersnipes are digging in the filth j and mud trying to find out something i against me. They have hounded me. I! have proofs that they have had Pin- ! kerton detectives following me, and you taxpayers are bearing the cost." The governor reiterated his oft-re peated statement that he would produce evidence to convict Thomas B. Feider of a conspiracy to defraud South Carolina if he were placed on trial anywhere in this State or, failing to make good would move to the Philippines. "I have been accused of being in : favor of lynching," said the governor. "I don't know whether you will call it! 1 that or not, but I will say that as gov- 1 ernor I will never ordej out a military company to defend a black brute who has laid his hand upon a white woman. The sooner you put under j ground a black beast of this kind it is j better for South Carolina. If that is treason, then make the most of it. If i that means lynching, then I favor it." The governor then discused more at length his viewj about free diggers. "I have received bettor attention than I expected here and I thank you ; for it," concJ'Mod Governor Bleasej amidst storey ?ppla;;se. About fifty of the possible eleven hundred remained to hear Joli.i T. Duncan, also candidate for governor, the meeting adjourning one hour for About four hundred reassembled to' hear the candidates for attorney g?r.-' eral, interest centering chiefly in the ( address of the incumbent, J. Fraser1 Lyon. Lyon and Evans. Attorney General Lyon was given a rousing welcome, which, he said, was; well pleasing to him, coming as it did! from the law-abiding citizens of Darlington. who have always supported him. Mr. Lyon reviewed his record.! One thing that he pointed to with pride is his election as chairman of tne sink-; ing fund commission, an office heretofore held by the governor. Only the ; speaker declared that he was proud of. the political hostility tnat nis enemies bore him. Messrs. Peeples and Earle made their usual speeches. Mr. B. B. Evans charged that the newspapers had misrepresented him in not explaining completely the forgery j case brought against him in Saluda' countv. as set forth in Attorney Gen eral Lyon's statement of yesterday. He claims that the receipt in question was his town receipt given by Sheriff Samnle. and the inference is that for him to interline and make erasures in ! his own receipt would be preposterous.' Mr. Evans claimed that he was not i even in the United States when the Reese and Allen suits brought by the Carolina National bank, of Columbia, were in court. Replying to this denial j Attrvrnov P.Dnoral T.vnn nrodUCef] COD* ilV/vT uvuvt v?* ? j ~ 4. A r - ^ _ 4 ies of the ocmplaints in the case, and the certificates of W. C. Cathcart, ox; Columbia, that he had personally serv- j ed notice upon Barnard B. Evans to appear as a witness in the cases. These were produced to show that Mr. Evans ' was not only in the United States at' i ' i the time, but was summoned to appear in the case. Mr. Lyon was again loudly ehecred. , Mr. Evans leaving the opera house a . I moment before tiie speaner naa conI eluded. j The candidates go to Bennettsville tonight, where they speak, beginning | at 10 o'clock, in the morning, a change j in the hour having been agreed upon. I JOXES GETS 31 AD. Indulges in Short and Ugly Words In Reply to Governor Blese. Bennettsville, June 21.?"I made one of the first speeches in the Red Shirt campaign of 1876, to rid South Carolina of negro domination and only a fool and a liar will try to make people | believe that I favor social equality," 'declared Judge Jones at the State ; campaign meeting here today. And | thus is answered the charge brought ooroincf him hv flnvprnnr L. AAA*** W J v?" ' - ww-?. Blease, candidate for re-election, whom Judge Jones in opposing. Because Judge Jones, when a member of the legislature, voted against the "Jim Crow" law as proposed at the sessions of 1891-92-93 and 94, which he claimed yesterday were unconstitutional, that being prior to the con stitutional convention of 1895, Governor Blease has charged that his opponent favors social equailfy. "It is a lie out of the whole cloth," said Judge Jon6s. At another time in his speech he declared that only a fool and a liar would try to make people believe that he favored social equality, and such an one is not even worthy of the name of a man, much less to ho tmvprnor nf Smith Carolina. ~ ^ w. ? Governor Blease was not present on the stand while Judge Jones was speaking, whether or not he was anywhere in the great crowd that thronged the court house yard is not known, j But during the speech of the governor Judge Jones arose in his seat and said: "If you charge me with favoring j social equality, it is maliciously false." | Governor Blease had just said: "I! never did vote for social equality like Ira B. Jones." And thus the matter stands upon j this particular question, which was .raised by Governor Blease at Bishopville, when he so bitterly arraigned Judge Jones for his vote on the "Jim Crow" law, therein charging that he favors social equality. A cro in f tVm orAvnrnAT* ooirl tv/uuj tuv 5V > uvsi oaiU; 1 call riding in the same coaches (whites and blacks) social equality." Just what the coming days may bring forth in this situation can not be foretold. Will Not Get Mad. In reference to a personal encounter, Governor Elease today said that he did not propose to get into any difficulty during this campaign. Said he: "I do not propose to ?9t mad and to have some of bis cowardly henchmen shoot me in the back. as has been in timated to me, but I will say that if ; he ever gets on me I will helf) him i off." "I have been warns.! that T had bet ter not say anything about Pussy Foot1 Bill (W. J. Thurmond, Juil*?3 Jones', campaign manager,) because l.e had already killed a man in Edgefield county." ' | Mr. Blease said that he nad i-ean ad-! monished by that "pretty, rerl head-; ed woman up at the governor's .man-j sion" not to lose His temper o ;c*.t in^ j to a personal difficulty. When he ?vas j interrupted by Jiidge ."i.or:es the sa?v,l trnor answered: "Oju t get mad, old i pardner, you will gj: hoU'jr Than ."bis ; before August." ir me signs or tne times are eorrecr ! there will be hotter duos before this campaign is done witli Possibly 1,300 persons, many of1 them ladies, gathered in '..he grov.* ot! the Martboro court hous'i yar.i to bear j the speakers today, and rhey Jteard the ' most tumultuous dena-vs that have ' j been held thus far in U.e campaign. Lyon Shows Fight at Evans* Words.! Bennettsville, June 21.?Rolling up j his sleeves as he went, with clenched j fists and determined air, Attorney! General Lyon, at the State campaign | meeting here today, stepped quickly j to the front of the platform, put a ; question to one of his opponents, Bar- : nard B. Evans, who was speaking, an : affirmative answer to which would have precipitated a personal encoun- j ter, provided intervention of bystand-' had not prevented. This incident, together with the un- j willjngness displayed by the audience ! to hear the reply and denial attempted i by Mr. Evans, and a call-down of him ! from a prominent merchant in the, audience, were features of the Ben-1 nettsville meeting, not overshadowed ' by even the/nerciless attack made by Judge Jones upon Governor Blease. Almost before Mr. Lyon concluded his question, so obvious were his intentions in the matter, there were two on three men on the stand who threw themselves between him and Mr. i I Kvans, that the latter did not then have time to make answer. Not only this; there was such tumultuous applause from the excited audience that had he replied no one could have heard him. Men crowded upon the platform, and there was not possibility --.a- T Viorl : Of an encounter even ueiuiy j-juu. uau j finished his question. Today Mr. Lyon in reviewing the j record of Barnard B. Evans, produced j court records showing a suit for re-1 covery of certain funds collected by, Evans as premiums on bonds sold by! - - it- a ' - rt j I film as agent ior IU(; American omiuing and Trust Co., of Baltimore, and alleged to have been improperly retained by him. The records showed that the jury in the case found for the plaintiff as against Mr. Evans who was represented by Mr. Cowper Patton. a lawyer of Columbia, now deceased, for the amount claimed. Ill maKing a uenicu or eApiaiuunun of the case, Mr. Evans sail: 'Any man who says I ever faced a jury in that case is a falsifier and defamer." Whereupon Mr. Lyon, stepp: lg forward, asked, "Do you mean to < all nc i a liar." There was no answer then, I nor a few moments later, as Mr Evans was concluding his speech. The quiCiv intervention of bystanders prevented an encounter. Mr. Lyon calm.v re-' sumed his seat. i The attorney general made it clear' in his speech that he did no?. charge that Mr. Evans was present at the trial of the case, but that the verdict was not rendered by default, because I of the fact th$t Mr. Evans had filed a j I reply in the case. Mr. Evans asked i j him when the suit was being discuss- j ! ed "was it not by default?" and Mr. Lyon replied that it could not be since an answer was made and a defence !set up. I ! Consequently, when Mr. Evans made his declaration that "any man who t pvar fared a iurv in that case is a falsifier and defamer," the attorney general evidently drew the dis: tinction in the matter, and his question was to force Mr. Evans to make himself plainer. Those who closely followed the arguments and replies drew the distinc tion Mr. Evans drew in the charge he made. Asthma! Asthma I POPHAM'S ASTHMA REMEDY gives instant relief and an absolute cure in all cases of Asthma, Bronchitis, and i Hay Fever. Sold by druggists; mail on receipt of price $1.00. Trial Package by mail 10 rents. WILLIAMS MFG. CO.. Prop*., Cleveland. Ohio NOTICE OF ELECTION. A written petition having been presented to the undersigned, Trustees of j : Pomaria School District Xo. 26, of J : Newberry County, South Carolina,! | signed by at least one-third of the, j resident electors and a like proportion 1 iof the resident free-holders of the age! of twenty-one years, of said District,) i oob.4,-,0. that on f>l<v.tirn bp held to de- i ciorvi u^j o t.i*4 ? ? w termine whether or not Pomaria School District Xo. 26 will issue and sell coupon bonds aggregating thirtyfive hundred dollars, payable within twenty years, at the rate of interest not exceeding six per cent, per annum, payable ar|nually, for the purpose j ' 1 '1 ? " J ^nrt n in _ I of erecting Dunumgs auu iui equip-1 ment for maintaining public schools in said District. An election for said purposes is hereby ordered to be held in Pomaria School District No. 26 at the regular I voting precinct in the town of Pomaria ! on Tuesday, June 25, 1912, at which i election only qualified voters residing \ in said District shall be allowed to j vote. The ballot cast must have writ- j ten or printed on it the words "For ' Bonds" or "Against Bonds." The fol- 1 iowing are hereby appointed managers j of said election: H. P. Thomasson, W. j D. Hatton, J. B. Koon. The polls will! be open at 7 a. m. and close at 4. p. m. R. H. Hipp, W. S. Seybt, J. II Koon, Trustees Pomaria School District No. ] 26, Newberry County, S. C. | Only a Fire Hero but the crowd cheered, as, witb burned j hands, he held up a small round box, j "Fellows!" he shouted, "this Bucklen's j Arnica Salve I hold, has everything j A * - " "1~? : ?"U i t Gs\y hnllc beat tor ourns. rugm. I ClIOVJ iU J. ulcers, sores, pimples, eczema, cute,! sprains, bruises. Surest pile cure. It j subdues inflammation, kills pain. On-, ly 25 cents at W. E. Pelham's. SOTICE OF ELECTION. Whereas, one-third of the resident electors and a like proportion of the ' A n 1 T ,3 ? r, r\f t Vm <j cro nf resident rreeuuiucio ui ?,aw ~twentv-one years, of St. Lukes School! i District No. 13, of Newberry County, j State of South Carolina, have filed a j petition with the County Board of Education of Newberry County, South Carolina, petitioning and requesting that an election be held in said School District on the question 01 levying a j four mill tax, to be collected on the property located in the said School District. Now, therefore, the undersigned, composing the County Board of Edu L/CV/V Don't Let 1 Be The Ou! Town That's I i _ HELP THE ( Buy your decoration i will find just the thing ... 11 pretty at a very small c SEE MY 1 Better Goods at t MAYES' % The House of a 1 NAT! DEMOCRATIC BALHM< On account of the National I in a Southern City, there will I this section. A great many of nr>r>orhinitv of witnessing ~rl J - O gatherings. To this end the Atlantic Coa: $17.45 to Baltic Tickets being sold June 20th limit to reach starting point no 3rd, IQ12. The Atlantic Coast Line opei trains between the South and service available. For reservations, rates, schedt T. C. WHITE, Gen Pass. Agent. Wilmington, N. C. cation of Newberry County, South Carolina, do hereby" order the Board of Trustees of the said School District No. 13 (St. Luke's School District i tn hold an election on the said question of levying a four mill tax to be collected on the property located in the said School District, which said election shall be held at St. Luke's school house, in the said School District, Xo. 13, 011 Friday, July 5, 1912, at which said election the pol\p shall be opened at 7 o'clock in the forenoon, and closed at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. The members of the Board erf Trustees of said School District shall act as managers of said election. Only such electors as reside in said School District and return real or personal property for taxation, and who exhibit their tax receipts^nd registration certificates as required in general elections shall be allowed to vote. Electors favoring the levying of the said tax shall cast a ballot containing the ^*ord "yes" printed or written thereon, and each elector opposed to such a levy shall cast a ballot containing the word "no" written or printed thereon. Given under our hands and seal on June 15, 1912. E. H. Aull, E. 0. Counts, J. S. Wheeler, County Board of Education of Newberry County, South Carolina. VftTirF. All administrators, guardians and other fiduciaries required by law to make return on estate of the receipts ! and expendtures of such estate the; precedng calendar year before the i _ J * I * irate ifniir Stnrp A VM1 VA V ^ ly Store in tot Decorated JAuTAUQUA +' it The Book Store, yon r to make vour store W 9 ost, IV1NDOW lie Same Price at . 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"I was in a terrible plight when I began to use them," he writes, "my stomach, head, back and kidneys were all badly affected and my liver was in bad con- 4 dition, but four bottles of Electric Bitters made mo feel like a new man.M^"' ^ A trial will convifice you of their matchless merit for any stomach, liver % or kidney trouble. Price 50 cents at W. K. Pelbam's. AOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. I will make final settlement of the estate of Wm. T. Foster, deceased, as administrator, in the probate court for Xewberry County, S. C., at 11 o'clock in the forenobn, on June 22, 1912. All persons having claims against said estate will present them duly attested ' on or before that date. J. R. Foster, 5-28-4t-ltw. Administrator. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. We will make final settlement of the estate of James A. Riser, deceased, as executors, in the Probate Court , for Newberry County, S. C., at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, on July 20, 1912. All persons having claims against said estate will present them duly attested on or before that date. W. J. Ballentine, W. R. Riser, 6-14-4t-ltaw Executors.