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r ____ COLUMBIA MEETING WAS DEMONSTRATIVE if RICHLAND VOTERS HEAR THE OFFICE SEEKERS. Humbert denounces Statement as Lie. Blease Pleaded For Kespeetful Hearing For Jones. Columbia State, 20th. Sixteen hundred persons gathered in the Columbia theatre yesterday to hear what reasons for election ^he several candidates for State offices hud to Dresent. Industrial workers j ?flargely predominated ia the audience. Business and professional men were sparsely represented. The mass of the crowd was orderly, but disturbing elements made their presence felt early and the noise became unendurable to those who wished to hear, when Ira n TrvnAc candidate for governor, j launched into a severe arraignment of the Blease administration. Supporters of Blease evinced so unmistakable a determination to silence 5udge Jones that the speaker "was unable to proceed until the governor yiimself called on his followers to be j rient. Thereafter Judge Jones had reasonably respectful hearing. The noise broke forth anew from Blease backers when Gov. Blease began his address, and there were occasional hisses from citizens who disapproved i of tne governor's utterancesDisappointment was generally expressed in the audience over the failure of the governor to read an expected statement in refutation of chajges brought against him by .implication at the Burns-Welder hearing in Augusta. The governor did not undertake to discuss the Augusta, 1 v*. n Charleston or Columoia nearmgs 01 the legislative investigation committee, but Judge Jones referred briefly to the graft charges developed, and \ Gov. Blease commented caustically, 'in.> characteristic terms, upon the Aftnroa a# TnHva TnriM in snnnartrir?r VVUA WV V* VUUQV V ?? these charges. On this point the remarks of Judge Jones were as follows: "Finally, when he became governor, Ixe asked for a committee to investigate the Ansel board. The legislature passed the bill, but gave the committee power to investigate charges against any one. That was just what ?Blease did not want, so he vetoed the bill. The legislature passed it over .his head; and that is the same com-: inittee that has been bearing charges | in Charleston about the fcl::nd tigers : paying $3,000 a month to the chief j Vilrt aP 4-"U rt flrrvT*ai*n nnH t-Vlo I wu^uiui^ ui tuc uvi. auu vuv governor still stands by the chief constable. Do you wonder that he vetoed the bill? Only one grafter, John Black, has been convicted, and Blease pardoned him before he ever got in sight of the penitentiary. Oh, yes, he j gstands by his friends: Hasn't he stood j fc>y the grafters?" I I Replying to this statement, Gov. ' Bleise said he was surprised that a j man who had been speaker of the liouSfe of representatives and chief justice of the supreme court should readvsuch a statement as Judge Jones "m alrincr Viitneolf nflrri^onc ! ' juau A VWUj i. V*VV|^/ criolnis with Felder and Burns;" men I rono were trying to rum and disgrace both the governor and the State, and who were "unworthy of the respect of decent people." Judge Jones was .1- ^ . , i supposed, me governor saiu, to Know the law, and, therefore, he must know j that, not a word in the testimony taken ! at Augusta connected Blease with any j crime. "This proves his character," j said thfe governor, "his getting down : f into the mire with these creatures, j T^and knowing now what manner of; :vman he is, I shall treat him hereafter f as a man of his kind deserves to be j treated, and that is with the utmost j contempt." At another stage the gov- j ernor said of Judge Jones that as j | speaker of the house 'he made "the blackest record ever made by a white man in South Carolina." This reference was to the position of , Judge Jones in the years between 1890 and 1895 on various separate coach 1 ^ UUiO, I Naturally, in so large an audience, ! inder circumstances so xikely to ex^cite partisan feeling, th?re was much | Bioisy expression of sentiment. The i Kupporters of Judge Jones made their ; ? ? - /\*ri V?t# fVi a /?! o rvrvir? or Af i i Ci-CltrilU? CV1UC11L UJ mc via|ypiiJ5 VJL hands, chiefly, while Ble&se backers Rhad recourse to hooting and yelling, i This difference is almost everywhere Rpoticeable in the modes of expression I ^employed by Jones forces and Blease I' forces. Bleas men outnumbered Jones men in the audience, if volume Jof cheers be accepted as the criterion. || Jones-Rembert Clash. K There were two interruptions in the course of Judge JoDes' speech, aside from the periodical outburst of iijPtcailing, hooting, hissing and cheerY M for Blease. Geo. R. Rembert of It | Columbia bar, who had been floor leader of the Blease forces in the j house of representatives during the : past two sessions of the general as- j sembly, advanced to the front of the stage, from his seat at the rear, on hearing his name mentioned by Judge Jones, and asked that the statement about him be repeated. Judge Jones read: "He (Blease) pardoned Glenn, who killed Rhoden Batesburg. Glenn says he paid Mr. Rembert $500. Rembert is Blease's floor leader in the house. Did that $500 pay Mr. Rembert to explain how Glenn was innocent, or did it pay for Mr. Rembert's influence on Gov. Blease to 1iVw\nof/\ a AWTY?ir>ol iiuuiatu a vi iuiiuota . "Any who says Glenn -gave me $500," said Mr. Rembert, "is a liar." "I hare not said so," rejoined Judge Jones. "Glenn said so. and upon demand I will produce proof that he said it." Mr. Rembert said no more, but re- , tired to his seat in a group comprising Joshua W. Ashley of Honea Path, formerly a representative from I Anderson county; Fred H. Dominick , of Newberry, formerly law partner; of Cole L. Blease and VV. P. Beard of J Abbeville, editor of the Xews-Scimitar of Greenwood. "Hissing: Snakes." < At another time during: Judse : Jones' speech, the hooting and hissing and the cheering for Blease from supporters of the governor attained such ] volume that the chairman, H. N. Ed munds, after seeking >.n vain to re- ' store order, announced that if the disturbance were continued he would ] adjourn the meeting at once. Gov. I Blease sprang from his seat and came to the front with hands extended, < gesturing for silence. There were j hisses and cries of "put him out," and the confusion increased. Ladies seat- ed in the parquet departed in haste. , Gov. Blease, when he could command attention, said: "Fellow citizens, I ; just want to ask my friends in this audience to give Judge Jones a re- , spectful hearing, and when Judge i Jones finishes, let these hissing snakes leave." ; . "Things have come to a pretty pass in South Carolina," Judge Jones re- ] marked, as he resumed his speech, < "when a -candidate for governor is howled down, and the governor of ; the State refers to those against him : as hissing snakes." i For Attorney General. ; Columbia Record. ( J. R. Earle at length expressed his 1 desire to see all these dispensary . matters buried, and he explained his ; vote in the general assembly against i the investigation which is now in prog- 1 ress. ' < B. B. Evans' speech ;n the opening . was similar to those already delivered by him firing the campaign, his1 charges of corruption on the part of : the Ansel dispensary commission be- . ? - a _ * n t- _ .v ~ ing repeated, as wen as ins cxiarge < that money that should have gone to the publ^ schools had been squan- 1 dered. When Evans said, if he were put in office, he would show up "the grandest set of kid-gloved thieves that ever operated in the State," he was loudly . applauded. Evans repeated his promise to un./..ll. : _ ? Jom J U /.n ! citi'tll HI <a- itrw ua.vs, auu uaoc it uu facts, "a scandal that will shock the most optimistic in South Carolina." "Do it now!" shouted a voice in the , audience. Evans referred to the reports that i-\ + 13 ??? r?r AT 1 V? a V* o o A! m V?ic at Dai 11 wcu uc uau iiau a pioiui iu uio pocket, and he said "If any man 12ys ' his hands 011 Barney Evans on the |. public stump in South Carolina he will ! take it off sooner than he put it on." ! He asked if Dr. Murray were in the | audience that he rise and deny that he . favor the employment of Thos. B. Felder in connection with the dispensary winding up. He referred in "easy" : terms of Dr. Murray and said he did not want to misquote him. "I do not accuse him of selling out I but it looks very fishy," was one of l i Evans' remarks in his charges against I Lvon. i "Miserable creature" and "crook" and like terms were employed by Attrkmav funeral Lvon in his renlv to V- w?w- v - _ r_v Evans, when he assailed the latter's record in strangest terms, telling of the forgery indictments against Evans, of his facing a jury in Edgefield on a charge of forgery and of other prosecutions against him. i "Dirty, contemptible forger," was an expression used by Lyo.i in referring j to Evans, and he said he had docu- j ments in his hand to prove his asser- j tion. He referred to George R. Rembert, P. H. Xelson and other Columbia attorneys who had brought proceedings against Evans. Lyon was interrupted considerably ; with shouts of "Hurrah for Peeples" and the like, but when he said he was delighted to have the opposition of those who were not in sympathy with i * his fight for decency and good government he was loudly cheered. Applause of several minutes' duration followed Lyon's speech, JONES' COLUMBIA SPEEC H. Prepared Statement Attacking the nf ftnvprnnr ^Ipasp Read mvviu v* Vv i ? by Judge Jones Columbia Record, 19th. The following is Judge Jones' speech delivered at the theatre today: South Carolina, the otate you call yours, the State for which your fathers have fought' in four wars, is on trial. You are to decide her fate. What I say j may help you to decide right. Think it over. We are to elect a governor. A governor to represent you and your children, to make laws and tc enforce them. Do you want a friend of the people, an enemy of the criminal and grafter, or one who has pardoned more criminals than any other governbr South Carolina has ever had? A man who has acted in defiance of law and order? Whose message to the legislature was so vile and vulgar that that body, by an overwhelming vote, struck Lt trom me recort:?someimng mat uas never been done before in the history of the State?a man who poses as a friend of the poor man nnd an enemy to lawless corporations, but whose votes and whose acts show he cares nothing for the poor man and has only protected the criminal and the grafter. \ He voted not to investigate the dispensary. (Senate Journal, .'.907, pages 58 and 69.) He voted not to take up and consider the bill supplying money to prosecute the grafters. Then he voted to kill the bill supplying money to prosecute the graftone if a Trmrnal I QflS -nci cro. ?731 He voted against a bill to help the State in the federal court in her desperate fight with the grafters (Senate Journal, 1908, page 253). The State finally won and recovered back many thousands of dollars stolen by the grafters. If the other legislators had Uw voted with Blease would the State have ever gotten this money? The echo answers, when, and how? Finally, when he became governor tie asked for a committ^ to investigate the Ansel board. The legislature passed the bill but gave the committee power to investigate charges against any one. That was just what Blease lid not want, so he vetoed the bill. The legislature passed it over his head ?and that is the same committee that has been hearing charges in Charleston about the blind tigers paying three thousand dollars a month to the chief constable of the governor, and the governor still stands by the chief constable. Do you wonder that he vetoed the bill? Only one grafter, John Black, has been convicted, and Blease pardoned him before he ever got in sight of the penitentiary. Oh yes, he stands by his friends. Hasn't he stood by the grafters? He voted not to tax the income of the rich man (Senate Journal, 1907, page 452). He voted to shut the school house door in the face of the child of the man who is too poor to pay his poll tax (Senate Journal, 1906, page 463). TTo VnfCM-? Q cro irvcf tVl a Kill nv/nri/i in cr ! AAV > vwu v?g Wiii jk/XVTiUXU^ j for federal help in road building which j would have made the road tax lighter on the poor man (Senate Journal, 1907, page 337). He is in favor of abolishing the office of bank examiner, thus leaving it easy for an unscrupulous and dishonest banker to rob the small depositor. He vetoed the appropriation of $4,133.64 to pay for medicine furnished for the poor man's child in cases of diphtheria and smallpox. Is he the poor man's friend? He will tell you so, but does his record show it? In 1892 he voted for free passes, , and for free express and free telegraph franks to legislators. (House Journal, 1892, page 257). In ^07 he voted to T.et the railroads keep it secret wno were carrying free passes. (Senate Journal, 1907, page 311): In 1907 he voted against the bill requiring the railroads to reduce passenger rates as they were doing in other States. He told President iFnley of the Southern railway that he would have a friend in the mansion when he (Blease) became governor. When he got to be governor who did he take to live with him? He took Ben Abney, the chief counsel of the Southern Railway company, the bell wether of the whole flock of corporations, Blease brags about Ben Abney having made ^ frtilll Ar? o Vt O 1 ^ 110 J cl iuxiiivu CUJLU. cl uaii uuiiaio, auu oajd he is the smartest man in the State. Wasn't it smart of him to go and live with the governor? No wonder Blease tells you the railroads gave Abney a raise. He had to select a private secretary j and a clerk. Did he get a farmer's j boy or a poor man's son? No, he [ went to the railroad offices and got two railroad clerks; Rowland, disbursing auditor for the C., N. & L. : railway, and Blackburn, a clerk from j the Southern railway. So the rail- . 1 1 J? Ua+1* of r\ OTAVOr. I ! roaas nave menus uulu ??. mc nor's office and at the zovernor's mansion. Does he ever get away from I the influence of the railroads? Do ! these clerks and Ben Abaey ever whisper in Blease's ear when the railroads want favors? No governor has ever pardoned so many crooks and criminals. He has 1 1 5 ?? 1 ^ J ao Tf fnii r* Vl 11 n ? paraonea ana paruitru uwnj wu* .m*.* dred. He pardoned Ruldolph Rabens, convicted of receiving stolen goods as the friend and ally of the yeggman and I safe cracker. He pardoned Wash Hunter, whom he had defended and who had killed a crippled man. < - He paroled Stobo Young, convicted -r in fho Qdmirinlp 95^ Ul uciuq a iu ?/v?u.... - . curities company. The parole is u.itil October. Who will Young work for for governor? He pardoned Glenn, who killed Rhoden in Batesburg. CH'iiin says h3 paid Mr. Rembert $500. Rembert is j Blease's floor leader in the house. Did ! that $500 pay Mr. Rembert to explain v?rtTir r.i&nn was innocent, or did it Day uvn ? , ? - . for Mr. Rembert's influence on Governor Blease to liberate a criminal? \ (Geo. Rembert denied having received any money.) He released the Davis brothers and Sumter, three negroes who beat and! robbed a white man and left him tied to a tree. He pardoned a negro in Lexington county who burned Dr. Crosson's barn. Dr. Crosson had onposed the governor. He pardoned Miller, who wantonly shot into the house of John Head in Lexington county in 1910, and wounded Mrs. Head. He paroled Beckwith and Schultz, two yankee pickpockets who tried -to bribe a deputy sheriff with $200 to let them escape. The governor turned them out on the eve of tire State Fair. He paroled another vankee named Fleming, who had shot down without ftxcnsp. the sons of two Confederate veterans in the town of Springfield, and yet he excused his pardon of Hasty because he said he had shot two yankees which the jury by their verdict said were protecting t\*o defenseless girls in a hotel at Gaffney. Remember, all of these criminals he " " 1 - t J3 1 nas paraonea ana paroiea anu nuudredtf' of others. Twelve South Caro lina jurors and an honorable judge have said they guilty and should be punished. One of these pardoned crim-' rnals may shoot down you or your brother or your son in the hope that even if he is convicted his friend, Governor Blease, will pardon him. Did the soft hearted governor stop to think of the widows and the fartherless children of the men who had been murdered when he released these men? Did he stop to think of law and order < and the good name of his State? Has he not brought the good name of his State into disrepute? He insulted the governor of Georgia and said he did not have sense enough to raise watermelons. He has stigmatized Woodrow Wilson, the democratic nominee for president, as the tool of corporations. He has made the citizens of his State ashamed when they go anroaa in tne land, and now he is asking you by your votes to indorse his administration. Can you do it and be fair to your- \ selves? Think it over. ?? THE HONORS WERE ABOUT EVEN AT ST. MATTHEWS j ! Crowd Well Dlrided Between Jones i and Biease?Much Good-natured Rivalry. ! St. Matthews, July 18 ?Lively, jol, ly, good natured and well behaved, was i the Calhoun crowd, who today gave j ! audience to the twelve candidates for j State offices. County Chairman T. H. i Dreher announced that he had not re- J quested the presence of any police- j men, nor had he conferred with the mayor in reference to keeping order; that he relied solely on the decency of the Calhoun people. It proved that his confidence was well placed. There was no attempt to howl down Judge Jones, opponent of Governor Blease, and the few snags he encountered were far from serious. An amusing feature of the meeting today, and, in fact, one of the real features, was the laugh on a little band of Orangeburg citizens, who, when --1--J T-Tanoo onri Rnmp nf ' a.SK.tJ'U. IJ J o uugc umm ? - ? . them admitting they were from Orangeburg county, were given the broad laugh by the Calhoun crowd This little squad Judge Jones pointed out as doing most of the yelling for Governor Blease. * on ?1. ,, j T.. ^ "Wnere are you iroou: astieu juugc : Jones. "Orangeburg," was the reply, and ! ! I -v.\o J,Since DANIE Kentucky ha Southern Ex] 6 Full Qu ?Vf^\ 8 Full Qu 12 Full Qua Remit Postal or Express Money B Certified Check. Guaranteed to please B piete price list mailed upon request C.IJ r?*? -i l?av,lHWTWJ I H. CLARKE & SONS, Ir I The Soath'a Greatest Mail Order Wine mi I the crowd yelled long and loud. Following this, Judge Jones charged that it was just that way at many of the meetings; that Blease rooters were imported to yell for their favorite, so the impression would go out that Blease had the crowds. Governor Blease put little fire into his speech today; it was by far the most temperate in delivery during the past campaign. It was, however, none the less clear and convincing to his supporters. \ Another feature was the flat denial ? * i a entered by the governor mat ne nau j said at Barnwell that Judge Jones had Jewish blood in his veins, and that a Jew was no better than a "nigger." He said this report was. current in St. Matthews today. The governor paid some of his compliments to his Hebrew friends, then said that if Judge Jones had Jewish blood in him, he ought not to be ashamed of it; that the Jews I \ were money-makers, and, judging from reports of Judge Jones's law practice in Lancaster, lie was "a dandy in that line." Bouquets for Joflcs Judge Jones was the favorite today, so far as floral gifts were concerned. There's iust a little secret about this, j They do say that these good people j of Calhoun who are Jones supporters heard that Governor ;31ease walked away with those honors at Orangeburg yesterday, and they were determined to turn the tables today. They did. Governor Blease, however, received a beautiful bouquet. So far as applause is concerned, honors appeared: to be about even. It is j ' "* ~ . rtrn O fo 1 T*1 T7 stated mac luts auu^uvc nao iuuV * ***resentative of the county, and many politically informed persons declared the sace would be nip and tuck here. NEWS OF PROSPERITY. Personal Mention of Many People and Other News of a Progressiye Town. I Prosperity, July 18.?Dr J. s. wneeieh and Mr. H. J. Rawl are attending the South Carolina Crushers' associaI tion at Lake Toxaway this week. Mrs. J. F. Browne and Miss Mary Lizzie Wise have gone to Glenn Springs to spend several weeks. Mrs. S. Craig has returned to Black istock after a visit to her sister, Mrs. P. L. Langford. Miss Bertha Gallman, of Newberry, is visiting Miss Sara Mae Haynes. Master Tracy Kreps has returned to his home in Columbia, accompanied by Master Pat Wise. Mrs. Wnr. Filton and Jittle son, "Willie, of Columbia, spent the week-end with Mrs. A. .G. Wise. Mesdames J. B. Hart man and J. S. TT-T?1,,. TVmrsriav *n Nawberry. vv iieciei optuu ^?? - ? Miss Mary Willis is visiting in Columbia. Mesdames Alice Ward and Ella Blease have returned to Newberry, after spending several days with Mrs. B. B. Schumpert. Dr. C. K. Wheeler spent last week in Charleston. Miss Annie Mae Bedenbaugh, of Kib1 "D^^cro or>ar>+ Saturday and Sun oyvuw ?i ?. ? ? w day with Miss Addie Werts. Mrs. C. T. Wyche has as her guesi Mrs. A .J. P. Julian and daughter, Grace, of Lake City, Fla. Mesdames R. L. Luther and George Bearden are spending this week in Columbia. Miss Agnes Curlee, of Winnsboro, is visitine her sister, Mrs. J. S Wheeler. Miss Pansy Wallace, of Tallapoosa, G-a., is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Geo. Harmon. j Mr. S. S. . Birge spent tbe week-end | . ' f- \ *' ' i' ' iKe days of . J I L BOO?-1 I ; r 3 been noted for its fine I I Whiskies, I * - -Jm ta ?&?tKwf ***? ?* o-, U>b?B0f'*>Ultbo ^-IPFT J I # ind matured m wooa, possessing on- m aess in QUALITY, TASTE and I | iPAY EXPRESS on Adams and jH '? I :||9 arts, -.$ 4^0 0K J. _ arts. 8.50 I utt, 12*00 I Order, Registered Letter or 1 ! or money returned. Com- ? 1 in Columbia. I Mrs. Geo. Harmon and litt'2 Misses I Rebecca Harmon and Elizabeth Brown j ? ?/. J- n./*^Tn/\ni1 P/\r corarol hnnTfl ] I were 1X1 uri CCJLl ?* WU. 1V1 ^ I Miss Pauline Sligh, of .Tacfcsonville* JS ; Fla., spent several days this week | I with Miss Mary Wheeler. Rev. Y. von A. Riser vi^itei P.ev. B, W. Leslie and other frieids iu town -^jE Tuesday. He was traveling on his ?Mk now Harlev-Davidson motorc/cle. J| Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Langford visited relatives in Columbia this week. Miss Rosa Ridgell, of Batesburg, is * j with her aunt, Mrs. J. L. Wise, for a few days. Miss Lahlage Wheeler has returned from a short visit to Mrs. R. C. Counts, of Columbia. v- jjlH 1 President J. h. Harms was m rova ' ] Miss Carrie Caugbmaii is visiting ia r j Mr. Olin Bobb, of Colmbia, spent ;-*HT Sunday with his father, Mr. Frank Rev. and Mrs. Edward Shealy, of Georgia, are visiting the former's father, Mr. Sam Shealy. Rev. Mr. Shealy J|j has accepted title pastorate of Colony; Mrs. Fannie Bedenbaugh and Miss Ollie Dominick have gone to Gary's Lane to visit Mrs. Jno. Fellers. . Miss Moseley has as her guest Miss Annie Jamieson, of Georgia. Mrs. P. L. Rikard and children, are visiting at the home of her father, Mr. A. M. Counts. . / Master Watson Luther has returned to Columbia, after spending a fortnight here with his many little friends. . 5 Miss Annie Laurie Lester, of the J {joiumoia nosyiuu, 10 ?raiuug uer ycuents, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Lester. ! Mr. E. L. Dominick Yas a business | visitor iA Columbia Thursday. " Helen, the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Long, of the Mt Pilgrim neighborhood, died on last Saturday, aged nearly six months. Funeral and burial services were conductaA Cnn/law mnrnirnr a.t Q rt'f?lrv?lr &fc I UUJL4VM*/ ~ w? -?.ML Pilgrim church, by Rev. E. W. ^ ?i | Leslie. - "r.-/ j|| <?><3><3><S><$><S>3><?>3><$><$><S><$><$><?><8>$! hk <$> ^ STATE CAMPAIGN DATES. ? i ? ' ;3SM <?> <?> <?> <$><?><$> <?> <?> $ <$> <$> <s> <$ ? ? '' iS Winnsboro, Monday, July 22. Lexington, Tuesday, July 23. Saluda, Wednesday, July 24. Edgefield, Thursday, July 25. Aikenfi Friday, July 26. One Week Off. Camden, Monday, August 5. Lancaster, Tuesday, August 6. Yorkville, Wednesday, August 7. Gaffney, Thursday, August 8. Spartanburg, Friday, August 9. ^ Union, Saturday, August 10. % Newbery, Tuesday, August 13. Laurens, Wednesday, August 14. are An wood. Thursday, August 15. Abbeville, Friday, August 16. Anderson, Saturday, August 17. ' ! Walhalla, Tuesday, August 20. Pickens, Wednesday, August 21. " 0?/vnnm'11a T>mrai1ar An(rnaf 99 VJ1 C^UTIU^ 1 UUA wuu; , AJ.UQUWV TEACHER WANTED. Teacher of experience wanted for . r Union school. Term of five months and possibly six, at $50 ifer month. Trustees will elect on August 3. Ap- fply to either of the undersigned. C. L. Wilson, Prosperity, R. F. D. J. C. Kinard, Slighs, R. F. D. D. W. Buzhardt, Newberry, R. 5. ffow is the time to subscribe to The ? , f WamM alfd \|>WS. OQP Tear $1.50% months 75c., four months 50c.