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CAMPAIGN MEETING IN , HISTORIC EDGEFIELD; HA>'D PRIMARY SHOWED MAJORI- : TY FOR BLEASE. , The Ladies Led a Jones Demonstra- i i tion, Possible Forerunner of a Suffragette Movement ; Edgefield, July 25.?Notwithstanding j Biblical admonition that women should : i ' r>nt out in meeting. some of Edgefield's fairest young daughters, at i the State campaign meeting today, 1 without hesitation, but with decency i and good order, expressed their prefer ence between the two candidates for ! governor, starting up and carrying j through a very respectful' Jones demi onstration that caused political seers * * _ x?x ?j i 10 sit up witn a start ana ut?.e uuticc. There is no use mincing matters; ! j the secret is out. In old Edgefield, 1 historic old Edgefield, (and what f, writer can visit the lovely old village without employing that phrase,) leader of almost everything that is started ' in South Carolina, today was launched the real suffragette movement in the old Palmetto State, a State always to ^ the fore in matters led by her men, but 1 slow to recognize matters pertaining to ! women in public life. In all seriousness it is stated that J never before have the women of the 1 State been so concerned in affairs po- ' litical, amply evidenced by the interest displayed in the meetings of the pres- IJ ? ent campaign. Today, however, was the first real demonstration led by wo- ' * men, and this was not participated in by the sharp-nosed, long-necked, thin, * sleeked, back hair, spectacled variety. They were young, vivacious, pretty; 1 militant, maybe, but not rowday; certainly not of the window-smashing 1 j English kind. ^ Edgefield Leads, as Usual. Edgefield has set the pace; the new j thought has found expression and even middle-aged men may expect to live unto the day when the ballot will be i in the hands of the women of South t f Carolina. j ^ Aside from the birth of the suffrag- I ette movement there was little out of s the ordinary to mark today's meeting, t True Governor Blease delivered a -* more vigorous speech than usual, t boys "whooped up" to a high pitch, c His hand primary showed a small ma- r jority in h:? favor. r Judge Jones, on the other hand, made quite a temperate speech, dis- 3 cussing his platform more than his c opponent and exhibiting an air of con. a fidenee that insDired his supporters. Many of the candidates made refer- ! r ence to historic grounds upon which ' t they spoke. It was on this spot that 11 George McDuffie held forth in great j t eloquence during his campaign for! \ congress, and in sight of that noble' f Carolinian's old law office, the stone t Qt^rvc nf ctill stand. Thp sneak- r ers today, however, did not mention I McDuffie, but referred in eulogistic i terms to the Garys and to Senator c Tillman. , Better order than at the average c meeting was maintained. Both Gov- I ernor Blease and Judge Jones were i pestered with questions, although the f ' usual yells for Blease were Judge c " Jones' principal obstable. I About 300 persons were gathered on j -* the South Carolina Co-Educational Institute campus when County Chairman t B. E. Nicholson called the meeting to ^ 3 order. Mr. Nicholson was very firm in c ^ ~ ^ a! J V> n _ aiiiiuuuucmeiit uu<ti oiuci ?UU1U uc j maintained. z . Tisitors Admonished. <i "I notice," said Mr. Nicholson, "a number of visitors among us, and we will expect them to extend the same c courtesy to the candidates that our own people will extend." J A magnificent representation of ^ Edgefield's fair women were present today. In fact, they do say that the a1 rJ r* orVi + nn I VY UlllCIi VJL jLLAi5CiitiU CLl ^ niUU^ui, ci^ over the political situation to a degree equalling or surpassing the men. It is authoritatively stated, however, that there is not yet a suffragette organization in the county. But no one can tell what a day may bring forth; Edgefield, it is known, leads in almost every movement. a foe fnr otlAmov oronoral 1 i W. & ? ? off, Senator J. R. Earle, speaking first. 1 Mr. Barnard B. Evans, while covering 1 about his usual ground, was mild in 1 his criticism of the attorney general c and the winding-up commissions. He 1 made this proposition: i "If it can be shown that more than s $372,000 out of the assets of the old c State dispensary ever reached the ? treasury of South Carolina, I will get s out of this race and go home." 1 Mr. Evans referred to the fact that ? lie had been warned not to go to Salauda, that he would be killed, but that I he had gong there, faced Ben F. Sam- I pie, and denounced him to his teeth t as a liar and a thief. Mr. Evans was 1 generously applauded. 2 Attorney General Lyon was cordial-1 y greeted, the first to receive applause is he was announced. Mr. Lyon put it up to Mr. B. B. Evans to stick to his word and withdraw from the race by reading a certificate from State Treasurer R. H. Jennings, showing that j from the old State 4 dispensary tne treasury had received ?410,455.76. Asks Evans to Keep Word. "I ask Mr. Evans now," said Mr. Lyon, "if he will stick to his word and withdraw?" "I'll make a categorical reply," said Mr. Evans. "Yes," replied Mr. Lyon, 'it is always a categorical reply." "Oh, we will put him out on elec * i.1. J Lion day," saia some one- iu im> auuience. Mr. Lyon, continuing, said: "I shall not discuss Barney here in his home, where you all know him." "No, don't do it; we know him," said another auditor. Attorney General Lyon devoted the remainder of his time in reviewing his record and the cases he has conducted in behalf of the State, closing with j rousing cheers. j Mr. Evans, arising to reply, said he! would produce figures to show thatj his claim was correct. He read the detailed figures in Treasurer Jennings's statement, the mere total of which Mr. Lyon read, the statement showing the moneys received by the treasurer as follows: January, 1910, W. J. Murray, chairman $275,000.00 December, 1910, W. J. Murray, chairman 80,013.75 "1 Q"1 *1 \\T T nvo tr lauuai y , tv o. jiunaj, chairman 17,350.00 March, 1912, Jas Stack,house chairman 25,587.01! ^.pril, 1912, J. Fraser Lyon, attorney general 12,500.00 ^.pril, 1912, J. Fraser Lyon, attorney general 5.00 Total $410,455.76 , What Evans Claims. Mr. Evans claimed that the $12,500 j tern was part of the $15,000 appropria- | ion given the attorney general for >rosecuting the graft cases, turned >ack into the treasury. He mentioned :ome item of $31,976 as cash still on land, the upshot of which compilationras that deducting this item from the otal of $404,000, as lie figured it, his :ontention that only $372,000 had eached the State treasury was corect "Now, I have him in a hole," said Jr. Evans; "Let's see if he will get ut, or if I have to run him out with , hot stick." Mr. Lyon was rdesirous of making eply on the ground that Mr. Evans lad introduced new matter, stating to he chairman that he merely wished _ a _ A*u ~ 4- 010 r A A ; A ^^ ^ o sia-ie ixictt me $0.4,uvv iiexu quutcu vas not a part of the fund provided or prosecution of graft cases, but was hat collected from the Blocks, of Ma:on, due from their dealings with the lichland Distilling company, and that le knew of no such item of $31,976 :ash on hand. But Chairman Nicholson, upon in tfr. S. T. Carter was in fine form and vas the recipient of his first flowers, md Major Jno. G. Richards, Jr., waxid eloquent in his tribute to the fair vomen present. When the candidates for governor .poke the crowd had swelled to possi)ly 900 or more. Both Judge Jones md Governor Blease were assailed in slight degree by questioners and inerrupted by cheers for the opposi [uiry as to the rules, decided that Mr. I ..von had not the right of reply. It is ecalled that th2 $12,500 is half of the und collected from the Blocks by the :ommission appointed by Governor Blease, and that the other half was >aid to Col. B. L. Abney. Mr. Lyon afterwards stated that of j he $15,000 prosecution fund, $7,000 vas to his credit in the treasury. Up >n tne conclusion 01 Air. jBivanF 6 re- j )Iy, there were mixed cheer? for Evids and Lyon, those for the latter prelominating. Day of Eloquence. The day was conductive to elo[tience. Mr. Thos. H. Peeples sur>assed himself and won loud applause. ion. Judge Jones devoted much more ime today than usual to discussing lis advocacy of the Torrens system of and registration, to give a basis of Tedit to the farmers; the employers' iability for the protection of textile vorkmen; the betterment of Tural schools and the further advancement >f textile education in South Carolina, >uch as Clemson college devotes itself to; a system of warehousing that vill meet constitutional requirements, md federal aid for road improvement. "If I mistake not the temper of our people," said the speaker, "they apjreciate the motives that actuate me in his fight for decency in South Caroina, for the ere-enthronement of law md the restoration of civic righteous ness. Judge Jones stated that he was glad to deliver his message to the people of Edgefield, on the spot "where Daniel Chamberlain got his medicine, and where Judge Mackey had his wonder ful conversion. Assailing the Blease administration, Judge Jones declared that the greater the harmony among the three departments of government, the more constitutional, the more prosperous and progressive would be that government Don't Want a Czar." "We don't want a Czar in South Carolina," declared he; "we don't like that kind of government" "We like anything," came from the audience. . "Weil that ic thA kind of annetite I can not satisfy," shouted back the speaker. "You don't want me then. Just any old thing is not what I am offering." (Loud applause). Several times the speaker was so interfered with that Chairman Nicholson was obliged to call for order. "It's getting weaker and weaker," said Judge Jones. "They are here, [yelling, from old Saluda and everywhere, but their shouts are getting weaker and weaker." That Chas. D. Jones had been used to influence the supreme court of South Carolina, Judge Jones denounced as Tthe foulest lie ever suggested by human breath." "And they talk about Elease being the friend of the poor man," said the speaker. "I have asked on twentyseven stumps what Blease has ever done for the poor man. I ask it to? " - -c day. The very suimess ui aeaui is over the audience. It is said he has turned the poor man out of the penitentiary. Well, there are a good many poor ones still there; ^vhy doesn't he turn them out?" "Maybe they haven't got money enough," suggested an auditor. As Judge Jones was about to close his campaign manager, J. Wm. Thurmond, suggested to him that he mention his Wade Hampton vote. Blease Wants it Recorded. Governor Blease, who was on the stand, leaning toward the reporters, said: "Put that down, boys, that Thurmond told him to do it" "Put it down twice if you want to," said Mr. Thurmond. "I certainly have no objections." Judge Jones, in telling that he but stuck to his party, as he would stick to a Democratic candidate against a Republican, in voting for J. L. M. Irby, won loud applause by declaring that Governor Blease was twice a traitor to his party, the reformers, and to Wade Hampton. "My vote was just like Tillman's," said he, "and yet they would hold me responsible for the whole thing." "I'd talk to you about that separate coach businesss," said Judge Jones "but I don't think there are any fools in this intelligent audience. All who are fools enough to believe that kind nt nrv vnnr hands. T sPP. no hands and will pass it over." Charging that Governor Blease ignored the recommendations of the county delegations in the appointments made, Judge Jones cited the case of John Atkins, in this county, who was named for the position of rural policeman, but turned down by the governor. "Atkins was too good a man," spoke up a listener; "Blease can't stomach a good man." The Case of Stothart. As the speaker mentioned the governor's refusal to remove Chief Constable Stothart, of Charleston, some one in the audience called out to Judge Jones to prove that Stothart was guilty of accepting graft. Judge Jones replied: "The mere fact that Stothart, appearing before an investigating committee, declined to explain his business acts is your proof. No man who is innocent would hesitate to explain his every act and take refuge in the plea that it might incriminate him. That is a stain upon the governor's appointment." Judge Jones closed with general applause, much stronger than when he began. The tone of his speech was confident and this he impressed upon his hearers. Two pretty bouquets were presented ;him. Governor Blease, received with rousing cheers from his - - - ? ?- - +*?? mends, WHO were cuhc*ji*tu iui mc most part about the stand, said be did not wish to do Edgefield an injustice, nor did he wish Judge Jones to do it, so he called upon all in the audience who were not Edgefield people to hold up their hands. About twenty-five held up their hands. "Now, Mr. Jones," said the governor, "your newspapers can record the fact that this is an Edgefield audience." Governor Blease even asked any Edgefield man who happened to know that there were foreigners who did ~ V?/\l J +Vii-vi v? Vio*nrlo tn CQV on IIU L JLIUItl men juttxxuo .J UVI None responded. Governor Blease charged that Judge Jones was among those who voted to retire from office Senator Wade Hamp Ton and Judge W. H. Wallace, speaker', of the famous '76 Wallace House. "Xot only did he vote against Judge 1 Wallace's promotion to the Associate j Justiceship," said the Governor, "but j ; he even voted against his continuance as a Circuit Judge." As to the Hampton-lrby vote, Governor Blease presented the same argument and read the letter from Gen Wade Hampton, all of which was fully quoted and explained in the News and Courier's re| port of the Columbia meeting. The Governor's references to Judge Wallace as a leader for white suprenacy in South Carolina were in line with many of his attacks upon Judge Jones, namely, that his opponent is not a "white man's man." In the same strain, touching upon the separate coach law, he brought in a recital of Gen Mart Gary's noted stand here in Edgefield in '76. Said Governor Blease: "On election j day, in 1876, it was agreed between 1 j ~ - ? -LI- - J 1 Oren. ItUgar OJ. uie r eueraa auiij, emu Gen Mart Gary, county Democratic chairman, that the whites should vote 'at the court house and the negroes ! should vote at the school house. Everything went well until the negroes real- j ized that they could not all vote at one j i poll and appealed to the Yankees. Gen \ I Dnnro^ wont tr\ flon flarv ari-d ' UUfetti "WUV W V-^XX ~ . 'General, I am informed by the Repub- ; lican chairman that all of the negroes cannot vote at the school house and I shall require you to make the whites give way and let the negroes get to the ballot box.' "One was clad in the blue uniform of the United States army and had been sent to Edgefield by President Grant. The other was clothed in the crormonto nf fhp />rmfpdPT'flt.A j {jUi XiiVAi Vi. 'soldier. It was a crucial test of nerve, j South Carolina's destiny hung in the ; balance, and Mart Gary saved her. 'Did he stop to think of consequences? | Did he stop to think that he might bejput in a Federal prison or even lose his life? Indeed not. The old Bald ? Eagle straightened up, and with the' y fires of '65 flashing in his eyes, ex- j _ v i claimed: 'By God, sir, I won't do it,' j ! and he did not do it. 1 i n "Judge Jones," said the speaker, "is jj no more excusable for opposing the 5 jim crow law than Gen Gary would have been had he cowardly yielded to c a Yankee general. The solicitors of c the State are sent to Columbia at each q session of the legislature to pass upon the constitutionality of bills and it is ^ absurd for Jones to excuse his vote by ^ saying it was unconstitutional." q The Governor's references to "nig- a p-ptx:" ariri lvnohin? were. as usual, a loudly applauded, as were also his ref- b erence to Mr. J. W. Thurmond, when n he spoke of him as "Pussy Foot Bill." a He again mentioned the Rawl affidavit a j and a letter, in "which, it was stated I | that the mill presidents would address A the workmen in behalf of Judge Jones' q candidacy. t] From a letter written by Mr Thur?r\trt /J r\-tTAf-nnr T) 1^ioC?a mCl H u A 11 fVlii It JLLI/JL1U UU>X1 livi JLiivac^ iguu, a. am. vuv honest people are supporting Judge ti Jones." P "Well," said the governor, "It lookes like there are a lot of them here to- 0 day that he hasn't got rings in their c noses." * ( ? At about this point came the really ' interesting feature of the meeting. A ? party of young ladies started up and I (CONTINUED ON PAGE 7). c <$> <S> _ <8> STATE CAMPAIGN DATES. <S> , Edgefield, Thursday, July 25. d Aikenfi Friday, July 26. ' One Week Off. t Camden, Monday, August 5. r Lancaster, Tuesday, August 6. a Yorkville, Wednesday, August 7. f Gaffney, Thursday, August 8. j Spartanburg, Friday, August 9. Union, Saturday, August 10. 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