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THE PICKENS SENTINEL SUBSCRIPTION. PRICE, $1 YR PUBLISHED WEEKLY Entered April 23, 190T at Pleires, S.C. an second class mail mattere under act ore Probate O1VcxPKe 2 12NUMB 9. Established 1871-Volume 42PIKNSC.JUE2911 THE STATE CAMPAIGN First Meening 'Tame but as . they Progress they Warm up At Sumter on the 18th, two thousand or upwards of citizens gathered from four or five coun ties, stood about on the green fronting of Sumter's $118,000 court house, perched in windows of the court room above, and heard the 11 candidates for con tested offices address them from the portico. A notable cordial greeting was given Judge Jones, but it was a demonstrative crowd. Probably the lack of what sports writers -call "ging er" was due to the fact that the leading candidates for gov ernor, instead of engaging in a those later!-devoted the most of their time to the reading of formal typed statements outlin ing their respective platforms. I Fair order was kept, though the ,crowding of the portico made it difficult for reporters and others there to follow the speeches. John H. Cliffton, county chair man, vas the presiding officer. Candidates for governor are allowed 45 minutes each, candi dates for attorney general 15 minutes each, candidates for State treasurer ten minutes each, candidates for railroad commissioner 15 minutes each, and candidates for uncontested offices five minutes each if they elect to speak at all. Gov. Blease read nearly all of his remarks from a typed state ment. He said at the outset that although it had been pre- t dicted his administration would check the prosoerity of the State the report of the secretary of state showed during that period an unpreceedented progress in 1he organization of -new con .cerm, and only yesterday four notes of the State for $100,000 1 .each were placed at 3 per cent., t .an interest rate "as low if not ihe lowest' ever obtained by the C -tate, except under my admin / stration last year." The governor's statement re .viewed his platform and inaug mial address of two years ago, summarized recommendations 1 made by him to the general as sembly, discussed those adopted Sand -those disregarded by the 1 legislators, briefly mentioned his vetoes and his pardon record and in general set up the claim. that his administration had been economical, impartial and| constructive. Declarations were i repeated, with which his previ-i ous campaigns have familiariz ed the people, regarding negro< secret orders, and alleged textile ( trust, a suppostitious "old ring,t dominated by newspapers and corporations," and alleged con spiracy of newspapers againstr hcimr. It was charged that mon ,ey was being freely expendedt in the interest of Judge Jones,I though the governor said he re frained from charging this to Judge Jones himself. Judge Jones took the offen sive promptly. He -would be glad to keep this campaign on a high plane, he said. He deprec ated the methods of the govern or. 'Down with demagogu ery!" he explained. He reprov- t ed the stirring up of race pre judice and the antagonizing of workingmen in the mills against t workingmen in the stores and on the farms. "Shame," he cried, shame on such contempt-1 ible politics!" Charges madej against him by the governor, in terms and by implication, werec discussed seriatim. The gov ernor, Judge Jones said, did not think a governor entitled to a I second term when he opposedt Gov. Ansel. Judge Jones flatly denied that money was being a freely used in his interest. ''IfI anybody has given me a cent of 1 money to run this campaign. I . haven't heard of it." Discuss ing the matter of cornora- i tion backing, Judlge Jonss said he was not aware he had the support of any c'orporations, butp was certain he had the active eenmity of some of them. main ly on account of decissions rend ered by him in his capaci.y of; chief justice. He mentioned as one corporation executive flight ing him and suppoeting Blease --presunmably because of a timber lands decision-W. H. . Andrews of the Atlantic Coast Lumber corporation, George town. "He is one of Blease's strongest backers," the speaker declared. "'And tell me," he said, "vou men who holloa for Cole Blease, who is the chief counsel for the Southern Rai! way? He is B. L. Abney, the overnor's cousin: and he makes bis home in the 'White House' at Columbia." "Nobody owns rne," said the speaker; I am no rnan's man: I am not dominated by newspapers nor by ecrpora bions- nor by my friends, or my nemies." A LITTLE GINGER. Mr. Lyon defied Barnard Evans or anybody else to prove hat he or any member of the %urray board got a cent of graft Ut of.the dispensary. He said hat it was strange, if Evans, >harges of grafting by the Mur cy commission were true, that ao proof whatever had appear ?d, though the dispensary mat ers had been placed by a hostile governor in the hands of a hostile commission, and this board had engaged expert ac :ountants to go through all the records. "I am not built on the mealy nouthed plan," said the at :orney general, and proceeded o explain that he had borne with Evan's insults quietly so ar, "But I give him notice hat I have records-he knows >f their existence-which I 1ave heretofore refrained from sing against him, out of con ideration for his farily," If ,vans continues to make false tatements against the Murry oard and the attorney general, ourt records will be prodneed gainst Evans for the informa ion of the p)ublic, Mr. Lyon aid. The evidence against him ncluded affidavits from respect ble citizens and records of the :ivil and criminal courts of the tat. . "If he has no consideration or his family himself, I will ot spare him further," said he attorney. general. He had iothing to say against his >ther opponents. It was un ortunate that such a man as 3. B. Evans was in the race, he aid. At this point Evr ns said 'Lay on, Mackduff, and damned > he w ho first cries, Hold mough." The other candidates also nade short addresses but de eloped no issues between them. AT BISHOPvILLE. 19TH.. Presentation of court records egarding B. B. Evans. candi late for attorney general, by -he incumbent, J. Fraser Lyon, n fulfilment of a conditional romise made at Sumter Tues ay, and a sharp change by lov. Blease from defensive tac ics to aggressive against his eading opponent, Ira B. Jones. eatured today's campaign neeting at Bishopville. Excite nent, which had subsided after ne expected lash between ~yon and Evans, flared up ~gain for a moment, however. t the very end of the meeting. mder the stimulus of a dlisa ~reement as t') the right of udge Jones to reply to the ~overnor. THE RULE OF RFPLY. Organizing at Sumter Tues lay just before the meeting here the party of candidates dopted a rule for the campaign. vhich is as follows, according *o the record of the secretary. . T. Carter: 'When statements are made y one candidate which are ob ection able to another candidlate, le shall be allowed to deny the :harges and to furnish a cate ~orical answer when the candi late making the statements ias finished or at the close of he meeting." Under this rule B. B. Evans vas yesterday and today al owed a reply to statements by he attorney general. Mr. Lyon, mdl unde~r the 5:uneO rule Judgt Jones today, whenP Go. les he last speake.r, hadL concludehd. rose to make his n-ply, the( ~overr'sr addrt.' haevn' o ,isted principally of ai vi.r n ttack on him. G''. Bio ehemently protest. agin Judge Jones being heard. shm ing: "He's had his speech. let haim answer tomorrow.' The~ orrnors expression. by voiCe and by gesture, aroused (con: ideable excitement, -and this was increased when apol man in uniform navanced fromt the rear of the stand and too up a position at the governor elbow. The officer was direc1 ed by the county chairman. I L. Baker, to retire until he wa neded. Mr. Baker, after er deavrring without much su< Cess to restore order, announce that he Voulld not permit a r< ply and declared the meetin adjourned. Mr. Baker said afterwar that he recognized Judge Joner right to make a categorical r( ply, but ruled as he did fror considerations of expediency During the heated discussioi Judge Jones repeatedly declarei that he did not wish to make speech but intended only to of I fer a categorical denial. CLI1BED ON STAND. Numbers of spectators -climb ed up on the stand. Upward of 1,500 persons were groupei about an improvised platforn erected in Woodward park The crowd consisted more large ly of farmers than at Sumter A section of the crowd indulge< freely in the heckling process and Blease supporters uplifte< their voices at frequent inter vals. On the whole though th< crowd behaved well. B: B. Evans was the firs speaker. his renewal of graf charges made two years ag< and at Sumter yesterday against the Murray dispensar: commission elicited from the at to:nev general the promisec commentary upon Evan's careel Mr. Evans repeated his charg< that dispensary records had been judged and a deficit of ap proximately 840,000 covered ul beneath the term "capitol ac count." By way of advanc( reply to Mr. Lyon's threatened rvelation, he gave his owr version of his career. He as cribed to ill will against him or the part of "that thief, B. F. Sample," sheriff of Saludz county, the finding of indict ments against him in thai county for forgery and declare the forgery charge to be false. le said that this prosecutior was quashed by Judge Shipj when the case came on for trial and his lawyer on that occasior was J. William Thurmon, nov campaign manager for Ira B. Jones. Evans also recalled th< fact that in Columbia he had been tried for murder and ac quitted, because he said his friend worried by domesti< troubles, came to his room ani with his pistol committed sui cid1e. "My life," said Evans has always been an open book there is no man or woman I car not face. If any man or wo man has knowledge of any thing tending to show a dis honorable act in my r~cord, le1 him or her rise and point it oui and I will brand her as a de famer, him as a liar, or (lie ir the attempt. THlE ATTORNEY GENERAL. J. Fraser Lyon after rzeview ing his work in showing up dis pensary grafters and after say ig he deplored the necessity o1 exposing Evans, proceeded t< read a certified copy of one o: the two indictments fo: forgery found against Evans ir Saluda cou nty and to rmentior Evans. He said that Evans some years ago hypothecated at th< Carolina National bank in Co lumibia two notes purporting tc have been made by Edgefield county citizens, who when thes o~ligations matured made an swer to court that they had no signed'( any such instrument "and the bank lost the money.' The attorney general said als< that Frank and sons, mone: hVnders of Augusta, sent t< Evans on one occasion a checl o boe delived to one of his clients butt Ev-ans aporopriated th money to his own use and hi brother, Jonh Gary Evans o S part anburg, former governor had1 to make the check good ii order to prevent '"Barney'' fron being prosecuted. The attorney general said h< had refrained as long as nossibl! from presenting this evidence t< t hec public, out of respect t< Evan' s mother and his brother ;vad the people of the State, bu the revelations had to be mad ab- Evans persisted in goin aat the State. making fals adm scandalous charges agains nwn' the latchets of whose shoe Evns was unworthy to tie. k torney general had presentei s what purported to be records o b- cases that he for one had neve heard of. As to the Salte .s check, Evans said: "If Johi L- Gary Evans has paid any suci - check for nie I don't know it.' d He concluded: "If 1 am guilt: 3- of any crime, why haven't I g been arrested?" d Felder To Testify. Atlanta, June 20.-Thoma B. Felder, of Atlanta, will re spond to a summons to meet ar investigation committee from the legislature of South Carolin in Augusta, Ga., on Monday July, 8. for the purpose of giv ing to that cpommittee 'such tes timony as he may have con. cerning the charge of dispensary - graft lodged against Governor s Cole L. Blease, of South Caro I lina, by Mayor Grace, of 1 Charleston. The meeting between Mr. Felder and the investizating committee, set for July 8 in Augusta, was the outcome of several days' correspondence by letter and wire. Mr. Felder - first named Atlanta as a fit and a proper place of meeting, but when the committee said that t Augusta would be more con venient to it, the Atlanta man ) promptly accepted. Mr. Felder's sole objection to going to Columbia is said to ha e been fear of interference upon the hearing perhars vio lent, by friends and partisans of Gov. Blease. These Want Your Vote. The following is the official list of candidates as announced I by Mr. Evans; UNITED ST ITES SENATE. B. R. Tillnmn, W. J Talbert, N. B. Dial. CONGRESS. First District-Geo. S. Legare, H. Leon Larisey. I Second District-J. F. Bvrnes, Harry D. Calhoun. Third District-Wyatt Aiken, > F. S. Evans, M. C. Long. I Fourth District-Jos. T. John ison. SFifth District-D. E. Finley, .Glenn W. Ragsdale, W. P. SPollock. tSixth District-J, E. Ellerbe. -J. W. Ragsdale. Seventh District-A. F. Lever. GOVERNOR. Ira B. Jones, Cole L. Blease, J. T, Duncan. LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. C. A. Smith. sECRETARY 0 sTATE. R. M. McCown. S COMPTROLLER GENERAL. b A. W. Jones. -ATTORNEY GENERAL. J. R, Earle, B. B. Evans, Thos. H. Peeples, J. Frasei Lyon. -TATE TREAsURER. S. T. Carter, D. W. McLaurin. SUPT. OF EDUCATION. >John E. Swearingen. F AD)JUDANT GENETAL W N. WV. Moore. 1 COMMIssTONER OF AGRICULTURE. F . J. Watson. RAILRoAD) COMMIsSIONER. John 0. Richards, Jr.. J. H. WAharton. James Cansler. SOICITOR. 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