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THE PICKENS SENTINEL UBLISHED Entered April 23, 1903 at Pickens, S. C. an second class mail matter, under act of Congr o March 31879 SUBSCRIPION. PRICE, $1 YR Established 1871-Volume 42 PICKENS, S. C.. AUGUST 15, 1912 NUMBER 16. "No Sane, Mai Jones favors a Columbia, Aug 7.-"-No sane man in the State believes that Judge Jones is in favor of social equality. He would make a good governor, for he is emi nently qualified." These statements are contain ed in a letter by Sen. B. R. Till man to Jas. L. Sims, editor of the Orangeburz Times and Dem ocrat, which was announced here tcnight. "As you were he-d of the re frorm movement and were gov ernor when Judge Jones voted against the separate car act, we would like for you to say wheth er you consider Judge Jones an advocat of social equality be cause he voted against the act, and whether in your judgment he would make a good governoi of the State." The folloving is Senator Till man's letter: "Hon Jas. L. Sims, Orangeburg, S. C. Sam J. Nichols. (Parody on "Casey Jones ") Come all you fellows that want to laugh, For here is a story by a dicto graph, Sam J. Nichols was a lawyer's name, In the Finch hotel he won his fame. Mr. Porter called Nicholls up over the phone, Said, "Cone to the Finch. and to my room; I want a pardon for that John son man, Who cracked a safe and wa put in the Penn." Oh, Sam J, Nicholls mounted up the stairway, Sam J. Nicholls, a petition in his 4andl Oh, Sam J. Nicholls mounted up the stairway, Thirty thousand dollars was his demand, Then he took a drink, tho't he'd have some fun, But the old dictograph began to run; Mr. S. N. Porter began to kick at the price, But Mr. Nicholls thought it very nice, Oh, Mr. Porter you need not stare, For Blease andI Sims must hagtheir share; We pr all together and in the same boat, 7 ButIPm the man that's mak ing it float, Oh, Sami J. Nicholls tho't he was aschemning,, V Sam J. Nicholls, Porter's friend indeed; Sam J. Nicholls was only dreaming' lie was talking to Detective E. S. Reed. Said Porter to Nicholls, "That's entirely too much, Thirty thousand dollars, I'll do no such: Altho said party to a fortune is an heir, I'm not as eisy as that to scare." Said Nicholls to Porter, "Just give me a chance, For I'm the man that makes Blease dance, Mr. Sims ten thousand, and Blease the same, Now can't you see I'm play ing a great game?" Oh, Sam J, Nichols said Blease would be elected, Sam J. Nicholls, for the next two years: 0,h, Sam J. Nicholls, said Bleaseid go to the senate, And that he'd be governor-, he had no fears. At last he came down to fifteen thousand bones, Said' this would hellp Mr. Blease defeat Jones, N And on this price they finally agreed, Mr. Nicholls not knowIng that Porter wvas Reed. Hie nearlyv got the pardon thru' all e. k. But soon found out that to his dismay. Mr. Porter was not the man he had thought, Then~ he said to himself. "Well, l'1u c-aught:;" Ch, P-am J. Nicholls, went to Columbia. P Believes That Pocial Equality" Benjamin Ryan Tillman Dear Mr. Sims: I have your letter of J aly 29, for which please accept thanks. I have been surprised that Judge Jones has allowed Blease to put him on the defensive and made him explain sonething that needed no explanation, for no sensible man in the State be lieves that Judge Jones is in fa vor of social equality, and Gov. Blease has laughed in his sleeve t) see how shrewdly he has muddied the water.- In other words, he has played politics more adroitly than the judge. In reply to your questions, I answer: ",I do not consider Judge Jones an advocate of social eguality because he voted against the act and I believe he would make a good governor, for he is eminent ly qualified. * * * * Very sincerely yours, B. R. Tillman." ness stand; Oh. Sam J. Nicholls made this grave statement: "I was drunk on liquor of a nice Scotch brand." Mr. T. B. Felder, an Atlanta at torney, Was the man that gave Reed the pardon money: For he knew Blease and Nichols could not laugh When they heard this story thru' the dictograph. Now Mr. Nicholls, as he's in a hole, Goes around speaking for his old friend Cole: When he comes to our town with his wvails and moans He'll find most of us here for Ira B. Jones. Oh, Sam J. Nicholls keeps run ning around, Sam J. Nicholls. of his time fakes half: Oh, Sam J. Nicholls has run aground, For he has been recorded by the dictograph. -A Fair Forest Boy. SUPREME COURT WAS IMPARTIAL Mr. W. H. Townsend Defends Judge Jones' Record To the Editor of The State: In view of the criticism of the attitude of the supreme court toward the Southern Rail way conpany while Ira B. Jones was a member of the court, I have examined all the reported decisions filed during that period, in wvhich Mr. Jus tice Jones participated, both while associate and chief justice and find that as a justice of the court, Judge Jones participated in deciding 3,299 cases on ap peal from the circuit courts. In these 3,299 cases there were 2, 68 affirmances, 952 reversals and 179 modifications. From this it appears that a little over one-third of all cases appealed were either reyersed or modi fied. This does not indicate, as one not a lawyer might errone ouslv conclude, that the circuit courts were wrong In a third of the cases tried, as appeals are taken only in cases in which. the attorneys. who are experts in looking for error, think error can be successfully assigned. The supreme court has sustain ed such conclusion of the law yers in only one-third of the cases wh~ich the lawyers thought erreneously decided. In 238 cases decided on circuit against the Southern Railway company or companies allied with or con trolled bv it, the supreme court afirmed the action of the ir cuit court in 170 cases and re versed it in 65 cases andl modi fid it in three cas's. Thus it appears that the number of re versals and modificat ions in favor of the Southern R ailwayj company and its controlled rail roads was not as high as the average number of reversl and modifications on all appeals This demonstrates the fact, as far as figures can do so, that there has been no bias or lean jnu to or against the Southern LIFE IRA B. JONES EXPOSED TO PUBLIC From Boyhood Days, as Lawyer Legislator, Associate Justice and Chief Justice, His Record is Given It is right that the Deople of South Carolina should know the facts about the candidates in the race for governor before the 27th of August, because no one can vote properly who does not vote intelligently. Therefore. to cast a vote intelligently. one must know the records of the candidates. This article is writ ten with the purpose of letting the people know more about Ira B. Jones. Few people know that Judge is a MAN OF THE PEOPLE. He is proud of the fact that in New- I berry county he was born, and that there are still people living who remember that his father was a highly respected carpen ter, and his mother assisted his I father in the support of the famn ily by sewing for the neighbors. As Student and Young Lawyer Almost from childhood Ira B. Jones looked at life seriously. His schoolmates remember that often in the afternoon when they were at play he would go in early to study for his classes of. the next day, and they testi fy to the fact that he gave early promise of becoming an upright honest and useful citizen. By careful study and taking advantage of such meagre op portunities as were offered, he obtained a fair education. The schools then were not what they are now, which is probably the reason why Judge Jones, re mem bering his own difficulties and wishing to smooth the road for other poor boys, declaied that as governor the improve ment and development of the common schools shall have my keen interest and hearty sup port. It would be easy and perhaps interesting to tell how young Jones, having gotten an educa tion, moved to Lancaster coun- J y and b)egan the practice of c law. How his clients came slow- j ly at first, but soon gained con- ] fidence in hign, so that he had a t large and paying practice. We~ are chiefly interested, however, in his political career. As Legisla rC In 1890 Ira B. Sones was elect ~ d to the legislature from Lan aster county, and it is evident hat he was widely knmwn and1 hat his ability had been recog ized, for he was at once made ~ hairman of the ways and ~ means committee of the house ' nd was later elected speaker. I'hese were stirring times, for ~ the great reform movement had ~ ust swept over South Carolina C nd party spirit ran hi~th. Sen tor Tillman, then governor, as instituting many needed re forms, and Judge Jones, speak- ~ r of the house, was doing effi ient service. Be it stated to his 3 redit, however, that thou~gh ~ he whole State was aroused by I political animosity, Judge Jones i o conducted himself as to re- ~ eive The hearty applause of his a friends and at the same time, by I bs fairness, he won the respect and confidence of those who ~ ad been his political opponents. I As Judge It came, therefore, as a natu al reward for service that, inc 896 he was elected associate p ustice of the highest court in' e he State. It may be mentioned ~ n passing that his present oppo ent for in the race for govern- t r seconded his nomination and voted for him for associate just tice. Having served 12 years as associate justice, in 1909. upon the retirement of Justice Pope. Judge Jones was elevated to the position of chief justice, which is the highest judicial position in the gif c of the State. It may truthfully be said that no jadge mn South Carolina i many years has enjoyed greater reputation byth for ability and honsty than Ira S. Jones. The sane industry and conscientious perfomance of duty which was noticeable in him as a young man have characterized him as a judge. He has been the recipient of ny hnor from his fellow. IMPROVEMENT FARM WORK Southern Railway to Organize Farm Improvement Branch For Aiding the Men on the Farm Washington, July. 31.-Pres. Finley, of the Southern railway announced today that the man agement of that company. real izing the great opportunity for increasin- the prosperity of the territory traversed by - its lines through building up soil produc tivity and increasing the aver age crop yield per acre, had de cided to organize a department f farm improvement work, to begin operations on September 1 This department will work on the cooperative demonstration plan, first adopted by Dr. S. A. Knapp. of the U. S. agricultur il department. This plan has been followed with marvelous mccess by the cotton culture de partment of the Southern rail way in the territory along the ine of the advance of the Mexi an boll weevil. It is now pro )osed to extend the work over ;he system generally, adapting t to the peculiar condition of ach locality. The cotton culture department s to be merged into the depart nent of farm iMprovement work, and Mr. T. G. Plunket, who has been general agent of I he cotton culture department, s to be at ti e head of the work t with the title of nianager of 4 arm improvement work. His >ffice will be in Atfanta, and t bree assistant maiaers of the I vork will be appoi! ted to be lo- I ated at advanta-eous points. k force of field agents will be E ppointed to visit the faimers n their respective localitics and C ooperate with them for the de nen and the emoluments o -f f ice, but the satisfaction of a ard day's work well done lia, over been his best reward. Charges Unjust Among the charges hurled at. udge Jones by his political op ponents, it is alleged that he as leaned toward corporations. In the case of Rhodes against he Granby cotton mills of Co umbia, he upheld a verdict of ' 10,000 in favor of Rhodes (ex ression fromn Rhodes on this ase found elsewhere on this t age) on the ground that there vas evidence that he had been mjustly discharged and black isted by the cotton mills. The erdicts which he sustained GAINST THE RAILROADS would unup into hundreds of thous ~nds of dollars there being one erdict against the Southern alroad for $25,000, and many thers for large amounts. He has never leaned toward r against corporat'ons, but his ecisions and rulings have been ihat those of every judge ought' o bc-just and fair to all. As citizen, lawyer, legislator,t udge and chief justice, Ira B. ones has "'made good." He tas lived an upright, moral life; ~ s a conscientious member of the tssociate Reformed Presbyteri- t ,n church, is temperate in his I3 Labits, and has measured up to s .11 the requirements of a true nd useful inan. It should be emembered that this plan who s before the peple foy the gov rnor hiad neyer inu his life been ~ harged with~ anytig xinbe-t oming the highest and best cit ~en until his opponent brought harges against him. The ab urdity of these charges is best hown by Senator Tillm an's ut erance on the que~stion (appears t n another column) and also by he fact that Cole L. Blease vot d for Judge Jones for United tates sena'e in 1909, with such nen as Frank B. Gary, LeG. I Walker, J. L. Coker and other igh men. To try to make the ntelligent citizens of South Car lina believe that this maan who 1as been their highest judge be- 1 ieves in social equality between ~he races is evidently such a ~rck to catch votes as needs no posure,1 Ira B. Jones is not a political experiment, and as a governor, he may be counted on to give] the people the same honest. in telligent and faithful service which has always characterized his work in their behail-. - I WILL GOV. BLEASI VOTE FOR TAFT Mayor Grace Says Blease Toli Him That if Wilson Were. Nominated He Would Vote for Mr. Taft Press dispatches last week cax ried the report of a speech made by Mayor Grace to an audience of 300 people at Pacolet mills,-it Spartanburg county, August 2, as follows: Spartanburg, August 2.-Jno. P. Grace, mayor of Charleston, spoke to an audience of 300 peo ple here tonight in the Pacolet cotton mill Evillage, which has the reputation of being one of the strongest Blease communi ties in the county and where previously this summer speakers 3pposed to the governor have been howled down. Although e said harsh things concerning 3ov. Blease, Mayor Grace was rot only given a respectful hear ng but was heartily applauded when he had finished. Mayor Grace charged that on February 22, at/the Commercial :lub in Charleston, Gov. Blease leclared in the presence of a aumber of witnesses that if Wil ;on should be nominated he would vote for Taft.. Mr. Grace 2ad with him one of the gentle nen who heard the 'governor nake this remark-E. M. Sea )rook, a cotton planter of Edis o island and former member of ;he legislature, who corroborat !d vIr. Grace's statement. Mr. ,race said he could also prove he statement by Postmaster larris, of Charleston, and U. 8, farshal. J. Duncan Adams. oft harleston, men of unquestion d veracity. Mr. Grace explained to the au lience that in voting for Taft in south Carolina, Blease would e voting for negro presidential lectors. He said that in posing s the poor man's friend, Blease vas a hypocrite arid that on the ontrary his administration was ~gaiust it. He was wildly cheer d whent he had finished. nionstrationi of those methods of 'ulture and soil treatment that nay be ex pect ed to produce the est results in t he way of in reased crop yields. This vork iill be carried oan in cooperation eith the state commuissioners of .giculture, the State agricul ural colleges, and the U. 8. ag icultural department. It will e entirely free of cost to farm rs wishing to avail themselves f it in the territory traversed iy the lines of the Southern ailway, Alabama Southern rail say, Cincinnati, New Orleans nid Texas Pacific railway, Nor hern Alabama railway, South rn railway in Mississippi, and Tirginia & Southwestern rail vay. The work of the farm improve aent department is to be entire y separate from that of the Sou bern railway land and indus rial department, which will, as eretofore, carry on its coopera ive work for the location of in ustries and farm settlers and or the general development of he territory traversed by the ines of the Soutlhe r ailway ystemi. Speagng af the department f farm imnppoyeet wgg Mr. inley said-: "Its purpose is to he broadly ~elpfuI to the farmers in the errtory traversed by our lines. can conceive of nothing that vould be more beneficial to the outheastern states than a sub tantial increase in the average -ield of farm crops such as it is he aim of the department of arm improvement work to en eavor to bring about. The in reased prosperity of the farm rs would be reflected in all ines of business. I he).eve. herefore, tJaa et those inter ~sted in the development of our ection who are in a position to id in this movement can very roperly do so. The state comi nissioners of agriculture, state igricultural colleges and experi uent stations are doing valuable ~vork, and the newspapers of :he southeast which give special ittention to the publication of he advice of recognized experts :n agricultural matters are most hepful. It shall be the policy of our depaitment of farm im provement work to co-operate with all these agencies and to seekr their co-operation." THE STATE CAMPAIGI I Nothing Unusual Happened Las Week-If Blease is Defeated Says He Will "Make 'em Sweat Blood" Lancaster,, Aug. 6.-Warn and deep doubtless was the in ward glow of satisfaction fel by Ira B. Jones over the testi monials of esteem and confi dence given him today, whei he appeared on the platform a a candidate for governor befori the people of this communiti among whom he has made hi. home for 37 years and to whon he has done credit in official lif( as legislator, speaker of th house of representatives, associ. ate justice of the supreme couri and chief justice of that trib. unal. One evidence of his standing with his home folk, which hE expressed himself as appreciat ing particnlarly was the pres ence in force of the women of Lancaster. Their attendance on the meeting and their pre sentation to him of floral trib utes in profussion pleased him especial'y as indicating their trust in his morals, cleanliness and integrity and in the purity and dignity of his ideals of life. This demonstration of cordial interests and sympathy from the people of his county gave Judge Jones the text for his opening, remarks. Such phases of the campaign against him as he should here discuss would be mentioned only in response to special re quests. "Blease is nothing, Jones Is nothing, South Caro lina is everything." He said he was greatly stirred at what he regarded as indigni ,ties put upon the State he loved. He would lift up. the ideals of government which preVailed. reenthrone law and promote general peage, prosperity and good feeling. lie had never maea personal attac-k on the governor. He honored the of fice, though he could not say he honored its occupant. He had made no charges which the pub lic records did not warrant. The fust attack was made by the goyernor in his message l'7 printed at the States expense. Hie himself kept silent until he left the bench. BLEASE'S SPEECH. Gov. Blease began~ his address with an argument intended to divert from Judge Jones such Lancaster votes as might be given him out of county pride. He said Judge Jones like him came from Newber-ry and was not even a son-in-law of Lan caster because his wife came from S duda. The speaker said it had been reported that -Judge Jones was brought out for governor as the re~ult of a dinner held at the Liberty Hill home of John G. Richards, Jr., and attended by Senator Tillman, Dr. Strait and others. He sa~id that Col. Rich ards, sg Mr as he knew, was not taking sides in the race for 'governor, that Senator Tillman had recently proclaimed him self neutral and that, in fact, nobody brought out Judge Jones but that candidate brought himself out because of his disa greemnent as chief justice with the governor in regard to the appointment of special judges. The governor said Judge Jones had violated precedent in having himself electe#i chief justice over the head of the senior associate justice, Eugene B. Gary. "I was strictly within the law," said Blease, "'when I made that statement about King and Watson fi om the State house steps, and Ira B, Jones knows I was. Here is 'the law; if you invite a man out of your house and he re fuses to go, you have a right t( lead him out; if he won't go, you have a right to use what ever force may be ilecessary ir order to expel him even if you have to kill him. I said in Co lumbia, and I repeat it, that if a man ever comes to yom house and uses the language those boys (King and Watson: used at the mansion, you asi him out. If he doesn't go yoi knock him down and throv him out and if any jury so fool Cotton Nill Em, Prais Supreme Court Decisionl of Independence for Sfate," DecIares The following statement from - 0. M. Rhodes, the man who ob t tained the large verdict against - the Granby cotton mills of Co - lumbia, is interesting and ini 1 portant in that it shows .Judge 3 Jones' attitude toward the 3 working man: r In view of certain campaign a charges against the supreme 1 court of South Carolina, and 3 especially its former Chief Justice, Hon. Ira B. Jones, to the effect that they were partial to corporations and hostile or in different to the interests of plain laboring men, I feel it my duty* to make this statement to the public. In the year 1907 I was in the employ of the Granby cotton mills of Columbia, S. C., as a trucker, and in consequence of a strike by the loom fixers in the same mill I was discharged by the company and my name was placed on a blacklist which the company sent to other cot ton mills in the State with the view to preventing me from get ting aii employment again in any cotton mill. I tried to get enplovment in other ihills but was turned down, and I had to leave my native State of South Carolina and go to Virginia to get a chance to work. I applied to lawyers and they brought suii for me in Richland county against the Granby cot ton mills to recover damages for the wrong done me. Upon the trial of this cause Judge Memminger laid down the law that a man had a right to get employment without the interference of anybody that had a grudge against him, and that such interference, as by a blacklist, was a violation of a ish enough~ to convict you let me 1know and I'll wire voua par-[ don. [Here, as at Camden, visitors Ifrom other counties were present in force. The train from Co lumibia came in heavily laden with passengers from the capi-1 tal and way stations. Three coach loads w"ere brought by rail from points between Ches ter and Lancaster. Large numbers came by rail from Rock Hill and other York coun ty points and many automobiles bearing the names of other counties arrived during the forenoon. Many North Caro linians also were present. 1 The estimated attendance ranged b etween 1,800 and 2,000. The correct figure is probably close around 'L000.4 AT YORKVILLE. Yorkville, Aug. 7.- A crowd estimated at nearly two thous and heard the State candidates here today. Gov. Blease had fewer dem onstrative supporters in the crowd than he has had at some meetings. The order of the day was exceptionally good. Judge Jones never mentioned Governor Blease's name but once in his speech and this onc was when nine and half min utes before his time expired he said: "Duncan is nothing, Blease is nothing,,Jones is noth ing. South Carolina is all." Judge Jones stopped eight min utes before his time expired. His only references to the Gov ernor's record were inferential when he repeated his usual ap peals for good government and law and order and said he would, if elected, not be the goyernor of friends only. He advocated the Tor rens system. the liability law, good roads and other measures and wvas1 heard attentively no loud1 dem onstration greetinig his utter ances. Governor Blease charged that tombstone agents are being sent over the state to b)uy votes for Jones. Referring to the appeals forI law and order Governor Blease itoday said: "If there is any - lawlessness in the state today it - iis the dirty slime that's im'ing bloye es Judge Jones "a Second Declaration Workingmen of the Textile Worker man's rights as The jury award -ne $10,000 damages. Th se was appeal ed to s*5reme court by- the iT, represented by the- ablest lpwyers of the State. *ho raised all possiblelegal technicalities to'. upset the law as declared, or a least to force a new trial. Th Supreme court, presided ove by Chief Justice Ira B. Jones dismissed the appeal, and sus tained the verdict, and the r ings of Judge Memminger. When this decision was pub lished I rejoiced in the result not simply because of the money in volved in it for me, or the vindi cation of my rights, but because f the fact that it was a guar antee of the protection of thed great class of workingmen of South Carolina against the tyr anny of corporations-4,. proud that I was the humble 7 means of securing from the-, :ourts of South Carolina a jAi& :ial decision that is a second Declaration of Independence for he workingmen of the State. rhe question had never been up >efore for decision in this State mnd the court could have decid .d either way, but it decided inanimously for the rights of ;he workingman. All honor to?~I~r :ourt of South Carolina, and- to ts great Chief Justice,Ira B. [ones! I am just now living in North Jorolina, where I have bought ne -6 Earm, butI propose to sell t and return to Richland coun- 1 ;v and buv me a farm to live on n the good old State of South Jarolina. (Signed) 0. M. RHODES. ;hrown out in this campaign - igainst me by the hirelings of Jones and his crowd."/ The governor took a hand primary and it appeared that ess than half of these present toted for him. Supreme Court Impartial SContinued from coluan 2 2 ~ailway company on the part ,f the* supreme court deciding ~ases against it. It shoukj be further observed thtbefh udgment of-the circuit court< was reversed it does not follow he plaintiff in any such casen lid not recover on his cause of rction. For in. many cases the - -eversal was accompained by a' lirection for a new trial; and on nany such new trials the plain iffs won and realized on a ser lict. Again, the administrato, ofg justices'anot tobe judged liy t ~ount of the cases decided for) r against the several litigants.2 ~ach case was decided upon-its >wn merits. But these figures lo show that there has been aothing to raise a suspicion that railroad cases have received2ny-. >ther treatment by the -court han that accorded the litigants in other cases. .W. H. Townsend. Columbia, August 5. State Campaign Dates Greenwood, Thursday, Aug15 - A bbeville, Friday, Augus~K16. Anderson, Saturday, Aug 17. W~alhalla, Tuesday, Aug..2G. Pickens, Wednesday, Aug.21 Greenville, Thursday, Aug 22 The County Campaign The dates of the county eam paign meetings as a.dopted at/the^ meeting of the county execU tive committee, are as follows: Ant'och, Thursday, Aug.K15 Mile Creek, Fi-iday, Aug. .16. C2ateechee, Saturday, Aug~ 17 Dacusville, Thursday, Aug 22 Pumpkintown, Friday,Aug2 23 Pickens, Saturday, Au 2L