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BLEUE INTIMIDATES CHARLESTON VOTERS Vote for Jones and See What Happens! PROPOSITION PUT BY THE GOVERNOR Policemen in Ample Number* on Hand at Charleston Meeting to Prevent the Disorders that Have Marked Meot Jugs Heretofore?They have a Quiet Ing Effect (By McD?vld Horton in The State.) Charleston July 5.?"I want to put a proposition to you, and you an swer it at the August primaries. "Whatever you do, I will be governor anyhow for September, October, No vember and December and 21 days In' January. tf you want government by injunction and a metropolitan po lice force, you vote for Ira E. Jones, and I'll give it to you." With this audacious threat Gov. Dlease closed his long awaited address at the State campaign meeting held here tonight, an address in which he Intimated that the recent break between him and Jno. P. Grace, mayor of Charleston, began when he refused to commission as notary public a negro, S. W. Ben nett, whom the mayor had recom mended. Ho said further, with ref erence to charges voiced by the mayor, that graft collected in Charleston had been traced to the office of the gov ernor. "No gentleman would Insin uate that I had ever received any graft and any man who says I did Is a malicious character thief and a cowardly liar." The governor also declared his intention of standing by Benjamin H. Stothart, chief of the constabulary In Charleston, against whom graft charges were recently brought before a legislative investiga tion committee. More than 1.200 persons, no wo men being Included, were assembled in Hibernian hall when the candi dates for governor were Introduced. These spoke, as usual. The meeting opened at f? o'clock in the afternoon and continued until all of the candi dates in the party bad been heard. It was an attentive audience, but one quick to express approval for dis approval. Quick also to luugh as some of the speakers learned to their discomfiture, when a point put for ward in all seriousness tickled, for some reason, the risibilities of the crowd. Tremendous Demost rat ions. Tremendous demonstrations were given in honor of both the leading candidates for governor, but It ap peared that applause for Judge Jones came more generally from over the house and men long acquainted with Charleston audiences said the ma jority opinion among those present was in favor of Jones as against Blcnse. Undeniably, however, the volume of sound was greater in the pro-Blease outbreaks, as It usually Is. Hissing was more freely resorted to here than elsewhere on the campaign, as an expression of disapproval and Gov. Blease was tho target of a good deal of It. Excellent order prevailed. An extraordinary number of police men In uniform was distributed about the hall and these were prompt In suppressing demonstrations which they deemed Improper. An admoni tory wave of the hand proved all that was necessary In every case. Judge Jones devoted some portion of his time to a reply In detail to the speech delivered at Blshopvllle by Gov. Blease. The governor made his usual de claration regarding negroes, lynching and other matters, but gave his atten tion principally to points of local in terest In Charleston. Some of his most interesting statements were made in response to questions from the floor. "What about beer?" asked a voice In the audience. "You bring me a glass of It up here and I can talk about It better," said the governor. "What about racing?" was another question. "Do as you did this year," retorted Gov. Blease. "Act like men and do as you please." This question nnd its answer related to the passage by the last, legislature of an act outlawing metropolitan racing in South Caro lina from July 1, 1912. Gov. Blease spoke after the meet ing to an audience, Including a num ber of women, In the Irish Volunteers' hall. Kissing at Start Hissing instead of applause was the first expression from the audience After the meeting opened. It broke out when the county chairman, H. W. Connor, said tho first speaker would be Barnard B. Evans, a candidate for attorney general. Evans was absent. The chairman then Introduced In turn tfie other two candidates for that of fice who wore present, these being the Incumbent, J. Fr?ser Lyon and Thos. H. Peoples. J. R. Earle was absent. Mr. Peoples received considerable appluse. Mr. Lyon was accorded a reception which might fairly be de scribed as an ovation. Mr. Evans appeared just as Mr. Peoples had concluded and while one of tho candidates for State treasurer, was being Introduced. "Am 1 not to be allowed to address this Charleston meeting?" said Evans. "Who are you?" inquired the chair man. There was considerable hiBsing. Mr. Pceples arose and said he was willing for Mr. Evans to be heard out of his turn. Mr. Lyon also rose and said he had no objection to Evans speaking as long as he liked, or as long as the people would hear him. Evans was given- respectful attention after he had entered on his speech, which did not vary notably from speeches previously delivered by him. The attorney general also spoke to much the same effect aa heretofore, except that he discussed in some de tail the status of Thos. B. Felder. Evans had said during this campaign that Felder had been promised a fee of |25,000 for compromising the Rich land distillery case. Mr. Lyon said that several years ago In settling up the affairs of the State dispensary he| reached a place where little more could be accomploBhed In the re clamation from liquor houses of money taken by them from the State. Felder Suggested. It was suggested to him that T. B. Felder could help In that work. Mr. Felder wob engaged by the Murray commission. He was to receive 10 per cent, commission for recoveries made on open accounts and 50 percent for recoveries on accounts which had been closed and on which the com mission had not been able to realize. Mr. Felder recovered between $400, 000 and $500,000. Evans had said Felder had been discharged and B. L. Abney of Columbia retained In his place. Mr. Lyon said that Mr. Felder had been employed and was now being employed by Mr. Abney In attending to matters which had been referred to Mr. Abney and that recoveries had been made by Mr. Felder for Mr. Abney. As to Mr. Abney's arrange ment for the compromising of the Richland distillery case that arrange ment was effected by the Blense wlnd ing-up commission. Evokes Further Cheers. Judge Jones, when the prolonged demonstration which greeted him had subsided, evoked further cheers by remarking thnt courtesy was a cardi nal characteristic of Charlestonlans and Charleston gentlemen might be relied on to give every man fair treatment he spoke for some minutes of his purpose in entering the race this year for governor. No man, he said, had a higher ideal of that of fice. Ills own estimation of it he had illustrated by his action In resigning, that he might seek the governorship, an oftlce regarded by many persons as equal If not superior In dignity In real power and in permanence as well as in emolument. He saw his State facing a great crisis and his friends thought he should lead the fight for the restoration of good government. He was actuated by no malice and by no mercenary motive but was con trolled by a burning desire of render ing his State good service. Answering the accusation that he was "old," he said his experience and knowledge were therefore so much the greater. He rapidly outlined his work as a legislator, speaker of the house and member of the supreme court to Indi cate what had been his opportunities of acquiring knowledge that would make him a good governor. Doubtless he has made some mistakes, being hu man, in his 22 years of public service, but the criticism of his record which GoV. Please had been able to make were plcayunlsh. He was proud to know that nothing more serious could be alleged against him than what had been brought out In this campaign. ??v Please, he said, had made much of tho effect which his Blshop Vllle speech would have on tho chance of Jones for election, but what was referred to that speech? Judge Jones referred to his vote for Irby when Irby and Hampton were candidates for the United States senate and said that though he voted for Irby be cause Irby was his life long personal and politlcnl friends as well as the candidate of his party, he honored Qen. Hampton highly and said aa much In his speech seconding Irby's nomination. He had followed Oen. Hampton In the reconstruction cam paign, had repeatedly Introduced him at meetings in Lancaster and held him in the highest veneration. Oov. Blease again had tried to make It appear that Jones In voting for Y. J. Pope for the supreme bench had Insulted Judge Wallace. This was absurd, more especially aa Judge Popo was Jones' lifelong friend, an able Jurist and a Confederate veter an, and as Oov. Blease himself voted for Pope as against Wallace. As to Divorce. Judge Jones said of the charge by Oov. Blease that he once favored di vorce for adultery that this waa true. Divorce for that cause was granted by all civilized countries and by near ly every State in the Union oxcopt South Carolina. However, the peoplo were so disposed to maintain the pe culiar status of South Carolina in this matter that he finally bowed to their will and in the constitutional conven tion of 1895 he helpe dto write into the organic law of the State so It could not readily be Changed a pro vision that divorce should never be granted in South Carolina for any cause. Judge Jones ridiculed Gov. Blease's criticism of him for his vote In the early nineties on a bill to re duce the legal rate of Interest. "Gov. Blease voted just as I did," he de clared. But it was Important to Blease to put Jones on the defensive. They must tell lies about him. They knew he could answer them, but while he Is doing that he will be consuming his time and so lessening his oppor tunity of taking the offensive against Blease. Taking up his votes in the nineties on the "Jim Crow" car bills, Judge Jones said that if he was such a great rascal in that matter he at least had excellent company. He read a list of Charleston legislators of that period who voted as he did on these bills. Among the names read were those of C. S. Bissel, R. C. Barclay, J. F. Flcken, E. VV. Hughes and James Simons. Gov. Blease, said the speaker, can make much capital In some places with a furious tirade about "niggers" but he can not do that with a Char leston audience. The governor makes much of the fact that once or twice Jones voted on the same idea of a guestlon with "Big nigger Wlgg from Beaufort." who was a member of the legislature. "But," said Judge Jones, "I could go through the records and point out many occasions on which Gov. Blease voted with this 'nigger Wigg' but what's the use?" . The Liquor Question. Judge Jones said the governor had criticised him for opposing an amend ment exempting Marlboro from a liq uor law and had tried to make it ap pear that this vote was against local self-government. That amendment re quired a two-thirds vote, which is ex actly contrary to the true theory of local self-governmont. Judge Jones (Continued on Page Seven.) DR. CLIFTON JONES Dentist Office in Simmons Building Phone: Office No. 86: Residence 219. Dr. T. L. Timmerman Dentist People's Bank Building: Phsne SM. Laurens, S. C. Simpson, Cooper & Babb, Attorneys at Law. Will practice in all State Courts, prompt attention siren to all basins?. Dr. King's New life PI II? The best In the world. 200 Cartoons Tell Mora Than 200 Columns The World's Best Each Month Cartoons from dailies and weeklies published in this country, London. Dublin, Paris, Berlin. Munich, Vienna, Warsaw, Budapest, St. Peters burg, Amsterdam. Stutlgart.Turin. Rome. Lisbon. 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Pr Cut Glass 14-inch Vase. Pr ce $3.00. Now $2.00 ce $1.25. Now .75 ce $3.00. Now $2.00 ce $1.50. Now $1.00 ce $7.50. Now $4.50 And many other articles of this line offered at sacrifice prices. Leather Goods! Consisting of Pocket Books, Card Cases, Men's Travelling Cases, Ladies' Hand Bags. These goods will be sold at 33 per cent reduction. This also includes "Ladies' Silver Mesh Bags and Manicure Sets. Toys! Toys!! All 25 cts Dolls now. 18cts All 50 cts Dolls now... 30cts All $1.00 Dolls now.? 70cts And in like manner, big reductions on all Dolls in prices up to $5.00 Other Bargains! Blocks, Puzzles, Stuffed Animals, Doll Car riages, Horns, Pictures, Games of every kind. Brass Goods Consisting of Candelebras, Clocks, Jardeners, and hundreds of other Novelties in Brass. These are valuable bargains. Remember: This Sale will last only during the month of July. This is not a fake. It is our Intention to get rid of these goods and we will do so at a loss to us and a gain to you. Palmetto Drug Co. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA