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WAS A ROWDY MEETING. MAW giKSTlONs Hl HL Kl > AT WUUkMi . (?<?\ernor Miil Not X'vin to 4 arc faff 8e\ere Cro*?-c\amiiuitiou From lib* Hesrer*. Lexington. July 23.?Noisy and turbulent. t>ut not quite disorderly, was the crowd of 900 persons which was add/essed In the court house yard ber*< today hy candidates for State offices. Strangely enough, in a county which gave Qov. Blease a majority of 527 votes over Featherstone in 1910. In a poll of 2,953. and which the Blease forces claim they will car? ry this year with ease, the governor was put through the warmest cross examination by psj-soi.- in tbe crowd that he has yet been called on to en? dure in this campaign. It Is usually the governor's opponent, Ira B. Jones, who 1? chiefly subjected to this heck? ling process, and Judge Jones had ? considerable share of such treatment today, but the firing was heaviest against tbe governor. Moreover Go\. Blease did not And bis customary de? fense against these attacks, this be? ing violent denunciation of the in terruptor, to be success. He did n"t undertake to answer the questions ex? cept by insulting the questioner. "What about Stothart?" "How about the pickpockets?" "Hurrah for barn? burners!" "Didn't you vote for Jones after he voted as you say he did on separate coaches " "I will explain my record at Carolina if you'll explain yours." " What have you done to up? hold the juries of South Carolina?" These were some of the queries., taunts and challenges discharged at the governor from the crowd. Qov. Kb.ise left tbe stand some minutes I gffOfff hi* flme expired. He called for a band primary, which indicated a clear majority for Blease men in the audience. The governor appeared to have regain d form as a campaign? er, but the ordeal of continuous cross examination seemed little to bis lik? ing. Judge Jones was apparently de? lighted with the day's work. Oov. Blease began his speech with an allusion to the alleged description of Blease backers by Judge Jones gg "anarchists." By way of Introducing j the "anarchy" Incident, he said that he made an accusation against Judge ' Jones at tbe campaign meeting in J Hampton, upon the authority of an article In the Charleston News and 1 Courier sign -d 8. E. Boney. This ac? cusation, he said. Judge Jones did not 1 Ugsjff/Of .it Hampton, though yester? day he denied having used the lan? guage attributed to him. That por- ! I tldn ??f the article which the governor , read today ascribed to Judge J >nes an exclamation, "Down with you an- . arch.-t-' in reply to a Blease iu ? who had Interrupted his ad? dress. "Now. Boney." said the governor turning to The News und Courier cor- 1 respondent at the press table, "who has lied, you or Jones?" Turning again to the audience, the governor said, parenthetically: "I be? lieve Mr. Boney is an honorable gen- ' Neman ?nd will |aj| the truth." Mr. Poney arose, hut the hubbub w-as such that for a moment he co-ild not proceed. "I do not deny" he said. ( "tbe authorship of the article. It j is possible for one to make an error In reporting a speech, but I stand by the article I wrote on March *>. being correct as I heard it." 'Boney is a Jones man." said the governor, "and Boney says Jonen said it. Now. what says Jonesv ."' ^ I say I didn't say Jt." said Judge, j boos, from his seat on the stand. | 1 11 tell you what t dtd say. if you w.sh " But do v. Blease had turned back to his andiene,, and the incident was closed i Defeding his exercise of sxeeu tive clemency In the case of Wash Bawl, convicted ?.i burning the barn of I?. M. Crosson. M. !>.. of Lexing? ton, senator irom Lexington county, the governor said he would show in tbe first place that Wash Bawl did not burn Senator Cross^n's barn. He read a letter on Bawl's case, which had been written by J. Brooks Wln gard of Lexington, who had voted against him every time In the leuisla ture, he said, attd who frM now .< supporter of "that man there" meaning Judge Jones. M \\ gg i i at this point ihoUted from i -out house w indow V??u are mistaken. *o\emor." But the speaker decline* a discussion of the point, saying: "Well he can go all around the OOOhty, running for the legislature; I \ e got only I*, minutes." Mi win* ireVi tetter v .on bed for (h*- general ? har.e tei of the gjegro and expresseu a belief that lio Wl innocent. Petitions for the pardon of Bawl wh ? h Qoff< Blease produced bore the gsfJMtttTH I "f the trial Ju? rors, the s .llcd. r and of vaibm- conn ty enVitali ami otior prominent cltl? Sens. Tbe speaker said that If n ?? - essary he could also procure affidavits fr"m I'. H Nels-.n of Columbia, l u merly ???licit ir of Edgefleld, cam patgn gaagaujof for Judge Jonas et? testin*; belief SSJ IlM P"? "r ?'.? men In tbe innocence of the negi". One man who Interrupted the gov? ernor got this In reply; "Oh, you g< on oft" and have a tit. I ii bet a ?1 1 lar that if there were no ladlea her? I could tell you something." Gov. Ulease read a letter Which he said was addressed to him, from \\. B. Glenn, who killed a man nam> <, Rhoden at Bateeburgi in which let? ter Glenn denied having paid money to the governor or having paid $500 to any one eis?- 'to buy my pardon (At the Columbia campaign meeting Geo. u. Rembert '?f the Columbia bai said that any man was a liar who said he had received $.">00 for gettlni Glenn a pardon at the hands of (do,. Ideaee. But afterward Mr. Rembert laughinuly remarked to friends, in the presence of R. Beverly Herbert that it was not $500 he got. hut Mr. Herbert is a member of the Co? lumbia law flrni of Elliott &. Herbert, He reeently resigned the president?) of the Oelumbla Chamher of Com menrce.) "What about the pickpockets?" in? quired a voice from the crowd. "I'll bet you're a pickpocket your? self," shouted the governor. "That man that hollered, I'll bet he has stolen more than those pickpockets.' "That's an Infamous lie, sir," was the rejoinder; to which the gov? ernor replied: "Oh, any coward can call a man a liar when he can't get to him." Inquiry developed that this man was Rev. W. H. Hiller, a district man? ager of a New York insurance com* pany, having his office in the National Loan and Exchange bank building In Columbia. Mr. lliller is a Lu? theran minister. He was once pastor St. Stephen's church in Lexington. "Now, I'll tell you about those pickpockets," said the governor. He said that P. H. Nelson, an attorney of Columbia, had a client in the pen? itentiary who was dying with tuber? culosis and this man was released on condition that he leave the State, never to return. Mr. Nelson put the man on his train for home within an hour after he was released and the man had never come back; he was not physically able to c^me back. Judge Jones, the governor said, had admitted being "bamboozled wdth a free pass," and he charged that Jud?re Jones had this pass in his pocket a the time when he voted five times against separate coach bills. The governor reiterated his charge that B. L Abney. chief counsel of the Southern railway in South Carolina, had employed as a railroad attorney Chas. D. Jones of Lancaster, the son of Judge Jones, in order to Influcn e decisions of the supreme court, ami he added: "Yesterday, when I told about this, the old man got hot, and he called me a liar. There were a lot of ladles there. If I had done that, tine papers would have said I was a blackguard. The old gentle man is in his second childhood." Another sharp exchange between the governor and a man in the audi? ence was preclpituted by an insist .it question from the^ latter. "Didn't you vote for this had man? Didn't you vote for Jones, after all this SOClal equallty talk?" "If Ira Jones had been as mean a you are." retorted the governor, "he d have been in hell long ago." "Just answer my question." "When a gentleman asks me u que?? tion. I'll answer it," said the gover nor. "But why can't you answer?" "I wouldn't pay any more attention to you," said the governor, "than ;> hound puppy would to a yellow nlg ger. Stand up and let no- see you. I'll b?d you don't amount to any? thing." The man stood up. saying, "Yes. look at me, all of you; hut ha hasn't answered my question," This man was Heber R, Dreher ol Selwood farm, at Inno In the Duteh Fork section of Lexington county. He is a twin brother to E. s. Dreher, for more than a dozen years superin? tendent of public schools in Colum? bia? Other brothers are W, C. Dreher correspondent of the Aaoolated Prom at Berlin ami Julius D. Dreher. Ph. D? id.. i?.. for a quarter oent ry president of Roanoke college at Sa? lem, Vn., ami now- United States eOUSUl at Port Antonio, .Faniacia. "All you Jom-s men that don't want to hear me speak, fJQ away," s.iid the governor, 'Pake him oft," yelled a young man from the centre of the crowd. "Yon come up and take me nff," Qov, Blease replied. "I can whip you in just .i?>out a minute." Another tilt between the speaker ami a bystander came almost Im? mediately, a atalwart young man Sam Snider, roae Up with the ques? tion: ' What haVC you done with the de? elslona of the juries of south Caro? lina? What about your pardon re? cord '."' if yon had sense enough, you'd read it In Hie newspapers," said the governor. "' can only give you th* facts, c.od win have to give you the [brains to understand them," I "i do re.id them in the newspa? pers." persisted the Interruption, "'"it .1 want you to explain Ihem to people here who don't read." "What's, youi name"" !< ? th? governor* What do you do for ?? lit Ing."' "None of your business, l am a graduate of the Unlveralty of South Carolina." * i knew you weren't a working man," sai?i tii?' governor. "Judge Jot hai been talking about college bo>s interrupting him. 1 jUBt want* to ihon him there were other college boya besides the Blease boys." As a Parthian shaft, Mr, fe'nid t launched this challenge: in explain my record at Carolim, If yuu'ii explain yours." 'ibis remark the governor Ignored or, perhaps, he did not hear it. 1. was a day of tlowers. Hands*.nu boquets were presented to both tiov. Bleise and Judge Jones, the flowers being brought to the stand in each caso by a bevy of little girls and young women. Flower-bearers to Judge Jones were the Misses Alice, May, Bertha, Jennie Blown. Kathar? ine and Sarah Barley and Sarah Black. Those who brought floral tri? bute's to the governor were the Miss.is Mai garet L?rick, Blossie Clark and Ruth Clark. Both candidates made little speeches of acknowledgement. Jud?e Jones said that very likely the governor would point to the yellow in his bouquet and say that color meant "forsaken," but rather It testi? fied the rising sun; "and on the 27th of .August the sun of South Carolina's glory will again rise?and Ira B. Jones will be your governor." Gov. Blease. speaking of the tlowers brought by young women to his opponent, said Ira B. Jones was already dead, po? litically; "and you never saw a bury? ing without pretty women in attend? ance." Speaking ?>f his own tlowers, the governor said. "God bless you. my people. I invite you, one and all, when you are in Columbia?the de? cent white part of this andiene?.'?to visit me at your mansion." Judge Jones told three good stories well at th*> beginning Of his address and these put his audience into a pleasantly receptive attitude. Restlessness and impatience soon ap? peared, however, when he gquared his shoulders back and settled down to serious criticism of the Blease ad? ministration. He said he deplored the necessity of attacikng his ad? versary, since there were many things it would he helpful to have Intelli? gently debated. He urged the de? sirability of strengthening rural schools, adopting the Torrens system of land title registration, modifying the harsh common-law defenses of fellow-servant. contributory negli? gent and assumption of risk; of high vay improvement and of estab? lishing some legal and practical sys? tem for financing the cotton crop. The former chief justice said that farmers need not despair because of the recent lUprOOm court decision, holding the system of State ware houaes contemplated by the legisla? ture to be unconstitutional. "Th it decision,n he said, "contains the germ Of a warehousing plan which Would be constitutional. It docs not over? throw tin- right to have a public warehouse system under the police power of the State." I .in glad," the speaker said, "to >ee s smile on almost every face." "Not for your election, though," somebody retorted. "The great theme of the day," Judge jom s resumed, "is good g iv ernment In South Carolina. "We've g<>t that," tome one inter? jected. "How are we to have It," Judge Jone.1; went ?>u. "unless we have i degree of harmony among the three! departments? At this time your chief executive Is at war, or he ha* been at war, with all the other 3.0 partmente, What a state of things it la, when the chief executive ch ix aotorlaei the members of a co-ordi? nate department, tim legislative, as 'a set of cowardly liars.' " The Blease men so lustily cheered at th ? point, by way of protest against criticism of their favorite, that the presiding officer, D, T, Bflrd, who is coun y chairman, deemed it neces? sary to make an appeal to the spirit of fair play in the crowd. "Let the Bbase nun refrain," he said "froi ? interrupting Judge Jones, and S her QOV, Blease speaks, let th ? Jone - men keep quiet." "The governor," said Judge Jones, ' has tried to be the 'Big r or csar ? f the state, it is ail right for him to be u ?vernor, In his place, but he las no license to trench on tin- Held of the legislative department, or usurp the prerogatives of the judicial, us on the stand he has admitted do? ing." The governor himself began the controversy with the supreme court, Judge Jones asserted. The governor in submitting a list of "eligible" at? torneys, proved that it was not the commissioning of special judges In it^e'i that he opposi d, hut the com? missioning of men us special Judge* who were not his own partisans, ?| ain't pad but one drink today," si,im i>od\ loudly ami Irrelevantly do elar. d. Ju Ige Jones was procet !in~ to dis? cuss tbe failure of the ITorry oourt, and ihe expenso entailed on the coun? ty bv the govei.r's "stubbornness corn r >f the crowd: "Ain't no use; W? don't want iO near it." The speaker said: "You can hurrah for Blease if you l|ke, but that's hurrah for anarchy, nothing Lese." Som ? body said something about Judg< Jones' ag<?60, "Yes," he raid, "l am t?0 years old. but 40 year.* young. No man need worry about my ability to discharge all the duties that i shall assume." Replying to an Inquiry, he sail: "Do I think l can beat Coley? Why do you think I'd have resigned the high Office of chief justice it' 1 didn I know 1 could 'beat Coley?' 1 have had a good many hard jobs in my life, but one of the easiest 1 ever un? dertook was beating Coley." A curious colloquy ensued between the speaker and persons in the croud when the former asked: "What has Blease done for the poor man?" Voice: "Turned out a heap of poor men that wa? in the penitentiary, and they are at home now with their wives and children." Judge Jones: "Well, there are other poor men still in the peniten? tiary. Why not turn them all out'."' Voice: "He ain't been there long enough." Judge Jones: "Hut suppose one > f these poor men' had killed a ,>oor man?" Voice: "Well, he's done dead." Judge Jones: "The best way to help the poor man is to make hard the road of the criminal." Voics: "Now you're talking right?" Judge Jones: "Gov. Blease protects the poor man by pardoning the barn burners." Voice: "Neuro barn burner at that." M. ssrs. King and Watson of Green? ville, Judge Jones said, had appar? ently offended the governor, but their tffense was not so great as to justify anyone in slaying them. Yet the gov- ' ernor had said he would pardon any one who killed these men, or others, in similar circumstances. "Hurrah for Blease!" yelled a section of the crowd. "Yes," said Judge Jones, that is the pity and the horror nt it, that men can be found to applaud and approve encouragement of mur? der. Oh, for the dear women, when their men applaud while their gover? nor incites to violence! What we want in this emergency, is a man in the governor's chair whose idea is to promote and enforce justice, with equal rights to all and special privil? eges to none." These sentiments were heartily cheered. Especially enthu? siastic was the applause contributed by women. Again asking. "What has Blease done for the poor man?" Judge Jones said: "1 will tell you one thing he did. He tried to shut the school house door in the face of the chil? dren whose father is unable to pay his poll tax." "Hurrah for Blease," yelled per? sons in the crowd. "Oh, yes," ironi? cally exclaimed the speaker; "Oh, yes, hurrah for ignorance?" Declaring he was not the candidate of corporations or newspapers, Judge Jones was interrupted with a shout: 'What a'jout Leroy Springs and Lewis W. Parker?" "I see here at the corner of the stand." said the speaker, "two it three men who are making a greaf deal of noise. 1 doubt if they are all from Lexington. It is a trick of the trade to import men from adjoining counties to stamp and yell and to have them all join in the hand pri? maries. But wait until the quiet men of Lexington express themselves at the polls. It is not the noise makers who carry elections." ?'Tlo y are trying," said the speak? er, "to align me with the dispensary investigating committee. 1 didr.'t ap? point the members of that commit? tee?the legislature appointed them; 1 have no authority over them, nor am I a party to anything that they are doing. 1, like all the other citizens of South Carolina, am awaiting their action. They are as good men as walk the soil of South Carolina. Any man must be in hard case who finds it necessary to charac? terize such men as 'guttersnipes,' Gov. Blease opposed their Investiga? te n. Evidence taken under oath has shown that in Charleston the chief conatable appointed by Gov. Blease repeatedly accepted graft from blind tigers; and this officer, Stothart, re? fused to go on the stand, saying it might incriminate him to do so. yet Qov. Blease retains that man In of? fice, io the shame and degradation of South Carolina." Judge /om s today took cognlzan ie ngaln of ihr insinuation by Qov. Blease that Chas, 1*. Jones of Lan? caster, .indue Jones' son. Influenced him. while he was chief justice, to favor the Southern ra'vway in his de Clclslons, "That Is tin- vilest fa . h.I one man could say of another," he said, "if it affected mo onlj. i ?h? uld say nothing about It. Bui it uffects the whole supreme court, and it is ri^hi for me to Buy that no such in ? fleuence hna ever beqn fell by thai court. The accusation unworthy of any man. My son never discussed I with me Miy litigation while I was i I n . mi or of the ? ourt." Gl e i\t Blease and the w<?i Id la ours," carolled a joybui ten i fr< m behind the .stand. Gov, Blease and Judge Jonei I oth discussed In some detail a number of matters they had previously mention? ed. PREPARE FOR CONVENTION. Nurses Melee Arrangement?, for Meet? ing at Clieater. Columbia, July 24.?Mrs. E. \V. Dabbi of Salem, president <>i the State Association of Graduate Kurses, is in Columbia conferring with other members of the association in regard to plans for the State convention of the association to be held in Chester in the fall. Mrs. Dabbs is giving the other members the benefit of her ex? periences at the national convention in Chicago last spring. ^00 MILES OF DOUBLE TRACK. That is Said to he Plan of Atlantic Const Line. Charleston, July 24.?The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad as well as vari ious cities and ports in this section Of the country, has its eye fixed seri? ously on the Panama ?'anal. While no Official statements have been made, it is understood from reliable sources that the Coast Line expects to have its entire line between Richmond and Jacksonville doubled-tracked by the day of the opening of the canal in 1915. In order to achieve this result, it is said that extra forces have been ordered to work at a number of points on this line. The distance between Richmond ami Jacksonville is about 670 miles. The Atlantic roast Line has been at work double-tracking this line, in several places, for months past, and it is understood that about a third of the line has been equipped with the second track. The section be? tween Charleston and Florence, as is well known, is among the portions on which the double-tracking work lias been going on for a few months past. While the policy of a railroad can? not be foretold three years in ad? vance by outsiders, it is considered a safe speculation that the Coast Lino is contemplating a great increase in its freight business into, out of and through Charleston when the big ditch is thrown open to commerce. The double-tracking will, of course, put the road in better position to give Charleston powerful aid in the mat? ter of Pan-American commerce. The Coast Line's freight business over this line is already quite heavy, it is understood, and it is not believed that the double-track, even if com? pleted now throughout, would be anything in the nature of a white elephant. NOT A CANDIDATE. J. William Thurmond Denies Humor ?Not After Senatorial Toga. Columbia, July 23.?There has been a rumor in the State for some time that J. William Thurmond, Esq., man? ager of Judge Ira B. Jones' campaign, had taken charge of this work with a view of being a candidate lor L'ni ted States Senator. The question was asked Mr. Thurmond today what there was in this rumor, and he re? plied, "Absolutely nothing," that he nominated Justice Jones when he was elected as Associate Justice of the Su? preme Court and that they were close friends, and that he was not and had no idea of being a candidate for Uni? ted States Senator, by appointment or otherw ise. FALL ELECTION IN FLORENCE. Florence Anxious to Try the Commis? sion Form of city Government. Florence Daily Tino s. The announcement that city coun? cil had determined to issue the Call for the election on the commission form of government for this dry. was received with great gratification and applause yesterday. Florence wants very much to enter the list of " short ballot cities." The Times has promised that at the tirst opportunity it would repub Ush the act with the amendments as to Florence incorporated, but the de? mands of the public on the time of the editor ami the space In the paper have been so great that there has not been time to do it. it shall he done shortly, however, as soon as the demands for other political matter is I o\ er. Bed- Beat Green*. In .? game of volley ball at the V M t\ \. gymnasium Tuesday evenim the Reds, captained by Tweed, de feated the Greens, managed by Oreer four straight games in the set, am thus making the fifth game unneces Bary. The name was a lull' ,a ball. Greer's ream l?eing band. capp< d by the absence of most o hi-- men, whose placet had to b tilled by pick ups from among th spectators. There was i b.I crowd present i witness the game, The next gam will be played Thursday evening. I VlJLVI Mi Mii? i;> or council \ L?LITTLE lUMM.s^ BONE. Mr. \V. M. (?mliant \?k- for Repairs (HI CIlUTctl Street? Loan of gft.MQ tu iv- Vegtl iai?<| with Local Lank ?st? . t Accepted?s|Mfiai Poiftoo* mau?Opera House Clew wed up. At i regular meeting of city coun cil Tuesday evening with Aldermen Glenn, McKelver, ItcLaurta and llhame absent a amaJI amount of buglneea a*as transacted, the prin clpal things- done b*dng the decision to borrow money needed to finance the city for the time being and the accepting by the city of a street run? ning off*from Cathoun stieet. Mr. \v. If. Graham came to re? quest that work be done on Church street, north of Cnlhoun street, to improve the drainage at that point by lowering tin- t Itter line. la) ing i ? n crete curbing and building up the street with three inches of gravel for 100 feet He stated thai he and others would haul the necessary material and urged the import- * ance of the work, which he hoped would be considered favorably. No action was taken, council desiring to ascertain cost of the proposed im? provement. Claims of Maggie Lowry ?iu.oo and W. H. Boyle, $1.-5 wa re ordered paid. Application of The Globe Medicine . Company for an annual license at $100 was refused; or any COnceesiOn from terms of the ordinance. The clerk reported that a loan of $2,500 would be needed for im? mediate demands and current ex? penses of the city to August 15th, and the Mayor and clerk were author? ized by resolution unanimously ad? opted, to negotiate a hum for that amount with any of the local banks. Mr. Wright reported that agent of the Atlantic Coast Line, Mr. E. Boney, had requested that police power be ^ conferred upon their watchman Mr. 11. L. Scurrte. He was unanimously elected a special policeman of the City of Bumter, without pay from the city. His principal duties being upon and around the yards and prem? ises of the company, Mr. Wilder for the opera housed committee reported that all trash and paper in and around the build? ing had been removed according to request of the Bumter insurance Agency, and he would have the elec? tric wires overhauled as soon as he , has specifications Of the existing de- I fects for which he had applied to the underwriters. Deed of Pr. S. C. Baker and Mr. H. C. Haynsworth to a street opening on East Cnlhoun stiert and extending northward to Turkey Creek canal was read and the street accepted, wi h I certain conditions concerning the cut? ting and trimming of trees. Permieeion was granted Mr. I>. If. Blanding to move certain small hous? es across and through Manning ave? nue, Harvin, Bee and Divine Streets. Coancil then adjourned. oil Its WKARIXG socks. Hot Weather Causes St. Loala Fern Inltl To Turn to Man's It* tire. ] : St. Louis, Juiy 2'">.?St. Louis so? ciety girls are wearing men's silk socks and using men's garters to hold *~ them up, just because the weather is warm. Anyhow, that's the excuse they give here for the latest fad. They didn't confine themselves to black and gray and brown, according 4 to inside information, but some of the moat rlotloug colors in the rainbow are most in demand. No protest* have been heard. On,- girl, who was among th< earliest ibis summer to buy socks in? stead of stockings, was asked by a curious visitor to whom she had con-*Sj fielded her new scheme to keep coot how she kept them up. "It's a funny thing. but 1 rind I don't need lo use any garters," she said. "Tiny stay up themselves." She admitted that most of her sisyr*. ters had to use the masculine style, of garter. EATING YOl \<; CORK. Army Worm i* at Work in the Blaok River IHstrlct, \ Columbia state. R. w. Dabba of Balem, state pr dent of the Farmers' Cnion, who is in Columbia for the convention today, , Bald last night that the army wor n, I which has caused considerable per*" jturbatlon in the up-country and in Barnwell county, has made its ip? pearnnee in the Clack river section of Sumter 'ountc where Mr. Pabh?V\ farm is located, j The worm-1. Mr. Oahhs said. tr*1 eating :h< grass evervwhere and lirew i j also attacking some of the young loom. The oh > stands. h, said, are not affected by the pest. lie thinks I the damage to th. grass will not prove 'sufficient *?? '.-the hay crop sc '