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CiNltBATES IT SPARTANBUR6. aXTKHKSTl N <. 1 >LVKLOPMKN IN IN fjgjfj t.l HURNAtOHlAL, H\(K. Lyon Will Swear IMu Warrant 1 nan' Mew Slander J^mw?Beard's Bu.-i new* KcncviWmI Spartanburg. Aug. it.?Thirty-live hundred voters endured with perfect decorum the harangues of II ch.'i dates for State ??rn en today In a \ ?r.e grove on Kennedy street. Partisanship ran high over the Jones-Blease race for governor, but only one enthusiast was arrested and the ' crowd as a whole behaved admirably. There was a reason. OgM hundred and tlfty po? licemen, according to a statement from the chsirman. F. L. Archer, were on duty on the grounds and the sternest of admonitions were given potential disturber* of the peace regarding thai which would happen to any one who violated the pro? prieties of the occasion. Industrial workers, mostly cotton mill opera? tives, far outnumbered a/iy other ele? ment in the crowd, and there were some hundreds of persons present from other counties. Not many rep? resentatives of mercantile or profes? sional pursuit* were in evidence, and the agricultural contingent also was relatively small. Judge Jones and Qov. Blease both profess satisfac? tion with the meeting, flowers were poured upon the platform for both candidates, and Oov. Blease was pre? sented with a silver loving cup by Iris Landium, the S-year-old daugh? ter of B. O. Lundrum, a liveryman of Spartanburg. who 1? a member of the governor's staff. An announcement was made by J. Fr?ser Lyon, attorney general, fol? lowing repetition by hl? opponent. Barnard B. Evans, of scandalous charges hitherto made on the stump against vartou? persons that he pur? posed to swear out a warrant against Evans shortly to test the application to campaign meetings of the slander and libel statute enacted at the re? cent session of the general assembly. . Mr. Lyon said he had requested friends on the platform to take down Evans' utterances for the purpose of this prosecution. Oov. Blease came to the platform, accompanied by W. P. Beard. Sam J. Nichols. Harry Stokes of Nash? ville. Tenn.. who came here to see the extradition of Massee, P. H. Cor ley of Lexington, a special agent of the Southern railway, who has been with the campaign party all the week, and J O. Long, Jr., of Union a deputy sheriff, who is a member of the governor's staff. Today. how? ever, he said nothing concerning fear of aseasetnatlon. Oov. Blease tonight addressed at the court house a large number of sympathisers, mostly cotton mill op? eratives who were at work during the day. Judge Jones was greeted most cor? dially, his symapthl/ei s expressing i their approval by cheers and prolong? ed hand clapping. He commented on the fact that this audience was un? doubtedly the largest the candidates had faced during this campaign, lb paid a glowing tribute to the long established reputation of the people of Spartanburg county for int lligetn ? and patriotism. Noting in the crowd a number of venerabb* men wearing bronze crosses of honor, he addressed them directly for a few moments. 1 want to say to the Confederate veterans, the noble remnant . f the greatest army that ever trod the earth, that this is the same country, Uta same Mate, for jrhlih you oft'.-r,.i| \,,nr llv?s. Are you ready now tg let it go |g the . dogs.' N - Y ei ate patriots s'.ill and ygg "'?* going tSJ lift up the ban? ner of rlghteouoe M ">d stand tlrm for hoio st and clean gov ernment*" "They say 1 urn old." the speak rf ggggtgSjeel Well, if 1 am old. I have ?til the mote of knowledge and ex pete n. tpi n e at the service of my t.eiowd State, but 1 have been with Ust Syi gOg at II meetings end the old veteran SSSffll to >.e standing It Just a litt 1? bit better than any g| the boys " Judge Jom-s at this gOlni display? ed with Indication* "f pride and pleasure, a telegram as follows* "Judge Jones. Spartanburg, 8. C: We are working and pravng fof your success. fgggjSjedJ) 'DatSgtttors of the Confed? eracy. I Igggggggg, A ug. 9." Judge Jon?H said he had be< ii In th.. sgfggfg Of the State In fonsplcu ous and honorable positions for || years, so he felt that his reputation gfgg ISjOgre in the judgment of the good people of South Carolina and required little defence at his hands. I'.rietU mentioning the ?Lilly prefer ed charge of the governor that his vor. ^ on the early separate coach ni'ls showed him Id favor social equality between the races. Judge Jonen said that among IfcOOS who \ a. d exactly as be did i?n these meas? ure* W e|"e ? bo I '. I ? all M < >. I b ' W - land. IL C. S ii i att ? now ofl CMtOPO* k?*e?. stanyarne Wd-om and C. A. r."? ry. former Bpartanburg county Issjtslato Mb Bon ding the rocont loiter of it. R, TUlmnMt senior rioted states sena? tor from Smith Carolina, to J. L. Sin s editor of the <>rangehurg Times and Democrat, regarding the Bleaee Jonos raoOi in e/lileh the senator rid? oussd the social equality charge uguiivn Judge Jones and said that the latter eould make a good governor because h< was ? eminently qallfled," Judge Jones repeated the offer he made vesterday at Oaffney to present $lon to the man who should bring him a '.BOM tide letter or certificate from ll R. Tillman" referring In sim? ilar lerem to Gov. hi ease. Judge Jems said further that if he showed ptmOOlf by his votes Og the separate coaeh hill to be such a very bad man it .was passing strange that Gov. Hlease should have voted for him afterward for speaker of the house, should hvve seconded his nom? ination for associate justice and should have voted for him (gf United itgtsg senator. One portion of ti\e governor's rec? ord which had not heertofore been criticised In detail wa? vigorously at? tacked tudny by Judg* Jones. This was the governor's policy in respect to acts enacted by the general assembly at its last session. Judge Jones . aid the constitution, article 4, section as, required the governor to sign a bill If he approved of it and provided that w ithin three days failing of his signa? ture, the measure should become Jaw anyway unless adjournment of the legislature should prevent- The gov? ernor, according to Judge Jones, should examine carefully every law passed and sent to hlrn for Inspection, but Oov. I'.lease, during the recent session, allowed 172 measures to be? come laws wdthout either approving or disapproving them. "Yet this," he exclaimed. "Is your great governor who discharges so well his nworn du? ties." At the last session of the general assembly there were passed, said Judge Jones. 200 general laws, not Including local and temporary laws. Out of these 200 measures Oov. Hlease passed upon only 18, approv? ing 12 and vetoing six. Thus the number of measures enacted at this session, which became law without any expression of approval or disap? proval from the governor, was 172 Some of these were mentioned briefly by Judge Jones as follows: No. 320 was an act to require car? riers doing business In South Caro? lina to pi ovule a compartment In one end of the coach for the use of wo? men and especially designed for WO? men who had children In their chrfrge to give them a place where they could during their journey retire and give attention to their children and to af? ford to female passengers additional comforts during their journey, the accommodation n?>w being In.suttl clent. This act the governor did not pass on at all hut allowed it to bo come a law without his approval or j disapproval. No. 11 ? was an act to prohibit 0OCH lighting, a great evil and justly con? demned. He failed to paS| on thi- act at all. No. :i.I w as an act to prevent delay in transportation of freight by rail? roads. This act was Intended to givs better service to the shipping puhUo by doing away with certain defect.- In the present statute. There was no action taken on this measure by the governor. No. :;:?i was an act to provide 'l"r i ? rtain beneficiary scholarships at ClemSOn college. This SOI Was in? tended to give scholarships at Clem* son college to farmer boys only; tha? is, to give some of the farmers a chance to net an education at Clem* son, ami provided how they should be ?elected; to wit. tin y were to be ohoeen by the county executive com* mlttec or some organised farmers' as* ?Oelatton and the test was good work done on the farm by three young ne u in each OOUnty? The governor, who is so strong In his expressions of good will to the poor people and the farm? er boys, refused to approve this set, No. ioa was Intended to provide bos/ the needy widows of deceased Confederate soldiers oould prove their rights to a pension. No. to*, la an act regulating the em* ploymenl of ohlldren in the delivery of goods and messages, which pro? hibits the employment of children nn der M Seals of age for tlliS purpose. No. :;.m> |g an not providing that scholarships In Clemson college shall be so apportioned as |q give at leOSl one lo the rural communities and pro? vent the boys in towns from getting aii oi these s. holarshlps, No. [is\t makes the same provision ' .is to Winthrop college for girls No requires railroad- to place their track and platform scales un der the Jurisdiction of the railroad commission, ? ?in more Judge Jones challenged Hlease backers in the audience lo mention one thing that Qov, Blee o had done for the poor man, l ading to get a single response elsewhere, b< na Id he eould ask Qov, Blesse him* ?elf when his turn came lo sneak lo i 1 answer the uncHtlon. Tin re w.o-- one thing he recalled lhal Bh ? -?? had ' done for the poor u&as, This was to ! e< k the passage of an amendment whereby the public echools would d< barred against thi children of the poor man w ho failed or neglected to pay hii poll iax. Criticising the gov srnor for revoking the commissions of all the notaries public, the speak? er said he excuse given by the gov? ernor for this action was his desire to get rl 1 of the negro notaries. ? And here's where the 'nigger* COmeS in again," said Judge Jones. He is an adept at exciting prejudice and arousing passion." Jtidge Jones denied str >ngly that he was the candidate of tin- corpora? tions or the newspapers, but siid that if the newspapers wer?- supporting him he was not ashamed of their help, but proud of iL "There are great differences, you know, in newspapers. If you see it in The State or The News and Courier or in the Spartanburg newspapers, it's a lie, but if yu see it in Mr. Beard's paper, The News-Scimitar of Green? wood, it's the truth straight from heaven. Yes, it's so if you see it in the little sheet that is being sent broadcast over the State by this man. the bodyguard of the governor, who goes armed." Turning to Mr. P.eard, who sat on the stand, at the governor's right hand, Judge Jones asked: "Are you not armed?" Mr. Beard did not. reply. Judge Jones persisted. "Will you not say whether you are armed?" "Mr. Beard slightly inclined his head, ard said: "What authority have you to ask?" Judge Jones turned again to the audience. "He does not deny it," he said. "Ar.- you armed?" asked a voice. "No." Judge Jones replied, and held up his coat, turning completely around. No. but please excuse me. I forgot that 1 had in my pocket a little corkscrew. I show it to you because if 1 should happen to pull it out accidentally, Oov. Blease would BWear I was about to assassinate him. Over at Gaffney yesterday he made a great to-do about his fear of assassi? nation and said if he went others would go with him; which meant that his body-guard, Mr. Beard, with his concealed weapon, would make others go with him. The reason why I exhibit this corkscrew is that the governor is not scared of a corkscrew All this talk of assassination is the veriest rot. Why, it never occurred to me that there was any danger tn speaking anywhere in South Caro? lina. It was a slander on the gojJ people of Cherokee county to sug? gest that he was in peril of assassina? tion at Gaffney." Mr! Beard, in conversation With newspaper men after the meeting, drew from his hip pocket an auto? matic pistol, when asked if he did go armed, and said he was a properly constituted peace otlicer, having spe? cial instructions to keep order on "he Siand at campaign meetings. He ex? hibited a commission as "deputy chief constable," signed by OoV. Blease and bearing date id" July 1 ??. 1 ?12, "Let it be understood," said Judge Jones, "that it. is easy to commit linn in South Carolina und easy to procure a pardon from a tendor hearted governor, and we win have lawleasneas imb ed " Spe.iking *d" the pardon "f lohn Black, he exclaimed; "No state can Stand for such indorsement of graft by her governor." lie charged the governor with hav? ing recklessly turned lose pickpock? ets, barn-burners, robbers and mur d< i .u s. and said that such a policy lore down the only protection of the poor man, The man who would do best by the poor man, he said, was he who would administer just laws justly, fearlessly ami Impartially. His opponent) be continued, said of him mi ny small and mean things, but h id found himself utterly unable to attack him in the citadel of char? acter. He declared that in making this race he was animated by no selfish or mallolOUS purpose, but moved only by the most earnest de? sire of helping t<> restore the ancient glory of his state and rehabilitate her in the eyes of her own people. Ap? plause, hearty, gonerous ami long continued, broke "'it upon the con elusion of Judge Jom s' address and | he was presented with several bund some floral tributes. Miss Dorothy SSemp of Lexington und Miss Lessle Johnson and Mrs, a. ll. Hreyer of Spartanburg brought to the sta id in I person their wreaths of flowers for Judge Joms, who made a brief but graceful little speech of thanks. I'm inn the corkscrew episode, the < tndldutes on the stand had a lot fun. Judge Jones Ironically ex? tended his corkscrew to Oov. Blease, who took it in his hands and laugh? ingly examined it. returned it with a bow to its owner in a few minutes. Qot Blease was greeted by pro longed cheering, (teferrlng to the corkscrew incidents, he said that for Judge Jones tin-- meeting was frost, I and because it was a "cold clay in ! Vugust," in- would to ed that cork? screw when it came ,to "warm up" at his hotel i" the afternoon. The gov eroor annoimood that he would ad? dress an ; udlence of his friends on the court house lawn In the evening, because, he said there were 3,000 Rlease men in gpartanburg county wie? ware locked up today In the cotton mills and could ma get here, but would turn out for Blease on election day, Lewis Parker and Tum Moore t<> the contrary notwithstand? ing." H?- i dd he had challenged Judge Jones every day this week to make affidavit, as he himself had done, as to the sources ol his campaign funds and whether corporations were tirane ing his race. But Judge Jones had ignored the dare. He said that If he d??ne nothing else for the poor man he .had .it least stood between them and "Corpora? tion Jones.'' Defending his action in pardoning three negroes, convicted of robbing and beating a white man in Kjchland county, he exhibited letters recom? mending pardon from D. E. Hydrick, now an associate justice of the su? preme court, but formerly a circuit judge, and from Christie Benet of Columbia, Who was, he said, Judge j Haskell's ton-in-law and campaign manager for Judge Jones In Rlchland county. ! "I regret to hear." laid the gov- I I ernor, "that there la a report bdng circulated in your county today. .'. do not like to speak of it, but I feel compelled to notice it. A man named Massee was taken off the train here the other day. He wjis wanted in Ten nesse. I granted the requisition. They appealed to Judge Sease for a writ of habeas corpus and ask*ed for a hearing. I told them they had ap? pealed to Caesar and by Caesar they must be judged. Judge Sease, who is an honorable Christian judge, hoard the case and the man was turned loose. 1 had nothing to do with it. Yet some people today in your coun? ty are circulating a report that Mas see paid me $5,000 to hand the case UP to Judge Sease. The man who said it is as dirty and black-hearted liar as ever disgraced a Christian State. The attorney who came here on be? half of the State of Tennessee is here in this audience. When he asked me to grant a hearing I told him I would have nothing more to do with the case. I will ask Stokes if I did not tell him I wouldn't have anything more to do with it." "You certainly did," replied the Tennessee attorney, Harry Stokes Of Nashville, who stood near the stand. Then the governor took up the dic? tagraph incident now listed among the classics of South Carolina politi? cal history. "You had a great machine here not long ago," he said. "They tried to drag down one of your best young men by an infernal, lying dictagraph In order to hurt Cole Hlease. That led them to nothing but the darndest ' ??ating you ever heard of on August 27. You had another happening. I don't like to mention i{. But some? body asked me: 'Why didn't they serve brains with the eggs ' and 1 told them: 'Because the Jones men didn't have enough brains.' (This was a reference to the throwing of rotten eggs from the gallery at John P. Qrace, mayor of Charleston, when Mr. Grace spoke recently in the theatre here.) "It was a great crime," the speaker went on, "when In Spartanburg some people howled down a speaker, but at Manning, when the mayor stood in the crowd and let Jones whelps howl me down, he was a great man." Gov. Hlease, in passing, put his "<>. K." on Olln t. Johnson, mayor ol Bpartanburg, who has been severely criticised because of his attitude In regard to the disorder at the Grace meeting. "You'll never have a more honorable man," said the governor, "nor greater friend of the poor man than Spartanhurg has in the mayor's chair right now. You're going to send him higher up too." Jones, Hlease said, was one of those who voted to retire Wade Hampton, yet some of the same crowd who swore they would never vote for a man who voted against Gen. Hamp? ton were now lined tip behind Jones. Ho says tiie Daughters of the Con? federacy are praying for him. "Yes. and the Sons of the Confederacy and those Who fought in the war are not praying so much, but tin y are voting for Cob- Hlease. 1 suspect that some of these same Daughters of the Con? federacy had better be praying for their husbands, who lax around the clubs in Columbia and play poker ami get drunk." said the governor. Gov. Hlease repeated bis declara? tion that Judge Jones wronged Gen. Hampton hy crediting Irby instead of Hampton with "stamping mit In dependentlsm." The speaker said: "Let's see what Irby said of your fellow townsman. John Gary Evans." lie r.a.i from ;? memorandum a string oi epithets, inc luding "traitor." "liar' and several Other terms cd like severity, He did not say when or In what circumstances this language was used h> tbe late Senator irby. <;?.v. Bleu o read an editorial printed in the Charleston News and t'ourler of April 17. last, in which the methods of employing the Atlan j tv detective engaged In the Beach case at Alken by Solicitor Gum* 1 and Mayor Gaylca were criticlaed. "Yet cutter that,"' said the governor, "they published on nie a dirty, Althy Story thai was not tit to be read in the humblest negro hovel in the State, in one east- it was to convict a millionaire; In the other to hurt me for political purposes. Then it was 'anything. Lord, to heat Blease.' " The speaker declared Jon? - would ngVer be elected because tile people would not make "that man" governor j in name and Jet "Gonzales" be gov ernor in reality. "They quoted," he said from I Tillman today. They have been do? ing everything they could to get him to come out against me. Hut they will never rind Ben Tillman lined up with that gang that runs the State and the Spartanburg Herald. Jom s say.s that if you take the 'nigger' out of my speech there is nothing but froth left, but 1 found out today that if you take the corkscrew out of his pocket he has no brains left." Judge Jones, the governor saidr has not told him because he was afraid "Oonsales" would take him out and spank him, whether or not he i j I would order out the mili 'a to defend ! a negro "who laid his hands on a i white woman." Sarcastically referring to the sup? port of Judge Jones' candidacy by Mayor Grace of Charleston, Gov. j Blease lapsed into a parody: j "Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound, I 'Tis music around on Jones' mound." I I Replying to Judge Jones* declar tion that specified persona, former? ly legislators from this county, had voted with Jones on the separat?' coach bills, the speaker said that all of these were dead but one, Stan yame Wilson, "and he." said the gOV I , ernor, "is quietly sleeping in private life. I'm satisfied if he were here he would say he was s<?rry he voted that way." The governor declared that the men who earn their bread by the sweat of their face would re-elect him because he was the one govern? or whom the newspapers could not control. Long continued applause broke out as the governor retired. His speech was the last of the day. Mr. Tillman Wouldn't Say It. There is cold comfort for Governor Blease and his friends in the state? ment from Senator Tillmon published Sunday, cold comfort indeed. Mr. Tillman's opinion of Judge Jones is a matter of record. "1 believe he would make u good Governor," he said, "for he is eminently qualified." He gives his belief and the basis for it. Will he say as much for Governor Blease? He will not. Urged to do so by the Governor's friends, "bombarded by them "with telegrams and letters." to quote his own words, what is the re? sponse? A column statement !n which he pointedly omits to say <uie word in the slightest degree commen? datory of Governor Blease and his ad* ministration, but instead expresses his deep mortification for South Carolina that "instead of our candidates dis cussing great public questions and teaching the people. the meetings have been little else than vulgar quarreling matches, in which black? guardism, vulgarity, obscenity und abuse, almost without limit, and all manner of filthy speeches have been , allowed to predominate." The de? scription of the tenor of the campaign meetings is a true one, vigorously pat, j yet not overdrawn. But who is re- \ sponaible? Nol Judge Jones. cei tainly. Has Judge Jones at any time been guiltv of vulgarity? Has he ev- | t er been obsc ene? Has he uttered one filthy sentence, to say nothing of a filthy speech? Senator Tillman knows that he has not. What says the Senator? "He would make a . good Governor, for he is eminently j qualified." Will Senator Tillman say | that about Governor Blease after', i Blaaae's record of the last two years and after his speeches and writings during the- prese nt campaign? No. j He has not done so. He cannot do so. It Is not true. Most men would buy up all the tickets to u show which would fea? ture their remarks from the record of a dictagraph.--Wilmington Star. DIM I S ANY EBAMi;-l I?. . Jl. Dreher Kttpfslnr Thai Author? ities Have Made no I tVoi t to Count Wense oui?Both Side* Refwesent* P|j on Hoard of Managers. r<i tin- Editor of The State: There have be* u noatinej rumors here for tome time that the appoint* ment of manager4 for the approach? ing primary election for this county was not exactly straight and square. These reports have reached the gov? ernor's ears and h<* has taken Cal? houn county as a sample of how the wires are being laid to defeat him. In justice to all parties concerned the subjoined correspondence will clarify the situation and which the governor teems not anxious to pub? lish after all. T. H. Dreher, county Chairman St. Matthews. Aug. 7. State of South Carolina. Executive Chamber. Columbia, Aug. 3, 1912. Dr. T. H. Dreher, Chairman County Executive Committee, St. Matthews, South Carolina. Dear Sir: i am informed that your managers of election were appointed several weeks ago, and that the USUft] custom of allowing them to be ap? proved by the county executive com? mittee was not complied with, and that a large majority, as appointed, are well known sntl 111 risse men. Will you please be kind enough to tell me why your usual custom of appointing managers was not follow? ed this year and why it happens that no Hlease men are managers? This letter and your reply is for publication. I mention this in order that you may not be taken by sur? prise when you read both in the pub? lic press. It is commonly talked that I am to be counted out and I would like to use your county as an in? stance as to why the usual custom was not followed in appointing man? agers. Very respectfully, Cole L. Blease. St. Matthews, Aug. 5, 1912. Governor Cole L. Blease, Executive Chamber, Columbia, S. C. Dear Sir: In answer to your letter with reference to the appointment of managers for the Calhoun county primary, beg to say that s.n effort has been made here to discover a mare's nest with reference to this ( matter and am glad to give you the information sought. I deny .he in? sinuation that there was anything irregular or crooked in the procedure bearing upon this matter. The county executive committee did meet July 6 and passed upon the managers. A notice of the meeting was published in the local paper and, besides. 1 wrote a personal note to each member of the committee with reference to the meeting and specified the appointment of managers and other busin <?s of importance to most, if not all, of the member. If any cards were stacked agaimt you. 1 ha*S not the slightest inkling of it. As a matter of fact there are I Mease men on the executive com? mittee and strong Blease men among the list of managers. Blease mem? bers of the committee appointed some Jones men as managers and vice versa. As to who has the majority 1 have never taken the trouble to determine, nor have 1 heard of any one who has. Be that as it may. I feel that 1 am sufficiently acquainted with the stand? ing of these managers to say. with emphasis, that If you do not carry Calhoun county the fault will not be with them. Every vote cast for you will be duly registered. Since you have seen lit to single out Calhoun county as the held for possible irregu? larities it gives me pleasure to spy that?In the language of good, old John Ploughman?you have the wrong sow by the ear. Yours very truly. T. H. Dreher. County Chairman The recent record of battle, murder and sudden death in this town show that some heads at 'east .are full of vice and crime, as the Mayor said.? New York Tribune A Razor For 35c. Sounds like a fairy j tale, but we have J em. "The Durham Duplex". As long as these samples last they go at 35c. WATSON DRUG COMPANY. ?? \ UOOl) DRUG M'om We serve purest of fountain drinks?Have you tried 'em?