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THE UNION TIMES ' 'i .. . . 1 , VOL. LXII. NO. 29. ' UNION, S. C., FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1912. $1.00 A YEAR. APPLAUSE DIVIDED AT ST. GEORGE MEETING BARNARD B. EVANS ATTACKS LYON'S FATHER. Gov. Blease Was So Raw That He Asked the Ladies to Forgive Him?The Crowd Was r? i xt _ a. i oooa i>aiurea. Orangeburg, July 17.?It was a divided crowd that greeted the candidates for attorney general and the governorship here yesterday afternoon, a crowd in which the Jones sentiment and the Blease sentiment seemed about equally divided. There was much applause for both of these candidates, and a 'hand primary taken at the last at the request of Governor Blease showed that the factions were about equally strong. There were no fights in St. George as a result of the political situation, though before the meeting started and from the events of recent meetings there was a gneral air of expectancy and some who expected that sensations would feature the meeting. The meeting started at noon and at 1 o'clock a recess was taken for dinner, finallv adjourning at G o'clock. The centers of interest to the voters assembled in St. George were the contests between Judge Jones and Governor Blease and between Attorney General Lyon and his opponent, B. B. Evans. There has been bitter feeling between the two candidates for the office of attorney general and it has been expected that the feeling between these would come to some sort of head Tuesday. B. B. Evans was less severe in his attacks on the acts of the attorney general than he was at Barnwell, though he characterized as lies cer tain statements of the attorney general on past days as to his character. Attacks J. Fuller Lyon. J. Fuller Lyon, father of the attorney general, was present at the St. George meeting and he stood directly in front of "the stage from which the candidates spoke in the open. Near the end of his speech Evans addressed himself to the elder Lyon, saying: "Here's a "Confederate soldier who would be a candidate for state treasurer if things were as they should be." "You tend to your own business," said Mr. l^yon. You've been in the treasury department, and when you allow the chief clerk to supercede a Confederate soldier, then you know there's something: rotten," said Evans, further addressing: himself to J. Fuller Lyon. At this point Attorney General Lyon made an effort to rise to his feet ,as thougrh hq would approach the speaker. W. P. Beard .editor of the News-Scimiter, who was on the stage at the time, put his hand on the attorney general and held him in his seat. Evans soon completed his remarks and took his seat. There was applause for Evans ,though Lyon, who spoke next, got a large greeting. Lyon denounced as false certain statements made by Evans, and made again some of the statements against Evans for bribery and other charges. "Common Criminal." "A common criminal, such as Barney Evans," was one expression used ' by the attorney general in referring iw ins opponent. Evans had left the stand as soon as he finished his speech, and when he was being assailed so heavily by Lyon a big voice in the crowd shouted: "Evans, if you've got any man in you, you'll climb now." There were loud cheers . Thomas H. 1'eeDles was well received, as was Senator J. R. Earle. Jones and Blease. The speeches of Judge Jones and Governor Blease were very similar to speeches delivered by them on past days, though that of the governor was marked by expressions rather extreme for the "stump." Judge Jones was cheered and howled and he and the governor at times spoke with difficulty. The crowd was in good humor and it seemed that those present wanted to "have Some fun." In answering the social equality charge, Judge Jones listed several men oi trorcnester county ana asgea 11 the crowd knew' them. He read them slowly and one at a time, and each name was received with shouts of approval, When he had named a half dozen dr more he said, "Well, they voted just as I did on the Jim Crow law," and there was loud applause. ' "Niggef Sweetheart" "< v At one time during Governor Blease's speech a big voice in the crowd shouted, "Hurrah for Jones!" "That's all right, old man; you holler for Jones,, and when it gets darker you go around and see your 4? t J 55 * ? * UNION BOY WEDS 1 IN OKLAHOMA. J MR. RUSSELL McNEACE, OF UNION, AND MISS RUBY DENNETT, OF OKLAHOMA, MAR- | RIED ON JUNE 27?WFLL RESIDE IN EL PASO, TEXAS. A marriapre of interest to many people in Union and the county, was I that of Miss Ruby Dennett of Oklahoma and Mr. Russell -McNeace. The ceremony was performed at the home ? of the bride's parents and witnessed uy me immediate mmiiies ana irienas, after which the young couple left for their honeymoon and will be at home at 2,910 Madero St., El Paso", Texas. Mr. McNeace is the son of Mrs. Amanda McNeace of this city and left here several years ago to make his home in the far West. He is a young a man of sterling worth and holds a re- t< sponsible position in El Paso. He has b hosts of friends in Union who Congratulate him upon such good fortune t< and wish for him and his bride long t( years of happiness and prosperity. ii How much will you give for the t> hospital ? J h Union County Fair. r t< The Board of Directors of the Un- h ion County Fair Association urge ev- a erybody to have something on display ^ at the Fair, next fall, October 16-18. ^ If we start now. and make some- 1' thing and have something to exhibit, b we will have one of the best county b fairs in the state. b The directors are busy making plans P to make this the "biggest and best" A fair Union has ever held, but in order tl to be a success, they need the co- b operation of every one. b B. F. Alston, Jr., Secy. ti Services at Salem. b f Rev. A. MoA. Pittman of Carlisle, b asks us to announce through the c<#l- " umns of the Times that he will preach n Race." d Camping Party. b The Sundnv Srhnnl elnae nf firapo ll Methodist chilrch taught by Miss Min- _ nie Gregory, left Wednesday morning for West Springs to spend two weeks, camping. They have a congenial party and expect to spend a delightful vacation. Among those in the party are Mrs. Charles R. Smith, Misses Minnie Gregory, Harriet Wagnon, Naomi and Gertrude Faucett, Pearl and Louise Harris, Fannie and Mattie Lake, Bessie Pearl Gordon', tyuL Agnes Townsend. Ice Cream Supper and Speaking. The Knitting Mill Fire Company will give an ice cream supper Saturday afternoon and evening at Mr. J. T. Byars' store. There will be a speech by Hon. J. C. Otts, candidate for re-election to the office of solicitor. I The proceeds of the ice cream supnpr will frn trk Konofif nf fKo company at the Knitting Mill. The public is cordially invited to attend. An Old Colored Man Drowned. Tillman Stevens, an old colored man who worked on the plantation of Mr. _ Robt. S. Foster, about eight miles below Union, was drowned in the Forest g Tuesday. He was pulling his fish baskets out of the river and it is supposed that he slipped from the loirs UDOn which he was standing and . fell into the water. He was about 84 ^ years old and was a faithful servant and was respected by both white and 0 colored people. K nigger sweetheart," retorted the ^ governor. Just at this point an automobile filled with ladies made an effort to tl get out of the crowd; a horse hitched C to a buggy became frightened and v ran the buggy into another vehicle; a a fisticuff in the edge of the crowd b was about to be precipitated, and u consternation reigned for quite a U2I- A MA. 1 .? ' wiuic. niier several minutes tne ( governor was enabled to resume his g speech. h The governor made several retorts U to persons in the crowd and his re- d marks made it appear that hd was o somewhat worried by the twittings of s< the en'thuslastid ' hearers. Both o Jones and Blease spoke With difficulty, b Begs Ladies' Pardon. tl Near the end df the speech the gov- p ernor referred to Ms remark tHdt he n had made to the man who shotted d "Nurrah for Jonel," arid hd said he did not mean to reflect on the man's d personal character. At this point o fcome one said, "You want to take it p back now?" ?i; ' " (] BLEASE WILL B BY ATLANT relder Says Blease Committ Attending Southern C ILEASE SAYS NICHOLS 1 outh Carolina Governor Refuses Investigating Commmittee ii Georgia?Promises t (Monday's Atlanta Georgian) "I don't care what Felder says bout me. It is impossible for me o talk about this case with anyody in Georgia." That is what Governor Cole Blease old The Georgian over long-distance elephone today ,when asked for an iterview. Governor Cole L. Blease, at Columia. S. C.. todav dpnipd that Somnol . Nichols, of Spartanburg, had asked im for a pardon for Gus Deford. He efused to make a statement in reply > charges of Thomas B. Felder, of Atinta, that he had been guilty of an ct of degeneracy in Atlanta in larch, 1911. He declared Detective Villiam J. Burns to be a "cheap hireng, unworthy of. belief." He refused o say a word about the dictagraph estimony presented late Saturday af- 1 ernoon before the South Carolina disensary investigating committee at Lugusta by Detective E. S. Reed of he Burns agency. He promised later 9 answer the charges made against im by Mr. Felder. Attorney Nichols, alleged by Detec ive Keed to hkve acted as the go-beween in the Deford pardon plot, reused to make a statement at Spartanurg today. He arranged with Chair lan Carlisle of the investigating comlittee to give his testimony at a spec- : i\ session of the committee in Co- , irnbla on Thursday. ' Attorney Felder in Atlanta, today eclared that Governor Blease would e indicted by the grand jury in Atinta for-an alleged act of degeneracy i^P KV Bz. ? *" |; v Ik, \? \ \1 WIIiljIAlf 3. BUBNB. i Atlanta in March, 1911, whije the outh Carolina executive was a deleate to the Southern Commercial coi>ress. * . . . * Detective Reed, who came tq Atlana with Mr. Felder after the sensaonal disclosures at Augusta Saturday fternoon and night, is still in the city. * IE OFFERED TO FREE :ONVICTS TO KILL MR ?Thomas B- Felder. Thomas B. Felder declared today hat Governor Cole Blease, of South larolina, had promised to pardon conicts in the state prison if the^ would ssinate Felder after Bless* had rought him into the state on trfiipiped i p requisitioif papers. f "But he dMft't make good his pk>t to r fet me,' " a*td .Felder, "because., the | overnor Hjitorgia woutai-ponor is requiSfWn. Now I'm goinp t<0 live :> see that governor of South Carolina ut outhis ofllcftcvJ?n? going to jtye to ee liim punbhe^ jro^ tMayftry, jprorisned for graft and- <inally-hell^p^put ehind the ba r?. Jp Geor?4pfor a crime hat he committed fcef?4$at no newsaper would print, and which I would ot name, a crime involving unsound epravity. 1 - ?' ' t .? * "I caA prove by dircumfttantla) evi-' ence that since he has been governor f South Carolina Blease has sold' 100 ardons to criminals and I'll show by hat same evidence that he got the E INDICTED A GRAND JURY :ed Felony in Atlanta While ommercial Confess. DID NOT SEEK PARDON to Discuss Charges Made By 1 Augusta With Anyone in o Reply in Writing. i ' ' ] money in his own pocket for making the sale. He did it in the same way i that he started to do it through Nichols when we caught him in Washing- i ton through Detective Reed arid his i dictagraph. ] Declares They Have Proof. "That testimony by the dictagraph 1 is material evidence of Blease's crook- ] edness, because we can prove he sold . pardons, and we will dovetail into that i evidence the speech Blease made in j Spartanburg a month ago when he ; said that if the people of South Carolinn pvnpnforl Kim f a etnn iKo v*4-? ? *** 1 ...... VV J Hit ^ i aiiUM^ J of pardons as he had been doinp since V* r\ f\A/tntvi/% 4.1 J 1. .1.1. a. nc uceaiuc ^uvui iiui iiiu u ueiier not ] elect him governor again because he Wouldn't stop. ? "Ever since Blease tried to extra- : diet me on his trumped-up charge I've i had him shadowed. That's how X came a to know about his plot to assassinate ] me. Some of the henchmen he had in i that conspiracy were not in prison; 1 some he had already pardoned before, j But I have evidence that Blease of- < fered pardons to men behind the bars < If they would kill me. That's another 0 fthe crimes "I can prove against the degenerate who is still legally entitled to call himself the chief executive of a great Southern state. "Detective Reed and I are awaiting ] further aummnnn frnm the invAaHoat. he bargained for a pardon foi- the yeggman Deford, which shows us that Blease accepted the- $15,000 bribe the Burns detective pretended to offer him while the dictagraph caught their bar- < gain in the Washington hotel. ] Awaiting Further Summons. < "That telegram tells Reed (known j by Nichols as Attorney Porter, of ] Chicago )to hurry on South and wind ] ,11ft f Vin rlnn 1 o ? *?? V* 5 ? ^ -?|/ VIIW uvaif UIIU \J *y 1119 IIIUIICJT anu I get his pardon, just as Nichols said he would 'fix the governor' when they made the contract. That ought to prove to any commission what sort of man Blease is. "Reed and I are awaiting that com- , mittee's further summons. When the ( committee gets through, when the peo- ( pie of South Carolina know the truth about the man who has swindled them out of a governorship and when they , have' tutned him out as they surely j will .^when his term expires JJ they ( do nut do it before?then we will be- ^ gin our criminal prosecutions.',';J will ^ not detail now the crimes we witt prove j against this man because H^\would , t^y... '. -fim: yf.-'f>>- ^ ^ ? ^^^^BgaaMreyyv ?s mm ? ' ' ? >?.'? _L?J_! forewarn him and his clique, but ifjj justice is done in South Cerojlibe, and j here, as it surely will, Blease Will go < behind the bars for all the years he ; lives. .-And that seatenca .will be no . . ^Continued on page 4> ^ I 7 PRETTY WEDDING NEAR UNION. MISS ELOISE FOSTER, OF UNION, AND MR. LEONARD CLARKE, OF ATHENS, GA., MARRIED AT HOME OF BRIDE'S PARENTS, MR. AND MRS. T. K. FOSTER. A wedding of interest in Union was celebrated Wednesday, July 17 ,at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. K. Foster, when their daughter, Miss Eloise Cornelia Foster, became the bride of Mr. Leonard Clarke, of Athens, Ga. The words which made them man and wife were snnken hv Ro\r W n -x a.v ? . f? . xv. tt ar\cnciu, pastor of the First Baptist church, and only the immediate families we're present. The home was made beautiful throughout with roses and ivy. In the parlor where the ceremony was performed an improvised altar was arranged which was banked with potted plants and roses. The attendants were Misses Iva Walker, and Etha Palmer and Messrs. Robert' Little and Mr. Crawford of Athens, Ga. The bride wore a tailored suit of cream and blue whipcord and i stylish blue hat trimmed in wings. She carried a shower boquet of bride roses and valley lilies. The couple left on the Seaboard for Athens, Ga., where they will be "at home" to their friends. Mrs. Clarke is a very attractive and slever young woman and numbers her friends by the score, both here and in Athens. She was for several years a member of the faculty of the Athens Business College. It is a matter of regret that her marriage will remove her from Union, but cordial and loving good wishes will follow, and Mr. Clarke is most heartily congratulated an winning such a bride. Help us build the hospital. Children's Day ah Hebron. Children's Day will be observed at Hebron church next Sunday and a most attractive program has been An Ice Cream Supper. There will be an ice cream supper ^at.lirHnv nirrVif r\f thin Al? ...A*IV) VTJL via to WCVtlV, d U II1C iome of Mr. Jasper Wilburn, in the ~edar Hill community. The proceeds go for the benefit of the Woman's Missionary society of Lower Fair Forest Baptist church. The public is cordially invited to attend. Mr. Hicks Appointed Agent. Mr. C. E. Hicks has been appointed agent for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company here, to succeed Mr. 0. W. Roberts, who represented the company here for the past year or more. Mr. Hicks has entered upon his duties and is a young man of good habits and of honest purpose. He will 3o well in this work which he undertakes. The Metropolitan has insurance in fofce to the amount of two billion, three hundred and ninety-nine million, eight hundred and seventysight thousand and eighty-seven dollars. It is hard to grasp just the magnitude of this sum. Mr. HickS has offices over the Rice Drug Company, and will be pleased to ... -~i: L.u < * ? - jcc jjwutyuoiucrs tttiu irienas 01 tne jompany whenever they call. Going Reunion. Mr. G. W. G. Going ,one of the >ldest and best citizens of the county, leld a family reunion at his home near Kelton Wednesday in celebration of [?is eighty-eighth birthdav. There were about eighty present at the gathering. Rev. J. T. Going, a grandson of Mr. Going, preached a lermon, and a basket picnic was held >n the grounds. Each year, for a number past, this family has met together on the birthlay of Mr. Going. They come with caskets full of good things to eat. It is a happy occasion for all and a great joy to the worthy man in whose tonor the gatherings are held. Notice to Teachers. ? Union County Summer school for keachers will be held at the Central ichoel building, beginning .Aug. 5. E*rof. H, A. Wise of the McMaster ichool at Columbia, an<) Mrs. W. T. Beaty, of the Uhtyn High School,.are khe teachers selected to conduct this "#. n?..t Superintendent Gore urges the :eachers. to attend. Mr. J. C. Sanders of Wilkinsville, vas in Union on business Thursday. rril W. W. Johnnon. Comp. py ILAIiiiiu nuunuoill O UULLLI REED WILL NOT TESTIFY S. J. NICHOLS AND C. P. SIMS TO TESTIFY IN COLUMBIA. Buj-ns Detectives Are Willing to Appear Before Committee Anywhere Except in State of South Carolina. (Thursday's Spartanburg Herald.) Senator Howard B. Carlisle, chairman of the dispensary investigating committee of the legislature, was notified yesterday that Detective E. S. Reed, of William J. Burns' agency, would not appear before the committee in Columbia today to confront Samuel J. Nicholls, whom Reed accuses of having planned to get a pardon for James Johnson, the safe robber, in return for $10,000 attorney's fppt; nrtfl 51 OHO KfiKo fAv riAvovr>rtv Blease. Col. Thomas B. Felder and Detective Reed sent word that they would willingly come before the committee in Augusta, Charlotte or any other nearby city outside of the state at any convenient time, but would not enter South Carolina for the reason that to kill either of them would be "a safe amusement." Fear For Their Lives. They made it known that they believed their lives would be in danger so long as Cole L. Blease was the chief magistrate and the state was "ungoverned," since they felt that the governor's friends could assassinate them with impunity, confident that even if they were convicted they would hp nnrdnnod As thp situation now is, they said in effect, there was virtually a price on their heads in South Carolina. For that reason none of the Burns detectives will openly come into the state. Mr. Nicholls and C. P. Sims, the local attorneys and friends of the governor, with whom Detective Reed says he bargained for the pardon of islative committee today and answer the charge. They will be accompanied by a delegation of Spartanburg attorneys and friends. Array of Counsel. The accused men will be represented by this array of counsel: Judge George W. Nicholls and William M. Jones ,respectively father and uncle of Samuel J. Nicholls; C. P. San ders, Kaiph <Jarson, Kobert J. (Jantt and Cecil C. Wyche, of Spartanburg; J. Gordon Hughes of Union, and William Nelson of Columbia. Messrs. Nicholls and Wyche left for Columbia last night. The other members of the party will leave at 7:40 o'clock, this morning. Senator Carlisle will also leave this morning. A number of Spartanburg men expect to go to Columbia as spectators of the proceedings, among them being Col. B. G. Landrum, of the governor's staff; Oscar Godfrey and several friends of the governor. Mr. Nicholls' Defense. Mr. Nicholls' defense to Detective Reed's testimony will be that the detective plied him with liquor until he was not responsible for what he said. He will point out that at the beginning of the conversation in the Finch hotel which was caught with the dictagraph, he repudiated the detective's suggestion that Blease be bribed and said the governor was incorruptible, and it was only after the intoxicants had taken effect that he agreed with what Reed said on the subject. Mr. Nicholls will take the position that what he said under the influence of liquor is unworthy of being given serious consideration. Mr. Sims' Position. Mr. Sims' position will be that he was persuaded that Johnson was in wretched health, was paying the penalty a second time for an offense for which he had already served seven years, and was deserving of a pardon; that he (Sims-)undertook to secure the pardon in his capacity of an attorney, but that he.entertained no thought of paying Governor Blease anything for the pardon.' Senator Carlisle said that the hear inp would oe Held in the State house and begin at noon. .1 Charleston Witnesses. , In addition to the Spartanburg men, Charleston witnesses will be examined if their presence can be secured, .in rgard to allegations that the "blind tigers" of that city paid Benjamin Stothart, chief constable, for protec-. tion, and that StQthprt, after deducting his commissi*** turned the graft over to the governor. ?; ? Misses Sydney Gage and Katharine Thomson left Saturday'for Chester, IS. C., to spend some time with friend*. iv- ; ?.->.* ? v. j . *