The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-08-24
JONES STRUCK BRUNsON.
Exciting Incidents At The State
Campaign Meeting In Green
vile.

Two exciting incidents marked the
State campaign meeting held at
Greenvile on Tuesday, says the
Grecnville correspondent of the News
and Courier. Angered at some remark
by Mr.. Joel f. Brunson, candidate
for Governor, Mr.. a. G.. Jones, who
is running for the same office. left the
speakers stand and walking up to
his opponent and brother prohibitions
list, deliberately slapped Mr.. Brun-
son $ face. Mr.. Brunson has but
one hand, and before he could gather
himself together in self-dcfence, half
a dozen men had stepped in and Mr..
Jones was arrested by two policemen,
and hurried off the stand. Later he
furnished nominal bond and was re-
leased.
Another sensational turn was taken
later in the day when Comptroller
General Jones referred to the value of
the Mauldin block, and declared that
the property has been returned for
only onc-sixth its actual value. State
Senator Mauldin was sitting only
few steps away, the meeting being
held in the Court House at the time,
and he denounced Mr.. Joncs's state
ment as unfair and false, or words to
that effect, saying that his property
portion as other real estate in the city
and State. Mr.. Jones shouted back
that he had made no false statement
and that there were gross inequalities
in tax returns here and elsewhere.
Things Look Stormy.
This looked stormy for time. Sen
ator Mauldin was standing up, dar-
ing the Comptroller General, and
gathered about him were Mr.. Daven-
port, member of the township board
Of assessors, and Capt. Oscar K.
Mauldin, son of the Senator. The
latter said nothing, though Mr.. Dav-
enport was shouting something about
what he had told Comptroller Jones.
The attitude of the men was menacing
and everyone seemed greatly excited.
The crowd began to yell for whom no
one could tell Sheriff Gilrcath step
ped into the fracas and Mr.. Jones
finished his remarks. Chairman Don
aldson calling time within a few
moments after the trouble started.
Mr.. G. Lawrence Walker followed
Mr.. Jones. He is candidate for
Comptroller General and served Green
vile County for Il number of years
as treasurer. The variance between
the present Comptroller and Mr.
Walker has been Of long standing. At
lickens on Monday things are said
to have grown stormy between them
and more fireworks were anticipated
at the Greenvillc meeting, but ma
turer second thought came after Mr.
JoneS'S tilt with the Mauldin-D -Daven-
port trio and Mr.. Walker said he pre-
ferred that Mr.. Jones should be given
n hearing in his (Walker's) home. "Ii
can't speak well of manu. said
Mr.. Walker. 81 prefer to say nothing
at all. am for equalization in tax
alton; further than that do not care
to 90 at this time -
Mr.. Walker Replies to Gen. Jones.
Mr.. Walker then asked County
Treasurer Southern several questions.
! Treasurer Southern stated that dur
ing the twelve or fifteen months Mr..
Walker was holding the position Of
Assistant Comptroller Gcnrcal. though
still retaining his job as county treas
urer of Greenvillc, that he, Southern,
as acting treasurer, collected the sal
ary of the office on Mr.. Walkers
bond. This was in explanation of
Comptroller General Joncs's charge
that Mr.. Walker had received double
pay while holding two offices, thing
prohibited under the Constitution. At
this point Comptroller General Jones
got up and told Southern he had no
authority to receive the money be-
cause he had never been commissioned
and was not the official treasurer.
Mr.. Walker ended by saying that he
would not attempt to discuss the
charges that had been made by Mr..
Jones against his record as county
treasurer, because the thing had been
taken up in the newspapers time and
time again. "I leave my record to you,
my home people, who know me great