The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-07-12
APPLAUSE FOR EVANS
CHANGED TO Kisses
CHARGES DENOUNCED BY LYON
AS VAIN VAPORINGS.
Enthusiastic Meeting Held in Old Ak
en-Att0rney General RefuteS
Each Charge.

Each Charge.
The States
Aiken, July 9.-Armed with few
simple facts Attorney General Lyon
appeared before the audience which
gathered here today and refuted to
the entire satisfaction of the entire
audience the charges that B. B. Evans
has been spreading throughout the
State as to the conduct of the attor-
ney generals office and the dispensary
winding-up commission.
Mr.. Lyon spoke in calm and dis
passionate voice, and as he told his
hearers that there was not one par
ticle of truth in the charges that Ev-
ans had made the feeling OF sup
pressed excitement that had been ap-
parent passed off and the crowd jeer-
ed as they watched Evans, such Of
them as could see him, walking up and
down in a corner of the court room out
of sight of the speakers stand.
Fairy Tales.
1--WE are not going to have any trou-
bic here this morning, my friends"
said Mr.. Lyon. There have been sew
eral courses suggested to me in re-
gard to the charges that Barney Evans
has been making about me. One was
that I should go to every meeting and
denounce them Another was that
should disregard them entirely, as ev-
cry one knows Barney. And the third
that I should go out only occasionally
and tell the people the truth. ] shall
probably adopt a combination Of these
because if I do note answer these
charges at all Barney may tell these
fairy tales of his own invention until
he actually believes them himself.
~On former occasion I defed Ev-
ans to prove a single charge he has
made That was two weeks ago and
up to this time he has not submitted
one particle of evidence to prove
single statement he has made except
his own vain vaporings.
Not in the Book.
''In regard to the statement that I
have received the sum of $4,000 in
commissions or fees, as stated by Bar
0ey Evans" Mr.. Lyon said, "thece is
t,rso'n+ely no such statement IN the
book from which he pretended to read
it. What do you think of man who
has the gall to DO a thing like that?"
Mr.. Lyon took up one by one the
charges that Evans has made and one
by one refuted them, not asking Iha-.
the people take his statement, but
showing official sworn statements
from the governor, the comptroller,
from the State treasurer, from DR..
Murray and from the clerk of court.
1T is up to you, gentlemen" said Nh
Lyon. "Do you believe Barney or do
you believe Comptroller Jones and DR..
Murray and the clerk of the court of
Richland county,"
Mr.. Lyon read an affidavit show
ing that the so-called merger suit is
on the docket Of the Richland court
and is set for trial for the fall term.
This is the case which, Evans said,
had been dismissed by collusion be-
tween Lyon and the attorney for the
railroad on account of personal friend
ship between them He went into the
matter of his expense account and said
that Evans had misrepresented it
knowingly. He had received nothing
from the State in fees or commissions
and he presented and read an affdav-
it showing this. The people Of South
Carolina were willing he was sure to
pay his personal expenses while he
was on their business and he had not
received one cent except what was
due him according to the law. !
The "Pinter Pup"
In regard to the charges of misapi
propriating funds and robbing the
schools of the State, Mr.. Lyon salt!
that if Evans had "the intelligence or
honesty to examine the acts of 1915
he would ind'' where the money i'll
question had been appropriated to the
use of the public schools and where it
900 a year until the sum were exhaust