The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-20
SMALL GanXD At UfANFONT.
CANDIDATES TALK AFTER FINE
STEAMBOAT TRIP.
Speeches Along the Same Lines as
Heretofore Reported-Evans Takes
New Tack and Charges Newspapers
And Their Representatives With
Being Subsidized.

Beaufort. July 14.--Turning his
batteries from his opponent today
Barney Evans CONSUMED much OF
his time in a severe arraignment OF
the newspaper men who are follow
ing the campaign. and the news
papers OF the State. In fact. he got
really ugly in his charges. declaring
that the papers were grafters them
selves. therefore did not wish to pub
lish his statements about the graft
cases in the State and about the at
torney general In his failure to prop
erly conduct them. He even said the
reporters present were subsidized, or
that they were a bunch of towards.
Mr.. Evans deplored the fact that he
had 20 repeat on every stump his
charges against Mr.. Lyon. and that
the time was so limited as to hinder
n proper exposure. all because the
newspapers would not give him the
space necessary for the facts and fig
ures he Is presenting.
In speaking along this line. Mr..
Evans said: These subsidized news
paper men refuse TO publish the ar
ray OF facts as give them from the
stand. and In ten minutes II Is impos-
siole to go fully into details. These
mon are either subsidized OF the
newspapers themselves are subsidiz-
ed. and II the latter Is true. then they
are unworthy the calling Of newspa-
per men and are towards to be forced
TO submit TO these dictations."
Then the speaker went on TO say
that ne believed the cause Of 1t all
was that the newspapers themselves
were in the graft business, and that
thieves do not like to expose each
other. In his attack upon the attor-
ney general. the speaker said that
when ne got TO Charleston and Or
angeburg he intended to show up
Mr.. Lyon for what he is. designating
these two places as localities where
certain persons. charged with graft
are, according TO Evans statement,
working for the election Of Mr.. Ly-
on. 1t appeared that Mr.. Evans
thinks the alleged grafters are sup
porting Lyon, In fact, he says he will
bring this out clearly at Charleston
and orangeburg. Criticising the pa
pers for publishing certain affidavits
in support Of Mr.. Lyon, his opponent
said thai the facts as stated In DR..
Murray's afidavit were not in con-
formity with those In the published
record Of the winding up commits
sion's report.
The State campaign meeting at
Beaufort today about "fzzled out"
the crowd being very small in the be &.
ginning, and gradually dwindling
down to about twenty-five persons. II
was called 10 order In the court house
at I o'clock. after the candidates had
returned from a pleasant trip on the
summer Girl" to Hilton's Head,
about twenty-five miles from Beau
fort. The hour was set for In or
der that the people OF the Bluffton
section might arrive. The attend
ance was about one hundred during
the greater part OF the day. although
at first there were possibly fifty ladies
In addition to this number. County
Chairman Geo. w. Beckett presided
and the Rev. Edward Wells. Of the
Baptis church, led In prayer. The
crowd appeared interested and ac-
corded the speakers close attention.
and awarded their favorites with
strong applause.
ln the matter OF applause the fav-
oritss seemed TO be Mahon, Moore
and Duvall. and among the candi-
datss for Governor. Richards, Feath-
ersa"ne and Mcleod ran a neck and
neoh race. From the applause and
cheers an outsider woulG be led to
bebcve that II was prohibition
crowd, for the utterances of both
Richards and Featherstone on this
snbject seemed 20 strike home
Messrs. Hyatt and Lyon were the
nbse entecs today. While Congressman
Patterson was present he did not
speak. owing to his physical weak
ness following an attack OF malaria.
\ letter from him was read by the