The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-07-12
I don't think he would.
Will Laugh al Them.

! this scathing stat 'n1:,nC, IF there IS
any one in this room who IS so sool,sh
OF so simple as y be:ieT- Il siEs'e
statement he has ma l. you may lest
assured that Barney Will &C off and
laugh at him."
In the course of his speech today
B. 5. Evans had repeated the state
ment made many times previously
that Mr.. Lyon. the attorney general,
had confessed his incompetence to
argue a case in the United States SD
preme court by employing D. S. Hen
derson, of Aiken, to go there to argue
case against negro lawyer and at
the expense of the State. Mr.. Hen
derson was presiding at the meeting,
and when Mr.. Evans had concluded
his speech he arose and denied utterly
that this was true.
Was Untrue?
"He felt compelled" he said, "since
his name had been brought into the
discussion to make statement. My
employment in this case was not at
I the suggestion of Mr. Lyon" he said,
"and was at no expense to the State.
+ I was employed by the South Caro-
lima congressman because I had some
experience in such cases. 1t was not
to answer negro lawyers that the ar
gument was made, but to instruct the
court. I regard Mr.. Lyon as very
able lawyer. He certainly made
very able argument before the court
and it was upon his argument that the
! opinion of the court was based"
Kissed by Crowd.
AS Mr.. Henderson concluded and in
troduced Attorney General Lyon, Mr..
Evans arose and attempted to make
some reply, but the crowd Kissed and
yelled sit down. LET him speak,
said Mr.. Lyon. IT will give him as
much of my time as he DESIRES" but
Mr.. Evans gave over his effort and
retired to corner partly out of sight,
where he walked about while Mr.. Lyon
was making his talk.
Aside from the interest in the reply
of Mr.. Lyon to Evans charges, the
meeting today was good one. There
We're numbers present both of men
and women. The meeting was held in
a spacious court room, which was
comfortable, despite the crowd and
the enthusiasm was at the overflow
ing point. All of, the speakers were
given enthusiastic receptions and the
applause was the loudest yet heard
upon the camuaign.
Some Ginger.
The candidates for adjutant and i'll
spector general put some singer into
their debates. ". ". Moore, reading
from a report of the adjutant gener-
ais office a reflection on the conduct
of troops under command of Capt
Richardson, another of the candidates,
at a recent encampment. Capt. Rich:
ardson, whose home is in Aiken, re-
piled with some spirit, declaring that
while the. reading was accurate, that
the report itself was absolutely false.
He intimated that COL Moore had tried
to make it appear that he had gradu-
ated from the Citadel, while he had at
tended that institution only one year.
The gubernatorial candidates did
not vary much from their usual
speeches and they were a literally
applauded Mr.. Featherstotne was
presented with a bunch of flowers,
which, by the way, is getting to be a
very usual part of the procedure.
There were between 400 and 500
people out to hear the speakers, and
most of them came back in the after
noon, when Capt. Richards and Cole
L. Blease were the orators.
BIease Catches Crowd.
Cole L. Blease was the last of the
gubernatorial speakers. He was ia
vorite with the crowd that had gath
cred and his sentiments were pleas
ing to them. He was given applause
throughout with rousing hurrahs at the
close of his speech which did not vary
from his former ones in any material
point.
By the time the congressional as
pirants were reported the crowd had
dWindIed to a very few.
VACATION HINTS.