Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-07-30

that the interrupter did not again dis
turb the speaker. In a moment a po
liceman was observed, hustling off tn
grounds the man who had questioned
the governor. Thereafter no furthe
Interruptions from the crowd occurred
but there was one from the platform.
"The FouIest Lie"
Gov. 3lease. proceeded to repeat hi
sneering insinuation that Chas. q
Jones of Lancaster, son of Judge Jones
was employed by the Southern railwa!
to influence the action Of the suprem
court. Judge Jones arose.
II want to say to you, Gov. Blease,
he said, that that Is the foulest IL
a man ever uttered"
Immediately the chairman was on hi
feet and between the principals. A po
! liceman, H. H. Howard, who sat mex
to Judge Jones, put his hand on hi
shoulder and told him to take his seat
which he did. The governor laughed
and said, when you put the gaff to ,
shanghai he always hollers."
Gov. Blease went on: when he wa
speaking and telling things against M
that he knew were false, kept m!
seat. Wouldn't he make a nice gov
ernor, getting mad and losing his hea(
that way? / amt a-goin. to hit hin
today, but on the 9th Of August th'
people are going to knock him clear
out Of the box"
The governor said he was not wor'
ried about Aiken county, which ha(
never yet failed to stand by him. HI
had never failed, he said, to stand by
Aiken. He claimed to have saved the
county from dismemberment when Il
was proposed to create new county
which he said would have been q
miles wide and So miles long. He sale
that when there was 4 vacant solici-
torship Aiken got it."
Denies Selling Pardons.
Discussing his pardon record, Gov
Blease urged that inquiries be made OF
D. S. Henderson, ]. F. Williams. an6
other Aiken lawyers who had present.
ed petitions to him as to whether they
had paid him anything for pardons he
granted on their representations. 1.-THE
man." he said, "who says or intimates
that I ever got a cent for pardonine
any one tells as black a lie as any man
ever told" He had heard, he said, that
kinfolk of men he had pardoned were
now working against him.
The governor challenged Judge Jones
to make a wager with him as to the
vote Of Saluda county this year. He
said he would agree to present Judge
$100 which he should select, in case
Jones carried Saluda, If Jones would
agree to make him a present of like
value in case Saluda went for Blease
Judge Jones laughed.
Evans-Lyon Clash.
Unusual in virulence, even for Bar.
nard Evans, was the verbal attack
which that candidate for attorney gen.
eral made today upon the incumbent
]. Fraser Lyon. Not content with what
he was able to say Of Mr.. Lyon during
his regular speaking period Of fifteen
minutes, Evans demanded the privil-
ege Of an answer, and was proceeding
under pretext Of making categorical
reply, to renew his personal attack
desist by the chairman, George Croft
standing by to enforce the ruling, while
Mr.. Lyon, who had arisen, was dis
suaded by a policeman and other per-
sons from whatever action he may have
contemplated. Evans left the platform
Shortly afterward the attorney general
also departed, carrying with him the
flowers presented by Aiken admirers
A number Of persons In the audience
including half a dozen men who had
come over by the trolley car from Au-
gusta, cheered loudly for Evans. but the
distribution of applause indicated un-
shaken loyalty to Mr.. Lyon In the mass
of the crowd.
AnseI Lied, Says Evans.
Evans began his speech with a de-
nunciation Of M. F. Ansel, former gov
ernor. Recalling that the attorney gen.
eral. J. Fraser Lyon, read from the plat
form, at the Aiken campaign meeting
in 1910, an affidavit saying Evans
figures were incorrect and mislead-
ing" Evans said the people Of this
community would remember the 'un-
fair treatment" he received here two
years ago.
"A chief executive" he said. "who
would stoop so low as to make an af-
fidavit against candidate is unworthy
to fill the Office of governor. When
get to Greenville will fling the lie ir
his face"
Evans said that at Edgefeld yester-
day he challenged statement by the
realized by the state from the dispen-
sary and that at the same time he
charged Mr.. Lyon with having gone
into q contract with B. L. Abney of Co.
lumbia, whereby Mr.. Abney was tc
receive $4,000 for signing receipt fol
$100, 900 in the Richland Distillery case
Mr.. Lyon, he went on, got $4,000 from
the Blocks of Macon in the distillery
case, but allowed Abney to retain half
so that only $12,500 Of the amount re-
ceived reached the public treasury. He
contended that Mr.. Lyon had no au-
thority to receipt to anybody fol
money in behalf of the state. Evans
said he had been charged with being 8
liar and thief and forgerer, but he ha6
branded every accuser, to his face, as
a liar, though, it was said his life
would be the forfeit.
Interrupted by cheer for Peoples
the speaker said: Yes, Toms a nice
l will put him in charge Of my engros.
sing department, where he will have
charge of the girls"
The Merger Suit.
"Hurrah for Lyon shouted a mar
near the platform.
II am not surprised at that" sale
Evans, because he has used dirt!
money all through this campaign, hir
ing such as you to holler for him."
There Is a 'nigger in the woot
pile,"' said Evans, "and before thi!
campaign is ended you'll see the dirty
little urchin crawl out when the SUI
strikes him." Evans closed by relat
ing the ghost joke with which one o.
his opponents, ]. r. Earle, Is accus
toned to close his own speech.
Cheers for Evans and cheers fol
Lyon. the latter largely predominant
ing, broke out as Evans retired ant
the attorney general began to speak.
There is no more brazen, bold
faced, Infamous falsifier in Soutf
Carolina" said Mr.. Lyon, than th'
man who has just addressed you. HI
has complained of being unfairl!
treated here two years ago. One rea
son is that at that time. when he told
one of his dirty lies, Col. d. S. Hen
derson of your town rose up and tolt
him so. Furthermore, Barney Evans
will not dare to go to Greenville ant
call Gov. Ansel liar-and Evans
knows it. Evans stated yesterday a
Edgefield that only $4,000 had beei
turned into the state treasury from
the state dispensary. 1 produced
certificate from the state treasurer
showing that already more than $41O,
600 had been put into the treasur!
from that institution. Barney Evan
made the statement here today that
had employed persons to holler TO
me. He is an infamous liar. L regre
that it should be necessary for me t.
refer to any man in this manner. 81
far as Evans is concerned. he cal