Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-06-28


In contrast to the governors situa
tion, the dove of peace hovered today
between Attorney General Lyon and
b. b. Evans, with whom he came near
fighting at Bennettsville. After being
absent at the last appointment, Mr..
Evans was on hand today and devoted
himself to reading and commenting on
the reports Of the various dispensary
commissions.
At Dillon Wednesday.
(By a Staff Correspondent of the At
lanta Journal.)
Dillon, 8. c., June 26.-Ovation and
flowers for Judge Jones. flowers and
hurrahs for Attorney General Lyon
and uproarious applause for Govern
or Blease. That Is a shorthand rem
dering Of the events Of the campaign
speaking here today. AS between
Jones and Blease 1t was a Jones day.
AS between Mr.. Lyon anG his oppo-
nents 1t was a L, on day. The demon
strations were such as to leave no
doubt OF the correctness Of the fore
going conclusions.
And nobody wanted to fight. No
not one even rose to say: DO YOU
mean to call me liar?" It was a day
OF reaction from the fighting spirit
and the tumult Of the meeting al
Florence yesterday. With the possi-
BILE exception Of Judge Jones, none OF
the candidates put the fire into their
speeches that they did at Florence, and
however, noticeable the outbursts
from the audience, they did not ap-
proximate the scenes enacted in the
Florence theatre.
That 1t was Jones crowd became
evident when the Judge rose to speak
The cheering, in which a number OF
ladies Joined, was Of greater duration
than that which greeted any candi-
date so far.
1t became further evident when ev-
cry shot that Judge Jones made al
the record Of his opponent found an
echo in hand clapping and cheers.
Governor Blease said he had the
audience" said Judge Jones, ac-
knowledging the applause. What
does he think about 1t now?"
Such potency did the meeting OF
yesterday possess that 1t had a hang
over" at today's gathering. The So
cial equality charge Of Governor Blease
against Judge Jones and the uproar II
created at Florence still resounded
here today.
Il rode in Lancaster county," said
Judge Jones, when Governor Blease
was too young to ride, rode to rid this
state Of negro domination in the "red
shirt" campaign, and then what a vile
foul thing II Is for Governor Blease to
suggest in connection with my vote
against the jim-crow law anything
evil with respect to men and women
or the different races mingling In So
cial equality In the railroad cars.
What shock 1t Is to the people to
hear their governor suggest such
things before the refined women OF
South Carolina.
Look who voted with me against
the separate coach law under the con-
ditions existing back in the '90s-
James Norton, of Mullins, one Of the
governors staunchest supporters, and
B. L. Abney, the governors cousin
who lives at the governors mansion
and eats at the governors table.
I'm all the history Of politics there
has never been q bigger piece Of DEM
agogery, low and foul, as 1t is, than
this charge Of social equality the gov
ernor brings against me.
is there any woman here who
would feel a sense Of shame or blush
at the thought Of my becoming gov
ernor?"
The Florence meeting also brought
a reference from Governor Blease.
They tell me that In q fit Of anger
yesterday Judge Jones rushed at me
behind my back. I didn't see It, and
II had, I wouldn't have done any
thing. If ever he jumps on me I'm
simply going to take hold Of him and
say to the persons on the ,platform:
Won't some Of you gentlemen please
take charge Of this old man, for ]
really do not want to hurt him.
IF I had lost my temper like he did
the newspapers would have paraded II
on the front page that had attacked
a poor old decrepit man. He makes
so little impression on the audiences
that never care to refer to his speech
or answer him."
Here's why he lost his temper. He's
been chief justice and when he says
to q lawyer stand up up comes the
lawyer, and when he says sit down,
down sits the lawyer. But he's of
the bench now, and is no longer boss
the people are boss, and they are now
telling him when to jump up and when
to sit down.
The shoe pinches because all anti
Blease men are not Jones men. Some
of you are going to swallow Jones but
you will eat molasses and get your
old woman to fix you up big peach
dumping to eat afterwards to get the
taste out Of your mouth"
Judge Jones again put hot shot into
the governors pardon record. "Go to
1t, old man, give 1t to him." yelled the
crowd.
He pardoned $40 convicts," contin-
ued the judge. why doesn't he emp
ty the penitentiary? Why doesn't he
stand by all his friends and turn them
all out?"
Replying to the charge that he was
Corporation JONES'" the Judge said
that on the contrary Governor Blease
was the corporation candidate and
had brought the charge to divert at
tention from himself.
Columbia, Newberry and Laurens rail-
road" said the Judge, "and when he
went to get a private secretary he
went to the railroad Office to get him. "
Il pardoned John Black" said the
governor, replying to the judges
charge made at Florence, because !
thought his conviction was the most
outrageous disregard Of judicial pre-
cedent ever known in the state, and
because Black, on the street, had
cursed the attorney general, a thing
the attorney general should have re-
sented with his fists instead Of with
the process of the law"
The meeting was held in tobacco
a long, low building. The
rain the previous night left low,
heavy clouds which finally let the sun
on q close, sticky day.
The warehouse was jammed with a
crowd, members Of which
perched on the cross beams under the
roof.
Attorney General Lyon again took
the aggressive He pitched into the
senatorial record of ]. r. Earle, one Of
his opponents, declaring that Mr..
Earle, instead of supporting him In
his prosecutions Of the dispensary
grafters, had voted to retain the old,
rotten state dispensary, had voted to
limit the inquiry into the rottenness,
and against an appropriation to probe
1t.
Mr.. Lyon also denounced as false q
of statements made by Mr.
Evans about the winding up dispen-
sary commission. When Judge Jones
and Mr. Lyon finished speaking they
were each presented with a bouquet
of roses and phlox by party Of ladies
who sat near the platform. The crowd
numbered about 1900.
At Marion.
The following report Of the Marion
yesterday is by Wyatt A.
Taylor, a staff correspondent Of the
Columbia Record: