Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-07-02

Following is the Columbia States
story of the Horny campaign meeuns
of last Friday as reported by McDa'io
Horton. r. T
conway, June ga shout from j
A. Lewis, county chairman, ESeS =, =
hodv To the oak, gentlemen" was the
signal for the assembling today OF
several hundred citizens around d
stand built about the base of q ven
erable moss draped live oak on the
hank of the Waccamaw,. the occasion
being the ninth meeting If the state
political campaign. Horny, poillns
ahout $500 votes in the primary, gave
please a majority over Featherstone
in 1910. Jones and Blease both claim
prospects of victory here this year
Undoubtedly Blease was more lreety
cheered, though a greeting was gwen
Judge Jones with when @ tnat cana aret =
date expressed himself as hishiy graz
ified. oaohes
of Messrs. Jones and Blease TO-DAY
from addresses delivered by tnenl
elsewhere except perhaps the greater
degree of attention devoted by eacn 70
the separate coach legislation OF tne
aarlv nineties as bearing on the race
issue.
Excellent Order Kept.
Excellent order was kept. No new
features whatever were introduced
into their respective arguments LOT
election by the candidates Tor state
treasurer, s. T. Carter and d. w. NC
Iaurin, or those for railroad commls-
sioner. John H. Wharton, James cans
ler and John G. Richards, Jr, except
that Mai. Richards said he was as,
tonished that Mr.. wharton snouio
criticise the railroad commission pc
cause of high express rates from Floe-
ida and to North Carolina, wnen ne
must know that the commission nas
nothing at all to do with interstate
traffic. A joke related by Mr.. Cansler
evoked the first laugh Of the meeting
and Mai. Richards was accorded the
first applause.
], r. Earle, first to speak today
from among the four candidates LOT
attorney general, read statement at
tacking all four of the newspaper stan
correspondents travelling with the
campaign party. He denied ne nao
said he had been always supporting
Attorney General Lyon, declaring ne
had qualified this by saying ne mao
supported the attorney general When
NAV have intended to say, no one OF
the four newspaper men can recall that
he did until today make the qualifica-
tion which he contends was made.
B b. Evans spoke to much the same
effect as formerly.
Lyon Talks Back.
The attorney general. ]. Fraser
LYON, was proceeding to explain MS
work against grafters, after briefly de-
nouncing what he termed the vile
ISLANDERS" of Mr.. Evans against the
Murray commission, when an inter-
ruption from the crowd led to brisK
exchange Of language. j. A. Schwerin
of Sumter, who Is installing an ice
plant at Conway, asked Mr.. Lyon why
when the evidence was in his hands,
he had not prosecuted Thos. B. Fielder
of Atlanta for grating. The attorney
general said no scintilla of evidence
against Fielder had ever been In his
hands. On the contrary. duly con-
stituted grand jury of Newberry coun.
against Fielder and said the charges
against him were all false.
But that was a fake" replied Mr.
Schwerin, and persisted in interrupt
ing the speaker, though Mr.. Lyon ask
ed him to desist until finally Mr.. Lyon
remarked: Yes, Tom Fielder prose-
cuted a lot of grafters in South Caro-
lima. and fear that is what hurts my
friend"
That's a lie," said Mr.. Schwerin.
Whats a lie?"
IF you associate me with grafters
or Tom Fielder"
You are a dirty liar" retorted MT.
Lyon, land nothing but a miserable
lob a Won
are taking. You are a dirty dog and
an infamous scoundrel, and let me tell
YOU in the presence of this audience,
that, though l regret this interruption,
I will be off the stand after awhile and
II you are not satisfied with 1t you can
find me at my friends. / was born a
man. Somebody may be physically
able to overcome me, out l want 10
state right here that while he Is doing
1t l am going to endeavor to keep the
flies off him."
Another remark which the men al
the press table could not eaten
brought from the attorney general the
admonition: II don't want any trou-
BILE with you; / warn you here and
now that il would really be we'll FOL
you not to attempt any violence here
today"
Peace officers took Schwerin away
and cautioned him. He returned after
q time, but did not again disturb the
meeting except to fire a question Oh
two at Judge Jones and to voice MS
approval of sentiments expressed by
Gov. Blease.
Thos. H. Peoples, the fourth candi-
date for attorney general, spoke sub
stantially as heretofore.
The crowd dwindled considerably
when John T. Duncan, the last speak
er of the day. was introduced.
judge Jones in Good Form.
Judge Jones was in excellent form
and spoke with great vigor and erect
Anybody who says" he declared
that | have ever by my vote favored
social equality between white anc
black, or tried to make white women
occupy the same seats with negro
men or women, use the same drinking
glasses or the same toilet conveniences
usually found in coaches, says thai
which is as false as hell itself. That
is the cheapest claptrap and demagogy
ever heard in South Carolina
Such things said about him ne
branded as dirty and contemplate.
otherwise he discussed about as here
tofore the other issues Of the cam
paign.
Gov. Blease featured the race issue
newspapers and corporations in his
speech. He said Judge Jones hac
shown bad judgment in employ.
ing the same language in the presence
of ladies in Conway that Blease haC
been criticised for using at Florence
This was in reference to sanitary ar
rangements in passenger coaches. The
governor denounced as a liar and cow
ard a man in the audience named
Hunt, who had, he said, been sent by
the State to hound him up and dowr
the state and tell lies on him. Mr.
Hunt, in answer to questions from the
governor, said that he had made re-
mark to a citizen that he understood
a lady in South Carolina had a lettel
from a woman friend in Chicago, ad
mitting that the Chicago woman hat
put up $4,000 to get Stobo Young ou
of the penitentiary, which was a ru
NOR and he had SO described 1T. Th'
governor said also that man claim
ing to be a Methodist preacher" nam
ed Allan McFarlan, had been teliins
people i'm this section that Blease woul'
not pay his debts. The governor dis
played a note for $9654 signed by Mr
MacFar,an and letter from the own
er of the instrument, M. G. HarrelsoI
of Mullins, saying the debt had beer
incurred for meat, meal and flour
such merchandise as he used in hi
house"