The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-08-14

/ SiSS"heie' MI. Lyon ulQ not say when
prosecution would be commenced.
The case will be brought at Spartan
burg.
Among the portions OF Evans
speech here which may figure in the
| promised prosecution are the follow
ing:
"If Lyon Can Prove"
IF he Uyon) can prove, by affida-
Wit, original record, word of mouth or
any other means, that n dollar has
been put into the pocket of George l..
Salter by others than Frank & Son,
| OF Augusta, Ga, &C. r. Rembert. ]
Frank Lyon or anybody else to the
contrary, Notwithstanding will
| withdraw from this race. had a
transaction with man in Saluda who
! tried to cheat me out of my fee. and
signed that check as agent and at
torney in fact" This was in answer
to allegations by Mr.. Lyon, supported
by certain documentary evidence. that
Evans retained the proceeds of Il check
which had been sent by Frank & Son.
money lenders of Augusta. to George
IL. Salter, OF Sa!uda, through Evans.
and which Evans endorsed and cash
ed without authority; the amount be-
ing made good by b. b. Evans broth
er. John Gary Evans, of Spartanburg
after b. b. Evans had been threaten
ed with criminal prosecution. Evans
today displayed an application made
by one George l.. Saltcr to Frank &
Son for loan Of $3.50 O ncertain land
in Saluda county. The application
designated Evans as agent and at
torney in fact for Salter" The check
IN question was endorsed, it is said
Is. H. Evans, attorney in fact"
Other Sensational Statements.
Other statements made by Barnard
Evans today were such as this: II
went to the town of Saluda and
branded thicving sheriff as an in
Famous thief, a liar and dcbaucher
OF women, and | branded him be-
cause he stole my own receipt from
my Office. Yet your attorney general
has the temerity to present a ccrtiG-
cate from Saluda that b. b. Evans is
not an honest man, and those men
VINO signed ii are composed of blind
tlGers. thieves, inccndiaries and de
haucherS OF women; especially two
oil them, r. w. Ablcs and b. w.
Cronch, who has the tcmcrity to run
for the scnte today. If the Aetna &
Hartford fire insurance companies did
their duty, they would be behind the
bars as incendiaries. One was caught
in the act and compromised The
other destroyed the libraries of all
the attorneys of Saluda Eugene w.
AbleS is lower than that" Here
followed an unprintablc charge against
Mr. Ables
Refers to Rev. Baggott.
Evans said, regarding his most Sc
rious charge against MIR Able that
the facts were known to Rev w. Bag
sott, OF lnman eff he doesn't prove
it, he said. bring him to Evans. and
though he be preacher, will de-
nounce him as falSiiier."
What is the record of your attor-
ney gencral?" he asked. and proceed
ed to say that out of the more than
$l,365,O00 assets of the state dspen-
sary less than $250OOO was realized.
though every dollar misspent in wind
ing mp the dispensary was taken from
the School children, and the man
who would rob a child is the lowest
creature that walks the earth"
Heaping CHARGES Upon Lyon.
What else has he done as regards
your sinking fund.-" said Evans The
speaker referred to a recent resom-
tion passed by the sinking fund com
mission. authorizing employment of
counsel in New York, Chicago or Bal
timorc to aid i'm refunding $5,50O,OOO
of state bonds next year, and said
Did you ever hear of more out
rageous scheme to dcbauch the people
in your life?"
Again, still referring to Mr. Lyon
Evans said: "lIe paid B. H. Abncy
$4,000 for signing receipt for $780,
600 of your common school money ="
Tribute to James ii. Carlisle.
Mr.. Lyon paid magnificent tribute
to the late James H. Carlisle. prcs-
dent of Wofford college, who was his
preccptOr for -four years and to whom
he ascribed much in his nature that
favored law-lOVing w-abiding and
dcccncy Otherwise Mr. Lyons ad-
dress yesterday was very much like
some of his campaign speeches in
other counties, though he did not
mention his opponents and spoke
mostly of his own record IT was in
the course of categorical reply to
the speech of Barnard Evans that he
announced his intention of prosecut-
ing Evans for slandcr.
I. III. Peoples and j. r. Earle also
candidates for attorney general, made
substantially their usual speeches.
There was considerable applause for
Mr.. Peoples.
The statute under which Mr.. Lyon 5
case against Evans will be brought
is as follows:
"Acte ~ 4i2, Section t. BE it en-
acted by the general assembly of the
state of South Carolina: Any person
who shall with malicious intent origi-
nate, utter or circulate or publish any
false statement or matter concerning