The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-08-23
OCONEE COUNTY HEARS
The STATE CANDIDATES
MEETING PASSED OFF QUIETLY
WITH GOOD ORDER.
What Little Noise There Was Was of a
Good Nature Kind-Speeches of
the Candidates.


foot of the Blue Ridge, today, and
heard the speeches of the candidates
seeking State Offices The meeting
passed of without a ripple of excite
ment; the order was all that could be
desired and the occasion was practi-
cally featureless.
Occasionally there was some noise,
but of good natured kind and never
was there any serious indication of a
desire to prevent each candidate hav-
ing fair and respectful hearing.
County Chairman j. NJ. Moss was in
charge of the meeting and he per
formed his duties we'll The crowd
was, as whole, not particularly dem
onstrative and what applause there
was was pretty we'll distributed, near
ly evnry speaker receiving some.
J@dge Jones made his ''constructive"
speech, never once calling the name of
Governor Blease nor alluding to him,
exc: pit when he made categorical re-
ply to some statements of the gov
ernor. Governor Blease, however, de-
livered most of the criticisms of
Judge Jones that have characterized
perhaps every speech he had made
during the campaign. The governor
left unusued about twenty minutes of
his time.
Fine floral tokens were presented
the candidates today, Attorney General
Lyon receiving one, Judge Jones three,
and Governor Blease one. A brass
band enlivened the meeting with spir-
tied airs. Walhalla is the home of
Senator ]. R. Earle, candidate for
attorney general.
Mr.. Barnard B. Evans, for attorney
general, was rather temperate in his
remarks today, although he brought in
most of his charges against Attorney
General Lyon. Mr.. Evans boasted of
having whipped" the firm of Mordecai
& Gadsden, of Charleston, in the Fed
eral supreme court, citing this as an
evidence of his legal ability. Mr.. Ev-
ans declared there should be in the Of
fee of the attorney general "a man of
the people; a statesman and not
peanut politician
Attorney General Lyon dismissed
Mr.. Fans and his charges with few
words. He hoped the voters would
stick to Evens as they did two years
ago, when he (Evans) failed to carry
a single county. Mr.. Lyon declared
Senator Earle had been inconsistent
in voting against the resolution to
strengthen the hands Of the counsel
for the dispensary winding up COM
mission, when an effort was being
made to place the affairs of that insti-
tuition in the Federal courts and later
voting to force the city of Augusta to
provide fish way through the dam of
the Savannah river. Mr Earle had
given as his reason for voting against
the dispensary resolution that he was
opposed to legislating a case through
the courts. Mr.. Lyon contended that
Mr.. Earle's support of the Savannah
river fish way bill was as much legis-
lating a case through the courts as
would have been the passage of the
dispensary resolution, which, he de-
clared Mr.. Earle's vote defeated Mr..
Lyon referred to an article written by
Mr.. Earle and recently published by
the News and Courier, in which Mr..
Earle stated his attitude toward the
dispensary resolution.
Senator ]. R. Earle said he probably
WUulQ uOl nave SpOhCu Ill LIS Ho4AO
town had not Mr.. Lyon referred to him.
He defended his vote against the dis
pensary resolution, saying it appeared
to him that the measure was intended
as an affront to Judge Pritchard, who
had decided against the State; also
that, in my opinion, the dispensary and
fshway matters were not parallel Mr..
Earle did not use all of his time.
Mr.. Thomas H. Peoples was not pres
ent today.
Jones Discusses His Platform.
Judge Jones said that he spoke yes
terday and last night to Oconee folks
and had never been given more atten-
tive and respectful hearings and knew
the audience today would accord him
the same courteous treatment. He