The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-08-09
HE WANTS SOUTHERN
RAILWAY TO EXPLAIN
ADMISSION" CAR
RIED BY BLEASE
Blease Charges that JOnes's
Son, Charlie, was En-
plOyed by Southern Rail-
way to "Megaphone" Up
to Supreme Bench-SOme-
body Should Explain.

B. Jones, candidate for governor, in
no uncertain manner, called upon
the Southern Railway to explain the
Admission" carried by Governor
Blease's charge that Charlie Jones,
son of the former chief justice, had
been employed by the Southern to
"megaphone" up to the supreme
bench. Judge Jones delivered an un-
usually telling address before about
800 voters, about third of the
crowd that heard Governor Blease.
His charge against me-" said
Judge Jones, referring to the charge
that he was influenced by corpora
tions, the Southern Railway in partic-
ular, when he was on the supreme
bench "carries terrible admission
that ought to be answered by some
body"
He further said:
eff Ben Abney, on behalf of the
Southern, was able to 'megaphone' up
to the supreme court through my son,
what must Ben Abney be doing for
the corporations today? He's cous-
In of the governor and lives in the
governors mansion. What must he
be doing now and what might he have
been doing all along?"
Judge Jones referred to Governor
Blease's charges against him as be-
ing assaults on the highest tribunal
OF the state, he having therein charg-
ed that the courts have been dishon-
Sest. He egnphssized the seriousness.
of the charge made by the chief ex-
ecutive on the supreme tribunal. Re-
ferring to his son, whom the governor
charged was the go-between for the
Southern Railway and the higher
court, Judge Jones said
Refers to His Son.
"My son knows more law than
Blease could if he studied it a hun
dred years."
He said that the younger Mr..
Jones had only argued one case for
the Southern Railway in the supreme
court, but he said that the governor
had twisted this statement to make
it appear that Charlie Jones had
only had one law case since he began
to practice.
Judge Jones answered the insinua-
tion made by Governor Blease on
several occasions, that the former
chief justice has Jew blood in his
veins.
"If | were all Jew I wouldn't be
ashamed of it, said the former chief
justice, but he added that if there
was any Jewish blood in him he did
not know it. He paid high respect
to the Jews and spoke of their usual
worth to community. He said that
Governor Blease had on many occa-
slons made insinuations against the
Jews, but he said he would feel proud
to know that he belonged to the
chosen race the sect of which Jesus
Christ was a member.
1t appeared that the crowd which
heard Governor Blease speak was of
strong Blease sentiment, the hand
primary showing around half in ia
vor of the governor, but when Judge
Jones was announced the crowd of
$500 had dwindled to less than 1000.
Both speakers were heard attentively
and the order was good, unusually
GOOD as far as the candidates were
concerned, and as far as the crowd
was concerned better than was ex-
pected, only one incident bordering on
the disorderly. One man used Ian
guage in the presence of ladies which
was not fitting and he was told not
to repeat it. He did later, however,
and another man standing nearby
Knocked him down. The man who
used the indecent language was ar
rested
In answering the social equality"
charge made by the governor against
him, Judge Jones said that when tho
fourth associate justiceship was cre-
ated Ira B. Jones' name was suggest
ed as the man for the seat and Cole
l.. Blease voted for him. He also said
that Governor Blease, when in the
house of representatives, had voted
for Jones for speaker, and he asked
why the governor thus voted for him
if he thought he was in favor of So