The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-06-26

rupt the speaker, allHOuSu IL ""' ''N
ed by someone that he remained III
his seat in the window and did make
some remarks during Judge JonesS
speech.
When assured by Judge Jones that
his interruption was premature ana
that half a sentence more would nave
made the entire situation plain, Gov
ernor Blease replied: II ain't mad,
pardner."
Blease Voted for Jones.
Commenting on his written speech
Judge Jones said: "A man must be
hard driven to attempt to stir up your
prejudices against me by bringing such
false and foul charges that favor So
cial equality. II Governor Blease
thought that in the nineties | favored
social equality why did he vote for
me as Speaker Of the House Of Repre-
sentatives, and in 1898 give me COM
plimentary vote for the United States
Senate? BY his vote he stamped his
approval Of my life and acts. This Is
merely trumped up campaign clap
trap to stir up prejudice"
Judge Jones appeared to have scored
heavily in that line Of argument which
had not been used before.
Personal and Private Life.
There Is no one" said Judge Jones,
who Is more jealous Of race purity and
white supremacy than |, and am per-
fectly willing to compare my life, both
public and private, with that of Cover
nor Blease." The speaker said he
to pass the law disfranchising the ne
gro.
In reference to the charge that he is
a corporation n-owned candidate, Judge
Jones said he was a lawyer, but that
he had never, in single case, rep
resented railroad or cotton mill, and
that today no corporation, with even
a basket full of money could buy him.
Fellow citizens, said he 81 am in
this fight to redeem and upbuild South
Carolina" And there followed long ap-
plause.
w. II. Andrews Again.
Can Governor Blease say the same
thing about his relations to corpora
tions? He is very close to w. H. An
drews. who is not the nominal head OF
the great Atlantic Coast Lumber Cor.
poration, of Georgetown, but is really
the head-the general manager of the
concern. And, by the way. the Su
preme Court, of which | was mem
Der, decided a case against his com
pany, involving the cutting of timbe,
from vast area of land in that sec
ton of the country"
Judge Jones then told of the sui
which had been brought against TN,
Lumber Company to force it to remov,
timber which II wished to hold in
definitely ,on lands belonging to farm
ers, thus preventing the use of Tn,
lands by the farm-owners.
The speaker again mentioned tha
Col. B. l.. Abney, corporation counse
for the Southern Railway, was cous
in OF the Governor, and lived at tn,
Mansion; was 'one of the family"
Doesn't that look like Blease /
somewhat close to the corporations? {?
asked the speaker.
Absolutely Unexpected.
No." declared Judge Jones "if o.
into the Governors office, go with
out pledge or promise of any kind
my hands unbound by single shackl
and no mans collar about my neck.
have promised no man to make hin
magistrate, constable or colonel
Referring to the pardon record q
the Governor, Judge Jones said. "Oh
Fellow citizens, let's get up into IN
tie higher atmosphere than the con
sideration of our personal feelings II
this matter; let's sse the effect os I
all on society and what 1t means r
our state The speaker argued wei
and effectively the detrimental efrec
OF loosing criminals and destroyin,
the york and finally. the entire cffer
tiveness of the courts.
The Tender-hearted Blease..
But your Governor" said he "i
so tender-hearted that he weeps tear
every time you talk about a crlmjna
to him. CApplause) He is surprise,
that Cherokee jury would convict tn
son of Confederate veteran who kin
ed TWO Yankees, and yet in anotbe
county he pardons Yankee for shoot
ing TWO sons of Confederate yeter
an"