The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-08-09

Strait was the most persistent sup
porter of the governor in the 1912
senate.
Lancaster county will have the
next governor even though you don't
vote for me-" said Judge Jones, af-
frming that the people of his county
would stand by him. When he COM
pleted his speech he was presented
with dozen floral creations, which
he received with fitting remarks.
When Governor Blease was an
lnounced he was greeted with loud and
enthusiastic shouts.
How in the dickens does he count
it out that Lancaster is going to get
the governor?" asked Governor Blease,
explaining that Blease, Jones and
Duncan had all been born and reared
in Newberry county. Some one in
the crowd raised a voic. as though to
address question to the governor.
'No, you wait till 1 get through and
then I'll talk to you,' said the COVER
nor. And he asked that any who
wanted to ask him questions wait till
after he finished.
Governor Blease said Jones had
worked to have himself put on the
supreme bench over the then senior
associate justice, thing which he
said was beyond precedent. Cover
nor Blease's only reference to the
separate coach" charge was the state
ment that he believed that Judge Jones
vote on this measure in the nineties
was not not vote of Lancaster county.
This was received with some applause.
Governor Blease was handed several
bouquets of flowers. 1t was said here
today 800 operatives of the Lancaster
cotton mills walked out to attend the
campaign meeting and that the mill
was forced to close down.
Earle HurIs Ugly Word at Lyon.
The race for attorney general de-
veloped a new sensation here today
when J. r. Earle hurled at Lyon the
expression:
"Wilful and malicious liar" and
when Attorney General Lyon drew
back his fist to strike Earle, the chair
man, Mr.. R. S. Stewart, interfered and
trouble was avoided.
Attorney General Lyon in his speech
said that certain statements made by
Earle yesterday carried false insinua-
tions. He was referring to Earle's
statement read at Camden yesterday
showing Lyons expenditures while On
a trip in connection with his Office to
Cincinnati. Earle later denied that he
had insinuated against Lyons char
!acter and he asked Lyon:
"Do you mean to say that made
insinuations against your character?"
Lyon replied that Earle's remarks did
not reflect on him and Earle replied:
eff you say I reflected on your char
acter, you are wilful and malicious
liar At this point Lyon started to
hit Earle and the chairman interfered.
Earle told Lyon that if he was hunt
ing a personal encounter he would
meet him at the hotel later. No trou-
Ible was later reported.
The crowd quickly thinned when the
governor concluded, only remnant
remaining to hear Mr.. B. B. Evans,
who arrived late at the meeting and
spoke out of his regular time. Mr..
Evans repeated the charges he has
made time and time again against At
torney General Lyon, who returned to
the stand, prepared to reply to his op-
ponent.
In his reply Mr.. Lyon went into de-
tails concerning the alleged payment
of a sum of money by Ex-Governor
John Gary Evans to prevent criminal
prosecution of his brother, B. B. Ev-
ans. The attorney general read the
letter of the former chief executive and
referred to it as "hair splitting" In
the letter Ex-Governor Evans stated
that no threat of criminal prosecution
of his brother had been made to him.
Mr.. Lyon remarked that John Gary
Evans gave the facts so far as he knew
them at the time