Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-08-21


could be done. He had, he said, no
time to pay attention to much OF
Barneys miserable statements, which
were false from A to Y. The record
stood In the dispenasry graft cases:
One acquittal by jury, the defendant
(Farnum) later pelading guilty,
one conviction, and three had for
feited their bonds, thereby admit
ting their guilt. AS to the collection
OF funds, he said, out of an institu-
ton the old State dispensary)
which had been regarded as bank
rupt, he and the winding up COM
mission had recovered large sums Of
money, and these funds have been
turned over to the State Treasurer
for the use Of the public schools Of
the State. The Attorney Generals
office, he said, had been handicapped
In many respects. AS one instance
he stated that when he and his asso-
ciates we're fighting the case in the
Federal Courts in North Carolina he
had appealed to the General Assem-
bly, for resolution approving the
proceeding, thus showing to the Fed
eral Judge that South Carolina's con-
tentions had the moral support OF
her General Assembly The resolu-
tion was introduced, but it failed of
passage in the Senate by one vote.
Your Senator, j. r. Earle he said
'voted against the resolution. He
says he voted against it because he
does not believe in legislating law
suits. And yet" he continued che
voted to legislate lawsuit in the
Augusta dam matter" He had no
help then in the dispensary matter
before the Federal Court, and If Mr..
Earle had voted for the resolution
he would have had 1t. Mr.. Lyon
stated that he had, unassisted, made
1T possible to collect taxes from cor
porations to the amount. Of $780,
600 annually. Barnard B. Evans"
said Mr.. Lyon, requests the people
Of the State to support him as they
did two years ago, and / join in the
request, for he did not carry a sin
gle county In the State" Mr.. Lyon
asked the support OF the people Of
Oconee, and promised the same faith
full discharge of duty that has char
acterized his administration. He
was well received, and sat the & close
-of flifsss speech was 'fYanded d Hands
some bouquet Of flowers
Senator j.. Il. Earle
was the last speaker among the can
didates for Attorney General, and
stated that this being his home he
would not speak at all but for the
references made to him by ATTORNEY
General Lyon. He had endeavorcd,
he said, to pitch his campaign on a
high plane and had attacked no
mans record. He appealed to the
n rpNf
angry IN regard to political matters.
There was, he said, no parallel at
all In the Two instances cited by the
Attorney General with regard to leg
action. The Federal Court,
he said, was the only one to have a
voice In the matter at issue and 1t
would have been presumption for
the General Assembly to have inter-
fered. He had respect, he said, for
the courts and officers OF the courts
even down to the Attorney General.
He closed with a story with refer
ence to that angelic being, the mo-
ther-in-law, the purport Of the story
being that the son-in-law was noti-
fled Of the death Of his mother-in-
law, with an inquiry as to disposi-
tion OF the body-embalming, Gre
nation or burial. The reply was
"Take no chances-embalm, cremate,
then bury" He (Mr. Earle) was
tired of this dispensary bone and
wanted 1t emtalmed, cremated and
buried forever.
Mr.. PEBBLES,
the fourth candidate for Attorney
General. was called by the County
Chairman, but failed to respond It
was later learned that he had not ar
rived in Walhalla, and the crowd
was informed that the next speaker
would be
Hon. Ira Is. Jones,
candidate for Governor. Judge
Jones was little out Of voice, which
was somewhat husky at first but as
he proceeded his voice seemed to
strengthen. He made an admirable
speech, pitching his remarks on
high plane and maintaining 1t
throughout. He began by stating
that this was the third audience in
OcOnec that he had addressed this
week, having spoken at Seneca and
Westminster yesterday, and he was
delighted with the manner in which
these Oconee audiences had conduct
ed themselves. 1t was a pleasure
and privilege to speak to such au-
diences.
Judge Jones prefaced his remarks
by stating that he had been a public
servant for 2 / years-five years as a
member OF the Legislature, whore
he had been made Speaker Of the
House, and sixteen years on the Su-
preme Bench, twelve years Of which
time he had served as Chief Justice.
He said that he had frequently been
asked why he resigned the "job."
He said he had never regarded a
seat on the Supreme Bench as a
"job'-it was position Of honor
and trust-and he had served there
to the best Of his ability. with fidelity