The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-06-28
Crowd Responds Readily to the
Magnetism Of Candidates
al This Meeting.
Old CHARGES RENEWED;
SAME DEFENSES MADE
Jones Comes Back al BleaSe With
Assault on Pardon Record and
ether P0ints-Covernor Replies
Jones-BleaSe Bout Tame One At the
Dillon Meeting-LyOn Assails Sen
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at0r Earle'S Record.
(By McDavid Horton, in The State)
Florence, June 25.-An audience
which was the most demonstrative
aHd perhaps was the largest that the
. candidates have faced, attended the
sixth meeting of. the 1912 State po-
iftical campaign held here today Sup
! porters of Gov. Blease appeared to be
decidedly in the minority though they
more than made up in noise their dis
parity in numbers. Judge Jones was
generously applauded, his admirers
here seeming more disposed than else
where to vocal expression of their ap-
proval. His platform deliverances are
not of the yell evoking type and his
hackers as rule are not given to
boisterous manifestations of their SEN
timents. 1t was perhaps this gene
rosity with applause which chiefly
distinguished the Florence audience
from those previously addressed this
year. Not all the expressions were of
approval. A number of propositions
advanced by Governor Blease were re-
ceived with Kisses. One such outbreak
brought from the governor the ex-
clamation: Nothing but a snake
Kisses, and I'll bet some of you fell
lows crawl on your bellies" Gov.
Blease had been repeating his charge
that Judge Jones favored social equal
ity, of whites and negroes. At this
point Judge Jones advanced from the
rear of the platform with the evident
intention of addressing the governor,
but after a moment, on the request of
the county chairman, j. w. McCown,
he took his seat.
Reads Long Statement.
Gov. Blease read today a statement
of three and a half pages attacking a
statement which was enormously at
tributed in this correspondence, under
date of Chesterfield, June %, to the
former chief justice to the effect that
Judge Jones wrote the opinion of the
supreme court in which was establish
ed the doctrine that standing timber
bought must be removed from the
land within a reasonable time, "wher-
ever it is apparent in contract that
the parties had in view some time
for the commencement of the removal
of the timber, which intent was not
embodied in the terms of the con-
tract"
What Judge Jones said, according
: to his statement today, was that in
this opinion he concurred or that he
voted for it. The opinion itself was
written by Prof. E. M. Rucker of the
University of South Carolina, who
was sitting as associate justice in the
case in place of Associate Justice C.
A. Woods, disqualified. The governor
charged that Judge Jones, instead of
being the author of the Rucker "rea-
sonable time" decision, wrote less
than half sheet, expressing his con-
currence. He charged Judge Jones
with seeking to make political capital
for himself out of decision written
by special associate justice. Ac-
cording to the governor, Chief JUS
tice Jones in previous case Wilson
VS.. Alderman & Sons) laid down quite
different doctrine, this being that
plaintiff was not required to remove
said timber within a reasonable time
but could at any time enter upon the
land and remove all timber suitable
for milling purposes at date of deed"
Gov. Blease also charged that Judge
Jones had attempted to mislead the
people by intimating that Blease was
member of the house and took extra
compensation at the time when Judge
Jones resigned the speakership.
Barnard B. Evans, candnidate for
attorney general, made probably the
mildest speech of his political career.
He contented himself with reading
from reports of the several dispen-
sary commissions figures which he
contended showed conspiracy to de-
fraud the State on the part of the
members of the Murray dispensary
commission.
Attorney General Lyon, greeted
with hearty and general applause and
frequently cheered during the course
of his remarks, addressed himself at
once to Mr.. Evans charges against
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