The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-08-23
CAMPAIGN LIE NAILED AT
THE WALHALLA MEETING
Blease Attacks Lewis w.
Parker and Mill Merger.
Governor Accuses Jones
of Making a Dirty Cam
paign.

Walhalla, Aug 2O.-About 1000
persons, including many dwellers in
remote mountain coves, attended the
state campaign meeting here today.
Judge Jones gave all of his time to
a discussion of his platform. He not
only did not mention the name of the
governor, and refrained from criti-
cism of the Blease administration.
Governor Blease said that when he
spoke yesterday at Westminster he
did not criticize Judge Jones in his
absence, but in the same town last
night Judge Jones spoke and took
Blease for his text.
81 never mentioned his name," re-
marked Judge Jones.
The governor said Judge Jones was
making "the nastiest, fifthiest cam
palgn white man has ever made in
this state since the days of Moses"
Governor Blease defended his par
don of Earle Rochester, of Oconee,
reading recommendations of clemency
from Judge Dantzler, the jurors, Con-
gressman Wyatt Aiken and others.
He read from the house journal of
1891 a passage showing that ex-
Representative Zimmerman, of this
county, did not, in that year, vote as
Judge Jones did on the separate
coach bill
Attack on Parker.
Referring to talks made recently by
Lewis w. Parker, of Greenville, to
mill operatives in Union, Walhalla,
Seneca and other towns, the governor
said this activity on the part of the
mill merger president proved what
he had been charging, that Jones was
backed by the corporations. He de-
clared that the mill merger was
formed to control the price of cotton.
Judge Jones, in categorical reply,
denied that at West minister he men
toned the governors name or re-
ferred to him. He said also that
when he said of Representative
Zimmerman was that Zimmerman
voted as he did on the separate coach
bill in 1890 and not in 1891. He
added that ]. R. Earle and C. r. d.
Burns also voted with him on that
measure.
Judge Jones read telegram from
his son, Chas. D. Jones, and an affi-
davit from Charles Vincent, of Cam
den, denying the charge made by
Governor Blease at Abbeville that
Chas. d. Jones had paid Vincent $50
to work for Judge Jones.
Following is the telegram and af-
fidavit:
columbia, S. c., Aug II.
Hon. Ira B. Jones, Anderson, S. C.
"The charge that 1 employed or
paid Archie Vincent any sum what.
ever to canvass for you until the pri-
mary is maliciously false. I saw
Vincent at Camden wearing a Blease
button. "Chars. D. jones'"
Vincent Denies 1t.
Heath Springs, S. c., Aug II.
era B. Jones:
IL have just read in today's News
and Courier that Gov. Blease read a
letter at Abbeville yesterday from E.
A. Newman, of Camden, stating that
Chas. d. Jones gave Archie Vincent
of Heath Springs, $50 to work for
votes for his father till August 27.
Neither Chas. D. Jones nor any one
else has ever given me $50 or any
other amount to work for votes for
Ira B. Jones. l have never been a
Jones man at all, but have been for
Gov. Blease up to the present time
and if / should change in the future
1T will not be through the influence of
money, for / cannot be bought over.
Furthermore, Newman simply lied
when he wrote that letter and I de-
mand copy of said letter
"S. A. Vincent.
Sworn and subscribed to before
me this 18th day of August, 1912.
"E. C. Croxton,