The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-08-16
STATE CAMPAIGN MEETING
IN NNEWBERRY On TUESDAY
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 81.

viewed his record in poilics. He at
tackled Gonzales and others, bringing
a number of charges against them. He
believed the viciousness of Gonzales
fight against Blease was for the sin
ister purpose of electing Blease again,
as he did two years ago-inciting the
Blease supporters to stronger and
more determined efforts. He said he
didn't care if the newspapers had cut
out his name, he would go before
the people and state his cause, and
everywhere he saw. intense interest
In the faces of his audience. He want
ed the people to come to the middle
of the road, between Blease and Jones,
and elect Duncan. He said he had
been told that if Duncan was elected
he would be assassinated before his
inauguration, but he didn't believe a
word of it, and was not afraid. He
didn't want the people to be- afraid
those who were fighting him so would
not risk personal encounter, and he
was not afraid of one. There were
few cheers for him as he concluded.
Judge Ira B. Jones.
said he supposed after listening to
Blease and Duncan the people expect
ed to see in him one of the blacklist de-
Wis that ever infested South Carolina
He said he had heard all they had said
with a smile. "One of your banners
says slander can't hurt Blease in New
berry county. l say Blease's ISLANDERS
can't hurt Ira B. Jones in Newberry
county. I was born in Newberry
county, and my people have been born
here, and my people live here-and
yet, that the chief executive of South
Carolina should come before an aud
ience that knows my brother Ed Jones
and declare of him that his house was
built with blind tiger money, and
should try to SANDER my brother Sam,
who had the misfortune to fail! He
had the misfortune to fail, but / will
stake my life on the fact that Sam
Jones is man of truth and honor and
he made no money out of his unfortu-
nate failure.
HE had to even go so far as to
bring in step-son of my sister,
Hugh Renwick. Now, isn't he reach
ing out to cover the Jones family.
There is no use for me to say anything
more than just to submit it to the peo-
pie of Newberry county-has the
Btease family anything in comparison
with the Jones family that would make
Blease proud of his family and ME
disgraced of mine? l will leave it to
the people of Newberry county,
st propose" said Judge Jones, ''to
convict the governor of South Caro-
lima of a lie. What will you say to
that. Now, let me show you a clean,
out-and-out falsehood coming from
the mouth of Cole. Blease, so-called
governor of South Carolina
''Hurrah for Blease!" came, some
shouts.
Eyes, hurrah for man who falsifes
and ISLANDERS" said Judge Jones. Judge
Jones then referred to Governor
Blease's remarks as to the sending
out of two issues of the Lancaster
paper-one in Lancaster county and
one in the town of Lancaster. 'Let
me show you," he said, what con-
sumnate falsifer and slanderer he is,
and I want to know, after I show that,
Is there any decent man in Newberry
county that is going to endorse Cole.
Blease. He didn't open that paper.
Look at the inside of that paper. That
is the paper he said Charlie Jones sent
all out throug h Lancaster county and
that it contained that Grace story. Did
you ever hear of a newspaper sent ali
over county with one side white like
that?' (referring to one side of the pa
per being blank) What did happen?
The Lancaster News started to print
that paper, and when the management
discovered that the Grace slush was
In it they said, we will not print that
so it can go into the home of the peo-
pie of Lancaster They didn't send
out a single copy of that paper-not
a single copy. Some man in the office
stole copy out of the Newberry News
Office (Judge Jones evidently intended
to say Lancaster News Office and gave