The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-07-05
LIE PASSED AT
NEWBERRY MEETING.
First Excitement of Present CAM
paign Comes as Surprise to New
berry Audience.


berry Audience.
News and Courier.
Newberry, July 2.-Newberry, al
ways fruitful in political surprises,
heard the direct "iie'' passed today
for the first time in a somewhat drab
campaign for State Offices. John
Madison Deschampes, candidate for
governor, was the center Of attrac-
ton and around him revolved for q
tine what looked Ike an old-tfme po-
litical knock-down and drag-out fight,
with q continuous uproar as back
ground. Mr. Discharges, barking
back to the 1916 campaign for the
governorship, accused Attorney Gen.
eral Peoples of using the chief legal
office of the state in defense of DR..
2. &C L. Adams whom Mr.. Des-
champes called "a common criminal"
Claude N. Sapp, Assistant Attorney
General, now in the race for Attorney
General, who was acting in the. Ca
,pacity of private attorney for Mr.
Adams at the time of the incident
mentioned by Mr. Deschampes, gave
the direct lie to the gubernatorial as
pirant and Mr.. Deschampes handed
it back with damn" attached. The
two men were separated before they
got in striking distance. Not salts
fed with his attacks on Mr.. Peoples,
Mr.. Deschampes turned on Major
John G.. Richards, candidate for gov
ernor and tried to get him to declare
his preference for the United States
senate. This Major Richards refused
to do. The dialogue incident to this
caused another uproar and many
cheers and counter cheers.
During the 1916 campaign Dr.. E. c.
L. Adams. candidate for Lieutenant
Governor. and Mr.. Deschampes. who
was running for governor ct that
time, became engaged in a isticuff at
Manning in which Mr.. Deschampes
was blooded about the face. He pros
lecuted DR.. Adams for assault and bat
tery and the trial was held at Man
ming last summer.
During the course of his speech to-,
day Mr.. Deschampes, ridiculing the
speech of Mr.. Peoples relative to the
Governors office, accused Mr.. Peoples
of using the power of his office to
help DR.. Adams at the Manning trial.
Mr.. sapp represented DR.. Adams. The
Assistant Attorney General inter
rupted the speaker and explained
that as was his right he was acting
in his private capacity as attorney
at the trail and not as an official OF
the State.
When Mr.. sapp took hs seat MT.
Peoples, after asking permission to
make a statement and gaining the
recognition OF the chairman of the
meetings said: "The statutes of South
Carolina give the Assistant Attorney
General the right to appear in any
case where he is not interested on
behalf of the State, and 1 have no
control over Mr. Sapp, the Assistant
Attorney General, in his private prac-
tice and I have never attempted SO
to control his action. AS long as l
have been Attorney General 1 have
never assumed that right nor as long
as I am Attorney General will lever
attempt to abridge his rights in his
private practice"
'sYou went outside Of your offic1a.
position in allowing Mr.. Sapp to rep
resent a common criminal" replied
Mr.. Discharges, "and I have it upon
the authority of Mr. Stoll, the solicit
or who prosecuted the case, who told
me, and he is man who don't make
mistakes, that that act Of the Attorney
Generals office was unprecedented IN
the annals of South Carolina.
Then Mr.. Sapp jumped to his feet,
advanced toward Mr. Deschampes anc
shouted, "you, or any other man VINO
says 1 was sent by the Attorney Gen
erals Office, or otherwise than in my
f. private capacity as attorney, lies"
eff you call me a liar you are
damn liar" retorted Mr.. Deschampes
! excitedly, pointing his finger to the
} approaching Assistant Attorney Cen
eral By this time the whole court