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established 1855. YORKVILLE, S. C., TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1913. NO. 8.
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I By ETTA V
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CHAPTER XVI.
Mr. Finch.
The paper dropped from Miss Affry's
hold. Her heart gave one great, suffocating
bound and then seemed to stand
still. The room whirled around her. At
last?at last! She snatched up the notice
and read it again. No, her eyes
had not deceived her. She was wanted
?Val was wanted! She looked at the
clock; it was scarcely'past two. Miss
Affry flew to her closet, flung on her
bonnet and shawl, thrust her shaking
hands into her cotton gloves and with
out a word to Mercy, wun no muie
thought of the girl than if she was not
in existence, she rushed wildly out of
the house and out of Seedy Court.
How she reached Devonshire street
she never knew. She had a dim consciousness
of tearing blindly along
noisy thoroughfares?of elbowing her
way through crowds of people, who
looked down on her shabby, insignificant
figure in angry amaze?of feeling
half choked with the wild throbbing of
. her heart; but to her scattered wits
[ these things seemed as vague and indlstinct
as the things of a dream.
Some good angel miist have guided
her, however for presently she found
herself standing on the sunless side of
Devonshire street before an entrance
that bore the number and sign she
sought. Ascending flight after flight of
stairs, Miss Affry pushed open a door
on the third floor of the building and
stood In the office of the British consulate.
Several persons were present, transacting
business at the desk or waiting
for a chance to do so. No one seemed
to notice Miss Affry's entrance. She
cast one sharp glance around the place
and then walked straight up to a small,
gray gentleman who was seated with
his back to a window, reading a copy of
the London Times. He looked up as
she approached.
"I want to see the London lawyer
who advertised for Robert Arbuckle's
son " said the old woman, in a trembling
voice. "Is he here?" ,
The little gray man arose to his feet
"Who are you?" he demanded.
"She drew nearer and peered up in
his face with breathless eagerness.
They had known each other well twenty-five
years before. Had the wear and
tear of a quarter of a century changed
both beyond recognition? Scarcely.
"I am Affry Black," answered the woman,
"the sister of Robert Arbuckle's
wife. And you?merciful Heaven! You
are Peter Finch himself!" ,
Mr. Finch's face was as expressionless
as a piece of leather!"
"Follow me," he said, and straightway
led Miss Affry into an inner room,
closed the door and sat down beside
her, scanning her closely with a pair of
eyes that meant Dusiness.
"You say that you are Affry Black "
remarked Mr. Finch, calmly. "The person
who answered to that name at
Deepmoor Hall twenty-five years ago
was not In the least like you."
She looked him squarely in the face.
"That's true enough, for Affry Black
was young then, an<V pretty?you told
me that yourself one day In Lady Arbuckle's
laurel walk. I was coming
home from an errand at Deepmoor rectory'.
and I met you there?do you remember??just
where the path dipped
down to my lady's rose-garden. You
tried to kiss me behind the laurels, and
I boxed your ears; I was not used to the
free ways of lawyer clerks."
The blood arose in Mr. Finch's gray
cheek at this reminiscence of youthful
gallantry; then he laughed.
"Go on?tell me more!" he said, in a
sprightly tone.
"What shall I tell you?" flashed the
old woman, a fierce excitement leaping
into her face and voice alike, "that
twenty-six years ago my sister. Christine
Black, was waiting-maid to Lady
Arbuckle?that she was the prettiest
girl in all Lincolnshire?that not a picture
amnnp nil the famllv Dortraits at
Deepmoor Hall could compare with
her? You remember her blue eyes, I
dare say. and her white skin and her
yellow hair, for the person who saw her
once could never forget her. Shall I
tell you that we were the twin daughters
of old Sir Godfrey's gamekeeper
who had been shot by poachers the
year before we took service at the Hall?
?that we were alone in the world and
loved each other dearly? Shall I tell
you about the baronet's two sons?
young Mr. Godfrey, the heir, a born
aristocrat, like his father, and Mr. Robert,
a gay, wild, ne'er-do-well, the black
sheep of the Arbuckles?a man who
could never withstand a handsome face
whether gentle or low-born? Shall I
tell you how Mr. Robert fell in love
with his mother's waiting-maid, and
fled with her to London, and there
married her like the true gentleman
which he was, in spite of all his faults?
I can show you Christine's marriage
lines Peter Finch, and her weddingring.
I have kept both all these years,
as the most precious things I had in the
world!"
"No one ever doubted in the least
that Robert Arbuckle married your sister."
answered Peter Finch; "poor
young man! He was stark, staring
mad."
"Mad or sane," said Miss Affry, bitterly,
"he was the only one of the Arbuckles
who was born with a heart. Ah
they were a hard race, sir?a stiffnecked,
iron race! Her ladyship turned
me from my place at Deepmoor Hall?
turned me into the street, although I
had no hand whatever in Christie's
marriage; indeed, it was as great a
shock and surprise to me as to anybody
sir. I took the little money I had and
went up to London and found the
young pair in rniaerauie musiuga uumi
Old Brompton way?a dismal hole, as
damp as a wash-house, for the old baronet
had cut off his son's supplies. Mr.
Robert was sure, though, that his family
would forgive him; but he reckoned
without his host. They didn't forgive
him, as you know well sir?they cursed
and disowned him, and left him to take
his choice of beggary or starvation. I
don't think Mr. Robert had five pounds
in the wor d at the time I Joined Christie
in London. After a while he was
forced to write and ask help of his
father; but his letter was never answered.
Lady Arbuckle, though, sent
the poor lad two fifty-pound notes?^he
had a little feeling for him, though she
was quite as furious as the others at
his marriage. You brought the money
to us?do you remerr.ber??and witn it
some motherly advice from her ladyship;
she thought Mr. Robert had better
leave England at once?take himself
and his wife to America or Australia,
or some place where the relatives
he had disgraced would never
hear of him more. How Christine wept
and walled when you told us!?you see
that my memory has not gone the way
of my good looks, Peter Finch?and
poor Mr. Robert went quite wild with
wrath and disappointment. He bade
you tell his lady mother that he would
go?that he would never see her face
again, nor the faces of any of his kindred.
Two days after he sailed with
Christine for America, and I went with
them. I swore then that I would never
forsake the poor foolish pair, and I
never did."
Mr. Finch started up?he could contain
himself no longer.
"Where is the boy?where is Robert
Arbuckle's son?" he cried, breathlessly.
"Here?in this city?with me." answered
Affry.
"Alive and well?"
"Alive and well."
"Thank God!" ,
She turned sharply on the old barrister.
"What do you want of my laddie??
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wno sent you to nnd mm? mow tnat
Sir Godfrey has lost his own brood,
does he begin to think kindly of poor c<
Mr. Robert's boy?"
"Then you know that the baronet's it
sons are dead?" said Mr. Finch.
"Yes. Weeks ago, in the foreign 01
news of a daily paper I read that 8lr tl
Godfrey, the man who lately made t<
some great conservative speech in parliament
had lost his entire family with- al
in six months?one son by fever and
two by drowning. Mark you, till that P'
night I had never told my laddie who L
or what he was. Then, for the first >
time, he knew that he had blue blood b<
In his veins. With his dying breath
Mr. Robert charged me to give the boy
his mother's name, and keep from him,
as long as I could, all knowledge of his
English relatives and I obeyed him to
the letter. He was very bitter against V
his own people, was poor Mr. Robert, y<
and very anxious that Val should be ??
brought up in ignorance of them all and h<
with no expectations whatever. Christie
died at the child's birth?died in gi
poverty and despair sir, and Mr. Rob- tli
ert followed her a few months later; gi
so the lad was left to me." &<
Mr. Finch cleared his throat with a
slight cough. of
"Yes. Robert Arbuckle wrote to his th
mother about the death of his wife, and af
the birth of the ch'ld. That letter was ai
given me to keep?also the one in w
which you told her ladyship of Robert's n<
death. Ten years ago I heard of you y<
again from a former housekeeper at ar
Deepmoor Hall, to whom you sent in- y<
formation that the iad was strong and be
well, and that you were supporting him yc
by any work your nandr could find t<do.
Happily for us all, my good Afltr>,
these bits of intelligence guided me
straight to this city, and made your
discovery comparatively easy."
In her fierce impatience she grasped H
his arm with both hands.
"What do you mean Dy an mis rain:
Speak! What brought you to America
in search of Val?and I?" re
"Be calm, Affry?I have great tidings t
for you. Sir Godfrey Arbuckle is dying
of an incurable disease at Deep- F1
moor Park. The ancestral estate will ti(
be your nephew's by entail?the title |D
will be his, and more than this, Sir
Godfrey has acknowledged him as his 111
rightful heir and bequeathed to him? la
he wishes you to know this?all his th
other possessions. He has also sent me .
to And and bring you both immediately
to England?he is mad to see the boy
before he dies." m
Aflfry's hands dropped away from the W)
!awyer's arm. Her withered face grew .
colorless as death. 1
What news was this, after all her wl
weary years of poverty and privation! ag
what news was this for the laddie she ^
loved so well! Sir Godfrey's acknowledged
heir?the next baronet of the Wl
name?her Val! The room went round vc
and round before her eyes. f0
"Come," cried Mr. Pinch, "where is
your nephew D?t us go to him at
once." th
She rose, mechanically. 01
Vol la n rlerk in a banking-house mi
near by. My head is a little unsteady,
sir?you must know that this, is Indeed m
great news for me?I never dreamed It th
could be?never! with the baronet's jn
strong sons betwixt my lad and the title;
and even after I knew the boys
were dead I said, and Val Bald, that In
the chances were Htill against anything itj
of the kind. Sir Godfrey was not an hj
old man?he might marry again and
have other sons?It was more than
likely, and ever since we have been fu
trying, both of us, to give no thought ta
to the matter, to Indulge In no false
hopes."
She was trembling so violently that wi
Mr. Finch hastened to support her. C]
"I rejoice with you." he said, heartily, y,
"you have suffered and sacrificed a
great deal for the lad, I doubt not and P1
now your reward has come. Be calm, st
It Is all right. If you are able we will w
go at once?I do greatly long to see
Robert Arbuckle's son."
Oh, what would Val say? That was Ai
the first thought that came to Miss At- w
fry, even In her own excess of Joy.
How would he receive this sudden
change of fortune? She descended the u
stairs with Mr. Finch?he gave his arm st
to her as If she had been a duchess. at
She was no longer In his eyes the exhousomald
of Deepmoor Hall, but the
aunt of Its future lord and master. h<
"A banker's clerk," he murmured, as of
they trotted away together; "you have rt|
managed, then to give him some sort
of an education?"
"Yes," she answered, "in the public ed
schools?it was all I could do for him. jn
He was a bright scholar always, the .
first in his class. Look at these hands
they will te'.l you how I have worked 8t
for my laddie," a id she spread out her
crooked toil-knotted fingers expressive- ti<
ly. of
They reached the banking-house of cc
Sardis & Co.. to find Val out upon some
errand for the house. to
Jacob Phillips, to whom Mr. Finch
briefly explained his business, conduct- A
ed the two to an inner room to await ki
the young clerk's return. C<
Fifteen minutes passed?half an hour Fi
Miss Affry was growing wild with im- H
patience, when the door suddenly open- le
ed, and Val's stalwart figure and heavy ly
face appeared on the threshold. He en- L:
tered briskly. M
"Halloo! little woman, anything w
wrong?" he began, bestowing a rather O
quizzical look upon Mr. Finch. te
Miss Affry turned to the lawyer. R
"This is my nephew," was all she SI
could say. T
Mr. Finch stepped forward, quickly. W
His keen eyes ran over the young fel- lit
low from head to foot, and filled with le
prompt approval. A true Arbuckle this
?ay. Sir Godfrey's very Image?red B
hair, square shoulders general.ugliness D
and all. G
"No, nothing Is wrong," he answered, w
I "don't mind your aunt, she Is quite up- E
set. I am Mr. Finch of London, the L
family solicitor of Sir Godfrey Ar- Q
buckle and?I have news for you!" P
Val stood looking from one to the M
other, but he spoke not a word. la
Peter Finch advanced nearer and m
held out his hand.
"Mr. Valentine Arbuckle," said he, "I
am happy to tell you that I have been
sent by your uncle, Sir Godfrey, to
bring you to England. He has acknowl- C
edged you as his heir, and he prays
you to hasten to him at once. He is
dying of a hopeless malady, and we
aVtoll Kn JnHooH \f U'P flnrt I Si
him living by the time we reach Lincolnshire."
pi
Ever since that birth-night, when
Miss AfTry had read of the death of the y
baronet's sons and had revealed to her E
nephew his father's tragic story, Val pi
had known that such an event as this 0l
was. at least, possible?that, unless Sir
Godfrey should marry again, he might H
some day Inherit Deepmoor. Nevertheless,
Mr. Finch's news fell upon his u
ears like some Arabian Nights story? n:
as unreal and absurd. n:
Miss Affry flung her arms about his ai
neck, and told him how Sir Godfrey's ol
heart had been turned to his brother's ol
son?how Mr. Finch's advertisement h
had chanced to meet her eyes that af- hi
ternoon?how that he?Val?was no
longer a shabby clerk, with a salary tl
scarcely sufficient to meet his necessl- d;
ties, but the heir to a baronetcy, and fc
twenty thousand pounds a year. g
He broke from her with a wild laugh ai
and began to stride up and down the p
room as if his head was turned.
"I the heir of twenty thousand per fc
year! I a prospective baronet!" ho ai
cried. "I look like it, do I not? I, with u
the clown plainly written all over me, b<
with the manners of a hod-carrier! h<
rest God! It must be that we are all
?ad together!"
"Not at all," said Mr. Finch cheerfulr;
"It is quite true; and pardon me If
assure you that you do look like a
aronet for you have the face, the hair,
He figure that have been In the Aruckle
line for generations. A proud
ace, a stern race, but never a handome
one."
"Oh, Val, believe It, won't you?" en eated
Miss Aftry; 'believe that the
overty's over, and the clerking, and
tie lodgers that don't pay their icnt
nd the pinching and contriving"?
Words could no further go, but two
reat tears of unspeakable joy rolled
own her withered cheeks. Val turned
ulckly upon her.
"Mercy!" he cried, breathlessly?
does she know?"
Miss Affry started as If she had revived
a douche. It was the first time
tie had thought of the girl since leavlg
Seedy Court
"Certainly not," she answered; "I ran
ut of the house as soon as I had read
le notice, and without saying a word
) any one."
"Good heaven! and we are wasting
II this time here, away from her. Let
b go home at once. Mercy," he exlained,
turning from Miss Affry to the
ondon lawyer, with, an uncertain
nile "is my betrothed wife?I am to
s married this very night."
Mr. Finch gave an unpleasant start.
"Married!"
"Exactly."
"May I ask who the lady is?"
"She is not a lady at all," answered
al, with a defiant laugh?"that is, as
>u understand the term. She Is a poor
amstress. who earns her living by
?r needle."
Mr. Finch's face grew supernaturally
ave. The heir of Deepmoor Hall on
le verge of a mesalliance with a work
rl! Robert Arbuckle's folly all en:ted
over again! This was too bad.
"My dear sir,* he said, in a voice full
' suppressed agitation, "you are not
le same person that you were an hour
fo. In view of your altered prospects,
id your new duties especially those
hlch you owe to Sir Godfrey, may I
>t suggest that it would be wise for
>u to pause a little before taking such
i important step as matrimony? For
>ur uncle's sake, for your own sake,
? prudent, I beg you?do nothing that
>u will regret."
(To be continued.)
THE FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT
ouse Puts Through Resolution Asking
for Its Repeal.
The house last Thursday passed a
solution calling upon congress to
ke steps looking to the repeal of the
Ifteenth amendment to the constltuin
of the United States. The resolun
was introduced by Chairman Wll'
?- AnmmlttaA nr? U'oHorci 1 Pp.
till D UI ilic CUIIlllUiiw VII A vwviw.
tions. It came up suddenly and alough
there were many members who
r various reasons did not want to see
pass, it was acted upon quickly. The
aln point brought out in the debate
as the fact that southern representajn
in congress Is based on the total
hite and colored population of voting
re. if the Fifteenth amendment would
> repealed southern representation
ould be reduced to a basis of white
iters alone. The resolution was as
Hows:
Whereas, the present civilization of
e white race has been achieved witir*
it the assistance of the negro race,
tie negro race has made no advanceent
only aB he comes in contact with
e other human races. His presence
the United States is because of his
>t having a government of his own
Africa sufficiently strong to protect
i subjects, the reason for which Is
8 weakness. The people of these
nited States have advanced the negro
rther than any other nation, having
ught him the most extensive lan
lage on the globe, the use of tools, the
earing of clothing and above all the
tiristlan religion. In return for all
ese advantages he has given the peoe
of these United States only anxiety,
rife, bloodshed and the hookorm.
So long as he has the ballot he
ill be a menace to the civilization of
merlca. The ballot was given to him
ithout his fitness, or his asking for it,
id given him at a time when these
nited States were riven asunder by
rife prejudice, malice, hatred, anger
id revenge.
Therefore, Be it resolved by the
>use of representatives of the state
South Carolina, the senate concurng.
First, That the congress of the UnitI
States be, and are hereby, asked to
lmediately take action for the repeal
' the fifteenth amendment to the Conitutlon
of the United States.
Second, That copies of these resolucms
be printed and forwarded to each
our senators and representatives in
ingress.
Here is the yea and nay vote, yeas
r and nays against the resolution:
Yeas?Speaker Smith, Addy, J. W.
shley M. J. Ashley, Atkinson, Basn,
Bowers Browning, Clowney,
ourtney, Cross, Daniel, Delaughter,
ortner, Fripp. Gray, Greer, Halle
all, Hardin, Harrelson, Harvey, Holy,
Hutson, W. A. James Jones, Kel,
Kennedy, Kibier, Klrby, Lumpkin,
ybrand, McCravey, Malpass, Massey
elfl Miller, Mitchell, Mltchum, Moore,
[oseley. Mower, Murray, Nelson,
'Quinn, Pyatt, Ready, Rembert, Ritnberg,
Robertson, Robinson, L. M.
ogers, W. S. Rogers Jr., Schroder,
herwood, Shirley, Stanley. Sturkle,
hompson, Tindal, Walker, Welch
rhite Whitehead. Jr., Wllburn, Wilims,
C. C. Wyche, C. T. Wyche Zeigr.?70.
Nays?Belser, Bethea, Blackwell,
oyd, Brice, Busbee, Charles, Creech,
antzler, Dick, Epps, Evans, Friday,
asque, Goodwin, Harper, Haynesorth,
Hiott, Hunter, Hutchison W.
. James. Johnston. Kellehan, Kirk,
ee. Long, McDonald, McMillan. Mcueen
Martin, Means, Miley, Mlxson,
egues, Riddle, Riley, Sanders Walter
[. Scott, Smiley, Stevenson, Strick.nd,
Warner, Warren Whaley, Youlans.?46.
AS THE BIBLE PRtSliKI UtU
olored Evangelist Had Holy Oil Mixed
According to Exodus.
"We had a funny experience In our
:ore the other day," said a drug clerk.
\n old colored man came Into our
harmacy and gave one of the boys a
rescriptlon, relates the Columbus
Ispatch. It was In the form of two
assages from the thirteenth chapter
f Exodus, which he pointed out in a
Ible he was carrying.
"The passage read: "Take thou also
nto three principal spices, of pure
lyrrh 500 shekels, and of sweet cinamon
half so much, even 250 shekels,
nd of sweet calamus 250 shekels. And
f cassia 500 shekels after the shekel
f the sanctuary, and of olive o.. a
in.' This was for the forming of the
oly anointing oil.
"In the same chapter it was stated
lat a shekel Is 20 gerahs. The head
ruggist went to the public library and
>und that a shekel is formed of 244^
rains, and that a hin is 1.6 gallons,
nd armed with that knowledge he
repared the prescription.
"When the old man came back we
>und that he is a traveling evangelist
nd that he expected to use this oi!
pon his communicants, after it had
een prepared after the instructions
anded down from heaven to Moses." '
THE GOVERNOR'S INAUGURAL 2
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Outline ol Executive Policy for the [;
Next Two Tears. "
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POSITIVE VIEWS ON CURRENT HATTERS t
ai
S<
Appropriations for Collsgss Must bo
Itemized. Give the People a Chance
to Register Before Amending Pri- flj
mary Rule*?Important Investiga- tt
tions Called For?Matters Personal ^
and Otherwise. bl
Following Is a stenographic report of h'
the address that Governor Blease de- hi
llvered to the general assembly in Joint 1,1
session and to crowds of visitors In the J11
house galleries on last Tuesday, the '?
occasion of his second inauguration as y<
governor. tr
Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, Gentle- to
men of the House of Representatives y<
and State Senate, Ladles and Gentlemen:
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God Almighty has never given to any H
man truer or more devoted friends than h?
he has given to me, and no man loves
his friends better than I love mine. ar
Hanging on the wall in the office of the th
chief executive of South Carolina is a
motto which reads: "Of what shall a "I1
man be proud if he is not proud of his y?
friends." Sometimes the question is to
asked me why it is or how it is that I er
can get hold of certain information th
which seems to be a secret between man es
and man, or sometimes between a man C*
and his God. It is because my friends w'
are true; they are ever zealous and al- a
ways on the alert to protect me and my r,l
Interests wherever or whenever the oe- y?
casion may arise. I hold in my hand "V
the Bible upon which I have taken the he
oath of office as governor of South Car- wi
olina for the second time. It was my th
father's Bille. In it I read, "Thy th
friends and thy father's friends forsake m'
not." If I never obeyed any other injunction
in it I have tried to obey that '8
one, and by the help of God, I shall continue
so to do. I read another passage: at
"And all things whatsoever ye shall ask ,8<
in prayer, believing, ye shall receive." I to
hope that the ministers of the Gospel A
who prayed for my defeat last summer y?
feel within their hearts that they be- ah
lieved when they were praying; and, a
if so, they should, be happy. Those who a?'
prayed for the best man to win should do
certainly be delighted, for, from that W
passage of Scripture, they certainly be- th
lieved when they prayed, and I have 8a
the honor of addressing this general as- to
sembly, by the voice of nearly seventy- tio
Ave thousand of the white people of P?
South Carolina. We were told that some th
ladies prayed in that campaign. I am t*
satisfied they believed when they pray- 88
ed. God answered their prayer, and I ye
thank them for praying for the best co
man to win. I thank them that I am 'ni
here. ne
Gentlemen of the general assembly, I he
desire to say to you that I regret the y?
fact that there is a fight between two an
of your state colleges?one that I think ag
should be investigated by you and one "V
that I think should be investigated in a P?
serious manner. If I am correctly in-, ye
formed, the Peabody fund being distrib- foi
uted throughout these United States he
has as one of the members of its trus- pr
tees the Hon. Martin F. Ansel, of South tri
Carolina. If I am correctly informed, In1
the trustees of this fund had agreed to &
give Winthrop college about $90,000. Ih
The president of the South Carolina *ri
college went north, ami I am told that *
Mr. Ansel has in his possession a state- ho
ment signed by the president of the
South Carolina college that if the Pea- tri
body fund trustees would give to the ye
South Carolina college a certain amount lai
of that money, that he, aa president of of
the South Carolina college, would agree pa
and consent for the remainder of that th
money to go to the education of free co
negroes. I have tried to get a copy of
that report, and have not succeeded; sei
but I have the word of Prof. D. B. John- W
son, the able and distinguished presl- ho
dent of Winthrop, that that is true. "L
And, If It is true, certainly the presl- de
dent of the South Carolina college has of
no place In the educational department Bti
of South Carolina. If he would rather wi
take that money to educate negroes rai
than to give it to the white girls of "H
South Carolina, he certainly has no ed
place during my administration in any ra<
department of the government, or, par- a i
tlcularly, the educational department of an
the state. You can get the information &g
if you will ask Mr. August Kohn, who. hli
I understand, was somewhat familiar on
with the transaction; or possibly if you no
will ask the state superintendent the all
Hon. John E. Swearingen, or If you se<
will summon before your committee da
Dr. D. B. Johnson, the president of if
Winthrop college. ?1
Now, gentlemen, if the two colleges 1
are to fight one another?if Winthrop to
is to fight the university, let Winthrop flc
fight the university like a man; or, if vi<
the university is to fight Winthrop, let rei
the university fight Winthrop like a or.
man; but for God's sake, don't let co:
them use such methods as I have re- sti
ceived this Information of; don't let one mi
of them say, after it has received its Co
measly pittance, that It is willing that Qu
the balance should go to educate free
noorSAoa In Qnnt Vi Pcirollno
That Is a matter for you to lnvesti- jn'
gate, and it is a serious matter. If they c0
had let Winthrop alone, I am informed no
she would have got $90,000, and possi- _e
bly more, but by this under-handed tlo
fight she was cut down very consider- lt
ably in that appropriation, and you will pr(
be called upon this year, as a result to ^
make a larger appropriation than you _e
would have had to make if Winthrop pu
had received that money. I tried to get
the facts plainer to lay them before j^(
you; I wanted to get them in writing; e
but I am satisfied that if you will send
for Prof. Johnson he will tell you what
he told me, and when he does tell you
I am satisfied that you will find (if you ^
will excuse a common expression) a mj
pretty dirty transaction on the part of rgl
somebody.
That is plain talk, but that is exact- |nJ
ly what I came up here for. on
Now, gentlemen of the general as- ey
sembly, I want to call your attention to tlo
another matter. I want to ask you, 0f
when these colleges present their esti- mi
mates, and the appropriation bill is rui
drawn, that you require that the items an
be separated. Some of you have been coi
elected on a platform of economy; some jn
of you promised on the stump to try to W
help to reduce taxes. I stand here to i ,
Join you in that fight, whatever may be tlo
the consequences. And, my friends, fal
don't let the South Carolina college ho
come in here and say, for the South fr<
Carolina college $218,000; don't let 0r<
Winthrop say, for Winthrop $118,000; ca
don't let the Citadel say, for the Cita- thi
del $33,500. If you do don't be sur- de
prised if I apply the veto, for, in that Sei
event, I expect to do so, even If it shuts toi
up the colleges for the balance of this wj
year; I am going to do it; I am going wc
to put the matter squarely up to you, ea
because I promised the people, by the w<
help of God, that I would do what I m;
could to reduce taxes, and I am going mi
to do my part. The 72 043 people who At
voted for me shall never say I did not mi
carry out every promise I made them, mi
if God gives me the strength and lets let
me live. But they will come In and say, yo
"Oh, if you sustain that veto you will sti
shut up the college." Then put it this tai
way: For maintenance, so many thous- les
ands; for new buildings, so many Or
thousands. Then If an item for new fri
buildings is vetoed, you can kill it tic
without hurting the college; if an Item N(
for any other particular purpose is in- is
eluded, that can be vetoed, and you can he
sustain that veto without hurting the pr
college. But, gentlemen, if you allow br
the bill to pass your house and senate do
making an appropriation in bulk sum Bi
for such and such college so much su
money, then, when the veto is applied, sei
the appeal will be made to you upon rei
this floor and over yonder that if you op
Sustain this veto you will shut up the co
college. Gentlemen of the Ways and m<
Means committee and of the Finance ful
committee. I beg you, in behalf of the to
constituency whom you first begged on
and then pleaded with last summer, to ne
And here like men and help me reduce
ixes In South Carolina. You may think
le people are not watching, but I
link if you would wire this morning
> some of the members of the last leglature
they would wire back, "Yes,
ie people are watching, because we
re at home."
Now, gentlemen, there is a man I
ant to warn you against?I have had
cperience in this house and yonder
Dth?and that is Mr. Professional
obbyist. Sometimes he is a lawyer
nd paid lobbyist; sometimes a doctor;
imetimes he is a man who has foriken
the Lord's vineyard?a preacher,
ho has forsaken the Lord's vineyard
nd gone into the field of the profesonal
lobbyist, and is hanging around
ie legislature, hired by somebody,
fhen a man pulls you off and begins to
ilk so much you should not pass this
>11, or should not pass that bill, ask
lm what railroad company is paying
Im to be here; ask him what corporaon
is paying him to be here; ask him
ie question, my friends. Are you here
r the people of South Carolina, or are
>u paid to come here and lobby me on
lis bill? That is the question to put
him, and when you put it. Just watch
>ur man, and you will see that he is
ting paid by a corporation, and is not
orking for the interests of the people. 1
ow many farmers do you see around 1
re begging you to do something for
em? How many fellows do you see
ound here begging you to do someing
for the people directly? Oh, they
tg you not to pass the two-cent rate?
t will ruin the railroads." They beg
u not to cut the legal rate of Interest
six per cent Look at the skyscrap8
up street. Who built them? Why
e people who paid extravagant Intert
and built this town. All over South
irollna you will And It Therefore,
nen a man comes to you lobbying for
bill, if he Is a fellow-member, all
fht; he has a constituency, Just as
u have; but If he is an outsider, say,
That is your name? Why are you
re lobbying for this thing?" I am
irnlng you new members. Some of
ese old ones have had experience, and
ey had to beg mighty hard last Burner
to get over that experience.
Now, my friends, I understand there
going to be a bill introduced along a
te to which I want to call particular
tention. It Is a bill to prevent mag;rates
from using the criminal courts
collect debts. It is a serious matter,
negro goes out here and works on
ur farm. Some little agent comes
Nig and wants to sell him a clock or
Bible, or something else?probably a
wing machine. The agent will sit
wn in this, house and talk to the neo
and say, "Well, I want to sell you
is machine." After awhile the negro 1
ys he will take it. The agent begins ]
write, and he looks around over the
use and puts down everything the 1
or negro has. and very often someIng
the poor negro hasn't. He will 1
t the negro to sign the paper. That 1
ent will witness it. In the fall of the '
ar another agent will come back to 1
llect that debt. "Where is your sew- 1
g machine?" he will ask. "Boss, I 1
ver had no sewing machine." "Oh, j
re is a paper signed by you saying '
u have; don't talk about not having
iy sewing machine." "Where is that
ent what come here?" "He is gone."
yhere Is that hog you had In the
n?" "Boss, I never had no hog." "Oh,
a it is in the paper." Then he goes
r a little magistrate somewhere, and
indicts that negro for disposing of
operty under mortgage. The magisite
sends and has the negro dragged
to court before him. Then he will
y, "Now, If you will pay this man
Is mortgage and pay the costs, we
:)1 let you out" The negro goes out
your farm right over to another man,
rrows the money to pay this mortge,
and binds himself up under conict
to work for that other man next
ar. And the magistrate, In open vlotion
of the law uses the criminal part
his court as a collecting agency, puts
rt of the money In his pocket, and is
reatening to ruin the labor of this
untry.
Now. gentlemen of the general asmbly,
we fuss about law and order,
hy, I saw men up here last summer
Ilerlng, "Law and Order," yelling for
aw and Order," and "We must reem
South Carolina," and I saw some
those same men down here at the
ite fair drinking liquor and mixing it
th Coca Cola, and betting on horse
cing. Who is going to redeem them?
:edeem South Carolina? She is ruin!
Shut up the Charleston horse
ces"?and slipping down here under
Btand drinking liquor and Coca Cola,
d slipping up to a fellow backed up
alnst the fence with a little box in
3 hand and slipping out tickets to bet
the horse raceB! Do you call that
t gambling? Oh, gentlemen, let us
10 get to those higher up. Here is a
cnon or your statutes mat is ucmg ily
violated?and I would like to ask
anybody in this house Is violating It
t)f course I do not expect an answer:
"It shall be unlawful for any person
assume the duties of any public ofe
until he has taken the oath proled
by the Constitution, and been
fularly commissioned by thegovernThe
term "public officers" shall be
nstrued to mean all officers of the
ite that have heretofore been comssioned,
the trustees of the various
lieges of the state, members of varls
state boards, and other persons
lose duties are defined by law."
Are there any men serving in office
South Carolina today as trustees of
lieges, or on other boards, who are
t serving under commissions If so,
ntlemen they are violating that sec
- " roc ?M/1
in 01 your buhuicb?dcuhuii uou?anu
is the duty of the attorney general to
osecute them. There is no punlshsnt
provided in that section, but the
neral statutes provide that where no
nishment is provided, the judge shall
pose such punishment as he sees tit.
>w, gentlemen, if you want to go lowdown
to sustain the law, let the-man
?her up sustain it.
Much has been said about primary
actions. I do not propose to discuss
Is question very far. When the priiry
started last summer I offered a
ward of one hundred dollars each for
8 first five convictions of men violat?
the election laws?that is, betting
the elections or trying to use mon,
whisky or intimidation in the elecns.
Notwithstanding all these charges
fraud from the state executive comttee
notwithstanding the committee's
nning to Spartanburg and Greenville,
d other places, not a single man has
me and said, "I want one of those
)0 rewards." No, gentlemen, and
ill they may not come. That is enough.
Aid what I could to prevent vlolams
of the election laws and for a
Ir election. I stand on record in this
- - * - fl
use ana in yon aenme incaumg ? ?
ie and fair election. I stand on recti
as a member of the state board of
nvassers of South Carolina as being
e only man voting for a resolution
manding it. There sits in this asmblage
today a distinguished ex-atrney
general of South Carolina who
is a member of that board, and who
>uld have voted with me, but t!lness
lied him to his home. My actions
>re so fine on that occasion that even
f distinguished friends, the Cuban
xed-breeds, paid me a compliment,
id yet they holler fraud in the priiry.
I wish you would appoint a comittee
to investigate that fraud, and
me come before it, and let me send
u some witnesses from Buncombe
reet In Greenville, Ward 1 In Spar- J
nburg, from some precincts In Char- '
iton, and one or two In the county of 1
angeburg. We were ready for the J
ly; we were ready for the lnvestlga- 1
in; but like all bubbles, It went out.
>w, gentlemen, what I would advise v
this?and I want to say to you right t
re, you got here on the bridge of the \
Imary. Are you going to burn the p
Idge that brought you over? If you c
, you will do it by a two-thirds vote, c
it, gentlemen, here Is what I would t
bmlt to you: Pass an act at this s
ssion requiring the county boards of p
glstratlon of the various counties to t
en the books of registration in every r
unty in South Carolina during the r
jnths of July and August. 1913?two 1
II months?and require those boards c
go to every township In the county, p
e day or two days, If It should be \
cessary, so that you will give every c
white man in South Carolina a fair opportunity
to register in July and August.
Then, if any man does not register,
certainly he can not blame anybody
else, and when you come back
here next year, after your books of registration
have been open for two long
mnnth? nnH vnn ha up tri van trw svorv
white man the opportunity to put his
name on the books of registration, then
you will be In a position to pass upon
the question as to how you will amend
your primary law.
They holler fraud. Who committed
It? Where was It? Nearly all the county
executive committees were against
me; the state executive committee,
with all Its machinery, was against me.
When I asked the chairman at Spartanburg
to give me one manager of
election at each precinct, he refused It.
How, in the name of God, could the
Bleaseites steal, when the other side
had all the machinery in their hands?
The only way you can account for It
Is on the theory that the other side will
admit they were a set of fools and did
not know what to do with It after they
had It.
Now, they accuse my friends of be- <
lng "hoodlums," and say they would
not support Woodrow Wilson. You get 1
the returns of last year and look at the
state vote and the presidential vote,
and see who failed to vote the state i
ticket. Why did Wilson get so many
more votes In South Carolina than I i
did? If the Blease people did not sup:
port Wilson, why was It Wilson ran so I
far ahead of me? >
Now, gentlemen, I shall not take up ?
your time In answering some of the 1
things that were told on me last sum- <
mer. It is beneath my notice and be- <
neath yours. But I want to mention i
one thing. When a Yankee actor or i
actress comes through South Carolina
and the South Carolina aristocracy sits
in the theatre?and the best definition
[ know of for aristocracy Is some fellow
who does nothing, lives on his
daddy's name and doesn't pay his debts
?when they all sit In the theatre, and
some man comes out, as, for Instance,
tn "The Pink Lady," and says, "I will
i>e damned If I do It," oh! the ladles all
rell with delight. When a woman comes
nut in "The Lonesome Pine," and a
fellow says to her, "Country Maiden;
rou must reform; love so and so"?
naming the family she hates, and she
lays, "I could put them in hell," there
Is loud applause in the Columbia theatre.
In minstrel shows, when the dirtiest
songs, going just far enough to
leave the most vile interpretation in
:he minds of the young, loud applause
eomes from the men and women. But
when the governor of South Carolina
toes to Richmond, Vs., and says what
He has said all over his state, then the
newspapers come out and say, "It is a
norrlble thing that the governor said
nail."
I tell you, members of the legislature
today, what I said then?I repeat it
now: Notwithstanding the oath of office
which I have just taken from my
distinguished friend from Lancaster,
who stood by me through thick and
thin, and who was re-elected chief
lustice of Lancaster If they did fight
llm because he was a Bleaseite, I will
lever order out a military company, so
Help me God, and tell my home boys
ind girls?if the girls belonged to the
nllitla?to shoot down a white boy,
their neighbor and their friend, to protect
a black brute who has laid his
s- ? - n.kf?A ? sartll
nanus upuu a w uivo wuuuui. * mu
lever do It And every time I told the
white people of this state that this
jummer, they hollered back to me, "Go
m, boy. you are right; dont ever do
it." And I am here today, and I am
still right and I am going to stand by
it aa long aa God gives me heart and
mind and power.
But It is all right when a little Yankee
show woman comes down here
ind says dirty things; that is to be applauded.
And yet if a man were to
neet you, with your wife, on the street,
ind make the same remark to you, you
would slap his face. But you sit in
:he opera house and applaud.
Now, gentlemen, a few days ago the
Mews and Courier came out with a
freat headline?on Sunday, I think it
was?with a great displayed headline,
'Hell's Playground"?a novel written
>y a Tankee novelist, putting the title
n big headlines, for your daughters to
ead. But it was a terrible thing when
!he governor said "hell."
The News and Courier and the Coumbia
State and other papers disilaved
with great glee the dirtiest
:ampalgn joke and lie that haa been
:old in South Carolina in a century.
They say, "We are family papers, we
:an't publish any reply of the tfovern>r,
because it hasn't the proper lanruage."
But they could send to your
laughters, sweet girls fifteen and six:een
years of age, the dirtiest He that
iver fell from the disgraced lips of
inything shaped up or called Qrace.
Now, gentlemen, another matter that
desire to call to your attention is
his playing of football. Tou certainy
ought to put some restriction or
'egulation on it I hold in my hand a
leadline in the paper, "Has Broken
Vose." Another big headline "Johnitone's
Spinal Column Is Wrenched,
day be a Helpless Cripple." I am proud
;o say that I understand the young
nan is getting better, and I hope he
vlll be restored to his strong manhood.
3ut, here we find an article written by
:he editor of the Columbia State, in
vhich he has the effrontery to say that
'ootball is the quickest device ever Inrented
by which many a lad may over:ome
a college handicap, and going on
o say that it breaks down the barriers
if social distinction, and by being a
rood football player the lad gets to be
* * " * rnnntrnltlAn
>euer in aocieijr, IIU mvis iswb......... ,
The fact of his being a football play- {
!r carrying him into society he could t
lot otherwise reach, says the Colum- f
)ia State. Gentlemen, that is the first t
ime in my life I ever heard that a (
nan had to show the capacity of a j
irize fighter or a bull dog to become a s
rmtleman. Yet here it is in the great t
idvocate of your state colleges?the i
rreat paper that hollers for your state v
colleges. The Evening Record comes a
>ut and says with big headlines, "Dir- c
y Football," and writes of the dirty a
nanner in which the game is played, r
he dirty manner in which some young e
nen take advantage of others, to crip- t
lie them, If you please, and get them 8
>ut of the game. r
Now, gentlemen, I think you ought a
0 do one of two things; either abolish |
ootball playing in your colleges, or r
dse fix a degree for it, and confer upon e
1 man Doctor of Society because he s
las the tenacity of a bull dog or the t
lghting capacity of a Durham bull. t
Now. my friends, from every city t
ind hamlet in South Carolina we hear t
he song of prosperity. Notwithstand- r
tvara fnirf that if Blease was I
sleeted governor, South Carolina would F
>e financially ruined, that dhe would 1
;o to the dogs, yet If you will read a
'ou will find, in all the history of your c
itate, the year 1912 towers in prosperi- i
y above all the years that have gone
>efore. More capital has been invest- f
)d in your state than ever before, and t
oday one of the appeals that is being J
nade to you for higher appropriations t
s based on the fact that the state is t
jrosperous. And yet they said if Blease r
vas elected the state would be ruined. F
I want to call your attention to an- g
?ther false impression that the news- h
japers are trying to create. They are i
rylng to lead uninformed people in a
his state to Deueve you nave a a^w.a. ict
on the race course in Charleston. I
There is not a word of truth in it, and d
he editors write these things knowing a
hey are writing what is not true, n
lere is your act: n
"That any person within this state, ^
vho engages in betting at any race F
rack pool-selling, or book-making, .
vlth or without writing, at any time or
>lace; or any person who keeps or oc- J
upies any room, shed, tenement, booth 0
>r building, float or vessel, or any part
hereof, or who occupies any place or
itand of any kind, upon any public or
irlvate grounds, within this state, with "
looks, papers, apparatus, or parapherlalla,
for the purpose of recording or
eglstering bets or wagers, or of sell- g
ng pools, and any person who records e
r registers bets or wagers, or sells c
iooIs or makes books, with or without i
vriting upon the result of any trial or r
ontest of skill, speed or power of en- t
durance, or man or beast; or upon the th<
result of any political nomination, ap- Is
polntment of election"? D.
Suppose you had all the fellows in- H.
dieted that bet on the primary last S.
summer, gentlemen; I would have to 1
have some more pardon blanks print- thi
ed. Now, listen: They are yelling, do
"What is the governor going to do h?
about the Charleston races? What Is wt
the new attorney general going to do th<
about the Charleston races?" You have
no special act on it It goes on about 1
"the result of any political no.nina- no
tlon," etc.; "or upon the result of any I 1
lot, chance casualty, unknown or con- >01
tingent event whatsoever," and bo on. cal
Therefore, my friends, your act not
only covers the race track in Chirles- an
ton, but it covers gambling on politl- shi
cal primaries, gambling on cards, oui
church raffles, turkey raffles, or any boi
other game of chance. Do you want thi
me to put on a beaver hat and a Ihince the
Albert suit, and kid gloves, and carry sta
a gold-headed cane, and play preach- yoi
er, and go around to plead with them I1C
not to violate this act? Do you want wo
me to go up street here in a dliiguise hoi
and go Into a gambling den? No; you th<
would think it was beneath the dignity Ca
of the office, and unbecoming a gentle- 18
man. Tet some people seem to want cot
me to go to Charleston and sniff tre
around to see If I can And somebody inv
betting on horse races. It Is done to D?'
mislead the uninformed. That is all. P&I
My position In the enforcement of all 'Iff
law Is this: If a law Is violated, let 601
some man swear out a warrant and *n<
charge the guilty ones with violation 041
of It. 'f the magistrate doesn't do his hoi
iuty I can't remove him. Your honor- wh!
ed supreme court says that the little bor
magistrate Is above the chief magls- Soi
trate. No; I can't remove him. But In
the grand jury may be able to do comething
to him when they meet about six *PI
months afterwards, as for Instance, in bel
Dorchester, where they have court caI
twice a year. If your magistrate and bor
sheriff say they can't enforce that law, 8?'
If they call on me I will enforce It, Just
is I did In the town of the senator It ^
from Bamberg, when the blind tigers of
were running over the little town and to
the mayor called on me to help him, P?o
'the blind tigers are about to take the ed
town." I sent him help and enforced HII
the law, If they did make two of my ev<
men walk out of town with their hats Hll
In their hands. I am not going to en- you
force the law. and I am tired of hear- a n
Ing them holler. "What Is the attor- I?ol
ney general going to do?" I will tell wll
rou what he is going to do; any man Ace
who can eat up a Lyon certainly can <> )
io his duty as attorney general. be
Now, my friends, I want to speak to tlei
rou of another thing. In yesterday an>
morning's News and Courier you find ba\
In big headlines, "Blease Blocks Mill- eve
:la's Trip. Will not go to Washington Jj
f he can prevent Governor will not '"fr
permit the state militia to participate tbe
n inaugural parade and will keep for
Dlemson and Citadel cadets at home, out
If in his power. Reasons for attitude." <n?
Mow, gentlemen, here are the "reasons mu
for attitude." "The governor said that J?'
io formal invitation had been extend- bor
?d and that unless such was fortlicom- ,ta
Ing he would not permit the militia to
ro to Washington, If in his power to ot 1
prevent, tuia uui ne iiau uecm.cu iu ??
ilgn the adjutant general'' order to A11)
:hat effect The governor stated as U <
'urther reason for his attitude that
-apt William E. Qonsales, of Colunt- tee
Jla would have control of the South
Carolina part of the Inauguration; did
that It waa his opinion that Mr. Gon- l*ti
sales would, if possible, place the gov- h
?rnor, as commander-in-chief of the ?n
state mllltla, in an embarrassing post- clei
tlon, and that he did not wish the state
troops to suffer thereby. Asked If his *??
prohibitive stand Included the Citadel 1*
ind Clemson. the governor said he did wh
sot know whether or not he had au- ha*
thorlty over these institutions, but if f
so, he would prevent the cadets going ord
to Washington." to
Now, the same man that sent that no*
-eport to the News and Courier sent tag
this report to the Atlanta Journal and P&r
[ want you to listen to the two reports *ha
ind see what lies the News and Cour- ?1<
er's big, glaring headlines give you. b?
-Iere Is my position, plainly stated, In my
he Atlanta Journal: cltl
'The governor replied: Tn part line
rour Information la correct The ad- hea
utant general's department presented trui
ne with a written order, I presume onl:
rou would term It for the national not
ruard to take part in President Wll- resi
ion's Inauguration. I declined to sign wal
he same upon the ground that no for- sell
nal Imitation to the governor of South sta:
Carolina as commander-in-chief, or to sta:
he adjutant general, has been receiv- the
id, asking that we participate In the do
naugural ceremonies. Until such Is Ace
ecelved, or unless such Is received, I ?on
nost assuredly will not attend the In- *ay
luguratlon, nor will 1 permit, if I can will
Mssibly help myself, any military will
inmntnv from 8outh Carolina, to par- get
lei pate in such ceremonies. I do not an
iropose for the South Carolina troops wtp
o go to Washington and be mistreat- my
id, or treated discourteously because fori
>f their commander-in-chief, knowing aga
ull well who will have control of the tauj
South Carolina part of the inaugura- mui
Ion, William EL Gonzales and know- cles
ng that it will be his pleasure to place to t
he governor of South Carolina in any kln<
imbarrasslng position on that occa- tlve
lion in which he could place me, by met
'air or foul means, or by treachery, datl
vhich is so well known to his race of real
jeople. Therefore I decline to allow ceh
nyself or the South Carolina troops to sen
>e placed under his command or in me
iny manner or form under his dicta- if I
ion. If an invitation comes from the and
>roper source which will guarantee to on,
ny troops an honorable position in the firs
naugural parade, and will guarantee T
o them fairness and equality, I am in go
'avor of accepting it and of their par- miti
iclpating in the inaugural ceremonies, day
otherwise I am not That is all there thai
s to it and this is what I propose to wor
itand by. I do not propose to let our ber
roops go to Washington and possibly uar
>e put in behind some negro troops, as The
vas done on one occasion when Gener- cou
il Wilie Jones received the humiliation first
if his life and by his military genius thai
ind strategy switched positions on the But
iegroe8 and placed himself in a re- be i
pectable position." "Does that prohi- ast>
iltion Include the Citadel and Clem- kno
ion?" the governor was asked. "I do But
tot know " he replied, "that I have any had
luthority over those two Institutions hav
n regard to the matter, but if I have, I can
nost assuredly will protect the farm- be (
rs' sons, at Clemson, and the profea- hav
ional men's sons at the Citadel from exc<
teing humiliated, and I am satisfied Stat
hat if the authorities in charge of slig!
hese institutions will stop and think tlen
hey will agree with me. Some people resi
nay say, "Oh, well, there is nothing mov
n it." "Possibly not but I do not pro- sent
>ose to put myseu in a position to uc mm
nsulted and then, if I am Insulted, do
nd I am not the cause of it, I will take thai
are of the man that does the Insult- fore
ng." ' adm
Mr. Caldwell sent that report to the hlgl
Jews and Courier; Mr. Caldwell sent sat!
hat report to the Atlanta Journal. The in t
Atlanta Journal publishes It as It was; fore
he News and Courier garbled it so as old
o mislead the people of South Caroll- com
la Into believing that I am trying to Hea
trevent the military companies from can
;olng to Washingtoh. Gentlemen, I "Fa
lave never been anywhere I was not bed
nvlted if I knew it; I have never been Car
.nywhere that I was not wanted, that Fini
knew of, and If I had been, as noon as gov
found It out I would havejeft, and I kepi
lo not propose to go to wasmngton isne
nd let a Cuban mixed-breed assign tire,
tie to a humiliating position, losslbly A
narchlng behind negroes. No; I won't thai
lo it. That shows you what newspa- I he
iers do, and how fair they are. for
Now, gentlemen I have been severe- ma;
y criticised for pardoning people. I one
ust want to show you that I am not and
one yet. Listen here: grai
"State of South Carolina?Office of ?"r
Superintendent of Penitentiary. shaJ
Columbia, S. C., Jan. 18. 1913. and
To His Excellency, Cole L. Blease, ?tar
Governor: *Pn
We the undersigned members of the
iouth Carolina general assembly, do .
arnestly pray that you parole Fannie
Jooper, during good behavior, from "All
larlington county. Also we earnestly L
ecommend that you have Sudle Jones Brir
ransferred from the penitentiary to And
i asylum for the Insane. All of which
respectfully,submitted. (Signed). C.
Portner N, C. Creech. E. M. Frlpp.
F. Harrelson, J P. DeLaughter, W
Roarers, J*? A. M. Hlott."
Mow, that shows you, gentlemen,
it, with all the pardoning I have
nfc your legislators can come down
re ??d in a fifteen minutes' walk find
tere .-other people ought to be out of
t penitentiary. How do you expect
t to stop it?
Mow, gentlemen, I suppose you have
ted that I had no prepared speech,
tave simply said, in a rambling way.
me things that I thought should be
lied to the attention of you gentletn
today. There is one other matter.
a mat is me matter or bonds, and I
ill have finished. Tou gentlemen
ght to pass a law prohibiting any
riding company from carrying more
in a certain amount of the bonds of
i county or state officials of your
te. There is a bonding company in
ur state, which, I understand, has
10 000 capital, which is possibly
rth $40,000. That company is on the
nds today of a very large number of
! county and state officers of South
roMna. Now. gentlemen, I say that
not right. The American Bonding
npany sent me a bond for the state
asurer of $90,000. I signed it after
estlgatlon with Attorney General
Bruhl. The American Bonding comly
sent me some other bonda I
ned them. Then the American
ndlng company sent me other bonds,
1 I turned tbem down. Why? Beise
I believed the state treasurer's
id of $90,000, with these other bonds
Ich I had already approved, gave that
idlng company all the responsibility
ith Carolina should have It carry,
the Gulf and Atlantic states comly
they sent me bond after bond. I
)roved some of them, but I do not
leve a company with only $100 000
>ital has any business being on the
id of every county treasurer in
ith Carolina. Now, I turned a good
ny of them down. Some people said
ras politics. I turned down the bond
Solicitor Gunter, whom 1 appointed
the office of solicitor, and whom the
>ple unanimously re-elected. I turndown
the bond of Solicitor Albert E.
1, and I do not thlnlr anybody?not
n Oita?wnnM uv that tlhni4 p
1 was not a Blease man. That shows
i it was not a matter of politics, but
latter of business, and you ought to
k into it Tour county treasurers
I come up to take charge of their ofs
on the first of July, by special act
fours. Is it right for all of them to
bonded in one company? Why, gennen
you may say there will not be
r defaulters; you may say you won't
re any defaults. Why, nobody would
r have blamed, the officials of Lexton
for putting money in *Jie Lexton
Savings Bank; nobody blames
superintendent of the penitentiary
putting money there; and yet, find
what South Carolina and what Lexton
county have lost by putting too
ch money in the hands of one man.
j ought to have an act that after a
iding company is on the bonds of
te or county officials for a certain
ount, they can not be on other bond
state or county officials. That is a
tt a** fnr vah T sia*
r; but I call it to your attention, so
my shortages do occur, and you
I there are on bonds behind the ofirs,
the people to whom I am pledgto
<1? my duty can not say, "You
not call the attention of the Iegisiire
to It"
fow, gentlemen of the general asibly,
today the governor's office is
in. There la not a letter In it tc be
iwered?they are all answered uni
It be one or two which have come
this morning. All the messages
Ich I have proposed to send to you
't been sent possibly to the extreme
tiAcatlon of some of you. The reels
clear. If another man were to
down and take charge of the offl<v
v. he would And it clean, with nothon
his handa The petitions for
don have been passed upon. And 1
II try?and God help me that I may
3 wipe off the slate and let the past
the past. I hold, so help me God, In
heart malice for no South Carolina
sen?remember, I said 8outh Caroi
citizen. I hold no malice in my
rt, so help me God. towards any
?-blooded American citizen?and
f a few who are not and they are
far from us. What I say here I am
ponsible for on the streets. I often
k the streets of Columbia by myI
go to the office at 10 o'clock and
j until 2, and go back about 4 and
/ until such hour in the evening as
business will permit me to leave. I
not hide behind the governor's otto
say or do anything. I am perally
responsible for every word I
and those who think otherwise
i And themselves mistaken If they
simply make up their minds and
the courage and backbone to resent
insult. But I have endeavored to
e the slate clean and I shall start
new administration as governor,
riving everything that has been done
Inst me in the past; because I am
jht that If I want forgiveness I
at fnpwfvA T Via xr a vlnnH tha alatp
in. Those whose duty It is to come
he governor's office will receive the
lest treatment. Those representas
of the people who have recoinitiations
to make?their recommenlons,
unless there be some gcod
ion given to the contrary, will ere
proper consideration. I hope to
re the people as they would bv/e
serve. But, understand gentlemen,
am struck I propose to strike back,
i say to the man who strikes, ' Jjiy
Macduff, and damned be him who
t cries, hold, enough."
ell your people, please, when you
back home, that you saw, at Ave
lutes past one o'clock, on the 21st
of January, 1918, the happiest man
t God Almighty has ever created. I
ked from 1890, as an humble memof
this house, until the 17th of Jany,
1911, to be governor of rny state,
it was the height of my amoition. I
Id have retired at the end of my
t term and truly said to my people
I they had given me all I wanted.
when I was told that I could not
re-elected. I proposed to show some
ite politicians that they did not
w what they were talking about.
. standing before you today having
my term as governor endorsed. I
e received the highest honors that
be given any man. I would rather
jovernor of South Carolina than to
e any other position in the world.
?pt the presidency of the United
tea, and that I do not have the
htest idea of ever having. But, genlen,
If one of your senators were to
gn today, and you were unaniisly
to elect me to serve you In the
ite of the United States, I would
ik you and decline, because I can
more for my friends as governor
i I can in any other capacity. Therei
I say to you that I start th& new
ilnistra' .on, having attained the
lest ambition of my life, perfectly
sfled at Its end, or, If it please Qod.
he midst of It, to retire forever and
ver from public life, and go back to
Newberry. And when the day shall
ie that I shall meet my father in
iven, on that great Judgment day I
look him in the face and say.
ther I promised you on your dying
t tifaum ha emvamnr nf Smith
l"01 A nvu?u o- ' ......
olina, and I am here on this day of
Eil Judgment to tell you that I wa?
emor of South Carolina and that I
t the faith." Then I shall have fln>d
my work; I shall be ready to res
a final word, gentlemen, I hope
? you will have a pleasant session;
>pe it will be a session full of good
the people of our state; that wo
r join hands and work together In
common cause?the upbuilding
the uplift of the people of our
id Commonwealth?and that when
lives have been finished, and we
II be called to the other world, you '
I, and all of us, may be able to
id and join in the great acclaim.
sUse God from Whom all ble3sing;<
r" and with that great Heavenly
L, have our part In the glad and
ious song of praise.
hall, the power of Jesus' name;
et angels prostrate fall;
ig forth the royal diadem,
I crown Him Lord of all."