Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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SOH?SfiT From Gaverncf Coleraan L. Blease at ?; the Press of Ihe State ?:?'" ?" ? ?: ? ?'1 V';;:..vi.:^ ? >A SMS If OPPOSED MM What the, New Governor Had; to Say About the Newspapers of Sjouth Carolina in His Inaiagural Address When Inducted in Office Last ICues day. The following is what Governor lease had to say about the press in .ibis inaugural address: \ - ??-??'-' , (A.t the campaign meeting at Flor eace in 1910 I said: "I notice in the-editorial columns of The State newspaper of this day, 'We shall in a day or two have -.somethini to say dn regard to the candidacy of Candi date Blease that will not be. regard ed as endorsement.'.; I believe that .t'ae people ot South Carolina are in. favor of fair play, and I now Toquest and invite^ the man who wrbtb that article to come on the rostrum at Co lumbia, at the State campaign meet ing at Columbia, next Saturday.. Aug ust 6th, and have his 'something ..to say. in regard to the candidacy of Candidate Blease,* to my face, where I can and will have'the opportunity, to -make reply. And if he declines this, then I demand that he name a time. and. place where he will agree to meet me face to face and make his statement. Two years ago this pa per .published articles about me, and when my friends sent replies to these articles, the publishers of the paper refused to publish them, thus cutting me ofi* from any opportunity tc prove thedr statements false to the readers of their papers. A brave man comes but In the open and fights face to face; a coward lurks in the dark, or hides behind his editorial desk, and, assassin-like, strikes from'-.behind. To which class does the 'wriiter of 'this article belong? His future ac tions, wdll show.' " At the campaign meeting in Cr* lumibia on August .6 I repeated the /Statement as made at Florence, and called for the writer to^appear. He failed to do so, and I repealed the question, "To which class does, the writer of this article belong??and said, "He Is a coward." I do not believe that it would be possible for any other mail ever to have to undergo the vituperation and ?abuse from the press that I had. And wihy did I have it?., Because of my professional connection with a noted criminal .case in1 this State. I.'most respectfully recomin'end that you ?'gentlemen of .the general assemoly. pass at this.seBsIoh jm act providing ?that any newspaper editor or re porter who shall publish,' .or cause to be published, any article reflecting upon the private diarnctor or the' public record of anjr citizen of this State, which is >. not true, shall be punished by a fine and imprison ment. An act of this character, in my- opinion, will sravei much . bitter feeling, and possibly:'bloodshed, in future campaigns5 Itt'.'?ur State." . iSC.T, beg leaye^injChls?.dounecti?n to call your a&entlon io ar,leading'.edi torial in -the ;?^^b<iny. 'iB.erald.:' ahd News .of is^tonibeir -9, 1910', which is-as follows:-' .' . ? \ ?' ?/TAe^nacV*'?*? "It is. a good'subject , ai: this par VtScular time, and Importance has ;Seen driven .h'bihe.. : - ; "The .people of ??uth Carolina are menaced. . I "The menace is unfair newspaper, methods.': '"The Columbia'State o'.' Thursday* carried on its first page a cartoon of Mr. Cole L.'Blease. over the label, *The Menace.' "The Columbia State knew at the time the cartoon was pub.flsb.ed that it was as unfair as It was false. The Columbia State knew when' the car toon was designed that it was mis leading and false. The Columbia State knew that the publication of . the, cartoon had for its object the imis^nading of the voters of South Carolina, and was, therefore, malic iously false, and was a malicious slander of a man who led ail the rest of the candidates and received 30 per cent of the votes of the State. Is that not an intentional and gross in sult to one-third of the voters of this State? "His side will have no showing in the Columbia State. No reply will be allowed. "That is The Columbia Stato's method. "That is 'the menace.' "The Columbia State has a large circulation. . There are people who read The State and who do not see I the other side, because The State does not print the other side. "That is 'the menace.' "Before the first primary the News and Courier, the Columbia Record and other newspapers in South Car Molina were charging The Columbia Sjtate with unfairness, and, in fact, wrath malicious falsehood. "ST'nq1nJy because these newspapers now agrei? with The Stage's policy in the gubernatorial race, will they keep silent un^ler the same conditions "which existed \ when they brought, their ch^ry^s asrainst The Columbia State?because, / forsooth, then The Columbia State/' was going against the e-rain and now it is suiting along with it? / "Surely the (manhood of the news papers of Soifth. Carolina is not a thine of the past. "The newspapers of South Caro lina have in the past wielded a won derful influence. It is because they have made for themselves a reputa tion of fairness, and. presenting both sides, have u'-gec the claims of the side which the newspapers thought would be for the interests of the State of South Carolina. "The course which s;ome of them are now pursuing may help the men of their choice in this rarticular race ?though vre doubt it?but the pro fession suffers. "Why hot give everybody a 'square deal?'. . "The Columbia State; for instance, and - other. anti-Blease 'newspapers ?will reprint in their news columns comments favorable to Mr.. Feath erstone, but ignore anything favpir ..biO to Mr. Blease. That is 'news paper'" business with a vengeance.; "So far as The Herald and News is concerned, we delight in being ig nored by The Columbia State?or boycotted; or put on the famous ? black" list, as you please?but what we started out to say was that the cartoon ; in The Columbia ? State Thursday morning was the limit downward in newspaper business as we have observed it. "The days .of factionalism and per sonal prejudice in South Carolina are happily over, and we believe that theVpeople of South Carolina, when the matter is brougbt to their at tention,' will resent under-hand and below-the-belt methods. , \f "For that .reason, which isfcredita ble- to the people of South.Carolina, we . believe The Columbia State and other newspapers who are taking un fair advantage of Mr.-Blease in this race are doing him more gdod than harm. .' "It is not for 5 Blease that we mourn, but for the newspaper pro fession. " 'The menace'?the real menace? will be met ,by the people of South Carolina, ;as .they .have met all other questions. /'During the> campaign and belobe the first primary election, The Co lumbia State made a-strong fight in an angumentative manner against Mr. Featherstone and thereby brought .down the wrath! of'a l? ge majority of the papers of South "Car olina charging it with 'unfairness.' They had practically nothing to say about Mr. .Blease, he having distinct ly defied .them to make their charges, if any they had, to his face. They failed to do so. Now they are mak ing one of :he ugliest and most slan derous campaigns against Mr. Bleaje that has tever been waged in the State of South Carolina. What do the newspapers think of this fight at this time? Is it fair? Mr. Biease and his friends have no manner now in which' to : answer them for they will publish nothing . favorable to Blease; he can not answer it on the stuanp, the campaign is over." And also an article from the Shreveport, La., Journal, of Septem ber, 1&10: "Speaking of The News and Cour ier, the election was a striking exam ple "of the wonderful 'power of the press' to mould public opinion. .Ev ery newspaper in the State, with an exception of two country weeklies supported Featherstone and called Blease "out of his name. They suc ceeded in making the people believe Blease a regular Satan in one re spect . . . A newspaper possesses power to direct public opinion only to the extent of its independence, Its honesty and its impartiality. These three things are hard to find in com bination in a newspaper of today." And al60 an article from the Edge-' field Chronicle: "We do not join hands in the ava lanche of abuse that has been heaped upon the head of the governor-elect. If personality was the issue, how sad a,;reflection on Mr. Featherstone that he could , not carry his own county, while Blease carried his by a sub stantial majority.". . ""And'also a-comment from the Co lumbia 'Daily Record: ./"Disliking to do so, for obvious reasons, yet 'The .Record ' now . feels constrained to say, as a supporter or Featherstone and : an opponent of ?Blease^ that the repulsive cartoon in The State of Thursday, portraying Biease as a vulture, Is offensive to the. 6ense of decency and fairness.' And an article from the Macon, Ga., Telegraph, --of September 25, 1910:' - "There- is a citizen over in South Carolina by the name of Blease, who has done a remarkable thing. The readers of almost any ??jth Caro lina newspaper a week or two ago would bav.e found good reason for the blelef that Blease was every thing that was bad or undesirable, to s^y the least; that in expressing a desire to become governor he haa shown unpardonable presumption; that his candidacy was a fit. subject for jest, and that he had not tbe ghost of a chance. The Charleston News and Courier contemptuously reported the fact that only three newspapers in the whole Slate had ventured to endorse the candi lacy o; Mr. Biease. All the dailies, large and small, the religious papers, nor" ''escript and what not, thunder" I at Blease continually. ? Moreover he was bombarded from the pulpit. . . .'' And an article from the New :>r leans Picayune of September 14, 1910: "The vote today hinged very large ly on the personality of the two can didates for governor. In the inter val between the two primaries the n'ress of the State made a strenuous fight upon Please, attacking his rec ord as a legislator, attorney, and even as a private citizen. Every daily and all but two weekly newspa pers were aligned against him. . ." Evecutor's Notices. On January 20th. 1911, I will Bit with the Judge of Probate for Or angeburg county, S. C, my final ac i count as executor of the last Will and Testament of Polly Hamilton deceased, and will thereupon ask fOT my discharge as uch executor. All persons having claims agalns* the estate of the said Polly Hamil ton, deceased, are hereby required t( prove their respective demands be fore the undersigned, on or before January 19th, 1911, or be debarrer payment. T. M. DANTZLER, Executor of the last Will and Testa ment of Polly Hamilton, deceased It is better for the preacher to know today s children than all the church fathers. GOOD SHOWS COMING SIANAGEOR O'DOWD HAS A NUM '? ' BEB. BOOKED. "Buster Brou-n" the First.?Then "The Sins of a Father" and These Are to Be Followed by Others. "Buster Brown," whose name is a household word almost all over the world wiill come to the Academy of Music-'oh. Friday ^ Jan. 27th, and it is nailed with delight and. one grand exhilarating hurrah, for he comes this season with a splendidly equipped and new edition of the always pop ular musical comedy of the same name; "Buster Brown" which, is al ways - 3- success with a. capital S. This season the play has been revised and equipped with an entirely new scenic dress, new and elaborate cos tumes, together with popular songs that "are the latest and new music throughout., ^he cast, which is headed by Master Harold ? as "Bus ter," and Al Brady as "Tige," is said to be by far the best of any one of the many seen in ? the comedy. "Buster" needs no introduction, his face is too well known and the mirth provoking elements of the play have been too thoroughly tried. "The Sins of the Father." Coming. A new Thomas Dixon play, in which that author leaves the historical field and pictures'the life of the South to day, is the interesting announcement at the Academy of Music for Mon day, Jan. 30th. "The Sins of the Father"?for that is-the'title of the play?tells, a story of love and hafe, of lawless passion and its direct con sequence, in the home of a gallant Confederate officer thirty-five years after the War. In it Mr. Dixon strikes the race problem at ah entirely new angle, for on a ' member of Major Norton's household reBts the sus picion of a taint of negro blood. Creatbre's Italian Band. One of .the largest and most bril liant audiences ever assembled in the Academy of Music will be present to welcome the famous Italian Band, Master Creatore and His Band ol fifty instrumentalists. Many doubt less will go but of curiosity to see whether Creatore really does go through, all those sensational stunts In directing his band with which he is credited. Others will go for the sake i of the music, for no one can deny'that the program surpasses any band program ever offered in this city. It includes great overtures which have .thrilled music lovers throughout the world as well as daintier selections that make It well nigh impossible to keep the feet still. It will be a great event for this city and a treat that comes only too rare ly. .>.;,-???,..;:. ? . "The Climax." it is a fortunate thing for local playgoers that the. struggle between the two great theatrical forces has not. .deterred. Joseph , Weber from again aending out that charming Idyl of Edward Locke's . "The Climax" which last season was the dramatic delight of the country. The work of the Pittsburg playwright is so homely, so gentle, so. pure, with shch a powerful grasp on the heartstrings of every human being capable of feel ing any of the primal passions; that it will live long in the souls and brains of those who see it, even chough the astute New York man ager placets ? it in the, storehouse. With a forethought which is remark able in this age of commercialism in things theatrical. Mr. Weber is send ing out "The Climax" with! a cast even better than that seen last sea son. Thomas Sinclair is cast as Dr. Raymond; Chester Barnett is the music-loving Pietro; Florence Web ber is the budding prima donna; and Arthur Cogliser is the maestro, Lui -Ti. "The Climax" will be seen at the Academy of Music on February 2nd. "The Cow and the Moon." Miss Hazel Rice, of "The Cow and the Moon" company which comes to the Academy of Music on February Sth. is one of the most interesting little nersonages in present day the atricals. She is known as the Dres den Tioll of musical comedy; scarce ly fov.r feet in height, but perfect 'n form and figure, most pleasing feat ures,, and a personality that reaches nut over thp foot lights and fairly grasps one, she is most magnetic and charming. Miss Rice in the part of little Miss Innocence, the maid who 'ms never seen a m?.n, has a role that -nits her pcrfactly and she is said to he making the hit of her career. VVlth a most pleasing voice, her sing nrr of "Bridal Bells," "They All '.-ok Alike to Mable." and ' If They \re All as Nice As You" displays her talents ns a comedienne most favoi ably. The 'Cow and the -Moon" is j i companion play to "The Cat and The Fiddle" and is also wounded on Nursery Rhyme lore, which made the latter so entertaining. Attention Farmers! Do you want to raise more cotton with less fertilizer, seed and labor than you ever did before? If so. send for particulars of the Bunch System of Cotton Culture and learn how to double your yields per acre. ?\ postal brines It. Address A. L. Couch. CO W. Russell Street, Orange burg. S. C. Notice to Creditors. State of South Carolina. County of Orangeburg?In Common Pleas. John R. Leysath, Plaintiff, against Eliza Nelson. Defendant. 'By virtue of the judgment in the above stated case. all persons hav ing claims again?t. the es-ate of Aubry Nelson, deceased, are hereby required to prove their respective demands hefure the un lersi .'ned at Orangeburg. S. C, on or before the 24th day of January, 1911, or be debarred payment. ROBERT E. 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