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EXTRA'.. VOLUNE MILI NUNBER '1. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAMOLML TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER f, 1910. MAYOR COd Coleman Livingston Blease was I berry County. 'His father, Henry H. Blease, an the Confaderate Army. Basil Ble; daring bravery, was steadily pron rank of captain. Henry H. Blease, the father of Livingston, of what is now Saluda stons we:.e all farming people. TI <diers of the Confederacy. All the cause of W-ade Hampton in the da: Cole. L. Blease was admitted to 1 came one of the leaders in his pr .an excellent practice. For the pac many of the important cases tried sociated in important cases in Sa ton, Richland, Kershaw and Dorc] as city attorney of Newberry. Mayorf Bleas warried seaver; fahrI amr eie nAd When Cole L. Bleas wa4a. e wasolected Liiton Beae ae 1 darity, bavery was seadiby prom of aptadyin10,srvn nt erd frnH. Beae with fthe of Lifihsthomon, ewberry,no avid mttnee Seeal farmein peoplesT tdiers of ta Coeeacy. the StteC causeo reprenehi Hapount in the InColitic Myo Blease hasite to c8a10 a one of theledrinhsP the ecnracticoiee For the p mny ofeae imortmant caes tras Hecisate ins imoancor in Kni ton, griand ershawtand ofreO as city gratreypretaieofyth Sather a.fatsein ConnectionWith Codte solomer Conte ofandfas grand dfFathersatoniem n desende omim Mres.nehase ad en oe. Mayr. Blease was athe thatwLaren County, the House of eahetie gavein thim fewerati taiave he wasewicerr selecte Mr. waBlease, towhe twate sughte b politicad waons hoe byat the. residfon tthe Sednt wthn the oe ae his home town,N ber,hv county, ovr1l9fv0o9hsopo For tw yersoe asrity. Col.itNee. eDal,tme in Lauessf tons asl. eeatetoe Stpains to hareentedrgi Journtyl, whihe; in pis Mayogr.erasced hasy 1896ander0hsasone ofta Mr.hea sHoe isaie at carreyo hin ther-ni ..i X7 LE. L. BLEASE. )orn forty-two years ago on a farm in New - - I his father's three brothers saw service in %se, one of these brothers, because of his aoted from the position of private to the the subject of this sketch, married Mary County, formerly Edgefield. The Living ie four brothers of Mary Blease were sol Bleases and Livingstons were true to the Ys of '76. he bar twenty-five years ago. He soon be ofession, and he has coitinuously enjoyed it fifteen years he has been connected with in Newberry County. He has also been as luda, Laurens, Greenwood, Union, Lexing iester Counties. For two years he served 1 years ago to Miss Lillie Summers, whose rson County. Mrs. Blease's father was a er was in the Mexican war, and her great Vaters, a soldier of the Revolution. Being a a member of the Daughters of the Amer y young man he was chosen to represent Representatives. Twice he was re-elected, ticket by a handsome majority. In the er; and because of his ability as a parlia . speaker pro tem. In~ 1904 Mayor Blease om Newberry County by a handsome ma mbers of the Senate as president pro tem, is capacity for two years. He voluntarily lose of his term in 1908. He is now Mayor g been elected to that position in Decem airman of the Democratic Executive Com on he was elected by the County Conven ~onventions. For the past twelve years he State Executive Committee. ways been a straight Democrat. Both ir presidential electors for William J. Bryan residency. been prominent in fraternal circles. He is Red Man, Elk and Woodman of the World ghts of Pythias, and has been grand maste1 Id Fellows. He has been great sachem and Red Men. pensary county, and the dispensar: advocates there voted against Mr The Featherstone, that gentleman havirn been onie of the leaders in voting ou ethe dispe3sary. Newberry county voted out the dis ogpensary about five years ago, and nov -oappears to be a strong prohibitioi [it- county, for in the recent primary th' : in two men elected to the house of rep ov- resentatives are strong State-wid' fact prohibitionists. Yet in the face of thi: Mr. Newberry county gave Mr. Ble -, o otes a local option platform, a magnificen !hile vote. And that,, too, although Mr his Blease has for twenty years been im- prominent lawyer at this bar, beini 1 at engaged in a great number of import and ant civil and criminal cases, and beinm ents a hard fighter in the courts, and natur ally having made enemies on this ac lend count. the In the face of this Bleasb carrie; na- Newberry by a handsome majority an: the leads in the surrounding counties a her- Laurens, Union, Lexington, Saluda an' Official CoUwI Lead of 3,361 MAKES SECOND RACE WITH FEATHERSTONF BLEASE LEADS FEATHERSTONE IN 22 COUNTIES. Got Majority in Home County and Handsome Lead in FiTe Surround ing Counties. Cole. L. Blease, of Newberry, led all other candidates in the first primary for governor, his vote, according to thE official tabulation, being 33,414 a lead of 3,369 over his nearest competito C. C. Featherstone, of Laurens. The official figures are as follows: Cole. L. Blease, 33.369; Jno. T..Dun can, 1,436; C. C. Featherstone, 30,045; F. H. Hyatt, 5,436; T. G. McLeod, 25, 263; Jno. G. Richards, 9,770. Mr. Blease 2arried his home countO by a handsome majority, and led all other candidates in the surrounding counties of Laurens-the home of Mr Featherstone-Saluda, Union, Lexing ton and Fairfield. He led all the oth.i candidates in seventeen counties, and he leads Mr. Featherstone in twenty two counties. Following are the official figureE giving the vote of Messrs. Blease and Featherstone in the sereral counties of the State: C. C. Cole. L. Feather Counties. Blease. stone Abbeville.. ....... 746 75% Aiken.. ........1,523 921 Anderson.. ......2,460 2,114 Bamberg .. .. .. .. 130 33'1 Barnwell.. ...... 716 424 Beaufort .. ...... 147 101 Berkeley .. ...... 318 251 Calhoun.. .: .. 340 16 Charleston. ........752 25( Cherokee.. ....... 971 67( Chester.. .........478 464 Chesterfield.. .. ...473 . 6 0 Clarendon.. .... .. 354 351 Colleton.. .......771 864 Darlington. .......392 81 Dillon....... 223 441 Dorchester. .. ......521 331 Edgefield.. .........331 53: Fairfield.. .........451 344 Florence.. .........152 33: Georgetown ........31 20s Greenville.. ..... 1,581 1,591 Greenwood .........680 83: Hampton.. .........560 58! Horry. .. .... . ....1,276 56: Kershaw.. .........553 262 Lancaster..........392 97 Laurens.. .. ......1,504 1,38' Lee.. .... .........231 20~ Lexington.. .... ...1,387 92; Marion.. .... ......344 69' Marlboro.. .........426 72 Newberry.. .... ...1,329 83 Oconee.... .....-..627 63 Orangeburg .........956 1,07 Pickens.... ... ..1,198 70 Richland.. ... .1,261 57 Saluda.. .... ......938 36 Spartanburg .... ...3,151 3,17 Sumter.. .. ........230 33 Union.. ...... .... 1,113 73 Williamsburg. .. 223 45 York.. .. ...... ...1,174 1,10 Total.. .. .... ..33,414 30,04 Looks Good For Blease. In Laurens county, Featherstone' home county, he was defeated b: Blease by over 200 votes. In Newber ry county, Blease's home county Featherstone was defeated by Bleas two to one. In Anderson count3 where Featherstone was born an reared, Featherstone was defeated b Blease by 300 votes. In State at larg Blease leads Featherstone by abou 3,000 votes. Looks bad for Feather stone and the indications are that th next governor of South Carolina wil be Cole L~. Blease.-Anldersonl Intel ligencer. - Let Us See. Mr. Featherstone, according to th State, was not good enough to b governor of South Carolina so lon as there was anybody else than Bleas Sin the race with him. But now tha Ithe State has begun its fight 0 Blease, there will be many "outraged p eople who will be ready to pat th e:a e o thack and say, "Goo Gives Blease in First Race MR BLEASE'S THANKS TO PEOPLE OF STATE FINANCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS MOST IMPORTANT. Promises if Elected to be Governor of All the People-Warning Against False Charges. To the Democratic Voters of South Carolina: The votes you gave me in the first primary were sufficient to place me in the -second race for the office of governor. I can not express to you in words how deeply grateful I am to you for this evidence of confidence in me. My friends in every county in the State have been very active in my be half, and I believe they feel as I do, that the fight I am making is not sim ply to elect me governor of South Carolina, but that it is a battle for the people and their rights. I have expressed myself clearly all over the State on all of the issues of interest to the people, and have en deavored in- this campaign, to make financial and educational questions the principal matters for discussion. I stand for an economical and busi ness like administration of the govern ment of the State, and will always favor saving the money of the tax payers where ever It can be done without detriment to the progress of South Carolina. The most important question, as I conceive it, before the people of South Carolina, is foi the State so to conduct her business af fairs that the tax payers may not be constantly drained in order to enrich any special interests. I feel that my long experience as a lawyer, my services as attorney for the city of Newberry, my admiaistr tion as mayor of that town, the in formation that I have gained as a member of th,. house of representa tives for six years, and -of the State senate for four years, and as president pro tem. of that body for two years, pmy services on +he State Thrnocratic executive committee for 1.2 years, the success that I h'ioe had n the man agement of my owq affa:m, and the knowledge that I han of the peop..e and conditioas in every county of South Carolina, will enable me to per form the duties of the high office of governor, to the best interests of the people at large. I have made a clean, honorable, )straightforward campaign, making no )fight on any man, but seeking election Son my own merits and record. I have ihad no special interests backing me, 5 but have had to depend entirely upon Sthe principles for which I stood, the i people who favored those principles, 3 and the support of my personal j friends. I expect to continue my 3 campaign as I have conducted it so far, without appeals to prejudice, ) without seeking to disparage any man i who has opposed me. The returns from the first primary show that I i have carried my .home town and 5 county over all my competitors by a - splendid majority. I have led in the 5 counties of Lexington, Saluda, Union and Fairfield, which adjoin my home county. In the county of Laurens, a where my opponent, Hon. C. C. 7 Featherstone resides, I have also led. - I was the leader in almost half of the ; counties of the State. e I take this method to warn the peo , ple against unfounded charges and false statements which may be made y between elections, when there is no e opportunity to reply, and when these t charges, if true, would have been -made during the progress of the cam e paign. 1 I believe that I will win in the sec - ond election, but I realize that in or der to do so, I must have the help of the people, and that my friends must be active in my behalf. I am sure e that this they will do, as evidenced by e their loyalty heretofore. If elected, I g will be the governor of the whole peo e pe. I will stand for the best inter .t ests of South Carolina, strive to h)ve n enforced fairly and impartially her "laws, and do all in my power to pro e mote the moral and educational wel d Ifare of her cizebd. Cole. L. Blease. THE PARDONING POWER AND OFFICIAL DUT IR. BLEASE'S RECORD IS ANSWE] TO CHARGES. Eleventh-Hour Reports That H Would Abuse Pardoning Power for Personal Aims Branded as False. Driven to desperate measures, th political enemies of Mr. Blease hav been industriously circulating report throughout the State to the effect tha if he should be elected governor h would pardon clients whom he has de fended as an attorney, and that h would pardon the "grafters" if an "grafters" should be convicted. "All who know me know that this I false," said Mr. Blease, when asked i he, had any statement to make, "bu for fear that this attack upon me ma: find lodgment in the minds of som who do not know me, I now brand I as false. I have defended many mz charged with crime, and I have de fended them with all the vigor which possessed. As a private attorney have sought pardons for clients. have defended some men charged wit crime who were my friends, and j may be that others who are my friend may be charged with crime. Some c them may be innocent and some C them may be guilty. As a private ai torney, when defending a man, I hav always used every honorable means I his behalf, and fought for him 'to th last ditch.' But official duty is ar other matter. When there is officis duty to be performed, those who knoi me know I would seek to do my officih duty as faithfully and as conscier tiously as I have always sought to d my private duty, whether it were I the defence of a man charged wit crime or in any other matter. Frienc ship is one thing and duty is anothe: Where the two conflict there is bt one course for the honorable man. . nobler sentiment was never uttere than that of Robert E. Lee, expresse in his Immortal words, 'Duty is th sublimest word in the English lai guage.' "I think that my record as mayc of Newberry is conclusive proof to an who will take the trouble to invest gate that neither personal friendshi nor any other Influence has ever ix terefered with the discharge of what conceived to be my duty. "If I am elected governor I saa exercise the pardoning power as m conscience dictates after I have eari estly sought the light of truth and fui tice. "These between-campaign slander which are being used against me I d not believe will injure me, but rathe do me good, for the- people of th. State have learned long since that thi method of attack Is cowardly, and thi if there had been merit in it it woul have been used at some time durn all the long weeks before the firn primary." A Few Words to the Voters of Soul Carvolina. Its seems strange that some peop] can not see any good in anybody bi themselves, and are ever ready to coi demn and speak ill and detrimental< their fellow-men often without caus or a true knowledge of the man's cha: acter, simply ' because they differ opinions or In years past have beei cross-roads with each other. Which: unfortunate but often unavoidable. I have known Hon. Cole. L. Bleat for 22 years or more, from early chili hood. The social, fraternal and bus ness relations between us and all oti ers as far as I know have beE strightforward, ul1right and hones Of course he is not an angel. Who iF No mortal creature has wings, but v would like for the kickers to pull their horns some time and give evel man a chance. Be just to all. Knowing Hon. Cole. L. Blease to 1 a man who will not rule to ruin ax will deal fair and square towards or and all, I hereby take pleasure in re ommending him voluntarily to the vo ers of the State as a suitable cand date for the honorable position of go ernor of South Carolina. Yours respectfully, Otto IClettner. INow is the time to subscribe to TI m,-ra a1 News $1.50 necr year. THE PLATFORM Of MR. COLE. L BLEASE I ECONOMICAL ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMET AND EDUCATION e These the Main Issues.-HIls Position, On Various Questions as State At Opening Campaign Meeting at Sumter. e Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentle e men, South Carolinians: Two years ago, when I appeardd before you as a candidate for the of e fice of governor, I was introBucted to you as Senator Blease. This morn ing your chairman introduced me as Mayor Blease, of Newberry. Two years ago I represented Newberry 9 county in the State senate. At the close of that year I voluntarily retired from that position, and last December I was elected mayor of the city of Newberry, where I was born and where I have lived all my life. So it Is with pleasure that I can today repeat the boast which I made in the last campaign, viz., that the people of my home town and county have never re fused to elect me to any office that I have asked them for. I have been town attorney and am now mayor, and have represented the county in the house of representatives and 'in the State sen ate. I have been elected to nearly every State convention since 1890, when I began my service in the house of representatives, and am now serv ing my fourteenth year on the State Democratic executive committee. In the race for governor two years ago I received a majority of the votes In the town of Newberry and in the county of Newberry, and in the surrounding counties of Laurens, 'Saluda and Un Ion, and In that section of Lexipgton adjacent to my home county. Where the people know me best I received my largest vote, and of that I am proud. As to my success in my pro fession, the records in the office of d the clerk of the court at Newberry d will show that my name appears as d attorney in nearly all of the important criminal and civil cases of the county. I have served the State as speaker pro ten. of the house, and as presi ' dent pro tem. of the senate, as presi y dential elector twice, and as a mem h er of the State board of canvassers Pfor four years, and I beg'to refer you 'to those with whom I have served and Sthose whom I have served as to the manner In which I filed these posi II tions and discharged the duties there yof. - We are told today that conditions in - South Carolina demand a sound and economical, but not penurious, busi S ness administration, and it is true. 0 The financial question Is the greatest r issue which~ confronts our people. And .5 who was it that first called attention *s to our financial condition? Blease t did it on the floor of the senate, and d worked for a more economical govern g ment, and begged the senators to re t duce appropriations, not to create use less offices and to stop burdening the people with taxation. In 1906 and .1908 I went on the stump all over this. State and begged the people to pay more attention to their- financial af lfairs, and did all In my power to make the financial condition of our State the principal Issue in both those cam paigns. But the politicians and cer etain newspapers wanted to keep con cealed the true conditions, so they hollered "liquor, liquor," and hid the tfacts, as far as possible, from the vat sers. Now, since they can not keep these conditions hid any longer, some e of them are yelling, "Let liquor alone, - and let's have a business campaign." - All right, that is what I have been - trying to get for years-a more econo a mical form of government. Two years ago I exposed the imml gration law so completely that the e legislature was forced to repeal the act and abolish the immigration bu reau. Had it not been for my -I ht that abomination would still be wth .us. uI fought for the inspection of our emills as to health and as to working Schildren under the prohibited age and not within the legal hours, and the Slegislature has made provision for ths., , . I1fought the effort which was made -l to keep thousands of our white peo pie from voting in the primary, and - ('Continued oni page three).