The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, July 31, 1917, Page THREE, Image 3
&AKE SOUTH CAROLINA
"SAFE FOR DEtfOCRACr'
First ?un in Fight of Redeeming the
State for the People Has Been
* tired at Pom aria.
Columbia, July 28.?The political
campaign of 1918 has opend in South
Carolina.
The actors are the people. If there
are any candidates for any particular
offices in the field, they have not as
' yet announced themselves. This is
t a people's movement, and it was given
momentum at Pomaria, in Newberry
county, today.
, "They tell us that we are fighting
a war for world democracy," said
former Governor Blease, leader of
the Reform party, during the course
of his address. "It behooves us of
South Carolina," he said, "now to begin
a fight for state democracy in
"South Carolina?for the taking back
into the hands of the people their own
government."
Several Thousand Democrats.
There were several thousand people
at Pomaria, and they were representative
of the democracy of South
Carolina. Numbered abong the prominent
speakers were Major John G.
"Richards, chairman of the State railroad
commission, and Hon. Thos. F.
"Brantley, of Orengeburg. Dr. H. A.
"McCulftugh, pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran
church, of this city, also made
an address.
The speech of former Governor
"B J ease was the key-note of the meeting,
and it was also the first gun in
" ?1 ~?Tv.r>oicm in- South Caro
xne poiiuuai Lupui^u
lina, "which next summer will sweep
a new administration of the people
into power. The campaign begun today
is peculiar in politics in that it
is a campaign inaugurated by the
people, and not by any man or set
of men who set themselves up as leaders
of the people.
Former Governor Blease discussed
the war, and the effect of the war. He
said that he had been opposed to the
declaration of war. and that he could
not yet understand why it had been
"brought upon the people, but now^that
^^?gg|^on, it must be fought out to
" Via uronterf
SUUicaa. oui. uv
who had plunged the nation
retired into political oblivion
I Bresnlt which he declared would
Bkccomplished with honor to the
BfflEion and certainly without loss of
^prestige to American arms.
| Hell Xispahitod.
"I want to ask this question of yon,
please: What is law and order? I
shall not answer it; but if the present
administration of affairs in this
State is 'law and order,' then hell has
* for it must be a
UWU UilDjnttuvvw, ? ?.
paradise."
"You have ?ot to organize," be told
his bearers. "You have got to get
I together. You have got to have a rer
generation of the spirit of godliness
in this country, and band together for
self-protection. You have got to pray
<3od for His help and Hie guidance,
and the next time you go to the ballot
box, you have got to cast your ballot
for a man or a coward; for a man
I -arhn etoTi^fl for lustice between man
and man; for a man who can 'look
"the world in the face and say that he
"knows no master but the people whom
"he serves, and that he will answer
only to them and to his God."
"Arrant Coward."
He denounced Governor Manning as
an arrant coward, and he said that he
iad so stated to Governor Manning's
face, and was taking no advantage of
| liis absence. "In your own state," he
?SJ <w\wAi>r>nr lav like a
IijcUU, ?VU1
coward that he is?and I have said
so to his face, and am taking no advantage
of his absence?and instead
o of going as commander-in-chief of our
troops and leading them like ja braro
men, he lies in his feather bed in the
mansion in ease and luxury, hiding
'behind his positition, whMe he sends
your eons and other bojs into the
trenches of death."
. Neither did Mr. Brantley nor Major
^Richards mince words when they were!
talking to the several thousand people
who gathered for a discussion, of
issues. Major Richards, who is himself
a farmer, discussed fanning activities
in view of the war emergency,
and his address was uplifting and
* hel?ftiJ. He emphasized conditions
and how they ought to he remedied?
especially the cutting out of the toll
now being taken by the middle man.
I The farmer ought to reap the results
of h-ls la>bor, he urged, "because the
farmer "was the man who was supporting
the government, and it wa3
upon the farms that this war would,
finaQly be "won. The deliverance of
the farmer from an oppression which
was insidious as it was burdensome
-was one of the main issues now, and j
It was along this line that he pitched;
one of the aKest addresses heard in
this State along practical lines in recent
years. Major Richards, following
his address, was asked by a number
of people if he would not represent
the farmers in the next gubernatorial
race. His reply was that tie wae w:i^
1
! ing to serve the Reform party wherever
the party should see fit to pat
him.
He placed himself by his address
I today as leader in the front ranks of
[ those South Carolinians who are wag;
ing a war for State democracy, as
I well as world democracy. He showed
a clear insight into real needs, and
I his hearers were in thorough sympathy
with him. His addresss was an able
deliverance.
i j
Eternal Yigiiance. I
"Eternal vigilance is the price of
| liberty," was the key-note of Mr.:
| Brantley's speech. He began by say-J
j ing that more than a hundred years
. ago the people of the United Statesj
had thrown off the British yoke of
oppression and snatched the sceptre|
i of power and crown from the king and
( pla ed it in the individual citizenship
| of this American nation. "In a great.
. crisis such as this, patriotic citizens
j instinctively turned towards the flag,
- . ? i) i? ? - J , A ;
oi temr Qduua, ue stuu, auu u. i
well they do, "because within the folds
of their country's flag are encom-j
| passed the stars symbolic of the states'
I of this American republic and among,
those stars and entwined around those
stripes are the heart-strings of every,
true American patriot."
Empires were being rocked and
swayed by the mighty impact of war; j
nations were crumbling and rebuild-i
ing within the scope of an hour orj
a day; in the awful cataclysm people
were destroyed and millions of sol-J
I
| diers were far-flung along thousands ;
of miles of battle line, and from across
the waters came the question, "Is this!
the Armageddon spoken of in Holy I
Writ?" Surely this is a time for seri-j
ous and solemn thought, he said. What i
of the future, as regards our nation1
'and as regards our State? "If wej
are to believe what the commissions j
from France and England said upon'
their reecnt visit to this country; if
we are to believe what our ambassa
dor to Germany, Mr. Gerard, said; if we,
j are to believe from what we gather j
j from the Russian situation and
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from what the leaders 01 an ol Lu*rse(
world powers say. that there is now
a crisis, this will be a long drawn war.
It behooves us, therefore, if we are
j to believe what Mr. Hoover says, that j
j the world is nearer starvation today
than ever before in its history, that
the people of these United States begin
to prepare novr for the awful con-1
flict; for all indications now points
that the burdens of this world war in j
men and means are now falling upon.
the shoulders of this American republic."
Don't Act Like They Talk.
It passed understanding, he said,
that peace was the great propagandatodya,
and yet that all the nations
were devoting themselves to war andj
preparation for greater war, and thatj
the peace-loring American republic ;
should be now plunged into a world-;
wide conflict. "I do not understand,",
he said, "if all .these nations are now j
clamoring for peace, as we are told '
they arfe, why there should not oe
some common ground upon which they J
cou'ld get together. The only answer j
is that there must be self-constituted
authorities carrying on this war
against the -frill of the people." Like
Mr. Blease, he was in favor of fight- j
ing the war to the speediest conclu-j
sion, but he believed that a lasting!
peace was th* greatest boon which
could come to mankind,
j Mr. Brantley closed his address by
| saying that he knew this country
j would do her part, as she had always:
*? A1-- 1 +>? + -arhor? the
j <10116 111 WltJ ya?L, au uu?v, .. ~,? ,
: final conflict is over, "we shall hold a I
i prominent and dominating part in the
council* of world peace, in order that!
j this potential influence shall tend to
I make a victory not of conquest, not ;
j of subjugation, but a victory for peace
j on earth and good will to men."
Mr. Brantley's address was an in- j
| spiring appeal, eloquently delivered.:
j and he held the sympathetic attention,
I of his audience throughout.
| Unanimous Against War.
j Former Governor Blease, at the con|
elusion of his address, took a hand i
j primary which reminded one of the1
j aays or aie un?cci?ss.
| "Ail of you "who, if you kad been
I members of congress, would bare rot|
ed for this war, hold up your right
j hand," he asked. Not & hand was
raised.
"All of you who would hare roted
against this war and who would now
rote for peace bold up your hands,"
he asked. Every hand went up.
The meeting today was presided over
by the Rev. S. P. Koon. An oldtime
babecue dinner- was served. People
from every section of Newberry county
and from many parts of the State
were present. It was a statewide i
gathering of nationwide import. There j
is o doubt that it "was the opening
of the political campaign of 1918 so
far as South Carolina is concerned.
Mr. Bleaks Address.
Mr. Blease began his address by
thanking the committee and the people
of the community for their invitation
to him to address them on this
u ring them that he
always delighted to be back among
the people of his native country?his
own people. "In fact," 'he said, "I
feel that I can never truly say that 1
am on my nativ heath with my own
arond me, save when I am in old New-!
berry. I have represented you as
member of the house of representatives;
as your State senator; as mayor
of the city of Newberry; in other j
positions of honor which you nave
conferred upon me, and as your governor?and
I know that you know*!
without my saying so, that I have
never had any boss except the people.
I did what I believed to be my duty.
I did it regardless of any political fu-j
ture for me, and only for wliat I conceived
to be for the best interests of
the people whom I had ben chosen to
serve. You must have believed it, for
I never asked you for any office or for j
any position that you did not givo j
me, nor for any honor within your
power that you did not bestow upon '
?
me. i
"We are here, on this occasion, at;
the invitation of the Christians of this
community?the members of three'
congregation^ of a denomination of;
Christians who love their God andj
who love tneir state; peopie wno
stand for what is right; who teach i
their children that duty is the sub-j
limest word in the English language, I
and that they do their duty under alii
conditions and-circumstances, regard-1
less of what any man or set of menj
may say or think. It is to that class j
of Deonle that I have been requested!
to speak.
Rather for Christ Than for Wilson, j
"It has been published of late in the j
anti-reform press that I and the party!
to which I belong are outcasts in tliej
political world just now, but I want;
to say to you so far as I am per-!
sonally concerned, that I would rather j
be an outcast in the eyes of Wood-;
row Wilson, and a follower of Jesus |
Christ, than to be a follower of Wood-1
row Wilson and an outcast from Jesus
Christ; that I would much prefer 'being
a water boy in heaven, listening.
throughout eternity to the chant of the
ia than +r? hp the commander-in-1
aajjviu, VUMM - ?
chief of all the forces of hell forever.'
hearing only the music of the crackling
of coal, the leashing of the blazes and|
the shrieks of the damned. I was;
opposed to this war. Had I been a!
United States senator or a congress- j
man I won Id have voted against it, |
and I believe religiously, as firmly aSj
I believe that there is a God in heaven, j
that on the final judgment day every,
American citizen who is killed in this j
war off of American soil will be
charged against the president of thej
(United States and the members of;
the congress of the United States who j
voted for it, as an unwarranted sac-|
riftoe in the sight of Almighty God.
of fresh young American manhood.
Mast Fight to Finish.
"Do not misunderstand me. We are
now in this war and it must be pushed
to a successful conclusion. The
might of the nation must be thrown
towards bringing it to an end at the
earliest possible moment. And let
us all pray God that it may be brought
to a successful end before a great
number of our young men are killed
upon the battle eld of Europe. We
are in the fight, and we must fight it
the finish with all the power of our
great nation.
"When Christ was upon this earth,
He taught. 'Blessed are the peacemakers.'
Can any man show me
where Christ ever said, 'Blessed be the
warmaker?' No, but He did say thatl
He came upon earth to save men andj
not to destroy them. He led thei
fight for Christianity and to save from
death. Today what do we find in this
great country of ours? We find the
press, with all its might and power,
swing itself upon the side of death
and destruction. We. find that for
fear of losing that awful influence of
money, it is willing to rush into the
trenches of France the bone and sinew
and the very flower of the manhood
of the American republic. We ind
more than that?that it fears, yea, it |
cowers beneath the lash of that influence,
and giree to the people of
this nation no information except what
the editor wants the people to see. It
keeps the news from the people; it
hides the facta; it conceals the truth,
and it gives to us only those things
which it thinks will inspire passion,
and will call the mean and not the
good, the evil and not the godly, in
u? to the forefront, in order that the
destruction may go on and on?and
call it?may God save the name!?
Liberty!
Rotten Miafeterf.
"Can we go further? Yea. Shame
though it -be, it has reached the pulpit,
and our ministers of the gospel
stand up in their churches (of course
there are exceptios, and thank God
there are many good men among the
exceptions), with one hand upon the
Bible?a Bible wiich teaches them
Christianity; a Bible which says to
them, Love the Lord, thy God, with
all thy heart, and thy neighbor as
thyself?and plead for thi3 awful war,
?-nd for thi3 destruction of human K*
ings created in the image of their
Maker. Why this from our pulpits?
Can it be that the power of money
has so reached out that it is felt in
our churches, and that the moneychangers
today have gone back into
the temple from which Jesus Christ
drove them? Or can it be that characters
like Judas Iscariot have taken
on the livery of iieaven to serve tae
devil in? Why, in my own town, the
capital of your great State, the Sabbath
day is desecrated in the very
shadow of your capital building, within
the easy hearing of your governor's
mansion, and in the very sight of the
Christian people going to their
fhnmhps We see there everv Sundav
the most damnable descrations of the
day that Christ has commanded us to
keep holy. What did he say? Six days
shalt thau do all thy labor, but on the:
seventh thou shalt rest. They tell
us that this does not apply to war.
times. But surely in any times Christ
nava-r Vinva ^nnfprrmlfltpd RllCh a
buum iiu ? v* iiv* . v
violation of His Sabbath by so-called
Christians as we see there in Colum-j
bia. Crime is rampant all over our.
State. Murders, rapes, arsons, thefts, j
perjuries, and every crime known to
the law, are being committed day bv
day, until it has well nigh reached
the point that the farmer is almost
afraid to leave his wife or daughter at
home by herself; we are almost afraid
to leave our own domiciles, which are
supposed to be protected by our great
laws, unless we have doors and win
dows locked ana Darrea. auq yvi
boast of law and order.
/What Is Law and Order? j
"I want to ask this question of
you, please: What is law and order?
I shall not answer it, but if the present
administration of affairs in this
State is 'law and order/ then hell has
been mispainted, for it must be a par~
j
auioc.
I
"What is religion? I shall not answer
that question, because I have
been taught, as you are teaching vonr
children today, in their Sunday
schools, that religion is a belief in
God and in His son Jesus Christ, and
the keeping of the ten commandments
that have been handed down, to us;
and I speak to people who know what
religion is, and that a religious people
dare to live what they believe to
be a religious life?and it is for 70 >t
to answer the question for yourselves.
"Now I ask you an even more serious
question, in view of the signs of
the times, and it is this: Is money and
the power of money throttling \^riatianity?
I tell yon, with shame, that
is the tendency. I go into the chnrches
and see men sitting in the honored
places, and hear men leading people
in prayer to their God. whom I know
personally to be violators of both the
law of God and scan. Further, I know,
that it is getting to be the general
consensus of opinion in this country
that some of the leading church
members are the worst men in the
church, and that they simply use their
fn H-hpr
positions in Lilt/ UilIXi VLL w
their financial interests in the -world.
If that be true, my question is answered,
and it behooves all true
Christians immediately to get busy.
Rererting back to these matters, in
connection with the war situation, the
speaker said:
Wipe Out Political Powers.
"In my opinion, the only way to receive
relief is to wipe out of political
existence the present powers that be,
I do not ask you to share my opinion,
and I am not speaking for any party
nor for anybody but myself. Every
senator of these United States, and
every congressman of these iUnited
States, who voted to put this country
into war, and at the same time voted
himself from the draft, is a coward,
and will be so known in all time to
come. If he had been a brave man,
when he voted for this war he would
have resigned his seat, tendered his
services to his country, and gone to
fight for her, as he was forcing the
other man and his children to do. In
vnur own State your governor lay
dowi like a coward that he is?and I
hare said so to his face and am taking
no advantage of his absence?and instead
of going as commander-in-chief
with our troops and leading them like
a brave man, he lies in his feather
bed in the mansion, in ease amd luxury,
hiding behind his position, while
he sends your sons and other boys
into the trenches of death.
"You have got to organize. You
have got to get together. You hare
got to have a regeneration of the
spirit of godliness in this country, and
band together for self-protection. Yoa
hare got to pray God for help and
his guidance and the next time you
go to the ba'Ilot-box you have got to
cast your ballot for a man who will
do his full duty to all men, for a man
who is not a skulker or a coward; for
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a man who stands for justice ue- .
tween man and man; for a man who,
can look the world in the face and say!
that he knows no master tout the
people that he serves, and th-a* he will
answer only to them and to r's God. I
Orgsmfoe! Onranlie!
"The time to do this, ".ay Jellow-!
! citizens, is when the clubs meet next
| April?and not next August, when you
j go to the ballot-box. Next August is
i the time for the completion of the
j work. Next April is the time for the
I effective work of putting the plan
! into operation, and if we don't get
j busy next April there will be little
use to go into a primary next August.
Next April is the time. The club
meetings are the places.
! "Get ready and arm yourselves and
be prepared for the fight, and when
; the fight is won, take this State over
from disorder, from corruption, from
regime, and make it a government of
the people, for the people and by the
people?and, above all, a government
by man for the service of Almighty
God.
"I am not a candidate for any office,
I have never asked for any office exthe
fnvernorshiD of mv State.
O " ? ? - ? ? - ? w
That was the highest political ambition
of my life. You, my close personal
friends, know it. Even that ambition
was for my party, my friends?
and the other races that I have mada
have been solely for them. As I have
( stated before, if at any time or place,
or in any manner, they need my services,
those services shall be given to
them so long as I have strength. I
am not speaking for myself today. I
I am speaking the truth as I see it?
I speaking for my fellow-man and for
: what I believe to be the will of my
jod.
j "So far as the war is concerned, I
offered my services, once we were in
i it, and offered to raise a regiment or
a brigade, and would have done so had
t hoori nArmitted. But that kind of
I regiment or brigade, with officers
elected by those whom they were to
, command, was not desired by the powers
that be in South Carolina. The
j reception with which my offer met
simply bears out my statement that
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, IOQ3Y 1H OUUXJLL Vaivnuw ?. w _
a limited monarchy, selfish, and self.
seeking, in -which the people have no
voice. They tell us that we are fighting
a war for world democracy. It behooves
?s of South Carolina now to
begin a fight for State democracy in
South Carolina?for the taking back
into the hands of the people tketr own
government.
?
GRAKD JURY DTDICTS
GOTEBNOR OF TEXAS
Austin, Texas, jury n . UVTCJUUl
James F. Ferguson was today iadict,
ed by the grand jury of this county
on nine counts, seven charging misapj
plication of public funds, one of em(bezzlement
and one of diversion of
public funds. He gave bonds in the
mmm? i.
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;s An Ambition az
/?
J ? '|'HE needs of the South are i
f, J; ofthe Soatbem Raihray: tbeero*
f m upbuilding of the other. ?
J\ | * The Sootbera Railway acfcs mo fan
7 C * accorded to ethers.
Vv( ' A The ambhiou of tfce Sootbera Rat
y ^ nuay of interest that is bora of eo-ope
| ;f f the railroads; to see perfected that fair*
/ ' sent of railroads which invites the
I f arcades; to realize that liberality of c
\/ to obtain the additional capital needed ft
J enlarged facilities incident to the den
i t aerrice; aod. finally?
i To take its niche in Ae body pot
1 j other treat industries, with no more, )
') drhu and equal opportunities.
fe . ?
^WB^^SSmsSPmSHm s nrf^FW jit
nMH^BtTi il P3^
KM No Pnaetmn
I Mm nnHiNK of i5,oo(
Um&m I without a punctu]
ffapi%M:) tional, but the ord
jffplp owners who have subs
treacherous and expei
agents for ESSENKAY, we i
Wtmmfm service tllot positively aesui
EESSENKAY absolutely
slow leaks?doubles .the t
relieres your mind of all ^
from the constant drawback:
yoo cotMag to imvestigate.
A CJ
Write foe free boot
essen:
h-n 31s '
I
sum of $5,000 in one case and $1,069
>' in r of the other cases. An indictment
was also returned in four
counts against Secretary of State
: Bartlett, charging misapplication of
: public funds, also against C. 0. Aua'
tin. state commissioner of insurance
' and banking on four counts for ali
j ?i ^i ^ x ? _ n i.T? 4. _
legeu viuiauou <ji tue oiait; u<uxn.jL*&
' laws. The Indictments of Governor
j Ferguson are a culmination of along
I series of charges that have been i>abI
licly made against him during the
| last several months.
' The house of representatives has
! been convened to meet next Wednes!
day to discuss bringing impeachment
I proceedings against him.
WARNING TO RED CROSS
^ j- n ~ - 1 J.
woman nim iv rose ?s Ag*w?
E. H. Wells, assistant to the president
of the American Red Cross, has
telegraphed a warning to R. H. King,
South Carolina's secretary, advising
him to beware of a woman posing
without authority as an agent of tbe
Red Cross. The telegram:
t
"Mayor C. E. Brooks of Hendereonville.
N. C., writes, July 16 Mrs. H.
t
G. Chapin poses as representative
American ed Cross. Carries letters
of introduction signed T. Roosevelt,
and uses paper w: h Red Cross on it.
Mrs. Chapin entirely unauthoi?ze*L
Please be on the lookout for feer if
she comes into your States."
Policy Holders' Meeting.
The policy holders of the Farmers9
Mutual Insurance association of Newbery
county will meet in annual ???sicn
on Saturday, August 4th, at 11
o'clock a. m., to elect one director
from each township and any other
business that might come up. All policy
holders are urged to come to tMe
meeting. An effort will be made to
organize a live stock association.
L. I. EPTING, Secretary.
,R. T. C. HUNTER, Presidtat.
7-24-tf
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Can Y*ur Fruits act a Yeg^vamep?
The U. S. government is very desirous
that yon save every bit of
your surplus. We are prepared ?
save it for yon. Canning charge Is
4c per oan. Will furnish No. 3 caa&s
at 5 each. Beans tor home use moat
be ready strung. Regular eaxmiag
days Tuesdays and Thursdays. For
* - * x" O*i.rvA.niM ?
runner miorniim.ua &trc ?>u>yv<Ktendent
at Cannery, lower Mam 8t
7-20-tf NEWBERRY CANNBRY.
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ration htwtt tbe pabbc aad >
ad frank poliey ia the manage- ' )
confidence of rorcnuacaul ' V
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