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WHAT HE SAYS Jtfrr * Jl *Vr*ni?r Coleman L. Blease Delivers I,, His Ioaugusal Address. \ OUTLINES THE POLICY F ^ His Administration, Gives Praise ^ - to God for His Election and Pays Tjm phis Respects to llis Enemies?lie jp."? Makes Several Striking Recommendations to the Legislature. 'We present below, the most Important part of the inaugural ad.s dress of Gov. Coleman L. Please to i the legislature Tuesday afternoon, k Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, members of the general assembly of . 6outh Carolina, ladies, and gcntleI men: Independence of thought, freedom t action, an abiding trust in and de/voted loved for God have won for me jk the greatest political victory that has yet been recorded in the history of South Carolina. Aligned against me were a united daily press and an almost solid weekly and semi-weekly ? press, pouring forth all kinds of I falsehood, vituperation and abuse, i receiving the assistance of a number f of men who call themselves ministers f of the gospel?God save the mark! ? who stood behind their pulpits and gave vent to envy and malice and slanders of the most virile malicious * nature against me? I "These hypocrites had left their masks and stood In naked ugliness. They were men who stole the livery of Heaven To serve the devil In"? all of these, combined with others, making a set of political character thieves, the meanest and most contemptible people known to man. I was never discouraged. I know that God did not love ugly, and that }the people of South Carolina were for fair play to all her sons alike. Men have rallied and fought In i hundreds of batties, but no band of truer men 01 braver soldiers or more loyal and devoted friends ever rallied for a fight than those 5 6,002 brave and honorable men of South Carolina, who on September 13, 1910, 8'.'id to my enemies: "You shall not press him down; you shall not destroy his reputation; you shall not crucify him upon a cross of vituperation, slander and falsehood; you shall not crown him with a crown of persecution, envj* and malice." And by the help of all-wise and all-powerful God, the victory was won, and we can and do today say, "Praise God from whom all blessings flow," and my prayer is that his choice blessings of this earth rest upon my friends, and may each of them some day he crowned with a diadem in 1Jun vni. For those who opposed me honestly and fairly, I have no word of censure. It. was their right to do so, and T feel that they were but exercising their high right of American citizenship. For the others I have but pity, for I well know that their consciences, if they have any, are giving them censure and punishment enough for their cowardly and underhand manner of opposition. I thank, and wish for you to convey my sincerest, most heart-felt thanks to your constituents for their assistance in giving me the position , which was the zenith of my political ambition. Should T never be elected to any post ion again, personally 1 will have accomplished all that my / life's work has been for, so far as J political preferment is concerned. The only ambition that is left is that I may perform the duties of the office of governor in such a manner that r may receive at the close of my term the "well done" from those who placed me in tho position. After paying his respects to The State, The News and Courier, and other newspapers that, he said had abused him outrageously in the campaign, and quoting from several papers to sustain his charge, flov. ; Bleaso said: Announces His Platform. Tn making my campaign during ' the past summer, I announced that ' my platform was: 1 1st. An honest administration of all laws, fairly and impartially to all citizens alike. 2d. Enforcing all laws upon all * i ~ \ 11^.. i- ~ 1 r<Ul).|CCTS, oncun'iicc i t? mu nmsi uution of the United States and the 1 constitution of South Carolina. ,1d. Keeping forever separate the r legislative, judicial and executive 1 ^departments of the government, ' ?'_eatdi, however, doing its duty and ( r endeavoring to uphold and support 1 the other. 4th. Trial by jury for all persons : A accused of crime, and enforcing the ( y judgments of courts founded upon 1 ? the verdicts of the juries. This I stand firmly upon today, ( S and T consider government by injunction the most vicious and degrading which can he tolerated by t any civilized nation, and T beg to call I to your attention to Sections 5, 16, 17 1 and 2f>, of Article 1 of the constltu- t tion of this State, which every officer i of the Stafe is sworn to uphold and a national conventions condemns in- r obey. The Democratic party in her i junctions in the most strenuous e terms. South Carolina, though she c i ?. 1 is the bed-rock of Democracy, violates this Democratic doctrine in the meanest and most contemptible form, and, in my opinion, only those exercise it who are governed by spite and malice for those whom they use it against. As I said In my canvass, I am in favor of biennial sessions of the general assembly. The people of this State have already expressed themselves In favor of It, and it certainly should be given to them. I am in favor of a liberal support i - n r _ ,1 i. ^ lO OUT t/UIllt'Ueiiuo ?cibi'?iib, anil | hope that, while you gentlemen will not he extravagant along this line, yet that you will give to them whatever is necessary to make them comfortable, and that you will so amend the pension '?"'n so many unworthy peoi ?w receive it will not rc n order that those who are entitled to It may get more of that which is approprated. I need not say more on this subject, for any man who docs not love the ex-Confederate soldier is either a Yankee or has negro blood in nis veins. I recommend liberal appropriations for all our State institutions of learning for white boys and girls. They, with our denominational colleges, are doing a grand and glorious work. None is in the way; none can be spared. If there Is rivalry, it Is fiUnnllv mwl nniii*? nil on to n greater work. But I do not believe in tlie extravagance that the general assembly lias been engaging in along ibis line for several years past, and T can not and will not give my sanction to it during my term of office, and I therefore hope, in order to keep down any friction along this line between the legislative and executive departments, that, you gentlemen will reduce these appropriations. T am In favor of building up the free school system so that every white child In South Carolina may he given a good common school education in comfortable and convenient school bosses, and in paying teachers sufficient salaries to secure the best, and of books, especially histories, by Southern authors for Southern children, and I hope that you will take such action and make such appropriations as will bring about these reforms. Opposed Compulsory Education. I am absolutely opposed to compulsory education, and have little patience with, and much contempt for, that man or those men who go around in the State or outside of the State and parade figures to show the percentage of the Ignorance of our people. And if they are State officers or hold positions under the Stale government, they should bo decent enough to resign, and if they are nor then they should be kicked out. If what they say is true, we should all get together and try to remedy it, and not. parade it and humiliate our State by advertising it. If some people are being paid for this kind of speeches, I recommend that you abolish their posit ions, for they are not helping, hut injuring us. "In my opinion, compulsory education in the hands of the State means disrupting the home, for it dethrones the authority of the parents and places the paid agents of the State in control of the children, and destroys family government. Those agents stand between the child and the parent. They represent the State. They are not responsible to the parents. They impress upon the minds of the children the views of the State, and virtually say: 'We have taken you out of bondage and made you free; we are giving you what your unnatural parents would not give you, and no child on earth can be subject to such influences and teachings and escape imbibing the spirit of rebellion avainst parental authortv, and consequent disrespect and ingratitude. Children are too easily infected with tho idea that , their parents owe t.heni everything while they owe them nothing in return, and with the design and law ( of God set at defiance, who can com- j pass, by the widest stretches of the j 111 /\t? 4 rr i rrn n i i/i nt i 11 li n/\ti /I i t iiiwni i ft it 11 lit, jit i ii ?i, tnc liuimn iuii | that will follow. V\*o desire to see , the standard of education raised in ( South Carplina; we want every boy ( and girl in the State to have every j possible opportunity to Rain for ] themselves the very best, and highest , degree of equipment for life; but we j do not want it at the cost of pa- j rental authority and the peace of the ( home. Family government and pa- j rental responsibility antedate all oth- j ?rs. and it is possible for wild, ex- j ravagant, and madly enthusiastic f nen, who see theory and theory only, s o destroy family government, alienite children from their parents and 'orce the homo into a scene of strife, j cbellion and wretchedness." The tible says a great deal about obedi- j Mice to parents and reverence for . larents, and believing In that book md its teachings as strongly as T do. j ind for the sake of our children, our f ontitry and for the future, I believe v n letting the parents keep within heir own control the rearing and o ducation of their children. , Negro Education. o I am opposed to white people's e axes being us?m1 to educate negroes, n am a friend to the negro race, t ^bis is proved by the regard in which o he negroes of my homo county hold s< no. The white people of the South n re the best, friends to the negro o ace. In my opinion, when the peo- d de of this country began to try to 1) ducate the negro they made a seri-lt! nis and grave mistake, and I fear t< the worst result is yet to come. So ] why continue? I took this same position in my first political race twenty years ago, and each year has proved more clearly that I was right then, and the future will emphasize that I am right now. I believe that vou members of the legislature can pass an act which will meet all the requirements of both the federal and State constitution!*, which will remedy this, and 1 recommend that you do so. Tlie present system of paying schools their pro rata share by enrollment is absurd, because 4 he negro teachers have learned how to pad their rolls, and children who only attend school possibly one or two days are enrolled and tne scdiools receive money upon their enrollment. I could go into tills mattor more elaborately, but time will not permit. 1 respectfully refer you 'o the report of your State superintendent of education, and I am sure if any of your committees will ask him, lie will bo delighted to furnish you all the information in his possession along this line. i recommend that you pass a law requiring either a marriage certiorate or the registration of all marriages in tne ollice of the clerk of court for the county in which the marriage takes place. I have been advocating this for some years, and it is really amusing to me to see here recently some people and some newspapers coming out in advocacy of it at this late day, lioying possibly that such an act will be passed, and that they can say, "we did it." I hope and recommend that you win enact such law as will do away villi the abominable system of having 'o exchange mileage for railroad tickets, and provide one fare on nil wilroads for both rich and poor alike. I respectfully recommend that you pass laws that will favor and protect labor in all its legitimate callings and endeavors, and such laws as will protect capital in all its lawful in vestments, so that all of our people may he properly protected, and that we may give equal rights to all and special privileges to none. F respectfully call your attention to the evil of the sale and use of cocaine and such like drugs, and would recommend that you pass an act making the sale of it or the having it in possession without a proper legal excuse a crime punishable by imprisonment without the alternative of a fine. I also, in this connection, beg leave to call your attention to the evil of the habitual drinking of coca cola, pepsicola, and such like mixtures, as I fully believe they are injurious. It would be better for our people if they had nice respectable places where they could s?o and buy a good, pure glass of cold beer than to drink such con eoctions. T respectfully recommend that you pass an act prohibiting the smoking of cigarettes by boys under the age of sixteen years, and prohibiting the sale of cigarettes and cigarette paper in this State. I respectfully recommend that you pass a law prohibiting the sale of toy pistols and guns, and also a law prohibiting any child under sixteen years of age owning or having in possession any gun or nistol or toy gun or toy pistol or gun or pistol of any character whatsoever, as in my opinion many of the accidental and other shootings and killings of today are caused by the desire for guns or pistols created in the minds of the youths while playing with toys of this char actor. Some action should ho taken to rid our circuit courts of the expense of trying minor cases. We often see cases in court whore many witnesses are called from their places of business, sit around the courthouse possibly for half or the entire week at heavy expense to the county, find when the ease it brought on for trial there Is either nothing in it or possibly a fine of one hundred dollars or less is imposed in case of conviction. T think it would be better to put more of this kind of cases in the hands of the magistrates, so that they could be summarily dealt with at absolutely no expense to the ounty and where they could be given as much punishment as is many imes given by our circuit judges. Either this should be done or else i'ou should establish a court for the ( rial of all cases less than felony, ' 'or you see from the extra terms of 1 lonrt. held, I'rom the special judges, icing'appointed, and other expenses, ' hat the question is becoming a serous one, and the people are tired md beginning to complain of the lysteni as it now is. ( Much has been said about the 011< ictnient of laws in regard to the ahor in our cotton mills. These >eople are our people; they are our cindred; they are our friends, and 11 my opinion they should r>e let lone, and allowed to manage their ' iwn children and allowed to manage ' heir own affairs. I am fully con- 1 inced that dealing in cotton futures ( i.v mill officers has lost thousands I ?f dollars to our State, and today c ave some embarrassed, which 111011-1 a y, if it bad been paid to the labor- a rs for services, would have saved J t lany a close down for a week or j n wo, where the help has been put |a ut of a job, and which have caused t omefinies suffering and pain. I can J a ot sav that resignations or deaths t f officials have been caused by such a ealings, but sufferings have been T rought to the people who work in a lie mills, and, if any legislation is v a take place, as between the mill y owner and the mill operative it seems to me that this is the line along which to work. There has come to me much complaint in regard to the management of and dealings with the patient* and property of the State hospital for the Insane, and admission of persons who should be tried in the criminal courts but who are accepted by the superintendent before a jury has acted upon the case. I would respectfully recommend that you amend section 2 24 7, volume 1, of the code, by striking out flvo and inserting seven, so as to give each congressional district a representative upon that board; or possibly it would be better if you would so amend it as to give each judicial oiroii'it a representative upon the hoard. In this way all parts of the State would have a representative. I respectfully recommend that you amend the law which places white convicts in the same camp and works them along in the same squads with nesro convicts. I do not believe in this, and believe that a governor would be justified in granting a pardon to [i white man who is thus treated, and I beg of you to remedy this evil at your earliest opportunity. I would respectfully recommend that you amend your present dispen- ; sary or prohibition act so as to provide that in case a majority of the white citizens of any county shall de- | sire a license system, that it may be granted. Section 11, article 8, of the constitution of 189.r>, provides in pan: 1 ne general ussemmy may license persons or corporations to manufacture and sell and retail alcoholic liquors or beverages within the State, under such rules and restrictions as it deems proper." We now have the law so that they may have a county dispensary or prohi- i hit ion. Now, in order to be truly Democratic ; " ~ ^ all parties, in my opinio? 'ment should be made. Upon mis platform 1 made the race for the governorship, and upon this platform I was elected, the majority of the white people ex- i pressing themselves as in favor ot i allowing those counties where prohibition can not be enforced, and where the dispensary has proved and is proving to he a supply station of, blind tigers and cheap whiskey?that j they should be allowed to have relief by this system. I would not fafor under any conditions, forcing it 1 upon any community, but if a major-i ity of their white people want ii 1 it is their right as provided in our I constitution, and they should have' it. And when I say white people I mean white voters, and you should provide that all questions of this character shall be settled in a primary, where every white citizen is al-1 lowed to vote, and not. submit it i in a general election, where the ne?ro might bo and is the balance of power. But under no conditions or circumstances would I sign a bill allowing the reinstatement of the old ! I bar room system. And if license is allowed I recommend that you prohibit any whiskey being sold in less quantities than one-half pint, or be- j t.ween sunsot. mid sim-nii jind thm you prohibit It from being drunk on tho premises or sold under any circumstances to minors or inebriates or behind closed doors or screens; prohibit, any obscene pictures on the premises, or any billiard or card or pool room connected therewith; and providing that any person holding a license who shall violate any provision of tho law shall immediately upon conviction forfeit his license and be forever thereafter barred from being licensed, and in addition be imprisoned at hard labor in the State penitentiary without the alternative of a fine. 1 respectfully recommend that you amend the present law so as to make executions for the crime of rape or assault with intent to ravish, public, as I believe this will bring about more satisfactory results?allowing others, and particularly those of the younger generation of that race trim which most of these culpri s c e, to have a full lew of tile nm.Aliment meted out Possibly '\\ this means some iymhlngs could l>? pre vented, though so long as this crime is committed 1 have little hooc of lynchings being stopped. Some newspayers and some people, in every! ontroversv between the wn t.? mnti 1 md (ho negro, seem to take delimit i 11 taking the side of the nygo and L lenouneing the lynching, hut tVs is ' < i white man's country and will con- I mic to bo ruled by the white man, i :*egardless of the opinions or odiorials of quarter or half breeds or 'oreigners. The pure bloo led Can'asion will always defend th vii'-.e )f our women, no matter what iho j ost. rf rape is committed, deatn j j mist follow. x Appi'opriat ions. I sincerely trust that in your do- 1 iberntio:ts you will be liberal, but * lot extravagant, and that you will < educe expenses, and not make any <' xtravagant appropriations for any 1 uirpose, stop the useless expenditure ?f money bv o.iclals. ston the ere- ; (ion of and abolish useless oflicers nd nil other methods of careless, ex- n ravagant and useless expenditure of g uone.v, and that you will not ere- a to an increase in the tax levy, but ] lint you will reduce both the State n nd the county levies, as all our h ;ixes are too high, and our people h re now burdened with taxation, t 'hey are groaning under their load nd begging relief, and to you and ou alone must they lool< for it, for h ou and you alone can give it, and Pi if yoH do not give It the responsibility will rest upon you. And be assured that in the next campaign tho lines will be closely drawn along the line of extravagance and the expenditure of money, as the people are today aroused upon this matter as they have not been in years before. As for my part, I believe that the grandest, most perfect and independent form of government is a poor government and a rich people. When you make a rich government and thereby impoverish the people, ^r make a poor people, you reverse .democracy and create dissatisfaction land discontent among tho people, i who are the masters, and not the : servants, as somo would have us .'think. Give me a poor government 'and a rich people In place or a rich I government and a poor people. For the past few years the idea seems to | have been to raise the tax levy high(er, make assessments higher, make i more extravagant appropriations and j spend the people's money uselessly, j making bj?th the people and the government poor, for the benefit of a few who hold special positions and j draw large salaries and who have been tryng to create here in our State an aristocracy, not of blood, I not of brain, but of money. I beg I you to change the course, and by so doing you will make for yourselves a reputation that the people will rise en masse and say to you, "Well done, good and faithful servants." T have been advocating these principles for years in the house, in the senate and on the stump in my home county and throughout the State, and havo stond squarely upon them out in the open and never waited to see which would be the popular side before taking a stand. lOven when some of them were very unpopular and it seemed that any man who dared advocate them was doomed to political oblivion I stood by them and made the light to keep them up and begged the people not to be deceived, but to hear me for my cause, and now we see some men and newspapers who did not stand for them, or who, if they did, were afraid to acknowledge it, endeavoring to claim the credit of leading in the light. We are glad to have their help, even though it comes at. so late a day and is possibly hypocritical. And now, in conclusion, I pray C.od's direction for each and every one of you, and that you may do your full duty, conscientiously, and to the best interests of the entire people of your State. And as for myself, I pray Cod that he may so guide and direct me in the discharge of my duties that I may he fair and impartial to all of the citizens of my CImI ^ ,1 ...U U ^ .1 A l. ? A ni.ii i it, mini iihu'K aim will IV, it II (1 lllill lie may so direct me that during my term of office his fill, and not mine, shall he done. CAUSHI) r.V WHISK 10V. + IVnecmnker and Drunken Youth Killed in a Duel. In a pi3tol duel at Raiford, Rradford County, Fla., Saturday afternoon, J. II. Jones and a young man by the name of Wells were killed and A. I). Andrews was, perhaps, fatally wounded. Wells, a twentyvoar-old youth, started the trouble, while intoxicated, by trying to run a colored man away from his worn in Andrews' grist mill. Andrews tried to induce Wells to 'cave the place, will en ho drew his revolver and began firing at Andrews, who returned the fire. Andrews was hit once and Wells received four bullets, which caused his death. J. II. .Tones, Anil reus' partner, was killed by Andrews while acting as peacemaker. Andrews is president of thv Hank of Ilaiford. TK1I10I) TO ASSASSIN.ATM Til MM. Street Car Conductor and Motoriuan Wore Ambushed. At Charleston Conductor Price and Motonnan .Sullivan were shot Monday night in the suburbs of the city, near Magnolia crossing, by parties, for whom the detectives and the rural police otlicers are now searching. The wounded men wore brought to the city in an automobile and carried to the St. Francis Xavier infirmary for treat meat. The men had had no trouble with obstreperous people, and the shooting is much of i mystery. There were no passengers on the car at the,time. If the motive was robbery, the conductor's money was not disturbed. The guns were loaded with hirdshot. I i 'I,... i w:< i. ?. X 'MM \ I 1 I I I I l>H> ^111 |*t1 Mr. and .Mrs. J. S. Roberts are In L iail at Newberry charged with burg- h ary. the arrest being made on ah varrant from Pullock County, Cla. 1 t rite couple insistently deny their h fuilt and say that they have been h niposed upon. Mr. and Mrs. Rob- h rts came to Newberry a few days r igo for the purpose of opening a f novlng picture show. c i Were l-'ound Dead. o The Cerinnn balloon Ilildebran.lt, ' aissiug since its ascent at Scluuar;etidorf, December 20, was found in lake in the llomerania province, huissia. The bodies of both aero- 1< ants were in the gondola: It bad \v eon believed that Dr. Roobrs and n is companion met death In the Hal- v Ic sea. , n ? ? r Don't fear t ? soil your ban 's in w elpfulness if you would avoid de- b ling your heart. h DEAR OLD HOME In the Coonlry That Many of Us Weary Sools Yearn and Long For. IT WAS SECRET AND DEAR It Will Never Fade From Memory As Loiij? As Life leasts?It Means i oiiteiitmem, iT?ce ami neniy to All Who Are Fortunate Fnoiigh to Live There. The word home is n most precious one to the soul of every person. In it start the very roots of our being; out of it a**e tlie issues of life and fortune; to it we turn with "memory dear" wherever fate takes us. It is the beginning of the state, the fashioning place of manhood and womanhood and final citizenship. Where shall it be to best, make all these good things possible? There is 110 place on earth like the country to build a home. Instinctive lv the hearts of parents 1 n the cities turn to the vision of a countr> homo in which to rear children. Tt e universal heart of humanity longs for the place of the "vine and ft:? tree" where life and home shall find its true abiding place. As one gazes upon the wretchedness of the cities, "great sores on the body politic" as Jefferson called them, the ouiy mire for this over crowded expression of poverty, crime and discontent that presents itself to us is the country. Why do not. these people go o the country? Why do they toil, sln?'o and suffer with no place to go i> for rest hut these wretched abodes of dirt and grime? Verily, a tent by the road-side, the contact of God's dirt, not man's dirt, would be a~ a palace to these thousands of wretched homes in oitier. The same question necessarily presents itself, even to those in the city who are w?ll removed from poverty, and the vision of a home in the country as a solace for many of their ills, I will not fade from their eyes. On the night ^f the 60th performance of Denman Thompson's beautiful American drama "The Old Homestead" at Park Street Theatre in New York, we saw the house filled to re pletion with grey haired men and women who came there to solaco their hearts with a vision of the dear old home in the country. The toil, the drudgery, the privation of their early life In the country, to escape which they had come to the city when young, was as nothing beside the quaint little old house by the roadside, the open barn and the great oxen with the towering load of hay, the blessed old well and its flowing bucket, and the smiling fields. As we passed out with the emerging throng, we heard expression like these. "Wasn't it sweet and dear?" "Oh, if we could only get back to the country once more;" and the like. Now this mighty attendance, night after night, was hut the deep and abiding longing in the hearts of these men and women for a home in the country. Country life in the United States has just awakened to a partial realization of its meaning. The light of scieince, of art, of invention, is surrounding farm life with compensations today that the city cannot offer. Great, fortunes are not made here, nor are they desired, but comfort, pence, abundance of good food, health and that freedom that "passes all understanding" in cities, is tho heritage of the country. Then again, life on the farm Is calling for an amount of intellectual force, real brain action that stamjvs it as one of the learned professions of the day. To be a thorough student of the soil and its needs; of plant life and the management of crops; of the breeding and care of animals; is an iceom plish incut of brain and thought that may well challenge the ambition of the most learned. The man who thinks there is no plaee for the exercise of intellectual power on the farm is sadly mistaken. All that the country really needs is that it shall be studied and understood. It has splendid possibilities for the most perfect life, the most invigorating. the freest and more inspiring. Its work is not drudgery when the significance and fall meaning of that work is comprehended. It is the dace of ill places to roar children, 'or it endows them with a practical mderstanding of the realities of lit'o hat becomes invaluable afterward in my line of human effort; and its ewards financially are surer and as treat in proportion to capital used, is in any of the other vocations. One act stands out with peculiar signiflance Kvory village and small city s filled with retired farmers. \o >ther calling furnishes an expression ike this. Kxplosion of Dynamite. A dynamite explosion in a tunnel ending to the Seventy-third street ,'ater supply orib in Chicago, where rnny lives were lost by fire two ears ago, fatally Injured two worklcn Monday. Twenty-six others narowly escaped death. The dynamite as accidentally struck with a crow ar used to loosen rock in a tunnel jading from the crib.