The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, March 14, 1912, Image 6
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FIRST iiUNJS FIRED
JUDGE JONES OPENS STATE CAMPAIGN
AT HAMPTON
FIRES SOME HOT SHOT
Governor IUcaso Was Not Present Hut
His Opponent Attacked Many of
the Governor's Acts Since He Went
Into OfTice, Which Was Well Ite
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"Hurrah for Blease"?three little
words, uttered with no especial emphasis
or degree of enthusiasm, were
nevertheless sufficient to call forth
from .Judge Ira J?f. .Jones, candidate
for Governor of South Carolina, in
his speech at the Hampton High
School Wednesday, a ringing denunciation
of the present administration
of the State and a call for law-abiding
and law-loving citizens to end
the regime, which he termed nothing
short of anarchy in its tendency, says
the correspondent of The News and
Courier. The correspondent goes on
to say: Judge Jones, from all indications,
would not have particularized,
nor would he have been so specific
in his charges against Governor
Blease, had not the challenge been j
flung out l>y some one in the audience.
He was in the midst of a disquisition
on the principles of good
government and had named the pillars
upon which society and civilization
must rest to he secure, when the
call came. To say that the speaker
came back at his challenger would
put it but mildly; he came back with
all the fire of his nature, and from
the glimpse of it Wednesday, there
appears to be an adequate supply of
that, compound in his make-up.
Naming the Courts of the land as)
one of the four pillars upon which
society and civilization rested, Judge
Jones declared that any agency which
sought to nullify the acts of the
Courts, or to impeach their power, or
to insult them, was an enemy to society
and anarchy, pure and simple.
Obviously, this was in reference to
the attitude which Governor Rlease
has assumed toward the Courts and
particularly toward the Supreme
Court of South Carolina, and to what
Judge Jones evidently considered an
abuse of the pardoning power of the
Governor. Thereupon came the call
from the audience; "Hurrah for
Bloase,M
"II makes no difference to me,"
flashed back the speaker as quickly
as thought, "what you say of Blease;
I say hurrah for civilization." The
audience applauded loudly. "Hurrah
for purity in public life, as well as in
private life," shouted Judge Jones,
and the audience applauded more
vigorously. "Hurrah for law and
order," and there was still greater
cheering. "Down with von Anarchists,"
cried the speaker and his
hearers applauded him again.
That Judge Jones has declared
Hleaseism a tendency toward anarchy,
which if continued for but a little
while longer, will cause the people
of South Carolina to hang their
heads in still greater shame, cannot
be doubted. Starting out to discuss
governmental affairs and education in
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ho showed his hand. None who heard
him can have any doubts as to what
attitude he bears toward the present
Governor of South Carolina and his
policies, and none can fail to see the
lines upon which the light will he
made this summer.
Judge Jones's opening special indicates
clearly that he regards
Rleaseism as anarchy and he has
sounded the call to what he regards
as the law-abiding respectability of
the State to rally to his standards
and wipe it out. Judge Jones has
thrown down the gauntlet. Governor
Rlease was not present, having declined
to attend at the last minute
cn account of his duties in Columbia.
This is the excuse he gave for
failing to be present, but some attribute
his absence to other causes.
Judge .lones prefaced his remark!
by the statement that he hardlj
knew what to do or say under the
circumstances; that he had been in
vited to attend school dedication ex
ercises; that ho was informed tha
a discussion of political matter!
would not be amiss. "Rut," said tin
speaker, "I find that 1 have no antag
onist in a political donate. However
I came down with both barrels load
ed?to talk polities or education.'
ITo referred to Governor Bleaso'
statement that "Judge Jones will b
a statesman without a job," sayin
that he thanked the Governor for a
least considering him a statesman
but that as for as a job, lie wa
already out of a job.
"I have no job," declared Judg
Jones,' "except to beat Blease."
"If I am a statesman," said th
speaker, "I hope to be able, like tha
great statesman of South Carolina
John C. Calhoun, to say a savin
word at a critical time. But if I ha
but one word to say, that would b
'educate your children.' " Judg
Jones declared that there were fou
pillars upon which society and clvl
ization, to stand, must be founded
the home, the school, the churcl
and the Courts. "Teach your chi
dren to honor their fathers and moth
ers," advised the speaker, "not to
honor them In a passive manner only,
but teach them that they may do
something and be something that will
be an honor to their parents, to them,
selves and to their country. And in
your school, teach the heart as well
as the mind, for the educated mind
without the educated heart is a danger
accentuated." Judge Jones then
, entered into a brief but well put
euology of the ministry, and the powerful
influence of the church in the
community.
In the discussion of the Court*.
' which he regarded as the safeguard
< of the people's rights and liberties,
and protection for their properties,
.Judge Jones Inveighed against any
who would tear down the Court
House or any Influence that would
set at. naught the forces exerted by
the Courts of the land. He referred
in condemnatory terms to the policy
I as announced by Theodore Roosevelt
of submitting the findings of a Court
to tlfe people. And, as to pardons,
Judge Jones declared that the law
states that the Chief Executive shall
"faithfully execute the laws In mercy,
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jaying empnasis on me wuru iumifully."
It was this implied charge
that Governor Blease had not "faithfully"
executed the laws in mercy
that called forth the "Hurrah for
Blease" from a person in the audience.
"What am I hero for, you ask," he
said. "I gave up the highest office
in South Carolina to become a candidate
for Governor. I have given the
best years of my life to public service,
having served as the head of
both the legislative and judicial
branches of your Government, and
for a number of years in the Legislature
as a representative from Lancaster
County. But I have never
been elected to an oflice by the whole
people of the State, and that is my
ambition. 1 have served you for
twenty-two years, and I have a right
to speak to you to-day and offer my
self for this oflice. And I say to you
that if things go on like they have
been for the last year, you will all
regret it. Let's raise the standard of
our government."
"1 have been called an aristocrat,"
continued Judge Jones, "but I want
tc say that I am sprung from the
working people of this State. My father
was a carpenter, and my mother,
when he father and mother died,
learned dress-making to support herself.
I am proud of their toil. And,
as for myself, I went to Lancaster a
young man, with a wife and a baby
and $10 (that was borrowed) to
start life. I know all the heart
throbs of the working man, and I am
here to-day to join him in redeeming
South Carolina from her shame, of
raising the standard of government
and developing this great State of
ours.
"if you regard it as a job," said
Judge Jones, "I was the biggest fool
in South Carolina to resign the Chief
Justiceship; for there was real power.
Like the roots of a mighty oak,
the Court of the State is the power
upon which grows and develops society
and civilization. A silent and
unseen power, true, but a mighty
power, nevertheless. And any agency
which seeks tc nullify this power of
the Courts, to impeach it and to insult
it, is an enemy to society, a
Socialist and an Anarchist!
"The darling hope of my heart, if
elected Covernor of this State," said
Judge Jones, "will be to foster the
cause of education. I believe in Just
appropriations?mind you, I say just
appropriations for all the State colleges?liberal
support to all the
schools and particularly to the rural
schools. I want to see what 1 can do
tor you. There are so many things a
Covernor can do for progress at home
and for the reputation of his State
abroad.
"1 will not bo the Governor of the
people who vote for me," declared the
speaker; "I will not be the Governor
of my friends only; I will be the Covernor
of the whole people" (loud applause).
The Constitution is designed
for the protection of the minority,
as well as the majority, and when a
Governor is for his friends alone, he
is violating the Constitution of his
. State, in that he disregards the rights
of the minority, or those who oppos.
ed him. The Constitution would oxtend
to the minority the same privileges
it extends to the majority,
r "You have heard the motto: Til
? go to hell with my friend.' Let me
. offer you a motto: Til go to the
_ brink of hell to help pull him bark.'
t (Applause) I won't say that I'll go
s to hell with anybody; but I'll do my
a best to keep my friend or anybody
. from going there."
, At this point there was an unln
telligible Interruption from the audi"
once, whereupon .Judge Jones, with
s considerable foree declared: "You
e can't scare me by saying booh! If
g anybody thinks I have feathers on my
Lt legs, he is very much mistaken. 1 am
i, keep for the tight; I am anxious to
,s get into it. The Supreme Court was
too tame and quiet for me.
e "And let me close with this, my
friends," said the speaaer; "insieau
e of (he motto 'stand by your friends'
it let me offer you another one, 'stand
i, by your trust and pray that your
g friend would not have you do otherd
wise."
e As Judge Jones took his seat the
e audience applauded with a vhn. That
r liis speech had made a profound iml
pression was evident. A strangor In
; ITampton, never before having visited
i, the place, ho came Wednesday and
I- presented his cause; he was warmly
i- received and the generous applause
BLEASE NOT PRESENT
GOVERNOR EAIEEl) TO ATTEND
HAMILTON MEETING.
His Failure to Attend Causes Comment,
and Some Thought It Would
Hurt Him in County.
Governor IJlease did not attend
the meeting at Hampton on 'Wednesday,
as he had promised the committee
ho would do. The occasion
of the meeting was the dedication of
the handsome new school building
at this place, and both Governor
Bleaso and Judge Jones, together
with State Superintendent of Education
J. E. Swearingen had been invited
to attend the exercises and deliver
addresses upon subjects of their
own choosing. It was significantly
stated in the invitations that politics
would not be barred.
In writing up the meeting the correspondent
of The News and Courier
says tliis attracted a great crowd,
and had not the weather conditions
been so disagreeable there would
doubtless have been three thousand
people in Hampton Wednesday. As
it. was, there were fully fifteen hundred,
not all of whom, however, attended
the exercises at the school
house. The one question of the day
was: "Why did Governor Blease
not come?" Some time ago he accepted
the Invitation, with the reservation
that if pressing work required
his presence in Columbia he
would not attend.
In a letter Tuesday to Mr. E. F.
Mammon, editor of the Farmers' Review,
a local newspaper, Governor
Blease stated that he had important
work in Columbia and would, though
he regretted it be forced to decline
the invitation, giving as a reason
that since the Legislature had remained
in session so long the work
was heavy. But from the comment
heard on al1 sides, there was still a
great deal of questioning in the
minds of the people. "If he could
not come here today because of his
work, how could he go up to Blacksburg
the other day when the Legislature
was just about to adjourn,"
wa3 a question propounded by some
one. Another remark was: "All
the bills passed by the Legislature
and all the appointments to be made
had to be done by Tuesday, and why
could he not come?"
The people of Hampton and surrounding
country wanted to hear
Governor Hlease; of that there can
lie no doubt. It is equally certain
that these people are disappointed
that he did not attend. Strenuous
effort was made to get him; a long
distance call was made for him Tuesday,
in addition to the written invitations.
Another point that caused comment
was that Clovernor Hlease ought
to have come to Hampton because
it was one of his counties in the
campaign of 1010, his vote then being
93 G as against 720 for Heatherstone.
"His failure to attend the
meeting today," said a prominent
citizen of the county in talking with
The News and Courier representative,
"has hurt him a great deal, and it
will surprise nie if he carries the
county in the coming election."
Without fear of contradiction it
may be stated that this question of
why Governor Hlease gave Hampton
the go-by was asked many, many
times Wednesday, and the people appeared
to attach a great deal of importance
to it.
A commodious brick school build??
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ers of Hampton at a total cost, for
tlio lot, and building furnishings included,
of about $20,000. A bond
issue of $10,000 was made, which
with the sale of the old school property
provided the funds.
A competent board of trustees is
in charge of the school affairs, and
for the instruction of the pupils are
the following efficient teachers:
Prof. A. P. Sites, principal, and
Misses Anna Radcliffe, Sarah Kolui,
Maymo McDaniel and Zula Stephenson.
Poth Superintendent of Education
Swearingen and Judge Jones, in
their speeches, congratulated the
progressive spirit of the town in thus
handsomely providing facilities for
the education of her children.
In his welcoming remarks, the
Hon. George Warren, told of the efforts
on the part of the citizens tc
bring about a realization of theii
hopes in the matter of adequate
school equipment. Mayor W. A
Peckham presided at the meeting
Wednesday, and both ho and Mr
Warren made happy speeches tha
assured all the visitors of a warn
and hearty welcome.
Not tho least of the day's pleas
uros was the magnificent barbecu*
and picnic dinner, served by the la
dies of the town to all the visitorsFatal
Railroad Accident.
Enigncer A. J. Smedloy of Atlant
' 111 1 1 nrAt*A lr
was Killed illld &i.\ |iurouiio wv??v? u
jured early Thursday when the No^
York limited of the Southern rai
way was derailed at Milsteed, Ah
The list of injured includes It. I
Fostor of Spartanburg, S. C. He 1
not seriously hurt. The cause of th
derailment is not known,
accorded him indicated that ho ha
made friends in no small numbers.
WILSON IS LEADING
WITH CHAMP CLARK A CLOSE SECOND
IN THE RACE
HARMON IS HANDICAPPED
t
The Present Outlook for the Democratic
Nomination for President of
the t'nlted States as Seen by the
Washington Correspondent of the
Charleston News and Courier,
The Washington correspondent of
The News and Courier, in summing
up the probable result of the light
now going on among several gentlemen
for the Democratic nomination
lor President, says:
The Harmon boomers are very
much pleased with the candidacy of
Roosevelt, and hope that he will be
nominated by the Republicans. They
believo that if Roosevelt is the Republican
nominee. Harmon will be
the logical Democratic opponent;
and they are confident that the Ohio
Governor, who took such a heavyla
11 out of "Teddy" over the Paul
Morton incident, can repeat the performance
on a greater stage with the
voters of the country as the judges
of i he match.
On the other hand, the candidate
who has made the most remarkable
gains in the way of arousing interest
in his personality and securing expressions
of allegiance from Democratic
leaders of the progressive type,
is Wood row Wilson. The fact that
Wilson's "press stuff" is the best put
out in Washington by any of the
Presidential bureaus, and there have
been eight of them all told is pretty
good proof that the Wilson boomers
have had tne best material to nanille.
Their candidate is at the head
or the field, with all the rest of the
field against him. The question is
whether or not he can go into the
Convention with the necessary twothirds
to nominate him ,or with a following
so near the necessary twothirds
that the turn of a few votes
can "do the trick."
This very great chance that tlie
Wilson men will not have an overwhelming
majority of the delegates
at the opening of the Convention Is
encouraging the adherents of Speaker
Champ Clark. It cannot be denied
that the Speaker's prospects have
picked up wonderfully within the
past month; and in the opinion of
the majority of the unbiased critics
his chances are now very much better
than Governor Harmon's. Harmon
labors under the handicap of Mr.
Bryan's bitter and unrelenting personal
hostility.
The Nebraskan has chtded Clark
at times, and on one or two occasions
quite sharply, but has never displayed
toward the Missourian that rancor
and vengeful fury which make it
certain that Harmon as the nominee
would be worse handled by Bryan
than Parker was in 1 904. The threetimes
candidate seems to liko both
Clark and Wilson personally. There
is no doubt that he cordially hates
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both Harmon auu unucmuuu.
Another point in favor of Clark
and against Harmon is that the
Speaker cannot gracefully retire in
favor of llarmon, while Representative
Underwood can retire in favor
of Clark. Clark is bound, as the
result of former Governor Folk's
course in yielding to the Speaker a
solid delegation from Missouri, to
withdraw in favor of Folk if he
withdraws at all. Indeed, the understanding
between the two men Is
that if it becomes evident at Haitimore
after the opening ballots that
Clark cannot be nominated, Folk
shall be allowed to "try his luck."
Majority Leader Underwood, urgently
as his name is advocated by
many of his colleagues, and solemnly
as he permits it to be used in the
race, must know that the chance of
his choice is inftnitestimal. He has
much more ability than the Speaker,
and he can speak many times better
than the Speaker, and his general
qualifications for party leadership
aro vastly superior to the Speaker's;
1 but the Speaker has the advantage
of an earlier start, a central geographical
location and the personal
1 good will of Mr. liryan.
There does not seem to be any bad
. feeling between Messrs. Clark and
4 Underwood as the result of their
"rival" candidacies, and it is by no
means an impossible thing that Underwood
may bo in the race to keep
1 certain delegations, including his
own, from "getting away."
Clark would have to retire in favor
of Folk. Folk, if unable to make
headway In that event, would be
likelv to east his strength to Wilson.
s Underwood could probably throw his
following to Harmon if ho wished,
but by throwing it to Clark the
whole Clark-Underwood force would
a be kept together and Missouri would
i- not bo captured by the Folk-Wilson
?v combination.
I- In its actual substance the Under1.
wood candidacy is but a variation of
2. the favorite son game, though this
Is "favorite son" is of extraordinary
o size. The leading runners in the race
at this time are Wilson and Clark,
d with Harmon at present a poor
third; and the likelihood of a "dark
bank of
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DOING A GREAT WORK
CONDUCTING CAMPAIGN TO
FIGHT BOLL WEEVIL.
President Finley Tells of Cotton Culture
Work by the Southern Hull-j
way in the South.
The Southern Railway is conduct- j
iiik a campaign in the South to en- '
able the farmers of the cotton belt ;
10 overoome the boll weevil. The j
campaign is educational in its nature 1
and it is planned to introduce improved
cultural methods. President
Finley, discussing the work recently, !
said:
The primary purpose of the organization
of the county culture department
by the railway companies which
contribute to its support was to cooperate
with farmers along the lines
of those companies in tho territory J
along the advance of the Mexican
cotton boil weevil for the adoption j
of those cultural methods recom-j
mended by the late Dr. S. A. Knapp \
at the United States agricultural de- i
part men t, fo.r growing cotton under
boll weevil conditions. Dr. Knapp
also advised that it would ho advantageous
to adopt those methods independently
of the presence of the
weevil. The results of the first year's
work of our cotton culture department
have demonstrated the soundness
of his advice in all respects.
"In a circular, under date of February
12, 1912, prepared by Dr. W.
I). Hunter, the boll weevil expert of
the bureau of entomology, and issued
by Dr. L. O. Howard, chief of that
bureau, with the approval of the secretary
of agriculture, it is pointed j
out that the weevils were less numerous
in 1911, owing to adverse
weather conditions, and that the insect
was exterminated in an area
covering about 23,000 square miles
in the northwestern portion of Texas
and the portion of Oklahoma, where
conditions were particularly unfavorable.
Dr. Hunter shows that, notwithstanding
these conditions, the insect
continued to spread to the northsissippi
an d Alabama. He says
the reduction in numbers in 1911 was'
due to a combination of climatic in- I
finances which can only be expected :
to recur at infrequent intervals, and
that, with the return of favorable
seasons, the weevil will again multiply.
He urges, therefore, that it is
necessary for planters to continue
their fight against the weevil according
to the methods that have been ,
recommended by the agricultural department.
These are the methods
advised by the Southern railway cotton
culture department.
"It should be borne in mind that
the cultural methods recommended
by the late Dr. Knapp, and advised
by our cotton culture department
involve intensive farming. mis is
important nrtt only as to cotton, nut
also as to other crops, and we are
urging farmers to produce all of the
grain, fruits, vegetables, meats, dairy
products, and poultry used on the
farm so that they may not have to '
sell cotton regardless of market con-'
dltions in order to buy these things,
but may be able to market their crop
when there is an economic demand
for it. It will thus be seen that the
agents of the cotton culture department
are giving advice as to farm
operations generally. Their success
in this is shown by the records made
in thirty fields of corn grown in accordance
with their advice. The average
yield obtained under improved
cultural methods was 4 7 V& bushels
per acre, as compared with an estimated
avera'ge of 14 bushels per
aero on similar lands in tho same
general localities. The best corn
yield reported by our cotton culture
department was 8 2 bushels per acre
on a field of 65 acres.
"I desire again to call attention to
the fact that the services of tho field
agents of this department are given
free of charge to all farmers along
tho lines of the participating companies.
Farmers residing along the
linos of theso companies in localities
where a field agent has not yet been
stationed may obtain literature descriptive
of the methods recommend
ed by addressing T. O. Plunkett, gen;
eral agent, Chattanooga, Tenn.M
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arp fiend, one is possibly mortally in- jj
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tory, late rfxturday night. Capt. I>o
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!hose?on the hack of the building, ji
where the Are, supposed to la* the \l
work of an incendiary, had started jj
in a lean-t.o annex, when the back
wall was blown out, the little party
going down in wreckage which also
caught and overwhelmed several
spectators. i
Young Wife Kills lltisluind.
At Ashcville, N. C., Walter A. Harrison,
27 years old, was shot to
death by his twenty-year-old wife as
he lay asleep in bod Tuesday mornof
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admitted that she shot him,though H
she maintained that the killing was^
accidental. Mrs. Harrison until recently
was a patlont at the States.
ville Santiarlum, where she was
i treated for mental derangement.
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. is concerned, every Democrat run
ning for office In this State from Cor.
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deal. j