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YTHEEPICKENS SENTINEL__ WEKYEtrdArl2.1903 at PickRux. S. C. an second Clans zugl i atter, uander "I fCnrn 1Mac ,17 USRITO .PIE 1Y 1871-Volume 42 PICKENS, S. C.. AUGUST 22, 1912 NUMBER 17. Our Statel" Should be the Earnest Petition of Every True South Carolinian Every patriotic. liberty loving, law abiding, God fearing, loy al citizen of South Carolina should earnestly pray and work for the redemption of this grand old State on the 27th inst ant. Those who fail to do their best and full duty on that day may regret it for man ' days to come. South Carolina is now in the balance. She is being weighed by the world at large. Throughout this great country, from Maine to California, from one side to the oth er, north, east, south and xx est. we have become a by-word and a reproach: almost a stench in the nostrils of decency: the laughing stock and ridicule of all good people. OUR STATE SHOULD BE %AVED From the man who would trample the constitution under his feet when he says "TO HELL WITH I'' From the man who says he will MAKE "SWEAT BLOOD" T HOSE WHO DO NOT VOTE FOR HIM. From the man who would retain a grafter in oftice after it has been proven that he grafted from blind tigers,.as Stothart. of From the man who will coInmission his friends and thereby give thenm the rigwht to carry concealed weapons when tihe\ aro not officers but for the purp.)se oi evading prosecution, as was the case of Editor Cheshire. of the Anlderrson Inteilliencer. From the man who will not show the least consideration for anyone unless he bows down to Baal. From the man who woukl array class against class, race against race. From the man who pretends to be a friend to the poor, yet cannot cite one instance where he has aided a poor man, but who, on the other hand, vetoes a!i act which would furnish money to treat the poor children for dvptheria. From the man who will sooA empty the penitentiary if his past record is kept up. From the man who is swoi i' to uphold the law but disregards his oath by pardoning a dispensary grafter (John Black) before he serves a day of his sentence. From the man who professe- love for the laboring class yet vetoes an appropriation which would enforce t he labor laws. Fro~m the man who curses, swears, blackguards and xvillifies good people. From the man who practically advocates lynch law, encour ages men to violate the lawx, and w-ho said he would pardon any -man who would shoot down men who acted as King and Watson Fro~a the man who did everything in his power to keep down the investigation of the old State dispensary by vetoing the act creating the present commission when he himself asked for it. pQIME ItEASONS WilY Because he discharged the first winding up commission that had recovered so much money from the grafters. Because he insulted the lady ticket agent at Belton. tBecause he pardoned the Yankee pickpockets, turning them out on the unsuspecting country people right at the beginning of the State fair. Because he pardoned a negro barn burner. Because he allows just anybody to call him a liar. Because he is using hypnotic influence gund suggestion on ig purant people wherever he can Because he has pardoned 37 criminals and given reasons for only 50 in his book. Because he is in sympathy with the Wall street interests as shown by his support of Harmon. Because he favored increasing the taxes on the people to add a $900,000. wing to the State house. and at the san" time he sy he is the poor man's friend. Because he should not hav-e voted for Ira B. Jones for speak er and associate justice and senator if Jones was~ such a bad man as Blease now proclaims. Because his immoral langui.ge, language emanating from the lips of the highest executive of the State, is degrading to t he youth of the land because he pardons negro house and barn burners. Because he keeps Ben A bnev, chief counsel for the Souther n railway, in his mansion. Because he is in symnathy with grafters. lHe will say not, but his ev-ery act has befriende~d them. Because he claims that he will violate his oath of office and' lead a mob. geg4upe he has astoptedi as his flag the red flag of anarchy Becau~se of his opposition to institutions of higher learning. Because he pardoned Hasty, wvho killed t wo unarmecd men in is- my n house. Pecause he voted for* a bill to close the school to children whose parents were too poor' to pay noll tax Fecause he v-oted against Ilt income tay: and in favo~r of the adh ian. A poor man has no Mcome tax to nay. Because Ben Tillmni says Biase has nudidied the waters. Because the 27th day of Aunst is the only day the people will have to crush out existing conditions and save our State. WTT.T WE DO) ITT FOR s a Hit rens Meeting taking his customary hand primary. It showed that the governor had a majority in the audience, though it did not by any means show the sentiment of the county. Large numbers of people were here from the adjoining counties of Greenville Spartanburg and Newberry, though hardly any came from Greenwood. At the close of his speech Gov. Blease was present ed with several buncht s of flow ers and a gold watch, the watch being presented by W. R, Richey, Jr. He was carried away on the shoulders of his ad mirers. The other candidates spoke about as usual, a feature of the meeting being that each of them until D. C. McLauren was reached, being called upon to state their preference for Gov I ernor, Mr. McLauren gave the questioner such "blessing out" that the matter was npt pushed very much afterwards. Blease badges today were white instead of read as hereto- a fore. Greenwood, S. 0., Aug. 15 - By the time the first candidate for governor, Judge Jones, was to speak here today, the crowd 5 had grown to about 2,500 per- t sons. Cotton mill operatives, r most of them wearing Blease e badges, fornd a large section t of the crowd. r Tumultous apiplauso was giv. r en both Jones and Blease by their respective partizans. As e usual, Jones men evideiced their approval of their ebampion: ij by the clapping of hands B'ease backers hooted and yvelb-d. It. seemed likely for a time that Judge Jones would be howled down, but Mayor Baker tuk - the situation in hand promptly and procured for the speaker a measure of respectful treatment d Both speakers were interruptedj by showers, one of which, to: r gether with a slighthores, caused Governor B ease to guit some tizne before his tipig was j out. "What we want in Sou.th Ca rolina," said Judge Jonies, "is2 observance of law."' "We've got it," yelled a man in the crowd,t "Well, you didn't get It," re torted Judge Jones, "when they a tried to drive the one-arm Con federate veteran, WV. H. Kerr, your magistrate. from office. Oh, the governor professes great love for the Qnfederate vetera Yet he voted aainst establishe ig he Qonfederate hiome at Co~ lumibia, against an appropria- ~ tion to support the Confederate home in Charleston and against pensioning widows of Confe~der ate veterans. More -.;er, he had the effront ery to arouse for himself the ap plause of an audience of veter-t ans in Columbia by claiming to have supported Hampton, when t he knew that ini the joint assem- I bly he voted first,last and all the time for J. M. Irby, just as Idid "And there, too," said Judge Jones "were Magistr ates Purdy, Rogers and Devlin, an(i Messrs.. Binton and Dugy of your coun ty board of registration, all or most of them Confederate vet erans. Gov. Blease, if he had I his way, would dismiss them all 1 Judge Jones criticised sharply 1 1the governor's course with re- t spect to other appointments. $Ie 1 did that iii apponting .ural po-1 icemen upon'the recommenda Sop of Representative Magill aoe, the governor had violated he aw, which requires that a, delegtion, no~ merely one memn bey make these nominations. He criticised also the selection of city men to be rural police: gi en. to th exclusion ofme welIng in the country. Judge Jones refrained from designating the goveraa~r his name and emphasiied the ct that it was the public rs" that official, not tb' G that he was attacke Jpnes spoke with fire depreciating prevailir;. cies toward disorganiz n ring upon his aud CI Blease No i to M Gov. Blease has posed as thE friend of the laboring man and made strong efforts to catch the mill vote with this kind of bait, but the following letter -from Mr. H. J. Hardy, a member of a union labor organization in Columbia, and from Senator Weston, of Richland county, show his attitude towards the mill people and all others who are at the mercy of corporations and heartless employers: Hardy's Letter Dole L. Blease, Columbia, S. C. Sir: I am in receipt of yours Af August 12. Men do not oft m take pleasure in conceding ;heir mistakes, but I cheerfully ,onfess to having made a grave nistake in placing any confi lence in your protestations of ,riendship for the people, and in reating you with the courtesy .had regarded due any man iolding your high otice. The statement I am making md th- t you say is absolutely alse, is but the repetition of the tatement I made and published 8 months ago and that you did iot then question. It is abso ately true and is vouiced for iy Senator Weston, who was iresent at our conference, I may be a "'anke.'" but vhile that may be my misfor une, it is not my fault. Let ae remind you that you thought nough of "'Yankees" to pardon be "Yankee" pickpockets who obbed the country peoile of outh Carolina at the State fair, nd whose Chicago lawyer had nough [money to forfeit one housand dollars cash bond when e was arrested for attempting I bribe a Richland county offi er to let them escape. , Y es, I work for the State com aiiy. seven days' work for sev to da s' pay. That company as the record of having iiever ?id off a xuaio account of ulles orh rdtimes. It em lovs more high gr'ade inion ien than an~y puhushing house 1 the Stgte. It is a~ fair and ut while th maaemn has one pesna fgyows for many Sits emrployes, nithe~r I nor ny other member of the force, a far as I have ever heard, have ver been appror' >ed in regard a politics, or any effort made *y the management to influence n employe's vote. Your apprehension that 4 mnay ave been wokng som dit raph game on you was with= ut foundation. I was not do rig a messenger boy's part, nor Lad I sold my influence. The act is my influence is not mer hantable as is the influence of ~our legal friends who secure ardons. My reason for turning against 'ou is that when the question arrows down between friend hip for a politician and loyalty o an organization of which I ami a member and to which I Lfm due loyal support, I choose he organization every time. My statemnent is geg4 tQ rour atti*d (p~w'd oiganised ab.or and its aims is sustained av high authority, but were the 1uestion of veracity between is, I would be willing to leave iecessity for a change for the >etter. It was, he said, misera >le and pitiable that thiere wer >eople ready widh applause for' hei goen when he incite o. murder. It shgws, he $ id, o what depths popr Soutai ICay >lina has fallen in thig day. It vas Ijard enlQ1gge, he said, with 411 the ma~chinery of the courts, to keep down crime, yet gI the mndeavors to do so were set at aaught when the chief executive proclaims publicly that he had a pardon ready for murderers and when the criminal is upheld and put in the saddle. Judge Jones strongly urged adoption of a workingmen's comn pensation or employers' liability statute, more generous provision teural schools, institution ns system and other the conclusion of dge Jones receiv - pplause and six large rate floral trite VOTE Jones Make AtLaui Laurens, Aug. 14.-The State campaign party was here today and had a crowd of possibly 3, 000 people to hear them. Prob ably the largest number of ladies that have attended a cam paign meeting this year attend ed this one and to this cause more than anything else could te attributed the splendid order that prevailed. It would hardly be correct to state that splendid order prevailed throughout the meeting for at the very close Judge Jones-was not allowed to make the categorical reply due him under the rules of the cam paign party. Gov. Blease had made several vitrolic attacks upon Judge Jones, charging him with cowardice because he did not refer to the Garlington and Wash Hunter cases in Laurens when he had used them elsewhere in the campaign. When Judge Jones arose to nike a reply to the charge that he was afraid to face a Laurens adience on these cases. the -rowd immediately surrounding the stand would not allow him I word. Chairman Cannon ade every effort to give the judge a hearing but the crowd would not listen to him. The udge had to sit down. A majority of the audience today appeared to be for Gov. Blease, Judge Jones' admirers iot being given so much to cam paign attendance. However, Judge Jones had a handsome following today and . according to reports he gained many ore. Goy. Blease is said to iave lost numbers of votes be aiie of his violent speech. Judge Jones made no refer ne to the governor today, not being in his customary good ealth, but closed some time be fore his time was up. He gave is attention to giving his quali fcations for the offce and tating the platform upon which e was running. .He said that t had always been the ambition f his life to serve the people of he whole state and that when he resigned the chief justice hip to run for the governorship, he was seeking tp gratify that tmbit1. BHe said that be1 favoz the passage of an em lovers liability law, which ould make corporations liable n case of injury to their ern loyees, whether the injury ,as the result of carelessness of fellow employees or not. Re lying to a question from the udience, he declared that he as for county local optiop pon the liquor questjon. Up hvelt at length upon the Torvens ystem of land registr'ation, ex >ressing' his approval of it. It ight be stated ) ere that Gov. Blease made sor6 fun of Judge ones' referener to the Torrens ystem when i more important atters" like the pardon of Wash Hunter and John Gar. ington were to be dealt with udge .Jories expressed a desire o give to the people of South arolina an impartial govern ent and not a government for is friends only. When he losedI he was presented with everal handsome bouquets by his admirers. He was loud1lv (-heered at the close. GJov. Blease, in opening, paid tribute to his friend, the late Gol. T. B. Crews and then launched into a denunciation of the newspapers, especially the Columbia State and ~one of the Lancaster papers. Taking the State and spreadling it out foe~ the- people, he used his cus tomary language in referring to it. tore it in two and flung it towards the reporters for The Atlanta Journal and Thie Ca lumbia Record. A great many ~eople thought that the gov ero threw it in the face of the repesentative of The State, but Mr. Hortan was sitting sonme dis tance away. Referring to the recnt letters of senator Till man, the governor declared that he was as much qualified to be governor as Tillman himself. The gov-ernor made just aboul such a speech as he made al ew.,.,.r yestrdav. ending bo f0D Friend forking Man it to organized labor and its friends to decide. Your suggestion that I have sold out for money is insulting, but you cannot insult me. I have no respect for you and do not know any one who has, but I cannot get away from all re spect for the office even when you are occupying it, and there fore will not apply to you the 'short and ugly word' for which you have given so much provo cation. Henry J. Hardy. Letter from Mr. Weston August, 13, 1912. Mr. H. J. Hardy, Cola., S. C. Dear Sir: You showed me a letter which you received from Gov. Blease this morning, and asked me to give you. the facts as to what transpired at an interview held in the governo 's office the latter part of Febru ary, 19L At your request I accompanied you to the gov ernor's office to see If something could not be done about his veto of the provision made in the appropriation bill for in spectors charged with the duty of enforcing the labor laws of the State. There were present at this interview Gov. Blease, you and I. I stated to Gov. Blease that you were the secre tary of the City Federation of Trades and desired to see if some provision could not bell made for the enforcement of the labor laws. Gov. Blease re plied, with a gieat deal of spirit, that as long as he waai governor no law should pass which would interfere with the right of an y one above 21 years of age to coptract for the dis position of his owgi time. i v. plied to, th9 goYegox that this, was nnt thie qestion, as the law had alIeady settled that point,. but the question was the en- 1 forcement o~f these laws. I I then said to the governor, "What about these poor women who clerk for their livelihood?" He replied that if they did not : like their situation they could, get other employment. In the1 course of the interview the gov-] ernor said that the factory in spectors were worihless. I re plied that I cred nothing about the persone, that if these .men were not doing their duty thiey could be removed and others put in their places. Finally the governor said that he would see that the law was enforced through his liquor constables. I told him that this was imn practicable, as these constables did not have the right to enter a manufacturing or mercantile es tablishment for that purpose. Of course. I can not recall the' exact words used by the parties to this interview, but the thoughts and sentiments herein attributed to, the governor cor rectly apress his attitude in tais mnatter. I might add1 that this interview made quite an inpression upon me, as I was. the author of the bill providing for inspectors. Without these Inspectors the benign laws pass-! ed for the proteetio~n of tb~e laboring people depend entirely; upon tg conseience of the em p~igyer, Of course quite a num-' her observe the law, but doubt less there are so~n who do0 not. Thousands of 1olars are being spent ip the enforcement of our #quor laws: there are game wardens to protect our birds and fishes, and I can not understand why the people who labor in the factories and the mercantile establishments should not be of as much consequence to the State as the birds and fishes and the enforcement of the liquor law, I would therefore say that your interview nublished on IFebruary 94. 1911, correctly ex presses the governor's attitude In this matter, and I have never heard that Gov. B'ease charged any misrepresentation as to his attitude in this interview uitil you showed gie his letter to you this ingig, Youml&.eg truly, Francis H, Weston. COVEa Jones' Supi Inc, Columbia. Aug. 15.-Therf has never been a period in thE hiitory of the Stat. when there was so mueh interest in a politi cal situation. The people of South Carolina are just now realizing the seriousness of the situation and the indications are for the largest vote ever cast. All good citizens are placing their names on the club rolls and it Is expected that at least 120,000 votes will be cast in the primary on August 27. The main interest in the political situation is in the race for governor. Never have the lines been so tightly drawn. The issue is Bleaseism and that is the question the voters will be asked to decide one week from next Tuesday. Reports received in Columbia from all 'ections of South Caro lina indicate that the tide is swinging and swinging fast to the cause of Ira B. Jones, the standard bearer to the forces that art against Bleaseism. In South Carolina as in all other states there is a certain element :hat always bets on the results. Dolum1bia seems to be the clear ng house for these bets. As :he situation now presents itself 4he iioney is about even. How ,yer some odds are being placed )n thetelection of Judge Jones. 'his much has been noticed too ;hat the Blease men are always >ragging about what they will )et but usually fail to appear -hen the time comes to put up he money.. 3Mr Hardy'% Interview On Monday I, in company Aith Senator Weston. visited he governor to ascertain his 'easons for th. wiping out of I he facltory inspection feature!] >f the law. The governor stat-i d that. his reason for so doing: vas tihat he considered the fac-< Ory' i nspector a5 b1lsolutely worth ess and a waste of the State's noney. He further added that 1e would attend to that feature iimself and in his own way. Ile further stated that he would reto any and all labor legisla ion that might come before aim where such legislation ought to improve or alleviate ~he conditions of any- man or roman over the age of 21 years. "H1e said that every man and woman who had attained the age of 21 was a free moral agent and could look out for Ehim or herself. Any- man or woman who was not satisfied with their condition of the safe uard1s placed nround their em ployment or t h:i hours of labor could qit ineir positionl but they need not look to the law to help them as long as he was in the Governor's chair. "'Asked as to how this might work when applied to the work ing women and girls who might be subjected to hardships which they might be powerless to avoid, the governor st~ated that they did not have to work under those conditions as there was plenty of other work they could gco to- though, when pressed for the course of this work, he did not answer. He further gave me to understand that neither I or any other outsider need come him with any com plaint; that the man or woman affected must come to him per sonally or no action would be taken:" Columbia, S. C., Aug. 13, '12. Atrsonally appeared before me He~nry J. Hardly, w~ho, being swoin, says that the foregoing statement which appeared in the Columbia State on Febru ary 24 1911 is correct an~d true. Henry J. Hardy. Sworn to and subscribed be fore me this 13th day of August 1912. E. B. Wilson, Nota&ry Public, S. C. Religion Makes Jones Men. Sl comnue in Spar'taniburg ?NMENE; sort easing in this section of reenvile county, as the e here are already in.the st ight and nar. row path that ads to good gov ernment we hope that an evrgelist will be sent to PIck ens county.-Cor. Greenville News. From reports some eyan listic work has been done in th county for Jones by Blea men. Two gentlemen were :a town last week from different sections of the county, which sections had previously beeii considered Blease - stronons and they said conversions were frequent now from Blease to Jones. When asked the reason they both stated that certain men had canvassed or were canvassing the county election eering for Blease and that it was thought they were paz$ This began to be talked among the people and many said If Blease hires men to go aroun&$ and work for h'm we want -no more Blease. Let 'em Let re- -, ligion and vote for Jones. Ninety-nine Per Cent for Jones. Ninety-nine per cent of the preachers are supporting Judze Jones, as are also 95 per cent f the newspapers, 95 per cent >f the doctors, 90 per cent o awyers, 90 per cen of the erchants and 90 per cent of ;he right thinking people who vant law and order instead of awlessness and anarchy.-Gaff 1ey Ledger. 100 Per Cent For Blease. One hundred per cent of the trafters are supporting Gov. 3lease, as are also one hundred >er cent of the lawless and one iundred per cent of the blind ;iger element.. Which side are rou on, that of law and order >r that of lawlessness?-Gaff iey Ledger. Needed His Vote. Columbia, Aug. 15.-The gov ernor today issued a pardon for I, Win. Holmnan, who was con victed of breach of trust in May, L903 at Orangeburg, and sent meced to three years' imprison- - mnent. His pardon was for the purpose of restoring his citizen ship. Since assuming office the governor has exercised ademnen cy in 376 cases. The governor has respited Isaac Butler, a negro, until August 30 - Converted Bleasites "Get Right' Spartanburg, August 15.-At Buck Creek church, in Chero. kee township, a revival service has been under way which has; profoundly stirred the people - from Cherokee Springs to CheB-@ nee. Numbers of men haveO been induced to accept Christi ianity and join the church. One curious feature of the revival is the fact that ardent supporters of Gov. Blease, upon being con verted, have renounced their al- - legiance to the governor and be come supporters of Judge Jones A fervid meeting recently lasted until late at night. As soon as a Bleaseite got religion he be came a Jones man. A gentle man who was in the city yester day said that if religion contin ued to spread in Cherokee town ship there would not be a Bleas ite left. Somewhat of a Change Pa colet Station, Aug. 14. A careful poll of the voters of this precinct has the fol lowing result: Jones 101, Blease 6. The vote two years ago was featherstonle 39 Blease 52. The vote at Pacolet mills has been polled as far as pos Isible and will show: Jones 90, Blease 81. Featherstone 77, Blease 121. vote of 1910. Put your name on the Club Roll to vote.I