The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 15, 1911, Image 9
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BLKASH APPLAUDS ACTION OF
HOXEA PATH LYNCHKR&
Kather Than Cull Out Militia to Save
Culprit, Governor Declares, in
Speeeii at Anderson to Thousand,
of "3iy Friends," he Would Hu\e
Resigned His Office and Deccsnc
Lynohcr-in-JChief?Tells Preacher*
to Mind their Own Busine**.
Anderson, Nov. 11.?In -esponse to
an invitation extended by several
friends, Governor Blease made an
address on Court House square this
afternoon before a thousand peo?
ple. His subject was left to the Gov?
ernor and he spoke for more than
one hour, dwelling on many things,
of interest t > the people of the
State.
He stated that on yesterday he
was requested by the president of the
State Farmers' Union to issue a proc?
lamation, calling upon the farmers
of the State to hold their cotton, and
also to ask the Governor of the other
cotton States to Issue similar procla?
mations. This he refused to do, he
explained, because he is no farmer
and does not profess to know what is
the best for the farmers to do under
the circumstance* In his opinion,
the solution is left with the farm?
ers themselves, and he urges that
they organize and get in position to
put a price on their crop.
He called attention to the fact that
the lawyers, the doctors, etc., had all
organized and agreed upon prices for
their services and he thinks the farm?
ers should do likewise. He places
the blame of the low price of cotton
upon the cotton mill mergers and
prophesies that the mergers will soon
cut down the wages of mill employ?
ees* after they have finished pulling
down the price of cotton.
Governor Blease made a plea to
the mill people, and to all the people,
to secure registration certificates be?
fore it is too late. The newspapers
are trying, he said, to disfranchise a
large portion of white men by mak?
ing a registration certificate a require?
ment in the primary election.
He stated that he would veto any
bill oassed by the Legislature malting
any sp*:ial requirement, but the
danger lies with the Democratic Con?
vention next May, when he will not
be in position to look out for u.e in?
terests of the people. He (hinks the
Convention wilt be asked to adopt a
resolution requiring the certificates.
For this reason he urges all persons,
whether friends of his or not, to
register and put th?mr-,el\V? In po?
sition to vot*. no matter what the
Convention does.
Governor Blease reiterated his po?
sition with regard to lynching. He
said ; gain that when a negro puts
his hands upon the person of a white
girl, the sooner the negro is put six
feet under the ground the better. He
stated that on the night of the Honea
Path lynching the solicitor of this
circuit called upon h'.m to ord?r out
the militia, and that he told the so?
licitor he would send two telegrams.
?*One of these telegrams," said the
Governor, "was addressed to Sheriff
King here.
"In that telegram I told him to
keep in touch with the affairs, and
to make a report to me next morning
of what was going on. The sheriff
received my telegram and he under?
stood It, for next morning I received
a report from him. telling what had
transpired.
The speaker stated that rather
than use the office of Governor in
ordering out troops to defend a ne?
gro brute and require these troops
to fi*e on white citizens, he would
hao resigned from the office to
v.hich he had bsen elected and
would have caught the train to Honea
Path and led the mob.
The Governor then criticised the
ministers of the local union, who had
drafted resolutions condemning him.
and everything and everybody con?
nected with the lynching. He said
that he knew some preachers in this
State to have more negro blood in
their veins than did the negro who
was lynched, and that he did not pro?
pose to be dictated to by any preach?
er or set of preacherHe also im?
pressed his belief that there are not
twelve men In Anderson County who
would bring In a verdict of conviction
against any member of the mob who
did the work; "and if there were
twelve men who would d<? so and a
verdict of guilty was returned, I
would wire pardons to these convict?
ed," he said.
Governor Blease attacked the
newspapers, giving especial attention
to "the Columbia State and its edi?
tor." He charged that the news pa*
pers are not telling why and under
what circumstances he is extending
executive clemency, and he asks that
the public read the aOCOUBtl of his
actions and leave pletitv of room in
their minds to hear his side.
The Governor made it plain that he
intends always to stand by his
friends He stated that a person
coming to nim f. r any ronsideration
mnst be one of his friends or must
be endorsed bv one of his friends, and
i
he cautioned the people Hearing
him against putting their names to
petitions addressed to him if they did
not want these things petitioned li
occur. He said that he knew some
people who had put their names on
petitions for pardons and that uiter
the pardons had been granted the>
would stand around on the streets
and complain.
He said that the supervisor of An?
derson County had just stated to
him that he had two prisoners on
the chain gang who were burdens to
the county and were not earning
their bread. He promised to send
paroles for these men at once and
thereby save the people the expense of
keping up two persons.
Governor Blease stated that he in?
tends coming before the people next
summer to give an account of what
he has done as their Governor, and
that on his record he was going to
ask them to re-elect hjn to that high
office; that it was true he worked at
a livery stable when a boy and was
proud of the fact, all the criticism of
newspapers and enemies to the con?
trary. He had lived a clean life, he
said; had worked up to the office and
gratified his ambition; his life had
been spent so that he can look any
man in the face and say he is good
as any man. His ambition now Is to
serve his friends, and he intends to
serve them "by the help of the Al?
mighty."
Before the Governor left the hotel
for the Court House he was serenad?
ed by th? 1st Regiment Band; a
great cro* \ had gathered in front of
the hotel and when the Governor
made his appearance he was greet?
ed with cheers. The hand played be?
fore the speech was begun and after?
wards. The speech was interspersed
with loud cheering and yells for
"Cole" and "Our Governor," and it
could be easily seen that he was ad?
dressing an audience composed of j
friends and followers.
When asked today if he had any?
thing to say in reply to Representa?
tive Evans' letter with reference to
calling a special session of the Gen?
eral Assembly to take some action on
behalf of the farmers with regard V
getting a better price for their cot?
ton. Governor Blease said that he
had not received Mr. Evans' letter
yet; that he had read a copy of It in
the newspapers, but had nothing to
say as yet. He intimated thn* he
would say something on his retu.n
to his office.
Marriage License Record.
The following marriage licenses
were i.eued on the 11th to colored
couples.
Lessie Burroughs and Agnes Har?
per, Tindal, and Malekiah Howard
and Melia Jackson of Mayesville.
Dr. Frank Sanders was a visitor
in the city Monday.
ONLY ONE PLEDGE MADE.
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jatR. J. HENRY BURGESS OF
IfAYESVILLE H AS PLEDGED
TO HOLD 16 BALES OF
COTTON.
Pp to the Presenl Time There Una
Been Onl) One Pemon to Have
His Name Signed to the Proposed
Pledge Li>t.
Up to the present time Mr. J.
Henry Hurgess, of Mayesville, is the
only person to pledge to hold eotton,
in so far as the pledge Itet sent to
Clerk of Court Parrott for this
county is concerned. Mr. IJurgess
has pledged to hold 26 bales of cot?
ton off the market until cotton seils
for 13 cents or until the month of
September 1912, comes around.
At other county seats campaigns
have been made to get farmers to
pledge to hold their cotton, but so
far in this county the farmers have
not readily responded to the call of
the State Farmers' Union. While it
is true that a great many farmers
from all parts of this county, both
large and small farmers, have stored
cotton in the warehouse and are
holding It off the market, it seems
that they are loath to sign any pledge
to bold their cotton. It is probable,
however, that a great many intend
to sign, if somebody will get in tho
lead and encourage them to sign, as
it is understood that several persons
have asked to see the pledge and
have shown interest in it.
The New Football.
Football as played under the new
rules has ceased to be a brutal or
degrading sport. Fatal injuries are
almost unkown in the present game.
The vicious battering-ram attack of
tne old days has gone, never to re?
turn. Skill, to that extent, has tak?
en the place of brute force. That
this has made for the popularity of
the game is shown from the fact that
the smaller colleges are now able to
compete with the larger ones on
something like equal terms. Where
Yale and Princeton a few years ago
only stood a chance of being beaten
in their big games, they now face
real battles in almost every game.
Skill and patience in training, hard
work in preparation and hard work
in aetual playing, have come to mean
mean something. For all this the
new rules are to be thanked, yet fur
their revision is necessary. In the new
game the defence is given too much ad?
vantage over the offence. Without
luck it is almost impossible for eith?
er of two well-matched teams to
score. This has meant the develop?
ment of drop-kickers, the toe of a
single player often determining the
result of a game. Goals from the
held used to count five points, then
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i four, and now three. It is probable
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increasing1 the power of the attack
must be found. It may be that the
only wey to do this is to weaken the
defence. We do not know. We sug?
gest, however, that the rules com?
mittee take this feature of the situ?
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Courier.
Real Estate Transfers.
The following Real Estate transfers
have been recorded in the past few
days:
E. Dudley Hodge to M. Annie Ep?
person, lot on the corner of Haskcll
and Calhoun streets, $2,150.
McCallum Realty Company to W.
T. Hall. 11 1-10 acres 2 1-2 miles
from city, $800.
Richard E. Anderson to Edgar C.
Haynsworth, 77 acres on Rrewingten
Road, $2,830.
Mamie W. Woods, to Mark Rey?
nolds, two lots with buildings on
: Salem Avenue, $1,915.
Miss Minnie Moses and Mrs. S. C.
Raker have returned from Chester,
where they have been several days
this week In attendance upon the D.
A. R. convention.
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