The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 18, 1912, Image 3
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(."vrriior Want* Pool'''* |Q Kr.it! Hi
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Colombia, lift . S.? ?h?%? rnor and
Mrs. Cob 1. Memo returned from
Uichmond and W ishlngtan. und today
doviTimr r.iease addres*. ?? a I? ttor
to the correspondent of Tie- News
und Courier at thus place. ? BC losing a
copy i-f on** of the n;m . . Ins whic h he
made before the |mm >>i Gover?
nors, and which baa raised such a
storm of comment In .ill parts of the
countt I
The Governor stated that be had
purchased th?? copy ?nun the Kieh
mond Times-ldsputch news bureau
and he makts the request that all of
tb?? newspapers in South Carolina
print It.
"I stand by .-wry word 1 .said." he
declares in his letter. ' I have abso?
lutely n<? apologies to make to any
man or set or men In this State, or
outside of it. and. as I said in Rich?
mond and repeat now. I do not car*
what the i; rfeesjag or Governors of
any Htate or States thought about it
or what anybody else In the American
Cnloa thinks about it. This is what 1
think, und I s.ild there onlv what 1 1
i
said on the stump all over South Car?
olina. And 1 am r? e? i\in< leiten tad
Hi grams ft .on all SVef the State, and
from many other States of the Union,
I ? n?rrutulutlng me upon u.v position."
The (J.?vertier offers the original-*
of these letters to any pap-|ff| which
will stcre.- to publish them
<;.?\r;te>r Hb.?se s..ys that he has
aaked for u stenographic rep"11 Of
the speech he made after tie ad.-p
n of the resolution which is known
as the resolution of eensun and that
both of the speeches will be Incorpor?
ated la a ni' si<e t-> tlo- General As?
sembly when that body meets so that
they may he made "a part of the of?
ficial records of this State."
The following is the stenographic ,
report of the speech, publication of '
which is asked by (love; nor lilease:
The views of flu? orimr Mease on 1
murti i<- ind divorce wen- brought]
out forcibly in an address delivered
b#for?? lb?? (Ji.Vern.T/ Colifero'.ee on
Thursday afternoon. Governor Wm.
M Mann, of VliKlnin. had just tin
ished * discussion of turning the trend
of population from the towns and ;
cities to the country, ami referred to I
the great work being accomplish! d I?
the b? ys' corn clubs, giving statistics
as to the ?04 n yield aeromplished by
these /oung farmer^. Uovernor
Hha .? said
"Mr. Chairman. I shall n*>t under?
take to discuss with the distinguished
(love r.or of Virgin i the question Of
raising corn, because South Carolina
holds the world's fSSOTd, a.al as to
the quality of hi* < orn, I would not
for a moment dis? i.ss tb it. hi. a use
all through prohibition South Carolina
we have example of the quality of
bis ci-rr. shipped fr< ??> ;!>?? Capital Ol
his State >?v his wholesale d< ab rs.
"But Mr President, lag Hher aaeas
tion In which South Cam ma stands
alone, and In which, in my Opinion,
she Is superler to all the Statt I ol
the American 1'nion. V ritt! n In IRS
fundamental laws of m> Stale by a
Constitutional i'uno titi. n. OORipoSOd
of men of both raeea in IsO*?, am
? v ? n more erophathallv m |8tl b|
the whi'e peogds of South Carolina
are th*? wor?l: Wo divorce from the
bonds of M atrimony shall SVei hi
granted ' it miy ??. ? | hardahlp
in some saasa and possibly i might
refer to eaaes when other States
might think it was rik'ht. still I say to
? his udu i .n . this ifter ii'.-.n. ahd I
say *t w?th steasssre, that tie only
rorrot rule following both the llib
Haal anjuasttos gad tie- injunction of
man. is th it who h South CttTOllna
fotWwi afhea ?he sayi Those whom
Qad hath Joined together! let i" man
put aeaad r.' if Iben i . ons thlnn
in the A mot ?n i ?u. n that h id
x i< to American civilisation, It Is
th* rate of A ms risen sromanh.I f i
aw gjtfet if c>. rs ? another, it is Oit
vhaleaalt aad aswsr raated granttns
of d ? ? ? ? a . ? '??? oothi some
woman at SPSSS man has got gi t m
mm h gang* y hg iio ir marriage as
no v sap! ? t. d w hog tbi !it in lags i ere?
li ore. \% is p f -l fie d ! iln l'l ??! ?hat
SM I i\e no lilvoi.. I .?r in South Car*
f lina. psfaoaall! ibd II iron will i"ok
to th?? ?-eMr ! f that ball ind pS k out
tb-* b. i In , n? r- ? b. i.h d \? oliiali
III this Stati. yon v III SSH ?liv I
)? < ' personal!, to ,| Ofi ? . I '? l( Ml
? ?i ill loan. ? h- ?i \ .ii i ? don n tit'
law von will r. ? le h . . ? ? n il thi
a^lstlssy'lshed Oovernoi ni N- ? ids hs
pictured to tu\r* conf< renci
?M-. Vlali Staad i aloi We
no aivoreeai ws recognise no ? I?v ? ?? 'es
If n man I- ivi h i?ie **i? i?i? '.r Kotitl
r*nialias or % gfomaa, -rei got kat
. ? a I . r Si if. und ..l.t .ie i ?!i
r am hi i gife, he at a i oms hgek tut
...iih CaiaIMM aad ii\e. but if at
? ? tin muri-oh and uno.es back within
the State ulth ? second wife we hold
nun and h:s Wife guilty of adulter)
and punish thein accordingly; and If
theft are i hlldfen b. rn ?<? the union
aftef Iho divorce* nie Supreme court
? ?f South Carolina hat stated In their
opinion that they are illegitimate und
oannol Inherit the property of ih<
parent That, I say. may seem to
????in?, of y??u a hardship; butt my
friends, it is far lie ter thai In i few
Insts icei at me good woman ma) suf?
fer, or some man may be caused to
suffer, thai to lay down I law whloh
would bringt ami which is bringing
today, in disrepute the solemn bonds
of matrimonyi which only under an>
condition! or any olroumstancef
?I Sttld be contracted for love, sanc?
tioned by a Divine power.
Mr. President and brother Qo\
ft nop. WS do noi apply to your
Mates anything wrong. It is your
way of looking at the proposition, WC
do not mean for a moment to con?
demn you. m.r would South Carolina
or South Carottntani for i moment
set Itself up m the only or the prop*
??r guard ia n Of the morality of the
\merican nation; but we Me glad of
the dlstin< Ion that ws bold; we art
proud that it is written In OUT fun?
damental law. so that n<> Legislature,
e . rted possibly iiy a wave of excitn
ment or from other causes, can
change it; it late written that it \ +
impossible to change, and of that we
ire proud.
? Now wt cannot follow thii rule of
desertion all the way through, bm in
south Car Una when white man de
11 his v ife 11 d children, or If h ?
deserts his wife and the) are without
children, It i a criminal oftenae t fall
to support that wife, or to fall to sup?
port the Children, if there be such.
Consequent ry the wife can i?o into a
i ourt of Justice ;?nd prosecute her hus?
band foi non-supp<?rt of heraelf and
for aon-sup port of her children, and
we punish him as (l criminal for fall?
ing to do hs duty to that woman, to
these chiidten. to society and to his
11 tie, Th. refore, a i have but little
trouble on this hc re. Sometimes we
have ? oltiaen who drifts t?? Reno;
sometimes we have i cltlsen thai
crossed to Augusta, only lining across
the ttnvannajh River; but when he
realise! that a*hen in- comes back in?
to the State that I criminal prosecu?
tion will ham: over his ht ad for the
leaortton ol that woman, who has
sworn, not oni> before man. not onty
I ?r her b-\ ? for htm. not onl) for th I
? ?<{ on a*hleh sh! h is for her 9tate
and her nation* btti for her belief In
the hereafter and In the Qod that gave
hoi Ufa, that she WOUld stand by him
In health and In siokneaa, old South
Carolina eayi to him, 'As the stands
i'v you, you have got to stand by her*1
We are pr i ol of it; we |OV! th! dis?
tinction
Now. there is a race of people In
my section of the country?and i am
painted ?o the world sometimes as
their !nemy. but l am not, and if the
Governorship of South Carolina de?
pended upon an election next Tuesday
n I they would leave it entirely to
ilia negr.to, disfranchising for the
time the whits vote, i could receive
WlthOUl tfOUble H tO W per cent of
the neirro vote of the State to be their
Oovernor, and notwithstanding that,
i stand alone In this Confe ence and
in other place! of this great nation.
not as Qovernor "f south Carolina,
i ul In my Individual capacity, believ?
ing there is but one punishment, and
that must i<e speedy, when that negro
lays his hand upon the person of a
white woman, such a thing at hap
? tod a fe days nu" In a certain
State can't happen in South Carolina;
the boasted hero of tin- idaeu race
who claims to be the superior of the
wt Ite martin the prise ring could not
ri'agracs Routh Carolina by having
nt elf united to a white woman
thin Ms borders, thank Qod, and if
it did happen th! law provides a
p mlshmont for him and a punlshm? nt
foi her, an i the only reason thai im
!."\ would be caibd to protect them
would ''? th< location of the place in
the Mate j.. which the crime might
have been committed* Otherwise
therv might l?e no n< od for a grand
,n. to present a true bill. Mr. Chair?
man, oi t h it we a re proud,
? i ?i cou so, v... cannot appl) that to
, i in in \i\ Idtia' ra< >?. and wh) n< i ?
M i mj friends, >"U du not un?
derstand those j.pie, Vou con?
demn ? 'i ih< tfouth, and yet nhlo
fei ' v Ihf example; in Hprlnglleld
!? j. tlowod it; N" ',. .terse', follows
lit; peanatyvanla will follou It, Ml
other . .it' ? i the Kmc U an ? 'nion
v. i follow II I h 'atise, no mutter
when it be, North or South. Bust or
West. < hetie\. r you touch i be ? a u
leastan blood it ih th. same, and Ml
win |.i. .. tl * II to be I he supi i U?r,
and tin In ? ? . Ol 'be World has p o\ -
III .1 i
lory i hi ? a h< re > ? t the lnf< i lor ra< ??
. . i ? m t in v. a) of the superior t hat I
tin- Htipertor will rule ami control,
?
tin i ? i r ra/ e from 1 he f iee ol t he
I ? arth. Some no n c oil it em n tins, and
Dial i ' en pi i lb gi. but In ! be
Southern Slates w? love i woman; wo I
hold tin tu hlghi r 'ban ill thlngi els< . I
and win tnxet anythins. stepi between]
a Rout hern man and the defence ol
the virtue of womanhood of his na?
tion and ins State, he will tear it down
and walk ovet It In her d 'fence, re
>r*ii? s of whatever may be the
consequent o or whatever may be bis
punishment or the result to himself
Nov. Mr. Chairman, we have a]
Judge in our State whom I consider
tin sblest man who lias ever boon on I
th ? bench there, i >n on.' occasion sev- '
ot i Indictments were handed out by
the sol i Itor to the grand jury, and ho
sal there ami heard the solicitor hand i
out Indictment after Indictment, After!
t
awhile he turned around and said:
Mr Hollcltor. are these white people
Ol darkles von art hauling on*, tba so !
Indictments again t?' Th ? solicitor I
said, 'May it please your Honor, they
art- against colored people.' Tin- i
Judge looked over to tin- grand jury
and said; 'Gentlemen, you can Und
tu? t:?i. bill against these negroes for
Jo- crime for which the solicitor is
har.d'mr out these Indictments, Do
? t
y< u want at > cotton raised this year? 1
Do >'oa want your Heids cultivated? if
so. it will not do to bring In true bill ?
i
on these Indictments against these no
groes.' The result was no tru? bills |
wer?? found. So, ;t will be seen that
we can't treat them as we do our
selves, We treat them as servants, j
w r pay them honestly for the day's
work, ."ni I am proud to stand here
iind malce th.s statement?and when
! speak here 1 know l speak to the
American nation, because it has been
herald d all over th< country and all ,
over tha world what my opinions are
? !> these SUhjretN.
i
"1 ai proud that I have paroled or
pardoned more negroes than all the
lover no rs of South Carolina put to?
gether since 1876, when we redeemed
ourselves and went back t.? white su?
premacy in the old State of South
Carolina; therefore, 1 say that 1 am
not his ent my, bui his Irlend, and l
know him better than y >u know him.
Hut we don't give the negroes di?
vorce, (The speaker was hers in?
terrupted, >
By Governor Carey, of Wyoming:
"Governor nha.se, when you were
?worn in as Governor of south Car?
olina! did you not swear to uphold the
C< nstlt itlon and laws ol the State of
South Carolina. '
By Governor Bk-Hse: "1 did, sir."
By Governor Carey: "Don't you
have a law on the statute books of'
s.uth Carollnaf protecting ths negr j i
the same SS you do ths white man'.' I
By Governor Bloase: "Yes, sir. I
will answer the Governor ot Wyoming
as l answered this question on the
rostrum In South Carolina: <i wish to
call upon the newspaper men present
not to say that I am excited In South
Carolina, thmk God, l have i rec?
ord of not only being o lighter, but j
u coldblooded tighter;) 1 auswar you, 1
sir, by saying this, that whenever the '
Constitution oT my .-t?te steps be
twen me and the defence of the vir?
tue of the white wonn-n of my State,
I will resign my commission, tear it
Up Phd throw it to the breeses and
march to the defence of her honor
and her virtue, regardless >f what
rna) i>e the consequences,
I WOUld like tor the newspaper'
r< i orters here to get this correctly; i
was quoted In a campaign speech to
have said: "To hell with the t onsti
tutlon." Seventy-five thousand white
men Of my State embused it as 1 said
it, ami here is the way I used it, f
said: "I will never order out a com?
pany of militiamen, or regiment, and
order them to do something which I
would not do myself, and I will never
ordoi out a company of young men to
shoot down their neighbors and
friends to protect a black brute who
has commltt? d a crime upon h white
woman, ind when the Constitution of
my State stands between mo and the
defence of the virtue of the w hite wo?
men f my state, as I have just said.
1 will I'sitrn my commissi? n. tear it
up and throw it to the breeses and
march t< the defence of their honor
und their virtue, If this be treason.
In the words of the great Virginian.
??.M ike Lhe most of it.' And for this
expression ! have no apologies i"
make i" ny n an or set of men."
?l)r, VVm, Sadler, author of "The
Cause and Cure of Colds," says that
common colds should be taken serious?
ly, especially when they "hang on."
Koley's Hone) and Tar Compound ii
a i elial i household medicine for
COUS/hS ::Cd Colds, equally C'ffl CltVO for
children and for grown persons. Taki
ii w inn yon t?i i a cold comlny on ll
Will .1.? danger of serious results
and euro quid |y, .\'o harmful drugs.
Slbi rt'i i Tug Hti iv. \d\ t.
Several Ninth Carolina counties
have abolished the fee system and on
the first of January will put their
public ofllelils i n ?? 'lar; T'm f - ??
Mi it this wasn't done 25 years ago
shows bow far behind the times has
i i on tho county system of govern
n ? nt in ihli State, Wilmington Btai
< 'ouglllllg ai \ Ight.
One had cough can keep lh<
w hoi,' fumlly awake at ni rht, Phil
1 ?:? o] in au. Schaff? r, Mich . saj
could not slei on ccounl of a had
cough, and l was very wi ill I n ? ?
l ob \ ??? Honey ind Tar Compound
and soon the cough lefl and I step
i undly ail night " Blbert's Dnm
i tori Advt.
POKTOFFICE 1*1 I.Ii REPORTED.
ApproprlalIon Measure Carrlefi $h~h,
iMf>.7hi, Including Provision for
the New Parcels Post.
Washington, Dec. 12.?Ths postof
I cs appropriation 'Hi, aggregating
12? ,489,781, Including $750,000 for
parcels post equipment and $-r.,oon
for the parcels po>t commission, w.'is
reported to the house today, The'
total is a decrease of $3,301,727 from '
lasl year ?stlmates,
Despite ths )?< stmaster general's re?
port of a small surplus for ths fiscal
year ending .Tun?- 30, 1911, the post
office committee reported thftt there
v. as a deficiency of about $626,000 i i
Btead of a surplus of $219,000 for that
I
year. Similarly, according to the
committee, ths accounts chargeable to
this year may make a change in the
audited report of the postmaster
general giving a deflct of $l,7r?$,i?t3
for the fiscal year of 1912.
CiVN TUM? ? LAIMS VICTORY.
Dillon g orckec|>erH Sol Gun at Win?
dow and Man Is Shot.
Dillon, i)<c. 10.?Willie Thomas and
.iohn Wright, colored, wer?- b.)th
lodged in Jail here Sunday. Wright is
serving u thirty-day sentence on the
county chain gang. Thomas, minus
his right arm, Is stretched flat of his
back in the JaU, a h slim chance for
life.
The store of McDuffle Brothers, at
Hamer had been broken Into several
Limes and robbed, On Saturday night
the Btore was closed after business
hours, hut a gun was Ingeniously m t
at a certain window, where previous
entrances had been made. Sunday
morning before daybreak a loui le
port heard In the direction of Oie
store Indicated that the scheme, per?
haps, had worked, Upon Invdstiga
t:on, Thomas was found near, terri?
bly wounded, the wh< le load of shot
having passed through the arm very
close to tie- shoulder joint, crushing
the bom- Into atoms Another r< -
rlous wound ovo r the right 'ollar
bora* was made by an iron hasp that
was torn from Its fastening by the
expi lion, and driven into the lash,
making an ugly wound. Tin- c >m i
tlon of the man was such today that
It was deemed advisablejto ampul te,
which was don.-, practically at ths
shoulder joint, with the hops of sav?
ing his life.
Thomas and Wright claim Raleigh
as tin lr home, but would give no sat"
Isfactory a<.untlng for their being In
this neighborhood.
IIA PIKT IUCII1 ^ PAR01,F,I>.
Governor Khows Kxecutlve Clomenc)
in Case From Abbeville* County.
ReaHoiiid for Action.
Columbia, Dec. 13.?R. A Klchey,
s;ti?i to !?<? well-to-do farmer, who
was convicted In Abbeville county at
the spring term of court In 1*10 on
tin- charge of "statutory rape" and
sentence d to serve ten years In the
state penitentiary, was paroled by the
governor of South Carolina resterday.
Under the terms of the parole he
was required to give a b< ::<i for |5,
000.
The following condition was also
made: "'that he do personally appear
before the gove*nor of the state of
South Carolina <>n November 23, 1913,
to do and to receive what then and
?here shall be ordered by said gov?
ernor."
The governor said in the official re ?
port filed with the secretary of State
that if a new trial is granted Eltchey
by the Supreme court that the parole
will become non-effective.
Richey v. as charged with commit?
ting the crime against a little girl
under 1 1 years of age who lived in
his home. He was released from the
State penitentiary yesterday and was
accompanied to his home by his
brother.
A Hold Attempt.
inning carnival week, while Dr. L.
H, Peebles and Mr. J. Murray Han?
cock were having a business trans
ctlon In Mr. J. M. Hearon's store
with about $90 lying on the count r
between, an old hag of a looking
woman came in and grabbed at the
pile saying she wanted her purse th it
she had b ft on the counter. The doc?
tor was too quick for her and threw
his hand on the money. When ques?
tioned as to her conduct, said she was
trading With One of the clerks in
the store and left her purse. None of
the clerks knew her and contradicted
what she said. She slipped away as
quickly as possible without getting
any money or her purs.- ?Blshopvllle
Vindicator.
The progressive congressional can?
didate has been declared elected by
a majority of two votes in the First
Tennessee district after a recount of
the ballots.
lb-ad all the advertisements In ih!s
Issue, there are man* unusual bar?
gains offered in Christmas goods. Tell
tho merchant that you saw h'.s adver
t Iscme nt.
ri!Ki i; c?nvi? rs i m \ri:.
?.ua'd ?-\? iiuv.?"?? I and Dash for
Libert) Made ? Dewriptlon of the
Mlsttlng \;? Ii.
j Columbia, Dec, 13. OverpowertaC
'tin- guard, f pee convicts cscapsjsl
rrom the lieid farm, npar Boykln, In
Kerahaw county, yesterday, D. J.
' ir.;iit h. superintendent ot Ihe State
penitentiary, said yesterday thai the
men secured the rifle of th< guard.
They had not be? n captured at a lute
ln.ur last night. One ol the pris
oners was serving a life term, lne
others being shon term prisoners.
The following description was giv?
en out yeaterday at the penitentiary!
"Capers Elembert Is 80 years old;
S feet, 3 laches bi^h: black hair;
dark brown eyes; dark brown com
plexion; sear right side of head; two
Bears back of head; scar right cheek;
scar on nose.
"Alonso IfcClaln is 10 years old;
5 t* y t. |0 1-1 inches high; black hair;
brown eyes; mulatto con.pl? xnn; has
tear in each groin.
"Hiram LykOS is -2 years old; 5
i et. s Inches high; black haii; dark
brown eyes; dark brown complexion;
scar right cheek; two scars OB calf
<-f right leg; small a ar in front of
left ear; scar on left ankle."
Marriage License Record.
Wednesday was a busy day f ?r Don
Cupid. Four marriage licenses were
issued to colored couples by the
clerk of court and two marriage cere
monles were performed in the pri?
vate office of the clerk by Rural Po?
liceman Sam Newman, being a kind
c. * double-header, as both couples
\s v e in the office at the same time.
The happy pairs were: Robert
Mayrant, Rembert, and Helen Hunt?
er, Borden; Dan White and Sue
Mack, Sumter; Ellison Joe and Mary
Gaillard, Sumter; llartwell DuPre,
sumter and Phoebe Green, Wedga*
field.
The groom at a wadding a ts as if
he thinks ho |g assuming tremendous
and grave responsibilities, whereas,
nobody else gives him any considera?
tion except to regard him as the meal
ticket in the contract.?Wilmington
Star.
Miss Blanche Kirven of HartsvUle
and Mr. I. A. Moody of M'chanies
vtlle were united in marriage at
HartsvUle last Sunday. Mr. Moody
is I merchant at Meehanicsville.?
Darlington News and Prosa
im?
m
HAMMERS AT OUR DOQRS
JUST ONCE ? YEAR . . .
AT CHRISTMAS TIME
Si lees at this Store Useful Presents that will
afford Real Happiness.
I FOR THE EOYS:
I? < kl.r KNIVKS, Ail Piic< >
?tili Kl tills,
Mit KITM'IS,
SHOT 1? I \s.
OOT B MA s,
in<ji:h> i It \\ VTCHKS.
FOI! I > XI?:
I ? K\Z HIS, SHOT t.l \s an t
Sl?!>HTIN<i GOODS.
FOR MOTHER:
IIFtTKU S\\!> ikons,
l.i-k and lluml?lUtl ItOAST
I IRS for tli?* \ :tr. TuritC]
VXSi Y SIM ! KW Uli .
Ill KTRIC t? M IM. DISHES,
and UR1IXS,
l?KKt i >l. \ tv-l>
TO MAKE THE HOME HAPPY:
STOVES. RANGES. TAf
ETC., ETC
CUTLERY
I ICE OUR SHOW WINDOWS, AND
! > ALL Mfc ? i PrtY I ? A VIS1 t.
THE Du RANT
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Co.
17 NORTH MAIN ST.