The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-06-25

TO save society, your state, your ma
ton from the hands of the despoil-
ers
Get together and build a rampant
Of moral standard, statute, inspec-
ton, and publicity, to check the on.
slaught of internal enemies.
You have grown into an organic
society where the welfare of all is
at the mercy of each. Common peril
should hush petty discords, and at
tune differing men to harmonious ac-
ton.
Let us consider vice as those prac-
tices that harm ones self; and sin,
as conduct that harms another. Vice
weakens and destroys the body and
in the end it's wage is death, while
the sinner, unchecked by society
makes his way upward towards the
SUNSHINE and approval. Vice drags
down into darkness the individual,
while the sinner, sleek is honored
and envied. He is unpunished and
unrepentant, yea, arrogant and dar-
ing, to the shock Of the righteous,
disheartening the weak and demoral-
izing the young, who for few years,
at least, should cherish the ennob-
ling illusions that the right always
triumphs.
The greatest sinners make of re-
ligion a hollow mockery and with
their money, make it a cloak to hide
their sins, while they subsidize the
community, the newspapers and the
pulpit.
Fourteen years ago I felt it my
| unavoidable duty to expose to you
a Governor, who was then manning
your State Dispensary for the pur-
pose of robbery. Some did not be-
lieve me then, but no sane man will
now dispute the fact that the Dis
pensary has been robbed to a frazzle.
and that infamy and degradation is
abroad in the land, and our rublic
OiiiN0@' anu courts reek Win rotten
ness.
We now see our ldouble degrada-
ton in what set out to be an inyes-
tigation Of the thieves by their
friends, but they fall to robbing the
robber and in this is our opportunity.
and this 1 will demonstrate when
l am Governor.
Our fight in the race fourteen
years ago, for cleansing our public
institutions and incidentally Cor a seat
in the United States Senate was
made with the faith in myself, that
was capable of serving you with
credit to myself, and my people but
you heard me not, and I have maid
the penalty.
nave never capitulating or made
terms with the enemy, and 7 am TO-
day fit to serve you and better pre-
pared.
My college education and prac-
teal every day experiences then.
was no mean preparation, but 7 trust
nave broadened with the years.
That [ was built on different lines.
and stand head and shoulders above
my competitors, / thank my God.
that | can see farther, and know
more to interest you, is but natural.
While our friends pass out to Won
their stale canned goods Of which
am sure YOU are sick I shall give
YOU modern and approved food for
thought. | am a reformer, and for
TINS owe no man an apology for I
have proven to you the quality there
Of
TO the conservatives I say, that
our good men have been kept apart
by the villainies of The State as
managed and manipulated by tn.
sweet scented pair of Cuban extrac-
ton. They have kept up blinds TO
hide the truth. 1 shall smash that
blind. One of your citizens said
that Clark, Jtnes and Gonzales were
not in politics and you can't get at
them. While not condescending 70
mold an office they have their SER
wants do this, while they are after
greater things, and keep their hands