The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-08-12
Will Be IN THE RACE
GOVERNOR BLEASE WILL RUN
FOR A SECOND TERN.
Says He Will Ask Reelection On
His Record.-Criticises State Col
leges and Attacks Lyon.

The State correspondent says the
picnic at Baskerville Wednesday,
under the auspices Of the Literary
club, drew 1900 people from Fair
field, Chester and Union counties and
many from Columbia. The feature
Of the day was the speech Of Gov.
Blease, who was the invited guest
of the occasion. Gov. Blease criti-
cised the work of the State colleges,
advocated lynching for one crime,
and took occasion to announce that
he will run on his record for another
term as governor.
w. c. Clayton presided over the
meeting and introduced the govern
or. The governor complimented the
community on the opening Of the
club. Touching on education, the
speaker mentioned the higher State
institutions of learning, saying their
support was becoming burden, ow-
ing to what he called eXtrayagant
appropriations by the legislature,
and stated that they were favored
at the expense of the rural schools.
He compared them to the denomlna-
tional colleges. He deelred that the
denominational colleges were fur
nishings the judges and the men In
high Office in the State.
He said he was not opposed to the
State colleges, but was in favor OF
more money being given to the rural
schools. He stated that he had not
gone through college himself, but
that after he had fought the world,
the besh and the devil for 20 years
the people had honored him with the
office Of governor. He cited this as
an example to show that it was not
necessary for a boy to have college
education to succeed.
Touching on his pardon record,
the governor said he had no apollo
giles to make for the clemency he
had exercised. Referring to the
paroling of Otis Hilton, the white
man from Chester, who was sent to
the penitentiary for life for killing
a negro; he said that he had aftids-
Wits from men whose word he did not
doubt concerning the facts in the
case, and that both from these and
from the testimony he did not hesi-
tate to parole Hilton, and he would
always do the same where white
man is involved with a negro. He
declared his business was to take
care OF the white people; that he
was not an enemy to the negro, ,bnt
that the negro must stay in his
place. Turning to lynching, he said
he favored lynching a negro When
ever he committed the nameless
crime against a white woman, and
that if this was standing for lynch
law he stood for it.
He denounced the hosiery mill IN
the State penitentiary, calling 1t the
Tuberculosis factory" He said his
enemies were saying he was opposed
to yankees" because the promoters
of the hosiery mill were Northern
men. He said he was not opposed to
Yankees, but was trying to rid the
State of this "tuberculosis factory, -
and relieve the poor wretches from
their position. The governor referr-
ed to J. Fraser Lyon, attorney gen.
eral, saying that If Lyon wasn't
wanting to be governor himself he
would have stood with Blease in
his fight against the hosiery mill.
!"Let him run for governor himself
and 1 will give him political tuber-
culosis," said Gov. Blease. After
this Gov Blease announced that ne
would be a candidate for reelection
to the office of governor; that he ex-
pected to run on his record, and
that if he could not be elected on
this he would be satisfied. Gov.
,Blease spoke more than an hour,
and he reiterated many of his prev
iously stated sentiments.
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