The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-01-21
SOM HOT SHOT
From Gsverner colenans Z E' Blsas'e e i'' 3
the Press Of The State I: 81

! l0li usg e ia1f - -
]. h. The Press ef lie State 'ta 81 IS: I.
II OPPOSED ] BlII
nat The New Governor Had: :ts's Say
About the New spal'erss of I So siepsh 3sl1!
Carolina III His II a'agrrals st. A Address
when Indicted il once q Last Tues: Tues:
day. y q: /. n. rs y:
The SLOWING is v hat Governor E1rl'!2,
lease had to say about the essss N
: Mi augusais az dress
lAt the campai ign meeting at Flor 80
81. e:nce $in 10 said: notice n
tie editorial columns Of The State
newspaper Of this day, We 81 shall 81 IN
{ Sals 81 days or two have some ething to say
Tn regard toai the dtdacy Of Candi--
date Blesse that: will n OF be- regard:
ED as end orseme III believe, thai
Z the people of South Carolina are II, IN
favor Of fair pl ays and now request
and invite the man who wrote that IA,
article to come on the rostru mat Co GO;
!: $:lnImbias, at the State campai gn meet
ling at Columbia, next Saturday. sSAA'lg-
lust s,,lst 6th, and have his sonnet y" hAng 70
saw IN regard to- the candid1aacy$ can i1a 8 q y:
Candidate Blease,, to my face, where q re
/ j: can and will have the opport rtunlity iI'
sto .s.t, make reply. And il he declines !
this. then i demand that he name; nan q
time, and place where he s will agree
to meet me face to face and make MS us
statement. Two years ago this pa
per published articles about me,:&&antd al q
when mytfrlends sent replies to- these
1 articles, the publishers Of the paper
refused to publish them, thus cutting
I me or from any opportunity tc prove
their statements false to the readers
4 or their papers. A brave m an comes
i out In the open and fights face TO
face; "a coward turks in the dark, or
hides behind his editorial 6esll, and,
assassin like, strikes from behind.
TO which class does the writer Of
1 this article belong? His future ac-
tions will show. 81. 5's;.
5i:S;$iAt the campaign meeting IN Co
Slumbia on August Is I; repeated the
! statement as madeGat Florence, and
called for the writer. to ] app ear. He
= failed to do so, and I repeated the
iquestion, ITO which class does the
writer of this article belong and &c
said .ttHe is e cowartl. -
y I do not believe that 1t would be
possible for any other ain eyer to
have to undergo the Nttuperatto and ND
abuse from the press, that i had. And
why did I have it,. Because Of my
professional connection with noted
criminal case in th1 S State: most
respectfully reconan end that you
gentlemen OF the general Assem- oily
pass at thisf5session an act providing
that any newspaper fedit0r or re-
porter who shall publish, ,or cause
! to be published, any article rejecting
upon the private character or the
public record Of any citizen OF this
State, which is. not true, shall be
punished by a fine and imprison-
rnent. An act OF This character, in
my opinion, will save much bitter
feeling, and possitllyff b1oodshed, in
future campaigns diris our ate:
beg $leaYe{yii sshLs con ection to
I call your attention ii 3 ale aiding edi-.
storfal in the NssW berry! 4 Heraid and
News, OF ptefnb etrit ls 70, which
ss as folio .:s-.
50 81 The Menlace.' = 4 !;
1t Is, q good Subject at this par
fticular time, and lts Importance has
been driven home * .i, 5 .s3.!
THE people Of south Carolina are
menaced. \, 49, " ss... s.sS2tS
5$:St \ 1, THE menace is unfair newspaper
nethed eds.AsFF ;5tti g ::3 q. ~ !,
t.tThe Columbia State OF Thursday
carried on its first page a cartoon Of
Mr.. Cole z. Blease, over the label,
*The Menace. T5..s 3.
s2 ,'"The Columbia State knew at the
time the cartoon was published that
1t was as unfair as 1t was false. The
Colum bia State knew whsn" the car
toon was designed that it was mis-
leading and false. The Colum bia
State knew that the publication of
the cartoon had for. its object the
/ miss aadings OF the voters OF South
4 Carolina, and was, therefore, maiic-
iously false, and was s. malicious
SANDER OF a man who led all the rest
Of the candidates and received 80 per
cent of the votes of the State Is
that not an Intentional and gross in
suit to one-third of the voters Of this
State?
ellis side will have no showing In
the Columbia State. No reply will
be allowed.
'That is The Columbia States
method.
"Tbat is the menace
"The Columbia State has a large
circulation. There are people who
reaC The State and who DO not see
the other side, because The State
does not print the other side.
''That is the menace
"Before the first primary the News
4 and Courier, the Columbia Record