Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-01-25

NOW, IN order TO be truly Democratic
| and fair to all parties, in my opinion,
| this amendment should be made
| Upon this platform | made my race
| for the governorship, and upon this
platform | was elected, the majority
| of the white people expressing them
| selves as in favor OF allowing those
counties where prohibition cannot be
enforced, and where the dispensary'
has proved and is proving to be
| supply station Of blind tigers and
cheap whiskey-that they should be
allowed to have relief by this sys-
| TEN. | would not favor, under any
conditions, forcing it upon any com
munity, but ii majority Of their
white people want it it is their right
| as provided in our constitution, and
they should have it. And when say
white people mean white voters, and
you should provide that all questions
Of this character shall be settled in
| primary, where every white citizen is
allowed to vote, and not submit it in
| Il gene"al election, where the negro
might be and is the balance Of power.
But Il. der no conditions or circun-
stances "Ou!i | sign a b:ll allowing
the reinstatement Of the u!d bar
room system. And If license il; al
lowed recommend that YOU pre- Chibit
any whiskey being sold in less qIan-
| titles than one-half pint, or between
sunset and sunup, and that you pro-
lihit 1T from being drunk on the
premises or sold under any circum-
stances to minors or inebriates or be-
mind closed doors or screens; pro-
hibit any obscene pictures on the
premises, or any billiard or card or
pool room connected Herewith; and
providing that any person holding Il
license who shall violate any provis-
ion Of the law shall Immediately upon
conviction forfeit his license and be
forever thereafter barred from being
licensed, and in addition be impris-
oned at hard labor in the State peni-
Tertiary without the alternative Of a
fine.
As to Criminal Laws.
| respectfully recommend that you
amend the present law so as to make
executions for the crime Of rape, or
assault with intent to ravish, public,
as believe this will bring about more
satisfactory results-allowing others,
and particularly those of the younger
generation Of that race from which
most OF these culpritS come, to have a
full Wow Of the punishment meted
out. Possibly by this means some
lynchings could be prevented, though
SO long as this crime is committed
have little hope Of lynchings being
stopped. Some newspapers and some
people, in every controversy between
the white and the negro, seem to
take delight in taking the side OF the
negro and denouncing the lynching,
but this Is white mans country and
will continue to be ruled by the white
man, regardless OF the opinions or
editorials of quarter or half breeds or
foreigners. The pure booded eau
casian will always defend the virtue
OF our women, no matter what the
| cost If rape is committed, death
must follow
Against Extravaganza.
| sincerely trust that in your delib-
erations you will be liberal, but not
eXtravagant and that you will re-
duce expenses, and not make any ex-
traVagant appropriations for any
purpose, stop the useless expenditure
of money by officials, stop the crea-
ton of and abolish useless offices, ex-
travagant and useless expenditure of
money, and that you will not create
an increase IN the tax levy, but that
you Will reduce both the State and
county levies, as all our taxes are too
high, and our people are now bur-
dened with taxation. They are groan-
ing under their load and begging re-
| lief, and to YOU and you alone must
they look for it, for you and YOU
alone can give it, and if you do not
give ii the responsibility will rest
| upon you. And be assured that iii
the next campaign the lines will be
closely drawn along the line of ex-
traVagance and the expenditure of
money, as the people are to-day
| aroused upon this matter as they
have not been in years before. AS for
my part, believe that the grandest,
most perfect and independent form of
government is poor government and
a rich people. When you make
| rich government and thereby impov-