The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1911-08-16
BlEASE WILL RUN
FOR SECOND TERM
Saws He Will Make Race
ON His Record.

Chester, August 9.-The picnic at
Feasterville today, under the auspices
of the Literary Club, drew 1,5oO people
from Fairfield, Chesterfield and Union
counties and many from Columbia.
The feature of the day was the
speech of Gov. Blease, who was the
guest of the occasion.
Gov. Blease criticised the work of
the State colleges advocated lynchlng
for one crime, and took occasion to an
nounce that he will run on his record
for another term as governor.
w. G. Clayton presided over the
meeting and introduced the governor.
The governor complimented the COM
munity on the opening of the club. He
mentioned the higher state instltu-
tions of learning, saying that their
support was becoming burden, owing
ito what be called extravagant appro-
priations by the legislature, and stated
that they were favored at the expense
of the rural schools. He compared
them to the denominational colleges.
he declared that the denominational
colleges were furnishing the judges
and the men in high Office in the state.
He said he was not opposed to State
colleges, but was in favor of more
money being given to the rural schools
He stated shat be had not gone through
college himself, but that after he had
fought the world, the flesh and the
devil for 20 years, the people had hon.
ored him with the Office of governor.
He cited this as an example to show
that a boy need an education to sue
ceed.
Touching on his pardon record, the
governor said he had no apologies to
make for the clemency he had exer-
cised. Referring to the paroling OF
Otis Hilton, the white man from Ches-
ter, who was sent to the penitentiary
for life for killing negro, he said he
had af6davits from men whose word
be did not doubt concerning the facts
in the case, and that from both these
and the testimony he did not hesitate
to parole Hilton, and he wodld always
do the same where white m n is In.
volved with a negro. He declared hls
business was to take care of the white
man; tnat he was not an enemy to the
negro, but that the negro must stay in
his place. Turning to lynching, he
said he favored lynching negro
whenever he committed the nameless
crime on white woman, and that II
this was standing for lynch law, then
he stood for it.
He denounced the hosiery mill in
the State penitentiary, calling it 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 Yam
KEGS, but was trying to rid the State
of this Tuberculosis factory" and re-
iieve the poor wretches from their po-
sition.
The governor referred to J. Fraser
Lyon, saying that if Lyon were not
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 will give him political tubercu-
losis," said Gov. Blease. After this
Gov. Blease announced that he would
be a candidate for reelection to the Of
flee of governor; that he expected to
run on his record. and that if he could
not be elected on this he would be sat
isfed.
Gov. Blease spoke more than an
hour, and he reiterated many of his
previously made sentiments.
J. Fraser Lyon, attorney general,
when informed last night what the
governor had said at Feasterville, said
he did not care to discuss the matter.