Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-09-13
NORTH CARoLlNIAN MYsTIEIED.
Can't Understand Political Situation
Back in His Home State.

lGditur Keowee Courier: II has
been long time since / wus in old
South Carolina, and lots Of things
have happened since | used to live
thar in my young days. But one
think | know, like most folks way
out here, and that is that Mr. Cole
Blease Is Govner. | read Il heap
about him in the papers, and folks
plague me about having sich man
fer Govner in my home State. Now,
it looks to me like you news papers
air mighty hard on Blease. | cant
SEQ things jest like youins do.
| read about Mr.. Blease maxim a
speech at Saprtanburg the forth Of
July and sayin that he wus in favor
OF ltnchin sometimes. Now what
law? Aint the people above the law,
and aint Mr.. Blease above the peo
pie, and didn't the people put him
thar? He want apinted, wus he?
And read about him sayin that
he didn't graduate from no colleg,
and the people made him Govner.
And the news papers air all a sayin
that he is not in favur Of colleg ed
ucations. Now, if man haint got
nothin to brag about but his igno-
rance, cant he brag about that?
Then | read what the papers said
about him making the president of
that niger college resign. Well, 1
cant see nothin wrong about that.
Most any Of us would hate to see q
niger holding a job what we didn't
have larnin enough to hold.
And I hear about what the Govner
said when he bought his ticket at
Bolton. Well, what if he did tell
that gal that he wouldn't ride on
her old Southern rail road if he
could hep his self? The rest Of us
wouldn't ride it nuther, nor any rail
road, If we could git to a place with
out payin to ride.
Then the papers have had some
thin to say about him turnin off
that old soldier what wus boss Of the
soldiers home. Well, didn't the
Govner have law fer turnin him off?
If he didn't have no law fer it, what
made the old soldier quit? And If
he did have law fer it. didn't the
people give him the law?
Then the papers have been sayin
that Mr.. Blease sed he wus goin
to take keer of his friends. Well,
ain't he takin keer of them? He
cant hep it, because his friends air
in the pententiary. He didn't put
EN- thar, and aint he a doin all he
can to git EN- out?
And 1 read whar Blease sed he
And last week seed a man from
back in South Carlina, and he loud
Blease would be elected agin. Well,
aint he wise? Wont them convicts
what he turned out Of the pen all
vote for Blease? Ever convict has
got some friends what wants him to
git out, no matter how many men
he has murdered ner what hes done.
Now. wont all then friends vote fer
Blcase?
The papers gist keep on abusin
Blease fer bragin about bein elected
by sich a magorty. | don't know
what makes the papers down on him
fer that. If he wuS elected he must
shorcly got mago,ity. Aint hit
somcthin to brag about when a man
gifts elected? Wouldn't we brag if
ma%ority had scd by ther votes
that we wus the best man in South
Carlina?
But YOU news papers needn't be
takin on about Blcase being elected
agin, fer he wont git in MKT time
unless the good people want him.
i he aint thcr man and aint Suiten
them they can vote him down, cant
they?
Some folks seem like they think
it will hep him out because he is
agin the State colleges. And | read
about him Sayin sOmcthin about
Prof. Mitchell not larnin anything
out oi MS DOCKS. recon ne sea IT;
| don't know; | heard he did. Now
aint it naturl fer him to be agin that
University, fer wusnt he expelled
from thar when he wus a student?
Folks don't fergit what you do to en-
This thing Of Mr.. Blcase giten a
magority troubles me sum. If he is
Sich bad man as the papers all say
he IS, then how cum him to git a
magority: Air the people all bad,