The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-01-12
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IN VETOING LIBEL ACT
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the character OF SOltlS SSuI'I1ueu "A1A'
pure American blood in MS veins, be-
longing to one of South Carolina's best
families, with members Of 1t holding
and having held the highest Offices, 40
YOU think that an apology in seven
days would stop the speed of buffet
from a magazine gun? If you think
so. perhaps if it should happen and
you watch YOUR paper y>u Will see
the opinion that your fellow South
Carolinians have about the matter,
when you read the ccnc':'siCn of the
trial in two words, "Not guilty.. and
see the gentlemen leaving the court
house with the Endorsement OF the
law of his State as having done we'll
for himself, his family and his fellow
citizens. Now, if you would prevent
this, I suggest that you do not allow
this act to become law, but pass one
that will curtail the abuse in all South
Carolina papers, which is today so
common in a campaign and the in
famous lies that are published about
public officers of OUT State; lies by
the most unscrupulous liars and char
acter thieves that ever disgraced a
State and when proven to be lies, the
liars will not publish the corrections;
for instance, when it was published
that the young dies of Winthrop col
lege had requested that the governor
of the State be not allowed to deliver
them their diplomas, and the presi-
dent of the institution Immediately
came out with letter denying that
any such action had been taken by
the girls, but stated on the contrary
that the governor had been invited
and expected to deliver the diplomas,
the papers which had published the
lie refused to publish the letter prov
ing it to be a lie. Also the story that
the governor of the State had insulted
a young lady at Belton, when the girl
herself came out in an open letter and
stated that she had not been lnsulted,
the newspapers which had published
the dirty Infamous lie were furnished
with copies of the letter from the
young lady denying the lie, but refus-
ed to publish it, and the liar who ORR
ginated the lie himself was too dirty
and contemplate to correct the mali
cious lie that his pen had given circu-
lation to. Also the lie that the COVER
nor of the State was drunk and had
stopped at "b1ind tiger" on the way
to his Inauguration and set some of
his friends up to whiskey, when all Of
you, and hundreds of other citizens of
South Carolina who were present,
know that it was the dirtiest of lies,
because the governor was too sick to
even walk alone, but had to be assist
ed by his family physician and mem
Der of your body in walking when he
came to take the oath of Office. Yet,
the dirty lie was not corrected. Also
the dirty ScurrllouS lie that was pub
lished in regard to Langdon Cheves;
when the reporter who started the lie
and gave publicity to it, came into the
governors Office and read the letter
from Hal Morrison, of Atlanta, and
read the reply by the secretary of the
governor of this State, and saw that
what he had written was contemp-
tible, cowardly lie, yet, instead of cor
recting the lie like a gentlemen would
do, he belched forth more filth upon
the same subject. Also the malicious
lie that the governor Of the State had
caned a negro in hotel in Cleveland,
Ohio, when the great council Of I'M
proved Order of Red Men, composed
of men of the highest character and
integrity, came out in resolution
denouncing the same as absolutely
false, several of them having been
with the governor at the time this al
legged assault took place, and knew
that it was malicious lie. Yet, the
newspapers of South Carolina who
gave circulation to it, were so inde-
cent that they would not publish the
correction. And, again, on the Sab
bath morning, when newspapers
should publish the truth and some
thing at least about the holiness of
the Sabbath day, they came out with
! a glaring headline, "Blease's Consta-
bic Convicted Of Selling Whiskcy,"