The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1912-06-20
'.The Abundance Of The Heart.

s44CAA ASA4OWS AS1O ~ oAAS oANs'N
they do and say. Indeed this
is the only way one can form
an estimate of another. The
things that issue from the mouth
are naturally supposed to pro-
ceed from the heart, and like a
sign board, point to the good or
bad in the heart. If this prom
ise is correct then what, we ask
in all seriousness, can be the esti-
mate Of thoughtful. intelligent
men of the commonwealth of
South Carolina and her chief
executive. judged by the words
and conduct Of the latter.
The following is a brief ac-
count of a speech delivered by
Gov. Blease last Friday:
Dillon, June IA. Gov. Blease
spoke at Pages Mill Yesterday
morning and at Dillon in the
afternoon. He had a large
audience in Dillon.
He said that there was but
one governor of South Carolina
and that he was that one. !"
He sl1nnosed that he had par
doned more people since his cleo,
ton the governorship than had
beer pardoned by any one gov
ernor in a number OF years,
and that he expected to con-
tinue this policy as he would at
least be governor for five months
after the election. He justified
his pardoning record on the
ground that petitions were sign.
ed from the communities OF
those whom he pardoned, and in
many cases they were signed by
the iurymen that convicted and
by the solicitor and by attorneys
and judges.
He said that he had no answer
to charges that had been made
against him and that he would
make none-that he would wait
until they were face to face.-as
a man that would make charges
against another ~ MS back was
8 cgsptlemaa and that such a
man w5sa coward.
BE said that he had beaten
the supreme court to a FRAGILE
and that he was going to beat a
a one-time member of that
court again when election time
comes.
He stated that he was not
popular with the newspapers be-
cause he did not permit them to
dictate his policies and that
when they had published false
hoods against him and they
were later disproved, the news
papers refused to publish cor
rections.
As to lynching he endorsed
what has been published about
him, saving that when a negro
laid his hands on a white wom-
an the sooner he was put six
feet under the ground the better
and that he had not spent the
peoples money in sending State
militia to shoot down the good
white people of South Carolina
to protect such a brute and that
he was not going to do it.
His friends, he stated, were
the people that he was going to
stick to and that any one
present might be assured if thew
voted against him they could
count on him for nothing. He
especially liked his friends. say
ing that if they went to heaven
IRE wanted to be with them, and
if they went to hell he wanted
to be there-''let me be with my
friends"
He spoke at Latta last night.
We ask our readers to read
carefully every word and reason
out what manner of governor
we have. He boasts of the fact
that ''he had pardoned more
people since his election to the
governorship than had been
pardoned by any one governor
in number of years." and will
continue to do so. We ask why
have courts, judges and juries
run the counties to so much ex-
pensea
The contempt he shows for
the supreme court is very evi-
dent when he said he had them
beaten to a frazzle and shows
that he wants to exercise the
powers of the ''one governor"
but would usurp the functions
of this department. of govern
nent as we'll. They are pup
pets unless subservient to his
will. And to cap the climax he
publicly serves notice that he is
the governor of those only who
vote for him, as he assured
those that voted against him
could count on him for moth
ing;;" and if his friends make
their bed in hell he wanted to
be with them.
MIR. GJeg Mauldin Announces