The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-08-07

hoPe lhat VIII not nave to be
bothered further with noticing any
thing that comes from this filthy
source. l have called him character
thief and liar to his face, when he
was surrounded by his henchmen and
In his own city, and he did not resent
1t, but sneaked off in the dark and be-
gan his infamous lies in order to in
jure me.
In making this campaign, being alb
sent from the office so much. and at the
same time having to attend to my Of
nclal duties as governor, it is very
nara Tor me to keep up with all the
olrty talsehoods which are being circu-
lated, and desire here and now to
warn all of my friends against these
campaign lies and others which NAV
be started later, for the purpose of in
iluencing the voters of nv state
against me. | am glad, however that
they are circulating them as early as
they are, and | desire to call to the
attention Of my fellow citizens that no
man has ever been fought as mean. as
contemplate and as bitter as am be-
lnS-~and for what reason? Who is fur
llshlng the money to pay for all of
these matters? The newspaper col
uhlhS are open to any negro preacher
'hS u ihiito VI uiSiiCucEaDlp WnltD man
or anyone else who will write a vile
SANDER against the governor of the
state, yet, when / want to get anything
before the public, the newspapers
charge me so much per line for in
serting 1t. | believe in the integrity
or the people of South Carolina; +
Know that they are honorable people.
and | am fully satisfied that they will
not allow me to be sacrificed by the
crusade OF falSehoods and slanderous
lnslnuatlons and abuse which are now
DelnS heaped upon me by the organs
ana managers of Ira b. .Jones's cam
palgn, put that on the contrary they
VIII rally to my support and put their
mark OF disaDproval now and forever
upon this kind Of political campaign-
| ing in this State. 1t is hard now TO
| get our best men to offer for Office
and If they are to be subjected to the
KIND of abuse which is being thrown
at me, how soon will it be wnen not
one Will desire to enter the political
arena? have bitter political enc
mies in Newberry; they have circu-
lated some very dirty reports i'm re-
gard to me, but none yet have been so
low ana so mean as to insnuate such
loul and infamous falsehoods as the
~ " "p"bSio GARRY III lnolf columns OF
July 81, 1912. | am standing for the
rights of the people: for the laboring
men and the masses against the class
es and against the oppression of the
newspapers, the corporations and no
ltical clique; therefore, these news
papers rejoice in giving circulation to
the most base and dirty falsehoods
that were ever spoken or written of
any man-and why?
My fathers father. Thomas w
and his brother, Horatio Blease. were
IN the Mexican war. My father and his
three brothers and my mothers four
brothers were all Confederate soldiers
IN the war of lS6l-G5, and all of them
that were living were true to the cause
OF white supremacy in 1876 and fol-
lowers of Hampton, Butler and Gary
am asking no favors on this account
Dut beg of my friends to go to the bal
lot boxes early on the morning of the
2'th of August and remain there all
uaN and watch closely the counting of
the ballots, for it is being openly
hoastcd that if they cannot beat
ilcasc, that they will count him ont.
Managers of South Carolina. are YOU
thieves? do not believe it. so give
me fair count. Friends. see that it
is done"