The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-01-17
ABUSE The EDITORS
BLEAsE DENoCNCEs THEM as i
SET OF DIRTY LIARS.
His Siush Gun Vas II Splendid
Working Order and He Shines
Them Eli Over.

in special message to the Gen
eral Assembly Wednesday a a::clnpa-
nying his veto Of ! Lii passed at the
last session of the Legislature per-
mitting newspapers in case Of libel
suits to plead in mitigation OF dam
ages the fact tha, ccrirction CT the
libel complained OF had been made,
Governor Blease bitterly assailed the
press Of South Carolina, and was es-
pecially ferocious in his assaults
upon the Columbia State and its edi-
tor, although be branded the whole
tribe of newspaper men in this State
as a dirty set Of liars.
The Columbia correspondent Of
The News and Courier says the mes
sage with exhibits attached covers
fifteen typewriter pages. The WORD
"lie" appears some SO times, liar
s times, and intermixed at frequent
intervals are such choice epithets as
"falsehood,' sYitureration,' Sian
der" "scurrilous attacks % dirty, :"
"cowardly," "assassin-like." slime. -
Infamous "blackguard,'' "low-
down." ''unscrupulous," malicious"
and contemplate.
The Governor recites long list
of stories which he says have been
printed about him in one newspaper
or another during the last year, seeh,
for example, as the Winthrop College
matter, tie incident Of the alleged
insult to young lady OF his being
drunk and stopping at "hl1nd tiger"
on the way to his inauguration, the
Lsngdon Cheves story, the alleged
Gaming of a negro IL Cleveland, tae
LIQUOR constable who was accused OF
selling liquor, and particular the
matter of the Cromer story published
by the Columbia State on the eve Of
the second primary in the campaign
of 1910. AL Of these he proneunces
dirty lies.
s'There are many other Infamous
and dirty lies that . could call your
attention to-" says the message, "but
these, 1 feel, are sufficient to show
YOU that these dirty editors, assassin
like, strike their victim in the dark
ana from behind, and then, when
seen on the streets, dodge, to keep
from meeting the man whom they
have lied about; and, CT course, he
who is thus insulted, cannot 90 into
tie Office and shoot tho dirty editor,
for your Courts hold that no words
Will justify a blow, and here you
wish to allow a man to publish a lie
and have seven days in which to cool
off and apologize for 1t, after all the
injury has been done and when they
cannot require or have all parties
who read the lie, to read the apology;
hence, the injury is done and caanet
be remedied by apology; yet, II a
man shoots another in sudden heat
and passion, after reading one Of the
dirty slanders, your beloved and
highly learned Courts say that 1t is
'manslaughter,' or possibly, as no
words justify blow, 1t is murder %
The shooting Of Mr.. n. G. Gonzales
by Lieutenant Governor Tiilman is
referred to, although no names are
called, and the Governor paints pic
ture of the prisoner, following ver-
dict of not guilty, leaving the Courr
House with the endorsement Of the
law of his State as having done we'll
for himself, his family and his fel-
low citizens.
Reference is made to a newspaper
trust" embracing TIE Charlotte OBJ
server, the Columbia State and vari-
Gus up-country dail!es; some OF the
statements made by Governor Blease
being unprintable by The News anc
Courier under the decisions Of South
Carolina Courts.