The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-08-24


always found the surest means of
securing peace, prosperity and happi-
ness to all the people.
All L am ! owe to the people Of
H"ith Carolina. BY their choice
nave been a member of the IegisIa-
ture, seaker Of the house of renre-
Sentaiives, associate justice and later
chief justice Of the supreme court
neld the last position until January
last and in al probability could have
held it until NY death.
Like many men in South Carolina.
saw the trend of affairs. of govern
ment by friends for friends alone. of
contempt for law. of abuse instead of
advice. and of pandering to a mob
spirit instead of helping our people
to help themselves
saw clearly the end to which our
state was drifting-anarchy- reien
of might, not right; violence, not la ".
Feeling this and being grateful f.
what the people Of this State have
made me- l gave up nay secure pos.
con-the highest judicial post on In
the State-and came into the fight to
bring back peace to South Carolina.
to restore law to its temple. content
in our homes, and to enable South
Carolinians at home and abroad TO be
able once more to mention. the name
OF their State with neither an apology
nor an excuse.
L knew full we'll the personal abuse
that L would have to endure know
how the forces against me We're en-
trenched and how desperately they
would cling to their advantage. But
knowing the moral fiber of the peo-
pie of my State, / looked ahead and
beyond to the breaking of a new day.
A day promising better things to each
ut US. L have worked to that end un-
moved by abuse and undetered by
threats How many threats and how
much abuse: have stood every soul
in this State knows,
We are now at the end of this CAM
Daign. BY the sacrifices / have. made.
can L not ask you to join me in my
fight for u better, cleaner. purer
State? For a. State where our chill
dren may grow up secure in their
1ested rights, as free born Americans
right to a fair and equal chance
to free speech-tO them protection
af law-tO those things for which our
fathers fought and died.
My election. means more ID South
Carolina than. it does to me. To the
State the principles 1 stand for mean
everything, for if they trumph it
means that the gaw-abiding people Of
this Stat have tasen c1 ,~r. 3t th-ir
own go, 'nmert aDd that tAey 'r-
tend to rtn j. saoordng to- .Aa .a4
the cons tlfi,E
If you slect ~. au rbe tr.r..r-
have wiln ba given to bringing back
order from chaos law from anarchy,
peace frcm internal strife and dissen-
sion.
If yom elect me l will, with the. help
of an all+wise Providence. bring South
Carolina into her own again and re-
store hsr within and without 70 her
once proud position when States
looked to her for guidance and the
nation hastered to do her honor
Judge Ionss had lot of fun out
of the. governors talk 1f assassination,
of Misunderstanding, of short ticketing
and CG counting- -out and othec election
frauds
u have never been afraid Of assass-
nation anywhere in South Carolina"
he iaid- But look at the governor.
Why; he's scared to DEATH Here's
his bodYguard, WHO carries a big au-
toGsatie pistol for. WHAT At
Snartanburg, just to show him was
r;st armed. anIs was not intending 10
'sSsaSStnate him. L haCs To show him
she only weapon l carried, which was
corkscrew, and l showed him that
particular weapon because knew
that if there was one thing Governor
BleaSe was not afraid of, it was a
corkscrew. He not only talks about
assassination, but about stealing club
rolls. stealing tNkets and counting.
out. My friends, there will be no
stealing of tickets and no counting.
out liz my behalf, if | know it, and
have no fear Of such methods being
used against me. What | want is a
full ballot and fair count. Is we
have that. We will bury, Bleseism So
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