The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-07-17
CANDIDATES N HAMPTON.
GOV. BLEAsE RESENTS BEING
APrLY CALLED AN An
ARCHiST.
He Made n Hot Speech to a Crowd
Largely Composed OF Blcasc Sup
portcrs-Joucs, However, Had
Many Friends I'm the Crowd--Nia,ic
Telling Attack ON Blcase's Record.


at the state campaign meeting here
today 10y Gov. Blease to an alleged
declaration by Judge Ira Il. Jones at
Hampton i'm March that Gov. Blease
was an anarchist" The Governor
claimed that Judge Jones had also
classed as anarchists all those who
had voted for Blease. Judge Jones
had thus branded as anarchists, said
Gov. Blease. 56.120 white Democrats
of South Carolina. The hackers of
Blease were described by the governor
as being not anarchists. but the
cream and choice of Gods people i'm
the Palmetto state" and he said
that these same men were going to
give Judge Jones the most damna BILE
defeat ever put on candidate" Augu'
81.
Hampton county. polling ut
1.1O0 votes in the PRIMARIES. gave
Blease a majority of about 200 over
Featherstone two years ago. and
though about 800 votes were lost to
alton of Jasper county. 1t had been ex-
pected that the distribution of ap-
plause at the meeting here today
would Indicate considerable Blease
strength. probably superior to the
showing for the opposition. This ex-
pectation was justified by the event.
Friends of Judge Jones. however, do
not concede the county to Gov. Blease
this year.
Persistent heavy rainfall and a
thunderstorm. though they drove the
people first from the court house
lawn to pavilion within the court
house square and then to the audi
torium OF the graded school building.
did not appreciably lessen the attend
ance on the meeting or the degree of
interest exhibited. The crowd gave
all the candidates an orderly and at
tentive hearing. The only speaker
who was interrupted. was Gov. Blease.
and such Interruptions as were made
while he was speaking came from his
own partisans.
Hearty applause was given Judge
Jones by large segment of the audi
ence. but the greater volume of
cheers was for Biease.
Judge Jones declared that no mer-
cenary motive. no selfish ambition,
no Ill will or malice had induced him
to enter this race. but rather a burn
Ing desire to be of service to his State
In what he regarded as great crisis
In her affairs. Discussing various
matters in which he thought reforms
could he introduced he said he be-
iieved II feasible To secure federal aid
Tor highway construction and to adopt
the Torrens system Of land title reg
istration. There WAS great need. ne
said. OF statute which would pro-
tect the workingman by modifying
the common law dcfeuscs which now
b@s'per him in recovering compensa-
ti"r fer industrial injuries. the de-
lenses Icing the fellow servant rule.
the rule of contributory negligence
and the doctrine of assumption If
risk. llc would have taxation re-
duced to the minimum consistent with
efhcicnt government. II was i'm
lack of clhcicucy that ,he ddninistra-
tiOn Of Gov Ecpsc was most strik
ingly dcGcicnt.
Th" g"vcrno~. hc said. folis back
on the Niger" To- explain everything
TAX, th" n.sgcr' out of his
speech snid judge Jones. ant there
g. nothing IN IT," II vas t deliberate
play ou tho worst preiudiccs i'm hu.
man nature which Gov. l...asr mad,
when he sought to sustain himself I'm
office iy suggesting that danger cN-
istcd iu negro domintou mt GOV.
Gleasc WAS not iugeuuoIs i'm ue
ur"dcs agpit-t uc,roc. ho,,usc 10 WI.
not os "haho"ns" that tho SO, crnor
described them when hc was by choice
trustee of the stat college for no.
Rr"cs at Orangchurg.
"''''@ ''''i @'N lulthctmOI"
thNt th" governor hitd tried To- have
the state rcforwatDrv for white
youths. now located al Florence. cs.
tablished on The seine premises a+
.he rcformot"ry for rcgroc. In LcN-
ington county. lie hai also voted at
first against establishing The Confcd-
crate nom" ana had opposed the pen
sioning 81 Confcdcrntc widows al tho
age Of SO.
Judge JONES ridicul,d th, royrr.
n"r's claims Of cc"u"uv 80 is true"
hc suid among otu,r thins.. THAI