The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-01-31


! ligned the governor and said to him,
well done, thou good and faithful
servant, thou shall be our ruler for
two more years. and the other crowd
sneaked into their holes and hollered
fraud, fraud" and appointed little
committee to investigate And il,
! the little committee, although very
brazen at first, laid down their arms,
quietly sneaked off to their homes,
and said, Nothing doing" and the
whole crowd feel cheaper and meaner
than if they had abided, as good Demo-
Gratis should do, by the majority and
not made laughing stock of them
selves, not only in their own State,
! but outside Of it,
Some people may say this is harsh
language, that I ought not to use it;
yet. the newspapers, Notwithstanding
the fact that after the primary cleo.
! ton I sat quietly, said nothing and
took all that was heaped upon me, con-
tinued their abuse, their vituperation
and their ISLANDERS, and published with
great headlines and great glee the mis-
! representations Of a speech that
made in Richmond Virginia. Day af-
ter day they carried articles copied
! from Yankee hoodlums and little
newspaper pimps, and then when they
were furnished with numbers of pa
pers and offered hundreds of telegrams
and letters commencing the course Of
the governor of South Carolina, they
absolutsly failed and refused to pub
lish them; and when. other papers
speak Of the governor in disrespect-
ful terms. without saying either Mis-
ter" CT Governor" but headline
PLEASE. .. for which care nothing,
because the people Of the State have
shown the newspapers that they make
asses Of thenp:elves when they bray
and re-elect to Office those whom they
fight, yet even the News and Courier
goes further, not content in striking
me, they headline to the world-''THE
BLEASES," including even-my wife,
and yet people say that should be
quiet, should say nothing, be easy,
let it pass Yes, gentlemen, have,
let it pass, 10 these May days, but how
long before patience will cease to be
a virtue is a matter that rests in the
hande Of nv God.
Herewith I hand you full statement
of all the rarot:s. combinations, re-
prieyes and pardons granted by me
since my lest message to the general
assembly. in January, 1912. If you
ere pleased with thee combinations.
ctr; I am pleased. If my friends are
pleased, | am overjoyed with delight.
If my encmias are not pleased, they
canrot help it. as | told them on the
stump. and their sweati g and fun
ing will avail them Raught. So it is;
so let be.
| exercised nv rnw'r in paroling for
| conei6cr the rarn1e system the best
system ever d visod for the handling
of convicts Now, for instance. you
.I. 40 ,l,r;no o.~.,5 babo\Ior
who possibly has served more than
half of the sen+:nco imposed upon
him-sometimes they have been parol-
ed when they only had 3 or more
months to serye-you do not turn him
loose. but say to him, go forth, make
a man of yourself, for if you do cot,
and YOU are ever convicted again,
YOU have to go back and serve the
remainder of the sentence imposed.
Now, IF these men had gone ahead
and served out their sentences, they
would be foot-loose to do as they
please, and ri restraint placed upon
their actions. Even life prisoner
nay be parolsd; it is simply giving
him another chance in life: and how
many men who profess to be great
Christians would be living and enjoy
ing the blessings Of this life, had not
God forgiven them and given them
The parole, during good behavior.
means what? Good behavior means
that he shall not violate any of the
criminal laws of this State, because
men are bound over to keep the
pace or coed behavior. If they vio-
late any of the criminal laws OF their
Stat. they are not Of good behavior,