Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-01-28


gust. Then, II any man does not reg
lister. certainly he can not blame any
body else, and when you come bacl
here next year, after your books Of reg
istration have been open for two lonl
months, and you have given to ever.
white man the opportunity to put hi
name on the books Of registration, thei
you will be in a position to pass upol
the question as to how you will amen,
your primary law.
They holler fraud. Who committe,
It? Where was It? Nearly all the coun
ty executive committees were agains
me; the state executive committee
with all its machinery, was against me
When asked the chairman at Spar
tanburg to give me one manager o
election at each precinct, he refused II
How, in the name of God, could tn,
Bleaseites steal, when the other sid,
had all the machinery in their hands
The only way you can account for 4
Is on the theory that the other side will
admit they were a set Of fools and diG
not know what to do with II after they
had It.
Now, they accuse my friends of be.
ing "hoodlums," and say they would
not support Woodrow Wilson. You gel
the returns Of last year and look at the
state vote and the presidential vote
and see who failed to vote the state
ticket. Why did Wilson get SO many
more votes In South Carolina than
did? II the Blease people did not sup:
port Wilson, why was 1t Wilson ran Sc
far ahead Of me?
Now, gentlemen, shall not take uI
your time In answering some Of the
things that were told on me last sum-
mer. It Is beneath my notice and be-
meath yours. But I want to mention
one thing. When q Yankee actor OF
actress comes through South Carolina
and the South Carolina aristocracy sits
In the theatre-and the best definition
I know Of for aristocracy Is some fell
low who does nothing, lives on his
daddy's name and doesn't pay his debts
they all sit In the theatre, and
some man comes out, as, for instance,
in THE Pink Lady" and says, Il will
be damned II do It." OH, the ladies all
yell with delight. When woman comes
out in THE Lonesome Pine" and q
fellow says to her, Country Maiden;
you must reform; love so and So
naming the family she hates, and she
says, Il could put them in he'll" there
is loud applause In the Columbia thea
tre. In minstrel shows, when the dirti-
est songs, going just far enough to
leave the most vile Interpretation In
the minds of the young, loud applause
comes from the men and women. But
when the governor Of South Carolina
goes to Richmond, Va, and says what
he has said all over his state, then the
come out and say, TT Is q
horrible thing that the governor said
hell"
1 tell you, members of the legislature
today, what I said thenI repeat II
now: Notwithstanding the oath Of Of
flee which I have just taken from my
distinguished friend from Lancaster
who stood by me through thick and
thin, and who was reelected chief
justice of Lancaster II they did fight
him because he was Bleaseite, Will
never order out military company, 80
help me God, and tell my home boys
and girls-if the girls belonged to the
shoot down white boy,
their neighbor and their friend, to pro-
tect q black brute who has laid his
hands upon a white woman. will
never do II. And every time told the
white people Of this state that this
summer, they hollered back to me, "Go
on, boy, you are right; don't ever do
It." And I am here today, and am
still right, and am going to stand by
It as long as God gives me heart and
mind and power. F---.-s ~ = - -. =.
But It is all right when a little Yam
kee show woman comes down here
and says dirty things; that is to be ap-
plauded. And yet II a man were to
meet you, with your wife, on the street,
and make the same remark to you, you
would slap his face. But you sit In
the opera house and applaud.
Now, gentlemen, a few days ago the
News and Courier came out with q
great headline-on Sunday, think 1t
was-with a great displayed headline,
"Hell's Fairgrounds novel written
by a Yankee novelist, putting the title
in big headlines, for your daughters to
read. But II was q terrible thing when
the governor said hell"
5 The News and Courier and the CO.
Iumbia State and other papers dis
played with great glee the dirtiest
joke and lie that has been
told in South Carolina In century.
They say, I'VE are family papers, we
can't publish any reply Of the govern
or, because 1t hasn't the proper Ian
But they could send to your
sweet girls fifteen and SIX.
teen years of age, the dirtiest lie that
ever fell from the disgraced lips OF
shaped up or called Grace.
Now. gentlemen, another matter that
I desire to call to your attention is
this playing Of football. You certain
ly ought to put some restriction or
on It. I hold in my hand
headline in the paper, Has Broken
Nose" Another big headline John
stones Spinal Column Is Wrenched.
May be Helpless Cripple" I am proud
to say that I understand the young
man is getting better, and hope ne
will be restored to his strong manhood.
But, here We find an article written by
the editor of the Columbia State, In
which he has the effrontery to say that
football Is the quickest device ever in
vented by which many lad may over
come a college handicap, and going on
to say that It breaks down the barriers
of social distinction, and by being a
good football player the lad gets to be
better in society, has more recognition.
The fact Of his being football play =
err carrying him into society ne could
not otherwise reach, says the Colum. i.
bia State. Gentlemen, that Is the frst
time in my life / ever heard that a
man had to show the capacity or a
prize fighter or a bull dog to become a
Yet here 1t Is in the great
advocate Of your state colleges-tne
great paper that hollers for your state
colleges. The Evening Record comes
out and says. with big headlines, Dir
ty Football" and writes of the dirty
manner in which the game is played,
the dirty manner in which some young
men take advantage Of others, to Grip
Die them, II you please, and get them
out Of the game.
Now, gentlemen. I think you ought
TO do one of two things; either abolish
football playing in your colleges, or
else fix a degree for 1t, and confer upon
a man Doctor Of Society because ne
has the tenacity Of bull dog or the
lighting capacity Of Durham bull.
Now. my friends. from every city
and hamlet in South Carolina we near
the song of prosperity. Notwithstand-
ing we were told that II Blease was
elected governor, South Carolina wouid
be financially ruined, that she would
90 to the dogs, yet II you vii! read
Won will find, in all the history OF your
state, the year 1912 towers In prosperi-
ty above all the years that have gone
before. More capital has been invest
ed in your state than ever before, ana
today one Of the appeals that Is oelng
made to you for higher appropriations
Is based on the fact that the state Is
And yet they said II B!ease
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