The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-08-21

loss of which Will entail Tie e'@e"
alton of Noyon.
GRO boy sent UP for life. The con-
sressional controversy between the
negro. George Washington Murray OF
Sumter and white man, Colonel
Noise, OF the same district was also
reviewed BY the bishop in all Its ram
ifcations. Later in his speech MI.
Blease reminded the bishop that II
was he (Mr. Blease) who had maze
Murray the congressman from TINS
State instead of the white man. Mr.
Rlease was then member Oh the
canvassing board and cast the declo-
ing vote. eff I had got justice three
weeks ago and if the board had oeen
as honest" he said YESTERDAY,
would be the next governor or oou1h
Carolina" He had always sought
ne said, to do justice to the negro re-
gardless of his color.
Much speculation had been engaS-
ed in by the negroes themselves as 70
the character of speech Mr.. Blease
would deliver, but the speaker
throughout his discourse spoke guard
edly and with moderation. He salo
he had been misunderstood by the
negroes, whom he greeted as my
friends" In politics he had always
urged that taxes negroes paid shoulo
go to the support of negro schools.
School boards, he said, chiseled the
negroes out of their just apportlon
when making apportionment for the
schools of the two races. CHRISTIAN
citizenship was earnestly COM
mended to the students of the school.
81 don't make much profession my
self. I have been so bounded, Vlllnec
and abused that I often go by my
own church, refusing to enter, be-
cause I know that there are hypo-
critics and scoundrels at the COM
munion table, who are a disgrace 10
God Almighty The students were
told to "aim high, tell the truth ana
to attain the ends of a worthy amol-
ton honestly" and not by slipping
books under the desks in the examlna-
ton room or copying information
from their cuffs.
Referring to the sentiment in the
petition, by inference Mr.. Blease said
he had never insulted "a colored
girl" SCI have never wronged any
woman, whie or black. Neither nave
| I spoken word of slander against
any woman. A slanderer was de-
nouneed as ga most contemplate
cur"
The ex-governor's attitude toward
convicts was somewhat enlarged up
on. He sometimes thought, he said,
that all penitentiaries, jails and court
houses might be abolished. What was
the use of these and the church too
he asked his audience, that applaud
ed his words with increasing volume,
and punctured the unfinished SEN
tences often with confrmative COM
ment. An overruling Providence
was held up as the mighty avenger
of all wrongs, both political ana
spiritual, and certain political con-
troversies were enumerated to sus-
tain this assertion, the names of those
wronged being tastefully withheld.
In urging that the negro students
hitch their wagons to a star, the race
just up from slavery, was cordially
commended for it's entrance into pro-
LESSONS and the varied phases OF
commercial life. "You are coming
into higher things" they were told
They can't hold you back despite
what I or any other man may say.
he said, while the auditorium roared
with cheers of approval
B. W. Nance, president Of the uni
versity was reared in Newberry coun-
ty, and the Newberry negro was the
choice of Mr.. Blease to head State ne
sro college at Orangeburg when an
attempt was made to oust Miller, the
president of that institution, during
the Blease administration. Nance
himself took occasion at the conclu-
sion Of Mr.. Blease's speech to deliv-
er another laudatory speech in which
he recalled the early efforts of Mr..
Blease at the Newberry bar, when
Cromer and Johnstone and Schum-
pert and Welch and the late lament
ed Pope were the giants in the legal
profession there" These had dwindl-
ed into the proportions of mere
pygmies' in comparison with Mr..
Blease, before Mr.. Blease was elevat-
ed to the governors chair, Nance
argued. The president of the school
commended the examples Of Mr..
Blease and Bishop Chappelle to the
students as worthy of emulation.
Both. he said. were known through
out the United States and it was only
through their zeal and adherence to
worthy purposes that they had been
able to carve their way through un-
toward circumstances.
The Samaritan Herald. a negro pa
per. carried the following report Of!
the same speech:
Allen university opened last Wed
nesday with about 400 students. DR..
B. W. Nance. the new president.
seemed to know his business, as
though he were whole term. We as
trustees were Hospitality entertained
with what the appetite could bear.