The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-08-05

mond when the papers raised a great
howl: The Caucasian blood IS the
same everywhere, ana when il hap
pens in the North, tney Wi! 60 the
same thing they do IN the South
Was I right? Has it happened?
Where are the Governors that simply
hid the truth about conditions?
Where do they now find their: sweet
talks and their loud-mouth deceitful
hypocrisy? Other prediction that
Blease made are coming true, and
God in his own way will punish and
in his own way reward, not only men
but States and Nations for their part
in the violation of mis- law. He may
overlook you, Buddy, for a little
while, but the blood and virtue of
America must BE accounted for.
Watch.
If service is wanted, l am in posi-
ton today, for more reasons than one
to do more fer this State and district
than any man in it. This can easily
be seen by any man who has watched
events. and who knows how many
men | know in other States, and what
people are now seeing that | tried
to show them in 1912, when some
folks wanted TO put me in Exile be-
cause | dared say that some who were
then candidates for office were not
friends of the South. What is our
condition today? What is the price
of Western meat? Western flour?
Western Mules? Western Land? East
ern shoes? Eastern hats? Eastern
dresses and bonnets? Northern
Steel? Northern furs? and every
thing else that is shipped South? Now
boss, what is the price of cotton?
What is the price of any
thing that you have got that you can
furnish to any other part of the Ma
ton? Are you getting a square deal?
Then, why not? Because you have
no one on the watch tower that can
put you on the map. They holler IN
campaigns, "cotton, cotton" but cot
to stays down, while everything else
goes up. Are you pleased? If not,
what are you going to do? Sit still
and be blinded by the long-wornout
cry, "stand by the primary and sup
port the nominee" when you know
that you are being robbed and that
your wife and babies are sufferers,
or be free men and vote for some one
who does does not belong to the cor
porations and cannot be controlled
by the money grabbers and trust cor
ruption fund, and that will vote and
work for the right and for you and
your families, and one that is not
afraid to speak the truth, no matter
where he is or what the occasion?
I am not asking any one to share
nv views. If they are willing to re-
main in primary and be robbed and
treated worse than outlaws and seal
awags, they are at liberty to so do,
but | am for giving every man who
holds a registration ticket the privll-
ege of voting for whom he pleases,
and not for some one forced on him.
There are more white men in South
Carolina today barred from the pri-
mary by the fraudulent and arbitrary
rules governing the primary than
there are from the general election
because they have not registration
tickets. Yet, we are told that it is
the white mans primary. If it is,
why not let every white man vote
! and not try to keep from voting
every white man that the machinery
, believes will vote for Blease or his
friends? 1t is too thin. 1t leaks and
surely the Reformers can see through
it by this time after having been de-
ioerately robbed in 1914, 1916 and
1913. I want to test the matter, and
now is the accepted time, for the
State officers are not involved, the
county officers are not involved,
none of them come up before next
year and we can see where we are,
and only vote in congress is at
stake, and that can and will be de-
cided by congress.
Now, as to my views on some is
sues, as ! want all to know them.
1st. l am opposed to the destroy
ing Of State rights. Our Confederate
soldiers fought for that and when we
yield them to any man or party we
admit that our Confederate soldiers
were wrong, and that will never do,
either in this world or the next.
2n6 I am everlastinglv opposed