The sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1906-1909, August 20, 1908, Image 2
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PICKENS, S. C.:
IURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1908.
The Tail Wags the Dog
'Personally, the editor of this
per and Mr. Aiken are the
3t of friends, and no one, un
e ordinary conditions, would
more wiling to give him a
irth terni than we: but Pick
s county has a favorite son in
0 race, one equally as coni
tent to represent the district,
.e whose every energy will be
nt to help his district, one
hose native ability and legal
lining will put him in the
refront of that august body
)m the very time he is sworn
. We think we voice the sen
nent of the people of Pickens
unty when we say they will
t vote against Mr. Boggs."
1Pickens Sentinel-Journal.
"Rather than voicing the sen
nent of the people of Pickens
unty, the above seems to be a
lorn appeal to get the people
Pickens county to voice the
itiment of the editor of the
ntinel-Journal. Just a case
the tail trying to wag the
g. There is no better or more
fuential paper than the Sen
tel-Journal when it is in the
rht and on the right platform,
it in this friendship has )e(d
i astray. Ordinarily, he
auld not desert a faithful ser
tnt. This appeal has in it t he
tthos of that appeal by Cosar:
ave ino, Cassius, or I sink.
Irrv for von. neighbor. but th<
), sip y Lo give sofnr-man-ai
)b."-[Mill-Workers' World.
Bub, you may, and you ma
ot, know the people of thi
ounty-we rather think voi
on't. We think we do. Any
.tow, on August 25th, you wil
ind out that Pickens count
tas voiced "the sentiment c
he Sentinel-Journal," and tha
,his paper has already voiced th
;entiment of the people of thi
:ounty. Of a fact, the tall wi
wag the dog.
Sonny, you o re cheeky. No,
you turn round and admit thi
there is no better or more infil
ential paper than the SENTrINE
JOURNAL when it is in the rigl
and on the right platform, bi
friendship has led him astra
We could throw this boqu
back at the editor of the "Mi
we xot right or. on .the rig
platform? Can you give a lo
it:al excuse for this assertio
Why s'houldn't we work for ai
support Mr. Boggs, and If ,
do wherein has "friendship" 1a
us astray? Haven't you gol
astray, by your own logk(
reasoning, then, in your sui
port of Mr. Aiken? Isn't o'
statement as sane as the othe
Now, sonny, please sit sti
be reasonable, and take y.o1
medicine like *a little mal
otherwise, ie -will .have to u
drastic measures' while we a<
minister the letter dose.
The people of Pickens count
.lo upon this office as a re
p$iile one, but they also Ioo
ti~uit as a gift, therefore the
they helped togive it too o,
George-Johnstone, of Newbeney,
then to A. C. Latimer, of An
derson, -later to Wyatt Aiken,
of Abbeville, and npw they are
going to give it to J. E. Boggs,
of Pickens, and later to an
Oconee covnty man.
It is a terrible state of affairs j
when there is.only one man and ,
one.county in the whole district ,
that can be used.
Bud, you whine like a school- i
boy, you turn and twist and e
sqnirm awfully under the strain e
of producing the silly argument
that the office is of too much
importance to shift from county
to county. Of too much im- 8
portance to whom? To you and *
Wyatt Aiken, Esq., of course.
The voters are the ones who 0
want to shift the responsibility r
to other counties occasionally, t
and if there be any honor in the t
office they want a county man 1
to share in those honors.
Bub, Mr. Boggs and his t
friends are niking a clean fight, a
a fight to the finish, and they a
are not crying "Save me, Jas
sius, or I sink," by any meaps. i
That wail is coming from some- c
where else. r
Mr. Aiken has a good many r
personal friends who are work- -
ing for him, and, according to t
the editor of the Mill-Workers' f
World, "in this, friendship %
has led them astray." One a
argument is as good as the I
other, and neither is worth a
"tinker's dam."
All we ask of .the people of
Pickens county, or the voters of
the district, is to weigh the two
men carefully-their attain
ments, their native ability, their
brilliancy, their judgment and
business acumen, their real
worth to the district, and then
3upport the man that, in your
judgment, Is best qualified to
L most acceptably fill the position.
Bub, how can you be so illog
r ical as to use your paper and
3 your influence to call on your
1 subscribers (the mill people) to
- support Mr. Aiken, when Mr.
1 Aiken, by his position on the
V Immigration question, stands
f for aliens to work our soil, lower
,twages, and root the American
e people out of their -jobs? No
e thinking man, be he mill worker
11 or what not, can afford to vote
against his own bread and but
yV ter. Mr. Boggs is unalterably
Lt opposed to immigration.. Bully
1- for him! We want none of this
-foreign riff-raff on our soil com
it peting against our native peo
it pie, or intermarrying and pol
V- luting the purity of -the Anglo
et Saxon blood.
~-The tail wags this dog.
~LSay, what kind of an argu
nent are you using a'ainst J.
ye E. Boggs, anyhow? Can you
ait advance anything against him?
g- Is he incompetent? He has nev
fl? er been tried. His having been
id solicitor is no bar to his being
ve congressmran.. We will give
ed $5.00 for one safe, sane, sound,
ne convincing, logical argument
al against Mr. Boggs. Do you
P- want the money? If you can't
ne win It, you shouldn't vote
4r? against Mr. Boggs.
ir Mr. Boggs is filling engage
ri, ments every day and wherei er
se lie addresses an audience he
I- makes converts. 'His time is
engaged up to election day, so
y he is unable to be in Pickens
-county -and is dependent upon
k his good friends to take care of
y his interests here. Will' you do
f'the cMr
0 , a large,i
7 of the solid
table ng people o
e-0"Out who have th
est inltesets of the state a
eart, thboe who can listen an
incern the voice of the dema
ogue tftM that of those wh<
kave tIO aelfr and best inter
eta of our grand old commor.
"ealth M bsa*t-ad who will
emseves~fvote for the me'
"t quell&q1 to ill the variou
iflose aUweiV exert their Influi
Afe to Oet their noelghbwr t(
to the same
Nilaties U, an anmaly, I
"Oe d&Pagogu, ilme
ehlme, andl what not to ba
ho bawl, over entine, mis
fforts, mIa-o*te 0narks, pat
Lotic SerVik tak fiends, s
anged nelh w 1 and so o:
hrough the tdoenenO, ad infin
um.
This paper des not presum:
c assume a dictatorial policy
nd will make no suggestion;
s to whom you should vote for
>r public office, or why,' leav
ig that to the dictates of you]
wn conscience, for you are i
easonable, thinking people, ca
able of exercising your owr
adgment, rights and preroga
ives in this matter, and cai
Igure out for yourself tha
vhich we cannot-do for you, I. e.
lecide the men whom would b
oest suited to govern over yoi
nd be your state officials-tha
3 your right, the right of th
)allot, your prerogrtive, the ex
,rcise of your franchise-an
ve want you to exercise youi
ight free and untrammelled.
This advice we will give you
oMe of you have heard it lE
.ore and realize the importan.
A It: "'Be careful how yo
iote!" Look well into the cha
.cter, fitness, attainments an
platform of each and every ca:
1idate and vote for those me,
who will.. most subserve tl
Kreat interests of our state.
When you have done thi
you will have done the ver
best you could, will have ti
satisf action of knowing ti
you have done what you coi
sidered was your duty and f.
the best interests of the stat a
large. You will have do:
right and possess a consclen.
void of offense toward all mei
Vote as .you pray is a go
motto. Be no hypocrite-if yc
can support a man, say so
you cannot, say so-let the pe
yie kniow where you stan
There is too much juggling ax
smuggling in , elections. Be
man. state your position, sta
why, and stand or fall by' it.
A VERY SLIGHT CHANGE
Two years ago Mr. Alken
majority in the district w:
about 1000. There are six coui
ties in the district and a chant
of 90Mtes to the couinty wou
have given Mr. Boggs the lead
Pickens county alone could ha;
strained il point and more tha
made up this deficiency. It
Incumbent upon us to do th:
this time. A solid vote in th
county for Mr. Boggs wilt ele
him, while the county voi
against him will defeat him.
Which will you do!
Let's all vote, for' Mr. Boggj
good and strong, and If we can
lect him, tell him to quit rmi
ning.
If you ivant tp lose your voti
don't vote for Bomis.
Aiken. He ~s $
nut, about his p er
ing largely intr
and says "Wyatt Alken -s ouT
old life-long faiend.''. That ",i
what we wantodhim to admit
that there was a'pershnality be
hind his article. What else
there is behind this support we
do not know. He further says,
"But we do not mean to say
anything .against Col. Boggs,"
and goes on to say "go6d public
servants are not picked up ev
erywhere and unless they be
come dilatory in their duties,
there is no use to swap them for
one untried." If that is not say
ing something against Mr. Boggs
what isf He gives Mr.. Bogga
no credit, whatever, for either
ability or competencv-,iu fact
intimates that he is incompetent
and that no one but ,Mr. Aiken
can fill the - office acceptably.
Why didn't he state openly
that he was a friend of Mr.
Aiken, at the outset? Why did
he wait for this paper to uncover
him?
Mr. Boggs nor any of his
friends, have, or is now, paying
any money to this paper for its
support or influence, and never
will; this support is voluntary
and' free on our part, and we
are doing what we can for Mr.
Boggs through chivalry to a
home man and the native pride
we would feel in -.honoring a
man to congress from Pickens
3 county. Quien sabe?
Very encouraging reports are
being received in Pickens from
r over the district relative to Mr.
Boggs' chances of election..New
berry county, which two years
ago gave Mr. Aiken a majority
e of 500, .will give Mr. Boggs a
a maiority of from 500 to 1000, ac
cording to the best reports ob
tainable. Anderson county is
well organized and thoroughly
e worked and Is in the Boggs col
e umn, all right, by a big majori
ty. Oconee and Pickens are all.
' right, and close calculation by
y very conservative people give
,e Mr. Boggs over a 1000 majority
LtIn the district. It aJl hinges on
Pickens county-Will youi prove
rrecreant to the trust?
ie The only section in the county
~e that is not enthused for Mr.
1- Boggs is a little spot in the east
dern part and assurances are
u made that Rev. Foster, Silas
if Williams, MarcusKeith and oth
e r good men of that section will
I. take good care of things on the
d 25th. Mr. Boggs and his friends
a are depending on all of their
be good friends over on that side to
do what they can for him, and
they will do It, too--no fear of
that fact.
Pickens, beyond the fact of
having a solicitor, has never had
ea man to hold .an office in the
de gift of the people, arnd It Is high
dtime somie of her talent was rec
eognized and utilized, and we
for one4 are going to use every
fair means in our power to get
Ssome of ourtimber to be used.
Is After the 25th you will hate
it like everyrthing to'poke out your
e hand and congratulate Mr.
Boggs on his election and know
you didn't vote for him, now
won't you?
t Pickens county will be the
-. residence of the congressaa
of the 3d district after next,
Tuesday, if you do your duty
uand vote for Boggs as you ought
Sto.
Mrs. Levi Rigdon and family
1resjtd her father and mother,
r.And Mrs. W. M. Jones, last
"DreaMer," if you haven't
pzy pea6hes come and see me,
and I'll give you enough to eat
atutnake a pie, too.
Miss Eliza Trotter visited Miss
Lillie Jones onie day last week..
The protracted meeting closed
at Oolenoy last Thursday, with
a large attendance every day..
Four have joined the church,
and others say they are going to
join at the altar.
W. A. Jones and wife visited
Mr. and Mrs. H. L.. Jones last,
week.
Mrs Jim Roper visited her
father and mother, Mr. and Mrs.
W. R. Massingill, lost week.
W. M'. Jones has been very
Ill for the past few days, .ut
is much better now.
Same back at you, "Old Rid
dle;" I'm glad I found you out..
Come again, "Daisy.)' You
are always entertaining.
H. L. Jones quit using tobac
co for awhile; now he's at it
again. Very often we see young
men with tobacco in their cheeks,
and it certainly looks very unbe
coming. Papa says 'he can't
quit, and tell him that he can if
he'll only try.
I sure would be glad to see all
the names of the S.-J. corres
pondents at once.
L. 0. Brothers is visiting J. P.
Hubbard; also M. L. Campbell,
of Anderson. MAYBELLE.
Rev. D. W. Hiott has just
closed a very successful meeting
at Pisgah church, at which
there were twelve additions and
the church -was greatly strength
ened spritually. Mr. Hiott will
begin a series of meetings in the
First Baptist church in Easley
next Sunday. He will be as
sisted during the week by Rev.
L. M. Roper, of Spartanburg.
The union meeting of the
Twelvo, Mile Baptist Association
will be held at Holly Springs
church the 5th Saturday and
Sunday in this month. A full
attendance lq urged of ministers
and delegates. The programme
as published some time ago will
be fully-carried out. A good
attendance will be expected. By
order of executive committee.
Capt. 0. E. Hughes, a veteran
conductor on the C. & G. divi
sion of the Southern Ry., died
at his home in Columbia on last
Saturday, 15th Inst., of Inflam
matory rheumatism. He had
been off of his run for about
two weeks, but was better, and
was sitting on hia front porch
half an hour before-'~the' sum
monsB cmne.. He was 52 years
old 'and had been a passenger
conductor for 27 years. He was
well and favorably known to
many of our readers. He was
a 32d degree Mason, afida brIght
member of other secret orders.
He leaves a wife and daughter
Bridge to Let.
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