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Tillman=Hodges, Again. rj til Reply by "Citizen" to Open 8a Letter of C. P. Hodges to j* Senator Tillman. cc ?1 n From Columbia Record. pj We see in today's issue of The y? State a scathing tirade, in letter el form, to Tillman, from Mr. O. ai I\ Uodge9, of Bennetlsville, in C which he brings all the past re- d< sponpibilities of government, for di the pa^t fourteen ven.ru m^i i^?- ''? v '"J ? ,V/ them at Tillman's feet. In the li outset of his epistle, he claims to C}) have been an ardent supporter p< of Tillman and reform. In fact. w he says he was one or the blue pi hen's chickens. But now he can- B not follow him any further, as he (Tillman) has not been true pi to the principles lie advocated a 1" long the line of the dispensary. ?1 Ho BHVo Till.. 1 KMiiiui Hits lHHUlled t,; every minister in the state when di he gave utterance to the charge fIl that the ministers, liquor men, 8' and blind tigers were in an un- ?f holy alliance. That he falsified ei and slandered them and that eJ such a slander and falsehood hi was as dark as midnight in hell. w This awful utterance was made 8i by Tillman in the summer of hi 3 900 and it does seem that it ai has taken Mr. Hodges a long b< time to analyze the charge and find out its component parts. " vVhy did he not come forth then ftl and bring Tillman to account ln for the use ol such language? N?> 18 ^ one cm explain better than liitn self, and from the significance of w his letter, he gulped that awful ^ slander and falsehood down UP as a palatable morse'. Ha wants M ^ no office, neither lias lie wanted M any, although lie has been soli- er cited from time to time to come m before the people. We accept n* that as true, but what about fame, n< Mr. Ho lges? It is not a fact you M tried to got a resolution through the convention at Bennettsville ,r' in May, denouncing the dispen-| w sary and failed? Did you feel an w kindly toward Tillman and his lu friends after your resolution was xn voted do vn as before? Speak out, '? Mr. Ilod^es, and tell us whether til or not you felt that your politi- aI cal influence was on the wane. us Some people like renown and influence in their community and when everything don't go their ,A way, the opposite is rotten. Is Tillman responsible for that vote m that downed that resolution? Mr. w< Hodges does not come out boldly and say so, but if investigation J. was made we would find that K Tillman is somewhat more re- Jt ' nowned than Mr. Hodges and the Y< ^ people heretofore having been in- Zi clined to bis (Tillman's) views, M makes Mr. Iloiges really sensi- tif tive to seo amid an intelligent pi body of men, alter be, himself, i hn.l .K O " - ' ft j iivtqi cn i m?n ? uc t ncnnai IUII to his heart, that he, too, was a man of political prominence. He y tells ns that Tillman has not nifl dealt justly with the people, tin That ho has forced the dispensary uo on the people whether thoy wanted it or not. Now in hurling his po- "?* litical insults at Senator Tillman, wo he is casting reflections on the people. No doubt Mr. Ilodges to Mn voted for some ot the candidates i>h at least in every election, who tle were sent as representatives. The fiislature, which was composed A ' represonta'ives fresh from ^ ie people, passed the dispell j ry law dutinK tlio session 592, which was to take effect ily the 1st, 1893, which o: >urse, it did. Senator Tillman )| o ed Sena'or Butler in 594 and was elected to the nited Stales senate. The same ?ar representatives were again eclcd fresh from the people id J. Gary Evans was elected overnor. Did the people in)rse the dispensary attain? Or d Tillman take charge of the gislalure and hold them in ne? Were the representatives irrying out the wishes of the jople? 1 wonder if Mr. Hedges ill deny that they were? What lattorm was the legislature of 590 and Governor Eilerbe ected on? Will Mr. Hodges lease come forward and tell us? i fact, what was the platforms ? all the governors and legislates since the enactment ol the ispensary law? That is u vital lies! ion which Mr. Hodges tould lake to himself. The loss power and inllnence very oft i changes a man's opinion. We cpect if Mr. Hodges' resolution id have gone iii his favor, he ould have felt belter over the tustion. Doubtless Ins sensilities of morality, Christianity id citizenship would not have sen so much aroused against ill man and the dispensary. Mr. odges further charges Tillman id Richard I. Manning of haviv m ,wl? .? * 1 - - r?..% niauo a u uae. J nat 'I'll I man to help Mantling in his elocan to the governorship an<l he ill help Tillman back to the nited St.; tes senatorship. Give i some evidence of the tact, r. Hodges? Does the fact that aiming is a candidate for govnor make it necessary for Till an to make a trade with Mating, he not having any oppojnts? lltther a weak charge, r. Iiodges. Some times men uinder in the fumes emanating om their own political rage, hen they are worked up to a hito he it, by gazing the fact the face, that their power and licence does not measure up thit of a't Aris'otle or Demoslenes. Own up, Mr. Hodges, id come out frankly and tell your troubles. Citizen. i.s/ of Unclaimed Letters. List of unclaimed letters reaining in the post ollice lor the jek ending Aug. 18th, 1906. .Jelemia Tukes, Frank Matlsew, G. Mackey, Mellie Meger, B. . Shirley (4), Kli Shropshire, A. Sims, Noll Stevenson, T. M. 3ter, Ruben Watson, Misses j lla Vaughn. Alice Shaw AH^? ' J oore, ami Dnrcus Mcleod, Par ss calling lor ahoyo letters will ? ease say if advertised. j .Jas. F. Hunter. P. M. Galveston's Sea Wall ikes life now as sale in thnt citv i?s on > higher u|>1au<1h. E W. Goodloe, wlio .. lideson Dutton St.. in Waco, Tex , needs " hoa wall for safety. He writes: "I liaro ()| b I Dr. King's New Discovery for Goumption the past five years anil it keepK al i well an>l safe. Before that time I had a . igh which for years had been growing H( rse. Now it's gone." Cures chronic tj >ughs. La Grippe, Group, Whooping ugh and prevents Pneumonia. Pleasant hc take. Every bottle guaranteed at ! F. ickey Co , Crawford Bros., Funderhurk arniacy. Price 50c and $1.00. Trial hot- *? free. " Subscribe to The News. w 7 i a ! RESOLVED 11 I that we t>?nt uk.eto blou i our own horn but WE'VE 1 GotTME (jOonS-ifyou f ip ont be li eve it ju5t ie $ |[ ^ around and .tee ?, bujtek br OWN. I B "WE I It is just as easy for one firm in business as for another to "talk." But when it comes to backing up statements that's different. It takes knowing-how, money and a good name to get the best lines of goods into a store It \ is a mistake to think that any merchant can f buy any lines of goods he wants to buy. iThe makers of the best goods hunt for the best store in a town to handle their lines and & when a manufacturer has once placed his lines in a store there it stays. This is where "knowing-how" comes in. Then bills must be paid. j That takes money. Then the store must | give its patrons fair treatment?good goods for their "money.'' That begets a "good name." The store that has these three things | ?knowing-how, money and a good name? i becomes the whirl pool into which the best n lines of goods made drop and stay. Look at the lines of reputable goods that have dropped into our ''whirlpool" and on which we ?: ; are now making reductions that we may have our shelves for winter wearables. Yours truly, Lancaster Mercantile Co. > * mil III I Mil linn 'he Greenwood Negro who afterwards outraged a negro ^OtiCC q[ Graded School Lynched, in Spite of the Kid 14 yearn old, was lynched ~ Presence of Governor. about 7:30 o'clock this evening. UpGIllIlg. The next session of the Lancaster Graded School will begin Monday, Sept. loth, I90t>, Columbia S. 0,, Aug. IB. Notice to Teachers snd Pfl- Tlio tuition rates for children coming . , , , i , i . j from outside the school district will be f Ithlll the shadow of the home trons. from one (S1.00) to two ($2.00) dollars per : liis victim, Miss Jennie Brooks, on account of some irregularities in ftC<or,'1Df? Kmi' 'for havino hu?n LlonfW.o,! h? the recent adopt ion of school books I incidental fee of twenty-five cents tor having been identified by have been unable to obtain them. It l\er n.o. wnl he ivqu.red oi each pnpil re9rf and alter Governor D. C. will probably be four ?r live weeks o S , , . , . . before they will be sent out. I regret 1 .ey ward, who totiay wont to the this condition very much hut it is ab nne of the (rouble had address- aolutely unavoidable on my part Owing to delay in the recent .State ad .Cite 01 I lie UOUOie, n<iu auuress- Aug It '06 Signed option of textbooks, it is requested that I th e mob in vain, Bob Davis, ' ' W.M. Noore. gnpils bring tbeir old books, a* onr book CV? Sunt kiiMPitinn dealers are not ready to supply demand ie negro, who oil Monday mur- ' for the newly adopted books, jroilblv attacked Mi?* Hroelr. Parents arc earnest:* ith inteuttocomrnit anaault aud Take The News their childreo tho flret d,?y of the mrsIod. A. It. Bauku, Sapt. I