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M?????????? ??????????O??? ??????? ' irm TTWV t, vnfBEB es. ffEWBEBBY, SOUTH CAB0LI5A, TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1912. TWICE A Will, |L f A T1JJL ' ' . ' - ^ ^' j t Blease Shows A Securing On Reliable Information, Git By Gonzales, To Show H t for Dear Life?Governo\ TO THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH CARO- ' UNA: I have received reliable information that three telegrams, containing about the following, were received by P. H. . McGowan, correspondent of The State at Washington, D. C., signed by William E. Gonzales, August 23rd, 1912: Tillman wrote private letter to v Ferguson in Spartanburg which j is severe arraignment. Blease j knows contents of letter and is with *,,ii to sure'to sin^e xiniuou ^i (force with his organization on Tuesday. If we could get whole letter published, Tillman's gains on Jones' side would counteract losses 'sure to be sustained in .present status. Keep Tillman from knowing source of information; . place facts before him and beg for whole, letter. TIME IS PREnrAT'Ci ViUL O. * .(Signed) WILLIAM E. GONZALES. AND ANOTHER: If correspondent could get copy of letter, the matter in it could he sent out from Spartanburg. (Signed) WILLIAM E. GONZALES. AND ANOTHER: x Tillman's letter musrstrengthen * Jones' lines and cause Blease losses. Blease will fight Tillman, who will get many Jones votes. (Signed) WILLIAM E. GONZALES. Of course, I can not say these are the exact words of the telegrams, but I dare Gonzales to deny that he s-ent >telegrams containing statements similar to these, and he need not deny them, but in order to be honorable {if lie can be) let him present the messages that he sent, (copies of which I suppose he has on file, or which he can easily have duplicated from the / Washington office which delivered the ielegrams to McGowan) and let the rmAnln CAA TT-V* mv infArmo+mn ic n uvvUv* uij AAAivx :ufvi.i\/u M correct. These three telegrams will show to ? 9 the public absolutely the cause of Tillman writing the vicious letters that he did and that Jones' campaign has been and is up to now being absolute- j ly handled and controlled by WILLIAM E. GOXZALES, notwithstanding the fact Jones denied on the stump that Gonzales was ,supporting him, ^when I charged him with it, but later [ Braid lie was glad for any newspaper & support him. ^ ^^1 HAVE NEVER SEEL\ THE FERGUSON LETTER AND DID NOT j "KNOW, WHAT WAS IN IT UNTIL I I SAW IT IN THE NEWSPAPERS, and ! when Gonzales says I did and that ^'Blea&e will fight Tillman" he wired what was wilfully untrue. fc I have today been handed a letter Ibnitten by Tillman, August 16th, 1912, & a friend of his, in which he (TillP^n) says: "THE RAILROAD AT-, ^TORNEYS LN THE LEGISLATURE i HAVE BEEN TOO VEXAL AND CORI n^rrvn fTA nOATT?/"n mTr-n ** X*cx~i i. \J rnuiCi^i inn AGAINST THE RAILROADS." At another point in his letter, he ss*ys: "IN THE LAW-SUIT OVER MY GRANDCHILDREN, HE (JONES) DID BOW TO PUBLIC OPINION AND CLAMOR RATHER THAN TO f ENUNCIATE THE ikw AS IT WAS FOUND ON THE STATUTE BOOKS, WHICH HAD BEEN RECOGNIZED A ^HUNDRED YEARS OR MORE." "kius it seems that Tillman has written many letters and that he speaks of Jones, a chief justice of the supreme court, as having been influenced by "PUBLIC CLAMOR" and having violated his oath as a justice and not decided the case according to n -w/n/v r\ ivn i r? /n 1 a rr? utie uruuguizicu ia?. I am thoroughly satisfied that Tillman's letter will not injure me, for I hav<? received messages by telephone, ~ telegram and letter from every section of the State ani they all m* assurances that this ha? done me no injury, tut c^^e contrary, in many fanner of Tillman Letter ? - ^ f*f w as Substance ot 1 elegrams | ow Gonzales is Fighting r Says Victory is Sure. instances, I am assured that it has gained me strength and given further assurances to the people of their confidence in my character knd fidelity to their interests. I publish this communication only to show that GONZALES JS FIGHTING FOR DEAR LIFE TO ELECT JONES and was leading McGowan into. deceiving Tillman by lying on me and further to show,* as I have shown i throushout the entire campaign? that i JONES IS GONZALES' CANDIDATE. WHY? BECAUSE HE CAN NOT CONTROL BLEASE. THE VICTORY IS OURS. IT WILL BE RECORDED ON TUESDAY AND MY FRIENDS WILL SEE THAT I AM NOT DEFRAUDED?HENCE, I AM SURE OF RE-ELECTION. I sent this communication to the State and the News and Courier, but both papers refused to publish it. Very respectiuny, . Cole. L. Blease. Columbia; August 25. 1912. The Theato Advancing*. Finest music in the finest town, the music played by the orchestrion at the Theato. Mr. Lavender, looking ever nmnsomflM on/9 ontortaimnAnt IU LUC auu vm w* of the community, has goi:e to great expense to install a very costly instrument, the peerless orchestrion, a magnificent instrument giving forth some of the sweetest and most harmonious music ever heard in Newberry. The orchestrion is equipped with flute pipes, base ari3 snare drums, triangle and genuine Turkish cymbal. The case is of gothic design in dark wax finished oak with art glass, panels. Six small, electric lights illuminate the interior when the instrument is playing. The mechanism is of the same superior order as the music. It is worth while to visit the Theato and hear the grand music of the new orchestrion, at the same time seeing the best motion pictures obtainable. The "movies" at the old court house are of a high order and the people of Newberry are getting the benefit of a firstclass entertainment at a cost of 5 and 10 cents each. > JTew Farmers' Line. A new farmers' telephone line having three subscribers has just been connected with the Newberry exchange of the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph company. The line extends from Jalapa to Newberry, anrt furnishes service to the following well-known people. Jalapa Mercantile company, H. R. Brook?, a,ud S. J. Shannon. The subscribers on this line are now in constant telephonic communication with each others and through the Southern Bell Telephone and Telepgrah company exchange with telephone users in Newberry. The construction of this line and its connections with the telephone exchange here is another step in the i/iuoicss ui tcicpuuiie ut veiupiueui which is bing made by the residents in the rural sections of Newberry county. Farmers in all sections of the State areinstalling telephones in their homes. The Pleasant P. Exchange. If the printer is paid promptly, and his pocket book kept plethoric by prompt paying patrons, he puts his pen to his paper in peace; his paragraphs are more pointed; he paints his pictures of passing events in more pleasing colors, and the perusal of his paper is a pleasure to his patrons. Paste this piece of proverbial philosophy in some place where all persons can perceive. There never has been a goad cause but which was not injured by the indiscretions of some of its supporters. No one can achieve good work unless he takes a certain amount of )ride in doing it. The County Cc 1912 Br NEWBERRY MEETING LARGELY ATTENDED THE MEETING WAS HELD IX THE * COURTHOUSE. Audience Gathered Slowly But Building Was Filled?Addresses of Candidates. The count}' campaign of 1912 closed with the Newberry meeting in the court house on Monday. Acting County Chairman Frank R. Hunter, whose uniform fairness and courtesy, have won for him the commendation of candidates and audiences, presided, and at 11 o'clock introduced Senator Alan Johnstone, who is a candidate for rp-plpntion. onnosed bv Col. D. Augustus Dickert. The court house lacked a good deal of being filled when the meeting began. There were several ladies in the audience. Mr. Johnstone discussed his record, and gave in detail a list of measures which had received his aid. This list has heretofore appeared in the reports of the county campaign meetings given in The Herald and News. He de voted himself at some length to a discussion of the destruction of the old State dispensary, in which he helped, the repeal of the lien law, and his part in the enactment of the present labor v \ contract law, which he believed would stand the test of th? courts, and'other matters dealing with his record. "1 have tried," he said, "to bear patiently and with becoming dignity what ever came during this campaign, always feeling that I alone was accountable for the good order, in so far as I have participated, and that no words .should fall from my lips, however tempted, that Could not be uttered in your parlor or my parlor. My bands are clean, and my heart is just as desirous of being: clean. I wish that every man in Newberry county, whether he voted for me or did not vote for me?because I am the senator of all alike so long as my term lasts?I wish he knew every vote I cast in your general assembly." \ . Mr. Johnstone closed Amid consid ? i - evauie appiause. Coi. D. A. Dickert said during the campaign he had not discussed the private record of his opponent, but the public record of a man in the people's service was a legitimate subject of di3^ cussion. He said, he had no public record except his record of service to the people in the days of the sixties, when strong arms and strong hearts were demanded. Hf Vigorously attacked the expenditures of the last general assembly, citing figures he has cited elsewhere dur.'ng the campaign. He said a mortgage of crops had taken the place of a li;n, and the mortgage was only more expensive, and there was no difference and i:o benefit. He said Mr. Johnstone Had said He had worked to put the county on a cash basis and for good roads, and he wanted to know if the county was now on a-cash basis, and he called attention to the condition of the roads. He said he would not boast urii's 'twiu xu vuiucucittic hi my j that he had only tried to do his duty during the war and in the dark days following, as thousands of other sons of the South had done. He said he had never sought leadership, but: in the'days of negro domination, when the women of Newberry county needed protection, he had a thousand men under his orders pledged to the pro lecuon 01 soutnern womanhood and to the restoration of white supremacy in South Carolina. For ten years following his part in the fight for- white supremacy he had been forced to keep himself in the woods, away from notice. to save himself for his family. He gave several thrilling incidents of those troublous days. He had never had any boyhod of his own, going to the army when he was a few days over 15 and staying until the last gun **-ps Whether elfor n~t h? j\v?.u!d cor.t:. ue airing the remaining V i?1 ? m* | I ??? impaign of ought To Close days of his life to seek to serve his people and his State. ^ - 1 r\: V?? J tsy me urne tjoi. uau v,iuotu the court house had filled, and Col. Dickert closed with considerable applause. For House of Representatives. Mr. H. H. Evans, the first speaker for the house, said the whole political turmoil in South Carolina todaywas the result of the effort to defeat Blease, a son of Newberry, whose people were born in Newberry, were' nn/1 rnornod or>H rliprl an/1 I Cell CU aim ami wvu UUU V..VU ? ^ buried here. He defended the administration of (rov. Blease, and attacked the legislature on appropriations and the passage over the governor's vetoes of*items in the appropriation bill. He gave his platform on educational and other matters as heretofore outlined. Mr. Evans got the crowd considerably "warmed up" and got loud cheering on some of his remarks. He attacked Dr. Wyche on t>r. Wyche's vote, with Ttvs r .Tnn? asrainst the separate coach law. He did not want any votes under a misapprehension, and he wanted it known that he endorsed Blease because Blease stood for the rights of the people. He said Tillman had a right to his opinion, b'ut he had no right to make an llth-hour attack and in the midnight hours, when Blease could not reach- his people before the primary, flash to the ne'wspapers his election-eve stab. He re IL-i. + gTenea UlcUl LlliB lut mci fci cat, ^a,i Wlinian had fallen from his high pedestal. He confidently predicted Blease's re-election, and was applauded as he sat down. Mr. Arthur Kibler, candidate for re-election to the house; said the old delegation had been roundly criticized during this campaign from one end of + AAimftr f A fVl A Afl"?Ar C O 1/1 n O* fVi Q f tUC V/UU1I UJ LKJ LII VLJUL^I , OO.J 111& UUCfcV numerous charges and blanket charges had been brought against the present delegation, but that not one of these charges had been sustained. He defended the delegation against the charges of extravagance, and cited the State and county levies in support of his contentions. He cited his fight in committee to hold down appropriar tions to the lowest possible figures. He said the legislature had passed bills over the governor's vetoes, as it had a right to do. He ^aid he did not question the governor's constitutional right of veto, but he maintained the legislature's constitutional right to pass a bill over a veto, ' and to vote for what the legislature believed was for the best interests of the people. Jtie citea some or tne appropriations of the legislature, saying the appropriations were necessary. It was true the salaries of a few clerks had been increased, but the cost of living was increasing every year. He spoke of the small salary of $1,900 a year now received by most of the 'tit? officers. He believed the people of South Carolina wanted efficient, honest men, and were willing to pay for them. He gave his platform on educational matters and questions as heretofore published. Mr. Kibler was given a good deal of applause at the conclusion of his ad j aress. Mr. H. 0. Long, candidate for the house, was not present when his name ?vas called. Mr. Geo. S. Mower, candidate for re-election, said he came before the people in vhe proud consciousness of the fact that he had always acted fairly and openly with the people and had never sought to deceive them. He said he occupied today prrctjcally the i _ xfl . t 21 ^ 1 ... a same piauorm ne naa Hjways siooa upon?favoring the wise, progressive legislation necessary to meet the changing conditions of the times He referred to the work of the delegation for a good road law, and gave his views on education He d^-.1 noi want to cripple the higher institutions, and spo.ke of the great worK he said these institutions were doing. K<^ said the Sfntp had heen rioinir n wniidprfnl work in festering and promoting the work of the common school system, r>nd reviewed the work of the legislai (COXTiox pag:-: s.) Tillman Condei Out of I In His Eleventh-Hour Attac Which He Had Said He Would Not Do-'The The Herald and News publishes today the statement of Senator B. R. Tillmsfn, in which the senator comes out for Judge Jones in the gubernatorial race, and also the reply of Governor Blease to the Tillman pronun ciamento. % Senator Tillman's statement was given the light of day in the morning newspapers of Saturday morningjust three, days before the primary, including Sunday. - , It came after repeated statements | from Tillman that he was and would ho nontral in thfi orrtver. UUUUUUC IU uc ubuuut 1U i/uu QV> VI nor's race. Replying, under date of August 3, to a letter of 'J. L. Sims, of Orangeburg, Senator Tillman had stated, answering a question put to him by Mr. Sims: "I do not consider that Judge Jones was an advocate of social equality because he voted against that law, and I believe he would make a good governor, because he is eminently qualified. I CAN SAY THIS MORE WILL INGLY BECAUSE IT CAN NOT BE CONSIDERED AS MY TAKING SIDES AS BETWEEN THE. MEN;" Following that Judge Jones offered a reward to any one who would produce a, signed statement from Senator Tillman to. the effect that Blease was "eminently qualified" to be governor, notwithstanding the fact that Tillman had already stated that he could the uiui t; wiiimgijr nay juuca was qualified "BECAUSE CAN NOT BE CONSTRUED AS MY TAKING SIDES AS, BETWEEN THE MEN." Tillman then, under date of August 10, issued to the press a statement, in which he said: "Many telegrams and letters have come to my office since the publication of my letter to Mr. Sims, and I jdeem it both necessary and proper, under the Circumstances, for me to make a statement to the press. In that way alone can I prevent mistakes from being made and having words and ideas put into my mouth which are not warranted. "I have not written any letter which was intended, or could be legitimately used, as Jones campaign literature. I have desired to maintain the attitude of neutrality in the governor's race, which I announced at the beginning. I HAVE NEVER BELIEVED A UNITED STATES SENATOR -OUGHT TO TAKE AN ACTIVE PART IN THE NOMINATION FOR STATE OFFICES. What letters I have written au . i ~ J A wcic pciiueu m uie nope ui muueraiirig the fury with which charges and counter-charges were being hurled back and forth, but instead of'producing that effect, it has seemed to increase the bitterness, AND I AM RESOLVED THAT I WILL NOT PER MIT MYSELF- TO BE DRAWN INTO THIS FIGHT FURTHER/' In his letter published Saturday morning Tillman bitterly attacks Blease, and says "there is so much smoke about his corruption that I am bound to believe there must be some fire," notwithstanding the fact that in ?1 p: A A n l- t? -1 Hie oiina ictLci ui Augu&i o ne naa said, "IF THE NEWSPAPERS KEEP ON PUBLISHING SUCH STUFF AS GRACE'S ATTACK ON THE GOVERNOR AND THE DICTAGRAPH "SLUSH" THEY WILL CERTAINLY MAKE BLEASE GOVERNOR AGAIN." In another Tillman letter of August 16, which appears in Governor Blease's statement, Tillman is quoted as saying: "I DO XOT BELIEVE THAT HAMPTON HAD ANY RIGHT TO MEDDLE IN THE CAMPAIGN AS HE DID; NOR DO I THINK I OUGHT TO TRY TO DICTATE TO THE PEOPLE AS TO WHO TrffcY SHOULD VOTE FOR. I have done my best to remain hands off as between the two candidates for governor. I shall continue to do 60. I am hot responsibly because the rew.ii"a: ers ai.e Receiving .the ?eop;e mns Self lis Own Mouth 1 :k Upon Blease Does That Ought Not To Do And Hampton Incident by putting lies in the headlines/' Tillman has not only directed an eleventh-hour stab at one who fought for Tillman back In the days* when Tillmanism was fighting for the hold which it later gained upon the people, but in his own words the condemnation for his attempted dictation to the people of South Carolina is found. It is hardly conceivable that a single voter of bouth Carolina /Will desert Blease at the command of Tillman. The fact ought to be that the attack, coming just on the eve of the nnmnaiom aftor Tillman's manv de I ?w clarations of neutrality, ought to mate thousands of votes for Blease. Tillman is a citizen of South Carolina, and has a right to his political preferences as he has a right to his vote. But no manias a moral right, occupying the high position of United 'states senator, repeatedly to declare 14 i 1 I_ ? H1ULS611 9 111 a iav/c IV/A umivv office, and then, after the close of the county-to-county campaign for that office, to come out and direct against a candidate the kind of attack he has made upon Governor Blease. He himi self had said that be had never beilieved a United States senator ought to take an active part in the nominai tion for state offices, and he had said '-* *?* ? - - iormot 1A (w cnoatinsr , LXlitL its IttLe as auguoi IV) *u Myvt. iof the race between Blease and Jones, J, W-hat induced the change in Sena^ tor Tillman's attitude? Is not the logic of the situation that he has been misled by BLBASE'S BITTEREST OPPONENTS, SOME OP WHOM HAVE ALWAYS BEEN tHE BITTEREST i OPPONENTS OF TILLMAN, AND WHO NOW THOUGHT THERE MIGHT BE A CHANCE TO BEAT -- - ?> T*1 nTS T"C? EOTH TILLMAN ATMLJ JBIj&AOIIi, ir THEY COULD GET TILLMAN AND BLEASE TO FIGHTING EACH OTH|!er? I t. > j Senator Tillman is getting to be an old man. The Herald and News was not a "Tillmanite" in the riay.? of the nineties, but along wftii hundreds who ^opposed him strenuous:y in thoee , 'days, it has recognized nis ability in | the days "which have followed, and has . i been willing along with the great majority of the people of Sduth Carolina I to give him credit for a great deal he has claimed . for hinvelf and his friends have claimed for him. I. . 1 ! Tho and \>ws rtofic not UUl 1UV/ 4AV.1W1U ? w 4 * [propose to be dictated to by Senator Tillman, and does not believe the people of South Carolina will be dictated to by him. Senator Tillman himself ought not to expect that the people of South Carolina will heed his attempted dictation*, for he himself has said in this campaign that, he does ? * - ' * J- A. j._ 4-n. not tninK ne OUgni to try u^oiuiavc w the people of South Carolina as to whom they should vote for. The Herald and News gives Senator Tillman the credit to believe of him . i that he would never have been guilty | of this 'eleventh-hour attack in the days before his strength began to fail him. The letter written Dy lienerai vvaae Hampton from Charlottesville, Va., on July 7, 1892, will be recalled by many i South Carolinians who will 'vote toiday. Hampton had at that time been retired to private life by the Tillman forces. Tillman in a speech had attacked Hampton for having meddled | in races in South Carolina while [Hampton was a United States senator from ^outh Carolina. I In that statement, Hampton said in part: "The governor proceeds to say, 'BUT HE (HAMPTON) HAD NO BUSINESS TO INTERFERE IN THIS FAMILY QUARREL.' It seems to me that every patriotic citizen of our S>tate was called on to deplore and to deprecate any quarrel amongst brethren whose only hope for the welfare of the State depends on concert of action and unity of feeling. But, waiving this question, I assert, without fear of contra\ at i!ie meeting I:. Colum