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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
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correct.
These three telegrams will show to
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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
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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
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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
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impaign of
ought To Close
days of his life to seek to serve his
people and his State.
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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'
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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, 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
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EOTH TILLMAN ATMLJ JBIj&AOIIi, ir
THEY COULD GET TILLMAN AND
BLEASE TO FIGHTING EACH OTH|!er?
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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.
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! Tho and \>ws rtofic not
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[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
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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