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DIAL KEPJLIES TO TILL.UA>. Kescuts Attack of Senator?Denies He Supported Haskell. To the Editor of the News and Courier: Please allow me space to reply to the interview of Senator Tillman, pub lished 111 iuii in tne .\ews auu ouuuci i and in part in the State, and perhaps other papers. There is a contest pending before the State Democratic exe^ cutive committee touching the subject matter, and, therefore, it would be improper for me to comment upon the merits of the case, hence I will onb state facts. In Senator Tillman's interview he tries to prejudice my political prospects by stating that I am a - Haskellite. I wish to say that my relations with Judge Haskell were always of the friendliest character, and T or.-. crlijH tr? that hp was niv personal friend as long as he lived; however, I differed with him. iu his political course and urged him not to make the race, and did not support him. Senator Tillman has seen proper to j resort to the lowest kind of political j trickery in mentioning my son's name in connection with this race. Hence I give the facts. My son desired to enter the navy, and upon Senator Tillman offering a competitive examination to the State at large the boy succeeded in winning the appointment. He remained at Annapolis something like three years, and if he ever had I any trouble there I was never ap- j prised of it. The last year he told me he failed to pass one examination only, and that the authorities offered to allow him to make this up the next ' year by taking the course over. He had attained his majority at that time and he resigned without consulting me. He was desirous of going into the pay corps of the navy. He went to Washington and stood a competitive i examination from the United States at large, and received the appointment. From what he told me I know he considered Senator Tillman his friend. TTie authorities assigned him to a fishing vessel and sent them out in the Pacific Ocean. I knew absolutely nothing of the rules and regulations of the navy, but presumed a man -would have to lead a cerrect life and (observe good habits; otherwise he would not retain his position. Some two years afterwards a friend of mine wrote me to come to Washington, and upon arriving there suggested that 11 * . call on the assistant paymaster of the navy. Upon my doing so I was shown a statement sent in by the boy where he had overdrawn his account a few thousand dollars. This was a great shock and surprise to me, as I had ! had no intimation Df it whatever. He i ' was at that time in the Philippines. I asked what information they had1 ?n the subject, and it seemed they: "h Q r? r?Anc nr Knf + nn^ nnr?r? in_ Aiuu UVUV) KJi. UUi/ ilLti Vj auu LI U W11 111 quiry ascertained that the accounts had never been checked up since he left?about two years previously. 1 presumed that they had regular intervals to inspect books, etc. However, I apprehended no. trouble. So/ar as I knew the boy's habits were good. I was informed that this is the only shi^ in the navy where the accounts were not checked frequently. I was outraged at the whole matter and ex- j pressed my views pretty plainly to the officials about the carelessness' ot allowing an inexperienced youth to check upon the United States treasury , without any restraint whatever. The! bov was under bonri in som^ bonding . 1 company?I was not on it. However, I thereupon borrowed some money! from the banks and the next day deposited an amount covering the entire! balance, and told them to have him r come home so that the matter could j be looked into and adjusted. Upon his return he was suffering with tuV ? bercutosis. I advised him that the; best thing he could do would be to i tender his resignation and go home.: In the meantime I took the matter up j with Senator Tiflman and told him, in ] confidence, of the situation, and asked him not to mention it. He promise.! ' raa 10 ao so. ine senator stated tnat he was not on speaking terms with Meyer, secretary of the navy, and that he had little influence there. 1 called i to see Mr. Meyer, but he was absent. ; So I took the matter up with Mr. Win- i throp, assistant secretary of the navy,; and he told me that Tillman's influence was "nil" in that department; i that he was not on speaking terms : with the secretary, and that great ani-1 mosity existed between them. He ad- i vised me to see some one else?SenaOmifVi Kcii n <y nKcont T r?o 11 VV/x oiuitu a vovuv, x vancu u^UU [ an old personal friend in the senate.' He went over to the navy department j and had the resignation accepted. The; young man had associated with oldar j men who, no doubt, had plenty of! money of their own, and probablv he! I thought it was his duty to try to entertain upon as lavish a scale. He' had handled thousands and thousands of do'lars of the government's money I and it took considerable time to figure up an account, owing to the large amounts handled and the different rates of exchange with the different foreign countries and to his inexperience, some doubt remained as to whether he owed anything, i made things warm around the department, and a short time after that I noticed some rather prominent officials were dropped from the roll. I do not know ! that this was the direct result. After * x1 C?4-?-? 4- n q f remaining in uie oiaic ? ouuU time the boy's health became so bad that I sent him to a hospital, where he has remained ever since, his life being despaired of at different tinies. I would like to ask Senator Tillman, or the public, if anyone could have done more than I did? Would a gentleman have done less? Senator Tillman oqqtyic. fhinlr hp fiTJl.VP thp boy this appointment to Annapolis that I am under obligations not to oppose him for office. When did the senatorship come to belong exclusively to him? Neither did I know before that he is conferring appointments to official positions to keep from being opposed. I was of the opinion that the position belonged to tne United States, and that they were distributed through our senators and congressmen. Senator Tillman states that he asked the clerk of the senate to notify me about my expense account. This is the first I ever heard of that. I received a letter from the clerk dated August 21, in which he did not mention the senator's name. Besides this, in an interview from Senator Tillman dated Washington August 22, he stated that T hsi/J "V/-i Rtafus" in. tha raop This was published in the South Carolina newspapers and I received inquiries from the various sections of the State and it was reported generally that I was disqualified. Certainly Senator Tillman's interview was the cause of this report being circulated. If he had wished to correct it, he had ample opportunity to do so. It seems to outrage the senator's feelings very much for me to even aspire to office at all. I was notified during the campaign that Senator Tillman would attack my son's conduct, either before the first primary or in the second one, in case I was in the race. His lackies and henchmen were spreading: this report in different sec tions of the State# Of course, you know what my reply was, Senator Tillman is following his old tricks by trying to attract attention from his own record to that of a helpless, tubercular patient, on his back, 3,000 miles from h<?me. What answer has he to make tc the questions Governor Blease asked him the other day? What response does he make to the charges Col. Talbert made against him from one end of South Carolina to the other? Why did he vote for Lorimer? What explanation has he to make of the charges of his neignoors in Having government employees supervise and work on his own plantation? Probably the people would like to hear the reasons he had for investing his money out of his beloved State?in Georgia, North Carolina, Oregon, and perhaps other States. If Tillman, or anyone else, knows anything dishonorable, in my life or /vt AM. A*T A T?A A f' 1 -J K CUcUctULCi', uucj' aiB at iiuci tu Jtuulish it in every newspaper in the State, every day in the yean At the beginning of the campaign, I stated that I would have nothing whatever to do with the gubernatorial race, and 1 steadfastly maintained this position, and what I am going to say now is without reference whatever to either one of said candidates, but mention the matter in so far as it relates to the senatorial race. Owing to the very great excitement in our State just before the primary, Senator Tillman, feeling that his own election was in great danger, authorized the publication of the Ferguson letter. Hence, a large number of his heretofore ormnnpnts vnfpri fr?r him Tho senator knew just as much about the gubernatorial candidates six months, one month, or two weeks before the election as he did when he wrote the Ferguson letteii, all the time' proclaiming that he was "hands off" in the rac^e. Not only tha? any one reading the Ferguson letter can readily see that it was written for publication. Moreover the next week, after he had written it, in an interview trom Wasnington lie stated that he was still "hands off," and had nothing further to say. Upon reflection I am satisfied that the people of the State see where they fell into his trap, and the votes cast for him were not the deliberate expression of the will of the people. I am not a man to whine or complain, and I take my drubbing for my share when it is fairly administered. I have continually been offered proof of charges against the senator, oi'e being as late as yesterday, but I have steadfastly refused to stoop to any such politics. Now, the senator I seems to get in a great rage about the j point Col. Talbert made in his peti- J tion, and my replv to the same where-j I | in the law of tne State of South Caro-1 j lina states that a candidate must file ! j his expense account after the close of the campaign and before the primary, and states that this ts too technical for any sensible man to entertain. I did not make the law; it is found in the statute books, and it is ' presumed in the absence of further proof to the contrary that the legislature was composed of sensible men. This can be found in Acts of i905, j relating to primary election, Statutes at Large, Volume 24, page 947. It would De improper lor me 10 uiscuss this, since as above stated, the matter will be heard and decided by the State executive committee. I desire ! to state that I conducted my campaign upon the highest possible plane, and i refrained from discussing Senator j Tillman's record, since he was absent j and ill. I have pity upon his infirmity, | and am constrained to believe that his i attack upon me now is that more of a raving madman than a sane person, i Anyway, he has violated the most sacI red confidence that a man could im ! pose in another. (What would you think of a minister if he violated your sacred confidence? What opinion would you have i i of the doctor who speaks in public t | your ailments? What contempt woui< ! you have for your lawyer who would 1 tell the secretes of your case?) It occurs to me that any one of j Senator Tillman's age and experience' would be the last man to violate fami-1 ! ly secrets and wound the feelings of a i I father, when 110 good could result. He ! may think it brave to try to damage my good name by parading before the public the acts of a careless and frivo- j lous youth. I consider the lives of a 1 man's family sacred ground, upon j which no true man will trespass, even; t i to save his political neck. But I ler this to the consideration of all fair j ! minded people. N. B. Dial, j Laurens, September 5. j FIRST CAR ON IXTERFRBAX. Takes Greenwood by Surprise?Reg. ular Schedule in Three Weeks. Greenwood, Sept. 6?The first passenger car on the interurban rolled in | this afternoon on its own propelling j | machinery. On the car were Vice! | President W. S. Lee, General Manager | E. Thomason, 0. J. Copeland, land and i industrial agent; Mr. C. S. Allen, i t 1 freight and passenger agent; Mr. Burns, of the traffic department, and other officials. The car came in unheralded and unannounced, but was soon | surrounded by a crowd of admiring j 1 citizens. General Manager Thomason i ! says a through passenger service will | be in operation between here and An-; i der?pn inside of three weeks. j There is only a short break now to : be closed up between here and Honea! Path. Freight trains are being car-1 / 1 ried through every day, part of the j : way being by steam locomotives. In | 1 three weeks all steam power will be S discarded. Vice President W. S. Lee j' j was delighted with the condition of I the roadbed and the progress made,!' ; and being made, on the line. For the present the interurban will j ! have a joint agency here with the Sea-! j board, with Mr. R. B. Xorris, the peo-! ! ular and efficient Seaboard agent, in j charge. The new passenger cars are! splendidly fitted up and have every i known contrivance for convenience 11 and comfort. 1 i Now is the time to subscribe to Th?? :1 < - 1 TT pro I/"I Q n rl Vaivo 1 "A o ?.*V*I4AU V4.&AVA .'V. ?? o , KJX.'J\J rx J K^CL. | , ; J i ohighester s pills *3* /^v THE DIAUON?? BRAND. /\ I | I'kJics! Ask yc *r?jgglst for t I . ^ *v^!m fil-che??ter'(j IM?!iiond l{raini/A\ I' !*'"? ?'? Bed a.id Gold nvtal!k\V/ ' ; *ipv ?bo*es. sealed with Blue Rit.hon. \/ ! ^<kVv>6 Take no ether. Jtuy of yoar 5 7 ~ ?7T AskforCIU-CI!L.S-TER?. ! | r^T l?IA?.10NI> r.UAM> JMLI.*, for S."i M V^?* years known as Best, Safest. 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SO RE A SO \ FOR II. 1 I of Tou Are Shown a Way OutThere can be no reason why any I reader of this who suffers the tortures I * 1 - - t- - A?*? ATonna nf I Df an acning oaoh, uir auuu.>auw _ urinary disorders, the pains and dan- I ?ers of kidney ills will fail to heed the I word of a resident of this locality who I aas found relief. The following is B :onvincing proof. ^ 1 Mrs. J. M. "Wheeler, Prosperity, S. Oar., says: "My kidneys were disor- least. I iered for a long time, causing terrible of ever t pains through my loins and limbs, law proci rhere was also a constant ache in my ney Pills back and on some occasions I could Son's dri scarcely get about. The kidney secre- j -hey v.*er< Lions were unnatural and annoyed me j induced r 5" :'y i r.'iv.z : - < ;\il phvsi- j after 1 h; riars 3r.d tried a number of kidney boxes m; remedies, but did not improve in the | and my 1 J / J 1: _ r\ erry Savings 1 <, - $50,0' i Mterwij p ? r. ramier, ur a itjluici, ui a u A vhat your trade or profess ey in the bank. It will I I day or a day when yon much as now. ti Always Has The A iterest Paid on Savings Dc J.L N6RV0 V wilrninc r f miAitA? i - ...ft ^rightsvill Is calling you?the cry out for you >wd. No more delightfu COU 111 v r, boating^ fishini jasures. Reached in a few rfant service of tl )AST LINE RA mdard Railroad of / ranections. ' e 1._> inquire ror raies, your local agent, < W. J. CRA! Passenger 1 Wi had about given up the hope 1 their leing cured when my son-in- \ Lired a supply of Doan's Kid- j ?* Tr for me at W. E. Pelham & S( store. He had read that,' Fo ~o i good for kidney trouble and cent' lie to try them. I did so and New ad taken the contents of two Stat# y backache had disappes--p-i Re iidneys had been restored to take \ > *. '1 / i /.-4i , / ^ Sank I" 00.00 f J I r - irpenter, Jf iion, put lelp yon %. i may not I loney" I OD, Cashier l I M y m t i rton i n i ? eoeacn i surf, the music, I 1 t to/ follow the I 41 1 seaside resort 1 j ^UASl, iui uaui- | y and vacation r hours via the I 1 Tf X MTir tie i l/\ii a ILROAD, The! g the South, and I schedules, etc., I ? ^ }f auui cod IG, Vaffic Mgr., ilmington, N. C. 4 normal condition. I have recom led Doan's Kidney .fins to many ly friends and shall continue to >" r sale by all dealers. Price 50 5. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, York, so'e agents for the United | I member the name?Doan's?and * M uo other. ||