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WILL BLEASE RUN ! AGAIN THIS YEAR? Says He is Not Candidate, But Will Make Race for Governor or U. S. Senator if Friends Think he Should. Greenwood Index-Journal. The following: article appeared in. inilpv^on Tribune on Friday: ^ _ A few days ago, The Tribune Bk?rinted a local squib to the effect ^Rhat Will LaBoon and some of the' Wf "Coley-ill-I-die" friends of the former governor were grooming him to ; make the race for governor. Mr. La- i ^ Boon mailed the \ clipping to Mr. & Blease, together with a letter urging; ^Bhim to throw his hat in the ring. Yes- j ^Kerday Mr. LaBoon received the fol-j ? ? \iv to his Hum mi. .. _ ^^Better and as Mr. Blease's statements ! usually contains more or less pep, the j J letter is published for what it is j I? worth: Kfc Columbia, S. C. ?V. M. LaBoon, Anderson, S. C., p My dear friend: j Your letter of March 15, in which' you enclose me a clipping from a; newspaper received, and from that inclosure I cannot tell what paper. l However, I wish to state that in i fel the following statement it is absolute ly and unqualifiedly correct: 9L "It is understood that the former ^Bgovernor is living quietly in Colum-j fi>ia, practicing law." j And I am glad to say that the 1 status seems to agree very thoroughly with me, both physically and financially, as I weight 167 pounds, never; felt better in my life, and am in per- \ "feet physical condition. I was re- j vently gone over by an eye and nose ; specialist, by a stomach specialist,! had an X-ray made of my teeth, and ! other examinations and was pro-j ,-^iounced to be in perfect physical con- j /dition by each of the doctors; and I.. \lTA/ib 1 * made mv income tax reium who . i and I had to pay the government, to J my sorrow and regret, $41.81 in- j. come taxes. So, this is one newspaper statement that I have to an- j1 k nounce to the public is correct. I Now, as to your proposition. You ' say "Anderson county wants you for ] governor. Won't you get into the ' * | race this summer?" I have received many letters from all over this state, 1 and I Have had many people to call 1 upon me personally. Some of these letters are from men who have never | heretofore supported me for any po- \1 litical office, and men have come into ! my office who' have never supported .; frvr nnv office, asking: me to re- i; 1UK* *V? %-V - , w >enter the political arena. Some'1 want me to run for the United States j1 Senate, because they state that per- j 1 sonal liberty and states' rights have P been squandered and that southern J senators have surrendered all to the North for which the Confederate sol- J dier fought. Others say, "We want ' you at home; we want you to re- J store personal liberty to us, and stop ' this search and seizure of men's homes and property without war-, ^ /rant of law. We want you to!; i!? -r stop the incarceration m uux boys into reformatories and our; girls into institutions where they are worse off- than if they ware living in the penitentiary or open to 1 the public contrivances of the day. It is in the governor's office that we -need you." I feel flattered 01 course?more than flatered?that I should receive j these letters and personal requests j to go back into the public service, j But, to be honest with you, I made ? my life's fight for two things; one to; be governor of South Carolina,,and the other to be considered by those who are qualified to judge, as one of the ablest, or at least, one of the ablest criminal lawyers that South Carolina has produced. The first I have accomplished/ and it is written s?o indelibly upon the pages of history of this state that no * historian I can obliterate it. As to the second, I 1 1 ttnfVi ? am proua zo say mai mui whom I now associate and before whom I have practiced, are so kind as to say that I am within the limits of a fairly good practitioner. Therefore, having: accomplished my two life's purposes, and bein<r today so situated financially, by the help of God's jrift from your county?a pretty little red-headed <rirl who has now bloomed into womanhood, and to ^ whom I owe in great measure what I ?tm and what I have accomplished? why should I throw her and myself both back into the political broil and confusion to attain that which has been ours; or why should I throw her and myself back into it to attain what some consider the highest honor?the United States senatorship?though personally I consider it a less honor, because I believe a man who h^s been governor of his state has attain" ed more honor than one who has been a United States senator. I have been given the highest honor of m;* home people, my town people, the mayor of that city; the highest honor of my country people, the senatorship of their county; and the highest honor of my state, ths governorship. I could ask nothing more, und I do ask nothing more, a-id when 1 leit the governor's office, I said: "I! have retired from the political arena j but if my friends ever need my ser- j viccs or demand my services, they are j at their command." "still stand by my friends, and j wh.'le personally I am not a candi-j dai$ for any position, if my friends! thi.ik I can serve them by going into ; 1 ^ - - - - ^ 1 ^ *" Al' . iih* race, eitner iur nit* ocuntviaiuj/ u? : governorship, 1 am at their command. { Therefore, I am in their hands. If j they think I should run for the sena- i torship, I shall make the fight; if they think I should make a run for the governorship, I shall make the fight, and shall fight as I never have fought before, not for myself, but for economy in the expenditure of the people's money, the abolition of useless jobs, | personal liberty, states' rights, free- j dom of thought, freedom of speech, j freedom of action and the worship of j God as each man for himself should decide. Excuse my writing to you elabor-,-*1 ,-r Kn+ T -folf +Vis>f Ac vnn wrnt.p i 9 k/UW X 1 VAV VIJMV V V. your letter and put it in the shape you did, I should answer so that you and my friends might know my position. I repeat, I have no desire to enter again upon the troubled waters of the political sea, but if I can serve my people, my personal feelings have long since been gratified, and I love my friends and whatever is mine is j theirs. This is written to vou in reply to yours, but you may use it as you see j fit, publicly or privately. With my kindest regards, and best j wishes. As ever, COLE. STARTING HOOVER BOOM Smith Carolinians Asked to Back Administrator. NTews and Courier. Columbia, March 20.?A well-dereloped boom has been started for Herbert Hoover for Presidential nominee, and a prominent Columbian today received a wire from Lewis Strauss of New York, asking him to help get together a South Carolina Hoover organization. As this citizen had not time to consider the proposal, as yet, he would not give voice to the expression of an opinion. The wire reads: "A group of men from all sections Df the United States have spontau- j eously gathered here who regard j Herbert Hoover as the one logical j individual equipped by training and ! broad experience to conduct qur na-j tional affairs safely over the ap-, proaching economic crisis, confident j that the grounds well existing! throughout the country for Mr.! Hoover as typifying concise policies j and business-like administration, only j requires a medium for expression, | a national committee has been form-1 ed and organizations have sprung up in nearly every state. South Caro-j [ina is not yet represented. Does not1 this feeling exist in South Carolina? i If so do you not consider it urgent! that it be provided immediate opportunity for articulate expression?" nrvvf/i A TATI PHAll tuutAiuK rnum i GEORGIA SPEAKS ! Wife Had Suffered Four Years, He Says. TELLS OF CHANGE "I Have Never Seen Anyone Improve Like Ske Has, Thanks to Tanlac." i ' "Tanlac is the only medicine thatf ever did my wife any good," declared Prof. W. A. Wood, of Central school, Winder, Ga. "It has restored her health and relieved us of untold anxiety, for her case was a mostj serious one. *Her main trouble seemed to be j nervous indigestion," he continued, j "She had suffered four years and had j lost in strength and weight in spite of the best treatment we could get. She was extremely nervous and the loss of sleep pulled her down to a shadow. She could digest little she ate and suffered from gas on the J stomach, heartburn and nausea, and i she had headaches most all the time, with persistent constipation. "After some hesitancy we decided to try Tanlac, and she began to show decided improvement with the second bottle. She has since taken several, and the change has been marvelous. She is gaining in strength and weight every day and practically all her troubles have left her. She eats and enjoys anything she wants and rests well at night. I have never seen such improvement in any person in such a short time." - Gilder & Weeks, Newberry, S. C., Prosperity Drug Co., Prosperity, Little Mountain Drug Co., Little Mountain, S. C., W. 0. Holloway, Chappells, S. C., Whitmire Pharmacy, Whitmire, S. C. 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