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Statements From Miss R
J. M. Alexander That ]
of Incident in Railwa;
Belton, Aug. 9.?In its issue of i
Friday morning, August 4, the Bel-j
ton Times carried an article, giving:
an account of an incident that occurred
in the Southern railway sta- j
tion here Saturday afternoon, July)
29. The incident caused no little
. amount of comment 'here in Belton.'
'.-V- One of Gov. Blease's adherents, Jas.
^ v # G. Harris, wrote the governor, askv
ing him if the article was true, and
the governor replied under date of
August 5, denying the charges which
the editor of The Times had brought
against him, and further called the
editor of The Times a liar. Numbers
of people offered to substantiate the
article, and the editor of the paper
' has secured sworn affidavits to prove
jke/' v its truth.
J. Archie Willis, of Laurens counP.
/- ty, a member of the State legislature
? * from Laurens county, is the owner
of The Times. He came to Belton
from Laurens yesterday, and when
shown the article, published in the
Anderson Intelligencer, which included
Gov. Blease's letter to his
f friend, Mr. Harris, he proceeded to
get the proofs that the article published
in last Friday's Times was true'
in every respect. He secured the
sworn affidavits of people who witnessed
the conduct of the governor
that his paper's article was absolutely;
' ly~ true, and he wrote Gov. Blease a
letter yesterday afternoon, inclosing
I affidavits.
?> . *
I. '' Letter to Governor.
rV "Belton, S. C., Aug. 8, 1911.
"Hon. Cole L. Blease, Governor of.
South Carolina, Columbia, S. C.
"Dear Sir: I have just read copyj
of your letter to James G. Harris,
published in this morning's AnderJ
eon Intelligencer, in which you accuse
the editor of the Belton Times
v with having lied in the published account
of your ungentlemanly conduct
in the railway station here on Saturday
afternoon, July 29. As to the
remaining contents of your letter,
you have called so many editors iny
this State 'dir?r scurrilous little editors'
that it must appear to you the
t joke has grown rather stale.
"The facts in the article referred
.to were published precisely as stated
by the young 'lady of whom you
bought your ticket, and I am inclosing
you herewith her sworn affidavit
to the effect that the article was true
' In every respect. I am going to the
further trouble to accommodate your
I excellency, and am inclosing you also
the sworn affidavit of James M. Alexander,
the well known superintendi
ent of the Pelzer mills, who witness:'v
ed the incident, that the incident
happened exactly as reported in the
r Belton Times. So, with the evidence
i in your hands, it must appear very
plain to you that you must go further
than accusing the editor of the
Times with having lied, if you want
'. to prove yourself innocent of the
v charge which the young lady has
lodged against you. You must do
that which no gentleman having the
hi?h sense of honor Which you claim
to have would do, and must accuse
the young lady with having perjured
herself. At the same time, my dear
: sir, you must prove the sworn stately
ment of the gentleman who witnessed
it, and who has made sworn affidavit
that the article published in
the Belton Times was a true account
of what happened, to be a lie also.
"And, now, my dear sir, out of respect
for the governorship of my
< State, a member of whose general assembly
I have the honor to be, I refrain
from telling you what I know
you are, and put it up to your constituency
to judge as to whether or
not you are the one who has lied
about the matter.
"Very respectfully,
"J. ARCHIE WILLIS,
"Publisher the Belton Times."
Inclosed with the letter Mr. Willis
included the affidavit of Miss Rogers,
the ticket agent, and also the affidavit
of James M. Alexander, super
Iiuieuuem ui me reiser nuns.
Mr. Alexander's Affidavit.
The following affidavit was sent
the Belton Times by Mr. Alexander
from Pelzer yesterday afternoon:
"The controversy between Gov.
Co^e Blease and Miss Rogers, as
printed in the Belton Times, is correct.
I was present-trying to get a
ticket for the train going to Greenville
and heard the conversation.
Would not have known the man if
be had not said, 'I am Cole Blease, |
governor of South Carolina,' etc.
"JAS. M. ALEXANDER,
"Sworn to before me this the 8th j
day of August, 1911.
"J. H. MERRITT.
"Notary Public South Carolina."
Governor Denies It.
The governor's letter follows:
August 5, 1911.
"Mr. James G. Harris, Belton, S. C.
ITS
LEASE'S COURSE
ogers, Ticket Agent, and
Belton Times' Account
y Station is Accurate
"Dear Sir: Your letter of the 4th
inst. received. In reply I beg to state
that on my way home on Saturday,
July 2$, I walked up to the ticket office
window at Belton, laid down two
milao rrn nnvorc TOl'th CDmO atrillff
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left, but not enough to bring me
through to Columbia. I did not know
at what time either train arrived at
Belton, but was of the opinion that
I made rlose connection. When I
presented the mileage books I asked
the young lady for a ticket to Columbia.
She replied, 'I have not time
to wait on you now.' I said, 'Well,
I want to go to Columbia and I want
a ticket.' She said, 'I have pot got
time to compute this mileage and
make the calculations.' I smiled and
said, 'Very well, I will tell you who
I am and you will please remember.
I am Cole L. Blease.' (I did not say
'governor of South Carolina' or mention
the fact that I was governor.)
I told her who I was because it was
my intention to get on the train
without a ticket, present the mileage
and state why I did not have a ticket,
and if the conductor declined to
accept the mileage, I was going to
sue the railroad for damages, and I
wanted the young lady as a witness,
to remember that I had applied to
her for a ticket, presenting the mile
age and that she had refused it.
When I told her who I was, I said, 'I
will report this matter to your superintendent.'
She then took my
mileage, quickly made the calculation,
told me that there was 70 cents
due, which I paid very promptly.
She handed me back the ticket with
the two vacant* slips and said, 'Thank
you,' I said, 'I am very much obliged
to you; you may keep the two old
oo VAI1 mOV TUlfth to SATld
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them in.' She said, 'No, you might
need them to show the conductor
when he asks for your ticket.' I re- ~
plied, 'All right,' and picked them up
and walked away. *
"I showed no discourtesy whatever
to the yohng lady; only was exercising
my right as a passenger on the
road and told her who I was, as I
have stated, for the purpose I have
stated.- I showed no discourtesy, but
treated .her the same that I would
have if every relative of hers in the
world had been present. There were
two vnnn? men sittine behind her in
the office at the time and an old Confederate
veteran standing by me, with
badge on. The conversation did not
even attract their attention, which
shows Jhat there was nothing whatever
about the matter to have caused
any one to write a lie about, such as
has been written by the dirty scurrilous
little editor of the. Belton Times.
I do not know who he is, have never
seen him, but from this article I am
satisfied that he is only another pimp
of the newspaper combination that is
continuously lying about me.
"I thank you for your letter and
for this opportunity of explaining the
matter. Very respectfully,
"COLE. L. BLEASE.
"Governor."
Article Substantiated.
J Archie Willis, when he saw the
governor's letter stated that since
matters had taken the turn they had,
he would produce the evidence, first
to prove that the Belton Times'
statement was correct in every respect,
and that then the people of
the State might judge as to whether
Gov. Blease had stuck to the truth,
in denying the correctness of the article.
The Belton Times has in its pos
session affidavits to show that the
governor did treat the young lady at
the ticket window discourteously
and further affidavits stating that the
article published in The Times was
a true account of what happened.
To Whom It May Concern:
This is to certify that the account
of Gov. Blease's conduct in the
Southern railway station at Belton
Saturday afternoon, July 29, which
the Belton Times published Friday
morning, August 4, was a true acc6unt
of what happened.
. MISS MARY ROGERS.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
the 8th day of August, 1911.
JOHN A. HORTON,
Notary Public South Carolina.
Witness: J. O. MEREDITH.
"The time will come in South
Carolina, unless there is an awakening,
when public affairs will be controlled
absolutely by the railroads
and like corporations," says The
Bamberg Herald. "It is not far distant,
in our opinion." For instance,
the railroads might elect a governor.
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BURNING WAY TO LIBERTY.
Negro in Branch ville Guard House '
Set Fire to Door.
Branchville, Aug. 11.?This morning
about 4:30 o'clock, when Con- <
stable Byrd went to the guard house i
to get Isaac Brown, a negro, to carry 1
him to Orangeburg, the negro, charg- 1
ed with having broken into a freight ]
car Wednesday night, he found the ]
door of the cell on fire. Had he been <
30 minutes later the negro would 1
have made his escape. He had ig- j
nited the woodwork by piling his bed '
clothes against the door and setting ,
fire to them.
Sunday-school Convention.
The Barnwell and Bamberg Sunday-school
Convention will meet at '
Olar Wednesday, Thursday, and Fri- 1
day, August 30 and 31, September
1, 1911. Following is the programme:
WEDNESDAY.
. 10:30?Service of Song and Pray- !
er?Jeff Hair.
11 a. m.?Introductory Sermon?
Paul Bolen.
Organization.
Miscellaneous.
Dinner.
3 to 3:15 p. m.?Song and Prayer 1
?G. E. Birt.
3:15 to 4?Verbal reports from !
delegates.
4 to 4:30?Temperance day and
how to use it?O. J. Frier.
UionAllononno and adinnrn
8 p. m.?Service of Song and Prayer?F.
H. Hitt. |
8:30?Address by T. J. Phillips.
THURSDAY MORNING.
10 to 10:30?Song and Prayer?
J. A. Jenkins.
10:30 to 11?Best method in se- 1
curing and holding members in the J
Sunday-school?J. A. Hunter, J. D.
Moore.
11 to 11:45?Duty of Church to
Sunday-school?B. F. Allen. 1
(a) Individual members?R. P.
Galphin.
(b) Church as a body?S. G. May- !
field. (
11 4 tn 19' in?Diitv of Snndav
school to the Church?Geo. Hopkins. '
12:15 to . 12:45?Normal Work. '
Presenting Diplomas?J. D. Moore. ;
12:45 to 1:20?What the Normal
Course is Worth to Me?W. G. Ma- 1
this, and Miss Clara Johnston.
1:20 to 1?30?Song Service?C. 1
W. Rentz. " 3
Dinner.
3 p. m. to 3:15?Song and Prayer
?M. J. Free.
3:15 to 3:45?The Teacher outside
the Sunday-school?Jeff Hair, !
O. J. Frier.
3:45 to 4:15?Ignorance of the 1
Bible in the Sunday-school; its Remedy?W.
H. Simpson and W. C. Baxley.
4:'Z o 4:45?The Place of the
Quarterly in the Sunday-school?B. i
F. Allen.1
Miscellaneous and adjourn.
8 p. m.?Service of Song.
8:30?Sermon?E. A. McDowell.
FRIDAY MORNING.
10 to 10:30?Song and Prayer?
Geo. H. Smoak.
10:30 to 11:15?The Officers of
the Sunday-school?E. A. McDowell.
(a) Superintendent?Miss Jessie
Willis, Mrs. Emma Reed. - %
(b) Teachers?J. D. Moore.
(c) Secretary?F. P. Lee.
11:15 to 12?Mission training in
the Sunday-school?R. R. Johnston,
J. K.. Hair.
12 to 1:30?Open Parliament; ^
Teachers, Their Successes, Failures
and Difficulties?Led by Jeff Hair.
Dinner.
3 to 3:30?Service of Song.
3:30?Reports of Committees.
Presentation of Banners.
Miscellaneous and adjourn.
Gospel Hymn^ 1 to 6 will be used. 1
Bring books. C. W. Rentz will have
charge of music. Dinner is expected 1
on the grounds each day. Delegates 1
come prepared to make convention a 1
success. 1
Shot to Death in Church.
Alexandria, La., Aug. 8.?While
attending0 services at Hopewell
church, ten miles north of this city,
last night, Joe Stilley, a farmer, was
shot dead in his seat, his wife was
dangerously wounded and his moth- 1
er slightly wounded. One load of
buckshot, fired through a window of
the church by an unknown party, did
the woik. Stilley had been tried in
the district court several times on
charges of hog and cattle stealing in
the Hopewell neighborhood and the
shooting is believed to be the -direct <
result of this trouble.
Stilley was sitting between his
wife and mother, with his small baby
in the latter's arms. As Stilley arose,
at the conclusion of the services, a
shot rang out and he fell dead with ,
12 buckshot in his right side. Several
shots pierced the left side of his
wife's neck and she was removed to a
sanitarium here dangerously wounded.
Several shots struck the mother
of Stilley in the forehead producing
painful flesh wounds.
No trace of the assassin has been
found.
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WON BY A DRUM.
riie Battle of Areola a Romantic Episode
of French History.
There stands in the French town
3f Cadenet, his native place, a monument
to the memory of "The Little
Drummer of Areola," Andre Estienne,
the hero of one of the most
romantic episodes in French history.
It was an episode that illustrated the
extraordinary military value, so often
attested by the world's greatest
eenerals of what Othello called the
"spirit stirring drum." It may be
said, curiously enough, that Napoleon
Bonaparte's great career was
built upon a drum, for the battle of
Areola was won by the beating of
Estienne's drum, and the Corsican
himself always dated his confidence
in his own fortune from Jiis battle,
won in 1796. The circumstances
were these:
Bonaparte, hemmed^ in with a
small army at Verona, between two
greatly superior forces, sallied out at
night, made a forced march, and
with 14,000 men fell upon the rear
of 50,000 Austrians. The battle lasted
72 hours. On the second day of
the fighting the Austrians obtained
such a position that they completely
and murderously swept the bridge
of Areola, which the French had
gained and which they must hold if
:hey expected to* win the battle.
It was an unlooked for movement.
1 J. A _ J ??
.NO omuer was near, uui, auuic
tienne, the little drummer, was there.
He went to his sergeant and told him
that he should cross the bridge with
tiis drum and beat it on the other
side.
"But," protested the sergeant,
'before you place one foot upon the
bridge you will be killed. No 'man
Dn earth could live on that, bridge.
However, can you swim?"
"I can," said the drummer.
"Then swim across with your
drum."
"Impossible!" returned Estienne.
"Should the drum become water
soaked I could not beat it on the
9ther side."
But the sergeant was equal to this
difficulty. Being himself a fine swimmer,
he plunged into the water, bade
A.ndre mount upon his shoulders and
bold his drum clear of the water. In
this way the two crossed the river,
A.ndre beating his drum lustily all
the way. Once on the other side, he
pounded it in a way to well nigh
wake the dead. The Austrians who
were massed near were nearly all
raw recruits. Hearing what they
took to De.tne arums 01 an aavanning
force of French and remembering
the terrible French onslaught of the
day before, they fled. This left the
bridge clear, and the French bef^an
to pour across. .Andre was joined
by other drummers.. The Austrian
flight became a rout. The French
swept on, with'Andre Estienme, still
drumming, at their* head. Soon the
whole Austrian force was retreating,
utterly beaten.
Years later Estienne's heroic act
was celebrated by being represented
in stone on the front of the Pantheon
at Paris. The funeral of the little
drummer of Areola was attended
by a large concourse of French officers
and soldiers.
His Fortunes Badly Mixed.
Orangeburg, Aug. 11.?A negro of
Orangeburg county, in order to come
into possession of a valuable tract of
land, must plead guilty to either
adultery or bigamy, laying himself
liable to a big fine or a term in the
penitentiary. Such a case is now in
litigation in Orangeburg county and
the outcome is being watched with
interest.
The negro was married in 1871.
Shortly after this marriage the contracting
parties concluded that they
could not live together and agreed to
separate. The man was married again
as was also the woman. The husband
J nortioo dioH jjnrT thpv
ctliu wilt; ui (.lit; pai uvo uivu ?
again took unto themselves a husband
and wife. The parties were
married three times. There were
many children. The wife came into
possession of a valuable tract of
land, and a short time ago she died.
Her husband of 1871 now lays
claim to the land. Whether he was
married to the woman is the quesHnw
now raised Tf hft was married
he is guilty of bigamy, and if he was
not married he is guilty of adultery.
If the negro answers not guilty to
the charges of bigamy or adultery he
loses claim' to the property and it
goes to the heirs of the woman.
Negro Lynched by Mob.
Farmersville, Tex., Aug, 11.?
Commodore Jones, a negro, who, 'it ii
alleged, used insulting language in
iddressing a young white woman over
the telephone, was hanged by a mob
to-night. Jones was arrested Thursday.
To-night a crowd of about 75
men and boys gained access to his
cell and marching him to the outskirts
of the town compelled him to
climb a telephone pole. At the top
one of the mob was waiting, a rope
was thrown about the negro's neck
and he was told to jump. He was
strangled to dea^h.
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