The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, July 11, 1912, Page 7, Image 7
MAYOR GRACE IV
WARM RE:
Gives Out Statement An
tack.?Tells Why H
Epithets When M
"Of course it was anticipated by j w
al **" ^ " "" t51 mama Ka aatr?_ t Tli
me inai ltu>. oicasc wuuiu wm-i pelled
at the Charleston meeting to i M
t take notice of and, if he could, j S
answer the charges which I have so i s<
publicly made against him," said al
Mayor Grace, in a statement replying ] si
to the attack made upon him by the j
governor in his speech at the State I
campaign meeting held Friday even- i tl
ing at the Hibernian hall. It will be 1 a
remembered that Gov. Blease, when h
he had finished his attack on Judge w
Ira B. Jones, spoke of the breach be- j o:
tween Mayor Grace and himself, i el
which grew out of his appointment b;
over Mr. Grace's protest, of whiskey j fi
constables in Charleston. This led tl
up to charges by the mayor that rr
graft could be traced practically up i c<
to the governor, which accusation di
was followed by the dispensary in- sc
vestigating committee of the legisla-: w
ture coming to Charleston and hold-, ai
.. ing an investigation. i tl
The governor denounced any man | si
accusing him of having received graft! p]
through ,the whiskey constables as a
malicious character-thief and coward- n<
ly liar. He read a letter from May- Si
or Grace asking him not to dismiss a f?
local notary who was a negro. The ai
feature of his address which made B
the deepest impression, was that if e}
Charleston voted for Jones, he would gi
do all in his power to place the met- j hi
ropolitan police here and governj Cc
Charleston by injunction. He refer- j p]
red lightly to the results of the re- ai
* cent investigation held by the legisla- j b:
tive investigating committee, and j oi
said that if any one would say to! ec
* Chief Constable Stothart's face that j
he had received graft, furnishing the;
proof, he would discharge him. j tt
Mayor Grace was in the audience at i w
the Hibernain hall when Gov. Blease | iS
attacked him so severely, but he held : ai
nis peace ana maae no repij. i^asu i tc
night he gave out the following state-j p,
ment: st
The Mayor's Statement. O
"Of course it wts anticipated by i tt
me that Gov. Blease would be com-! e(
pelled at the Charleston meeting to j ta
take notice of, and, if he could, | hi
answer the charges which I have so j Sc
publicly made against him. There e]
was no escape from this necessity, j t
1 The only matter over which I had n
any doubts was whether or not 11 Vj
should attend the meeting, and with; S(
my own ears hear what he had to u
say. My friends practically unani- 0]
mously advised me against it. As it | [Z
happened, I was on the Isle of Palm^ 0(
at the State Bankers' Convention i r(
and had I cared to lend plausibility'
to my absence I could readily have tc
evaded it. But I determined, that n
come what might, it was my duty to : p(
go to the meeting. As a Democrat, f a;
I have never missed any of these w
meetings, and the only thing that j q
could nave Kept me away wuuiu nave ; u
been, whatever others might have j
thought of it, cowardice on my part, i
'
"Having made up my mind, there-; jc
fore, to go, the next thing which u
bothered me was what attitude I
should assume toward Gov. Blease,' fj
howsoever personal and bitter he ]
might become. As I had deliberately 1 ir
gone to the meeting I was equally as I p
deliberate about what my course a
should be. I remembered that I j 0
was mayor of Charleston; that the p
\ hall was packed with men who, at j a
the slightest threat of personal in- j _
jury, would spring to my side i
through a devotion that is unexcelled j
anywThere. The police force, while j
composed largely of men loyal to me, i B
I would have required myself to do
its duty, and under the orders of the
chairman I, and even my most de*
voted friends, might have been sum- 11
marily rembved from the hall, to B
which extremity I would have bowed ^
in obedience to law. With these 81
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mere outlines of a riotous situation
flooding my mind there was but one *
view for me to take?to swallow
anything. I did it with complacency, h
and I think the public, from what I
hear, approves of my course.
The Beer Incident.
a -\ r ,J ; J S'
.viui BUYCi, vvxiai uiu it mattci
what Blease said? Did he not in the n
very speech in which he so violently 0
by indirection, denounced me, also ^
give utterance to the rankest indecen- i ^
1 D
cies and anarchy? Think of a gov-p
ernor replying as to how he stood on j
the beer question by shouting that if ; a
his questioner (in violation of the, ^
law) would bring him up to the stage j v
a drink of beer he would be better :
able to answer the question. Of jn
course, it was grilling to me to have!c
to sit and listen to Blease's lies. The j 0
idea of his making it appear that
the beginning of our troubles was
when he refused to appoint a negro
notary public, whose appointment, *
by the way, I had asked only as a v
favor to gentlemen in Charleston 5
IAKES
PLY TO BLEASJ
swering Governor's Al
e Did Not Resent
lade by Blease.
ho were not then, nor have ev<
een, my political friends. Ai
[essrs. Nathans and Sinkler also ni
ro lovers? And do they believe i
)cial equality? Certainly not. It
[most sickening to have to answ<
uch tommy-rot.
The Dispensary Constables.
i?mi ^?
xueic was uut uuc cause, au
iat was (as I said in a publishe
rticle recently,) Blease had broke
is public promise and his privai
ord. I expected him to be governc
f South Carolina, and when he w?
[ected I was happy. Any intimatic
v* him that I wished to usurp thos
mctions is more than absurd. 1
ie presence of many others he aske
ie if I would name a man for chi<
unstable, and in their presence
enounced the whole propositioi
lid that I would hold him to h
ord not to appoint any, as I kne
ad had told him in writing, thJ
ley would be grafters. They ha\
nee demonstrated it. What moi
roof does he need?
"Talk about facing Stothart! Wi
ess after witness under oath face
tothart, and then finally Stothai
iced himself, and looking himse
id his own guilt, (and I believ
lease's mountainous guilt) in tfc
re, he refused to answer on th
rounds that it might incriminat
imself. Why didn't Blease read th
instable letter?the letter of a pr<
tietic warning which I wrote hin
id in which I told him that he ha
roken his word, rather than switc
i on the irrelative tangent of alle*
1 social equality?
Blease's Threat.
"Of course, his nasty threat aboi
ie metropolitan police is in keepin
ith the rest of his character, but
in no way disquieting. If it mear
lything it means simply this: U
? August 27th, no matter what th
eople of Charleston do, the coi
ables will stay here as graft agent
n August 28th, if by their vote:
ie people of Charleston have resen
i his dirty adminstration, he wi
ike it as a sufficient crisis in th
istory of the State to justify his r<
>rt to whatever extraordinary pov
* he can stretch the laws to meai
he metropolitan police bill has bee
jpealed, but he refers to som
igue, obsolete power whereunder
)rt of martial law might be foiste
pon us?a power of course, und?
ur institutions necessarily lodgin
i our executive, if upon any rai
->rasinn a citv held itself in ope
ibellion against State authority.
"That such conditions in Charlei
)n could suddenly spring up ove
ight upon his defeat could only a]
eal to his diseased and lawless mini
nd were he even so disposed, 1
ould find that the courts of Sout
arolina, for which he professes sue
tter contempt, would stay his vengi
ll hand.
"We knowr that Charleston also tc
mg has bent under the fear <
surpation, but I believe that there
:il pride and resentment left, an
-om now until election day I expe<
) call upon her people by their unai
nous vote to spurn the bribe <
eace at the price of independenc
nd I ask them now in the languaj
f Patrick Henry, 'Is life so dear, (
eace so sweet, as to be purchase
t the price of chains and slavery?'
-Charleston News and Courier.
IOWA BANK ROBBER KILLED
toilet from Posse Pierces Bandit
Heart?Money Recovered.
Rome. Iowa, July 5.?After shoo
lg Cashier F. W. Hileman, of tl
Lome Savings Bank, in both arm
his afternoon, and escaping wil
Bveral hundred dollars in cas
iharles Clark, of Mount Pleasan
owa, was shot and killed to-nigl
i a running fight with a posse, whit
ad pursued him for several hou
i automobiles. The stolen mom
ras recovered.
Clark fired repeatedly at the po
e. J. O. Laughlin, a prominei
lerchant of Rome, one of the leade
f the posse, was shot in the bac
ut his injuries are not serious,
ullet fired by some member of tl
osse had pierced Clark's heart.
The injuries of Cashier Hilems
re not serious. Clark entered tl
ank as the cashier was finishing tl
rork of the day, and when Hilemj
efused to turn over the money lyir
ear the window in the cashier
age, Clark shot him, grabbed a pi
f bills and silver and escaped.
Rub-My Tism will cure you.
$25.00 up, suits to order of fii
roolens, fit perfect; also ready-ma<
lothes, all wool, from $10.00 u]
rash suits $4.00 up. Write F. <
4ERTINS, Augusta, Ga.
NEAR-DROWNING NEAR COPE.
r* Brother Saves Young Charles Henerey
from Watery Grave.
Cope, July 4.?Yesterday being a
national holiday, all the stores closed
t- their doors, and gave the clerks a day
off. A great many from town attended
a picnic at New Bridge, and report
having had a most pleasant time.
What came near marring the pleasure
of this occasion was the narrow
2r escape of Charles Henerey from
re drowning. While he and several othe
ers were in the river swimming, he
In was seen to sink; the first to go to
is his assistance was John Tatum.but he
?r carried him down; next, young Mr.
Powell, of Bamberg, swam to him
and was also carried under; then
l(j Mr. Harry McKenna, and he likeJ(j
wise was taken under. By this time
(n his brother, Parker, (who was pre?0
paring to dress,) learned of the
)r trouble, and got just below where
ls Charles was, and, holding to a limb
in with one hand, reached out with the
,e other and caught him as he came hy,
n and pulled him to safety. Parker
l(j lent a hand to some of the others,
who were pretty tired by this time,
j and pulled them out also, although
a they were not in any real danger.
is "Silent Cities of the Dead."
w
it Eight years ago to-day our darling
re Fannie died, and for' eight years to'e
day we have visited her grave, on
this the greatest day to the nation,
t- but one of the saddest of not the sadid
dest to the writer. The little one, too
ft true, was blind and never saw its
If father's face. We took her to the
e> best oculists in the State, and we
te had hopes of removing the cause of
te her blindness, but death came. She
:e was only a mite, yet I loved her to
madness, because she loved me so.
> On our annual trips we go alone to
commune with our dear ones dead,
d Some people have a perfect horror
h of the graveyard, but let us see, in
?- part, what these sacred spots have
done for man. It gave to architecture
the Corinthian order, a masterit
piece of art. Callimacus of Corinth
5 was passing by a grave, where an
it acanthus root had been placed upon
is it, on the root was placed a basket
P of toys, over this basket a tile. tVhen
ie the root sprouted the leaves met an
obstruction, and bended out. The
s. artist saw at once a model and the
s, Corinthian order is the most perfect
t- even now.
11 Grey's elegy was written in a
6 graveyard, and no poem in any tens'
guage will ever meet its diction or
its sentiment,
i- Longfellow has a poem or at least
n in a poem, refers to the graveyard
ie as "God's acre."
a Byron who said more pretty, and
!d as many ugly things as any writer
*r calls the graveyards
S "The Silent Cities of the Dead."
*e Shakespeare in his wonderful trag;n
edy, "Romeo and Juliet" reaches the
climax in a graveyard. There is
3- shown what science can do. There is
'r shown what hatred can do?what
?- love can do. There ends some
charming lives, too beautiful for
ie death to claim. There ends a feud
k as bitter as feuds have ever been,
h and in that graveyard was raised in
pure gold, by former deadly enemies,
the images of two lovers dead, Ro10
meo and Juliet. I often think that
no picture ever had in it as much
is beauty, yet as much horror, as this
one drawn by the master-mind,
Shakespeare.
a~ Adams and Jefferson died the
^ same day, July 4, 1826. Daniel Webs'
ster delivered the funeral oration,
>e and this piece of word painting will
)r never die.
The finest oration that ever fell
from human lips was that delivered
by Bob Ingersoll, over the grave of
Congressman Eben Ingersoll. It is
the brightest jewel in the tiara of
;g Western literature. It strikes the
heart-chords with a symphony as
sweet as Seraphs ever sung. It turns
t- words to jewels with the splendor of
le the noonday sun.
s, We might go on, but time forbids,
th but so long as we shall live each
h, 4th of July will be spent among our
,t, graves, and there upon them shed
tit tears of fond remembrance and tears
;h of bitter grief.
rs No use to fear the graveyard for
?y ere long each and all must have it
for a home, a dwelling place till
s- eternity begins, and may it be to
at each and all, "A blissful place of
rs rest." A. W. BRABHAM.
k, July 4, 1912.
A
ie Natural Curiosity.
Small Girl (entertaining her mother's
caller)?"How is your little
ie .
girl?"
16
Caller?"I am sorry to say, my
in dear, that I haven't any little girl."
*5 Small Girl (after a painful pause
,S in conversation)?"How is your little
1 o
boy?"
Caller?"My dear, I haven't any
little boy, either."
Small Girl?"What are yours?"
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*e Stetson hats and other fine makes,
PI $2.50 up. Also straw hats to close
3. out cheap. Write F. G. MERTINS,
Augusta, Ga.
LINCOLN'S GREAT MEMORY.
Told of Trivial Incident After Twenty-five
Years.
Judge Landis, of the northerr
district court of Illinois, is fond ol
telling this anecdote of Lincoln:
In 1834, when Lincoln was a candidate
for the legislature, he called
on a certain farmer to ask for his support.
He found him in the hay field
and was urging his cause when the
dinner bell sounded. The farmer in'vited
him to dinner, but he declined
politely, and added:
"If you will let me have the scythe
while you are gone I wil mow round
the field a couple of times."
When the farmer returned he
found three rows neatly mowed. The
scytne lay against tne gate post, dui
Lincoln had disappeared.
Nearly thirty years afterward, the
farmer and his wife, now grown old,
were at a White House reception, and
stood waiting in line to shake hands
with the president.
"When they got near him in the
line," says Judge Landis, "Lincoln
saw them, and, calling an aide, told
him to take them to one of the small
parlors, where he would see them as
soon as he got through the handshaking.
Much surprised, the old
couple were led away. Presently Mr.
Lincoln came in, and, greeting them
with an outstretched hand a warm
smile, called them by name.
"Do you mean to say," exclaimed
the farmer, "that you remember me
after all these years?"
" 'I certainly do,' said the president,
and he went on to recall the
day he mowed round the farmer's
timothy field.
" 'Yes. that's so,'said the old man,
stili in astonishment. 'I found the
field mowed and the scythe leaning
up against the gate post. But I have
always wanted to ask you one thing.'
" 'What is that?' asked Mr. Lincoln.
" 'I always wanted to ask you, Mr.
President, what you did with the
whetstone?''
"Lincoln smoothed his hair back
from his brows a moment, in dee?
thought; then his face lighted up.
" 'Yes, I remember now,' he said,
'I put the whetstone on top of the
high gate post.'
"And when he got back to Illinois
again the farmer found the whetstone
on top of the gate post, where it had
lain for more than twenty-five
years."?Youth's Companion.
Xegro Lynched Xear Little Rock.
Little Rock, Ark., July 5.?Johr
Williams, a negro, was taken froir
officers by a mob and lynched, neai
Plummerville, Ark., 40 miles northwest
of Little Rock, late last night
according to news received to-day.
Williams was a participant in 8
general fight at a negro picnic neai
Plummerville yesterday. Sheriff Taylor,
of Conway county, formed a posse
and went to the picnic to restore
order. Paul Disler, a special deputy
was shot and killed by the negrc
when the posse attempted to make
? - ArrV.4- TirifV
arrests. Alter a ruuuiue nsm.
the posse, Williams escaped, but was
later captured and held in hiding tc
prevent mob violence. While the authorities
were hurrying with the negro
across country to Plummervillc
they were met by a mob which overpowered
the deputies, hanged the negro
to a tree and riddled his bodj
with bullets.
Those in the posse assert inabilitj
to identify members of the mob. Nc
arrests have been made.
The Champion Liar.
An old negro in Mississippi was
on trial for stealing chickens. H<
had denied'his guilt, and one of the
deacons of his church was called tc
; testify to his reputation for trutl
, and veracity.
i "Now, deacon," said the prosecu
i tor, "do you know this defendant?'
"Yes, sir."
"How well do you know him?"
"Oh, I know him tahlable well."
"What is his reputation for trutf
and veracity in the neighborhood ir
which he lives?"
i The old man looked thoughtful foi
a minute.
"You know what I mean," continu;
ed the lawyer. "Does he tell the
truth? Can he tell the truth? Dc
, his neighbors believe what he says?'
"That niggah tell the truth? Does
* ?- l-i?o nn,,r
anyDoay Deneve mm:
lawyah, when that niggah wants tc
call his hawgs at feedin' time he ha:
to git somebody else to holler fol
him."
! Cutting Repartee.
''How," said a lawyer to a witness
1 "how can you possibly bear such tes
, timony against this man who yoi
, say is your friend?"
"Sir," said the man, "he is mj
friend, and I love him, but I lov<
Truth more."
"You should be ashamed," repliec
the lawyer, "to turn your back on i
, friend for one who is a perfec
1 stranger to you."
Rub-My Tism will cure you.
SPOILED A SPANISH PLOT.
* Reward for Dutch Boys for Sav
Amsterdam's Stock Exchange.
; Of the many quaint and curi<
^ customs, traditions and privile
prevailing in Holland none isv m
extraordinary than a certain pri
i
ege that has been enjoyed by
boys of Amsterdam for nearly I
' years.
At a fixed time each summer th
boys gather by the hundreds in
1 great square called the Dan, situa
in the center of the city. Each 1
5 has a drum slung over his shoulc
^ Facing this square is the stock
change, and on the occasion in qu
' tion, just as soon as the day's bi
* ness is over, as many of the boys
: can crowd into the building. T]
proceed to the floor of the exchan
s where, pursuant to this odd cust<
* they are permitted to march abc
^ singing and beating upon th
* drums.
The origin of this custom, it
' saia, is as iuuows;
L One afternoon in the year 162:
^ crowd of boys playing in the D
lost a ball in the canal that in th
1 days skirted one side of the squ?
' One of the lads, while climbing
^ among the piles on which the bu
ing stood, found instead of his 1
1 a boat moored in a dark corner i
1 loaded with boxes of gunpowc
This showed clearly enough, w
was afterward ascertained with c
! tainty, the intention of the Span
conspirators to blow up the stock
' change while it was crowded, as
1 was every day, with the leading c
1 zens of the city.
The boy who stumbled upon
' gun-powder at once hurried to
town authorities with his news. 1
boatload of explosives was quis
sunk into the canal and the Span
plot thus frustrated.
When the burgesses asked the 1
' - * -a i? J? a 4-u A ?
wnat reward ne uesneu iui mc ^
vice he had rendered' the town he
! plied that so long as there was
stock exchange in Amsterdam
boys of the town would like to
> permitted to make the floor of
exchange their playground durinj
certain part of the year. The requ
! was granted, and so the custom s
vives.?New York Sun. %
! "Johnny,' said the pretty teacl
^ "what, is a kiss?"
5 "I can't exactly put it into wore
returned the boy, "but if you re?
want to know, I can show you."
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