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w i HRj' . I GRACE GOMES AGAIN ? BE COMMENTS ON BLEASE'S REPLY TO CHARGES ? . HE TALKS OUT PLAINLY ? The Mayor Discusses the Governor's Answer to the Allegations Made in His First Statement, Ho Says, to Keep the Record Straight on the Issues Between Them. Mayor John "P. Grace oT Charleston, who is now at Glenn Springs, has Issued the following statement commenting on Governor Blease's reply to the charges brought against him by Mayor Grace in a statement issued Tuesday night: "1 am somewhat in doubt as to whether or not I should take any verbal notico of ftleascfs reply to my charges and am strongly Inclined not to do so. I only do so because on tho whole I think it bettor to keep the record straight. "With his usual shiftiness he seizes upon some comparatively iri-ninvotif nnrf r?f m v nf a torn pn t. m i r interprets it and by affidavits makes it appear that I have said something which is not true, just as, in his long statement in reply to the investigating committee's work, he gave out an affidavit from J. S. Farnum and ethers, upon secondary matters and resorted to what lawyers term 'special pleadings'. For instance, he got Farnum to make an affidavit that he had not contributed any money to Ulease'3 campaign, as I recollect the exact language, 'for the purpose of buying voles in Charleston County or elsewhere.' "I don't suppose Farnum did give <in? numuv r\ li 5a naninaipil mimlcd ?*" J " 'V?VJ 1" mo 0 .. ~ ~ - J. with the provision that it was to buy votes, but I happen to know of my own personal knowledge, that Farnum gave a substantial contribution to his Charleston committee and that he stated that ho would give more but that he had already contributed huge amounts to his State campaign. I do not believe that he can get any affidavit from Farnum denying this statement, but if he should, I would be in a position to prove at least the first part of it, that Farnum did give a substantial amount to his Charleston campaign. The Hotel Affair. "And so it is now. Anybody who will read my interview will at once 8co that I in no place accused Bleaso of being present in and taking part in what I termed the carouse at Wright's Hotel the night before the Inauguration, so that it was not necessary for him to go to the trouble of getting affidavits from Mr. Wright and Dr. Ilouseal. They are both telling the truth If their affidavits aro both confined to statements that Please was not in the gang that night. "But what I did say was this: 'As I read this Tetter I recalled a scene at Wright's Hotel the night before his inauguration. It was the first real insight I had ever had into Please and the atmospnere in which ho moved. And I think I can say that without exception it is about the nastiest recollection of my life. " 'it was a grand carouse, and I remember that 'Hub' Evans said to n>e: 'John, I am going to call on you some day,' because, lie said, 'you're Just the man I want.' lie then went at length into his approval of the way in which I had won tho IMordccai-O'Neill will case which was at that time stirring tho newspapers.' "The account which I have seen of Please's denial does not contain those aTdavits and I, therefore, do lift know what Dr. Ilouseal. and Mr. Wright have said. 1 hope they have not said, however, that there was not a snturnalian scene at tho hotel that night. Indeed it was worse than a carouse. It was an orgy and I was so utterly disgusted with it that when I got back home T told my intimate friends how loathsome it was to me. "Illcase was said to have been too sick that night and I have no reason to doubt that he was because the next day, that is inaugural dav, he sent. for mo to come io his room and I found him in b?d, nnparently suffering very much, with his doctor particularly in the region of his stomach. I mention this only as a little incident to refute the idea that Blease now puts forth that ho did not consider me very close to him. As to Grace's Support. "I expressed groat surprise in my rrccnt interview that Blease, notwithstanding his unconquerable audacity would go so far as to Intimate nt this time that he ever had any douht that I supported him in both the first and second primaries and he repeats those doubts in bis recent, interview, even going so far as to say 'be (moaning me) told me himself that be did not support mo in the first primary.' "I would like to know where and when I ever told him this. This is tho most mendacious 1 io that Blease has ever uttered, because it carries vTt.h It a monstrous and manifest absurdity. I would bo in a very difficult position but that fortunately the proof is clear not only that 1 did support him in the first primary, but that he and everybody elso kne w it. Moreover, as said in rny inicrvlow, it is all in writing, but unfortunately I have not a copy of my newspaper files with me at Glenn Springs. I will take this phase of it up later. Tie said lie was informed by those who had charge of his affairs in Charleston that I was against him And for McT.eod. I don't know who his Informant was and, in fact, doubt that he had any informant capable cf tclllrg such a palpable lie. T beltc-vo t? 1 ^ 1 .<:r 1 !;ig, I t ! L I prove even by the McLeod people, where I stood. McLeod's own first cousin, who In a way Wjis looking after his Charleston interests, cam? personally to me seeking my support for McLeod, and strange to say, personally, my preference was for McLeod, but I distinctly declined to support 'McLeod and wrote editorials along these lines upon the express reason that while McLeod said he was a local optionlst, his idea of local option was to let the law stand where It was; namely, a choice between prohibition and the county dispensary, to both of which I was opposed. Whereas Blease's alleged platform was a choice between three: prohibition, county dispensary or the private sale of liquor under dispensary reg ulations. This latter was what I preferred, knowing tho constitutional limitations against the only true solution of tho question from a Charleston standpoint, namely, a license system. "I told all this to McLeod's cousin and he went away regretfully, as he said, but with a frank declaration from me that I was against him and I immediately wrote editorials that will hear me out. "Nobody know this any better than Hlease, who read these editorials. Ho said X 'claimed' to bo for him in the second race. This also is a tactic lie. He knows I was with him in both races and as I said, when I get back to Charleston I will show a letter from him, thanking mo for what I had done. "Moreover only recently in his Charleston speech ho acknowledged his appreciation of what I had done for him in the same speech in which he now says he branded me as a character thief and a liar upon which I will dwell a little later. In fact, it was so well known that I had been a power for Bleaso that for months and months after the actual rupture came, it could not be believed thro'out the State that I was really against him. It militated greatly against me at the State Convention and my enemies there sedulously insisted that my breach with him was all a sham and succeeded in convincing many people, much to my detriment at that Convention that such was the case. "In the meantime, Blease was himself cultivating this idea. Whenever ho was asked about the alleged breach, ho denied any knowledge of it and even when he came to Charleston and was asked about it, his answer was that 'John was all right'. And all the while emissaries were coming to me begging me to overlook any cause which might have created a breach between us. An editor of a certain weekly paper came to me and said to me that it was too bad and wanted to know if it could not bo patched up. My invariable answer was inai u was simpiy useless to talk to me. "As to Blease's ungrateful fling, that In the first primary I could get only 6G3 votes for him, my only answer is that ho was so hated in Charleston and McLeod was so well loved and so favorably known there, that I consider it miraculous that we got even G63 votes. Nearly everybody of any standing and strength whatever in the first primary was a McLeod man. "The fact that Blease, in the second primary, polled almost Charleston's unanimous vote was due entirely to the fact that the alternative was Featherstone and prohibition. Strictures Against the Press. "I have no comment to make on Ma tirade against the press for publishing my statement about the bridge episode. Ugly as it was and as admittedly certain as it is to shock the decent sensibilities of not only the girls and ladies, but also the gentlemen of the State, it was nevertheless told with as delicate a touch as I was capable of giving it. It was chastity itself compared with the vulgai, obscene and grotesqueness which he seemed to relish in telling it first hand. Read my interview and you will see that while it portrayed a nauseating spectacle, it presented in as few words as possible and in as cireumsnect a manner as the scene itself would permit. What a wonderfully outraged scene of decency he assumes and what condemnation ot the press, after having himself excelled all records in the filth of his public utterances, utterances which drovo incites, morn tied ana onioarrassed, from bis meetings. "T liave spoken in practically every county in South Carolina and hundreds and hundreds of times lr the city of Charleston, and T have been in the thick of acrimonnious campaigns, but never once have 1 brought a blush of shame to even the most modest maiden's cheek noi have I ever told in public or private stories which sicken even the strong est men, such as the one habituallj n mm ft t 1 ,il i r* y\ f T"> 1 a a n a A n /l 1 v/llcti (IV'tvi lollt " i l LJiraoc. /miv* j ^ [ lease shouts In mock modesty thai T have said something so objection ahle Hint nobody 'with any gentle manly instincts whatever woulf niako such a foul and filthy state ment.' What, then, must it have been when it came from him, hofon it passed the crucible of a refiner mind. But whatever it is, It is fact, an expurgated fact, all his do nials to tho contrary notwithstand ing. r "As to his denial about the McPuf fie Hampton incident, tliis is onlj characteristic. T did not brand Wad< Hampton's son as a commor drunk aid. TTe did. I simply repeatec what ho said. 'Moreover, it is like him to try, even in this case, to raise a false Issue. What has Wade Hamp ton got to do with it? Ho drags in tho memory of this most Must/com man, whom at tho most critical mO' nmnt of his career be voted against Upon all occasions even trying in hi* sophls'ical way io make a virtue cut of what he did against (ion. Hampton, at the same time puH'ng the blame upon Judge lores' ghoul dorr for what tint grniieman did. And in popping I will say that my view of .Tores' voio upon the Hampton one <t!on war far more honorable and !?'rr.t tvan T'U.asc's ^h's has all h? en i .lalnr! on the stump. : r r< inrecpantly witli the I wIro ho would have deserted the cause. But Blease, with his usual shiftiness, voted for Hampton as long as his vote was not 'necessary, but when the trying period came, deserted him, as the records show. "But after all why drag in, as he says, 'South Carolina's grand old hero at all'. In the first place, 1n mentioningHhe McDuiile Hampton incident, thereby dragging in the name of the grand old hero, remember that It was he who did it. It was he who said that McDuiile ITampton had been elected by money furnished by the Southern Railway. Not I. I knew absolutely nothing about It until be told me, and nobody could liave been more shocked' than*I was when he tlid tell me. Mut we do not have to appeal very long to history to learn that there is nothing in an honored name. I have been told and I love to remember that: ?' "It seems to ntfe, wljate'er we be, 'Tis only noble to. do good; Kind hearts are more than coronets And simple faith than Norman blood." "Even if it be true that the blood of South Carolina's grand old hero runs in the veins of McDuffe Hampton, does that give him any license to disgrace that name? And all this talk about Wade Hamptpn is worse than toinmy-rot ana a characteristic evasion of the issue. "Moreover, and in short, I feel that the public would only be bored if I went over that staff appointment of which he makes so much repeating his old lies. The T. R. Letter. "As to the T. B. letter, he says that he immediately locked It up in his safe and soon thereafter transferred it to the vault of the Palmetto National Bank. I remember distinctly when he showed me that letter, and that while I did not show it to my brother, who was present, we talked it over with Blease in such a manner, seemingly, without any objection from Blease, that my brother was aware of its contents and I advised Blease that it was not safe to carry it around in his pocket, in which my brother agreed with me. and to which Blease replied that he agreed with us and that he would put it in the vault, as he said he did, until ho needed it. "Rut as to never consulting me, that is simply another absoluto lie. I have a photograph of the letter in my mind's eye now; I remember the kind of paper it was written on, the contents, and I remember saylnk to B!ease that it would be easy to corroborate parts of the letter which referred to the organization of some srock which referred to the organistock company under the laws of some State which I now forget. And in furtherance of this statement I want to say, and I think I am not divulging any secret, that when the investigating committee held a session some time ago in Augusta, I had a long tolk with Senator Carlisle about this very letter. I told him that I had no doubt that all that Felder said he was trying to prove was true, in ract a mousana times as much as he could prove, but I personally held some misgivings about Felder and that they arose from the very examination to me. That It looked to me like a geuine letter and if not that It was certainly a first-class fake. I have since seen Felder's explanation of this letter, that It was a skillful forgery, and It may bG, as the men connected with It are capable of entering into such a scheme. But so far as I could tell from the examination of it, I had reached damaging conclusions about l-'elder. But such, however, is not my interpretation of it for it doesn't make any difference to me, nor am 1 ; passing judgment upon what Felder i is. I have in mind, not the guilt of Felder or his innocence, but simply i the guilt of Blease and I am abso; lutelv sure that Felder has said not one fiftieth part of the bad things that he has done. "And now let me return for a few i moments to the incident of which he made so much of to close. ;it i/ii^ * unrir.'tviMi i?iu imm J " He said that he branded my charges against his and Stothart as falsehoods to my face and that I did 5 nothing in tlie presence of my police 1 force, but sit there and grin. Again ' lie lies. His statement in Charleston, after having said a great deal in appreciation of me was that any one I who insinuated that ho was a grafter! i was a malicious character thief and J cowardly liar, and when he said it lie * not only didn't look at me but lie t was the scaredest looking man that I i havo ever seen and I was not grin* ning. I was bearing It., but 1 was far! J from ginning and why I bore it I - have already fully explained and my * explanation has met with unlvessal t approval. I had gone there to bear t it. I could readily liave stayed - away. I was the mayor of Char leston. The entire police force was 1 under my supreme control and or* dors. The hall was tilled with in3 tense partisans and friends of mine, ; r.d the slightest loss of self-posses1 s'en on my part would have meant 1 riot, and ruin. I could easily say that T did not take those remarks to my self because they were addressed to 'anyone' who said he was a grafter - and one-half the people of South Carr oltna have already said so and more 3 than half \\lll say so on election day. - Put I am not evading the issue. 1 While ho was not. man enough in ? that instance to say specifically that 5 h< menat me, I construed it to wean tliat he meant me. Tint to i I show that he is a coward and that } J he Is afra'd to apply It to me epecl | fit ally we mot on the street that day. . lie raw me and I saw him, and ho ilhnd absolutely nothing to say. More: | over, ( have said about him and have 'pro\cn It, as imnh as what Folder ijiias said i bout him, ev n if Folder i ha-n't pro#v< i it. TIo makes n groat I pretense of wanting to get Folder ov~ ' | er in Souih Carolina evidently to do ijhiri some personal injury, because I he coupled his offer of a thousand i1 dollars reward with the statement' I that, when Folder was brought on i j this side of 11 > Pavannah River ho must be tbore. Nov, I am in Sov.tb BRANDS THEM FALSE BLEASE DENIES ALL THE CHARGES MADE BY GRACE SAYS THE MAYOR LiED ?~? Please Tells of Ills Political delations With Grace and Possession of the Famous T. 15. Letter and Denies Southern Itailwuy Story and All the Others. Denying the charges made by Mayor John P. Grace of Charleston, at the Glenn Springs hotel this week, branding them as "infamously false and contemptible," Governor Blease Thursday gave out a statement for the press. Ho says: "I have read the statement sent our by John P. Grace from Glenn Springs, S. C., which contains that foul and dirty lie, displayed in largo headlines in The Columbia State?"A Negro Story." It is so infamously false and contemptible that I do not desire to lower myself as a gentleman to further notice it, and am satisfied that all of the people of South Carolina will agree with me that nobody with any gentlemanly instinct whatever would make such a roul and filthy statement. "As to his statement about the Southern Railway,?that is absolutely and maliciously false. I never made such a statement to him or anyone else in my life, and when ho speaks of the son of South Carolina's grand old hero, Wade Hampton, as a common drunkard, ho speaks falsely and places himself beneath the notice of any man with pure white blood in his veins. Mr. McDuffie Hampton and myself were on the campaign together two years ago; we were friends; I treated him kindly and poitelv. as'I treat all gentlemen. "The statement that I handled money for the Southern Railway and took vouchers from Mr. Hampton for the same Is as foul a He as was ever 3poken or written by a human being. I have never handled a dollar of Southern Railway money in my life and I have never delivered a dollar or any other sum of money to Mr. Hampton during the entire campaign, and I have never so stated to any man?in fact, I did not even loan him any amount of money. On Grace's Support. "As to Grace's statement that he supported me; he told mo himself that he did not support me in the first primary, and I was informed by those who had charge of affairs for me in Charleston that he was against me and for McLeod, but that he claimed to be for me in the second race. If he was for me and worked j for me in the first primary, he must have had very little lniiuence, ror 1 only received 633 votes In the entire county of Charleston. "As to appointing him on my staff, I have already said that that was done at the request of Mr. Roeseler. I did not want Grace on the staff, but wanted Mr. Roeseler. Mr. Roeseler Insisted that I appoint Grace, which I did. "As to showing him the 'T. B.' letter. When it was given to mo some weeks after my inauguration, along with the other letters, I immediately looked it up in my safe and soon thereafter transferred it to a strong box in the Palmetto National Bank, where it is now, along with the others and has been except when it was presented to the grand jury, and dispensary commission, and shown for publication. I never consulted Grace about it or mentioned it to him in my life, and this is but another one of the false fabrications of a diseased mind, malicious heart or a ,mind diseased from vindictiveness and a desire to do injury to those it hates. He has never seen tho 'T. B.' letter while it has been in my possession, and I do not believe he baa ever seen the original at all. Denies "Carouse". "As to his charge that there was carousing at Wright's hotel the night before my inauguration, I herewith submit statements which I think will prove to the public conclusively that bo is a deliberate and designing falsifier, and that the proof of this is additional evidence of his lies in the other instances. "State of South Carolina?County of Richland. "Personally came Robert Courtney times since I have publicly said that I thought he was a thief and a liar, and I have seen absolutely no evidence that lie is a dangerous man except. from bis civic standpoint. I expect to see him again, many times, and T am absolutely unafraid, not only of him, but of all the thugs and thieves and assassins that are his boon companions. "Just one thing in conclusion about his denials: What else would the public expect? If ?ie admits onethousandth part of the things that thousands of men are saying about him, he had as well retire from the race. Ho has got to deny these things Just as he denied long ago that ho stole that essay for plaglariz ing which ho was kicked out of tho South Carolina University. "But l\e Is not the first criminal who lias denied his guilt. Even today there Is behind the stone walls of the Tombs prison another notorious public grafter, a lieutenant of a police force, who, In order to cover up his graft, conspired to have murder committed. lie also denies It. But the net la tightening around him, as Burns will tighten It around Bleaso, and ho will sooner or later pay the i penalty of his grafture. Tho McNa! moras indignantly denied their guilt, but they arc now in San Quentin. "Through pages of history, there are denials, not only In profane history, hut Iti sacred history. Tho pub-1 i lie will understand. I need not go into particulars." i BANK OF Conwa1 Hm largest capital and surplus of ai than the combined capital and turpi CAPITAL OTtOK.. .? .< fWRPLlTa MAHlLlTllCg OF RTOOK.1 SBOUKXTY OF tflBPOSSITC DIRF.C jbffTt B. Scarborough. .. L. Buck. jt*cargo J. IlolWay, We offer our customers every accc will justify, and we s ftOBKBT B. 0GABBOBOUUH, D, PBEfllDBHT. ^ We continue to pay 5 per Wright, who, being duly sworn, says that for ton years lie was chief clerk and manager of Wright's hotel in tho city of Columbia; that he remembers very well 'ndeed the night before tho inauguration of Governor Cole L. Blease; that the said mease arrived at the hotel about 11 o'clock at night, accompanied by bis physician, Dr. \v. G Houseal, and members of his family; that the said Bleaso was a desperately 111 man and was taken immediately to his room In tho hotel and put in bed, and that only a very few of his most intimate friends were allowed to enter his room; that everything was kept quiet and Dr. Houseal, being very apprenensive of said Bleaso's condition, remained In the room with him during the entlro night; that ho has noticed in this morning's State tho following statement made by John )>. Grace: " 'I recall a sceno at Wright's hotel the night before his Inauguration. It was the first real insight I had ever had into Bleasd* and tho atmosphero In which he moved, and I think I can say that without exception it is about the nastiest recollection of iny life. It was a grand carouse.' "The above statement is absolutely and infamously false, On the contrary, the room where the said Blease was, was guarded In order that no noise might be made, for we all feared that the result of his trip from his home in Newberry would prove fatal. There was no carouse In the hotel during that night; If there was It was not known to this deponent, and most assuredly there was none In Blease's room, or In any In which he took part or knew anything about. Deponent further says that Governor Blease, as a private citizen, stopped many times with him; that he boarded at the hotel during the four sessions of the legislature that he was State Senator, and that ho always behaved himself In a clean gentlemanly manner; that there was never any carousing or general drinking In his room at any time, and that he and the other members of the hotel family looked upon the governor as an esteemed kuest. "(Signed) R. C. Wright. "Sworn to before me this 31st day A* T.ilif A r? 1 Q 1 0 "(Signed?'Fred* IB~Domin!ck (L. S.) Notary Public for South Carolina. Inauguration Illness. "State of South Carolina?County of Newberry. "Personally came Dr. W. O. TTouseal, who, being duly sworn, says that during the fall of 1010 ho attended Colo L. Blease for three or four weeks, the said Please being very ill with cholecystitis and jaundice; that in the latter part of December, 1010, the Eaid Please had a relapse and was desperately 111 and that this deponent was very uneasy about him; that Please was not allowed to leave his room, hut was co*ifined to his bed; that 011 the night before bis inauguration as governor, ttiis deponent, assisted by some others, carried the said Please from his bed room to the depot, on a cot, at Newberry? a telegram having been sent In advance to the Pullman conductor to have a berth made down and ready when he reached Newberry; that the j said Please was Immediately put to bod in said car; that we arrived in the city of Columbia about 11 o'clock; that Please was taken from the ear and carried to Wright's hotel, where he was Immediately put In bed and only a very few of the members of his family and his closest friends allowed to enter his room; that this deponent was so uneasy about Please's condition that he persuaded Mrs. Blease to occupy an adjoining room with some of the other lady members of Please's family, and this deponent remained In the room, during tlio entire night., keeping watch over Blease, as I10 considered his condition very serious; that he has noticed a statement made by John P. I Grace, published In The Columbia State of July 31, 1012, column 3, p. 3, In which he says: j " 'I recall a scene tit Wright's hotel the night before his Inauguration. - ? n i 1 I 1 ?1. I T I../) It Was tno ni'Hi reui msi&ui- i imu had into Dlcnse and the atmosphere in which he moved, and I think I can say that without exception it is about the nastiest recollection of my life. It was a grand carouse.' "The above statement Is absolutely false. There was absolutely no whiskey drank by Governor Blease for some weeks before his inauguration and certainly none t\e night before or the day of the inauguration. There was certainly no carouse in Ills room, for those who entered the room were very quiet and walked on tiptoes and were very apprehensive about tho condition of Blease. It mere was any carouse around the said hotel during tho night, tho aaid Bloaso had absolutely no connection whatever with It, and knew absolutely nothing about it, and I certainly knew nothing about it; that on tho next morning, this deponent wont with the governor elect to the Stato hous^, assisting him (along, and stayed rlgnt by his side .during the entire ceremonies of tho inauguration, and that this deponent i : ( HOKKY, f. S, C. ly bank in Horry county. More* us of all other banks in the county** ? t?ti?00 12,500 KOLDWUS ..... 60,000 r >*S . . . . . . .1111,600 T r\ !U' JUK^ ARDflON, W. A. Johnson, Will A. Fret man mnmodation which their accounts olicit your business. , V. Richardson, will a. frkemax / 10B ramiDKNT. , ClBiilBlu cent, on yearly deposits. pkovbssional cards. BL H. WOODWARD Attorney and Councilor At Urn. CONWAY; S. C. B. 11. BCAlUiKOUGM CONWAY, B. C. Attorney at Uw. h, n. BURRovcna S-'hyalf-fem and burgtroa. k... .jrfliniil ?v ? CONWAY, H. C. B. WOFFOKli VVA1JL. <if ? Attornej at Law. Bank of Horry building. CONWAY, R. C. ^ IUKNE KAVENEL Land Surveying and Drainage Bpifcy Building (lonwny, S. C. knows that the said Mease did not take a drink of whiskey, and tm'd not taken one, as above stated, for several weeks before; that immediately after said ceremonie* deponent, accompanied tho governor to Wright's hotel where he was placed in bed, and' where ho was when I loft, him, Just in time to take tho C. N. & h. 5 p. m. H train, and I directed that he remain j in bed until next morning and ho 4 then taken to tho governor's mansion. j "(Signed) W. O. TTouseal, M. D. "Sworn to before me this filbt day of July, 1912. "(Signed) W. B. Wallace (L.B.) (Seal) Notary fuiillc for S. C." \ "If Grace wrote any editorials in j my behalf before the first, primary, I I1 have never seen them and I defy him to produce a single ono from the filesof his paper?the only ones ever hav- i1 ing been brought to my attention ho- j ing his articles in tho two Issues 0. j his paper between tho primaries. U "As to his support of me in th- (I second primary and tho conditio M thereof, his statements are wtltul an M malicious lies, which can 00 testifle to by Mr. L. C. A. Uosseler, Grace mayorality campaign manager, an oihers, if necessary. "As to the charge of bis havlt naa a certain conversation wun r m over the phone, In which he says II had hin stenographer Bitting by 1 B side and taking it down, I desire B say that tills is somewhat stranj B for when lie went to tnlk tq|Uie, if Bj was the friend he says he was, that fl would have a stenographer to Bf right at liis end of the line ready I take down every word said. I BJ member of having 110 conversat K with him over the telephone, 'i Ml whether I did or not, he and his s I ographer could fix up any kind 1 I lie and say that that was ray st I ment. I presume ho worked thh llr In his mind after lie read of the IIL tagraph. Any one could sit dow if iiis office, take a stenographer, I np a phono, and say I am now tal II? to so and po and have the stem I pher take down a supposed conv m tion, and, of course, Grace is l|j?$ enough down to do that, and I' I no doubt that, he could employ BL Htenographer who would bo or .Ijjp J as low as himself. JBji "I am very sorry to bnve to pe I i; nltontion to t.hi3 fellow's filthy ^1? ^ nations, and would not do so, b I fear some might misconstrue rr solutely ignoring him.y $ J NOT GtTI/TY BAYS JUllf J f|r jj Mrs. Graco is Acquitted of St ' lit Tier Husband. jBEqjj At Atlanta 0:1 Friday twclv^ J?l|| men and trm*1' T1:it HlH Smith not guilty of tho eh shooting hor hcusband, T2u| Grace, with Intent to murde KM J verdict wx*is reached after t\v deliberation, during which tb jfl , no woman undorwent all the of ono In her position. WJ^^mMVK was supported Into the coii^^Hm list before tho entrance of at five o'clock Friday afiern|*J?'j| Grace appeared to bo bordj^^^HA collapse. Trembling 3 foot she was ass'atfd to JhL she had occupied all durins^^^HH Xr which began last Monday, g od tho verdict.