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I TILLMAN ON BLEASE SENATOR SAYS HE IS UNFIT FOR THE HIGH OFFICE JNDORSES JUDGE JONES +. Ill ix Remarkable Statement issued i?, Voters on Eve of tho Election the Senator Advises Everyone to Vote JEor Judge Jones?Declares Good Name of the State at Stake. Washington, August 23.?Senator Tillman to-night issued the following statement concerning the Ferguson etter, which has been much discussed South Carolina during the last few vjays: "I have said repeatedly that I was hands off in the race for Governor in South Carolina, and have tried faithfully to remain neutral to the end, hut circumstances and conditions ll?,l ? - A nhamrn niV Hill* llAVG conipeiieu uiy iu niiuihi, I--pose. After the Sims letter was published 1 was deluged with telegrams and letters, both of protest and importunity from my old friends, or men who claimed to be such. Some of them touched me deeply because of their pathos. Most of them demanded that I should say as much for Hloase as I had said for Jones. Others 'threatened me with retirement on account of interference in the Governor's race. About ten days ago I wrote to one of the latter in Anderson county, and asked him specially not to let anyono see it. "Three or four days ago I received n copy of the letter from Governor Blease, with the inquiry whether I had written it or not. On the 3 9th I received a letter from Harrison Ferguson, of Spartanburg, asking whether I thought Blease was not also eminently qualified for Governor, rto which I answered in the affirmative, with some restrictions and explanations, and marked it also private and confidential. And again the code that obtains among gentlemen was violated by Mr. Ferguson, ana that part of the letter shown, which said Governor Blease was 'eminently qualified," if Mr. Ferguson lias shown ail of tlie letter, lie has only done it to such friends as he could Trust, those of the same type with himself. 1 am thus made to endorse 'Hiease "eminently qualified," While explanations and restrictions arc kept from the public. Uncomfortable as Fence Straddler. "I am unwilling in this crisis of tlie State's history to become a supporter of Governor Rleaso for re-election, 01* to appear to do so. I know many of my warmest friends are strongest believers in Blease and have known this from the beginning. A less number of the Tillmanites of old, .but as good friends as any of them, are supporting Judge Jones. I do not want to appear, and I am uncomfortable, In the role as a fence-straddler; therefore, I have decided to give the letter in question publicity so that all the people may understand exactly what my ideas and feelings ur?. "I have no doubt Governor Blease lias read the whole letter, and such of 'Iiis lieutenants as he chose to give it to are already in possession of it. He is acquainted with my attitude, and will naturally?and I would do the :same, and I do not blame him at all ?use it to my disadvantage. "Without considering whether there will be any countervailing advantage to me in juaking the letter public, I will at least have the satisfaction of knowing that I am no longer considered too cowardly to come out. in the open and make known my opinion. In this grave crisis in the State's history I can better afford to retire to privae life, if necessary, than tc> be considered, even by indirecion, *as endorsing Governor Blease. I will at least maintain my own self-respect and as my confidence has been betrayed, I will give the whole letter to the public. "As the battle has progressed, I have been more and more convinced of the utter unfitness of Blease to be Governor, and rather than feel, as 1 would be compelled to do, that I was in part responsible for it,if I remained silent, I write this statement and will take the consequences. "The State has been disgraced in the eye of the wholo world, and Its good namo made a byword and a hissing. Nobody can cleanse It and redeem it except its own people. "J implore the people to take care of the State's good namo next Tuesday." The letter to Ferguson Is as follows: liCttcr to Ferguson. " 'My Dear Sir: Yours of Augusi 14th received. I am not in the habl nvnflirur direct, answers to direc questions from my friends, so I wil say to you, this: As far as brains go lFease Is 'eminently qualified' to b Governor, but ho is hopelessly defi clent In judgment, wisdom, and rath olioity of spirit, and there ts so mucl asmoke about his corruption that I an bound to believe there must be som fire. For instance; why did ho no cut Fen Stothart's head off who Stothart refused to swear under oath that lie had not been bribed, undo the pretext that he would incrimlnat himself?" Why has it been his habi to refer most of those who wanted t get pardons to some friend like Sar Nichols? Why did ho not do the par Zoning business himself on his ow judgment, rather than turn it over t fo^btfty lawyer to charge a fee, unles Ife was getting somo of the money "Why Is It that he is so intimate wit Hen Abney, the leading counel fo the Southern Railway as to take hir Into his own house, when he know Hen Abney is the greatest lobbyist w have ever had in 8outh Carolina, manipulator of Legislatures and rat * ? ..A, nor like Jones is, what do you suppose I would have said to Dilease when he charged me with having 'Son Charlie' megaphone up to 'Pa* on the supreme bench? I would have retorted: 'Governor Please, Ben Abney does not have to use a megaphone or telephone to reach you and tc^l you what the Southern Railroad wants. He can talk to you throe times a day across the table, and if ho does not finish by supper, ho can go to bed with you, and talk over and get everything fixed. Every intelligent man in the State knows 'Ben Abney's pernicous activity in Columbia. Through the lawyers in the legislature, in the employ o-f the railroad ho has pre' ?!-*? ? vcnicu any rt'iiui iu uitiuy pcuj^ic about the mileage book situation and all other railroad matters. " 'Gonzales and all tho oilier State papers are supporting Jone3 is no reason why Jones is unfit to bo Governor, or that he will be controlled by them, if he is elected. My friends who have been so outraged because I said Jones was 'eminently qualified' to bo Governor," and have demanded that I should say the same for Blease, had better take heed lest in their passion and prejudice and madness, they get a worse Governor than Jones can possibly make. " 'I undertake to guarantee that Jones, if elected Governor, will be Governor of all tho people and not of his "Friends" alone. Because all the newspapers, which have howled at me, and some of them are still howling, are now howling against Blease and for Jones is no manner of proot that Blease is the best man of the two or will make tlio better Governor. Says Blease Had Chance. " 'Blease has had his chance. Has he made good? On your honor do you think he has made good as Governor? No man can be a good Governor unless he realizes that it is a high oflice and that ho ought to do nothing to bring it under suspicion. The honor of the State is like tne honor of a woman and ought to be dear to every Carolinian. " 'I have tried my best to stay out of this fight, but my friends are trying in every way possible, it seems to me, to drag me into it, having no thought of the consequences to me, but intent only on electing Blease or .Jones. I could not say Blease was as well qualified as Jones without lying except as I have explained in this letter. " 'If I could speak to every South Carolinian in the State who is a Tillmanite, between now and the primary this is what I would say: "I am the same man that I have always been, and have not changed one particle. I still believe the poor people and the farmers ought to have as many rights and privileges as anybody else in the country, but they only play into the hands of their enemies and fight against their own interests when they vote for an unworthy man. I did not their confidence and love t>y lying to them, and I do not propose to retain it by lying to them. I do not believe Blease would make as good a Governor as Jones, but a very much worse one than we have ever had since the Radical days, and he would bring 11s disgrace if elected again.' " '1 know many of my friends regard iBlease as another Tillman. He can use the pitchfork as well or, perhaps, better than I can now, but I never dipped the pitchfork in filth, and that is what he has done; and I hope for the credit of the State, ho will bo beaten. Consider how idiotic and foolish it is to vote against a good man because Gonzales will vote for him and supports him in his newspaper. If he should happen to support me some time, that would he sufficient to damn mo forever in the eyes of some men, judging by their actions at this time. Such feeling is nothing but madness, and is unworthy of the brave Carolinians who have always been the backbone of the reform movement. Very truly yours, JJ. Jt. J lllHlcin. STANDS BY HIS FRIENDS. Mr. E. Ij. Archer Tells About a Spartanburg Case. Mr. E. 7,. Archer, Chairman of the Spartanburg County Democratic Executive Committee, in an address at Reidville, said that Malcolm Bowden, a friend of Governor Blease, was appointed treasurer of tho Spartanburg County Democracy two years ago at the instance of T. R. Trimmier, who guaranteed a correct settlement. When Bowden was called upon to turn his books over to his recentlyelected successor ho would not do so until threatened with mandamus proceedings. Finally Bowden turned in the hooks but they showed a sliort! age of $207, said Mr. Archer, accord' lug to Bowden's own figures. It was because of this shortage " that all tho election managers were not paid two years ago. Mr. Archer said he felt morally hound to make t good the $207 deficit out of his own t pocket and would do so. t "You say," continued Mr. Archer, i "wiiv rlnn't vou nrosecute him? When 1 " *?' ~ w * - ? >? t we wont to look for him wo found q him in Columbia. And what was ho _ doing there? Monkeying with Gov, _ Blease. What's the use to prosecute l! a man when ho has got his pardon u beforehand?" o Bowdon is tho man whom Blcasc t appointed as magistrate, contrary (r r, the recommendation of tho Spartan , burg county delegation, to fill th< r place of Magistrate A. II. Kirby, ar 0 old Confederate vettran. t ? o Tliree Children Burned. tn At New Brighton, Pa., Edward James, and John Taylor, aged respec n tively six months, two and four years ? were burned to death early Sunda: when the Taylor home was set aflr by a pet dog overturning a table o: which was an oil lamp. The dog, ,r huge St. Bernard, was burned t n death while trying to save the sleor 8 ing family from the flames, e a I- Governor Blease denies that he ha made any agreement with Talbei ? ^eainst Senator Tillman. A BRUTAL ATTACK MADE ON AGED MINISTER IN SPEECH AT NEWBERRY. Governor Blouse Said lie Had IJoen Afdieted Because of Dirty, Slanderous Articles. The Newberry Observer says: Much indignation has been felt Inj Newberry, and no doubt elsewhere,; against the cruel and vindictive language used by Governor Blease in his speech 011 campaign day here in ref-j orence to Newborry ministers; particularly so as it is generally understood that his language had special reference to ono of those ministers, Rev. Geo. A. Wright, who was recently stricken with paralysis at the homo o.' his daughter in Greenville. Mr. Wright was pastor of the First Baptist Church in Newberry for twenty-one years, beginning with the opening of his ministerial career; and it is not too much to say that no man who ever lived hero was more highly or more universally esteemed. Fie is a man without guile, a devoted and consistent follower of his Master; a man who while physically able ' went about doing good". The "dirty slanderous articles" the Newberry ministers "wrote" about Mr. Blease four years ago consisted solely of the following statement published by them after he had said in public speeches in distant counties, "If you want to know how I stn nrl in Nf>whfirrv. write to the Das tors of the churches there and ask them"?a reference they had not authorized him to make: "Inasmuch as letters of inquiry received from different sections of the State reveal the fact that unwarrant-J ed inferences as to the attitude of the ministers of the town of Newberry are being drawn from certain statements made publicly by Hon. Cole L. Blease in his canvass for the office of governor, we deem it our duty to say that we do not, directly or indirectly, endorse his candidacy. "Signed) Edward Fulenwider, Pastor Lutheran Church of the Redeemer. "G. A. Wright, "Pastor First Baptist Church. "D. G. Phillips. "Pastor A. R. Presbyterian Church. "J. T. Miller, "Pastor O'Xeall St. M. E. Church. "A. 11. uesr, "Pastor Newberry Circuit." Of the ministers whose name are signed to the above statement, Mr. Fulenwider is still the pastor of the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer and is doing a splendid work in Newberry. Mr. James was called a year or so ago to a church in Uniontown, Ala., with a salary several hundred dollars more than ho received while here, and with a fine field of work. Mr. Phillips was called two years ago to the Chester church, where his salary is much larger, and his work is eminently successful. Revs. J. T. Miller and A. H. Best are 'Methodist ministers, serving churches faithfully and efficiently in other parts of the State, changing from one to another in accordance with Methodist law and usage. What is to be thought of a Governor of South Carolina who will follow an afflicted minister of the gospel in a vindictive spirit of this kind into his sick chamber for so small a provocation, if indeed it could be called a provocation at all to simply say that nn dnfon )iia nnn fti rin UI1B UUBD 11UU I.UUUIQC uau vuuu.uv. cy"? BEATEN INTO INSENSIBILITY. State Authorities Scouring Country for Assailants. Shot and beaten Into insensibility, John J. Perry, a wealthy lumberman and head of the Houston-Perry Manufacturing company, was found in his automobile along the roadside not far from bis home at Seaford, Del., Thursday. It is supposed that robbery was the motive for the crime, although Mr. Perry has not regained sufficient consciousness to tell anything. The supposition is that Perry was driving along to the mill and was attacked from behind, as the back of his head is badly crushed, and holes were found in the back curtain of the machine. Doctors say his skull is fractured and a bullet wound was found in the back of his head. State authorities, assisted by the police, are scouring that sectionn of the country for the assailants. Mr. Perry is about HO years of age and has been engaged in the lumber business for the last thirty years, op orating plants in Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina. WILL GO FOR JONES. Spartanburg County Stands Loyally by the Judge. The Spartanburg Journal says It ? was strictly a Jones crowd that heart he candidates from t.h? various conn ; ty offices apeak Friday at Cheroke i Springs this was considered by Blease stronghold and the governo ? received a good majority over Fcath > erstono there two years ago. ITow - ever, when C. I). Fortner, a cand ? date for the legislature, took a har ) primary, asking all who Intended t vote for Blease to held up their hand less than 30 hands went up and ther were about 4 00 voters present. Thi i3 the second time during the proser ? campaign that a hand primary h? " met with a frost in this county, who '? the Blease voters wcro asked to r< y spond. o n Took Her Own Life, ft An ugly scar left by acid on tt pretty face of Ruby Slagle, ngod si caused tho child to end hor life ,1 jumping into a well at her homo i Doublo Spriugs, Iowa. Brooding o s er the scare the child had prevlou rt ly declared her purpose and hud bet closely watched. CLASSIFIED COLUMN Indian Kunner Ducks?$1 each. Munninraker Poultry Farm, Normandy, Tenn. Ladies ? Combings made Into switches, chignons. Write Mine Gates, Norfolk Va. Mrs. Folline will open Breeze Inn, Station 26, Atlantlcvillo, Sullivan's Island, for boarders June 1. Lute Cabbatio Plants?$1.50 per in.; ten thousand, ten dollars. Oaklin Farm, Salisbury, N. C, If you are in the market for tlmbor or farm lands I can furulsh them. Address R. L. Walker, Savannah, Ga. Write Us for Special Summer proposition. Our place will please you. White Sulphur Springs, Mouut Airy, N. C. Voting Men Wanted for government positions. Full information 'ree. Eastern Civil Service Schools, Dar oy, ra. Wanted?Persons to earn good commissions getting members for Nests and Auxiliary Nests. Order of Owls South Bend, Ind. Marry?Hundreds wealthy members will marry soon; nil ages, nationalities; descriptions free. Mrs. Wrubel, Box 26, Oakland, Cal. Found at last?A sure treatment for headache, colds, croup and pneumonia, hy mail, 2 5c. Agents wanted. Nixon Mfg Co., Colerain, N. C. Glenn Springs?The "Garner House", nearest to spring. Write, phone, or wire us for rates and full particulars. Will meet guests at White Stone. "Windover"?New house, large newly furnished rooms, modern conveniences. Rates reasonable. Address Mrs. J. H. Howell, Waynesville, N. C. White Indian Runner Ducks?Fishel's strain. Hatched from $150. pen. $10. a trio. O'Brien Bros., Box 194, Winston-Salem, N. C. For sale?1,500 acres of timber, 30 miles from Savannah on railroad. Will cut 7,000 feet per acre. Address R. L. Walker, Savannah, Ga. $75 to $100 made monthly by agents selling our monuments and tombstones. Particulars free. Hendersonvilie Marble Works, Ilendersonville, N. C. Shropshires?5 0 rams and 2 5 ewes The finest lot I have ever offered? $11 registered. $10 without registry certificate. W. E. Shipley, Valle Crucis, N. C. Agents?Canvassers, want more long green? Doubtless you deserve it; hero is your opportunity; send postal for particulars. Burton Co., Dov{ln Cll,ln TTfoH 110 kJiiu^i u buu* New Beautiful lings, woven from your old worn carpets, superior to any In service; plain or designed; any size. Catalogue free. Oriental Rug Co., Balto, Md. For Sale?Farms in Central North Carolina. Fine Climate. Progressive Country. Cheap. Write to-day for descriptions, terms. A. C. Hughes & Co., Apex, N. C. For Sale?Farm, 73 5 acres, eleven miles from Savannah, on Salt water two railroads, and auto road?4 00 cleared and stumped. Good soil? $10,000?terms. Lo Hardy, Savannah, Ga. For sale?Farm containing 2,2 50 ac res, 500 acres ready for cultivation. J Located on salt water river and rail-1 road, G miles from Savannah. For further particulars address R. L. Walker, Savannah, Ga. For Sale?Blvthe, Ga., complete ginnery and press 2 years old, ginned last year 3,000 bales, bought 400 tons seed, cost $9,000, price $G,5 00 terms. Look into this. Rare chance to step into money making business. Geo. Nees, Augusta, Ga. Female Help Wanted?'Make a comfortable livlhg at home sewing plain seams. All homo work. No canvassing. Any ordinary machine. Sewers wanted in eacli town in Carolinas and South. Steady, No trifl\ ers wanted. State how much time can sew. Send ten -cents for postage, samples, etc. Returned if not , satisfactory. Homo Sewers Com1 pany, Jobbers Sewing Dept. 5, Rehoboth, Delaware. - "~"i OKFSTS PICK VFNTS FLOODS. ? Forests Arc Protection Against Sen iom Flood Conditions. i The forests are protection against serious tlood conditions is tho answer made by George Otis Smith . director of the geological survey, af-j ter extensive investigation, to tli< _ long controversy between forestry ex 0 perts and weather bureau ofllclals ai a tc the value of forests. The repor r is made to tho national forest com L_ mission which has been buyinj r. tracts in tho Appalachian and Whit< l_ mountains to protect the watershed: (] in the eastern United States, o Professor Willis Moore, chief o ' 1 1 ^ ^ -? A a r\ f { 18 I IlO WOcUliOr LHU UUli, illiu duiuu \/l 111 o associates have hold that neithe is rainfall nor flood conditions wore af it rected by forest cover. ip "A direct relation exists," say3 th n report, "between forest cover an d- stream regulation. 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