Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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You can ^et the very best I Garden Seed Irish Potatoes and Onion Sets at Dr. B. F. Posey's These are fresh and the kind that grows. I Dr. Posey's Drug Store "Purity at Posey's" Laurens, S. C. ''ESTER S PILLS ?^K DIAMOND ??'" \ND. /v REPRESENTATIVE WILLIS1 BRUSHES WITH BLEASE _r Aocushos- II !m -of Discourtesy to a Young Lad; Ticket Agent at Helton. Blease Makes Reply. Belton, Aug. 9.?In Its Issue of Fri day morning, August 4, the Belton Times carried an article, giving an account of an incident that occurred In tho Southern rallwuy station here Saturday afternoon, July 29. Tho Inci dent caused no little amount of com ment here In Belton. One of Oov. Bleaso's adherents, James O. Harris, wrote the governor, asking him If the aaticle was true, and the governor replied under date of August 6. deny ing the charges which the editor of The Times had brought against him, and further caller the editor of Tho Times a liar. Numbers of people of fered to substantiate the article, and the editor of the paper has secured sworn aflldavlts to prove Us truth. J, Archie Willis of Laurens county, a member of the Stuto legislature from Laurens county, Is tho owner of The Times. He came to Belton from Laurens yesterday, and when shown the article, published In the Anderson Intelligencer, which In cluded Oov. Ml ruse's letter to his friend, Mr. Harris, he proceeded to get tho proofs that the article pub lished In last Friday's Times was true In every respect. He secured the sworn aflldavlts of people who wit nessed the conduct of the governor that his paper's article was absolutely true, and be wrote Gov. Belase a let ter yesterday afternoon, inclosing af fidavits. Letter to Governor. The letter follows: "Belton, S. C., Aug. 8. 1911. "Hon. Cole L. Blease, Governor of South Carolina, Columbia, S. C "Dear Sir: I have just read copy of your letter to James G. Harris, published in this morning's Anderson Intelligencer, in which you nccuse the editor of the Belton Times with hav ing lied in the published account of your ungentleinnnly conduct In the railway station here on Saturday af ternoon. July 29. As to the remaining contents of your letter, you have called so many editors in this State 'dirty scurrilous little editors' that It must appear to you the Joke has grown rather stale. "Tho facts in the article referred to were published precisely ns stated by the young lady of whom you bought your ticket, and I am Inclos ing you herewith her sworn affidavit to the effect that the article was truo In every respect. 1 am going to the further trouble to accommodate your excellency, and am inclosing you nlso the sworn affidavit of James Alex ander, the well known superintend ent of tho Pelzer mills, who witnessed the Incident, that the Incident hap pened exactly aB reported in the Bel ton Times. So. with this evidence lu your hands, It must appear very plain r.0 you that you must go further than accusing lUfl editor of The, Times with having lied If yoU want to prove yourself Innocent of tho charge which the young lady has lodged against you. You must do that which no gen tleman having the high sojise of hon or which you claim to nave would do, and must accuse the young lady with having perjured herself. At the same time, my dsar sir, you must prove the sworn statement of the gen.-? tlemnn who witnessed It, und who has mode a sworn affidavit that the article published In tho Belton Times was a true account of what happened, to be a lie nlso. "And now, my dear sir, out of re spect for tho governorship of my State, a member of whose general as sembly 1 have the honor to be, I re frain from telling you what I know you are, and put It up to your con stituency to judge as to whether or not you are the one who has lied about the matter. "Very respectfully, (Signed) "T. Archie Willis, "Publisher the Belton Times." Inclosed with the letter Mr. Willis Included the affidavit of Miss Rogers, the ticket agent, and also the affida vit of James M. Alexander, superin tendent of the Pelzer mills. Mr. Alexander's Affidavit. , The following affidavit was sent the Belton Times by Mr. Alexander from Pelzer yesterday afternoon: "The controversy between GOV. Cole Blease and Miss Rogers, as printed In the Belton Times, is cor rect. I was present trying to get a ticket for the train going to Greon vllle and heard the. conversation. Would not have known the man if he had not. said, '1 am Cole Blease, governor Of South Carolina." etc. (Signed) "Jas. m. Alexander.' "Sworn to before me this the Mb day of August, 1911. (Seal) "J. II. Merrjtt, "Notary Public South Carolina." The Governor's Conduct. The following extract from the ar i tide published In The Times is what the governor has denied, but which The Times lias nffldavitB to prove was a tine account of what really hap pened: "The Blue Ridge railway's train comes into Belton in the afternoon at 5.25, just ten minutes before the train coming from Columbia gets Into tho station here. At r>::!0 the Anderson trolley car comes In. Both the Blue Ridge railway's train and the Ander son trolley bring a greater or smaller number of people who want to buy tickets and board the /rain going from Columbia to Greenville, and when tho number Is usually large, as It was Saturday afternoon, Miss Rogers, the ticket agont, has difficulty in selling tickets to all who apply for them. The train going from Green ville to Columbia gets here at 6:20 In the afternoon and passengers who come ove rteh Blue Ridge have .">.'. minutes In which to buy their tickets. "Saturday afternoon when the Blue Ridge train pulled lr. nt :>:2'< and the something like 100 people rushed Into the station to get tickets for points up the road. There were numbers o' ladles standing around waiting the turn to get n ticket for some y>, north of Belton. A tall, bin' man walked up to the wind *d Miss Rogers, the accor nt, two mileage books nearly used up and ajlkcd for a ticket t<> Columbia. There/ was not enough mileage In the two books combined to buy the ticket, so he asked her to tear the mileage out of both books, subtract It from the number of miles to Columbia, and he would pay her the difference in cash. Miss Rogers very kindly asked him if be wouldn't wait until she had sold the tickets for those ladies and gentleman who were waiting to catch the northbound train. She explained to him that ho had un til 6:20 to buy his ticket. "Instead of giving place to those who certainly ought to have been given place at the window, the man i.irnightened himself and in a most .insulting manner informed Miss Rogers that she must not know who the wns talking to. lie further In formed her that 'I am Cole Belase, the governor of South Cnrollna; I've got a right to buy a ticket any time I call for It, and you've got to sell it to mo.' Ho took occasion to tell her thnt if he didn't have to he would never havo ridden on her 'old South ern road.' He also Informed Miss Rogora that ho was nolng to 'write her up' to her superintendent." One of the governor's friends asked him if the article was a true state ment of the facts of the case, and the governor replied In a most posi tive manner that the article was not true. Governor Denies It. The governor's letter follows: Augut 5, 1911. "Mr. Jnmes G. Harris, Belton, S. C. "Dear Sir: Your letter of tho 4th inst. received. Inreply I beg to state that on my way homo on Saturday, July 2!), I walked up to the ticket of fice window at Belton, laid down two mileage book covers, with some strips 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 close connection. When I pre sented 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 not got time to com puto this mileage and make the cal culations. I smiled and said. 'Ve-y well, I will tell you who I am and you will please remember. I am Cole Ij. Blease.' (I did not say 'governor of South Carolina' or mention the fact that I was governor.) I told her who I wns because it was my intention to get on tho train without a ticket, pre sent the milenge and ?t?te why I did not have a ticket, and jf the con ductor declined to accept the mileage, I was going to sue the railroad for damages, and I wanted the young iady as a witness, to remember that I hud applied to her for r ticket, present ing the mitenge and {hat she had re fused it. Whon I told her who I was, I said, 'I will report this matter to your superintendent.' ?he then took my mileage, quickly made tho calcu lation, 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, 'TuAhk you.' J said, 'I am very much obliged to you: you may keep the two old covers, as you may wish to send them in.' She said, 'No, you might need them to show the conductor when'"he asks for your ticket.' I repl'e(i *?aj| right,' and picked ?l'.era up ' and walked away. "I showed no discourtesy whatever to tho 'young lady, only was exercis ing my right as a passenger on the road and told her who 1 wns, as I have stated, for the purpose 1 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 young men sitting behind her in the ofllce at the time and an old Con federate veteran standing by me, with bndge on. The conversation did not even nttract their attention, which shows that there was nothing what ever about the matter to have caused any one to write a lie about, such as has been written by the dirty scurril ous 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. "1 thank you for your letter and for this opportunity of explaining the matter. Very rospectrully, , "Cole L. Blease, "Governor." Article Substantiated. J. Archie Willis, when ho saw the governor's letter yesterday morning. fated that since matters had taken the turn they had. he would produce tho evidence, first to prove that tlu Beltoh Times' statement was correct In every respect, and thnt then tho people of the State might judge as to whether Gov. Blease had stuck to the truth. Ill denying the correctness of the article. The Belton Times hits in its pos session affidavits to show that the gov ernor did treat the young lady at. tho ticket window discourteously and fur thor nllldavPs stating that, the article published in The Times was a true account of what happened. The state has received the follow ing affidavit attesting the truth of the article printed In the Belton Times and reprinted in The State To Whom It May Concern: This la to certify that the account of Gov. Blen8o's conduct in the South ern railway station at Belton Satur day afternoon, July 29. which the Belton Times published Friday morn ing, August 4. was a true account of what happened. (Signed) Miss Mary J. Rogers Sworn to nnd subscribed before me the 8th day of August, 1911. (Seal.) John A. Horton, Notary Public South Carolina Witness: J. O. Meredith. Following the Publishing of these nflldavits. Gov. Blease revoked the Neetzes of tho notaries public before wlioif> the nflldavits had been made 'Cuts nnd bruises may be healed in lout one-third tho time required by he usual treatment by applying Chamberlalr* \lnlment. It Is an an 'le art I; J^Xsib such injures to '?o/r lunoj-ntion. This linl soreness of the natlc pains. For * MOUNT FLEAoANT K?WS. * As I see no dots from this section I thought I would write a few sketches We had a delightful Bhower Sunday afternoon. Crops look very much re vived though they were not very dry. I think the crops through here will be much better than was expected some time back. Mr. Guts Fuller is building a new house. The young people had a lawn party ot Mr. McDanlel's Saturday night, giv en in honor of Miss Irene McDaniel of Due "West. They report a fine time. The Misses Compton are visiting in this section. Mr. Tom Norman, accompanied by Misses Corrle and Eva Norman, have been on a visit to Mr. Will Monday. Miss Porah Held is visiting her aunt Mrs. R. L. Bailey of Clinton. Misses May and Lilla Bramlett, were pleasant visitors In this stction re cently. They were entertained by Misses Mamie and Nanuie Fowler. Misses Luclle and Lois Reld have been on a visit In Friendship section. A series of meeting will begin at Mt. Pleasant next Sunday. Attack Like Tigers. In flghliiig to keep the blood pure the white corcuscles attack disease germs like tigers. But often germs multiply so fast the little fighters are overcome. 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