The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, September 27, 1916, Image 1
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VLUME XXXii. LAURENS, SOUTt CAR(LINA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 16.NBE 1
RICHEY MARS R[PIY
TO RITICIS
Says lie Acted In Good
Faith In Columbia
PROMIS'ES TO
PRINT AFFIDAVITS
6Mr. iichey Repeats 'That the Ipiires
slion was Created Iit his Mind That
'',There had lieen Acts of Fraud in the
lection and Ile Pelt Blound to Seek
Furllther Light.
Mr. W.. 1. Richey, .r., who stlates
that he has heard criticisi of his con
duct at the mueeting of the Stale 10xecu
tive Committe last Tuesday, has writ
ten the following letter in regard to
the nieeting:
Itiimors have colnie to lue tat I ani
heing severely eritiised, and I think
itnliustly ciiticised, on account of niy
actions inl the titeeting of tfhe :it ate
Di)nocratic Execttive ('onin ittee on
Tuesday the 19th1, inst., and in fair
ness to myself I inake for pubitliention
the following statement.
Before I went into tis In eting ily
at tentiion was called to evidences of
fraud, etc., wlielh had been ipraelIced
in the Second 'ritmary election. This
evidence was in the shape of letters,
telegrams and atlldavits, and w%'ill be
published later. This ( VIdCnce Was
very strong in character and mnassiv'
in volume, and created a doubt in my
nfind as to whether or not. the election
had been fairly conducted. I presume'
every man to be honest until I am sat
isfied lie is not, and I have no concep
tion of any itan swearing falsely or
making a false atlldavit, unless I know
hii to be a rascal, and especlally so,
when I believe that he is swearing or
making atlidavit only in the interest of
fair play and without hope of remun
eration of any kilnd. Thoe cltracter of
this evidence, coupled with the honest
opinion that the lten furnishing same
were honest tmen, produced, as above
stated, the impression on toy mind that
the election was coidulcted inifair'!y at
certain places:. 'T'heli In the face of
this honsCt belief. I sk li In tIe imme oi'
commton sense and decency, coui I
ve treated myivelf fairly and cotuld I
have treated by county and state fair
ly, by sItting itlietly in miy scat with
out calling the att.ention of the com
nthe to iii; evidence of ;'raud.
I believe it a titan follows the dic
tate; of his consiience, he wsill iniva
t'lably go right. In this case I 10i
kowed the dictate: of my cons:cieice,
hnowing at the tiim I woul be criti
cised for so doing.
'SHome of my1 firienis have Iihl tce
liat my actiotis woulidi hurt moe pouliii
eally. I could not lope to gain ally
1 tig politically by my act0ions, as Ile
party I am accused of fostering is and
has been totr fourlt yeats in thle minior
I ty. TIheni nothing buiit an hotnest. andit
(Ocscin tons moliv1 e eoubIt have tbeen i
mily ob lje ml ato, hn poiti(ll
.\sitrbted olor~it ho a;y and, n.scin
oxtiosy in the tru b, ha. pol(itit,
05 som ,f thnelt Ien, and' cit b;gwel
thaud I S'itie otialy 50( hteintie 1'
ftd gitc themoi bitte tan i) opotniy
lien and had created the impsit on5~f oni
liy inld t.tno condlenc'e coutld bei
pilacedi in the iresult of tihe electIon. I
do itot hlleve any htonest man wotthd
want fr'aud in an election covetreid tip,
If lie hoiiest ly believed thIere was frauid.
I honiiestly be1loeved andi still hel love
fraud was pr'acticed in thle electiotn, andtt
now wheni I offetr ani opptuitty to
have It Investigated, when I ali hotnest
ly and conoiti'jl tously seeking the
Itruth, 1 am lii elt cs ed. I do not hiellevie
1 here is an htonest mian ItwhIo reaid::I hin
statemtiett, hbult woul d ita vi done as
did undoer theo circumltsltanes amli I amt
honest in sayIng thait had thec tor'n'
cessnful candidate been elcted'ti and ii
dene of thle samoe eharaclts had been
p~rodluecd aiga ist himi, an ii brtoughit to
myi) atteni I''n, I not only1 wld have
voted aga ist b11 nom101 inaticn, buit I
would hlove clamord~d ior :'n:t l
tion.
It is narturatl wIth some people to
forget, with others It ia a matter of
ennvetineno and to both clin'cs I want
to ask, if when two years ago, Mr.
Cooper lacked only a fow votes of get
ting into the second race for Gover
nor, some of you didn't say or believe
that Mr. Cooper was cheated out of the
second race by the same political na
chinery which I refused on the 19th,
inst., to vote with. I might be mis- t
taken, but I am almost positively sure, I
that some of the same tmen, who are I
today criticising nic for following the I
dictates of an honest conscience, ac- I
cused the same political machinery,
two years ago, of stealing second place (
in the Governor's race from Mir. Coop- t
or. I seriously doubt and venture to I
assert, that you did not have an in
filnitessimal part of the evidence I had
to base your belief on, yet we reached
the same honest. opinion, and now I am
charitable enough and was then to
Wards you, to say, that I believe 3ou1
were honest in your convictions. Then
age ia (li( not the State Executive Comn
mitt(. in 1912, when the returns show
etd t' it A1r. .Jones had been tieeiated
by \ir. Iilease, hold up Ilhe notmination
for six or seven weeks in order itha;
evidences of fr ad of Ilie saie natire
exposed by mte on the lath inst., iinight
be invesligated? I have been reliably
inforutei that. somte of those who are
condemning me loudest now, sent a1
lidkvils atlleginlg fraudc to this Comnmit
tee. 11 you will sear-(h the records,
you will :11(1 that .Mr. .\lanning, a mneit
her of tie Conuittee in 1912, intro
duieed a resolution in le Conluniltee
caliing for lie appoiiunltil. of a stub
(oluiiitlle conlsistlug Of seven iI(i.bers
to tiiaike a ihIo rough probe of the fi'atd
chart's. Ait in vestigation of the samtue
records will s:how that tile charges
were based on the same character of
evidec(te as I intlroduc d in tile last
('oulinittce meeting. The sane records'
will show that niembers of 1911 Exce
utive Committee, "made it very plain,
Ihat the nominations for (over-nor and
other State otlicers would not. be (IC
clared, until the Committee, after a
thorough investigation, was able to
write the words "clean andl(] fair"
'croa -he nomination." (For your
convenience I cite yott to issties of The
141aur'ens Adlvertiser tider(i daits (Sof Au -
gust, Septelmbert and October, 1912.)
Now, what did you ment, who, are
today criticising me for saying that
the election shotld be conidtucted in
such a mnanner that tho.4e (('eated
woui be omielled to 'ay "we are de
leatedc blt it hhas been fairly aidi lu,n
estly done," say aiid think four yearn;
atgo? \\'hat did y"O1 say and think two
yearI'S (o:: i when M.\r. Cooper failed by
only a fe-w tof)s of gelting in the sec.
ond ra,?
If 1ir. AIatnning by intro.luhig a
resolution in 191:? to have a 1u1c :IOnc o iletyat l b,.
charges of fratd, was right, and I be
wrong in lily actions, when in 19I.
not going as far as Mr. Mlanning) I
simply called attetition to evidence; of
frzi itd. I helleve, getlemtten, that a
thorou",h aruilysis of your1 conscience,
will prove that. it is not that you do not
want a fair deliotn, or that you ritd
fttilt with le fort ryin11 to Procure a
fair election, btt that you ares pr
.idi'ced aa:inist .\li. liliase, that you
alo a pirejudlice 10 blind y'ou andi
14'ad you1 in1 the thirk. whent you! he('i'
fairnjess is bing souight in his iterest.
$0ome4 lity Itik t hat moy aelions
v'oting agah'iist. its adoption. I only3 .c,
were( incon)<tt-nt in si:gning t' re'
ill iefer'enic to this, that I slated toi
the siil;canuniiittee that I wats signing
the reor)It because thle lace of t he ri
Iutrns showed that .\lr. M\anning had
been nominated, biut that on necoutt
oh evidences of ifraudg hiav'ing hben
brought to mny ittet'lIlont, I coul ntol
v'ote for Its adloptlont, andt I mtadle this
55am1 statemntI to t he whiole ('omm i t.
tee ont the subumission of the sutb-com-1
miiittee reorlt.
I .lust wvant to say' in conclusiotn, and
I amt honest wvhen I say It, that an net
Ing its I did, I wits not influeonced by
any part isant feelintg, butt followedot
what li Considlered Ithe only honiest and
dle(entI conurso, and I have the sat i.
tactio lof kn iowing that Iln1 so I iotin I
was guided by ant honeost conis cee
andt I amithlere to tll you that as hung
as I have the opplotuntity, I iim .n: it
to stanid on myi3 OWn feet, andtt fight for I
what I thIiInk Is rIght antd for wvhat you
hough t wans right four' years a go, cit
1icism or no criticismt. I will say,
fu rthier, that the only wvay you ('n it
keep mue fromt dlolng mny dutty when i~pr
('Omies to exposing electIon fraudas, Is, lhe
elinina te election frauds and if it tong.
the Autrtalian system of ballotin be e:
r'event fraud, then lets introduct I leg
system. ii'eft't
TO HAVE HEALTH 31EETIN(A.
)r, Ilayne Invited to Address .leciting
to ie Held' in the (raded Sehool
Thursday Evening.
1)r. J. A. Iayne has been invited to
tddress a meeting of men and women
i the school house Thursday evening
'or the purpose of considering health
>reservation problems In the county.
)r. F. M. Itouth, who has been in the
oluity several months making ai study
sanitary conditions and giving di
ections on how to improve the condi
ions, has been instruniental in hav
ng this meeting called and a large at
endance is expected by him. lie is
'cry desirous of having a large audi
'neC hear Dr. 1layne, because at a
'cry early (late the advisability of hir"
ng a full time health olilcer for the
ounty will very likely be brought iup)
or dliscus:sion.
The lieeting will he (nlled at S
'clock. 'ThIe publi' of tle elntire oun
is inlvitded to atten'.
3ll's . h ue s oinii iX e entedI.ll .
.\ i eo ent Ile of The Nash's\ iii
'It in..) I'a u te'- , (a:''1(d a \t r iI n' -
inie'ntary noti(( of i\ :a . (at e (i. 1.u
a1s, of this1 <'(;, who was recen( ttly al -
ltin,(Ii chair(i l in:an of n iof tlle Swmb
'arolin 1 IS 1"; ion i t \\'o nen-s h11 n;.
'ht' noti \t u . ,:n A d and nl in - '
ludfing: a ;;art of .tr . l ata ' coni-_
netst I'n ie uninlt of thle G n ra
'ed(t ion1o( \' il - rllban gf as w1 hanh
he f tende i (ork. 'I he f 2
owing is an extract front ai
ieaee ;ring; in 'T'he Nash1ville tl i'nner:
\l0's. o('ra ,'ox i1s al of .111ens, " .
. has ju.;t been appointed hairnIan
If imusi of the South Carolina fedeira
ion of Wonen 'lubs.
.\Mrs. Lu as, who is a native of th1i.-'
ftate, andl who lived in N.ashville" forh
tne }eare. spends iuc tine in Ten
le se with her .<dister, .\rs. .lohna :\.
;pperson, of Ailgood, and also hn this
itt, and her brilliant gifts as a pian
st have freq1 uently con(ribeled 2o
-l11b prograntls of this section.
Last. .lunte she carne to .\lorristown
o play for the nieetings of the Ten
lessee WoIita's itress and Authors'
uhof .\of i t u 1: p:: 2.- 1 wa ih t.
-e'tiring presidecnt, anid :.he will conwit(
0 Thetn'si' this fall for a mi ore e -
nded 1i.,it lore an dI in .\lgdold.
Cluo Experenceu.
.\ n- fIt swas- le l i l if ('e thi;.
Aiugtle of Sout h( irn \','l ers .\l r.a. I.;
'a:h dl:done tiltt . (r\i and : he hi
ill( ('(11pup ol lln til lior her n \w omi -ai : po.)
igeon in th South C'ar5olina federation.
ier piano I hi er 2 (1fp' w e sot r ll vf
he 1(111, ..gt I y-llve' t, t('1 :to (' tiht I!
M st Lt; hct'e ii de r: i on j e 12t t(i . ( lih
sttw Yor.Ilgs if the oronedera('1ion
>f \'onien'; ;'hobs as a1 delegatei insa~i
southl (';!n dinta. anda ree t suen
lhe Col(uiyi'fa St at( itigains a ba
- Il 'fai'un o' t1 h : r. I 1 l; (111 . 2 lng. :i
-elatesn(;. fuur itre::ingly the notale
nuSicians whni 11 hll- dlligal s eanII
ni ':' 121')' o f it ' hl the11. . .
arje fo ie t i fon. oflhe nStient(
juthri i s wOnl (ajtth. ht i St i 5S .. 4 '
Pr 4t''adby Vit i ' il i'e,-htS
l'ary \V .\ret onh cty lues
ng thed vior tihly purpose-of0 (ait'ng1(
dloda lck. ogs'fnecopo
(OIIiTI F"I' NO 1 EP30ltT'.
( ftl i' I , E O T e p o r t o f F ir s t B an p t is t C h u r c h S h o w s
(iratify'ing Progress Iurins the Past
Year.
At the regular morning service at
the First Baptist chtrch Sunday morn
ing, MI. C. it. Iobo, treasurer, read the
report for the fiscal year, which show
ed a very gratifying financial condi
Lion. The total receipts for the year
were over $9,000. The following i..;
a part of the report:
Pastors salary $1:.52.22, State .is
sions $700.00, hlome Missions $61,9.80,
Foreign .lissions $2000.00, .ludson (en
tennial $35.Go, Orphanage $:, 5 '.)0, IIa p
tist lospital $1s.:5, Aged .\li isters
$85.00, Ministerial Education $7..(1,
Seminary Studeot Fund $25."i., Tr'ain
ing "chool $39.00, Sunday sCho 1 ex
pense $t3I.S3, l3uilding $2:.:."1I, .o' al
ehurch expenses $7 1.,oo \'isiiting .\lin
ikters $2115.00, .Minutes $1,.0, O lher Oh
ice 1s $79.12, Total $9,292.I:1.
Total mlembeitrship at at ;: assn a
tion was :1i; i, increase by h t ii =i1 2',
increase by letter 2.,, inirea:e by r. -
toration !., decreasc h'",- letuer i19, d+
'ease by l:c lusion I, d crl in . by t -:
ure ti r:', ,::e by death : .
t i n t mi bn e IIh1ership :::: (.
Non resident meinheraip : a.
Total pr( ent m emb :ership .:. it'
hrusi'e's, !Hive .\cident.
.\!" <ii . b i a., anpt. 1:. I;"'. \\-il;ia m
T. 'lra e, ia (Ior of til e \i iddle'own .
I'a t 'le ra I' I c irl .'h, and three 10 n
fr< 11 tai 1 Ilkl telolrnini', wh 11' a .
ran Itheiri ai utmobiicle into a iank ei
avoid a collision with a ear u- era!
by .\ utrice (r'. \lichener, .r.. of \ledia.
amd overllulned1 their inethiine. .\Il
we1re Itiown out. .\rs. Kruse'l nol
was broken .\iss I.oubse Kiruse:.t-.
ed a brmenarm ant iv.Knm;s
to have a lower are fracture. .\lis.
Karlena Kruse, who was running the
car, was not injured. .rs. Kruse and
.\iss Isttuisa KRunse are in thel .\edia
I ieliial, wIar I t ie' i ..' 'tk n by
.\ir. .\lichener.
.\ieh~ener's car T'urned out of a farm
hine lyt through til hih bak'u n ear th 14e
Rose Tf'ree lyunt 'Idl on to l'rovidence
too . le :'t (lo.e s ie hr lt he only ours
to a otid a collision was to run11 into the
biI.a -'ibt lphia lI'cord.
('t b t\l CI IS lN\ i" '.\N iI i('I 1'1.
aetmo e a n at.('llaton ('har.-e.11 ii:
.\trocions (-rime.. .\lieged Thian he
Toioled her owni('l .
Clo ':lter, t young unma;-ied d ....
roc wom:an of ('linton , htas b~een ehm-riat
by an jury of hopiClt st with the d"::to
Ill h e . ih e by po i eni il. .;,h e I
eine hing en hemmitted at lilt
boma 's h tn in ( lid' ees 1:ritay af'
i e a it't h co'ol er': i;,et o . . t.:; ili,
q ehil.d camen: 'ls d at i I- we -..
in l su a rl!o a ioe ha romii g 't m-11 n 3',. I n
tratedi lye. 'IThe womlanu .- in:. ta.s
the lye fell off the umu:ileh -pi;tCe inl
the chihd's Muonth al :bant d. ; ti w11( i
tooki' thle oolye 51iew1 of1 l'Wl1I' e I i
dte3 heainohe tes*~ ytony:e yit.' il'
that sltr (Ifete no lil-r'l (letiden 1)s11
lae 1aving tO c a 1spioflle ' un (' ed I )
ien l of bin found sia St on1 1h1
Mohihl'sO li h -an 2thro at. I e wien11'l 10n
a hotr yets ben 1arreyld, Id' a11 lo1'm
ove, wellkbened Iuhncllal 11ond isso
but.a Shellt ofor('ut her sientak
out.b h ooe mtwl esr
at anearl dat.
ItE.AL ESTA''E itANSFl:i4.
Several Tracts of Land and Tonn I Lts
Hafve ('hanged lands I''eent.ly.
11. .\I. Wolff, real estate agent, re
ports considerable activity in real ( -
tale (uring the past. several weeks.
Vacant houses, he says, are 'earce i;
Ilh city and there is much deiilnd for
them. The following sales are retlort(d
by himt as having been made recently:
Two hundred and thirty-four acres,
six miles Soultiwest. of Ia 1ur(ns, land,,:
of Col. T. 1). D3arlington, of ('halt -
ton, S. C., to I)r. 1. 11. ltryson, (.
I iy;ions: three hundred and 'ifty acres.
live iniles West of aurs, 1a1 (of
(co I1. lolt ; fort yv acrt',. live ailes
South of Laurrens. lands of .\lr. A , I'an:t t ', .M ler l'N ,
i <'ry (':mnt: one lot on ('hurh
prl' rt; of oir . Grace C. 'iirvl.r
\la ely it a hl( t, to \1% 11 ;I'eI ( rt (
o' I.., ;'(n:
I l ihrt lohn. .-anph a h.
\11'. O e(' 0 -ii(' nIIg' ' i YlI,'
\liss Cathe'e nt I (1 obrh b ( o( n ('I (:ll ;
II'11'a'11 hl hilh11lilii 51dei. l
vi(ll! w ie 0 ie t as t n lY
dee 'o f iihle U i (lll(i (iC. -;
";aen . 1 'a18 ;::<t .8 ',:
l11 < t lc1''.. 1'anr n:.e. 1:-. ;Wn.\
.\. Ca 'Iphell on I"-:a ! tali:i :
Il I' 4I W Ilt a IS'lTl n .;;
1nt1erestini flit of lii 1 ator) ! I in
Letter) to News,
'ditor Greenville New; ,:
Solely with a view of 'lping the
record Staight, I hope you xill a1:.I.
1me to c'orrect an error in your 11111::I
of fife' death of C'ol. 1., 1t. Ligon, in{
Your is.;ue of the '.0th, in :saying h1.'
was at one (1100 (',lomll' of lte :::.(
r a'imen.
I have no donut (Co. L'igon w. ;t
rave and meritorious soldier. Du
I don'1 think he was a l any ti
i1cnembr of the ::rd reg::m0(n0.
His name apars (In ft 'on~ i , -
ate rolls here as a member of Co. "1;
3rd .C. iat. Which w ( as4411 14 a 4art a
Ker1I.:I w4 '.; bial e ,., fc m1 a l1 t .I
after the h' 1 .' ( it) e of " n.
''(11 ". lh \ie :.i :il' a In I i 'a.
Sl . e (,. li'.'lli C i'":. n1 l t im ti4' ::
::=III(' :I ] :{ iti(ve. I Klarn that het hli
the a'elan! /t lonl a :I:a'
taUe 011ll tled- at thf ate of 11t
the la:: d:'ll li (' ' iay 4. 1 oni; b rI 1'
the e ':l.{1' 1 ' I.I Sbe1ing for 1
sIntev d b; . . (1 11 \. .14 'e
1'1' t"h i ( (1;,,( t' 11 411 1 ;1('1 (II 1' 11' !
'l 11:, ( : .: (1't4 18~ 4I 114I l :it llaC\
regiment e:le o
SIneR li't!( ted .
d . l . (1. .o n
Plva "iite ( 1; '''t~i n . I , Itgi- ,i:'t ..,
fall of for-t 5:un.tcr, w:: en('c'
and Sthi (. C., .c tha t 1( iiei: lI 1
I le "1.\ ;' f : -:
T h br\ i: l w.!' III" ,t :.. I
TO HOLD C0NTY FAIR
fRIDAY, OCT. 20TH
W. D). B~yrd Rie-elected Pres.
W. C. WHAH TO!N
(AEN. MANAGER
Enthusiastic Mee4't~lug Held in the ('u an
house 'Monday Morning' When l'lanl.i
Were Se. oil Foot,. o 110141 the I' ;air
Again This Year. Mih Interest. I x.
lected.
At the called meeting of citize s:
teresled in the County Fair, held ii
('ilt hon.-;e Monday m:orning. it wa=
unani nousli!y (c('ided to hold te i.r
,s ithi year and 1'riday, O( t,.ar
0th. '.\ a:' ::''h et<< a:; the dlay oni w~
S.tiii l b1 behi. \\'. I). HIyrd wa -.
elect; l re-dent of chl fair (a.--..
I.n 1 .. : 11, lh "r ter , I).-. ! . K . : -i
o":. I c -fht 1 t i ci i l u ' :
an . ii oc h imiit..nn -u .
1 .:i. nt r' atil \1. hal i\ 'lhaton.
Wi. .i' . a: c h t Ied i n :'oradli ca i . -
1r the ini, d ilr. .1i. \. I W atts e >
;h1 iim t ;t oi thi r ail n ioui'i dtti -a .
. ) 1nid h:lu from tainlt.' h1' i a tv ias
in th a fair that the d :I i wi i'on' .:
u.iponl hiim.
Te(I old ci part of hi' th' assoei a :ocn
Ieny were asn rle tehat ml uchIi allt-:
Iere)toforet Illf to them would be donll'
,y the ive nimitltem cn. 1t was the ton-.
itwnsuII of opinion that. the olg ers of
'h.' ; i ; t ('1a1Ion ha il ho rl c too largm ,
ropoftio11: of .-3 (ud' n il 1)ast years.
.s a step toward rlieving the offi
cers of a ptart. of 'heir burdens a coml.
mittee was sele. led to app)Ioint all oth
c.r active commtittees. Th'Iis comminttai,
nt. :after the reguilar ameinlg and th:.'
followin, ellietals were selected:
I .'e iumls-- l. C. S vitzer, Alber
' i. nl l nter, T. I." .\ l Iroe.
Publicity-- -. R. cnien, . Y. C.a
"Son,. .\llie
Hiuni c 1Dr. W'. Ii. Diial, 1)r. 11. K,
, i. T- .11: :.lourt,. W". C. \\'ha;:
" . -1. ,' .d, . c;n W tell , I )--.
.1. I . \ iler.
it ii c ;. I i a V t ;, il l:, :
1'. i !aslaeley.
\ er~l I t uiio,]rce
W Ir r, wn..
-'1 1l . 11 ''t : sI ;;l : d .1 M:
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sislted by Ah~Mu 10'ht Minii e:-; of L-..rc
reuis. Thei t.at :,n.; hopie that. tis wiH
Ii Ilh histolru ', ofi the sichl.
Ier IWmiv~i lliatoi', coed wnc8
clean onii a wi-ll con I.' ~:~i
welbe. La'l;-.0
faic . t I li n i):: . i tI di..-co
eirci afler hic haih di 1.1) cias (:1r cal l o
Io him by his -*'.,si' - .c .al at
nio one was n; ' hi lN ir' '' him on ae
13' gollen o'tt by mneann, of grab hiooks,
hmt a effortsc to ire"lve hi;-' were iit
vatln.