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FU1rBHER CORRESPONDENCE ON RICHEY AFIDAVITS Mr. Todd Claims that Pulteation of His Affidavit Puts Him in False Light. Mr. B. R. Todd, whose affidavit was published last week along with a num .ber of others submitted by Mr. W. R. .Richey, Jr., has asked that the follow ing letter addressed to Mr. Richey be printed in justice to himself: Laurens, S. C., Mr. W. R. Richey, Jr. Oct. 22, 1916 Laurens, S. C. Dear Sir: I must say that you supprised me in using my affidavit as you did. You know that you told me you were then oni your way to a meeting in Columbia and wanted it to take with you and as you are a member of the Executive Committee I naturally supposed you would take some step to have the party in question prosecuted. I cer tainly did not think of you using my affidavit merely for political purposes in connection with that bunch, which yoh evidently secured from the pout cal headquarters of Cole L. Blease, for publication. It appears to me now that you are publishing affidavits to justify some previous actions of yours In a committee meeting at Columbia. if this is true you certainly should not have used :mine as you know you had never spoken to me of same until Oct. 9th, when you asked me if certain rumors were true. If you did not know that it were true how could this have influenced your actions in Columbia several weeks previous? Such use of It, I think, is misleading. My affidavit was absolutely correct and, as I 'told you when making it, I am willing to go on the stand and swear to the stated facts but I em phatically object to your using same for publication in conjunction with others coming from political head quarters of C. L. Blease or any other faction or factions. B. R. Todd. Mr. Richey Replies. Mr. Richey evidently having receiv ed Mr. Todd's letter yesterday, has re quested that the following letter in re ply be published: Oct. 24, 1916. Mr. B. I. Todd, Laurens, S. C. My Dear Air. Todd: Your letter of Oct. 22, 1916, in ref erence to affidavit given me several days ago has been received and con tents carefully noted. Now Mr. Todd I am going to state as near as I can, from memory just what did take place and, what conversation passed between us in reference to the affidavit. I saw you at the express office one day and asked you it certain things I had heard were true and you told me they were. I then asked if you would make an affidavit to that effect, and you said you would be glad to do so. I told you that I wanted to publish the affidavit along with some others I had, and I remember dlistinctly asking you, if you had any objection to my publishing it, and you said none what ever. I then went to my offIce and preparedl the aflidavit from some notes I had taken during our conversation. After the affidavit had been prep~ared I looked for you and as I did not find you, sup~posedl you had gone home. The next time I saw you wvas in front of Corns Loosen, Lift Right Off Nothing lint "GETS-IT" Will Do This to Corns andl (Ca1uses. -If you've ever had corns, you've tried hots of things to get rid of their -salves that eat your toe and leave the corn remaining, cotton rings that make your corns bulge out like pop eyes, scissors and knives that makce corns bleedl and sore, lhar nesses and bandages that ill i p y ur~ dhoe, lnress on the corn and make your foot feel like a paving block, hat's the use? Why not do what ni ions are doing, lake 3 seconds n pl "GiCTs Youndt~Ile n i FTa See the Corns Vaa . iT". I t di. .,,,, , . .. st ocking ,on right ' way, and wear your regu lar shioea. Your corn loosens frorn the toe, it lifts; right off. it's pain~ less, it's the c'ommon sense way, the sinmplest, easiest, most effective way in ,tIe world. it's the national corn cure. Never fails. "G10TrS-lT" is sold and recommend ed by druggists everywhere, 25c a hot tie, or Bent Ont receipt of price, by II. Lawrence & Co., Ubhicago, Ill, Wold in Laurens and reco'min nded as the world's beet corn re iy by u*rea Drug Co., Lsureiw, 3, i Solomon's store Wednesday morning, Oct. 11, 1916. You were in your au tomobile, and I told you I had the affi davit ready and requested that you go with me to Judge Thompson's office and sign it before him. I also told you at that time that -I was going to Columbia that day, and that I wanted you to sign the paper before I loft as I wanted to take it with ,me; that I Wanted to get some others in Column bia; that I did not know when I would see You again, and that I wanted yours with the others to be published in the next week's paper. As we walked to Judge Thompson's ofilce I handed you the paper and you read it as we walk ed along. There was one sentence in the affl davit that you said wars correct, but that you did not want that part of it to be published, so you struck that Part out, signed the paper before Judge Thompson and you left. I have not seen you since. Now Mr. Todd if you think I have done you an injustice in publishing this affidavit, all I can do now is to say that I am deeply sorry, and I will see that it is not published any more. You might think you did not give me permission to publish it but I am sat isfied you did. I want to say to you, that in pub lishing your amdavit, I was not trying to mislead any one. The date of the affidavit shows clearly that it was signed on Oct. 11, 1916, nearly a month after I had offered the other affidavits as. evidence of fraud to the Executive Committee. Neither did I publish your affidavit for political purposes. I pub lished it to boost up and substantiate the other afildavits I had, which went to show that fraud was practiced in the last election. I knew you were an honest man and a home man, and that while some People might be inclined to pass up the other proofs I had, as whimsical, they could not help but be lieve an affidavit coming from a man they knew to be honest. It looks a little strange Mr. Todd that you would be willing to give me the affidavit for the purpose of having Mr. Roberson prosecuted and yet not want it published when you well know that any criminal prosecution would unquestionably necessitate making public the facts therein stated. Again regretting that there was any misunderstanding, and assuring you that every precaution will be taken to Prevent your affidavit from receiving any further publilcty, I remain, Yours very truly, W. R. Richey, J. Whenever You Need a General Tonic Take Grove's The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic is equally valuable as a General Tonic because it contains the wellknown tonic properties of QUININIE and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives out Malaria, IFnriches the Blood and Builds up the Whole System. SO cents. " " f * a r " " . . , , . S JONES NEWS. - * * Ot.* * e e . . . h. Jones, Oct. 23.-We recently had the pleasure of meceting our friend, Dr. W. C. Thompson. Born on the 17th inst. to Mr. and Mrs. H. Y. F'ortner, a daughter. The tragic death of Mr. Newton GIra ham in Northl Carolina last Tuesday, by the train, was a great shock to his friends. Rev. Edwards assisted by Rev. J. M. Dallas conducted the funi oral service, and he was buried at the Graham cemnetery. ie was a splenldid young nman and all of our 1)001)1 ten derly symlpathize. with his aged par ents and sisters and~ brothers in their' overwhelmingly sad bereavement. Tile friends of Mr. Ed Elmore, son of Mr. Elihu Elnmore will be pained to learn that his foot was caught in the cogs of a traction engine on last Mon day and was so badly injured that it had to be amputated. We 1101e lie will make a good recovery. After a prolonged illness of an in (eurlable malady, Frank, the son of Mr. and Mr's. RI. TV. Wardell, ipassed away yesterday. Frank was a very pronuls Ing boy and his sorely bereaved lpar ents have our tenderest symlpathy. We are very grateful to all friends for recent favors. Dr. G. iB. Neel of Greenwood, was here professionally last. week. M r. C. L,. Smith or Spartanburg, af ter a week's visit to is friends, re turned homne today. 1101. IR. A. Cooper of Laurens do livered anu eloquent address at the chautauqua at \Vare Shoals Saturday. Hon1. J. F. Morison, in Introducing him spoke of himiu as 01ne of oiur own boys andl~ assured him that a cordial welcome and hearty greeting always awaited him her~e. Rev. J. 11. Copeland gave us a most excellent sermon yesterdiay. The members of Birewerton Ledge are urged to be present next Satur day, 28th~ lnst, and comeI prep~ared to pay lodge dues, Mr. (1. L. Graham is a juror at this termli of court, D~on't forgot thQ school opening next Mrnday, 30th inst. All patronui and friends of the schbool are cordially In 'vited to attend the opening exerciues at 9"A. M. "CASCARETS" BEST IF HEADACHY, BILIOUS, SICK, CONST'IPATED Best for liver and bowels, bad breath, bad colds, sour stomach. Get a 10--cent box. Sick headache, biliousness, coated tongue, head and nose clogged up with a cold--always trace this to torpid liver; delayed, fermenting food in the bowels or sour, gassy stomach. Poisonous matter clogged in the in testines, inst ad of being cast out of the system re-absorbed into the blood. Vhe this poison reaches the delicate br n tissue it tfses conges tion and t t dull, fobbing, sickening headache. 'Casca ts mediately cleanse the stomac , love the sour, undigested food a four gases, take the excess bile from the liver and carry out all the constipated waste matter and pois ons in the bowels. A Cascaret tonight . will surely straighten you. out by morning. They work while you sleep-a 10-cent box from your druggist means your head clear, stomach sweet, breath right, complexion rosy and your liver and bowels regular for months. AFe Ness We have trade. We line of good: Do N Ladies' St Never before were we i you wnt, in Coats and Sui that. will more thani please y< All \W00 Serge Suit, satin li na8vy and g reen. only ... All Wool Poplin, new stylh S1'e(' 11.... .... .... ..... 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