Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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v ???? ??j" 4*?*1* i*1 " HJkMOGi :: S//OF" Kir> ? . . i i .?. J i redress. Two letters signed "Cole", alleged to have been addressed to a liquor establishment, one asking for pay for services and the other acknowledging the receipt of $500 and expressing doubt of "Hub's" ^ reliabi.ity in money matters, are printed. It is distinctly shocking to South Carolinians to have "coward or thief" applied to the Governor of this State. While the matter has been pub- i lished in a responsible newspaper, we do not feel warranted in reproducing the language conveying criminal charges until there is more light' shed. Mr Felder should be made to prove his charges, or else suffer the penalties for gross libel. He says in part: If the charges I make are false, they are libelous per se, and I am suably solvent. Moreover, with apologies to the shades of my departed ancestors, I in modesty (?) claim to be your equal, and if you are aggx.eved by the charges, it will be my pleasure to meet you at such time and place without the confines of your State that may suit your convenience, to the end that abundant opportunity i may be offered to redress your griev-! ances. If my charges are groundless and libelous and you do not wish to seek personal satisfaction, you can insti in tka TTnitorl lUie suit against mc m uiv uuiwu States court in the city of Atlanta? should it be objected, however, that this is my home county, then in any of the subdivisions of the district. \ As soon as suit is filed I hereby ^ promise and agree, in order to facilitate and expedite the same and by way of circumventing any excuse you may offer for inaction, that I will enter into a recognizance with good and approved security in an amount covering the sum sued for, the fees of your counsel and the cost ? A 1- ? ? 4-1% 01 couri, lOgeuier wan juui ^ciov>w-| @:@:?:?:@:@.?:?:@:@:g ? ? j| We have the ? of the ordinary ii ' ? Also a big lii ? Don't fail to @ sonable prices. @ @ !?! ^ @?:?:@:?:?:?:?.?:@:@ ^?f?T?T*?T r r- ~r~ BLEASE DENOUNCED BY ATTORNEY FELDER. "a bribe taker and bribe give:*"-agent liquor houses -some other ugly charges. x- w ThA Atlanta Constitution Satur day published a most sensational open letter addressed "To Cole L Blease" and signed by Thomas B Felder. This letter follows one of a more general character addressed to many newspapers. Charges of the gravest nature are made against the Governor of South Carolina, and he is challenged to go thp United States courts for mgs. very truiy yours, (Signed) "Cole. ' Other charges about the methods of securing votes in the primary election last summer follow, and Felder closes in a caustic taunt to the Governor of South Carolina to seek vindication. _____ Commenting on the letter, the Atlanta Constitution says editorially: I The Constitution publishes elsewhere an interesting, though somewhat personal, communication addressed by Hon Thomas B Felder to Gov Blease of South Carolina. "Tn who know Col Felder and f> @:?:?:?:?:?:?:?.?:?<s i biggest range of F; t is hard to say whi( le of Alpaca and Bli visit our Millinery 1 >:?:@:@.?:?:?:@:?:?:?:<s f ?tfc ?^> ij< tfc < ? ty ?y ie&ft a/ify/ *JW)MEN iGSTREE 4? ?* *i* ?* *t* *i* *i*? al expenses and the expenses of ?:i ??lt? AAn/^itinn nf your witnesses, me uui; ivuuiuvu v* the bond be that you shall finally prevail in the litigation. An investigation of this court will disclose that it is presided over by a distinguished jurist, who, in the j administration of the laws, knows i neither friend nor foe, and,while his1 decisions are occasionally reversed,' they abound in such rigid integrity ' that they are universally interpret-1 ed to be "without variableness or shadow of turning." Then follow the direct charges on which Blease is invited to base his suit for libel. They affect his conduct while Senator from Newberry in dealing with persons selling supplies to the State dispensary. Here are two letters as presented by Col Felder. I use your own language: From the "mountain of evidence" in my possession I submit for your consideration "a few grains of sand." In doing so I omit the name of the addressee: "Dear Sir: I am greatly surprised that you failed to call upon me during your recent visit to Columbia and arrange the matter as promised. Spoke to Hub about it and he referred me to you. Have performed all services as agreed,both as to matters pending here and as to the last purchases by the board. Let me hear from you at once. Read and dei stroy. Yours very truly, i (Signed) "Cole." ! This letter was written by you dur| ing a session of the Legislature of the State of South Carolina, in the month of February, 1905, to the representative of a well-known liquor house which has had large transactions with the State dispensary. Thereafter, on March 16, 1905, you addressed another communication to the same party, as follows: "Dear Sir: Since writing you on the 26th ultimo, saw Hub. He handed me the five hundred. Hereafter either deal directly with me or through J F. Confidentially cannot rely on Hub in money matters. Hope to see you soon and report happent r __ a. 1__ "J% "i" "if* "if* "j* irj* ? /- *i* Coi 5? ( 4 ; DRY 09 Ji Ji Jil A A IMI M| J are informed as to the chaos existing in the political affairs of South Car olina, it is scarcely necessary to say that the Governor of South Carolina has,to say the least of it,taken a circuitous r >ute to attack Mr Felder, his allegation, as mysterious and misty as it is,relating to an event of seven years ago. If there has been anything in the Governor's position, he was recreant in his duty in not having given the people of his State the benefit of his information before now, when he suddenly springs an attack on Col Felder in a general fusillade in which he assaults at the same time many prominent citizens of South Carolina. Gov Blease seems to have a way of running amuck,and that he has done so in this instance no one who knows Col Felder will doubt. The State cannot, of course, forecast the course of the Governor of CntitVi Pornlinn in thia nriaie "?Tfl | kJVUbli V?M VI1UM 114 W444W V4 iwtw* State. An Optimiat's Mishap. "I try to be optimistic, no matter what happens." "I suppose you would be optimistic if you lost your job ?" v "Yes; I would try to keep remembering that there are other jobs to be had." "And you would, no doubt, keep right on being optimistic if you were to lose your wife?" "Why not? I care a great deal for my wife, but if she were taken from me I should continue to be hopefttl. It is always possible for a man who has lost his wife to find anoth?confound the luck! Darn it all! Dash, dash, dash! That's always the way. When a fellow has to denend on his last match a gust Pjt? j. fj? ?jt> ?j- <-X* ?t> t^8 me and )xford i Fron GOODS ??Hf*?f8?4?'t* *f*~*f*? $*? &caught the cowboys. ! A Warm Reception For "the Guy That j Took Off the Bum." i Tor real scenic variety give me | l the cattle town; th j mining camp i pales before it," said Scott Cooper, I the actor, whose earlier fly by night years yielded generous eiperience. j | "This town was in Montana. It was | in the eighties, and I was doing a I afar nart The theater was a skat of wind is sure to come along and blow i*; out"?Chicago Record-Herald. Wanted One Insida. He had evidently been imbibing Just a little too much. As he approached the desk in a Denver hotel the other night he was just a bit unsteady. "Want a room," he said to the clerk. "Ve -y well, sir," replied the clerk. "Will you have an outside room?" "No," came from the unsteady one. "A room in a hotel 11 do."? Denver Times. Her Straight Tip. Mr. Blank, who makes many after dinner speeches, was called to the telephone and found himself talking to the young woman secretary of a very good friend, the secretary being a quick witted Irish lass. "Mr. Blank," 6he said, "Mr. Jones wants me to tell you that a meeting of the club and a dinner are to occur tonight and that you are expected to make a talk." "Is that 60 ?" said Blank. "What - ? T 4-i-v loll- oKaiif i hill ? l\j lairv uyuui. "Well/* responded she of the Gaelic extraction, "if you heard what some of them said about your last speeeh to the club you'd talk about two minutes." >>:@:?:@:?:?:?:?:?:?:?j SPRING ancy Woolens in Spi ;h are the greatest 1 ue Serge Single Coa Department, as we 5. MA s>:?:?:?:?:?:?:?:?:?:?:< r ing rink, with canvas walled dress- I ing room9. The boys were all there ; I with their "forty-fours" in heir I holsters. . "The curtain went down ard I " was removing ray makeup when a | knock came on the door. Outside I stood a crowd of a.; least twenty- I I DiA. ^ " 'Where's the guy that took off the bum ?' said one of them. "The tone was not reassuring. I recalled a former e:cperience when | a m.in in the gallery had threatened ! to shoot me when, a* Bill Sikes, the linej of the piece nwde me brutal to Nancy. i "In that brief moment of waiting m I concentrated as much of my mind " as I could, trying to remember if J1 any of my lines that night might S have offended them. ( " 'Come, get a move on you!' said * the spokesman. / "There wan nothing to do but 3 face it. T am Mr. Cooper/ I said. J I have 6poken longer lines that were i easier to get out. > "One man took my right arm, an- I other mv left, and we marched off f in 6tep, the crowd with us. Not a { word was spoken. I felt that the 2 time had come to cash my life in- j surance. Down the length of the 1 rink we went and through a door- ( way. In front of us was a counter seventy or eighty feet long, and { over it were being passed things not J called mild. 2 "'Sing out what you want!' 1 shouted one of my escorts. There's j nothing in the house good enough I for vou!' Then die tension was ( utstretched upon a bed of spikes. j rhey will hold up an arm till it rithers in the socket. Literally IT11 hey treat the bodv as though it ca rere a slave. The devotee is salutsd everywhere as maharaja. Men if wealth and position constantly !pi< n their declining years resign their )ossessions to their heirs and wait or death in nakedness and poverty >y the Ganges at Benares. Nay, it s no uncommon thing that young :ar nen, the products of our universi- ^ ies, should relinquish their inter- Lf}1 ;sts and their ambitions and join he wandering army of devotees . vho, literally in sackcloth and | , ishes, seek grace in an unending i ound of pilgrimages." ?:?:??:?'?:?:@:?:@:?:@:? t / > beautiful weaves an iwns, Tans and Blue ! jw shapes of the late >:?:@.@:@:?:?:@:@?:@ :@: lifted. V "Well, our train pulled out at ) 4:30 in the morning, and the crowd ) stayed with me. The last I saw of ^ them they were ftanding on the platform, firing their pistols in the air as a goodby. Those westerners are the biggest hearted fellows in the world."?Chict.go Record-Her- f aid. e According to RuU. ? "Where's your watch ?" asked the e observant man. c "Why, here it is," replied the r man whose prosperity had slipped a 1 cog or two recently. c "But that's a silver one. The one 1 you used to carry had a handsome \ gold case." t "Well?er ? circumstances alter v itases, you know." 1 e Two Kinds. i Little Willie?Say, pa, what is j the difference between a close f friend and a dear friend? , I Pa?A close friend, my son, is | i one who will not lend you any ' i i ? j i money, vnue a aear irienu is uue , x who borrows all you will stand for. c ?Chicago \ews. t Chamberlain's S&ShSKdE c Never fails. Buy it new. It may save life. | j @:?:?:?:@:?.@:?@:?:@:<? SUITS ring Suits?so many favorites?Grays, Brc ts. are still receiving n< RCUS ?:?:?:?'?:?:?:?:?:?:?:@ ' i \ ?y y iy ty ly ?y py Get Yc Clippers i Us. COMPAl ifc < > *8l ill A >fc ifc ill I 101 I WHAT IT A Bank's 5 Is the fund along with the Capii Profits that protects the depos fore the larger it is, the grea positor has. This Bank hi Capital Stock of ... Surplus Fund of Undivided Profits of ^ Additional Stockholders' L * Tr>fol est on tne marKet. w< lease, Q Stock Company, X Carallia. O >ooooooooooc^ Tie woman of today who has good 1th, good temper, good sense, ?ht eyes and a lovely complexion, result of correct living and good estion.wins the admiration of the Id. If your digestion is faulty imberlain's Stomach and Liver >lets will correct it. For sale by dealers. > iiru i _1_ uerry wiuow is a run an's tobacco, but you n get get it at a poor aiTs price from the Peoi's Mercantile Co, 5-iM3t t is worse than useless to take r medicines internally for muscuor chronic rheumatism. All that needed is a free application of imberlain's Liniment. For sale by dealers. )ld papers for sale cheap by i hundred at The Record oe. f - 1 ?>:?:?:?:?:@:?:@:@:? 8 @ ? d colorings out ? Serges. @ 'i & 9 ist style at rea- g ! 1 @ i * ?.@:@:@:?:@:@:?:?@ j IlUUil This means that this Bank must of its depositors could lose a c 3 for you. Do business with never lost a Dollar. The Bank of D. C. Scott, President. J. F. W. Fairey, Cashier. N. Wm. W. Barr, J >1 II- IE rTOTHEF/ J OF WILL1AMSBU r DEAR SIRS :--As many of yi / now worth about $30.00 per ton e i of our farmers buy hay year aftei i their own, which causes thousai S our county which should be kept K purposes. We can make forage cr k of their cost when we have to h think it would pay you handson ^ Rake and gather your oats and ot 3 Duying w esicrn nay, citr 2 WE HANDLI S McCormick Mowe J And will be pleased to quote y J Come to see us and get the b< J Yours to p s The Williamsburg Live J Klngstree, Stvth fcoooooooocxxxac Hinduism. j Self renunciation is one of the hea eatures of Hinduism. A writer brij ays: "The ascetic life is the natural the ruit of the pessimism of India. In djg, to other country is such transcend- WOj int merit attached to mortification ch? if the flesh. Ascetics press their Tat aartyrdom to almost incredible au imits. Thev will pass their days ' j* y11 y ' y j w >ur ny ?f?I4?'fr 'I4 ?fr 4* -it . 0=3000 MEANS [ Surplus tal Stock and Undivided itors from loss; thereter protection the deis a ?30.000.00 20,000.00 8,279.77 iability. 30,000.00 ^ J. $88,279.76 2 lose $88,279.76 before one |1 A rm_: U enu inis pruiecuun is ^ The Bank that has ( Kingstree I A. kelley.Vice Pres. I D. Lesebxe, Asst. Cashier. I r., Teller. I vKsl RG COUNTY ? >u know, Western Hay is x ind is going higher. Lots V year, instead of making O ids of dollars to go out of A : here for other necessary Q ops for less than one-third X uy same. Now don't you V lely to buy a Mower and V her forage crops and stop O 2 THE IT rs and Rakes a ou prices on the same. Q