The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, August 17, 1911, Page TWO, Image 2
GOVERNOR BLEASE UNCIVIL
TO YOUNG LADY?
THAT'S THE CHARGE BROUGHT
BY BELTOX TIMES--BOTH
SIDES OF UGLY AFFAIR.
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loiumoia. HUgUSl 1": ? ruuiuation
in the morning papers to-day of
affidavits tending t>> support charges
made editorially by the Helton Times
and reproduced n other newspapers
of incivility on the part of Governor
Blease on July toward a young
f woman employed as ticket agent in
the Southern railway station at Helton.
was followed this afternoon by
the summary revocation of the commission
of Notaries Public J M Alexander.
J H Merritt and J A Horton.
Mr Alexander himself made one of
the affidavits and Messrs Merritt and
Horton attested affidavits in theirs.
To each of the three notaries Governor
Blease addressed a letter as
follows:
"Some time since, you were com.
missioned a notary public by me, under
the constitution and laws 'during
the pleasure of the Governor'. Your
commission is hereby revoked and
anv further act oerformed by you as
such officer will be illegal and in violation
of the laws. A copy of this
r letter has been filed with the Secretary
of State and also with the Clerk
of couit.which has been requested to
cancel your commission."
Governor Blease was asked what
bad moved him to revoke these commissions
and he said he had not intended
to volunteer any statement,
but in anticipation of such an inquiry
had dictated to his stenographer an
^ expression on the subject and had
the copies before him. He said he
wished it understood that his language
applied only to "editors of the
newspapers that have taken part in
this business."
The following is his statement:
"I have no further comment to
make on the Belton matter at this
time. What I stated in my letter to
Mr Harris is absolutely correct. I
was perfectly sober, was feeling good,
had just left a large crowd of my
friends, was on my way home in the
best of spirits and remember very
distinctly what took place.
"Any man or woman who lives in
South Carolina who doesn't know that
I am Governor is indeed steeped in
ignorance; hence when I say to any
one that I am Cole L Blease it is absolutely
useless to add that I am Gov*
ernor of South Carolina,and I did not
say so on that occasion, if my ene*
mies do swear to it.
"I have canceled the commissions
of the three notaries taking part in
this dirty transaction, and some other
people will hear from it later.
"Every one who has known me
from my childhood up.both men and
women,will certify to the fact that I
have at all times and on all occasions
been polite and courteous to everybody.
and particularly so to ladie%
and this is the first time in all my
life that I have ever been charged or
accused of showing the slightest dis espect
to any lady, and I am satisfied
that my friends do not believe
that I was disrespectful on this occasion.
' My enemies, of course, will say;
they believe it, even if they don't,!
and the liars who are editing the
newspapers of South Carolina will
endeavor to use it to injure me, because
they will go to any depth in
the filthy bogholes of vituperation
and abuse to do me harm.
"However, the people know me, i
and I am Governor, the pimps and
skunks who use the j)ens for newspapers
to the contrary notwithstanding.
and I'll be re-elected in spite of
their lies. Watch Me!"
\\- Issue ok Veracity.
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In its issue of Friday morning.
August 4. the Helton Times carried
an article giving an account of an
incident that occurred in the Southern
railway station there Saturday ,
afternoon.July 2!?. representing Governor
Blease as discourteous to a
young lady ticket agent. One of
Governor Blease's adherents. James
G Harris, wrote the Governor asking
if the article was true, and the Gov-1
ernor replied under date of August
\
d.bitterly denyinp the charges which 11
the editor of The Tinvshad brought i
against him. and further called the
editor of The Times a liar and a
pimp. Numbers of people otFered to i
substantiate the article, and the ed- i
itor has secured sworn affidavits :
tendinp to prove that the Governor. ;
in denying the truth of the article,
made a misstatement of facts.
J Archie Willis, a member of the
State Legislature from Laurens
county.is the owner of The Times.
He came to Helton from Laurens 1
Tuesday and when shown the article
published in the Anderson Intelligencer.
which included Governor
Blease's letter to his friend.Mr Harris.
he proceeded to pet affidavits to
the effect that the article published .
in last Friday's Times was true in j
every r-spect. He secured the swi rn ;
affidavits ??f people who witnessed
the conduct of the Governor.that his
pajvr's article was true, and he J
| wrote Governor Blease a letter en;
closing affidavits for his Excellency's
information.
Enclosed with the letter Mr Willis
included the sworn affidavit of Miss
! Rogers,the ticket agent. and also the ,
sworn affidavit of Mr James M Alexander,
the well-known superintendent
of the Pelzer mills, and who, by
the way, is a notary public himself,
having been commissioned by Governor
Blease.
The following affidavit was sent
the Bel ton Times by Mr Alexander
from Pelzer Tuesday afternoon, and |'
he was an eye-witness to the incident
and is a man of unspotted reputation,
whom every man respects:
"Belton Times, Belton, S C. <
"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 (J
ticket for the train going to Green- i
.
ville and heard the conversation.' I
l
, Would not have known the man if he 1
? t
had not said, I am Cole Blease, Gov-, 1
ernor of South Carolina, etc.' <
(Signed) "James M Alexander." (<
Sworn to before me this the 8th (1
day of August, 1911. il
J H Merritt, (Seal) J1
Notary Public. 1
The following extract from the 1
article published in The Times is <
what the Governor has so bitterly i
denied:
"Saturday afternoon when the i
Blue Ridge train pulled in at 5:25, 1
and the Anderson trolley car follow-! ]
ed at 5:30, something like 100 peo-' i
pie rushed into the station to get J
tickets for points up the road. There (:
were numbers of ladies standing,
around waiting their turn to get a
ticket for some point north of Belton.
A tall, black-haired man walked
up to the window, handed Miss
Rogers, the accommodating agent,
two mileage books that were nearly
used up and asked for a ticket to
Columbia. There was not enough
mileage in the two books combined
to buy the ticket, so he asked her to
tear the mileage ?>ut of both books,
J subtract it from the number of
, miles to Columbia.and he would pay
ber the difference in cash. Miss
: Rogers very kindly asked him if he J
wouldn't wait until she had sold the 1
tickets for those ladies and gentle-1
men who were waiting to catch the !
northbound train. She explained to J
him that he had until fi:20 to buy j
his ticket.
"Instead of giving place to those
who certainly ought to have been
given place at the window, the man
straightened himself and, in a most
insulting manner,informed Miss Rogers
that 'she must not know who she
was talking to.' He further informed
her that '1 am Cole Blease, the
Governor of South Carolina; I've got
a right to buy a ticket any time I
call for it and you've got to sell it to
me.' He took occasion to tell her
that if he didn't have to. he would
nev. r have ridden on 'her old Southern
road.' He also informed Miss
R >gers that he was going to 'write
her up* to her superintendent."
In a letter to Mr James G Harris,
Belton, S C. Governor Blease has denied
that he acted discourteously .
toward the young woman. In this ?
he says: "I walked up to the ticket (
office window at Belton, laid down t
the mileage book covers, with some j
strips left, but not enough 10 bring (
me through to Columbia. I did not c
t
know at what time either train ar
rived at Helton, but was of the opinion
that I made close connection
When I presented the mileage books
i asked the young lady for a tickei
to Columbia; she replied. '1 haw
not time to wait on you now.'
said, 'Well.I want to go toColumbh
and 1 want a ticket.' She said.'
have not got time to compute thi:
mileage and make the calculations.
1 smiled anil said. 'Very well, 1 wi!
tell you who 1 am and you will pi east
remember, 1 am Cole L Blease." <
did not say 'Governor of South Car
olina'.or mention the fact that I wa
Governor). 1 told her who 1 was he
cause it was my intention to get or
lilt* 11 rtlll WillKHll cl lltrwti, j'1 t.-vi;
the mileage and state why 1 did no
have a ticket, and if the eonductoi
declined to accept the mileage,I wa:
going to sue the railroad for dam
aires.and I wanted the young lady a:
a witness, to remember that I hai
applied to her for a ticket, present
ing the mileage,and that she had re
fused it. When 1 told her who 1 was
I said. '1 will report this matter t<
your superintendent.' She then tooi
my mileage, quickly made the calcu
lations, told me that there was sev
enty cents due. which I paid ver:
promptly. She ha ded me back th<
ticket with the two vacant slips am
said. 'Thank you.' I said. T am ver
much obliged to you: you may keei
the two ok! covers, as you may wis!
to send them in.' She said. 'No, yoi
might need them to show the con
ductor when he asks for your ticket.
I replied. 'All right,' and picked then
up and wai ted away.
"I showed no discourtesy what
ever to the young lady; only was ex
ercising my rights as a passenger or
the road, and told her who I was, a;
I have statt?d,for the purpose I have
3tated. I showed no discourtesy, bul
treated her the same that I woulc
have if every relative of hers in the
world had been present. There were
two young men sitting behind her ir
the office at the time and an olc
Confederate soldier standing by me
with badge on. The conversation die
not even attract their attention
which shows that there was nothing
whatever about the matter to have
caused any one to write a lie about
3uch as has been written by the dirty
scurrilous little editor of the Beltor
Times. I do not know who he is.have
never seen him, but from this article
I am satisfied that he is only anothei
pimp of the newspaper combinatior
that is continually lying about me.
"I thank you for your letter anc
for chis opportunity of explaininj
the matter.
"Very respectfully,
"Cole L Blease, Governor.'
? Spartanburg Herald.
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