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McLAURIN REPLIES TO TILLMAIft LETTER. DECLINES SENIOR SENATOR'S SUGGESTION THAT HE ENTER CAMPAIGN AGAINST BLEASE. Bennettsville, November 4:?Senator Tillman's letter is so "Tillmanesque" that when I read it yesterday, I hardly knew whether to1 laugh or cry; cuss or pray. I expect ? ?11 io in Ar^nr tt 1IIUC ui an 10 ha viuvi? i He hits Blease with a meat axe,1 pitchforks me, ignores Smith andj spits in Simm's face. I am not going to let myself loose j (if I can help). The situation is too I serious, for from the way I feel and he feels, we'd be fighting in a pair of minutes and let South Carolina go to the devil, as we did before. I will honestly acknowledge that I have never been able to get entirely over an early affection for Senator Tillman. I have said hard things myself, but I don't like to hear rvonr\lo c?v nnp wnrri atrainst Vt 4IV1 pvv^/iv kjv? J VMV ? him. If I had conquered and had him down, I would never have rubbed sand in his eyes. His letter is distinctly offensive: "Johnny is smart, but he is a bad little boy, he 8ass:d Papa. Papa is sorry, butcome here Johnny, hand me the brush, now get across my knee, Papa is going to spank you. but if Johnny is good the balance of the week, he can go to the "movies" Saturday." I feel like saying "damn," but I'll say "Bless the Lord." That letter discloses why I couldn't get on with Tillman, why Latimer couldn't and why he and Smith can't An imnerious will that brooks no opposition. I could get on with him now. I'd laugh at him. I used to take hinxand myself too seriously. I will say, however, that God never made a man big enough to talk down to me. My record in the Senate needs no defence. I have done the "penance" of the 'very nearly great man," who was too far ahead of his time. I have suffered the bitter fate that comes to all advanced thinkers. After "pitchforks" are forgotten and "dung heaps" plowed under, the State warehouse idea with agricultural products as a bankable asset, will give me a place in history where foul slanders and my own weaknesses are forgotten. God has been good. I do not need an office for my name to live. When Cole L Blease stood up before 8,000 people and said, "He is a good mpn; he would make a good Governor; he has been badly treated by the scurrilous politicians of South Carolina," he made a personal friend that will last him after the miserable bootlicks and sycophants have turned on him, like those who used to lick Tillman's hand and at his bidding drove the steel into my heart and are now ready to drive it into Tillman's for the favor of another. Senator Tillman has served a great purtxwe, he does not need an office to perpetuate his fame, but he is a mac, poor weak clay, same as I. In us both is that unperishable spark, that after death has washed the J ? ? ??? ???11 ?* A AIAAW onrl uro.'s away, win amuc ucai ouu bright. Why should he still seek to dim the luster of my star? I envy him not the faintest ray of his own. I rejoice in all true greatness, and sorrow in what is little, for are we not all MEN? God must judge between us and the balance He strikes shall be for -all eternity. I long ago forgave him, (Tillman), his letter shows he has never been able to do chat. God does not expect repentance, except from the "near" great. Life is a pose to 99 per cent. The world is a stage. My sense of humor saves me. It made me laugh, to see how utterly th# public misconstrues the true character of both myself and Tillman. It is the joke of the century. Tillman's pose from the beginning has been bluff, brutal honesty, | "Pitchfork Ben." "Give 'em hell and rub it in." He over played his hand a little. Down underneath live* the most astute player of the I Why Is I Because I Williamsbui 1 we invite yo J Kingsti political game that ever dealt a card. The only man without college training that I ever knew with a classical education. Under that roughness, exquisite literary tastes. A giant mind that has read, digested and assimilated the wisdom of all the ages, and applied it to practical politics. Beneath bluster is the the subtle genius of a Talleyrand, he has made every man in South Carolina vote for him one time or another. I laughed with him when the Gonzales solemnly voted for him last summer. I am no politician, 1 haven't tooled anybody and Tillman has fooled everybody except himself. I was the seeker for abstract truth, careless of personal fortunes. Tillman was the adroit political acrobat that could change from a radical to a conservative. I tried to reason it out and was crucified for the reasons, not the result. Woodrow Wilson and Underwood are just where I stood 15 years ago. His letter is so full of Tillmanism, his arrogance and dominant power over men, that I almost love him for being just what he is. It brings back gentle, brave Hugh Farley, the polished Tindal, dear old "Wash Shall" and *'Curlv Headed Johnnv." gathered around the fierce old "Lion," that dominated U8 all. I am not going to be swayed one way or the other by self. I am going to act for the best good of the State as 1 see it, not as directed by anybody. Before Tillman's letter came out or I saw Blease's statement, I sat down and wrote a paper to my friends in various sections of the State explaining my course and they are free to give it to the press. If it is necessary to fight for peace, then I am ready to fight. I will not be a "dog in the manger," nor be a servile tool to gratify any man's spleen toward Governor Blease or to in any manner curtail the rights ominpH hv thp nponle in 1890. Good citizenship is not measured by loyalty to a man but to a principle. Tillmanism split on that rock. It is tearing ragged holes ' in the ship that carries the high hopes of the many good people who are Bleaseites. I will always defend Tillmanism as distinct from Tillman. I place both Tillmanism and Blsaseism as higher and greater than the personality of any man. I have regretted the evil dispensary graft that prevented Tillman from leading the movement to its full fruition, and I would like to see Bleaseism accomplish that in which Tillmanism failed, and when it does the State will be saved. Our people must get together. I have canvassed this entire State, and they will get together. Self seeking pretenders cannot juggle Almighty God out of the progress he has decreed for the human race. J "In the days of Armageddon: In the last great figut of all; May our houses stand together That the pillars do not fall." John Lowndes McLaurin. j Declare War 01 Colds. A crusade of education which oime "thnf mmmnn nnlds mav he come uncommon within the next generation" has been begun by prominent New York physicians. Here is a list of the "don'ts" which the doctors say will prevent the annual visitation of the cold: "Don't sit in a draughty car." "Don't sleep in hot rooms." "Don't avoid the fresh air." "Don't stuff yourself at meal time. Over-eating reduces your re-1 sistance." To which we would add?when you take cold get rid of it as q uickly as possible. To accomplish that you will find Chamberlain's Cough Remedy most excellent. For sale by all dealers. As the result of a shooting affray at Piedmont Sunday night of last week Span Aiken is dead, Street Allen lies in a serious condition from gunshot wounds and T G Gilbert. Ford Springfield and John Allison are under arrest. All the men are said to have oeen annKing logetner when the row occurred. 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