Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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-t?w *> ,?r * -iv .. ?? , - - - . TILLMAN'S 0A8T DRAWS BLOOD #- . V I WATTERSON ADMITS SUGGESTING THAT RYAN AID lYlLSON. Correspondence Throws Further Light on Hari vey-Wilson-Watterion ( Affair ^ Wilson's Cam- ' paign Manager Makes a Statement. f , ; vj/' 1 .Washington,'* Jan. 26.?Jnteresfr;! in the controversy between Wood- e row Wilson and Col. Harvey and 1 Col. Henry' Watterson over Mr. I Wilson's aspirations for the Demo- t dratic presidential nomination was t ' revived tonight, when Col. Watter- e son gave out correspondence that f had passed between himself and ( Senator B. R. Tillman, of South i Carolina, yesterday and today. i The correspondence, in which the t name of Thomas F. Ryan figures, is s as follows: j WATTERAON TO TILLMAN. t * 'Washington, Jan. 26, 1912. "My Dear Sir: Referring to the so-called iHarvey-Watterson inci- , dent' I find you quoted by the newspapers of this rooming to the fol- * lowing effect: 'I had given Henry Watterson credit for more sense thap J to try to foist off a story like this j with the material facts concealed.' . Tho man ?tK/\ ^al?Aa a 1? * " A AAV uiuii TTIIU umnuo a |/UUllU DWIC* ment 'with the material facte con* . cealed' is little other than a scoundrel. I have the right, therefore, f to demand of you upon what war- . rant of authority you make this se- . rious accusation against me, and to , ask a reply through my friend, the Hon. 8wager Sherley, of Kentucky, f "With great respect, . 'Henry Watterson. "To the Hon. B. R. Tillman." ? tillman's reply. j "United States Seriate, > 'Washington, D. C., ; "Jan. 26, 1912. t "My Dear Sir;. Jn your note of "a January 25th, handed me by the p Hon. Swager Sherley, you call my g attention to an interview which I , had given out in reference to the . Harvey-Watterson-Wilson incident, , in which I say, 'I had given Henry Watterson credit for more sense than * to try to foist off a story like thiB ? with the material facts concealed.' "You demand to know 'upon a what warrant of authority you make ? this serious accusation against me.' 1 "In your statement to the press you described in detail the rupture l>etween Governor Wilson and CoJ. Harvev but said nothino? as to what caused it. AH leading papers of the country seem to know why Governor Wilson severed relations with Col. Harvey, and you, as a leading newspaper man and self-confessed expert groomer of presidential candidates, must have known it at the time your statement was published. I very properly concluded that you know the reasons for the rupture, and when you made public the manner in which it occurred, without giving the causes, you were unquestionably concealing the mat' rial facts. "Very respectfully yours, ,*."B. R. Tillman. "To Col. Henry Watterson, Washington, D. C?" WATTERSON's REJOINDER. "Washington, D. C., "Jan. 26, 1912. "Mv Dear Sir: I have never pretended to bo a groomer of presidentian candidates, expert or otherwise, but I desire your good opinion, and wrote with that, as well as the truth of this matter, in mind. "I am with you, senator, in wishing a Democrat, and not a pseudoRepublican, for our presidential nominee. It was no less from a sense of party duty than of justice, as between man and man, that I made the statement to which?upon a total misapprehension of the facts ?you take exception. "I have been aware for nearly a week that recognized spokesmen for Governor Wilson were industriously circulating the stoiy that the real reason why Govornor Wilson broke with Col. Harvey was that Col. Harvey had tried to bring Mr. Thos. F. Ryan into the governor's campaign. But until you gave credence to the story it could not be invested with any responsible authority. Its origin was mysterious, its cireulation surreptitious. Consequently, there has been, up to this time, nothing , either to deny or recognize. DECLARES STORY UNTRUE. "Now, senator, I know, of my own knowledge, that that story is a lie out of whole cloth. If any person ventures to question this assertion I hove in my possession proof A rRai BAKING P Abaofuitti The only Baking ' from Royal Grape! MO ALUM, HO Lll :onclusive, which I hold myself, eady to place before your honest y< uid truth-seeking mind. "I do not accuse Governor Wilon of originating or circulating this nvention, manufactured to make a w lero of him at the expense of. the rignd: who has most' effectually lerved him. I do not assume that le is aware of the dastardly work >eing done by his alleged agents, but he fact remains that Governor Wilion knows as well as I do that the * itory is false. He may or may not eel that he owes any obligation to 3ol. Harvey. That is a matter of M vhich ho must be the judge, but I c< nsist that he owes it to his honor n< o repudiate that story and to dis ivow those who are striving to in- ^ ect the calumny into the public nind. sugoestkd aid from ryan. ir At Governor Wilson's instance I RC lad undertaken to assist his accred- ** ted managers in raising the consid- 1 irable sums of money needful to the I jrosecution of his campaign, and in le.r his my efforts were not wholly un-14' ruitful. As the business proceeded I he name of Thomas F. Ryan not n.' innaturally came into my mind. B1. 3e is a Democrat. He is a Vir- FV ;inian. He is my friend. Know- ) ng him to bea disinterested man, *V laving ho axeto grind, I hoped "that .' might induce him to help out what believed was a good cause. Gov- F xnor Wilson'8 managers were de- . ighted with the suggestion. Col. *F larvey had nothing whatever to do vith it, and, as far as I am aware, mew nothing whatever about it. "Throughout this unhappy affair ' have been an unwilling witness? h i^ consequences somewhat of an b< nnocent bystander?having been up o,tbe hour of the Harvey incident lu ? sincere believer in Governor Wil- vi on. He is a man of ability. In Tl ome ways he might prove a candi- or late of availability, but I fear that pi f he became ;our president we might vc lisdover all too late that he possesses C< personal peculiarities which would so rove disastrous. We want in the ge Vhite House a man of broad mind p< a well as polished intellect, of heart VY ;rateful and kind, no less than dar- vi ng. 1 th FREE DEMON! FARMIN< D YN A Dr?wfl (ma tctwl pbotoinpb Drawn from actual photosrapMT Ten month* Cone and learn the mode sale way to use the slant Amove Stomps and BonMers. Break UpSntwoOs aid Make Ok ^fTfUUrtN ^ A vflu HUnIP cross II Win Be Dcmaeatratei Capt. A. H. Foster, one February 7, 10 A. M. Red Cross Dynamite is s _ _ WW a | ware c.o. ana Jtiumpn Agricultural Blaster Wanted. **Mjown^Ulw^ W? will iMcfc yaa tfca wwk '^fDER y Pure Powder made Bream ofTartar Ml PHOSPHATE "I remain, with great respect, Dur obedient servant, "Henry Watterson. "To the Hon. B. It. Tillman." ilson'r manager makes statement. New York, Jan. 27.?Suggestions y Col. Henry Watterson that he >licit contributions to the Woodrow Wilson campaign fund from Thomas . Ryan were met with declarations T William F. McComba, Governor Wilson's campaign manager, that ir. Kyan'e money could not be acjpted, aB "such contributions were at within the spirit of the Wood>w Wilsorx campaign." Mr. Mcombs made a statement as follows: , m'combs' statement. "I have read the correspondence iterchanged between Col. Watterm and Senator Tillman, which apeared in this morning's papers. I aid thought that Col. Watterson's atement of several days ago itself itirely disposed of the alleged incijnt. I so stated in an interview a ly or so afterwards. 1 have made > statement with reference to it nee that time. From the begining of the campaign for Governor ^ilson, which I have managed, I ive received all of the contribute made to it. I assume responbility for them and I know &11 leir sources. They have uniformly jen made by people who had no iterest except the consummation of is idea which he represents." No le of them expects any other reirn. , 1'KRSONAL INTERVIEWS ONLY. "Any communication which has >en had between myself and Col. ratterson regarding campaign funds ( is taken place in personal inter- j ewe between him and myself. ' here have been two interviews ily. I intensely dislike to make a ; iblic statement of a private oonsrsation and regret very much^tbat, ? >1. Watterson has forced me to tip . In October of last year I had A meral conversation on. presidential ilitics with Col. Watterson at the 'aldorf, where he was stopping. I sited him at his suggestion. In ie course of that conversation he \. STRATION ; WITH MITE Stump. blMted out into firewood. laBS iletet?ISM.Mwortb of celery ptrtcn, ra. qnlck, cheap aid force of dyooilte to Plant Trees. Dig Ditches. I Farms Pro4ice Big Crops. YNAMITE I mi the Farm of mile west of town, old by Union Hardries Hardware Co. Plasty of iilwSif and profitable wock to Ids dose fee fanai wkodosot wast to do asd Ih|p vas flhit U ialnuHnii a?d dse la lasts burtiaa He ofll dtsw yss bow. gave it as his opinion that a large I amount of money will be needed | and volunteered the suggestion that I he would go and see his friend, 1 Thomas F. Ryan, and that he was I euro he could induce him to make a | very large contribution to the campaign. FROWNED SUGGESTION. "I said to him that'we could not take Mr. Ryan's money and that such contributions were not within the spirit of tne Woodrow Wilson campaign. His reply was: " I have been in politics fifty years and I know that money and ^ not patriotisrb counts in a preeiden- 8 tial campaign.' 3 "I repeated to Col. Watterson % that we could not take the money, e Early in December I met him again ? and he renewed the discussion of a Ryan contribution. I made the 9 same answer to him that I had ? madd before. 8 "I heard nothing further from fe Col. Watterson on the subject and s thought no more of the. converea- ^ tions. I have not aeen him since B that time. 3 NO RYAN MONEY RECEIVED. E "If I mistake not there is an im- 8 plication perhaps in Col. Watter- g eon's letter to Senator .Tillman? jq probably not intended to the effect ? that he secured funds for this cam- 9 poign from Mr. Ryan. No such 2 contribution has been made, and S this, of course, Col. Watterson well ? knows. ; "The well-timed assaults upon Governor Wilson are rendering a g real service. I will specify in one fl respect. Since the beginning of ' these attacks I have received in my ?j mail many small contributions from jS all over the country, from people g who have not been asked to contribute and whom neither I nor Governor Wilson know. Their letters all convey expressions of resentment at the unfair and concerted attacks that are being made upon him." Indian Killed on Track \p.ir Rnphnllp Til on Tndion 1 sleep on a railroad track and was killed ? by tlie fast express. He paid for his carelessness with his life. Often its that ^ way when people neglect eonghs and j colds. Don't riBk your life when promnt use of Dr. King's New Discovery will cure them and so prevent a dangerous throat or lung trouble. It completely cured me, in a short time, of a terrible cough Chat followed a severe attack of [irip," writes J. R. Watts, Floydada, rex., "and I regained 15 pounds in weight that I had lost." Quick, safe, reliable and guaranteed. 50c and $1.00. rrial bottle free at The Rice Drug Go. 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Master's Sale State of South Carolina, ) Court of OomCounty of Union. ) mon Pleas. Mrs. A. V. Taylor, Plaintiff, Against i Susie Hayden, Defendant. ser In obedience to an order made in the * above stated case, I will sell, at Union, ne' during the legal hours of sale, before the Court House door, on Saleeday, Monday, | Feb. 6th, 1912. the following land to wit: All that lot of land in ynion Township, said County and State, containing one- fro fourth of an acre, more or less, situated ? about one and one-half miles southwest pi * of the Court House. r Sh Terms of Sale: Cash. Purcliaser to yr pay for p&pc.s. _ R. 0. Williams, D 3-3t Master. | The Gtizens National ^5ank a | Invites your banking business j| I during the year 1912. , fl I Whether you contemplate K g rtnnnm/v n ^* _ 1? " gg a ua y 111^5 Ul VjllCCKlIl^ H I I account, this institution can ? serve you in the mhst accept- ? A able way. We pay from 4to | * 5 percent, on all Savings ac-r counts. Remember we ap-1 preciate your deposit whether |1 large or small. The Citizens National Bank | < Union, South Carolina ?<< 1A AAA AAA AAA aAA AAA ?Aa AAA AAA AAA AAA AAA AJA AAA AAa AAA ^ AAA ^ AAA ? ^ ? ? A ? ^AAIM I Get Our Prices if 'f : ?ON? :| . .f ! FLOUR j ' * ' '* i if [ We Can Save You Money. || :i I PEOPLES SUPPLY CO. I s "keep your money at home** 51 C Standing of Twelve Leading Companies ! ! r Showing Per Cent, of Money Carried Out of { * r South Carolina in 1910 1 * , Union Central 64% Mutual Benefit 52% , . Prudential 52 New York Life . 50 I Aetna 46 Penn Mutual 39 1 I . Equitable ... - 38 Life Inn. Co. of Virginia 35 > L Mutual Life.. - 34 Metropolitan... 26 F Travelers 25 Southeastern Life 00 i 1 jC The figures used in this leaflet are obtained from the X ( Preliminary Report of the Insurance Department of South X r Carolina, and are, therefore, authentic. V # This report shows that, in 1910, the life insurance O \ companies doing business in this State received $1,750,- & | 060.42 MORE THAN THEIR TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS A J IN THIS STATE. This is over Two Hundred Thousand X Dollars more than the total cost of maintaining the State jC r Government during the same year. it K Patronize the Home Company. X \ SOUTHEASTERN LIEE INSURANCE CO. g ( OF SOUTH CAROLINA X f W. D. GEORGE, General Agent < I |n:~n C f O V F. W. PERRIN, Special Agent } UIIIU1I, O. U. A son job? rhat question will be asked yon almost daily bv business men seeking your vices, if you qualify?take the Pmtighon Training?and show ambition to rise. tfore BANKERS indorse DRAVGIION'S Colleges than indorse all other busies colleges COMBINED. 48 Colleges in 18 States. International reputation. luHitr. Typewriting, Pcnnuin'hlp, bnrliHh. Hpclltng, Arithmetic. Lrllrr WrltlnK, Baidneaa r -PBEK anxtllary braachca. Good POSTTIONS GUARANTEKD under reasonnble conditions, lookkeeping. 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