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r 1 uvww**^ 7 - r -/ W TILLMAN WRITES TO GOVERNOR BLEASE | ^ (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1.) I whether or not this is true. Others can determine for themselves, and convict or acquit you according to the evidence. When the question was asked by the infuriated Tillmanites who felt that they had been betrayed by \ i their old leader, "What induced him Itovdo this?" some of them in their rage shouted "he has been bought" Who in ^ South Carolina wnows what the price of a^Tillman is? In Washington where he has worked for the last 18 years * for the State and nation he had opportunities almost innumerable to get i ^ ? ~ WllDn Vl rv TI'QC i I money ior ouiciai auuuu. ,, ^ in charge of the railroad rate bill, where there were hundreds of millions and even billions of dollars worth of property involved and a slight change in the law, which Tillman could have aided to obtain, meant un- j told money for the railroad interests, j no one ever hinted nor did anyone i ^ver believe ne was approachable as j a bribe-taker. It has remained for some crazy South Carolinian, drunk! with Bleaseism, to hurl this suspecion J at an old man novermg on ine oniiK of the grave, a man whose purity in private life and whose purity as a ; servant of the people has made him ; above suspicion. - Had a Dream. ^On the night of the election I had a dream in which something told me I "Blease is elected." Becoming fully ' awake I tnougnt over an me conse-; Quences as the people dreaded them and considered what was best to b(* dohe in the event the dream should prove true. I thought of your threat to make the people "sweat blood" and i of what it really meant or could pos- j sibly mean. The only interpretation tljat occurred to me was that the gov- J ernor would make a general jail delivery by emptying the penitentiary and j turning the convicts loose upon society. You have that power, sir. It was S1VCU iyi puipuocs u; LUCIVJ' ; and not for the punishment of your j fellow citizens. The governor takes i an, oath to see that the "laws are exe-! cuted in mercy." There is in the con- j stitution nothing which permits him j to trample the law under foot on tte' pretense of mercy, and nothing but venality and greed of money can make him nlace the nardonins: Dower in the (hands of a lawyer who charges bi?- j fees to obtain pardons. As for par-j doning the criminals by wholesale no j b^dy but a lunatic would do such a thing and nobody but a lunatic \ ould, threaten it. Let me beg vou to beware i what you do and say hereafter. Tut: a hridle on that unlicensed congut; of yours. You owe it to your friends, j. you owe it to yourself, and you owe it . to the State. j( I have been trusted Dy me people I as well as you. They have shown i Bk their love and confidence in no uncer-! Rtain* way and I therefore claim the I fright to warn and to offer to help you t Mfin. all matters of pardons if yoj will deign to ask my advice. Nobody in Scdith Carolina will doubt the justic ? | I of any pardon I recommend. This is : :a thankless burden I am willing to assume for the public welfare, and I do not expect to do any of the -irudg- j ery of it, but I know men I can trust j "whose honor and patriotism are not! only above suspicion, but who have I. the respect and confidence of' their j fellow citizens. I will enlist tbe help, if I can, of these to examine thp peri- j tions in order to help you, bit', you j ( snail not, n L can prevent u. canj j I out your threat to make the people of B South Carolina "sweat blood" be- i cause so many of them have not been m "bamboozled and debauched" bv your I demagogic appeals. Consider, gover-1 B nor, what it means to turn loose: K criminals, murderers and cut-throats,! I and then consider the infamy of bold- j fcy^nd openly offering to pardon any |pnai>-^o would kill certain people, i K Don't you see to what criminal folly Bt yoS? have been led to give people the j V right to think that you will pardon ; I men who assassinate your enemies?! I Such an infamous idea never entered i any but a crazy man's brain. In your desperation attempting to I reply to my indictment of you in the { Ferguson letter you were unscrupu- i I lous enough to say: "T fttril frftTTl SpTlfltni" Till I A icai ug evil 1* v/xx* * *** Trunk's letter, except that possibly his mind has become more diseased of late than it was when I had my last talk with his confidential physician." Everyone knows that you alluded to Dr. aBbcock. And a more knightly gentleman or a more Ioval friend to me never breathed, and I know you had no authority for it. He is not the: - type of doctor who discusses his pai tients and their ailments with Tom, f Dick and Harry. L- Mind is Stronger. i'; I want to say to you that I know ; since my last stroke of paralysis in' ""February, i910, my Vnemory has been : r very much impaired but the other parts of my brain have gradually antf very preceptibly increased in efficiency and vigor and I am now fully capable of doing as good work as l ever did. The only reason why I have felt unwilling to make speeches in the senoto oriH rtti the hustings this summer is OWV V** ? w ? because I know I can not speak with any force or vigor without turning on the full voltage of the dynamo. Under excitement the blood rushes to the brain for that is the way the mind works. Dr. Babcock had warned me that to attempt to make a speech would mean grave danger and the nrobable bursting: of a blood vessel fol lowed by paralysis or death. Therefore I have refrained and restrained myself, though at times the temptation has been very, very great. But, governor, while my memory is poor the moral fibre in me is as sound as it ever was, and my patriotism burns with an even brighter flame than when my health was vigorous. And my conscience is in fine working order, too-, I can assure you. When I told my wife that I intended to write an open letter to you and outlined some of the things I intended to say, she pleaded with me thus: "Blease is not a wholly bad man. He nociiftnotfl anri ha<5 befcn tantalized. I ^ , abused and misrepresented until he has lost all sense of responsibility and self-control." Recollect, governor, this same noble woman has been your advocate with me until your recent statement came out about what oc-1 curred last spring in Washington. She knows you told an untruth and has never forgiven you. It is in this spirit I now speak. You have been lied on, slandered and abused almost! beyond endurance, but so was I. I: had courage and self-control enough j to rise above it. You have been weak enough to surrender to the impulse A ~-x- ? " 1? - vv J ^ A to siriKe uaciv ituu l\j urw? belt. ! I want those who consider Blease- j ism as Tillmanism to take this contrast in consideration when they J make up their final judgment. Till-1 manism as Tillman preaches it and has always preached it, is noble, high and elevating. Bleaseism is selfish, low, dirty and revengeful. I have been very greatly blessed j in my life and every day I return! thanks to the Creator for his many i blessings. The greatest among these! has been a good woman whom God ; gave me in her youth and purity 45 j years ago. I have had one grief and ! that was the knowledge that so many j good men in South Carolina seemed 1 implacable and irreconcilable in their ' hatred of me. These men truly and honestly hated me as badly as many South Carolinians hate you now, but; there are more of them in your case than there ever were in mine, thank God. Honesty compels me to say that you deserve the hate and distrust in which they hold you. I never did. You had an opportunity when you < : went into the governor's office such as comes to few men in this life. Your j inaugural was a great disappointment j to your friends and -provoked your | enemies to renewed and relentless ac-i tivity. You had shown yourself too little and narrow to be governor of; any State for, my dear sir, the governorship is a very high honor indeed, ! but it also carries the very heaviest j responsibilities. You will recall when : you were elected two years ago I wir- < *r\ vnn rnn^ratulations and added, "let: ~ o - j the heathen rage." The heathen have j raged, but the righteous have also j moaned and their cries are now rising j to heaven in accusation of yoik One Satisfaction. Returning to the blessings which have been showered upon me, I have before I die the satisfaction of knowing, as I now do know, that I have ' won the admiration, love and confi- j Tim ^ ! deuce ci me aQu-inimaiuicb ui uiu, i and of the Haskellites even. I owe my ! reelection to the senate to xhese men j that came to me when some of my old friends, the "woolhat one-gallus j boys" and my fellow citizens who work in the cotton mills were shouting, "crucify him!" "retire him to private life!" "we can no longer trust him!" etc. My reelection to the sen- j ate is assured and I shall die in har- ; ness "when the Lord's time comes" for j me to go, conscious that all of the er?nri neoDle of the State now appre-; - X ciate me and realize at last what manner of man I am. It is a sweet thought to feel that many of the Haskellites voted for me, j and right here I want to say that' "Haskelities" ought not to be an epi- J thet of opprobrium in South Carolina 1 any longer. Judge Haskell and 1 made i friends before he died and I always j felt that he was a blind fanatic who ; had been led off into the frenzy of independentism bv the same emotions which your election has produced. He ' was a knightly gentleman and a brave-; soldier. Peace to his ashes. Haskel-! iism and Bleaseism ought to be buried in the same grave and the world hear I f no more of either. It is time for South Carolinians to : quit wounding each other's feelings and fighting like cats and dogs. No 'good can come of it and much harm i has already come of it, and more will I follow if we do not realize that a "house divided against itseii can nui | stand." As good men voted for Blease as voted for Jones. They felt it to be their right as citizens, and many of : them religiously believed that their | liberties were in danger, for you, gc ernor, are reported as saying that **? ; Jones was elected they would never ! vote again. I Jefferson said once that as between government without newspapers and newspapers without government he v/culd take the latter lor the newspa- j pers would keep the people informed | and they would hav? intelligence | enough to give tnemse ves good gov ernment in some way. Our newspapers in South Carolina hav? lost sight ; of the necessity for fair and square | dealing with their readeis, so much so that they have not the inPuencs i with the people that they ought to ; have. There is roor.i for a gr.^ar. many j reforms in this particular and I sin-, cerely hope that the editors of r-.e ; South Carolina papers wiil seriously j consider how they can regain the confidence of the people again. So great has been the distrust ca.ised by the | dishonesty and partisanship that hun; dreds, nay thousands o? my friends could not be made io believe that f 'had written the letter to Ferguson or | given out the ??tat3ra<int accompanying it. I received ma 1 y many telePTflms anrt Ipttpro QClrino- nrhothar Tf ' was authentic. This condition of the I public mind has been brought about | by seeing that the newspapers in their j headlines and in the body of the arti cles themselves distort and color un- j righteously the facts. When the peo-' pie are taught they can always be trusted, but when the people distrust the newspapers and believe them corrupt and dishonest and given to all manner of lying they lose that respect for them that is necessary to preserve iree government. Would Talk to Friends, If I ever get able to speak again I , want to go to three counties in South Carolina and talk to my old friends face to face, Anderson, Laurens and York. You have stolen the love and confidence of those people?I did not lose it; you stole it. Who would ever have believed it possible that the men who 22 years ago were so frenzied i* their Tillmanism and worship of Till J. 1.U ~ T ~ man as to unuitcu me nurses irom his carriage and hitch themselves in to drag him in triumph through the ' street would come to distrust, hate and abuse him "without cause. Madame Roland before she was I \ guillotined exclaimed: "0 liberty, j what crimes are committed in thy J name!" Noting the progress which j has been made toward the demoraliza- i tion among the Democrats in South Carolina one can 'shout, "Oh, Democrnf?v ivil 1 t V> npnril P npvor loom +/~> know their true friends from their false leaders, never to distinguish be- 1 tween a statesman and a demagogue, always listening to flattery and sweet words without looking below the sur- i face and the true inwardness of! things and men." To think that the j very men for whom I have done most, I the poor farmers and factory people, should turn and rend me this way! 1! gave them Clemson college and Win- |. throp. At least, I had more to do with \ ] it than any other one man. I gavej, them the primary, for I wrote the j UL1V, kJ tftlt V/UllOlllUllUil W ilU 1L1J own hand in conjunction with my brother, G. D. Tillman, and made ther rules governing the primary and safeguarded in every possible way their rights, so that now every citizen has a voice in the government and can protect himself if he has sense enough. All pleasure and satisfaction in my reelection to the senate is gone because of the desertion of these old ! friends and followers of mine. It i makes me doubt seriously .whether I have not erred grievously in giving the power of self-government to these j people and teaching them their rights, j1 They show such a woeful lack of gratitude. I feel that when I am dead and in the grave that they will realize and understand the criminal folly of i theil* action and the enormity of the ! betrayal of their best friend. I know i if I could have spoken to them this < summer this tragedy could not have occurred. When these old friends have < had time to cool off and think it all over tney win curse tnemselves for < such base ingratitude, and for their j idiocy in being misled by a demagogue. To think that they had been such fools as not to understand and grant the old man's last plea to "die in harness" serving them and serving the State! and nation. Oh, it is pitiful! The object of every true patriot! i should be to pour oil upon the trou- ;1 bled waters and bring a return of har-1 mony and'good will among our people, j \ \ * -- j "Lei us have peace." And if that-can not be given us, let us see what a return to decency and sanity will accomplish. If you clear yourself of the foul accusations made against you in the governor's office and will pursue a wnoily dinerent policy nereaner, mere is some future for you in the State yet. If you do not, your name will go down in history as the very worst native South Carolinian who was ever governor. Moses not excepted. I repeat you are "eminently qualified to be governor as far as brains go," and if you reform and make good in the iwu .yeais yuu nave .yei lu acivc in that office the people may forgive you. But you must be governor of the whole people and not of your friends alone and they will take care of your future destiny, always r.ipposing that you clear yourself of the infamous charges that have been brought against you. For unless you do that you can never hope to aspire to higher promotion, for the people of Sou:h Carolina will never tend to Washing- I & i ton a man not above suspicion. Your destiny is largely in vonr own hands, governor. For fhe honor of the State I hope you can r-.n.l wil! ol.-ar yourself. May God forgi o yo.i for ihe sins you have committed a^iinst yourself and the Deonle nr thi? S.ate. Gov. Blease, vo:i are g:ren another opportunity. Will you make u?e of it.and show that you ar? a man and not a duinon! Put tie d -vil behind you and be the governor of all the people instead of your friends alone; conquer yourself and instead of boing the governor of '2,000 become the governor of the 140.000 men in South Carolina! If you do this, tbe "heathen will quit raging,wnii(?- the righteous will rejoice. You have tne brains. Make use of them instead of giving way to your evil passions. I do assure you that you will die a happier man if you will follow this advice. Conquer your enemies by kindness and justice. You can not conquer them' in anv other wav. B. R. Tillman. Trenton, August 30. S> ^ 3> BARBECUE NOTICES. <fc $> <$ $><$>3><$><?><$><^<$><?<$><8><$><S><$><$><$><$ (Barbecue notices $1.00 each up to eight lines; all o?er eight lines at the rate of one cent a word.) I will give a barbecue at B. B. Leitzsey's on Friday, September 6. S J F> Pripp We will furnish a first-class barbecue at Halfacre's mill Friday, September 6, 1912, everybody come and enjoy a good dinner. , L. B. and H. H. Ruff. Flagged Train With Shirt. Tearing nis shirt from his back an Ohio man flagged a train and saved it from a wreck, but H. T. Alston, Raleigh, N. C., once prevented a wreck with Electric Bitters. "I was in a terrible plight when I began to use , them," he writes, "my stomach, head, back and kidneys were all badly affected and my liver was in bad condition, but four bottles of Electric Bitters made mo feel like a new man." A trial'will convince you of their matchless merit for any stomach, liver or kidney trouble. Price 50 cents at W. E. Pelh&m'a. . TEACHER WANTED. Applications for teacher for Tranwood School may be filed with an^ one of the undersigned on or before Fririnv Aneust twenty-third. Salary forty dollars per month. Term, six months. J. Revert Long, George A. Epting, 0. H. Abrams, Trustees. Newberry, R. F. D. No. 3. 1912 ?. e w - COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON ^ I 128th Year Begins September 27. j It offers courses in Ancient and j Modern Languages, Mathematics, His- j tory, Political Science, Debating, I Chemistry, Physics, Biology and En- j gineering. Courses for B. A., and B. S. degree with Engineering. A free tuition scholarship to eacli county of South Carolina. Vacant Boyce scholarships, giving $100 a year and free tuition, open to competitive sxamination in September. Expenses reasonable. Terms and catalogue on application. Write to Entrance examinations at all the county seats on Friday, July 5, at 9 i. m. ' i HARRISON RANDOLPH, President, Charleston, S. C. jj EAT WHAT YOU WAJTT! Eat what you want when you want 1 it and "Digestit." Two or three tab- i< lets after meals digests all the food, j prevents distress, relieves indigestion nstantly. Brown's Digestit is a little 1 :ablet easy to swallow, absolutely < / mm?m i I BUY 1HC Wagons for IT7DU cannot farm without more than you can keep a stove. You work your and harder than anything else Buy a wagon that lasts longe age. It is an easy thing to do, wagons which are painted alike The difference in waeons is i I paint. It is the material anc entering unto the construction c Weber New Columbus which make them the best wag We want every purchaser to c before buying, that when 1I: advertised as having oak orbirc axles, and long leaf yellow pin thpQA tVi<* materials ar.tnall I When anIHC wagon reac barn, that farmer has one of th easiest-running farm wagons th can make or that money can bu need to speculate in buying a wagons are. made for nation-^ special features adapted to lo Weber and Columbus have woe * r i r* , 1 T7 . .1. IJtsettenaon ana steei Jung na The I H C wagon dealer in ] the wagon best suited to jrour Ask him for I H C wagon liter I International Harvester Com] (Incorporated) Columbia IH C Service Bureau The purpose of this Bureau is t of charge to all. the best informat on better farming. If you have an; tions concerning soils, crops, land gation. fertilizers, etc.. make your in and send them to I H C Service Bur Building, Chicago, USA I A rnnsfant Protectio A telephone on the Farm affords the from isolation as well as protection in the Mr. S. S. Lee, of Blanch, N. C., wr of our friends' husband was compelled to I night. During that time no one was ir She talked to us all up and down the li: I ready to go to her at a minute's notice, i she had a phone, as she would not feel at Write for otir free booklet and see h< telephone on your Farm. Address Farmers Line Department SOUTHERN BELL TELEP1 9& TELEGRAPH COMF 163 South Prycr St., Atlanta, ( harmless. It has relieved thousands show cai and is guaranteed to please you, if not said adn your money refunded?50c. A , granted. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, GIVEN COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. day of A By Frank M. Schumpert, Esquire, Probate Judge. WHEREAS, Maggie L. Livingston hath made suit to me to grant her NOTICE letters of administration of the estate | of and effects of Mrs. Rebecca J. The be Thompson, berry coi THESE ARE THEREFORE to cite Septembe and admonish all and singular the Septembe kindred and creditors of the said Mrs. the peop! Rebecca .T. Thompson, deceased, that opportuni they be and appear before me, in the ^oiirt of probate, to be held at Newberry, S. C., on the 16th day of September, next after publication there- Registrat }f, at 11 o'clock in t$e forenoon, to ty? True Economy I CL WdgUll dllj house without B r wagon oftener on the farm. r than the avereven though all I i may look alike. mderneath the i workmanship, . I \ )f IH C wagons, r Bettendorf ffi Steel King 1 fon investment. onvince himself [ C wagons are t ;h hubs, hickory I e box bottom^, y used.4 :hes a farmer's e best-wearing, lat skilled labor y. There is no wagon. I H C vide uses, with v 9 cal conditions. | >d gears. New ' VP Q+PAI friars. 9 four town sells 01 neighborhood. SI . ature, or, write !>any of America i Qnirie^sp^cific |J eau. Harvester 1 11 ' Farmer's family freedom absence of the men. ites: "Some time ago one be off until ten o'clock at 1 the house but hi? wife, ne, and each family was She said she was so glad j all lonely." )W little it costs to have a 4 BONE /fgk\ rY w.; ise, if any they have, why the 2imsiraiion snouia not be ? under my Hand, this 28th ugust, Anno Domini, i9i2. Frank M. Schumpert, J. P. N. C. BY REGISTKATION BOARD. ?ard of registration of Newmty will be at Whitmire on r 3 and at Prosperity on r 4 for the purpose of giving le of these communities an ty to register. C. E. Wheeler, E. Lee Hayes, G. C. Evans, ion Board of Newberry Coun 1