The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1892-02-24
That Converted Tillmanite.

Mr.. EDITOR: Permit me space in your
columns to put before your readers few
facts which may be Of interest especially
to the Tillmanites, concerning that won-
derful conversion that has recently taken
place in our county. an account Of which
appeared in 'The State" of the 18th inst,
and which I hope you have reproduced
for the benefit Of the public
The article to which I shall refer was
published over the signature of J. H.
Chappell, and headed ga Converted Till
mantle"
It shall be our aim to show how easy it
is to convert some epeople-especially this
celebrated ex-Tillmanite-as We think we
can show that he has been converted be-
fore, and seeks further conversion among
the ants, by going back few years.
Once upon time this same ex-Tnl-
mantle was secret candidate for Chief
of Police of Newbe-ry, and just before the
election he ':spread himself" for the Sue
cessful candidate-he elected his man,
but his man failed to elect him chief This
put this now converted Tillmanite on the
lourner's bench. One year later the same
man was candidate for reelection, and
this great convert "spread himself
against him--but the candidate ''got there
all the same" Note the conversion. Who
knows but that his last conversion means
that he is again candidate for chief If
he is he will be re-re-converted.
In 1890 there appeared a card in the
newspapers which read as follows:
John Henry Chappell is hereby an
nounced as a candidate for County Audi
tor-subject to the primary election.
Signed TILLMANITEs.
This Till-nanite candidate canvassed
the whole county and made some Of the
strongest reform speeches made during
the campaign. We wonder if he was so
blinded as to make him disregard the truth
in said campaign, and if he had been
elected would this great conversion have
taken placeo But when the result Of said
election was published we saw how many
'nilltnanite friends he had-here is the
result! J. H. Chappell, for the whole Of
NewbeTy County, I6I votes, which goes
to show that Newberry County knows
rotten drift-wood" from true and manly
men This put him on the mourner,s
bench again, and all he needed was Sal
vdtion arInv to come along with big bag
of wind, such as he found in The State"
and he would be saved. Note the conver-
sion When you touch my pocket YOU
touch my heart.
It must be remembered that this is the
same J. H. Shappell that found all those
dead men'S and mirrors names on the
Carolina Club roll. We suppose the club
well remember it. We wonder if he will
now enroll with the dead?
We think we have plainly shown his
reasons for being so easily converted, for
those that he gives amount to nothing.
One word more to Mr. Chappell as con-
Germs Col. tombstone: The writer Of this
IS rcd-h0t Tillrnau man, and he with
enough others Of the same stamp elected
Col. Johnstone and if he is the friend to
the Colonel that he processes 10 be, he had
better be careful how he alludes to Col.
tombstone defeating areforme--a word to
the wise is sufficient
And now if any of US should be so weak
as to go back on the Governor, let US be
strong enough to credit it to our good
sense and Judgment and not parade it out
before criticising public that we were
converted by an independent sheet which
will not say that it would support the
Democratic nominee. Let US again IN
furl the banner Of reform and stand man
to man and again be tie successful crowd
with J. H Chappeu and Ellison S. Keitt, |
the two defeated candidates to the contra
" Notwithstanding.
S-OFFIcF- SEEKER. J