The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-08-01


and John all have hand in the Epistl
to the Georgians, and send 1t unde
James Tillman's nom de plume, Grad
dock? Was Jim implicated himself
or, as they have taken such extra
1 ordinary pains to make the public be
lieve, did he originate and write i
himself?
have shown how the talk about "ar
article" originated, and | will show
the public the article, and my explana
tion of the grand combine is simple anG
easy. Irby heard of the Farley ar
ticle. Shell had announced his inten
tion to retire, which he could not un
derstand (for there is no retiring In
Irby). Farley had called by Senator
Buffers Office one day with Col. Will
Irby's bitter hatred, had ignored him
while in Washington, and Irby began
| to ruminate. AT last he began to be-
lieve there was combination, and he
concluded to make the charge and
have it published in Georgia, where IL
| would attract just sufficient attention
to be copied and reach the people of
this State and create distrust among
the RefOrmers In this State against
Shell and Farley, and Talbert, too, al
though in his last article he tries to
skillfully lie the Talbert part out. This
was the scheme, and il young Jim
was the victim Of Senator Irby, and
now by "miXing error and truth Irby
Is playing the part of u deliberate
scoundrel by trying to throw the whole
blame" on Capt. Tillman, and making
him the scapeg0at, thus committing q
still greater crime, that of sacrificing
the Goyernor's nephew to shield himself
from Exposure. "Blood IS land ought
to be) thicker than water" and know
that Governor Tillman knows Irby,
and has found out long ago that the
charge of combination on the part of
Shell and myself, with Gen. Butler or
any one else, is totally untrue. Since
it has been alluded to he and Mr..
done more towards healing the breach
between them than any one. Indeed,
l am totally unlike Irby in this; that
have made none but friends for him,
while Irby has constantly made him
enemies and tried to estrange old and
we'll tried friends from him, as I am
prepared to show.
But who is trying to stand up for the
truth of the Craddock article or the al
legged combination now? Not Jim
Tillman, on whose authority they say
it was published, and in fact no one but
Irby, '"the real author" and he only
says that "every one who reads tho
papers and has watched the turns in
politics will see that there was truth,
and lots Of it, in what Tillman said"
What papers? Concluding his re-
marks 1rby says? "Why did not Gen.
Farley ask of me an explanation if he
believes what he pretends to believe Of
the assumed wrong did him ?" and
answer, Why, John, did you not ask of
me an explanation of Jim Tillman's
wonderful combine, when he told you,
instead of according to your own ac-
knOwledgement) encouraging him to
put it in the papers? Why did not
my lifelong friend, Maj. Gary, who
came through Columbia, and got me
to write him a strong endorsement and
get the other State officers to concur
with me? Why did he not give me u
chance to explain before it was pub
lished or after it was published-for 1
have been with him since in Augusta
and been invited to his home. Where
was Sampson Pope, the "sorriful F."
Sampson, that he could not tell me-
but must come as your emissary to tell
Governor Tillman about it "for fear
that the Governor would not see the
Sunday edition of the Chronicle" All !!
Johnnie, l went for you in the papers,
whero you started your lie, which de-
termined to run down, as we'll as the
Donaldson caucus, and I have done so.
AS soon as the "Craddock article was
shown me at the Governors Mansion
said that it was inspired" by you and
that "Jim Tillman did not write it "
/ and subsequent developments prove it..
Let us see how it came about. | kept
quiet and soon Cal Caughman, who
had just returned from Washington,
told me that jim Tillman said that he
was not the author of it. Later jim
Tillman returned and we had some
correspondence about the "Capers
Light Infantry" which developed as
follows. On the 22nd of May he wrote
me:
CLARKs HILL, 22nd May, 1893.
My Dear General: sincerely hope
that there will be no Misunderstanding
between us about the Capers Light In
fantry. At first was miffed about the
letter to Capt. Mays, but now it can be
! plainly seen how the matter arose. I.
l wanted to see you very much when
talk about other things. So far from
| ever having done you any wrong, /
stand ready to render you any service
| in my power. Yours, &C.,
JAMES H. TILLMAN.
To this letter I Immediately replied
as the original in reach will show (af.
! tor touching on company matters.
" 1t was your duty to have seen me
as you passed through Columbia, be.
cause If believed all l have heard,
would be forced to conclude that you
had not only been guilty of q simple
breach Of promise, but also of untruth
fulness in publishing the "Craddock'
article. l have held my judgment il
suspense, until could see you, because
/ am inclined to believe from what
have heard that some sort of Job wa!
put up on you in Washington
TO this letter he replied:
CLARK'S HILL, 30 May, 1893.
"Yours of the 18th instant, / fount
on my return. Appointment for Ca
pers Light Infantry inspection NOR,
than satisfactory. | hope you viii
make it convenient to spend two o.
three days with us.
IF 1t is necessary to convince yo,
about the "CraddOck" article I vii
send to Washington and get the origi
nal manuscript, as it was filed at tn
w. U. T. office. My name and nom d
plume have been used in connection
with several bastard productions with
out any permission, and only peculia
circumstances of which shall tell you
prevented my denouncing them, q
we'll as the real author. You toll
others about your article which the
divulged and made me the scape goat