The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-08-03


ton and was speeding on my way to
South Carolina. The allusi0n to the
article which | had shown Captain
Tillman b fore he left the State, at
least six weeks before, Is all the truth
there is in it.
have asked the papers to republish
that wonderful epi tie to the Georgians
making 'neW revelations" of "A fearful
combination to "OverthrOw Tillman
and lrby," so that they can study and
analyZe IT. carefully, and they will find
but little of James Tillman in it, just
enough TO satisfy his vanity, good
deal of my old friend, Major Gary, and
1T Is brlstling all over with lrby, in
whose interest was iJ written, and for
what purpose, who inspired it.. con-
c0cted it.. or actually wrote it,? Did
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John all
have hand IN this epistle to the Geor-
glans, and send it under James Till
mans nom II" plume, Craddock Was
Jim implicated himself, or, as they
have such extraordinary paius to make
the public believe, did he originate and
write l. himself? | have shown how
the talk about IAN article originated,
and my explanation of the grand COM
bine is simple and easy. Irbv heard of
the Farley article, Shell had announced
his intention to retire, which he could
not understand for there is no retiring
IN lrby), Farley had called by Senator
Buffers Office one day with Col. Will
liam III. Perry, and knowing of Spna-
tor lrby'S bitter hatred, had ignored
him while in Washington, and Irby be-
gan to THminnte. At last he began TO
believe there was a combination, and
he concluded to make the charge and
have it published in Georgia, where
it would attract just sufficient
attention to ba copied and re- ..h the
people Of this State and create dl,trusl
among the RefOrmers in this State
against Shell aud Farley and Talbert,
too, although in his last article he tries
to sklllfnllv lie the Talbert part out
This was the scheme, and if young jim
Tillman had anything to do with IT, he
was the victim IF Senator lrby, and
now Dv "mlXi g erlOr and truth IrDy
is playing the part of a Deliberate scoun-
drt Ivy trying t. throw the whole
blame on Captain Tillman, and max
ing him the scapegOat, thus committing
still greater crime, that of sacrificing
the Governors nephew to shield him
self from exposure. "BlOod is (and ought
o beg thicker than water" and | know
that Governor Ti!lman knows Irbv
and has found out long ago that the
charge OF combination on the part Of
Shell and myself wiih General BntIel
! or anyone else is totally untrue.
Since 1t has been alluded to, he and
Mr.. George Tlllman both know that
have done more towards healing the
breach between them than any Oae.
Indeed, | am totally unlike Irby in
this, that | have made none but friends
for him. while Irby has constantly
made him enemies and tried to eStraugt
old and well tried friends from him. as
| am prepared to show.
Bnt who is trying to stand up for the
truth Of the Craddock article or the
alleged c mbination now? Not jim
rilma", on whose authority they say
1t was published, ard in tact no one
but lrDy, "the real authOr," and he on
~ says that "every one who reads thu
papers and has watched the turns in
politics will seq that there was truth
and lots Of it IN what Thin IN said"
What papers? Concluding his re-
marks lrby says "Why did not General
Farley ask OF me an explanation if he
b' licved what he pretends to believe of
the assumed wrong did hlm?" And
| answer, why, john. did yOn not ask
OF me an explanation of Jim Tllinan's
wOnicrtul G. mbine, Wheu he told YOU
instrad CT (according to Nour own ac-
EnO WledGmtnD encouraging him to
pu; itin the papers? Why uld not my
long life FRIEND, Maj. Gary, who came
through Columbia, and got Inc to write
him strong endorsement, aud get the
other Stdtr officers to concur with me {?
Why did he rot give me Il chance to
eXplain b"fOr" it was publlSheu-or AT
t..r a
with him since in August and been in
vited to- his home? Where was Samp.
son Pope, the "sOrrowlul' Sampson,
that he could not tell me. but must
come us your emiSsary to tell Gov. Till
man shout It 'JOr .ir0r thut tie G0rcyn-
or 1roHhi not see the Suni0y cciition Of
the ChIONj"ic| An. johnnie, went
for you IN the papers. where you start
1d your he, which | determined to run
down, as we'll as the Donaldson caucus
tic and | have done 80. AS soon rs the
"Cradaock" article was shown me at
the Governors Mansion, said tha: it
was "lnspired' by you and that Jun
Tlllman did not write il, and subse-
qu"nt developments prove it. Let Us
see how it came about. | kept quiet
and soon Cal. Cdughman, who had lust
returned from Washington, told me
that Jim Tillman said that he was not
the author Of il. Later Jim Tillman
returned and We had some correspond
"nce about the "CaperS Light Iuian-
try, which developed as folio us: On
the 22i May he wrote me:
CLARK's HILL ODD Nav, 1898.
MY DEAR GhNERAL: | sincerely hone
that there VIII he no MISUNDERSTANDING be-
tween lis about the CaprrS Light Infantry.
AT hrSt i was millCd about the lc ter tu
captain Mays, but now it ca bn plainly
seen how the matter arose.
L wanted to see you very much when
passed through Columbia, and have Il Ia X
aD 'ut other things. SO far from ever hay
inS zone you any wrong, | stand ready tt
iehoer you any service in IN. power,
Yours, &C.,
JAMES III. TILLMAN
TO THIS letter | immediately replied
as Ihe original i'll reach viii snow al
'ei tonching OH company matt-rs):
III was your duty to have seen mo q,
you passed through Columbia. becausn if
l,au 1ci'eVcd oil had heard | wouId br
iolcea 10 conclude that you had NOT onIv
pccn guilty of simple breach Of mromi.,.y ".,y !.
nuI aiSo OF untrcthfulncSs in cstabIsh,nu
thG 'Craddock" a'ticlo. [ have beIG ~ {
Judgment IN suspense until | cOuId oon ,,a' -,
fccauSc am inCluCd TO bplipvo fro,,