The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-08-29
A SERIOUS CHARGE.
MADE AGAINST DR.. BYRD, OF FLOR
ENCE COUNTY.
he Is Accused by Mr. Cspsrs. OF Colum-
bio, o'Iuvlting Candidates to His House
for Dinner, and then Searching their


| iIcASIS.
COLUMBIA, S. c., Aug. ga copy
of the following card addressed to the
editor of the Register, was yesterday
given to the press for publication. The
and makes very racy literature:
Columbia, S. c., August, q, 1894.
To the Editor of the Register: have
noticed your coup d'etat IN recent
issue Of your paper and your editorial
comments thereon, in which you pub
lish a personal letter written b7 me to
the Rev. L. D. Bass, on June q. Mr..
Bass was at that time Butler candi-
date for the State Senate and the let
ter, containing, as it did, some sugges-
lions and information from "Butler
headquarters" as you express it, was
made much of by you and your pollti-
cal sagacity and activity. as demon.
strated in securing the letter, was EN-.
phasiZed to commend yourself and your
paper to the movement.
Now, Mr.. Editor, in the first place it
is due Mr.. Bass to say that in letter
received from him recently he says: u
was never more surprised than when l
saw the publication OF your letter to
me of June 9th. [ regret it and as.
sure your that I am innocent of the
thing being made public" So much
for Mr.. Bass. A high ard honorable
| gentleman, by the way, who smarts
under even the shadow of inference
that,Ae would break confidence In the
way indicated in your comments and
By the publication of the letter.
But here, Mr.. Editor, is the part of
your great political and sagactous &C.
tivity, which I want to make PUBLIC.
I am reliably informed that very re-
Gently, DR.. Byrd Of Florence county
Gan ex x-legislator from that county, has
spoken more than once, on the streets
of Florence Of having found CD a let
| ter written Mr.. Bass, and that In is
publication he, Or. Byrd, would make
| q ten. n.strike. | am further informed
that when the public speaking took
place at Timmonsville. in Florence
county, that this astute DR.. Byrd asked
a number OF candidates to his house at
that place to dinner. That at the sug-
gestion of the host the guests took OF
their coats in the bed room and retired
to the sitting room, after dinner TO
smoke. Mr.. Bass had the letter you
have published in his pocket whe2 he
went to DR.. Bgrd's house, it was &Out~
of sight" when he left.
The letter, l am informed and be.
lieVe, was sent you by Mr.. Mccall Of
Florence, and was given him by Dr..
Byrd (our hospitable hosD. In your
editorial comments you say: "rhe lel-
ter has been sent to US by one OF the
most active and Yigilant Rsformers IN
the eastern part Of the State Allow
me to suggest that this activity and
vigilance" is taking {! very dangerous
turn and this very "actiVe and vigil
ian" individual and host may have
besn down ;aatte Mr.. Dass's pocHess for
paoar of more com1ercial value for all
we know. Not finding tnsss, BE seems to
have taken everything else in sighGSad
let his find Of political paper act as the
next best thing.
You are welcome, Mr.. Eiitor, to all
letters gotten at the houses OF people
from the pockets of their guests, when
coats, by Invitation, are hung in an ad.
ioining room and the guests lured
away by cigar, are out Of sight.
have written Bro. Bass to take warn
ing himself and to memorizs the fol-
lowing lines and repeat them for the
protection of his people:
VIII you walk into my parlor? said the
spider to the fly.
Well, hardly, said the insect, and he
winked the other eye.
You parlor has an entrance, but OF an
exit it is shy,
So I'll stay on the outside and remain
little ely"
This communication Is written on
the supposition that Mr.. Bass and my.
self are correct in placing our men"
If we are wrong, let him make an hon-
orable disclaimer.
All names desired will be given on
application and the Undersigned Is per
sonally responsible for every line of
this communication.
Very truly,
JOHN G.. CAPERs.