The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-26
jlle 1Sy5rrald ana 0ews
E. II. hULL, EDITOR.
,NDIDAIE BELLINGER sHoULD BE
fgssss sisgrss FAIR.

%i48Gs5s {sgr FAIR.
Candidate Belllnger reminds us OF Il
an who Is grabbing at straws He
ust realize since he has been among
20 red hills and rocks OF the Piedmont
n at the jig Is up with him and that dc.
at Is certain. Wo confess to some
( Ssappointment ia our estimate OF Mr..
sllinger He 8; talked about tho
+ aOme paper" .. Mr.. Mower and the
I G2lf-laudatory article, rs IL Mr.. Mowers
a4ome aper did not have perfect
SSght u say a 50 I'd word for MIR Now
\ :, aud when his attention is called to
ne hlcorrectnoss nf his charge that
T. Mower wrote articles pruising
,meelf he still talks about it unl pays
y attention to the cchrrtction. We suy
this we feel sonc disappointment in
+. Bellin9er. While we have been
r.. Mowers friend and expect to b.,
I'd also 0 see him elected, yet we
ave felt very kindly towards Mr.. Bel-
li Sr and did not think he would on
sator to leave false impressions, even
by so doing ho hoped 10 make few
,tes. We would like to ask Mr.. Bel
n"er II he would have thought it i'm.
:oper or raised any considerable OBJ
ction II The Herald and News had
lblished u two column cut of him aud
sketch OF his life anu sent ii out to let
10 voters of the State know something
hin. The charge that Mr.. Mower
rote the self-laudatory article, as he
'rms 1t, Is immatcrial, but still it is
1true, and MIR. Bellengcr must know
iat 1t is. The picking up of such
tbs things and trying to make some.
ing out OF shcm is q strong pointer
iat Mr.. BclIinger feels that his case
hopeless one, and he is like the
cowning man grabbing at slraws.
Then he makes, us the darkcys wonld
~, "a big mirutioL" over the fact
lat MIR. Mower had tickets printed
ithout Bellinger's name on them, and
slks about his having paid his money
the executive committee to print
ckets with both names on them and
ies to leave the impression that MIR.
lower 10 taking an unfair ADVANTAGE
him, and that Mr.. Mower had no,
Aid the executive committee anything.
his Is another evidence OF the rcaliza.
on on Mr.. Bcllingcr's part OF weak
1iny. DOCS not MIR. Bclllnscr know
iat MIR. Mower paid us much into the
'easury OF tho State executive com.
Iittee as he did and that when he
oscs as having been unfairly dealt
ith IN that he has paid his little
Ioney and helped to print Mowers
ckets while Mower ia having his own
ckets printed and leaving his, Bel
nger'a, name of them, that he is irving
'make false impression upon the
0er. Why not deal fairly with the
eople. Or. Mower paid his assess
.ent just like Mr.. Hcllingcr did aud If
Q wants to have u million tickets
rlnted outside he has perfect right
ldo 1T and there IS no unfuirness in II.
fhas been done in this county ever
nee there has been Il PRIMARY. MIR.
elifnger can have tickets printt 4 with
ls name on them and Mowers or If
swants to, and has II right to and
tere Will be no kick from any of Now
% friends. Did MIR. Bcllingcr ex-
!ct Mr.. Mower to have B.llinrer
,kess printed and distributed. Ii.
ems TO fear that the people of South
aroltGa will not know he is in the
ce II his name is not printed on the
skets He admits tho hopclcssncss
This case.
After making u canvas Of the State
Ihdidate Bcllinger seems to think
at there are two reasons why he
onld be elected Attorney General:
Mowers home paper published some
ira copies with cut of Mower and
ne words commcndatory OF him as q
Wyer and man AMI distributed them
er the State.
.. Mower had tickets printed and
y Bellinger's name Off, and there
g kept the people of the State from
owing that Bellinger was in the
20.
After thorough canvass of the State
sseems to be Mir. Bcllinger's con-
lsiOn.