The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-07-30

: honor not bestowed on any other
FAR as he knew. He Is standing IN h
: own shoes; running on his own nam
: Object of government is protection
t society and issues so discussed. a
: to when he was treasurer, he did N,
have to borrow money. Assailed Co
Talbert's white tax scheme; this
dangerous. Closed with applause.
Lieut.. Gov. Tillman was The ne2
and last speaker who came forwar
with cheers and applause and hurrah
| for Tillman. Returned thanks fo
this and for past support. Glad {
see these people face to face to le
them see if he is the man painted
Appeals to his country, and by this
be judged; standing on his record
Referred again to the ruling lnciden
in the Senate, then on to the swor
affair. Finishing these in detail, h
found it necessary to notice an edito
rial in the Gaffney Ledger, publishe,
some weeks ago.
This editorial charged Col. Tillmal
with +" being a gambler, liar and
drunkard." Col. Tillman was readin.
the article, stopping for vigorous ant
sarcastic Characterization on its con
tents. The article stated that County
Chairman L. B. Butler and Messrs
McCraw and Sarratt could substantiate
what was SAID Turning to Mr.. Butler
| Col. Tillman asked TO hear from him
Replying, Col. Butler said: "I know
absolutely nothing about the statement,
and the man who wrote 1t did so with.
out my authority.
Col. Tillman was proceeding in vigor-
GUS and sarcastic characterization of
the article when Editor DeCamp of
The Ledger stepped upon the stage and
advancing directly to Col. Tillman,
whom he faced, said: Z" am the man
W wrote the editorial and am re-
sponsible for it," Turning to Col.
Butler, Mr.. DeCamp said: "Have
you not been drinking with Col. Till
man IN Columbia2
/" Not more than with you," replied
Mr.. Butler. (Cheers.)
The crowd was very noisy and vehe-
ment now and the ladies left precipi-
lately, the scene being stormy and
threatening. Cheers for Tlllman and
some for DcCamp; various cries and
suggestions to both and general move.
mcnt among the audience. The chair
mans gavel and other noises were
heard. Mr.. DeCamp stood his ground
resolutely and again expressed with de-
termination his authorship and respon-
sibility.
"Then you are the author of somo-
thing of which you should be ashamcd.n -
said Col. Tillman. Mr.. DeCan,p's
cool reply made q terrific CONJUNCTION
when he said: "Col. 'rillman / can
prove you liar over your own sigma
ture." Col. Tillman requested him to
do so aud Mr.. Detiamp went to his
office for the proof. In the meantime
Mr.. Caughman who had been absent,
tried to speak but no one heard.
Col. Tlllman was proceeding with
his speech when Mr.. DeCamp returned,
producing the two letters below, he
stated again that he could prove Col.
Tillman falslfier and read the letters
which were in reply to bills sent from
time to time regarding an advertising
account which he had not been able to
collect. Following is verbatim copy
of the letters:
Edgefeld, Jan. 3, 1902.
Mr.. e. Fl. DeCamp, Editor Grit and
Steel, Gaffney,S. G.
have received several letters from
you, enclosing bill for advertising in
Grit and Steel. / beg to say that
think if you will refer TO your books
you will find that all these bills 1 made
with Grit and Steel were promptly
paid and in advance.
Yours truly,
(Signed Jas. ii. Tillman.
Replying TO another bill from MIR.
DeCamp, came the following letter:
Columbia, S. g., Feb. 10, 1902.
Mr.. e. III. DeCamp, Business Manager
Grit and Steel, Gaffney, S. c.:
While am satisfied that / have al
ready paid the bill which you sent to
Mr.. Sherard, L hand you under this
cover'my check for 81 in payment of
same. Kindly acknowledge receipt.
Yours truly,
Jas. III. Tillman.
Mr.. DeCamp maintained that Col.
Tillman knew he owed the account
when he denied it and he also insisted
that the contents of the two letters re.
vealed this fact. Mr.. DeCamp fur
ther remarked as he finished reading
the letters that Col. Tillman had never
paid the bill and knew that he was ly-
ing when he wrote the letter. Col.
Tillman asked Mr.. ID, Camp to hand
him the letters. Mr.. DeCamp refused
to do 80. Col. Tllman insisted. Mr..
DeCamp again refusing, saying they
we've his property. Col. Tillman said
he only wanted 10 read them, and Mr..
DeCamp handed them to him, stand
ing by Col. Tlllman while he read.
After reading Col. Tillman said: elf
only had one matter on my mind at
once / would have known, but after
consulting my books and finding the
error, sent him the money due him."
Mr.. DeCamp then wanted to know
if it took six letters to find out one
mistake in set of books. There was
much noise and excitement in the
audience, much cheering, some Kissing.
Not majority Of the audience by any
means were cheering. Most of The
noise seemed to be in favor of Tillman
but Mr.. DeCamp, who firmly and az.
gressively stood his ground, was by nc
means without friends and supporters
Finally Chairman Butler regarding
that Col. Tillman's time limit had ex
pired, adjourned the meeting.
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