The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-11-25

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ly and f1ay answered. Phey have
never been answered except by de-
Snials. If Gonzaies had made those
charges against Hayward or Tstbert,
nobody would have. been stung BY
them. Suppose The Advertiser
should denounceD. G.. Heyward as
an embezzleF to-day, nobody would
believe "a. Heyaard wouid be more
popular grgn6i &c than before. False
hoods faseIy hurt an honest man. III
Yi1man was bad man and Con
szales besaeyed it his duty TO expose
Sina, he s7as right to hewi to the line
ssotherwisa he should have said moth
ing. If Gonzales 8 statements had
been false. they would not have pre-
vented Tiiiman's election. If they
were false, and Tiffman can prove It,
Talman may still be elected goY-
ernor. In The Advertisers judg-
rnent he is as fully entitled TO the
goEernorship now as be was TO YER
dict OF acquittal Some Laurens
man has alraady nominated him for
governor. TOY shooting Gonzales
be wiped the accusations from his
character, he is In better position to
run FOR governor next year than he
was last year. Is not that true? By
the way IL Tiilman had been elected
goyernor, who believes that he would
have shot Mr. Gonzales.
Some people say: s.If I were de-
nennced as TllInan was by Con
zales, would shoot too, whether I
was guilty or not. We doubt if q
man. kneWing himself Innocent,
wo1ld Eeei lis worth while to shoot.
let as suppose this case: You wake
up some night. aad see "a burglar
with a pistol at your bedside,
sesrching your trousers pockets.
On recognize him, but he escapes.
Next day you goS.o church and that
man is nGnainated and is about to be
elected q efeaeons You rise and
point TO him befose the whole con-
gregation. and say THAT man is a
sagrgiar. He shoots you down in
syagr tracks. as, there are plenty
sof geopie here and elsewhere who
would say that she burglar was
right. 4 would shoot, too. If I were.
denounced as a burglar. !" They for
get That the man really was bur-
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Saufh Carolina will not soon have
anosher Gonzales. They will not
nave another editor wtlo will take
sI,Iss ife II, es,is hands Co expose the
sdivekaeners. the gamblers. bind
tigers and their friends in Columbia.
They will not have q man who will
antagoRiZe the wealth of the State
because be believes ft right. The
fact is that Gonzales was one of the
few great editors left who was not
owned oe Influenced from the. out
side. Its these days neariy all large
daily papsrs are partly owned hy
yreas ceeppyattons. The people who