The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-01-28
MR.. BLEASE NOT PRESENT.
Was Not AT Meeting to Consider Dis
position of Court House-Says it
Is Matter for Whole County.

Is Matter Tor Whole County.
The following letter has been
handed The Herald and News for
! publication:
! Ncwbcrry, $. G., Jan. -, 1908.
Hon. VIM. IL. Wallace, Editor New
berry Observer, Newberry, S. c.
Dear Sir: My attention has been call
ed tn il report published i'll your is
sue OF january Dist. l90S, Of meet
inw held in The town Of Newbcrry by
Il committee Of the chamber Of COM
mtrrr. representatives of the city
c"nncil Of Ncwbcrry, The county sup
! ervi>ur and commissioners Of New
berry county, anl the representatives
in the legislature, III which said re-
port il is stated that Senator Cole. l..
! i'l>aSc WAS present and participated,
and ut which meeting an agreement
was reached lis to the disposition of
! the question is To what should be
| ,son,' with the present court house.
! ! desire to state that did not attend
/ any such meeting: that was not i'll
! Vltrd to attend any Sucn meeting,
! and Thai ut the time the said meet
! ing was held waS confined 10 my
! bed with sickness. and that | would
| not have known that any sucn meet
! ing waS going to be held had il not
! been for the courtesy Of the Hon.
| t.ibcrl II. Aull. who 'phoned to my
room only Il few minutes before said
meeting WAS to be hcld and asked me
If WAS going TO attcnd such meet
iny. | stated 10 him that | did nol
! know such meeting was 10 be held
and that was sick in bed and un-
able to attend it, and that would
! he ,:lad if he would state at such
'mSrIing for me that MY position was
that the people Of the entire county
OF Ncwberry owned that building and
! that ihc country people had as much
right 10 SAY what should become Of
| il is the people in The town Of New
berry. and thai | did not propose to
b. Dictated to Ivy thc town Of New
berry aS to what disposition should
be made Of that building, but that I
represented The entire county Of
NcwIcrry, and before II took any
p"Siii"n as to the disposition Of that
buldin" that | proposed for all of
t:r white people in the county Of
Newhcrry. in the country as well as
il the town. to be heard from. ana
! to leave il TO them 10 say what dis
position they wanted made Of the
old court house: that so far as NY
individual opinion was concerned,
| that | would express il at the proper
/ time and in no uncertain terms. Gel.
AuIl stated that he would make that
statement for me. 10 The COMMITTEES.
! WIS afterwards Informed BY a ycn-
| t!CnH" who WAS present at thc meet
ing thai COL Aull did as he promis-
ed. ! was furthermore Informed that
III" mcolin% was not entirely har
monions or unanimous, and T was
surprised when | saw it reported
tnat Senator BlcaSc was at that meet
ing and had agreed to any plan for
the disposition Of the present court
house.
I will appreciate it if You will do
me the kindness to publish this arti-
clc in as prominent place as you pub
lishcd Fiat report, and if you make
any charges therefor, if YOU will
present Your account it will be
promptly paid.
Very respectfully,
Cole. l.. Blcasc.
=. ST. am sending copy Of this
letter to the editor Of The Herald
and News. with a similar request as