Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-02-13
GOT VERY HOT.
Members of the Senats Gets Ex'
cited Over an Editorial
IN MANNING TIMES.

1t Was Claimed That Senator Appelt',
Paper Had Made Grave Charge.
Against Some Senators.-Senato,
Applet Was Roundly Abused, bu,
He Hit Back and Said He WouIt
Criticiso Them When He Saw Fit
There was red hot time In the
state Senate on Friday. Senator
Blease OF Newberry read the follow.
Ing editorial from the MANNING
Times, which had been copied in the
Newbebrry Observer. The Manning
Times is owned and edited by Sena.
tor Applet. Before reading the arti,
Gle Senator Blease said he did not
represent any whiskey house. and
therefore the article did not touch
him, but he thought the Senate
ought to take notice of the article
which reads as follows:
| The Casus Belli.
THE liquor scandals continue IN
hold interest, and the graft gang are
trying to work up sentiment against
Attorney General Lyon because of his
having employed Col. T. B. Fielder,
or Atlanta, Ca, to assist him. They
say Lyon had to go to Georgia to
get help, as though South Carolina
did not have good lawyers, but such
rot will fool nobody when il Is known
that the liquor crew have In their
relations with the winding-up COM
mission or the state dispensary re
tained large number of lawyers in
Columbia and other cities, and some
OF these are also members of the leg
islature, who will probably fight the
proposition of making an appropria-
| ton to defray the attorney generals
expenses in bringing to justice men
who have robbed the state. To sem
sible men 1t matters not where the
assistance comes from, whether it
comes from Georgia or South Caro-
lima. but it happens that Col. Eel
der is South Carolinian, and is re-
lated to the Felders of Clarendon. l
happen to know the man, although 1
have not seen him since coming here.
He is an able, fearless lawyer and
VIII expose the names of members
OF the general assembly who attempt
to use their relations as attorneys for
these liquor concerns to thwart the
legislation necessary to uphold At
torney General Lyons hands. Ir-
formation has already been obtained
sufficient to place some men in a
very undesirable attitude before the
people, and If there is any further
attempt made to 'tamper with the
jury to defeat an appropriation to
continue investigation and bring to
justice the thieves the newspaper
reading will become mighty interest
ing, and the hypocrisy of some of our
patriots will have its mask torn
away, and they will be held up for
indignant derission and scorn OF a
trusting and outraged people,"
Several Statements.
Senator Earle denounced the pub
lication in no uncertain terms. He
said he had never represented a
whiskey house, nor had he been con-
nected in any way with the State
dispensary commission. He said that
such statements as those contained
In the article from the Manning
Times were infamous falsehoods'
and he demanded that the author OF
the article specify what senator's were
referred to-. And any member OF
the senate" said Senator Earle, who
Will publish such statements should
be expelled from the senate"
Senator Appelt's Statement.
Senator Applet, who had sat with
silence under the stream OF denun-
;iation heaped upon him, but whose
face had grown red and then white
came to his feet quickly when Senate.
Earle had concluded bis remarks:
He demanded to know if the senator
| from Oconee meant to say that he
| (Appelt) had stated what was @
| falsehood.
Senator Earle said that the infor-
nation contained in that article was
false and insulting.
Senator Applet declared that 6
tempest in a teapot" had been stir,
red up. He said that he wrote the
article referred to and was alone re
sponsible for its publication. He
said that he based that article upoT
information which he regarded a!
authentic. No names were given tC
him by his informants, but he de
clared that he was satisfied that the
statements contained in the articl,
in so far as they related = member!
OF the general assembly being attor
neys for whiskey houses were abso
Ilutely correct. He said that while h'
was a member of the senate he wa,
also an editor of a newspaper ant
felt privileged to criticise person
whenever he had information upoI
which to base such criticisms.
He said that If anybody was to b.
expelled from the senate it shoult
be those senator's who represen
whiskey houses and who would us
their official position to defeat TIL
ends of Legislation seeking to give t.
the attorney general funds wit
which to prosecute the grafters.
He said to Senator Earle he ha
no right to know from whom he go
his information, or what that infor