The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-12-16
REARDON STILL IN RACE.
lie Resigns As Correspondent for The
columbia State i'm Order 10 Remain
In Race for Automobile.

Tory remarks thereon are published at
the request Of Mr. z. /. Reardon wbo
wants his friends in Sumter to bear in
mind that ne is still in The contest for
the automobile offered by The Colum-
hia State
Columbia. S. c., Dec s, 1908.
Mr.. e. l. Reardon,
Sumter, S. c.
Dear Mr.. Reardon:
regret very much that / have to
wlite you that We will have to with
draw your name from the list of can
didates in our subscription contest.
When Mr.. Page called me on the
phone and asked If you might enter
told him yes, thinking that as YOU
were not an office employee, that that
would not bar you under our rule that
no employee of the paper could enter
the contest. / did not have time then
to think the matter over carefully ans I
answered Mr.. Page without consultiu, Z
with Mr.. Gonzales. When Mr. Cor
zales noticed today that you were
candidate he told me that no paid cor
respondent of The State could enter
tn" race, for the reason that the pub
lie would consider that he would have
undue advantage, and that if YOU
should win (Which I should like very
much to see you do) it might be
charged that you were given unfair
advantage over the other candidates.
L regret very much that I had not
talked this matter over with Mr.. uon-
zales before the question was reiscd.
so that both you and we would be
saved this embarrassment I know,
fowever, that you appreciate our posi-
ton. 1t is simply that we wish 10
avoid even the appearance of Unfair
ress.
We do not allow the transfer of
votes from one candidate to another.
but under these unusual circum-
stances We will allow the votes that
have been sent in for you to be cast
for any other Sumter candidate if the
subscribers SO write us.
Regretting very much that we find
1t necessary to drop your name, l am
Very truly yours,
THE STATE COMPANY.
F. c. withers.
1t is good bye "E. 1. r." No longer
will these familiar initials appear be-
meath "Gamecock City News Notes"
ir The State, of Columbia, S. c.
This, however, is not an obituary no.
tice as Mr.. E. 1. Reardon, is not dead
by any means. He has simply resign
ed as Sumter correspondent OF The
State in order that he might continue
in the subscription contest of that pa
per for that $3.50 automobile.
The State notined Mr. Rearrlon this
morning that his name had been with
drawn from the contest as under the
rules no employee OF that paper could
enter the contest. While il IS = late
time of the day for The Staff to wake
up to the fact that their Sumter cor
respondent was in the race, neyerthe-
less 1T was due to misunderstanding
OF the rules by an official of The
state, who permitted Mr.. Reardon to
be nominated by his friends, thinking
as that newspaper official did. that
only office employees and not CORES
pondents were barred from the con-
test
Mr. Reardon's many friends. how
ever, in Sumter urged him to stav in
the race and this morning he rendered
his resignation as Sumter correspond
ent to The State.
Mr.. Reardon wishes it distinctly un-
derstood that he has nothing but kind
feelings for The State and that he
does not wish to embarrass that paper
oy continuing as its correspondent and
insisting upon being allowed to stay
in the contest too.
Tht State has been actuatea ,-tiraIv
ov- motives of strict busintes integrity
in Withdrawing Mr.. RearGon's name
as that paper naturally wanted to do
the right thing and adhere to its rules.
While in the meantime that paper has
only the friendlest feeling for Mr..
Reardon as shown to him repeatedly
by that paper.
Mr.. Reardon on the other hand
While regretting to sever his connec-
ton with The State, which has al
ways treated him and Sumter very
nicely in its columns, felt that he
could not go back on his friends who
have supported him SO Handsomely in
the contest in which he is a leader so