The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-02-26

''colonel" in the army, being commiS-
stoned as a colonel to go into the Fed
eral lines and raise a Confederate bat
talon. He said the relations between
himself and Carmack were not cordial
during the Carmack-Taylor senatorial
contest. He said:
Beginning of Trouble with Carmack.
"The first offensive note appeared
in the Memphis News Scimltar IN
l9O8."
Cooper supported Taylor then. Wit
ness said that when he supported Pat
terson for governor, Carmack ceased
speaking to him.
An editorial in the Memphis News
Scimitar Of March Is, 1908, was IN
troduced in evidence in part, as bear
ing on Cooper's mental condition:
Cooper had been Informed that Car
mack wrote it. The editorial referred
to Col. Cooper and Col. Gates as
"consistent boilers, who got together
in support Of the only governor the
Louisville and Nashville railroad IN
its history of crime and debauchery
/ ever owned"
The State objected to the tone of
voice in which Attorney Washington
read the paragraph, and the court Of
fered to let the prosecution read It If
he wanted to. but he declined.
Col. Cooper said that in the joint
debates between Carmack and Pat
terson, his name was used very Of
ten. "It began" he said, "in a
spirit of ridicule, and later charged
me with corruption. His first refer
ence was to "a little baldheaded an
gel named Dune Cooper Later refer
ring to the 'angel, he asked if the an
gel was white or black and were its
feathers tainted with a sulphurous
smeA.'
"What was the angel he was talk
ing about?'
"a man named Dune Cooper, sup
posed to be myself -
Cooper said he was private cltlz-
en- at that time, held no office and
had said or done nothing to provoke
the attacks.
Carmack was defeated and became
editor of the Nashville Tennesseean.
Witness said the attacks continued in
that paper uninterruptedly.
A copy of the Tennesseean Of Oc-
tober 21, 1908, containing the first
editorial attack on Cooper was pro-
duced. This editorial was headed,
"An Awful Threat,' and concerned
Governor Patterson's chances Of elec-
ton if Bryan was ''knifed. - 1t clos
ed by "directing the attention Of the
honorable Dune Cooper and other
honorables,' naming them, to the
threat to knife Bryan. Among the
honorables named was Col. Cohen,
who Cooper testified was "a black
bottom dive-keeper, often convicted
Of crime.''
Several other "honorables" men
toned were given bad names by the
witness. The intent was to show that
Carmack grossly insulted Cooper.
Witness did not know whether Car
mack wrote the editorial, but said he
was the responsible editor.
Editorial Attacks.
A copy Of the Tennesseean OF Sun
dav, November s, 1908, was intro
duced. 1t contained the editorial en-
titled "Across the Muddy Chasm,"
which so enraged Col. Cooper that he
told Craig that either Carmack or he
Col. Cooper-must die if his name
appeared again. Cooper said Sena-
tor Carmack also charged him with
being the "head and front Of cor
rupt machine.
"He stated,' said the witness,
"that the governor was an island and
that I was the water completely sur
rounding him."
The Tennesseean Of November ;.
1908, was produced, with an editorial
which Cooper said referred to him.
Counsel for the State objected to its
introduction, but the court admitted
it. The paragraph was entitled:
"The work of the machine. No
names were mentioned. Next Judge
Anderson read the editorial of No
vember s, entitled Across the Muddy
Chasn, Tn Il Col. Cooper is refer