The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-08-18

Should a man hoist himself by
claiming credit for a virtue he has
never exercised?
The circular has not been dis
tributed in Marlboro, and it was
not until today that saw one
which had been sent to another
county
"A number of our best citizens
have told ME that they declined to
sign said circular when requested
to do so while few who signed
it, tell me they did so without
reading.
Yours for square deal,
"T. 1. Rogers"
On the afternoon of the same
day these letters were mailed by
Mr.. Ellerbe and myself. | mailed a
copy OF the slime to Mr.. Hodges,
with the following note at the bot
tom:
I Copy of Note.
! Il have today Aug. 21st, mailed
number of copies of the above to
various gentlemen in the 9Th con-
gressional district. 1t took me a
week to get hold of copy of your
circular. If l have mistated any
fact in the above l will gladly cor
rect it, as soon as the mistake is
pointed out to me, and | am con-
vinced it is mistatement of a
fact.
/ 1T. l. Rogers.
Mr.. Hodges in trying to arouse
sympathy for himself says that lies
were circulated upon him in the
last campaign, and makes no spec
ification other than to single out
my circular letter.
Now l invite the public to each
and every statement contained in
my circular letter. and defy Mr..
Hodges to show by any compe-
tent and trustworthy proof that
any one Of them is incorrect. much
less false
/. My circular stated:
l. That the records showed that
score or more of judgments were
entered against him after he had
failed twice, and that those judg-
ments were compromised at a small
per cent of their face. Can he deny
the truth thereof?
III. My circular stated that he
did business for while in his
wife's name. Can he deny tn,t he
did business here for several years
as agent, and if his wife was not
the principal, who was?
III. My circular stated that he
afterwards did business under a
corporate name. Can he deny that
he conducted the Bennettsville
Hardware company for number
- years, or can he deny that after
seiiing out the hardware company.
he then operated the P. A. Hodges
Manufacturing Company, until the
year 1907, when he went out of
business?
Nv. My circular stated that
when he went out OF business in
1907 he left large accounts out
standing and unpaid in 1908. Can
he deny that in 1908 the p. A. Hod
ges Manufacturing Company owed
l.. C. Chase & Company an account
considerably more than one thous-
and dollars, or that said account
was reduced to judgment in 1903,
or that Chase Company was
foIeOd to accept fifty cents on the
dollar therefor?
V. My article stated that his
circular had not been distributed in
Marlboro county. Can he show
that it was?
vi. My circular stated that
gentlemen had told me that they
declined to sign his circular-while
few who signed it, told me they
did so without reading. Can he get
either T. E. Mccall or T. s. Evans
to deny that they told me as much; ;
or can he get Mr.. ]. X. Owens, who
has been his attorney, and who
signed his circular letter, to state
that my circular letter, or ]. A.
brakes second certificate herewith
submitted, misrepresents the rec
ords in the court house?
VII. Hodges may equivocate by
saying that he did not make the
claim that he had paid every dollar
he owed, as published in his orig
inal circular, that 1t was not signed
by him. Can he deny that he is
sued those circulars as campaign
literature or that he or some