The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-09-28
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In the Daily Mail, before the election.
appeared card from W. Il. Garfield Of
Honea Path which would not have appear.
ed as it did had the Editor Of the Vail
taken a second thought.
The letter was printed, as 1t "a written,
with attractions Of every grammatical
rule, and mispelllngs the rule rather than
the exception. OF course the letter was
printed for a purpose. 1t was pro Blease.
Had it been pro ~Featherstone 1t would not
have been thus printed. The letter is
here appended:
The Anderson Mail.
Mr.. w. II. Garfield Of Honea Path has
handed the Daily Mail a letter for publ
cation. 1t Is published just as 1t was
written. The original manuscript Is on
file in this Office. The letter follows:
Honea Path S. c. Sept 7th 1910.
Editor See Charges Brout a gance Cole
L. Blease. Claiming that to hancat the
investigating Comfy in the State Dispen-
sary Now Mr.. Editor | want to Deny this
Charge. / was at Columbia During that
investigating Of State D~ispensary l Know
that Cole L. Blease Brout out Some DAN
gers Testimony from the Witness Now
the Record will Prove this as i'have them
Before me Now Mr.. Editor l have all voted
for Probation Inc Expect to vote tho
Same as Long as 1 Live. But 1 all ways
Behave in voting for the Best Men for
Office Now Mr.. Editor you Spoke Of Evan
and Blease Being Crate friends And that
If Blease Was Elected Governor Wood
Pardon Evan | Don't Know Weather this is
Treu or Not / Do Know that Crist Said No
Man has Crater Love for his friends he
that Wood Lay Down His Life for his
friends. Now Mr.. Editor l Think Theas
charges are hittin him Below the Belt as
the Record will prove that are not Treu
and If that is Not hittin Below the Belt l
Mist Be Grately Mistaking In q fair Deal
Man to man. all So Notes q Large Space
Of advertisement Giving to @. G. Feather
son Given from his home Peopel to Bost
his Election and Looking over this List l
lSeea Large Number Of Bankers and Cor
oprators this Shoes to Me that he Is a
Corporational Lawyer.
Very Respectful,
w. b. Garfield.
A rather pitiful attempt at expressing
his sentiments.
The editor Of the Daily Mail is q good
man. He is too broadminded to use this
weakness In Mr.. Garfield as q bludgeon
with which to beat Canfelds brains. out.
1t was not the sober thoughtful deed OF
the Editor-the publishing Of Canfeld's
letter uncorrected. It was In the furry
and excitement preceding the election
that the thing vas done. 1t was not the
Editors better self that prompted the act
for we know the Editor. Such a thing
Is foreign to every fibre Of his being.
We have known men who could not even
read who were able nevertheless to think
and to think with educated minds. We
would not have to go back very many
years to find among u progenitors men
who could express themselves with the
pen In no better style than did MI. Gam
field.
To thus take advantage Of ones weak
ness is not quite fair, even tho we may
think the end i~ustties the means. Lack
Of training in men is q poor bauble to
play with. The Mails knife cut deep.
The wound will be long in healing.
We are not acquainted with Mr.. Cam
field, but we are acquainted with many
who are far from being perfect English
scholars and who are yet good men. Men
are not always entirely responsible for
their knowledge Of English and to such
we should be charitable.
But the Mail does not usually do this
kind of thing. Nothing but the heat OF Q
hot political campaign could have caused
the Editor to be guilty Of this inadver-
tency. 1t Is not his nature.