The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-01-27
vice to him or can help him in any
manner"

The whole matter came up as a re-
suit of a. special to the New York I
Herald bearing an Edgefield date line,
to the effect that James H. Tillman
was dying in poverty. !.
The New York American Of Sunday
printed the following bearing an Ashe- |
Vile date line:
Former lieutenant governor Of South !
Carolina denies as absolutely false
statements which have appeared in
New York papers saying that he was
dying in poverty and forsaken by his
friends.
Because MIS-. Mary D. Scofeld. his
nurse, formerly of Bellevue Hospital,
New York, was compelled to write to
Senator Tillman, his uncle, for aid for
Tillman, he has dismissed the nurse
and substituted a negro woman from
his old home in Edgefeld, S. c.. He
says he can boss the negro, but could
not the nurse. In declining to further
aid his nephew, Senator Tillman says
that he has already done much in
paying $1,000 to have him cleared OF
the Gonzales murder:
tsHe is reapimg what he has soWn,
and whether he realizes it or not
nemesis is dogging his footsteps and
will to the grave" says the senator.
Preceding the statement Of Mrs.
Bunch. James H. Tillman's sister, the
following appeared under an Ashe-
vile date line on January FL:
Relative to an Edgefeld, S. c., spe-
cial to the New York Herald concern
ing Col. James H. Tillman, former
lieutenant governor Of South Carolina,
and reproduced il local paper, Till
man today gave out rather interest
ing statement. The special said that
Tillman was here dying in poverty and
in the course of his statement Tillman
says:
"Larkspur Cottage, Jan. 20, 1911
In the Gazette-News Of yesterday al
terncon appeared a dispatch Which
compels my attention, though long ago
made it a rule to ignore covert
newspaper attacks. 1t would seem that
dacency would force an honorable
man to refrain from such assaults
at least until I have recovered my
health and then as in the past no
quarter will be asked and none given.
"Althc - the dispatch carried an
Edgeferd date line it was never sent
from that little city for no one Is
there low and mean enough to have
done it.
Letter From Gov. Blease.
1T was conceived in Columbia and
bears the familiar markings of the
human vulture that has long befouled
that place. I know it pains my
friends to have it go out to the world
that they shun me after having shown
SO much loyalty and devotion, but to
characterize the author a liar would
be but to pay him c compliment
Among the hundreds Of letters recelV-
ed from them since my stay in Asne-
Vile. none is more gratifying than
one from Governor Blease, which l
trust he will pardon me for quoting, IN
which he says: Don't lose your nerve.
Be what you have always been, a
brave man. Take courage and WIN
YOUR fight. Get we'll and come back
home and be- here with me in my fight
| to redeem South Carolina. e.
and let's put her back On her high
plare of citizenship He and myse1
! for years have been special targets
! of the newspaper brigands in South
Carolina. His recent victory, now
ever, in my state shows what little IN
fuence that press enjoys at the pres
ent time.
"I occupy desirable cottage in Al
bemarle park and have an old tamllv
| negro for a servant. The statement
that I am penniless and about to starVe
is too ridiculous and absurd to deserV7 :
notice.
"Tfe Asheville climate has been OF
great benefit to me and under the
i skillful treatnento Of physician. FRIENDS
who are ignorant of the situation are
assured that am steadily improving.
The report that am in a dying con-
dition is greatly exaggerated as
, Mark Twain would say, and what l
would say is rather too warm for print.
James H. Tillman."