The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-02-02
TALK OF THE TLLMANS.
Nephew and Uncle Exchange the
Compliments of the Season.


is i'll in Asheville, saw the statement
to the effect that he was dying in a
lonely cottage, poverty-stricken and
frfendless, he replied through the
press that this was a mistake. And
when Senator Bejamin r. Tillman
was asked about this statement he re-
piled, as stated in the Journal Sat-
urday afternoon: "He is reaping
what he has sown. Nemesis is dog
ging his footsteps, and will dog them
to, the grave"
On learning that the senator had
made this remark about him, James
Tnlman called his sister, Mrs. Geo.
A. Bunch, of this city, over the long
distance phone and said to her:
Senator Tillman can go to hell. He
has not yet reaped what he has
sown, and when he does, it will be
much bitterer than that which James
H. Tillman is reaping. He thinks
that he is fooling his Jesus, but he
is not
Mrs Bunch, in an interview with
a reporter for the Journal, said:
Its a poor kind of gratitude that
Senator Tillman is showing; but we
are not asking for anything. He
seems to have forgotten that James
Tillman is his own nephew and that
Col. George Tillman, father of James
Tillman, and my father, an older
brother of Senator Tillman, was
more like a father to him than like
a brother. Why, he assisted him in
an educational manner and helped
him financially and politically. He
borrowed money from him when he
made his race for the governorship
of South Carolina.
eff this branch of the Tillman
family was an anxious for publicity
and wanted to get in the limelight
as much as Senator Tillman does,
some startling revelations might be
made public; things of which the
public has never dreamed of.
"James Tillman does not need any
money from Senator Tillman nor has
he asked anything of the senator.
Furthermore, he will not ask any
thing of Senator Tillman. 1t was
on account of Ben Tillman that
James first got into his trouble, and
he was being used as tool by Ben
when his downfall in the political
world started. James was following
the advice of Senator Tillman and
was not needing the advice of his
own father. Yes, it is hard to be-
heve that this is the kind of graft
tude that is being shown for it, and
it seems hard to believe that Ben
Tillman would say: He is reaping
what he has sown.'
"I have just returned from Ashe-
ville," continued James Tillman's
sister, where I have spent some time
with my brother. His health is fine.
I have never seen more marked i'm
provement in any man. Why, when
he was carried there it was on
stretcher, and the man was scarcely
able to lift his head. It was neces-
sary to get him out of the train on
&h@ etr ov1 hic ann1ifiNn
grave. Now he is able to sit up on
the porch and eat many things. He
was we'll enough to phone to me Sat-
urday night. And it will be seen
that his health must be pretty good,
as a sick man could not write a re-
ply to a published statement as James
did.
t'He has everything he wants, in
cluding the services of DR.. Carl Rey-
nolds, one of the best physicians in
Asheville, and a trained nurse. 1t is
true that we changed nurses, but it
was because the previous one was too
meddlesome, and it is said that she
wrote to Senator Tillman for money
If she did So it was without the
knowledge of James or myself. She
perhaps was trying to obtain other
money from the senator to use for
herself. Since she left we have learn
ed that this same nurse was dis
charged from a hospital in Balti-
more for meddling in some of her
patients private business.
"James lives in a nice little cot
tage which is very comfortable. He
has more fruits and other delicacies
than his physician will allow him to
eat. The statement that he is friend
less and dying in poverty is the most
absurd thing I ever heard in all my
life.'
Mrs. Bunch continued: 'The first
statement that we saw appeared in
an afternoon paper in Asheville. I