The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-08-16
BLEASE WRATHY
The Governor Revokes The Commissions
Of Three Notaries
.SLAPS AT THE EDITORS
The Removals Made Because One Of
the Notaries Made An Affidavit
Against the Governor and the 9th
er Two Attested Affidayits Made
by Others.

by Others.
Publication of affidayits corrob-
Grating the charges made by the Bel
ton Times Of rudeness on the part
of Governor Blease toward a young
lady, employed as tic agent in the
Southern railway stat..n at Belton,
was followed on Thursday afternoon
by the summery revocation by Gov.
Blease of Notaries Publics j. NJ. Al
exander, J. H. Merritt and J. A.
Horton, all Of Bolton.
The crime for which Mr.. Alexan-
der was removed was making affi-
davit that the article in the Bolton
Times concerning the Governor was
true, and the crime for which
Merritt and Horton were punish
ed by decapitation was attesting af-
fidavits in the same case. To each
Of the three notaries Governor Hlease
sent the following letter:
"Some time since you were COM
missioned notary public by me,
under the constitution and the laws
(during the pleasure Of the COVER
nor.) Your commission is hereby
revoked, and any further act per-
formed by you as such officer will
be illegal and in violation of the law.
A copy Of this letter has been fled
with the secretary of state, and al
so with the clerk of court, who has
been requested to cancel your COM
mission"
The Columbia Record says Gov
ernor Blease was asked what moved
HIN to revoke these commissions. He
said he had not intended to yolun-
teer any statement, but in anticipa-
ton of such an inquiry had dictated
to his stenographer an expression on
the subject, and had the copies be
fore him. He said he wished it IN
derstood that his language applied
only to the editors Of the newspa-
pers that have taken part in this
business The statement was as
follows:
81 have no further comment to
make on the Belton matter, at this
time. What I stated in my letter to
Mr.. Harris is absolutely correct.
was perfectly sober; feeling
good; had just left a large crowd
of my friends, was on my way home
in the best of spirits and remember
very distinctly what took place. ANY
man or woman who lives in South
Carolina that does not know that
am governor is indeed in the lowest
mire of ignorance; hence, when
reelected in spite Of their lies. Watch
me-"
The Columbia Record says Mr.. Al,
exander is understood to be super
intendent of one of the Pelzer Mills
at Pelzer. He was commissioned on
the recommendation of Senator Geo
W. Sullivan, of WILLIAMSON. Mr.. .
Merritt was commissioned on the
J. Bolton Watson. Mr.. Horton who
is mayor of Belton and president o1
bank there, was commissioned on
the recommendation of Representa-
tives J. W. Ashley and J. W. Jack
son. The owner Of the Bolton Times
is Representative J. Archie Willis
of Laurens.
say to anyone that I am Cole L.
Blease,' it is absolutely useless to ado
that 1 am governor of South Caroina
and I did not say so on that occa'
sion, if my enemies do swear to it.
Il have cancelled the commission
of the three notaries publics taking
part in this dirty transaction anc
some other people will hear from il
later. Everyone who mas known me
from my childhood up, both men ane
women, will certify to the fact tha'
l have at all times ana on all coca
sions been polite and courteous tc
everybordy, and particularly so tt
ladies; and this is the first time II
all my life that I have ever beer
charged or accused of showing the
slightest disregard to any lady, ane
I am satisfied that my friends dc
not believe that I was oisrespeetfu
on this occasion.
MY enemies, of course, will say
they believe it, even if they don't
and the liars who are editing the
newspapers of South Carolina vii
endeavor to use it to injure me, be
cause they will go any depth in The
filthy bog holes of vituperation ant
abuse to do me harm. However
the people know me and I am COVER
nor, the pimps and shunks, who use
the pens for newspapers to the con
trary, notwithstanding, and I'll .be