The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-01-27
SENATOR CAN go TO HE'LL"


SENATOR CAN go TO HE'LL"
James Tillman Thinks His Uncle
Shows Rank Ingratitude-Sis-
ter Talks.
Spartanburg Journal.
When Col. James H. Tillman, who
is i'll in Asheville, saw the statement
to the effect that he was dying in a
lonely cottage, poverty stricken and
1-:endless he replied through the press
that this was, mistake. And when
Senator Benjamin R. Tillman was ask
ed about this statement he replied, as
stated in the Journal Saturday after
noon: HE is reaping what he has
sown. Nemesis is dogging his foot
steps and will dog them to the grave"
On learning that the senator had
made this remark about him, James
Tillman called his sister, Mrs. Geo. A.
Bunch, of this city over long distance
phone and said to her: "Senator Till
man can go to he'll. He has not yet
reaped what he has soWn and when
he does, it will be much bitter than
that which James H. Tillman is reap
ing. He thinks that he is fooling his
Jesus, but he is not"
Mrs. Bunch in an interview with a
reporter for the Journal said. ut is 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, and an older brother of
Senator Tillman, was more like faith
er to him than like brother. Why he
assisted him in an educational manner
and helped him fnar cially and politi-
cally. He borrowed money from him
when he made the race for the gov
ernorship of South Carolina"
''If this branch Of the Tillman fam
lily was as anxious for publicity and
wanted to get in the :imelight as much
as Senator Tillman does, some start
ling revelations might be made pub
lie. 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
Further more he will not ask any
thing of Senator TilIman. It was on
account Of Ben Tiliman that James
first got into his trouble and he was
being used as tool by Ben when his
downfall in the political world star,
ted. James was following the advics
| of Senator Tiliman and was not heed,
ing the advice of his own father. Yes
it is hard to believe that this is the
kind Of gratitude that is being shown
for it and it seems hard to believe thai
Ben Tillman would say: He is reap
ing what he has soWn.'
"I have just returned from Asihe-
ville," continued James Tillman's sis
ter, "where I have spent some time
with m brother. His health is fine.
have never seen more marked i'm
provement in any man. Why, when
he was carried there it was on g
stretcher and the man was scarcely
able 20 lift his head. 1t was neces~
sary to get him out Of the train en- the
stretcher and his condition was grave
Now he is able to sit up on the porch
and eat many things. He was we'll
enough to phone to me Saturday
night And it will be seen that his
health must be pretty good, as sick
man could not write a reply to pub
lished statement as James did.
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 i;
was because the previous one was toe
meddlesome and it is said that she
wrote 10 Senator Tillman for money
! If she did so it was without the knoWl
edge Of James or mvsolf. She per
haps vas trying to obtain other money
! from the senator 10 use for herself
Since sI,e left We have learned tha
: this same nurse was discharged from
a hos. tai III Baltimore for mocdllnE