The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-07-13
CRIMINALS RULE CAROLINA.
Fielder Reads q Few Interesting Let
tiers at Dublin, Ga.

SAS az DuOnAs
Dublin, Ca, July 6.-The barbecue
and good roads rally held here, was
big success. A large crowd was
present, and all thoroughly enjoyed
the address Of Hon. Thomas B. Fell
der, of Atlanta, former Dublinite.
Mr.. Fielder was greeted enthusi-
astically by the large crowd. Quite q
number from distance came in au-
tomobiles to be present at the bar
becue, Macon sending a good dele
cation.
Colonel Felder's Address.
II am unable to restrain natural
impulse to refer to an episode in my
life of recent occurrence, which has
brought me into unpleasant notorie-
ty. If in doing so trench upon the
proprieties of the occasion, / plead
in excuse and extenuation the fact
that crave above all things the con-
tinued confidence and friendship Of
the people of Laurens county. It IL
not my purpose to tax audiences
| with the full details of this episode,
but merely desire to briefly advert
to 1t that you may understand that
I shall in the end receive from you
the welcome plaudit, We'll done,
thou good and faithful servant
About four years ago / was em-
ployed by the State Of South Caro-
lima to assist her splendid attorney
general in the Herculean task Of
cleaning out her Augean. stables Of
their filth and corruption. I feel that
can in modesty say that the task
was not only honorably and credit
ably performed, but the services met
with the approval of the best people
Of that State, resulting in the restitu-
ton to the treasury of that graft
soaked and graft-ridden people OF,
approximately, half million dollars,
and in the indictment by the grand
juries of the several counties thereof
Of more than a score Of the thieves
and plunderers. s.. q
I'm the last gubernatorial election
the criminal element of that State
succeeded in electing one Of their.
number to the governorship. am
in possession of evidence. written
and oral, which In my Judgment,
would not only justify, but demand
his impeachment. If I could read
in this presence the hundreds Of let
ters from the good but graft-ridden
people of that once glorious common-
wealth in. which their greatest ac-
acknowledgements are rendered and
their prayerful God-speeds are wish
ed me in the great work at hand In
Kidding them of this moral and po-s
litical leper, his confederates and al
lies, am sure I would receive from
this audience such shouts Of approv-;
al as would make the welkin ring.
I will detain you long enough to read
extracts from but q few of these let
ters:" 2S
Colonel Fielder then read the fol-
lowing extracts from letters:
''The offense which you have COM
mitted, which is grieyous in the sight
of our present governor, is the great
success you have attained in expos
| ing him and his friends in crime.
"Have read with interest the pro-
ceedings in the controversy between
yourself and our vagabond governor
I want to say with Hub
Evans, Blease and Fred Dominick
right in Newberry, and in control Of
things there they could convict most
anybody they wanted to by picking
a jury and the plunder bund Of
South Carolina, knowing that you
are the man will go to any extent In
perjury and forgery to convict you.
and Blease is making every effort to
discredit you in this State and thus
attempt to weaken the evidence you
produce against him by declaring up
on the ignorant rabble that he had I
you prosecuted for attempted brfb-
cry Governor Browns re-
fusal to honor Blease's requisition
is heartily approved by every decent
law-abiding citizen Of South Caro-,
lima"
Permit me to say that while I do
not approve of all you have said and
done in this matter, yet it is impos-
sible to escape the conviction thai
you now hold in your hands very
largely the fate Of South Carolina
for the next few years at least. It Is
to be presumed that you fully appre-
ciate the gravity Of the responsible
ity, which be reason Of circumstances,
rests upon you at this time. There
may not be with you the motive to
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