The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-08-12

promptly. She handed me back the
ticket with the two vacant slips and
said, thank YOU I said, I am very
much obliged to you; you may keep
the Two old covers, as you may wish
to send them in She said, No, you
might need EN- to show the con-
ductor whS = casks for your tick
ct 1 replie Ought, and picked
them up and os, away.
Il showed no ,tesy whstev-
ercising my right asV, o enger on
the road and told her 20 T vas, as
have stated, for the pu. T., have
stated. l showed no discot, +, but
treated her the same that { would
have If every relative of hers IN the
world had been present. There were
two young men sitting behind her
in the office at the time and an old
Confederate veteran standing By me.
with badge on: The conversation
did not even attract their attention,
which shows that there was nothing
whatsver about the matter to have
caused anyone to write lie about
it, such as has been written by the
dirty scurrilous little editor OF the
Belton Times. I do not know who
he is, have never seen him, but from
this article I am satisfied that he Is
only another pimp Of the newspaper
com bination that is continuously ly-
ing about me.
II thank you for your letter and
for this opportunity Of explaining
the matter. Very respectfully,
Cole L.. Blease,
Governor"
The Editor Hits Backs.
Editor Willis, when shown the ar
ticle published in the Anderson In
telligencer, which included Gov.
Blease's letter to his friend, lMs. Har-
ris, he proceeded to get the proofs
that the article published In The
Times was true in every respect. He
secured the sworn affidavits Of peo-
pie who witnessed the condue> Of the
governor that his papers article was
absolutely correct and wrote Gov.
Blease the following letter enclos-
ing the affidayits:
Belton, S. C. Aug. S. 1911.
"EIon. Cole L. Blease, Governor of
South Carolina, Columbia, c.
Dear sir: l have just read copy
of your letter to James G. Harris.
published in this mornings Ander-
son Intellgencer, in which you ac-
cuse the editor of the Belton Times
with having lied in the published ac-
count of your ungentlemanly con-
duct in the railway station here on
Saturday afternoon, July 29. AS to
the remaining contents Of your let
ter, you have called so many edi-
tors in this state dirty, scurrilous
little editors that it must appear to
you the joke has grown rather stale.
''The facts in the article referred
to were published precisely IS stated
by the young lady of whom you
bought your ticket, and I am inclos-
ing you herewith her sworn affi-
davit to the effect that the article
was true in every respect. / am 60
ing to the further trouble to accom-
modate your eXcellency, and am In
closing you also the sworn affidavit
of James M. Alexander, the well
known superintendent Of tine Pelzer
mills, who witnessed the incident,
that the incident happened exactly
as reported dn the Belton Times. So
with this evidence in your hands. it
must appear very plain to you that
you must go further than accusing
the editor of The Times with having
lied, if you want to prove yourself
innocent of the charge which the
young lady has lodged against you.
You must do that which mo gentle
man having the high sense of honor
which you claim to have would do,
and must accuse the young lady
with having perjured herself. At the
same time, my dear sir, you must
prove the sworn statement OF the
gentleman who witnessed it, and who
has made sworn affidavit that the
article published in the Bolton Times
was a true account Of what happened
to be lie also.
And now, my dear sir, out of re-
spect for the governshap OF my State,
a member of whose general assembly
have the honor to be, I refrain
from telling you what I know you
are, and put it up to your constit-
uency to judge as to wnerner or not
YOU are the one who has lied about
the matter.
Very respectfully,
J. Archie Willis,
Publisher of the Belton Times.
The Affidavits Sent.
Enclosed with the lette: Mr.. Will
lis included the affidavit of Miss
Rogers, the ticket agent, and also
the affidavit of James M. Alexander,
superintendent Of the Pelzer mills.
The following is Mr.. AleXander's af-
fidavit, which he sent to Editor Will
lis:
The controversy between Gov.
Cole Blease and Miss Rogers as
printed in the Belton Times, is cor
rect. l was present trying to get a
ticket for the train goine to Green
Vile and heard the conversation.
11,a,,1a nat hnra knnwn the man If