The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-03-30
HOT TIME AHEAD.
So Says Thos. B. Fielder in Letter to
"The State"
To the Editor of The State:

I desire through your columns to
| acknowledge receipt of numerous let
ters, kilograms, lettergrams and tele-
phone messages, couched in the most
commendatory and laudatory terms
anent the Blease controversy, which
have come to me during the past "a
hours from hundreds of citizens
throughout the State of South Caro-
lint. When these messages began
| to come, naturally my first impulse
| was to make separate answer to each,
but to do so would require a large
increase in an already expensive
steographic force, more time than 1
have personally to spare from other
duties, besides a large outlay for
postage stamps.
In my pursuit of "his fraudulency'
and his clients, the colossal fee CD
received by me from the State of
South Carolina has suffered great di-
minution, and with the prospect of
having to use more of it in my ef-
forts to scourge from the high
places" of your State those who dis
grace them, I must husband MY re-
sources and content myself with ten
dering to those citizens of your State
who commend me in my course in
the premises my grateful asknowl-
edgements through the columns of
your paper. From the deluge of
communications pouring in upon me
with every mail delivery, and through
other channels above mentioned, l
am constrained to think that Blease
secured his election to the governor
ship through public neglect of a sa-
cred private duty, to wit: The ex-
ercise of the elective franchises.
Many of those who have been kind
enough to communicate with me are
urging me to use greater activity in
turning on the light" I beg to as
sure them that when have finished
that the place described in Holy Writ
which has been set apart as the
eternal abiding place for sinners will
be a very summer resort in compari-
son with the warm time" that shall
give "his fraudulency" and his al
lies. I hope to find time to prepare
another set of interrogatories for
him at an early date. When they
are ready, I shall perfect service"
upon him through the columns of
your paper.
THOMAS B. FIELDER.
Atlanta, Ca, March "a, 1911.
P. ST. note that the celebrated
''gun-play artist" the mt. Pelee' of
Newberry, is in eruption-that the
seismic shocks are unusually violent
| and the lava which he belches forth
threatens destruction of everybody,
except his attorney ''of the State at
large" I take it that for the present
at least, I will be excused from TAX
ing further notice of his "frothings
and foamings," my excuse for doing
so being that I can not afford to
abandon my chase of the ''big hyena'
to pursue a very small mouse.
will say, however, that the conduct
at this time of this grim-visaged "fe,
| fo, fl, fun, 1 smell the blood of an
Englishman," in striking contrast
with that displayed by him on the
occasions of his numerous visits to
me during the past four years at the
Colonia and Jerome hotels (my
apartments in the city of Columbia)
and my Office in the city of Atlanta.
On the occasion of each visit I ar
ranged to have reliable witnesses
"hard by" to hear all that was said,
ito be sure" If my recollection
serves me right the name of his
general COUNSEL formerly of New
berry, now Of the State at large, to
whom he honored me by an intro
duction at the Caldwell hotel in Co.
lumbia in 1908; (I think this is the
name of the building, situated just
opposite the Columbia hotel in the
city of Columbia) was mentioned by
him on these occasions more than
once. I wonder if he and his general
counsel remember this meeting in
Columbia and what was said on that
occasion; if so, they may find in it
another "grain of sand' from their
mountain. T. B. F.
P. S. No. 2.-I think "Mt. Pelee"
can with safety cease to erupt, as 1
feel sure that his "governor-attor-
ney," erstwhile "senator-attorney," "
will keep the contract made with
him to pardon his brother-in-law,
Wash Hunter, and himself, if Fraser
LyOn should convict him. His recent