The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-01-31
They ARE AT OUTS
JIM T1ILMAN THINKS BIS UNCLE
SHOWS INGRATTTUDE.
Exchanging Compliments of the
states Senator, Nephew and Uncle,
Exchanging Compliments

The spartanburg Journal says
that when Col. James n. Tillman,
who is iii In Asheville, saw the 1tate-
ment to the ecect that he was dying
in lonely cottage, poverty stricken
and friendless he replied through
the press that this was mistake.
And when Senator BENJAMIN R. Till
man was asked about this statement
he replied, as stated in the Journal
Saturday afternoon. He is reaping
what he has sown. Nemesis Is dog
,ging his footsteps 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 dis
tance phone and said to her: "sen-
ator Tillman can go to hades. He
has not yet reaped what he has sown
and when he does, it will be much
bitter than that which James H. Till
man is reaping. He thinks that he
is tooling his Jesus but he Is not"
Mrs. Bunch in an interview With
a reporter for the Journal said: 1T
is a poor kind Of gratitude that Sen
ator Tillman is showing but we are
not asking for anything. He seems
to have forgotten that James Till
man Is his own nephew and that Col.
George Tillman, father Of James
Tillman, an dmy father, and an older
brother of Senator Tillman was more
like a father to him than brother.
Why he assisted him in an educa-
tional manner and helped him fnan-
cially and politically. He borrowed
money from him when he made the
-Ea ltseRs-41 41aaiiza- Whep-- .he-maae'-ths
race for the governorship of South
Carolina.
'"If this branch of the Tillman
family was as anxious for publicity
and wanted to get in the limelight
as much as Senator Tillman does,
some sartlins revelations might be
made public. Things Of which the
public has never dreamed Of.
. "James Tjllman does not need any
money from Senator Tillman nor
has he asked anything Of the SEN
ator. furthermore he will not ask
anything of Senator Tillman. 1t was
on account Of Ben, Tillman that
James Tillman first got into his trou-
Bile and he. was being used as a tool
by Ben when his downfall In the po-
litical world started. James was fol-
Lowing the advice of Senator Tillman
and was not needing the advice of
his own father. Yes, 1t is hard to
believe that this Is the kind Of graf
itude that is being shown for 1t and
1t seems hard to believe that Ben
Tll1man would say: "He Is reaping
what he has sown. !" = ~
II have just returned from Ashe-
VILE" continued James Tillman's 8
sister," where have been some time
with my brother. His health Is fine.
I have never seen more marked i'm
provement in any man. Why, when
he was carried there 1t was on a
stretcher and the man was scarcely
able to lift his head. 1t was neces-
sary to get him out Of the. train on
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 1t will be seen
that his health must be pretty good,
as a sick man could not write re-
ply to a published statement as
James did.
He has everything he wants, in
cluding the services OF DR.. Carl
Reynolds, one of the best physicians
in Asheville and trained nurse. 1t
is true that we changed nursese but
it was because the previous one was
too meddlesome and it Is said, that
she wrote to Senator Tillman Tor
money. If she did 1t was "ltnout
the knowledge of James or myself.
She perhaps was trying to obt2in
other money from the senator 70 use
for herself. Since she left we have
learned how this same nurse was
discharged from hospital in Bal
timore for meddling in some OF her
patients private business.
"James lives in a nice little cot
tage which is very comfortable. He
has more fruits and other delicacies
than his physicians will allow him to
eat. The statement that he Is friend
less and dying In poverty is the most
absurd thing that I have heard in all