The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1911-08-17

the editor of The Times had brought
against him. and further called the
editor Of The Times a liar and a
pimp. Numbers of people offered to
SubStantiate the article. and the ed
itor has secured sworn atfidavits
tending to prove that the Governor.
in denying the truth Of the article,
made miSstatement Of facts.
J Archie Willis. member of the
State Legislature from Laurens
county.iS the owner of The Times.
He came to Belton from LaurenS
Tuesday and when shown the article
published in the Anderson lntelli-
gencer. which included Governor
BleaSe's letter to his friend. Mr. Har
ris. he proceeded to get atfidavits to
the effect that the article published
in last Fridays Times was true IN
every respect. He secured the sworn
aihGavits Of people who witnessed
the conduct of the Governor, that his
papers article was true, and he
wrote Governor BleaSe letter en-
closing affidavits for his EXcellency' s
information.
Enclosed with the letter Mr. Willis
included the sworn affidavit of Miss
Rogers, the ticket agent. and also the
sworn affidavit of Mr. James NJ Alex
ander, the well-known superintend-
ent of the Pelzer mills, and who, by
the way, is notary public himself,
having been commissioned by Gov
ernor Blease.
The following affidavit was sent
the Belton Times by Mr. Alexander
from Pelzer Tuesday afternoon, and
he was an eyewitness to the incident
and is a man of unspotted reputa-
ton, whom every man respects:
"Belton Times, Belton, S c.
The controversy between Gov
Cole Blease and Miss Rogers, as
printed in the Belton Times, is cor
rect. was present trying to get a
ticket for the train going to Green
vile and heard the conversation.
Would not have known the man if he
had not said, I am Cole Blease, Gov
ernor of South Carolina, ETC.
(Signed JAMES M ALEXANDER" )"
Sworn to before me this the 9Th
day Of August. 1911.
MERRITT, (SeaD
Notary Public.
The following extract from the
article published in The Times is
what the Governor has 80 bitterly
denied:
Saturday afternoon when the
Blue Ridge train pulled in at 5:25.
and the Anderson trolley car follow
ed at $50, something like 100 peo-
pie rushed into the station to get
tickets for points up the road. There
were numbers of ladies standing
around waiting their turn to get
ticket for some point north of Bel
ton. A tall, black-haired man walk
ed up to the window. handed Miss
Rogers, the accommodating agent,
two mileage books that were nearly
used up and asked for ticket to
Columbia. There was not enough
mileage in the two books combined
to buy the ticket, so he asked her to
tear the mileage out of both books,
subtract it from the number of
miles to Columbia, and he would pay
Der the difference in cash. Miss
Rogers very kindly asked him if he
wouldn't wait until she had sold the
tickets for those ladies and gentle
men who were waiting to catch the
northbound train. She explained to
him that he had until $40 to buy
his ticket.
Instead Of giving place to those
who certainly ought to have been
given place at the window, the man
Strengthened himself and, in a most
insulting manner, informed Miss Rog-
ers that she must not know who she
was talking to-. He further inform
ed her that l am Cole Blease, the
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