The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-06-19

on more or less frequent occasions.
The few words that best describe the
situation are: the governor is some
mad.
What It's All About.
Heres what opened the hostiities
Folks all over the state know the
new weekly paper in Charleston call
ed Common Sense" is Mr. John p.
Grace's paper. A red-hod editorial i'm
that paper told why there had been
a split-up between Blease and Grace
who were at one time political bed
fellowS--and in a single bed. at that:
they were so close together The pa
per charged in pretty strong terms
that there had been graft i'm Charles
ton in the handling OF the blind-tiger
situation; that the governor promised
to let Charleston run her blind tigers
in her own way, or do away with them
in her own way, or handle the situa-
tion, whatever it was; and ne didn't
exactly let the city do that. Thereby
'''N SANNStN lIlC .SlOIN. L lie pultOHl1l
made the broad statement that graft
could be traced directly to the COVER
nors office, and finally Mr.. Mayor John
p Grace, of Charleson, admitting tha
authorship of that editorial. and, de-
claring he IS going to tell it all if the
investigating committee subpoenaes
MIN, goes right to the point in state
ment quoting him yesterday, in which
he says II can prove that graft exists
In Charleston, and / will say, as have
stated on several previous occasions.
that ! can trace the graft to the gov
ernor's office in Columbia"
VIII SubpOenae Grace Tuesday.
Now it begins to look like the fur
is going to fly, and the developments
are expected to be forthcoming in
very few days.
The legislative investigating com
mittee, especially charged with find
ing out things about the governor, the
old dispensary and everybody connect
ed with the Great Moral Institution"
will gather in Columbia again Tuesday
morning, and Immediately the ad-
journed session gets down to business.
summons will issue for Mr.. John p.
Grace.
The call of this meeting has been
issued by Mr.. H. b. Carlisle of Spar
tanburg, chairman of the body.
Here's the Editorial.
The Common Sense" editorial. i'm
mediately back of the present stua-
ton, admitted by Mr.. Grace to be his
own product, is as follows:
"Graft and Grafters."
We are publishing on this page
letter written to Governor Blease by
Mr.. Grace about eighteen months ago,
1t is the first chapter explanatory of
the relations which have grown up be-
tween these gentlemen. We ask our
readers to weigh every word of it, be-
cause 1t touches the vital question of
their local self government. Before
Mr. Grace agreed to support Mr..
Blease, he asked but one question; and
that was what did the governor, IL
elected, intend to do toward restoring
to Charleston control over her purely
domestic affairs? His promise was to
give up, the largest possible measure of
freedom; and upon this assurance Mr..
Grace exerted every effort toward his
election and"toward the defeat of Mr..
+FeaCherstone, who had in the most
wanton manner, In speech at Hibern-
ian, Hall during the campaign, Insult
ed the people of Charleston by telling
them that he did not want their votes
that he was prohibitionlst, and, IL
elected, that he would do everything
in his power to take from Charleston
her right to settle the liquor question
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