The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-08-02

This crew OF FeldeTS was put 10
work in South Carolina; they had in
lstructions to dig back into my past;
to trail my footsteps and the footsteps
of my relatives and friends; to
inquire of every man with whom l
lhad had business, as an Individual or
as an official, in their endeaVors to
find something wrong or ungentlenan-
| " that I had done, and their instruc-
tons went further, that if no wrong
could be found, then to make it appear
that wrong had been found. Huge
sums of money were given these
sleuths-Felder himself admitting un-
der oath (if his oath be worth any
thing) that he gave one Of these men
at one time the sum of $4,000; and the
Atlanta Journal, as will appear from
it's morning edition Of July 16, IS au-
thority for the statement that the Gin
vestigations" made by Fielder and his
detectives have already cost him be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000.
The Gallant Body Guard.
After my speech at Bishopville,
when it was seen that the people of
South Carolina would reaect me to
the Office Of governor, this Fielder, the
legislative committee which was bow
ing to his every whim, and number
of my political enemies, in their des-
peration, decided that it would be best
to bring to the attention. oasthe people
/ the result Of their colfsamptiSle and
dirty methods and matters. They rea-
lized that something had 20 be done to
counteract the strong wave which,
from the mountains to the seacoast,
was rolling me once Eore into the
leadership of my people. But Fielder
and his detectives would not come to
South Carolina. The excuse Of this
coward for his refusal to come across
the Savannah river was that he feared
I would have him killed. This man,
who for so long has proclaimed his
bravery, with an array of henchmen
and thugs to protect him, admitted his
fear to come into the peaceable State
of South Carolina, even in the open
daylight, although he knew as all OF
you knew, that I did not attend the
meetings of the committee, and that l
had not sent and would not send any
one to represent me before it. Fielder
termed all my friends and supporters
las assassins and cutthroats;; he made
no appeal for protection; if he had
done so, should gladly have given it
to him and would, with pleasure, have
appointed as an escort of honor and
bodyguard those brave men H. B. Car
Isle. G.. W. Sullivan, J. H. Clifton, F.
NJ. Cary and J. J. Evans, and of this
gallant company I would have made
W: F. Stevenson Commonly known as
"seaboard Bilr) the captain. I am
sure that these six men could have
protected their friend, Colonel Eel
der. and had they failed in their efforts
and had he been assassinated. it would
have happened that the proper number
of his best friends were, present to
have become pallbearers.
In the past few days; and since ne
went before the committee at AL
gusta, one of Felder's famous detec-
tiyes. the man who the newspapers
saw followed a daring kidnaper into
the "bad lands" Of Dakota, has ad-
mitted also that he fears assassina-
ton in your State. Some may regret
that this daring detective has made
this confession, but I, for one. am glad,
because it may tend to discourage the
custom of the youths Of our State 10
read, with JOY, the daring acts AID
courage of "Nick Carter"
Fielder Crowd Afraid.
So, the obliging committee OF the
South Carolina general assembly, anx-
ious to get something" that would put
me "in a hole" concluded that If the
mountain would not come to Mahomet,
Mahomet would go to the mountain"
and they left your fair land and went
to Augusta, in a foreign State, at your
expense to the tune Of SIS per day each'
to sit with wide-open ears and search
ing eyes, to hear and see such reyela-