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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-09-04
Crowded Train Goes Into River.

Camp Douglas. Wis, Sept. q
our persons were killed in the
wreck Of passenger train No. 10, on
the Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis &C.
Omaha railroad, which plunged into
the Lemonweir river, neal Camp
Douglas, to-day. A bridge had been
washed away. Twenty-six persons
were injured, six Of them seriously.
Every ear, including the sleepers
with passengers still in their berths,
was hurled into the stream, whose
waters, augmented by the %cloudburst
Of last night, had made 1t a torrent.
Panic-stricken occupants OF the sleep
ing cars, clad only IN their night
clothes, escaped through broken win
dows.
The train had passed safely over
the bridge a short time before, but
was tagged at Tunnel, because q
wGsh~out further on had made the
track impossible, and was ordered
back to Camp Douglas, so that the
passengers might have breakfast.
Meanwhile, the Lemonweir, flooded
by q cloudburst several miles UP the
valley, had torn away the bridge,
and. unwarned, the engineer ran HIS
train into tho river.
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ElcctrOcuted on Main Street.
(Anderson Mail, Sent. 2.)

Anderson Mail, Sept. p
Claude A. Kellar, a lineman with
the Southern Bell Telephone Com
pany, became entangled with an I'M
insulated live wire of the Anderson
Water, Light and Power Company
while working on a pole on North
Main street Monday about II o'clock
and was critically injured by the cur
rent which went through his body.
When the current was turned off, he
fell to the pavement and sustained
a fracture Of his skull. He lies in
the Anderson Hospital unconscious,
and, 1t Is feared, in a dying condi-
ton.
his young man vas engaged in
splicing some new cables the tele-
phone company had recently strung,
and in some way his foot came in
contact with the wire Of the power
company. which vas uninsulated and
carrying a voltage Of LOO. A con-
siderable number Of persons were
standing on the sidewalk in front of
the Martin Drug Company and wit
messed the accident.
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NEWS FROM WESTMINSTER.
High School Opens With 325 Pupils
On the Roll.

High School Opens With 325 Pupils
On the Roll,
Westminster, Sept. 3.-Special:
The opening exercises of the West
Minister High school were held in
the school auditorium Monday morn
ing. ~ large number Of patrons and
friends were present. There were
325 pupils enrolled. Devotional ex-
ercises were conducted by Rev. X. l..
Grier. After this speeches were
mad by K. w. Marett, NJ. S. Strib-
ling and Rev. II. G. Lavender, respec-
lively. Mrs. j. w. Shelor offered a
medal to the child who would make
the greatest improvement in penman-
snip. The faculty for this school
year Is as follows: w. C. Taylor and
+. w. Jayroe, teachers in the high
school department.; seventh grade,
Miss Mamie Blalock, Blacksburg;
sixth grade, Miss Elma Mayes, Mayes-
VILE; fifth grade. Miss Kate Lefoy,
Pendelton; fourth grade, Miss An
ME Johnson, Greer; third grade,
Mrs. w. C. Taylor; second grade,
Miss Clara Rasor. Donalds; first
grade, Miss Louise Welborn, Foun-
tain Inn. Miss Rasor. teacher Of the
second grade, Is sick, and Mrs. II. c..
Peden will have charge Of that grade
until Miss RasOr Is able t o take up
her work.
Mrs. j. D. Witherspoon. of Cross
Hill, Is visiting Mrs. G.. j.. Mulkey.
DR.. and Mrs. w. A. Strickland and
W. children have been visiting rela-
tives at Pelzer for the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Singleton have
recently moved from Hardin to Vest
minister.
j. r. Williams, Of G%rcenville, was
the guest Of relatives here last week.
Miss Elinor knight, of Pickens,
was among the visitors in town last
week.
Mrs. j. r. Garner, who has been
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ.
A. Terrell, returned home Saturday.
John George, OF Atlanta, spent
several days here last week with his
daughter, Mrs. George Marett. and
his granddaughter, Mrs. Loos Zim-
norman.
Misses May and Daisy Willis, Of
Liberty, are visiting Mrs. Leo Mar
chale.
Miss Irene Elrod, Of Seneca, was
the guest Of Mrs. +. W.. Cannon last
week.
Eugene Milford, OF AnIerson.
Misses Irene Hartzog. of Atlanta. and
Louise Sheldon, Of Fair Play, were
guests at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
e. G. Marett last week.
D. c.. Davis, Of Mississippi, Is here
visiting relatives In and near West
minister.
Mrs. F.. G. Lavender has returned
from Greenville.
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Many Driven from Home.

Every year, in many parts of the
country. thousands are driven from
their homes by coughs and lung dis
eases. Friends and business are left
behind for other climates. but this is
costly and not always sure. A better
way-the way Of multitudes-is to
use Dr.. Kings New Discovery and
cure yourself at home. Stay right
there, with your friends, and take
this safe medicine. Throat and lung
troubles lind quick relief and health
returns. Its help in coughs, colds,
grip, Group, whoopfng cough and sore
lungs make 1t a positive blessing.
SOC. and 81. Trial bottle free. Guar
anteed by all druggists.
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or giving me advice, l thank YOU
very much. If your services are.
needed, you will be called upon, but
you need not at all fear being dis
turbed along that line.
You also say that l have stolen the
affection of your people from YOU
true, Senator. In this contest
II crisis of political affairs, It is not
that they love Tillman less. but that
they trust Cole Il. Blease more.
Very respectfully
Cole, T.. Blease.
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The Men Who Succeed

as heads Of large enterprises are men
or great energy. Success, to-day, de-
mands health. To all Is to fail. 1t Is
utter folly for a man to endure a
weak, rundown, half-alive condition
when Electric Bitters will put him
right on his feet in short order.
-Four bottles did me more real good
than any other medicine I ever
took writes Chas. B. Allen, sylvia
MIA. Ga. After years Of suffering
with rheumatism, liver trouble, sto-
mach disorders, and deranged kid
neys, l am again, thanks to Electric
Bitters, sound an we'll" Try them
Only SO cents at all druggists.
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people, should turn and rend me this
way! l gave them Clemson College
and winthrop. At least |, had more
to do with 1t than any other ono man.
| gave them tho primary, for I wrote
the, D~emocrati0v State Constitution
with my W hand in conjunction
with my brother, &. D. Tiilman, and
made the rules governing the pri-
mary n sa~foguarded in every Dos
sible way their rights, 80 that now
every citizen has a voice in the gov
eminent and eau protect himself II
he has sense enough.
All pleasure and satisfaction In my
reelection to the Senate Is gone be-
cause OF the desertion Of these old
friends and followers of mine. It
makes me doubt seriously whether |
have not erred %grievously in giving
the power of self-government to
these people and teaching them their
rights. They show such a woful lack
or gratitude. l feel that when | am
dead and In the grave that they will
realize and understand the criminal
folly OF their action and the enormity
or the betrayal OF their pest friend.
know II | could have spoken to
them this summer this tragedy could
not have occurred. When these old
friends have had time to cool off
and think 1T all over they will curse
themselves for such base ingratitude,
and for their idiocy in being misled
ny a d~emagogue. To think that they
mad been such fools as not to under
stand n grant the old mans last
plea to die in harness serving them
and serving the State and nation. Oh,
1t is pitiful!
The object of every true patriot
should be to pour oil upon the trou-
pied waters and bring a return of
harmony and good will among our
people. Let us lave peace" And
II ina cannot be given us, let us see
what a return to decency and sanity
Will accomplish.
II you clear yourself Of the foul
accusations made against you in the
Governors office and will pursue q
wholly different policy hereafter,
there Is some future for you in the
State yet. If you do not, your name
VIII go down in history as the very
worst native South Carolinian who
was ever Governor. Moses not ex-
cepted. | repeat you are "eminently
qualified to be Governor as far as
brains CO. and if you reform and
max good IN the two a you have
~ SS''S III tHdI OllC9 the DGODle
may forgive you. But you must be
governor of the whole people and not
OF your friends alone and they will
take care of your future destiny, al
ways supposing that o clear your
self of the Infamous charges that
nave been brought against you. For
unless you do that you can never
nope to aspire to higher promotion,
for h people Of South Carolina will
never send to Washington a man not
above suspicion. Your destiny is
largely In your w hands, Governor.
For the honor Of the State | hope you
can and will clear yourself. May God
forgive you for the sins you have
committed against yourself and the
people of this State.
Governor Blease, you are given
another opportunity. Will you make
use OF 1T and show that you are a
man and not a demon! Put the devil
- i, a. .tL.H, 20 IL. 3 . .-
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measures or principles, but on me
and my personal character. ]. nes
charged me and my friends with be-
Ing anarchists, and charged me with
Delng a crook, by protecting crimi-
nails and otherwise. |, too, made
many speeches before the opening of
the campaign, but never referred to
Mr.. Jones al all. At Sumter, in my
opening speech, | did not. He fol-
lowed n his h%arangue was bitter
against me, and from that day until
the close OF the campaign, he never
presented a single reason why he
should be Governor of South Caro-
lima, but took up his time abusing
me and my friends and trying to ex-
plain the miserable record he made
as legislator and Judge.
Bishopville Speech.
At Bishopville l exposed his rec
ORD, and after that speech was read
by the people Of South Carolina
Jones might as we'll have retired
o the race, for he never had a
look-in from hal time on.
conducted my campaign on a
nigh plane, but having been most
severely criticised, lied on and abus-
Ell, | struck back, and In no uncertain
terms.
When the Augusta slush came for
ward, and the John Grace filth pour
ed forth, when dirty and filthy circu-
lars, unsigned, were Slipped under
b~roadcasted throughout the State,
when the ministers and preachers
were praying against me. | continued
tn hold NV fnn,nor. did NOT unt mad
AS they hoped | would dO-and
oven when Jones insulted me. l. had
too much respect for his gray hairs
and old age to even slap him with my
open hand.
An Incident Of 1890.
Some may call this c%owardice. inst
as some called 1t cOwardice when
Gen. Butler gave you a general ours
ing In a railroad train, when you gave
as your excuse for not %resenting It
that he had only one ley. | had every
reason to believe-having stood by
You In 1890, at Helena when | step
ped between You and a man who had
a pistol drawn to kill you, and when
the crowd rushed forward and broke
down the platform, | had YOU picked
up by your admirers and carried into
my lathcr-1n-law'S home (Which was
IN a few yards Of the grove where
you were s%peaking) for protection
mat you were my friend.
In the Legislature | differed with
you sometimes and did not vote ac~
cording to your dictation; but, Sena-
tor. | have never worn any mans
political collar; have never been
bossed or dictated to by any man and
| never expect 20 be, for | have been
elected Governor Of South Carolina
by the people and recognize no boss
but the people, and the people have
shown, last Tuesday, that they rec
ogniZe no boss at all.
"StOod by q Tillman."
In addition to my political support
OF you, the position which I took as
lawyer and witness In saving the
name Of your distinguished brothers.
son from being written upon the
pages Of the South Carolina peniten-
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.tisrs 9 oords--while my position
was true and the correct one-Ain-
chrrsa Tor me the hatred of the,adf.
TORS OF tho Columbia State, and from
that day toHthis nothing too mean or
bitter% could have been said by them
ABOUT me; and why?-because I
stood%Dy q Tillman.
Geft&in'y then l had the right to
eaDsNt mat you would not take any
part 10 fno' race for Governor, but, on
tIN HaEitrary, that you were friendly
aud NlIot IL you were not friendly.
m"st aSau redly that you would be
ns1Ef"l, ~pirticularly, Senator, when
my detft would not only have ruin
ed oe politically, but blasted my
personal character for all time-and
y4E, iaTnu shout the entire race |
spok" klndly Of you and even after
your letter was published, when
t'ioHo$ ihoned and wired me what
u 20 va rogard to YOU, l said that |
was Wiling for the, people Of South
Caroiiua 10 pass between us and saw
Nhloh one they wanted, or If they
wanted both.
Washington Conversation.
IN W. tington Mrs. Blease and
MS, llIluian were both present
NNeu Tue conversation | referred to
.ooH '!"e1. You say Mrs. Tillman
toHi' 10Y remember, but | wish to
say "a YOU, sir, hat the ~veracity OF
la"lSh Mould not be involved in such
iA"it''S' You may speak Of it, but
shlI. rertainly not bring either
Ms l|Ilman or Mrs. Blease into this
t"llLrO, urSy.
INC charges which you have seen
lt.FD lEftr tn In Nnnr l>It-, 49,.
been a~hsolutely and fatty refuted
lSeo raplr to Augusta slush and
oFh"f rrHltes which l have put for
WARD 4u"tlg this campaign.) | have
"eHcl 'ec"lved one cent for granting
= PARDON, nor have ! ever received
on& cent OR any official action since
I nave pGen Governor, except my SAL
NHA from the State Of South Caro-
ljua..
"a" dtd not come to me or nv
'rj@nd TO-: explanations; you took
The u snapper articles for it, when
you, Enur3elf, say that they lied most
LialiciNusly on you.
'tIizzes tho Senator.
ny dear sir, what about the
cn4ft's against you, when they
clajn,~ lat Hubbell sent you 500
0Ou, N6icl Lyon and Christensen had
l.@H, 4r Turnipseed brought before
lnHm 10 prove that he delivered you
me !'"Ntg e while he was express
2SehI ~ Columbia? What about the
pl@h" l"eV claimed you received?
"i'h' about the Hubtell money they
say I"i received? What about the
ariIe. which they say were sent
Fnti a. >iill from the ~penitentiary?
N lai "hout the Oregon land deal
NhitA @N. Roosevelt laid at your
uo2r rou said they were untrue.
10 h@ ,G&oll you, Senator, as YOU
"the' iN"1ds believed you.
~ sou want some further informa-
'l@a. "% Co. some Of the investigations
"Hlc' re made against you by
Lyon ""i Christensen l will be pleas
60 l" '"INlsh you with copies of the
PINK, ''oo Detective Agency's reports,
"h'GA. |cre filed with some members
OF A.a committee, but which were
never Hutde known to the full COM
mi'tee and never made public, and
"ii." baTe ~hcnn"0nly size IS nj
sr Hfg. ! ..i4 ". hf.,tt. ,fl..
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men III South Carolina: III you a.
this, the heather will quit raging
while the righteous will rejoice. You
have the brains. Make use OF them
instead OF giving way to your evil
passions. | do assure You that you
Will die a happier man If you will fol-
low this advice. Conquer your ene-
mics by kindness and Justice. You
annot conquer them in any other
way. B. r. Tillman.
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THE GOVERNOR TO Tu.LMAN,
People Love Tfllman No Less, Hut
Trust Blease More.

On Sunday, September 1st, Cover
nor Cole l.. Blease, after reading the
open letter Of Senator Tillman to
him, sent to the press Of the State
the following
Open Letter to Tfllman.
Columbia, S. G., Sept. Ito Hon.
Sir: Your letter, in this mornings
News and Courier and the Columbia
State, has been carefully read, and
1t but adds to the efforts which have
already been made by the newspapers
and others 20 discrodit the people of
South Carolina by charging them
with dishonesty and injuring them
by holding them up to the world that
her government Is selfish and cor
rupt. However,, shall say nothing
harsh In reply thereto.
n newspapers have abused me
@ "ilfully and maliciously, and
after my inauguration they had a bill
roduc which gave to them un-
limited power in their abuse Of can
dldates for public offices. | vetoed
that Dill and succeeded in having it
rejected. Since hen no act of mine
has met with the approval Of the edi-
tors, but, on the contrary, every sug-
gestion OF mine-whether It be or
the pest interest of the State or not
has been fought and sneered at.
The result has been that great in
jury has been done to the State by
the newspapers. The people inside
OF the State, knowing that the nows-
papers were publishing what was un-
true and that they were unfair, have
been made stronger for me.
Charges Utteranccs Distorted.
During this campaign l have been
o malfciously lied on, NV
speeches have been misconstrued,
distorted and parts Of sentences
which | used have been published
which have made it appear that I
said things which | did not say-for
instance: "To hell with the Constitu-
tion'-was used by me in this way:
Jones said hat the separate coach
Dill was unconstitutional. said
mat If there was anything in the
Constitution which forced the white
ladies Of South Carolina to associate
with negro men, then to hell with
the Constitution, and every honest
white man in South Carolina, whose
mind Is not diseased, will thoroughly
agree with me In this statement.
SAID, at another time, that If |
was defeated for reelection by the
old Haskcllite crowd that | would
make them sweat political blood. |
meant that when | said 1t and I
mean 1T now-not by pardoning
criminals, which you seem to have
dreamed with your eyes open, or by
any other maladministration of the
ONCE of Governor, but strictly in a
political way. Now you see, sir. If
these we sentences had been pub
llshed in full none would have had
a right to have complained.
Blcasc and the Legislature.
The last session Of the legislature
fought me bitterly and unjustly-
Jones, having been brought out for
Governor, remained in Columbia
practically during the entire session
and directed its aHairs ful sciIgh in
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@ &a .~liA6FclaiSm aud Nie&gs-
tG-- @L9ul4 Ge Durlod IL lAo same
grave" The men-the laboring pec-
buried Haskellism brought
forth Bleaseism and they are faith.
fully protecting their cause and 10y
ally u%pholding their chief.
Nobody can truthfully charge me
with not being Governor of all the
people. ! have stated on the stump,
often and repeatedly. that when 1t
came to holding the scales Of Justice
my fellow men, and in the
discharge Of my duties as Governor
found that my enemy was right and
that my friend was wrong, that my
enemy would be upheld and that my
friend would go down. and such re-
plies as THAT Is right "That Is the
boy" owe know it, Governor" and
loud applause have come back from
the audiences.
added to that, that when it came
to giving out political patronage,
none but a Blease man need apply"
! mean 1t, Senator, because | believe
truly and honestly that a MAJ should
stand by his friends, and you should
have stood by ME.
Owns to but One Ambition.
You charge me with ambition. |
had no ambition, Senator, but to be
Governor of my people. The only
ambition hat had, or that | have,
is to serve my State and my people
fairly and imparitally, honorably and
straightforward, and to stand by my
friends.
In closing my speech on the State
House steps a few nights ago, | said:
- Nj v frinn1S 1icNnrcn nnI un 70 vn,r
homes without a parade and with
out boisterousness; try and forget
and forgive the bitterness and hatred
of the campaign; let's all join hands
with our fellowmen, both our oppo-
nents and u friends, and work to-
gether In n common ~cause--for the
uplift and upbuilding of the people,
the peace, the happiness and pros
perity OF our State and Of ourselves,
and may God, in His allwise Provi-
dence, direct me that ] may serve
my people better and that may
serve Him better In the future than
| have In the past, and may we all
sing, with II glorious acclaim,
Praise God, from whom all bless
ings flow
| repeat that now, Senator. VIII
you join with me and help me, or
will you join with those who are en-
deavoring to show that white South
Carolinians have stolen from each
other at the ballot box, and further
endeavorlng to show to all the ma
lions Of the earth that your father
and mine (and you) are raising your
children to steal from each other
and defraud at the ballot box.
Declares Victory Shall Stand.
believe that I have been elected
fair, and s%quarely, for, so far, every
recount that has been made shows a
gain for me In the votes cast. The
people have risen; they have endors-
ed me and my administration, giving
me a victory-the greatest the State
a ever known-and we propose
to have 1t stand.
You speak OF DR.. Babcock-to this
| need make no reply, for you, your
self, have admitted enough.
AS to helping me grant pardons,
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Will follow If we do not realize that
a house divided against itself can
not stand AS good men voted for
Blease rs voted for Jones. They felt
1t to be their right as citizens, and
many of them religiously believed
that their liberties were. in danger,
for you, Governor, are reported as
saying that If Jones was elected they
would never vote again.
Jefferson said once that as between
government without newspapers and
newspapers without government he
would take the latter. for the news
papers would keep the people in
FORMED and they would have intelli-
gence enough to give themselves good
COVE, .:ment in some way. Our news-
papers in South Carolina have lost
sight OF the necessity for fair and
square dealing with their readers, so
much so that they have not the in
fuence with the people that they
ought to have. There is room for a
great many reforms in this particu-
lar and | sincerely hope that the edi-
tors OF the South Carolina papers
Will seriously consider how they can
regain the confidence Of the peOple
again. SO great has been the dis
trust caused by the dishonesty and
craftsmanship that hundreds, nav
thousansd, Of my friends could not
be made to believe that | had writ
ten the letter to Ferguson or given
out h statement accompanying IT.
received many. many kilograms and
letters asking whether it was anthem
tic. This condition IF the public
mind has been brought about BY
seeing mat the newspapers in their
hno11inns onl l., 49,. hail..
ticles themselves distort and color
nnr!Shteonsly the facts. when the
people are taught they can ALWAYS
be trusted, but when the people dis
trust the newspapers and believe
them corrupt and dishonest and given
to all manner Of lying they lose that
respect for them that is necessary to
preserve free government.
Would Ttalk to Friends.
If | ever get able to speak again |
want to go to three cou"ties in South
Carolina and talk to T. old friends
face to face-Anderson, Laurens and
York. You have stolen the love and
confidence of those people, did not
lose 1t; you stole 1T. Who would
ever have believed it possible that
the men who % years age were so
irehzled In their Tillmanism and wor-
snip or Tillman as to unhitch the
horses from his carriage and hitch
themselves In to drag him in triumph
tnrongh the street would come to
dlstrust, hate and abuse him without
cause?
Madame Roland before she was
uliiotined exclaimed: 80 liberty,
what crimes are committed in thy
name!' Noting the progress which
mas been made toward the demorali-
zation among the Democrats in South
oarol1na one can shout, ooh, Democ-
racy, VIII the people never learn to
Know their true friends from their
raise leaders, never to distinguish be.
tween a statesman and q demagogue,
always listening to fiattery and sweet
words without looking below the sur
race and the true inwardness OF
Things and men, To think that the
very men FOR whom l have done