The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1913-10-15
CHEERFUL LETTER
FROM SEN. TILLMAN
Writes Long Communication to Gaff.
ney Man. Senior Senator Tells DIR.
+. c. Hickson that his Health Is
Now Improving.

Now Improving.
Editor Gaffney Ledger:
The enclosed letter, just received
from Senator Tillman, / feel sure will
give pleasure to his many friends in
Cherokee County, and although it
looks immodest in me to publish
what he says of myself. and seems a
violation OF confidence, | am making
bold TO publish it as it is. OF course
MS enemies and my enemies will not
appreciate it. but our friends Will
F.. c. Hickson.
Rev. f. c. Hickson,
"Gaffney. S. C.
My dear old Friend:
Il have just received yours of Oc-
tober End, and it does me good be-
cause | know it comes from an hon
est heart and one whose whole being
is permeated with sincerity and good
ness. You speak about your sorrow
at hearing me talk about getting old
and being sick. You know it is true
so why be sad about it? We have all
got to die sometime and | realize
very fully that my time to go to the
great beyond is not far off. The idea
is not worrying me at all, although
nave not got that peace of mind
which you seem to possess in regard
10 the hereafter l simply have a
hope-a very strong hope-but not
much faith.
81 am taking the best of care of
myself as far as / know how to do il.
and you will be rejoiced, | know. to
learn that | myself believe that | am
gradually improving But the pro-
gress is very, very gradual | do not
allow anything to worry me, but
throw it off and go on doing my duty
as i understand it.
Il aim mailing YOU copy of DR..
Bledsoe's The Mission of Woman.
and also a copy of my speech on
woman Suffrage You seem to like
it so we'll that you may want to have
it in that form, and it is possible
that your name may not have been
on the list Of those to whom it was
sent. | only had ten thousand copies
of it printed
II Will reproduce in the Record to-
morrow, and in pamphlet form the
day after an article | wrote for the
New York World in 1896, giving my
view on Wall Street and the Deviltry
those scoundrels perpetuated on the
farmers Of the South and West. I
know you will enjoy it.
II am sending you also a little
poem which ] came across last Sum
mer in an old newspaper. 1t has af-
forded me a great deal of comfort,
as 1t gives most cheerful view of
death and the grave. know you
will enjoy reading it,
Il note your tone of unhappiness
about the moral condition of our peo-
pie, and you lament at what | said
about South Carolina is not true.
They are becoming more demoraliZed
every day in political way, it seems
to me, and Governor Blease appears
to be aggravating conditions in every
way possible. The blind tigers
gamblers and who're mongers appear
to be running the State, in a way,
and now they are trying to buy votes
in the primary. But we cannot afford
to despair Of the old State, and all
OF us who are old enough to remem-
Der the better ideals OF the past.
ought to hold fast to those ideals and
try to teach the younger generation
to rise to them, rather than drag
down the State from the customs of
their forefathers.
II will be glad If you will write
me fully and frankly Just what you
think of the political condition in
Cherokee county, and the probable
outcome of the race for the Senate.
with assurances OF my hi chest
esteem and respect, / am
Yours very sincerely.
an n nNil1n,on