Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-09-17
g. r.. REMBERT AND w. p. BEARD,
Bull Moose" Goes Afoer o Candidate
.H for Governorship.
(Greenville Piedmont.)

lGTSSuVlll0 'HleumOnt.D
In the last issue Of the Anderson
lntelligencer under the ownership
and management Of Col. Victor B.
Cheshire, there appeared a black
face, double"lesded editorial, in
which it was stated that a commune
cation had been received from one
r. l.. Thackston, of Bolton. bitterly
attacking Senator John l.. McLaurin.,
The editorial stated that publication
was declined and that few days
later Mr.. Thackston' appeared at the
office to ascertain the reason, The
editor of The Intelligencer said he
told him that he declined to print
the article because, it was not writ
ten by Mr.. Thackston himself, but
that it was written, he believed, by
some lawyer, and asked Mr.. Thack-
ston If Col. Geo. r. Rembert, Of Co.
lumbia, had not written it. The In
telligencer says that Mr.. Thackston
then confessed that Mr.. Rembert had
written it ard gotten him to sign 1t.
The article was reprinted in the
Pee-Dee Daily (Bennettsville) and
Mr.. Rembert Immediately replied to
it. He inclosed a copy Of the let
ter Thackston had written him ask
ing him to write a communication at
tacking McLaurin and send to him so
that he could sign and have printed
in the lntelligencer. Mr.. Thackston
assured Mr.. Rembert that he was
the man that he wanted to see Gov
ernor. Mr.. Rembert declared that
McLaurin by proxy, through Leon
NJ. Green and Bull Moose Beard, had
been attacking him ali over the State.
Mr.. Beard wrote the Following re-
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inside facts about the Progressive
Party movement launched in this
State last fall.
MIR. Boards Letter.
Hon. George r. Rembert, Colum-
bia, S. C.-Respected Sir: You make
an uncalled-for attack upon me in the
public prints which l shall not al
low to go unnoticed. You wrote a
letter attacking Senator j. l.. McLau-
rim and sent it to one Of your hench-
men in Anderson, who signed it and
gave 1t to the paper there. The edi-
tor Of the paper, Col. V. b. Cheshire,
taxed the party with 1t and he con-
fessed. You were caught with the
goods and to escape the conse-
quences Of your puerile conduct you
divert attention to Bull Moose"
Beard. | had nothing whatever to
do with the matter. l am not can
didate. i have no connection of any
kind with Senator McIIaurin other
than friendship, and / brand your
! statement as wilfully and maliciously
false. You say / have been attack
ing you for three months. This Is
also untrue. l said in an interview
that you were not "Gubernatorial
| timber" and l am sure that care
full consideration of your insane bonn
bastics would convince any intelli-
| gent observer that | understand this
proposition have heard many (not
| half as well informed as i) say that
| they did not want Cheap imita-
ton"
Your reference to Bull Moose"
comes with i'll grace. You are as
much Bull Moose" as !. You know
| as well as / do that | was only
small pawn in the game last year,
Every indication pointed to the fact
that certain influences dominating
the Jones crowd intended to count
Blease out, and you, as we'll as I,
intended to go to the general cleo
| ton with full independent ticket
| If they did. Proof Of this is contain
| ed in letter from me to the News
and Courier during that period, put
ting out such a ticket, which, by the
way, you did not, protest against at
the time. All of us, you as well as
|, took advantage of the Progressive
Party to provide the machinery for
such contest at the general election.
Am | to be the scapegoat? This
threat is what kept John Gary Evans
and others from forcing the issue.
| 1t is also what frightened Tillnan
| into line. / did my duty as / saw 1t,
and | willing folFn
cine like man. But | refuse to per-
NIT one Of the men who was as much
iii favor Of it as l to have the monu-
mental cheek to twit me with Bull
! Moose" You are tarred with the
same stick. ...
/ stated in a letter once that I
would support you as the Bleaseite
candidate If you proved to be the
strongest; otherwise / would sup
port John L.. McLaurin. l can't help
it because you cannot measure up to
a standard that will lift you out Of
obscurity. | have no malice towards
you, and after our conversation on
the train going up to Hendersonville,
cannot understand why you persist
IN attascking me-unless, indeed, it
be last desperate effort to draw to
yourself the notice OF the press.
which seems to either have forgot
ten you or never to have had the
pleasure OF your acquaintance. This
Is not the first time l have had min
noWs to nibble at my hook, or TOM
tits challenge my fire, but / have,
and ever will, refuse to waste. my
bait and ammunition on such trifling
| trophies
| Regretting my inability to afford
Mr.. Rembert, through useless and