Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1914-08-27
OPEN LETTER FROM HON. W. F.
STEVENSON.


Hon. ID. E Finley,
Yorkville, S. c.
My dear Sir
In your letter relative to appoint
ments in this county, read at the meet
i1ge here last night, you make the
tatement that the announcement that
ou had promised to be here was made
for purposes of deceit. | beg to cal
your attention to the fact that no sucn
nnouncem mt was made. On August
1ith, 1914, | addressed you and mailed
Sou at Washington, D. c., where ]
understood you were. the following
better:
Hon d. E. Finley,
Washington. D. c.
My dear Sir:
/ will speak at Mt.
Croghan on the Goth and at Odom's
Mill on the 21st and at McBee at ten
a. m. on the oath and Patrick at 4 pm.
and at Cheraw at $3.50 p. m. of the
eith and you are invited to be at these
meetings also. | do this because you
Stated that you wanted to speak at
Cheraw.
Yours truly.
W. F. Ste aIenson."
You remember that when Mr.. Taylor
Ind others, of Mt. Croghan. appro-
ched US at Chesterfield on the sub
ect of a meeting at Mt. Croghan |
tated that | would endeavor to
arrange a meeting, and you stated
that We would be back in the county
hnd would come there and that We
must speak at Cheraw. Not having
heard anything from you / addressed
bou that letter and directed that no
ice be given that would speak at the
places named and that | had invited
ou to be present, but did not know
whether you could be or not. Pursu-
ant to that the following notice was
published in the county papers of
Chesterfield:
CANDIDATES TO SPEAK IN CHEs-
TERRIFIED COUNTY.
"At this date, Aug. 18th. Mr.. Stew
enson has been unable to arrange
with Mr.. Finley for any meeting in
Chesterfield County, but Mr.. Steven
son will address the voters of this
ounty at the places and on the dates
given in the following itinerary an Mr.
Finley will be invited to join with hin
a. these meetings:
Mt. Croghan. Aug, goth,
Ruby, Aug. 20tn at night
Odom's Mill, Aug. 21st.
McBce. Aug oath, 10 O'Clock
Patrick, Aug. oath o'clrCE
Cheraw, Aug. oath, $3.50 p. m.
This Is the notice that has been
given or authorized by me, and your
tlsinuation that I had given out this
notice to deceive somebody is without
foundation. Not only that, but you
tated that you saw w. F. Stevenson
at Ezells on the 18th and that I said
nothing to you about these appoint
ments. You will remember that you
bhowed decided reluctance to even
hake hands with me at Ezells and ]
ad to make the second offer before
ou did so. l was 80 impressed with
Ibis that had no further communica-
with you there, but ! told your
fie1h, Capt J-B. Bell, that you and
were both invited to be at Richburg
n the next day and that I was going
nd that would be glad to know II
ou were going also. Capt. Bell said
hat he understood you were but was
OF sure about the name, and l never
OF any further information from him,
Though l told him frankly my ap-
ointments.
l gathered that you desired to have
communication with me on the Sub
ect of appointments and that you had
received my letter and therefore I
TENDED the meetings with the ex-
option of Odom's Mill and Ruby meet
ng and stated that you had been in
tied by me but that l heard nothing
rom you as to whether you were
coming of not.
The terms of your letter, (Which |
had read at the meeting here last
ighD was not such as calls for any
nswer from me directly to you. but
1t does call for a statement of the
whole matter to the public and there
fore | am giving this to the press of
Chesterfield County.
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