The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-07-03
And incidentally Goes for Other Per.
sons Who Arc ..I.c Or Less PrOmi.
ncnt I'm South Carolina Politics.

and the testimony of responsible men,
that Il. a. Cooper, who is openly the
gubernatorial candidate of Manning
and the Manning crowd, and yet
secretly an ally of BlcaSe, Is a cow
ard and character assassin who
operates under cover of darkness and
behind mask OF hypocrisy; and to
Prove further that Cole H. Blease is
traitor to the Democratic party
and would sell it for money price
as he was and is in spirit a traitor
TO his country.
| entered this campaign as Il candi-
date ,Or governor OF South Carolina
with the intention OF rendering three
distinct services to my state. No
personal ambition could have tempted
me. but there was work to do. and
no other man able to do the work
would put his hand to the pow.
First. desire to perfect and am
plity the state warehouse system that
gave TO South Carolina.
Second. ! desired to rid the state
of useless expenses, and to lower
taxes that have become unbcarably
heavy through the carGlcSSnGSS and
folly OF those who have been the
power behind the state government.
Third, desired to strip the mask
from Cole L. Blcasn, expose him be-
fojc the people as IL Selr-seeiing de-
mASoguo without scruplc or honor,
andN!ishar him forever from the coun-
ellis 81 q free, clean and intelligent
Democracy.
unintGntionally. and through the
lack OF the wisdom and fairness that
should bC the possession OF man
biG enough to be governor Of state.
u, A. Cooper has prccipitated my
exposure OF Blcasc, and in SO doing
expressed his own real character.
When this campaign began Cooper
announced on the stump that he
wOuld not criticise another candidate
ana few days latcr said that hi
would not have the office if he had tt
win it by til" faults OF his opponcnt,
instead OF his own merits.
This vas Il high and fair Sonti-
mCnt and he gained credit by it. but
il was hypocMtical. 1t was a mask
to cover the real man. For since That
time, while apparently friendly with
me, nc has been slipping around be-
hind my back and showing to somc OF
his supporters a letter given him by A
weak ana bitter man, imputing to me
Il crime OI which am not, and could
not, be guilty
am informed that the letter. Civ
en- 40 Cooper BY John K. Auli OF
NcWborry. who is the chief lieutenant
and adviser OF Cole j.. DleuSc, cilarg-
cs' th1t favored TO sell out the
Democracy south Carolina in the
fall OF 1916 for tho sum OF forty
five thousand dollars.
Ii cooper la cen /; man, and if
he mad believed this charge 10 be
IrUg, he YOU'D have faced me before
aN& audience OF South Carolina pco-
plcADolntod his finger in my face and
said THAT man tried to sell this
state to the Republicans" In that
case would have called him liar
il ii had cost me my life. But lack
ing the manhood to do this, and know
ing that it would damage me il he
could circulate it secretly, he slipped
behind my back and hid his mcaking
trcachCry with smile.
On its very race The charge is
lie. No man Who knows me--aud the
majority oi thc people OF South Caro-
lina do know me would Su8ucC, me
- aliinK my honor at any price.
AlN not 4 money Brahbcr and do
not need more than |, have,
This letter has been shown TO a
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