The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-07-02
BROKE LOOSE.


loose again. He writes long letter
to the people of South Carolina and
attacks r. A. Cooper and Cole L..
lease and tries to make it appear
that John K AuM gave out informa-
ton from his office while secretary
that should not have been given out.
Mr.. McLaurin will have to produce
further evidence before he can make
rs believe that Cooper is either &
character assassin or coward"
WHO operates under cover Of dark
ness We did not. vote for Cooper
two years ago. but we have known
him very intimately for several years
and we do not believe that he is any
cf the things that Mr.. McLaurin
charges. We have always found him
g high toned honorable man. If he
had been given an honest deal and.
3 fair count we believe he would have
been declared the governor four
years ago. We have felt that the
Manning crowd, used him two years
ago to defeat Blease, but whet sass or
not it was with lis consent We d.
not know and do not say.
As to the charge that Mr.. Bleaso
made proposition to him to sell out
the Democratic party and run as ali
Independent we Go not know anything
further than what NJ. McLaurin says
but we would want further evidence
before taking his statement, because.
to be frank, we do not believe it.
From his own statement It appears
that he did everything that he could
fair AID unfair. and to the> extent Of
feioning friendship to catch Bleasa
in trap and that he failed.
As tn his statement that John Au1l
violated anv trust or BETRAYED any
confidence or used his position Is
his confidential clerk to carry news
to Cooper or to Blease we know that
is not two. because Iaf-a Aull was
not raised that way. and we know
that he world not violate any conf
denca that was entrusted to him while
80 vas the confdentie1 clerk of Mr.
TcLaurin or anv one else. and as tc
his conversat;en with iCapers which
WnLqurin iptimates was 81 effort to
secure money to rrn IN indapeDde1t
ticket. we DO not Believe that How
can McLaurin SQUARE his statement.
that he w"ota letters tn Capers and
then tore then; I'D for the purpose of
laving trap for John Aull. with the
action of an honorable man. and at
the time pretending to be the friend
OF .Aull? Would an honorable gentle
man DO a thing like that? IF 50 it
IS not the school of honor in which
we were trained nor in which John
AuIl was raised. Put the trick didn't
work. according to his own statement.
He says the COPIES were carefully
fled bv Aull snd that the ORIGINALS
were torn up. If anything could be
smaller or lower or dirtier or more
eonter3ptible than what NcLaurin
here relates that he tried to lay a
trap for the man who was his con-
faantial clerk. and who supposed
MnLaurin was his friend we can not
imagine It unless it be the statement
that "AuE cot into such shane as to
rake frrthe- travel IMPOSSIBLE :.
Here was McLaurin feigning to be
the friend of john Aull and taking
rnn oetaasihlv on trip to New YORK
because he wanted to heln him. when.
- f now turns out. his only purpose
was to take him to Washington for
a r-rnnse no honorable gentlemaE
world tate a friend. and then when
he thought he had ACCOMPLISHED his
nefariors purpose 10 sav further
t~avel was impossible John Auli
nav have heen in "such shane" as to
Tnake further travel impossible. but
i he was he did net do dishonorable
act. and we will he willing to stand
bv that. Nor did he betray any con-
fdence. But what do honorable gen.
tlemen think of the man who would
rse it in this connection?
McLaurin's own statements saouid
condemn him before an intell;gert
neople. He says he sold ou: to
Rlease to get the warehouse bill
through and then he sold Blease out
when he thol.ft he did not need him