The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-10-04

Supporters will not lose their COM
missions on that account-The State.
Not at all "a belated discovery" :"
We discovered Bob Cooper away back
in 1868 and 1904 when we were in
the legislature together.
eve can not help saying by way of
parenthesis, however, that it does
seem a little queer to US that the
Columbia State can never find any
thing in The Herald and News except
something with which to find fault
and to condemn. 1t may be that
we never say anything that meets the
approval of our good contemporary
but it certainly never fails to find
that which it seems to think it can use
as a matter OF censure. Well, we
are glad to know that the editor is a
careful reader of so good a paper, for
we are sure that he finds something
in its columns that is helpful though
he may not be willing to cdmit it.
This (the lights just went off to re-
mind US of our boy over there) by
way of parenthesis.)
AS to discovering Cooper we TOOK
him in charge when he came to New
berry as q candidate for solicitor In
his first race and drove him around
the county, though in the first prlrn-
ary we told him that we were going
to support our townsman Col. lscnum-
pert. that we always made it rule
to stand by our home men, but when
Col Schumpert was eliminated we
supported Cooper, and during his en-
tire term or terms our home was MS
home when he came here to noio
court. And we have esteemed him
our friend from the first meeting IN
the legislature. So much for the per-
sonal side of it.
The primary the past summer we
understood to have been fight among
democrats for the democratic nom'-
nation for governor and other state
ffces. There were several gentle
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men who were permitted to enter the
race as candidates for governor.
There were two very worthy gentle
men (and we are. not saying augnt
against any of the others) who were
in the race for governor, even though
The State may regard one as a fac
ZIONIST. vet we can remember when
The State and this gentleman were
very close friends and he generally
consulted with the then editor, or it
was so understood, when he too was
a member of the same legislature
along with Cooper and the editor Oh
The Herald and News. And even had
he been elected governor he would
have done his duty as he saw it with
fairness and justice to all the citizens. ;
And that man is John Richards.
We have always believed that
Cooper received sufficient number
os votes four years ago to place him
in the second primary with the same
gentleman with whom he made the
race this year, but it had been de-
eided that another should be in that
race. in fact in the elimination which
was undertaken Cooper was one 70
he eliminated. We are not charging
anything against any enc but just ex-
pressing an opinion. We are satlsned
that if he had had fair deal III
Newberry that year he would nave
received a sufficient number more
than he did in this county to have
placed him in the second primary and
he would have been elected.
There are some things that possibly
even The State does not know. I'm
fortunately there are some people so
crammed with prejudice that they
will vote against very worthy man
if by SO doing they imagine they can
hurt some one else. Or to put it this
way: They will vote against him II
he happens to be friend of some
one they do not like. Some of this
sort happen to live in Newberry and
had some sort of swing four years
ago, and did all they could against
Cooper because he was On friendly
terms with the Aulls, one of which
we are. And with that sort OF pre-
iudice and misrepresentation took
enough votes from him in this coun-