The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-07-04

ed by the children and much enjoy
cd by the large crowd present. The
success OF the occasion was mainly
du" to the faithful and untiring et-
forts of Mrs. Tracey T.. Fore, who de-
voted much t::u' in practicing the
children.
!nouutain and showed me all the val
leys and fertile lands below, and told
me they could be mine. but the old
order OF things down here in South
Carolina was at no time obscurcd in
my Nl%i"I and | c;1uc on back home
severed my connection with the State
Warehouse system and with Senator
Mcl.aurin and have had no connee-
tl"n with either since. l have nothing
to do with Senator McIaurin's cam
paign for Governor and have no de-
sire to meddle with it. | have moth
ing 10 do with his political record
and no desire TO refer to it; but
wh.!., b" i making this uncalled for
and un;ru" attack on me he might
iell the people Of the state if he
did not withdraw his cotton frCm the
Warehouse system as soon as htr
connection with i: Was severed. anS
II he has had any cotton in ii sine
.otr the upbuilding of the sys
is one of the three reasons whi, lc
says induced him To make the cace
for GOVERNOR
Cooper begins his reply by saving
tina; when he first read McLauriR's
statement his impulse was Ito have
made answer other than through the
public prints" bat that upon reflee-
ton II think | am hardly justified
in giving him this notice" since his
past political history. as well as the
confession which he makes in his
long article and his effort to show
that he WAS only trying to entrap
Blease are sufficient 20 condemn him
IN the eyes OF all good and true
men. Mr.. Cooper says he has never
seen nor heard of The letter spoken
OF hy Mr. McLaurin in his statement.
and suggests that McLaurip con
sCiouS "t his own guilt attempts to
;urn States evidence before the evi-
dence which he kLew existed had
been produced against him. and
now asks the public to believe that
all concerned in the plot as exposed.
by him were guilty except himself"
Mr.. Cooper says that the only
copy OF Il letter which he has was the
written by John Aull TO v b Chesh-
=, this Letter being the same to
which Blcas.a and Aull made refer
ence. Th" letter came into Mr.. Coop
"r's possession, he says. through w.
j. Cormack. Of the News and Couriers
columbia Bureau, To whom it was
sent hy Mr.. Aull. Mr.. Cooper prints
=, STA .'ment from Mr.. Cormack who
'"id MIR. Cooper that the letter had.
been released by Aull for publica-
.iO9, md il WAS not private docu--
ineGl. MIR. McLaurin in his statement
mad quoted j. W. Clum. uf Denmark.
as telling him. Mel .urin, that Cooper
h d told him that .e did propose to
use he AUll letter ..@ainst MrLaurin
until after the campaign when Me
Laurin could not answer it, Mr.. Coop
cr says that Crum denies tell rg Nc
Laurin anything of the sor:. H.n also
says that kennerley Mayfield. who
lad also heen quoted by MI McI.au-
rim. likewise makes denial that he
made any such statement 20 McLau-
rim. hlr Cooper says that he did
show the letter to Mr.. Crum. Il was
debating in my own mind" ne says.
whether would use il at all.
knew that the people OF South Car.
olnH had conclusive evidence of Mr
McLaurin's political roriidy in the
Dear Ar"hbold' letter of May 20
lGl2. in which Mr.. McLaurin says,
Il cHa beat Tillman, if properly and