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

;."nt "N-GoT 'rh : Bl"as, starts ri"
hN saying: Il az. >a,i..fI"" that Mr..
McLaurin'S past conduct in South
Carolina politics especially as
member of the Senate of the United
States. is such that no honest think
ing man will give credence to any
statement which he might make in
reference to my attempting to bolt
the Democratic party, in view of my
Servlc" to the party in the past and
In view of the further fact that ev-
cry friend I have in the state of
South Carolina knows that dis
c"uraged any effort at i bolt in 1916
ana no man can show Il line that |
have ever written, or honestly re-
peat II word | have ever spoken. en-
c"uraSlnE any bolt on that occasion"
Aull. BleaSe says, told him on his
return from Washington of the trans
actions which took place on that
trip and told him also that he was
going to resign from the warehouse
commission and have nothing fur
ther to do with it, He denies that
Aull ever in any way betrayed Nc
Laurin'S confidence While his Secre-
tary. pointing to the fact that he
WAS for eight years court stenogra-
pher Of the old Eight circuit and is
now stcnoSrapher of the Richland
circuit. He dencunces as lie the
statement tina: II" encouraged Beard
in putting out 4 ticket. claims that
on the contrary he warned him
against doing that and claims also
that he warned Beard frequently
about articles that he WAS writing
and told him that "if y. was not
careful he was going TO get into
serious trouble" He denies that he
ever suggested putting his name OF,
that Of McLaurin on the Republican
icicclor"l ticket, asks why if McLau-
rim thought he was such a bad man
he spent SO much time and money
and effort trying to put him IN the
Governors office for ii third term in
the last campaign, claims that the
trouble with McLaurin is that he is
mad because he. Blease, is not now
supporting him for Governor and
denies that here is any truth in Nc
Laurin's recital of the manner in
which Aull came to be appointed as
secretary OF tne warehouse system.
Aulls Reply.
In Il two column statement Mr.
Aull says that he knows nothing of
the letters to CaperS which McLaurin
claims to have dictated to him. that
this is the frs: time he ever even
beard OF McLnurin writing such let
terS. He denies that he ever gave a
letter of this kind 10 Mr.. Cooper, or
any other letter to Mr.. Cooper. He
suggests tina: the letter to which Nc
Laurin has reference is probably
one which he wrote Victor Cheshire
OF the Anderson Tribune, at a time
whea Cheshire was attacking Aulll
land other newspaper men az Column
lb.a IUr not having published story
ahuui personal alteration which
itoCk place at the State Capitol. Aull
says that this was not published be-
cause ii was personal affair al
: hat Governor Manning appealed to
the newspapers not to print ii be-
cause it might interfere in securing
.dnds necessary To equip the home
( .!.litia. He wrote to Cheshire last
J"1uary. he says because he heard
.
! supporting. was fixing up a big state
H,cnt to give out to the press attack
inS Blease and Tillman; and CEesh-
! ire continuing to make personal ref
crcnce to him. he invited him to
cumc 20 Columbia and make his
statements face to face, and also
warned him that none OF the news
paper men involved Tin the suppress
sion OF the fisticuf is subsidized by a
candidate for Governor, as you are,
I'D none of them is supporting Il
L4~n. who in the fa'- of his pre-
vious record. went TO Washington af
I ter the campaign of 1916 and offered
10 carry the state Republican ii
) 900 for each ccUnty was put up
by ihe Republican committee"
Auli Says he gave a copy of this
letter to the city editor of the Co
!umbla state, 10 tn. Columbia cor
respondent OF The News and Courier
and another to Governor Manning
ana he SuppoSeS that il must have
been from one of the." sources that
Mr. Cooper secured the letter which
was not Il secret document. Cooper
uiin Sct II ifOHl MIN Au!I says. ana
l.. adds that ii McLaulin had wanted
Il copy of the letter he would gladly
have furnished il to him. He denies
that there was any deal, with Nc
laurln as to his being made secretary
Oi the warehouse system in return
for Blcase's support. He claims that
it was not until after McL&urin had
h.nl u ado COMmi innnr mat lhn