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WEDNESDAY. JULY 1.
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161 CHARGED
BY HARDWICK
Congressman Reiterates State
ment That West Threatened
to Oppose Gov. Slaton For
Senate.
Atlanta—Reiterating his assertion that
V- S. West of Valdosta threatened to
oppose Governor Slaton In the prmary
for the United States senate if the gov
ernor did not appoint Mr. West to the
ad interim term. Thomas TV. Hardwick
announced Tuesday that Ills authority
for the assertion 's J. I). Lockrldge of
Macon, who received the threat tVom
Mr. Weßt and conveyed it to Governor
Slaton.
"Governor Slaton seemed much wor
ried and troubled, and made no definite
reply," says Mr Loekridge in a signed
statement which Mr. Hardwick gives out
with his own answer to Governor Sla
ton's denial.
Following Is Mr. Hardwick’s state
ment:
On yesterday afternoon Governor Sla
ton gave to the public press of the state
a copy of Ills letter to the editor of
the Brunswick News, dated June 27. In
which letter Governor Slaton stated that
the statement that I had been making
on the stump in Georgia to the effect
that Colonel West had threatened to
run for the senate in the primary against
Governor Slaton and spend $78,000, un
less he was appointed to the senate, was
untrue. 1 quote from Governor Slaton's
letter. He says:
“The above story Is absolutely un
true. Mr. West sent me no such mes-
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sage, . He not only did not send
me the message quoted by Mr. Hard
wick, but sent me no message that could
remotely suggest such a thing, nor did
he make any statement to me, nor did
any of his friends make any statement
to me, that contained any threat of any
character whatever, nor did he or any
of his friends convey to me any undue
or discourteous message, or suggestion
of any kind.”
Again Mr, Slaton says: "I have no.
replied earlier to charges like the one
reported by you for the reason that in
the main they have not been reduced to
writing, and for the further reason that
were I to undertake to answer every
baseless attack of an irrelevant natu.-e
made from the stump, I would have
time for little else."
Mr. Slaton is utterly mistaken In sup
posing that I am making against hint
any baseless attacks on any matter. The
attacks I have made on him are all well
founded and not baseless, and they are
relevant and not irrelevant.
T would not for any consideration
knowingly misrepresent the governor of
Georgia, or any one of my competitors
about anything and I certainly have not
done so in this or tiny other matte*.
The circumstantial evidence that there
were strings tied to the West appoint
ment Is convincing and unmistakable,
and the proof that West did send and
Slaton did receive a message of the
character I have been quoting on the
stump ie not wanting. I made the charge
upon the positive statement to me of a
gentleman well and favorably known to
thousands of Georgians as an honorable
and high-minded man and reliable citi
zen of our state- I refer to Mr. J. n.
Lockrldge, who lived many years In
Coffee county, who also resided in Val
dosta until quite recently, arid who at
present lives in Macon, Ga. As soon as
the denial of Governor Slaton and Sen
ator West was printed, I appealed to
Mr. I.ockridge to confirm in writing ai d
for public use the statement he made
to me about this matter.'and which he
assures me Is the truth about It. I now
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Charleston, S. C. JAMES SOTTILE, Pre.ident
mo
give to the public Mr. Lockridge’s writ
ten statement: 1
"Hon. Thos. W. Hardwick,
"Atlanta, Ga.
“My Dear Sir:
"Replying to your letter of today in
quiring of me as to what knowledge I
have about the West appointment, I beg
to say:
"I approached Col. West in the lobby
of the Wlnecoff hotel in Atlanta several
days before the appointment was niude.
Tlie subject of the appointment of Sen
ator Bacon’s successor came up and 1
told Col. West that as we both lived
In the same town (Valdosta) I hoped he
would he appointed, and Col. West re
plied he had been working that crowd
for thirteen years and had gotten noth
ing and if Governor Slaton did not ap
point him he would run for the senate
and spend Beventy-flve thousand dollars.
Col. West asked me to see tlie govern A
for him. I did so, and told him what
Col. West had told me. Governor Slaton
seemed much worried and troubled, and
made no definite reply.
"I regret to be In. such postion as to
he drawn Into any controversy about this
matter, but I feel ns an honorable an.l
honest man, that tince I told you of the
above transaction, and you are now
charged with misrepresenting the gov
ernor and Colonel West, that the truth
should be known by all men.
"That the above Is the truth about
what happened Is, 1 believe, known to
many men In Georgia.
Very truly yours,
"J. D. LOCKRIDGE.
"710 American National Bank Bldg.
"Macon, Ga.’’
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BLEASE PREFERS
LIYERY STABLE
Governor Says He’ll Go to
Work in One Rather Than
Apologize For Any A ct of His.
Chester, S. C—Before apologizing
for or explaining any act or word of
his during the three and a 'half years
he has been governor, Cole I* Blease.
at the senatorial campaign meeting
here Tuesday, declared he would re
turn to Newberry and "go back to
work in a livery stable.’’
This declaration was taken as Gov
ernor Blease’s reply to the new at
tack made on him at Winnsboro,
when U D. Jennings and W. P, Pol
lock endeavored to show from the
report on the recent insane asylum
investigation that Blease, with his
board of appointees, had attempted to
discredit Dr. Eleanor li. Baunders
formerly a physician of that institu
tion.
Dr. Saunders and Dr. Babcock the
superintendent, resigned soon after
the probe which resulted in the com
plete vindication oT the young woman
doctor and condemnation of methods
employed by the board of regents.
The governor did not refer to the
Baunders case today, but Jennings
and Pollock repeated substantially
what they stated yesterday, reading
from the records.
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Governor Blease prophesied that he
would carry Senator E. I). Smith’s
home county, Florence. Ho again de
clared there was now no “anti-Blease
money’’ in sight, although two years
ago, ho said, it was not lacking. He
did not tell where any "Blease
money” could lie found.
The governor declared he was the
happiest man in the state because,
said tie, lie was going to he elected to
tlie senate, had been governor four
terms of “the greatest state In the
Union,” and has got. tlie best looking
red-haired wife in -the world,
“if that don't make a man happy,
then he ought to commit suicide and
go to the devil,” said the governor.
Senator Smith drew applause when
he referred to Woodrow Wilson as
"that matchless statesman." He re
ferred briefly to the three lawyers
"chasing him,” declared that six years
ago lie received tlie biggest majority
ever given a man in South Carolina;
that he had “kept the faith" and “In
spite of the flesh, the devil and the
lawyers, I ant going back with si*
years of experience behind me."
L. D. Jennings, referring to the gov.
ernor’s claim that he was gaining In
the low country, where the campaign
opened, declared that it the people of
the upper counties vote like those of
the lower, the governor would have
the opportunity of going back to a
livery stable, where the governor said
he worked until 21 yearH old.
Jennings touched on Illease’s par
don record and read extensively from
die report in the Saunders case. He
said two waves bad set in the state
and when they meet, August 28th
(date of primary) “Cole Blease will
he so extinguished that I guess we’ll
find him in Africa, where lie can par
don some more ’niggers.’ ”
“Conduct of Stable Boy.”
W. H. Pollock, referring to Bleatm's
record, declartd “tlie men of South
Carolina will not tolerate the man
ners or conduct of a stable boy in the
governor’s office."
He declared Blease had criticised
Smith for not appointing farmers
United States marshal or Internal
revenue collector, but that Blease had
chosen Jim Hottlle, “Italian Dago
blind tiger, of Charleston, at a meet
ing of his siurf.”
He declared Blease knew of law
lessness In Charleston, but made no
effort to stop it, and that the gov
ernor was trying to llne-np good but
mistaken people with the lawless
element in that city, led by Vincent
Chlero, "the king of Market Street,’’
and Jim Sottlfe. Blease’s record is
a disgrace to the state, aald Pollock.
About 700 voters attended the meet
ing.
PRAYER MEETING AT
ST. JAMES TONIGHT
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hie mid- w» rk prayer eervlcca Juet aa
ItltereetiriK and helpful an thu Hun*
day eervlec*.
Ho Intii'KtlnK wna hie talk at last
week * pi yur aervb c. In- waa urged
to repeat it on Sunday, whlrh he did
lan! Sunday nlaht.
Kvery i ember of St. Jamne church
and nil '.there who may dnelre are In
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BANTAMWEIGHT TITLE
New Orleans. -"Kid” Williams of
Baltimore, successfully defended hie
acquired title of bantam weight cham
pion of America in a 10-round no-de
cision bout hehe last night with Pete
Herman of New Orleans,
A newspaper decision gave Williams
seven rounds, Herman two, with one
a draw,
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WOLGAST BROKE HIS ARM:
McCUE TAKES HIS PLACE
Los Angeles.— Mattie McCue will be
Ihe man to lake Ad VVolgast’s place In
the ring with Joe Rivers here July 4th.
This was decided last night. Wolgast
broke his arm yesterday and cannot
box for some time. Today it was an
nounced Joe Azevedo would appear
against Rivers but later It developed
that Azevedo’s brother, who Is his
guardian, would not consent.
McCue is 19 years old and has fought
fifty contests. He never has been
knocked down.
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