The crescent. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-09-11
BEAUFORT. S. G., q E&ssR Il: IL
crescent Correspondence.
LAURENS NEWS.
Z IIpER EDGE LAyRBSs Co., Sept. 8

ii ioa exchange ii 1io With vi our ,nr sa county pa
| Der, tou Will sec. BY the time this reaches
YOU nat biy letter to, you, finder date .ot
4 ed Iugust, has been reviewed and critl-
cisedby the writer's of that journal, and
that hey think my views about things in
Iaurus n6uuts are the inspiration Sf the
! devil aad they consequently, in that pi-
Gus Cmsagnity, don ike any such COM
hun;aticn. - - Howevsf, thought l
| wo,ilk eohtitas, Il agreeable, to give you
from title ''tcatine. my Observations tof
I'UiaE f.urenshfrops the top OF the high
| nYou isfrom. which perhaps, if | had
5HehM MilIinsto dash ny foot against a
stonsa Knight have had PLACE and Rtw-
| er as seane sow have who, bent the kpee
| To B,aa, ,,mI read your article on, The
Original Thirteen, just a bakers dozen,
and naly must say thai, 50 far as Todd is
concerned he has beea'the only thorough
", c,atistent and uncampromisiggly
straightout in our county. As 70 Gpv.
Simptou, it was hard to tell eHhere he
stooddufng ali the dast. and stormy
Years Of Radical carnival % eaf county,
wbenold Joe Crews held nightly orgie
over d,c lives, the liberties ana thei very
bcal.L Of our citizens. Occupying he
position of one Of our leading attarneys IN
the county, and regarded as possessing
considerable influence over o large cifcte
Y rehtives and, connection, it was utterly
impossible duri1g those times that "'tled
,,on'J eonls" In dovn-trt,dden, hasEed
and ihcYony.siyi densoralized L9drens,
whenxse torch OF the incendiary lighted
the midnight devastation, aud the nurs
derous assassin was rampant tfom hidiDg
placssnd ffoul ambush, md the voices Of
Joe Crews and. Y .Jsapepe Owens dehed
outraged law and order, it was impossible
[ say- to procure from the two Simpson 3
attorneys, enc now Governor the siightese
teexUressioalf rhat was to be done, 9f
What wsshest,for the public weal..' lnN
: 'i9i9atSiy associated ip most OF the pueiscs,
oficss then flied By Radical sepeinsees o.
'ELaalbsrla.Ii we're then, neaY and'deaIfei.,
wives M employees, and hutn, Rad!eal
Administrations their hthrrs their fune!es
.apd their 4 irnds we're gseeiyias daliy
work. What could they do under such
circumstances to save themselves iron
haEing more, p;lipcrs As pensioners, upos,
their b.anty than 10 keen. their mouths
shut: and TO wait their time patienfiy.
Tint, tive. has coins and luckily the
E54I7vS In5sJu TyyajEJp thS Nltlsce .ud
sl.:ns the reWar3s oEahc resolution that
old Mart Gasy started Bat what does
l.snrcns, sayy There were many times
WhxiI iT.we had had such d spirit As Garg,
ID our taidst 0h Iaureps, meyer would
have saafsred as sha dd She was priest
iridseensst She, Ead gtest respect for ss'np-
rd& aud stood, TO Isce her ,eiifri!s mur::
dcraI hsrs treasury piiagcd. her homes,
burnt dgxa, her citizens trcddep A2wn
ami insultetl tor. the want At ieadesSo
say ...up boys ard vi at. :Sen,P white the
leading attorneys were tho legal adTisef
and counsellors of the, .rascas that were
making all the devilu,yt-te -texcuse the s1-
presSch.l w. y
Jusso with others Of our proml!Ien'
oficiaE. There is 4. w. Ball, famiilar-
Iy. caled "Bud Bali" our present solici-
tvr., lie is Yerz good fellow, t he too
.Axaa alteraateiy SO mixed up With Aadi-
caksnd then:ss Hbhter's partisan Of me
Democracy chat atone tipte be had to re-
!. tne1asa The country under s;eloqd. Hs
was Joe Brew Z. sttorneHs,. lawyer, triena
asd. hmt at atima when. old, Joe was ru
|, ,iDS.the county with an iron rod aIa his
brother T. B. Crews, the editor sS the
Lassemswlle Harah &as sihcerely or ap-
parently at dagger point With his broth
er, the black sheep Of ,the Crews hock,
and was abusing him rightand left IN the
so;t,mns Of his paper then an exceedingly
MaEN journal - A
Eopie don't forget these. things 2M
truly aud conscientiously r. p. Tod&Was
the only outright. straightforward, deep
dyed, uncom promising Democrat among
the leaders in the county. The masses
have always been one and the sameer out
and out straightout. The difference be-
twees Todd and others was that be has
always been well of and independent,
whik TIC others may hare had to sue
coni 2e pinchings OF want and may
haze had to sacrifice Little oil. their
principle for daily bread. Houeyer these
things may be'torgivep bat forgotten sev-
I really do not understand the phos-
phate question sufficiently to express any
opinion of it's meritsn Yout arguments
upcri the subject are certainly very 2laus'
ibleaa Our representatives Wash Watts
dhd'ffumbert are both in favor of the
monopoly. ;" / used to be opposed to- send
ing lawyers y6reprssent the people in the
I'heislatare. but lido declaFeI don't thigk
it makes much difference TO send pour
farmers who are, ossr hesd and ears in
debtto their factors and who 20 to Ce-
lGinbia and find smoee. tha schemes en-
gaging their attention such asafhe mqpey
powefm Charleston are Interested in y j
pretty hard to expect justice to be done
their ronainenoias ina matter that can
only De shown femofalg 10 affect them and
ofwhich plausible eEepssk can be given
for Sy0tiDgy and rsnpportiHg contrary to
their, iDtersst. I do pot think that the
old Cylenei could be 'bribed, but heas
| ,yolf sXs-ofh has vanroofnfsfivn arp almost