The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-08-18
The PicIens Sentinel and tie New
South.

South @
"THE PICKENs SENTINEL considers that the
New South mas done them an injustice in an
editorial which appeared in our issue of July
29th. The editorial from which il quotes was
in type and read rs follows: ''The murder of
Mr.. Brayton by the moonshiner Mellow has,
80 far as we have observed, met with univer-
cal condemnation on the part of the press of
South Carolina, and an earnest demand that
the murderer be promptly arrested by the
State authorities" Engaged in reading
proof just Before going to press THE PICKENs
SENTINEL was brought in from the post Office.
and hurriedly looking over it we found that
while condemning the murder, it protested
against any action by the State authorities.
The words>"with but one exception, the PICK.
EMS SENTINEL" were written on the proof
margin and should have been added to the
close Of the sentence instead Of after the words
"the press of South Carolina" We did not
intend to CHI arge the SENTINEL with not con-
demning the murder Of Brayton, but as pro-
testing against action on The part of the
State authorities. We would not willingly
misrepresent the position of any journal, and
as the article appeared it did do the SENTINEL
injustice, we make the above explanation.
In the editorial which charges US with in
justice the SENTINEL says;
There is not an instance within our knowl-
edge where the New South, who seems to be
the organ Of the revenue department in this
State, or any officer of the government, has
condemned tho illegal conduct ofn revenue
officer, or made an effort to have him punish.
cd; hui, to he contrary, they have invariably
iclcndcd thc,r conduct and condemned and
"',"'"A ~" oitizens.
establishment Of the New South
lu,re nav" been but two 'trevenue outrages"
L"mUuIy, which we remember. Both Of
l"... pe'' rred in Pickens County, which
."''ls '' hlve monopoly in that line of bus
'hrs.. lhc first was the shooting of Gary
.. &"!iy; he second the shooting Of Alexan-
'..'' .y L"oper. In both those cases the New
..'nH ac' the details and facts of the case
", 0cr could be ascertained without mote
.~ ,"uwrUt. 1t neither defended the conduct
a.. venue officers or condemned the
"o'a-o'. rs, Kelley and Alexander. 1t ldid
the citizens, and in making sthe
,a.,,. ..,.,. Jurt the New South has at any
tine dome 50 he SENTINEL does us q gross in
justice. W}!l the SENTINEL have the manh ood
and honor enough to withdraw its unjust &C
cusI.ious? ||e shall see.--New South"
We did not intend to do the New South ca
gross Injustice" and hay yet to be convinced
that we cid so in the article complained of.
The New South acknowledges that in the
Gary Kelley, and the Loopcr- Alexander af-
fairs, it "gave the details and facts Of the
case as near as could be ascertained avithout
note or comment" (Thc italics arc ours
There was no condemnation Of the Revenue
officers in its comments. The killing of Bray
ton has opened out anew the discussion of
the conduct of Revenue officers in the State
generally, and in this County particularly.
The press Of the State, while strongly con.
demning the murder Of Brayton, has, with
few exceptions, in equally strong tcrms, con-
dcmned the killing of Davis and Ladd, by
Revenue officers. In oil this discussion the
New South has not had word to say, nor
has it reproduced word of commen' by any
of the papers Of the State. Because these
outragcs were committed before the cstnb
lishment of the Now South, is no reason why
. that paper should withhold its condemnation,
if it believes the crimes were Of such q char
acter as to deserve condemnation and punish
ment. 1t tacitly acknowledges that it has
not al any time condemned any of the out
RACES committed by the Revenue officials, and
only asks that we withdraw the accusation
This it would afford US pleasure TO do if the
facts were not exactly on the other side. If
the editor of the New South will 90 to his
file and turn to the first issue of his paper
after the killing of Brayton, he will there ind
that he said: awe can hardly find words of
condemnation too strong to be applied to the
citizens Of Central in their action in regard
to the murder of Brayton." The entire
article, following the above quotation, was
according to our judgment, very abusive of
the citizens Of Central, and entirely misre
presented them, in regard to the murder of
Brayton. The citizens of Central, feeling
that they had been misrepresented and abus-
ed, replied to the article through the Green
vile News, and denounced it as false and
slanderous. Tho New South has not yet
Withdrawn it's accusations, and until it does
so, or convinccs us that its article was not
abusive, we shall decline to withdraw our &C.
cusations against the New South.
A Strange Catastrophe.