Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-11-02
MIR. A, C. SUTTON'S VERSION.

FORT MILL, s. c., October %, 1882.
To THE YoRKvILLE ENQUIRER: paragraph
in Mr.. Crisis editorial in last weeks issue OF
above named paper, calls forth the following lines
which may speak for themselves:
During Mr.. A. S. Waaces term in Congress,
at one time spent day and night at the Kings
time a lot in the town which wished to sell.
Mr.. Grist desired to buy the same. Walking out
together to examine it, l remarked in the course
of conversation, that during the preceding week
had spent the night with Mr.. A. S. Wallace and
had been rebuked by a friend for so doing. Mr..
Grist replied to my remarks as follows: You
are right to show your friendship for Wallace.
He is good man. I, for one, have always voted
for him. and expect to continue to DO so unless
my mind changes very much from what 1t al
ways has been and what it is at the present time"
/ answered that while Wallace was an old and
highly esteemed friend of mine and my former
could do so, so long as he remained in the
Radica, ranks In 1876, at County Convention
held in Yorkville, a Straight-out Democratic
ticket was nominated. ], with several other del
egates was discussing the propriety fsad ticket.
Some one remarked that Mr.. Grist would not
support such ticket. I then and there repeated
what Mr.. Grist had said to me in regard to Mr..
Wallace A committee was appointed, consist
ing Of Messrs. B. F. Powell and It. B. Withers
10 confer with Mr.. Grist and find out if he would
or would not support the ticket. On being ap-
preached upon the subject, Mr.. Grist concIsely
replied that he "Was free man and would vote
regard to the ticket. And now if Mr.. Grist de-
MES either or any Of the above facts, pronounce
his denial, to quote his own words, absolutely
and unqnalfiedly (atse.' A. c. SUTTON.
The above letter was receivedby us, through
the mail, on Wednesday morning of last week,
after the ENQUIRER had gone to press, and
consequently notice of it was deferred until
the present. Metaphorically speaking, it is
not the third bell, but the third ringing of the
first one. We first had the story in "shoO
hy'' speech in the Conrt. House on the 29rd of
September later, we have what purports to
be the written statement of Dr. kell, touch
ing the same matter and now Mr.. Sutton
comes forward to give his veracious and unim-
peachable testimony in the case, which is the
third version of this remarkable story. Mr..
Sutton evidently has a very retentive memory
to he able to state with such exact precision
the identical words used by Mr. Grst in the
alleged conversation, which, according to his
own statement. was prior to 1876, but which
Mr.. Grist asserts never occurred at all. Our
memory is equally as clear as Mr.. Sutton's,
and in regard to his ownership of the lot in
question, we may be able to refresh his men,
ory by the statement of few facts in connec-
tion Herewith.
On the first day of December, 1851, Mr..
James Jefferys, rs executor of the estate OF
John McKoy, deceased, sold l3 building lots
numbered respectively from l to 13, on West
Madison street. Lot No. l is on the south
side of the street No. 2 on the north side;
No. on the south side; No. on the north
side No. 5 on the south side, sc. Lot No.
l, on the south side of the street, adjons No.
3, and is east of that lot Lot No. 1, contain
ing roods and 2S poles, was purchased at the
sale by James D. Johnson for 800. Lot MOB,
containing 3 roods and p poles, was purchased
by DR.. w. NJ. Walker for S100. On the 3rd of
October, 1858, DR.. Walker sold his lot to
George w. Lowe for $3.50. On the 9Th Of Oc-
tober, 1853, Mr.. Lowe sold the same lot to l..
NJ. Grist for SITS. Lot No. 5, which is west
of and adjoining No. 3, and contains acre
and 1Spoles, was purchased by J. D. Goore, at
executors sale, for Sl15. After Mr.. Goore's
death this lot was sold, on the 4th of May,
1852, by the Commissioner in Equity for divis-
ion and partition, and bought by DIR. +. A.