The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-02-08


(F'om tho Greonoate Na,os.]
BGgrimed with the dust Of baltic,
exhausted with its heat and painting
from its fury, the Neaos stopped aside
awhile, leaning on copy of the Unit
cd States census of 1860 still dripping
with the blood of an alleged giant in
Charleston, who had just been Knocked
out in three rounds and twenty-four
squares. With llstlcss Gyt searching
the Held or carnage; wc wcrc attracted
by cloud of mud partly conccaling
tho figures of two inturiatcd cotempo-
rarics promo together on the trembling
: earth with hands interlockcd in each
others hair.
Calling the faithful Egyptian nccro-
manccr, who by the potent spell of
several dollars week is held in tho
service Of this establishment, and who
purchases cordWOod and misplaucs cx-
changes when not actively engaged in
nccromancing, we badc him chastiso
tho unmanncrly hircling who dared to
obstrudc their base quarrcIs OH the
field devoted to the doughty deeds of
valiant and stainless knights. Our
shame and gr!cfmay DC imagined when
we discovered, as the two were pluck
cd apart with rude hands, tho coun-
tenanccs of tho good journalistic
knights whose respective crcsts ca
statistical table couchaNt on an azure
field, and patent outside rumpunt)
had so often lowered in the thickcst Of
brave atfray--the Register, Of Colum-
bia, and the Press and Banner, of Alb
bevllle. With once silvcry armor bat
tered and stained with uncongenial
| dirt, with plumes torn away and re-
| duccd to unsightly quilts. the two
crring and cratic crrant-knights were
brought to answer for their uuknightly
! conduct.
We can imagine how it happened.
The Abbcvillc Press and Banner was
busily forming lightning like shaft Of
essay on the evolution Of tho ready
! print or treatise on the existence fthc
+, microccphalous editor in the Gre ;lccous
period, when he was suddenly stunT
TO torgctfulncss by Il blow from the
LecgiSte", stricken below the belt, and
gathering venom from the torpititv Of
an eccentric liver, in his blind rage
the good Knight hurled the following
chunk:
"Thc readers Of the Register wo arc
convinced must believe that the mind
OF its most cstimablo editor has been
undermined and that nc is now in Il
hopeless state Of lunacv. We have
thought that we noticed the periodic
signs OF this fearful disease for more
than year., but on tie principle thoi
We Should not refer to Il mans physi-
cal or mental intirmitics we have here
toinrc rcfraincd from any mention of
Il circumstance which must be patent
to every reader Of the Register. as well
as most painful TO the personal friends
Of that gentleman. Being an inccssant
worker, and exceedingly patriotic, he
has given whatever tune nc could
spare from the Columbia Canal TO
efforts to convince the public that he
was Dorm gentleman, and that others
were not, and that his high brectliuw
cEoncrhtcd him from tho necessity oi
observing the ordinary rules Of dccc,.-
cv which govern gcntlcmcn in their
intercourse with their fellow men. All
this seemed too much for weak mind,
and we fear that his reason has given
away antl that sottcning Of the ,brqin is
flfGnod1f:: We offer our coincidence to
the Register at the sad misfortune
which, il seems, has brthllcn that Gle
gantly reared and cmincntly cultured
lnnatlc who controls its editorial col |
umns."
Nn attack on the head of the Rc9is-
Ter IS an attack on Il tender point. An !
accusation Of insanity is brutal. 1t is |
Wofsc. 1T is, aS our esteemed cotcmD0- |
iaIW points out. actionablc. 1t is no; |
surprising, therefore, that tho Column
Dia hniSht r&shGu onward and down.
ward to mcot his assailant on his own |
ground, and responded thus:
no this we hayc to say that if our
Hvilcr believes what he here spawns
upon the public. he attcsts his own
cowardicc by his own uttcrancc; if he |
docs not, he stamps himself as having
pcrpotratcd williul and uctionablC |
ta'sehood'to' serve his own malevolent
ends.
"rhis journalistic Daniel undertook
10 dcnouncc us, in his last weeks |
Issue, as communist, because we adj
Vocatcd progressive school system.
ana the local tax necessary 10 reach |
the wants OF all the children of our
community; and in tbs connection he
So" lit to insult lis ami our ncirhbors |
with the suggestion that we had bet
ter be furnished with "frcc bcci7' than |
FREQ schools. This provoked from us |
the retort under. which he now smarts |
1--WE, on our part, cannot charge
TINS stalwart stupid with being a scml-
turcd lunatic,' for hc is only an un-
adultcratcd ass; nor, for the best of
reasons, can we attribute soltcling- Of
tho brain to him.
"What this sapicnt says about orr
cndeavoring to convince the public of
our being born gentleman md 9th
crs not tho open columns of the Reg
sster show to be worthless malcvo-
ience. We must be candid enough,
however, to say that our cagcr revilcr
l@s~net hara the indiscrction to ATTEMPT
to convince tho public Of his being a
gentleman, either by Inheritance or by
that individual worth that bears the |
genuine stamp. 1Iei too well known
as an offieious upstart, who would un-
deFtake to advise Christ if hc were on
carth."
This is simply awful. TO accuse a !
man of lunacy is bad. but to charge
him with usurping the functions of a
female fish, and with being an
"oiiicions upstart" ia illogical and hor-
riblc. The charge that our esteemed !
A 4 H.,