Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1884-01-31
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IN ma the loiIo"ipS item IL 'ne
Atlanta Constitution Of Tuesday:
COLUMBIA, January 21.-Reports
from Edge6eld show a lamentable
condition of affairs lin some parts Of
that County. Lawlessness prevails to
an alarming extent, and the crimi'
mails 90 scot free. Even the news
papers of the County declare that it
is impossible to check crime, and
that courts of justice are failures
there. Edge6eld has always borne
a}bad reputation / M C.I j
A more recklessly vile and slan:
derous statement than the above has
rarely ever'been condensed ? into 'aa
few words. If it has been sent, as
we have reason to- suppose, BY the
resident correspondent Of that jour
nal, be ought to be thoroughly
ashamed of himself for connecting
such an item. Lawlessress does not
prevail ean alarming extent in Edge.
field County and criminals do not go
sc free. The rev s?apers of Edge
field County do mol declare that it is
impossible to check crime and that
courts of Justice are failures there,
and lastly, Edge6eld has not always
borne bad reputation.
One paper in Edge6ell County,
the Monitos., made certain grave al
legations concerning the administra
ton of justice in that County. These
allegations when sifted out amounted
to nothing more than the fact that
two Trial Justices had improperly
admitted certain PARTIES to bail. There
is not County in South Carolina or
Georgia either where the same thing
might not have happened, for it is a
we'll known fact that u great mani3i
Trial Justices have had no legal
training and are sometimes no. sui
6citntIy familiar with their powers
and duties -i.'
The worst feature about the above
little paragraph is this: 1t is dated
on the 2lst instant, three days after
the publication of Solicitor Borham g
| letter in the Charleston Ne10s ana
| (ouraer-a letter hat fully cited all
the particulars and amply vindica
| ted Edge6eld County rom the charge:
that had been made. The Reglste'
of the 10Th instant also commented
editorially on Solicitor Bonham'
letter and expressed its great gratl6ca
ton that the charges had been so fully
and satisfactorily explained. We have
not seen copy Of the Monator sinc'
it made the charges that it did
charges, by the way, not near a.
sweeping as the correspondent charge!
not one, but all the Edgefeld papers
with making; but we nave no doub
that the editor Of that paper, who ii
an honorable journalist, regrets
hasty statement which has been madf
the basis of a. Wholesale slander o
the people of his County. The Edge
field Chronicles only comment in re
gard to the matter has been in ex
PLANTATION of the real facts and II
vindication of the good name of sbt
County.
In the face of sll these facts, this
Columbia correspondent of the Allan
ia Consultation, (who is also. We un
derstand, the correspondent OF thu
Chicago Tribune and the New York
Herald) and who certainly mus
read the daily papera, and must have
known the true status of the matter
deliberately sits down and sends et
dispatch like tn. above. Itia shame
ful. He knows that lie will trave
league while truth is pulling on if
boots, and that his slanderous littist
paragraph will go the rounds Of tb'
press for weeks to come, and will D
rolled as sweet morsel under tA
tongue of envy and detraction, ba
what cares hep. He is paid 70 writ&
eatl--l=-rt=- csa..es==-agenS
6as to distort the truth, even iA4
he's to slander an important sectNa,
even if he has to stoop to methAls
that bring dlsrepute upon the hondr
able profession OF journalism. If
this correspondent had been uninteA
tionslly led into misstatement OI
lacts he might be pardoned TOR the
error, but here were all the fact
right before him, on the l8 b instant,
aud here is his dispatch OF the 2lst
instant. Shame Shame
Our Atlanta contemporary owesilt
to the people OF Eigefeld, and TO the
people Of South Carolina, to prompt
iy publish the denial OF its correspop
dents statements. The Consultation
knows the course that as an honota
BILE journal it should take in the
premises, and we hope it will at once
do the Droper thing