The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-11-18

| from the fact that 1.-THE Dutch had him en-
ploycd as their counsel, and that he was the
power behind the throne and the brains, the
DulcA furnishing the money IN reply tt
this spiteful and untru!htul charge, we can
state upon good authority thai SO iar rom
being employed in any capacity by the Ger
mans or any other collection OF anti.railroaC
tax voters he subscribed so towards tho cam
crease Of taxation upon the farmers OF me
Township. tird also contributed freely OF his
time for tile same purpose =,
At the election in lSSf when the question
was SUBMITTED to the citizens of the town, he
like the editor of the Recorder, voted for taN
but in this instance was On opponent on SUP
Scripton because of the injustice to the 1;lr
mer. \ statement of these facts Is all that T.
necessary cOncernng'onc so we'll and favor
ably known to the people of the State.
Aikcn's Barroon,s, and by whom
Kept.
We have only space for one more piece oi
Mr.. GaIlowny's scntentious abuse and 1t is
the conclusion Of his long letter. Here 1T IS
sWt have gone into the particulars In the railrna'
election at Aiken because it has ben little under
stood and SO imnrtant. We only have this to say
II all German emi.rans are the clogs to progress tat
this Dur!, element in Aiken is when they have the
ascrndancy we pray to br delivered from thcn Beer
and money src,,i to be their scml Think of n man
that can scarcely write has name having the contrib
over town like Aiken, with its broad streets, l0O
yards wide. all IF them, lis noted hotels that can &C
cnlnnate 3U9 Lolrdcrs each, ad u Northern travel
M0Estrous.
Asa matter of Justice, tits our duty to re-
cord that Aiken has five harrOomS, only two
Of which are kept by Germans, two being
natives of this State and onca native OF Con
nccticut, all of which We hope to see wiped
from the face of the earth before two years
elapse AS we suppose that Mr.. Hahn Is the
man referred to. who is so dcnsely ignnrant
that "he can Scarcely write his name. we
deem it our duty 20 say thht this ia lySt as
untrue as the statement that he contlois ti;c
town.
liSh education, writes n better han1 than Mr..
Galloway, and has done more for the sub
stantial Improvement Of Aiken III a material
way than any other citizen.
<:crmap Fellow Citizens Live i'm Per-
feet IIOrmony with their Neigh.
bors.
In addition to this, we would say, that our
adopted German fcllow-cltiZens live IN the
utmost harmony with their fclloW-citizenS,
who are to tho manor born, that thcy MAKE
their money honestly and spend 1T right
where they make it, TO their own advantage
and the increased prosperity OF their County
and State. Mr.. GAllnway's letter dnsS q
shameful injustice and he owes 1t to himself
as well as to the citizens OF Aiken, that he
should publicly retrart the numerous, injuri.
Gus and incorrect statements that 1t contains.
We have endeavored TO deal as tenderly as
practicable Will. this unfortunate gentleman,
us we feel satisfied that upon reflection, lie
will realize, most accutely, the gross impro.
prielcs Gf which he has been guilty. II
what we have written may appear somewhat
severe, let it be remembered that VIC had a
public duty to perform in which citizens
were concerned. who had u rcasnnable right
TO expect u vndication at our hands.