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

would he auitc willing 10 dismiss tl,c letter
in IL short parasraph, ana resy upon record
Of 2S wears Of manhood, for our rinQscatlc3 as
a citixcM who hes Striren with humility, but
in honor, to discharge his duty faithfully in
whatever sphere of action it has pleased God
10 place US. We are not un known TO many
of Abbcville's most honored and respected
citizens, and We think we could safely trust
our defrRcc TO some Of those whose kind ap-
preciation and friendly regard we cherish
with an inward satisfaction that is refreshing
10 the spirit OF the humble tOiier as long as
there is u work of usefulness before him. But
Mr.. Gal 'oway'S publication casts unlnanly
SlurS and iuDutaiiOnS upon SO large u num-
,ser OF unoiftnding citizens of this cnminun-
isy xsae Aare received neither apology nor
retlactio ion, ;llstl who naturally look te US fIr
q full and explicit vindtcal3on, 1lsat OFF duty
IS plain, however, much we may regret the
unfortunate position into which Mr.. X. -
Galloway has thrown himself by his indSs-
erect zeal and bitter PartisanSh.p. SD much
by way OF introduction and now ior the let
ter.
Sixty-Sevcn White Mem and One Hun.
iire.l and Sinety-Five Negroes Vote
for the FAX.
Mr.. Galloway arrived in Aiken on Tuesday
might before the election. The next morning
lae started oatHn Il tour OF Investigation ana
the first place he brought up ut, WAS Il negro
barber shop, slse owncr OF which, he says, re-
piled in response to q question. "Well BOSS,
III just tell you how it is: the Dutch and the
ngscrs are all against the road and the wn,te !rt
marks, Now here you have the situation
about as well as it can be told"
In other words, Ire ctra3y and distinctly en-
ti0rsrs both she insult TO our German Fellow
citizens, and the untruthtul statement that
the white people were for 1t ana the "Dutcn
and nggers' against the road TO prove tne
rcckleSSncss and folly OF this statement 1t IS
only necessary to state that out OF lI0 rotes
in the country, only seven White men Notea
for tho rs3ad, and out of a total vote OF 4II AT
the Aiken poll, il is estimated that about ~,
white S"les were cis.' aou. t%o,m!too hnnt one o.
third for the tax. In other words out OF Il
Total Of 6E votes it is estimated that not
ss,ilroad tax, Thus clearly proving that out
of 22 votes for the railroad at least iA5 col!
0rcd vot"S were cast. Docs thlS LOOK as Il
ske Dutch ard inc nisgers are t at a$"nSr i$ Gr
does it look like the publication OF an 'nsu!t-
ing Slur upon our fellow citizens OF German
birth, who are clasSed with niggers. and 4
statement Of facts made which Is uLlcflS "
variance with truth? Mr.. GalOways next
Point OF observation was the Eecorder cl1ace.
Here is what he says:
Visiting Gentlemen at the ''R ccOrdcr
Office.
"Aftcr breakfast NE walked up town and struck the
Rccvrdc. otsct. Asking tiiend Brayteu b"% ne
stood on the road, h. replied: well, my Irtl'cS Is
ncutran. In tn. conversation, lt"wrrcr the TACT ae,
vrlnped that hc bitter opponent. we tarheu
acrw ards that the Germans had stock in this news
paper, and threatened to withdraw and Set up new
il,cr if it di, not 90 against the road At The pre-.
vous election the Recorder was rcd bot fairoao
t,aper. So sou may score the "Ratcll" one here
It would be difficult to conceive Of a para
graph OF equal length containing Il greater
nu tnber OF Statements that are SO utterly AT
variance with the truth. MessrS; II. >. Gal
aoway, Of Due West; j. L. loungblooo; j; =:
TITLE and G. C. Bradley, OF Troy, called AT
this office, between and 10 Il. m., and were
politely received and invited into our culto-
rial room. when 4 conversation lWnlculateS
commenced concerning me appioaciilns e'vo, @
fisn- Actuated by Il spirit OF courtesy, we
did rot encourage the conversation, ~ Hrst,
:,s we knew that they had come a long way
from home to constributc their valuaole ser
had come on wild goose chase, we d'd not
like 10 be so iuhospitabc as TO pourcM's wafer
down their backs, SO carly on fhc morning OF
their first day. But they pressed US, Mr. HtIt T.
loway leading the inQuiSltion, when we at
once determined to speak as plainlyaS posi-
Lle, without II cntioning the names OF lnol,
riuualS. So far from making the unlrnthiul
statctnent that the Recorder was "ncMrnt,
we gave these gentlemen to understand that
we had thrown our entire 1nnuchec against
the tax, in consequence OF ltS palpaoic ~,
Justice to farmers whom we eNplainea ,, W"u'u
be subjected to a large increase OF taxation
for the improvement of the town ~ltk"Nt COT
responding benefit thcrefrom, as many OF
them lived near the South Carolina Nalifoad
twelve miles from the proposed line OF roau
We went into details, to some extent; iorti,
fying our remarks by reading an e9itorihl
published in June, and copied al the unae oS
to them that we had abstaincd from editorial
work on the subjoc as we felt indSp"sed I"
contribute towards the bitterness OF canvass
which exceeded anything ever before known
in Aiken County, believing it to be unneceS-
>ary, as we felt sure the tax could not posi-
bly, be voted, stating to them that the farmers
were almost unit against 1t. and that we h;!d
10 idea that the majority in IT'S iaVor' IL, II,
the town which would be obtained Dy
q large coored vote, could in our judg
ment exceed 80 and that we were even
doubtful If it it would reach y. We told
them the question was entirely a!1iessnt
from the one submitted at the last cleo
sion, inasmuci, as the citizens OF the
town alone were then called upon lol
the tax In this instance the question prac
tically amounted to the town people ASK
ing the country people to increase their
taxes seventyfive per cent. for the improve
,neut of the private property OF iour tc
five men, and for what under the mGSt laVor
eble circumstances could only result in bene-
lit TO the people of the town. and for these
reasons, what We had published had all been
from papers hostile to the tax. we would re-
pnssibly have claimed to be neutral while
carrying on sNch conversation? Mr
Galloway admits that he found US, q
bitter opponent. and yet he claims that
3,,y 1)npcr IS neutral" \ statement which
any of our editorial brethren throughout
the State, or anybody else who had reat
the paper during the past summer, conlt'
easily have proved to be untrue. as our op
position was deliberately planned and very
effective in its results.
The .'RecOrGer'' Not Owned by Ger
mans---Its Part in the Campaign.
Jnt AJr Eol1owsy not satisfied with TIL: