The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-08-26
silly Stories about Sheppard Flat.y Con-
tradieted by those who Know Him.

To the Editor Of the the Nsws and Cour-
iU: The Columbia Register of August 9th
contained some charges against ex- Governor
Sheppard, and am in receipt of letters of
inquiry in which mention 10 made Of fur
ther charges against him and duplicating
myself also to the effect that he, Ex-Governor
Sheppard, had gambled and won the lumber
that was used in his dwelling, and further
charges are mentioned in the letters that
when L had finished his dwelling he carried
me in some back room and made me drunk
and won the money he had paid me for the
work.
New, Mr.. Editor, as the above charges
implicate me TO some extent, and as | am
acquainted with the entire transaction, i
therefore denounce every charge aud accusa-
tion in that direction TO be an infamous lie,
as base as hell itself. bought every piece
and parcel of the material myself, without
the slightest knowledge Of Mr.. Sheppard as
to where or from whom it was purchased,
and when l completed the work he paid me
every cent due me, and as to the drinking
and gambling with Ex-Governor Sheppard,
l have never drank q drop of whiskey with
him, neither has he ever drank any in my
presence. | have never seen him play at
cards with any one. l shall ever stand
ready to vindicate myself when my name is
connected with such false and malicious
charges.
am responsible for all l say and do,
aud can DC found at any time among the
citizens of Edgefeld by any one who de-
sires to see me. G. ID. Minis.
Edge6eld, August 10th.
A CoNTRAsT.-With the view of sitting
the imsinuation of Governor Tillman that
John c. Sheppard, his opponent, was n
drunkard and gambler, Col. James A. Hoyt,
editor of tn Greenville Enterprise and
NountaincSr, wrote TO the pastor Of MIR.
Shcppard's church in Edgefield for informa-
tion upon the subject. lie received the fol-
lowing reply
EDcrrIELD, 5. c., July 80, 1892.
DEAR SIR II have been pastor of the
Baptist church at Edgefeld for a year, and
my relations with Ex-Governor j. G. Shep
pard have been cordial aud friendly, and in
all this time have not seen him uud er the
influence Of liquor or Mt all behaving incon-
sistcntly with his profession as n Chsistian
gentleman. esteem him very highly az n
citizen, irienI and member of my church
lie is not drunkard, and as to his being
gambler it does not seem reasonable that
A 5. Tompkins, Alvin Hart end DR.. W. f..
Prescott, Of the village, and L. s Lewis and
J. ii. Bouknight, of the neighborhood, direc-
tors of the bank of Edgefeld, would have
elected him president of that institution had
man singularly fee from" anything little.
protane or ungeutlemanly. He is devoted
as father and husband, liberal and sympa
thetic toward his church and pastor, able
and faithful as lawyer and counsellor. and
officer. You may with safety trust him.
Very truly, ]. n. BooTu.
Col. J. a. lloy, Greenville, S. C.
Il. X. Tillmau would give q good deal to
secure testimonial like that 1t has been
freely published and not denied that his
neisnbors have never known him to do a
kindly or charitable act. and it is fact
that, In spite of his desperate exertions, by
the appointment of workers to office and
otherwise, his own township is agaius, him.
We have heard it asserted that not n man
whose land adjoins his will vot, for him
this year.
These things convey their own moral.
The men who know John C. Sheppard best
endorse him and will vote fJr him. Those
who know B. Il. Tillmau best will not sum-
port him. Two years ago the people knew
httle about him, and a majority Of them
ldoiized him. Now they know him better
and are prepared to send him back to those
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