Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-06-01

1ll. 0ClICh PooeuAS WdCAO Woo
keeping them in pasture. In the
meantime I employed a man by
the name of James Ford. I did not
know that he had ever seen Butler,
or that Butler had ever seen him.
I knew nothing of it at all. Tom
Butler came up to where I was,
and abused this young man for
everything he could think of ex-
ceedingly abusiveI must discharge
Jim Ford, that the laws says $500
penalty If I kept him. So Jim
Ford said to me that he never had
hired himself to him by the year.
Butler told him he was a dama
liar, be had. I then told Mr.. But
ler that I did not care to have any
difficulty with him. So I came to
the house and discharged the
young man, and showed Harrison
Butler thatI had discharged him.
So a few days ago Igot a5elephone
message. I do not know from
whom but it was from Hamburg
stating that Tom Butler had
twenty-five of my cowf, and had
them penned up. I came to the
conclusion Immediately that Tom
Butler had them turned out him
self, and I felt SO exaspated that
he should attempt to extort money
-$22 out of me-so we loaded up
some double-barrel shotguns with
the intention to take the COWS by
force. The top wire of the fence
was barbed wire. Jim Ford. Mr.
Adams, and myself and Will Petty
John, we looked at the fence and
came to the conclusion that the
COWS had been turned out; that
they did not get out on their own
hook, but had been turned out. So
we carried the COWS up into my lot.
Mr.. Adams said that Tom Butler
and Gardner would certainly come
up there and take them back by
force, so we staid up there for some
time after dinner. AS Butler and
Gardner did not come,we started
back home, myself and my wife,
and Will Peltyiohn, we all in the
buggy. We Immediately saw Tom
Butler run behind a large tree
there in front of the barroom. We
intended to turn round and Ego
back. But just bout that time.
Will jumped out of the buggy
and Tom Butler shot at him. And
then 1 jumped out. I stood out
there in the middle of the ground
and shot at him, and he
was behind the tree. And finally
/ thought one of my shots struck
him on the right side of the face.
I do not know, my eyesight is very
poor. He ran into the barroom, and
| I ran in after him. Then he shot
me in the head; / had already
tfo1raru-ssnoutuer:- Knew WaC I
could never stay over there and
have @ny peace at all, and SO I
thought we had just as we'll fight it
out, and be done with it.
1 should have mentioned
another thing. I was out there one
day buying some chickens. Har-
rison Butler hailed me and said
be wanted to thank me for some
thoroughbred eggs I had given
him-Leghorns. While Mr.. Har-
rison Butler was talking to me,
Tom Butler came up-him and
Mr.. Dooliltle was in buggy to-
gether-and Tom Butler said,
"Mr. Pettyiohn, I want to see
you minute. I want to tell
you that if you hired Jim Ford 1
am going to sue you and. make it
hot for you" I said. Mr.. Butler
there is nothing to prevent you if
want to sue. Go on it's all right"
Theu I said to Mr. Butler,."I do
not want to have any difficulty
with you. Mr.. Ford denies. posi-
lively that he had hired to you by
the year.
I never was in favor of negro
slavery, and I am certainly not in
favor of white slavery. He said
if anybody said Jim was not hired
to him by the year he was a liar,
referring to me, of course.
I said, "Mr Butler, I will have
you arrested for that. 1t is not
necessary for you to call man of
my age liar" He said, You
would not dare to have me arrested
sir" shaking his finger in my
face. Isaid, "You hold still and
I will show you thass I will have
you arrested" I came in the house,