The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-10-17
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ELBERT FL. H: ATLL' Proprletors.
Ebert /! ANUi.. EDITOR.
JUST A WORD.

himself of good deal of filth in last
weeks Voice. Finding himself entirely
penned and in a hole, he stamps, as un-
worthy Of his notice, what be is unable
to answer without stultifying himself,
and then proceeds to muddy the water
with a whole lot of Irrelevant things
about The Herald and News and its
editor, that have nothing at all to do
with the question at issue.
Now, Mr.. Hughey, we will notice
very briefly, and we trust satisfactorily,
that part of your reply later on, but
come back to the question We raised.
We do not intend that you shall
dodge by going off into abuse of The
Herald and News and thus fool the
people and make them believe you are
great man.
You published the charge against
Senator Mower and a Mr.. Koon of
Prosperity, that they were distributing
registration certificates to negroes. You
say you do not believe Senator Mower
is guilty. Very well, then. That still
leaves "a Mr.. Koon of Prosperity" and
as you particularly say Senator Mover
is not guilty, we conclude you believe
Mr.. Koon is. Now, The Herald and
News said that was a very serious
charge. Not so much against "a Mr..
koon of Prosperity" as against Mr..
Bedenbaugh, the Supervisor of kegis-
tration. The time for issuing certif-
Gates of Registration closed the first
Monday in July. Now, Mr.. Hughey,
the point The Herald and News made
was that "a Mr.. Koon of ProspesitSi''
could not be distributing Essistration
-ssssrtifcates to negreescont egresas contrary to law
unless they were first issued and signed
by the Supervisor, and if he was doing
it the Supervisor must be party to it.
Now, Mr.. Hughey, that is the point.
Tell US how a Mr.. Koon could dis
tribute registration certificates to ne
groes unless he first obtained them
from the Supervisor. Yes, that is be-
meath your notice. We have heard Of
that sort of reason before, but it wont
work this time, Mr.. Hughey. We say
again, if you have the evidence to sup
port your charge fetch italong, or with
draw your charge, and apologize to the
persons you have wronged.
PERSONAL.
To Mr.. Job L. Hughey: The balance
of your "reply' is personal in its ma
ture and TRADE against me. In reply
ing to that I shall be brief and pointed,
and shall not hide behind The Herald
and News nor the editorial we. I want
you to understand that I am talking
directly and pointedly to you, Mr.. Job
L. Hughey. In all that have written
or said Of you have been, polite and
courteous. have given you no occa-
sion for the temper you display in your
reply. You have disregarded all the
rules OF polite breeding and descended
to the language of the blackguard.
There is only one thing that I feel called
upon to notice, though I might say
that with your past record it i'll be-
comes you to be talking abolt blood,
etc., but care nothing for that sort Of
thing. Your opinion Of what The Her
aid and News has done or has not done
does not concern me n the least. Bot
when you say that I deliberately
falsified'' my report of the prohibition
committee meeting, or any other re-
port for. that matter, you utter a mali
cious lie. Now, Mr.. Hughey, this is my
reply to that part Of your reply which
is directed against me. personally, and
am personally responsible for it, and
will not discuss the subject further in
the newspapers. My address is New
berry, S. c., and am not trying to
bulldoze, noram indulging in bragga-
docio,' but am talking deliberately and
I mean what I say. E. H. AULL.