The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-04-23

Mr.. Editor: In the article
wrote before in answer to you
) Croswell correspondent | tried X
inform him in evory way that
could how l had acted i'll every
part of the business, but it seoms
that he docs not consider it true
in any sense, SO for me to write tC
try to give any person of that dis
position satisfaction | do not pro
pose to spend time that way, but
| will ask in tho place, of charg-
ing lilo AGAIN Of making 3 law, &c
road in tho statute Of South Caro-
lima, section G56, and 500 if the
Communication tax in Pickons coun-
ty was not two dollars or six days
work last year. SO | submitted
tho question to the county board
Of commissioners last October for
them to decide tho tax or not and
my recollection is the vote was
unanimous in favor of paying tho
two dollars. SO / authorized tho
trcasurcr to collect from any that
wish to pay and published tho ac-
tion of the board. lie says that
according to Il statement mado by
ono Of the Easlcy township board
it WAS Il law and that mado by
you and the county board. | have
nothing to say about what other
men has said nor done. assert
facts and ask you to do the same.
| remember that when tho matter
camo before the board that Mr..
Perry spoke of tavoring tho Groen-
Vile law, one dollar and ono mill
on the property. ! informed him
rs hc already knew that We could
make no levy on tho property.
Now read the section referred to
and call on your township COM
missioners to 500 tho copy of tho
road law passed by the last lcgis-
lature, reducing the tax to $1.5O
or four days work. received Il
lcttor from tho Hon. b. }. john
ston informing mo of the change,
notifying NE the time was cxtcn-
dod to the first of April to pay
this year. I submitted the matter
to the County Board. SO the
treasurer was ordered to recoiv,
only 81 80 and to refund 80 cents
to those who had paid. lie says
in Our Judgment if l had went tc
tho Grocnvillc Supervisor &c. /,
thcro any proof that proof is no
mndo by Nero assertions. Dog
matis is not proof in speaking O
the wooden bridge. lIo charges mt
of saying that he nor no othc
man had heard that Grcenvill
, had agreed to build u woodc
!, bridge until ] went before til
J. board. Now road what wrot
"a and stick to the tcxt and stat
"a correctly what ! say. lie say
10 was not my lottor written tv
~ wcoks aftcr he went before ther
" Consistency, toll what you hca>
~ before went before them, II
ii childrcn could tell it a(tcr. No,
~ partnor look for my advrrtisemcl
as Of February the Goth, for the le
~ ting OF the masonry that Mr.. llu
~ land wrote mo that spoke Of
- tho last communication. You wi
SEQ the advertisement, and what
Lo nsked him to publish for masonl
o. and a covered hridg" to be lot @
~ March the .lth, the day | went b
~ fore thcm.
90 have said nothing about II
e- bridge lasting two or thrrr gcncr
~ tons. This is ono Of your ow
J,. wild assertions. ) on speak of b
H. ing ashamed that ask tho Supc
nr ylsor of Anderson county to he
o. to build the bridge. This did al
proposed to put it ut the corner
~ the two couhtics. feel sorry t
of you to think you blush at thin
!, of ust nature, and write su
~ wild assertions and false charg
II. and put thom in public journ
IN to try TO carry your point
to think you have groatcr cause
vi blush at your own action tn;
anything | have done.
| have not boosted Of shrcw
llCSS Dll IL bCClllS llOIll lIlc ltllu
10 of your discourse that you a
H. willing to cxhonorato the Grec
h, Vile Commissioners from q
\ slamo. | cannot tell why, unlc
~ it was because / rejected the bid
= For that reason was ready to b
llevo that had ho had charge
a. my businoss ho would hav0 lot IL
H. contract for tho iron bridge AZ
VI was mad because did not let II
ny contract for tho iron bridge.
II, The Easlcy bridge foil about IL
III 2Sth of December IN cold winte
ne notice how long before 1t is read
C. to cross, Keowoo has only or
," bridge, tho Old Pickels bridge,
On fell III April, 1890, and the COZ
Ns tract was let for the building of q
H. iron bridge by Talley, Day an
or Martin. Two of these mon wi
H. had been in charge of the businc.
1g for ten or two]vo years, the pllln,