The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-04-22
Constable FAINT Replies to Mr.. sher.
ord.

Of his hole and replies to our article In tho
Issue Of the preceding week, In O most
unfair, indecent, insulting and villsiDouB
communication, and signs his name A..
Beatty eherard. From Mr.. Sherard, we
must say, we would have expected 9 more
sensible, more reasonable and less abuH.
i've reply. But, he has thrown himself
into the breech, and we expect to handle
him in q fair and dispasslonate manner
az we did In the first instance.
Now, lot ts remember that facts and state
rnentB referring TO the merits Of tho case
SIRE to be considered, not insult or abuse.
Any fool can deny the truth ofa statement,
and any rufian abuse and insult an officer,
but the best evidence OF the truth or fall
sity ofa statement Is good and substane
tial proof. TO begin with, our anti-Dls-
penssry adversary has chosen to bring
In In defense OF himself a church report
Of intemperauce, in which 1t is stateu, "a
government distiliery and other sources
where whiskey can be obtained In the
cause Of muoh drinking In the communi-
ty," And then he tries to chaf us by
saving, "Of course, the Chief Constable
must consider and see If there 10 truth IN
the report,n Now, 10 this fair or manlyS
We have not denied that there wss a dis.
tillery In the community, or that there
was whiskey being sold there, and as he
has taken this course TO establish these
facts, about which there Is no dispute. we
are inclined to ask how he will establish
other questionable statements he has
made.
This Mr.. A. B, Sherard has started out
by charging thst our statements are Una
liciously false" and in his closing para.
graph he says: From beginning to end
his communication is @ willful and ma
liciouB f%alEehood, emanating from one
whose soul Is as black a the eternal re-
gions Of darkness" Yet In the whole
length Of his TRADE OF insult and abuse, II
this supreme judge and lord OF Corner
Township has shown q single Iact to war
rant such O charge Te failed TO zee II.
He takes Issue with Us about the number
Of homicides in that Township since the
war-but for the purposes which we in
tended, namely, to show that the COM
munity had not always been in q condi-
ton OF perfect peace, he as good as adj
mits what we Bsid to be true. He i'd
mits there were two killings, and says :
"One occurred immediately after the close
of the war IN q crowd of revelinS drunk
ards, and for want of proof no one was
punished. AS for the other case the
courts decided that it was due to an acci-
dent and hence no homicide" YET in
the same paragraph he Gays, "the peace Of
The community :cGs neuer married Antit
the DispensGry Lau tcent :nto effect"
Now, we would ask the reading public II
these statements have on their face even
the appearance of truth and common
sense. Would q Court or South Carolina
so stultify itself rs to decide that because
q person was accidentally killed that,
t1a ra fora fhoro r,ob it,,n hN So;Ao ~ -hnr
homicide per inforlununt, or by accident,
is q special kind of homicide treated Of 10
the law books of the State. Ifyou do not
believe this statement, then was 1t
prompted by unfair motives or WIS 1t the
outcroppiDg ofignorance. As to his 9th.
or statement about the peace Of this COM
munity, do You believe that tho killing
Of 8 citizen would disturb tho peace? II
so, then where 10 the truth Of this state.
ment? And il such an occurrence would
not disturb the peace, hen in the name
Of common sense what would?
We have no apologies to offer for our
reply to "CitiEen." What we said has
been denied in the article signed by Mr..
Sherord, but no proof has been given OF
the falsity Of single statement. He has
none Of which q ~law-abiding citizen of In
9 l'IkCbSO anu s&OAuCO oSAokUIttIlCG WOulS
do. We are willing that the public
We charged that sCitizen'' mYsrepresent-
ed the Dispensary Law and reflected on
Tillmanites and State Constables, and VIC
reiterate the charge. We cay further that
politics should have had nothing to do
with the subject under consideration,
namely, violations OF the Dispepsary
Law. We know no one, politically or
otherwise, in the discharge of our duty,
and any statement or %insinuation to that
effect IL untrue. He charges us with bit.
terness and hate, but, as q matter of fact,
who has shown bitterness and nate in this
controversy from the beginning? When
one 80 stepped in political enmity as MI.
Sherard, who, on acconnt of his con-
tsmptible hatred for rs and our cause,
refers to rs IS ''spiea," and charges us
with neglect Of duty, we claim the right
70 demand proof other than the blank
statement of 30 biased a mind. T. is not
necessary that we should disprove such
slanderous charges, but 1t is n privi-
lege, and we will submit o few facts to
show that he has made statements that
are untrue, and that the facts did mot var
rant. The following affidavit will show
the place received attention last gear from
the Constabulary, to-wit:
"BY order Of Chief Constable FAINT, Con-
stable ]. B. Stevenson and I went by An
derson and joined Constable T. e.. Mas
sey, (about the middle of August, 1S95),
and went from there to Crafts Ferry, to
look after violstors Of The D~ispeusary
Law. We spent n night and q part Of
two days in that community,
Personally appears before me, 8. M.
Duncan, q State Constable, and makes
oath that the above statement 10 true.
Sworn to before me this 18th day Of
April, 1886. s. M. DUNCAN.
THos. 8. SEAsE, N. P. for. s. @.
Since that time, on or about the 23rd Of
January, 1896, we went in person and
saw Magistrate Jackson at Cooks Station,
in reference to the shooting into the me-
gro house, and did what We could to find
out If contraband whiskey did not play q
GER, State Constable F. G. Massey was
sent to leading citizens 10 the neighbor-
hood OF CrafG's Ferry to get such informa-
tom as he could with reference TO viola
tions OF the Dispensary Law. And before
this occurrences, We saw and had an inter-
view with Mr.. Bill Sherard in reference
to the sales of liquor at Crafts Ferry. He
did not think think there was any liquor
sold on the South Carolina side Of the S.
vsnnah River, but said he had heard it
was sold on the Georgia side and on an
island In tho middle of the river above
the Ferry. Some considerable time pre-.
vious to this interview we sent two State
Constables, o. G. Cunningham and JOHN
Jackson to this Ferry, and after remain
Ing three Of four days they made their re-
port. which YVES in effect about the same
as what Mr.. Bill Sherard told us later in
reference to the liquor business at the
place. Constable J.. "A. Hayes also made
several trips into that community in an
official capacity, and made some seizures
ofliQuor said to have come from the dis
tillery at the Ferry, but could never get
any evidence ofsales against parties there.
In February, '96, q warrant was issued by
Magistrate Snipes, at Anderson, on our
affidavit, against P. G. Graft for violating
the Dispensary Law, but he produced sat-
isfGctory evidence to show he was not
guilty, and the case was dismissed. There
have also been other warrants issued
against parties in Corner Township since
that time, which have not been acted on
and which for the present we prefer to
keep private.
It is needless TO say Mr.. A. B. Sherard !
has misrepresented us in his reply. This
is very apparent In every paragraph he |
has written or procured to be aoTitten. |
Our language Is plain English, and We
are responsible for what we have said, |
but we are not responsible for the ignor-
ance OF want of understanding Of MI.
Sherard, and may the good Lord deliver
10 from any such responsibility. He has
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