The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-04-15

think the members Of this Church free
from such.
OF course, the Chief Constable must
"considera and ''ses If there Ia truth" in
the report. No doubt the irfallible and
incorrigible Chief will say that the stste-
ments show the Session 'to be a suitable
connecting link between the two disre-
A. BEATTY sHERARD.
Mofattsvizle, s. c., April IA, 1896.
EDITORS INTELLIaENcER: In your last
issue, over the signature OF J.. K. FAINT,
Chief State Constable, Is an article severe
criticisirg q communication written by
s'Citizen," which appeared the previous
week. &c I am the author OF that COM
m%unication, I desire to make apubiic re-
ply to the contemplate and maiciously
false statements Of this liquor agent.
This ignorant braggart had some OF his
unprincipled associates to draft this arti-
Gle and then appended his name thereto;
His charges are born IN ignorance oreo
in misunderstanding and fostered in Bit
terness and hate. Hi pen was dipped in
malice, as his hand, already stained with
the blood Of South Carolinians, trans
cribed his wicked and unWarranted as
sersions. With ~unscrupulous design and
efrontery he tries to make the public be-
lieve that I have misrepresented the stnte
of affairE that exist here. Lacking courage
and manhood to repair to the scene and
prosecute the violators, he, as q blatant
hypocrite and cowardly officer stands at
q remote distance and allows the affair to
pass unmolested.
I desire to reiterate and reafirm every
charge that I made over the non de plume
of.tCitizen." 7 challenge the Chief Con-
stable to prove them false. he did not
try to show that I was wrong, but with
malice and spleen, resorted to willful and
malicious fslsshoods. ThelConstable says
that "whiskey has been unlawfully sold
there Corner Township ever since the
war" This I do not deny, nordid Ideny
it in my communication. Butt do affirm
that 1t was sold on a very limited scale
and that no carousings occurred during
that period. The Illicit sale Of liquors
seldom took place, as there was a regular
saloon on the Georgia side just opposite
Crafts Ferry. Hope0er, the peace OF the
community aDGs neuer married ~nt1t the
DispensGry LGw i0ent into eject. Again
the Constable p "Besides my recol-
lection is that from the close OF the war in
,65. to the enactment OF the Dispensary
law in 1872, there had been eight homi-
oides in that Township, and that no one
was punished for any Of these killings"
Like his statements, his memory is I'M
reliable. This charge Is utterly false.
Within the memory of three men, who
have spent more than fifty years in this
Township, I learn that there have been
only two deaths that caused any suspi-
cion. One occurred Immediately after the
close of the war in a crowd OF reveling
drunkarda, and for want or proof no one
was punished. AS for the other case, the
Courts decided that it was due to an &C.
cident, and hence no homicide. Yet this
LIQUOR spy would traduce the name Of the
Corner by reckless statements and I'M
true charges. He places himself above
the courts, and, to crafty his revergeful
spirit, says that there have been eight
homicide5 here and that the murderers
go unpnnished. But whoever heard such
arguments to maintain his position 7
They would reflect discredit upon the
pupils Of primary school. Does the spy
contend that because laws were violated
previous to the iucipiency of the Dispen.
sary law that it establishes a precedent
for their violation now? Such are the
differences to be drawn from his premises.
The spy then continues : "Since the en-
actment, II there has been any n killed
in that Township we have not heard it"
Such reasoning avails nothing. Again
you would infer that murder is the only
thing that disturbs the quietness Of q
community. Does the Constable wish to
sanction and countenancs the unlawful
sale Of whiskey, the illicit distillation OF
liquors, shooting and fighting, desecra-
ton of the Sabbath, the disturbance OF
public worship, and lounging in church.
es in O drunken condition? That is what
I charge. The spy Ia trying to defend
his want of courage, and in an under
handed and cowardly. manner tries TO
shift the responsibility on my shoulders,
by appealing to the prejudice of the PEG.
ple. He also says that I am q suitable
connecting link between the two disrepu-
table Places" AS to my reputation and
character I leave that for the people to de-
eide. However, 1t cannot be truthfully
charged that 7 am providing over the State
like o knavish tramp and sneaking into
houses with cowardly and interruptions
effrontery. I have told the truth about
this negligent officer, and he seeks to
crafty his revenge by making malicious
II mendstious statements. He also in
auires why, II 7 desire the evil eradica-
ted, 7 do not furnish evidence ? Let me
ask why he does not ONE and demand
the evidence? Ihave it, and will furnish
1t; but If the truth were known, the
State Constabulary csre nothing about
the evidence, or they would have investi-
gated ere this. The lord high brayer OF
the liquor force wraps himself in his
Pharisaical garments, calls for evidence,
yet takes care to remain at ssafe distance
from the scene. Now as to the evidence :
II the proper authorities desire 1t, ! can
and will give the name of q man who
made the public declaration that heknew
the persons engaged in the Illicit sale OF
liquors and that he saw, during the past
summer, the distillery. This gentleman
Is q follower Of the spy's lord and mas
ter, Tillman, and having made his state
ment publicly, 7 based my charges on
his remark. / can give the spy the evil
dence, but I cannot give him the courage
and honor to enforce the law.
The Constable is very sensitive when I
speak Of the Dispensary Law and the
Tiilmanites. What I said about them is
true, and 7 adhere with unfinching cour-
false. AS to my rejecting upon the mo-
munity, I say 1t Is another false accusa-
ton. To uss the spy's OWL words, there
are sliars and outlaws" in this township.
They are in every township. He further
states "we know there are as coed, truth
FIJI, heightened citizens in that township as
are in the State" and with this I heartily
agree. I did not say that all the citizens
Of this township were liars and outlaws,
and no honest man will state that I did.
There are numbers Of "good, truthful,
heightened c~itizens'' here, and they will
confirm every charge that I have made.
or course there arc some who will deny
what I have said concerning the liquor
business, simply because they are OPP
posed to order, justice and law. Then
there are some who, like the Chief Spy,
for political reasons denounce everything
that does not please them or accord with
their populistic views. The spy 10 also
greatly offended at the manner in which
I exposed the violations of the law and
showed how he had failed to do his duty.
7 am not surprised at this. The truth is
hurting him, and he wants the public to
censure nae for speaking truthfully. Be-
cause he belongs to the populistic follow
ers Of Tillman he objects to the truth
being told on any Of them. What I said
about them is absolutely and unquali-
fedly true. From beginning to end his
communication is willful and malicious
falsehood, emanating from one whose
soul is as black as the eternal regions of
darkness. Az long as ne maintains that
my statements and charges are false, I
shall brand him as a cowardly liar.
A. BEATTY SHERARD.
MoGattsville, S. c.
Club Meetings Ordered.