The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-12-21
ssryru. vs.. s.L. Essie..

two weeks ago from "L. Essie," OF the
hustling little town of Septus. This
article contained some very slanderous
remarks and falschoods against Hon.
j. w. Ashley and myself. He is really
beneath our notice, but rs his peice was
/, Misrepresentation of facts, we deem
it our duty to inform this thought-t0-
be smart "Elick" few things that
will probably be of some service to
him in his life. :,
Now, "L. Essie," what you have said
concerning Josh Ashley deceiving the
people. | am glad to say that was the iI3
only truth that you wrote, as we VIII
acknowledge ourselves that he mas de-
ceived us. We always knew that ne
was an honest, upright man. put we
never had any idea that he would ma re
such strong Legislator as ne mas
made, and the people have been de-
ceived in that way, us every one KNOWS . "
that he is the strongest and most lnilur
entail member from the upper part OIL
the State. AS for Josh Ashley ever
endorsing. the dispensary law; II.
Essie'' YOU should not have sald any.
thing of the kind, for the editors OF
every paper, both State and County,
know that he voted against 1T when 1t
was enacted, and has voted agalnstlt 1t
every time he has had a chance to 90
so. Nov, further, you charge Mr.
Ashley as begging one of the members
Of the Board of Control for liquor.
All! my dear little cricket" this is
one of your manufactured lies. The
idea of Josh Ashley ever begging a
man for whiskcy. Don't the good peo
Die of Anderson County know this is
false, for he is plenty able to buy as
much whiskey rs he wants (even II ne
wanted any at ally and pay the cash for
it. for he is not one of these little one
horse fellows when it comes to tinan.
cial affairs. My dear little "cr!aket,'
don't you get into your pate that we
have been hidden away III the hip
pocket Of J. w. Ashley ever since he
entered the political arena, for it you
have kept up with the papers and have
enough sense to believe Il thing when
YOU see it, you will remember that MIR.
Ashley and myself differed in the last
Senatorial race, but, OF course, we are
aware OF the fact that you would not
write the truth if you knew 1T.
'sL. Essie" has said that every man
that had ever been known to get drunk
voted for prohibition. Yes, it seems
to us from the tone OF your peice that
you did, and now writing against 1T:
."Oh, consistency, thou art q jewel,
"L. Essien did you want more Liquor and
better9 Is that your reason for voting
for it?
AS for Mr.. Ashley being our s.Boss
Josh,"I have never consulted him IN
that light, but will say this much,
that il we could fill the House and
Senate with just such men as Josh
Ashley, our government would have
one-third less taxes to pay that we
now have to pay. Oh. no. we would
not object to a ''boss" OF that KIND.
ssL. Essien reminds lis very much OF
story of long ago about the fox and
the grapevines. Once upon a time, so
the story goes, a farmer was very much
ANNOYED by an old fox that kept get
ting his best grapes, and he hung up q
bell, SO that every time he would try
to get the grapes the bel! would ring
and scare him away. That worked
very well for awhile. But by and by
the fox investigated the matter, and
his musing ran thus, So great big
mouth, a great long tongue, q bell OF
fuss and nothing done"
Mr.Editor, indeed it was quite funny
in this little cricket calling. us a
.scurlie headed fice." But as it was
copied from the pen Of 'sDon Limo"
we only took a good laugh at it.. Yes.
his little song seems to be borried from
some one, as it was not original at all.
ssL. Essien we are sorry that you and
"Don Limo have strayed away from
the rest of us, but in every lot OF sheep
there are several that wander far away
from the Masters Kingdom, and their
wandering is caused by one or two old
"bills,n who get stubborn and sullen,
and we have come to the conclusion
that you and "D0n Limo" think that
you are the 'bullies.n Probably there
will be time, though, when these lost
sheep will return to the house OF Is
rael, and at which place, if they get
down before God and weep bitterly,
they will be received back into the
fold. Now, ssL. Essie," you say we
would not know the truth if we were
to meet it inlthe road. Well, we have
always been taught to tell the truth,
and If we fail to do SO, we are always
willing to be corrected, for if we tell a
faIseh00d we do not do Intentionally.
But, as to you giving us advice, as to
telling the truth. we know that you
are not capable of giving advice, and,
therefore, what we have said will not
be left to you to be the judge, but we
are willing to submit our peices to the
dear people to be the Judges as to who
has done so much %lieing," as you seem
SO freely to term it. You said our
peice was s'lie from beginning to
end.n Now, this is nice way for one
brother to speak to another, and we
will say further to Mr.. 81. Essie." that
if he intends to carry on a controversy
with us, that he will have to write
facts. and if he fails to do so, anything
more from his pen like he has written
heretofore. will be treated by us with
the contempt thatit will deserve. And
f you can not do any better than you
have already done, you had better,
little Cricket" crawl into your CHM
ney jam where you spend your winter
quarters, for we think that we are
going to have some very rough wealth
er, and we would not have you frozen
to death for anything in this world.
for you think that you are the "King''
of the insect race. But, in case we do
have such fearful weather, we will no
doubt make our fires little hot for
you, but tyou just think about the false
reports that you have circulated on
Josh Ashley, and say in your mind that
you ought to be "scOrched." After all,
we hope that you may have merry
Christmas, and much success for a
happy new year.
We are the same
TYRo.