Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-06-16
Mr.. j. Il. Cook IseplIes.


Mr.. j. "A. Cook Replies. sss
Is aesms that ii q tslIsre is b great De,'s.
itesiding ii the Domain of Caroline, .yI,e
10 much better than his neighSors, and
for twenty-five years has striyen hard to
dominate, everything, from the adminis-
Of political parties, jumping astride of
everything now before It arrives at the
age of q week. This "F,m Deos is q kind
of DemocIatio- Republican Greenbaok-
Populist, md everything elso that offers
any opportunity for his domineering dis
position--a help to nothing, unless 1t
enhances his greed for power and money
with It's tail cut of.
| We hear Of him away over in Palestine,
travelling much, from Dan to Beersheba,
Interviewing tho relatives of Ananias and
SapPti;ss: end Publishing the result in the
| Oconee News, of the Domain of Caroline,
for tho cdifcation of his adhorents. The
other than James a. Johns, of "anoient"
family E..#-4E. a~
On tho return of this eminent "Em
Dec" to his home in tho Domain of Caro-
limo, ho informs tho public of what ho
has learned, including tho fact that the
Boards Of Equalization were undertaking
tho heroulean task of making this omi-
|
the taxos Of the Domain of Caroline.
That thoy were gotting rich at the ex-
ponse Of tho people, at q salary of two
! dollars por day. although thoy meet but
once per annum and are in session two
days only. Ho also deals out the infor-
nation that tho Boards woro taxing prop
erty out of tho hands of the people into
their own. For pusillanimous misrep-
rescntation or ignorance this takes tho
cake. There is not a ten-ycar-old boy of
ordinary Intelligence in Oconeo county
that could bo misled by this puorilo at
| tempt to deceive. 1t would mislead mono
iii this onlightencd nineteenth century,
piled in tho COURIER OF tho 10th of May
to tho article signed 'Scribe," simply to
show tho source from whence it camo,
and now, after three weeks delay, and
aftcr many hours conference with G. w.
Spencer and .he modern Ananias of
| Chauga, this eminent 'Em Dco" makes
last supreme effort at reply undcr tho
name of j. A. Johns, instead of "Scribe."
Wo arc now inclined to say we'll douo
to this vicious crank. We do not believe
another in Uppor Carolina could sum"
mons courage to attempt reply to so
grave q charge against his good namo,
upon consultation with G. w. Spencer
and r. A. Gilmcr, except J. A. Johns,
and in so weak and frivolous a manner,
|
| a matter of record and cannot bo denied.
Who is &. w. Spencer whom this omi-
mont ''Em Dec" calls to his assistance
Is this tho G. w. Spencer who somo five
years since more than twenty of his
ncighbors, the best mon of tho commu-
nifty, including two of his brothers in
law, went before notary public anu
sworo they would not bclicvo him on
oath
| Again tho modern Ananias of Chauga
is he who pays debts at fifteen cents on
the dollar, and not all Of them at that,
and who has been charged with acts
much more serious than that. A nice
source of information, oh
But the communication is signed 81.
| a. Johns," and with him wo will gladly
deal. His communication is mean, un-
dermining, untrue and dishonorablo,
| but We expect nothing puro or clean
| from ono who would misreprcscnt facts in
court or swindlc his "beloved" deceased
| brothers infant child out of her patri-
| mOny.
AS to his reference to mo and my rail
| not hurt mo with his vilo pen. [ have
always been proud of my record. 1t is
| far above the average. l began work
for the railroad company with a shovel,
as this }. A. Johns says, among negroes
at 70 cents per day and / did my work
well. was soon promoted to foreman
at fifty dollars per month. Again l was
promoted to conductor of q ballast train
ut sixty-fiyo dollars per month; was
| again promoted to conductor of a mate
rial train at sovcnty-five dollars per
month, and when / resigned my place
with tho road l was earning $3.50 per
month and was in hcttor favor with tho
company than ever before. / was with
one railroad company moro than twenty
| 1nf ,xif 1, u 1,yrif fn, rfi
| cate of proficiency, (Which lavc), stating
| that l was perfectly reliable and honest.
| have letters from the company request
ing my services again at tho salary | loft
on if L would take it. q will show these
| papers to any who will ask to see them).
| Yes, am proud of my SELF" 'ecord.
| | deem it botter to work fol i and
promotion than to live on the latrimony
of brother and brothers poor orphan
| infant. Don't you wish you had so lived,
| Doctor? No, Doctor, | am not a train
| wrcckor, and every ono who will tako
tho pains to investigate will 500 that you
| wilfully misreprescntcd me to hide tho
ugly flaws in your own dirty character
and record. No, Doctor, you cannot hide
that way. If you wish to SANDER mo
you must move your headquarters. hire
n substitute and obtain decent paper
for your communications, to complete
tho JOB. am happy TO say am Il self
made man and that | began as l did,
| just because it was my only way to mako
| a livelihood.
My people were not fortunate enough,
as tho Johns family were, to leave pro
pcrty that | could swindle my family out
! of, if | were built that way.
Joseph f. Brown, of Georgia, plowcd
an OK, was elected State Senator, Circuit
| Judge, Governor, Chief Justice, and
United States Senator. At tho time of
his nomination for Governor hc was
binding wheat in tho field with negroes.
Abc Lincoln was a rail splitter. Since
have such illuStriOus examples | am not
ashamed to be a laborcr.
am inclined to believe, as j. A. Johns
does, that the Johns family is an honora-
bic family of people. At tho same time
| have often heard that many families of
honorable people have black sheep
therein, and it appears that this family
OF usually good people has its black
sheep in }. A. Johns, the great "Em
Dee.'
| do not believe there over was another
member of this family that was so un-
truthful, or that would have treated a
| poor orphan child as he did tho infant of
| his "belovcd' brother, and his brother
now living. About the only truth in his
| com munication is that Judge j. j. Nor
ton was an honorable and ominont man
and for this very reason, that he was
] honorable, | do not believe that ho adj
viscd }. A. Johns to appropriate tho in
tcrcst Of the infant daughter of his bro
thcr, }. B. Johns, to his own uso and to