The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-01-03

sneak around
SANDER the Innocent.
gfst part is, that decent people
listen to and give credence to such
lies. How much nobler would it be
if they would demand of these low
down, lying gossips the proof or an
exposure if they fail to give it. If
one or two could be made examples
of, their lying tongues tongues could
be silenced." ...
saThe female liar is stalking abroad
in Saluda, but sooner or later she
viii be run down"
After the appearance of theseitems,
the people talked of the matter and
on The night Of the 10th citizens
meeting was had. At that meeting
The preamble and resolutions here set
out we're unanimously adopted:
SAT meeting of the citizens Of
the town of Saluda, S. c., held in
the Office of Mr.. B. r. Smith, county
treasurer, on the evening Of the 10Th
day of December, 1901, the follow
ing preamble and resolutions were
unanimously adopted;
'sWhereas, in the Saluda Sentinel
of December 18th, 1901, two articles
or locals rejecting upon the ladies Of
the town Of saluda appeared and it
appeared that said articles came from
the pen Of IL S. Cunningham, editor
and proprietor of said paper, and,
ssWhereas, we consider the state
menss made ia said articles to he
slanderors and feel that same are
undeseryed and uncalled for:
Therefore, be it resolved by the
citizens of the town of Saluda, S. O.:
ssFirst, That committee Of three,
to be appointed by the chairman OF
this meeting, wait upon e. S. Cun-
ninghan1 as soon as convenient and
demand of him that in the next issue
I OF his paper ne publish over his sig
nature an apology for and retraction
of the articles above referred to,
which said apology and retraction
shail be prepared by said committee
Second. That if the said r. S.
Cunningham fails, neglects or le-
fuses TO sign and publieh the above
apology and retraction above men
toned that then and in that event
the said committee demand of the
said Fl. S. Cunningham the name or
names Of the female or females re-
ferred to in the next issue Of his
paper. Il
ssThird, That the report Of said
committee shall be made to the chair
man gf this meeting who shall have
the power to call this meeting to-
gether again if he deems it neces-
sary.
These resolutions were signed by
25 citizens, among them being the
two ministers Of the town.
Messrs. E. G. Turner, J. B. Cole
man and ]. r. Crawford were ap-
pointed on the committee and on the
following morning they, with DIR. J.
w. Pitts, chairman of the citizens
meeting, called on Mr.. Cunningham
and presented the resolutions.
Your correspondent is informed by
DR.. Pitts that Mr.. Cunningham
agreed to publish IN the coming issue
of his paper the apology and retrac-
ton demanded.
On Tuesday night last, just as To
Sentinel was going to press, Messrs.
Pitts, Turner and Coleman having
learned that the apology and retrac-
tion was not in the paper, again
called on Mr.. Cunningham. They
demanded the publication of what
the resolutions called, either the re-
traction and apology, or the name or
names of the female or females re-
fsrred to. It is said Mr.. Canning.
ham agreed to name the ,a3ies, an
informed the committee that there
ace three of them.