Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-02-12
WEDNESDAY, FEB. ), 1902.
CARD from Mr. D. r. ID.

Mr. Editor-I am panied to no.
tice that in your columns and the
columns of the other county pa
pers, that ex-Gov Sheppard assalis
me in a manner quite vigorously
from the wonderful, and yet un-
warranted, lmaginings of his ter
tile brain, concerning the issue OF
certain bonds, and thereby makes
it incumbent upon me to vlndlcate
myself to some extent from ms
gratuitious charges. l know II L
know myself, that | have done Gov
Sheppard no intentional wrong,
and i further know that if l had
done so intentionally or unlnten-
tionallv that EDITOR Terrell, who
so carefully and critically inspects
every line published in his paper
would have promptly returned the
paragraph to ME unpublished, as
he should have done had it con-
tanned the slightest suspicion of a
reflection upon the personal char
acter and integrity of our honoreu
senator and highly esteemed ana
distinguished fellow-citlzeu.
For .ome three or four weeks,
have written each week IN my let
ters to the Monitor a paragraph
concerning the action OF a called
msss-meeting of the vot RS of WISE
aud Pl;kens townships Oh the
bond question. Concerning when
meeting the Edgefeld Chronicle Of
the 18th OF January, after announc-
ing the usual organization of such
a meeting said:
"Ex-Goy Sheppard, on behalf OF the
committee appointed at IeVlouS
meeting TO act for the townships, IN
troduceI the following resolution
Resolved, by the citizens o. iie
and Pickens townships, in meeting as
sembled, that the delegation TO the GEN.
eral assembly from this county, be, and
are hereby requested to obtalnt the pas
sage of bill by the Legislature au-
thorizing said townships to refund the
debt now outstanding against them,
by issuing new bonds in an amount
sufficient to retire the present out
standing bonds, the new bonds to bear
interest at the rate of . per cent per
annum, and to run for thirty years. ~
Gov Sheppard advocated the
passage of this resolution with his
usual characteristic ability, and
it was adopted, % of the worthy
aud best citizens of the two town.
ships voting in the affirmative and
-,.; .-.ii!!!!2g :. . vote t.ae -cb-
Der band any amount they should
demand to free themselves from
the incubus of $4,000 U S court
Judgment staring them in the face.
And this was the condition of
the bond matter until in my letter
to the Monitor on Jan 80, when l
wrote as follows
"And nov We hear the sad news that
the senate, on the petition of IS voters
of Wise and Pickens townships at a
of said townships, represe ntlng near
j 800 voters has already passed an act
authorizing the county commission
ers of our county to issue new bonds
against Wise and Pickens townships,
amounting, when paid, to Sl5Q.O00 TO
take up debt of $4,000 in bonds issu-
ed years ago, and which bonds were
delivered without any valid consider
alton. and which said bonds have been
declared demonstrations by our own
Supreme court, composed of as able
jurIsts as the world affords.
And this information was given
me by one in high authority, and
/ gave it as a news item, lot hav-
ing the least idea of its inaccuracy.
Knowing, as l did, Gov Sheppard's
views on this matter less than Ole
month previous, and not dreaming
that be had stamped his foot upon
his own resolution to secure the
passage Of the very act above al
luded to, and for the adoption of
which resolution be 30 zealously
advocated at the meeting Of the
two townships on the 9Th OF Jan.
last. This error of mine in saying
chat the senate had passed the
bond bill, SO Ems to be most griev-
Gus to him, but / think his repin-
ings are void of any foundation
whatsoever, and that l am more
slnned against than siuning."
But it gives me great delight to
read from Gov Sheppard's card,
the following pledge to our people:
81 would not be satisfied if did not
state in the most direct and specific
terms. that nothing has been done,and
nothing shall be done, whilst | am a
member Of the general assembly which
will have the tendency 'to plumber and
Impoverlsh and pauperize' any portion
of the people of Edgefield county.
This pledge of Gov Sheppard's
means much to the tax payers of
Pickens and Wise townships, and
we rejoice exceedingly thereat, and
now feel we are secure from the
recent probability of an enormous
debt of $i50,000 being placed upon
our shoulders in payment of So
0U0 in outlawed bonds, i'll the
hands of certain New York bucket
shops. Jew dealers in superannuat-
edand worthless bonds.
Verv respectfully.