Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-07-08
A Wordy War In Atlanta.

~HN~~~ - S0oN~tD ~
tween DIR. Len g. Broughton, the
well known minister, and Il. B. Eel
der, an attorney of this oity.
The cause of the trouble is All
effort that has been made by DR.,
Broughton and others to close up
certain amusement resorts in and
near the city on Sundays. Several
of the proprietors of these places
were arrested and tried in the
Recorders Court a few days ago.
Fielder represented them, and in the
progress of the trial he bitterly de-
nounced DR.. Broughton and his sup.
porters, but particularly DR.. Brough-
ton. DR.. Broughton replied in his
sermon Sunday night. Some of the
remarks in his sermon werr as fol-
lows:
"It is true that | had in the past
declared that the whist and euchre
tournaments of Atlanta, participated
in by women, was gambling just as
sure as crap shooting by negroes. l
said it then and l say it now. And,
further, it is true that / said if we
had men In our courts instead of
towards they would break up such
feminine defiance of law and good
morals. 1t is true that / said all
this, and with increased emphasis l
repeat it all.
"Who is Fielder, that he should
cry out, away with this pulpit p
Ever since l have been in this city ]
have known him only as profess
sional, paid lobbyist and State capi-
tol doodler, whose only calling is
that of getting big fees to lobby with
lawmakers to defeat the will of the
'toiling masses in favor of greedy
corporations and heartlcss monopo-
lies. No, my brethren, friends and
countrymen, the real animus is not
hard to find. This gentleman and
the goddess, Sabbath breaking mob of
hoodlums that cheered him there and
cheered him on the street have felt
the sting of this pulpit as it has
stood for a Christian Sabbath and o
clean government"
Fielder has issued a card in reply
to DR.. Broughton in which, among
other things, he says:
"And | here and now reiterate all
and singular charges then made, that
there is no man, however distin-
guished for probity, no woman, how
ever distinguished for purity of char
acter, in this city, who enjoys immu-
nifty from the vituperative abuse and
villification of this Kissing, venomous,
poisoned cobra; this clerical assassin
of character; this mau of God (?)
who bedraggles the holy robes of the
religion of Christ in the Shiny filth
of things political.
"There is no reputation so unsul-
lied, no character so irreproachable,
that this reverend follower of the
meek and lowly Nazarene' would
not willingly sacrifice for the deli
cious sensation afforded him of see
ing his name in one of the daily
papers of the city, under some such
yellow journal scare head as: Or.
Broughton Scores the Society Wo-
men of The City,
"Under the guise of religious fer
vor these scandalous charges are
made-are made purely for the pur-
pose of giving the author newspaper
notoriety, the author seeing to it that
it is accorded to him by the report
ers, and woe be unto the reporter
who fails to serve the public with his
ISLANDERS, and, too, under the rules
which appertain to yellow journalism.
eff the charge made by the rever-
end doctor is true, / am felon; if
false, he is malicious liar and a
deliberate defamer of character.
81 am engaged in the practice of
law. deem myself fortunate in
deed that among my clients are some
corporations, greedy though they
may be, when their interests are
nvolvcd, whether in the Court
House or Legislature, in pursuance
OF my constitutional rights, l appear
for them. They do not employ me
to practice corruption in either
forum. If should do so my SER
vices would be promptly dispensed
with by their executive officers, all
of whom, may state in passing, are
so high-toned, upright and honora-
BILE that this apostle of falsehood and
scavenger of social filth is wholly
unworthy TO fasten the latchet of
their shoes
s"Yours truly, II. B. Fielder"
A. II. Bass, Of Morgantown, Ind, had
to get up ten or twelve times i'm the night,
and had severe backache and pains in
the kidneys. Was cured by FOley's Kid
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