Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-06-23

| ment signed Dy A. j. MckeiWay, con
tanning the following:
There has been so much exagger.
alton Of the facts about child labor II
the southern states that even the in.
telligent linotype In the Times ofiict
must have thought that the figures
given by me lately to Mr.. Stevenson
were too small
I'm letter to the editor of the
Manufacturers' Record under date Of
December 81. 1904, A. J. McKelway
referring to this statement In the New
York Times of December End, said:
"T wanted to let down the reporter
who was trying to do US q service, a.
easily as possible, and 80 made the lin
otype suggestion
yet the editor of the Presbyterian
Standard expects the Manufacturers
Record and other lovers Of truth to
take his imaginings seriously. He IL
incapable Of understanding that he has
discounted himself as a Judge Of truth
1.-The Presbyterian Standard should
know that no reputable paper can join
issue with its editor In polecat pole
mics"
Here the polecat confesses In black
and white that he lied.
But why multiply instances? His
character for lying on and fy-blowine
truthful men Is perfectly well-knowr
In Charlotte.
But II Is not alone as a liar and
hypocrite that, "as a rotten fish In
the moonlight he stinks and shines
There is no limit to his viciousness
and vindictiveness. Before prohibition
went into effect in Charlotte he tried
through a long letter to the proprietor
Of drug store. to effect the discharge
Of a druggist, a man Of family at that
who refused him credit for q quart OF
liquor and would not allow him to
take II out Of the house until he had
paid for It. He Is the only Presbyte-
rian preacher on record-the only
preacher Of any kind, 1t Is to be hoped
who was ever guilty Of the ineffable
baseness Of attacking the memory OF q
dead brother preacher ere he was more
than cold In his grave. The subject
Of this hyena-like performance was
that Cody man, the late Rev. DR.. r
E. Caldwell Of Winston.
Yet who has not seen this fiend on
the streets Of Charlotte on Sunday, In
his jim-swinger coat walking slow and
looking az devout as Cornelius, the
centurion! His heart Is full Of hate
while ..is face Is longest, and he Is con-
triving then how he may hurt some
body-cooking up some scheme OF
vengeance between church time and
family prayers Great heavens! How
can such a fraud and hypocrite sleeI
at night!
| And this Is the editor Of the organ OF
a great denomination. He has taker
the paper edited In turn by McNeill
Miller, Fuller and McLaurin, and con.
verted 1t into a sewer. A secular pa
per. purely in the interest of good gov
ernment, criticises in perfectly res
pectful terms perfectly legitimately
and strictly within its rights, acts OF
a municipal administration. A non
resident blackguard. the editor Of a
church organ, mind you, seizes this as
a pretext to assail personally. with
coarse brutality, the editor Of the Sc
cular paper, a citizen and taxpayer
AS incident to this outburst Of male.
violence he takes occasion to say thai
he does not know whether or not the
aldermen Of the last administration, In
buying from themselves, violated any
law. And there Is the law right before
his eyes! Nobody, not even the alder
men themselves. deny the violation
Nobody but McKelway. The unskill-
full, pitiful liar! What must the Chris
tian men and women Of the Presbyte-
rian denomination think Of the hypo-
critical humbug who wears the livery
of the Most High God and uses 1t as
cloak behind which he vainly thinks
70 hide his fiendish hatreds? II this
Is religion l would rather have small
pox. Nobody is safe from his assassin
dagger, and / close this accurate an
alysls Of his character with the famil-
lar quotation from Plutarch. "There
was In the city one Socius, Infamous
for his insolence and villainy. who
thought the perfection Of liberty was
licentiousness Of speech"
You have the kick which you have
80 longed begged for and so richly
earned ]. P. CALDWELL.