Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-06-19
PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE.


Brown, published last week, he quite
severely arraigns me on the implied
charge Of gross negligence, but as an
alternative he permits me to walk
out OF the labyrin,h Of implications
and imputatiOnS, (Which during the
past two and Il half years have al
ready been worn thrcadbare) through
the lOopholc Of lack OF "cxccutivc
ability"--with regard to which quail
ity ! neither claim to hold a mOmop-
oily, nor yet to have attained infalli-
bility. He has Il perfect right to
criiicis" ny acts, even at this late
day. but coming now. if designed to
BE- OF any benefit to the public, they
arc from t"o and Il half to five years
late. | assume, therefore, that his
strenuous indignation cmanatcs not
entirely from his abundance Of vir-
tue.
In noting these several structures
by my friend Brown | must ask the
indulgence of the public for inllct-
inE upon them that which possibly is
of but little more than passing in
tercst and | trust that shall be able
to c0ndcnsc what is to be said into
such space as to prevent its being
utterly wcariSome.
with regard to my "storehousc Of
information | can but say that MIR.
Brown should be quite as familiar
with the facts and figures regarding
the towns property at the corner OF
Main and College streets as am |.
He was present when the measure
ments were made, when permanent
work was done fronting his property,
and he was the contractor who did
the work. lie knows that he notiiin |
me that he could not get the proper
frontage according TO what was pre-
viously tho property marking-an
old fence. lie knows also that we
measured that block and found i:
lacking about two feet Of havin. a
full block frontage: he knows just
as we'll that the block east OF his
was measured and found to contain
more frontage than is properly
within town block: and, whether
he knows 1t or not. the blocks east
and west Of these two were meas
nrcd, and they were found to con-
tain so nearly their proper dimen-
Si0nS as TO leave no room for doubi
but that there. at the corner OF Main
and College streets, was one OF the
numerous inaccurate markings Is
1t not strange that he did not then
break forth with criticisms OF gross
negligence. etc. and refuse to move
his line? | heard no complaint then
OF being ONcr-HcalOuS in looking al
ter the rights Of citizens. And grant
ing that his short memory had failed
to retain anything regarding these
measurements. when his attention
was called to it by private citizen.
was it not his duty 20 ascertain the
facts for himself? 1t /, cntircly
within the range OF possibility that
my recollection in the matter is
faulty, but the fact OF the existence
have been all sufficient, ! think, to
have urged him to make di,igent
measurements. Was his attention
called TO the matter? Knowing full
we'll his profound fondncss for me-
and the fact that our ideas on some
subjects were so widely divergent. [
hc&itatcd to make a suggestion, and
instead OF going personally to him
requested a mutual friend TO do so
course adopted in the hope that
some good might be accomplished.
ana at the least risk Of incurring the
diSplcasurc Of the infalliblc.
Indeed, his memory must be wo-
iuliy deficient. lie lays to my credit
tor diScrcdiD the making OF the
sidewalk near the Blue Ridge Rail
way IGht-oI-way. And yet the citi-
"cns OF Walhalia have been travel
ing mat same sidewalk for 20 years
10 my knowledge. The actual trav-
"IlhS surface was rough. uneven and
Washcd away in many places Gin very
much the same condition as Is now
the new model walk down College,
from Main street to the dcpot. |
did have put In a retaining wall to
hold The surface, and the walk iIsolf
was slightly lowered at some places
and slightly raised at others, giving
a gradual descent the whole length
OF the block. Probably it would
have been better to have made n
level two-thirds Of tho way, abut It
AGAINST an elevation and sion Nou