The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-11-29
City Attorney Sullivan
Comes to the Front Again

doughty editor of The Intelligencer.
steps out loses his "head" by en-
tangling 1t in iIrpertinent questions
and seeks to escape by blhming It on
me. Next with studied simultaneous
ness a tried and experienced colo
mel and a skilled captain of strategy
step out upon eSiring line to fight
to retain their official heads en-
dangered by their own laundering by
blaming 1t on me.
Then steps out no, the board of
strategy skillfully pushes out my
erstwhile lighting friend and comrade-
in-arms, Ex-Alderman Gilmore, who
cautiously seeks to retrieve his lost
"haAii" ky piss.Eas I. o.. ae.
With these gentlemen constantly
complaining that 1 wickedly caused
them to "lose" their precious "heads. .
Is it any wonder thct ! occasionally
seek to steady my nerves and clari-
~ my perceptions by looking at the
humorous side of the spectacle of
grown men ian editor. colonel. a
captain and an ex-franchise ,buster)
one by one or by twos, passing in re-
view before the judgment bar of pub-
tic opinion and defending themselves
by the. childish method Obtaining IL
on me.
Before the last ingeniousIy contri-
we'd attack upon me by Captain Wat
kins appeared in The Intelligencer on
Thanksgiving morning, members of
the present city council and others,
who have O right to be considered and
! whose views and wishes I respect, re-
quested me TO ignore. the fulminatiCns
Of the gentleman from the suburbs
and others unless In my Judgment
they we're such as to demand reply In
defense of my professional and per-
sonai honor. For this reason and, be-
cause. too. recognize the futility of
consuming time and thought in dis
cussing these questions with paid Of
hciais OF Southern Public Utilities CO.
and other members OF the general
board OF strategy OF the company
paid and unpaid, salaried and unsal-
aried5 regulars and volunteers I
shall decline TO be drawn into adtii-
tionci sxtended discussions of mat.
ter and points connected with the
franchise and the White Way already
sufficiently presented by me for the
confederation OF thougktful and faif-
minded citizens. But there are certain
veiles charges in Captain Waakins'
ThankSgiy offering utterly for
eign1 to tho "franchiseY or tiieg1S1fite
Way. to which / shalt direct attention
because OF their intended effect upon
the confidence OF my penpia itit my
rectitude OF purpose. ability and ac-
accomplishment in the performances cf
my duties as one OF the city.s attor-
neys during the four years OF Mr..
Sherard,s Illustration, the two
years or that pf MIR, T1oilelnan ang for
about three IT3ntfs an sole citv aftns-
ney under Mayor Godfrey and the
present city council. !
quote yetbAtlit one Of Che Cap-
tain's pussy f0ofed. slip-up- BE hind
you aifuAione 10 my record as d ptiE,-
tic prosecutor TO refFeeh the memoir
| les of those who may Raves read II
hastily ana thereby missed some of
the. eikene comes aisfl with such ex-
qulsite aftEniness Nlfliih it
Really ST pfetshslvely fprobabiy
the lastefl provoked 81 nothing more
offensive or aers0tis tIieti my GOOD 1fta-
tured reference to his rot being 4
lreBftlahss 6f tie city. the raDtsfif si,Yi.
denly distdrds hia cloak of digni5fed
and moderate statement {sesnaingiy
worn By: him only az part ol
his strategy and writes about me as
follows. except italics: s.
s1E we're 10 follow his ex-
simple 81 tlsis diecussfoR, sniKIft
augsest that regret that The psfb4
lie was so long deprived or the
splchasds work which ho analfS
accomplished and that an earlier
cleAn-up af the handa Of so ofli.
4 Gent n eff,aec0fnP had not Slavefi 81