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fGreenville News, 5th.)


York Times, James Nj. Moss, one OF
tho leading citizens Of Walhalla. cor
rects. in dignifled but emphatic Ian
guage. the misrepresentation con-
tanned In the Times story Of the
death by asphyxitaion at Elizabeth,
New Jersey, OF Sheriff John w. Da-
Wis and Supervisor Wm. G. Foster, of
Oconec county. Mr.. Moss says
when 1t Is stated that neither OF
these officers had ever seen a trolley
car, had never been away from home
prior to this trip, your correspondent
makes statement that Is untrue
and unwarranted.' or course it is: /:
the statement OF that correspondent
is a gross libel. There are very few
people in this State who have not
seen trolley car or been away from
home.
Possibly the most remote segment
Of our people are the mountain folks
in the upper part of this county and
over the line in North Carolina. hut
they visit the cities, and know all
about its modern cOnvenierces and
facilities. Moreover, IN The Keowee
Courier, the newsy weekly published
in the fine old town where these oiTi-
GERS lived and worked, 1t Is stated
that Sheriff Davis was often called
by duty to other States, while Super
~ H.,
Atalnta for three years.
Mr.. Moss goes on to say: "When
your correspondent states that the
men were unfamiliar with the mod
crn lighting system he makes ano-
;her statement that is unjustifiiable.
Both men were familiar with modern
lighting systems, as both were able
to light their homes by pressing
button. and we Of the South do not
consider gas for Illuminating pur-
poses modern, but antiquated, un-
safe, unprogressivc."
That is what Shakespeare would
have termed the "Reproof Valiant to
the Lie Drect'--a retort that with
the truth routs and repels yellow
Journalism which palms off as gen
uine news Il miserable compound Of
falsehood and sensationalism. The
South Is a land Of progress, and its
sons are holding the reins Of the ma
ttons destiny, but there are still those
in the North who paint the South as
yet being In a pioneer state Of civili-
Zation and who describe the South
erner as little more than an untutor-
ed barbarian.
The Keowee Courier Is inclined to
believe that both gentlemen lost
their lives through the almost crimi-
nal neglect Of the gas fixtures" in the
MOTEL where they died, but adds that
there may never be a clearing away
OF all the peculiar circumstances suf-
hctcntly to entirely relieve suspicion.
There are those who will never be
able to thoroughly and satisfacto, -"
eradicate from their minds the idea
that the two officers met their
deaths other than by accident"
"Thc people OF South Carolina
who knew these oniccrs," SAYS Mr..
Moss to the Times. "consider them
the equal Of any in the South or IN
the North They had been tried and
trusted and never had been found
wanting"
That statement we fully endorse:
that was their deserved rcputati0n
in this section. On the faces OF these
men were written their character:
they looked men straight in the eye
with smile; they had the ASPECT of
resOlutc and duty-lOving men---men
who accorded to their fellow-men the
deal: men who were staunch,
South Car0linians. AS
they were 1.-The equal OF any
in the South or in the North" and
had never been "fOand wanting"
That is more than can be said for
he police frocc OF New York. the
argcSt city on the continent, where
murder of the most horrible types
occurs almost every day: where
nalefactors Of great wealth rob
without molcstation: where the gun
man and the yeggman operate so Of
cn with ease: where the dehanch-
cry of innocent girlhood surpasses
nat OF the most hideous eras in the
history OF barbarism. 1t was but |
IcW years ago that a captain Of the |
New York police went to his death
IN the electric chair for instigating a
murder that shocked the nation; not |
SO long ago the newspapers contain |
ed revelation upon revelation Of New
York police graft, police conniyance