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ho S EWINt *1:1 ADLIBY &CO, aOrintsTOWS. 'IOKENS 0. H..S. C.: : 1t DAY, 'F1BItARtY 4, 1886. Mr. rnldley's Defenes i Thee are some things in our friend S andpartneris dlence that we do not taho b: great pleasure in publishing. We refer of to those portions which reflect upon N 5em of the citizens of this County. But there is supreme gratification in the fact that Ovry lhin of the defeice is legiti mate material for publication made so by a designing unprovoked attack on d Major Bradley, to defeat his confirma b tion, and we presume that all who have endeavored to assist Mr. Brayton, have s done so willingly. Sd Whatever objec- a tion' thtle liiay'be to the 'pub1ldation of i the reply to Mr. Brayton, we answer it t in the Iaeonic words from the Bard of b Avon: "Tie in ourselves that we are t thus or thus." If the name of anyone v appears in these columns accompanied t with words not the most respectful,' it is there as the legitimate eonseqddnes of his own act, as much so as if he had f written the words himself' and requested their publication. Since the reply appeared in the News and Courier, Mr. W. G. Field has in formed t6 (3reeNicille ' News that he stated notihing in his affidavit derogatory to Major' Btdiley. We presume that statement waq intended somewhat as an apology. The affidavit, no doubt, was contribtited for all it was worth, to be used in pioinoting the wishes of him who procured it, and that it stated uoth ing,derogatory of Major Bradley is due to the feet, that the deponent know hothing of that kind. We are loth to say tiat hd allowed himself to be impos eI upon by some one more designing than himself, but this may have been the case. But notwithstanding the mis fortunes whidh overtook Mr. Field, While hO was Probate Judge for this county, he was honorablo enough to re lieve the pressure on his sureties to the last nlokle',t worth of property .that he and his family possessed, but this was necessary, aDd that is the fly in the oint ment. W\ do not think that this noble spirit of manhood and honesty has been in the least to blame, for his making a ..ommun cause with Blrayton against hBradley,. He had to get on another plane Those who have undertaken to defeat Major Bradley, it seems to ua have brought themselves into an unenviable notoriety, on a most meager nope of sue ces., We can assign no reasonable mo tive for the attack, and his complete dn fense shows that they have not been able to make the shadow of a case against him. A Stern Father. LAst fall Nelson Griffin, colored was arrested on a charge of perjury. In or der to p)revenit hiH being commiitted to jail, his father, Peter Griffin, executed a < mortgage of?his hondo and lot to indem' nify an acceptable bon dsman, in ease the prisoner should inot :put in an appear- 1 ance at the next term of the United Statds Court. Nelson acted rath& im politely towards his generous father and fled, without oven seeking alkind adieu. HisJ fether offered $25.00 reward for his ar-rest, which was effected in Elbert -County, Ga. Thence the injured father brought hin oid unto the nil of, Pick ens, where lie awaits the p)leasure of the Court, and the testimony. of his accus era. The Pickens~ Farniers, There was an encouraging numnber of the farmers present in the Court House last Monday, when the presi dent of the Ap;ricultural Society called the ineeting to order. The discussion of the programme was at once commeneed and an lunusual in tereat was soon awakened. We feel sure that much good resultedl t those present. omno wvho have not beenl regularly initiated were some what backward in taking a part. But the sQciety wishes every farmer in the county to consider himself a] member, aind to come forward and(< taea pkit. The society is of the ' fattierst for the farmers and by the faihners, and otery eok who brings< 14 apeience and contributes that tieh he is a valuable member. The EeAowee Courier of the 28th uIt. has t,he following: Gatbe Ndings, of Franklin County, I a5ld Jolup A. Ward, of HaborshAm I a *ere arrested in Waihalla, Gibsboni, ohm a charge of car aon ed *iapons. The arrests ~r~J~adppnpty by Sheriff Brea theb~ pJiers Committed to ~Md~~p noshd'endrink na~d app~eered determlbed to paint towni red when~ they were arreo & .us IHawkine and James 1ra young map of our county, have ti. ouble. While in Waihalla on dythe imbibed tfxQ freeIy of 40d tn leave of the place 4', -. p*ening ad6m6 of the gates I ow ig, &c., in Midway q4Ua~',on their ho6meward ta'p,dstplaint having, been ttoribefdre trial justice h u4on -a warranit, L ~ 4b erheamor, anid daags c.'r onrier ghe I.'ar Ol Qia I V --Co1 to iruytan le roaug Man OrIECT6n BruDLEY's FLAIIniu r Ao EFFECTIVE REPLY TO THE DEsqUNIA TORY PAUPWILET OF HS PREDECEs3oR SOME INTERESTING REVELATIONS IN RE OARD TO BRAYTON'S MIALADMINIITRA TION OF 11S OFFICE. Major D. F. Bradley, collector of ternal revenue for the District of )uth Carolina, returned to Colum a ev'ening before last, after a visit a few days to the up-country, and 3stiday a representative of the ewe and Courier called upon him r the purpose ol ascertaining wheth he desired to make any statement reply to the pamphlet of Ex-Col ctor E. M. Brayton, issued a few aye ago, to defeat his confirmation y the United States Senate. Major Bradley stated that he had een and co)nsidered the pamphlet, nd was ready to reply to it. Know ig of no medium so well suited to he purpose as the News and Courier, Le was willing to give its representa ive such facts in hi possession as rould explain not only his own posi ion but Brayton's motives. "Mr. Brayton," said he, "prints OAtMlED EX'rRACTB ron editorial comments of the Pickens SENTINEL, on the character md conduct of certain indivi<hitals )nployed in the rovenue service dur ng his administration, with ;ie view > proving his assertion that I was a 3ynpathizer with the Iuoonshiners, and hostile to the revenue ofiicers. [ most emphatically pronounce this 3tatenont false. As proof of its fal 3ity I will give you copies of aflida i'it.s which have been sent to Senator lanipton. I shall not rely upon tho 3tatemlentts of my own political frintlyd but will introduce the tcstinonv of 3ome of the miost prominent ani in luontial llep)ub,licals in the lp-collu try. Mr. Lesley and Mr. Folger are natives of Pickens County, and have known ne from my boyhood. They hnve both beon active and prominent members of the lepublican party 3ince its organization in South Caro tia, and as shown by their affidavits lave hold ollico ContinluoutslV unditler ie tepublican admlnliitrations of he State. 1hey are both men of in eligeince andi high personal char'ac .er, and their testimomy will be be ioved byi all who know them. Mr. Kirkland, who makes inl alidavit, is m lieplictian also, aLnd was for years )Imptoye'il in the intertal revenule rier TiCe. Mr. lyde, whose lllsolicited otter I will show you, has been a irolmliuent nmicitiber of the lRepublican )itrty since it was organize(t in this state andl at one time represented 3i'eenville County inl the legislature, ind has held office in tho internal .ove11o service The other afidfa eits are from well known anid prom11 linnt D)emocratic citizens who havo aconi for years closely assoc'iatedl with no0 and( who know my opinions in re fard1 to the enforcemnent of the reve mec laws. I could1(, if it wore neces .ary, get thiouisands of just sneh aifli lavits from the most hionorale citi ens of Pickenjs and the adljoininIg oiuitis, but I think these aro suhli iont to effectively disprovo Mr. Bray 0on's statement." "What was your position on inter. 1al'evenule mattefrs as5 a citizen anid s editor of the Szr.rNrur "'I dlid not dlenlounce the mien ema >loyed ini the r'eenuo se'rvice a1 Mr. 3rayton impihlies, if ho does not ex )ress4, ini his pamphlet. Ther~-ie wYero ome11 good m1101 ini thosorlvi(ce at that imie, bult it is sid~ thaimt they were iever nlc(h in favor wit.h Mr. Brav on. My opposition was not to the 3overlihiient nor to R. proper' enforco iient of the revenue' laws, but to c'er aini meni and melthods empldoyed in ts enforcement. In just ilientionl of lhe strilt.ures mado(1 by mo1 onl the sonducet of t-hese oficers it will I bhink, ho suflicient to give you these racts: WVilliam Springs was, affor' his igh-handed procedure ini Pickenis Jounty, convicted at GrIeenvillc oif he theft (of a wvatc-h from a negro and ent to the State Peniitenitiary, Hie va's patrdloned by Governor H amnptonI mi conidit ion that he wouzld leave thle state. He went to wesitern Nor-t h1 Jarolinua anid was there killed in a ersional difficulty. Hugh S. Kano, vho it is salid killed Amos Ladd1(, vae, if I mistake not., ind(i(cted in the P'ederal Court fo,r perjury, but wheth r he was triedl or not 1 (do not re.* nembher. Another of these favori tes i Mr. Brayton-Hoffmnan lby niame w ~as indicted for malfeasanco in ifice. Ho was charged with forging he nme of a iiman 0on a rocoipt for unney alleged to have been pid( to ,n informor. The signature was ade with a cross umrk, I have beeni nformeod, and( Hoffman dlrow the nloney. The man, a Mr. D)odgens, old me piersonally that 110 could vrite his name and never signedl by ~ross-mnark, that he never was an in ormer, and thlat the paper)C was at orgery. 'TIo (case ieemned to he a plain (one, but HlofYman was permit bed; I believe, to escape a tial for somne reason unknown t.o me, and moon after shook the dust of the State from his feet. Others oif the same set whom I denouncedl were in lieted for other offences, but what :lispositioni was made of these casca I eanlnot saty, as I hatvo not atccess at this time to the r'ecord1P of thme Court. Phese were the kind of rnmn1e aoneed, as I felt it a duty I owed he people and the government to 10 so." "Row about MIr. B3rayton's (SAss ion, that 'your sen timents, conduct nd record show you to have not on y been such a sympathizver with vrio ators of thne internal *rvannas laws, utitgb hstile-to the oAicers, oppoed A~t~jAwan antagonistic toth the o teq1too 9 t n p nt to the eni ienti ranedr ur the laWs have been enforced sicp I assumed charge of the ebllectorship, Nine il licit distillories have been detroyed, and not a particle of rceistance has been of'ered to the o$icers disclharg ing the ,duty. . The work, was done so quiet that soarcoly any one in the neigborhood of 'the dlstilleries know of it until after the officers had left' the neighborhood My depu ties in the divisions where illicit die tillation has been carried on informt me that the condition of affairs has been very much improved, that in less than twelve months from now there will be eomnparitively little violation of the law, and that then thlero will be no trouble in the enforcoiuent of it, THE HELP OF GOOD CITIZENS. "In one section of ily own cuntry, I where violations were formerly fre quent, several prominent citizens, af ter my appointment as collector, held I a meeting and resolved that they would, since the change in collectors t had been made, co operate with the < revenue ollih ters and report every case l of violation that caine within their 1 knowledge. There has not been i since that time any violation of reve nu1o law in that suction so far as I aun in formetd." "%V hat is yoltr policy in adlini6 tering the law?" "It htas beeni my purposn to secure hy a firm but hnane enforcement of the law, the co-operation of the better class of citizens in the inter est of the law. In this I believo I have been or will be successfll, an'l I hope by this moans to break up en tirely all Violations of the revenue laws. Sho11hl this ctsurso--which was never perrsne1 by my predccessor - ---happen to 'fail, then ot her methods will be r'esorted to. No long as- I amt collector the law wfll be enforced, and the revenile due the gove'meliiit collected and honestly accounted for." fr"W'a.4 Mr. Bravton's adclninifstra tiutn very cflicicentl "W hel I took charge of the oflceo I found it in a very Cotrs;5EI ANt) UNAr1'AuTotr condition. RteportH which shoubJ ha11ve been presentc+- by %I r. Urayton upo101 their receipt from his sulordi late(s were ncglvet(cl for moni h and hal to be ml;e hv me; ia-4-srments 11 the 1iyt hid he-en neglected1 fotr years: du111lienlt.t crlie gcs a1;r.inast tacx p ayvtrs we re allm1tc ly! him to rc' malcin on the list. and were iichedlt' and turn"l ovcr tl me. li.it- ,r whik.h had be''n 4hVKttrVI-Il by fire or At4l n from the warehouses wat' csch'ldule- I by him to 1me 11s in bond, an:1 he A; peared to Iuw but lit tle alb;ut. tih;; aftairs of his 0flice. Yot he cuom- - platins that he watS remo-1vedI whhioiut good cuseI and for noi al0vined roa seln. PerhaipsI if he wo(ul1l ask1 the I 14 pafrtmenti , or consut. the 'repor-in rnade( lby Rpj:lhli-anf revenu le aenis, i-i to hise 'liiciency he mi iighlt he) enI hlitented upoln this subij#kt. I His bill of e unph)ltinlts agitt me1 011 the fir-t page of his~ pampLh1lelt co tins 1bult two truths. Hef is corroe'(4t when 47 he says tilt i nam a rei'It t----9 i he mlighlt hlave sidi a nautive , of Piikerns Counity, anVd tha-t I hn-ve ha,-t the 11o1no1 tO represenitt lhe petop.lo oif thalt Legislatunre. H is othel(r etatemren ta I fale. T1heo animus1 of 11is whle at lack 1is shown inl h5is Il t tement to G>l.5 ~John (5. 1llaskell, an!d (covered by C'ol. Hask(ell's aiidbrvit, thait lie had n1( ob j'ctlions to mte, and1( that if [ would reain his siste'r-in-law ini office as at clerk he wIouill favor U my'oinrm tioni, butt tht obth"rwiseO he woldlI op pose1 it."' ''Do you41 wish to say anything aibouit the( remioval of subordi nate o0lieeirs?" "Th2le law; given me the tight to ap pouit all my sub1ordhitels and1( hols u-ome eponsile for their conducl(t. Br'aytonl charge'p' that I removed fIe pubillicatns- and( alppo(intedI ineIxperi'eu cedI Dtemuoc'rats in their place. As to that I conh11 say thait I exercised the .same1 right w-hich hi-s been e'xercised by all miy Republ)l(tlia pro'de(csors and1( that it is ntot wVorse for me to put in 'inlexpLIereed D)emoe ats' thtan for him to) have puit in intexpe rienced IIcepubtlicans. New appoIin toes are of coumrse inexperienlced. T[he app1oint men t. were, howeiver, made with a viewv to the Of thet serlvi(ce. It re-quiiredl reform and has re'ei"Ied it. 'ThIere never was~ a more .partisan4 official ini tis State than Bray ton. [Ieing a carpet-bagger, he knew noithing aboulit the senti menOts' of our peolphe, andI had nmo i t.erests inl common)47 with uts. As State chairinan of the Reopuldican pazrty heo used all1 the~ power' 'onflfrre1'd on im t 1 to adlvance hisI own political interest. To keep h-imself in office and to draw t h is si alry seeme i01 to be his entire care. Heo regarded the int(erest of the Governm-ent but little, and kept upl ats much conlfuiiHon in the se'rvice ns lho could in or'der toi dlivert aitte i cuinfrom his owt shtorkotuings. HeI dIOno)tiCuce the wthiile peopile of thme State ase mulrdererlS, incenllaies, &e., yet st.ill has1 the assuranI11ce~ to live amonlgst. them. Since he took the privliege of publising myi privhate note to lhm, I will tell you whait he said to mne, simply to showV what kind of manh he is and how he regar ded the~ ditties detvol'ing on1 him. He told me that (depulty United States llmraals had beeni very' persistent in their demainds fo)r wi'arrats, alnd that huunidre~d of prosecultions were miaide which haArno merit in them. This, he atdmittea, was AN t)UTRIAON rnR G1~(OvrFtufMM, 'but,' said he, 'as those rfnen hand to Smake their muoneyv by fees, 1 frankly aAmit thab I hadno dmsu tirit rovont their making all they coul )ut of its, andiwheve*,4hey Wauted warranth I granted thei1tl' Ha fur her said- that he. knew the Govern LueAit Was muleted q4t of a grea :leal of zifogey i this way, yet hF made no effort to prevent it, although ho had the requisite power in hik Liark,Is.". "And about the removal of Mrs I3rayton?" "Col. Haskell'o affIdAlit In icientl) iudicates the reasons influencing rue rhe clerkship held by Mrs. Braytor was in great measure a confidential mne, the duties approximating those >f a private secretary, and it ought to be held by some one suitable to the collector. I do riot propose to uring a woman into this matter and o I shall not make any further ref rence to Mrs. Brayton." Major Bradley in closing the inter v'iew referred to the well-knowh fact hat the internal revenue office un lor Brayton was so overrun by his tegro allies, and was so occupied by ii; political henchlnen that it was a lisagroeble place to visit oubusiness, rid he quoted also the adruission of Brayton that he had had to go North ,u get his official bond signed) and ontrasted it with the fact that he Iad had his own bond signed in the )riefost 1)oSSible timo by his friends mnd neighbors in Pickens. TUE AFFIDAVITS, le fohowing are full tbsErtots of ho papers roforre d to by Major Brad. ey. A word of otplanation is needed o show why soveral of the affidavits mnpugn the veracity and general haracter of certain men, and it is hiA: The collector had- information hat Bravton had induced one or twc )f the lat ter's old subordinates, who vere discharged by Major Bradley, o nake alli lavit that the collector, vhon a private citizen, had cheered Redmond, the moonshiner, upon th< >cewsion of the rai-. upon Pickens Jourthtoutse; and some of the best non in the county have aecor. tingly estitied to the character of th. t presumed witnesses, whose proluc ions are probably roeserved for the Major Bradley also has informatlor hat Bravt.on wrote to a Republicar n thickens to get "Hombl)ody"~ to 4war that he had once sold "block i(e" wh iskoy to the prcsont c,llector. 'his shows the extent of BraYton't Dnmity. As a iit ter of fait, ullee f.or liraloy has been a total abstainor uearly twelve yours. c' L. JO TN 0. HASK ETt, if (oluuoie, abowi that. "at, the tirni "f tit appi:)tnment of Uolic'tor i:;a:.d <e. the dlepone.nt. an-l ulnl:y 'ithy-r Itawyer(" Or t eu (',ln.(1'ia. t:( (ytar lostnn 33tr:. j,)in;l, in a requ)It."t ti, bimT) to i:ppJ'Oint to a ('+!'kip in hi lee Mr.;. 1,t,(Ctntto, the W {)tiw of i pt ",mrnineIt lawevtr wiv ha-I loft. hir' f)'.u)ii!y in very. traight,nt1At (ie;tan 1.tanCt. tal. 0 ..: "Ont('l arn +y Th~ ort iem and o thr prw ii#nsI oif thIe Mitte, and MLi agree'd t.> !Ii:1ko it. A b'>t 3iir. R~ ME. Braryto'i, wVho Mir. Bradley a oletr iiwedl sister in-law, aits aisk ent to use his~ inlIl.ience w BIra-Ilev to r"voko M.\I appoitinOnent antd retaminI t(on. i)eponent suggtl' not q,uiiing M. i-s. Uii nessi' genTeralyIt, her. rete r-tofitial. positioni wo)l ward('( in vitew of the( ex'rr.m posiiitioni taken byv the -s i1ravtoni and cll of hisii ci no0 objecTtiont to MIr. J) , w~ouild lbe wvilling to) aid ii htis conitirintin, (umention 1Lepubilican Senastors whois could control, notably ti ator Ednmunds,) p)rovidedl ton wams retained, hot thi defteat the conhrirmatiton ifsa retained. D)eponent aske< what ground.. Mr. Bradley ment couIld b)e ob)ecte'd upon0! ]raiy tor. anisweredt t niotorioutas that all the Pickensu sy trnthized with bult gatve no other r'easotn. The aflidavit of w. A. LEMLEY oitatesi that he is, and been), anf naOtive muembetr pul icanO par'ty in S~ouath that in 1860 he was appoi irer for the county and( h poi ntmnent fromt each sue pul1blican Governor up to the election of a Deomocra. uover >r ini 1876, w'hen he was remoivedl antd i Democrat atppoinited. Heo has bieen iitimaitely aerptaOinlted with Major Bradley ever since the latter's hoy. )otod; that ho knows him to he' i iigh-tonod genttlematn, and in evera itrt icular wlEll <(t] aliled to dischar'gc hio (duties of the 0fico to whioh he asE been appointerd, anid htlieves that to will d!.:isat'e the duities, of t he anlly. That If a D)emocrat is te lave the office. Hie would as sooni 00 Major Bradlley coilector of the utern:d rovenuto as atty man ini the~ JoHN t. THORNLT S's dUkiavit is that ho ha~ boen since 1875 a LJoted tteo (Jomunissioner, andt rosidl utd at Piakens Court Honse. Th'at dlur og th:is timeo ho thas beeno personually asi mtintd wvithi Major Jiratdley antd knows 11s senitimentau and fechings in regard tO hoe vio)lati<mi of the internal reonnue laws [to knows that Major Bradley did( not in mly waiy aid or entoturage the illit'it traf. him in whi.skey, but on t he contrary uised1 his influenit.e on all legitimate occasionse lo prtevail upon the people to desist froir it. ThIi wras done in pnblic, throug) the press and ini pivato conversation H[Is only oppositioni wa to 00ome of th4 menS, and thte tmanner in which tho lauv wore execnted. Since Major Iuradley'i appointment deponent hta Li6ren #'losel~ oonnecd with him and his deputtiese it the enifordomnent of the laws, and knowi that it is Major .Bradley's l1trpoM, al wcil as that oif his deput.ies, to p)idil Lm.1 rn-w.to all vioti-m (nt tm &0. y bth sinehsid niitfehis esal in dtye' a0d his e oebo 'ea. up all illidit tk'afii i < *Laiskey, and has protieltted all *am of violations ooming to his notice or tb3 I atioe of bi deputiee; that after Major .1 xlety'e. appoitnent deponent had a i donversation with H. - B. Hondr"ioku, in a the course of which Hendritks said hd I was glad of Major Bradley's appointmeut t for he would niak6 an ezddllent ofdder t that if it had been neoeeary he (Hen-~ d drioks) would huvo recomnondetd him; and deponent was surprised when ho heard that Hendriake was sooking to get up affidavits to defeat Major Bradly 's vontlrmatiou. Deponent avers that Maj. Bradley is a gentlem an well qualiled for the position he holds, and that he had shown by his determined enforement of the law that no violationa will be winked at by him. Tito aflidavit of 0. P. KIRKrAND declared that the deponent has been a Republican and idontitled with the Re publitan party ninoe 1866; that he was in the internal revenue service for ten yearss eight ,roars as deputy collector, in charge 1 of a division doing duby along the North I Carolina liue, in the counties of Oconee, Pickeis, Greonville, Spartanburk and I York; that during his servioe as deputy v colletor-the worst period of illicit die % tilling-he frequently raided 'through a Pickens County in charge of raiding forces, capturing and destroying distil. a loriets; that there and elsewhere for ten N years past deponent has known Major n Bradley as an honest, upright and high- :1 toned gentleman,aud as a consorvative and " lawab,ding citizon; that while deponent is i and has been opposed to Major Bradley t as belonging to a difforent political party * he avers that so far as ho can see and hear, aud from his paumt knowledge of the ( servioe he is in a position to know, Maj. Bradley is one of the most co:pOtent u and faithful men who has filled the Cl- I lootor's oflico since 1866; that personally it ho is far msore competent to fill the oths d ho is in than his prodecessor, E. M. t lirayton, and that it in deponent's honest t belief that no better man for the position " could have beou selected from the Dem ooratio party. That as far as known to i dopouenn any complaints or allegations ' that may have boon made against Col- C loolor Bradley or his subortinates since in offico are false and without foundu tion. Doponent ha- held no official po sition since iast J uly and is not an aspi rant for oflice. An affidavit from ALONZO M. FOLOER C states that the deponent has been for the last four yours chairmman of the tepubli can exemitvo colimmttee of Pickens County; that he held the position of ountuty auditor ntlor thei lieutiblaiu ad nliaistration of the bmtatc until a change of Adiuinistration iii 1876, and sinceI88) bad boen powttlhaster at Easley, y. C., under th, National .Repubbatn Adnn istration up to 1885, wvien ho resigned under thei present Admintar,ation. Hit' lal1i'n1t that ie haw b c'n p"rsola+illy n1 laldwith Mlajor Hrailey all hta lifo and known him to bo i high toned on- i tlerann and in ovnry at: astu thorou8hiy j llu:i.haed'1 to h'chai1 {: the d111alor of tie a o,l,set he hou!-. If a t -:i trat. i'. to tiil r th" p't mti,n a t-p'+oeat woual rat:ier se .klaler !h.,ir'y mn it thitu ainy, mfan in, 1 N un :r:;lina. '1Tha. tv'dile ..jor - J. rs1r' tHs coet1!r :1C. I the mnainer af a Ine eCre:on, (f tee rc-m a' , l( 1 1 onenit '.u's n-5-1r k1ni,w:1 huln to ami( e:d m .1 iopontfenft knowna H. It. Hien diritiks andl( wotuld not believe hima ot' oath whore ho was iutoreeted in caryn a poainit. D oponent himself aays he is now itnd wast at thet time namtfedl a mner chaint, residing atid doing business nt Them aflldaivit of3 * iR A. Oftti.n a is :rmolically idetntictal with the fore'going 50 fair ats a ampplI es to the raid or Iita edond tan,o the town of Pickens, nad thei visit oIt Majoar liraidley itad oathers toa Ii etdmotnd at he time ot fa the fttnous AIlKinley trtaervta.w Hie ftarthIer aivers t hait he hats beten int-. tmately acquatinted with ijor BI-adkey for yeatit"- knowsv htis senftim,enit and Optiioas. andi knaos that he hats never- a.rmpaithizead withI law leaante-s- of any chatraclt.r tandat the iotormi advisea given the people btoth inl his paiper- and tr alm the stump hti aseen Itor thtem (o, iatadoni the illidit trafiri in w h iskeaya ite has freqnen tly eondemnieud the matner of the execut ion of' the law, lbu' has never taad, assistedl, syntipathized with or given encoutraigemeant to tt holationa of the r-setnue latw. Depaonent knoews W (G "idhil to haive been, while .Judge~ of Probate of I Piekens I ttnty, a defat ar to a lar ige aimouant. ieo htas heen anforirted that Field applied toffpjor Bradley tot ta posito un der' himt. which was re:used, as~ da-poaneni be informed, becatuse of Field's dissi'pated chatracter anad bad repute. D)epaanent is now. and was at the time mentioneai, a priacticing attortney residing at Pickens Court lionse. TitS JoileT ArfthAViT of Col. R. E. liowen, ex-State senattore J.* It (Gtnsett1 trial jusatioe; I. \l. Bertry H. C. Blriggs J M. Itampey , hd A. G. Wy aL is iha' they Are aaquainited wath nnd ko* the genr.al dharacter of W6 (I. .Vield, i Il Iftandricks awd (G. WV. denta es and k an hem iint 10 ri af had a0atar.aOW an~d f-'afl eh" o!haratt0 aid ft}tdtnipet Iq.j kui)V't age wouid ot bt lW 114 elt,ef the three n oathi. I 1 i. ;k he 'rit h Of ..' Collector ladley i" date ',reenville, anuary 21, 'aqd oo' lit $h followih taretuentrst "By'tot a'e 1Ait. I redceivesl oirotlar statlug nAn.y retnb why you hould be retuoved as dolled-or, and I will Ike the present opportunty to say to you hat I do not propose to have antythinf to t with it. I Said to you last May at. Ptok. ns Court House that I *as saStfild with ur appoiument and I wilt not go back a it. I am also authorise<d to say to you or lon. A. iytthe and E. li tarton of our oounty that they ate of the sane ipilion. The following extracts from Mijor Brad. ey's paper, tie PLiokeIs ftbNiNgl,, shows is real attitude on the internal revti uestiou: stlt' 8StVrsNIM i DITOR5ALe. From Me Pickens Sentinel, March 28, 1878-) "Mr. Thotu:ss lK attney, a highly re. pected oitizen, ittorns us that o:l t'desday r Wednesday of last week a sqiaid of themd Ihcials Came to his house adu Without the rarrant or authdrity oL latw, Marched hit ouse, tore up his beds, otitsd and abtued it aged mother (duic about 80 years old.) rank tip what ohamphor there was in the Jhue, bes.ute Cotbuitting oth.,r aets ot iolenoe. Now we ate acqtiunted w th Me. loKlnley. and know that he woultt not take a false statement "ve hear of numbers of other'complaints pio by otizens, but to publish them ti) 'ould require a doetent almost as volu ilnlots al infamous as the report of the 1euial trau,l oeuitntt'ee. The commit tee ppointed by Judge %laokey will, nd doubt, uearth all these outrages, and the perpe 'ators thereof will be allowed the privatege r denying them under oath at the Bar or ice Courl" hom iathe 1'ickens Sentinel, Mirch 21, [It7t)) "A speoiat. force of about tweuty nte, ndor cunuttid ot C apt fiofit.in, p-ss"d >wn late on Friday evening last, on a raid t the mouutaiu. Tuey returned on S.tur. ay Inorniug with tiie prisoners Ye ie.u -ain the prison: rs that soie o' tie mfen) bused and tmaltrealted tiem, and us.-d very t)scenu language In the prese,ice of t heir imtuties, ant that a ndgru, who s att,tiettel a this force, punched one of the pr is n.-rs rit.h his gnu Io.-io of these rovenae ufi iats (we do not incitde iti:) ippe1- to 10) pou every m-in in the mouninttits is at viu ttor of the law aini tis personal enetuy. nd acts accordiigly. Mr. Netl, living n -ar Central, inform< .i hat one day Ina' wecK a sq,t.id o. .he:e ,en caine to his houle, put hint u,s ler ar 0 t and arc lheit h.s nouse fr0n g rr.<i t o ellar. Mr. NeaI dean nlet tit r alttiori.y ur net lug thtNt, but iney re.uie.1 to slw i ,Irs. Neat w.is c nlined to ier bed wil it n it':tit, only two da,.ys old, ant itese mlet, ret altd niuudity, wita gatins iii their hand niered aer bed r,,ou : ad sillearheI in Anld h1unt tier be,t, it-tecti l . l irfl't " ai s t o ri t tie coni. (ele.cC" tiltlt b'. Mr Nest nys they tieKtil wle,dged to hint that tIl.y id nit I Ive a w:trrant wii h teit. 'teti : e ll~n.' i, Illli I1 -i . .ii b -,,g{,t n n,utCh ul,itinl upon the revennle tfiii.l. Ve cantt hit.ne the, tor Mi50 tying, to if,roei. the liW, lut tye tlhttt: theiB for te i nner in w sets they eut'. tr- It. litm ofwever ippre'tIv.! Iiey al-.y t ".. 11 is no. list1heitLio- irt , xc-1te s,r ei,r c,tiz-.ns to it :nipr .l sr.i, I r':.1.-t4' ee , tn. t is C .nl nily es.it ii ur inv,i u, . n -m -u Aoui:,e rintiie n e very :. h :pe, t t n t t,eci.n.ly t'gr el te rveit ,t..o, to .oiest in outr Coun y. ard t." ir it win 441 i ,tl..t.er .isy. nOL liy to tlrItihvd .itlC, it tt he e- .iy at rgi * - * $ - I Ia revenrr vifi,"ee int'.: re:rs yo I. <b, 1iot. ivA re-.,ta- utti.as is ni At o I/nt e i. to be with.>tyi e rea:!i or th e i r yu are ab-,if t.e I.w . ptn ei wr.ing c:ti ney..:r j'i arty ia *n ittin Ci n yi b eget. cOudius dan .Siiiin War.t. Sxii,sHo. * atff.d ,.ut ai.,triad extrac S thier i. 4i.i.er ndt lIr ina,i.ve -re.n..-ntbriance, .ind uiny he, ad - dIeice ini ii-. c'.ir.e, that 1.x - ey o.t, .iIh er .: e r;v4it ii 'iri, e ort h ti. ti -rill e.Ie i lyt, o a. zy tli he ad. ili quoted in t.I ir ren.'LI w 1W.I ti e i 1 ii *oni to .'di'j..r hinltey. N. 0(.. R OYAL N.Wj WDER A bsolutely Pure. Thlis powder never vari1es. A marvel of urity, strength aind wholesocmenhese. More ceonlomical than the orinary kh isf, and i annrot lie sold( inl cornpe)titionf with the nuzltltude of low test, short weIght alum r ph?hsphate p iulersi Mold ontly in Ikans, loYAt. BKIsu Vtowm)En Co., 106I Wall tr oet, N. Y. jan 21 - -86.. O (TICE' TIO DEBTORBS AND) CREDh ITORI S.--All persons 11( holi claimsit ,ainsat the Estatec of A. L ARMS'RONG1 lecenan~d, will pY'tesent them to B. F. lfOR~GA N at Centr al; and these itndebtcd %ill make payment'ut tio the saIme'r. SJan 2, 85 ,17 8 Johnson Hagood, 111T1 FIE TfIOROUGIH1HRED JER.. SE 8Y BUIL e belonuging t'o R. A. Bowen a (o., will bet at .Jt)AB .'iAULDIN-8 *ntil the 1st tIny of Dheeminher. oct ,l'N5 1 - A U N-NY CEAIN CUt~ roq AlEilefi ut .We ese arQEok7 of17~ Strn It , ay ures usuall Itn b :a not . Nkbe1e ane euo r ev enots fao oo.iio a foa~ tr sealed paikoularse*4 # WA RD b 42th LeuteadABs R S. MORGAN BANK 1LOCI, Greenv ille, g. Y.e DEALER IN - BOOTS AND SHONM Cuitom Made Gooi4 a 1goit , 0-w LADIES-Kid, Goat, , Gloe Kid, g1y+t Tops; Dongola, Pebble, Glove Cal #}Ve1 Calf, Kip, ani At Calf, Shock in butto.a and IMe of all qualities aud styles. MISSES--All the above in Misses sixes, A 4 with soot grades specially adapted fo' school Wear. CIi1LIENJ) '--In l'hidrens' Shoes, I select styles best thlapted to develope the maseles of the feet, and at the same time give neatness in appearance. All grades and quttlities ME8.''--Iootsof best fannery calf wieti single and and double uppers, 'p.aln and box toes~. ' French Kip IH>ots, plain and box toes. Wax Kip, P. Calf and 8. Kip Eoe with peg antd srOw bottoms; MENS' -Dress Shoes of'best French CAlf; hand-sewed, nade in Congress, Butto* and Bals. My English Waukt?nphast Shoes are the best on the market. I cau furnish Hand-sewed, cork sole shoes in - ongress Lace or Button. Best American . alf Shoes of any styl.; quality and price. Freuch Kip Planter TIes unequalled foe comtfort and Wearing qualities. MKNS'-Heavy Goods. 1 offer a stock of Shoes fut' everyday wear, of great ex cellenecb. >3r, ganA, high and medium cut, of P. (af, IiLue<l an,d unlined. Kipansd Wax Brogans, high and medium cut, peg and screw blottomsi, plain ai d to) s'des,atitle of >irstnquality stock. 13OYS'--fl>ots and Shoes, running in qual ity and style with ns' Good u u:ually 1Iw- lrices. s, at un I have everthing usually kept ib a First Cl'hss Root an:d Shoe Store. *' Many years experiene as a fitter, enables mue t aid those -ho have teidetr feet is selecting Shos for comfort Weak uikle can be stret.gthen e ti deformity ,f fewt pmren'lted by the aid of an exp.=' rienced litter. I ive my personal aten tion to this branci f sona atenne.. R. N. 17ORGAN9 Suceessor to Abel and Morgan. sept 24, 18E8C5 1 ran. FURNITUIE WUEN YOU NEED J1NITURM CALL O(N Rian & Blaylock, AT EASLEY, S. C. Th"y have t.hehr i-andl.~. b'vt 'alw~ id ut-iok- *ver br.i.g4 to t"t on u'y, et wll kindn4, and prp to aell che.peri th'a'ec P-H)o beforo. Call anfd seo hei ~covin.a1. tot nor~ huu, und youella We auls ha~vo t fall li1ne of COFFJNN, 802 &c., of all olylec' an iae$ f:o!n )omeOrmad. Coffans4 up to bed CA- 1ET1. (st,,evr: wiidd on day or night with Thanking yon for past favors, anid hope far a cantune of name. D)on.'g forget that the place l'oi PROPRIUTrORS EA&hLEIY FURNXI2 TURE HTOUSE, sept 94, 188V 1 tf Benmca 1River Land + w iill nell 20(0 AcrtIs of MY HOMF, PLACE .(Cold Spring) in Pickens (.ou nty, mit uate 4 m ilet from Pendleton , directly on Air Line Railroad, adjoin:: mag lanids of F"ort l-fl--couxtainas 32 aicree River Bottom. Theo lighi-lnd is fiia cotton lantd-abIout 610 aereacleared. HIau 3 good dottages on it, and is in all re-r poets, mbst coniveni'ntly located. My address is Pendloton, S. C. J. W. CRAWF"ORD Cold Spring, Piche County, S. C. nov 26, 1885 9 Recgistration Notice. NOTI'CE is herebyivenci that the Bookw 1.of Rtegisi;tration for Pi-ekens County will he opie,ed at ic ken s (. H ., 01) the first Moany in each muonth to enable such P.rsonis to register) asM have acquiredl thin ri ght si nce thet last general e ec(tion, te trantsfer such as have chiangedl t'helr resi d1en1ce, anid to rentewv1, os ndldfaced ee'r, tIifIicte unitil und0 inchuiing the first Mon. daiy in '-tuly, 1886I, whent the law requires the Books c'loseod; (.tept for the puIrp.'sst hiereinauf ter mentio edl, 'amly: Lest and( dIefa,cd ce'rtilntes niuty he renlewed untl thirty day'nlwfore the general elect ion, and young emeCn omuing of age after the clos ing of thelBooks may register until the' dlay ofI cIoctIi. 0. L. DURJLANT Hu1perisor for Pieket.s Couirty. New Advertisements. TO ADVERTISElR A atalogue of 9)81 newspapers divided. Iuto M'TAT1'F8 A ND 'AETION 8 will be stent oin apphieatlom --Fi4EE. TIo 6th>s0 wvho w&ant tinir adlvertislin to pay, we cani offor no better mliedium fdr' tiiniogh and eiective work than tuae ya 4 rlias- sucthmsu, of our Seh'et Loeil List.i GEOX. P. UOWELfL % Ca ' Ne0wsl:ape4r Advertisi'Bur y~ 1e Spruco streej, Now 'r ISS1/88