The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, May 30, 1884, Image 2
ghke Kurley JJesseneger.
J. R. ,HAGOOD, EDrroR.
RtOSS ERROR OF THE' GREEN
VILLE NEWS,
T-i . -worthv conteim pora ry,
which i5 therto has alleged that
when it made statements it usual
ly had proof or authority to back
it, attacks the MESSENGER i11 an
editorial ths-'week acCulsingO' it of
booming Judge Cothran for (on
g'ressional honors, and being guil
ty of an "insidious effort to creep
tip behind the H1on. D. Wyatt Ai
ken ill his OwnII back-yard an(1
whack him in the weak place be
hind the eal with I :a brick-bat,'
makes a misstatement, totallv in-!
(comlIpatible with truth itself, and
evinces on the part of its editor a
decided streak of absent-minded
ness. We do niot doubt but what
t lie "News" was sincere in its imi]
.prleSSion, but we would advise our.
friend to read withi more (a re its
cexchIangos, adi to be certain it has
right (ata before. procedc(linJig to
make a desperate effort to st rike
its neighibor undei icr thu e short rih.
We thought that the News wobtl](
have copied our article regar-di ng
Ihe ( oru 11essmeii in Two Dist ii'ts,
a1nd if it had done tit. it would
have been SparlC the miiisfortunIe
(X a correction of it. s woul-he, al-!
Now 8.('P ct i ),' 1 it S V (-1f IQ :I 1-,,1
mtost inifallile col umnsii.
owu~, r'er.. i li n.' lu u ( () { ian:
f,6or ( 'otgress. Wke w1oh1 s Sa v. t i I t
We ha(d ihevlr set'n his name in
print for1 the pos ition oA Cou ngr'ess
manutil it came out inl the
Greenvilie'News'' itself, On: Sun
day morning last. True it was
riouligt. out hy a Picke)s (Iounty
man, but the Messexcu is not to
be hel ncountabl1e for this act on
t he p~arIt (1oflne of ourl piiva te eit i
zens.
The( MI 1~~~ENt;a 1n bougrht out (Col.
R. E.; Bowven, of Picki'ns coun)ty, for
th p1'lositioni of (Congres sman, and(
no one coub 1( fail to understand~
he fact, if he hadl given) it the
pr'oper' attenition. But it mllatter's
not who the MEsseNGICn brought
out, it is absur id to char'ge it withi
an1 "ins idious effort to creep up) be
hindl the lHon. D). Wyatt Aiken in
his~ own back-yard and( whack him
in the weak place behiind theQ ear'
with aj brick-bat.'"
if the people of our1 district de
ieachange in ou r C ongressmian,
wold( it be -"inidiiouis" in us to
p ropose .Jud(ge (Cothr iani, because,
like IIon. D). Wyatt Aiken, he is a
resident of Ahh evil le C ounuty?~
Does the~ "News" thinkil that nto
mzani inl. A.1bevill (ounlty shou1ld
be brought out against Mr'. Aiken
beca use M r'.A.is a worthy man from
t he siimn onnty? If so the mweee
dent which bur estcemcd ,contem
poraIry wishes.to establidi is a bad
one, amd Should not repeivse,tlO enl
'(-orsemlent of ally. of its readers.
Upon. this principle it would be
treason ill uts to vote for a changve
of our1 St1ate Seniators and Repre
sentati ves, when they Are Cotisid
ered worthy men;and because they
are in office we must ignore the
w'orth of others, and disregard the
men. whom we 'rec)ognize us fit
reprsntati ves for th3 sam :. po
sitions.
We did say that we would like
to see Col. W. HL. Perry sent to
Congress fom his district, and we
brioIht before the public the.naiie
of (ol. R. E. IBwen for Congress
fromn this onre. If ('ol. Bowe l1
comes a candi(d(ate tlhe VE.SSEN:
Shall advocate his niomination, ani(d
nothingii short, of a refusal to enter
the race vill nake U% fuAor anoth
er' lian,
REEDMOND AT 110M.
Major Lewis R. Rmo(lfnd, whos-e
name is so familiar o our p 1 o
ple. an(l vhose e(Ul(er in our midst
Va-s for1 So long a time the Suibject
of sch a graIt. iiterest, has been
pardond0 mn account of his ill
hlealth1. anld at the,- wriiting is nowv
at his brlie ill N ort h western paIt
of the ( 'oun tyII . Darin( (leedis of.
ten immlIortalize the names of ie
illore thani the hohli 01 high po
sitio n s in ('hurch and State, and
such is the case with the charinC
ter w'hom we no have e 11 onle -
sid(leration. I Is Jnme will he
hadled down to manyN su I iccessi V(
greIerations, S an examiiple 0 great
daring. and1l venturesome c exploits.
C!rims no doubt :- has commit
t ed,but in part they have beeni ex-,
piated in the w~oundios he has ire
in the prison walls of Aumburn and
C'olumbia Penitentiaries. lIn thle
walls of the formner lhe would( have
been to-dlay, if' his health had not
have failed him. Foritmuate for
hiimsel f andl friends, lhe haUs been
set ait liberty, and is now sharing
the pleasures of '-Home Sweet
Home.'' It matter's not whethier
his residence is that of a lowly
hut, situiated on somle bleak mnoun
tain sidet, or' in a narrpow cove of
the ruggedl Blue Ridge,- it is nev
er1theless a~ dlear to him as the
brown stone mansion of' the mill
ionaire, or the palatial -residlence
of' the Sovereign Pr'ince. In his
rude hut he~ finds mnore consola
tion than in the furnished parlor
of the "Mansion H-ouse;" and in
the presence of his wife and chil
(dren), he finds mnore comfort than
in the sympathizing words of Sen
ator Hampton or Gov. Thompson.
A child who in his ance three
yea rs ago was lusiep1 edinto exist
ence, can now lisp the na.e of
fatler,.and with a playfl -Sdilte
can welcome hIs iapfty return.
Tihe 1eniory of Rei R. Redmiond
will .prove sempiternal. with time.
Whi-enl he has passed aWay-, minds
wiil revert tb the histan vih
feelings of admiration they will
dwell dpon his character.
Guilty, but regretful of his guilt.
Once over-ruling, but regretful. -of
the cir01imstances that made him,
so. 1Otee defiant, but now subuis
sive. nd mleek. Once hadhared ,
but nowas tender as tenderness
itself.
Willing to bury the tomahawk
with 1is4 Cnlemies, Ie wants to en
ter u.pon U new life. Ifis heart is
free of. elity, and the desigls
thereof disrobed of' malice.
hl1lndsom11eness in his face is vet
appareilt. Miy t he disease which
l(nw binds its; ahnlost hlelpless, vie-_
tiII. he .S00on removed in
the inmmost soul (if Levis 11. Red
moni'd Iav his ('r2atorl entei, to
reign supreme.
' fREl NVILLE I1ETTERI.
Mu. F.I)rro': The citizeis of
Greenville 1had(1 the plea sure oI
Monday ight, (f witnessing. the
wvonderful1 performnces of Mlissi
I ula IHurst. No oi seems to ac
(use h_4.e-1(r (Weof le6gerdema in1. She0 erl-,
taily~ has anl inherenvt power ve
inan111imate objects, anld it a ppearis,
th at She herself (does not k now
whence it edmes. The first exhi
bitionl of, he(r powver-was shownv by
a: g*en tilellm taking an opened umi
brelila by the staff- theii she took
hiold of the staff, and at expiration
of about a minute the umibrella
'ommelned( moving rapI1idly in 'va
ri0ousi directions, so that lhe was un
,ahle to hold0( it. Other Ii ke per
,formances wereC made with a great
many U ri'dable citizens of this place
wit hi like result~s. -The greatestL
perWformncne wUa made by hier
placing her right hiando on the low
er' ba'k o4fl n ordinary ..elrair, andl~
.the~pmlm. of her left hand on the
to1) of' the seat, apd at the same
time two of the strongoest men~ of
the ciy,W. A. Williams and W.
A.Barton, 1lhlg the c'halir, one
at back and the other front. Th'ley
were utterly unablIe to manage it,
as it threw them about on the stage
like they could have thrown a strip
ling of a boy. I could give you
many other examplles of the inde
fin abl.e power wh ich she displayed,
but as they all fall in the same
category, andl~ y'our spalce is too
valuable to be unnecessarily tak
en up, I will refrain.
Very respectfully.
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