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J. R. HAGOOD, .E.ditor. IN our absence last week, the Foreman of the office commented (1(litorially on the recent murder in Greenville,and supposed the cause to be whiskey. Upon this suppo s-ition the "GU reenville Daily News" takes issue with TiE MEs SENGER, in the form of a brief ed itorial. We allow our Foreman space for a reply, and what he says in this issue herewith receives our endorsement TH AT ;REENVILILE MUR)EIt. 'Thle "(reenville Daily News' takes us to task inl reglard to our editorial reiarks on the recent inurder committed Ithere. Ie says: Speaking of ti. unIrer here, the Ea4ey Me.ssenger says: "Another. vcohlhhnnial mur1der inl ( reeiville #nI t SimiIdar. ott i coloredl No etnise, n I 114tl I ikelof 't lhiws weO sulppose G reen Ivill hI be . . 1)t-comeII note-d for. Sneh r i lli the past t wo year. 1 it t ha-ir bhad whi.skey , or are thy nattn'-ahy v gamei?* We will charget ilt o t h1 - aeccurse td wikher. )ur esteemned votm('11 p'orny i in 4er r1r. 'Ile rIl Mltler -a oie oft ha l ful I e t f t w - ( rf et S briet , anI hnI told IbI i - , I to aI -I - -V ai it i zti perniciousl b1 thit Ofr frii from he i i liv s of 1r yea r y il,.I mm i. cil th f t e b vot -;I \avw h are.1b1 r uhateen.-1 wolnt iel1 h.- of i h people wi d lihy ( i n i wn brl.wOA- I I I bealutifill :n lt' dep )-1 flimn ti bl ar od , r i l.her.a . i 'y T, d I Iw ho r meny whodi e t >m1 inIe1 . w!! lhe t r'&A- - elliCI it' 'i'llM :4 f; iit whi Whll wil <>r qo d n n their e entl f or .ki v to w h.:-.0 r e in thI' e I) I a iel - i no btker without iOnteminl leotinu kilinst i. 4ilnt. annIuphtin tillAOze trilth bun dopharm in m n * the Wh iiy h 4) n hi t'o dt ither etl'.so tra-ely. A!!'r - Whe y idhe nit inver the' ntirse :u-tIice Ti. s in.wich1u reoul thon, afterlwhisey "as ' it I i s setal rirwhiht to be i sICC->h I es Jame01 c~s iM. ollourgh shont Ephis Splaxont tugh' te he d eayed ;i th rgol ith pray th consequence of the too free use of alcoholie drinks. Can tile editor inform us whether the parties were "'sober' or not, when tile row orig illated the night. previous? Wve wait for an answer. All mei that are avqluainted with Greenville and the history of its colored "frolics" or "fairs,'' knov that there is no such a thing as entire sober frolics among the.n. If he cannot allow a Pickens county journal lo say anything agasnst the evils of the city of Greenville and its bar-rooms, we have a igi-hit to demanId of him inot to publil as "facts" Such arti cles as appeared in his padper of the 15th inst. in regard to one of our citizens aiutl his family affairs, which reads as follows "CTTIm .\i.: !A I n I N 1 E NS. On MIo:I; v nit. ThE. Ste'wart re IlIriled I( il. h Iun e in (ik nlls c' nti v., having') vi ,Ited Ih- city d i' I') 11he da'r I Iv putl- hli., m'ile inl the stable.1 11 m lwhe il dissIt iStio a pp1re 1t Y wit-h tit, he-h 'tavior of' the :luliml.Ll hoigan~ beeating it Ir. \\-tewari' wi ' anl (I uto hjer anld oneml i h l . lo(w ml hevamil 4o (.1 -aeit is .1-. 1that all t hrve of t heml r111 ilo l inio' the st ah!e. 'I'lh - <l ihter. w h o111 is ) g , w V'. )hW In wI ie;(, Ilu-ir fat hekr. The ihmg.eruse all ax 11- the h)y his kif, with whil he la ugfrol y ha b d1 )r lie w.- in ,r times. Th N da h er inUieteI I wound about Ht br iICh s d-eep inll t1 .iiv of brest a few i':cos belowv Ihe Ibll ser.Ihis bto ht ia'o given wh 1 ib h1: woundte 1 m1:m1 W. s t r-ying to es. -pe. M .e 11i1:1lv wet wnvy r I~u %isa )llatth. SI l0.'itioll t ta1t 1ee end X ts ivr el.iou ls, . fata1 ith b e Now woho lihas ii t)1 1 o s itt Ifn ury, the --New s" Or T111.: MI..s E':G1".It,? T P: i.s I:"Na in supp1))o es fowd set f t ner in thle. -Itv of tireenville wvere dru1n1k, andi nill asserts timt rhea n I bears0.- uS -t il that suppo)ition, taking the uli g ofhitacon.o'te'f air,, who ran :r;il, ei manills atnothe in coldw floed Aven4gin a I si blow wiath a pilaU, shot aif etoe." hn t as i Nowe who can, -ior ill, abelieve lhti a "co o sober. man" awoud tonoe andtit execut 4)ndsu (an atro iusfrder? In realrdom Mr. Stewart.d i failyt mattr, tf'lhe News"ds Sir-I see l oin yu pper of yester-day anl article headed, "Citting allir in Piekens." There is not a word of triut I inl the statement. in regard to my fani ly . I was cut by some10 onc, and my faimily fomid met! inl the road betweenr my houseand stablles,aind commenced screTMing anid vas heard by the neigh bors. Your informait has, I preS1111, told what he imagiied, or intended to sander me and( my family. R espect fully. T1. W, STEwAer. "TIhere is enough sin and sor row in this world attributable to (family feuds) without inventing testimony against it. Such asser tions as those of ("The News") not only antagonize the truth, but do hotrm in many ways.' We h la( nothing to say in re gardl to the Stewart affair last week, as we were waiting for tle (developilelt of facts, andio will say to "The News'' that if it will, in future, obtain facts inl regard to our citizens, we will try al'd get facts in regard to the G ree nville negroes am~d lher //ei/~// bar r'om C. O late we have notice(I the ailertniess (if the "News'' in seing u pon aIy hlapepings in this ('ounty. ald she 11,y expect to hear froi us occasionially. We 11 Inow le-ave the matter, to the peple to doecile whi'ih has (101e1 th e most injury-Tlin: .Ms SENG:R in //ppos//a 1)arty of (.;reen ville negroes were (1rilluk. o the "News" in axsYei/// that a Pickens (Count y family 11had butch ered the husband anid father for .hieatinmg his own mule." "'Te News," beingi: the only Daily publishlel inl the , , upper part of the State, should man flly ex vrt i!self to suppress all evilS, es l)(L'all suc11 h a; are almost weekly resulting fromi the too free use of GIreenville wvhiskev, ii as much as it is the (list ributing p:>int ot that beverage for its own, Pickens, Spartanburg an U mon1 iiOicoun rties, the last named thbree ( fortun mately') OUR Pit'KEN' I[LIETI. 1 )rAnii MIE(x1': Tlhings are thmha fe'llow wvill drift aga~inst am sngonce andl awhifle. Your corres auger~(-ho0 i 'tle S.1)on .1 Iws t t h dei n lie hiw'l him1. Yiet he4 will perSeverePt for.. ever amli a <hiv. Theu rp~jort i-s curren't t hatL' theC editor of T ILE MIFSSENG ER has just ret turned from~n a visit to (Iharleston, whILre he mt hisfate. We well kno1w if the walls of his sanctiuml coubIl talk they' woull spcak of nothiung but cherry lips, silken B~obbyV its glorious, bu t we hope y'ou d1(1id ot get accused of being a Ilirt. Misses Essie Russ(el andI~ Lula Giood ini Pickenis, leadinig sweetiess to the mountain air. We grive them the mod est intvitation to come again. Two young ladies brought a drum mier to the Thorniley Hotel the other day amd ordered "chicken gizzard" for his dinner. What about tOhat?. Its pr1etty bad whenv a fellow Can't get anything out of a girl but a (her) giz zard, Several of the young people up here were invited to Easley Valenthine par ty, but being lfinrmed that "gizzards" was all there was for them, they en tered a plea of "'not guilty." Candidates are begin nig to nose a'roun1d s.lt.hlomewht. Lawyer T. C. Robiuson Ntill sooi move bis family to tow*n. The Methodists are collecting a good Sabbath School Library. St. Valentine carried around a few love Imessaeges oil the 14th. Thw boys of the "Mountain Boy" hiterary Society gave aiot Supper, or rit her Oyster Stipper last Friday night. The cltouds5 darken, thickened and low erd'(l a little while before iight, but about assembintig time they "rolled hy' :Unid le ft a clear atmosphere, and dal eiln.g "tars. The oysters and the otiher ('atables Iwere served bv lads and lasses to (e mples conlple-d iln cou1plinig corl(n'is 4111l they were goo1, but the non-eita bles bent th.- entables. Everybody vt, a:uw looked like they were havin'P a nlice time, &c.,I mosatly the &c. 1It, bor' realizedl a ni e little sutn of eah to he used inl pmrchasinig books for thcir LiarY. Tite did move on cratlelce'bhot thle old Father after whffih po I 'I o even on h It clock :1i sail, "ti- w\ill ti for t h's jtim , I prom .S(l V'I ie l 1 h -vre ik iI:w)ie in store for vot''." The sirowd .lowl marche l u orl a:1 . w"e all St:u-led ( 1 ho:ne we heard W:I' fellow, ito had lecd IIh, lazy ?t,)11 of ti:-' s : "Wh -.'ll w.e t wo mii eet ag d'.I? In thi:ialer, in liitninig or i rain''' C. L:'gal A dvet Isiug. --lartie.- having bea :''a.vertiemlit0s to p hare remboleI If -d t hI I here tII ,1 is n hIwIa\190 1II g v r - inglo th m t IIIatt er, an gI I rd ian111!, m1d Imin - i 1t to , I xe I Iors and ot h1 irs, ca Im thierv nmiy de'signate. z&'' As Tiu i* NI iE8N( ER. otffel's a utilleh lower r'ate Ior sne'' wom'k than ha~s beent the rule heriet otore ini thi,~ sect iont, those ha~ving~ theinerstof thir ch large in inid, wil ae a nte( of tii faet. Furniture House, * EASLEY, S. C. COiME ONE, COME ALL. AINI D irn ishi youri I louses ini elegan t L71 t yle for' the Shlummer' with a nice L inie oif 1N 15tea(ds, Maittresses, Bu - reu,- TLabIles. St :Iads, C hairs, Ilockeri*, if Lo:iubiscpe chr'omos in 22x30) inch framtes, chor)1d, &c.. ll read(ly for' ha~ung ing on t he walls. Also, oni hawtl, a line f eahuiniet. promUEnadeh panel and~ (e-ird ~ ,ize)1 pht ograph)1 fr'ames. all in arti.-t i style. A\lwayrs on1 handl a inll line of UND)ERTlAKER'S~ SUPPLIES. ( a:sket S andi (I(nfline al~ l ize audS~ 1( style. hlturial R~ob~e for each1 Ise x, a1Illal ities' :Lnd prices. Ready1 at al 1hour Is t o wahi. 11pon1 (cstoiners. ('oflio tritimie-! in trlmimed anid shtippedC to any point onii hI;milro~uil fre.e of e xtra: charge. Thnking yout for past favors, and soiiigyour~ fur'ther pa:t.ronaIiige, I ami A. M. RIUNION. feb 8--Smn