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bU h-ny1L'«■UOLKTMliCft,nicsITUI*tonDV-ofij-T.liltniffialaI.fateOftJei-red wly and i oflessJabi'eb, Pickens County, Oa., July 8, ibti. *: In your paper of the 33dof May apptnn the following; “Wo Icam of a Ku-Klux outrage lo Pfckcne county, near the tine of Pickens and Cherokee counties. Andy Crwtun, a colored Democrat, had tils house burned on Satonlay morning last by Uort Pariah, Radical Deputy Sheriff, and Sam Townsend anil If ado Turner, Radicals/* etc, *■' •Soon after tbo above par*spaph appeared in the public gazette, wt learned that a warrant had been plaoxl in the band* ” of the 6 b Griff of Cherokeecounty against - OS. •, We Immediatelye*®Jpy*d conned to to Canton 10 leant the tiulk of the rumor; and if true, to gay to the Sheriff to select his place, Ms officcrs^nd arthUUment trinVmd ateo to givenot™ to the priwrcntow. and wn would yduntofzlj s-arrcnucr ourselves to answer any charges that he hold against u* Accordingly the Sheriff, on tiie 14lh dny of June ?aat, set the 5tb day of July* nod designated the BallQronna as the pined of triaL, We mot theSheriff and oficcn of Clark* county at the tlmo and place designated, fully prepared to show that wo wore not guilty of the crime of nm, M ch«}icd by Andy Gwnn In a criminal worrjmt iMUodupan the oalii of 1 p ..this najro; and the prosecutor felling to np | _ pear and prosecute hte futeo charge, wctouib- riUriW refused to have the warrant dismissed, bat voluntarily gave bond for our persona}appearance at Cherokee toertor Court, m order that our tfmraciw* as l»w-*hlainff citizens might bo art right before the public, and oar reputation vindicated igntoBt the foul charre* made by thh lying negro. Anrew the* whereabouts of the saw Anna at , : Gwton ti unknown to w* we heruby noti* fv and invite him to appear hi Cherokee Superior Court to prosecute bte warrant azafcut no, and let an Intelligent Grand jnryof bla own county say who ore toecriminate and Tiotetore of toe law* of theState In which we live. —Wa us all noor men, and labor with our4 - /T MV-Rallrnm:GrangeonafiaFactlt; 10i; B. gijining. Hi, brc stripes ' 14; Troi Ooira1 ua% 1.1* bushel; 35c. per Pownk$?,2]1335.3 75; hi Btioo] 3 Mte5 1 Cohn Wheat-little dc Latu B13.DsOfitb. Bh *nm an.ltaoai; 45. Bri lollro, Baitpcir quarto, J Iba.YO 3 00; t Ploion fo*t Liqc at 25 n teonCc fl3 00; Rom 3 Scotch Preach I ami Ci and Ri Bul: aitles, £B ACtlOalOJDavPacificAmasi;eofmugling,«fh.vtwrbid*landlocktwotecce»vdyholdidem.med*©witX W-JS» a*ric troro on, own ctaneto*and that of oar children after na.We do not propose to answer the charge* made uatost ue by your inform rictomcmd to, bat prefer the i lories andiadgmeiJt* of toe courts to answerthesefalse accusations* ...Ae you published too article of 33tlcf May, in which oar names appeared* and also asked for facte In to5*and ™ ««h proclamatiim at to* Gototot indoscd* we, fat jnstoa to u*, you publish thtestatcromiof facta la yoorpeper.fl^ussthesMd Andy Gvinn’s bow, to copy toj*atatenUBtof UeUL. GSDBCT H. TtmSKE, HgTBEIiH ILPism SlHtnKTOWSKKD, BciwaivFtjtuA.iulxm - thte rica* rvillc, ratertk« Cray* taihe tlt;rtM»rlkwtttReport* from all puts of tha West and Sortfcwm retpecttng the cropa are fwl gMwuTtinmMr In MPlnT CTtTV Can W124 fir *3 50;Hal *35 Of Co*Bans1001b4811*Lsu48; B FrencAmerihgskin*bldwGwJ0c,nttnejRrtziRtoCVhsrS3to per b
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Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta, Georgia, US
Thu, Jul 13, 1871
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