The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-06-23

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had ever received one single centfrorhthe
proceeds of this fund, or that you had ey-
er received cent from me personally or
from the bank" nm or m ysaom mi
"Upon the contrary, | personally and
by letter, repeatedly requested you to aid
me to make some compromise Of the mat
ter, which | then thought for the best,
but you, upon each and eyeryuoccasion, ),
(whilo you were willing to do f6e'aal per-
sonal kindness) refused and decliHcd to
meddlc with or mix yourself UP in 4 this
matter" I'D e,.i,.e.,..,t 1l..7n bl,d toe
riH again repeat, as / did in Nashville,
before the committee, under oath, that nei'
ther you or any member Of your family
had anything to do with this mattqr,o sin
any shape or manner, and that you never
received one cent, either directly or rihdi-
rectly." pa 1ft' Ha ny Z io'.s 'no
"On the other hand, some of Mr.. Stokes
most particular friends did borrow money
from ME, personally, and, some Of them,
from the bank, and have never paid it
back to this szday, and that some of them
did all they could opass the act by which
this fund was put in this bank, ,chilc gou
meusr kncto, to my knowledge, that 8adh
a bill wos pending nunHliH became a
law. lpt III hp~wso ssW h9iEia sndt I
I.'71 ,-st,a.l ,''a' "Geo.. r. RurTER."
IalrMr. Rutter could not have stated other
wise, and told the truth, and those Who
seek to make political capital by CONNECT
ing Ihy name with the school fund.- may
call witnesses to the stand from now Till
doomsday, and, if they will stick to the
truth, they will in no wise CONNECT INC with
the improper use of a single dollar 'a'
Even Mr.. Stokes, three years ago, in his
discussion with Etheridge, denounced the
whole affair, so far rs I was concerned, as
without any foundation. ai'''l'id ah' (
Most of the papers Of the State have
published the eommittee's report, and I
submit it to their sense Of Justice whether
they will copy this brief publication. '''
.a...f sai b,'a@e " WIG. BRowNLooNw.."
WASLINeroS, D. G., June 10, 1870.
..' I'D I 4 ln Gaso
scandal---A Story for Suspicious
,. .1 Persons. h i.,.4 n a.
A lady purchased home in "a beapti-
full village about forty miles from a we'll
known city. She longed for fresh airand
quiet scenes, and doubtless she would
have found all the happiness which, she
sought in this rural retreat had not the
place beenhaunted by that terrible spec
tre--scandal.. to- uniTtueys 10 bshiyo11
"Have you seen the new arrival ?". ask
A Mrs. Thomas of her neighbor, Mrs.
Lawrence, about week after the stranger
took possession Of Maple Cottage--as the
little place she had purchased was called.
A curl Of the lip and shrug of the
shoulders was all the reply made by Mrs.
Lawrence; but in the gestures Mrs Thom-
as saw, or supposed she saw a sufficient
reason for stunning the acquaintance of
the stranger.
Mrs. Thomas was eryjcalous and sus-
picious, translated this sign language in
her own way. 81 have no doubt,". she
said to her husband at night, ''that she
has had bad reputation in the city. She
has come here dressed in deep mourning,
but who knows whether she ever had a
husband And, if, she had, iher wearing
black is no sign he's dead, in my opin-
ion." ;@lr'2s1 l'''"'
The next day quite crowdhad gather
cred in the store of Mr.. Thomas, waiting
for the arrival of the daily mail, which
was due about that hour. The stranger
camel in to make some trifing purchases,
and was stared at by the people, as stran-
gers always are. After she left the store,
some remarks were made concerning her
lady-like appearance. Mr.. Thomas in in
mediately rejoinod.! "Yes, she appears
enough like a lady, but my wife thinks
her reputation none, the best" s. .-s.
Customers coming in, nothing more was
said at that time, but the fire of scandal
was kindled-the story spread rapidly,
each one telling it hisown way, until there
was not family in the place but heard
and believed the rumor.
! Weeks passed on and the inmate of
Maple Cottage felt that for some reason
she was looked upon with much suspicion
and dislike. There was no hospitality,
nothing said or done for which she could
demand an explanation.1a7 hae'sna 'a p
! Every day seemed to increase tboavoid-
ance of her neighbors; and she seeing this,
ceased making overtures towards an fac-
quaintance with them sending to the city
for her household supplies, and never came
in contact with any of them save at church
and even here she generally found whole
seat at her disposal. At last the storm
which had SO long darkehed the village
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