The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-07-26
Il SHOEMAKER DESERVING Ills LAST.

Il SllOEuAAEIc DESEktI1NG. Ills LAST.
"Who would have thought tile old man had 50
much (baD blood In him.-Afacbcth
Our vulgar and vlndictive fellow cit
izen, E. G.. Cranda], sticks his pegging
awl into the ADVANCE through last
weeks Journal. He devotes nearly a
column to personal attack upon the
ADVANCE editor and Banker Smith.
His article is generally conceded to be
the most vulgar of any which has yet
appeared In that vulgar sheet, and of
course we shall not resort to such cpl
thets as lie does in replying, for that
would lower us to his level, i. position
which we should think neither gods
nor men could endure. lie justifies
the rowdies, including two of Ills own
sons, in rowdying the ADVANCE office
and bulldozing the editor. We always
suspected this, but did not suppose the
old man was foolish enough to confess
it over his own name in newspaper.
But we have not mucl, space to waste
on our cynical and senile fellow-citizen.
And so we come at once to the only
point in his article which seems to de-
mand attention. lie alludes to the
matter of Selling the Hollis furniture,
but lodges the facts. We shall there
fore give them rs we have them from
the records, referring those who care
to look into the matter to the docu-
ments on file with, the Clerk of the
Court and with the attorneys for W. S.
Stockdale:
Some time last year, L. Hollis pur-
chased the Okabena House furniture
of W. S. Stockdale, and gave note for
$2G4. This note was endorsed 10y E. G.
Crandal. Stockdale afterwards trans
ferred the note to $. s. Rickley, a bank
er, of Columbus, Ohio. Rickley sent
this note TO the Bank of Worthington
for collection. Payment was refused
and the note protested, and here we
suppose is the secret of Crandal's en-
nifty to the Bank. Hollis gave Gram
dal a chattel mortgage OIL the furni-
ture, under which he seized the furni-
ture, sold it under the hammer, put the
money in his pocket and refused to pay
the note, although the Bank, for Mr..
Rickley, twice demanded payment.
Then Rickley, through the bankers,
attached Crandal's stock. In order to
dissolve this attachment, Crandal
swore (see affidavit on file with Clerk
of Court) that all his firm Indebtedness
did not exceed $500. The next day he
confessed judgment in favor Of one
party for $500 20. This was on May
%, 1877, and the house was that of C.
GotZian & Go. These facts are taken
from the judgment record.
AS to the value of his stock, he swore
as follows: 1--WE copy from his aflida-
witty
That they have now and had at the
commencement OF this action Il stock
of goods consisting Of boots and shoes
and such articles as are usually kept in
such stores of the full and reasonable
worth and value of 1000 at cost price,
that said stock is s;lleable and well Sc
lected and the average sales of the said
E. e. Crandal d; Son Is not less than $50
q dog!
! He also sWore as follows:
That said firm of E. G. Crandal &
Son do not owe any greater sum than
$500 due or to become due and all of
which has been incurred in the ordina-
ry course OF business.
lie swore further concerning his bus.
mess:
That said firm has goods in store of
the full value of ST. 900 and in addition
good notes and book accounts collecta-
bic to the amount of between $400 and
$500.
We leave these facts for the public to
consider. Remember that Crandal
was not out one cent by endorsing for
Hollis. Yet he seized the furniture,
sold it out, put the money in his peck
ct and refused to pay the note, although,
he swears that his stock is wortl, ST.
600, besides $500 to $500 of collectable
accounts, and that his income is $50 a
day. This would be an income of &c.
800 year, counting only the business
days, yet he robs Hollis of his turni-
ture and refuses to pay petty note OF
$2G4.
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