The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-04-07
BARBER AS OTHERS SEE HIM.
Telling Letter from T.. II. Pursons-A
Searching Document Revived.

Telling Letter from I. II. Porsons-A
Scorchinq Document Revived.
r. D. Barber is out in last weeks
Journal with another statement. AS
lie did not swear to it nobody will be.
lieve him and Il good many even said
they did not believe his former affida-
Wit. We do not care this week to dress
him down. We prefer to let others
speak.
The following letter from T. H. Par
sons gives the facts as to the Langdon
case just AS we had them from Ben and
T.. b. both:
EDITOR ADVANCE: c. B. Langdon,
in last weeks Journal, signs an article
denying ever getting any liquor of Dr.
Barber, as II beverage, and says he new
er asked or received from Barber any
liquor, rs Il bride, for vote or other
WISE" was ut Langdon's house when
he returned from his interview with
Barber about what Barber had written
to the Sioux City Journal, in relation
to his daughter. was told in Lang
don's house by one of the family, in
langdon's presence, that once when
Barber was running for Office, Z. B.
Langtlon went into Barber's store and
asked Barber for Il pint OF whisky. Bar
Der refused him. Langdon then said,
II wont vote for you,'' when Barber
called him into the back room and flied
his bottle with whisky. This was told
me III l>angdon's presence, and Lang
don spoke up and said, II could tell Il
good many things about Barber if I
was mind to-" Ben. said that he and
his father had bought more than bar
rel Of whisky of Barber.
Imet c. b. Langdon on the street
since the publication of his denial in
the Journal, and asked him what he
ment by it. He replied that it was not
the last time Barber was running for
Judge Of Probate that the circumstance
occurred, but before, and he dare not
deny to my face what he had before ac-
knowledged in my presence.
have no personal enmity against
DR.. Barber, on the contrary, consider
myself indebted to HIM for many fa-
vors. 1t is the principle upon which lie
stands which, denounce. In the eyes
OF the law he is us much of il criminal
us Chase or Ben. At heart believe he
is no more i temperance man than any
other business man in Northington
Place him where there are no restr1c-
ti"ns upon the sale of liquor, and the
temperance question is not agitated,
and I would wager my last dollar he
would sell as much liquor as anyone. I
believe his temperance actions here are
Il sham. lie is will, the so-called tenn
perancc class because he thinks it pop
ular. like to see a man practice what
he breaches. If lie joins in the prosecu-
ton of law breakers. he ought to do so
with clean hands.
believe the prosecutions for liquor
selling in Worthington, are brought
through spirit Of malice and Il desire
fer revenge. DR.. Barber ought not to
join in the prosecutions, for he has sold
liquor himself and is still selling it. He
is numbered among the few who OBJ
tanned license from the board Of County
Commissioners, in 1874. to sell liquor.
The County Of Mobiles has paid him
more than 81, 900 in official salary, and
received back not 500 in work. He
ought not to help pile up more than
ST 900 Il year in costs against the coun-
ty, prosecuting those who have offend:
ed his church. The costs against No
bles county, for enforcing the liquor
laws, will not lie less than $500 for
the year 1881. a grand sto,cing for It
temperance county. Brookings county,
Dakota, receives S3,000 for the same
year, for license) with 70 expense to
the county. Taxes there are not half
what they are in Mobiles county. In
| Mobiles county, there are five drunkards
to one in Brookings. Two sons of one
Of the most prominent temperance
Christians in Worthington, have helped
drink 5 gallons Of whiskey, while the
Grand jury was in Wortiington. One
of them got so drunk he had to be ne1p-
ed to bed, and as soon us sober he goes
before the Grand Jury and tells them
he bought liquor last fall sometime of a
man he has IL grudse against, and on
his testimony alone Il citizen is indicted.
and the man who sold him liquor to get
drunk on goes free.
In 1879. Mobiles county issued 5000
in bonds to fund her indebtedness, and
place her orders at par. Liquor prose-
cut!ons have been had at great cost.
BARRIERS, Ogle's and Wilson's salaries
haye had to be increased, and now No.
bles county has to issue $4,000 more in
bonds to fund her floating indebtedness
and keep the orders at par. The debt
keeps growing more when it ought to
be growing less. The village Of Wor-
tlin9ton has had an indebtedness of
nearly 5000, il the shape Of old village
orders floating around disllonored and
selling at large discount for the past
five years, while her progressive citizens
have been contributing money which,
ought to have been applied towards
paying their debts, to prosecute some
one for selling glass of beer or cider,
and help pile up \ debt against the
county which the farmers will have to
pay.
But let the good work go on. It is
all for the glory OF the saints and to
help keep Barber and his friends in of
flee, and kill that ''Ole Nintidel," the
ADVANCE. The fools don't know that
their trying to kill you makes you grow
fatter, and that you have your cool
thousands salted down, and no Chattel