Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-30
THAT UNIVERSITY.
Mr., Shoemaker OF Decatur Writes a
Card in Regard 20 Mr.. Collier
and the University.
A Number OF citizens say They believe
what the signers TO the Original
Circular Say


GAZETTE; see In the Fort Worth GA
zETTE OF July p notice to the people
as 10 the refutation of the said Collier of
the so-called scandalous article from
some OF the citizens of Decatur against
the said Collier
] Now, Mr.. Editor, we would Just say
that we can prove everything said In that
so.called scandalous article to which
you ailude, and we want 10 make mention
of one Of his seductive influences that he
brought to bear on the people Of Decatur
that he denies in his refutation concerning
! his seven other educators. Mr., Collier
came to Decatur and went before the
Masonic lodge and made an address OF
which the Masons were well pleased at
that time. Then Mr.. Collier went to the
| Presbyterian church and preached, after
which he made call for the people to
assemble at the courthouse. They so
assembled, large and respecta-
BILE crowd. There Mr.. Collier stated
that he and seven other
educators had conceived the idea of
building an institution Of learning, an un-
sectarian university in Northern Texas,
and went on to state the necessity Of
such an institution; that he had talked TO
the wealthy men Of Galveston and the
cattlemen of the West and they were
anxious for him TO put IL through
and the wealthy men Of the state would
endow the institution with at least $780,
600; that the seven other educators had
selected him COLLIER TO locate the insti-
tuition and he had been TO Dallas Fort
Worth, Henrietta and Gainesville and
they were all anxious to have 1t located
in their towns, and that those
Nil tUpnll ha
asked us; but he said that De-
catur was more centrally located and
he would locate here II we would put up
800, 600. We felt OF our people, and we
informed HIM that we could not raise
that amount. He then fell to $4,000.
While we were consulting on that propo-
sition he COLLIER said 10 MIR. Amos
| Finch that he was receiving kilograms
from cattlemeu that II he located at De-
cGtur they were going to buy property
there at once, and wanted him to answer
them quickly. We raised about $4,000
and MIR Collier closed trade with us,
and got about $li70 and kept 1t, and ii
he has ever done anything else we have
failed to find 1t out.
The above we can prove by as good
men as Mr.. Collier or any Of his friends.
a. IL. SHOEMAKER.
WHAT THEY BELIEVE.
DECATUR, TEX. July 29.-EDIroR
GAZETTE: Having read the statement
and so-cAlled refutation of Mr.. Collier to
the article from Decatur in reg lrd to Mr.
| Golfers connection and conduct with
| the Northwestern university, In which he
denies the statements made by A. II.
Shoemaker ct al, and which so.oalled
reiutation was published in your paper of
the 25th, 1886, and
Whereas, we, the undersigned citizens
OF Decatur, being well and intimately
acquainted with all the men
whose names We're signed to the article
from Decatur take pleasure in stat TO
the pubic that they, and each of ON,
are honest, trustworthy and crt IDLE
citl2a of Decatur, aud men who VI Juld
rot stoop to do what Mr. Collier charges
them with, and that we believe their
statement is true, and that the statement
OF John Collier, in so far as It is contra
dctory to said arucle from Decatur, is
williully false; that the parties to the
article are all good sound Democrats,
who have no political aX to grind, ana
some of them Masons, knights of Pythias
aud knights of Honor In good standing.
h. 4. Corswell, county attorney; G..
|
Miller, clerk district court; w. j. Mann,
sheriff Wise county, Tex (; j w. Embry,
justice of the peace Precinct No. !, Wise
county, Tex; A. Edwards, lawyer; A
DevereuX, land agent; l.. j. McGee,
lawyer VIM. Greenhouse, cutlery man ii
Il T. Haney, merchant; A. p. Hayes, Jew
cler; w. II. Bullock, lawyer; d. A, Hol-
man, lawyer; j. w. Sparrow,
druggist; r. j. McMurray, MAYOR of
Decatur; w. NJ. Leeford, confeC-
TONER; j. j. Terrell, land man
C. b. Beard, merchant; N. Z, Cargill,
farmer; John Shanker, alderman; l.. w.
. Means, grocer; j. p. Robson, hide buyer
w. l., York, doctor; j. Ullmann, grocer;
j. A. Utley, clerk; John A. Weakley,
hardware merchant; Murphy Bennett &
} Co, merchants; H. II. Fields, trader; S.
Il. Lillard, hardware merchant; r. II
Smith, cotton buyeri G. w. Gill, mer.
chant and cattleman; pohn A.
Gordon, lawyer; M Dwyer, mer.
chant; Henry Greathouse, banker
: s, c. Mayes, cashier First National bank
. Ben + Allen, collector First National
bank; Jos. w Bowman, assistant cashier
, First National bank,
7, The STATE OF TEXAs, COUNTY OF
/ WIsE-I, IL. l.. Ward, clerk Of the county
AhuAN III duh lOl w Aht NNuhAN1 it&.y w
@ hereby certify that the parties who's,
4 names appear to the above aud foregoing
statement are respectable city MS OF tn,
+ town OF Decatur, Tex given under m,
G hsnd and official seal this, Jul, %, 1856
[ T. ;. H. l.. WARD,
, Clerk County Court, Wise County, Tex
: Mr. West Withdraw
b JACKsBoRo, TEX, July . To th,
o Democracy Of the Twentieth Senatorial
District The Democracy Of Jack count,
4 having been captured by clmbinatiol
emanating from secret political societies
y l Will not be a candidate before the con
yontion which meets at Wtatherford OF
the 80th, but viii remain in the Demo
cratic ranks and enthusiastically suppor
n It's nominee. ! thank my friends, ant
especially those at whose urgent Request
| do now withdraw, THOMAS L. WEST.
Olniburne's sensation,
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