The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-04-29
The OtEer Side or the srory About
the Irouble Among the Home
stea1efs Near Riverside
CoIISA.FLA.. Ami

80 A7-
Having teea requested b. yOEr rep-e-
sentztrs. Who was here afeE days since.
70 give NY ysrsioa q the Homestead
ersin Tro9bi=- Csc. shall give the
eo,d, frosty facts, Minus tie gush ,ha:
characterized the article in TIE News
and Tins<Cnioa. The testimony Is in
Washington long a-9. and I'll tie letters
that the law breakers All their friend.
mag write will b Of u avail.
As ny nam. will appear 1t II. bottom
O. this letter. earnestly rs4ues, tina,
JOa print in full the following sentence :;
The person tina: says that wrote 10
the presiien, IS a liar. an at.e 70
hack this up
b Ibid write TO the land commissioner
ard signed my name il full. That's the
kind Of man am. That some coward
did write 10 the president. will no, deny.
saw the letter in the hands Of the il.
spee:or, i: was 10: signed. II was tia,
letter that broGca; the inspector in here.
l. was dated sone time in Januarr. Is.
Ny letter was dated Ausls, 3J:h. -,
and hal been on file and no notice taken
/ oft.
( In reply to Letter received from the
inspector l told him ia substance tia,
there was considerable .au,. fndin. In
another part Of the township On account
Of alleged fraud in proT.ns up, by car.
ties who had not compiled with the
Law. told him tia, ! knew nothing
about il, however.
Regarding the SWAPPING raw mate.
rial" for fencing. &C.. ii seems TO take a
long time for the mill 10 saw the tim.
Der mp Tha, flair house" was built, two
years ago, the 'wire tence" was 10; bull,
when the inspector wa, here. The test.
mony Of the neighbors did not seem 10
show tina; the parties took up their
claims in good faith"
In regard to the parties losing their
homes" that Is all bosh. They will ..ill
have the homes they have always had.
Mr.. Chas. Elliott sold small number
OF logs, rather than to burn them as he
was clearing the land. He did no. cell
from all over his homestead a. others
did. That par, abou, the '.sheep hus.
landry" Is cannarI, donated by some
vicious person.
Now here are few cold facts: In one
Of the cases the question was asked,
Have you lived continuously on the
claim, and made il your actual res.
idencer The party hesta.ed and well
they might; but a third interested party
broke in with, "Yes. you have, that's all
right, etc, and 80 ;he answer came. |
hear that in two other cases the inspec.
tor tried to get the Lomestsad,rs to swear
or affirm that they had made bona fide
residence on their claims, which they
refused t. do. This after they had proved
up and bought in, too. There are few
others whose titles are rot worth much
the hearty sympathizers" spoken off,
who are making considerable noise. and
rushing into print, doing no good what.
ever as the evidence is all in.
This Illegal entry OF lands las gone on
long enough and We have banded a..
gether to stopit. lit is allowed to 20
on, and this country is settled up, there
will be more rotten titles than good ones,
and We do not want such a thing to &C.
cur. How these parties can prove up
without perjurins themselves is NOR c
than can see. There is no cause for
fear. An! person who has complied
with the law is in no danger. BY ad.
vice to all concerned is to lay low and
keep very quiet, for the moro they stir
It the worse it will stink.
II your informant was a resident berc,
or was not in the same boat with the
others, he would not have given you
such biased version OF the affair.
II any one else chooses to pitch in. pray
ask him to be manly about it. and ont
with name and address and not sneak bo
hind nom de plume, or worse still.
blank. am satisfied that the majority
Of your readers would act Just ~ we
have, in n similar case if it were to oc.
cur in their own neighborhood. We have
been outspokcn in this matter for we are
sure that we have right on our side.
Respectfully yours,
CnAs. f. MERRILL
T. 81 am almost always at homa If
wanted.