Nevada County picayune., 1889-08-21
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Editor PICAYuNE:-In your issue of July 3lst, appeared an article written by me, over the nom de plume of Felix Grundy, in which l said: We have in the neighbor- hood of Little Clancy new kind of association, Sunday desecration, the ungodly assemblying of wicked men to get drunk and revel on the Sabbath day. They met at Lacland Springs the other Sunday, had a barbecue; a general drunk ensued- scene that beggars description old men, young men, boys and little girls mingling their yells and profan- ity, vulgarity and blasphemy in the widest confusion. They have their preachers when one gets too drunk to stand they put up another if all are too drunk, they convene their court and fine those that have vomited.'
 Now, 1 have this explanation to make-think it due the parties. l wrote the above from rumor, not knowing the facts. 1 refer to W. T. lobe, w. J. Hit and J. P. West moreland, that 1 did not make the rumor worse than it was. l have this correction to make: MT. J. l.. Eagle says the party was not disor- derly, that he did not see any little girls, that there was no preaching nor court, that there was some pro- fanity and vulgarity, that they had the barbecue and thirty-t,co gallons of beer, that there were good citizens present. l ask, is it com mon thing in Arkansas to have bar becues and beer parties on Sunday: Is it lawful? Is it right? Is it con- ducive to the public morals? Can anything good grow out of it! If the best and leading men advocate and practice such thing, l have never heard of it. That I can prove the existence of such gang, who have done as l have indicated, or worse; witnesses, w. E. Westmore- land, J. C. Westmoreland and Jim Riders.
 In the Dispatch, issue of August 7th, appears an article signed by Higgins, Winter, Thomas, Brown, D. Scott, D. J. Montgomery, Mitch ner, Belzner, Fishers, and ten others. Hear them: "A slight in- quiry has revealed to us that your correspondent tried to take the life of his fellow man only few months ago; that he is looked upon in his neighborhood as an egotist, vain, conceited, shallow and aspiring possessing no ability, no standing, no truth, and, from all that we can learn of him, that he is simply a political harlequin, a demented crank, coward and liar"
 have it upon good authority, which can easily be proven, that MT. Mitchner did not sign that paper nor authorize any one to do it for him. Forgery Who did it? Clear your hands, that it crush not man with forged names. Magnanimous, indeed, Brave enough to islander man to his back, but too cOwardly to do it face to face. l say retrac- ton must be made.
 We, the undersigned, and neigh bors of D. J. Ncill, hereby certify to his good standing in this community, that his character for truth and morality is good;
 J w HoNEA, w $ MCDANIEL, J II SAMPSON, G LORE,
 w F. MORRIS, w r LOBE,
 w J HITT, w k loNEA
 ] J SAMPSON, T R SAMPSON,
 G P SAMPSON, P NJ HoNIA,
 w BuRDIrr, W l. BURT,
 ] F NESrMoRELAND, J C w EsTMoRELAND, z T MUNN, NJ J JOHNSON.
 There are only two men who can say that 1 ever asked them to sup port me for an office. As to having tried to take the life of my fellow man; Nine years ago l had shoot ing affair with John HichS; he made no complaint against me the grand jury refused to indict me, while Hicks was indicted, tried and con