Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-07-23
W. C. AS Reply to the Hart BOYS.

EDITORS INDEX: When | wrote the
item for the INDEX of July 9th, men
tloning the Hart boys, l had no idea
the boys were SO anxious for newspaper
notorlety as their epiStle, in the last
INDEX, addressed to Nv. G. A" indi-
Gates. But since the case is so plain
that they desire it, can't find it in my
heart to refuse them little write-up,
and will begin by stating that the Hart
boys settled in HazeltOn, and not on the
farm in the Julian neighborhood, as
they claim. Further, they only spent
few days on the farm; they We're there
a few days, probably repairing the fence
and the house, and then they removed
few of their goods to the farm. But
before they moved their valuable goods
to the farm, they met with their great
loss by fire. They had their property
insured for $780,. When they got their.
insurance, the household goods were in
-Hazelton, where the bulk of them re.
NAMED until they removed them to XII
Owa, few days ago. They claimed
net loss of over S434, when the actual
loss. on liberal basis, would hardly
reach $3.50, and under the most favOra-
BILE proof, would not exceed $500. /
might give an itemized list of the loss,
and also of their claim, but it would
make this letter too long.
The Hart boys, as they say, came
here some time i'll December, we be-
lieve, and engaged i'll the occupation of
whiting goods boxes, pleasant bust
ness, to which they devoted almost their
entire time and talent, even during the
busy season in harvest. 800
| AS to the circular, and the attack on
w. l.. Gamble, | have this to say The
person who wrote the circular, wiltully,
and, no doubt knowingly lied when he
stated that only eight business houses
were occupied in Hazelton. For proof,
read the following Follett & Edwards
occupy, and use daily, two buildings :;
Charles Hendley one Harrington boys
one; Smith y Johnston one VIM. Shut
tiers one; George Payne one; Bank of
/ HazeltOn one; : WI. Peck one J. f.
Betty one; H. Chichester one :; J. c.. Full
lerton one; F. E. & G. d. Noble one :;
Mundorff Il Co. two George Beeson
one; Mrs. r. Nj. Mansfield one NJ. O..
WILDER one, and Mrs. Moon one; total,
10. Besides. there are two blacksmith
shops, two livery. stables, one lumber
yard and two coal yards. So much for
that lie.
Another lie in the circular is the
statement that ali the eastern people
get skinned out Of their money when
they get here. For proof of this We
have seen letter. written by one of the
Hart boys, to friend in Tennessee,
stating that. in their trade here, they
had cleared about 81 800. So we see
that the circular is not all true, if the
Harris are not lying to their friends in
the east
As to the attack on w. L. Gamble !:
Whether the Hart boys are guilty OF
not, we don't care one cent, for there is
little doubt but that w. L. Gamble is
fully able and competent to take care
of himself
must say that as the Hart boys have
| chosen to mention the circular, in their
| epistle, that it would be hard to find
another person In the county who would
deliberately send broadcast over the
country a lot of printed lies. which are
calculated to lnjure the price of every
mans property, his own included, and
we sincerely hope that the good Lord
willneyer afflict this community with
another such vile and putrid wretch.
We might be able to resist, by power,
an open enemy ! we might guard our
/ goods, by strong locks, from thief !;
we might be able to arrest the rayages
of small pox. yellow fever or ether dis
eases or plaques, but the traitor that
will wickedly stab his best friend when
his back is turned Jas the party did who
slandered the county in the circular ]
we know of no remedy that viii apply
I in such case unless it be that of treat
/ ing him as ali outcast, and not worthy
the association of respectable people.
w. G.. AFFORD.
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