Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-07-30
ssCITIZEN" HAS A BIG JOB ON HIS
HANDS TRYING TO STRAIGHT
EN- OUT THINGS.
History Of One Mans Trials and Trfb-
ulatiOns Over the Rev. Woody
Land-Bennett Braces Up
and Tells What lie
Knows.

Gle and would not have seen it at
all but for that "luminary, the
Fulton Sum-" If the good citizen
is going to straighten up all scrapes
the Rev. Woody has been engaged
in since he came in possession of
this piece of land, he has quite a
job on his hands. First, he says,
will MI. Bennett please explain
why his name appears on the pa
per as a leading petitioner for fore
ing the road over Rev. Woody's
land2
1 hope the good citizen didn't
understand me to say I had never
had anything to do with the road.
When I said / had nothing to do
with the road case l had reference
to the appeal s which had been
recently tried at Fulton and Rev.
Woody looked on as being such an
outrageous affair. Yes; ] bought
the two acres from Greer and have
signed petitions and worked to get
the road opened for the last eight
or ten years. Always claimed the
road was quite a benefit to my
land, which the bank now owns, as
we'll as to Rev. Woody's land.
Now, to the good citizen who has
no interest in this matter further
than to see that justice and fair
play should be had, 1 will endeay-
or to explain some OF these suits
for damages, ETC., and will try to
be as specific as possible. I rented
the Rev. Woody land in January,
1881, and after renting to me Rev.
Woody found a man who would
give more money, SO he set at it
to fix the writings accordingly that
is, fix them SO they would be equal
to what the other man would give,
or I could refuse to sign them and
get out. You know Rev. Woody
goes on the theory that you can
make any kind of verbal agreement
you please if you just let him fix
the writings. Well, he had the
writings fixed and had possession
of the land. So the first suit was
for unlawful detainer, damages,
etc. But when the case came up
for trial the most specific thing
about it was a postal card which
the Rev. W. had written to some
other parties in regard to his land
and in my rounds for evidence !
got possession of this card, which
1 turned over to my attorney fol
future reference, and when the
Rev. gentleman took the stand and
testified just the opposite to what
he had written on the card, Mich.
olas didn't forget the postal. The
card was written in red ink and
we'll supplied with fourishes and
from that day to this Rev. Woody
never has q good word to say fol-
Thurmond, and by the way Pm in.
clined to think citizen has "snif.
ed the battle from affair."" I notice
he is rather disposed to accuse
Thurmond of dabbling in Sunday
School politics. l never heard il
called by that name before, but ]
suppose to put a preacher on the
witness stand and catch him in one
of those cold blooded things, would
look a little like dabbling in Sun
day School politics.
l believe the next suit was the
big damage suit for blowing the
land the wrong way, cutting the
hedge SO close to the ground that it
wouldn't grow, etc.
The next trouble was the time I
held part of the rent money back
for Rev. Woody not complying
with his contract, but don't think
he brought suit this time. He
took it out in whiting and threaten
ing me. For instance, a postal like
this: "The infeasible claim you
set up you can't sustain. I will not
indulge you another single day.
Send me the balance on your
rental bond or I will prosecute you
10 the full extent of the law.
Samuel Love Woody"
There is a popularity about the
Rev. Woody's writing that I have
never noticed in any one else save
in the Mexico citizen. Think he
can come nearer initiating him
than any one I ever saw. They
write like if they were in reach Of
you they would jump right on you.
Why did I not accept some of seven
verdicts rendered by the commits
slonersf I would say that I &C.
cepted five out ofthe eight verdicts
rendered by theae men, and as a
question of damages I accepted all
of the for all of the commission.
ers agreed that the Rev. Woody
was generally benefited by the
road but they gave him a little
damage as the easiest way te
get rid of him. But as to the las,
set of commissioners I think the
court instructed them (if their con.
science would allow them) to give
him q little damage. I regret very
much that the commissioners and
Mr.. Citizen, too, could not have