Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-04-09

is an arrant fraud. He hires two rooms in
some out of the way place among the poorer
class. A partner of his stands at the door
and charges 10 cents admission to get in the
room where the so called doctors operates,
He mumbes a prayer, mutters some pas
sages of the Bible, lays on his hands and
claims the cure is performed, the patient
thinks he feels relieved, lays a quarter or
half, sometimes a dollar in the doctors
palms and retires giving room to the mex.
one. He takes wonderfully well among the
superstitious and ignorant, who believe that
by having faith they'll be cured. The fell
low is stumpy, cross ley ed ugly specimen Of
humanity, repul>ive.to all but those havin q
faith. He makes considerable money out of
them and they seem to enjoy his COMPANY, for
they flock to his room in crowds. He does
not prescribe but only uses his fingers as he
would a fOrcep, and the crowd will wait
whole days, week after week for their turn
at the pull. 1t i incredible how many super
stitiou> people there are in this enlightened
age. That man should not be allowed to go
among those poor people and swindle them
of Their hard earned savings. He obtains
money under false preten>e and as such
ought to come under the law. No man on
earth has got supernatural power; it is
against rea> on it is against nature and against
the laws of God. Nobody con cure a decay
ed or diseased part of our body with faith
Faith in this case is Il fake and proclamation
also and any one who believes in it is the
very counterpart of Thomas and as such
will swallow anything. 1t can be ranked
with spiriuali>m illusion and trickery, in
which Imagination plays the principal part
ana in which dupes pay and enrich the de.
ceiver."
The following appeared in last weeks
Truth:
Editor Of The Truth-In DAYS REGIS
TER l find a report of a little difficulty that
does not interest the public. but does me
great injustice. Why did not the REGISTER
inquire and obtain the facts before writing OF
that of which they knew nothing: 1t as an
easy matter for the REGISTER to make asser-
tiOus they can not establish, nor have they
the courage tt back them. This Is not the
first time that paper has gone half cooked"
ana we would warn them to be more careful
in the future, and ask the public to with
hold their opinion until they learn the facts,
which can not be obtained through the REG
ISTER. w. c. PATTON.
In reply the REGISTER has this to say; if
it has misrepresened any one, or made any
statement not warranted by the facts, its
columns are open for the correction of the
same. The REGISTER has Intentionally
wronged no one, nor does it believe that
any one has good cause to complain of its
account of the difficulty referred to. AS to
It's courage to back any assertion it may
make, the REGISTER has nothing TO say,
except that its record of twenty five years is
well known in this community, and that the
people know just how often it has failed to
back its assertions. When it has been in
the wrong, it has cheerfuly said so, as it
would do In this case, if that fact could be
shown. As to the "them" mentioned in the
card, it is sufficient to say that the person
whose name is at the head of the columns of
this paper is sole proprietor and editor
thereof, and is entirely responsible for any
statement that may appear in its columns,
and upon his head must fall the wrath of
any one offended thereat. AS to the warn
ing, the REGISTER simply says, "much
obliged" though what we are warned to do
or not to do, is somewhat indefinite. If it
means that this paper is not to publish the
public happenings in this community, the
warning is futile. No doubt we have been
guilty Of the sin of omission, in
this respect, as what other paper has not-
but this shall be amended in all that hereaf- |
ter transplres, AS far as possible. We shall
endeavOr to record events, without bias, and |
with regard only to the facts. Again we
say that we will cheerfu!ly correct any mis- |
statements we have made, if it can be shown |
that we have done so. We certainly have |
entertained no feelings of i'll will toward the |
gentleman who considers himself aggrieved; |
nor did friendship bias us toward Mr.. Seq |
ner, for he was Il stranger to us-wc did not |
even know his name, had never had any |
with him, and only knew him |
as ''the barber" as We saw him passing up |
or down the street. In fact, it was merely |
the account of an unfortunate occurrence, |
wherein were given the "c!aims" of both |
parties to it as detailed 10 US by persons on |
the outside. TO give the public this much |
was not only privilege, bat disagreeable |
duty, the exercise of which had never before |
been questioned; and the right to forbid II
be admitted now.