The Appeal., 1892-06-11
ID. T.. BEASLEY.
Disprove the Following Statements 1t you
are the Great Noble and Honorable Man
you, Would Have the People Believe,

DisprOve the Following Statements 1t you
are the Great Noble and Honorable Man
e you, Would Have the People Believe,
My DEAREST BEAsLEY-Imagc Of
thine own idolotry, while it is u fact
that you are SO wrapped up in your own
immortal greatness, that the DEVILS
overcoat would not make you a vest,
you have deliberately lied, and tried
to mislead your own people by getting
an affidavit from G. S. Hornbeck.
Now answer this question; don't you
know that article did not mean G.. S
Hornbeck. You know you got 5000
from young Hornbeck, and gave him
what he supposed was an agreement
for you to take him into copartnership
at certain day; but which article
was only an agreement to entertain a
proposition as to taking him in as a
partner. Did you not take that 5000
and pay off a mortgage to Havertield
and Spiker (white)?. Why did you
not give young Hornbeck mortgage
to secure him, if you did not intend to
rob one of your own race to pay white
men? Has not the time long since eX-
pired that young Hornbeck was to have
become Il partner. and get half the
profits, according to the conditions up
on which you got his money? Is he
a partner:9 Has he got his money? If
so, where is the record of it? -- OF
course, you may not have done any
thing crooked with the father, but how
about the sono
Not that | care for your opinion
but to prevent being held responsible
for your dirt will l explain to you, for
the benefit of both ou: friends.
Did you not Ofttimes come to me,
and ask me to try. and get you gal
lery-that you desired to learn the bus
mess. A gallery was found, the price
named-a gallery that had run over
500 per month, and operated by the
very man you claim was not an artist.
You bought, knowing just what you
were buying, but as soon as YOU heard
that out Of the sale of that gallery
had made a few dollars. you imagined
that you We're the looser, when in fact,
you agreed to pay Il certain sum. and
my commission came from the seller
share, not one penny came from you.
AS 10 that hireliny and his sending
trade, did not you ask that man to
work for $40 per week, did he not call
you all manner of names, and threat
ened to slap your face, and yet tell
you that you would pay him what you
had agreed, did you not claim to him
Il few days later you had no money
and could not keep him..
Did not | send to you all my tin
type trade, as did not make them. until
You began running to other galleries
talking about me.
Read the following statements:
lst. That l am we'll acquainted with
d. f. Beasley, and rs man who has
no honor, or seems to know the mean
ing of the word truth, | would not be-
lieve him on oatf.
2nd. Beasly agreed to give me
steady employ ment for certain sum, a
portion of which was paid prompt
ly by Harry Shepherd. That after
said Shepherds time to>quit paying ex-
pired. Beasley wanted me to work for
less than agreed price. That after
leaving me-and to customers who had
been in the habit of seeing me, before
Beasley bought the place-be said
many untruthful things about me.
3rd. That the greater portion of
trade BeasIey had while l was there,
was sent by Harry Shepherd.
l could not teach Beasly the business
so long as he was not there at princi-
pal time to learn the chemistry of pho
Biography, early mornings and late
afternoons
j. B. MCELROY.
Now these are the facts-after buy
ing that gallery, you tried TO hold
down your job at the Ryan. You
hired an inexperienced man after Nc
Elroy had gone, who not only lost YOU
customers, but destroyed your material.
Dave you should not use the word
''dumped, . it is Il little s]angy for :.
preacher Of the Gospel, neither should
you say that l accused you of not 90
ing among your people. People who
read the article may look up the paper
and say you are jumping over the truth.
Dear Dave: | admit / seldom 90 to
church; am not built that way. and
besides. | have worked 365 days in the
year. and half AS many nights, to sup
port a mothe' who has been for II
years confined invalid. And two
years here in st. Paul | nursed a sick
wife. But depend on my merits and
not on my people, for support. l am
running place for the publjc-tirst in,
first served. AS to my being II French
man, Chinaman, &c., you know better
than anyone else: how great lie it is.
On whose picture was | given the
gold medal from the M. S. F. A., was
it not a colored child from the ship
wreck scene?
Were You supposed to tell the truth?
who prevented you, who asked YOU to
summon Petis, was either YOU or he
present when signed the so-called
agreement? Mr. Petis was not to
blame, You went to Hunt and toll him
Petis heard me tell white man had
bought
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