The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-02-25

ohy lidplc lOI any udludScS u6 may sui
fer thereby, and will proceed according
ly.
Respectfully,
WILLIAM II. LYLEs.
SOME PLAIN ENGLISH.
About o'clock yesterday afternoon
the Governor sent the following to Mr..
Lyles, wherein he acknowledges his in
dividual responsibility in the matter:
VIM. II. Lyles, Esq, Attorney:
SIR:-Gou letter of this date inform
ing me that you consider my action in
refusing to surrender possession of "Ag-
ricultural IIalr' unwarrented by my
official position. and will consider me
"individually liable for damages" re-
ceived
desire to notify you that l, as Gov
ernor, am chairman of the sinking fund
commission, and that acting for the
commission, | have refused to consul
mate the sale of the property or deliver
1t to you In my dual capacity.
am resisting an attempt to swindle
the State out OF $4,000 of deferred pay.
ments; and to prevent litigation, No
one knows better than yourself that the
Revenue Bond Scrip, which you tender
ed for the balance due, is worthless; and
II my acti on in resisting this initiatory
step TO bring in question the settlement
Of the States debt by the bond court,
and saddle several millions Of illegal
kadlcal bonds on the taxpayers, is "un-
Warrented" by my official position.
l cheerfully assume the responsibility
and all individual liability and will
leave the question to be decided by the
courts. Respectfully,
B. II. TILLNIAN,
Governor.
FURTHER OFFICIAL ACTION
The following, filed at the clerks Of
flee yesterday morning, explains itself:
Mr.. Edward r.. Arthur, Clerk Of Court,
ltlchland county:
DEAR SIR-Please return me, by Mr..
ID. Means mortgage left with you yes.
day, and oblige yours respectfully,
w. ". G. BATES,
State Treasurer.
Later Mr.. Arthur received the fol-
lowing, with which he complied:
MIR. Il. X. Arthur, Register Mense Con-
veyance, Columbia. S. G.,
DEAR SIR:-You are hereby notified
that deed issued by the Sinking Fund
Commission to J. w. Alexander for
Agricultural Hall and premises, situate
| in the city Of Columbia, is considered
invalid, and the delivery of possession
| will be refused. The validity of the IL
tie will be contested in the courts, anG
you are hereby notified not to RECORD
the deed. Respectfully,
B. Il. TILLMAN,
Governor.
TO TIE AUDITOR, TOO.
| The following is copy Of the inStruc
tions received by County Auditor Mar
shall during the morning, which show!
what the Governor intends to do:
MI; l.; r.. Marshall, county auditor
| Richland:
DEAR SIH-GOu are hereby notified
that the deed given by the Sinking
Fund Commission to J. w. Alexandel
for the building and lot known as Ag
ricultural Hall, in the city of Columbi;
is considered invalid and delivery OF
the property will be resisted. Motion
will be made in the courts to annul the
| deed, and you are hereby ordered not
TO certify the transfer for record 10y
| the clerk.
Respectfully, B. II. TILLMAN,
Gov. and Ch'rm'n. Sink Fund. Comm.
Big Swindle In Texas.
DALLAS, Texas, Feb. 17.-The power
ful lever of curiosity, excited to the high
est pitch by sensation, is prying deeDer
and deeper into the crooked transaction
and sudden mysterious flight Of Col j
>. simpson, who for years has been re-
garded as one Of the solid pillars of
Dallas. lie was president OF the Fourth
National Bank OF Dallas, and tried to
mortgage that concern, but was pre-.
vented by the directors. His real estate
deals were on Il mammoth scale, and peo-
pie to whom he sold property only upon
his word OF perfect titles, began to in.
Vestigate and find that their homes
were mortgaged.
me only operation upon which di-
rect evidence of forgery has been traced
Is in transaction upon which l,e real
lied $4,000 on duplicate note, Of
which the original had been paid. One
OF the losers is the Weir Plough Com
pany, of MonOuth, Ills, They sold
him stock Of carriages on time with
out security, which he sold for some
thing like $4,000. Attachments are
plllng up in the county clerks Office by
the dozen. Two Of the heaviest losers
are the EdinburgA American Land and
Mortgage. Company ,58l ana the
Scottish American Land and Mortgage
Company, $4,000, and other claims Of
thousands. When Simpson was last
heard Of he was in Kansas City, where
1T IS supposed he was visiting T.. T..
CoWen. From letters received, he is
trying to create the impression that he
has committed suicide, but people do
not believe it.
The Speaker Not in the Way.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.-The leaders
OF the contest in the House for the free
coinage of silver have received from
Speaker Crisp assurances that a special
order will be brought in the House in
fa' or Of the free coinage bill. The
ST eaker told them that as soon as Mr..
C4tchings, who is at present in New