The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-03-23
MINISTER'S VICTIMIZED.
THE NEAT WORK OLA SLICK scouN-
DRELeXPOSED.

One III tho Victims Tolls tho story-H.
S"'h Thorn ali Clerical Cloth Mt Fabu
lously Low PrIces-The Facts, Etc. AZ
Published by tho State.
COLUMBIA, S, c., March ia
slick rascal has been making things We.
ry interesting for The ministers ofCo
(umbia during tho past week. and he
has succeeded in "biklng," or more
properly, swiudlius nea .ly every white
minister in Columbia. 1t is very strange
too that he should have cloaked his %.
pcrations Tin clerical CLOTH" But. be
that as it may, there are now great
many wiser, not to say madder minister 8
IN Columbia, than the' @ was just week
ago. They were neatly taken in.
There has been considerable talk
about the matter for several days. but
/ whole story did not come out until
Yesterday afternoon, when the Rev. T..
A. Wingard, the pastor of st. Paul's
Lutheran Church, sent for / representa-
tive OF The State and told all the facts,
asking that they be published.
Mr. Wingard says the man called ut
his parsonage last week with some sam.
| pies of cloth for sale. lie gave his name
fas "Mr. Ward" representing Chicago
branch ola bankrupt Manchester, Eng
land, house which had sent Its cloths
over To this country to be disposed of.
He offered his cloth at fabulously low
prices.
Mr.. Wingard says The man was very
prepossessing in appearance and was
neatly dressed in gray suit. He Of
cred to sell to minister's wives and
daughters and ladies Of tho con.rega-
ton Gne silk dresses ETC., at from % 10
81 cents. He also offered foe lot of
Brussels carpets, TO be made and put
on the floor at GU cents yard. What
he seemed more anxious TO sell than all
else was the cloth tor gentlemen's suits.
When he got an order for these he de-
livered the goods forthwith, but for 9TH
er goods he only took orders. Mr.. Win
gard bought materials enough for q
black clerical suit, at $3.50, the man
| first asked SIS for it.
When he delivered The cloth, it was
on the condition that in lew days, he
would have some iour or five of his spe.
cial tailors here to make ltup in suits at
cost of only $3.50 a suit, he agreeing
also to wait ninety days for the pay. Mr.
| Wingard continued: II got this piece Of
cloth, and l haven't heard anything
more OF tue man. He came here showing
some recommendations from Charles
ton ministers whom knew. That was
the ro ,son l got bit. L suppose that
these gentlemen gave him these recon-.
| mo dot hofN 10 l,o
alization of the tact that they had been
sWindled. lie was to have come back
to my house on Thursday last, bit l
cannot hear anything from him. 1 guess
he has skipped. lie leaves this cloth
on my hands, and it will! cost me $24 to
have il made into a suit here. lie took
us all in by his representation that it
would cost practically pothlng to have
the tailoring DONE"
The Rev. Mr.. Blackburn was caught
for one suit, DR.. Lindsay for one suit
DR.. Giradeau for two suits, the Rev. j.
A. Rice for a suit, and others for va
rious amounts. DR.. Tadlock Of the The.
illogical Seminary was perhaps taken in
worse than all; he was caught for four
suits at cost ofabout $50. 1t Is said
that the fellow also got an order for car
pets at the State Lunatic Asylum. MIR.
Wingard says: "The various ministers
cnnsolcd each other today, and now
there is general weeping, waiIing and
gnashing of teeth among u.s."
ln tho meantime the oily tongued
"Mr. Ward" has gone on his way rejoic-
ing, and, with his samples, is perhaps
even now "faklng" other ministers IN
neighbOring cities. State.