The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-15
IS HINES A HYPOCRITE 4?
The POpuliSt Candidates Connection
With the Lawson Estate.

The Administrator of the Property
Makes a Statement to the Morning
News Concerning Judge Hines
Stewardship-Pla Facts and Fig
ures-Has he Been Faithful to His
TrustP
Sandersville, Ga, Sept, 14.-Inasmuch
as Candidate Hines has made in a public
speech a statement OF his connection with
the Lawson estate at this place, which
was not in accordance with the facts,
Capt c. M. Tyson, administrator of the
estate, furnishes your correspondent with
the following, every word of which will
be sworn to as true by every citizen of
Sandersville who is familiar with the
facts
Judge Hines is quoted as saying in his
speech of Sept. 3, that he could have
saddled the loss of those funds upon those
orphans, but he intended they should not
lose a dollar even if it should become
necessary for him and his wife and his
children to give up their home to satisfy
the claims of the administrator of that
estate
of this matter in such a manner in po-
litical speech, deem it right and proper
as the administrator of Mrs. Lawson's
estate, to say that | cannot appreciate
the above remarks, as l know of no way
whereby he could saddle the loss of those
funds upon the children, except by base
dishonesty, and surely he did not intend,
no matter what his real purpose might
he, to intimate such thing in a public
political speech, the object of which, |
presume, was TO gain votes, or else
he estimates the integrity of his hearers
very low. Judge Hines sought Mrs Lawson
at her home and requested the privilege
of investing the funds promising TO con
suit her whenever good opportunity
presented itself. With this understand
ing and with the injunction that he pay
off at once debt upon the OcOnee planta-
tion he obtained the funds. Prior TO Mrs
Lawson's death, which occurredtMay s,
1898, he wrote TO her without having sub
mitted anything for her approval that he
had paid off the debt upon the Oconee
plantation, and had invested and paid out
the balance of the funds as stated in said
letter, which letter happens to be in my
possession. According to that letter he
did manage to pay a few drafts
and bills sent to him for payment by Mrs
Lawson and to invest 81 900 as claimed.
There was then left about Sl2,500 which
he claimed had been invested as follows.
viz, about 81 900 cancelling the debt on
the O'Conee place; about $4,000 In Geor-
gia state bonds about 81 800 loaned and
secured by decd to $500 of property:
about 81, 900 loaned and secured by deed
to $1,000 of property. The $4,000, loan
was claimed to have been made upon
property at Tallulah Falls and the 1900
loan upon Atlanta property. The truth
is that he failed to pay one dollar upon
the debt on the OiConee plantation and
every dollar that has been paid-some-
thing over 80, ,200-has been paid by me.
He mas failed to produce the four $1,000
state of Georgia bonds or the money.
He failed to lend the s., 800
on the Tallulah Falls property,
claiming that the party delayed going to
Atlanta until after Mrs. Lawson's death,
and then he did not feel authorized TO
lend it to any one. He failed to take a
deed to the $4,000 loan claimed to
have been made in Atlanta. Nc inter-
satisfaction about the matter, and am not
sure that it is loan at all, Thus of the
$l2, 800 he has been able TO produce about
one-third. leaving about $1,000 due He
has attempted TO secure for me about
50, 00O promising to straighten up mat
ters, which promises he has failed to keep.
Owing TO the fact that his letters and
kilograms to me were stolen from my
private desk in the Office, Except few
which had fortunately placed elsewhere
in safe) will not attempt TO refer to
them or allow them to cast any doubt
upon the bona fides of his statements in
this matter, and will content myself by
having based my statements upon those in
my possession. Judge Hines has had over
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think it is about time for him to exercise
some of the noble sentiments he expresses,
but in this case exercising them simply
means being honest"
CHARLES M. TYSON,
Administer Estate Mrs. Lawson.