The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-09-30
Explanatory Correspondence
Colfax. La. Sept. 26. 1855

COlfax, La, Sept. 70, 1899.
Editor Colfd1 Chronicle:
Inlast issue of your paper an article
appeared signed ''Billy Patterson, in
answer to Mr.. Watson's article in the
Demands. ! had no desire to be
brought into this controversy, but
the charges made in connection with
the "Billy Patterson" article was too
much tostand. Imade that abstract
under contract for the police jury,
and, learning that Mr.. r. s. Cameron
wrote the Billy Patterson" commun-
ication, i called on him for explana-
tions, and herewith give his reply:
Colfax, La, 9-A, $50.
Mr.. w. L. Shackelford:
Dear Sir-I am in receipt of yours
of this day. l have not connected
you with the transaction referred to,
nor do / know anything of the ex-
pense attendant upon the work men,
toned The point was this, that the
police jury had paid 5000 for a thing
of no use or value to the police jury
or to the parish. / do not know of
what value the thing might be in the
Office of a notary, or in a convey
ancer's Office, where there is demand
for information such as is usually en-
braced in the details incident to trans
actions in real estate. No doubt you
have been at considerable expense
had people employed, and all shat, III
making the abstract. The wonderful
thing to me is, how it ever occurred
to you or the police jury that the
parish stood in need of the abstract.
lam perfectly candid when say that
the thing was always ridiculous to me,
and have so treatedit Youesteem
the abstract serious matter of i'm
portance. | do not. There is the diff
ference. Very truly,
r. S. CAMERON.
The expressions used in this note
puts a new feature upon the whole
matter. Mr.. c. claims his remarks
are not personal, and has reduced the
discussion down to q question OF
whether or not he considers the police
jury did right IN having the abstract
made. AS you say, abuse is not ar
gument, neitheris ridicule, or sarcasm,
or SANDER. Weconclude that because
Mr.. C. differs with the police jury, Is
no proof that wrong has been con =
mitted. We argue that this abstract
rs worth the money to the people
whose taxes paid for it, We argue
further, thati it was a public necessity,
and the police jury had right to
have it made 1t consists OF Z large
records, covering some four hundred
thousand acres oil lands, containing
some ten thousand entries of deeds,
and ten thousand names, on it's Uni
versal Index. The labor cost some
$500, and the material used nearly
5000 more, besides my own laborand
attentionfor the past six months. 1t
has been at my home since it's com
pletion, because there was not proper
room or convenience at the court
house. 1t has been in constant de-
mand since it was finished, and |
have always showed the utmost cour-
tesy and attention to those desiring
to examine it. 1t purports to give
! the entire chain of title of record to
any lands in the parish, and does SO.
invite a careful inspection by any oi
ourcitizens, and leave it to the public
to say what it is worth to them.
Very truly, W. L. SHAcKELFoRD.
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