Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1901-03-06

COURIER. inserted by that company,
an LARGE LETTERS. after dis
playing it's many other excellencies,
announced that il had closed
CONTRACT WITH THE AMERICAN
IRON Works Co; CAPITAL STOCK.
Sl50,O00; BUILDINGS TO BE Cow
PLErED AND WORKS IN OPERA
TON By APRIL J, 1891"
This ran from Jan. %, o., to July
%, '9l. when the advertisement WAS
changed to
AMERICAN IRON WORKS COMPANY,
CAPITAL SToCk. $4,000; BUILD
INGs NEARING COMPETITOR"
| wanted to know who were the for
tunate jewellers on the ground
floor IN this great enterprise. lmag.
lue my surprise then when found
that as a StOckhOlder of the Is. 4 l..
LUMP. Co, | myself was one of those
lucky fellows. that [ had closed II
contract with myself and was going
To get rich by trading with myself.
As soon as | could went To the clerks
office TO see what kind of charter
had Ms AN American Iron Works man.
and ! found that The same powers
| granted the Iron Go. | had already
in the b. Il l.. Go. Then | wondered
why | had made that contract sand
still ! wonder and still the wonder
grows" No wonder then that | dis
| tinctly recall TINS matter ln the stock
holders maeting. | am one of those
kind OF people who uever forget what
they remember. Passing on from,
! this point 10 another. | regret ex
ceedinglv that Mr. Moore should say
hat he Is charged with any moral
/ Ohhquitv IN this matter. He knows
we'll the difference between fraud iH
tttC aud fraud per Sc. Others may not
/ Let me explain the difference: An ii
lustiatlOu may possibly convey the
meauIhg. Suppose s man Oi ire
/ prOachabie character. high iu church
ana state, should make 10 ule "A rep
rcseutatiOu of fact Inch ne brhev
~ TO be true. rely upon MS rep
r-senation aud Induced 6y il | cutter
into "a contract with him. The rep
rcseutatiou subsequently, turus out 'o
/ Dee untrue aud / lose money. Now
/ the law is that The man who made
| the representation must stand the
| iuSs. If he made o., believing
| &C 20 he true or not knowing IL
10 be true, hr Is guilty of fraud in
| law; If be made 10 Knowing IL
/ to he false be- Is guilty of moral fraud.
No one ever accused Mr. Moore Of
this: no one believes it about him
| Now the question is, did re make
| the representations, towIt: that the
y. u w. Il. r. Co. had subscribed tn
! $50. 900 of the stock in question and
that he bad succeeded in placing
S350,000 of the stock in New York.
Philadelphia anil Baltimore? He
SAYS he did not; Who saws he did:
The first witness call is that gen
tleman. kind and true. "who now
rests from his lahors''. the late editor
If this paper. He declared on his
oath as follows:
Mr. 4. Moore, Ir, who, Individually
| and single. handed. undertook TO float il
when the interest in il some months ago
seemed tagging. has been quietly but &C
! lively pushing IL TO the point of conf
! ience and assurance, ard on Monday
evening he returned from business trip
10 New York, Philadelphia and Balti-
more and announces that he has sue
ceeded in placing S35O. OOO Of the $500.
| 200 OF stock TO be issued; that our people
received this news with JOY need not be
stated
This he published in his paper Oct.
d, 1890. Has anyone ever read
denial of its truth in the papers; in
his deposition Mr.. Moore SAYS he new
~ denied this newspaper statement
Capt Num-, a man known aud re
spected by everybody, declares on
oath that Mr.. Moore made snb
'tauually the same statement aud that
the n. 4 W. r. II. had taken S5G.
600 of this stock. 70 the same IF
| feet Mr.. Doras II. Jones, the mayor
IF this town, whom the people have
twice elected to that position; his
brother, NJ. w. Jones, ESQ, declares
IN his deposI ion that he looked upon
Mr.. Moore as the "hodv, and soul Of
the child about to be born" Mr.. John
+. Sewers, ESQ, Appointment and wei
known farmer, saws Mr. Moore told
him the n. & w. had taken $4,000
md also spoke of the other repre-
Sentations. Mr.. Max. BrOwnold also
Swears that Mr.. Moore, on the train
from CharIestOwn to BerryvilIe.
made these statements to him
There were others, but why
20 on. All these are honorable
gentlemen aud warm personal friend,
Of Mr.. Moore, aud their statements
could not be questioned any more
than Mr.. Moore's would be. 1t is a
question simply of who remembers
con rectly and amy chancellor would
Oe bound to say that the denial of 10
one man however hiJh he NAV Ia.