Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-02-26
The Marietta Daily Leader.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2e. 1901.
TRUTH AS TO FERGUSON.
President Sine Heard from Again In Re-
gard to the Marietta Commercial
College Difficulty,

lie," downright malicious misrepre-
sentation," she appropriates students
/ mail" etc.
Mr.. Ferguson says: "He Sine lies
when he states that the seventy-one per
sonals were copied word for word from
The Youth" | desire to say in reply
to the above statement that seventy out
of the seventy-one personals were copied
word for word from our own school pub
lication, The Youth. The Mrs. Barnes
personal would have been copied like
the other seventy, had it not been so
lengthy. Send for a copy of the
"Searchlight" and "The Youth" and
make your own comparison.
Mr.. Ferguson says: "Mr. Sine also
states that not one of the seventy-one
persons named has ever seen the inside
or the outside of the Marietta CONNER
cial College. 1t is false statement"
l meant just what | said and if Mr..
Ferguson can give your many readers
the name of single one of these seven
one persons in controversy, who has
ever been student at his school, we
will make him present of $500.
Mr.. Ferguson says: "This is the
second time that Mr.. Sine has tried to
degrade the Marietta Commercial Col
lege in the eyes of the people by down
right malicious misrepresentation" If
telling the truth and trying to right a
wrong done the Mountain State Busi-
ness college degrades the Marietta Com
mercial college, then its (the M. G. c.
troubles have only begun.
Mr. Ferguson says: "Whatever may
be justly charged to the manager of the
Marietta Commercial College, it cannot
with truth be said that he appropriates
the students mail, which is true of A.
G Sine" If Mr.. Ferguson was finan-
cially responsible, he would pay dearly
for this one statement of his. This stud
ents' mail, as he terms it, are shorthand
magazines purchased by me, and paid
for by me, for free distribution among
our students in the shorthand depart
ment. They were my own private prop
erty, consequently, had a perfect right
to do as l pleased with them. The joke
about the whole thing is that Mr.. Fer
guson appropriated" to his own private
use ten times as much of this ''students'
mail'' as / did myself, although, as
stated above, it was my own private
property. The last thing that Mr.. Fer
guson was seen to carry away from the |
Mountain State Business college was an |
armload of this same kind of students,
mail, " yet he makes the statement sit
cannot with truth be said that he (Mr.
Ferguson appropriates the students
mail" Good little boy that! Only a
few weeks ago we received a letter from
one of Mr. Ferguson's pupils requesting
us to send him a copy of these short
hand magazines. | cheerfully complied
with his request, Notwithstanding the
fact that he failed to enclose a stamp.
We will ship Mr.. Ferguson barrel of
these accumulated magazines for distri-
button among his pupils if he will only
''pay the freight" on same.
In this connection permit me to state
that Mr.. Ferguson and his lady spent
considerable time in writing lengthy ep-
lstles to the postoffice department,
Washington, ID. c., in regard to this
"appropriating students mail" bust
ness shortly after they had taken up
their residence in your city, but the
postoffice inspectors gave them the
marble heart" as it were, and they
ceased operations along this line. We
have copy of these letters. This tells
you who the aggressors are in this un-
fortunate newspaper controversy.
Mr.. Ferguson says: "We also notice
that Mr.. Sine is still using Mr.. and
Mrs. Ferguson's pictures in his advertis-
ing, which is very misleading, as they
have no connection with the Mountain
State Business college, and have not had
since the Bird of last August" Yes, it's
true that Mr.. Ferguson has not been
with us since the 3rd of last August, the
date OF ms discharge from our employ.
We are also using their dear, little pic
lures, but we want it distinctly under
stood that it is not our desire to do SO.
Let us explain. We had the different
departments of our school photographed
while in session, nearly two years ago
and this accounts for their presence in
these different interior views of our
school. Send for copy of The Youth
and take ''squint" at the typewriting
department scene on page of same.
Take real good look at the lady stand
ing to the right and the curly headed
gentleman seated away off in the dis
tance little to the left of the left row
of typewriter operators, and if you don't
laugh and cry at the same time, miss
my guess.
Mr.. Ferguson, in conclusion, SAYS:
'We have some other very serious
,hings that we will bring to light when
he time comes" For several years
past have been amply able to take care