Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-06-02

lists, or for obvious reasons can exist
there. Employees of this company are
compelled to trade at the store, or
look elsewhere for employment"
A. B. MCGarry has long NJ aintained a
general store in the heart of the viii
lage of Proctor, and has a consider
able trade. Neither the Vermont
Marble company nor Mr.. Proctor has
the re emotest connection with his busi-
ness. The Vermont Marble company
maintains a store at Proctor, and is
obliged to do so for the convenience
of its employees; but there is not the
slightest foundation for the charge
that any person is compelled to trade
there, either directly or indirect or
that any influence is exerted to that
end.
8. coupon books representing SIS
each are sold TO and enforced upon
the employees of Mr.. Proctor. =
Boz ks are not redeemable any other
way than in trade from Mr.. Proctor's
store. Employees are expected
to take at least one of these books
each month";"
A. The store in que stion is run upon a
cash basis. All persons-employes or
others-are required to pay for goods
In cash, or may use, if they prefer,
coupon books. Some buy these books
with cash, because of their Conve-
plence, and any employe, if he desires,
may buy one and have it taken out of
the next pay roll. They are in books
OF different amounts, running all the
way from one dollar upwards. They
are re dee mable in whole or in part, at
any moment in cash, if bought for
cash, or in account, if charged in ac-
count.
z. Proctor owns the water system
upon which these worbmen are de-
pendent for water for dome site pur-
poses"
A. The watersyste m of the village of
Proctor belongs 10 tie village corpo-
ration, which issued $50, COO municipal
bonds for the construction of the
st me end IFS village sewer system.
8. "Mr. Proctor also owns the GEM
etery in Proctor. Living or dead,
wage earDers in Proctor seem to be
subject TO Mr.. Prcctor's will"
A. The Protestant part of the GEM
ete1y belongs 10 the Proctor cemetery
assC citation, a charitable CORPORATION.
ard the Catholic part to the Cath
olic church, each, the gift of Senator
Proctor.
To anticipate any quibbles with re-
sreot TO the fore going, we would saw
that Senator Pre- ctor does not own a
foot of land in the village of Proctor.
The same is also true of Fletcher d.
Proctor, except only the house in
which he lives and one small single
house near by. Also that every denial
beIeiDbefoIe made as to the Vermont
Marble company is equally made as
10 Mr.. Proctor and Senator Proctor.
Each and every one of the fore going
state me nts quoted from the Be nning-
ton Banner is uEqualifie dly false.
There sre many others in the article
equally so, but space does not permit
going further into detail. The whole
is a malicious slander. What is the
purpose of this fabric of lies? Simply
to lay the foundation for the charge
that Mr.. Proctor maltreats bis en-
ployes and for an appeal to the work
inemen of the state to array them
selves against him. In this effort
they have as an ally The Worker, the
New York Socialist organ, copies of
which, with direct appeals against
Mr.. Proctor, have been sold on the
streets of this city at half price. 1t
must be said, however, that the Ian
Rusee of this socialistic organ, COM
pare with the Mccullough papers, is
both dig nified and moderate.
Although these falsehoods were or
dina1iIy put out for the purpose of
making demagogic appeal to the
vorkiDgmeD, at Brattleboro last Fri
day they appeared in a new form aud
for new purpose. The managers of
MoCullough's campaign procured the
printing in the Windham County Re
former of ser sational article, cover
ing bali of the front page, and repro
ducing much of the Banner article
above referred to in its exact Jan
guaee, for the entire purpose of build
ing upon the Sc falsehoods, this theory:
That Mr.. Proctor was from the nature
OF it's allegations responsible for any
thir g that happened at Proctor; that
the village of Proctor was in fact a
rum hole, and that Mr.. Proctor was,
therefore, a "rummy." In solemn
mocktry, directly above the article,
sppe are d the Reformer's usual motto:
LET all the enos thou aimest at be
thy Conntry's, thy Coos and Truths"
No VOL der that the Reformer in shame
seeks TO disclaim respons ibility-al-
though we do not believe a newspaper
can escape responsibility in such
way-by speaking elsewhere of the
article as an "advertise ment of the
McCulloughites." 1t was printed the
day before the caucus in Brattle boro
too late to be in any way answered
and probably contributed, as was
intended, TO secure for Mr.. Clement
the plurality of three by which, if the
votes of Democrats are to be counted,
he appears to have carried that town.
To show our good faith in the state
ment, which We make deliberately,
that the charge is false and base
slsnder upon Mr.. Paoctor and the
people generally of the village of
Proctor, The NelCs hereby offers to
pay any person one hundred dollars
who will furnish it with evidence that |
there has been in the village of Proc
tor one single violation of the pro-
military law in the last twelve |
months.