Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-03-05
j. s. Floyd, ,
A. p. Crisp.
Anderson. S. C.. March 2d. 1902

Anderson, S. c.. March I'd, 1902.
Hon. j. r. Earle, Jr., Walhalla, s. @.
Dear Sir: Yours of the 1st instant is
just now to hand and has my attention.
In reference to tho fee in, the cases of
Macaulay VS.. Oconee News, beg to
state that nothing was charged for your
services in that case nor as far as l know
did you receive one cent in compensation
for services rendered. 1t was agreed
between us and our clients that you were
not to have any part of the fee but was
to receive fee equal to what would
have been my half of reasonable fee
for the firm. / therefore charged and
received for the two cases a fee of
twenty-five dollars, of which you neither
directly nor indirectly received any por-
tion whatever While it is true that you
collected twenty-five dollars the collec-
ton was made for me individually and
you have accounted to me in a settlement
between us for this fee. l wish to en-
phasiZe the fact that and l alone re-
tceived the whole of the twenty-five and
that you did not receive any part either
directly or indirectly of said fec. wish
further to state that the fee of twenty
five dollars paid to me for the two cases
was not in my Judgment adequate
compensation for my services when
that / was away from home and on ex-
penses, but it is the amount that agreed
to be paid me in case the cases were COM
promised. Our clients fully understood
the arrangement and certainly knew that
you were not to receive any part of that
fee.
In making this statement do not de-
sire to enter into any controversy, with
anybody, but have simply stated the
facts as / know them and am snre that
the representatives of the defendant
company who conferred with me can not
and will not dispute a word of this state
ment. 1 can only regret that. any issue
has been raised about the matter and am
sure that the whole dispute arises from
an honest misapprehension OF facts. :.
You are at liberty to use this letter in
any way thct you may deem necessary
for your vindication. Hope this is salts
factory.
am as ever, yours truly,
Geo. E. Prince.
Die. by Mr.. Prince.
s. A. l..
I have read the above letter of Mr..
Prince and can say that he has correctly
stated the facts as to the fee as l under
stood it at the time from both Mr.. Prince
and Mr.. Earle. The other $25.00 my firm
Pgot. VIM. j. Stribling.
At the request of Mr.. j. r. Earle we
give space in our columns to the forego-
| ing article. We do SO Notwithstanding
the refusal of Mr.. Earle as editor of Tie
Oconee News to publish our article OF
| last week, after request so to do. We
received the manuscript at 320 o'clocB
Tuesday afternoon, and Immediately in.
| formed Mr.. Earle that we would publish
everything he had to say, provided he
would publish rything we had to say
| This he refused to do, but still in fair
ness to him we publish his article, not.
withstanding his want of fairness to-
ward us. We have nothing to conceal in
any shape or fashion, and want the pub
lie to be fully informed on the whole
matter. d.
We referred to the matter of board
for his daughter5to show that he was
'1ooking through glass darkly" II
shows the manner of the man who made
the charge of taking ten times more from
one than another. He is accustomed tt
| making such charges himself, and hence
| it comes so natural for him to accuse
other people of doing what he himself
does.
But let MS see. Is his explanation OF
this matter true? Was not Mr.. Earle
excepting house" and living in Walhalla,
and his daughter with him, in 1907 and
| 1893 ? Did not he make return as guar.
dian to the Probate Court on June Goth
1890, containing statement of account
from February 10th, 1912 Yes, it is or
record, and under tho head of disburse-
ments the following credits appear:
For maintenance, board, clothing,
&C., 1897. ..................$ $50 0C
For maintenance, board, clothing,
| &C., 1898. ............ ....... 500 W
! For tuition and books, 1s97..... .$i2 0G
For tuition and books, 1903 ....... $40 OC
We said nothing about what he may
have paid to his mother, but spoke only
of what he must necessarily have paid
either to his wife or to himself. Does he
really deny that he paid anything to his
wife or himself on this accountp Does
not everybody i'm or about Walhalla know
that he was "keeping house" then, and
that his daughter was here2 Else how
is it that he in his former accounting
credits himself on July 20, 1895, with
| having paid 81 1.80 toMrs. Julia Johnson,