The Cairo bulletin., 1905-03-14
BEN ALBA AND
HIS BARBER SHOP
MORE ABOUT THE ALLEGED
HoLDuP or WIN. BLANkEN.
SHIP. WHEN HE WAS SOAKED +
sf.75 FOR TONSoRlAL WORK.

contained IN article r\nd.ag an al
f legged hold-np in Ben Alaa's barber
shop on Commercial avenue, Il was
+ 10 The effect taat q young man named
Hlankensnip, from Wcklffa, Ky
went to tae barber SHOP Sunday and
( 10 make q long story short was charg
eli sl75 for S. cents worth Of work.
I Thar hc went away, procured an Off
Ger. and returned and forced the pro
pf etor o refund him 5 Of the money,
after The officer had threatened RI
ciase the shop unless the matter was
settled
Monday afternoon the proprietor Ct
The barber shop in question over his
signature in a local paper saw fit to
deliver an unwarranted and scurril
GUS attack on Tue Bulletin for pub
fishing the above item Of news, deny
ing it fatty. and complaining that
The Bulletin should have seen him
aud gotten his denial before publish
ng the story
Mr. Alba's defense is that young
Blankenship was cha%2l regular
Sunday prices for the work done for
lin: that Blankenahip got a shave, l0
cents; massage. 35 cents. hair cut
IS cents hair SINCE, 35 cents sham.
poo, 80 cents; hair tonic, 10 cents;
shine 10 cents IN AN $t75.
Thinking possibly than It had done
ur Alba an injustice. and that Il
lad not sufficiently investigated tho
natter, The Bulletin instituted an in
festigation aud IL will now give tho
public. as well as Mr. Alba the re
I'll OF its investigation
Young Bllnkenship was communi
gated with at Wickl1e and he MOI
My reiterated his statement in Mon
lays paper, but said he would swear
0 il on oath. He says he got
have. hair cut and shampoo. and tina
"a all which al Sunday prices,
tmoan.cd to S. cents He said flrth
! that Hardy Hooper, a young ma
The employ OF his father al Wick
.fc uld also testify that he wa.
harged SIPS for d hair cut and shave
lt the Llba shop about a month or ST
ago, AMI that it was not on Sunday
thor
Tao Bulletin also learned that e
lroad conductor running into Cair
ecently went into the shop and got
have and neck shave and, we are In
ormed, was asse. sed 50 cents. >
Gentleman who accompanied him wa
ilso assessed it is said $3.50 for
have and hair rim.
Another man who got a shave an,
wo hot towels, we are Informed, wa.
'hafged rs cents.
a wei known citizen Of the city |
allied upon The Bulletin last nigh |
md left name ST others VINO, he sal
would testify to extortion practicet |
lpon them at Albas shop
A prominent bus ness man Of tht
ity declined O. give the name OF /
entIaman who travels into Cairo VIII
laims to have been assessed toe
heavy az this shop because he didnt
want 70 be drawn into the matter
It appears therefore 10 be a que.
ion OF yeracity between Messrs. ABB
nd Blankeaship, and the former has
ne lived here so long and being wide |
ly known, The Bulletin took pains 81
nd cut something about the latter
-Ie is son 0t a prominent sawmll
man and farmer at Wickliffe and hi /
family is one OF the leading familic
)f that -ection He Is a young mar
lbout q years oi age ard runs hi |
Iathcr's farm near Wickline. DR.. } !
J. Rendleman, P. P. Langan and Capt |
]. S. Hscker. Of this city. who know |
he young mans father well. say nc |
nan stands higher in any community |
IAN the elder Blankenshlp and Dr. |
{endleman, who was his family ply |
iCian for Is years says win Blanken |
hip 81 one Ct the best young men in |
Wichiflc, thoroughly honest, truth 1
ul and can be relied upon
These are the facts as the Bulletin /
has been able TO secure them The |
public has both statements and may |
choose between them.
The bulletin Is aware that a fgh, |
is being made upon Mr. Albas barber |
shop by organized labor of the city /
because his shop is non-union. With |
hat quarrel The Bulletin has nothing I
o do, and as to The Bulletin itself If /
S so far above the mud-siinging black. |
guardism of the Alba newspaper at
tack that II is Utterly impossible t.
get down to a plane low enough 10 /
answer t.
The bulletin is newspaper which .
serves the people ana it proposes r.
expose graft in any form when it can
&c SO lesitimately wherever f. raises
its head.
4 "Barberoue" Procee6inu.