Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-10-11

at MIN, tnat tne sheriff receives d
large salary" as such, when in fact
no ''salary" whatever attaches to
the office, and its emoluments are
not 'large." A more faithful offc-
er and honester man than John l.
Marshall, Iron county never knew.
But this "cuts no ice" with you and
those behind you. He is a Demo-
cratic candidate, and therein lies
his offense.
But l will let these men look after
their affairs, and proceed to show
how you have lied concerning my
self. l regret that this is neces-
sary, but surely, for your own
good, your over-zeal needs curb
ing.
You say "They" 1.-THE Banner
editor and his wife) "were paid
two years ago to come here and
print the official ballot. They got
$50 for the work and the REGISTER
got about $3.50, the balance, for the
work." etc. Now, this is not like
you, Benny, and ven your over
zeal cannot excuse 1.-THE lie is so
palpable and easily knocked out.
Perhaps, however, you thought
that, since Mr.. Thornton's tongue
was stilled in the grave, a denial
of the assertion would amount
merely to a question of veracity
between you and myself-that you
could continue to assert sit is so,"
against my "not true," and people
could believe or disbelieve accord
ing to their inclination. Really,
you ought have inquired further,
and formulated some other false
hood uncertain in the haze of time
and involved in the obscurity OF
, indeterminate truth.
, By reference to the Financial
Statement of 1905 you could have
read: "Warrant Adv. G.
Thornton, for publishing official
, ballot, S310." Allowed and issued
, November Ia, 1904. A further in
, quiry would have shown you that
Mr.. 7. took up this warrant and
cashed it the day it was issued
. received, not $50, but 1910. Truly.
Benny, your discretion had de-
serted you.
If this was all the evidence ad.
1 duced by me, l have no doubt you
would say I held Mr.. Thornton uE
and made him disgorge after he
was paid, and I have no doubt
I, some of your hackers in YOU
: vicious, lying warfare upon Demo.
i Gratis would have jumped at the
e chance OF saying you spoke truth
But alas again!
7 Here comes Mrs. Thornton
evidently, when you conjured
! from the depths of your venom the
!, story of my greed and MI. T.'s
imbecility, you must have thought
that, after the manner of some
: men, he kept his business affairs
u separate and apart from the know
ledge of his helpmeet-here comes
5 Mrs. Thornton and deposes as fol-
lows, to-wit:
$ STATE OF MISSOURI,
v COUNTY OF IRON.
= On this sixth day of October
1906, before me personally ap.
9 peared Mrs. Julia G. Thornton
1 widow of w. G. Thornton, de.
3 ceased, and upon her oath says
that in the year 1904 she assisted
= her husband, the said w. G,
Thornton, in editing and publish.
ing the Peoples Banner; that the
said paper received the contraci
] for publishing the official balloi
for the election of 1904 at the
regular legal rate, that to her per-
!, sonal knowledge she knows thai
! her husband received 1910 for the
!. said publication, and that the
| statement heretofore made in the
g arcadia Valley Enterprise is untrue
and without foundation; that hel
husband, w. G. Thornton, re.
ceived the said 1910 for the pub
: fishing of said ballot, out of which
he paid Mr.. AXE ten dollars for the
supplements containing said adj
vertisements, which at her hus-
bands request he printed AND
: furnished. JULIA G. THORNTON.
| Subscribed and sworn to before
q me this sixth day O.
[sEALl October, 1905.
. j. M. HAWKINS, Clerk
Circuit Court Iron County, Mo
l There you are! No uncertain
: sound in the sworn statement of the
deponent. What are you going tt