Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-04-14
FROM THE PEOPLE.
To The Editor OF the Macon Beacon.

ture from N0xubee county, and the re-
Div thereto in the same issue by Mr.. T.
w. Brame, and I having been with the
good citizens of the town Of Pontotoc
that went to jackson to do what we
could for their protection against vicious
legislation that would be hurtful to
chem and to the town as whole and
being familiar with the course that Mr.,
Brooks took when the matter came NJ
for consideration in the House trust
that you will permit this to be pub
hshed in an effort to correct false i'm
pressions that are left by the article OF
Mr.. Z. W, Brame. which il true 10
fact, aad believed to be true by yorr
readers, would to a certain extent stultity
Mr.. Brooks and bis action in the minds
IF his constituency And | do not mean
to say by this Mr.. Brame is net sincere
in what he SAYS but fear that be is an
other Of the many victims tbst have
fallen to the suavs aud even graclou'
manner in which some OF the parties IN
interest to the StegaIl Bill have manu-
featured false impressions for the legi'
Iauure and the public TO swallow, which
has caused viiuperat!on and abuse to be
heaped upon the good citizens Ct this
town I will attempt to answer each
statement Of tat which Mr., Brame
seems to think that his honored repre-
sentative has omitted, in the full con-
sijeration Of the Stegall Bill, and each
Of which was well before Mr., Brooks,
and well considered to my own personal
knowledge before be would make any
decision a. to what his real duty was in
the premises,
Mr.. Brame states that taking for
granted that the Chancellor was right
in rendering his decision and that be
will be upheld by the Supreme Court Of
the State. dissent from the view taken
by my friend that that ought to settle the
matter and goes On further and give,
hi, reasons His first reason is tina,
the people of the town Of Pohtatoc, in
mass meeting, agreed that tn. railroad
company should pat its depot where il
.ls at present and build it. line where it
is at present" This is untrue, He
SAYS that numerous industries, be-
lie7ing in good faith Of the citizens Of
the town Of Pontotoc, have been buil
contiguous TO this line and its depot.
This IS untrue.
He says that these few citizens,
aud understand they are only a few,
VITO procured the institution Of these
proceedings byIthe Railroad Commits
ii D itself, ,at quietly by and allowed
the railroad company to e1pend thous
AIDS ot dollars on the good faith OF the
understanding and agreement entered
into between the town Of PontotoC and
the railroad company. = This is untrue,
anl as will be seen from the following,
The railroad company by its then
pr ,i1enr came to Pontotoc, and called a
ts@ Of his henchmen together, into SC
ca I'd mass meeting which mass meet
in- a number Of the very best citizen.
q P0ltor9c never knew Of, OF citizen,
whose property interest are the largest
in .as town and at this meeting which
was attended by as the testimony show,
between 80 and ST people, while III.
town mas voting puplation OF ther
uelrly TWO hundred At this mas,
meeting which they cay wassJ wei
attended Mr. Merrill stated that an
der no circumstances would the road b,
built az the old depot, and the vote wa,
no. taken as to whether or not the ole
or the new site would he taken, but wal
az 3, whether the new site which wa,
see-tel or whether he would have tn,
r0ll leave the town from to- miles
On r 34yoted and Of these even voted
thar be would rather have the depot
miIus than where it is at present, Will,
white q yoted for the new site in pre-,
ter,ace TO = lawsuit. 1t can well b,
pre- 1med that the balance being from
30 70 IS people wanted it at the old site
Thi is even more to be supposed in view
oite fact that Immediately after tn,
meeting two Of the largest and probably
the largest tax payers and propert,
owners ia the town went to Mr.. Merrill
and -erved notice OF him that he woult
be Irrigated should he attemp' to leay,
the I'D depot From that very time an,
tqggaism was as strong and feeling higI
and 1as been every day since, and tn
railroad company knew it and not onl
| it, bit the people who built their facto
RE. knew it, and further the Railroar
| Commission by its Commissioner MIR
| Kline Innon let the same fact be know
AMI he railroad company knew that /
guin; ont there to the new site the
werr doing 50 in face Of strong opposi
ton, and opposition they knew woul
carry the matters into the courts Of tn
Sta,e,
\ to the numerous factories tina
have been established. there are bu
two one Ct which is an oil mill, and i
which this very opposition to the loca
ton Of the new site were stockholders
and before this oil mill was located ,
this point the members of the Board {
Directors had the assurance from th
manager of same that he had contra,
with the railroad company TO save thai
agiin't all harm from such location {
the mill and hence on this contract an
the strength Of same and these represel
tations the old mill was located ther
| There was certainly no good faith Their
The other industry which i. locate
there is owned by the sheriff of II
coun y, who knew that his own ne,
sonal knowledge Of the opposition
THIS location, a man who has seen fit
cause very extravaganza statements to
made in connection with this affai
and who has taken such an ACTIVE inte