The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-07-19
M, F. coNLEY, PubIishee
in SELF DEFENSE.

G generally
e owe 1t to myself to exn,o,n -.
= am not with the First Naf,l Rans
o. Louisa any longer.
On Saturday afternoon 1,mo 90
mn'le ! was at work in the bsnt
,o'f OF the directors held meetin,
lii an adjoining room and d,sn0,sa~s
nle as bookkeeper. did not know
'na' any charges of any kind baS
reen preferred against me no, ~.
any one wanted me dismissed. The,
"e.e hot iair enough TO call me 4,
'nc tell me that charges wer,
e'erIeu against me, nor that the,
we're trying me. They did not cue,
give me chance to be heard ana
uiu not tell me / had been disn,,ssa1
un'll about six O'Clock that even,,o
cashier G. R. vinson and were 90
ma nome to suppe when Vinson to,s
me ! was dismissed, but gave ~
reasons Tor 1t. vinson is a directo,
ane was present at that meeting but
'oiI me he was awfully sorry IN .bov.
70 give me the notice / asked him
"i'a' reason they gave for doing II
aho he said Don't ask mo- oa.t
tell you. and appeared to be vorr
sofry that he was not allowed 10 ,a,
me / considered him one OF tho 49,.
irleiids | had and believed what \.
said as did not know AZ thar fin,
thal he had voted 10 dismiss -.
Nlhson afterwards told a nerson
"hom ! can name, that | knew wbv
was discharged. asked vinson H
ne SAID this. and lie would NOT loot
at me- and said: The Boa,d Of NJ
iec'ers wont allow me to talk
asked him II he approved of what tbs
directors did and he said he did rot
told him that he knaw
mat | had no idea what reason tbey
assigned for dismissing me and he
did not dispute it although he ba6
told that certain person that dia
KNOW why 1t was done. A. J. CARED
is said to have stated that I know
Why | was dismissed.
A. J. CARED knows that
wrote the Directors a letter ON IN,
iirst day of July, asking them to lei
me why they dismissed me and thsr
nave not told me yet. l now ash
them to tell the public why II was
~ S. Burns said on July Tn,
LIST that | knew why was DISCHARGED
can furnish the name Of the ma,
TO whom he said this. 1 asked G n
Ninson 70 bring my letter before the
Board OF Directors and proposed "a
publish their reply and pay for il
On July the Sth asked p n
vaughan, President of the Rank %
he knew why was dismissed ann h.
lold me all he knew about IL Yon
Nill see from the following statemer,
made by Mr.. Vaughan that all d
ny accounts and work have been sal.
siaetory and that no one connec,sa
Win the Bank ever had any objecA
ION to me or my work. Mr.. Vaughan
ave out this statement personally
IND without consulting the four Di-
'e'tors. The. fact that he did this
shows that he is fair-minded
Ind was imposed upon by the others
te SAYS he thought he was called 10
he Bank on that occasion To preside
'ver meeting TO declare a dividend
nd that the Directors were disuass
ns dismissing me when he got there.
nc that G. r. vinson. A. ]. CARED.
:. +. Shannon and NJ 5. Burns ali
oted to dismiss me- Mr.. Vaughan
oV says that he does not believe
aid anything wrong and thai he.
oeS not approve of what the Direc-
DIS did The following is Mr.. Vaala,.
ms statement.
Louisa, Ky. July 5. 1907
IT. James L. Carey,
Louisa. Ky.
ear Sir:
In reply to your inquiry as to VIII,
ou were dismissed from the posIs,m
individual boekkeeper in the F,ua
ational Bank OF Louisa, win state
'Isonally that knew nothing of
e matter until called to the Bask
saturday afternoon, June the 2s,s
attend a special meeting Of he
'a'd OF Directors. The charge was
Ade there that Bred Wilson had
posted $4,000. and made the spec-
request that nobody outside Of
E Bank employees he allowed ts
ow that he had an account there
10 that the next day George Bur
S. Assistant Cashier Of the l.ouisa
tional Bank, solicited Wilson's ac-
INT and told him he knew upon
ID authority that ,he had opened
account In the First National
nk' The Directors concluded from
Sc circumstances that you or your
= had told Burgess about wnsons
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