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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-01-01
NEW YEARS pARnoN.

COLUMBUS O., Jan. 1-Governor
Harris today issued the annual New
Years pardon to Kenneth A. Blake,
of scioto county. who murdered a
farmer by the name of Rolly. Blake
had served fifteen years.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-01-01
EWQFFNERS.
Are Chosen bYthe tdarris9l
Coalty Med ical S6cietyN
at sbod Mees&g.


tae II ;,Ia1s shustad
aspsaisse Il I,ss Fsartisos Fnty Md
iea sSei5sy gla fn ssoeiet.l
room II ~ i'm ,,,,sl In gbul
8aay aieilf si ofgi sepya Il
tae ensriiiik w,!fs i, IA ,as Ii
qoM
prSsflea tsiey
Ishinaslba.
.e. sSis IN. Har,a
iaaa BiIfg /
rreasife B3 ssI,,ffIeworI
eilafi oifS
sien, ,$ss,ss.s sfg reasorsA
I5r Noreels .s..nrS
stie. ed Il 5,.if Ss,,se terr
syt,i a.isss a..
h. @ vtrglas
afeaicat ssoe NJ a.
Il, lsweFs MI ma Il
ssIorean all AZ t,,ar,sl.,rs
III NJ. 4 Webb of sardi, ao1 Il,
i n steeoge-.n s,forn,Sr ra,,hS
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-01-01
NEwsrArER cuANGE

linb1hs ,y.ith today. the MorgaS.
town Eaw .pominton takes over Die
subcrigEon list Of the Moreantown
Republican ana becomes a morning
PAPER leaving the afternoon heidi t.
the Post-Chroniclc. This makes but
two papers in the local field there.
Juitdn r. Fleming is again in control
Of the New Dominion and MI sue
coed ". L Neru as business map
aser.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-01-01
pRIsoNERs TR.ANsFERREn

John N. Flanagan as former 3aiier
Of the county transferred thirty
county and city prisoners to Mith1ei
j.. Francis to-day. who is now jalIer
by virtue of his being. .sAerifr Of the
county.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-01-01
SRSS SHERIFF BEGINS.

Friday morning opened with
slleTt 4I ! Francis and Deputies
Percy Byrd and Lester Mcmillan or
tlsity tHs sheriff's office. The
alg ek the new ADMINISTRATION
n NO. a number offrieilds
fili'a tpa SteIide atulatioas
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-01-01
srysEI 4 ooIoNEI

Guy K. seuset the poaular maiia-
ger or tho Ghaaway fTotei, at Eikinss
i now Col sinseA having been ap-
pointed rv Brigadicr eeneta1 G. A,
Barlow as GStonel aad Assistdlt
Corn4nissary General Tor the state 81
West vtFglns, Uniform Rank.
T0nights Of Pythias.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-01-01
TJRXKEY is IlEFAISEn.

The retention Of Turnkey Long 1t
the iatl BY Sheriff Francis is a merfs-
"a mark of Mr.. Longs Services -
such and hLs fitness for tH position,
he has bsca faithfd and, efficient
turnkey.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-01-01
.iNorIER SIGNS scAIIs:

The Licking Glass company. ati
Utica o., signed.the fiat scale OH the /
window glass workers this morTing,
according -. adElces received mere.
and the men viii esturn q sNorI At
onee.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-01-01
NEW YEAR
Is T.sharcd- fn ny tic Wattlters ysitIt
a Lot oF.-Npise and WateliIle.i

The hour OF twelve Inst night wa
the Fgnal for y big aproar;- AsstA y
city clock struck the hour q nid
night this Baltimore & orio ana
tor& whistles bee;n 10 blow a4.
SECTIONS " ne, city w'rq
lteaFd repeated. gun shooting Eie'
noise was kept M fully ten lhtnc r
but Vas scarcely as loud askol. for-
n,er octasions. Watch mestlHs
rlrT4ted the beginning Of 1909
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-01-01
sntieossl Ilepolla Illsaiil.,.
sIIrgivol.s Arrive ~ NapIcs.

MALES, Italy, Jan ll-Up . the
preset 1000 persons from the
ear aqitaks gone have SarFlyed here.
sIosnitals and chllsseheB are flied with
tie nsssd 5ThIse suk steamers
flllea with drlaatiiig yhter lef here
taaa sIess.aa
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-01-01
BEER GLASS CAUSES 1,

Lleyd-Lee, coiored, q s. q slers
to awajt trial Tuesday be
Tore Magistrate G. III 9a he
charge or assalsltius 80 Rohin-
SON, also cOlored; with a
aeer glass ChFisQaa 81 Burka's
saloon. Lee was ThursdaS
hy Constable c.s1 Fe-
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-01-01
Senator Elkins Calls on Presi.
dent Murray Of the Bal
tirnore Ohio
DETAILS oF TIE DEAL
Are Said to Be Gone Over for
the Coal * Coke Com
panyls abroad.

/ Uaited States Senator Stephen =.
Elkins. Of tsWest Virginia. VII n AZ
timore = day this week as tlis guest
1 Of President Oscar q aiaFra 81 me
jBaltlmoTe & Ohio failroad Most
I.of his time IN Baltimore sa spent
] with Nh Murray IN the lattetSs
I iices.iR the baltimore i 0hioseentral
bGildiggs They aunehed togsthef
sand,later went to Mr.. Murray apart
tnlents, where the. Senator smain j
atuntif he left TOR Washington ia one
}eyening.
MI. Murray said tie visit was spiiie-
Iva social one fIs ana senatoe
Elkins have been fgtsnds for Year
and the Senator c5nis over fai Il
holiday call.
Others, however believe tlie III
had more sigulfcahce II was s sitl
that the purpose was to enter Into
negotiations With the Baltimore and
Ohio for the purchase of the ai Il
Coke road In West vim mia. in lslielt
Senator Elklns Is largs " inteFsste
When Mr. Murray was asked tllIs
direct question he denied Ha
said the Baltimore & Ohio Was not Is
the market for the Coale& coRe3sand
that in his intercourse with sensiof
Eil,in, e,,ch a ,SS,,I ~, 81 M i ~ 4
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-01-01

Mrs. Jack GrEbble andf daughter.
are visiting Nrs. E.gB.s snod dgra =
New Nartisrille..
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-01-01
COVRst. TOMORROW

liflet liatlas MSsIsynch will res
co.'s ths Special term 81 cirepst
sRlrt fet bEsef lime TOMORROW.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-01-01
HGEI..P!.II NEM YEAR


wAisHl b, d
The last iiiiisx of !:
to wish PTesIas oosesal .;siii:s d
New Year vas sefi sSfaaS tif'
by a large crowd q men an plea
representing every soclal ess 81
day. Before the roTtnql fsesas al.
members OF the cabinet b
ladies, diplomatic reDresen 4
nearly all nations. and lofiic trom
every branch Of tie. gbsssEsgls -
changed fluctuations wif6 tlie 1e.,lE
dent
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-01-01

~ Post, boakkeerGr al the N
visiting in plttsliurg.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-07-17
DIED.

WATSON-O On the morning Of .Juns
10, 1909. the Lord sent his Dcatf.
Angel to The home Of MIR. and Mrs
Odus Watson and took from thenl
their sweet little baby, nged one
year, 8 mouths and rs days.
He was born Feb. Z, 1908, and had
hrrn with bis parents long enough
TO entwine strong cords Of love
around their hearts, but God knee
best and took him AWAY. Grieve
not, dear parents, your little one il
safe with Jesus. and some sweet day
you will see him again. His little
body was laid to rest in the Liberty
Chapel graveyard on June 10Th.
A FRIEND.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-07-17
! WARNING TO FARMERS
From Special Agent b. l.. Mess
Of the U. s. Service.

jackson. Miss, July IL. -Specia
Agent B. L. Moss. OF the Unitet
States Department Of Agriculture
bureau OF plant industry, in charge
Of the cooperative and demonstra
ton farm work 10 this district, ha,
issued the following warming t.
farmers relative to the boil weevil
There is danger that farmers
not familiar with the boil weeyil
may be deceived by the apparent
dying out Of the weevil at this time
and not persist in their efforts
against it. The weeyils that pass-
ed through the winter are now
practically all dead, but they have
left behind them a large crop of
pupctured squares which, il not de-
stroyed; WILSON produce a larger
cropof weevils than ever.
1T is Of the greatest Importance
that fields be gone over at once
aud all the punctured squares
picked up from the ground and
from the stalks. If this is done
carefully and promptly, and repeat
ed at weekly intervals, it will go
far towards insuring a profitable
cotton crop. The punctured
squares should not be p!owed IN
der. If they can not be picked up,
cultivation should be with a har-
row, SO as to pull them over in the
center of the row aud leave them
wing on the surface. When cul-
'ivating the cotton stalk should be
brushed or shaken, as many of the
punctured squares can be removed
ia this way. To be effective this
work must be done at once. Its
object is to destroy the first CROP
IT weevils."
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-07-17

In 1872 there was great deal of di
arrhoea. dysentery and cholera infant
um. 1t was at this time that Cham.
berlain's Collie, Cholera and D,arrhoes
Remedy was first brought into use. Ii
proved more successful than any other
remedy or treatment. and has for thirty
tive years maintained that record.
From small hoginning its sale and use
has extended to every part of the Unit
ed States and to many foreign countries
Nine druggists out Of ten will recon
mend il when their opinion is asked,
although they have other medicines
that pay them a greater profit. 1t can
always be depended upon. even in the
most severe and dangerous cases. For
sale by Valley drug store.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-07-17
TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS.

4 The rules of the postoffice de-
partHSentfpri,isi publishers mail
ing any considerable portion Of
} their newspa pers an second class
matter to subscrilwrs who are
over a. year behind with their
subscriptions. We do not wish
70 s'se ana of our subscribars by
I,ersistenriy dunning them about
} their dues. hut we must comply
with the postal regulations.
Any reputable citizen in ar
rears with the Chronicle who
does not happen TO have a dol
lar s'n hand to pay for renewal
of his subscription at the very
date Of Its expiration. will he
given few weeks. even few
months, ia renew his time. pro-
vi,!ed he will Notify us Of his in
teuti0n to pay up. We send out
notices tU all whose subscrip-
tiDns have expired tr are about
to expire every thirty or sixty
days. This II done for the real
sssu that sume people will ailow
their subscriptions to get sever
: al mt'6tiir ar II year behind. and
then say they did not order the
paper, did not want 1t. have IL
sent back marked -refnsed -
and thus ls.,,t M .,ut of IT. Nv
s..nflinx notyces ont every thirty
DAYS 10 such ners,,ns W. mr.
vent them from l,aI,,v aIl. -,
offer ahs rhin .xcmse thar thsv
did mar khOw they " er,. ,res tinc
sompfkInSr t,r wklch fhsv had
nsn mid Tbe s,n,nsr NO w.t
s,,rb ns.,,r,,r r., .rsfns.. ~. Ia.
DIR tbr l,affer for M
W. have lsp~u urint,nv and
m,,Ilinr eacb week si.nnf fwsIvs
hundred papprs m snI,scrii~rs
1ulIy one, thousapsi of whom AR.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-07-17

The correspondent who wrote M
from Packton will have to send in his
ar her mime. The statement that
1.-THE writer's maine is mentioned in
the letter." does not give M any def.
mite Information on the subject, ~
severa! different names are mention.
ed. We are not good at guessing
II persons want their letters printed
In the Chronicle they must send us
their true names with every letter,
andIthey cnn sign any nom de plum
they pIense.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-07-17

The school fund OF Grant parish is
IN fine condition. The report of tn.
srhool treasurer, which is printed ON
our first page, shows that there was
. cash balance in the treasury on
July LIST. OF t27.1S0.40.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-07-17

The Chronicle Printing Company
lmas sold Mr. +. A. Mathis al the
printing presses, type, stands and
ca*es iormerly us%d by the Grant
Parish Democrat. and he will use
this outtit In printing his new ven
fure, The Peoples Democrat"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-07-17
I he Decrease IN Ass~sslnent..

4 he Decrease Ia Assessments.
some OF the daily newspapers OF
tie State are having II great deal to
RAY about the decrease Of nile mil
l!oa dollars in assessments for 1909"
witch includes decrease ut over six
millions Tor C,'lcnsi-u parish alone.
" lieIi we come 10 think of the stag-
I..;ion of business caused by athp
h. ii water o 1908, and the hundreds
% "cres Of pine timl,eresl lands ~
,t.ed from $500 to 81 90 and
- 10 pei acre every day uf thu year,
t.. 'hr dozens of large saw mills IN
t.r State, that are literally sweeping
u" pin- timber ss nv u cyclone, We
'.,- inclind tn the opinlon that the
1919 aSsrssnent will not I've so bad
nilrr all.
While thu pine timber is being ship
J. i out OF the Stnte, the hardwood
,''"brr is being shipped MS we'll. in the
iot,n u shingles, laths, stav-s and
T. ~, which greatly decreases thu
Value Of hardwood hands along With
pi.e tinnbered lands.
; he point is made by some OF our
ts'i.ftvres that this decrease is due tn
the fact that the present assessors
are elected insteud of being appoint
eft. TINT being under obligations tn
the psop.e they are decreasing their
assessments in order to stand well
with them in another election. We
fe'l sure this IL an unjust dispersion ]
on the integnity of the parish nsses-
sors, and IL only n sort of dying kick
oi reggie ct from those Who have here
t,fore proIited ns beneiiciaries under
the nppUintive system. There is
iotliipg to justify this view. The de-
crs'nse in CnIcasieu parish oi six mil
li.ns (two-thirds Of the drcrrase) is
due To the reduction ON the great
sn phur ihinrs Of that parish, while
tLr other three millions ARE scat tered
sisung several Of the timber pa rishes
and are due to to the causes we have
,l,rutionesi.
so Tar IN Grant parish concerned
there has been an increase. Accor,i-
ihg to tue n l'strHct filed with the Sec
rttary of the Board Of Equalizers BY
ArStssor MurreII Of this parish, Jna@
18th, there is au increase for the par
isi' Of Grant Of $349,12 over the
1DO8 abstract. The abstract for
1908 showing total valuation Of
%, 595, 272. while the abstract for
1000 shows 80, 44.401.
We feel sure that the above is u
conservative assessment for the par
islf Of Grant. nutwithsta ntling the .
fnct that the present assessor war {
elected by the people, and not mp
poiureti ''hy and with the consent of |
the SENATE" an some of the State pa
PEERS IRE intimating should be done.
1t is almost impossible To keep NJ
values with the present annual con-
Of the pine and hardwood
|0f~sts in Louisiana. until the de-
rr~as@ cun be met by taxation Of the
several railroads that are now ex-
smpt from taxation. These railroads I
will. however, soon be subject to tax {
alton. and there will be a big revenue .
rom that source. liz
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-07-17

The lat-rt invention reported II
the making Of bufterfrofn petroleum.
The Standard Oil Go. iscrrditpd with
the invention, and they ARE said t.,
have machinery adapted to the turn
ing Of petroleum into butter. 1t is
sai'i to last n great deal longer than
rsa,l butter, and does not become
rnncid.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-07-17
Eb.nezer Camp s1.etiny.

The campmeetiuga at Ehenezer will
hold from July 23i to August I'd, III.
elusive. Revs. J.. l.. Brasher. j. +.
Carr and G. v. Spell will I've the work
ers. X. F.. HARRISON.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-07-17
.Exrrx Knark,s n Boost ;,

The above sentence ornaments thu
handle of big hammer in the ad-
vertis4ment of Hotel Bentley on our
9th page. The inference ia quite
plain TINT HoteI Bentley is able to
do some ''hammering" on it's own
hsuk.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-07-17

There will Ir '.Spt~isl Rag Tear
ing" at j. W. duncan ca. every Mon
day. You are invited To lie there.
Don't miss it.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-07-17

The citizens Of the Liberty Chapel
neighborhood are requested. to turn
out ON Friday, July 23d. for the pur-
pose OF cleaning up and working the
graveyard. NJ c. NUaExr.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-07-17
TEMPERANCE COLUMN
Edited Big the
women's Christian Temperance Union

u
q Said a brewer in one of the big
cities of Ohio to friend:
We are not selling our goods,
our business has been hit hard.
Most of the counties about us have
gone dry, and our production is
greatly curtailed. / am convinced
that prohibition does prohibit, re-
gardless of what the circulars say
which We send into counties in
which contests have been and are
being made.
i Here is the situationl A county
Votes to abolish the saloons. In
\ thirty days the resorts are closed.
The business is outlawed. A few
OF the old-timers will go any length
to get their drinks. They will jour-
|ney to the neighboring city, if they
have tue money, or they will hunt
the bootlegger in the back alley,
or in the old barn. But these are
exceptions and not the rule.
A large part of the drinking is
done by men who drop into a sH-
loon with a friend or friends. 1t
is a social custom; nothing more.
With the saloon gone, the custom
is discontinued. Many men who
take a glass Of beer or nip OF
whisky will not walk around the
corner for it; most certainly they
will not hunt a blind tiger or a
l;bootlegger. They do not care
enough for it, and, besides, they
refuse 10 countenance that which
public sentiment and a majority of
the voters condemn.
There is no incentive for the
average moderate drinker to drink
cladestiDely and alone. He will
not do it. He does without, and
soon gets over the habit of using
it at all. There is no more social
drinking. That's cns out, and
that's where we brewers lose out
And it is a fact that these moder-
ate and social drinkers hit the |
business hard in these local option
campaigns. Of course, many Of
the hard drinkers vote dry because
they want it out of their reach, be-
lieving it will be better for them
selves and their families. But
the other fellows vote against the
saloons for various reasons, aud |
have been surprised at reports
brought IN by our men to the effect
that scores of our patrous are out
openly for the drys in these county
contests. They have turned the
tide against US in more than one
instance. | can tell you.
l am frank to admit we are up
against a hard proposition. Our
common stock is down to five cents,
and preferred is worth only twenty
five. Tie county fights are ex-
pensive and almost unanimously
disastrous. These contests have
developed an army ofdry organizers
who have become experts at the
business, and they go from county
to county, until it is almost impos-
sible to make any Roadway against
them. In many of these Ohio
counties the temperance people
have organizations which,I have
never seen equaled i'll politics s
have mixed with politicians for
! good many years. Is
What .he end will be l do not (
Incw, although it looks to be inI Z
light for us. | suppose that in a I
measure we are to blame. for It is :
rne that We have pushed the bust
less I'm the money there. is in il I
githous much regard for either :
aw or Iecency. Il
Some of us would willingly agree !
. a stringent license law, but | :
oubt very much if the people of :
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-07-17

Flint saturdays r sssussy. Apr1. ssly and
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-07-17
offtetal Gown Dtrsetovy.

offietal Gown Dtrsctcvy
csa1.s Jswu cssssn.
Mayor-C. n. CAkxAHAN.
Aldermsn-J. A. WILLIAMS. ssurstaty IA
.'ssasurrr: ". J. R0ng8Tx-F. ,. COLI. q. 4.
acKNI0HT. J. ~. o'oUrNN u
Masshal-w. D. Irwin. u
cosas'' n'sss ~ ars Te'saay aisAs !. .v.,y
Loooas
F.AA. NJ
coltAx Lo1p No. ~ r. 4 A. y. nests sverv =,
and %th saturday sIekt n sach noutk. Z
,. v. DUNCAN. ". n.
KxloHTs or PYrnlAs.
colfax KssRhss otsPytAias No. IN nssts ~
and ID rhsnday siskt h svssy month.
J. A. WILLIAMS. c. G.
w.b. FEW. ssssss.sy. :
KxronTs OK HONOR
colfax LodGs No. 1p1e Kiiehss a Honoy meets
every In I'D - WEDNESDAY, nisAt
Q. 4. NcKINN0N. Dictator:S
,. 9. LONG. hspossss
colfax Valley camp No. ~ ". o. ". mssta ths
list Saturday sieht h vvsry nohth. n
J. C. MrKNIaHT c. CT
c. c. COMPTON, OH. y
RAsrrkN srAk.
o,iye chaptss No. = Order q he Eastern ster
nssss every "a ssd <sk Thursdsy slxhts.
n w.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-04-15
Reb. G.. A. Norton S Charges.

Our readers will remember letter signed
T. J. Pitcher published in this paper two
weeks ago, calling Mr.. Watson's attention to
the fact that parson, angered by the foreign
missions articles, had accused Mr.. Watson
and Ex-Governor H. D. Mcdaniel of having
"swindled the heirs of one A. J. Roberts out
of an estate of 100000" Mr.. Watson was &C
cused of losing valuable papers which caused
the loss of an estate, and that soon afterwards
Mcdaniel and Watson built palatial houses
and have lived in luxury ever since" The nee
essary inference was that Watson lost the pa
pers so that he and Mcdaniel could rob the
estate, build palaces, and live happily, like ma
bobs, ever afterwards,
Our readers may remember the editorial In
which it was stated that If the parson, one G,
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-04-15
PAGE NINE.


Court seeking to set aside the $4,000 bequest
to "the poor children of Greene County"
The complainants alleged that they were
legatees under the will, and that they had had
to take less than their egacies called for, be-
cause OF the loss of the slave property of the
estate. They therefore prayed the Court to
give to THEM the $4,000 which the testator
had bequeathed to "The poor children of
Greene County.
1t was alleged in the complaint of these Alli-
sons, that the executor had already paid 3d.
$3.50 on the $4,000 bequest
Attacking the tenth item of the will as void
for uncertainty, the compliments sought to
have turned over to themselves "and to the
other legatees," the said $4,585.3o. They also
prayed ''that said William l.. Strain, executor,
be decreed to account to compliments for any
balance of said estate which he may have in
his hands"
Strain died pending the litigation, and James
l.. Brown was put in possession of the estate,
as Administrator of the goods not admins
tered, with the will annexed
We have been careful to examine the 46th
Georgia Reports, in order that the exact facts
might be presented. It is doubtful if the Rev.
c. A. Norton has ever examined the record
1t would be charitable to assume that he is
SO densely ignorant Of the legal administration
of estates that he does not know that Nc
Daniel and Watson could not have secured
possession of the funds without the collision
of Brown, the Administrator, and of the Ordi-
nary of Greene County; and also of Miles W.
Lewis and Joel A. Billups.
1t is now nearly 81 years since the Allison
case was adjudicated by our highest Court.
After that decision, there was nothing in it
for the alleged heirs. Governor Mcdaniel says
that it took practically all the estate to pay
off the $4,000 bequest. He says that he set
tied with his client That Messrs. Bilups and
Lewis also settled with theirs, we have no
doubt, for they were lawyers of the highest
character.
If the Administrator turned over the
Allison estate to any lawyers, those
three were the ones for they were the
attorneys of record Mr. Watson knew
nothing of it, and was probably teaching
school in Screven County when the small rem
nant of the Allison assets were divided be-
tween those three big lawyers and their clients.
Mr.. Watson returned to his old home,
Thomson, in November, 1876 His first white
client was A. J. Roberts. From that time
until now, the friendship that has existed be-
tween Mr.. Watson and Mr.. Roberts has been
warm, unselfsh and unbroken. If ever Mr..
Roberts spoke to Mr.. Watson about the ALI
son estate,-WhiCh he may have done,-he
certainly was not encouraged to lltlgate, tor
it was apparent at a glance that nothing could
be done. Mr.. Roberts must have acqu1esced
in this view, for nothing was done, and moth
ing attempted.
Since Mr.. Roberts asserts that he put Mr..
Watson in possession Of some copy OF some
paper, we will not dispute the fact, though we
have no recollection of it; but it must be