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should still bear the burdens that are Ialo Oh
our shoulders, 1t Is better for me not to ex-
press an opinion Of either his intelligence or
his honesty.
That mission has, l believe cost the people
Of the A. r. F. Church the enormous sum OF
500, 900. That money was secured by various
methods, namely: by taxation, by tntimida-
ton, by leading the people into the belief
that the Mexican enterprise. has Scriptural
authority, by keeping the. people In Ignorance
of the true condition OF affairs, as to the
the kinship existing between the
Board OF Foreign Missions and the Mission-
aries, by keeping from the people q knoWl-
edge ofthe amount OF the salary. the inciden-
tai gifts, and other perquisites going TO men,
beers OF the Missions.
Since you know 80 much about the liquor
busine ss, can't you tell me what salaries Inc
Mexican preachers receive? Can you tell me
what is meant by expense Of field? Can you
tell me II the salarled missionaries are not
paid an additional sum over and above their
salaries on account of some Of the schools
which We are supporting? Do you know II
nearly all Of the money which 10 iorced out o.
as, or is given is appropriated al
most entirely for the benefit OF the clergy?
Do you know what the church has given
10 CHARITY? d. you know Thai Inc
Mexican Mission has cost more than Erskine
College, with It's grounds, lis buildings, and
It's endowment? Do you know mat Inc
Mexican Mission has cost the A. Il. T. people
more than both OF the Colleges at Due west?
n, YOU know whether the Mexican Mission
has been paid almost exclusively by A. Il.
people. while the endowment and the college
buildings, a. Die West were paid for largely
nv people outside of the communion, but who
were philan. n roplc IN desiring the upbuiid-
Ing of Institutions OF learning or who were
simply friendly 10 Dae West9 d. you know
whether or not there Is q highway or by
q street or an alley in all thiscountry round
about that. has not been Travelled time. ana
again In search OF M 30 who We're Willing 10
mart With their money for the benefit OF one
or more OF the Due West enter
prlsesq All this, too, when we were pressed
for Mexico.
AS 10 the New Court House. If You are de
sirous OF knowing facts, would say mat q
tax estimated TO raise approximately Sl6,oOO
was levied and collected last year. under
SLaQQ LudI LILO bduO IVY
year. This tax was levied upon all the prop
erty In Abbeville County. Mccormick mas
paid and will pay exactly the same
amount with every other fJot OF lana I'D
Abbeville County. The town OF AooeVllle
paws exactly the same as MCCORMICK. Ibe
cost of the Court House Was something Less
than $50 COO. That annual tax in five years
would settle the cost OF the Court House. l
cannot believe that you Intentionally STATED
the Court house was to be paid for In liquor
profits. If you had taken proper care 10 DC
truthful you would have known that not one
dollar OF the liquor money goes into. the
court house. The liquor profits are appro-
priated for roads and bridges, and under no
circumstances can that money go 70 the
court house, except iu the event that the
money should not be speut In ROADS, ana
bridges, or in support OF the poor house, or IN
defraying other expenses. l take Ii for gran
led that you would not malicloutly misrepre'
ent Aobeville. how ,yer igooraut and how
ever much you may hate Aooeville, or the
devil either.
Having been now informed OF ths factss, II
YOU have anything more 10 say against
Abbeviile, please couhne yourself to the
truth.
AS 10 your final thought" which l pre-
sumo you meant to be a Knockout blow. II
Abbeville is the only place between New oi-
leans and Richmond on the Seaboard Air
Line Railway where liquor Is legal!
sold, then Is not IL true that lille Is the
Only gclty between the points mentioned
where liquor is not illegally sold?
Would you deny that liquor Is illegally
sold In any city between New Orleans and
Rich mond? The police reports how a Won
der full falling of .oi arrests for drunkenness
during the first month OF prohibition. The
corresponding month OF this year Shove
something like an increase OF tIree hundred
per cent.
Regretting the necessity lot
writing as l have done, l assure yon maj !,
will be more pleasant to you and TO me, al
we'll as more eff Give If you will be just and
truthful, not forgetting TO observe ut least
the semblance OF the amenities that usually
govern gentlemen. Hugh Wilson,
March % 1903.