The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1911-07-28
The Three Latest Lies
Landed Safely.
Mr.. E1itOr:-

The three latest common cause" ca
nards have been branded as willful, cor
rupt and malicious falsehoods in no un-
certain terms; and the proof is not ask
ed of the defendant to make out the
case. We have it and do not have to
ask them ''to show their books"
The first of these / shall refer to, Is
the Haley Judgment. The Jackson
Daily News of the 18th, instant, stated
in double column and black face type
that Vardaman had never paid this
Judgment, but tie same had to be paid
by Haley, his friend and endorser, who
had the judgment not satisfied, but
transferred to himself. On the follow
ing day Mr.. Haley telegraphed that
wonderful" paper that it had lied, or
words to that effect and asked that 1T
publish his denial of the truth of it's
statements. The paper did publish IL,
but it appeared on the last page of the
paper, in the smallest type used by that
paper and few saw or heard of it, as it
did not appear among the regular State
news, nor was it editOrially comment
ed upon or corrected. Haley said the
Judgment was paid by Vardaman and
all things connected with it was paid by
him. If you did not see it in the Jack
son Daily News, which | am sure you
did not, then get copy of the Green
wood Enterprise which gives it in full.
The next big one was to the effect
that not-with- standing the Greenwood
Enterprise had shown that every judg
ment against Vardaman had been PAID,
in full, still they had not in fact, but
the 100000 judgment to the Delta
Bank was unpaid. One good citizen of
~. 70 tn tnf fn hat
he saw it with his own eyes, satisfied"
upon the records. Coming from home
folks, there appears to be some truth in
the story, so very prominent business
man of this City wrote the Delta Bank
and asked if this judgment for 100000
was still unpaid. Well what do you
think? How does this language sound
to your ears? "-this Judgment was
for note on which Gov. Vardaman
was merely an endorser, and said judg
ment was paid in 1894, and he has new
er owed us for anything that was not
promptly paid" If any of y,I should
like to see this letter, feel OF 1t, and
handle it, you can have the pleasure at
any time you like by coming to my office
and letting your wants be known, be-
fore or after the election, no matter
which.
1t takes no Solomon to tell you what
they have told on Vardaman. ] shall
not say what they have told, except to
say that people who will make and tell
such things will buy Legislators, de
bauch Executives or resort to any con-
ceiyatle darkness to defeat Vardaman.
With such men | would not risk the
Vardaman vouchers, and | would be
afraid to sleep in their midst.
But the next is still better. In the
Jackson Daily News of the 10th, inst.
there appeared an affidavit signed with
mark by one Booth Drain mot relat-
ed to our man Drane) in which he swore
that over eighteen years ago he was
blind and mattress maker. That he
repaired a mattress for Vardaman and
he would not pay the small bill of $1.5O,
and that being blind and having large
family he needed the money very badly.
That on the 18th inst, being in Winona
and telling of this debt, Mr.. Tom
Tomlnson paid the bill, over eighteen
yearspast due.
Now you all know Tom Tomlinson,
the bright young Baptist Minister that
used to live here, Mr.. Tomlinson has
been forced to come out in a statement
and admit that he got ''taken in He
stated that he lived in marks, Miss,
was the principal of the school there,
and being in Winona with his wife who
was in an inirmary there, and being
himself upon the streets, saw this poor
blind man. He was poorly Clad blind
and had this story to tell and stated
that he needed the money, being filled
with compassion he took the poor blind
man off to one side and proposed to pay
the bill and the "unfortunate' readily
agreeing to take it. Mr.. TOmlinson
SAYS: Imagine my modification upon
being reliably informed that | was the
fifth person who had paid the bill to
the same unfortunate (?) in the same
town.
The truth is the poor devil had work
ed upon the charity of Tomlinson and
four others in the same town, making
at the rate of about 7. so per town"work-
ed."
Gentle reader, did you ever hear any
thing like this before in Miss. politics?
Well, if you will remember, one Leroy
Percy many years ago undertook the
same ssgame' on the then Governor Nc
Laurin whom he has managed to succe-
ed for brief period. But the Little
Giant from Oktibbeha", Col. ii. l.. Null
drow, made Percy 8 like thirty cents
when he had finished with him, l mem
tion this to show that this Is not the
first time Percy has undertaken to black
mail an honored citizen and rob him OF
his laurels.
1t should be the constant prayer OF
every honest Christian, from this good
hour till the election is over, that such