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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-20
SANTA FE NOTES.
IItems for this department may be
phoned 30 3916 or State Journal office

The noon hour Bible class today in
the Santa Fe planning mill will be in
charge of Rev. N. Nichols of Usage
City, superintendent of the United
Brethren churches.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otis Berryhill and son
George will return to their home in
Gushing, Okla, Saturday. They will
be accompanied by Mr.. Berryhill' S
few weeks with them.
Mrs. l. Steinrau, Miss Helen Stein
rau and Mr.. Fred Schmidt are visit
ing relatives in Lyons and Bushton
this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. B. Hoover and
children, Mattel and Forester of
Omaha. Neb., arrived today to visit
Fireman and Mrs. t. Roy Hoover.
MachiniSt Clarence DolStrum and
mother, Mrs. Mime Dolstrum, have
gone to Boise, Idaho, to spend a few
weeks vacation with relatives.
Fireman @. r. Chillman has return
ed to Chicago after few weeks here
on business.
Engineer Charles Jackson has re-
turned to Wellington, Kan, after a
few weeks spent here on business.
F. M. Kelley of Shawnee, Okla, has
been made roadmaster with headquar-
ters at Gushing, Okla.
Pat Connolly, car repairer at the A.
T. Junction at Kansas City, is in the
company hospital here suffering from
a serious accident a few weeks ago.
New ties and ballast is being put in
the east yards at Emporia.
Ernest Porter is recovering slowly
from serious injuries received several
weeks ago.
Brakeman Karew is spending a few
weeks vacation in California and other
points in the west
t'Was Jesus Christ Divine?' This
will be the subject for the sermon next
Sunday morning at Third Presbyterian
church by the pastor, Rev. Mr.. Gill
more, who has just returned from ex-
tended trip in the east. In the even
ing the pastor may speak concerning
some wonderful things he saw in
various parts of the big cities-espe-
cially New York city. Mr.. Gilmore
expects to meet many of his friends
at the services, which will not only be
appreciative but will signify as well
their faithfulness.
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ing next week will be held with Mrs,
Sanford at her home. corner Fiji
teenth and Chandler streets
Mrs. Rachel Mcneil, Mrs. r. F. Gist
and Mrs. Lee Brooks of Kansas City
were guests Wednesday at the w. j.
MCNEIL home in East Seventeenth
street.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Vetter of
Branner street have returned from a
short visit with relatives in Spring.
field, Ohio.
Miss Vera Lowe has returned from
Muskogee, Okla, where she has been
visiting relatives the past few weeks.
Alvia Ritts is in Baldwin attending
the summer institute.
Mrs. Homer Hensley of Kansas City
is visiting her aunt, Mrs Louis Gill,
and family, 326 Klein street, this
week.
Mrs J. w. Hook entertained the
members of the Ladies Aid society of
the First United Brethren church this
afternoon at her home, 1914 Quincy
street.
Mrs. A. V. Wilson has returned from
months visit with relatives ana
friends in Kansas City.
Miss Pauline Price is reported re-
covering slowly from a few weeks
serious illness at her home in East
Eighth street.
Miss Genevieve Rhodes is spending
a few days this week at the w. Bower
house in East Ninth street.
Little Dorothy Crowswhite of Kan
sas City is spending this week with
Miss Margaret Dickey.
Mrs. Philip Banks and daughter,
Zeva, of PaWnee, Okla, are visiting
at the D. NJ. Nipper, J. D. Nichols and
w. J. Dickey home for a few weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Maggie will
leave Saturday for trip to Denver,
Boulder and Colorado Springs.
Mr.. Fred Schmidt, Mrs. L. Stein
n nd Hola in
and Busllton, Kan, on their annual
visit with relatives.
'tOur pastor Is home again." was a
joyous exclamation from one good
parishinor of Third Presbyterian
church, the other day, to another;
land how glad 1 amt was the refrain.
Mr.. Gilmore expects to preach both
morning and evening next Sunday.
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.


A. Anderson to 7. Mccall and wife,
lots 9-221 Lawrence st, Lewis sub.
Shawnee Agency Realty Co. to r. L.
Swearingen, lot 5o6 L. u 504 E. 9th
St, Neales add. .-........... 400
l. q. Lieurance to E. Lieurance, lot
713 n: IA 715 Van Buren, ST., Wal
nut Grove sub. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
b. F. Cope to II. Scheuerman and wife.
lots 453 to 1853 Iowa ave, Keystone
G. w. Reed, Jr. and wife to III. A.
Johnston and others. lots 91-3 To
peka ave, Douthitt Place add.
ii. B. E. Muth and wife to H. ].
Muth, lots 1 to II Virginia ave,
Highland Park --.....-...........S 100
NJ C. Reynolds and others to S. Il.
Cobb, lots 321-3 College ave, West
G. +. Carlson and wife to V. Bartram,
lots 1851 Quinton Blvd, Kenwood.. 3,47j
o. T. Benton ad wife to L. f. Gar
linghouse, pit. n. Il of Sc. u So
LIZ. 1.-JOu
J. w. Crane and wife to l.. X Hall,
lots 1888 Mulvane St, Elmhurst
c. NJ. Crews and wife to /. S. Curtis.
lots 7SS-9C92 Lincoln ST., Steeles
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and Mrs. Will Vanorsdol of Spring
field, Colo, Mr.. and Mrs. George Van
orsdol and Mrs. Margaret Howard of
Shorey. Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ. Vanors-
Marie. of Silver Lake, Mr.. and Mrs. J.
F. Vanorsdol and son Raymond of
Menoken, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. c. Howard
and son Elmer of Shorey, Mrs. Ed
and Margaret, of Shorey, Mr.. and Mrs
5. NJ. Vanorsdol of Silver Lake, Mrs
Maude Goodwin and daughter, Miss
Belle Neiswander of Kiro, Kan, Mr..
and Mrs FarnSworth.
Arthur Mann of Wilsey, Kan, is Wis
iting his sister, Mrs. A. X. Williams
and family this week.
Mrs. Minnie Dolstrum and Mr.. Clar-
ence s. DOlstrum have gone to Boise,
/ Idaho, to spend a few weeks vaca-
ton with relatives.
Mrs. B. P. Williams, Mrs. Harold
Lepper and little daughter were guests
at the Charles E. Suit home in North
Topeka Wednesday.
Mrs. F. NJ. Vanorsdol and grand
daughters Gladys and Marie Vanorsdol
of Silver Lake are spending a few days
in Forest avenue.
Robert Gordon of Mankato is the
guest few days this week at the
Charles r. Cole home in Oakland ave-
nue..
Mr. and Mrs ]. o. Vanorsdol of
Springfield. Colo, who are visiting rel
atiVeS and friends here Will leave
shortly for Iowa, to attend a reunion
of Mrs. VanorsdoPs family.
Mrs w. H. Draut entertained the
members of the Ladies' Aid society of
the Oakland Presbyterian church
Thursday afternoon at her home in
Michigan avenue. Those present
were: Mrs. Thompson, Mrs. Dora Lee,
Mrs. James Kelley, Mrs. William
Hawkins, Mrs. Willis Casperson, Mrs.
]. C. Linge, the Misses Brownlee, Mrs
Frank Collins
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EAST SIDE NOTES.
Items for thie department may be

A grange ice cream social will be
given Saturday night at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Hennessey near Te-
cumssh 20 which the public are in
Vited.
Mrs. Gordon Clary and children,
Helen and Robert, have gone to Abb
lene to visit relatives and friends a
few weeks.
Master Donald Parkinson of East
Seventeenth street has gone to Nealy.
Kan, to visit his sister, Mrs. May
Kerns. a few weeks.
Misses Elizabeth and May Costello
were dinner guests Tuesday at the w.
j. MCNEIL home in Seventeenth street.
Mrs. E. w. Brown entertained the
members of the Dorcas society of the
Third Christian church Thursday aft
ernoon at her home in Leland street.
The guests We're: Mrs. H. T. Mabray,
Mrs. Walter Mowrer, Mrs. Homer
Hensley of Kansas City, Mrs. Louise
L. Gill, Mrs Dan Lane, Mrs. Walter
Sanford and Mrs. Brown. The meet
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LEGAL.
First published i'm The Topeka State
journal, August 20 1871

PROPOSALS.
Sealed proposals will be received by the
Kansas State Board of Control until
y. NJ. Tuesday. Setember Z. 1918, for the
furnishing of all labor and material for the
installation of the plumbing and electric
wiring in the Patients Cottage and in
the Laundry Building at the State Hos
pital, Larncd. Kansas. and in the Dining
Hall and Kitchen Building at the State
Home for Feeble Minded. Winfield. kan
sas Also for the furnishing of cast iron
radiators aud radiator valves for the above
mentioned. buildings.
All to be in accordance with plans and
specifications prepared for the same by
CHARLES II. CHANDLER. State Archi-
tect. Plans and Specifications may he had
at the office of the State Architect and at
the Institution.
Each proposal must be accompanied by
a certified check for five 90 per cent of
the amount bid. made payable to Mr.. :.
Myers. Treasurer. State Board of Control,
and the same shall be forfeited to the
for ten days to enter into contract and
furnish the required bond as prescribed
by law, after award of contract has been
made.
The attention of the bidder is called to
chapter III of the Session Laws of 1881.
with which he must comply. This is com
monty known the eight hour law.
The board reserves the right to consider
bids whole or to segregate, as appears
to the best interest of the State to do, also
TO reject any or all bids. or parts of bids.
if it is deemed to the States interest to do
so.
All proposals will he presented under
posals" and addressed to J. w. Howe.
Secy.. State Board of Control, State House,
Topeka Kansas Signed.
KANSAS STATE BOARD OF CONTROL.
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w A m T S
AND MISCELLANEOUS ADS

ADVERTISING Rates: The rate for
inserting Want Ads in The Topeka State
journal is one cent a word each insection,
minimum 10 cents; by the week cents
word. minimum so cents.
COUNT THE WORDS of your Ad. in
Guiding four words for State Journal ad-
dress when such address is used; count
each initial" letter and each number or
comp1nation of figures as one word.
accompanied with cash or check in full
pay pay ln i LOT the same Note the 1or esEds
and the rates per word for The Topeka
State journal
CLOSING HOUR: Want Ads to be
classified properly in The State Journal
office before IL AS o'clock. Want Ads re-
ceivcd after that hour will be inserted un-
der the heading: TOO Late to Classify.
or next day as desired.
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LOST AND FOUND.

LOST-French bull dog, answers to the
name of Billy" Brass studded har-
ness, white breast, weight about twenty
five pounds Call 3O23 Iris theater. Re
ward.
LOST-Oxidized silver watch between state
LOST, strayed or stolen, faWn colored, de-
horned Jersey COW. Reward. Phone
1893 White.
LOST-Bunch of keys with Prestolite
wrench attached. e. Horn Co. Tel. 554.
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OAKLAND NOTES.
items for this department may DO
ph0ned to 3o15 or Stabs Journal oSdce.l

Miss Ada and Eunice Carey are Wis
iting relatives and friends in Norton
Vile this week.
A reunion of the Vanorsdol family
was held Thursday at the Farnsworth
home 1900 West Tenth street. Those
who attended the affair were: Mr..
and Mrs. J. n. Anderson and son
Melvin Of Weatherford, Ok, Professor
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FOR SALE-LIVE STOCK.

FOR SALE-Pony, saddle and buggy, nice
little outfit for the children, 5000 take
entire outfit. John Seybold. Phone 5S1.
FOR SALE-Part Arabian horse coming
five years old. S125. Ernest Bartram
Shorey.
FOR SALE@Horse that is gentle enough
for lady or children to drive; also new
buggy. 2s31 Clay.
FOR SALE-Young mare, city broke; a
dandy for delivery. 1922 uBhcanan.
FOR sALE-Fresh cow. Phone 1858 xxi.
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wANTED-MALE HELP.


WANTED-25 farm hands. dairy hands hay
hands; laborers: blacksmith; stone
quarry men men and women cooks Kitchen
help: dining room girls: chambermaidS
Furman Employment Office, S11 Kan. Ave.
WANTED-For a steady job a man Will
ing to work in store and delivering
goods Address journal office B.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. men to saw in TIM
Der. L. S. Levitt Son, 53l Kansas ave.
Phone 1878.
WANTED-Saturday, barber, $40 North
Kansas ave.
WANTED-Barber Saturday, Model bar
Der shop. $40 Kansas ave
WANTED-20 men to dig in sewers, Park
and Underwood aves.
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wANTED-FEMAyE HELP.

WANTED-2 mattresses some experience
necessary. Apply Harvey House, Santa
Fe dpDOt.
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FOR SALE COAL.
COAL

FOR SALE-HOUSEHOL GOODS.
FOR SALE-Rug. ice box. stove and var
ious household goods, reasonable prices :;
moving away. Phone 1871 Blue. 1910 Blu
chanan.
FOR SALE-Kalamazoo range fitted for
gas, like new, cheap. Phone Pill Black.
FOR SALE-HousehOld furniture. 612
Fillmore.
FOR SALE-Good of seven room house,
517 West Sth.
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WANTED@Hustling young man as agent
for a good paying line of specialties
Shawnee Specially Co., Shawnee Bldg.
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FOR RENT-sroRE RooMs

FOR RENT-Store room, completely fur
nished for grocery and meat market.
Phone 402-
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MOVING.

FENIMORE-MOVING AND STORAGE
Co. Household goods, 500 per large
van load. Expert furniture packers. Phone
<SH.
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EoR sALE-MoToRCYCLEs.
MUSIC LESSONS,

L WILL TEACH you piano, violin or Ger
man lessons at your home. Hotter
Phone 25S7 White.
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AUTOMOBILES.

AUTOMOBILES.
FOR SALE-A Ford runabout in good
condition. See car at 1916 Harrison or
see me at Room B, New England Bldg.
f. E. Parr.
BATTERIES repaired and recharged. Keele
Electric Co, 706 Jackson. Phone 1910,
willard Service Station"
1914 FIVE passenger Ford, excellent con-
dition. Phone 1884 Ks.
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WANTED-AGENTS.

WANTED-AGENIS.
WANTED@Hust1ing young man as agent
Shawnee Specially Co, Shawnee Bldg.
wANTEo-NTsCFEI
WE PAY highest cash price for end hand
Drop eP'ain Gard se or Call ie45. scrinopsI
Son. 40S Kansas ave.
GOOD milk cows fat cattle and veal calves.
W. c. a. Leitzow. Tel. 257.
CARPET and rug weaving. 1880 Garfield
work. 221 Lake. Phone 2644 White.
WANTED-A good End hand meat block.
Phone 1916
BUSINESS CHANCES.
FOR SAGESRooming house business,
close in. Bargain 2o33 Black.
wANTED-lTo RENT,
; OR 8 furnished rooms for light house
keeping. Answer T., State Journal
FOR RENT-HOUSES.
300 Quincy, rooms. ................. 1900
414 Madison, rooms. .......... 1890
-n CYRUS GUTHRIE & CO.
GROOM house large yard, fine shade, barn
and gas. 91s East 10th Phone 1873
FOR RENTED Klein ave, 4 rooms and
bath. a17 Klein ave, rooms, city
NEW room house West side, good con-
dition, $40. Nichols Realty Co., 529
Kansas ave. Phone 40.
FOR Rents room house with sleeping
porch, modern except furnace. 1O1 N.
Fillmore.
FOR RENTS room house, barn, well and
cistern, 23rd and Adams. Phone 1l19-
FOR RENT room cottage, good con
and Adams. Phone 4719 ks.
MODERN s-room house sos w. 9Th Phone
$50 before IL 100 a. IN. 426 Harrison.
PIT WEST 18TH. Five rooms each. Kline,
1902 White
FOR RENT rooms with bath. 402 E.
9TH st. Phone 2536
FOR RENT room cottage at 1913 Arch.
Inquire at 1909 Arch,
EIGHT room modern house, 1918 West 9th.
Phone 800.
FOR RENT-6 room modern house, 1907
Western ave. Call phone 1872.
bath. barn, cistern, modern. 2299 Blue.
1921 HARRISON, modern room house.
newly decorated. Phone 1920
SIX room house, $40 615 Chandler. 2443
Blue Good shade.
SO MODERN 8 room dwelling with bath
and furnace, 706 West Sth. Phone 1861.
TO modern rooms, ear line; adults.
Phone 4344 Black.
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FOR RENT-Desk roofa, first floor, front
room Shawnee Fire building, 7OI Jack
son E. g. Lagerstrom- Phone 1890
OFFICES with vaults in Office Block Just
east Of Postoffiee- I. L. Better,
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FOR DECENTRALIZATION.


FOR SALE-One Oliver typewriter, No
z. practically new. Inquire of Mr.. o. b.
Feister at Y. NJ. c. A. or at office of state
superintendent at state house.
JELLY GRAPES
Get your order in early. Phone 215o Nj.
CLAYTON: Saves you 10 per cent on all soc
and 500 patent medicines. 1913 East 9th.
GOOD driving work horse for sale. In
quire 40 Quincy. Phone 49,
FOR SALE-At d. N. Van Cleayes, Jelly
grapes. Call 171o No.
FOR SALE-1 Whitney baby carriage at
1000 Arch Phone 1898.
ALFALFA for sale, Aldridge. 527 Kansas
ave. Phone 4133 Nd.
TENT, 1717 Buchanan. 12x14, SO.
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BOARD AND ROOMS.

Modern rooms with board. 81 Is per day.
TOPEKA HOTEL. 122 ". 9Th.
GOOD board and rooms reasonable, shop
district. 215 Lake st.
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PATENTS
PICTURE FRAMING.

FRAMING, regi1ding, mat making, mount
ing done by ]. ID. Sullivan. 122 W. eth.
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LEGAL.


First published in The Topeka State
journal, August H. 1851
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MONEY.


MONEY TO LOAN on city and farm
property, any amount, low interest rates
ana most liberal terms Call or write for
our plan. w. NJ. Forbes -.
FARM LOANS, 8 and per cent. Nichols
Realty Co. $40 Kans. ave. Tel. 40.
MONEY TO LOAN on real estate. city
and farm. Rates low.
STATE SAVINGS BANK
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BILLIARD AND POCKET TABLES.
INSURANCE.
INSURANCE

Fire, tornado. casualty, plate glass and
all other kinds of insurance written in the
best companies.
c. J. PETERSON. 1914 Mulvane Building.
FIRE and Tornado Insurance. NIcnOis
Realty Co. 500 Kansas ave. Tel. 40
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

BUSINESS CHANCES
FOR SALE-Rooming house busine
close in. Bargain. 2033 Black.
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I, Eta NJ. Covell, City Clerk of the City
of Topeka, Kansas do hereby certify that
the above and foregoing is a true and cor
rect copy of the original resolution now
file in my office
ISeal.1 ETA NJ COVELI,. CITY Clerk
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l. Eta M CoEell, City Clerk of the City
of Topeka, Kansas do hereby certify that
the above and foregoing is a true and cor
rect copy of the original resolution now
on file in my office.
LSeall ETA NJ COVELI4. City Clerk.
[First published in The Topeka State
journal, August IA, 1871
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S@,TS(O

Fine east front location Il block to
car, six rooms, new and completely mod
ern, hot water heat; must be sold bfore
the first.
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have been in Office when | have not yet
served four years. Of course it may
be that the Colonel is gifted with some
sort of prophetic vision that he has not
allowed the balance of US to understand.
The Colonel is almost as much of an
acrobat in juggling figures as he was
when he was a candidate for Presiden-
tial Elector on the Republican ticket
in 1884 and trying to break up the
Democratic party in Mississippi
''1f we take the receipts as shown
by the auditors report issued Nov 5,
last, and compare the receits from the
penitentiary dnring the three years of
my administration with the three years
Immediately preceding my administra-
tion We find that the total for the three
/ years since | became Governor are
$1,5l3, Isl. 10, and that the total re-
ceipts for three years Immediately pre-
ceding were 81, ,293, 466. 80, and in this
connection it should be borne in mind
that since became Governor the boil
weevh has greatly increased his raw
ages and that all cotton crops, which is
largely our money crop, have very ma
terially decreased. In the net receipts
which the Colonel gives for the -four
years. of my administration. he fails to
state that in the disbursements for 1914
are included, the payment of some
notes executed in 1910 for land anC
which were not paid until March 1914
and that correctly speaking. disburse
ments for 1914 were $500, 900. 90 insteac
of $419, 1858.
"Col. Montgomery might have stated
a fact that the public is much interest
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ed in and one which furnishes pretty
fair test of what is being done in the
way of farming on the:penitentiary
farms, and that is the number of bales
of cotton raised in the years 1911, 1912
and 1913 which were, 569S bales. $685.
bales and 1882 bales respectively. An
other fact in this connection is also a
matter of much interest, and that is
the number of pounds of seed to the
bale which were turned into the state.
Let's begin with 1908 and run thru
1913, period of six years $40 pounds,
949 pounds. $50 pounds, Gas pounds,
9l6 pounds and lll6 pounds. Note that
the low water-mark was reached the
year of my election, and that it ran up
to lll6 the very year | got to digging
into the penitentiary management.
Henry Watterson once said that figures
did not lie except in Cincinnati, but
am almost ready to say that they can
be made to hide the truth in Juggling
penitentary affairs sometimes. The
real meat of the whole affair is the
number of bales of cotton made. the
amount of seed turned into the state
and the other crops. The people can
| be fooled about cotton sales but you can
not fool them in measuring bales of
cotton and pounds of seed. | would
not pluck one laurel from the brow of
Colonel Montgomery, have naught in
the wide world against him and if he
has been hurt IN the conduct of the
penitentiary investigation which have
made, that is his misfortune, If have
been so grossly in error, why were the
damage suits filed by Colonel Mont
gomery and c. C. Smith, each fol
$500, 900. 90. against me dropped? They
began the suits and it was at their in
stance that they We're dropped by the
courts. | am either right or | an
wrong. In the face of the admitted
stealing of $50. 10000 by one peniten
tiary officer and his sentence to the
penitentiary, and in the face of thu
conviction of Smith, Purvis. Miller snC
McLeEdon for penitentiary graft, an
unable to understand how Col Mont
gomery or any one else can continue tt
talk about the wise and honest direc
ton of the penitentiary farms. lie
the record be kept straight and let i
speak for itself.