The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-06-18

q - hundred pounds out Of n : Daa1 ba,
- one more year there ha,
IN one seed than cotton IN q va,
~25sn YOU should turn over 70 ~
IN suppose hale of cotton weighln
FN hundred pounds, ana Il
NJ about ni'e.n a FIVE hundred poun
IA re,urn . cotton and six hundred pouho
IN bale o You would ask him VIVA
VI OF sesu' # the balance Of the SEED.
becam 81, u question, Where is tn
/ asked 'ns ,he seed" They sale
\ balance !" balance" knew bette
! .s.s ,bat. My common na sense asnd ! S O,,l,
r..~oll county, on Inc sa"' aa,r
talyp' "' the gin books The.
"Vpfre a ~. hooks off down to Jack
u, rsoS sent them by express, the!
s9 could not find them there
said they just wan.eu 20 'nVestl
,hem. We could not ma a sigr
3Et am having gone by express
hink they went by the express
81. thew went by the fire route.
y .nnd one behind a box in the
fssarv. asked the oil mills
g,d bought seed in five years to
PA have statements and send me
rgurn vouchers for the payments
a, seed. And | found that the
had not been paid into the
treasury This fellow and the other
began to pfeead guilty of it.
said, we WI look into the cotton
business. l set down and wrote a
letter to every cottpn buyer that had
bought a bale Of state cotton in five
years and asked them to give me the
amount of 1t, and furnish me the re.
turn vouchers and every single man
did so. except n certain concern.
And don't think there vas ever a
or cleaner set Of cotton men
anywhere than these, with one excep.
ton. There was one concern only.
They said we will appoint one man,
you another, and the people another
at the polls. Then | decided to get
them into court. anyway. | called the
attorney-generals attention and the
district attorney OF Kinds count
and a subpoena duces tecum was is.
sued for them at C~larksdale. They
took the books II of the State. and
they have been away since. | brought
these matters to the attention of the
encouragement, and he said that is
the way it looks to me, as a fraud.
But he said, Governor. this is a case
that involves a tremendous amount of
money" He said, 81 think you should
go and employ some lawyer who can
devote a lot of time to this matter"
The laws provide that the governor
shall employ legal assistance when
shall provide the compensation there
for. So | employed the firm of Mayes
& Mayes of Jackson. Mississippi.
They decided that the State had been
beaten out Of three hundred thousand
dollars. They set out each transac-
ton; hat in this transaction they de-
frauded the State in weights so much, .
and staples so much, when, where
and how they got it. This was in
great detail. This firm said, we must
have your books here" They have
resorted to every subterfuge known
to humanity to keep the facts out of
the courts. They wan to hold up un.
til they get Brewer out of office, and
yet Bilbo in office, whose campaign
funds they are putting up now. When
49, --. It,. Il. NF,n, at. .,,t ,,,It |
be nolle pressed. Take a man who
is convicted of a felony on his own
testimony, and he will tear the books
up and rob the ~penitentiary of hun.
dreds OF thousands a year, and the
people be burned. And they amt
going to do it until the people know
1t from one end of this State to the
other il ! have my health and strength
and retain my speech, with which the
Lord has so nobly endowed me. We
worth Of their property. There would
have to be a showdown. In the SEES.
sion of 1914 there was a combination
there. | referred the question of the
payment of Mayes & Mayes lawyers
fee to the legislature. The other side
knew it looked ugly, and they could
not explain it. They employed Car
ruthers Ewing, a fine lawyer OF Mem
phis. Tennessee; Dan Scott. of Clarks-
dale; a firm Of lawyers in Liverpool.
and a firm of lawyers in Manchester;
and they were not doing that without
knowing they had a lawsuit in hand.
| understand that they have paid
about ten thousand dollars in retain
ing lawyers.
. But the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of Mis-
1 sissippi decided he would get some
campaign funds and go after me. The
bill for payment of this bill was
passed overwhelmingly by the house
and went to the senate, A majority
OF the senate wanted to pass it. but