The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-07-27

you bankers who want our letters
back come forward" All these bank
ers arose, just like a small class in n
country school. and walked to the
speakers stand. and there they stool
in a row for several minutes. Mr..
Shipley left them stadins there for
several minutes While he continued
to harangue. FinEilv, thoy apparent
ly awoke and went back 10 their little
seats.
After so long n time / had a chance
10 reply and when IL was seer that ]
was going to do myself and the prop
osition a real justice and give the
"frameup" what was coming to il. the
meeting broke up. Why
1t looked as il We might take sew
eral thousand dollars out of the banks
in Clovis, Portales and Mclrose-That
may have been some of the reason for
the frame up" Thc,c above men
toned bankers were noe in on any
commissions from the sale of this
stock. Surely that could not bt the
reason for the frame up" will
give a brand new ten dollar bill for
the best answer for the frame up
to destroy our business in New Mexico
by these bankers. I will give a live
dollar bill 20 the next best answer. and
/ will give n dollar bill for each Of the
next ten best answers.
The three editors Of the three Tu-
cumcari papers are 10 he The judges
in awarding the prizes.
The citizenship Of Clovis is divide
about equally between Mr.. Shipley
and myself. The railroad people of
Clovis are almost unanimous in their
sentiment toward me. In this fight
the country people of Curry County
and the socialists of Curry Count
are mostly with me in their sentiment,
because they know Mr.. Shipley quite
well.
Notwithstanding the fact hat have
considerable sympathy and sentiment
in my favor in Curry County, l have
been done an injustice and our bust
ness has been damaged. | was forced
to direct my lawyer to file two $4,000
damage suits against Mr.. Shipley and
the Clovis National Bank for slander
and conspiring to damage and destroy
me and my business.
The Clovis Journal was induced g.
hand me a red-hot one. SO that q
copy of il could be mailed to every
bank in New Mexico, and to other
sources-which is being done. This
was n conspiracy TO run US out Of
New Mexico. We are not going to
run, we are going to hold all the
trenches and continue to charge the
enemy. The result Of the attack Of
the Clovis Journal has brought on il
self and a $4,000 damage
suit. There may be more to follow.
There may be some awfully big and
interesting damage suits against n
bunch Of these people for conspiracy
before this thing is over.
The thing that puzzles me is this:-
Why will any mar neglect his own
business and deliberately and malic-
iously interfere with some ones else
business, and especially so when the
party never did him any harm? What
kind Of a man is he that will do this Z?
What kind Of n man is he who tries
to destroy the other fellows good
reputation, character and business =.
There are IA great many mighty fine
people in Clovis and Curry County
New Mexico, | like them, / feel kindly
toward them. We have about twenty
three of SOM of the best people over
there as stock holders. We are going t.
have more over there.
have no inclination to harm In any
way Mr.. Shipley and his co-cClspir-
ators 20 destroy me and my business;
but the point ISL can't afford TO
permit them to harm me and my bus
mess without going to the mat with
them, and resorting TO every honor
able and legal method open TO me for
defense and attack.
Yours very truly,
q n To