Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-11-28


party to this Illicit traffic? Why
don you 20 before the grand jury and
indict these merchants for selling meal
to be made up into whiskey. as well as
the man that runs the still and does
the bootleggIng? Why don't you In
form the United States Revenue De-
partment that our merchants are vlo-
latlng the law, by selling meal to these
wiidcatters tor the purpose OF being
made into whiskey, and inform this
department who is engaged in making
this whiskey and where their stills are
located? Now. if you knew of these
conditions, don't you think you would
have been doing a Christian act by
coming to me and giving me this IN
formation and have talked over the sit
uation in a friendly way, thereby as
sisting me in the enforceme mt OF the
law, rather than go off half cooked.
and SANDER the people that give you
your existence? =
But, Mr.. Bishop, your veil is too
thin, your purpose for this false and
sIanderous attack is very apparent.
You seek to injure me or prejudice
some people against me that do not
know the conditions here in town. But
your political object is seen and fully
understood by everybody.
now ask you to publish this letter,
over my signature, and give 1T the
same prominence you did Neglected
Duty.
Very truly,
Sampson DeRossett.
We never have stopped to the low
flung bilingsgate that Mr.. DeRossatt
employs nor do we intend to do so
now, for such things only lower the
person using the language and not the
person addressed. The writer has lived
among the people Of this town and
county as long as has Mr.. DeKossett
and we are perfectly willing to stand
or fall on our record as truthful and
law abiding citizen. All this talk
about ISLANDER" is the merest bosh
and driveI and Mr.. DeRossett knows
it, but it is SO fully in keeping with
his character to use abusive language
that we are not at all surprised and
simply let it go at that.
Now as to the drunk man on horse
back: We did not see the man nor
did we so say or imply in our editorial;
that is the inference that Mr.. DeRos-
sett draws simply because it suits him
to do so. The ladies who were stop
ped told US about it and we can not
afford to divulge their names because
to do so would bring them before the
public in very unpleasant manner.
which we must decline to do.
% " iptormapts ataAed that they
did not know the han, bur would know
him il they should see him again.
Regardless of any thing any one
may say, this fact remains: When our
sidewalks are blocked by drunk men
on horseback and he using had lang
uage the streets are not safe for
ladies'.
Mr.. DeRossett asks why we did not
go to him and talk it over. Well, we
have the best of reasons for not doing
So A few weeks ago the street cross
Ings were very muddy after rain be-
cause dirt had accumulated on the
crossings, had got wet with the rains,
thereby making them muddy and diff
cult to cross. We met Mr.. DeRossett !
on the street and accosted him In a
pleasant manner. called his attention |
to the muddy condition of one crossing
and asked if he would not clean it off |
as there was no way to avoid the mud
by going around unless one went to the
middle of the street and then probably
the conditions would be no better. He
reply he made was in these words :
/ am not going to do it," we re-
Piled pleasantly, What will you do?"
Mr.. DeRossett replied: LET it dry
lp," which he did. Later one Of the
aldermen almost ordered him to clean
hat crossing and he did so.
The saucy manner in which he had
ebuffed US when we did try to speak
% him about plain public duty is the
'eason we did not approach him again.
Mr.. DeRossett knows full we'll we
AVE gone to him more than once and
old him of complaints that were being
made and he knows also that we ap-
'roached him IN pleasant manner
very time.
AS to the sale of meal to supposed
noonshiners: We based our statement
hat pn nt,ov L
he meal. They did not say the meal
vas being used for making whlskey,
ut stated it as their belief. We made
o positive declaration and Mr.. DeRos-