The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1922-03-09
liea e!sss = Man Can ses
That Lives in a Glass House

nat Lives in a Class House
huntsville, Miss, March 6, 1922
Dear Editor:
! told Dock if he would come
again that | would give him the
balance. OF course this paper
wouldn't hold it all, so l will give |
him a part. am sorry to have
to deal in personalities through
the paper. Who started it? Dock
did, and no one knows better than
| do that it is a shame to write
such articles. / would not have
replied had he not inferred that
was using the county funds for
private use. No one knows better
than he does that that is lie. If
were disposed to appropriate
county funds for my individual
use, it would be impossible for
any county official to use fer their
individual benefit any of the
county funds, yet he admitted
if he had had chance he
would have used them instead
of taking the paupers oath. !
wonder If huntsville will be un
easy about their funds as he is,
now mayor. Now we all know
that all county and municipal Of
ficers are bonded for the faithful
performance of their duties, and
to account for all moneys due the
county or the municipality as the
case may be. If Mr.. King is a
law abiding citizen and knows of
my misappropriating any COUNTY
money he may have recourse on
my bond, and challenge aim to
find any discrepancy in any of my
expenditures. If he doesn't do
50 you may know how much truth
there is In his accusation. He
I'D that he differed with me when
it comes to dishonesty, yes we do
differ a great deal. l believe in
paying my just and honest debts,
think | ought to paw my house
rents, store bills, Doctors bills,
even my last years pasture rent.
or as to that if l ever buy any
whiskey from Hess1g Ellis Drug
Co., | will pay for it. l even
think that man ought TO work
some occasionally, and not sit
around on the streets every day,
and not try to work aud pay his
debts. Yes, we disagree about
honesty, you can see why, we
have a different conception as to
what honesty is. As to me run
ming a store in my wife's name /
wish to add that my wife does
make me work some in her.
store, but Dock has never been
accused of helping his wife operate
her sewing machine, he is too
busy being mayor, sticking his
nose into other peoples business.
He weighed 148 lbs. when he
wrote the article 10 the paper but
| think he shrunk to about 10 II
when | tried to talk it over with
him at the postoffice. If Dock
will write the truth about me
may not like it, in fact l don't
guess | would, but | will not say
anything about it, but when he
lies he may expect to correct it
He knows that he misrepresented
things for he can't prove what he
wrote and challenge him to do
so. If he wants me to, l can
prove anything that l have in
ferren Now l would be ashamed
to claim that l reformed when |
was boy if it hadn't been long
since the mai shall hit me over the
head with lantern when l was
drunk. if Dock had wanted to
differ with me on my views of
voting why did he not stay with it
and not start off to write history
of my lifes He don't know enough |
about me to do that, but if | ever
attack person I will write only |
what | can substantiate. By the
way he is the mayor of the town,
why doesn't he pull me for being
drunk Chrstmas. 1t is a lie, and |
he knows 1t. that is why, He I
misrepresented things outright
when he said that he made ME
close my" store on Sunday. He
is one OF the last people to ask
me to open my" store on Sunday
in order to sell him some goods.