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i Jsspet- lie. May, 1 Stl> 1885 Mr. M. V. McClain. Dear 3> I notice in (he last two issuer of the Jasper News that voubavc published some very strong msiuus tiona that some person. had misrepresented you, by letter to Thos. 0. Crenshaw, or, in your language they had “Tied on yea.*’ Now, my dear sir, if you have ref¬ erence to what 1 have said in the mat* ter, loave tdf your irony, and address the public in a reasonable and intelli gent way, that you may be understood I first thaught jo'ut slang phrases too insignificant for a reply, but as il eeems there is no end to them, I considered patience had ceased to be a virtue and. for fear that the public might thiugt think by my Silence thst I had misrepresented you, to Collector Cren¬ shaw, l think a few words of explana¬ tion would not be out of place i wrote M r. Crenshaw concerning (he appointment of a Deputy Collector for this division aad that 1 unde rated that you (M. O.-WoC lam) was a a ap¬ plicant tbr that position aud that /did not think you a proper om for that posi t on and gate iny reasons. Now I dont wish to give those reasons to the pub¬ lic troui /he fact Iliave no tuc/i nation *» want lo expose a gentlemans weak points, but will say that if you think ..( have misrepresented you, to Mr. Crenshaw, yau are at perfect liberey to ‘ " V ! ' ' ' 1 > , . .• publish my reasons au i let /lie public judge for them selves Now Mr. Ed from the tone of ; Mrinenf your locals a person would judge that titer were some notorious “liar*** somewhere in the ■eircnlrtion of the Jaspeu News. Now Hir will you be generous enough to sj/ecifj a Jj jttie .yid let the public judge which “si le of the truth you ore on,” and wheather you hove been iuis*rep teseiued or not. As for my Democracy it is good as / want it, ir is immaterial with me wheath it s ill#y*jii or not. I believe in a De¬ mocracy that the nnjoriiy rules, and when the people down on a fel iow,” that. he should gracefully retire, apd *o»t abuse every body because he WAS not successful. It secern? a little strange to u»e that *11 your reno.n should he thrown at me There were a great many win thought iu*t as I did, and til* people say, that prey are good Demo rats f «*o, but, / iJorrtkuoH what 31 m wonld /hink of main, tW 1 have it» conception whal jo nr idea of Democracy is. A« tbr (he appellation of “.««*■*• head well / think that quite divertiug, well we will let pub/ic be th- fiigi as to h Iios* 1 eau Might to be the your* W kM -hit the ceiling several ti,»•* to my cer/aiti know leflge, and it ll( * m»t a«K*e now, its coatusioo has top wonderfully quick. *•**»«»•<«<! icu«« wurlS, aud i-.,i aud art a.rt fc. tat. Cai* (*t ll.Vuj kV)v*B. \*i|» ftty jju ewi*t/UM«n »l*at 1 tkinl (\.l«vU i umUw la ».u •fliecnt cer. and has used a great deal of good judgement »o the selection ef his Deputise. /fa«pecttfnily. Dr. C. Picket^. Established 1864 PATE ATS Obtained tor Mechanical De vices, Compou.tdfi, Design* and Labels. All prelimiuare examination at to patentability of k ventions Free. Instruct! ins how to se¬ cure Patents senr tree on ap¬ plication. Aduress, - *(. Louis Bagger k Com party, *» Solicitors of Patent?. Washington D. C. s ^ ivn Cal cu have b mgtif «ha R ight for Picken County, to teach the New and uuiver *al Rule of Interest It, <s the shortest. ■A e and easiest, to leatn, nerfect'y accurate getting th* answer to the fraction of a mill, aannot be forgotten. Twill teach t who Calculi}# in mple any one can a multiplication And division, te be a thor¬ ough calculator in luteret-it, at any. per Cent, any amount and for any length of time, m a few minutes. I have put the price of tuition down within reach »»f nl t ts a goo l tiling for ih«* bent of sell »l are, and a better fee those with a lim¬ ited education l will *ell the rght n any district in the county cheap except¬ ing Town, Persimmon and Townsend On arid Rule I refer \outoC. B.Vin¬ cent, Principal of Tailing Rock Acade¬ my, and J. R Allot:, county school commissioner. Roping t ■> receive a liberal patroagg K. R. Allred J w : p> • Oa. -• ii * *M X ) H *« t o * A * '* i '• X -t 1 Pt zzs **—»** « ------—• *c*nu in I0> Kb> Mil f>* Oom‘( 4*U#. A ta rmm ct U*SM,KV —• - OS BORIC*. _ / a Sum.*, • ftaWilM Mm ** * * o* t r 1 * Ji i •* I TO THE PEOPLE fflUK COUITY HD U9CBI MW K THE TIME Tl IIKCMH FIH <fs THE ♦ JASPEB NEWS. I& giving your county paper your •upport and influence, you are show tag to the people that you are inter¬ est d in the welfare of your county. is th* only paper published in Pickene oonnty, you shou'd give a libir«J > support to the enterprise. No enter 9 * J • t t , i prising eitisen will be without hie oounty paper.