Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 August 1909 — NOT IN A CLOSET, BUT ON THE STREET. [ARTICLE]

NOT IN A CLOSET, BUT ON THE STREET.

J. F. Bruner says that when The Democrat stated that he was “closeted with the president of the Jasper County TelephOTFTo., after the ‘meeting’ Saturday” we made a statement which was not true.

We did not say “closeted,” John. We said in “consultation,” and as dozens of people saw you both, on the east side of Duvall’s store, in close conference for nearly an hour, the public does not have to take our unsupported word for the statement.

Of course you might have been discussing the effect the new tariff law would have on the price of hides, or the revolution in Alfonso’s realm, but the general opinion seemed to be that perhaps the failure of the “meeting” might have entered into the conversation to some extent. Better go into a closet next time you confer, though, and you will be in a better position to deny facts. Mr. Bruner has tried his best to defeat the formation of this proposed mutual company by seeking to divide the mutual sentiment, and has continuously villified and misrepresented the editor of The Democrat because of our efforts to make the move successful. We have no selfish interest in the matter and expect no financial reward. So far as we are concerned we have not the slightest objections to the buying out of both Bruner’s and the Jasper County Co lines providing they will sell for what their property is really worth, and no one has ever heard us express ourselves otherwise.