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hands; said cotton was to be divided at the gin.

In the contract which he gave them he practiced the most culpable deception, telling them that it contained certain provisions that were not even mentioned, and then even admitted signing his own name

They have gathered most of their crop - their corn he has locked up, and evades a division without any apparent reasons. The laborers persistently demanded a division of the cotton at the gin as per promise they will all testify he made, and which they supposed was in the written agreement they had. But Goldsmith insisted on bringing all the cotton to the warehouse in this place to put in store to await an advance in the price. When he had brought 20 bales, the complainant went to the warehouse to ascertain the weights of the cotton, when he was informed that it had all been shipped and sold. All the rest of the cotton still remains on the Plantation.

I made a statement of the case to Judge B.G. Foster, and asked him if he would have an execution issued on the remaining cotton