Funding for the digitization of this title was provided by R.J. Taylor, Jr. Foundation.
About The Columbia sentinel. (Harlem, Ga.) 1882-1924 | View Entire Issue (July 23, 1923)
Shall J. J. Brown Silence The Columbia Sentinel? m (Continued from Page One.) Brown himself released an interview that made the blackest possible outlook—his founded for the aid of the farmer, takes more of the State’s money to operate than it did before. When I showed, in Washington, some data that bad come to me in regard to the tions of the Department, the Chief looked and said: “J. J. lias out-Priced dim Price.” And this is true. Mr. Pi ice’s management of the Department was economical and ho.nifi ciertt, compared to the past four years of present (Commissioner. m THIS nKJ IS HOW rmj 1HE „ COMMISSIONER , 1(1 ,n„ MT AvrD Oh AGRICULTURE HOPES TO THE PRESENT LEG IS H LATt : RE. Knowing that there is a growing among the members of the present Legislature for an investigation of his Department, J. ,J. Brown is sending out. the attached letter, to members of the Legislature, This copy came tome through the mails, Wednesday, July 18, IDdo: July 14th, 1923. Hon. House of Representatives, State Capitol. Dear Mr. —-: 1 am writing this letter to extend you a personal invitation to call at my office for the purpose of talk¬ ing over the work of the Agricultural De par.tment. If. there is any matter concerning the D'v fearfment that you do not, thoroughly un¬ derstand, it will afford me the greatest pleasure to show you any and all records and explain everything to your entire sat¬ isfaction. liberty Trusting that you will feel at perfect to. call upon me in connection with any information you may desire, and with kind personal regards, I am, Sincerely yours, J. J. BROWN, Commissioner of Agriculture. LIBELLING IS A SERIOUS OFFENSE In this series of articles which have ap¬ peared been in The Sentinel, nothing hut facts have Department, used, taken from the official records of the I have been “warned” on very good au¬ thority, that.J. J. Brown contemplates bring¬ ing suit for slander against me, as soon as the Legislature closes”. Whvnot bring the suit now ? I am as ready to defend myself as I shall be later. BUT IT MIGHT NOT BE SO EASY FOR ME TO GET BEFORE THE GREAT BODY OF GEORGIA PEOPLE WHEN THE LEG bSLATURE ADJOURNS AS IT IS NOW, AND PUBLICITY IS NOT WHAT J. J. BROWN WANTS FOR HiA1 SELF. • I make.no plea for anything but fair play and all honest investigation. For the years I spent in the service of our late Beloved Chief, I have no regret; l am as I have said, penni¬ less, and I am homeless. 1 have borrowed to the limit of my means, and the last tiling I did was to place in a Thomson bank, for a loan, the little bits of jewelry 1 have gathered since 1 was a child; there isn’t a diamond in tho lot, hut there are some very precious things that belonged to am* my Mother and others of mv fami ly—and 1 of that breed which treasures those tilings which loved ones have loved. If J. J. Brown brings any sort of suit against me, 1 shall answer it. 'if 1 am found guilty, I shall take what ever the law metes mo, and take it gladly if it will waken our people " ’ io these facts: Our veterans; our sick and insane; children in the first grades of the schools of the State; our institutions of higher learning which prepare for the professions the young men and women who are to be the hone and bulwark ol‘the future—all these have been made to suffer by the cry of the Agricnl turai officials, Department strengthen for more money, to pay more to still more that political machine which J. J. Brown refers to as in vincible—and which is strong enough to. feel that it can silence or intimidate, any one who dares to its ‘ expose rottenness. AA'hat shall 1 do, now? Will you tell me! Alice Louise Lytle. Representative Banister's Speech On Georgia Department Of Agriculture. I will say that this is not a personal fight between Mv. Brown and myself, on my part. If there is any class of people in Georgia whose conditions and circumstances 1 am IV miliar with, it is the fanners. If there are it any is people the agricultural in Georgia who need relief today, class. Our farmers arc since struggling the under the most adverse conditions period of reconstruction, following tlie Civil War. The farms everywhere are in a dilapidated condition, but tlie owners are able to make the necessary improvements. tie boys and girls of tlie rural districts throughout,the State are growing up in igmj ranee, because of these adverse conditions. THE COLUMBIA SENTINELfTi!OMSON, GEORGIA. Our Agricultural Department, created for sole purpose of advancing agriculture, and making better the conditions under which we litical once labored, has grown into a tremendous po¬ help machine, and political machines cannot the farmer to overcome the great dff .d vantages under which we are now living, I Lilly realize the Fact that to attack such a machine means criticism of the vilest kind, having come to die Georgia Legislature, not to “play politics,” but to work openly board for what 1 consider to be the best interests of my constituents, i consume it my sacred duty to make the attack which In : been made, regardless of the opposition countered, therefore, S reiterate in the fob lowing manner, the charges previously I charge that the Agricultural Depart mem more of tx plolitieal lUcicliiiio, opevntod selfish gains, than a Department operated 0I . the advancement of ; \grim hire , ch tl)al a „ eut tla , jS™ <l„nmnd » salary of its employees for the olkieal specific. pose of defvaving expenses of a ; paign. ' ' . ‘ j charge and expect: 'Department to prove that the of the Agricultural catered to tin support of the late Senator Whitson for selfish political reasons only; and that the men dorsed by Mr. Watson were given meuts in the Department, of Agriculture, removed after the death of Senator Watson, some of whom, had received the endorsement: .of Senator Watson only a few days before his death. I charge that the recent effort of tion made by the two Departments was for sole purpose of getting appropriations at this session of the Legislature. I charge that every State Department sup¬ ported by the tax payers of Georgia belong to the people of Georgia, and should be ducted for the interest of the people of gia i 1 further charge that to fight an gat ion of any Department will strengthen suspieion of irregularities, and that not the Department of Agriculture, but all State Departments should invite an investigation. : When -the' committee to which my Resolv tion was referred brings in its report, I be ready for the tight. Should the charges found without foundation, the Department ; vindicated and Banister repudiated; slum the charges he found true, Banister is vindi rated and the Department repudiated. f UOM. n«/_ji, Walkers Mtliens Little did 1 think that Governor 'Clifford Walker’s A then speech, July 4, would have disturbed the elements, as 1 am now convmccd that it—the speech_did ■* As a rule, Fourth of Julv explosions no harm, and if left alone, no casualties r.-uh f!T 5 , ;i .o was extraordinary, T at > U1 • ;t v m «l«u f Stalled the mental and verbal motors,ot cm tain individuals, who bring their complaints to pV h T r« ht i ien ’ aS mat i ot fact, it m all l .an t o to keep ,r straight, following lumrt hot July colourations, 1 hope that you will read the following documents, with care. i4 duty r ! he f3Is little f ,s shorn a . ] ^ t ,® r tn ( ; n that * a f i ; s ua,lt uosyphme : r ot f) a * Biown s pet name for the Columbia bentiuel,) and Herald. the clipping is from the Athens Banner Athens, Ga., July 5, 1923. Dear Editor: . 1. heard Gov. Yvalker’s Fourth of July effort yesterday, and 1 must say that 1 am bewildered. I don’t know where “I am at”, and I want you to SL 'j me right, if you can. For your infor matiun, i send you a clipping from The Athens Benner-Herald. Gov. AYalkor, ac cording to my way of : thinking, left im pree-mi on the public mind as favoring tlie following: J 1 ) He paid warm tribute to Woodrow ^ ilson, pronouncing Wilson the ideal statesman, etc. (-) He si ■ ns to think that Wilson's League ot Nations, or one like it, is the 031 ^ v i’ ( "medy for the world’s ills, (3) That his election to the Governor ship was a repudiation of the 1920 verdict of the people, when the people voted against AVilsonism and Leaguoism and elected Tlios. E. Watson ai 1 Tims. W. Hardwick. I judged his talk to mean that the people in electing Walker reversed their 1920 verdict. I talked with a good many people, after the speaking, and nearly all took my view, and the Athens paper seems to lean that way, too. I voted for Gov. Walker largely on ac¬ count of what the ( lvief said, and 1 don’i , believe that our Chief would have asked his friends to vote for a revival of W’il sonism.in this State. 1 may be wrong; 1 hope l am wrong; hut ! .can’t see anything else in this-' Walker speech. 1 w'ant veil to cOnnicnt on this in The Sentinel, because the Watson people can’t get the truth from these. Wilson pa pers. Several neighbors to whom i talked about this speech think that you will pas it up, for fear that comment 'might hurt Governor Walker's L e!Im., 1 < rJ.ti ’t till. i*V so. j. believe that you tan bee both the ,ipt)d vfl and had in officeholders and that you give- us the right dope. Af least l iifiwv go.. We certainly don’t want Wilson aiil his League. Your reply to my letter j :u* li'egard to Josephine Frown was tine and I <ujf the spot. Your very truly, A V .\LKEK MAN. Clipping from The Athens 4: ’ Specking to audience estimated at I an two thousand, Governor Clifford W aiker at the University Octagon, Wednesday morning, pleaded for recognition of the 1 World War heroes, the veterans of all past wavs, a combination between nations . ... \\’nl in . tiu , iunite ^ ’le, ? hri v hitnre . war inipossi the erasing of all sectionalism hat ml fuel finally tor the blending of efforts of ".e people of Georgia for'a greater and '» =<« ....... Governor Walker at the beginning ot his ’ s l H ' (> eh l ,a * ( l !>'■hute to Woodrow Wilson in glowing terms and then pleaded that all ! organizations and creeds not only ' A '” VI ; 51 » 'piiaro deal but that they Like . iv,< deal wist> « ;| s |! llfll 'e to other.-. Jl‘‘ re l ' !i ‘ the .Governor heroes stressed the need of guuig to of former wars tiie peogiution i>0 many eases they had were failed entitled to receive. to and 1 in ’ e. speaker iiien took up slackers of the pa wa3s a3 *d showed how in several eases tuey had not only profited by the wars hut had belonged been given! the recognition which rightfully to the men who served. He de¬ manded that proper recognition ho given in the future to the men who were willing to give up their lives to protect their’- and the homes of others. In connection with , . Governor Walker said, “A nation 11118 "J 'di 1 * 1 '' not 1 <1(,(>s lm\'e not heroes Honor in its heroes of the past v the future.” Governor Walker pleaded for some sort <u ‘.‘ommnation Die,League between of Nations nations, not iuh.cs i,ai or any other • ol !*! s I ,c, 'ified agency, hut some one thing " iu ‘‘ l wou “ forever put an ciul to war. it ^ 'Va.ker Man ’ sends the foregoing me ,l ' UV ' lor ai! although 'J riipping, ' he asking corres]>midcnt me to scatter hinis-lt the is Y' puffi- fing ' : " !i his own name. Hi is D'i mips w eil known in his community. V. iiy flren, should (ifivornor Walker’s friend try conceal lim identity! Ami can see for Athens speech'did harm, d virtually destroyed the self-respect of ''.fv' yp'Rp* al ‘V'i!. ‘ al lu , . ^ . , - 1K c-h ' "ewih-el" !U i, , ? l S l, in siiouiu ,i (Oligiatulate n ., ,,, j lmnselt • ; lie got oti j ,i 'a j •. S ' , ]T' . ",r ,. , U> . i t h-iia n cecl I storios printed bv the dailies. Bui, I attache.! „ 0 importance alike, all to questions. that. No two When clailv papers sce on this letter from Governor Walker’s friend and the accom the elipiun^- printed reached me, 1 could reconcile reports in the Athens paper and the Atlanta Constitution The Evidently, the Banner-Herald represents 1 Atlanta Constitution at Athens. In view Of Governor t lifford Walker’s rc C ord on National politics, Ins Athens speech w®s not inconsistent Our correspondent seems to think that Gov¬ enior Walker conducted his campaign, last year, licit her along Wilson anti-Wilson line s. He is mistaken; nor the League played any part iu me 1922 campaign in Georgia. When Hardwick and Walker campaigned the State, in 1920, for Governor, both the League and A\ ilson were issues, and the peo¬ ple voted against the Wilson candidates. If AVilson and the League had been issues in 1922, our people would have voted as they did in 1920—against AVilson’s representatives. It lias been my understanding, all the time, that Clifford Walker favors a League of Na¬ tions. He is of course partial to the AVilson League. Nearly every Air.*Walker voter in the State should know that voted for the AVilson candidates in the 1920 elections; he voted for Governor Dorsey for the Senate; he voted for Mitchell Palmer for President; and Walker himself was the AVilson candidate for Governor ’ So ill view of 03 Mr ' n> Wnllror’s “ alKel s l M ,a ' -t 1 lecord, , i I t flunk ,, ■ , Ins • Athens , speech was 100 THE ARZANEfJ SOUTHERN NURSING HOME. An Ide.il Institution for the Treatment of Epleptic and abnormal children; A.t3njiK:e? wluo noed care more tlnan physic. Linder the direct charge of a refined, Christian woman, a registered nurse, whose love for this class of unfortunates prompted her to open this Institution. Personally vouched for by Alice Louise Lytle, of The Columbia Sentinel. A delightfully, situated home; clean, cool, and splendidly managed. Fresh vegetables and fruits raised on the place, For term., etc. apply to MRS. ARZANER JaCKSON, R. N. DR. R. C. GOOLSBY, Box 203, Forsyte, Georgia. 3 cent consistent. The t nous cech was harmless. It will not he possible r Governor Clifford Walker to pull ' Walker .Man” into the League of Nation-. As to Walker’s opinion of Wilson, his privilege to say nice things about oldia! Man.” The Wilsonites. are spread¬ the: ;solV'-s this-year; but 1 don’t expect to of \Vi Ison ism any time soon, not before the ( : eorgia Legislature Tax Inequality Law and enacts the Free School Look Law. Massacre Of St. Bartholomew . (i 'ontinued from Page One.) The gorgeu head appeared in all religion , striking ter: or and deal l: into abject, slirink ing mortals. Wislnva, Moloch, Nemesis, the Furi OS , Alav.-, Thor, Ate.....liie names even now revive memories that enlightened humahiity would he glad to .forget. Amt when we 1. i b at the ancivut He brews wove mianlo free their mind, from this am 1 an- idea of God, our iar h'O.s u- i ,; hie, that every people ■.eb i ■ j:’. b: s' ’ee :.... ng> in which it lived, and the opinion- w;:h ii then prevailed. We oi ‘ ' . ; C- a uvv need not be¬ lieve am actually heard God order nuii. vac. hi ear e\ a. any. we read of fathers and i, n ; who M y. their children, because they ii wo that God h,.s com ’.landed it. You and i do not believe that God issued any such or¬ ders; fiv think that the peer creatures who sac rifie.e their -IT-spring wore crazy. W to not -ay tl..si Ah;almjn was insane: we know that he wasn’t: but we also know that God did in-t di eet him to kiil Isaac. Abraham iie.t! ni so; and, ’<i the Ugh; ■’ his time, was justified in the belief. (ITA Born of the lowly, among the lowly, laid in ’> ho b cd irough of the donkey, reared at the carp.oiu-r’s hcitcji, a teacher among tile poor, His all disciph this iili irate, Himself Jesus without of Nazareth; a home on earth: came and 11io ( oninu m people heard Him gladly, H foir. h’d no church, established uo j" i -I lu-od, orgali’mcd uotlvsg. lie proclaimed ni: ■ p : red a message, named others to hern id lb: go.-ped t iirougliout the world— was gone: with "But I tell you. Do not contend tho wicked; whosoever strikes vou upon vottr right ; keck, turn tin other to him as well. ■ ' 1 ” ! lt li • Vl,u ,<)V ‘‘ • V(Uir enemies; bless i ,1, , ls V' , W y ° U; gonevously to thoao ^1*‘> l hate an. pray lor those who ill-use and persecute you: then, you will become the jsoi 1 --' '>l your Lather _who is in heaven. _ ^ Tu* " ' W ‘‘" (To 1 he Continued XeH Week.) * KKKP'XCi THO. UirUHR THVH TO THE PRINCIPLES OE ITS I'OI XOKR, WAS WHAT PROED THE PRESENT MANAGEMENT TO “CAHKV ON". Dear Editor: As long as the paper keeps Its rudder true to the principles of democracy as expounded by tho lamented and talented Watson, I shall continue to take it. So far so good. I never expect, to read after mother \V;u on soon, as they are born, not made, and. only one in a century. Why he wag taken, especially Bo'.';, when needed most, is one of the mysteries. We miss him, and his ion has not been replaced. And the common people are floundering in the mire awaiting a leader. Thl:- government has bean plundered, and Is still beiny plundered worse than any government that lias ever oxiMed. Nearly every position of trust is occupied by a foreigner, or one so controlled. Look at the Shipping Board headed by Lasker, a Jew. Also our federal Reserve System, the worst banking system on earth, originated and managed by Warburg, a Jew. And so it goes ad libitum. Why the Americans no longer run their government if you will sift it down. Real Americans have no rights that the gang now In control of our government need respect, and they do not. The World War made the cm ditions favorable, and our patriots proceeded to scuttle the Ship, of State, until the practically own 90 per cent of all will properties. continue If any man of sense thinks conditions as they are now he will have a sad awakening in the near future. We have been deflated until we have hut little loft. Yours for the common good, Texas, ABNER J. STROBEL. SO HE SENT A CLTB Op' FIVE. TO MAKE SERB THEY'D READ IT. Dew Editor; I irm well pleased with The Colum Ma Sentinel. I would bo glad if ali readers could be induced to reed some r-r all of it. It would put theta to thinking better of those who do read it. Georgia. ,1. E. LANIER.
