Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-10-26
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MEsFPzrs. TESN., Oct. "a, ise9.
Editors Ledger: / beg leave to say 8
few words th~rouRh'your columns. There
are two men in your city who want 10
make sixty dollars a mOntn' apiece by
attending to my business, but l am not
disposed 20 give ft: one Is James, the local
editor Of the APPEAL, and the other IS j.
$. Charles, who had to telegraph 70 Grit
I'm, Ca, to find out something about me.
I would thank them to let my business
alone. LIDO not feel disposed to bear the
insinuations of these two men. They had
no right to interfere with me or my BUSH
MATTE M. BLACKWELL.
"Agsnt Of the Ladies' MeGzorial Asso-
citation At Griffin, Ca"
The above is from the ErsnfHo Ledger of
yesterday. Were there not az insinua-
ton contained in the card, which could
only have emanated from & person blind
eddy passion, or a desire TO injure a man
against whom she has an Imaginary
grievance, IL would not be noticed by Us.
But as she has seen at to sssail our integ-
rity, we must, in self-defense, give a fiat
and emphatic denial to her statement.
The following are the facts ia the case:
Afew days ago our attention was called
by various parties to the fact that a per-
son was in b city at the time, collecting
$500 ONN7AOAJ III rClAr 4ltuADEldl As
ISOLATION In Georgia. After making some
Inquiry, and finding no one that knew
anything about the individual or her mis-
sion, and believing Il to be the duty Of
every journalist to put the public on their
guard against h possibility of a fraud.
We suggested that the Confederate Sol
diers' Relief Association was the uroner
channel through which any such aid
should be given or donated. No names
were mentioned in the paragraph, and il
the party were sail right we cannot see
b objections she should have to 80 rea-
souable a suggestion. The consequenc of
the paragraph was that this Office was be-
seiged ON Saturday morning by a middle
aged lady, who raVed and torned about il
until, to pscify and get rid OF her. a repor-
ter Of this paper made an a~pologetic para
graph, which appeared in a modified form
next morning. A telegram from some
person in Georgia TO Mr.. Charles, Chair
man Of the Special COMMITTEES ofConfeder-
ate Relief Association, on the subject was
published in the same paper, declaring
that the individual in question was "aIl
right"
This ought TO, aud would have satisfied
any reasonable person, but 30 far from
appeasing her, she was at this Office at an
early hour yesterday morning demand
ing satisfaction (which we supposed had
been fully givenL In response to her fire.
quSnL OsulanuS, we were forced 10 say,
that II she had a male relative or friend,
and would send him hither, we should be
most happy to give him n satisfaction
that he might require; but as to her, we
had nothing further to offer.
Our whole conversation with her was in
the presence of third parties, and not one
word about mOney-'sixty dollars" or
sixty cents-was uttered or iusinuated.
and a statement so utterly devoid OF
foundation could, to put the most charita-
BILE construction on it, only have orig
mated in a mind diseased. This is tue
matter in a nutshell.
As to Miss Blackwell. had we have
known her mission at the time, and been
satisfied that she was the emissary Of any
Confederate association in Georgia, or
elsewhere, we trust our former course and
career are sufficiently well known 10 the
pablic OF Memphis to need no assurance
that we would have been among the fore
most in aiding her.
FRANK L. JAMES,
Local Editor APPEAL.
As the Ledger has seen fit to publish
Miss Blaekwell's card, we hope It will
have the courtesy to coPyt the above.
DRY GOODS AT AUCTION this Tuesday,
morning, at 10 O'Clock, by Gortiieb 4 Eze-
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