The Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1882-1883, 1883-06-15
To j. r. Matthews & A. d. Lowe,


To j. r. Matthews & A. d. Lowe.
Edisor Signal THE gen.
tlemen addressed above, have
published IN article in the
SIGNAL and COpIAHAN, en-.
deavoring TO bring ccnSnre
upon me rs n citizen and Off
Ger lnfereniially charging ne
with direlcc,ion of duty as Il
public officer, and an undue
attempt as a citizen to influ>
once the jury that may decide
whether or not Mr.. Cook is n
dcfaulter; to which | fool cou.
strained to reply, that no one
may be nisled by tho sophis-
try of their questions, assur.
ing them AMI the public, that,
as | am not ambitious to bc /,
perpetual newspaper core,
spondcnt, that l will hercaf.
ter answer no irrelevant ques
tinns, but will be ever ready
and willing to answer any
qncsiiontliat apartment.
They say: ASH. NJ. Nor>
man has called on us fm an
explanations q did not, the
SIGNAL did, 'we now give the
same (they give none that is
ineligible, but attack me-!
moi that we cannot show up
our report correct (then why
did they lot Go sol? the cx>
PLANTATION will make it diff
cult to get n jury to Try the
case fairly and impartiall.,
(not at all. The records will
DO before the jury and will
show all the facts. Go ahead,
and show up your CORRECTNESS.
'Why does this disinterested
man, J. NJ. NJ, squirm like II
wuim in hot ashes at our res
puriV (How did they know l
was 'lisinta:csled?' /, OIL tho
contrary, feel interested that
one who has been SO faithful q
public officer and upright ciii
zen,as Mr.. Cook, have Justice
d,mc hlm,and..not pear the odi.
um of 5eing a defaulter,cren
during the pending political
campaign. LIDO not 'sqnirm,'
but the majority do, and
clcaraway from the question }
'Why does hc boldly assert
that gross injustice has been
done Cooke { | asserted it as
my opinion, in which opinion,
the BEST, most FAIR MINDED
and INTELLIGENT.inen in the
county, who have read the re-
ports and the card, agree with
me, and your EXPLANATION
has not changed n.y. why
does lie crush (stale) into print
to comment on his rcport!' Il
published deliberately, to ex-
plain why l differed with the
majority, as is the universal
custom. when II minority re-
port IS made,and did not COM
ment on NY report at all, but
stated the mode of procedure
in redeeming or Purchasing
lands.) Bot, on the contrary,
he has vital interests at stake;
the defalcatiou of Cook, if(O
such be true, makes this dis>
interested man, this fair man,
this infalible man Chow many
more of the nauseating dc,
scr,ivc adjcctivcs!) judging by
his charge agalus. us,a defaul.
ter in The discharge of his Of
fetal duty made no default
in my official duty; but exam
irtd Mr.. Cooks account long
before that august 2to l cons
mittee was appointed, and if
| had found him in arrears
would have demanded a set-
Element, but. as l satisfied my
selfthat he was not. l had no
demands to make; if l fell in.
10 an error, it was human, and
not of VITAL interest to my.
self.) we wonld ask, did we
not even go so far as to cred
it him with all the land re-
Irm ptlons7' (No. You credit
ed him with none. Does your
report show it9) Even using
his own private memorandum
book to ascertain the amount
(Yon used the private memo
randum book that Mr.. Cook
u