The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1892-04-13
Communicated
A Reply to Mr.. stevens.

Mr.. EDIToR-Self-respe demands that
| reply to Mr.. Stevens circular, which
had for it's heading, GA Reply to a Cow
ardly Attack" Webster gives the def
ton of the word coward as one wanting
courage, and cowaI dly, meanly timid.
Now Mr.. Stevens did not believe when
he wrote that circular that w. G. Aveu
was wanting in courage, or that he was
meanly timid; in fact, he knew to the
reverse. In the Stevens and Melton race
for representative Mr.. Stevens asked me
if | would support him. | replied by
asking him if he voted a certain wav
when he was theI e before. he said he did.
replied, that | could not vote for him.
Does that look cowardly? Then in the
Stevens and KendIick campaign l OPP
posed him, and since he has been in the
Alliance | have opposed him every time
[ thought he was doing any thing that
would injure the Al lance. At the called
meeting of the county Alliance that
elected Messrs. Stevens and Jay to the
Cuthbert convention Mr.. Stevens object
ed to being instructed to vote for man
that stood ON the Ocala platform. lie
said he did not think it was advisable
Just at that time to make the fight on
CIietG JIcb1lO1lll' 1NCIJ OLlC tIlCiG KNOW
that | stated that Mr.. Stevens as good as
admitted that he did not stand on the
platform himself-that cannot be denied,
Was that cowardiy? Last year he came
to BronWood to sell our Alliance guano
and | opposed him there, as we could
order it ourselves and save the one dol
lar commission. lie stated that | was
right-he could not do us any good.
Now, reader, have mentioned these
things to show that | have not been
snealzing around, as MI. Stevens would
have you to believe, but on the contrary,
have opposed him to his face. Now, if it
takes this to make coward, | am one.
| have lived in Terrell several years, and
some of the people know whether | am
coward orgiyen to telling untruths.
Mr.. Stevens says this attack is made
without shadow of foundation of proof.
and by man known as his political enc
my. He ADMITS the fact that | have man
hood enough in me to oppose him. He
says he believes there was a conspiracy
between myself and Judge Query to
prejudice some Alliancemen against him.
and others say did not write the piece.
| want to relieve the minds of the public.
| alone am the author of the piece.
Mr.. Stevens does not deny a single
charge | made He simply circles
around until he gets behind John Nc
Carthys tombstone. He says that |
am not in a position to prove the charg-
es. 1t was his business to prove him
self clear, and as he did not / will prove
my statement to be true. In 1891 Mr.
Stevens sold Georgia Chemical Acid
Phosphate, j. r. Mercer IL Co. sold Pa
tapsco Acid, L. A. LOwrey Son & sold
Sterling and Lockwood Acids. All these
goods were manufactured by the Geor-
gia Chemical Works of Augusta, Ca
For the benefit of J. j. McLain and 9th
ers Lowrey d Son wrote to the manu-
facturers to know if there was any differ
ence in the grade of goods mention
ed above. The company replied that
they were all the same acid phos-
phate, that they made but one grade.
The letter was shown to a good MANY
farmers. LoWrey 81 Son say their goods
cost them SIS delivered Is it not reas-
enable to suppose that Mr. Stevens got
his as cheap? John M. Holland bought
of Mercer Go. Patapsco acid for $3.50,
which the manufacturers say is the same
grade OF goods, only different in name,