The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-02-24

can be satisfied with ANYTHING less {,
than the whole earth, cohtens was Il
hia lat week. Mr.. Speaker Davis, OF It
The House, was Oh trial 10 d,soar him C.
| from practice, for conuurt uuOtcom- ,
ing 3 lawyer The Rev, Sam Jones
was there in all hl5 glory, ana the
/ A pp1a. Avalanche Rud C0mmarclai /
ediIor- were dennuOcing Zach other :
in column edi oruls and prep ring 10 I
shed gore on the supposed Held o. {
| honor.
The Commerciai OF Tue-day con-
tained al editorial paragraph to TINS
effect:
His Honor, Julius j. Duhose,
gives as nucn OF his time 10 editing
the Appeai.AvaIsncue ~ be does l"
the Gulles of the court"
Quoting tins paragraph the Ap'
neal Avalanche OF Wednesday sad:
at is only H. ces-ary to observe
that this is rom the same olu-terlhg
; blatherzkite that wliued like
: whipped cur when denounced rs
q seven times liar by the App'al-Ava-
laucne few days ago. The Appeal
4 avalanche stands pat. JOSH BIZ
o Iiugs' hound puppy that never quit
Z yeiping over one cutting until u nan
earned another was lot sui generls..
Wednesday afternoon Mr.. Carmsck
). sent uote TO the Appeal Avalanche
a Office by w. d. Robinson, the manSg-
e iup editor OF the Commercial. The
m(ssive was addressed to the editor
i OF the Appeal Avalanche and the
l. writer demanded to know the name
= Of The "respopsible author" OF the
IL "hound-puppy" paragraph. The
N note WAS delivered to Mr. Connaly,
10 who was acting editor OF the Anpeal-
$. Avalanche in the absence Of Editor
ID a. G. Matthews. Mr.. Conn"liy re
ct ulied by the hands OF II. p. Ricketts,,
n associate editor of the Evening
90 Srimitar, naming himself as the re-
' spopsibe author OF the offending
g. paragraph. ,,,
rn sn unconditional retraction ana
ld Apology which Mr.. Connally a.
Ne promptly deciued to make.
70 The next thing looked for was q
w. challenge, aud il would undoubtedly
zee have followed had not somebody
te. "Ieakad.n The police got on to the
OF matt er and arrested both Mr.. Car
~
lor rant WIS sworn out with view u
ny nInciug them uuder peace bonds.
,cL When the gentlemen appeared be
AXE fore the Magistrate Ihe police oilloo
his who swore out the warrants Feluse'
TO tell the source OF his information
Z Both sides insisted upOu his dong 30
and finally, rather than go to jail 10
ooh cOntempt OF court, he wlthGre" III
ont warrants.
ary Atll:SO O'Clock that night Messr'
ent, CUnnaly aud Carmack were arreett
ter on bench warrant iesned by JUG
Iere /, n. Estes, Of the Circuit Court, Al
loSt whoa charged them with conte'
t li1 platlng II deadly couhlct. No bou'
eas- oniy the personal recognlzance oil III
ard gentlemen WAS demanded for the
car aupearsnce before Judge E4,e' at ":
: or o'clnck the following mornln
CON Judge c. w Heiskcil, President
cks, tie Law and Order League, s"o
5 'IIeS, out the warrant.
n Wuen this stage was reached, M
.Hira A. B Pickett, ed tor Of thu Evenll
y0ur ScinItar, gracefully came TO t
for rescue and by the following CORE
pondence settled the difficulty
MR.. PICKETT TO Mr.. CARMACK.
"Februxry II, lS93.-Mr e. W. G.
mack. Commercial Oltct.-My ID,
,Hoo, Sir: I presume, on my friendly re
I ~. lions with YOU 10 ask question,
10 II answer to which hops Will avert WI
e Iino mutual friends of yours and
ooio' COnnally's fear may be serious G.
ta,, clusiOn To the controversy DeCW'
Ten Won; and would you object to stat
un Whether or not Tie paragraph reiat
con, Anueai- Avalanche WAS intended a
,hileu personal reflection upon the editor
~ VI that naper? believe 1t was 80 c
III io' strllrd. | am not authorized to act
49,, ANY one, but would be glad to do W
nott can TO stop what seems To me 70 D
c eii'"}i useless quarrel. Yours truly.
small A. b. PICKETT
,miIy MIR. CARMACKs REPLY.
thai mFebruary II, lS93.-Mr. A. B. Pick
IS $lo Evening ScimiLar, Memphis, len
MINI Dear Sir: In reply TO your note ol
to do d,t'ti1nnirinv whether the article in
Is per Gor,marc,aI Was intended as persC
,eOple =. Hnction unon the editor of the App
les to AmaI.ncbn must answer that
,netit? I,oysinIe construction that can be
wen upon the language can give II snch
e the Dnrt nor do see how IL is possible
singh anyone 10 80 conceive it. l cannot
pre- slider the article to which you reIe
rs AnV reasonable lnterprelaIloh as
nklng vocation for the bitter personal Al
icirnt, of the Observation-Disclosures that follo'
does NV article, whether right or wr
$ hut was purely ilnpersonal aud mp
three nothing dishonOrable to anyone,
OF the the article for which Mr.. Connolly
'ghter, avOwed his responsibility must, I'll
rlde' fore, be considered as standing al
to go Very truly yours
almost f.. w. CARMACl
at hers -, d, =.
G ~ co., MR.. PICKETT TO MR.. CONNOLLY
se the "Mr NJ. W. Connolly, Appeal
ave at Iauche Ot1ice-My Dear Mr.. Conn
.t five | hope YOU will pardon the llber
fenced take in addressing you concern
a sub matter which does not personally
,ntinue yolve me, but ~ friend of yours
months of Mr. Carmack's, am anxious
nselves the difficulty betwesn you Shout
/ make amicaoly arranged. 1t does not
VI. NJ. to me that there was ever any nece
- tor any personal feeling between
I had a conversation with Mr. Carl
this morning aud | violate no
-. dence i'm stating, though OH my ow
"a ,tcb- sponsibility, that the ptragrap
"rstcb- which YOU returned so bitterly
,nn,ors sonal an answer in the Appeal
Icarote Ianche. was not intended to he lite
= Oint, construed. / afterwards address
eedinO note to Mr.. Carmack ana quot