The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1893-09-21
A CLINCHING REPLY,
Every Charge Successfully
Refuted.
THE ORIGINAL PAPERS ON RECORD.
A Full History and Farewell Ans
= Wer. Read Every Word and Judge
. for Yourself.

EDS. JOURNAL This time and this
only, ask pardon of you and your read
ers for coming before you again; but put
yourselves in my place, and think you
would speak, too. For have been pub
fcly attacked-causelessly slandered, and
surely no one for the sake of @''peace"(?)
would have me keep a silence that might
be misunderstood. Patience, then, that
the truth, before the world, be not only
spoken, but proven beyond all cavil or
doubt. i might give brief sweeping
denial, but L want you to understand it
ALL
knowing that two mistakes in Jour
nal of Aug. 18th, must have come direct
~ or indirectly from the side they favor
ed, and that our Circles attitude toward
the school here was misunderstood by
some, [ wrote a short card correcting the
mistakes and briefly explaining the stu
alton, so the public would not misjudge
the noble band of young people for whom
I had labored so hard to build the Hail.
mentioned no name; reflected on no
mans honor; l said not one harsh or I'M
kind word against any one; but tried to
speak the few words in a gentlemanly
and christian spirit. And yet, in an un-
called-for reply, Messrs. r. Dobbs, E. A.
Kemp, w. j. Davis and r. r. Petree
rush into the JOURNAL of Sept. 18th with
long article, indulging in uncOuth rail
lery and slanderous statements and insin-
nations upon my character and motives.
am sorry indeed to bother the public
with this matter, and would never have
done so If the misstatements had not
occurred, but you know l cannot allow
these charges to stand, when l have the
facts by me to disprove every one of
them. [ ask every one who loves to see
truth triumph, to read again my card in
Aug. oath, then their reply-note the
spirit of the two; then listen in watchful
patience to my final reply to these I'M
grateful men By actual count find ten
statements in their article which, to say
the least, are mistakes and l answer
them with witnessed facts, leaving them
for judgment at the bar of the publics
unbiased mind and heart
O-They say: "Our young people,
as far as we know; are perfectly satisfied,
and have been, all the time, with their
rights in the house,
Answer: They know, or have surely
heard, that except or influenced by
home surroundings, and who put not a
dollar in the Hall, all the active members
on a roll of abont 40, have been united
expressing by word and vote, their dis
satisfaction at the interference of these
men. ''As far as we know These
men do not attend our meetings, and do
not know" as they say. And they
should not throw Off on the Circles
friends outside of this immediate school
community. Many boys and girls around
here, have never taken an active interest
in our work, and the greater part of the
substantial support the Circle has receiv-
ed, has come from intelligent young
people attracted to it, from 3, and )
miles away. They have proven the very
backbone of the "McBeath," and they
are faithful still.
(2)-Again 'Pulled some of our boys
names on that bill of injunction without
their knowledge of it."
Answer: Each young man not only
knew his name went on there, but asked
me to secure the injunction.
(3)-Again listen: "The trouble down
here was that Will wanted his name in
the building, and it wouldn't stick up
there
Answer: The trouble was that these
men, representing only abont 81 to 81 in
the building sought to interfere with
rising vote of the Circle taken at large
meeting in February and afterward rati-
fed MAY 20th) with determination-in
structing the building committee to name
the Hall in honor of me-witnessed the
first time by such prominent and honor
able men as Prof. Walter McElreath.
Prof. Edgar Talley and Ed. A. b. Waugh
an, Jr., and the second time by Mr.,H
A. Beach with many of our best people
this naming, they said, intended las is
often the case with such buildings) mere
ly as a compliment to the invalid boy
who, as the fatherly and beloved j. n.
Babb generously said that night, chad
done more toward the erection of this
pretty Hall than any other ten men,"
Pardon my quoting his words, but they
come in so nicely here. Mr.. j. p. Greer.
chairman of the Circles building com
mittee, learning that he could not get the
corner stone here in time for ''Dedica-
ton Day." acted upon the suggestion of
the contractor, Mr. Emmett Babb. $50
unexpected, and of course appreciated
by me) to cut my name in letters over
the stage, and put the name of the Circle
in the gable finish;' and made gable
finish bearing the words: 1.-THE Willie
ID. UpShaw Hall-Home of the McBeath
Literary Circle" On the morning of
May 9th when the Hall was to be dedica-
ted to the purposes of our motto, litter
allure and Religion MI. Dobbs and Mr.
Davis came and demanded that that in
scription come down, expressing
ally expressing in the presence of several
men-the strangely ignorant fear that if
the Hall were dedicated with my name
on it, it would belong to me ! Intelli-
gent people, thinking of hundreds of
Kindred institutions named in honor of
their founders, of course smile at such a
mind and such a spirit. But it is an
actual occurrence, and l ask them to
look through it as a window of insight
into the cloud of obstacles our Circle has
had to contend against since its very in