Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-08-18
Ls2GEST DAILY CITY CIRCULATION.
T FER PL-4TE WORDS.

I I | IT EIl-iI8 Ff O1tDtS.
 After several days absence we ob- serve that Mr. Arthur Murray. ed itor of the Press Eagle in the last is- sue of that paper reproduces his three propositions of the previous week. It will be remembered by our readers that sometime ago when MT. Murray charged Mr. Adams with borrowing money from the keeper of a house of prostitution the latter denounced the statement as an "mfaDoas liea and challenged MT. Murray to the proof. The GRAPHIC also used this language
 We again defy the editor Of the Press Eagle to give the name of the keeper of d house of prostitution from whom the editor of the GRAPHIC is supposed to have borrowed money, or to produce his authority for mak- ing such statement The editor of the Press Eagle is therefore reduced to the extremity of having to sustain his charge. or stand be- fore the public Us a sELF-CoNFEssEp LIAR TLe editor of the Press-Eagle can choose HAtGh lOA II oA titts I titltttttb At " tAt Nt9NSt
 The editor of the Press E'agle did choose which horn of the dilemma he would take, and it was coWardiy subterfaee of three propositions, hedged about with limitations and conditions, and speeiously devised and worded to suit his own pur-  poses.
 In view of the great reluctance MT. Murray, editor of the Pf-ss- Edg1e, manifested to specify any names or produce his authority or substantiate his statements in the columns of his newspaper, the ed itor of the GRAPHIC kindly preferred his assistance in a fu] investigation of the charges outside of the press by submitting q counter proposition, substantially the same as one of Mr. Murray $, except that it had no strings tied to 1t. and deposited $l00 with the cashier of the Bank of Pine Bluff, to be forfeited to the Ladies Benevolent ana HospitalAssociation, if. beforea committee coa posed of any three reputable citizens. Mr Murray could substautiaee any ot his charges; provided, the editor of the Press E0qle would deposit a like amount to be forfeited in the same manner in the event he failed to es- ta5lish, as traa aat e2lfeet, his state ments.
 We observe thatin the last issue of the Press Eeeie Mr Murray ig- nores this far and liberal peaposi- tion, and contents himself by repuo- fishing his three arttully.drawa propositions, the cunning of which the GRAPHIC exposed last week.
 This leaves the matter exactly where it stood two weeks ago when we demanded the proof or else that Mr. Murray stand before the pub lie 6 seI.e9qfe eeed liaf"
 He has declined the challenge for the proof, and until he produces it he must stand 5ta4dei as iiar. For our part, it is immaterial which al ternative he pursues.
 We desire to say, in conclusion, that Mr Adams has always lived an upright fife, both public and private, and is guilty of no public or private transactions that be would conceal from the public. We also desire to state that Mr Adams has always endeavored to so conduct himself as to be worthy of the respect and es- teem of the community; that in younger days he has endured much that he does not intend to endure in the future; that he proposes to live in Pine Bluff, and that he does not propose to submit to offensive epithets and personal maledictions CT to be bull-dozed or pulled by one who cherishes an unwarranted and apparently relentless hatred; ant that hereafter we shall hold Mr Murray to a strict personal account ability for whatever he may do q say where the editor of the GRAPHI is concerned.