The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-06-14
PROF. MASSEY REPLIES
70 THE LETTER OF Mr. BAILEY IN JESTER
DAY PAPER.
Denies that he at Any Time Worked Against
q. 0.her Members Of the Faculty. He
Makes Counter CT argos.

your columns
He made certain charges against me-
| asked for his proof What has he
given? He says | asked DR.. Taylor
some questions. and that | pitifullN
begged the editor OF the Observer not 10
give my name. Was there any scurrllI-
ty in those questions? At that time there
was bitter warfare going on against
State aid, and while | had thoughtlesSly
taken a little part in it by asking few
questions that have never yet been an
swered, | simply told the editor Of the
Observer that it would do no good to
give the authorship of the questions as
| did not wish to be drawn into the con-
troversy at that time. made no pitt
fur appeal at all. | have and always
have had a high regard for DIR. Taylor,
and we are on terms of complete friend
ship.
| asked for the names of the gentle
men | had tried to turn out and the
testimony Of a member of the board that
| had done So Instead of proof he
brings more assertions. and says that He
has a wonderful letter that | wrote on
the subject. | am we'll aware Of the let
ter he refers to and am willing to stand
by it. For ten years have been nomin-
ally the Horticuturst of the Expert
ment Station, and during all that time
have not had an acre of land nor the con
troll OF Il single work animal to do any
work here with. | applied to the board
for land. | told them that | and my
assistant. Mr.. Rhodes. wanted to do
valuable work. and that had been IL
most only a corresponding secretary for
4 bn hat NO q
the college farm suitable for my pur-
poses. and that the land at the station
farm was suitable. and had not been
used for field experiments for years.
That | would exchange dwellings with
Prof Emery and pay the board the same
rent for the dwelling at the farm that |
was paying here, and that the Professor
OF Agriculture had plenty of land for his
purposes on the college farm. but that 1t
would be utterly useless for me to at
tempt experiments there with small
fruits and vegetables where they would
be exposed tn the dcpredations of every
one This was the extent of my SHINING.
and it was simply in the line OF greater
efficiency for the work. The Professor
of Agriculture has been the only man an
the faculty who has had q free dwelling
furnished him. and | thought it nothing
unfair that if the land was allotted to
my department that ! should pay rent
there.
You are welcome to all that ] have
written in regard to Mr.. Ilyams. my as
siStant in BOTANY. In my reports have
suoken i'm the highest terms of his work.
ana the only question for the board to
decide was whether systematic botany
was of sufficient Importance to enable
them to afford To keep one for that
The former mcmber of the board who
has been posting You knows fun
we'll that / stated in his presence ut 4
meeting Of the former executive commit
tee that Mr.. Hyams bad done all ti"t
was required of him in thorough man
ner.
Mr.. Bailey knows, if he knows any
thing about it. that | have never sought
the dictatorship of the station, but nave
uniformly insisted that there was no need
for any director. chat as the station Is
by law department of the college. the
president is logically the head of the
station as OF every other departmet Of
the college. and that there was need for
but one business office for the transhc-
ton Of station and college work, and but
one clerical force needed.
| am sorry, Mr.. Editor, that | have
been compelled TO enter into these de-
tails. to reply to another improved
charge. The mean reference to an dntor-
tunate personal difficulty, exceeds III
scurrlity anything | have ever known
gentleman TO be guilty IF. The blunder-
ing way in which | tried to stop gossip
about it by telling the occurrence 50 that
| might be able to bcg that the talk
/, /, .4.,,, ,,A1 / hDI 1ttn yA4
to my colleague publicly, and neither OF
lis wished the matter TO 90 any further
But the ghoul-like glee with which this
small man recites the matter to the pub
lie should forever condemn him in the
eyes of every gentleman OF the land.
] would like further to say that / am
not only not i'll the employ of the Potash
syndicate. the Nitrate of Soda propa-
ganda nor of the Raleigh Phosphate
Works or its manager. TO what
extent the editor of the Record
or is under any one of these. and
to what extent he is indebted to that
connection for his attack, | leave the
public to infer from the fact that thu
words he uses in speaking Of my III
popularity with the boys" which every
student in the college will contradict,
and the tricks they played on me. whon
they have, never played any tricks Mt all
all indentify the author of the meaneSt
and most "scurrilous' anonymous letter
that was sent TO me some months ago.
filed with the most scandal0us false
hoods Now the language you use is al
most the language of the anonymous
cpistle, and unless You tell who gave you
the language / hold you personally re-
sponsible for that letter and will pub
lish it in the future for the information
Of the public with another that was
written to a gentleman at Burgaw and
signed.
The first proposal to combine the
chairs Of agriculture and horticulture. UNI
der my charge came from the Board of
Trustees. and a committee was sent TO
me to know if | would take the com
bincd chairs. This can easily be proved
by the member who was the committee.
When it was brought up again by Il ma
jority OF the faculty | agreed to it, but
afterwards felt that i ought to oppose it.
and did oppose it and defeated it before
the board.
As to my writings, they have all been
the result of large practical experience
in farming on n large scole. The facts
! have given from time to time can be