Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-01-13
ROGERSWITHDRAWS
SUIT AGAINST
G.R. GLENN
AT A CONFERENCE HERE FRI.
DAY AMIcABLE ADJUSTMENT
WAS REACHED BETWEEN
OFFICIALS.

hoEelSs or " washington county. mas Win
drawn his two suits recently instituted
against State School Commissioner G.. r.
Glenn. because OF certain alleged libelous
letters which Mr.. Rogers said Commits
sioner Glenn had written him and also
20 members OF the board OF education OF
Washington county.
The suits were filed I'm Washington coun-
~ and IN Fulton county. The former one
was a prosecution charging DR.. Glenn
with criminal libel. The latter was for
$4,000 damages. Reparation Mr.. Rogers
claimed because of alleged injury 10 his
character and reputa ton.
The amicable adjustment OF the differ
ences OF the county school commissioner
accomplished Friday afternoon.
and the state schoo! commissioner was
The following card from Attorney Luz
Their Rosser. attorney for Mr.. Rogers, ex-
plains the amicable agreement reached.
Editors Journal:
That fun justice may be done / make the
following statement as TO the Rogers
Glenn controversy.
]. y. Rogers. the county school COM
missioner OF Washington county, employ
ed certain cOlored teachers to aid in con-
Quoting a cOloTed normal institute under
the promise. as he contended. OF Mr..
Glenn. state school commissioner. that he
would pay them out OF the Peabody Fund.
These teachers were not paid for several
months. Mr.. Glenn contending that he
had made no positive promise to pay them
and that the Peabody Fund had been eX-
hausted.
There was a correspondence between
them wherein Mr.. Rodgers insisted that
Mr.. Glenn had promised and ought to
pay them. Payment not being made, Mr..
Rogers wrote direct TO DR. Curry, the
agent OF the Peabody Fund.
The tone OF these letters angered Mr..
Glenn and he wrote 10 Mr.. Rogers and TO
the board of Education OF Washington
county. letters Astounding in personal
abuse and intimating shortage
I'm Mr.. Rogers accounts (Which in
timatiOn. however, was promptly
withdrawn. Whereupon. Mr.. Rogers
prosecuted Mr.. Glenn I'm the criminal
court OF Washington county and brought
suit for damage IN the city court OF At
lanta.
On December ID. after the litigation had
begun. Mr.. Glenn wrote to Mr. Rogers
the letter looking 10 an adjustment Since
then Mr.. Glenn from time to time ex-
pressed willingness to correct. so far as
he could, the wrong done. Looking to
that end. after comforting with counsel
for Mr.. Rogers. Mr.. Glenn signed the let
ter published herewith. No preliminary
conference was ever held between Mr..
Rogers and Mr.. Glenn. Upon receiving
full generation from Mr.. Glenn Mr..
Rogers replied. The letters in full are as
follows:
Hon. John y. Rogers c. S. c.. Sanders
vile. Ga.-AIy Dear Sir: l recur again to
my letter of December 3. 1901. wherein I
stated, III you are willing to do what is
right YOU and I can settle our trouble
without further reference TO any court"
In that letter 1 made action on your
part a condition precedent. Upon further
reflection have decided that in justice I
ought TO take the initiative.
/ hereby withdraw any charge that I
have heretofore made that in any way re-
fleets on your personal. official or political
character. The charges i'm my letter 10
YOU and the board of education of Wash
ington county was written at a time when
my anger was aroused by what I suppos-
ed to be a reflection upon my honesty IN
your letter TO Dr. Curry.
Upon cool reflection / desire to make
the reparation contained in this letter,
Yours truly. G. r. GLENN,
Atlanta. Ca. January 10. 1902.
ATLANTA. Ca. Jan. 10. 1902.
Mr.. G. r. Glenn. S. S. C. Atlanta, Ca.
My Dear Sir: In view OF the cOmmunica-
ton of this date addressed to me beg to
state as follows:
/ insist now. as 1 have always done.
that nothing in my letter to DR.. Curry
1uSLlueu the attack maze upon my per-
sonal and official character. Such attacks
came Unexpectedly to me. for the reason
that l had consciously done nothing TO
justify them. Such criticism a / made OF
YOU officially was such as any citizen
had a right 10 make. Ii was not my in
tentiOn in my letter to DIR. Curry TO re-
fleet upon your personal or of1cial char
acteT and IL the letter can be held to
convey such an impression, 1 desire now
10 withdraw that part of the letter. Very
truly yours.
JOHN y. ROGERS.
Tie friends Of Mr.. Rogers feel that while
the exOneratiOn of Mr.. Rogers is complete,
IL is nothing less than IL ought to have
been. Mr.. Glenn had withdrawn the charge
Of shortage against him, but Mr.. Rogers
insisted Chat his books he examined so
that the truth might be known. This was
done by the board OF educa ton OF Wash
ington county and by an agent Of Mr..
Glenn. and the books found 10 he correct
in every particular.
10 has been understood by Mr.. Rogers
friends from the. beginning that he was
Hctuated oy no pecuniary motives. but by
the steadfast determination TO have Mr..
Glenn do him complete justice. This has
been done voluntarily and the purpose OF
the litigation has been accomplished.
LUTHER y. ROSSER.
KAISER Tn ICN0PE