Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-08-06
Passed 1t Up.

0SSSa ~ SPs
Since the publication of a "Reply to
Royce" in the Smith County Pioneer,
two or three weeks ago. ample time
has passed for its reproduction, or an
swer, by the Dispatch. AS Royce has
passed this job up, the conclusion is
perfectly proper that the Reply" is
unanswerable, and correct in every
particular. 1t Is reproduced in the
following and especially recommended
for the careful perusal Of all Dispatch
readers.
REPLY TO ROYCE.
Some time ago this paper announc-
ed that W. II. Nelson had sold his in
tereSt in the SMITH COUNTY PIONEER
to Secretary of State BurrOw. Mr..
HutchingS, the new editor, felt very
much aggrieved and proceeded to deny
the allegation and "L0 defy the alliga-
tor" 1t was just as true then as it is
now. The transfer has been made
two months, Joe Burrow trading Me-
son telephone stock for an interest in
the paper. The reason for the trans.
fer was that Nelson refused to jump
when Burrow pulled the string. The
change took place last week when
Billy Nelson said Goodbye" to the
readers of that paper. The paper
states that V. HutchingS has bought
him out, and becomes sole editor and
proprietor. So far as the name at the
head OF the editorial column Is con.
cerned, this is truce but Joel Randall
Burrow, SecretaryOf state, is the man.
aging editor and when he tells Hutch
to shoot he must shoot or he will take
the gun away from him. The old Pr
NEER which, under the management
of Billy Nelson, was Republican pa
per and kept as completely aloof from
factions as any paper in the state, has
changed hands. and now everybody
that Mr.. BurrOw don't like will find
the columns OF the old PIONEER open
to anybody who may wish to fall out
of them,-PhlllipSburg Dispatch.
Perhaps it is hardly necessary to
inform our readers that the above ar
ticle is from the pen Of John Quincy
Royce, well known in this county. 1t
is the kind of a welcome that Mr..
Royce extends to the new editor of
this paper,
Just whytMr. Royce should desire
to manufacture and publish an arti.
Gle of that kind against one who has
never laid'a straw In his path, we can.
not say, unless 1t Is the natural devil
try that is in the man.
Every line and every sentence In the
article is falSehOod. 1t has no foun-
dalton of fact, whatever. No man In
Smith Center will attempt to say that
it is true, and Mr., Nelson himself,
who ought to know il anyone does,
brands it as untrue, over his own sig.
nature, and here it is:
To whom it may concern;
My INTEREST in the SMITH COUNTY
PIONEER was sold TO my partner, V.
Hutchings, in good faith, he paying
part cash, giving his note for the re-
mainder. | never discussed the deal
with Mr.. Burrow and the question OF
trading his telephone stock for the
PIONEER was never mentioned by
either Of us. paid cash for my tele-
phone stock as did the other members
of the new company. There is no
ground whatever for the statement of
Mr.. Royce as far as | am concerned.
w. II. NELSON.
Let Mr.. Royce take that jolt. 1t
proves him a liar, which fact is no
new discovery to the people Of Smith
and Phillips counties. We have only
proven what the people have known
for years.
John Q. Royce has been endowed
with more than ordinary ability. And
but for one thing he might have made
an honorable record and reached a
high position. lie has a great yellow
streak running through him. 1t shows
itself on every occasion.
The article is malicious and llbelous
We cOnld get judgment against
Royce in the courts, or we might put
him behind the bars, but we won't
bother him. He is bringing about
his own destruction as fast as any
man can.-Smlth County Pioneer.