The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-04-10
(Communicated.)
Mr.. TERRY ISSUES
ADDRESS TOVOTERS
Says Opposition Has Used Very
Unfair Methods
REFERS TO SHUGART CASE
Says Mr.. Heflin Is Evidently Seeking
to Make Capital Out of That At
fair-Terry's Campaign
On High Plane.

To the Voters of Jefferson County:
l am candidate for solicitor of this
county. have conducted my campaign
on high plane and have carefully re-
Trained from making any charges against
my opponents. l had expected the same
treatment from them, but l find at the
last moment in today's issue of the even
ing papers, when Mr. Hefin believed it too
late for a reply to reach the voters of
this county, he has seen fit to reflect up
on me in the following paragraph:
I'm seeking my defeat and In order to
bring about the same, they have picked
out the strongest of my opponents, in
their Judgment, and have joined forces
with him to elect him solicitor, and of
course defeat me. In view of this,
submit to every thoughtful man, this sim
pie question: What likelihood Is there
of an earnest, vigorous prosecution of Mr..
Roland Shugart in the event my said op-
ponent is elected, to secure his final con-
Viction?
This is an unjust reflection and nobody
knows it better than Mr.. Hefin himself.
Above all others, he should be the last to
cast such a reflection, when 1t is so fresh
in the minds of the people that in recent
ly prosecuting his deputy for felony he
submitted the case without argument,
which was tantamount to telling the pre-
siding justice that he had no faith in his
case, or would like to see the defendant
discharged Mr.. Helm Is evidently seek
ing to make capital for himself out o.
the Shugart case, as is evidenced by mis-
paid advertisement of his speech that
was really never delivered as written out
and published Gas | am informed), and no
one knows better than he does that | VIII,
if elected, prosecute with vigor Roland L.
Shugart and all others whom 1t shall be
nv duty to prosecute. | am In no wise
responsible for either arrest of Mr.. Hef-
lin. the Sunday arrest or the Brewer ar
rest, and he knows It,
If he had been guitless of the charge
of being In a barroom on Sunday ana
had had any regard whatever Tor the
proprieties he would have insisted upon
an Immediate hearing, and would not
have secured a postponement of his case
until April 49, two days after the cleo
ton Mr. Hefin's effort to get up sym
pathy for himself because of his arrests
with which had nothing to do whatever,
directly or indirectly. should fail OF It's
purpose | take 1t that people would pre-
fer to see man stand upon his own
merits rather than to cry over sore toe:
believe that I will be nominated and
that l will carry two-thirds OF the beats
of this county. and l say to the people
that II elected. being under promise to
no one. directly or indirectly, l will
prosecute with earnestness and vigor not
only the Shugart case, but every other
case that may come within my jurisdic-
ton; that even If my deputy be arrested
I will not submit the case against him
without argument; and, further that L
will not while solicitor, be caught IN
barroom between l and o'clock on Sum
day morning
I would have preferred to leave these
matters unsaid. but Solicitor Hef1in has
forced me to say them by his unjust and
unfair reflections on the eve of the cleo
ton. Respectfully
WILLIAM X. TERRY.
Birmingham. April 9. 1904.