The Gainesville star. [volume] (Gainesville, Fla.) 1903-19??, 1904-09-16
mar HOLLOWAY
INVESTIGATION
nly One of the Nine Commit
teemen Came.
SHELTON PHILLIPS CAME
Came Evidence Taken-Sheats
present-HoIloway Ignored
the Investigation.

Of The committee OF nine, appointed by
Ne State Democratic Executive Commit
4 ~ some time ago to come to C1alnesVille
,adiuyestigate the charges against Prot
Vim NJ Holloway, Democratic nominee
m State superintendent of Public In
,,nction only one man came. That
i. was Prof. Shelton Phillip, Levy
cuntyt Superintendent OF schools
p,ol phillips arrived in Gainesville
Wednesday morning and expected to
meet other members Of the committee
here, but no others came. The time Oh
tbc coming was unannounced to Froi'
Holloway and his attorneys, so they say
and we understand that for the reason
that only one member Of the committee
zane and he unannounced, Prof HOBO
vay refused TO pay any attention TO Inc
nyestigation .
Prof VIM. N. Sheats, the present S'ate
superinteudent, and who prefers the
charges against Prof. Holloway, was
here and Wednesday afternoon, about )
mao clock Prof. Phillips notified Prof.
Holloway that the investigation would De-
Gin in room Is at the Brown House, al
So M. Prof. Holloway notified Prol
Phillips that he would not attend tue
meeting Stating reasons for not DONG
SOY and would offer no testimony
Prof, Phillips said that he was not mere
to pass on the guilt or innocence Of lne
accused, and he wanted that dlsuncty
understood, but as he had been appo'n'
ted to the task he was not going 10 leave
Gainesville without some kind oil re-
port to submit to the State Comml''ee
and then the State Committee ana h0'
him would have to act
A goodly number of citizens were
asked to testify what they knew about
the much talked about letter OF rro''
sheats 10 Sam DeBose Several persons
syore they had seen the original ie''e,
and that the words lin the white scnoo'
auditorium we're not in IT. O'ue'
wore they had not seen the letter ou'
had heard it read at the auditorium at
public meeting there, aud that the wo.u ~,
sin the white school auditorium were no'
thar read N the audience present
our readers are too familiar with tue
nature OF the controversy Oe'"ee,
Profs Holloway and Sheats Tor p"'l
explanation to be necessary ou'ACI
to saw that Holloway says sheais inyi'e'
Booker Washington, colored' 10 del'Ns
an address here lin the white schoO' d"
ditodum, and Sheats says the pace y
speaking was not mentioned IN the 'e'
ter and witnesses also so testified, g ,b
tits regretted by many ci''NeH' y 10,
town and county that the nine appoints
to investigate this mate'-or at IeaS'
ouorom of them did not apPes'
and it is also generally agreed mat -
committee did wrong by not io'"yiu
Mr.. Holloway when they would be nel'
The public would be glad TO see MI ilo i,
way come up with his defense at u
same time it is not desired that an i
undue advantage be taken against hIn
Whv the committee Of nine did not ~
notify Mr.. Holloway Of Their coming an1 Tsg re
then come, is both strange and 'es''
able. ,.s, here Yesterday ate
rroi. hsar his report to chairma
moon w,s,ah - Of the State Committee W
L,,os not what the report is or what
NH oroduce