The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-01
CORRECTION OF STATEMENTS IN ARTICLEPUBLISHED IN THIS PAPER

collected the money impli ,d'y for his own use.
 Ttese statements were made by MT. Brown to Acting Mayci Mcintyre last Wednesday night. No, action in the matter has been taken by the acting sent the matter to the Council.
 MT. Jones ,who was seen by rep resehtative of The Advertiser, said last night that he understood that the council wanted t3 investigate the charges ade against him and that he did not care to make statement for publication"
 On March 2s. last. this paper also published report of certain proceed ings relating tn an investigation by the then Acting Mayor of the city of Mont- gomery of the alleged conduct of MT. campbell Jones, and in which proceed ings the then Acting Mayor reported to the City Council. in substance. that, he was convinced that Mir. Jones was not
 m the slightest degree the beneficiary. eitner directly or indirectly, of the contract for graveling the driveway of the Country Club, and that the work was not done at the expense of the city: to both of which articles we now refer.
 MT. Jones. feeling himself aggrieved at the publication referred to, in the issue CT March 20, representative of this paper called upon Mir. Brown for a statement relative to the matter, and from him received the following card: Editor The Advertiser
 ''On the 20th day of March, 1905. you published an article reflecting upon the official integrity of Mir A. Campbell Jones, the Superintendent of Streets of the city of Montgomery at that time, based upon information given to you by me. At the time I gave the inter- view to your representative, I honestly believed the truth of 1t, and 1t was not given out until I asked the then Act ing Mayor, who at the time, did not recollect that MT. Jones had previous ly spoken to him about the gravel Af- ter the publication of the article re- ferred to above, learned from the then Acting Mayor that Mir. Jones had spoken to him about the gravel and 1t was used with his knowledge, and therefore I willingly and of my own accord desire to retract the charges made against MT. Jones and trust you will give this the same publicity you gave my interview. and I regret that innocently misled you and wish you would withdraw any charges hereto fore made as the fault was mine. but innocently. !. e. Brown
 October 31, 1905.
 The article of March 20 was published by this paper in good faith and any mis-statement of fact therein was due solely to mistake and misapprehension and without the slightest malice or i'll will against MT. Jones, and without any desire to do him harm. for The Adverti- ser has never entertained other than tn kindest feeling for MT. Jones.
 This paper is at all times, not only willing, but anxious to correct any er- TOT or wrong it may have done anyone, and in view of the result of the investi- gation of the then Acting Mayor, as al- so of the card of Mir. Brown under this date, and the request of Mfr. Jones to re- tract the charges or statements made against or concerning him in said arti- cle of March goth, The Advertiser Com pany takes great pleasure now in re- tracing and does retract any and every charge or statement contained in the last mentioned article. which in any manner reflected, or tended to reflect upon the personal or official charactef or conduct of MT. Campbell Jones.
 THE ADVERTISER COMPANY,