Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-06-30
Mistellaurnils Reaaing.
MekElWAY WILL SUE.
Editor Of the Presbyterian Standard
Makes a Statement.

Editor Of the Presbyterian Standard
Makes a Statement.
The Presbyterian Standard of June
q. contains the following In reply to
the recent editorial In the Charlotte
Observer:
Some of The readers of the Standard
may have seen an editorial In the Char
lotte Observer. of recent date, entitled
"McKelway," containing a series of
charges against me, and characterize
tions based on those charges. Mr. ].
P. Caldwell, editor Of the Charlotte OBJ
server, evidently labors under the i'm
preston that he Is himself an object
of my hatred. He is mistaken. I hate
nobody. I have protested with all my
might against certain policies Of the
Charlotte Observer. and other papers
and persons, in the interest Of public
morals. I shall continue that course so
long as edit any paper. Mr. Caldwell
Is a man who might have been, as he
yet may be, power for good. OF the
blood Of gentlefolk. inheriting the per-
feet manners of his race, with rig
brain, a warm heart, Independent In
thought, with a gift Of expression that
Is the despair of his fellow-crafts,nen
Of unquestioned personal courage, and
only too loyal to his friends, there is
no man living In North Carolina who
could have entered, as he may enter,
nobler career of honor and Of power.
And there is no one who would more
sincerely rejoice at his reformation
than the one he has recently attacked
In language. unparalleled, I take 1t,
In the annals of North Carolina jour
nalism.
Concerning his charges, shall con-
tent myself here with saying that tney
are without single shred Of fact In
warp or woof. They are all directly
connected with my battles against the
saloon in Fayetteville and In Char
lotte. or, with my opposition to child Ia
Dor in the mills. That Of itself Is suffi-
cient explanation. shall not demean
myself by repeating these in detail and
then denying them, to my own consti-
tuency. The absolute proof, or the
confession Of their falsity, will be
forthcoming at the proper time and
published to the world.
The characterizations of myself have
put the whole matter beyond the scope
of newspaper discussion. Those who do
not recognize the Higher Code will say
that the attack justifies any reprisal
within the bounds Of truth and law.
Those who acknowledge the Higher
Code will agree that a man can be so
identified with the cause which he rep
resents, that an injury to his reputa-
ton will be an injury to his cause, and
that the law of Christ as to the non-re-
sentiment Of personal insults and nom
resistance to personal injuries does not
forbid. under that condition, the seek
ing of all lawful and proper redress.
This I shall undertake to do.
And as I have been absent from the
state for two weeks, I am going to ask
this favor Of my readers who are my
friends, that they send me copies Of
any paper that has published the edi-
torial of the Charlotte Observer. In
whole or In part, or made offensive
comment upon 1t. I am determined, as
in my power lies, to put a stop to the
long series Of personal attacks upon my
character that have been made In the
columns of the Charlotte Observer and
its newspaper echoes, persisted In
through several years, and now having
reached the limit.
I take this opportunity to thank my
friends from every part Of the state,
who have written me letters Of sympa-
thy and confidence. trust shall not
prove unworthy Of their friendship.
And may be permitted to say that
except for the fact that upon me, more
than upon any other one man In the
south. wisely or unwisely. has been
laid the burden Of rescuing the little
children of the south from the untime-
ly toll of the mills, end that already one
organ Of these exploiters Of infant In
dustry has attacked me as the chill
dren's unworthy champion, on the
ground Of the editorial In the Charlotte
Observer-but for this necessary iden-
tificat!on of an advocate with his cause,
I should not have troubled my read
ers with even this much notice OF this
personal assault. They will bear me
witness that l have not been slow to
defend others when unjustly attacked.
I have not been swift to defend myself.
Nevertheless. 1t Is permitted a man to
fight for his cause.
A. J. McKELwAY.