Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1905-07-13
AN OPEN LETTER
From Or. J. L. Kelley TO Prof. y. A.
OTmond.


Principal OF the Negro School,
Tallahassee, Fla.
Dir: Your article under date Of July
1st, which appears In today's paper, is
atuFpFise 20 me not on account OF
Che sentiment and motive therein con-
talned, (for I would expect just such an
elfuSion from your fertile BRAIN but
Tor the fact that you have dotted your
pgetsntIous mask, come ont OF your
hiding, and signed Jour true name to
yonF mastery production. Your bold
uees rather sTouses little admiration.
1 am much pleased to see that de-
sefibed you 90 perfectly that you were
forced TO recognize yourself. | am
Also Q little eIated over the cor
Feesness Of my diagnosis, Mr.. Ormond,
the Instruction that gave and asked
+ che gentleman to deliver TO you, was
written on April 9th, and the Spplica-
ton received from you was dated
April Path. After that you accepted
chs appointment, and later declined,
giving ~ your reason that you did not
know that the term would be five
months, which you said would prevent
you from teaching an eight months
tern elsewhere, etc.
Sow az to Prof Bonner. He was
asked for by Mr.. Doke, but he is not
teachlng &C Santa Fe. / did write
letter for him ITO whom II might con-
Germ" and now am writing one for
you. / might have mailed this to you,
bni, In q recent letter from you, you
informed me that you would not
consider q reply from me. guess the
apparent rudeness 10 due to the fact
that your hands and heart are full
looking after your agreeable charge.
II this personal letter you use the fol-
loving language; THE cooperation
of the cheap editorial crew Of the dirty
meet known az The Gainesville Sun"
u soday's paper you say "Please
gran: me q short space in the columns
81 your valuable paper" The high
place you are occupying seemS TO have
made you double-Sided and big-heAd-
o.. lam further confirmed In this
opinion by your expressed contempt for
''ssw mill graduates" and "deiunct
plil-PollerS." / guess you have the same
Feeling towards other honorable
oAllings. You aud have different
ideAle. or, 80 you say, I'VE understand
oaeh other" ! have owned and worked
N Q cav mill for an honest living,
hence my sobrlquet, You, a 2T4 pro-
feasor, in charge OF negro school
and when your term il out you will
glory In being an emeritus professor,
which am Inclined to think will cause
you 20 become "deiunct." In spite Of
your anltnus, ! ain sorry to see that
you have become 90 much imbued with
che spirit OF cOmmercialism that you
would forget yourself enough to accept
she charge Of q negro school and then
10 the pFsSS boast about IT, You say
''ltis a significant fact that my oppor-
tunities are not limited 10y boundaries
Of any particular county, and it is a
fact OF which am q triHe proud, that
In the face OF my being turned down
. By DR.. Kelley and HE board, | was the
fFst teacher Ia the State TO receive rec
oognltion at the hands OF the State
Beard Of Education and Board Of Con-
trol. O body almost ~ eminent as the
AIAchuA County Board OF Public In
struetion." You should profit by the
following lines from Burns:
q would some power the gittie gle Ne,
TO see ourselves ne Others zee us;
II would from many blunder free uS,
And foolish notion.
+ The brave. generous, proud aud chiy-
alrous man and womRnhood OF our
eouthlAnd will never tolerate social
equality in any form, Not even the
iron heel OF the carpet.haRger, sup
ported by the Federal bayonet, could
force IL on Ne in the reconstruction Pc
Rod. No power on, or beneath the
eaFth, can force us TO accept N, We
will not have it. The rRces must be
separate In churches. schools, hotels
and railroad coaches, Professor, you
1honld have allowed Young, Days or
nome other negro u have had the prin.
alnalnhin nj that mana, ..hocl nVar