The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-08-06

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l Ars'0tFT aalre to THANK yon
for thoSHNlkhe sESpro ductioIi Or my
ntmunHtcA Fau In your last IT,.
1 sue, Ana .aasy4Acsk some questions,
presume Nm your expectation
that shaMyN them. I do not
fsee any SHx St6ncy i'm arguing
Chat the no4f ptstNs Supreme Lodge
aad not thes press, Is the place.
Tor dts<0EStnS of the order,
and tho 1sSS OF envelopes con,
tanning mStaef aaressed invidaaily
ITO members or tASS Supreme Lodge
The use otsthe mails in such a man;
ner is secret, shdstAe use or aews--
paper to- cOh1eytthe same infotma-7
tion Is pubItc me- one Is only for
Ethe sight and tvatlon OF i, PERSON,
entitled to xeeaisas the information
and the other Id fSr5the sight and OBJ
lservatioR OF my aIne who cares to
take the time tsSsad all taht the
writer chooses toSeAy. a."" q
The coluinns OF HE Planet are OPP
en- to therpubtfcs Md barring the usa
of proper lans1iAseE1 am as liberal tu|
our correspond entssa s you are to me-
in permitting ME to reply In your
own columnss NY personal respon2
sibility ends With gmy editorial eol-
amns. All that appears there can sbe|
chargeable directly to me- In the1
correspondence 4s3riter may take, IA
sue with the editorial departments
Just as several OF sour correspondents
have done In thaaIast few issues OIL
the Richmond 6Va,} Planet, relative
to the political situation. have
rectly nor indirectly attacked the adj
tackled the present ad ministratie int
the Planet. have never, either, di-|
restlg nor indirectly attacked the aGl|
minstration that preceded this one 4
In the columns of the Planet True;]
the late Hon IS w Starks and myl]
self disagreed upoIf questions of poll
Icy in connection with the Suprema1
Lodge, but at mo- time did permit it'll
to rupture the personal, friendly 1
feeling that ex1stsd between us. I|
have long ago learned, my dear str.
to disagree without anger, and even
now, although I3have been unfairly
attacked and grossly misrepresented
in the columns OF . journal. Which Isl
one OF the organs of our PythiaR|
Hnighthood, / haye$used no language
towards You that could be tortured
into the form of am Insult.
The articlsssWhO is the Supreme
Worthy Counsell0r7" appeared inI
the columns OF the. Planet with nav
knowledge and consent, just as the
letter published ny me appeared In
The columns of the, Advocate with
yoH knowledge and consent did
not add one line to the assertion. of
the writer aud 7 did not take one
away. ~, z = 80. #. y. -. -,
The Advocate admits that c,ot ,r,,
tons taht exist in Virginia
have existed in it's own state: and them
proceeds to Differentiated i .et ,als see.
ann Grand Chaaeg asps.s Sir s. w:
Starks was Grand ghRnseHor. / ;aaiTlrf
Grand Worthy Counsellor In the
Grand Court: Sir s. w Starks was
Supreme Patriarch i'm the Supreme
Court I am Brigadier General Sir
5" w. Starks was Commander in1
Chief of the Uniform Rank. 4
Yet,you say: True, one man has
controlled here, bus not to the ex-
tent OF being Grand Chancellor,
Grand Worthy Counsellor and Briga-4
der General AS q matter Of fact,
he held still another p6aition, for he
was chairman of the "Pythfan Temple
and Sanitarium Commission. Whe
knows that 1 fatty refused to obey
an order of the Supreme Lodge? Ger
tainiy not the Masdhs, Odd Fellows,
True ReformeSs, and men OF both no
litical parties that yon are now; tell
ing through the columns OF the ADJ
vocate, and who have no right to bel
informed OF anything that has TAKEN
place within the confines OF the orr
der. = ',
beg leave to state, that neither|
Virginia, nor its Grand chancellor j
nor its Supreme Representatiyes,1
nave ever declined or refused to obey
any lawful mandate OF tie SupremeI
Lodge or the officials thereof, YOU
are accordingly IN error, as every
member OF the Supreme Lodge who
attended the sessions IN PittsburgI
and Louisville must kOng: But them
this is not the proper subject matterI
for a newspaper controversy. =
You say that you abuse no conf
dences and you violate no OBJ gations3
IN giving publicity to my record, and
IN 80 fagrantly attacking me- Lett
us see. have never done you any
injury IN my life. have never spok-
EN- word disparagingiy Of you. You1
are sworn to stand by me ss <Pythfasl
stood by Damon, apd yet because you'll
learned from private letter that II
was candidate for the Office OF gu
preme Chancellor, yon, Without, mo-
sA1c2 TO me attack my socnrd fr. thnI