The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-10-15
JUST A PLAIN LIE.

Hon. A. J. Moore, A and M. College
Dear Mr.. re:-Every man who
is worth a cuss in this life has his
enemies. So have l. Every public
man has. So has the college. You
viii remember the trouble which Jim
Gillespie of Greenwood got in and
what criticisms he caused the Alcorn
College on his printing contract.
do not know whether the criticism
was called for or not, but in all of
%he relations which the A. and NJ. has
with The Dispatch I want a clean rec
sOrd for the college first and then
for my paper. | want nothing from
you because | happen to be associ-
ated with the college, and if there is
any tendency toward favoritism, as
there is in every mans breast toward
those with whom he is dealing, |
want you to eliminate it. | want
every cents business that / can get
from the college, honestly, legiti-
mately and in the regular way.
want you TO keep the record on this
printing matter, saving all bids and
correspondence SO that if any dirty
lIr1ae charge is ever made by any of
the college : enemies or mine | can
&aks the record and go before the
people and crush my slanderer, and
feeling this way about the college
and myself you can understand my
motive in writing. | do not charge
you with showing any favors, and
this letter is written that you must
not show any When I am lowest
give it TO ME; when the other fellow
ifs lIpwest give it to him; then we've
g0g EN-. With best wishes,
: Your friend, T. w. Maer.
The above is a personal letter from
the editor of this paper to Hon A. J.
Moore. secretary of the A. and NJ
College, when he was called upon to
bid upon the work at the A. and NJ
College for the first time after his
appointment as a trustee of that in
stitution by Gov. Vardaman. The
justification for the publication of
personal letter in a newspaper arti-
Gle Is found in the foul and calumin-
Gus insinuations contained in the last
number of Chas. NJ. Scherer's paper,
the Southern Farm Gazette, that
Trustee Maer's support of President
Hardy is bought in the little patron
age received from that institution,
and in the dirtier and baser insinua-
ton that there is irregularity or graft
about it, an insinuation so low, so
mean and so contemplate as TO merit
nothing but the epithet it deserves
of being a cowardly and slanderous
lie
In the year 1906 the editor of this
paper largely increased the facilities
of this Office for the execution Of
fine work, and since that time he has
done a liberal share of printing for
the University, of which he is not a
trustee: the A. and NJ. College, of
which he is trustee, and the Indus
trial Institute and College in this
city, of which he is not a trustee.
We have secured this work in the
regular way, through competitive
bids with other printing concerns.
and. in the small jobs which We
have been called upon to execute
without bids, in every instance COM
Detition has been met There has
been nothing irregular about the Sc
curement of this work, and this pa
per has only secured those contracts
which it was entitled to unde- the
law
When Trustee Maer was first ap-
pointed a trustee of the college he
gave the subject of his relationship
with the college careful investiga-