The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-07-26
NOEL ARRAIGNS
EDITOR SCHERER
SAYS STARKYILLE EDITOR Is A
SLANDERER AND HAS RE-
ELECTED UPON HONOR
OF MISSISSIPPIANS.
Governor Refers TO Mess Hall Incl
dent and Other Features OF
Recent Investigation at
A. and VI. College.

a Jackson special to the Memphis
Commercial Appeal says:
Governor Noel gave out today the
findings of the majority of the board
of trustees of the A and NJ College
on the charges preferred by Prof
r. II. Leaven against President J. c.
Hardy. He said that he would reply
to the structures of the New Orleans
of the cattle infected or suspected of
tuberculosis, made during the admin
istration of Governor Vardaman, and
reported TO and accepted by the pre-
decessors Of the present board of
trustees, without disapprOvaI, in the
month of June, 1905, as soon as he
could obtain written copies of the
evidence of witnesses; and that this
evidence would show that the cattle
were sold to a New Orleans cattle
dealer, who had full notice of their
condition before seeking to purchase
them; and that if any law was vio-
lated, it was violated by the dealer
after his purchase, as the cattle could
have been legally used, under sani-
tary regulations, for either beef or
breeding purposes.
In reference to the letter of C. VI.
Scherer, editor Of the Southern Farm
Gazette, published yesterday, Gov.
Noel said:
The charges which that letter di-
rectly or inferentialIy makes, that I
intended or did any discourtesy to
his wife, or even thought or had sug-
guested to me, any idea of her eat
ing at the mess hall, or that I OBJ
jected to his eating there, for the
purpose of having him drive to town,
or miss part of the evidence is viii
fully and maliciously false Because
I believe now, and believed then, that
G. NJ. Scherer had wilfully and mali
ciously slandered Chief Justice a. H.
Whitfield, Coy. A. Fl. Longino, Presi-
dent J. c. Hardy, DR.. H L. Noel and
me, and that part Of the A. and NJ
student body, who were endeavoring
to help defray their expenses of edu- !
cation by working at the college !
during vacation, I informed the col /
1ege steward, Mr.. Oliver, that I would
not eat at the same table with G NJ /
Scherer
While attending duties, as the I
president of its board of trustees, my /
lodging and fare are to be provided T
by the college. / knew Of no right I
of any one, besides students and col
Iege officials and employees to eat
at the mess hall. According to my
information, c. NJ. Scherer is a re-
other section of the union, coming as
an alien to its history, to its local ira
dition and feelings. All the men
whom I have mentioned as having
been subjected to his malicious false
hoods are native born Mississippian.
Ny brother, DR.. H. L. Noel, betrayed
a considerable part of the expenses
Of his education during Gen. Lees
administration. by summer work at I
the A. and NJ. College, and the at
tempt to diseredit the veracity and !
character of A. and NJ. students on y
account of their work at the college I
during the summer was a malicious a
attack on all, who are now, or have t
been, engaged in that work, and for t
he reasons mentioned / declined to {
sat at the same table with c. NJ. S
scherer, but afterward told the stew Y
lrd he could seat him elsewhere, if s
le chose, when I was informed that t
le was intereeding for food at the d
ness hall, afer learning of my OBJ n
ection. f
My brother, DR.. II. L. Noel, did n
rink TO excess, but has changed to
otal abstinence. l would not favor t
aving him, or any other employe of b
ny State institution, remain in his n
lace if he used liquor to occasional a
xcess, or ever to excess when on O
uty. Mr. position on this question "
as been uniform. Early in this b
ear, DR.. Noel, by an accidental pis- \
Ol shot, was very seriously wounded, "
t first thought to be fatal. When RI
is pulse was almost gone, and the IL
ttending physician thought him to u
e rapidly sinking, prescribed for al
i'm alcoholic stimulation, which DR.. pl
Ioel declined to take, even though 1t m
light be means Of saving his life.
"All the faculty and employees OF
he A. and NJ. College are named fe