The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-08-13
Capt. WeIlborn Replies.

lowing letter, replying TO defense
of President Hardy from the pen of
Mr.. E. Nash BroyIes Mr.. Broyles
secured a copy of the Jackson News
containing the same letter, and as it
is intended for the public Mr..
BroyIes' reply will also be given in
The Dispatch next Sunday:
''Ellisvi1le, Miss. July 81, 1908.
Columbus Dispatch:
you have given a good deal of
space to a letter from Mr.. E. n.
Broyles on the A and NJ. College
trouble, in which he uses my name
rather freely, so 1 ask that you give
me only half as much space in which
to reply
"Mr. Broyles appears to think that
this college issue depends on who I
am and what manner of man is this
Capt. Welborn, who dares to come
within our borders Dear Mr..
Broyles, maybe 1 just butted in like
you have done in this controversy,
but if it will enlighten you any I
will impart to you this much as 70
| this foreign army officer who has
dared to come within the cinfines of
| Mississippi, and wouldn't keep quiet
until the board of trustees could
again whftewash your friend Hardy:
was born in Mississippi and, you
might say, reared here, as up to the
| age of twenty I had never dared ven
ture without her borders; l was a
student of the A and NJ College so
| long before you were that you may
be pardoned for not knowing that;
and my family and our relatives have
sent as many boys to the A. and NJ.
College as any family in the State.
and three times as many as your
family and Mr.. Hardy's put together
Now that you have butted in,
you can defend your friend Hardy
all you like - goodness knows he
needs heIp-but | have right to
insist that you cOnfine yourself TO
facts and truth when you are dis
cussing me.
''To enlighten you again, your
friend Hardy relieved me from duty
as commandant, humiliated me and
my family. and placed me in false
light with the people of the State.
while he was seeing ghosts of con-
spiracy about him and thinking I
was a leader in it, and when he found
out that he was wrong he did not
possess the instinct of justice and
fos r 7fel
error and make amends for it, but
has been busy since trying to justify
his action by circulating false accu- |
sations against me.
am really becoming tired of tell |
ing your friend Hardy Of this, and |
1 think it is so we'll known that peo- |
pie are getting tired of hearing it. |
but now that you have quoted from |
Mr.. Hardy and, l presume, have |
adopted his words, it is refreshing to /
enlighten you again by letting you
know that the statement that Mr.. /
Hardy encountered opposition from /
me in guarding and promoting the /
religious life of the students is un-
true. That he encountered opposi-
tion from me in breaking up cigar
cite smoking is untrue. That he en-
countered opposition from me in
breaking up the sale or drinking of
intoxicants among the students is
untrue. That 1 did, TO class in my
section room, refer TO the damn mis-
sionaries.' is untrue That I had a
card party in my home in violation
of any regulations known to me at
the time is untrue. That I gave in
toxicants to students in my home,
that I confessed or gave an 'apo1-
ogy' for any act Of mine, is untrue.
These things above referred to
were admitted by Mr.. Noel, when it
had nothing whatever to do with the
charges against Mr.. Hardy, and could
have been competent only in case I
was on trial.
What manner of man I am has
nothing to do with whether or not
Mr.. Hardy is fit to be president of
the A. and NJ. College. To say that
I am working against the A. and NJ
College. you must have the college
confused with the president It re-
mains to be seen who are the real
friends of the A. and NJ. College, and
I believe a just public opinion will
accord the honor to the board of
trustees when they give Us a new
president.
Stand BY your friends, Mr. BroyIes,
but please be accurate and stick to ]
facts. I. c. Welborn."