The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-09-14
D. c. Regain to the Bat-Sub-
mits Few Remarks in Reply
to T. w. MaxwelPs Article.

9th inst. in reply to an article IN
The Fairmont Messenger suppos- /
ed to be written by one D. Gre
gan, of HowellsviHe. Now, Mr..
Editor, if the article referred to
was a political reply, l would not
trouble you with my communica-
ton, as the contention will be
settled before this can reach the
public. You and every one who
may read this article knows it is
from beginning to end a personal
thrust at my private character,
whatever Mr.. Maxwell might
have intended it to be. AS you
have published the same, | think
you are due me the same courte-
sy in a reply.
Mr.. Maxwell says in his arti-
Gle that he is the author Of one
article from Howellsville signed |
''Howellsville Democrat" This is
one of the articles referred to in
my little piece to The Messenger.
This | have no right to dispute,
as | have always regarded him
as truthful man and do not
even now question his veracity
in the matter. Will say that if
he wrote that piece that in my
judgment he can write a first
class political article; but if he
wrote the last one for a po-
litical article, must say that
he missed it by a long shot.
Any one of good sense, with an
unprecedented mind, who can read
the English language will be sure
to say that it is nothing but a
personal thrust at the private
character of a private citizen of
his own township who is a per-
sonal friend, who wishes him
much success in every legitimate
undertaking, and simply because
he had an opinion as to the au-
thorship of certain articles pur-
porting to be from his own town
ship and dared to express the
same to the public through an ar
ticle in another paper. Mr.. Max
we'll intimates that inasmuch as
did this am a malicious falsi-
fer. Though he makes this i'm
preston on the public in his ar
ticle, | can't believe he so in
tends it, for there is nothing in
the article he is replying to to sug-
gest such a conclusion, and our
relations have ever been such
) that l can't see how he could
have any personal malice toward
the writer. But in his zeal to
! overcome my political influence
he lost sight of what he was do
ing and made this personal
thrust at the private character
of a friend. Apparently not sat
isfed with this, he proceeds to
! rip up my political record, wants
/ the public to know that l am a
,, political autocrat who suppresses
! the will of the people. Well, that
bad, but not so bad as the former
intimation. In answer to this
will say, there are men living in
my township, and in every town
= ship in Robson county, as fol
E that matter, who know that
, have never bolted a convention
4 or scratched a ticket since have
;. been a voter in the county. Yes
Mr.. Maxwell, if the men you are
:, so strenuously working for gel
!. the nomination, l promise you
: here and now that l shall vote
! for every one of them. Is thi:
=, = autocracy or Democracy? If my
Il men get it, will you do as mucl
> for them? You also charge me
with doing some dirty work dow
=, here in HoWellsville which, if il
were true, would have been il
, the pen long before now. Yo1
:, and every citizen in Howellsvill
y and in the county who know m,
:, record, know that this intimatiol
is not true, but l must confes
, that | did have the honor of cast
', ing the vote of Howellsville ST
:, years ago IN the county conven
) ton, and have enjoyed that hon
i or several times in my politica
: life. All the reason know 0
~ why l have been thus honore
Z, was because of the confdenc
y the people of my township repos
= ed in me, and could enjoythat hor
&c or today were it not for the COZ
20 20 ruptlng influence of such polite
~ ians as yourself. There is a gooC
ly number of people all over Rot
RI eson county who know my pub
u lie and private character, MI
~ Maxwell, and so confident am
y of what their verdict is that
re- am thinking that you will q
80 yourself an injustice if you don
~ try to enligh Ten the public as
~ what you mean by this scurrilou
20 article that you have hurled {
~ the private character of a privat
W 10 citizen, in reply to a certain art
Gle IN The FairmOnt Messengt
~ supposed to be written by OF
!" y, D. G. Regain, of Howellsville.
o+ Yes, brother Maxwell, your a
~ ticle known as "HoWellsvil
90 90 Democrat" is a frst-class polit
he Ho cal article, better than C;
i in write, but your last, if you i
. or tend it for a political articl
VI shows plain enough that you a
To- not yet an adept at political &C
~ respondence.
he he D. C. Regain.
ed Howellsville, N. c., Sept.
, ,tI 1908.
api, The board of trustees of t
hu graded school of Lenoir will flu
nish this session all text books
M Dl1pilC frno of cboroo Tho h.