The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-05-21
A CARD FROM SUPERVISOR BROWN.
To the People Of Lcllore County:

The facts IN regard To BIS paper, an
| desire 10 answer those complaints
Here is my part Of the card he take
exception to, and after changing tn,
wording 10 suit himself, says it i
not true; After waiting severa
weeks | saw the Editor Of the I'm
terprise and insisted that he pub
lish the facts OF said emblezzlement
lie seemed to doubt the wisdom O
doing SO, but published the matter
however in his next issue. | an
sorry that he lost a subscriber by
doing so, as | think every citizen
should subscribe for and read his
county papers" Mr.. Milestone
doesn't seem 10 understand what |
meant by the simple lit.ie word,
saw, and want TO say to him that
when he leaves of common sense and
gives himself up to conjecture, there
can be no certainty or security to
his reasoning. He acknowledges,
however, that | did see him and
makes tn following statement. Mr..
Brown stated that he was dissap-
pointed in not finding an account of
it in the papers the previous week,
and that he thought it ought to be
published. Being new at the news
paper business, / hesitated to 60
contrary 10 custom, and was in
fleunced by talking to Mr.. Brown
and others in regard to the functions
of a local newspaper in making my
decision TO cut loose from the old
path
Now, read carefully what | said
n my card, and then read his state
nent and tell me il there is enough
Inference between them TO justify
llm in making the accusation
against me hat he has made. Mr..
Milestone had KNOWN of this
mbezzlement several weeks before
making publication, which he adj
nlts in an editorial in his paper Of
April 2nd. Mr.. Milestone and |
lifier as to the M ing Of the word
! used it to express that |
seen him. He says it means
came to see, Probably we differ
n the word insist. Mr.. Webster
avs insist means ito dwell upon a
natter of special moment" and |
m sure that | did hal very thing.
lore was said between us than | or
ir. Milestone have either publish
d. Among other things not mem
he told me that Mr.. Sayre
lad asked him il he would publish
letter in regard to the matter. He
aid his reply to Mr.. Sayre was, that
c would if he (Mr. Sayre) would
ign the letter. In the Enterprise
t April End, Mr.. MILESTONE says he
KNOWN about the embezzle-
lent for several weeks. In his at
ack on me he says that all be
new until that time, March Goth,
'as hear. say. Mr.. MILESTONE has
his written on his paper in big let
ars: OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF
HE COUNTY,, Do the citizens
I this county believe that a man
18th as much sense as Mr.. Whet-
tone has, and editing the OFF
rlAL JOURNAL OF THE COUN-
Y can be so disenterested in his
ounty affairs as to be 50 grossly
gnorant Of the action of the Board
I Supervisors as he would have you
believe? Is it any won
er that officers of the county are
derelict in their duty
hen, in order to get the facts be-.
IRE the public, we have to insist
lat our OFFICIAL JOURNAL
ublish such rascality as Joiner's
nbez2lement? Mr., MILESTONE fur.
Ter says THE publication was not
S'
Iade in my next issue as stated"
he truth Of the matter is, as
ated at fret | saw Mr.. Milestone
j Friday, March Goth, one week
ON that day, April End, he made
IS first publication of the Joiner
nbezzlement. Quoting again from
r. MILESTONE, he says: The En-. /
rprise did not lose a subscriber by
doing. The reason | thought I
} lost a subscriber was by reading
ie Enterprise of Friday, April 23rd, ,
his editorial page Of that date are ,
e following words; THE Enter
Use lost A suhscriher SATURDAY. a.