The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-06
EDITOR DEFENDS
COURSE OF ACTION
Former Resident of Quitman
Will Stay Away
DAMAGE SUITS ARE FILED
ID. l.. Page, Jr., Shows in Statement
Why He Had to Leave Quitman
and Also Tells How All the
Trouble Originated

Russellville, June 5.-(Special) -R. L.
Page, Jr, of Red Bay. this county. who
has begun action against C. w. Wier and
others of Quitman, Clark county, Miss,
for $4,000 damages for alleged unlawfully
causing him to leave his business as ed
| itor of the Qutman Globe, and $31, 900 for
| kidnapping him and causing him to re-
main against his will for period of over
| one-half hour in his office, has given the
| following statement and open letter to
the correspondent of the Age-Herald, and
has also published same openly to the
people of the county of which he was
citizen until a few days ago. Page was
forced to leave the town because of an
editorial which appeared in his paper
and which he acknowledged being the
author of, which severely scored the
young people of Quitman for attending a
dance which had been given in the town.
ITO the People of Quitman and of Clark
County. Mississippi: | take this method
of making known to you my decision to
submit TO the demands of three citizens
of Quitman and stay out of the county.
except to attend some court sessions
there. l appreciate my friends there very
much, and would like to retain my citi-
zenship there but 1 do not think it safe.
Il may have said in the article more
than seemed right to them, but 1t was
hard to be denied the right to correct it
In some way. The parties first thought it
was the preacher Well, l had rather
have my deeds mistaken for those OF
minister than for those of more evil men.
Even If ill-advised, the purpose of the
article was to upbuild the young people
and not to injure them. l am thoroughly
convinced that such dances as the one re-
ferred to by the editorial are ruinous to
the young people, and having an affec-
tionate regard for all of them, meant to
offer a signal Of warning.
These men fell upon me while in
defenseless condition and seemed to want
to hang my life on the dagger of one
error While sparing my life, they took
away that which was more dear to me
and my wife and our infant babes than
life, and left ranking in my vitals results
more deadly and bitter to me than death.
am glad they did not kill me. I will
state while these men desire that I and
mine should walk path of shadows
that hope for you and yours the prim-
rose way and that every man, woman
and child in Clark county may blossom
with the rose grow green with the myr-
tie and pale with the olive Very respect
fully. 'R. L. PAGE, JR.'
The following Franklin county teachers
have been granted licenses to teach in tho
public schools of the state by the state
board of examiners. Out of list of Sc
only IL received percentage high enough
to allow them certificates:
Third Grade-Blanche Richeson. Russell
ville Amy Virgins, Haleyvile; Ernest
g. wimberly. Newburg; George Irving
Smith, Mount Hope; Sarah Nellie CARROLL,
Phil Campbell, Myrtle Woodfin. RUSSELL
Vile; Cora Benson, Belgreen; Lottie Pc
tree, Belgreen.. Glen D. Robertson. Mount
Hope, R. F. D., No. 1; Leila Thompson,
Russellville R. F. D. No. 5; McClung.
Leila, Phil Campbell r. F. D. No. l; Al
lene Dfllard BeIgreen r. F. D, No. l.