The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-15
pR- JOHN u. Far-ox SHOWN TT.
Notorious sIE~d @aalrv~~# and Tn~amy
q the ruhaie school. ~srsps~s
Rar~ asd showa Up In Hl. Tru-
Cosor>-His D~aiai. R~fat~~i LIT
Nell-hnuwn n~xno<rxsx

Office Of public trust neing rharx.
ed with having expressed a wssh 20
destroy the public school syutsra. he
attempted TO enter u denial, but the
Clinton News-Dispa,ch and Major
George +. Butler speedily got tnto
action and proved the charge Thtm
was done BY the testimony Of Dem
ocrais and Republicans alike. men or
standing and prominence in their r.
spective communities and gives The
lie point blank 10 the Doctors de-
NAL
We give herewith part of the
correspondence:
"A Lie Pure and Simple.
But how can people who hsv.
10 depend on public schools to edu-
cate their children support DR.. Fal-
son who has always opposed and has
fought the public schools all his
life. Tho News-Dispatch. Angus,
25th.
Mr.. Thos. E. Owen.
Editor News-Dispatch.
Clinton. y. c.
Such statements as these are I,as
pure and simple. and you will cor
rect the same in your next issue. II
you have any self-respect. please
/ publish,
/ Respectfully. ..
I JOHN NJ. FAISoN.
| 'Faison, n. c., August 80. 1910"
10 this a number OF gentleman
made reply. of which we have snaoe
to print only one
Mr.. c. e. Weatherby. a prominent
citizen OF Faison, N. c.. DR.. Faison's
nome town, to letter addressed TO
MIN, replies as follows:
"Faison. N. c.. Sept. 3, 1910.
Major George E. Butler.
Clinton. N. c.
Dear Sir:-Your letter reached
mere during my absence from town
ana was handed me on my arrival
yesterday p. m.
In regard to the school question.
and the position DR.. ]. NJ. Faison has
taken IN the matter. is as follows:
A few months ago Mr.. Paul Arm.
strong, Mr. William Smith, the writ
er' and others, desiring to improve
the public school facilities of this
town, secured a petition signed by
numerous property-holders residing
IN this district and presented the
same to joint session of the Board
, or Education and Board of Commits.
. sloners of Duplin County. The grant
Ing or this petition was vigorously
opposed by DR.. John NJ. Faison. who
appeared in person and by attorne,
, before said joint session, and in the
, course OF his speech opposing thil
petition, he stated that If he had hi.
way he would destroy (or demoIish
, the whole public school system o.
North Carolina.
I He made the same statement ,
few days before to me In front OF hi
Office in Faison, and I am informed
that he has made the same statemen
on another occasion.
D 81 have Just called on william
Smith and Paul Armstrong, and the.
} also state with me that DIR. FaisoI
5 did say that If it was in his powe
he would destroy the public schoo
. system I'm North Carolina remain
3 Yours very truly,
!, &C. e. WEATHERBY."
Similar letters were received from
:. Mr.. Thad. Jones OF Kenansville, L
NJ. Cooper, and others. What ha
the Doctor to say now? Not on
word.
The Clinton News-Dispatch ais
charged the Doctor with being "re,
shirter" in the notorious days o
. 1900. The Doctor evidently forge
that the newspapers OF that day pub
!, lished accounts of the disgracefu
events then occurring. We quote
portion Of his letter to Mr.. Owens
: editor Of the News-Dispatch:
"You state editorially that I wa
at the head OF contemplate red
shirt gang and brought them over q
Clinton, etc, which is another error
, as I was not In Clinton on the da.
when Governor Aycock spoke II
1900. when Duplin and Sampson
Democrats wearing red shirts wer,
present"
: To this Mr.. Owens replied in al
: extract from the Raleigh News ant
Observer Of July 27. 1900, reporting
the meeting of the "red shirters" a
Kenansyilie. This report was sfgne,
by F. B. Arendell. staff correspon
dent, and appears in big heads IL
the News and Observer OF that date
/, "It has been a red shirt day il
j Duplin. :. DR.. Faison, OF Faison
was called out by the cavalcade o
, red shirts, and arrayed in a red shir
p himself, he made a spirited speech
: DR.. Faison called for re-
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