The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-15

asked him if Mr.. Cole was a citizen O
good standing, and he replied tina
Tippah county had none better-tha
4 he was as pure as gold.
This circular is one of the vilest
meanest, dirties and most slanderou
attacks against man that could b.
concocted by depraved and dissipatet
minds 1t makes about ten or fifteei
dirty charges against my life and rep
utation. 1t has no name signed to it
neither has it the name of the printer
being in open violation of the law, ant
I feel sure that no white man of Mis-
sissippi can read this circular thus
circulated against me and then blame
me for any denunciation of the mar
responsible for its printing or distribu
ton. And when delivered my speech
on this occasion there being present
about 1000 of the best men and women
of Tippah county, called on Mr.. Cole
to identify the circular given him by
Henry, which he did and I then de-
nounced in GENERAL TERMS, Henry
and ANY MAN WHO WAS MEAN
AND COWARDLY ENOUGH to try to
assassinate human character by the
distribution of such a slanderous cir
cular. which he did not have nerve
enough to father, and that the printer
dared not attach his name to.
The language used by me on this
occasion was identically the same as
used in my Blue Mountain speech on
the same day at 8 o'clock p. M, and,
out of 1000 men and women who
heard me at Ripley there wasn't
lady that blushed or left the speaking,
and not word of criticism from
friend or foe.
One T. c. Lowrey, who seems to be
hungering and thirsting after a little
cheap notoriety and publicity, has
been giving out statements, writing
letters, expressing documents and
making affidavits ever since my Blue
Mountain speech, in a vain effort to
create the impression that I had in
suited some ladies at Blue Mountain.
have heretofore paid very little at
tention to this little fellow, for, like
his kind, he is only trying to break me
down; but I wish to make the follow
ing statement as to this incident:
Before arriving at Blue Mountain.
Hon. Ross A. Collins, candidate for
Attorney General. had related to Bro
Kimbrough, the facts concerning the
denunciation of Henry and the parties
who were circulating these anonymous
circulars, giving him the exact quota
ton that I had used from Brann Of
the Iconclast, after which Mr.. Kim
brough remarked that he was going to
bring his wife out to hear me. and.
when I made the same denunciation
as at Ripley, three or four ladies DID
leave the hall, and, before I had fin
ished, it being late in the afternoon
and raining, the remainder of the
ladies left, and as to why Mrs. Kim
brough and her party left, have no
idea, for certainly had no intention
Of insulting any ladies or lady. Low
rey has tried to leave the impression
purposely that my language was Of
2ensive and forced all of the ladies to
leave. This is not true, and no one
knows it better than Mr.. Lowrey. The
following signed statement should for
ever retire Mr. Lowrey to privacy,
especially when viewed in the face of
his sworn affidavit and many state
ments and letters:
Blue Mountain, Miss,
July ord, 1911.
TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN:
We, the undersigned ladies', hereby
certify that we heard Senator Bilbo
speak at Blue Mountain, and, while
we left the room during his speech, 1t
was not because of anything Senator
Bilbo said. He spoke late in the after
noon, and our domestic duties de-
manded our attention,
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