The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1911-02-02

NoSoii, va, Jduy. oO- fuEe
Whiskey At A Low Price" as adver-
tised III the paper edited by B. J..
Davis hardly harmonizes with his
preaching although 1T may agree
with his practice when he lines up at
the counter. +,
Now it is sometimes hard to be
fair. II Is easy however, when one
is not prompted by self interest to
deal justly with al! mankind
The Atlanta Independent and it's
Editor have been doing SO much
tearing down in Georgia it seemed
worth while to inquire about the
paper and its fighting" editor, Ben
Davis, Thus far we have learned q
few facts.
The main source OF the influence
Of Ben Davis and his paper is amonk
the ignorant Ond irresponsible OF
the State. This possibly, accounts
for his constant and rabid attacks
lpon men and institutions whose
regulations are built upon years of
nnimpeached honesty in serving the
umns OF the Atlanta Independent he
has wuntonly> assailed the good
names and regulations Of many men
Tor no reason and to no good pur-
pose. In trying to perpetuate his
control OF the Georgia Odd Fellows
he has constantly conducted cam
paisn to destroy every man and en-
terprisc in his way He has appeal
ed to the prejudice Of the ignorant
masses and have them about as com
.pletely in his power as master has
his slaves.
The Atlanta Independent has the
following words in Its editorial Jan,
2Sth; Eve have not hesitated to
shoot into men when we regard
their conduct and policies prcjudi-
cial to the social and religious
growth Of the people," "It has been
our policy without variation to di-
rect our shots at the devils inside
and outside Of the church who were
training upon the integrity and dig
nifty of the church or society as an
institution
The Fighting Zen" takes a great
task upon himself. He never both
ers devil in any church if the same
devil belongs to his ring. We have
met men here in Georgia who are
Treasurers and Trustees in church
es and they are as big 'devils" as
any Ben ever attacked. SO long as
= l. c.>io
to his points they are O. X. AS soon
as they fall out and cease to serve
him then they become something
else. Only recently Ben Davis de-
1ivered one Of his characteristic
addresses in q Georgia NJ e. Church
and advised the people how to live:
how to work and how to lead honest
temperate lives. After the address
he proceeded to the home Of one Of
the church officers along with twelve
others and there they proceeded t.
tfy-eonclusinns- With-Jno.-Ba Barley
Corn. A man has right to drink
if he wants to do SO. But If he is
going to be q reformer such as Ben
Davis poses to be in this State he
must be above board in everything
pertaining to the social and moral
growth OF the people. If he is an
editor. he should see to it that there
is good man behind his editorials.
Davis is never seen on the plat
form with many men Of standing
and large public regulations and he
is never admitted into the social
circle OF men Of high standing who
have Sized the man by reading the
editorials in his paper and kept him
at distance from them.
Georgia people are not disregard
ing the new arrangement Of, the sub
committee Of management Of the G..
Il. O. Of O. +. in which provision
was made for Ben Davis to keep his
hand in the Treasury by getting
$4,000 year for doing nothing
1t was only last year that he wrote
several articles in his paper attack
ing the salary arrangement Of the
Pythinns he tried SO hard to DESTROY
because they were on TO him and
made him "hands off"
If signs are right in Georgia the
sun Of "Fighting Ben" will go down
suddenly some day and some peo~
pic will be left in utter darkness.
II is the general opinion here that it.
was only through the shrewdness Or
Henry Lincoln Johnson that Davis
escaped being brought to trial when
he was under indictment by the Fed
, eral Grand Jury for irregularities
during his period Of service in the