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REQUEST MR..
JENNINGS TO
MAKE A REPLY
mEssRs. STOKES ANo REESE Az
swER COMMUNICATION OF Ma.
JENNINGS AND Ask SOME CUES.
TONS.

Pensacola pa Dec 2 1919

Pensacola. Pa. Dec 2. 1919
Editor Pensacola Journal
Honorable r. A. Jennings for The
News ATTEMPTED o. reriy 90 tne Iet-
tsr published by us In The Journal Or
December sth.
Nr JsnnlnEs. a. be well knew when
BE- wrote the article was not charged
bv ua with having personally directed
the publication % the articles in cues
ton.
We charged. and We reiterats the
charge. that the News policies are
controlled 81 r A. jennings, that ~ -
the silent owner of that paper. whether
he holds mortEnEes. assignments %
stock a. In whatever share the owner
ship may be concealed.
afr Jennings. a. the end ~ hts let
Ter, corrohoratsd our statement. that
ne stood against nFhting the nlount
Construction Companvs claim aEainst
Escambia county. Here r. what Ne
says.
Extract From r. A. Jennings Lstts-.
since publicity has been given 20
7 the action 81 the board OF county COM
+ mtssioners. in ordering the sum % "a
F 900 % o. BE- paid ln advance 90 Mr..
Stokes. for service which ne promises
& 90 perform. In The future. I reserve the
Z privilege that al other TAX payers ~
+ Escambia county have. ~ havinE sn
4 90 linton ~ Co the wisdom and rropriety
~ such action. and ~ expressing such
I opinion n should SEE M e. 90 So
i Nowhere In his article did he criti-
I ciaa the city council ~ Pensacola Tor
7 employing special counsel a. ts.0oo 40
I 90 assist the city attorney. In the stor-
I RE case.
I ar Jennings skipped the main issue
iu his article let hfm answer our
letter and not - or On sowe side h.
/ sue-aH be did IS saying that he had
nothing whatever % a. with the pub
I rcation of any article ga the Evenins
News relative 70 the fa.soeeo fsa. and
never prompted or even suggested the
4 publication ~ any article Ia any paper
about this matter"
Sore Questions Asked.
ar jennings kindly answer IRE fol-
/ lowing questions.
n T. Tr b not true that ths Pensaco'a
F. state Bank is the holder % R1ount
n Construction Company parcr 81 about
TIRE amount ~ that rompany's claim
against EHrambia county,
o. o. not true thaf 500 we're the
president ~ this hanh For = ums-
a "a a. not true that you stnl hold
STOCK in this fank-
e 10 rau. a. e Tar paver. gho hss
\ opinions about the wisdom and pro-
priety - the county commissioner
employing e lawyer end paying him
f2Fcofo have no opinian a. 90 ths
duty or fhc board fo oppose tbin claim
~ ne Hlolnt Construction Company
You know about tha aetion On the
hoard emriovinE special counsel "a
|. nEht iris claim ~ the Mount Con
rtruction Company Tor 100000 90 ~
tto. o.. zee you seer to BE ignorant
~ Ere controversy between ire Blount
II Construction Company and the county
which has been SONS "a Tor more than
q year and has beer the subject II
many special reports published On the
u newspapers of che city. showing thai
this claim ts illegal
g. ID you really admit. a. your ar
ticle save. that you know nothins
about this claim 70 ere Blount Con-
struction Company against Eacambia
lcounuf
81 You sav. II had never had any
tak whatever with Mr. W. A Blount
/ HAlH NtiHNIaNNN ~ hNN NNNN Ni NEHMmN y
Biount a Carter. 80 any one owuine
any stock tn the corporation - ths
] Hl8unt Construction Company. respect.
ms the claim 81 ire Rlount Construct -
Company against thc county. being oul
~ the city "a the time Of thc occur.
renee
| Why a. you think a necessary O,
have bad re- fnlk with Mr ~ A RIourt
or ths nrm 1f niount a Rlount a car.
ter. or any Htockholdcr q the RlaunN
CONSTRUCTION Company about this mat.
teri ls 81 your custom 60 consult tines
Hen.lemen about matters before fhi1E
inE aT actinE for YOURSELF The q
uot city charter amendment -ritlnl
fhn city the right to regulate the pub.
be- service corporations 81 Pensacola.
Are you ln favor "a PAYING an
hlount ConatruCtion Damuanya claiu
aEaInst the county,
81 Are you ora favor % istunE th.
roUrta settle this natter D1nt "a,
yUu know nothing about THE eaufro
versy between the Hlount Conatruc
zion Company and The county. after th
report was published showing that tha
company was Indebted 20 the count,
several thousand dollars Instead af th,
county Indebted 90 So some see 6oo o
or 100000 10 not say voa kn0u
nuthInN about this because val nFa NO
interested. when bv the iasf clause o
your letter you intimate that you A.
opposed 90 the county commlsafaner
emTlayinE q lawyer. ard Paying hir
11 SOC 90. 90 dght this riz5ns. Anaw.
the aues.iaa hr. jennings don