The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-05
STATEMENT FALSE,
TRASHY, L|BE[OUS
FORMER MEMBER OF V. +. j.
HOARD DENOUNCEs DIR. PAUL
RARRINGER.
WANTED NO OFFICE
T.. J. NoELL ISSUES REPLY TO FOR
MER PRESIDENTS LETTER MAX
ING CHARGES AGAINST
MANN AND OTHERS.

Especial to The Richmond yirginian.)
ROANOKE. VA. Aug 4.-State-
ments by DIR. Paul Barringer. former
president of the Y. p. l.. in reference
TO Governor Mann's alleged actions in
securing the election of j. d. Eggles-
ton in which charges are made by DR..
Barringer against r. J. Noell, of East
Radford. a former member of the
board of trustees. were denounced by
the latter tonight as mot only vicious
and false but iibelous and without a
scintiila. of truth in them"
Mr.. NOEL also refers to DIR, Bar
ringer as this successful blunderer,
who has been living off the State so
long and hountifully that II is a great
ordeal for him To go through to be
weaned at this age and who Is willing
to concoct trashy, irresponsible, libel
Gus and slanderous matter
Answers tho Charges.
81 have had the opportunity to read
DR.. Barringcrs statements only in a
hurried manner said Mr.. Noell.
Those statements reflect upon Gov
ernor Mann. Mr.. Kline. Mr.. Eggleston,
Captain Baldwin. Mr.. Sandy and my
self Briefly, the charges are con-
tanned in these two statements.
That both these members of the
board preference being to Mr.. Kline
and mel were disappointed aspirants
for office at the Virginia Polytechnic
institute
When first appointed four or FIVE
years ago Mr. Noell began at once a
movement to obtain the treasurership
of the V. P. L.
These two statements are not only
vicious and false. but libelous and
without a scintilla of truth In them.
The facts are that / was not an
n ~ n fAv ~fu ~ hA IL.
any sense for the position Of treasurer
or for any other place. I never ap-
piled to the president or any member
OF the board or to anyone else for a
position or stated that / wanted any
position in the institution, never 30
much as intimated to anyone that I
wanted or would accept amy position
and the further fact Is that did not
want the position and would not have
accepted Il had II been rendered me-
With my farm and other interests at
Radford Il would not have suited me,
and ! never so much as entertained
such an idea. These fabrications are
out of the whole cloth. originated by
or ''daddfcd" by DR.. Paul n. Barrin-
ger, late president Of tho Virginia
Polytechnic institute who pArades
himself In the press a. injured inno-
Icence' while making false and SLAM
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Demands the Record.
II demand that DR.. BArringer pro-
duce any record that he may refer
Ito and l am willing to compare my
public and private acts with HIS In
court or anywhere else. To strip
the matter of DR., Barringer's leaving
as president of V, r. I. Of all the
methods ne refers to. the charges he
makes and let It stand that the gov
Iernor was instrumental in getting rid
tof him. The governor In this alone
did a service to the State and i great
service to the v r H., an has been
lshewn in report made by Mr., Kline
and myself TO the heard and pub
llished Nm the press with many favor
able comments. which DR. Barringer
has never answered. though We de-
ned him 10 do so, and - will be fur
Ether shown by me In ny full reply
10 this successful blundereS, who has
bean living on the dtAte ~ lonw and
| 6oun4ifully that II u " ord&al