The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-17


The plight of the engineer, ]. M. Mox-
ley of Baltimore, was discovered by the
foreman of locomotives. who was riding
IN the engine, and had his attention
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the suits I entered. And they are not
done yet. The Leopard's Spots" played
Americus the other day to big busi-
ness both matinee and evening and not
| a chirp did we hear from Brother
| Burrows or his deacons. L advise Dr.
| Riley TO correspond with him. He may
| save some time and money
The great man further remarks:
was absent from the state too late
| TO intercept the bringing off of the play
| Shades of Napoleon, Julius Caesar and
Alexander the Great How lucky for my
| poor play that the Archbishop of Birming-
nam happened to be away Why do they
| let such great men go from the city even
Tor day? How do you get along with
out them? He shouldn't leave without a
| deputy to execute orders in his absence.
l have no apologies to make for my
DOCKS or plays, either to negroes or to
southern white scalawags who associate
with negroes and make their living by 1t.
l wrote these three books to vindicate the
white manhood of the south
My father was Baptist preacher, who
served a glorious ministry of 65 wears in
the pulpit. In all his life he never rem
dered a nobler, divine service to his coun-
try and his God than the work he did as
member of the Ku Klux Klan Facing
exile, Imprisonment and death, he Joined
hands with the daring men who saved the
white civilization of the south, and left
it a priceless inheritance to our children
today. | have no apologies to make Tor
my fathers life to the little hzzling pin
wheels who attack me for writing the
story OF his work.
Rrother RilpV uttnp1nts fo daoaiva ba
people of Birmingham by a quotation
from one of my early books. He would |
have you believe that l said one thing in
Boston and say another thing down here. |
Nothing could be further from the truth, |
and he knows it. The sentence he quotes |
from my Boston address of 1899 is as fol- |
lows:
What do mean by the southern ques-
ton" Certainly not what the sectional
monomaniac has In mind when he uses
the expression. II by southern question
you mean the supposed problem of crime, |
violence and standardization. as pre-
sented in the cock and bull stories you
hear of the south, then I have no time to
discuss such a question, for such prob
blem exists only in the distorted fancy
of Informed meni "
He comments: But then he was living
in Boston,"
I was living in Boston. and every SEN !
tence was spoken in a passionate defense |
of the white people of the south against |
the ISLANDERS of a half-crazyf Yankee |
preached named Justin d. Fulton. Mr.. |
Fulton had Just returned from a visit to
Louisiana and Alabama, and in an ad
dress in Boston accused the white peo-
pie of the south of savage barbarism in
their daily treatment of the negro. I
called this man liar to his face in
the Baptist ministers meeting in ire
mont Temple and a few nights later
made my speech in defense of the south |
from which Riley quotes. Riiey knew this |
vhen he stopped to the dirty trick OF |
quoting a sentence out of it's context and |
putting new meaning into word7 which |
really meant exactly the opposite. l r@-
fuctantly but firmly accuse my reverend |
brother of deliberate. wilful and malicious |
talsehood in the use he made of thai |
sentence.
He says again: "Mr. Dixon was once |
minister but his salary did not yield him
the income desired, hence he forsook the
ministry"
Why will the pot forever call the kettle
black? I may be a sinner, but there is
one thing sure, the clergyman who could
pen that contemplate sentence about a
man of his own faith is on the job for
the money there is in 1t. and nothing else
In no other way could he have more
clearly revealed the inner workings of a
low, narrow, covetous mind.
I'll say good-by to Brother Riley in q
few candid words. which l will not as
responsible newspaper TO print. I'll say
them in my speeches before the curtain
Saturday. They will be good naturel, |
though they may remove the skin In
spots. THOMAS DIXON.
Birmingham January 16, 1914.
To the Editor of The Age Herald:
L am indebted to your courtesy in
moi f1ri n MA 81 x.ipin atf nt,t
me by Thomas Dixon, and of the priv
ilege of replying in the same issue in
which his attack apears. But slight
space is necessary to say that which
l wish to say in rejoinder to Mr.. Dixon.
Nothing would be more conducive to
his wishes than a discussion in the
spirit of which he has set the pace. To
take him seriously would be a conde
scension.
Fortunately for me- I am known to
the people of my native state, and
equally fortunate for Mr.. Dixon is the
fact that he is unknown. To under
take to reply in detail to his funny
effusion would require a depression of
manhood beyond my ability. For
Thomas Dixon to disport himself as
a champion of chivalry, and as "the
youngest leading man of America" is
the refinement of sarcasm. The dimen-
sions of Mr.. Dixon are indicated by the
violence of his cheap diction and never
was more applicable the old scotch
proVerb-
IA little pot is soon hot"
1t would be so offensive to the pub
lie taste to know of the career of Mr..
Dixon that l abstain from any other
reference than a most general one. I
beg leave to suggest to the thoughtful
public which has been more consider
ate of the public good. the quiet col
ored men who modestly protested
against his play or Mr.. Dixon him
self?
: This is all I care to say. For me to
pulverize him would be distinction to
himself that he does not deserve.
B. r. RILEY.
Birmingham, January 16, 1914.
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