The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-07-24
A Gard From A. O. luCkett.
Kosciusko, Miss, july 2lst 1914

p, kosciusko, Miss, July 2lst, 1914
10 the Voters of Grenada County:
Mr.. H. H. Rodgers of Louisville.
Miss, and who is candidate for Cir
cut udge, has taken occasion to pub
lish in the press of the county a private
letter written by me to him and dated
April llth, in which / stated that |
would not be candidate for that Of
nee, but would support him if he ran.
he also states in his letter that |
solicited him to run for the office, and
uses this letter to make good his asser-
ton. l wish to state that | never at
any time solicited Mr.. Rodgers, by
letter or otherwise, to become candi-
date, and the letter he uses does not
bear him out. | challenged him in
public debate at Mills old mill the other
day to prove this, which he failed to do.
Before writing this letter of April
llth, l received letter from Mr.. Rodg-
ers stating that he was thinking about
running for the office, and wanting to
know if l intended to be candidate.
! wrote him that | would let him know
by the llth of April, and the letter
published by him was the notification
of him that | would not run. had
satisfactory reasons for not annonnc-
ing at this time and my letter was
written in good faith, but changed c'''
general D, Chsacery Clerk INV
friends in AttalIa and other counties in
the district, including Mr.. Rodgers
own county, has induced me to enter
the race.
Mr.. Rodgers had announced publicly
to various persons over year ago.
that he he intended to be candidate
for the Office when the time arrived.
1t YVES generally known in Louisville
where he lived, that Mr.. Rodgers was 9
standing candidate for that office. A
Gentleman at Carrolton told me one
day last week that Mr.. Rodgers hao
informed him over year ago that he
would run for the office. l can make
proof of this if Mr.. Rodgers denies it
so the charge in Mr.. Rodgers letter that
| induced him to make the race is no.
correct nor did my letter of April lltf
cause him to take the step that ht
would not otherwise have taken; and a:
| was not instrumental in bringing Mr.
Rodgers out, | could not see that | wa'
not free to enter the race, nor that ba(
faith could be imputed to me for so do
ing. l submitted all of the correspond
ence between US to my friends in At
ITALIA county, and they advised me tina
they saw no reason why | should no
become candidate.
Mr.. Rodgers imputes bad motives t
me, because | was kind enough to de
lliver a message to the editor of tn
Kosciusko Courier to have his Rodgers
name placed among the candidates: W
were travelling on the train out fror
Durant one morning, and Mr.. Rodger
remarked to me that he was in hurf
to get home and did not want to sto
in Kosciusko and asked me to hand hi
name to the editor of The Courier
which accordingly did. was glad
. render this small service to Mr.. Rodger:
who made the request without any sul
gestion on my part.
| can not see why | should be pre-
cluded from offering for the place o
account of rendering this personal fave
and kindness to him.
: have nothing but the kindest feelin
{ for MIR. Rodgers, having known him il
{ timately for years, and we have bee
good friends during this time. put
iish this merely in justification of m.
!; self, as | do not wish to be placed in
. false light, and not with any view
! rejecting upon Mr.. Rodgers.
Respectfully,
o. A. Luckett.