The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1915-01-21
In Regard to the News and
Observer and The Re-
view Articles.

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!. Reproduced for the Read
er's Attention---Let the Peo
pie be the Judge-This Pa
per's Position.
Last week The Review reproduced
an article from the News and Oh
server about "the High Point char
ter situation, what Mr.. Brockett did,
ETC., and took occasion to dissect
, said article according to the facts be.
: fore US, and with the best knowl-
: edge and belief obtainable at that
time. There was not a single declar-
alton that cannot be substan tiated
in reference to said article BECAUSE
!. Point voted against Mr.. Brockett,
that Aycock county is not dead, that
High Point wanted a commission
form of government, and that the
sentiment at the mass meeting was
decidedly against the Brockett com
mittee resolutions. Our inference
that the whole article in the News
and Observer was inspired by Mr..
Brockett was based on the declara-
| ton of the reporter who quoted Mr..
Brockett in the article as saying
that the Aycock county PROPOSE
ton was dead as door nail If
the gentleman had carefully read
the article he could have seen this.
Anyhow Mr.. Brockett furnished
The Enterprise of Saturday last with
an article saying that an injustice
had been done him as he knew
nothing of said article in the News
and Observer until his attention had
been called to It. This statement he
also made to the editor of The Re-
view in person and asked that we
make a correction of same. AS we
told Mr.. Brockett we had said moth
ing that could not be substantiated
with the possible exception of our
inference (not declaration, mind you)
THAT the whole article or the sub
stance thereof was probably in
spired by him and as he emphatic
ally denied any knowledge before
hand of said article, that in justice
to him we would be glad to record
his denial in the next issue of The
Review as herewith, of course in
absence of anything to the con-
trary as we desire to treat every man
honorably. Since this conversation
and Mr.. Brockett's article in The En-
terprise, Mayor Tate has furnished
Comml nication to The Enterprise
which is published with this article
and which places new con.
struction on the matter. Let the ar
tice of Mr.. Tate's " hich is repro
duced yer batim speak for itself.
We also reprint the card of Mr..
Brockett appearing in last Saturdays
Enterprise in answer to The Review
article which should be read, after
re-reading The Reviews article of
last week. 1t is as follows:
MR.. BROCKETT MAKES REPLY.
Editor Enterprise:
Can | trouble you for space in
your paper to reply to tWo-column
article printed in The Review of jan
uary 18th, relative to the article
published in the News and Observer
and reprinted in the Review of above
date.
Permit me to say that did not
inspire this article; that at the time
of this publication in the News and
! Observer had never met their cor
respondent. did not know of the
article until my attention was called
to it. On general principles | am
opposed to writing letters for publi-
cation. The article in The Review is
an injustice to me. 1t is my purpose
to carry out the provisions ot my
platform as made known to the vot-
ers before the primary election.
| have at heart nothing but the
best interests of my home town, and
l. will not be diverted from my pur-
pose which believe will prove con-
ducive to the best interests Of the
people whom | represent, by false
representation by others through the
press, and | hereby give notice to all
authors of articles or publishers of
such that being man of limited pa
tiepce, in the face of such an injus-
tice, | shall hold such parties per-
Sonally responsible to me.
Approaching the space in your
paper required for the above letter,
for which am willing to pay, re-
main,
Very truly yours,
ROBERT BROCKETT.
Now follows Mavor Tate's article
which he requests to be published