The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-06-18
SUIT =tGGFi'ttCIS.1O. -
E. Do his WHOLE Duty
AS STATE OFFICIAL
RATHER DO THAT THAN COURT
POPULARITY DECLARES DEP.
UTY SAM SCOTT.
REPLIES TO CAPTAIN MERONEY
II the Latter Has Been UnIawfulIy
and Improperly Treated He Has Re-
course to the LaW-WiIl Not Be
Deferred by Any Attacks.

Replying to the latest communica-
ton of Capt. Meroney, Sam Scott,
deputy state veterinarian, this morn
ing issued the following signed inter
view:
ITO Captain Meroney's latest bills.
ter, which was applied to my epider-
mis- today through the medium of the
local press, l feel constrained to re-
ply, in the language of the poets,
Nothing doing
"Civilized society finds it of para.
mount Importance that it enact Ger.
tain laws for it's own guidance, and
Immediately thereafter is jolted by
the fact that when these laws were
made, it was this same society's in
tention that they be obeyed. In each
community there live certain individ-
uals who disregard the wishes of so
ciety by arrogating to themselves
privileges or exemptions which soci-
ETY. never intended they or any other
individuals should have. Some of
these individuals grant themselves
these privileges on account of age,
others because they can command so
many votes, still others because of |
the size of their bank roll and some
because they think the clay from
which they were made was brought |
to the shop in an imported touring
car and not in society's wheel bar
row, they thereby being better soci-
ETY.. AS a result of the actions of |
these few individuals, society finds !!
in its midst jealousy, quarreling, un-
renting strife and thwarted ambi-
tions, together with numberless other
unappreciated attachments all again |
with results, namely, judges, juries,
sheriffs, constables and health ofic.
ers, each of these cog in the ma
chinery needed to force obedience to |
the law.
IF Captain Meroney has been I'M
justly treated in the affair to which |
he refuses the privilege of speedy |
and peaceful death, he still has re-
course to the aforementioned law, be- |
ing first advised that the State of
Tennessee, for which | am acting as
an agent, is still able to defend her
self and is willing and able to back
the individual law under which he
was arrested, and before the captain
is misled by his supposed friends,
into instituting suit he is further adj
vised to look up. or have some one
look up for him, the supreme court |
decision in the case of George Bish-
OPP VS. the State. Lincoln county dock
ct, in which George Bishop appealed
from judgment Of the circuit court
of Lincoln county, enforcing upon
him a fine of fifty dollars and the /
payment of the costs of the case for
a violation of the quarantine rules and
regulations adopted and promulgated
by the commissioner of agriculture
and state live stock inspector to pre-
vent and restrict the spread of COM
municable and infectious diseases
among domestic animals in this state.
Before closing, l wish to state to
the citizens of Maury county, includ-
ing Captain Meroney,i that have
known of officers being put out Of
office for not enforcing the law and
Of others for doing their duty, and if
It is a matter of choice, I am going
by the latter route. So far as Cap
tain Meroney's famous Pegasus is
have finished and am
willing to invite the Captain to do
likewise. -.
= SAM SCOTT