The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1915-06-10
MR.. SMYTH KICKS

OOth TEN PofNrlly SOJOurnlng In IeXaS
and were both treated alike, Mrs
Ford's name being removed from the
Elder petition and Smyths name from
the remonstrahce. This, as far as il
goes, is correct, but how you car
compare my case with Mrs. Ford's
Bridgwood) is more than can see
As long as Mrs. Ford (Bridgwood)
remained single, even though she die
remain in Texas the most of the time
think she had perfect right tc
claim Charlottesville as her home: but
when she married Mr.. Ford, q citizen
of Texas, then she became q citizen OF
Texas. You know why left every.
thing / have but few household
goods and some clothing and came
out here with my wife and baby.
am threatened with the dreaded dis.
ease, tuberculosis. We told everyone
who asked US that we were going away
only for the benefit of my heallh: tina,
Charlottesville was our home and
would remain our home, even though
| had to remain away year or two.
We stored at least One-half of our
furniture; we left three of our children
there, two OF them being in school yet.
Some people are SO anxious that |
lose my citizenship there they are go
ing to count me out whether | want to
or not. Judge Schult could take his
family, all of them, and 90 to Cali
fOrnia and stav almost year. yet
when he came back there was no ques-
ton raised as to his citizenship; but
when l 20 away only temporarily, as
everyone knows who tried to learn the
facts, they will have me lose my citi-
Zenship in less than two months.
You say that you understand that |
have listed all my property there for
sale with real estate firm. Whoever
gave you or the court that infOrma-
tion is very much mistaken. have
only listed one piece OF property that
own there for sale, and that is one
half interest in eighty acres of land
that Bob Coppage and own together,
one mile west of Braggadocio, and
VIM. Collins has had this land listed
for sale for more than year.
| don't believe, Bro. York, that you
want to place Inc in wrong position
with the people of my county. | never
did you or your town any harm. |
HAD A CHANCE one time to get
mixed up in that city hall ownership,
BUT WOULD NOT. have opinions
as to what is best for our town and
county. don't let any man or set of
men dictate to me as to what | should
do. don't fall out with you or any
one else because we differ on politics,
religion, wet or dry. If you are honest
in your convictions, you have as
much right to yours as | have to mine.
! know that men can differ and do
differ honestly on a great many things.
know | am not perfect. | have made
many mistakes, and if | live | am
sure | will make many more, for it is
human to err, but | am doing the
best | know how. If everyone in good
old Pemiscot will do the best they
know how, you will soon see radical
change for the better.
| hope you will publish this letter.
even though you send me statement
for same, which will pay, for | want
everyone in the county to know that
that is my home.
Yours truly.
j. +. SMYTH.
While we fail to comprehend
how Mr.. Smyth can conceive
that our former article did him
the slightest injustice, we cheer.
fully donate him space to place
his objections before our readers.
Above everything else the Herald
stands for truth and justice, and
no man shall ever say it's columns
are closed against him, even if he
is mistaken, if we think he is
mistake
We would pass Mr.. Smyth's
communication without com.
ment, but to do so would not
only do him real injustice, but
ourselves also.
Mr.. Smyth should read our
former editorial again. 1t was
too plain to be misunderstood,
yet he not only misunderstood it,
but misconstrued it. In that
case, as now, our one object was
to establish the truth and to ex.
pose a malicious falsehood the
Argus had set ailoat, and which
had drifted into distant Texas
and disturbed Mr.. Smyth's peace
and quiet even there. The Argus
carried the statement to Mr..
Smyth that his name had, by the
county court, been stricken from
the remOnstrance against the
Elder saloon license, while Mrs. |
FOrd's name was left on the peti,
lion and counted for the license.
At home and abroad, wherever
The Argus goes, this deliberate
'alsehood was circulated, and it
vas to correct this, after all the
'ther county papers had shown
Indifference, that the Herald
'aised its voice, 1t seems to us,
to our standard of
reasoning, that it was the Argus
md not the Herald that did Mr.. !
smyth an injustice, yet he APP
,ears to find no fault whatever |
With that paper. 1t was the !
of the Argus that