The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-17
DR. WRITTEN ASKS lFORRETRACNONOF | AN ALLEGED LIBEL Thinks Recent Cartoon by BBlackman Was Reflection
 on Him Personally AGE-HERALD GLADLY | OFFERS APOLOGY Would in No Way Reflect Upon Minister of Gospel and Par. ticularly Upon Dr. Whitten

a The Rev. Dr. l.. F. Whitten has sent to |h which he demands the retraction of That he terms libel upon him in the |brm of a cartoon representing a blind y ger and a masked man hiding behind
 drinking from jug. If the Rev. Dr.
 Fhitten has any idea that the cartoon
 efers to him Tine Age-Herald is more
 ban glad to extend to him a most cor Nal, generous and complete apology. 3 The Age-Herald would in no way reflect \ pon minister, and particularly Dr. Ehitten; but it's cartoonist does have 1ome fun occasionally at the expense of 5he prohibitionists who want statewide Prohibition, because he knows, as well Is every one, that prohibition did not
 rohibit in Birmingham, Montgomery or / ct prohibit now.
 Dr. Whitten's Letter
 Dr. Whittens communication to The ge-H erald follows:
 \ Birmingham, January b, 1915.
 To the Editor of The Age-Herald: Tn the Birmingham Age-Herald of
 january you published at my request letter in which I said, We have been bid ad museum that ''the saloonkeepers
 ,ould kill all the blind tigers if they Fere licensed. Well, they have not done 1, so we shall soon kill all the saloons If he whisky advertising and advocating |ress do not think so, let them wait a |sw more days. Blind tigers are much be preferred for many splendid reasons b law-defying saloons. The former hide nd fear the law to some extent anyhow. This was in no sense an indorsement |r defense of blind tigers as anyone can |ee and the preference expressed was for |lind tigers over law-defying saloons, for lFhich I gave the reason that the former tide and fear the law to some extent |nyhow,' while the facts I cited showed h:.t law-defying saloons do not hide nor ear the law.
 ''In the Age-Herald of Saturday of Jan Eary g, 1915, an obvious reference was |lade to me in a cartoon and many per- Ions have called my attention to the ob- bvious reference to me showing that it |as so understood and will be so under tood by many other people who read both issues of your paper. The said car oon appears under the following title. Blind Tigers Are Much to Be Preferred or Many Splendid Reasons the quota ion marks showing that you took said words from my letter herein above referred Q. but you omitted from my sentence in he same connection the words ito law Iefying saloons whereby my letter was ,arbled, distorted and misrepresented. Furthermore, on the face of said cartoon was stated by clear inuendo that l, as me Of the brethren, meaning minis CT of the gospel, had indorsed blind ti- 'ers, and further that in my hypocrisy [ had sheltered me and that I would de- end 1t now. Further the said cartoon introduced the figure of a man with a ug in his hand marked "Old Booze" With the other hand the man is repre- tented as drinking out of a glass. The lear meaning being that I am a boozer IT drinker of liquors; and further, across he figure of said man is printed the word 'Hypocrite," plainly representing ne as a hypocrite. This publication, as tus properly interpreted and understood " many persons, to me, q minister of he gospel in the Southern Methodist
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