Pocahontas star herald., 1916-03-17
JOE |, PARK is
STILL IN THE RING

! will say TO the readers Of the
Star Herald, In the outset Of my
last reply to my kind fnond aud
no'ghbor, Mr., Pickett, that 10 every
''ne oil life except one he is a Gne
gentleman, aud my special friend,
but IN that special line he Is as
crooked as a barrel Of snakes.
Now Rector, | am going back 20
your first letter, I mean the one
you signed your name to first,
Now, Mr., Pickett, when you select
ed that board OF arbilra,9rs # you
bad had a spark Of honest fairness
In your bcmghted political heart
would You not have named one
man who was Tor Dr.. Brought
why dld you not name Senator c.
IL, Henderson, lie lsa scholarly
man, able to pass ON any word or
group OF words iu The English
language. You could have named
DR.. {. Z. PriugIc. He is our
county and probate Judge. appoint
ed by GOV Hays To ON the unex.
prclcd term of our llmeuied sam
Brown, deceased, or It Won bad
wanted TO act fairly you coaId have
named DR.. John Brown. lie Is a
good man, and by the way, ene Of
your emPIoyers-ons of the direct
ors OF the bank you work m, and a
heavy stockholder. You know
you would not II you wanted TO do
the right thing. And again, il is
passlngly strange, is II not, that you
would not mention the principal Of
the Pooahoulas high school. lie II
a graduate Of the State University
aud his wife Is an own cousin Of
Earle w. Hodges wife. ] will
gladly accept him aud give blm the
report in full that DR.. Brough
made in that convention and II he
says that Brough intimated that he
favored negro equality, / will step
down and out aud vote for the man
You designate. Aud further, # be
does say that 3rough did not in
that report place himself on record
as being against negro equality,
then | will step down aud out and
will vote for the man Of your
choice.
Brough said in that report that
he found this state Of facts: The
negro was ISOLATED, socially, and
stated just how he was isolated,
Brough could havs stopped there
and no honest man could have
charged him a. you have. But he
went further and placed himself on
record aud said that such isolation
was Of the GREATEST IMPOR.
.TANCE TO BOTH RACES.
Brough stood for the South and he
sand there were two states where the
negro was denied his civil and po.
htical right. lie did not name the
states, but Mr., Pickett, you know
such i facts, and our own beloved
state is one of the two he spoke Of,
and you know that this state OF
facts occurred in our own county
and that within 8 miles of Pocahon.
tas and every boy and girl 10 years
of age knows that these are stub
born facts, aud you cannot deny
these facts. But Brough says that
social isolation Is of the greatest
importance and l say 50, too.
What do you say, Mr.. Pickett?
l asked you this question IN my last
letter, but you did not answer it.
1t IS easy to see why you did not
answer when we read your last let
ter and see how soft and mellow
you grew when commenting on the
negro question. One can almost
see the tears flowing down your
paid cheeks as you penned those
sympathizrng lines (Cor to the
thoughtful mind the poor darkey
does not appear to be accorded
what is Justly due HIM IN this vale
of tears.) Boo! hoo! hoo! All,
Mr.. Pickett, don't take it so hard,
it may not all be true. Then, dear
., 49,. l. ...- r. l.t..., l..