The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-02
PUBLIC FOLLOWS WAR OF WITS WITH
 GREAT INTEREST
Dr. Dozier Replies to Father Coyle's Latest Letter by Naming Him to
 Act as One of His Judges

rather Coyle and Doctor Dozier are amusing the public in their gyrations within the columns of The Age-Herald. Both are humorists and wits, and are sometimes Serious They like the columns of The Age- Herald as a public stage upon which to De both facetious and serious
 AS long as they keep their cards with in reasonable length, The Age Herald will print them; and when they get too hot for publication, The Age-Herald has nice little back yard which is at their dis posal in which to settle their differences.
 In response to Father Coyle's communi- cation printed yesterday, Dr. Dozier has one today.
 Father Coyle will perhaps have one to- morrow, and the controversy promises to be like unto the European war
 Here is pr. Dozier's latest: To The Editor of The Age-H Herald:
 Referring to the communication of Priest James, E. Coyle in your paper of this date, February 1, I will say that I did not overlook the fact that in MT Coyle's criticism of of Governor Catts' lecture and yelled sarcasm aimed at my self as ''the honorable advertising doe tor who presided on the occasion that he said the 5000 challenge for substan- eittioh Oi ehC tidi ScS WHICH ne men, toned was the standing challenge of The Sunday Visitor But inasmuch as I had not seen that challenge till submitted by him, l naturally supposed that he as- stunned sponsorship for same And, in my forthcoming pamphlet, in which I have proved true these several charges to-wit
 1. Catholics cannot be loyal to the United States government or that they owe temporal allegiance to the pope.
 ?. The pope seeks to control American politics.
 3. The Catholic hierarchy controls a political machine.
 4. Catholics are forbidden to read the Bible
 5. Catholics worship images and statues
 6. Immortality is common in monasteries or convents.
 [ The Jesuits teach that the end justi- fies the means.
 s. The document known as the Knights of Columbus oath is genuine
 9. The so-called Jsuit oath is genuine
 l9- Girls are forced into the sisterhoods or retained there against their will
 Il. Catholics seek to destroy the public schools.
 F. The Catholic church refuses to ac- knowledge the marriage of Protestants as valid.
 IS. Some Catholic buildings are stored with ammunition.
 I have under specified conditions dele gated to Mr. Coyle my power of attorney to collect the $1000 proffered. and to keep 1t for his own use, or to dispose of for the use of his church. as he may see proper to do. And now to meet the con tingency which provides that the deci- sion of the matter be submitted to three judges, men of education. one to be se- lected by the person making the charges CT, as | understand it, by the one prov ing the charges true
 I hereby name Priest James E. Coyle as my appontee, to serve as one of the judges to decide the issue.
 elect Mir, Coyle because I believe him sufficiently educated, and by training thoroughly competent to realize, after reading my pamphlet, that I have be- yond all question proven true each and every one of the charges and maybe to cause him to realize:
 That he who has his home in house
 of glass
 Should only bathe at night 'theut lighted
 gas.
 And he that is tempted to cast stone At hornets nest. should let it alone. .
 Already MT. Coyle indicates in his card today that something which he has read