The north Mississippi herald., 1918-07-05
EDITOR LAWRENCE
CENSURED BY
OUR CITIZENS
For Unwarranted Attack Upon
One of Yalobusha County's
Best And Oldest Citizens
Old Friends Indignant Over
The Editors Utterances.
TO THE CITIZENS OF YALO-
BUSHA COUNTY:

we nave read the article which has
appeared in the Grenada Sentinel and
the Progress-Itemizer, in which the
character of the Newburgers has been
assailed. Mr.. Leopold Newburger,
the father of these boys, was one of
the most respected and highly honor
ed citizens that ever lived in the coun-
ty. He was always helping the poor
and oppressed. His sons, Joseph,
Sylvan, Edwin and Sam Newburger
have always trodden in his footsteps.
When the Edwin Newburger died he
left thousand dollars to the Presby-
terian Church, and no man in this
whole country was more beloved.
His broher Joseph, who lives in Mem
phis, tells US that he has contributed
Twenty Thousand dollars to charity
alone this year. These men are not
grafters on the public as Mr.. Law
renee in his article would have peo-
pie believe. He speaks of them as
people opposed to the farmers, when
their greatest interest is in farming,
and they are just as anxious as any
one to see the price of cotton as high
as possible. This attack is because
Mr.. Joseph Newburger saw fit to de-
fend his lifelong friend, James X.
Vardaman, on charge of not being
patriotic to his country. We here
with reproduce the article.
Newburger Cotton Co.
Incorporated
Cotton Buyers and Exporters
Memphis, Tennx June 21, 1918.
Mr.. o. F. Lawrence, Editor, The Gre
NADIA Sentinel. Grenada, Miss.
My dear friend:
We have always had a great per-
sonal liking for each other dating
back to my old days in Grenada.
Every week in your paper ! notice
attacks upon Senator James X. Var
daman. Don't you think, my dear
friend, that when you attack his pa
triotism the people who read your
paper will ask the question, ''what
has he done along patriotic lines?"
His boy is in the present war, he serv-
ed in the Spanish American War, his
father was gallant Confederate
soldier and his great grandfather was
in the war of 1912. Don't you think
this record would tell the people that
Senator Vardaman's heart beats as
true to the South as any man within
its borders and at all times wants to
see his country succeed and is as
loyal as any man?
Last week you spoke about his
voting against the Cloture Bill with
three eminent Democrats. A great
many people of the country want to
know what Congress is doing and do
away with all secret matters as much
as possible. Do you blame the man
for doing things of this kind? Now,
take his record and compare it with
the democratic platform and demo-
cratic principles and you will find
that James X. Vardaman has been an
out and cut democrat from the begin
ming of his time. am a personal
friend of his and while | might not
agree with some of his votes in the
Senate, this is no fair reason for con-
demning him. We all cannot agree
upon certain and underlined acts pro-
mulgated by the wise men in Con-
gress.
always admire an honest, bold and
fearless man--one who upholds the
rights of the weak against the strong.
| do not believe James X. Vardaman
has thirty days rations ahead and if
he has done anything dishonest he is
the biggest fool In the world because
he has nothing to show for it. The
poor and the down trodden have al
ways been his warm and personal
friends and / feel like, in this cam
paign, giving him fair show.
Now, if you think well enough of
my letter am perfectly willing for
you to publish 1t Is know you want
to do him justice,
Sincerely your friend.
Joseph Newburger.
The criticism by the Grenada Sem
tinel is nothing but stab at our
worthy Senator. He claims that Mr.
Joseph Newburger is a Republican.
Mr.. Newburger has not affiliated with
any party for thirty years, and the
last vote he cast was for a Democrat.