Malvern daily record., 1918-02-12
A ISLANDER REFUTED

(The following is published by re- quest of members of the Landmark Baptist church of this city, to refute the article published several days ago, copied from the Baptist Advance --Edo
 For the past twenty years I have been the subject of one islander after another. I was accused of stealing the degree of Doctor of Divinity. I refuted that and the man who made the charge was put out of business ] so far as Arkansas was concerned. I was accused of ylingg and proved the accuser of be himself liar. I was ac- icused of going into conspiracy with the lamented J. N. Hall to defraud and rob certain printer and inciden- i tally to get control of the Baptist Missionary Association, of Texas, and ruin things generally. In trial before an arbitration committee Hall and l gained a unanimous decision in our favor. was little later accus- ed of swearing, lie and the man who nlde the charge signed lie-bill u l. avoid the penitentiary. Recently I was charged with having been run out o Missouri and coming to Ark ansas with a celluleid collar on and being convicted on the charge of per- jury, and so forth and so on. This last mentioned charge was made near Fayetteville, Ark, and it was report ed to me by letter. thought a limit had been reached, but was sadly dis appointed when the news that I had been found drunk in the town of Princeton. Four different dates were given in the several reports that are being circulated. One report says l was drunk on the 18th of January. Still another report declares that I was drunk, on the 18th of January. If I was, drunk on all of those dates it was rather long spree l was on. The vile report has been so widely circulated that am compelled to take this method of refuting the islander. Another report declares it wa s21st of January. saa=
 1 MY ANSWER TO THE ISLANDER lIS THAT I WAS . IN OR NEAR PRINCETON ON ANY OF THE DATES MENTIONED. z t., HERE IszCoMPLETE AND PER- FECT ALIBI WHICH GIVE SHOW ING WHERE I WAS ON EVERY DAY IN JANUARY, FROM THE FIRST DAY OF JANUARY UP TO AND INCLUDING THE 22ND DAY OF JANUARY, WHICH CARRIES ME ENTIRELY BY ALL DATES WHEN I WAS ACCUSED OF BE- ING DRUNK.
 Honoraville, Ala, Feb. 2, 1918.
 This is to certify that Ed. Ben M. Bogard was with me in Alabama for two weeks, beginning Jan. 1, and con- ltinuing until Jan. IA. He left me near Greenville, Alabama, on the aft ernoon of Jan. B, and went Jan. IA toward Kentucky. He said he was going to Kelly, Kentucky, for his ] first stop, and expected to reach there by Tuesday, Jan 15.
 1 Signed:
 ELD K. L. GILLENTINE.
 This accounted for the first thir- teen days in January and it could not be that l was in Princeton on any of those days, as 1 was with Brother Gillentine in Alabama all of that time, l during which 1 held debate with Bradley, at Curtis, Ala, and after ward visited and preached in three of Brotheer Gillentine's churches. On the 14th I was aboard the train for a six hundred mile trip to Kelley, Kentucky. On account of snow the train was delayed and I arrived at Kelley on the morning of the 18th of January. Here is a certificat to vouch for this statement: ~
 Kelley, Ky, Jan. 31, 1918.
 This IS to certify that Eld. B. M.s Bogard spent the day with me and my family on January 18th, leaving for Morganfield, Ky, at 11o'clock D. m. s
 Signed: ARKLEY YANCEY." ."l The above statement account for me on the 18th until almost midnight of the fifteenth, at that. Where was I on the 16th and 17th of January | from the hotel at Morganfield, Ky, will tell exactly.
 "Morganfield, Ky, Jan. 31, 1918. MT. Ben. M. Bogard,
 Texarkana, Texas.
 Dear Sir:
 You were registered at my hotel on the 16th and 17th fJanuary, 1918.
 Respectfully,
 "W J. Greenvell, Jr., Proprietor.
 Capital Hotel"
 The following statement will tell: Little Rock Ark, Feb. 3, 1918.
 "This is to certify that Ben M Bo- gard was in Little Rock, in the office of the Baptist Publishing Company on Friday, Jan. Is, and we ate supper 1 together with the family of c. T. Ryan, of North Little Rock, that same evening. 1 also was with. him on the Continued on Page Al