The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1920-10-14
AN AGREEMENT.

Tn Saturday evening 4 Was III thc
Star office ard asked MIR. st. John II
he would give me space to answer W..
Il. Anderson. He objected, saying we
didn't give away any facts. Later !
called Mr.. st. John out of his office
and told him we could get the truth
about the campaign. proposed l
would write up that week and ask Mr..
A. E. Wear to write up an article ard
make all the charges he had been max
ing in his speeches. Mr.. st. John said
he would publish my piece and give
Mr.. Wear space for his article and
then give Mr.. Finger space to answer
Mr.. Wear. Instead of doing as he
agreed he cut my letter up and just
published part of 1t and wrote to
the prosecuting attorney and circuit
Judge and called on the county clerk
and undertook to answer my letter
himself. Watch and see II Mr.. Wear
gets the space.
didn't know Mr.. st. John was run
ming for Judge | wonder why he
didn't do this as he agreed to. The
editor says he thinks l am sufficiently
answered / wasn't to be answered at
all. Mr.. Wear was the man to be
answered.
w. b. Anderson.
News paper space is precious, but
at that, as Mr.. Anderson is not salts
hed. we will give his original letter IN
full:
TO the Editor The Star:
The time for Quarreling is past
How long anybody has farmed don't
interest the people now The people
want facts. That dope about some
body telling somebody else that some
body said scrip was below par won'l
convince anyone. w. E. Anderson
had better own up that he was trying
to prejudice the people against GER
tain parties than To have made such q
lone fall down as he did trying ID
prove something he didn't know any
thing about. / am d Democrat and
! realized couldn't be one any long
CT and belong to the Democratic party
and endorse the things advocated and
practised by the party
AS to the honesty Of the county Off
Gals that was just politeness that
caused me to make that statement SO
If W. E. objects to that statement,
win just withdraw it.
But facts are what we want and q
good way to get them il this:
A. f. Wear has made certain state
ments in his campaign over the
county such as this
That the county court allowed H. w
Finger 500 as travelling expenses or
a trip he made to visit his brother al
Longview, Tex, and incidentally To
get information on road building.
And that the county court had al
lowed H. w. Finger over $500 as
travelling expenses while making trips
thru the county looking after the
highway district.
And the county court had allowed
the Proctor-Smith Motor Company
something like $500 fer repair work
on the highway ear that is used by
the highway officials.
And he states that he tWear) as
county Judge at his last term of the
county court refused to allow claim
to the Zachary Motor Company ow
Silt for work on private indiyid-
ual's car and the company withdrew
the claim and put it before Finger
after he became Judge and he allowed
the claim. Mr.. Wear states emphat-
Jelly that these statements are taken
from the court records. And l have
got a promise from Mr.. st. John that
he win give Mr.. Wear space in his
paper for an article in which he can
bring all these charges before the pub
lie and give the exact book and page
where they can be found by anybody
that wants to look thea up.
We, the people. want the trnth
If these things are not true the
people want to know it and this will
give Mr.. Finger s chance to disprove
these statements II be can, and if he
cannot it will give the public a chance
to find out that Mr. Wears charges
are the truth without any doub
We want the man who is elected to
the Office of county Judge to come
clean on these matters. | have Just
mentioned few things that Al. e.
Wear charges Judge Finger with and
he now has the opportunity to make
all the facts public. free of any cost,
and also TO give Mr. Finger chance
to prove that they are not true If he
can. Both of these men owe it to the
public to get busy and thrash this
thing out before the election.
w. B. Anderson.