The Mena weekly star., 1920-09-16
4 REPLY TO W. B. ANDERSON.

Mr.. Editor. VIII you hthHiS SffN W
space in your paper to answer a few
Of the statements made by w. b. An
derson in the Daily Star Of September
10. He says you would get the im-
preston from my article that ! don't
believe a farmer living outside OF
Mena could be qualified to hold an Of
fee. / desire to say that only those
who want to twist the meaning OF
what wrote could get any such inn
preston. Why should ! try to make
such an expression when all the pres
emf county officials came from the
farm? | am satisfied that l have
farmed more than w. B. Anderson
ever farmed. My whole argument
was that it does not make any differ
ence where man lives, if he is honest
and competent, he is qualified to hold
an Office w. B. Anderson is so anx-
ious to stir up prejudice that he can
not help misrepresenting things.
| want to call attention to some OF
his Inconsistencies. He says, Il guess
the reason he wv. Ed wouldn't own
me is because | have left the Demo-
cratic fold" And before he finishes
his article he says, II want to say
that believe am one of the strong
est Democrats in Polk County, Who
can harmonic these two statements.
Again he says, Il believe rotton
political ring exists in Mena." Then
he says, 81 have no doubt but that our
county officials are honest men," Here
are two groups of statements which
absolutely contradict each other. At
ter reading such contradictory state
ments in the same article, can any one
have confidence in what he says?
w. B. says, "You mention the fact
that the supporters of the citizens
ticket misrepresented the value Of
scrip. Now, Eddie, if you have the
facts about this at hand, ! am going
to ask you to make it public, and if
you haven't, / want you to acknowl-
edge to the public that you merely
told this to try to prejudice the people
against the citizens ticket" All right,
here are some Of the facts:
| /. III June or July James Swiger
of Acorn heard man contending that
scrip was worth only so cents on the
dollar.
2. Different parties have argued
with w. ]. Dunman that scrip was
worth only 65 or 20 cents on the dol
lar.
5. R. F. Wear told G. w. Petty
that scrip was below par.
4. Sometime ago, an editorial ap-
peared in the Mena Star asking who
was responsible for this false report.
No one answered
5. A number of people have spok-
en- to w. L. Parker about the price of
scrip going down.
Shortly after the candidates on the
citizens ticket spoke at Cove, some
parties from that vicinity came to
Judge Finger and asked him if it
would not be beht for them to dis
pose of their scrip before it went any
| lower.
These reports are quite general
turnout the county, Notwithstanding
the fact that there is plenty of money
in the County General fund to pay off
any outstanding county warrants and
still have nice balance left. / am
attaching hereto report from the
County Treasurer showing amount
of money in the County General fund
at the end of each quarter since April
| 1, 1919.
In conclusion, / want to say that |
have no desire to enter into an ex-
| tended newspaper controversy, so
this closes my part of it. / want to
thank my friends and the people in
general for the support given me in
the past, and / assure them that
will render them the same loyal and
efficient service in the future that |
have in the past. Sincerely yours,
w. r. ANDERSON.