The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-11
FIGHT ON DETOUR
WILL BE- CARRIED
TO HIGHER COURT
Rogers Learned OF Nc
Cords Decision "a Hours
Before Announced
BOARD PROCEEDS
TO OPEN BIDS
Judge Wilkinson States
Appeal To Be Taken
In Case Monday
state Capital Bureau)


MONTGOMERY, Ala, May 10
Citizens Of Greene and Sumter counties
are determined to continue their fight
to prevent the building Of the Eutaw-
Livingston highway by way of Gaines
willie. Announcement was made today
by Judge Horace c. Wilkinson, at
torney, that an appeal would be car
ried j to the supreme court from the
decision of Judge McCord dissolving
the temporary injunction. Proper ac-
ton will be taken Monday, Wilkinson
said.
The state highway department at
the same time showed its determination
to build the Gainesville detour when
it announced that bids would be opened
Tuesday on the project. The question
was being asked today whether an ap-
peal would prevent the commission
from taking action since the injunction
has been dissolved.
Anticipated Decision
Another fact developing today was
that John A. Rogers, chairman Of the
state highway commission anticipated
the decision Of Judge McCord in some
manner. Although the decision was
not officially made until Friday aft
q Il
night by Senator Rogers to a Boligee
citizen said that the injunction had
been dissolved. The letter was dated
May 8, but bore a Montgomery post
mark of May 8, 6 80 pm. on the day
before.
1t was also reported in Eutaw that
Senator Rogers sent a telegram to
citizen there Thursday stating that the
injunction had been dissolved.
In his letter to Boligee, Senator RoE-
ers stated that he would not bring
suit for defamation OF reputation"
against the residents of Boligee or
against certain newspaper ''fomenting
these SANDERS"
His letter, written to- the Boligee
citizen, follows in part:
Now that the decision of the court
in the injunction proceedings brought
by few residents of Boligee and Epes
to prevent the letting of contract for
the building Of road between Eutaw
and Gainesville has exonerated me Of
the charges of selfishness, graft and
collision with my colleague Suttle in
the use Of public funds to benefit our
selves, l shall, with the following state
ment, let the subject drop.
II shall not bring suit for. defamA-
ton of reputation against these resi-
dents nor against the newspapers TO
menting these sIandefs.3 The guilty
newspapers are amply punished in the
loss of prestige. il they ever had any
reputation as the purveyors of truth,
that reputation is lost. These papers
have sought and are seeking to control
Alabama politics.
whatever chance they may have
had to do this, they have destroyed
Their advocacy of men and causes
dooms such men and such causes to
defeat. To defeat, not because they
have circulated falsehoods against me,
am too insignificant for anything
that may be said for or against me to
change in the least the course of public
evehts, but because as the broadcasters
of falsehood they will have become
to stand as the symbol of untruth. The
record of the past proves that 'corrup-
ton wins not more than honesty
Il shall not sue the erring sons of
Epes and Boligee because / want the
bitterness and hard feelings engendered
between former friends and neighbors
to be as quickly forgotten as can be.
II shall not sue these rash, unwise
and inconsiderate people because the
charges made by them against me have
not hurt but helped me-"
The highway commission called for
bids on the detour several weeks ago
but citizens of Greene county prevented
the opening of the proposal, contend
ing that the highway law and consti-
tutional amendments had not been
complied with in the selection Of the
route from Livingston to Eutaw by way
of Gainesville and Clinton.
The allegation was made that Chair
man Rogers resides at Gainesville; that
he will personally benefit by the loca-
tien of the route by way Of Gainesville
that Chairman Rogers and J. f. SUIT
tie, associate commissioner, entered into
an understanding whereby the route
would he sent by Gainesville and an
other road would be located by Mr..
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