The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1886-09-02
WINSTONIANS ABROAD.
THEIR PRESENT SUCCESSES AND
FUTURE PROSPECTS,
George b. Everett Ex-Revenue Collector
Becoming Democrat.-CharIic
and Oliver Wood.

| George b. Everett Ex-Revenue Collector,
| Becoming n Democrat.-CharIie
| and Oliver Wood.
Like every other North Carolina COM
munity the Twin City has numerous rep
resentatives scattered in distant States. It
is not the purpose of this brief article to
elude to all of these "dispersed abroad"
and note their various trials and successes,
but we wish to speak Of those who by reason
of their former prominence here, and the
recentness of their departure makes them
| better remembered.
C. H and \. o. Wood, sons of our worthy
townsman, Mr.. w. w. Wood, one of our
Board of Commissioners left Winston sever
al months ago for Pennington, Washington
| Territory, where Mr.. w. A. Walker, J. A.
Blickendefer, DERRICK Tavis, and other
Twin Citizens had already gone. AS an ev-
idence that Mr. Woods sons are doing well
out in their adopted home and that they
have bright business career before them,
we quote the following from letter written
| to Mr. Wood:
| Yours of the 9TH inst. received, and your
| eldest son was III my OluCc WHcu optueu
| the letter. to show me a letter he had by
tonight's mail received, offering him posi-
| ton on the n. P. K. r. You need have no
| fears for the future or your sons in this
| country, they have commended themselves
to all our people by their gentlemanly de-
pertinent, and we are only awaiting the
| completion of our railroad here to e i've them
both good positions. We are not going to
| let them want for anything, and they have
/ C. s., HI or,y
| idly developing country. They are both
| fine young fellows, free from the many
| modern vices and have gained for themselves
| an excellent name and have for their friends
the best men in this county.
Your boys will both get employment in
| the Company's service soon as the road
is completed Do not be uneasy about them
they have numbers of good friends here
whose appreciation of their many good
qualities is not measured by dollar. They
are the kind of young men who will succeed
and they have already sown the seeds OF
| their future success.
suppose Yankee). l was shot through the
lung July Sd, at Gettysburg and had my
left hand shot through there. have been out
here since 1875 after leaving the University
of Virginia that year. Tom Strange, young
DIR. Thomas, John Bellamy, Jr., all of Will
mington, n. c., were my class mates. Vance,
Ransom, Bennett. Kitchen, Scales and all
| of the old time fellows used to be friends of
| mine in the fire and smoke of the days gone
by. But have been out here SO long I am
Westernized and seldom hear OF them only
through the press dispatches and Georgia
| papers sent me by my sister. | went into
the Confederate States Army April 10Th 81
not 16 years old, in Co. D., 1st Va. Volun-
teers. End Division Longstreets corps was
on the picket line at GETTYSBURG in Picket's
| Division, and am so good Democrat yet
that they always elect me Chairman of the
conventions here, probably for the good
have done.
So have no fears for the boys, they will
soon be all right. l am 8 very busy lawyer
but not too busy to help my own people, and
you can rest assured that anything I can do
viii be done, and have friends who will
help me. Very Respectfully
EDWARD H. KING.
Our Wilmington readers will recognize
in the author of the above letter, Mr.. E. H
King who formerly lived in that city, was =
red hot Democrat and afterwards figured
to see that he has returned to the Demo
cratic fold again, and it may be The SEN
TINEL's pleasure to yet record the fact Of
his election to Congress from the new State o.
Washington when it shall have become
one of the United sister hood.
We are truly glad to hear Of the flatter
ing prospects which have overtaken oul
young Winston friends mentioned in the
letter Just quoted and together with many
Of our citizens THE SENTINEL extends te
them the very best wishes.
The following is an article taken from
the Mitchell, D. T., Mail Of August 18th
and refers to another Winstonion, GEoRa
B. EvER1rr,
1t will be read with gratifying surprise
by many Of our citizens:
Our esteemed friend George, B. Eyeritt
obtained his appointment as register of the
land Office, because he was a furious Repub
lican and pronounced hater of and bowler
at the Democratic party. He is to-day glad
enough to affiliate and speak we'll of thoss
he once openly denounced and despised
Why? Because the fat Office he holds is
simply during the pleasure of the Demo.
Gratis. 1t is thus demonstrated that he was
Republican for revenue only. The ST.
lent enlistment of such men in the Demo
cratic party is going on continually, and as
confirmation strong proof from holy
writ" in this case, we present the following
letter:
MITCHELL, D. T., Dec 21st.
Con-. GEN'L LAND OFFICE,
WARRINGTON, D. c.,
SIR:-Refsrring to your letter of October
23rd, 1884, authorizing the employment
BY this Office of an additional clerk for three