The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-09-13
w yERS RECORD.
A LITTLE HISTORY RECALLED By
his NOMINATION.
THE GILES COUNTY. TENN. DEMO
Graf PAYS ITS REsrEcTs TO THE
PEOPLES PARTY CANDIDATE.

THE GILES COUNTY, TENN. DEMO
Graf PAYS ITS REsrEcTs TO THE
PEOPLES PARTY CANDIDATE.
KEoKuK, Iowa, September 49,
A very interesting and significant let
ter has been received by citizen Of
Keokuk from an old gentleman living
in Pulaski, Tenn, where Gen. Weaver,
the Peoples Party candidate FOR Presi-
dent, had command in the latter part
Of the war. The sentiments contained
in the letter win doubtless be spread
abroad throughout the Soutl, and
put the Peoples Party candidate on
the defensive when he enters upon
the canvass in that section where his
friends claim he is so strong. a por-
ton OF the letter reads as follows /:
He (Weaver) viii eclipse Bull Nelson
or Ben Butler so far as the double
dyed william reaches. / send yon a
piece cut from the Giles County Demo
crat Of the Goth, and I vouch for the
truth Of every word. All three of the
men were old friends Of mine. He
|lWeaver) had Baker Shepard, George
Petway and S. W. McGrew arrested,
and would have arrested me il It had
not been for McGrew. When they
passed my house McGrew told him I
was deaf. Weaver sent Shepard and
Petway out Of the lines. Messrs. New
bill, Rhodes and Alternately paid him
the money. These are the facts and
can be proved. He was . perfect ter5
|ror to both men and women. The
refugees never received one cent Of
the money. All Of the old citizens are
dead now. Most Of them were very
old at the time. Weaver viii get very
few votes south Of Mason and Dixon's
line" The following is the clipping
referred to above, headed 4 Something
About Weaver y,
HIGHWAY ROBBERY.
General Weaver, while in command
at Pulaski, in January in 1864, issued
an order to Charles G. Alternately,
John H. Newbill, Robert Rhodes and
others that they pay into his hands
81 900 for the maintenance ofrefngees
(meaning negroes and renegades from
Alabama This order was accompa-
MED by threat that, if the money was
not paid, they and their families would
be sent South and their property given
to said refugees. All Of these parties
are dead now and were over sixty
years old when that order was issued.
Can any Southern man vote for such
a heartless wretch9
THE COTTON TWIST ROBBERY.
A man by the name Of G. w. Witt
sold Mr.. Jasper Cox--a very poor man
two thousand pounds Of bacon, for
which he received the cash. Mr.. Cox
took the bacon to the cotton mills in
Lawrence county and traded it for
cotton twist. This he carefully slowed
awayin the loft of his little cabin,
thinking that it would assist him in
purchasing little home after the war
as he was very poor, with a large fami.
/ ly and had no home. Weaver learned
through some source that this gentle
man had the cotton twist and sent a
detachment Of soldiers to his house and
took possession of it, and shipped it to
Iowa for his own use.
This cotton twist was worth at the
time it was stolen, $4,000.
Jasper Cox is living in Giles county.
ROBBERY OF HOGS AND TURKEYS.
John P. Williams, q poor but highly
esteemed farmer in Giles county, had
twenty-five fat hogs, which at that
time were worth ten dollars per hun
dred, gross, and lot of turkeys.
Weaver, in person, took file Of sol
diers out to Williams place and made
the soldiers shoot every hog on the
place, and had them brought to camp.
When Williams asked for voucher
Weaver said: 81 don't give rebels in
the South vouchers. / would rather
furnish rope to hang every DIN one
of them" Mr.. Williams is still living,
and will swear to the above if neces-
sary.
The hogs were valued at $3.50.
The turkeys belonged to Mrs. Will
Hams, and she begged to have them
spared. but the heartless wretch had
them all killed and taken to headquar
tiers for his own special use remarking