The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-11-01

o this county ever sinceh he was asmall
boy1 and | cannot point to another
man who has led a purer life than l
believe heSas done. IS
w. W. Young. M. D.
Henderson, N. @ Oct 81, 90.
DIR. Young is one of the old citizens
OF the county and a leading physician.
l made the acquaintance of Mr.. E.
It. Butler. of Vance county, N. c.,
aoOut ten years ago., and l have always
found him to be a perfect gentleman.
As treasurer of the Alliance Tobacco
Warehouse Company, of this place, he
has had large dealings with the Bank
OF Henderson, and has shown himself
to be a very competent business man
as we'll as a highly honorable one.
w. H S BURGwYN.
Henderson, n. O., Oct. "a, '92.
Col Burgwyn IS President of the
Bank OF Henderson, tobacco manufac
turer, and farmer of large means.
AS stated above all of these promi-
nent gentlemen are StaWncb Democrats
who have not hesitated to do justice
to a worthy man. They are leading
representatives of the five principal
religious denominations of Vance
county. Not one of them is a kinsman
Of Mr., Butler nor of his wife.
Next is a newspaper comment up u
Mr.. Buffers standing among his home
people; and 1T Is refreshing, al this
date, when many people are Indulging
IN personal abuse of candidates, to find
an item like the following, which is
copied from the Gold Leaf of October
Goth. The paper is an ardent sup
porter OF Democracy. 1t is published
where Mr.. Edward G.. Butler has
spent his life. personally known to its
editor for about twelve years and so
he is qualified to represent Mr.. Butler
truly. This he has done, except az to
the claim that he is better than his
PARTY. When a Democratic paper
has the manliness to give to a Peoples
party candidate such a record he must
indeed be, as the Gold Leaf puts it, a
good man" The article is as follows:
Col. ThOs. B. Long steps down and
out as the Third party candidate for
Auditor. The Executive Committee
has rendered the nomination to MI. E.
G Butler, of Vance county, who has
accepted. He is a good man and is
| 4CGOSLlAtO as q A1SuJOIICu NA4A CVICL
gentleman, worthy to be associated
with a better ticket and a different
cause"
And now let us pause and ask, who
is afraid 70 trust
EDWARD G. BUTLER?
In justice to him and for the good of
W. B. PRINCE.
Henderson, N. c., Oct. 25, '92.
ADDITIONAL TESTIMONY.
Since the foregoing was written the
following testimonials from Granville
county with reference to the standing
there of Mr.. Butler have been received
1t was at Granville court a number of
years ago that the suit of r B. Chap
pell and wife against Mr.. Butler was
| tried.
i 1t should be borne in mind that the
/ part of the new county Of Vance Ia
which Henderson Il -ituated, was at
that time in Granville county. Mr..
| Butler though now a citizen of Vance
lives on the same farm where he has
| spent his life. For the last four years
he has gone from home daily to his
| office work at the Alliance Tobacco
1 ~ Al SlAOOoC III 4SOA.
This Is told that those unacquainted
with. the facts may see that he has al
ways lived among his own people
Mr.. Blacknall, who gave one Of the
added certificates, is an old and hon
Ored cltiZen of Oxford, and was for
years a Justice of the Peace. The
gentlemen who gave the other testi-
mOnlals will be recognized throughout
the State of North Carolina as two of
her most distinguished lawyers.
OXFORD, Granville Co., N. c.,
Oct. %, 1892.
This is to certify that l am one of the
oldest citizens of this town. | have
Oeen acquainted with Edward G.. But,
Ter for more than thirty years. He
has always been esteemed by our PEG
pie as a truth-lOving, God fearing man.
Many OF u best citizens who heard
the testimony In the case of r. B.
Chappell and wife against him, which
was tried here ABOUT fifteen years ago.
believed that the jury-though honest
made a mistake.
JOHN BLACKNALL.
OXFORD, N. c., Oct. %, 1892.
To THE PUBLIC:-I am well &C.
quainted with Mr.. E. G.. Butler. ]
have known him from his bOvhOod,
and l say, in all sincerity, that I have
never known a man more upright in
all the relations of life than he.> He is
a gentleman; and in the use of that
term l mean all the word implies. Sc
far as the case of Chappell VS.. Butler
is concerned, 1 have this to say: ]
was OF Mr.. Buffers council. I think
and l write now as q man, that the
verdict was wrong. However this may
be, Mr.. Butler did not suffer then, no
has he suffered since, in the slightest
degree any dimInution in the public
regard in consequence of that verdict
L. Q. EDWARDS.
This is to certify that 7 have known