The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1892-12-01
CARD FROM MR. L1LL1NGToN.
What He Has to Say About the EIec
ton in Yadkin.

To the Editor of the Sentinel.
I am informed that there appeared
an article few days after
the election, in your weekly, by N.
Glenn Williams, giving the glorious
results of the election in this, Little
Yadkin township, and as the gentle
man in that article referred directly
to me, hope you will do me the JUS
t1ce to publish my statement in reply.
The gentleman, / am Informed, went
on to say that it was a glorious vic
tory for the Democracy. Now, Mr..
Editor, | don't know what you call
a glorions victory If my memory
| serves me right, the Peoples party
carried this township. / saw the
| congressional box counted, which
gave Shuford thirty-one, Henderson
thirty, and Holton twelve. After I
left l heard that they threw out two
or three Peoples party votes in some
of the boxes, and then claimed the
township for the Democracy.
Do you know how many votes this
little township casts? Why sir! We
only polled seventy-eight, all told in
the last election, the Republicans
from twelve to eighteen, and the rest
divided between the Democrats and
Peoples party. The reference that [
understand the gentleman made to
me was that / had received only II
votes where / was born and raised. In
reply to this | will say that | have
been told that the gentleman is an
applicant for office of Marshal in this
district, and as he has spoken of my
popularity in my neighborhoOd, [ will
speak of his.
He was born and raised within six
teen miles of WinSton-Sale and has
spent a great deal of his time there
[ will wager one hundred dollars that
he cannot show up among the promi-
nent men of those towns as many en-
dorsers for that position as I received
votes in my township. Now Mr.. n.
Glenn trot out your list and show
your hand / will also make one more
wager of a hundred dollars, and that
is this: If he will offer himself as a
candidate for any office within the
gift of the people of Yadkin county, |
can beat him thousand votes. Try
your popularity Mr.. Williams if you
dare. [ received the vote of every
true Republican in my county who
could not be bought and forced by
such men as Glenn Williams.
Myself, Mr.. Holton and the county
ticket ran about the same in my
township. | beat Fletcher as much
IN MS (E1eCchef township as he
beat me in mine. Williams fight
against me was of personal nature,
but was no more bitter against me
than it had been against Bob Glenn,
viii Barber and John Henderson.
This young man is a kinsman of
mine and | would have had too much
self-respect to have gone into print
about him, but as he mas taken the
opportunity to assist me | write this
in my defense.
The people of Yadkin county will
pass at any time upon the popularity
of the two. | had in the last election
not only the Democratic party, but
the Peoples party to fight, together
with a good many Republicans in the
upper end of the county, who opposed
my nomination and voted for Hin
shaw, Republican on the Peoples
party ticket. / received the votes of
all true Republicans of the county
men who stood by 5heir principles
and by such was elected.
My popularity has been tried and
tested, and favorably passed upon
twice by a majority of the people in
my district, also by both parties in
the Senate of North Carolina, Mr..
Williams opinion to the contrary
Notwithstanding. / would like very
much for the gentleman to give the
people chance at his popularity.
There is an old saying that, when
kinfolks are your enemy that they
are the worst in the world" and I
think the saying applicable in this
case. j. A. ELLINGTON,
Panther Creek, Nov. 26, 1892.