The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-10-18
REYNOLDS LETTER.

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! think there would be any trouble
over the election, but if there was
Charlie Reynolds and his brother
John would be responsible for it.
On Oct. Sth, Charlie Reynolds
broughta communication, addressed
to the editor of The SENTINEL, in
which he took exception to the state
! ment published on the 5th and pro-
ceeded to make charges of fraud and
attempted fraud on the part of
Democrats and labored to place a
measure of responsibility upon our
shoulders. We told Mr.. Reynolds
we would accord him the privilege of
denying the charge made against
him by a brother Republican, but we
could not publish the entire COM
munication on account of its length
and it's infammatory character. He
then said we could publish as much
as we pleased and he would insert
the whole thing in the next issue OF
the Republican. We did publish a
portion and the entire communica-
ton appears in the Republican of
this week. So much by way of in
PRODUCTION.
Some game is not worth the am
munition, and we feel like apologizing
to our readers for taking necessary
space to notice this communication
in detail and our excuse for doing SO
is that silence might be construed
into acknowledgement of the charges
of fraud that are being SO vociferous-
ly sounded by Reynolds, Goslen
& Co.
Mr.. Reynolds says, referring to the
statement published in THE SENTI-
MEL on the 5th: ''No Republican has
said this to you and you do not dare
to name the man who did say it. -
In reply to this, we say that a Re-
publican did make the statement and
the name of that Republican is A. L.
Stipe. We say that the statement of
Mr.. Stipe was endorsed by another
Republican and his name is Fl. L..
Shore.
We say that still another Republi
can endorses Mr. Stipe's statement
and says that We can find one hun
dred Republicans who will do the
same thing. The name of this Re-
publican is P. T. Lehman, who says
further that it would be worth from
one hundred to two hundred votes
to the Republican party in Forsyth
if Charlie Reynolds would stay at
home and declare, as he did two
years ago, that he was out of poll
tics. Does Mr.. Reynolds want any
more names?
Mr.. Reynolds says that he and our
local editor heard a young gentle
man of high character say that 800
to 400 voters were fraudently de-
prived of their right to vote in the
Third ward in the last election. Our
local editor says this is not true;
that he did not hear the young gen
tleman referred to make this state
ment.
Mr.. Reynolds then insinuates that
fraud is being practiced in the mat
ter of registration and brings very
grave charges against the personal
and official character of registrars.
We have taken some pains to ex-
anime into this matter and we give
it as our deliberate opinion that ANY
LEGAL VOTER WHO COMPLIES WITH
THE LAW WILL NOT BE DENIED REGIS
TRATfoN Can any one ask for more
than this2
As evidence to sustain his charges,
Mr.. Reynolds says Mr.. Paul W..
Crutchfield found the middle initial
of his name wrong. What are the
facts? The registrar found upon the
old registration books the name of
Paul j. Crutchfield and under this
name Mr.. Paul W. Crutchfeld voted
at the last election and under this
name he would have voted this year
had not the mistake been found.
Simply an error, with no intention
of fraud, made by former registrar,
and yet the present registrar must
be branded with criminal. intent by
these Republican howlers. Away
with such nonsense.
Mr.. Reynolds makes a personal
fling at Mr.. M. D. De Vane, the reg
istrar for Salem, and says he cannot
show q tax receipt for this county,
80 far as he can learn and that he
and Mr.. Stanton and others had
examined the tax books and his
name could not be found there.
What are the facts in this case? Mr..
De Vane has been subject to taxes for
two years, exclusive of this year, be-
ing twenty three years of age, and he
showed US this morning receipts for
his 1892 and 1898 taxes, the former
collected by league and the latter by
What dependence can be
place insuch testimony as is offered |
by Mr.. Reynolds?
With one breath Mr.. Reynolds cries |