The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-02-17
M'NEILL VERSUS CALL
THE FORMER RESISTS TIE
LATTER'S ATTACKS.
Mcneil Says Call Likes to See HIS
Name in Print, His Criticisms are
Unjust and He is ssSmall Po-
tato and Few in a Hill.'

tato and Few in a Hill"
| Editors of Sentinel.
| notice in your issue of few days
ago that G. Call is out in another OF
his many interviews Now, L have
had no controversy with this man and
l fail to understand why he should
lug my name into a published state
ment, except it be to get his name 10
the papers; he seems to have mania
for having his name in type, and it is
never there except by upport unity
sought hy himself. Mr.. Call was once
a drummer and l suppose talking
must have became second nature with
him and hence he sometimes fOrgets
the fact that he has been upr0Oted
from the soil Of the salesman and
tranSpianted in the soil OF the States
man.
For times too numerous to men
tiOn Mr. Call has said that Solicitor
Mott could not be renominated, aud
now he goes further and declares that
l cannot possibly be nominated be-
cause | sleep too close to Mr.. Mott
If Sheriff Cali was the only man in
the oh judicial District, this state
ment would no doubt be true, but
since there are hundreds Of good' men
who must pass upon the matter, Mr.
Calls statement is absolute boSh. Mr..
Mott has paid no attention to the ut
terances Of Mr.. Call, and very properly
so, because he knows, L know and
every Republican in the county knows
they amount to nothing L venture
the assertion that Sheriff Call could
not carry a precinct in the county for
the nCmination for any position The
unvarnished fact is. Mr.. Call is the
most unpopular and utterly despiSed
official, without regard to party atfii-
alton, who ever held flee in this
county. In the papers it is Call, Call,
Call, now and next spriug it will be
Call, Call, Cali aud few there will be
that will answer that Call. The people
have weighed him thoroughly-and
he is found wanting in every particu
lar and they will have no more of
him
If Mr.. Mott is a candidate for re
land | cannot say he
will or will not be) he will receive the
undivided support of this county
though Sheriff Call should oppose
him with all the force there is in
him.
MT. Calls attack upon me is, to say
the least OF 1t, premature and unjust,
since / have not declared my candid
intend to do so except upon the hap
pening of certain contingencies, but
If those contingencies should happen,
| will declare my candidacy and will
go to the Convention with the undi-
vided support OF my county, together
with a sufficient number Of other
counties to insure my nomination.
1t strikes me that these numerous
little interviews of Mr.. Call would
convince all men that he is ''a small
potato and few in the hill" You
people should not allow him to take
up so much space in your paper; up
here it is considered huge Joke and
frequently laughed at.
/ do not invite Mr.. Call to anV
controversy, and in this instance |
would have treated him with silence
but for the fact that he has sought
to prejudice me without any cause
whatever, and now il he desires to
press the matter, l can and will go
into particulars and mighty interest
ing reading il will make to all except
Mr.. Call.
/ am. sorry the necessity exists for
this little communication but L am
confident you will do me tho fairness
to publish it.
Yours truly.
J. w. MCNEILL.
Wilkesboro, Feb. 10th, 1898