The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-08-19
ENDORSEMENT OF
ANDY SELLERS.
Over 200 CITIZENS Say That HIS
Management of the Work-hOuse
is All Right.-"The Man
for the Place."

There is most always sometimes gen.
orally speaking two sides to a ques ton
and Andy Sellers. the suspended Super
intendent of one of the sbacks commonly
called a WORK house. claims, through his
attorney Mr.. j g. VOORHEES,, that there
is side to fis question which the public
has not yet heard. md to show that Mr.
Sellers is not the bad man the published
reports from the Church-Hayes COM
mittee would have the public believe,
they make profert of two petitions.
signed by over two hundred citizens OF
this county, endorsing Mr.. Sellers and
his management and treatment of the
work house hands. The petitions were
gotten up, Mr.. VOORHEES, and Mr.. Sellers
say, without any suggestion or assis
lance from either Of them, and without
their knowledge: the first either of them
knew of it being last Monday when they
were handed TO Mr.. VOORHEES,. as Mr..
Sellers attorney, To be presented to the
Work House Commission. The petit
tons are signed by some of Maurv
county's best citizens, and read as fol.
lows:
ITO the Honorable Board of Work
house Commissioners of Maury County,
Tennessee:
1--WE, the undersigned citizens of
Maury County wish to state to this
board, in behalf of Mr.. A. |. Sellers
perlntendeut of branch of the
work house, now under certain charges
made to the County Court, that Mr..
Sellers has built roads 10 our immediate
neighborhood, and was a careful anG
painstaking road man, and one who
regarded the welfare of his hands or
prisoners as his first duty, feeding ano
clothing the m as we'll as could be under
such circumstances as he or they were
placed, requiring them to cleanse them
selves by weekly bathing and changing |
their clothing. We do not consider Mr. |
Sellers rougher than other men would be
under like circumstances. (Signed) |
K. r. Oakley, ex guard; w. j. Nc
Knight, ex COMMISSIONS; Dr. w. e.
Cox, j r. Walter, j. p. Watson, Char
ley Taylor, Albert Judd, j. W. Basham,
j. j. Mckee, d. G. Walters. J. f
Burns, M. v. Tayl or, R. W. Oakley
A. P. McKennon, +. L. Robinson, w
r. Derrick, E L. Hawkins, G. 9. God
win, r. G.. Goodwin, Sherb Galloway.
L. G. Dodson, S. E. G. Jack, P. @. Il
Goad, j. M Sewell, j. M. Wakefield,
W. Q. Sewell, v. g. Sewell, j T. Priest,
L. F. Church, W. g. Hill, Brown Spark
man., J G. Hay. E W. Walters, r A
Walters, q. H. Wakefield, j. M. Gas
kill. A. B HARRISON, X j. Jarrat. r. A
G. G. Ladd, G. E. Robertson,
". Y Wakefield, G. W. King, R. A.
Potts, III. G Page, B. G. Fly, Il. c. :
clam, w. w. Elan, d. A. Walters, r !
3. Hill, E. d. Liton. T. NJ Fox, T. H !
COX. FL. l.. Baker, T. H. Ashworth, R
". Brady, John Harris, John Tucker.
J. H. Ashworth, w. D. Pott, g. F.
'ott, H P. Oakley, J. j Kelley, j. A
dcPherson, d. M Beard, T. Kelly, G /:
Z. Potts, E. G. Potts, C. M. Potts, E.
q. Gsskill, Nick Potts, r. ID. Baker, W.
! Fly, Mel Potts, K. p. Baker. W. B.
Walters. W. F. Layne, G. Fl. Wakefield
Another petition from citizens Of the
Voolard and Fly, Santa Fe. and Water
ALLEY and Gaskill Branch roads says:
I'VE have known Andy Sellers, the
oss Of the county hands for some time
We think he is good man for the
lace; can do more work in less time
nan most any man you could get. We
ill say we think it is best for the
ounty to retain him. We never saw
i'm mistreat the convicts in any way
lore than they deserve. for they are
cry rough crowd. (Signed), j. H
dkisson, j. s. Allen, G. E. Harris. T.
. Mosely, L. NJ. Kelly, j O. McMeen
FL Pigg, J. w. Adkisson, r W
liz gerald, o. II. p. Mullins, 7. Fl
IcKee, M. G. Hight. W. H. Allen, w.
|. Fitzgerald, W.. G. Andrews, T C
asKill, A. j. Dawson, +. G. Walker
/. M. Cook, j. M. Church. q. Ii. bod
IN, R. l.. Parham, G. w. Warren, John
cry, j. H. Kirkpatrick. w. T. Gaskill,
. s. Gaskill, Lacy Whitaker, George
arris, NJ. B, johnson, d. j. Pigg.y f
{. Mckee, r, Y. Mckee. j. d. Pigg,
alden Fitzgerald, W. M. HARRISON, ,
Hutcherson, j. B. Hutcherson, T.
. B. johnson, r. D. Blackbu w. o
K W. Baker, J.. P. Johnson
;. M. johnson. r. w. Baker, j. P.
,hnsop, l.. E. Pigg. d. A. Booker, E
Sow I'll, F. ID. jones ]. H. Gardner,
. B. Booker, T. .. Pigg, J. w. Mont
mery, w. T. Wrenn, A. L. Ladd A.
. Forgey, j. B. Laid, 8. B. Gardner,
G Gardner, j. ID. Brown, r. q. Col.