The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-11-10
McCIurg Tells Something of His
Friends EARLY Life.
RECALLS The TINE he FIRST SAW HIM
"There is No Living Tan, SO far as Ny
Information Extends, That Has
Done Mere fer His Home. His
Family %ui Fellow Man

In presenting Hon Earl Brewer tC
a Greenwood audiCnc" only few Ga}>
ago, EE-Attomcy General McClur1
paid high tribute 10 his integrity.
ability and worth rs citizen in the
following language:
Ladies' and Gcutlemcn:-I am very
much gratifcd 10y the presence of you
ladies and this large intelligent audi
ence # Mississippi democrats. ] am a
NisSiSSippian first. and have to con
gratulate the State that all the CAN
dldateS are worthy to be the Governor
of this great State. My friend, whom
L will present to you tonight. would
be ashamed Of ne if | said aught
against any candidate who aSpireS to
the high Office of Governor of the State
Of Mississippi. | want to say to you
that | have no set speech. The truth
is that | have TO put on brakes for
fear that | may say something that |
ought not to say. | represent an
honorable, brave, chivalrouS MiSSiS-
Sippi democrat, and | would be I'M
worthy to be his representative if |
had anything to say against any Mis-
SisSippian. | present to you tonight
candidate for the high Office of Gov
ernOr OF this State, a native born
Southern man, native born MSSiS-
Sippian, a man who has served his
State in the Senate, who has served
his State as district attorney, but
above all these, he has served this
State as one OF her best citizens
From what we have seen i'm the news
papers as to the controversy between
another dis inguiShed candidate for
Governor and the gentleman whom we
have here tonight, | have nothing to
say. | suppose that both are able to
take care of themselves. IL my friend |
were not present, would say more or |
his private life than | am willing to |
say -InGWn- -hin-all- his |
life. The first time that | remember |
to have met him, he was standing |
bare-fOOte in the winter time at the |
head Of his fathers grave with Il pair |
OF cOttOnade pants on. His father
was brave Confederate soldier; he |
was captain OF a company and they
loved him to man. He was young
then, ten or twelve years old, believe
the Oldest Of six or seven children.
A little blackjack plantation just
across from where | was born and |
raised, and he went to work: the first
thing he did was to pay off mortgage
on the place, 10 take care Of his moth
er, and to educate those children, and
he made first grade teachers and high |
grade teachers Of the girls, and law
yerS and doctors of his brothers. One
OF them was a cripple. he went on
crutcheS: he took care of him all the
time, and the young man died after
being elected sheriff just before he
could take the oath Of office. There
is no living man, SO far as my infor-
nation extends, that has done more
for his home, his family, his wife, his
children and his fellow-man than Earl
Brewer: no man can ever accuse him
OF having done wrong act intention
ally. We all do wrong sometimes. He
is as brave as julius Caesar We
elected him constable when he was
taking care of his widowed mother and
these children, and he would work all
day and get his mule out OF the plow
and 60 at night and serve his processes.
He is an anti-corporation candidate.
l am corporation lawyer. NY firm
represents great many corporations,
public service corporations and others,
but l have no fear, and 1 don't think
any corporation that represent, has
any fear that he is going to do the
wrong thing; the corporations will 90
on and do business as they did before;
he will restrain them as far as he can
and as far as he thinks is right, but
there need be no fear from any cor
poration, from any injusti estsem Earl
Brewer. = ;;..:, 80, r
II present to you tonight lone. of(
Hississippi's s honest song! mSn. that
has done his whole dutysin spIblic' life|
and in private life, and ifss ssb0iS elected
Governor, which hope eswiil be, mol
man need fear: that tf1e will do the