The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-13
Ensley Doctor Welcomed
 in Wiregrass. GREAT CHANGE IN SENTIMENT Lieutenant Governor Speaks in
 Four Towns. Southern Alabama Extends Hearty Re- ceptioa to Candidate On stump ing Tour, who Gains Votes
 With Every Address.
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are stil some of the enemy left, put if the physician candidate had week or so more in the wire grass, they would be as hard to find as the per son Diagones was looking Tor or tne man who owes you ten dollars.
 Mir Conner had made great headway in this part of Houston County, and up to a few weeks ago. the stauncn friends of the Ensley doctor were nor batting themselves on the back on account of the number of voters they had secured for the man who visited them yesterday
 Now, however, they tell the same story that greets pr. Cunningham ev- erywhere. The people have found out that the Conner claims of band wagon politics. are not well founded. They are looking up the record and when they do. we'll. you can't head the doc- tor.
 'swhen git back to the country I'm going to shuck my coat and go to shucking corn for that felfer." over- heard a rustic in a pair of blue over alls and a wool hat. say, as he drove his team from the livery stable at Columbia. yesterday. shortly after Dr. Cunningham had concluded his speech. T shoar like the way he talks and goes about things. He believes in Alabama and so do I. I liked Conner, too but this ones the man I'm going to work and vote fer"
 | &.And that's the way all Southeast Alabama Is talking just now. Even the Conner men admit it. I heard a prominent merchant at Columbia talk- ing of it as he was rolling up his awning in front of his store.
 He converted some of them," he said, but I started out for Conner and I heard Cunningham's speech and Tfy11 at fnr Hid Haf some of them" The remark was de- 1ivered with an air of Well, I'm a died in the wool one if the rest of 'em ain't,' ,.3 There are many of these in Hous- ton. There may be enough to carry the county. but if MT. Conner does have Houston on his string, the ma jority will be so small that 1t will take a magnifying glass of extra pow CT to find 1t.
 The Ensley candidate has been in remarkably fine fettle during his last three speeches. With conditions all against him Tuesday night. he car ried the day at Slocomb's and will in all probability carry the beat August
 He left the Masonic celebration, at Geneva Tuesday afternoon and went by dirt road to Hartford, where he took a train to the third prosperous GeneVa county town. .ft
 On the road to Geneva, the candidate gave unmistakable signs of Irish for bears on at least one occasion. A cold drizzle was falling and sharp breeze was blowing as we drove along a road, which was now wet sand and again a miniature pond. I exhausted a match box in a futile effort to light a cigarette. The doctor drew his last match from his pocket, struck 1t carelessly, quickly shielded 1t with his hands as only a son of Erin can, and afforded me the pleasure of a smoke
 Stirs Up sl0comb.
 At Slocomb, the news greeted the candidate that the town was m a leth- argic condition. politically speaking. The Knights of Pythias were to hold aEsession the night of Dr. Cunning hams date. A revival was in progress at country church. in which many of the townspeople were interested, and a newly inaugurated skating rink was drawing some of the younger people.
 Slocomb, like Geneva, Is erecting a handsome new school building. and the old school house of plain pine boards was in serious condition of dilapida- tion.
 It was at this building Dr. Cunning ham was scheduled to speak. A few oil lamps were placed in the OhAANAhS JhSh llC Ill6uLGndnI Governor arrived. and the townspeople were notified that all was ready by the ringing of the school bell that a small l hoy piled with more avidity than he ever exhibited in answering its sum moning call during school session. A fine audience, mostly voters, answered the efforts of the small boy and heard one of pr. Cunningham s | best speeches.
 l The Lieutenant Governor was in a happy frame of mind. and drew his au- dience close t1 him. His speech chang ed several votes.
 G. N. Blount, well known man of | Slocomb, sad after the aking, that while he had been sure for some weeks that Geneva was Cunningham county, | so disinterested had the people been that he had doubts about Slocomb beat.
 Now" he said, T believe that if we haven't got the beat at present. we will have it before the primary"
 Dr. Kelly. a prominent physician. who. like practically ali Of the mem bers of the profession. is for their Ensley co-laborer and who is a mem Der of a family that is great in num- bers and influence in Slocomb. was also confident of carrying the beat and Dr. Cunni gham secured a score more offers of active support | COlumbia's Warm Welcome.
 Dr. Cunningham left Slocomb and l reached Columbia early yesterday morning. He was cordially greeted | at the train by several of his friends 1 Columbia was once the county seat of Henry county, and the court house still | stands.
 i Despite the fact that court is no lon | ger held within its boundaries, the prosperity of Columbia has increased It is situated !n fine farming country and has a large number of well built | brick stores. a saw mill, a cotton factory and other smaller industries Dr. Cunningham met many of the vo- ters before proceeding to the old court Il house.
 This is n picturesque place, this old court house square. There Is an an cient fountain in It's centre that still sends a bright stream of water over ap slluring water nymph.
 There was a knot of school boys in turn practicing the arts of Napoleon | Iaioie and lean de Reske, with La