Oxford eagle., 1907-07-18

men, and ne IS always kind and
polite and nice TO everybody. and
IS everybodys friend He IS my
best friend | may say he has been
a brother 20 me all these years. and
in spite of the fact thathe has made
money he IS Just the same as ne
was when a poor man. Money
makes no difference toCharlie Scott
as everybody calls him When |
used 70 20 20 Rosedale sometimes
went up to dinner xitn him ard MS
family. and It's the same thing nov.
and he never fails 20 invite ne when
! am N his Office az dinner tine.
This talk about Mr.. Scott being
against the poor man IS all non
sense know. and ! want 20 tell
NY brother farmers IN Mississippi
how Know. ard sor1e Of the things
-sa-I.s Scott did for ne. and ne
has Gons I5Escff s1Ings iust Ike it
fer others. tco. Wnen tne car : o
Rcsedale failed they hac a nort2-
gage or nv place for what i vas
worth o.. thought maybe I could
WORK il CT Nitn a fs~ years good
crops asked Mr.. Scott % get
the Memphis or Ns~ York bank
That he'd the note % give ne tine.
and though as everybody knows. he
ara MS wife uovtszEed treirproper-
y &C get the money % pay the bank S
cepcsitors- though they were not
responsible for the same. he did so.
and the hank gave time ard after
two or three years Mr. Scott paid
the Memphis or New Ycrk hank
my note. and ne then held it Up for
ne After a while I found could
not cay. and / went and told him 20
sell the place owed more than
i vas worth. ard II L sold out un-
der the mortgage i would not have
brought half the deo.- Nov. what
cid Charlie Scott 6o2 He gave me
more than the place was worth
and gave - ooot J little cash. say
ing ne hated % see ne dead broke
Then ne offered 70 sell me the place
back for a whole lot less than ne
gave ne for i. ard even now. when
land here in the delta IS nigh. and
after al these years, ne IS trying 70
sell ]. for less than ne gave me.
Now. does tha. lock Ike I man who
IS against the poor white mzn2
But that IS not all ! rented lard
from another man for j few years
ard then wen. 70 NJ. Scott and
asked hin % rent ne a rich little
place Of MS near MS Malviaz place
He cd 50. and a. some trouble %
tx T. too. ard for four years. until
this year. have been MS tenant
The hrst year with hin / made good
money; the as. three years our
crops have ceen bad. There was
TOO much rsia. ard Irzve teea sex
arc nae q hard time % support ny
family. and during al ms Mr. Scott
mas been ny csst friend. He fur
nisned ne from MS store ard sent
Us his oWn doctor whenever We
needed one. and let ne pay when /
could. and never 4 word or Z dun
Because Of sickness ard bad crops
| could not pay him in full. and ne
told the boo6ksspsr 20 square the
account and marx il paid. saying
mad been in hard luck. Now. how
IS that for 4 man that's against the
poor ma12 Now. do you think
that's all Well. it's not.
Scott always wanted me 20 save
enough money to buy Us a home.
but some way | seemed to have
hard luck and couldn't Now. Just
think how surprised and glad my
wife and were when on Christmas
Day. 1905. we got deed from Mr..
and Mrs. Scott. giving Us forty
acres of fine timber land right next
20 the land we were then renting
from them. The land ard timber
is worth over $500. ard Mr. Scott
fixed the deed so we can't sell or
mortgage Il. but when we Gle y
goes to our children. Now. this
gives an idea of the real character
of the Hon. Charles Scott. because
he has lots Of sense ard mas WORK
ed harder than anybody | ever knew
has made . lot Of money. but VINO
IS kind and good 20 everybody. and
who IS the best and most generous
man | ever knew.
But | am not the only one ne has
been kind 20. There are 4 whole
lot of others. and no one viii ever
know how much good ne has real
ly done. for ne IS not the kind Of
man 70 talk. but ne Just goes ahead
and does things. His heart IS as
big as all outdoors. and it's in the
right place. too: and want 20 say
TO the people Of Mississippi. and
especially 70 my brother farmers.
that they viii make no mistake and
viii be doing the right thing 70 vote
for my friend Charlie Scott for
governor. and if they only knew
him as | do. every one Of them
would do il, too.