Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1907-08-01

who coull not AFFORD 70 lose II.
He paid them in full and Mrs.
Scott mortgaged her property to
help raise the money."-From
editorial comment on J. NJ. Nc
Broom's letter, Scott County
Register.
In December. 1890, the deposit
tors Of this bank presented Mr..
and Mrs Scott with silver loving
cup in token OF their apprecia-
ton. Their address, written by !
no less person than Hon. A. II.
Whitfield. now chief justice OF
Mississippi, reads in part as fol-
lows:
when the Bank of Rosedale
suspended payment. you. not
legally nor morally bound for its
debts, pledged all your property
for the payment Of depositors.
More than this, your noble wife
pledged her entire estate. More
than this you have paid every
deposi,or in full, and you have
secured every creditor OF eve ry
kind. One hundred thousand
dollars have you and Mrs. Scott
thus paid in full, and you have
done il. not only by your unex.
ampled business skill, by day and
by night, but at n pecuniary loss
to both of you of thirty odd thou
sand dollars"
Yet the tongue OF Islander has
busily distorted these facts, heed
less of the divine command,
Thou shalt not bear false wit
ness against thy neighbor."
The man with the hammer
OF partisan clamor,
Keep kno king away at Scott.
Il 10 no matter If wondermentI
that the business men Of Missis-
sippi, who value personal integ-
rity and commercial honor should
be universally willing TO trust the
affairs Of their state in the hands
Of such an honorable and capable
business man.
And 50 is no wonder
The cohorts of plumber
Amt got no use for Scott.
BY years OF unremitting toll at
3 his practice and in his fields
! Charley Scott has amassed q
. competency, but never a dollar
does he possess that is not damp
. with his sweat and worn with the
a labor OF his hands. All of his
, means are invested in dirt-cot-
tor. making dirt, in common with
:. the great majority of his people.
:, He Is now the largest cotton
E planter in the South. Mississip pi
. is cotton state, and Charley
: Scott stands knee-deep iE the
! dirt of Mississippi. He has no
t other business except farming:
I every dollar that he earns comes
] 70 him, "a it does to all other far
3 mers, directly from the soil.
His cotton exhibit at the st.
Louis Exposition won First Prize
for Mississippi, and carried her
fame to the remotest corners of
the earth. His magnificent ex-
hibit OF cotton now at jamestown
is one Of two from this state.
Demagogues may rant about
their love for the honest farmer,
their devotion to his interest, but
but Charley Scott practices what
tho other fellows preach.
it would be hard TO imagine
man more peculiarly fitted to
govern the farming state OF Mis-
sissippi-a native son of the soil,
himself her foremost farmer, a
lawyer of exceptional ability, of
unimpeachable integrity, capable
OF knowing what's best to be
done. and having plenty of cour-
age to do it.
And that's why the farmer,
In spite Of the charmer,,
j Is casting his vote for Scott.
When Charley Scott takes the
front seat as governor the peanut
politician and professional CRATER
will have to sit small on a rear
bench. Mr.. Scott is shrswd
enough to detect them, courage
GUS enough to expose them, and
resourceful enough to circumvent|
them.
In tho matter Of his appoint
ments it is safe 10 predict that he |
will choose the best men, without
thought Of partisan, expediency,
and without regard to future poll
teal support. He has no future
ambition-the first and last office
he has ever desired to hold being
that OF governor Of his native
safe. He will build up no ma
chine, form no personal party
and serve no private end; the
pot-hunting politician has moth
ing to expect from him. And
that 10 why a distinguished sena.
tor OF the United States has re.
turned from Washington TO head
his powerful, but waning clan, in
their fight against Charley Scott.
The plotters and planners,
The cliquefs and clanners
Amt got no use for Scott.
That Charley Scott will be gov.
ernor OF Mississippi there can be
no question. With six candidates
in the field, if he il not triumph.
antly chosen in the first primary, |
il will be Impossible for the five
to combine against him and it 10
oy no means sure that the five
will desire to combine. Even in |
those counties which have favo-
rite sons Of their own, Charley
Scott is their universal second |
choice.
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