Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-10-17

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really own them and publicly claim
them. Men wishing saloon license
must apply to w. w. Nhyte whyte
is not a member OF the county cour;
He Is man who abs the pull. No
man who has openly opposed Why're
has ever been able 20 get saloon
| license. 4
] Not satisfied with his record as a
bank defaulter, county defaulter
friend TO prostitutes, saloon grafta'
political treachery and double deal
ing he proceeds to wiring money
from widowed sister and her or
phan children. Some time since w.
w. Whyte's sister, who lives I'm a
Virginia town. wrote TO him that
her husband had died leaving a
s5.000.00 life insurance fund 10
support her and the children and
asked him IL he could invest the
money SO that she and the children
might receive the income.- -He wrote
her that he could. She sent him the
money, which he Immediately ap-
propriated to his own use, and now
this grief-stricken mother sends him
| kilograms, writes him letters and
pleads with him 20 return co her at
least part OF the money which she
entrusted to his keeping that she
and her children are I'm destitute
circumstances, but so far Whyte has
not returned the money bought with
blood that thoughtful father and
husband provided for his loved ones
after his eye lids were closed In
death.
We defy contradiction of these
charges.
There are enough instances in
which w. w whyte has goyteh
money under false pretenses TO
make him think seriously OF GER
tain institution located at Mounds
vile.
A few years ago w. w. Whyte
| sold Sherman Finney, negro sa-
loon keeper at Keystone, some lots
on which Finney paid part in cash
| and Whyte took his notes for $400
| deferred payments. Whyte went up
to Keystone one day and told FIJI
ney he needed the money at once.
Finney didn't have the money al
that time, but knew that he must
raise It IL he wanted license another
year. Finney borrowed the money
and paid Whyte. who explained hat
he did not have the notes with him,
but would send them 20 Finney.
Shortly after Whyte's departure for
Welch, Finney went into A. i. Cal
nouns saloon and was boasting
about being apie to pay Whyte, say
ing 1hat his saloon license for the
coming year was assured (remem-
Der that Whyte was not a member
OF the county court) whereupon A.
l.. Calhoun told him that he had
purchased the notes from Whyte
and that he would have 10 pay him
also. Finney was amazed; star.le1!
What's the matter with him?" he
exclaimed. There certainly must
be mistake" Then Calhoun ad-
vised him to go to the phone and
call Whyte up and ask him II he
had NOT made a mistake but Fin
ney knew Whyte too well. NO"
he said that would make him mad
| and l wouldn't &c my license for
next year.
I This same Whyte buncoed Sena-
tor N. B. Scott out OF $2.5O0 under
the pretense OF giving him a trust
deed on property which had already
been mortgaSed far beyond its val
ue, and the senator has not gotten
cent OF this money to this good
day.
You may ask why he has not been
prosecuted It can be explained by
saying that until last July he was
one Of the jury commissioners Of
the criminal court of Mcdowell
county. and could pack the jury
with criminal negroes and thus
avoid conviction as criminal,
which he is.
But he has recently been removed
as jury commissioner and can no
longer pack juries, with his own
henchmen, who would acquit him OF
any crime, and he has just been in
dicted in four cases for crimes
which were committed long ago.
In light OF these facts we want
20 ask Dr. RI. d. Hatfield a few
STRAIGHTFORWARD, honest questions. n
Dr. Hatfield is the upright gentle
man that he would have his friends
proclaim 10 the world that he is
BY his recent communication to the
Daily Telegraph, how can he with
degree OF conscientiousness serve
as chairman or senatorial commit
tee which has for its purpose the
election of w. w. whyte to the
state senate? VIII Dr. Hatfield dc
ny that he has noc known and does