The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-02
SCOTT IS THE MAN
TO SUCCEED. NOEL
Governorship of Mississippi Is
Eeing Discussed
EARL BREWER HAS CHANGE
Secret Service Men Are Now Looking
for Will sorsby, Who Shot POST
office inspector and Is
Now at Large.
EARL BREWER HAS CHANGE

Jackson. Miss. December 1.-(Speeial)-
Thus far in advance of the next election
for state officers which will be In lsll'
the people of Mississippi are oegElhlhs 10
cast about and to express their pref
erences. especially as to the soNernoi
shin. It is agreed here about jackson
that Charles Scott of Boliver county VIII
he the foremost man in the race. In tact
no other man has any show in this couh-
ty. He carried it last year ana VIII carly
it again. and as often as he may run
It is known that Mr. Scott has yleiaeo
IN the demand of his friends that ne
enter the race. and he will make very
vigorous campaign, visiting every County
in the state Mr. Scott VIII not Only
get the same vote he did last year. pul
he will get the bulk of the Noel VOTE
all of the Truly vote and then some more
thus practically assuring his nomination
and election.
There were a great many who voted
against Mr.. Scott in the last primary
for the sole reason that they did not IN
dorse his foreign immigration PLATFORM
hut they have since come to understand
his position better than they ala then'
and will be glad of the opportunity 70
rectify what they now consider was
mistake. The opposition to Mr. scout niaue
it appear that he was after niilns the
cotton plantations of the state with for
eign laborers, when nothing further was
from his thoughts He has been employ
ing italian labor on his own farms In
tho Delta for several years, and has found
II much more satisfactory than negro
labor. He has grown rich Wille those
who refused his advice to get rio OIL the
negro have grown poorer. Mr. Scott mas
been to Europe and made study OF iarnn
labor in Italy and other countries anu
declares the Italian farmers the best ana
the thriftiest he ever saw. He urseu
Mississippi farmers to secure this LABOR
~ nossible. and set the example himself
1Iovevar there is not "Dago" on one
of his plantations
1t is supposed Hon. Earl Brewer VIII
gain be a candidate for governor pul
no positive announcement has been seen
from him. He was in the second primary
NTH Governor Noel last summer a year
ago and made it very interesting.
sorsby Still Missing.
oonference that was held Saturday
afternoon at the capitol between Gov
ernor Noel and two of the secret serVloe
men who have been here severai WEEKS
working on the Sorsby case Is d re-
minder that the slayer OF Postoiice III
snector Fitzgerald is still at large ana
seems to have made good MS escape
1mmediately after their conference Win
49, sovernor the detectives were asked
,e NAV had abandoned the chase FOR
sorsby and declared they mad not ny any
means and expressed great commence 'hal
they would get him in due course Oh
time.
II was generally believed for long
time after the killing that Sorspy was
being cared for by relatives ana that nc
Was not far from the scene OF the CRIME
7. WAS even reported that he mad ehi-
r,o,,ad attorneys to defend him, and that
81. tho late term of court at jack
- 10 would come in and surrender 1t
as .,so stated on good authority that
one of his 1rleuuS lou
u,,.r him in "a hours if the courts Wouiu
oree TO accept a plea of guilty OF man
s,ou0bter and give him life term But
oil these reports have come to nausn.
and Il Is POSSIBLE Sorsby is now wen out
of the country. ,,,, of
THE escape of Sorsby with an army Oh
.ha host detectives in the government
w In his wake is surprising, put no
go co than the escape of other muir
nnya.s in This section recently. IL was
vi, few nights after the Killing Oh
Mr. fitzgerald that weN-hnown ilia1 l
oho,,t Jackson named Ferguson snot anu
Tiled Young woman in the req ilshl
sistriot He was captured near btook-
,,n,,ar next day, jumped from the tram
nas crvstal Springs. and has not been
nea, stnce Ferguson is plainly marked
.',,tb a long scar across ms lace, anu
lac Is no reason he should nave eiuoeu
the OFFICERS this long,
"a 1,,ee,x or ten days ago negro naiaeu
,,o,r assaulted a young white glrl III the
MAJ ,,oss,sra county of Rankin and In spite
&c Of that 500 men, accompanied py
Oh .le ~ trained hounds, pursued him
soneral DAYS and nights, he maze MS es-
cape. tho most notable
.ns hut they are by no means the only
.ases Of where criminals have out
,., tbe officers of the law quite re-