The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-09-15
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personally approached by a good |
mum Der OF lIlenuS urging ne to !;
run Tor that place, but as there
are SO many candidates from |
Aumberton, you being among
them, on your account | have not
yet told anybody that | will run
for the Senate, but if you do not
be a candidate for sheriff | rath-
er think that | will start out for !
the Senate. E." ''Good!' said | 10 !,
him, 60 ahead and put your
caro- in the paper, for upon your
statement to me, as you have
made it, | here and now decide
that l will not be a candidate
tor sheriff, bat on the other hand
Will DO anything that | can for
you. | informed him that |
would go at once and tell Mr..
Lawrence that | would not op-
pos o.4vritf Mcneil but that
was willing to wait two
years. AS | was starting to go
ne said, Say to MIR. Lawrence
that if Sheriff Mcneil is not 60
ipg to be candidate two years
from now, and is going to leave
an open field for you, that not
only you. but myself and all Of
us over here will be for him this
time"
A SUDDEN CHANGE.
Not long after my announce
ment- which submitted to Mr..
Mcleod, before handing it in for
pulication-appeared in the paper
it was noised abroad that Mr..
, Stephen Mcintyre would be a
candidate for the State Senate.
! This was a surprise to me. When
> | next saw Mr.. Mcleod he said
r to me, That now | could see
; very readily whyLawrence want
: ed to get me out Of the race for
+ sheriff, that it was because Nc
lntyre wanted to run for the
! Senate and the people would NOT
/ be Wiling to support Sc many
from Lumberton." He further
intimated to me that if | could
! get half chance | might yet run
, Tor sheriff. Mr.. Mcintyre soon
: publicly announced through the
= papers that he would not be q
candidate for the Senate ano
8 everything seemed to be moving
+ On smoothly, SO Tar as county
+ politics was concerned, until i
F got out that Sheriff Mcneil was
7 doing some campaign worl
+ against Mr.. Mcleod for the exec
- utive Craftsmanship. This seem
Il ed to rile Mr.. Mcleod so that re
!. ports said he was soliciting vari
- Gus ones to run against Sheriff
y Mcneil. He came to me AM
~ said, Now Barker, if you wan
.s to be sheriff come in the race an
n we will elect you" But, m
= fellow citizens, | could not d.
7 that, as l had previously accept
70 ed special proposition with tn
n Mutual Life Insurance Compan
70 OF New York, that [ felt boun
+ me, and besides, what | had said
20 | had said in my announcement
to to YOU all that ! would not be
~ candidate now, SO | was boun
a. to stand by and refuse the hor
R Or, simply because felt som
III regard for my obligations.
- TIME WENT BY
ne until one day I heard it said thu
cd Mr.. Geo. B. Mcleod was goin
e to run for sheriff. | met him Q
Ok the court square and he said
al me, What do you know@' Sal
'rt l, Il heard that you We're goin
TO to run for sheriff. - "Well,
IL said he what do you think I
it?' | told him that | though
'eet5 he was letting me down NIGH
lid hard, as my understanding w;
7ct that he would run for the Sc
en- ate. Said he, Well now, I
~ just say this to you for the pre-
ent, | have not told a sing
ne man that ! would run for sheri
mt and | promise you that I will n
ne until I have talk with you
IKE That was the day Of the educ
my tional rally in Lumberton, al
me this is the night Of Septemb
ny 9th, 1910, at my home, that | a
&C, doing this writing. and he h
me not had that talk with me "
icy And yet, | see his card in t
Mf paper announcing his candida
see for sheriff.
emf So my fellow citizens I ha