Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-03-31
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Jesse BYRD: For Clerk Of the Courts


Two weeks ago the announcement
Of Hon. Jesse Byrd for Circuit and
Chancery Clerk, was placed in these
columns and we now proceed to give
his entree into the race through this
medium, the customary comment.
Jesse Byrd is counted one of the
yery.best men we have ID Greene
County He was born and reared in
1t and since reaching manhood has
cast in his fortune with its history.
lie has figured more or less in the
affairs of Greene County all his life.
In the early Cos when the roll OF
drum and blarc Of hugle sounded
through the land calling the flower
Il Southern manhood to arms in de-
Tense of what were considered our
sacred rights, Jesse Byrd then but
sixteen year Old beardlc SIS boy
shouldcred his musket and marched
away with those dauntless columns
from Mississippi that were soon
heard from on tho CORY battle fields
oravely and desperately fighting and
distinguishing themselves as soldiers
worthy of any foes steel He served
ohe year the term Of his first enlist.
ment aud then on account Of beng
uhder age Lad to drop out year but
managed to get back in after that
and remained to the end of the
Great Struggle.
Later he played CONSPICUOUS part
ia the movement directed by Gener
al j. q. George to rid the State Of
bat greedy horde Of Carpet Baggers,
Scalawags and negroes who under
guise of the Republican party were
the very life blood out OF
the land by their plundering admin
stration or Observation-Disclosures of th
affairs of State government. Jesse
Byrd 5 part in that dangerous but
successful. movement for the prcser
1atioa of our Southern Utilization
md the integrit. of our state gov
WAS as chairman OF the Dem
ocratlc Executive Committee OF
Greene County. This was in 1875
md Il singular mark of how well he
laycd bis part of the game was that
lbe grand old Commoner General
llerward Senator George, placed I'M
United confidence in Byrd and de
pended upon him TO deliver in Greene
county and Jesse disal painted him
lot thanks to the hearty coopcra
ion OF his fellow democrats in Greene.
We of the younger generation en-
oying as we do without moicstation
The benefit Of Democratic control Ct
lie state, hardly know how much we
IRE due those Old fellows for what
they did for us in that day aud at
she great risk Of being ircarccrated
n federal prisons or possibly to lose
their lives.
Later Jesse Byrd rendered still
nure valuable service TO the state by
sewing term in the Legislature |
when that branch of the state gov
ernmcnt was being brought back un-
Ter Democratic dominancy. This
was in 1880 and that Legislature
performed a national favor in send
ng Gen. j. Z. George to the United |
States Senate as he proved giant
up there and later came down in
aud directed the drafting |
Of the Cons titution that Withstood |
the scrutiny OF the Supreme Court |
and for the time has successfully de- !
barred the negro from the ballot box |
This did not end his good services
for like Lee he has lived a life all
these years leiore the people that
has made for good among his fel ow
citizens. After Ccing broken in per
sonal fortune he was given the
County Treasurer Office Immediate