Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-10-03
REFORMED MOONsH|NER
MADE COUNTY SHERIFF
Carlos 4. Rector Will Enforce Law
I'm Land OF white
Lightning"
CONVERTED By "SKY PILOT"
AS Barefoot Boy He Shot Apples
on the Top OF His Brothers
Hcad-Aspircs to Seat in Con.
SrCsS.
,oNvERTED By "sKY PILOT"

GREENNILLE, S, c.. Oct. 2.-Fiery
Of face. lean of waist. and rawboued.
Carlos \. Rector. reformed moon
sinner. who was elected this week
to become sheriff Of Grcenvi.lc
County next January, used 10 shoot
apples of the top OF his brothers
head to entertain his barefoot friends
when they would call upon him at
his parents hut way back in the
hear, OF the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Hountainecrs for miles and miles
around maryeled at the expert man
ner at which Carlos and his brother.
Hendrix. handled the ride in making
close shave shots with each other AS
human targets. Hendrix was elected
third year Of his second term when
he was shot and killed on July 1,
1919. by Jake Gosnell. deputy coilcc-
tor OF internal revenue, as 4 result
OF Old politIca! strife. Carlos was
then prevailed unon TO make the race
and he defeated six opponents. in
cludinE Captain Samuel -. Willis.
who was wounded in France. and
Cooper as sheriff 10 fill out tho un-
expired term OF the late Hendrix
wsa Dorm ia Log Cabin.
Both Hendrix and Carlos Rector.
together with their brother, Jcn. who
followed General PershinE Into Mex
leo and France. and was decorated
for bravery. were born md raised
in little log cabin in what is known
as the dark corner" because for
Years and years /! was lair OF
tor boys. like all others who first
saw the light OF day i'll this dismal
section. did not think it any harm
TO make moonshine liquor. II was
their belief---and this opinion still
holds with most mountainous today
that they had :: God given right
RI do az they please with Il scanty
crib OF corn which they managed TO
raisc on the hillsidcs. So. they dis
TILED white lightning" to sell and
TO drink.
Abou, twelve years ago Carlos
Rector became intensely interested
in "A religious revival" and was con-
vcried into tho belief that maxim
liquor was all wrong-it was not
the strong arm of the law that
nmamEsf e HRy nn the Hs s9, ven % OF
out himself and besought his fell
low mountaineers to abandon the
sim and make an honest living.
Among those who needed the appeal
Dirk. and from then on they gave
their hearts TO law enforcement.
Hendrix Rector was elected magis-
trntc and Carlos served as constable.
Then Hendrix moved to Grecnviile,
and within short time this lion
of the mountains" became n lion in
politics and was elected sheriff. but
not, without stirring up political
est and most aggressive political
families in the State. His spectacu-
lar career ended when three shots
from an enemy's gun caused his big
heart to cease beating twenty min
utes past IL o'clock. noon. July 4.
1919. ut local garage. Awaiting
second trial for the alleged murder
c "a n
jury having failed to agree upon a
verdict at the first hearing. Carlos
Rector. who was then deputy collec-
tor OF internal revenue. yielded to
sheriff, and after strenuous cam
paign, frought with bitterness. he
was nominated to the highest Office
in the gift Of the people of the
Mother of Two Sherins.
mot often does it fall to the lot
OF an old woman OF the mountains
to be the mother of two sheriffs of
grand old State of South Carolina"
was an expression of gratitude that
poured out from the heart of Mrs;
}. w. Rector. who is more than so
Carlos 4. Rector, &c years OF ages
said that 1t was his earnest ambition
TO some day be elected to the seat
In Congress- to which his late brother
visit to Washington for the first
time. picked out In the Capitol what
he said he hoped to make his seat.
he was the subject Of feature"
papers. and his picture was promi-
nently displayed.
While having been elected by VIVA.
he terms the common people," it lis
generally admitted by the voters for
the opposing faction that Carlos Rec
tor will mako fearless. conscien-