E.C. Porter, Old City Cemetery, Abbeville

 

 

from the January 30, 1932 DOTHAN EAGLE

(from the August 12, 1930 DOTHAN EAGLE editorial by Rambling Reuben, the pen name of E.C. Porter) "In politics he was a Boss Tweed and a Dick Croker [ed. note: NYC Tammany Hall political bosses] rolled into one. He dispensed 'pie' to his friends, and 'poison' to his opponents. If he lost he expected nothing; if he won and you lost, you need expect nothing. He played the game strictly on that basis and was hard to fool. In business his was the old code, 'Every man for himself and the Devil for us all." But in his relations with the City of Dothan this code did not apply; he was an official of the city, and her affairs had been entrusted to his keeping. His honor was here at stake, and he rendered to the trust one hundred per cent in honesty and efficiency. This was no trading matter. He regarded himself as guardian of the city and no man can say that he ever took advantage of that trust."