The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-03-15
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pear before you ns u candidate tor that office.
IN doing so must be permitted tosly that It i,
with some reluctance that engage IN the race
when there ARE 50 many good and clever men
running. lint rs II is u free thing, hope there
will Dc no hard feelings on the part Of either
candidates or voters. ! now wish to say few
things that a great many Ol the present voters
don't know. collected the tax for TIN, county
for the years 1916 aud 1913, ut which time the
office was worth 50 little that scarcely any one
wanted it. Poll tax IN 1916 was only 30 cents,
and other tax In proportion. In 1873 poll tax
was - cents, and other tax IN proportion. In
/ 1916 and 1873 was elected by the County Court
/ In 1860 was elected by the people for two
wears, and ! tender 10 them my sincere thank,
| for that kindness, for the olllcc pad very well
| those two years, though taxes were low Then to
what they have been since. But what wish
especially to say j. this: that during the four
| years collected the tax without ever selling 4
loot Of land for taX. | done everything in my
power to save the people from cost; and yet !
collected the tax. advertised and attended in
each civil district twice each year 10 receive tuX
besides attending the Courts aud public gather.
ing~ and then rode all over the county in every
direction, time and again, 10 get up the small
,caticrcdtax rather than to put the people to
cost. 1t is true that in the year lSlS had to
hand out a small portion Of tax for collection,
inaNmuch rs had taken II contract upon the
East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad and had
TO commence work before ] could wind up all
the tax, In Il word, my acts aud life are before
you, icllOw-citiHcns Of McMnn county, and
should you In your choice make me your next
Tax Collector will try to do as have hereto.
fore.
wish now to say few things ON another
point, and that is We, the people Of this, rs
well ~ IN every other county in our state and
throughout the Nation, ARE politically divided,
Some think II is best 50 to be, ha\cmy doubts,
SO much 80 that wish from the very depths OF
my heart that we were icllOW-citi2cnN and brcth-
rrn. Certainly thi, is what the Father Of hi,
Country wished when he said, "uEicd we
stand, divided We iall:" and most aS>urcdly il
what the Bible teaches lI> We should be- But
we now stand divided: and it is well known to
all who know me that nm u Conservative, and
believe there are but few men among Us but
what are Conservative in heart and while we
may differ rs to the best policy to preserve
peace and harmony and to pcrpctuute the great
boon of freedom and liberty purchased by the
blood Of ourrcvolutionary fathers, yet our aims
may be the same. But standing divided ~ we do
at present ! suppose there will be It one cnndi-
date run on each side for office at the ensuing
August election. Hence the candidate" to he run
on each side for each office to be- filled will in
short time be selected in som" way. Th, being
the case, wish to say n word or two rs to when
and how think tins should be- done. Let the
voters of our county be- requested through the
Posi- and otherwise, without respect to party,
to meat ut Their respective places Of voting in
each civil district Of thccounty on saturday be-
fore the Second Monday in April next, andvotr
for the candidate Of their choicc and let those
who hold thcclcCton make thcirrcturuS to Ath.
cnS the Monday following, and let the vote be
counted. and the candidate, or whoever til" pco-
pie vote for TO be the nominee, hay ing the high
est number Of votes, let HIM take the race. This
is the only way that the people can have their
choice. suppose. n has arcay been suggested.
that each district send up two delegates to meet
in Convention at Athens and one candidate Get
four districts, and in those four districts there
are not over one hundred Conservative votes,
and another candidate gets only two districts,
but there are two hundred Conservative" votes
in these two districts vet in the Convention thi,
candidate would only get four votes, while the
other would get eight. This plan. think, i
unfair. The short, fair and republican plan j.,
let the people vote, and count the vote, aS we,
do at our proper elections This short plan i
less liable to undue excitement and hard feeling
But said, request the people without respect
to party to meet and vote torthr man they wish
ed to be their next Tax Collector. And whyII
Because believe there j. not a candidate run
ming who has not warm friends ON both Sides
and do not think that any man will vote in
man he votes for to he the Tax Collector and in
tends to vote for the same man at the August
election provided he gets the race and TO ne
elect to invite all who wish rs candid and hon
est voters to take Il part in the election. think
would be wrong. Let Us do all we can to unite
and not to sever.
Since writing the above notice statement
in the Posi- that several of the candidates have
entered into mn agreement to- submit their claims
tn "a "a ~ lI ~ llI h. m
each civil district. A. have heretofore stated.
| do not regard the plan proposed n the most
fair and equitable; but notwithstanding this, III
it meets with the wishes Of tn" people generally |
! will submit to it. And in order that the pco-
pie may fully express their wishes ~ to whc-
thcr they shall have the right Mt the hnllot-hoy
to say who they wish to Ne their next Tax Col |
hector. or whether it shall be- left to u Conven-
tiOn, therefore suggest the following plan, to
wit: Let the people be requested to meet and
vOtc-0pcning and closing the polls ~ ut our
proper elections. rs some will wish to 20 early |
in the tIav and others latc-and all who are in |
favor of counting the vote and letting the popu-
lar vote decide who shall be- the nominee, let .
them write on the ticket Just below the name of
the candidate they vote for. these words: "tOunt
the Vote" and those who desire that a Conycn-
ton shall settle the matter, let them writ" on
their ticket "Convcnion." only suggest tEi,,
and want the people TO do what they think is .
right
Willing to submit 10 whatever is honorable
and fair, | remain your tclow-ctizrn, feeling
grateful for past fayor>. MOSES y. CASs.
DIR. K. V. PIERCE, Of Buffalo, y. Y. in his
book on Chronic Diseases. SAYS in regard to
his Golden Medical Discovery, with which
our readers are familiar: "From its wonder
full power over Consumption Of the Lungs.
had thought strongly Of calling it my Con-
sumptiyc Cure: but from the fact that it /, a
perfect >prciic for the soar throat and honr,c-
mes. to which minister, ana other public
speakers and singers are subject, and al 80 for
Rrouchit and all severe. CoIlrbS. and j. an
invaluable remedy for diseases Of the Liver.
and also - a B,ood Purifier. | decided not 10
npuly TO il a name which mght instead and
prevent It's USE vi 'lHtl uIrCUN'S iuI W uICH u