The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-07-15
Wade L. Summers for County Treas
urer.

To the Voters of Lincoln countyI
So far as the qualities of capacl
lily, honesty and general fitness
are concerned, the writer's ideal
of the man who should be voted
for the Office of county treasurer
at the coming primary might, in
a general sense, be satisfied if any
one of the several candidates
should be elected. The candidates
for this Office are fine men, and
all deserve the good will and con
fidence of their friends. The
county's money, / do not hesitate
to say, will be absolutely safe in
the hands of either of the aspir-
ants for the office; but, when all
the questions Of merit and public
duty are concerned, the writer
concludes that the young man
| Wade Summers, who is one of the
leading candidates for this office,
is the man to be elected. He de-
serves the position and has claims
| that our people cannot afford to
disregard. He has every quality
necessary for the discharge of the
duties of this Office that any other
man has. This fact cannot be de-
MED. He has attended our free
schools from his youth: he has
also taken a full literary course
in Mississippi College up to and
including the Junior class; and
then, further, be it said to his
untiring efforts, he has finished
with credit business course in
the Macon (Ga.) Business Col
lege. He has been toiling under
difficulties all his life (26 years.
to prepare himself for the doing
of some creditable business and
the making of an honest and in
dependent living for himself. 1t
is evident that there lale only a
few things in the business world
that Wade can do. He is not as
fortunate as his opponents in
this respect, and hence l main
tain he has claims for your vote
greater than any other man. He
is now hobbling about here and
there on his crutches over the
county of his birth asking men
to vote for him. He is not ask
ing for anybody else's job, and
| have heard it said that he is
not asking anybody's vote simply
because he is an unfortunate. He
is manfully standing shoulder to
shoulder with his opponents and
is appealing to the voters solely
onthe ground of his merits. Now,
ask seriously, my fellow men,
where is the citizen of old Lin
coin county to be found who says
that this energetic, talented and
crippled SOL of ours, so full of
courage and spirit, should not be
favored with all our votes? While
he is asking our votes over some of
the best men in the county, | feel
glad to find him meeting with
such a bright prospect of success
over them all.
Lawrence county, our worthy
neighbor, has been honoling her
worthy cripples by giving them
county offices. Such men give
their entire time to the office, and
thus the people get good official
service. The people of other
counties in our State have elected
such men to fill offices of trust and
entire satisfaction seems to be the
result.
Again, the county should help
to encourage her worthy young
men, especially such as the one
herein mentioned, who have spent
time and money in preparing
themselves for the duties of life.
Wade has prepared himself and
now asks us to vote for him. 1t
certainly does not look to me
like any conscientious set of men
can deny him their help and en-
couragement in his effort to do
public service. Wade has a
good home, | suppose, and pos
sibly will have one as long as his
father lives and can care for him:
but, from his efforts, l conclude
that Wade wants to work and be
useful and wants the Office OF
county, treasurer just like these
other good men who have homes
of their own, for the money there
is in the office. Give him this
office and we have done just what
duty demands of us.
have confidence in our county
citizenship. AS a rule om people
want to do right, and we SHOULD
certainly want deserving, good
men in Office. Wade L. Sum
mers is a well educated Christian
gentleman, as we'll fitted for the
duties of the Office as any mar
that ever lived in our county, anc
is worthy of every good mans
support. | am confident that We
shall determine this matter from
a sense of duty and right, and
believe that thinking and unbiased
men will 60 to the polls on the
9Th day of August and do them.
selves justice and the county hon.
or by voting for Wade L. Sum
mers for the Office of county
| treasurer.