The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1909-10-27
To the Voters Of Adair County.

l entered the primary with my OPP
ponents Mr.. Bottom, Mr.. Burton and
Mr.. Tarter. | was nominated over my
by majority of SO6 votes
Mr.. Burton and Mr.. Tarter received
nearly as many votes as Mr.. Bottom,
but they are perfectly satisfied, and both
say, they are for me in this race.
Mr.. Bottom knows he was fairly and
squarely defeated. but this doesn't sat
isfy him and he is aiming to creep into
office by bringing false accusations
against me. If Mr.. Bottom had acted
on true principle and had done what he
agreed to do, he would have attempted
to prove those things before he tried to
expose me in the paper.
He claimed to me, in the presence of
a good man, that he received letter
from good man in the Gradyville pre-
cinct which stated that used $3.50 in
that precinct. told him in the pres
ence of as good citizen as there is on
Casey Creek that would give him $40
to show me that letter. He said he
wouldn't do it. Neither has he at
tempted to prove any of the other false
accusations he has brought against me.
/ proposed to Mr.. Bottom to make oath
that l wasn't out $50 in all from the be-
ginning of the campaign until the pri-
mary. MIR. Bottom states have been
voting the Prohibition ticket for sever
al years which is positively untrue,
and which he will no more try to prove
than he has any of the other false state
ments he has made against me. Fur
thermore, he knows we have had Sc
cret ballot for number of years.
l would like to ask Mr.. Bottom why
he didn't prove this by his Democrat
neighbor, of Knifey, whom h e asked
to sign his petition if he can prove by
as good Republicans and Democrats as
there are in the county, and why he
didn't prove it by man in the Little
Cake precinct who is as good citizen
as the county affords.
This man of Little Cake informed me
that Mr.. Bottom asked him if he knew
l had been voting the Prohibition ticket
for several years, also, Mr.. Bottom
Democrat neighbor Of Knifey (r E.
ferred to in this. letter. told me he
asked him this same question. He for
got he was crossing himsilf by so doing,
for he stated in one of his cards that
people were asking him III every part
of the county if l hadn't been voting
the Prohibition ticket for several years.
So / find out from men in every lOcali-
ty that he has been asking them that
in every instance instead of them ask
ing him as he states
Furthermore why didn't he prove it
by some at least of those men on either
or both sides. then the public would
have some grounds to believe there
was some sincerity in his so called un-
willingness to see the party dragged in
to political corruption. He has not,
cannot, nor will not attempt to prove
any of those things he has accused me
of, which is enough to proveto the public
that, although he was fairly and square
ly defeated in the primary, he is not
willing to give it up like the true prin-
cipled men, Messrs. Tarter and Burton
are, but he is bringing slanderous, false
accusations against me, which he re-
fuses to try to prove, and thinks by so
doing he will creep into the office re-
CARELESS of respect for me or his oath.
l have said that if elected or not l
would not be candidate again. But
have nevergaid would be out of politics
for all times to come.
Now in conclusion wish to say that,
if being opposed to the sale of liquor in
the county, and being an abstainer
from its use. and beingopposed to whis-
ky being used to excess generally speak
ing, is what Mr.. Bottom calls prohibi-
ton, will confess I am guilty. l would
like to say furthermore to Mr.. Bottom
why don't he tell the public, how many
times he has voted outside the Republi-
can party IN the last few years.
Now | ask all honest voters of Adair
county to study the principles OF both
myself and Mr.. Bottom, and vote for
whom your good judgment dictates.
Yours very truly,
J. M. Wolford.