Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1909-07-16
\ Parting Word From
Mr., Beverley.
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Editor News:
The time is rapidly drawing nigh
when we will meet at the polls To
decide who shall be our standard |
bearers i'm the coming political fray, |
and as II Dickinson county Democrat, |
wish To speak last word through I
your paper To the "unterriiicd bret
hren' of the old Ninth.
In the coming November election !
we expect rs we have in the past, To |
cast the largest vote for the Democ-
ratio ticket of any Congressional dis
tIict in the State. For this reason, If
no other we deserve and should have
representation on the State ticket.
! While nearly all of the different sec
tionS of the State have two or more
candidates for the various Offices, we
stand only one chance of being repre-
scented i'm the personnel of the ticket.
| III Judge Samuel w. Williams is de-
/ feated for the nomination for Attor-
ney General, then the Democracy
]
have no candidate representing their
section aS n nucleus around which To
rally on election day.
I From present indications the Re
publicans are preparing To make IA
desperate effort i'm the coming elect
ion To wrest the State from the ranks
of the Democracy. With this very
apparent fact i'm view, IL hehooVes us
one and all, to "sit up and take
notice. We should cndcavor 10 meet
this possible danger that now con
fonts us 10y turning ot solidly ON the
9TH of August and use our best judg
mcnt I'm the selection of n candidate
for Governor, who will best serve the
people of the State, then work and
vote for the nomination of that old
soldier from our beloved Southwest,
who will enthusc and inspire the
boys i'm the trenches-those who are
Democrats 800 days In the year.
For thirty years, OF more, Judge
Williams has been preaching Dcmoc-
racy nj every court house, hamlet
out the large and mountainous
Ninth. The party has never called
for "Sam" Williams but what he
has responded and gave his best ser
vice to the party.
In the Sixties, while yet n mere
boy he shouldered his musket and
under the leadership of the immortal
Bergman Green, enlisted beneath
| the flag that
"Will live in song and story,
Though its folds are I'm the dust. -
At the close of the war hc was left
with none Of this worlds goods " i'll
which 10 start life's battle. But
p armed with an indomitable Will and
manhood that had no price, hC
, steadily applied himself 10 his LAW
books and stop by stop fought his
way up in the ranks of his profession
until hc was made circuit Judge OF
his judicial district. Needless 10 say,
he was recognized during his term o
Office rs one of the ablcst and mos
. impartial judges In all Virginia.
lie dropped his law practice an,
/, personal affairs in 1896 10 accept th'
Democratic nomination for Conrges'
i'm the Ninth district when the nomi
4 nation was but an empty honor
While lac knew there was hardly ON
chance in hundred of winning, ye
when the party placed the banner q
4 Democracy in his hands and aske'
, him TO lead them, like Jim Bluedse
"he saw his duty, II dead sure thing
and went for il thar and then" a
each election 81 nee '96, he has devoI
ed as much time and energy TO I'll
cause of Democracy AS he did whe
he was the nominee. He has bee
heard on the stump not only in on
10 district, but throughout the lengt
IL and breadth of the State, when an
~ wherever the state committee desig
W mated.
IL In return for his services TO us i
* the past, Is il too much To ask eac
of you to turn out on the 9TH
e' August and work and vote for him
L expect lO pay my Own eApehse
ue and lose my time travelling fror
he here by rail TO Coeburn, then hors
e back over the toughest road in Mort
IL America, To CiIntwood to vote Il
III Judge Williams; can't you lose OF
oP day to do the asme?
ca CLAUDE II. BEV ERLY.
." Martinsville, Va.
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