Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-08-14
A CALL TO THE L O
cord.

There was a blacksmith shop on the side of
road in Monroe county called Foust's Shop that
> was a voting precinct. At this box LIS people
voted. Early on the day of the election the voters
all assembled at Foust's Shop and cast a straw
ballot, and the way Foust's Shop went on this
straw vote, it went as a whole when the election
was held. In this way Foust's Shop became the
most important box in the county, for the candi-
date who carried Foust's Shop received a 15
majority from that box. The people of that neigh
borhood were respected for the way they stood to-
gether and made their wishes count. If Foust's
Shop had a candidate, that candidate always re-
celved the united support of the box.
NoXubee county has a smaller electorate than
any other county in the Congressional District
Noxubee is one of the largest and richest counties,
but our large black population reduces us in voting
strength, so it behoves us to stand together so
that the wishes of Noxubee will be respected.
Virginia was the cradle of the Revolution.
Possibly no state contributed so much to the build
ing up of the great republic as Virginia and
when the question of Secession came up, Virginia
'ated to leave the Union it lad done SO much to
construct. Still Virginia voted to stand by her
sister states in the south and her loyalty was re-
'pected by the world.
Nobody gains anything by going back on the
people they live with. When you go back on a.home
man, the man to whom you throw your support
will appreciate it in the same way the British ap-
p%reclated the information given by Arnold, he will
gladly take what is given but lose respect for the
giver.
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Noxubee county will unhestiatingly claim that
e are second to none in the cotton, corn, hay and
live stock that we raise. We are keeping the pace
in our farm business. Now, are we going to say
to the world that we fall short in nothing except
men! That a Noxubee county raised man is not.
up to the mark.
We have that faith and confidence in Noxubee
that we believe when the votes are counted in the
Congressional race that Harden Brooks will have
his home folks behind him almost to a man. Nox-
ubee has never raised and we have yet to believe
that she will ever raise adisloyal son. There was
never p deserter from the Confederate ranks that
hailed from Noxubee, our soil don't grow that
kind of stuff.
Harden Brooks is a descendant of the early set
tiers of Noxubee county, his great-grandfather
settled IN this county and purchased lands from
the government and here his people have lived al.
ways. Harden Brooks was born on a farm in This
county. He received his education in a Mississinni
college, ne received his law degree from Mississ-
ippl University. His disabilities of minority were
removed that he might begin the practice of law
In Noxubee and here he has been ever since. He
is bone of your bone and blood of your blood a
Noxubee county product from start to finish He
has been ambitious and bard working from the very
start. he rose to the top in his profession. and
you all know, and his detractor admits that no
man ranks higher than Harden Brooks as a lawyer
When ne was IN the legislature he was a leader in
that body and an honor to Noxubee, Whom bo
was made District Attorney he went into the dut-
les OF that office and met every lawyer who annear-
ed from any part of Mississippi and we all know
ne held his own and won respect of the neonla Of
the whole district. He has been a leader in every
movement for the better interest of his county
made since ne has Leen grown. He is q man of
!me hlgheSt sense of honor and irreproacbabla
integrity OF character, He has gone over tbo d;s-
tr'ct ana from every single county come back tho
report lhat Brooks is growing like wild6re and +hot
tnere is a strong probability that he will sweon ;nto
office in this his first race. "Oo
Now, this is the kind of Noxubee t;n,hou
are putting up, ard the county calls on every lo,.oI
cltlzen OF Noxubee to come to the coors
NOXUBEE COJrNTv