Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1915-07-22
A Last Appeal.

The last appeal to the demo- I
cratic voters of Morgan County. J
You will on August 18th, 1915,
go to each of.yo,,,s@oting places
and there and then cast your
votes for one of three candidates
for the office Of Circuit Court
Clerk, and |, your humble Ser
vent, being one of the three can
didates for your support in\ this
race.
don't ask you to give me this
nomination because | have al
ways been a true and loyal demo-
crat and supported all of its nomi-
nees, and all of my people have
done the same, but because feel
myself fully competent and
qualified to perform all the duties
of said office, and need what
money l can make out Of the
said office.
Fellow democrats, you all know
that it is impossible for me to get
out and go all oyer this county
and see each of Ayou personally
as my opponents Aare doing, and
if l could l would not be asking
you for this nomiS patton, but the
hand of affiiction Has been placed
upon me and left lime in such a
physical condition that it is out
of my power to come and see
you all; therefore l 4 sk each and
all of you for your support, if |
do not get to see you
Kind friends you \ know that. il
tis-out OF my power to 60 out and
perform manual labor for support
and that this is the only. place
that can work to make a living,
and support myself and family.
} l want to be self supporting; to
: make my own living if can work,
} and | believe the good people of
this county are going to give me
= this office and tell me to go ahead
and support myself with the pro-
5 ceeds of the Circuit Court Clerks
I Office.
= Some of my opponents are tel
= ling you that / have been in
= Office all my life and have plenty
of money. Now they know, and
! and most every voter in this
4 county knows that never was
elected to Office or held county
4 office in my life. | have worked
] for men who have been
! elected Ito and they paid me
t for it just as you would a man
: working for you on the farm, and
a as to money matters | have been
e compelled to pay all | ever made
/ on account of sickness of myself
: and family. A great many of
you know of the financial condi-
D ton that was placed in during
S my father and mothers sickness
/ and death. But friends let me
! tell you what little | had went
free for their relief as far as
4 could assist, and since their
: death l have had to spend all |
D made on myself and wife, so to-
] day am in debt and have a mort
e gage on our little home and I'M
f less get this nomination it will
t be impossible for me to pay said
S mortgage, so my house will have
n to be sold from myself, wife and
i little baby.
e Now friends if you want to
: help me pay this mortgage and
n help me keep my home and sup
a port my family vote for me on
r the 7th of August.
9 In my first announcement
r said that was a candidate for
u the Office of Circuit Court Clerk,
k subject to the action of the demo-
e cratic primary, and that would
t make the race alone without the
Y promise OF deputyship, clerk hire
i or reward to any person or per-
n sons whomsoever, binding my
u self under that promise, so today
n there is no man got any promise
n from me directly or indirectly.
S Now when you vote for me you
C ora yotino foy mo ond mo nlnno