The Lexington advertiser., 1915-02-05

J. A. Gray is a candidate for super
visor of Beat 3, subject to the action
of the Democratic voters at the party
primaries to be held in August of the
present year. About two decades ago,
Mr.. Gray served the people Of Holes
county in that capacity. his cOadjutors
being S. n. Sample. j. w. Swinney,
S. w. Ellis and Frank Wyatt. Their
tenure of Office were during the epOchal
and historical times when Holmes
county voted to make illegal the sale
of liauor within her borders, and when
the benefcent stock law was adopted.
While the electorate passed these
measures, their submission was the
work of the board, the members Of
which were fearless and staunch in
their advocacy and work for this legis-
lation which subsequent events and
experience have demonstrated TO have
been of far-reaching and potential
benefit. The same board also was
called upon to build a new court house
to replace one burned and our present
temple of Justice" is indeed credit
able monument TO their executive abb
lity and financiering acumen. Holmes
county's court house represents full
value received for money expended IN
its construction; there was absolutely
no graft in any form or fashion, and
the beauty of it all was that its erec-
ton did not leave the county with a
high interest-bearing debt. The whole
affair was managed in such a manner
as to stamp the members of the board
as business men of the highest order
as well as the strictest probity and lof-
tiness of character. He also served
on the subsequent board with equal
distinction and ability. Ever since
that time, Mr.. Gray has each recurrent
four-year period been urged to make
the race for the supervisorship, but
has persistently refused. But at the
present time the inslstence has been
so strong, and the argument so pointed
ly aimed at his patriotism, that he has
yielded to the opportunities of his
friends and fellow citizens, who deem
the present critical time in the affairs
of our county when men of proven abb
lity and unquestioned probity alone
should be put at the helm. The strict
est economy compatible with sound
business principles is the slogan adopt
ed by the people of Holmes county
from now on, and the men they choose
to represent them in the county legisla-
ture must measure fully up to the STAN
dard they have set and be firm and out
spoken in the advocacy of the principles
they insist shall be put into practice.
Mr. Gray in his former service on the
board of supervisors has amply demon
strated his ability to conduct the affairs
of the county on an economical bases,
to permit no leaks or needless eXtraVa-
gances to drain the finances of the
county beyond its legitimate resources
based on tax levy that will not prove
burdensome upon the taxpayers. In
his private affairs, in his farming ope-
rations, Mr.. Gray has also amply de-
monstrated his business sagacity and
his ability to keep the expenses safely
below the income of his well-cOnducted
and well-tilled farm. Mr.. Gray is no
untried experiment; he has made a
record, which has met the cordial ap-
proval of his constituency, and his
services have been of lasting benefit
to the county. His past success in an
official capacity, as well as his ever
increasing success in his personal
affairs, is a positive warranty that in
the event of his selection in the coming
election, his management of the coun-
ty's business will meet the hearty ap-
probation of even the most eXacting
citizen. He has ever been loyal and
true to every trust and has labored as
assiduously and painstakingly to ad-
vance the public good as he has his own
personal interests. Mr.. Gray is type
of the highest citizenship; a Christian
gentleman, a most accommodating and
helpful neighbor, ever ready, willing
and anxious to put his shoulder to the
wheel in the advancement of any
cause that will promote the greatest
good to the greatest number His can
didacy is respectfully submitted to the
fair-minded and patriotic voters of
District No for their earnest consid-
GRAFTON.
D. f. Mclean and E. W. Abel, of
the Eulogy locality, sojourned in Lex
ington Saturday.
B. r. Stigler went to Tchula Monday
to do some plumbing in DR.. 0. D.
Hooker'S drug store