The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-07-22
GREAT DAY At PUCkETT

The candidates were given q
hearty welcome at this place or
last Saturday the 18th. All run
ming for Sheriff were here except
DR.. Kersh who evidently missed
a number of hand shakes ano
probably evaded many dopes.
All for Chancery Clerk were
present and met with the hospl-
tally usually shown candidates
at this place.
Messrs. Cox and Lindsey were
on the ground and seemed to DC
in a hand shaking contest.
We regret that Mr.. Bullock
was not present though his op-
ponent was very courteous
throwing no mud balls at all.
The trio for assessor was with
us although they have not
changed their song since we last
met them.
Only five for County Treasurer
were present, sorry the remain
der of the lineup was not here,
for it formerly required nine to
have a fair game.
All for Supervisor of this beat,
five, were present from Mr.. Ba-
ker on the top to Mr.. Chapman
on the bottom, as it appears in
the announcements.
Hon. J. R. East, popular candl-
date for District Attorney, made
a flying trip here and just in
time to speak for a few minutes,
during which time he denied the
charge of 'meddling" with the
new county proposition in the
last Legislature.
All candidates for Represen-
tatives were here and delivered
excellent speeches considering
the limited time of thirty min
utes. DR.. Boone acted as mas
| ter of ceremonies who introdu-
ced each with strong and vigo-
rous language. The one regret
of the voters of this place is that
they cannot cast a ballot for
each.
Mr.. J. c.. Robinson, a former
Representative of this county,
was the first speaker. He stated
something of the distressed con-
ditions of the state at present,
and made the assertion that it
would require the most economi-
cal legislation in order to save
| the states money box.
All speakers stated in common
the following points:
Believe in economy; favor
liberal, not extravagant, legis-
lation; a redistribution Of the
public school funds of the state,
which will require constitu-
tional amendment. and opposed
| to any new county. Mr.. Rob-
inson stated further that some
Sheriffs in this state received as
much as $4,000. 90 per annum.
Following Mr.. Robinson Hon.
w. E. Mcintyre made a strong
lappeal to the voters in his hear
ing. One plank in his platform
| is the enlargement of the Chan
Gerry and Circuit Court districts.
He referred to the immigration
Law of California and believes
such legislation would be help
full to us. Mr.. Mcintyre spoke in
very complimentary terms of
his opponents and stated that
they were all fighting for the
same common cause, namely, a
general state reformation.
Mr.. Davis next presented his
claims as to the right to a seat
in the Lower House Of the State
| Legislature. This gentleman
stated that he had much rather
have his record as asprivate citi-
zen than the records Of public
officers whom he knew. He prom
ised that if elected he would not
be moulded by any private con-
Germ to the detriment of the
state or any part thereof In
his closing address Mr.. Davis
paid a beautiful tribute to the
Old Soldiers of our state.
Mr.. Webster was the next on
the platform and we know from
the simple fact that he has not
beens osborn that his strength
has not yet departed from him,
From the general tenor of his
speech we know that this man
stands for the general upbuild-
ing of the. state. Mr.. Webster
stated that he had been a far