Graham guardian., 1916-10-20
Announces His Candidacy
for County Attorney of
Graham County

To THE VOTERS OF GRAHAM
COUNTY:
| fully realize that it is the
duty of each aspirant to office to
meet the people personally and
give them his views as to the
manner and method in which he
will conduct the affairs of the
county, if chosen as a servant of
the people, and to do so would
be my pleasure. However, this
is a duty and a pleasure that l
will be greatly deprived of by
reason of my present connection
with the. county attorneys Of
fee. ~
was appointed by the Board
Supervisors to fill out the unex-
pired term of Mr.. MCGOWAN, our
former county attorney, which
appointment took effect on the
first day of October; the grand
jury convened on the second day
Of October, which occupied my
entire time until the fourth; the
Superior Court convened on the
ninth, and has now taken a re-
cess until the eighteenth, this
recess being occasioned by the
condition of business in the
county attorneys Office. l came
into the county attorneys Office
without any instruction or assis-
lance whatever from the former
county attorney, and knew abso-
lutely nothing about the condi-
ton of the business, and what in
formation that was possible to
secure, was furnished me by
Judge McAlister and Mr.. Warren
Smith, clerk of the Superior
Court, to whom thanks are due
for any progress that may have
been made since the first of Oc-
tober.
There are many matters now
pending in the Superior Court,
as we'll as in the county attorneys
Office. that require special and
continuous attention, and unless
these matters receive proper at
tention the same will work an
irreparable injury to the county.
There is now a tax case pend
ing before the State Supreme
Court, in which a brief must be
made and filed on or before the
twenty-second of this month,
which is almost a physical impos-
sibility; however, l will do my
best to take care of the situation
and to properly attend to the
business Of the county attorneys
office, even tho the same should
cause my defeat in the general
election.
l accepted the appointment as
county attorney and when | did,
so, l figured that l accepted the
appointment with it's disadvan-
tages as we'll as it's advantages.
| do not believe it would be right
for me to draw the salary of
county attorney and at the same
time give my attention and time
to the advancement of my cam
paign. Early in the year, l con-
sented to make the race for the
nomination as county attorney
and was assured that l would
have no opposition in the general
election, and had l known that l
would have opposition, / would
not have accepted, nor even
considered the appointment as
county attorney.
am in the race to win. and
will avail myself of every oppor-
tunity possible to meet the peo-
pie personally, and will be glad,
at any time, to take up with any
one in my office or elsewhere, any
matters pertaining to the county
attorneys Office, or to my candi-
dacy, and l hope to be able to
meet the most of the voters be-
fore the general election. Wheth-
er l meet you or not, my policy
after election will be the same
as before, which is, to treat
everybody fair and square and
to see, so far as it is in my power,
that every man gets exact justice
before the law. As stated be-
fore the primary, and which is
here again promised and will be
fully carried out, if elected, that,
so far as it is in my power, | will
see that every violation of any
and all laws are prosecuted and
will assure you that l will give
you my best efforts to secure a
full and complete enforcement
of same. -