Licking Valley courier., 1917-05-24
Boosting South Stamper.
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announcement,of James M, N :
CLAIM stating his position in the
sheriff's race, in which he sa =
he is with South Stamper anu
Twill be Mr.. Stamper's deputy II
elected. | think that was the
proper step for Mr.. McClain to
take; it let's his friends all over
the, county where his inter-
ests lie. Mr.. McClain's an
tlouncement. is certain to add a
great number of votes to the
Stamper ticket at the primary.
Both of these men made a hard
and honorable race in a three
cornered fight for sheriff four
years ago, and both went down
in defeat. And now the great
bulk of the people feel that these
two men merit the Office this
time. A large element of voters
are going to find it very crafty
ing TO have the privilege of vot-
ing for both of them at the same
time.
| beg to say that | too, am a
prospective deputy in this race
for sheriff; if South Stamper is
elected | will be one of his depu-
ties, and l feel it my duty to
make the fact known to all my
friends and relatives throughout
tine county by making public
statement as Mr.. McClain has
done.
| | was deputy sheriff four years
under Burns Brown and Frank
Kennard. My record is an open
one IN the two clerks offices at
! West Liberty. Those records
/ will show that the State or coun-
W never lost a single cent
through any act of mine. Both
| Burns Brown and Frank Ken
nard will tell you that neither of
them ever lost penny on me as
fthcir-deputs 4or @otherwise; ask
them about it. / executed all
processes, both civil and criminal
promptly whenever it was possi-
bic to do so, and | never wrote
a return that | was ashamed to
be read open In court. | arrest
ed and put under bond more in
dicted persons than all the other
sheritfs and deputies in the coun-
ty during those four years, be-
cause my territory included more
of them at one time, and | never
abused a prisoner or spoke an un-
kind word to one. / was prompt
and vigilant in collecting execu-
tions and paid the money over
promptly. | gladly refer the
voters to the attorneys in West
Liberty as to my success and
promptness in the matter of col
lections. refer to them because
those lawyers have always said
some very nice things for me in
that line, and / think they will
say them again-ask them.
In the collection Of tax wa:
lenient with the people as posi-
bic. | went to their homes
/ hunted them up in their fields
and at their other places of EN-
, ployment;sometimes | would have
, to visit them more than once
= often three or four times-tt t
l give them a chance to make thei
5 ends meet. did not sit in tn,
! sheriff,s S Office and return to m.
= chief a lot of good honest tax
payers as delinquents. did no
y make off a delinquent list for m
territory like the one l see pub
! lished in the COURIER by tn
j Morgan Fiscal Court, made b
S Preacher Lykins at the instanC
t of Charley Henry who took unit
: himself my place in this territor!
| see in the delinquent list for tn
n North Fork precinct men lik
a John Gibson, Lon Howard, Wi
c Howard. These men all fol
q have tax receipts from me; the
r are good taxpayers and hone
D men. In Pleasant Run precin
see marked as delinquents SUI
men as Willie Grayson, Jol
Frank Lewis, Ed Link, Will
Green Ross, Hugh Sergent, Ji
II Sergent, and Attorney All
l. Weaver. Every one of the
4 men hold four tax receipts fro
Al me. There are no honester m,
IN in Morgan county and all of the
have property. Sometimes son
- of them would be hard up and
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