Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-09-27
w. H. Smith for Governor.

the announcement of Mr.. w. II.
Smith, president of the A. & NJ.
College. as a candidate for gov
ernor. and it takes great pleas
ure in heartily endorsing him as
a man in every way fully quail
fed to fill most acceptably the
position to which he aspires.
THE BEACON feels that Mr..
Smith is prominently the mar
to guide the affairs Of this great
State at this particular time for
the following reasons:
LIST. Just at this time Mississ-
ippi needs a governor whose re-
cord as a patriotic American is
one hundred per cent pure, Mr..
Smith is such a man. Altho. well
above the draft age, being now
in his ifty-third year, Mr.. Smith
has been in no sense a Stacker,
but has toiIed increasingly forthe
success Of his country. As chair
man Of the State Council of De-
Tense he has rendered faithful.
unselfsh and distinguished SER
vice, and Mississippi has already
shown to the world that the peo-
pie of this great State are deter
mined to put none but true Amer
leans on guard in this hour OF
high resolve.
End. This is no time to listen t
the siren voice Of the profession
al politician. The time demand
that we eXalt to office men 0
sound judgment. of proved pa
triotism, of unselfsh service, an,
the BEACON firmly believes tha'
Mr.. Smiths record unquestiona
lily shows him to be that kind O.
man. The politician has had hi
day =; this is the day of the tried
and true patriot.
Sd. Mississippi needs at this
time a man, who having riser
from the ranks of the toilinp
masses, has never tried to ex.
plot the masses for his personal
benefit a man who is of the PEG.
pie, not above them; who has la
bored faithfully to better their
condition without eternally per-
%petrating some Issue" by which
to secure his election to office.
Mr.. Smiths record shows that he
has been in no sense a designing
politician.
4th. Mississippi needs at this
time a man who has never made
himself in any way offensive to
any political faction. This is no
time to nurse grievances, to seek
political revenge. to keep burn
ing the fires of personal and fac
tional differences. The supreme
duty of the hour is to win this
war, and Mississippi needs as gov
ernor a man who would enjoy
from the very first day of his tax
ing office the respect of the mem
bers of all factions in State poll
tics, so that we may cease fight
ing each other and united turn
our faces toward the common en-
envy. The BEACON believes Mr..
Smith is the man supremacy fitted
for this task.
From farm boy on a rented
farm to the leadership of the
Boys Corn club of the State!
From school teacher in a one
teacher country school to presi-
dent of one of the greatest col.
'eges of its kind in America , His
career reads like a romance, Yet
throughout all the years when
hat career was being made Mr..
Smith met only with success after
success. And his success has
come, not from selfish endeavor,
but has, from its very beginning,
been won as a meager reward for
his untiring service to the people
of his native State. What the
farmer boys owe to Mr.. Smith
for his work in behalf of the corn
clubs of the State is beyond esti-
nation. What the cause of edu-
cation owes to him for his SER
vice as supervisor of rural schools
in MiSSiSSinni. his work in estah.