The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-07-26

sss~e wssh the Local Board ol
Hickman County and take the
same view ~ they do os :Ac s.as
ter.
| \. A. LARKiNS
Chairman. Local Board al Dick.
| son. Team"
| May sdd thai II | had lived 10
Dickson County ~ years. ~ n. T,
w Miner hsa L would NO. do ~
he has done--ao to the place oi
his birth with fapr- page pamphlets
protes:ins ha loyalty to this Gov
eminent ~ people who have
knc~n him Ill Am Efe.
h. r. v. Miller has in every
speech in Dickson County. in my
presence. protested how loyal he
was. when his loyalty was not
questioned by me. ''Bu. thoughts
are fathers of words" He hsA
from the hra. boa.,ed of his aid to
our Government, My reply has
been ,ha, our Government ex-
pee,ed our aid and ii 10 our duty
to lend il.
NV two brothers are in the army,
The hsa. having volunteered in
nearly every branch oi the service,
only To be returned home: he Is
now driving an ambulance at
Camp Pitc. Ark The other. I'm
ish,ng school in Jane. volunteered
and is in the Marine Corps. a, Par.
is Island. S. {.
Frankly. | cannot sec what RI. T.
v. Miilers attack upon me and my
family has to do with politics, and
| regard j, NJ purely personal and
inspired by the fac, that "lsnor.
anee hates the intelligence that cx.
poses .,s laeks."
H. T. V. Miller has invited an
attack upon himself and the Miller
family by his publ,shed article. bu,
believe that a mans competency
should decide hi. election. there.
fore decline to attack the Miller
family and i,s war record.
May | state ,ha. wha, have said
about my opponen,s. has been to
their faces and in the presence
OF voters d Dickson County, l.
have spcn, no time gum ahoe,na"
oves,he county spreading literature
wholly devoid oi truth. Knowing
IT. T V. Miller az do. ~,sh to
mention ,ha, the Germans whipped
the Italians by distributing printed
propaganda among them. ask
my trends to see that M,llcrs pro
paganda now being distributed j.
no, believed in my case.
| live in Dickson County and
have paid taxes in this county and
arm now building me q home in
the hrs, d,atrici of this county. May
| state further tha, arm Demo
era, and have always been one
| believe firmly in all the principle.
Of Democracy. Tn. a more than
IA T V Miller hs. been able to
say, a. he refused to submit to
party action and ran independent
ly Asa,ns, the regular nominee and
wa. elected by the Republican
vote two years ago. Now having
d compulsdryp PRIMARY raw. he tmns
hs back upon the Republican
party and asks that he be endorsed
by the Democrats as then nominee
:. Nix political enemies have been
able to hnd nothing against my
record. in sny respect, excepting
the TAG, ,ha, | am in the draft age
| never knew before that a man
sub,ee, to call to go forth and fight
and il need be. die for hi. country.
va. a d,sgraeeful being. .nd he
and h,. family suh,ee, to bitter
personal attacks, especially by a.
man whose own father was born
in Germany and who u half Ger.
man himself May | add tha, Mr. |
Wecms and Mr. Fraxier are both
OF draf, age, and are seeking an
SyeM o7,oep
have endeavored to conduct a
campaign on high plane and
worthy OF Anyone have con-
hded my efforts to win votes to
the stump IN the presence OF my
opponent. and have stated IN
every speech that i any question
was asked me. ! would answer IT,
Il proof was required to subsssna.
ate sny statement | had made.
would eh~crtulis furnish II
Libel !. the snarl OF bafRed en-
w and the certain lew pola.,ans
who are prssans n. T. V. Miller.
are doing Il bec.Yse they carry
special licenses TO prey upon their
fellow men.
In oonductins my csmps,sn and
beirx 4 rensleman. | refuse to be
drawn into i controversy with the
D,ek.on County HerslI. which