The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1920-08-13
SURPRISE PARTY
AT SPRINCVILLE
BUsBY "MEETs" sIssoN AND
LIKE THE FELLOW WHO HAD
HOLD OF THE BEARS TAIL
HE WAS IN A HELUFAFIX.

Hon. T. U. Sisson and Hon. jeff
Busby, candidates for Congress from
the Fourth Congressional district,
canvassed Pontotoc county last week,
Mr.. Sisson entering the county at
Randolph on Wednesday and Mr.. Bus
by on Friday. Each had separate ap-
pointments but accidently they both
had appointments tSpringville for
Saturday afternoon, Mr.. Busby at
O'Clock and Mr.. Sisson at o'clock.
The people were very much interested
because of Mr.. Busby's charge that
Sisson had refused to meet him on the
stump and there was a good crowd
there to hear both speakers.
Mr.. Busby made his usual speech.
occupying one and half hours Af-
er he had finished his speech Mr.. Sis
son spoke, first taking up and an
swering every charge Mr.. Busby had
made against him. He answered the
charge that he had gotten a bill pess-
ed to relieve Mr.. Lawrence Lathem,
postmaster at Euporia, giving all the
facts and stated that when the post
office was broken into and robbed,
Postmaster Latham was in North Car
DINA at the bedside of his wife, who
died shortly afterward. That the
investigation by the postoffice author
tiles exhonorated all Of the employees
connected with the Euporia postoffice
He explained the charge of misuse
of his frank in sending out bulletins
to his constituents as issued by the
Department of Agriculture, and stat
ed. ''If Mr.. Busby knows of the mis-
use Of my frank, why didn't he report
it to the Postoffice Department? 1t
is prepared to prosecute all VIOLA
tons"
Mr.. Sisson explained his vote on
the selective draft and answered Bus
by's charge on the length of service
in Congress and stated tina tthe only
qualification Mr.. Busby had advanced
in asking for election to Congress was
the fact that he served his county one
term as County Attorney
After defining his position on all
public questions at issue, he gave an
account OF Ess stewardship since he
had been in Congress, and turning to
Mr.. Busby he asked, "Have you not
made the statement that you are 100
per cent American and criticized my
Americanism Mr.. Busby stated
that he had not. Mr.. Sisson then
asked him the direct question, "Do
you now deny that you are 100 per
cent Americana" Mr.. Busby an
swered, ''It is none of your business.
Mr.. Sisson turning to the audience
said :"I am now and have always been
100 per cent American, notwlthstand-
ing any statement made by anyone
to the contrary"
Mr.. Sisson, turning to Mr.. Busby,
asked: "Did you make the charge here
that you have made in some of the
towns, that l voted to seat Victor
Burger?" His answer to this ques-
ton was, 81 did not have time" Mr..
Sisson then said, "You had all the
time you wanted. Why did you not
tell them, and in my presence, make
the same charges? But as you have
not, I will tell them and give them all
the facts in the Burger case"
Mr.. Sisson then tried to draw Mr..
Busby out on several National ques-
tions, but his answer was, "You have
the floor"
Mr.. Sisson has many friends in
pontotoc County who were interested
in the charge made by Mr.. Busby
that Mr.. Sisson would not meet him
on the stump, but there remains no
doubt in the minds of the people who
heard both men speak at Springville
last Saturday, that Mr.. Sisson is fully
able to tax care of himself in politi-
cal debate with any candidate for
Congress who may attack his record.