The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-02-09
BUCK GARRETT FOR SHERIFF

BUCK GARRETr FOR SHERIFF
ANY man who can hold down an
elective office for five consecutive
terms and still have a majority of
the citizenry clamoring for him to
again represent them must possess
some personality; he must not only
have personality but he also must
have degree OF magnetism about him
that inslnctively attracts friends, and
he must further possess the qulifi-
cation of an officer of the first mag
uitudc.
Not many men have the temerity
TO shy their "castors" in the political
ring five consecutive times and then
put il there again for the sixth term,
not in Oklahoma, but that is what
has been done in Carter county ana
the ever increasing majorities by
which this old lid has been recog-
nlzed is evidence enough that the
people are the best judges OF what
they want
When statehood dawned upon the
horizon of Oklahoma, Buck Garrett
was chief Of police of Ardmore, and
he was making good officer. He
was not in the first running for coun.
ty office, at the time Mr.. Akers was
elected sheriff, but after that con
cluded he would be at the second pri-
mary election.
lie entered the race against n large
field and after the smoke OF bat.
In 1a1
| that Carter county had elected q new
sheriff.
His first term demonstrated that
Garrett was an officer. He might
not have been acceptable TO all tho
people at the polls, but he was most
acceptable when anything went wong
and a law breaker was to be appre-
hended, and the voters have been
returning him TO office from that
date until this and he is now can.
didate to succeed himself at the com
| ing primary election.
I Buck Garrett has an uncanny ltnack
at thief catching, and rarely does one
escape who has committed a depre-
dation in this section. He knows all
| their tricks and wiles and checkmates
| them and eventually has them be
| hind bars. The anti-horsc thief aSso-
catiCn have the records OF Garrett
ana other sheriffs IN the southwest
and his record stands out as a shin
| ing example to all the rest
Mr.. Garrett is forceful campaign
er; but in making his camaign nc
uses methods uniquely his own lie
| does not bore an audience TO death
with longwinded speeches eXtolling
! his qualifications. In fact he never
made but one speech in his life. Dur
| ing the first campaign he was befoe
thre people he arose at Milo and de.
! livered what he afterward said he
/ thought was fine address. The re-
suits, however, did not justify his
thought, he did not receive a vote
at that box in the primary, and the
| candidate on the socialist ticket beat
| him in the general election, in that
| particular precinct, Bucks speeches
| have been OF a personal nature since
but they seem TO be most affective
| There is no better known man OF
officer in the southwest than Buck
! Garrett. From this time he left his
native home in Murray county, Ten
nessee, for Texas, he has been an
officer. and his record as such is
what has put him where he is today
After coming to the Indian Terri
tory he worked for several years a.
a deputy marshal and his record viii
the federal department is another
good thing in his favor.
His loyalty has never been qucs
toned, and there are many in Car
ter county who owe debts Of gratitude
60 him for what he has accomplish
ed in their behalf in days gone by
MIR. Garrett is not long on making
lengthy promises to the public. to bC
forgotten after the election, but hi:
word when once given, is as good a'
a bond and ne always sees that it Il
not violated.
Much might be written Of what hC
has accomplished since serving In,
people Of Carter county as their sher
iff, but he is modest and prefers Il
let his record as an officer be tn,
best recommendation for future pref
crmeut.
Mr.. Garrett states that he viii
make his formal announcement with
in q few days and let the people
know just what to expect if they
again homo him with their suffrage.