Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-09-24
MONTEREY, FRIDAY SEP. "a, 1920
Tenth District Congressional Fight

/ H. c. Grasty of Augusta into the
Congressional fight in the Tenth DIS
trict as an independent candidate IN
opposition to Representative II. y.
Flood. the Democratic nominee, ana
long the distinguished Congressman
from this district, will no doubt De
received with regret by many Dem
Gratis of the district. Mr.. Grassy Is
being pushed by the Farmers Union
of Augusta county, who will no doubt
solicit the support of the Rockbrlase
Farmers Union for their candidate.
It is unfortunate that the organiza-
tions Of falr1ers should be used to
promote the political interests OF any
candidate, md their entrance into
politics may mean the end OF their
usefulness to the farmers of the
country.
MIR. Flood. by his long and dis
tinguished service to his country and
party. will no doubt be reelected by
o handsome majority, which he SO
Justly deserves.-Lexington Gazette.
The above from the Lexington Ga
hette of July %, speaks for itself and
II tells what we have referred to before.
We regret to see the Farmers Union
IS attempt to be made the foot ball or
Mr.. Grasty and other politicians in
this way. Mr.. Flood has been our
able Representative for p years. AS
q GARNER he has few equals. lie
owns and operates the best farms in
o IS State. lis home is an ideal
h, operated and conducted in the
->MSst systematic manner. His farm
in Arsho.rt On James River is one
OF the finest farms in Amherst county
fIr. Flood has ct all times voted for
sr.. advoc, ted what was to, the in
tcia.t CT the farmers. We have never
I heard it cI&i.nod otherwise. So with
his o-rcrieic~, ability, loyalty and
intcrcgt, he ccu;G Mr. Grasty i'm
prove n hin: Can he or anybody
elce GO it? We don't know Mr..
Grcaty personally. We knew he
+ Represented Augusta County one term
in the Virginia Legislature blouse
of Representatives, and for some
reason. We Er2w rot, he don't return
next session. TO the point, we learn
the Farmers Union meeting that
brought out Mr.. Grasty in Augusta
county had about SO members pres
ent-a per cent f that body in Au-
g11sta, and large part f them pres
vent &ere Republicans. Naturally
they (RepuE!icans) opposed Mr..
Flood. Mr. Crasty helped to or
ganize the Farmers Union in 1919,
and low in 1920 he is trying to use
the order politically to put himself in
Office or an honored position. We
don't know what kind Of farmer
Mr. Grasty is or what kind of q Rep
resantative he will make. Will he
Go better than Mr.. Flood? The
Farmers UCicn is non-political, but
Mr. Grasty, It's member, is using it
10 promote his political fortunes The
old Grange which 1ourished in 1870
went to pieces at the hands of its po-
i;tical members. The Farmers AL
f. iiance which f1ourished in the SOS
went t. pieces the same way. So
the Farmers Union if controlled by
its political members who are in it
for political purposes, may be expect
cd 10 go likewise, We invite the
members of the Amherst Farmers
Union to consider these facts and re-
cord. We know the farmers of Am
herst with few exceptions are true,
loyal Democrats, while they have at
heart the best interest Of the Farm
Scrs Ua ion.-AlIherst New Era Sept 2
Mrs. elizabeth Liggett, who mas
-bocn visitlQg her daughter, Mrs. W.
H. MatEe ny. left Saturday for Staun-
ton.
O.
There is nothing mCIe encouraging