Mountain advocate., 1921-07-29
OFF AGAIN, ON AGAIN,
GONE AGAIN, FLANAGAN
To my Friends:

monwealth's A .torney. have never
looked back since started. The
people do not have to guess as to
whether / am of or on. was not
promised the use of big slush fund
when I started and I promised no
body to contribute to one. I am
running strictly on my merits and
my record as County Attorney of
Whitley County.
Two others announced when did,
Mr.. Catron and Mr.. Culton. Mr..
Culton quit the race several weeks
ago. He came on again last week
but decided he could not win and
quit again. Mr.. Catron signed a
statement withdrawing on July 18th
in the law office of X. N. Jarvis, in
the City of Barbourville. in the pres
ence of Mr.. Jarvis and others and
had this statement published in the
newspapers
The report comes to me now that
Mr.. Catron has runners out over the
District and that he has circulars
out over his signature telling people
that the report that he is off the
track is false
In all my political experience !
have never seen anything as small
as that. II the report is false Mr..
ICatron himself Is author of 1t. He
did quit the track. He did sign a
statement withdrawing from the
race and he signed it on the day and
lplace and in the place and in the
lpresence mentioned above.
He sent the original statement to
Williamsburg and had II run in the
Whitley Republican. Hon. A. T. ST.
Ter carried the statement to the news
paper office and Mr.. Siler now has
the original with Mr.. Catrons sig
nature to It. 1t Is exactly as publish
ed In the papers. ?
John Catron, father OF Fred Cat
ron. took copy OF the statement
to the Mountain Advocate, a news
paper published In Barbourvile, and
had II pubilshed In that paper. Now
II II Ia faise report who put II out?
Mr.. Uhtfeh told his brothef-in-la~
Ray Ballard, VINO had been making
4 reht tor him. that he was OF the
tfAok and told him that ne released
him and all his frisads 10 vote for
whom they pleased, Mr.. ontron told
huXdrsds OF men in Bafhoufviiie and
Knox County that he was OFF the
track.
After hearing the conflicting re-
ports | went to Barbourviile TO in
vestigate and / asked Mr.. Catron on
the street In Barbourville on We'd
nesday. July goth, II he was a candi
date and he told me he was not a
candidate then. | cannot understand
his conduct in coming of the track
and then putting out the report that
he had not done so.
II he is still candidate 7 chaI-
llenge him now to name the place or
places and the time when and where
we shall engage in joint debate and
settle the issues as to whether he
lsigned a statement Withdrawing
from the race, and as to whetr er his
own father took a copy of his with
ldrawal to the paper and had it pub
lished. I dare him to meet me on
any stump and deny these things.
| have the sworn statement of his
own brother-in-law stating that he
told him he was off the track.
Regardless of reports and regard
less OF whether or not l have opposi-
tion | want all my friends, both men
and women, to go to the polls and
vote for me.
| cannot tell what a man will do
who will sign and publish q state
ment and then deny that he did so.
For that reason ask all my friends
all over the District to be on the
lookout for any kind of report be-
tween now and the Primary. Do
not be deceived by any kind OF re-
port.
! The withdrawal statement of Mr..
Catron as signed by him and fur
. nished the Advocate was published
/ July 18th. The affidavit of his
brother-in-law. Ray Ballard. is pub
= lished below.
The people all over the District
: have shown that they are for me and
I ask them all to vote for me-
Yours very truly.
j. c. BIRD.
State OF Kentucky