Mountain advocate., 1921-06-24
DAVIS APPARENTLY
LEADS FOR SHERIFF
(By Landon Smalling)

county Offices is very active, and a
large number Of candidates are in
the field For some of the offices IL
is apparently an easy matter to pick
out the winners, of whom w. II.
Davis, a candidate for sheriff is one.
He was one of the first in the county
to announce for office, and his pros
poets for election in the August
primary certainly appear brighter
than that Of any other candidate in
the race for sheriff. To begin with
he knows practically everybody in
the county and practically every
body in the county knows him-and
that, too, as a man highly qualified
for the position he aspires to hold.
He was born and reared in Knox on
a farm and received a common
school education in that county.
From the time as a young man
Mr.. Davis has taken an active part
i'm politics. He always was a Re-
publican and has frequently stump
ed the county and district for the
success of the Republican ticket.
| am told that Knox has a voting
strength of about $500 and that
heavy feminine vote, looking for a
man who can restore order in the
county is expected, and reports
from all sections of the county un-
questionably indicate that a large
majority of the voters, both men
and women, are of the opinion that
the law will be respected with the
type of man as Mr. Davis as sheriff
of the county.
Mr.. Davis has been farmer and
school teacher. In 1909 he was elect
ed iailer over large number of can
didates for that Office, which he left
with a record that any man might
be proud of. At the expiration OF
his term as jailer he ran on the Bull
Moose ticket for sheriff and was de-
feated in a close race. Even as I,
and majority of Republicans, he
never has had occasion to feel sorry
of having been a follower of that
, great patriot and statesman, Theo-
J dore Roosevelt
The subject of our sketch, Mr..
, Davis, soon after his political de-
| feat went on the road as a travel
- ing salesman, and in this capacity
he has been a great success. Some
( twenty odd statesmen represent the
e house he is with and it is said he
has captured every prize worth
y while that the company has offered
d to their men. One certain prize he
4 won was trip to Europe, but Mr..
Davis did not take advantage of it..
But, regardless of what his position
e was he would take the stump when
T, campaigns rolled around and use
@ his tireless energy and fine talent
- for the overthrow of the Democra-
J. tic party and the ascendancy of the
l. Republican party. The people of
IS Barbourville tell me that he is a
|, very able debater and stump speaker
It His father was the Rev. Jack
W Davis, a Baptist minister. His
l. mother before her marriage was a
e WoOllum. His father resided in
2, Knox County.
Mr.. Davis has reared nine child.
Ic ren, six of whom are married. His
/ relationship in the county is very
II large. He has a great number OF
n kindred by both his father and
II mother.
l. The first man | met in Barbour
RS willie said Davis would get the Re
II publican nomination in the August
le primary. The second man told me
the same story, the third man and SC
IS on the same. / failed to find a mar
S, who predicted his defeat or his run
81 ming poor race.
rs In all my experience as a politica
t writer | have not seen indication!
IN point more clearly to the certain
4r election of any man than they dC
now to Davis for the Republican
nomination for sheriff OF Knol
County. Unless reports from differ
OF ent parts of the county are extreme
d ly biased. and this is entirely un
s. likely, he will come out of the pri
- mary with an immense majority.
= regard his victory as a foregone con
clusion. The people of Knox count!
are eager for law enforcement, pro
badly more eager than at any tim,
= in great number of years, and al
o stated, they believe Davis preemi
~ nently qualified to check the wav'
he of crime that is sweeping over thu
Or country, insofar as Knox county Il
20 concerned. The sentiment is 81
strong and determined for him tina