The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1922-06-09
TO COME
D|SCRUNTLES FRIENDS
Ex-senator Vardaman's Campaign
Headquarters Wrote That Doctors
Forbid His Taking the Risk. Did
Not Want Burch To Waste Rations,
Says Letter.

The following letter from Mr.. G
w. Dowdy was published in tn,
MOnitor-Herald, published at Cal
houn City, of June 1. The letter
speaks for itself. 1t will be observed
that Mr.. Dowdy states that Varda
mans campaign headquarters wrote
that "his doctors had advised him
not to make any speeches before
July II, advice, it seems, that would
have been unnecessary had the ex-
Senator been enjoying good health
as some of his friends assert in spite
the contrary.
1t will also be noted that Mr.. Dow
dy stated that he and others "did
not care to waste any rations to hear
Mr.. Burch". Vardaman's campaign
headquarters evidently offered to
send Mr.. Burch to speak at the time
so much was being planned for the ex-
Senator.
Pretty we'll authenticated reports
emanating from Calhoun County car
ry the news that the failure of the
ex- Senator to appear was quite dis
concerting to his supporters and that
some resentment was expressed over
the failure to keep the appointment
Evidently no goat" was wanted -
Burch did not appeal to these good
people:
Vardaman, Miss, May 22, '22.
Monitor Herald:
Please permit me to make an
explanation in regard to the great
speaking we were to have here on
May 80. The people generally looked
to me to secure a date from James
K. Vardaman to come here and make
US a speech, so / set to writing Mr..
Vardaman in February,1922, and got
an agreement from him to come May
30th and meet us. So / wrote to the
papers and they were all very nice
to me. They put my announcements
in every one | ask them to, and we
got up our committees and went a.
head and put up our speakers stand
nnd eats; also a tablas enc lad es-'-
rything in apple pie order for the
rally. So on Friday mornings train
l got letter from Vardaman's head
quarters saying that Vardaman was
not able to come and that his doctors
had advised him not to make any
speeches before July 1st. We did
not care to waste any rations to hear
Mr.. Burch, so rendered the Stephens
people the honor and all We had done |
and proposed going right on and hav-
ing the speaking and let all the state
come on and give Mr.. Ste
phens the time that Vardaman was
to have had. But the Stephens men
could not get their consent to have
Mr.. Stephens to come, so we had to
call the entire day off.
Hoping no one will think hard of
ne for anything have done, and that
we may be permitted to hear these
good men some time in the future,
remain,
Yours truly,
G. w. DOWDY.
In the same issue of the Monitor
Herald, the following editorial COM
nent was made under the caption,
Friends Disappointed,
II which it will be noted that it is
stated that Mr.. Vardaman is return
ng to Hot Springs, which will be his
econd time there within few weeks:i
"The people of the county were
cry much disappointed to learn that
he speaking date of Ex-senator Var
lcman had to be cancelled at Varda-
nafi On the Goth. We are told that
he cancellation did not reach Var
Iaman until Friday and that strong
fort was made to get the Senator
O come ahead and fill the engagement
S all arrangements, such as the erec- .
ion of the speakers stand, tables, ,,
to-, had been made and cattle had !,
cen purchased for the barbecue. :
We notice that Senator Vardaman
avs in a statement publishe in the ,
Weekly of May 25, that his physician ;
Insists that he remain quiet until the :,
st of July, and that he intends to
O so. That he will probably return
0 Hot Springs this week to resume
he bath treatments which he had
cen taking up to last Sunday, after
yhich he will go to sor1e quiet place
0 remain 10 or Is days. He says
hat there is no cause for alarm a.
long his friends, as he is alright.
eve regret his inability to meet t
ne engagement in this county IS his
riends here have looked forward to {
is coming for several months. we
rust that he will recover his health
nd meet with US at some future S
lme."