Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1922-11-03
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PERRY POINTS.

1t seems that In these lIardinp
times, the Woodrow Wilson record L
loadcd with dynamite. The labor and
war records Gf the great president
'hine like II beacon light on these
lrorbloua days Republican speakers
who ass,. | Wilson find hard Shedding
Tho following associated press dis
.s...ch appeared in the Bluoiicld Daily
Telegraph:
Coax HI, w. W., Oct. 27-Con.
rrcasmnn l.. $ lIchols, of Charleston
Republican candidate for recollection
VAS Missed from his speaking plat.
ON III tho Knights of Pythias build.
=. here tonight when ho started his
ticsm Of the Wilson nlministlq,-
'"n and management of war prob
lemB. The audience would not permit
an 10 continue and he left the build
ng.
Mr.. Echols was given good atten-
On during the lirst part of his
.jcech, when he rDcoumrcd The me
omplishmcnts OF tho Harding admin
strn.ion, but when he began CRITICS.
hS woodrow Wilson, tho Kissing was
10 gfen. that he was unable to con.
-liue has speech. Police escorted him
30 his hotel'
Oak I'M IS one of the republican,
strongholds Of West Virginia, ana
congressman Echols is one of tn,
states leading republicans. 1t FOL.
.ows, therefore, TINT Mr.. Echols not
It where the rooster go his, from his
swn crowd and on his own stunning
ground. When you mark your bnliot
remember that John III. lInssinpr,
Jtands aquniely behind tho Ilnrtinp
administration, while Geo. G.. pecrS
stands squarely behind the Wilsoi
record.
MIR. Slemp made tho startling ut
teranco hero that ho had never cus,
Il, vote of which ho was ashamed, nnt
thnt he Ind never made statcmen,
ne was willin. to retract. lie snlt
further TINT it didn't pay to tnls,
things back. In an interview reccntl,
gwen to the Big Stone Gap Post, hi.
home paper. Mr.. Slemp stated tim
Latong the line of personal service am
FREQ gifts of money to educntionn
| and kindred causes. George Peery
record is II BLANK. That this state
mcnt il not only not sustained b,
fact, but Is an nntithess of the truth
all Tazewcll people know. And We
Mr.. Slemp is willing TINT TINT state
ment shall stand without qualilica
.ion or excuse. With his own tongu
Mr.. Slemp brands himself us ono VIII
s. willing to tnko political advantae
by misrepresentation.
| Every now and then campaig
| freak rOmps across the stapo of oil
local journalism, but for stupid i'm
pudence and sheer asanine ipnoranc,
the cap and bells are awarded tn
buchanan Mountaineer, published n
Grundy, W., in the interest of M,
Hassinger. To call 1t literarv Wi
Sarian would perhaps be attachin
undue Importance to its utteranco
1t is too putrid and innnc oven to h
funny. We trust it's promoters nm
hackers are satisfied with their inves
mont. When tho campaign is over
ought to be stood on end in vat {
lime and sulphur about the SAN
length Of time required to loosen II
hair on possum's pclt.
| Tho selection Of George peery
bear the democratic standard in th
campaign was not a political accidcn
FOR the past twelve years he hi
been growing in favor with the mas
es of his party In the district. III
excerp which follows from an edit
rial letter appearing in the Bluefie
DAILY Times of December IL, 1918.
: Of interest rs showing Georges d
I. litical status at that time:
Wise, also, is the homo Of Geor.
q. Peery, one of the prominent your
democrats of the district. That he
OF congressional size was recogniz
: two years ago as 1t was general
understood he could have had d
Y nomination which went to Gen. Ayrt
Whatever his reasons may have be-
Tor refusing to permit considerable
of his namo at the Bristol conve
tion, those who know George Pee
are willing to believe they were 81
Q ficient to justify his refusal to n
3 sumo district leadership Mt that time
George Peery now is the democl
!. tic candidate for Congress, not /
81 cause he desired or sought the no
y ination, but because the judgme
3 and conscience Of the inteilige
masses Of the people of this distr
~ osed on him the duty Of lead
ship. His nomination at Bristol v
b. the elimination of twelve years
'e growing esteem, a ground swell
d determination to send him to C,
gress as a nonpartisan representa-
st of the people.
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at One Cent Sale now going on at ia
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