The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-03-20
Clarence Robertson
Makes Statement
To the People of Holmes County

To the People of Holmes County:
know that the purpose of any
public office is the service of the
people. Officers are not maintained
for the personal benefit of the off
ice-holder, but were established by
our forefathers for the benefit of
the public. The Sheriff's office is
your office. You support it with your
tax dollar and from it you are en-
titled to the protection of your lives,
your personal safety, and your pro-
perty.
1t necessarily follows that you are
entitled to know why am candi-
date for Sheriff. Certainly you are
entitled to my solemn pledge in adj
vance that if am given the oppor-
tunity / shall dedicate my term of
office to the faithful execution of all
duties of the office, leaving aside all
thought of my personal benefit. This
pledge / now take and this pledge /
shall, without fear or favor, fulfill
For four years it has been my pri-
vilege to serve the people Of Durant
as their Marshal. In this capacity
have learned at first hand of the
activities of a small yet powerful
group of individuals who have lined
our highways with joints dealing in
liquor, gambling, and other forms of
crime. know what these places have
done and are now doing, especially
to our young people. While these
operators form very, very small
minority of our population, yet they
now believe that they are the rulers
of all our people. They think they
are more powerful than the law, that
they can handily circumvent it. |
believe that $50 of the people of
Holmes county realize that these
lawless places can be quickly put
out of business, that they must be
put out of business. / know that it /
am elected Sheriff can and / shall
put them out of business.
My past life and my personal re-
cord as Marshal of Durant are my
witnesses that l have always been
on the side Of law and order, that !
am in favor of maintaining whole
some living conditions for all our
people, young and old alike. / re-
spectfully submit that my record as
Marshal of Durant is open to every
one and shows honesty, fairness, and
diligence in the enforcement OF all
laws. In other words, / have, within
the corporate limits of the City OF
Durant, diligently executed all the
duties rightfully expected OF faith
full peace officer
know that if elected Sheriff l
shall have the hearty cooperation OF
all law abiding citizens in our coun-
ty and such cooperation will enable
me quickly to rid ourselves OF this
great blot, this indefensible blot up
on our county. Ours is great CO.
unity, we are a great people. Why
should we longer submit to such con-
ditions when they can be speedily
and lawfully eliminated? To put 1t
in such form that there can be no
room for mistake, l now promise you
that if / cannot successfully cope
with this situation, and all other
questions affecting law and order, l
shall resign the office and give you
another chance to elect someone VINO
will. And | have no fear of having
to resign because of any failure on
my part.
May l close by saying that your
support, moral and political, will be
most highly appreciated and will be
returned to you in the form of four
years of faithful service to YOU
Please remember me as conscien-
tious candidate who will be consci-
entious after election.
Respectfully yours,
CLARENCE ROBERTSON