No more vote-buying
This picture appeared in the May 27, 1964 edition of The Times Journal, which was the newspaper formed in Dodge County when the Eastman Times and the Dodge County Journal merged in 1888. The picture depicts people from the Ollie B. Peacock political camp and the Lewis F. Mullis political camp in front of the Dodge County Courthouse as the two sides agreed there would be no more vote-buying in the runoff for sheriff of Dodge County. The caption under the picture read: This picture should be framed and placed in positions of importance throughout Dodge County as a reminder that it can be done. It is estimated that literally thousands of dollars were saved in a maneuver that made the picture possible. It shows the lieutenants, colonels and generals of the Mullis and Peacock political camps after they had agreed there would be no more vote-buying in Tuesday’s run-off primary. And to make the agreement more binding, each side put up $1,000 and said to the other, “If you catch us buying another vote, you get my $1,000.” Ladies and gentlemen, that brought the vicious practice of buying and selling votes to a screeching halt in Lee (Eastman) district. According to reports this morning, nobody has an extra thousand. Shown in the picture are (l-r) front row, Ollie B. Peacock, representing himself; Mrs. George Williams, representing her brother; Sheriff Lewis F. Mullis; Pork Daniel for Peacock; Pete Dupree; Jack Loyd for Peacock; and Terrell Weeks for Mullis.
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#1
Sandra
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11/18/09 at 02:14 PM
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Ha ha ha ha ... oh, they were serious?
#2
Ken
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11/19/09 at 06:03 AM
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Yeah well....you see how that works these days...the more I read about what is going on there...the more glad I am gone....
#3
Pinky
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11/19/09 at 09:48 AM
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This picture should be made into a HUGE billboard and posted smack dab in the middle of Eastman. Maybe it would make all of the people who want to get elected to the sheriff's office, the school board and the city council clean up their act. Ya think? Nah--not a chance! And some people wonder why the kids do what they do! It's pretty simple, they learned it at home.
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Tony
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11/25/09 at 07:22 AM
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Well it is like my Grandfather Oliver Perry (Big Ollie) Hickman said , "Amazing what politicians will do for a job that pays such a small salary."
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sandra
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11/27/09 at 02:06 PM
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And then they get "elected" to congress, senate, president, yada yada yada. . . . . same bull, different day
