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opLE r&lfiuonn FOR THE DAY
THE HO,I}L’ ONE—‘There is none
holy as ¢ # Lord: for there is none
besides thge: neither is there any
rock liko&l?hr God.” T SAM. 2:2
_.W,_____W_. i
Joe Wpod, who has made many
fl:iends -2.: campaign for governor,
take: a “-u"; hickward In employing
D_r. Cale ;0;4 idley, of unsavory Klan‘
fi‘,ltm‘y, -X!L elp hi W
primary machgalfl will
09! hclp ood. he will ' hurt his
cause: {iy vofl gm
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HOLDE & NOT’ F‘pß GOVERNOR
There {f n “ql’el" letter out to thés
voters of| isp ci)umy~’x‘ho Dispatch’
didn't pr: f' it and the:ofore ought to
be veryf, ad about it -~ in which
“The Crigp County Holder Commit.
tec” asks "lpat the people join “heart.
ily anq ‘M‘qu" in helping to carry
Crisp ccunty for Holder in the com.
ing prlm;iry. ¥ i
‘Well, that's in tine with “Whisper
fng Johwy' They call him “Honest
John,” hmt his real name is “Whis.
perng Jé}_:.n". he has been whisper.
Ing for ;ércn:y years — playing both
ends for dhe middle in order to get
the voted-that it takes to stay in of
fice. \\'ss never saw him taking the
fead. in u"hy groat issuc—leading lé?,i
people. J;le was for highway paving
bonds tilf the sent:ment of the Peo
ple knockbd him oif — made a hot
speech t;f highway bonds less than
“two year.q‘, ago in Macon—did it be..
cause it ;firas popular there to do it.
That's inlm Holder. He may be
;‘honrst .!(\hn" but jelly.fish back.
bones arg the kind that fit politics,
not out:sd:'mnng leaders among men.
There % no paving bond issue in
this clm:ffnn. There is none becauseo
the pcnp(é do not want one, A gov.
erner cagrhave no more-than the in
dividual b:rdhmry citizen to do with
a bong liguo. It takes a two-thirds
vote of the legislature to even send
it to the ,’oople for eu(lursmm-l{t~~q|u’
when su@l vote in the(, le;i’htuu%‘
aver scn? such an issue out as n‘
law, the governpr caunotsvetg ft. He
cannot e\'}::! mi‘ it d«? -ll(:'d:;‘ h-gufi
and bindf& by signing it. When the
logislaturd votes 4o send such &
thing (o gn 3\o's;'l‘ll“ fhxj"‘Fn‘tlb':':wm"nt'f"
the lhim{?s fimh:ell.. Tlm governor
neither can fign nor veto. He has
nothing #6 do with it. Isn't it fine
business ;10 pit John Holder up as
the r,rea!: hero wh@ saved Georgia
from a !élmlred million dollar bondl
fgsue for paving? Isn't it fine to try
to make BRI ehunty volers believe
that a bomd tsswe of any sort or size
could neversbe:a bend. issue till the
people thl@mee!lves approved it at l'w‘
ballol box? That's how much John
Holder v@uld ln-f worth in a fizht to
save the fdear people” from a great
tax burde® for bonds. And the whole
frath s, B there were iny fighting
to do-—efher for or against — John
Holder uldn't be there, He would
be “quiet® and heartily” somewhere
else—jus@glike he is now-—hiding and
whisperi promises for “bootleg”
milcage—gbootleg” because it “aint.”
Here i@ Crisp county we are told
that Joil® Holder is the first man
who evef gave us anything. What
bunk! » want to be fair—-but we
want Holffer's rr;engs to be fair. Not
one dollaj of state highway funds has
ever go:xt into Crisp's highway pav.
inz. ()ui mong_v-(vderal air-—that's
all. Fedgral aid and the tax money
of Crisp!counly is going into the
highway paving here. Ask our coun.
ty commissioners if this lsn't so,
We have an excellent hoard of
commissioners, They are progressive
and business like. They have suc.
ceeded in getting highway cooperation
cnough to make pleasing headway
and they will go on to the end in
that manner, we have every googd rea
son to believe, but “whispering John”
in the cooperation that “honest John"”
could give them, has done just like
John Holder hag been doing in office
for twenty long years, He is ‘“cash.
ing In” now on what he has done for
paving in Crisp— swapping that for
support in his race for governor. And
what he is swapping is ours. He
and the highway funds belong to the
prople of Georgia, Every asset we
have in the state highway depart.
ment and in our paving belongs to
us and the people-—the tax pavers, It
is not a thing that ought to be peddled
around for private advantage in a
campaign for any office, We resent
that—resent it with all our might.
That which belongs to the public
should never be used in any form to
:help a candidate win an office. It
isn't his to use in that mannes,
[ Just suppose—suppose for one mo
mg:-—tfhut our county commissioners
us tfi fl we and p"rlv,uigcm:—dafdi
confl«?@m-eu-fiy enjoy in (fri;sp at'l
{thehangl; of the people who bclm*v,;
bin i fot private | gam! They
would be called grafters from every
vat nest and tres top in the county,
They would never be done hearlng%
of it. And yet John Holder is “heart.
ily and quietly” using them—and us
—our highway department—and the
Iten milliong and all—for hig own in.
dividual effort to be made governor.
It isn't right - not John Holder for
governor—not yel-—not so long as we
can have a man who is out, out loose
and free from everything else - in.
cluding the political ring in Atlanta
whiqh : ‘domgpatgq everything, even;
down to the election of members of
the lcgiulgl’fi.r“e"f;vhere they can—not
#0 loug a 3 we can offer a min like'
D, Mardman for governcr. Candid
'ly,-«‘vgn_ truth —we ‘qdix}d prefer to fight
for Wit though. we knew from the ou -
E’(:,::: were a};mg‘ww lose ‘our m‘.m.‘
fh‘flej s so mueh good in hig claims
lol‘&(- office- %0 mueh hdd in Johm
fib@der's figh* for it — that we ::ro'
M;u!d to say Dr, Hardman -+ believo‘
fa Dr. Hardman—fight for Dr. Hard
man. We want to do jt “heartily”
but not quietly. Wa “.{‘am. the cum.l
p:n'fin out in the oprh sunlight where
lrwc-r)‘luuly can know and judge l‘nx"
himself — then vote with his oyvs‘
lopon. |
HISTORY OF THE LEASE SYSTEM
A friend who saw the claim in the
Atlanta Journal that John IHoldor
’.al\ulh‘hwl the lease system in Geor
if_;iu and put the convicts on the state
Ihigh“"ny.« and later, saw our denial of
Hmt‘ Aaim, has f\l.rhlshntl some of the
'!\isl‘or;.' of that fight in the fullnwim:}
tgv:-“g‘]‘v~\ convicts of dvm‘giu. women,
children and all, were first leased fm'l
a term and potiod of twenty years, at
'(-It ven dollars por vear, their food and |
clothing, - This was some time abma‘.!
1868, At the expiration of this twen
ty vear lease, anciher bill was iu.‘g
!nmhu-s-(l into the logislature lr:ntinxl
them fo: a term and period of rm‘
years, the price being raiced to one
‘h'.mdn-d doliars per vear. At the ex.)
piration of this peviod, another I)lll|
:\'.'zm introdnced in the legislature un«ll
passed which provided that the pres.
i'(‘lll commissien should aunction Ihvm;
off to the highest bidder. This was!
}dnmx and the state received snmv.:
thing like two hundred and fitty dul.'
I'n'-: ner year per (*nn\'i(\;. This billi
ontained the provision that the'
vlossm\s might sublease the ('Ull\'itt‘.l
!\\'hkh. in most cises, was immediatv-I
;i\' done. In all these cases, guards‘
| were appointed by the state; but of!
i.-nm-w they were low salavied mcui
and of not very high character, and
'mm-ticully every one of them imme-'
diately passed on to the payroll of
the lessees. No chapter in the whol@|
history of the humin race is mnro}
ishamvml than the record of the
‘vhuse‘s and cruclties of the conviet
loase system. It would have dis.
!gt'aced tho Turks, or thae Mcedr+e' Mo,
}\“P\‘lr?. Fortunes were made out of
this iniquity and a kiad of aristocra
cy was developed which ruled the
state in all of its departments,
“The list lease mentioned above
was expiring in 1908, Hoke Smith
‘was governor, having been elected on
a platform of reform, and the legis
}lamro was one of the strongest that
was ever assembled in Georgia. Ac
counts of the abuges of the convict
lease system had gained some pub-‘
licity in Georgia, and, before the ges.
sion of the legislature of 1908, move.
ments began to take shape to abolish
the system, Governor Smith, in his
message to the legislature, called at.
tent'on to the iniquities of the sys.
tem, but made no recommendation aslw
to how to end it., My recollection is
that Mr, John Holder was chalrman!
of the penitentiary committee in the
hiouse, which recommended, either by
a bill or in its report, a renewal of
the lease, At the same time, there
was a movement to put the prison
‘commission out of business for cases
’or neglect, This commisgion, at that
time, consisted of General (. A.
Evans, Hon, Tom Eason, anq Judge
Joe SBidney Turner. For the most
part, the advocates of the destruction
of the lease system went in to abolish
the c}*flnmisslon and recofist;pct it.
Nothifi? ' was ?’q 9 }i%}@g}oi
and fl ! Governor Smith, who had
hecmflmi (irmly committe the @b
lition/'gf | the leasi &m%
latur&}“éfilo extrao fi :
the Afikbos(n of dealing with the con.
vict fi'ifuu!ion. : o v,j
A L\'nu were rigit in ascribing large
credit to Hon. Tom Felder, who at
that time was chairman of the spec
ial commitiee from the senate, col
labo:ating with the specizl committee
from the house, for the eventual des.
tiuction of the lease system. The
fight raged in tho house for over
thirty-five davs; the advocates of the
lease system fought to the death, and
went down with flags flying and
every mon on deck. Amonz the lead
ers in.the house against the lease
.~:yxlc~ng.' whese names occur to this
\\':-En-r.v'w was Hon, Murphy Candler,
Hon, Hooper Alexander, Hon. Schora
l\\'rf:{hl. Judze W. A, Covington. Most
0f theso advocated the establshment,
} of o ;:t"rlv,' poaiientiary whare ali the
| state conviets showld ba lept ©at
work ot seme guiniul occupation. Of
Nnnrse. as is well krown, the result
i of it was the present sysiem of work.
iing the’conviets on tae pudlic reads,
5 which.is scme elicht Imp ovement g
the ![-:qé gystem, but by no means ;n
' perfeci or creditable system ift, its
I practical workings,
' “It is but fair to say that the “At.
Jdanta Georgian,” at that time publish
ful by I'. L. Scaley, lcad the news.
[pup s in this fight., From the citi
zenship at large, such men as Judge
!Samuel B. Adams, Kx-governor Wil
l‘iam J. Northern, Hon. Thomas E.
I\\':\[so:). and (e vetcran Joseph B.
}('nmmins. worked constantly,
i “The prison commission escaped,
with perhaps some anguue, and this
? was perhaps. in the nature of a com
omise iy Ao
- Tom Falder cun tell you about Hold
er's atetnde threushout the fight. So
could .\‘{'l:';xh\ jCandicr. All Iycare o
sy :nl:',p:-s,.;wi: is that he (,'C'l'tfllin\l‘\‘
‘3 onot :.:nm. ! to any credit for lfie
accomplishment of this reform.”
WHAT IS LASTING FAME?
Two famous men died the other day
almost at the same hour — Charles
W. Elliot and the pertect lover of
the movies Valentino. Both were
famous, we say, as we speak of them,
ant thcy were. Now, what is fame?
What 8 lasting fame. lls it fame if
(e momentary-—for the hour alone?
Valentino was doubtless the great.
et of his professicn. He was hard
ly thirty-three years of age, but any
o'der, he would not have been what
the world needed—calleq for—in his
line. There was doubless a living
man worth any more to the silver
scteen tham was Valentino, Those
to whom he sold his services had a
nrillion dollars on his iife in insur
ance. In dollars to them he was
much, In the modern movie theatve
‘he was the idol of the millions. But
;\\'as he famous?
Yes: Valentino was famous. He
l\\';w entitled to it, For genius will
I:.lways bring fame. His greatness
’was born.in his sou! ang needed only
fdiscm‘m_v'. T it was discovered by
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some one explaing it all-—-and that
need not have been a matter of other
concern—who discovered Valentino. l
It does matter—will always matter—
what kind of lifc such a person lcads|
—will always play a part in the last
ing fame of any person, The meas
ure of permanence depends upon
depth of character — upon whether
there is a soul.
And here we come to the secret 0!!
Or. Elliot’'s claim to lasting fame.i
With a soul as shallow as that of
Valentino Dr. Elliot would have ncv.’
er reached the forty years as presi.'
dent of Harvard. He could ncver'
have wielded the great influence as
a teacher and thinker that crowned |
kis long life of character and soul.
He can no more pass out of American
civilization and educational advance
ment than can Plato and Aristotle
pass out of that 'lnfl'txefxce Which'
classic Greece had upon ancicnt clv.'
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was recorded in the newspapers, it
wen{ into the body of the papcr un.
der single-column head, whereas when
Valentino was portrayed as dead, it
wis acrosg the front page in hold
ty ve. But tkis is but the da;’s taste
in pews. Dr. Elliot’s monuments w2l
never cease to rise to do him lonor.
In every land his acholarship will
have its influence upon the advance.
went of mankind—and in America it
will never die. That's lastirg {ame,
Dr. Elliot was universal in soul and
purpoge, Valentino, though & genius,
was a time server, and with time he
must pass and be forgotte., no mat.
ter how great his hold upon th hearis
of the millions.
PREPARE GROUND NOW =GR
FALL VEGETABLES. |
The Progressive Farmer:
Select the piece of ground now
where the fall crop of Irish poto
tocs, turnips, rutabagas, cabbagee,
‘collards, and other verctables'is"to
he planted during the susmmer and
:warly fall. Even: though the . plant
“ing may be deferred for scveral
weeks or 2 montn br two, bevin
‘preparation now, .
. It is well known, one ¢f the main
‘troubles in growing m dsmimer and
carly {all vegetables is getting a
stand. Nothing will aid more in se
curing la good stand of vegetubles
than the prépardtion of the ground
a month or two ahead of'p‘antins!.
By breaking broadeast nnd harrow
ing after cach ran over a peried
cf four to eight weeks, weeds and
ornss are destreyed and moisture is
rtored ups whic'.l“"i!l 20 a long way
toward assuring success of “these
vegetables in the hot, dry weather
of late summer and early fall.
In selecting such ground to pre
pare for these summer and {fall
crops, try to get a picce that re
tains its moisture as much as poss -
WEDNESDAY, SUGUGT 25, 1926
“ble, dUrihg%ii-y gpellsi ‘A low place
nextt to a branch, or clsewhere, is;
wood for this purpose. .3
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YOTE EOR R. EVE
FOR ASSOCATE JUSTICE . -
SUPREME COURT
. To Succeccd Judge J. K. Hines
Judge Eve is 54 years old and has
had Twenty Years Experience o!o
trial bench. Judgs Eve's candidacy
has hesn endorsed by numerous Bar
Associations, Ministers, County Offi.
cers, Woman's Club, Justices of the
Peace 'and Twanty.Seven Editors.
Judge Eve is a Just Judge and fully
competent ‘to fill the high office to
which hc aspires. Your vote and
cupport at the polls on SEPT. 8 will
be appreciated.
An English employee has veen on
time to his work for 50 years.
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