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DALLAS, GA., June 2fi, 1908.
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The Republican Na
tional Convention.
The Republican National con
vention which met in Chicago
last week nominated Wm. H.
Tift of Ohio for president and
Jas. S. Sherman of Now. York for
vice-president.
The platform adopted by the
convention is made up principal
ly of high-sounding phrnses and
boastful claims.
Though the republican party
has had control of the govern
ment for a number of years, and
seemingly tliore should have
been nothing in the way ,to pre
vent action on any tneasuro real
ly favored, yet they declare “un
equivocally for a revision of the
tariff by a special session of con
gress immediately following the
inauguration of the next presi
dent.”
Why has this not been done
before? Why necessary to call a
special session when the republi
cans have had and still have a
majority iu both houses and
could have passed any measure
favored by the party? Still
they make the statement, and
1 hut impression seemingly has
been held by a good many peo
ple. that the wage earners “are
the most direct beneficiaries of
the protective system.” The
currency legislation recently en
acted by congress is commended.
In another column we publish
the declaration of the platform
respecting the negro. Some peo
ple of the south have been trying
to hope that the prejudice
of i ho north on this subject is
dying out and that the white
men of this section will be al
lowed to run their own govern
ment without the interference
and perpetual menace of the ig
norant, purchasable negro vote;
but, the republican party still ad
heres to its old policy of seeking
to gain votes by playing ,on the
prejudices of the people.
There are a number of things
in the platform that if properly
handled, will make good materi
al upon which the democrats can
wage a great campaign.
It is to be hoped that the is
sues may be put before the peo
ple of the United States in such
light that they will repudiate a
party which has consistently pur
sued a policy directly contrary
to the best, interests of the mass
es of the people of the nation.
It may be that Taft cannot con
trol as many votes aB Roosevelt,
and that democracy haB a chance
to triumph this year.
Republican Negro Plank.
The following is the portion oi
the republican platform relating
to the “rights of the negro:”
“The republican party has
been for more than fifty years
the consistent friend of the
American negro. It gave him
liis freedom and citizenship. It
wrote into the organic law the
declarations that proclaim his
civil and political rights, and it
believes today that his notewor
thy progress in intelligence, in
dustry and good citizenship has
earned the respect and encour
agement of the nation. We de
mand equal justice for all men,
without regard to race or color.
We declare once more and with
out reservation for the enforce
ment in letter and spirit of the
thirteenth, fourteenth and fif
teenth amendments to the con
stitution, which were designed
the protection and advancement
of the negro, and wecoudemn all
dences that have for their real
aim his disfranchisement for rea
sons of color alone, as unfair, un-
American and repugnant to the
supreme law of the laud.”
THE PROHIBITION
MOVEMENT.
There is a disposition in some
quarters to regard the prohibi-
tion movement as one of a tem
porary nature, and one that, like
many others that have entered
into the political arena, will be
of short duration in its influence
and effect.
It may not always display the
remarkable intensity shown in
recent months in widely separ
ated portions of the country, but
it promises to be an active, per
vading force. The advocates of
prohibition are imbued with all
the fervor, zeal, and optimism of
the early optimism of the early
advocates of the abolition of
slavery. They worked and hoped
for years without much realiza
tion of the results. They voted
f ,r decades knowing they faced
defeat in each campaign, but
confident of ultimate victory.
That the seed they sowed did not
fall upon barren ground is at
tested by the increased public
sentiment in their favor.
It is folly for their opponents
to assert that the establishment,
of prohibition increases the con
sumption of liquor. If that as-
assertiou were correct, those
who manufacture and sell liquor
would undoubtedly favor prohi
bition. The future of prohibi
tion is certainly more promising
of ultimate success than was the
prospect of the anti-slavery move
ment in the ’40’s and ! 50’s of the
last century.
No constitutional provision
stands in the way. No political
party, as a party, dare oppose.
All the great religious bodies are
distinctly more favorable than
they were to the abolition of hu
man slavery. The recent action
of railway companies demanding
elimination of employes addicted
to the use of alcoholic stimulants,
the rulings of similar nature by
important commercial and man
ufacturing Arms nnd corpora
tions, the firmly lixed opinions
of managers and directors of fi
nancial and fiduciary institutions
as to the desirability of sober
clerks and assistants—all these
are powerful allies in the prohi
bition movement.—Washington
Post.
The Local Tax Issue.
We print the following letters
on the local tax issue from Mr.
R. L. McMillan, Acworth, Ga,,
and Col. Ed S. Griffith. Buchan
an,' Ga. These letters nre to the
point and explain themselves.
No community can pauperize it
self by voting local tax for local
purposes any more than a man
can pauperize himself by improv
ing his own home.
Every cent of the money voted
for local tax for school purposes
will be kept at home and used
for the education of our own boys
and girls to make better men
and women for Paulding county
and for the town of Dallas:
Buchanan, (in., June 19.
Mr. H. H. K/.zard,
Dallas, Ga.
1 >onr Sir: Your card received and
noted. Our school tax rate is one-
lmlf of one per cent. Before we got
the local tax system here, wo lmd
three teachers employed. Since that,
time we have had five, and the de
mand is now very great for another.
The attendance has been Increased
wonderfully since the adoption of lo
cal tax. People appear to take a great
deal more interest in the schools.
There was a great Increase In the
price of property here in Buchanan
and two systems, one in Tallapoosa
and one in Bremen, under special
statutes. Waco, I feel sure, will
adopt the system before Sept. 1st,
and I believe Felton wilt do the same
thing, and I have never heard yet of
anybody making an effort, or even
talking of making an effort to do
away with one of these systems. We
have had many rallies on the qui s
tion In this county and had public
speaking all over the county, and we
now have have a line of districts be
ginning near Temple and running
across the county to ttie Alabama
line that have adopted this system.
As you are well aware Tallapoosa
has been “busted” many times, all
of her Industries In the hands of re
ceivers, everything closed down ex
cept the school, and the people of
that town stood by their school all
the time In hot weather or cold, hard
times or prosperous, they upheld the
school and kept It absolutely free
mid hi my humble opinion that
school is the only thing that kept
Tallapoosa from almost being wiped
off the map.
Tf there is any other help I can
give you in regard to the matter let
mu know.
Yours truly,-
E. S. GiltKK1TJI.
Acworth, Ga.. June 1F>.
Mr. II. H. Ezzard,
Dallas, Ga.
Dear Sir: In reply to yours, will
Ray Unit I am not writing anything
for publication, hut will aiiHWersome
of your questions in regard to public
schools:
First, will say our town is highly
pleased with our present school 8,vs
tem, and for the reason, we have a
1 tiger school and hotter teachers and.
mo e individual instruction. We
would not change back to. the old
plan at all. Our school has grown
from about too to over 200 at present.
Our tax rate was one-fourth of one
per cent at lirst, last 22 and tills year
will he about 20, or one-fifth of one
per cent. So you see il gets cheaper.
Houses are In big demand here at
all times. AVe had a few good n>en
to move here and invest In order to
school their children, All our prop
erty is constantly advancing, while
we have no special boom.
The school system (public) works
good here and I see no reason why il
should not in Dalllis, and you may
not get It now, but it is coming to
you, as all towns of our ability are
falling In with the idea of public
schools.
Anything more 1 can do for you,
please let me know. Wishing you
success and what is best for Dallas.
• Yours truly,
R. T„ Mp.Mili.an.
The national democratic conven
tion will convene in Denver, Col.,
July 7 th.
The Rockmart hosiery mills have
resumed operation after a shut down
of soveral months.
Tiie pencil season has opened and
early shipments nre being made.
Shipments so far from hero have
been by express. .
The Dixie Canning Co. is busy
packing berries. The crop is large
and they expect a large pack of
blackberries and huckelbjri ies.
The annual tax returns of |the At
lanta, Birmingham and Atlantic
railway, miute to Comptroller Gen
eral W. A. Wright, shows an increase
of nearly $1 200,000 over those of 1907.
The populists will hold a meeting
iu Atlanta July 9. Hon. Thos. K.
Watson will be officially notified of
his nomination for the presidency,
and will deliver an address on na
tional affairs iu the morning, and on
gtale affairs at night.
Judge Fite says that his last elec
tion was won in spite of “booze, boo
dle and ingratitude." It Is a queer
kind of “ingratitude" that keops a
man in office thirty years. AA'e real
ly believe that the “ingratitude” tis
on the other side.—Dalton Citizen.
Those who have seen Governor
Smith since ids defeat say he is tnk-
j, . . Hug it, manfully and gracefully
immediately after the law was adop- - . . ,
... .. . . i j i , friendly alike to supporters and op
ted, more property changed hands I „ (l , lc , ‘ ‘ ,
and at better prices than ever before
in the same length of time in Buc
hanan, great many peoplo making an
effort, as it appeared to me, to get
inside the school district.
I do not want to return to the old
tuition plan, and I do not believe
ihut there is ten men inside this dis
trict that does want such a return.
The value of land adjoining our town
lias gradually increased in value for
the last ton years, and especially
since the adoption of this system. Of
course, tiie panic of the last few
months has depressed everything to
some extent. T do not think there is
any question but it is a good invest
ment for any town.
We now have six systems in Haral
son county under the McMichai 1 law
laments. It this is so, hurrah for
Hoke, says the Rome Tribune-Her
ald.
Robert F. Davison of Athens, who
received the second largest vote for
prison commissioner in 1 lie recent
election, has withdrawn from the
second nrlmary, thus leaving tiie
Held open to Wiley Williams who
received the greatest number of
votes.
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