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lW you "in a very few (By Cleone Duke Braswell)
' .hat Eugene. Talmadge has Fort Valley Aug. 28.-The winning
irds ‘ of the most extravagant pub. of the second prize in the National
foSials the state hasever ha^ ° ratorical ^ 8ponsored fey ^
u has faUed to serve Improved Benevolent and Protective
Georgia asAuditor’s records show 'Order of Elks of the World by Curtis
K fA^iituTundel my ' 1 "f 658 . 0 * Ft ' Vall * y . ^ngs
fpartment of Agn uitu ?342>662 7p y to mind interesting facts in Uie life
nisi ration
1923. . ‘
report
e Taimadge spent difference is days of his life and the long, d
H ,\“ u delusive of the oil in- furrows led at last to a financial j
« who did not work under Mr. tige that not only rated him as a
dors, n VnoM nn his Dav- «... i . _ . .
lectors,
linage
the
dusty
pres-
SUC'
newspaper accounts of their speeches
and the statements emanating from
their campaign headquarters, care
fully and earnestly seeking to ascer
tain just wherein they claim my ad
ministration has been a failure and,
in the absence of anything specinc,
can only imply thatthoy mean thereby
» mjfass Jt is Jfjxz ’z
the
'in 1929, he had on his pay- C e So but made him a great benefactor
e Auditor s figure^ ^ in his community among the people
feaf in 0^^ the‘Wart«^t <*** race.
my
HARDMAN SCORES I041.33.
ADMINISTRATION’S OimCS
““ «* «■««> )S'., u^X'rs
campaign, however, some of the can-' General Assembly to take care of
didates have gone out of their way 1 ^ is s . mal l .indicated deficit, rather
in an attemnt wuy ,than to call back into extra session
in an attempt to mislead the people the general assembly which had just
and to misrepresent my administra-1 adjourned, and which had passed tne
tion by continuous use of the broad,' measures then under consideration,
meaningless expression, “the failure i Mr * Sla4e ’ s figures as to the reve-
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similar utterances. I have read the reliable, and practically all the pres
ent deficit of the state is the result.
appropriation bill, and will not leave
anything for the payment of these
past due appropriations.
“As stated above, this existing def
icit of the state of more than five
million dollars, has brought about a
very critical situation, and this must
be relieved at the ’earliest possible
movement.
“Your governor is helpless in such
a situation, and can only appeal to
the members of the general assembly
and. to public opinion in bringing
about the early adoption of such leg
islation as will provide the money to
Alitor! and they ® h ° w .^.artment'of and harvest on the Crawford county j , b . een aml is now going on,* this con”
• “Vb hoWm and farm just about four miles from 4o chal ' ge
hove are official records of^ the. State his children had a part in seed-time i the years 1928 and mV There has
uditor, another "
ftrirtiig W» firends n joVhe has Valley on the Atlanta road. They wndTrion o^thfSte^toMicel bit!
?nt approximately .$100,000 more were taught to work, to be thrifty!most respectfully decline to accept
,, I spent in 1920. q, . and industrious like their father, j that responsibility.
Let me SSSM a "d the few acres of red land which | a J n of all
itCothSl^year.Hls Ike possessed in the days of his of Georgia am enffi to know
that has been said,
in fairness to myself, the people
the
|ta l personal traveling __expenses jfor youth spread in every direction until facts. The state auditor informs me
*•>9 besides the cost, of his Hupmo- at ^e time of his death he was a that on Jan. 1, 1931, he estimates
j|e scd&n was $3»8 • • CommU land owner of Crawford county. ^ at Ju? re W M a book deficit of
traveling expenses as Lommis- * . .. . .something over five million dollars.
J er was only $615.46. For a man Jr day in the long ago while Ae representing the remaining unpaid
Sins .about half his time this and the older children were in the appropriations for . the years 1928,
aunts to $25.00 per day for the fi e ld a caravan of Gypsies came by. 1929. This amount is due to the com-
of working days in a year. Qne of the Uttle Millers went running mon a « h oola and the various state
boiinvo he spent that much in . ... supported institutions. »nH ,v.>
“In my message to the General As- pay the schools, the Confederate vete-
sembly of 1929, I called attention to rans tind other state ■ institutions now
this financial situation, and urged in Anancial distress,
that provision be made for taking) Levy Should Be Avoided
care thereof. They made an attempt 1 “The levy of any new or additional
to do so by providing for a sales tax taxes under present conditions should
and an income tax. It has been clear- be avoided. Every suggestion, save
ly demonstrated that the amount to one, made by any of the candidates
be expected therefrom, together with for governor to relieve this unfortun-
all other revenues of the state will ate situation is being seriously con-
people and seems im
practical or impossible.
“I would suggest that for their own
information every citizen interested
read the messages sent by me to the
general assembly in 1927 and 1929,
which in my opinion, fairly and plain
ly stated the then exisiting condition*
and pointed out the results unless
proper legislation for the relief there
of was adopted.
“We cannot pay debts or raise
revenue by censure or criticism. Re
lief from the present unfortunate con
dition can be obtained only by wise
legislation—making proper provision
for the necessary income and safe
guarding our expenditures. In the
present disturbed financial and social
conditions, not only in Georgia but
throughout the whole world, it is no.
time for one people to heed the dem
agogue. We need real leadership—
honest, strong, capable, experienced
ami dcourageous leadership.
“L. G. HARDMAN.”
..... of his duty? in to the field where ^ father was rroughVabouVby^W’ts ofthe gm-
„ , 0 much for his personal plowing, with the news that the Gyp- eral assembly in ’ * ‘
* wUnB he failed to item- - ’ ■ ‘
The
*ber - -
you believe lie spent
5(™much for his personal plowing, witn tne news tnat tne Gyp- eral assembly in making large ap-
veltoK expenses he failed to item- s i e s had stolen one of the children. propriations without, at the same
1 he spent $932.79. for. The Needless to say the plowing ended ti, 2®». Providing for the raising of
ttss 2ssjv& fr'T r “rltr n ’” , ° r* jura
P a\ etpe^e but it was .not item- followed the trail of the Gypsies. For the legislation adopted by the general
Mr. Talmadge said a lot in his 12 miles he followed and down about assembly at its meeting in the sum-
nuaien when he was elected about p erry he overtook the Gypsies and mer of 1927.
r rheap/y he would run the BOg-eau c]aimed h}s hild with no prosecution , Thdt g«merai assembly was in ses-
markets. In 1926 I spent $7o,i)UU.UU . 1 sion when I was first inaugurated as
-orun it and in 1929 Mr. Talmadge of revenge, but only the satisfaction governor. In my first message to the
Iwiil {92,466.52. As every one knows of carrying the babe to the little general assembly on June 27, 1927, I
|e has used the Market Bureau to home beside the road again. said: ‘I suggest further that it is an
live jobs to countless politicians; ) Later - Jn life in the days of 1918 unwise business method to provide for
I "When 1 was Commissioner I estab- . ... ,, . , an accumulated deficit or debt to br
Led the Bureau of Markets and a the patriotic call reached every provided for by future revenue> ^
lumber of other constructive serv- heart and hand in the time of the it is your duty now to make . pro-
tfs for the farmers of the state. 1 am World War, Ike Miller bought at one visions ih your revenue to take care
■gw in this race because so many peo- t j me ji n ,000 worth of Liberty bonds, °J the necessary operating expenses
fee have urged me to run. • , still a humble farmer and plow- - }uJ tate ,^ ove rnment, and all its
I “If elected 1 pomise to render bet- yet st '‘ l a n ' a . 1 institutions dependent upon it.’
r service inthc future than ever be- man. He gave liberally to the cause , “Again, in my message to the gen-
lore, and above everything that the of education among the negroes in Ft. eral assembly ort July 18, 1927, in
Apartment will be run economically Valley and to the churches and edu- discussing the financial problems of
.ml every dollar, spent will be ac- . , .v head and heart and bands tne state, I said: ‘It is far better to
fornted for and no lobbyist or cor- ^ n vl _ _ V11J provide adequate revenue to maintain
(oration will dictate my policies.
THOUSAND
of all his children. our institutions than to permit an ao
(Signed) Many, many times he expressed the cumulation of debt.’
J. J. BROWN.” desire that when the last earthly fur- “The power.to make appropriations
(Advertisement.) row was ended a nd that greatest har- and the power to make laws for rais-
L . , • j v,_ v ,. ing the revenue to meet those ap-
AIMADgFsAYS HE HAS ■ ' vest time wa f at , haTld that b Propriations is not in the governor,
. . vpn p Fn p« F FIPHTY should be buried in the soil of the old but is in the general assembly, and I
8AVED HL A | | * p o'home place where he had spent his appealed to that general assembly to
,life and had lived so well! There make provision to raise sufficient
i r „,i revenue to pay all appropriations
i went into office as Commissioner I where the pines sighed and t made by them. The general assembly
dAgriculture, June 27, 1927. This roses bloomed! then provided to pass and appropria-
about one year after the heated p u t when that time came, because ition bill, and another bill providing
pgn Mr. Brown and I had in f Wg prom j nellC e and many benefac- for the revenues of the state. Many
I® - to >, urv of the more experienced legislators
ha will recall that the main issue tions, the family a. g > j ns j s t ed th a t in order to meet the ap-
Jthe campaign of 1926 was .the the body in the cemetery of the negro propriations being made, it was nec-
ilishing of Uie great army of ’ oil people In Ft. Valley. This concession essary to provide for the raising of
wtors that Mr. Brown had who . tbe w j sbes 0 f their race was made additional revenues, but practically
nrtbing but play politics every ^ thg b()dy wag placed beside man y |^ d effort in that direction was de '
' am glad to say that the Legisla- others in that Uttle slope of the dead,, "One of the candidates for gover-
e of 1927 did cut this army of oil in North Fort Valley. I nor, Mr. Rivers, was chairman of the
inferiors from 196 to six and placed j -fnmily went back to the coun- appropriation committee of the sen-
ie oil inspection in the Department 1 . T V„ i„ m ]lord the husband, ate > occupying a powerful position in
! the Comptroller General of the ^ bo ™ e ’ The landlord ' tne na ” 0a " 0 ’ that body, and he guidecl that large
to. Oil inspection had nothing to the father was gone. That was n i appropriation bill thru the senate,
i with farming and I was glad to ' enough. It seemed to them that day . Another candidate for governor,Mr.
* it taken out of the Department and n j e ht out of the great somewhere Russell, was speaker of the house of
Kf Agriculture. , I ft tv. in disarmroval representatives, and chairman of its
ne Department of Agriculture has cat ™; the voice o e fc P rules committee. After the necessary
devoting a'l of its energies this his resting place.By day tney e i ej? j s ] a t lon bad been defeated, the
Jtmcr to trying to alleviate the disturbed, by night they were haunted appropriations bill came before the
sent depressed farming condition 1 an d after they could endure no longer house on the last night of its session,
i great trouble with farming is tb neol) le saw several of Ike’s big, Therewas a tie vote and Mr. Bussell
tthe crons we am mi^iro- are not tne peop V . cast the deciding vote in favor of the
>g enough money We have been strong, well-raised aons,_go qu y _ bilK tbus insuring: j ts passage. In his
1 what we could in trying to the little graveyard and disinter the campaign speeches he is now reported
ftlhis situation. body so dear to them and take it to be saying that he warned the house
»law fixes it so that thei Com-' thems eives to the newly-made grave the' J
Wwerv Iw 0 years. Should he in the front yard ° f the ° ld , ^ 0n )? the tax bill would not raise sufficient
Ho make an acUve campaign ev- .place. There they tenderly laid it revenue to pay those appropriations,
r two years there would not be away in peace forever. | Yot. the records show that he cast
“ h ti ™. e left for him to do any real i That night was the first night the iarmronriaHoJ? 1 bH? V ° r ° f that
[K, e t :^\ hat in 1926 Mr stayed in th6 l0t and the d ?° rS l Eithe? Could Have Averted It
frown made the boast that he would d ‘ dn ’t slum and a lot of other things] “i resnctfully submit to the people
V the employees to serve under that had been happening did not take of Georgia that these two gentlemen
S «l should be elected Mr. Brown p , ace . Ike was where he wanted to be who arv noW iseek.ng to belittle mv
thpin irivimv i.L n . nAmmia G , j i a. iL a {« nroiTi* fldrninistrflLioii* HTKi to chcir^G me with
tons and th’piPtHoH tfl J l i and the children had kept thel P .responsibility for the present , deficit
fiemgowkn 1 took ^ffice^s'l nroml ise that it should be so! * are themselves largely responsible
p d the people ^f^cforgia tlfaT 11 Now the honors that have come to therefor By reason of their promi-
pg^the fjttSSSStaiSw. his daughter Curtiss^ler wbo won nent^nowerful positions
?he a r S LrWhen a priM ° f could have prevented the legislation
liit n ff 0U .L they could not K et the pay
L„i Stat e of Georgia they
a pn— — - , couia nave prevenxea tne leffisiauon
in an oratorical contest and now’ tne wb j cb brought about the nresent criti-
winner of second place in the national ca ] situation in the spate’s finances.
ifought suit “-"'i Ui v ““jj n new tribute to the I “The persistent and continued ob-
Igainst mv i! gl ? st me P® r8onal . ly and c° ntest are bU l a . ™ mu i e and structive tactics of Mr. John Holder,
I not rS b ? ndsmen V I o n °e tha K 14 . father who started with one mule and ^ ^ gegglon o£ 1927j in hig effort to
Mrtmem or an ^ bead ,°f a a few acres and ended with a large (bo i d 0n t 0 the chairmanship of the
it successor n A me i the employee8 ° f we ll-taught and well-trained family, a highway department beyond the ex-
i'sioner nf‘ a~ S . on ,? as ^ am ,,P om I , ?.*•^Wpnefactions to his credit! piration of his term in spite of the
I (j one 04 Agriculture it will not long list o. bene • repeatedly expressed will of the peo-
li , —- ' ■ — ' uie of Georgia and his efforts to em-
liirmiiL cbarses tba4 my opponen ‘ I After all A. D. Payne, the Texas b arrass my administration in every
aur th jl gainst me is the cost °f inwver who committed suicide that way possible, are too well known to
tae Department. ,lawyer, wuo $10,000 require comment from me.
I; *‘ sh t° state emphatically that his children might , others Haven’t Criticized
mis-stated the fig- insurance policy on his life, m y ) «g 0 £ar as j am adv j sedt neither of
2 Of Au<l ' tor ’ s reports. I errpd ; n his calculations. The poucy • t b e 0 ther two candidates for governor
,'l U1 c °urse, my opponent knew | . . „i„ use that the insurance have criticized my administration or
mass of the voters ofCarrcdarlause mi- were in any way responsible for the
Ig a cou > d not get to see the Au-| would not be payable in case sta te debt.
It Ti, reports- cide within one year afte k . w I “But it may be said that I should
plmoi.i , unnual expense of the De- sue d. The year expired at midmgnt i b ave vetoed this 1927 appropriation
fen P„ ° f .Agriculture since I have T h U r S dav Allowing an extra day, bill. The facts are that the Genreai
commissioner has hppn Ipss than i 1 y ‘ 01 ...iniites Assembly adjourned immediately up
on the nasage of the tax bill and the
appropriation bill, and these two bills
came before me for consideration af
ter this adjournment.
“In order to pass intelligently upon
the question of whether I should ap
prove or veto these bills, I called up
on Mr. Sam J. Slate, who was then
slate auditor, and whose duty it wras
to be familiar with such matters, for
a full report, and I have in my office
that renort over his signature, under
date of Aum. 22. 1927, in which he
givps an estimated pycess of revenue
on December 31. 1927, of $304,613.33
I I
Thursday. Allowing
Payne committed su
after midnight Friday. Insurance of
ficials said there was no
that the beneficiaries would
r - wsskws i sr fc-rtar,s
c n a " 1 j 0r , ry that anyone who has ’ ficials said there was no certainty
. r v.„ c. l ; ssloner °f Agriculture of that the beneficiaries would receive
the money, pointing to a clause m
the policy which makes it contestable
for two years.
p great Agriculture ui
nai’ern., Sta . te f° r ten years saw i-.
ij^fiKUres. 10 ° btain ° ffice ’ 40 mis *
l» for'thi * hank the people of Geor-
- "n in ® c °hfi4 e nce that they have
ls ’ I annv ^ 4be past two elec-
es more tv. 60 ' 5 . 46 your Interest and !
th“ Hirt 1 ”? brf.™
I will , ril r of Agriculture of Geor-
M ' e y °u the best that is in
The Leaning Tower of Pisa was
set
watery ground and it began to lean
“ 1Veni ^ment) ENE TALMAI >GE-
People eat oysters
certain i
. | an estimated balance on Dec. 31, 1928
months of the year, while still otn • . n£ *382.434.75. and an estimated de
crawfish the year around. | fiicit on December 31, 1929, of $415,-
’ROUND THE TOWN
News of the Homes and the Home Folks
Vol 2-35
Issued by Jarrell’s Department Store
September 4,1930
It s Aii Over Now
Sure, we’re sorry the Free Coal
Campaign couldn’t last indefinitely
We would have been more than
glad to have dished out Free Coal
by the carload from now until
Christmas.
But fixed dates are (of all
things) fixed dates, and it’s all
over now. No more Free Coni un
til next August. No more oppor
tunity to secure a genuine Hcatro-
la for only $2.00 down.
But, come now—no moping. Bet
ter late than never. And, although
the 1930 Free Coal offer is a thing
of the past, we are still selling
Heatrolas, and you can still be as
sured of a warm home this winter,
without going into bankruptcy.
Pay us a visit and get in the
know on what local users call the
greatest heating appliance in the
world. Let yourself go and ask for
a demonstration. And if we can’t
talk you into a purchase you’ll be
sorry.
Here is a complete list of Gen
uine Heatrolas sold by Jarrell:
Mr. J. T. Childs, Butler, Ga.
Mrs ,F. P. Golding, Butler, Ga.
Butler Baptist Church, Butler, Ga.
Mr. Earl Marshall, Reynolds, Ga.
Taylor Mills, Reynolds, Route 2.
Col. Homer Beeland, Reynolds, Ga
Mr. John Mangham, Reynolds, Ga.
Remember: There is only one
Heatrola; Estate builds them and
Jarrell sells ’em.
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For convenience and safety’s
sake have the RIGHT light In a
handy place. The place will be,
naturally, of your choosing, but
there is only one RIGHT light, and
that’s a 2 & 3 Cell Spot Light.
The price is $1.76, which includes
batteries.
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Wlfe: The doctor looked at my
tongue and said that I needed a
stimulate.
Husband: Surely not for your
tongue, dear.
Home Sweet Home is the place
where we are treated best and
grumble most.
HOMER HANDY’S HINT
Hanging shelves make extra
storage space in a crowded cellar
and prove splendid places to store
preserves and jellies, out of the
reach of any cellar pests or rod
ents.
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A negro was brought Into court
charged with deserting his wife.
The judge lectured him for run
ning away from home and refus
ing to keep his marriage vows, to
love, protect and -care for his
wife.
“Judge,” said the negro, “you
ain’t got me right in dis case. You
don’t know my wife. I ain’t no de
serter, I’se a refugee.”
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WEEKLY SPECIALS
Celery, lettuce, cabbage, rute-
begas, Irish potatoes, onions, Cali
fornia peas, and lima beans, and
many other items in out self-serv
ing department. Prices are as-
cheap as any one in our town.
JOHN Mi SLATON.
John M. Slaton was born in
Meriwether county, 18 miles
from a railroad. His father.
Major Slaton, a gallant Con
federate soldier, was a school
teacher, just home from the
War Between the States.
Major Slaton moved his
family to Atlanta and com
menced to teach there, while
the city was being rebuilt
from the asheB and debris left
by Sherman. Eventually he
became Superintendent of the
Atlanta Public Schools.
“Jack" Slaton got his com
mon schooling in the public
schools, and his high school
ing in the Atlanta Boys’ High
School. That was as far as
his father could send him.
As a boy in his teens,
“Jack" earned and saved the
money to pay his way
through the University of
Georgia, where he graduated
with first honor in a bril
liant class. He never went
home, from Athens to Atlan
ta, for a Christmas holiday—
as he didn’t have the money.
When he went home at the
close of tbe University term
each summer, it was not for
vacation, but to work and earn
and save.
After graduating, Slaton
studied law la the office of
an Atlanta law firm; in
course of time he was ad
mitted to the bar; was given
small cases, which he han
dled so well that Increasingly
important cases were turned
over to him: and before many
years had built up a law
practice second to no lawyer
of his age at the Atlanta bar.
For thirty years or more,
as lawyers all oyer Georgia
will verify, Slaton’s law prac
tice has been one of the larg
est and most lucrative in the
State. He is famous among
lawyerB as a tremendously
hard worker.
The world admires a self-
made man who rises to suc
cess on his own ability.
TEN REASONS WHY SLATON WILL WIN
1. Because Slaton has ability.
2. Because Slaton has courage.
3. Because Slaton has stability and statesmanship.
4. Because Slaton can hold his own in argument or debate
with any man in the Senate.
5. Because Slaton is opposed to governmental extrava
gance, which has caused hard times.
6. Because economy in government will bring reduced
taxation and increased prosperity.
7. Because Slaton is opposed to entering the League of
Nations, or the World Court, or any other sort of foreign
entanglement.
8. Because Slaton in the Senate will perform the real
functions of a Senator, and leave small routine matters to
his secretarial staff, furnished him by the government for
that purpose.
9. Because Slaton has DEMONSTRATED his great ca
pacity for handling public affairs, during his ior.g years of
service as Speaker of the House, President of the Senate
and Governor of Georgia.
10. Because Slaton stands flat-footed upon his own merit
and qualifications, leaning on no man, hiding behind no
man, hanging to the coat tails of no man.
TEN REASONS WHY HARRIS WILL LOSE
1. Because Harris lacks ability.
2. Because Harris lacks courage.
3. Because Harris lacks stability and statesmanship.
4. Because Harris cannot hold his own in argument or
debate with any man in the Senate or out of the Senate.
5. Because Harris in ten years has ‘voted for appropria
tions aggregating fifty-five billion dollars, piling up ex
travagance, on top of extravagance, and never once op
posing or attempting to reduce an appropriation.
6. Because Harris, by that conduct, has contributed
everything in his power to create high taxes and hard times.
7. Because Harris voted to enter the League of Nations
without reservations, and now refuses to say which way
he will vote on the World Court when it comes before the
Senate at the session convening next December.
8. Because Harris in the Senate has never performed a
real function of a Senator, but has frittered away his time
on routine matters which any competent Senator’s secretary
could handle as weil or better.
9. Because Harris HAS NEVER DEMONSTRATED the
slightest capacity for handling large affairs, either public
or private.
10. Because Harris stands upon no qualification or merit
of his own, but one day hides behind his colleague. Senator
George; the next day hides behind the name of Woodrow
Wilson, who is dead; and the next day hides behind the
name of Thomas E. Watson, who is also dead.
Business conditions are almost unbearable, and are
getting no better. Vote for. Slaton and a change. It
cannot be a change for the worse, because nothing could
b.e worse than what we have now. It probably will be a
change for the better.
Vote for Slaton, Stability and Statesmanship.
Vote against Harris, High Taxes and Hard Times!
If you WANT TO WIN, vote for Slaton! If YOU
WANT TO LOSE, vote for Harris!