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The Gainesville Eagle.
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Eagle Call: Bell Phoue No. 56-
Thursday, June 18, 1914.
For Congressman
W. A. CHARTERS
Os Hall County.
NO TROUBLE ABOUT INTRODUCING
* BILLS.
Every once in a while it is her
alded abroad that the Hon. Thoma*
M. Bell, the Present Incumbrance,
has “introduced a bill” about so and
so.
Introducing bills is just as easy as
sending out garden seed and the
Chronicles of the Bug. Aou may
never have thought of it, but intro
ducing bills is as easy as falling off
a log.
And it catches votes here and
there, especially among those to be
more directly affected by the bill.
And those not to be directly affect
ed are impressed that Hon. Thomas
is "looking after the people’s in
terests.”
Oh, yes, that is the old gag. It is
spoken of as the “people’s interests,”
when it is only and exclusively in
the interests of a certain T. M. B.
Let’s take a look at it. Let’s see
what becomes of these bills.
In the 60th Congress Thomas in
troduced 86 private bills. Two ‘of
them were passed.
In the 61st Congress he introduced
91, and three were passed.
In the 62nd Congress he introduced
62, and none were passed.
In the 63d Congress he has intro
duced 52 up to date, and none have
been passed.
Total for the four Congresses, 291.
Five of these have passed.
Now, can’t you see the point?
In the 59th Congress—the first ses
sion when Mr. Bell was in Congress
—he started in this way:
A public building for Toccoa, one
for Lawrenceville, one for Winder,
one for .Jefferson, one for Buford,
one for Commerce, one for Dahlon
ega.
In the 60th Congress the same old '
story of these towns that everybody '
ought to have known could never
get a public building.
In the 61st Congress the same old
humbug. i
In the 62d Congress the same old j
Hebrew Children.
In the 63d Congress the same old |
Shadrach, Mcshach, and Abednego. j
And the dear people have been '
swallowing it all the time —that is, i
many of them. •
But the dear people are getting!
their eyes open.
But we forgot to mention onej
thing. We forgot about the “sur-1
vey” of Tugalo river. He ran that I
variation into the Hebrew Children !
along about four years ago. And |
this good government of ours sent |
an expert to “survey” it. Aftertwol
days he found it. It wouldn’t fioat |
a small canoe. The expert told the '
people who went with him that the I
“river” didn’t need a “survey,” hut
treatment for liobkworra.
IN UNION THERE IS STRENGTH.
The other day in a Western State I
'the governor issued a call to all its (
people to get out and work the roads '
one day. It was called Good Roads |
Day, and nearly one million men |
est their businesses that day,
donned overalls, from the governor
•on down, and with pick and shovel
-went at it, and thus was a great
work accomplished, and attracted to
that state the nation’s attention.
In a Northern town the women,
becoming tired of seeing things so
unclean, took their brooms and
rakes and cleaned the town up, and
thus put the men to shame.
In a South Georgia town recently
the mayor, the council, and its citi
zens worked the town’s streets and
its parks.
Saturday, July 4th, every man and
boy in Gainesville that's able to
handle an ordinary garden tool will
have an opportunity to show what
kind of stuff his patriotism is made
of by helping clean up the City
Park and sharing in the big
barbecue.
WHY THE CAT WAS MAD.
Our amiable friend of the Cleve
land Progress has broken out in a
new spot. Last we heard from him
he was trying to find a deluded voter
who had written to the Hon. Thomas
Bell for the Chronicles of the Bug
and had failed to sign his name to
the letter. The Progress editor took
the contract to find the man who
had written the bobtailed letter.
This wet k he mentionsthe Episode
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of the Mad Cat. He tells of a eat
bitting a little girl, and says:
“We understood that the eat was
found to be mad from examination
made ot the head which Dr. Cantrell
took with him.”
Os course it was mad. Wouldn't
it make any eat mad to leave it at
home ami carry its head to Atlanta?
BIT W » OF EMUS.
Commerce News:
Col. Charters is one of the most
widely known men in the district.
He was solicitorof the Northeastern
circuit for a period of some tw-elve,
possibly sixteen, years, during which
time he rendered faithful and effi
cient service as a representative of
the State. Intellectually, he is re
garded as one of the strongest men
in the district.
Cumming North Georgian:
Mr. Charters is without doubt one
of the braniest men in the Ninth
District and his ability to serve the
people in the halls of Congress is
unquestioned. He will, in a short
time, outline his platform on some
of the most important issues of the
day.
Winder News:
Mr. Charters is a gentleman of
fine qualifications, a lawyer of
recognized ability, an astute politi
cian who knows the game—and the
people of district —and between him
and Tom Bell there will be “some
countin’ ” when the polls close on
August 19th.
Blairsville Herald:
Col. Wm. A. Charters of Gaines
ville has announced his intentions
to make the race for Congress in the
Ninth against Hon. Thos. M. Bell,
the present incumbent, and John N.
Holder of Jefferson will not be in
the race at all. You may talk
about “hot times,” but mark you,
this will be one of the hottest cam
paigns that has been in the Ninth
since Tom Bell and Carter Tate
locked horns. This will try the
strength of the two men, and
the one that goes down this time
will be badly crippled, if not polit
ically dead. Tom Bell defeated
Holder and Charters two years ago,
but we don’t know just how this
thing will terminate.
John N. Holder Will Support
Charters.
Col. W. A. Charters having an
nounced his candidacy for congress,
I will not run, but will support him.
I have stated to many that 1 would
be a candidate unless Colonel Char
ters decided to offer, but in that case
I would not ask the people of the
9th district for their suffrage. There
is no agreement nor understanding
between us except I told him months
ago if he ran I would not. He has
decided to be a candidate, and I
will not. That is all.
Two years ago in the contest for I
congress, Mi. Bell received 10,850 j
votes, Col. Charters 5,000 votes and ;
I received 9,000 votes. Mr. Bell re- ;
ceivetl 22 county unit votes, Colonel ?
Charters 10 county unit votes, and I j
received 10 county unit votes. There J
were three thousand more votes J
polled against Mr. Bell than forj
him. He had just enough county!
unit votes to secure his nomination. j
My decision not to offer for congress ,
does not preclude any one else from
running. A thousand others can
offer, if they desire, but an incum
bent for any office has a great ad- :
vantage when he is opposed by:
more than one man.
J NO. N. HOLDER.
Will Be Here Saturday*
Congressman Thos. M. Bell will
'be in Gainesville Saturday and
while here will be glad to confer
with his friends. He will only be
, at home a day or two, coming down
from Washington to get things in
1 shape for his campaign. Adv.
First Methodist Church
Sunday morning special sermon by
1 pastor. Night services called in on
J account of revival at Presbyterian
' church.
. Otwell—Pierce,
I A marriage of much interest to
{friends was that of Mr. Harold
Pierce, son of Aiderman John A
Pierce, and Miss Mary Otwell,
i daughter of the late Rev. J. C. Ot-
I well, the ceremony being solemnized
'at the Presbyterian manse last
Thursday evening. Only Mr. and
' Mrs. J. W. Jackson, brother and
1 sister of the groom, were present.
| Both young people are prominent
in a wide circle of friends, who join
the Eagle in extending them best
wishes for a long properous future.
Mrs. J. G. Collins went to Dublin
last week to attend the wedding of
her brother, Jones G. Smith, Jr.,
to Miss Nelle Foster. She is to sing
at the wedding, which occurs at
the First Methodist Church of
Dublin.
(ADVERTISEMENT)
W. A. Charters’ Strength in the Ninth District
Congressman Thos. M. Bell is a candidate for re-nomination and is opposed
this time by Col. W. A. Charters. Friends of each are now lining up for the
fight. As showing the strength of the two men in the district the returns of the
primary election of two years ago are interesting. Two years ago, owing to his
late announcement, and thinking he would not run, many of Mr. Bell’s friends
pledged themselves to one or the other of his opponents before he got into
the race; nevertheless Mr. Bell was overwhelmingly nominated.
In the face of the fact that Mr. Charters and Mr. Holder announced in Jan
uary, and both made a vigorous canvass of the district six months Before Mr.
Bell announced, and fired their guns at him for more than a month After he
announced, Mr. Bell polled 10,679 votes, nearly as many popular votes as both
opponents combined, and received 22 convention votes —which is 2 more
than both opponents combined received.
Two years ago, 24,176 votes were polled in the district. Mr. Charters re
ceived only 4,858 votes in the entire 18 counties of the district. This is about
one-fifth of the votes polled; while Mr Bell received 10,679, or nearly one-half.
The combined majority against Mr. Charters in the district was 19,318. The
combined majority against Mr. Charters in Hall—his home county, was 770; in
Lumpkin—his former home county, 100; in Jackson, 3,252; in Gwinnett, 3,051; in
Habersham, 521; in Stephens, 220; in White, 588; in Forsyth, 1,085; in Milton,
466; in Cherokee, 2,068; in Banks, 990; in Rabun, 287; in Gilmer, 942.
Os the 5 counties carried by Mr. Charters he only received a majority
in 2, viz: Dawson, 12; and Pickens, 22. There was a majority of 199 popular
votes against Mr. Charters in the 5 counties carried by him. It would seem,
therefore, that he has only a small following in the district, as he only polled
about 20 per cent of the vote, about 80 per cent being against him.
Mr. Bell carried his native county of White by 525; his home county of Hall
by 630; Lumpkin—the former home county of Mr. Charters —by 76; and only
lacked 98 votes of carrying Jackson—the home county of his other opponent,
Mr. Holder —where Mr. Charters only received 78 votes. Mr. Bell only lacked
78 votes of carrying Banks; 142 of carrying Fannin; 304 of carrying Pickens; 98
of carrying Towns; and 88 of carrying Union, several of which he would have
doubtless carried had there only been two in the race.
Mr. Bell carried 22 out of the 24 precincts of his home county of Hall, only
losing one by 2 votes and one by 12 votes, his plurality in the county being 770.
It is said that but few men in public life have ever had more loyal friends
than is possessed by Tom Bell, due to his devotion to them and his faithful ser
vice to the people.
Thos. M. Bell’s Strength in the Ninth District.
The race for Congress in the Ninth District has about settled down to
a race between Bell and Charters. Many claims are made by their re
spective adherents. Some of those who support Bell think he is invinci
ble. It may be interesting to examine the returns of the last election.
At that time Bell was opposed by two candidates who naturally split the
opposition. It is always to the advantage of the incumbent“to have more
than one candidate against him.
It is a fact that Mr. Bell lacked a great deal of receiving a majority
of the popular votes in the last election. To be exact, there were 2,918
more votes polled against him than were polled for him. He therefore
represents a minority.
He however had 22 votes in the Convention as against 20 This re
sulted from the fact that he carried several counties by a mere plurality
vote and not by a majority.
The combined majority against him in Stephens county was 198, in
Habersham 93, in Forsyth 101, in Milton 118. Notwithstanding this he
received the eight Convention votes of these counties. These eight votes
taken from 22 would leave only fourteen, or just one-thirdjof the Conven
tion votes.
Then again his majorities in other counties were very narrow. For
instance, in Lumpkin he had a majority of only 52, in Gwinnett 155, in
Cherokee 86.
His majority in Hall in 1911) was nearly 1,000; in 1912 it was reduced
to 490.
It would not apj>ear therefore that Mr. Bellis any too strongly en
trenched. A change of a very few votes would defeat him.
Reports are that there is disaffection in all parts of the district. With
a two-handed race this 'will count strongly against Mr. Bell. The contest
is just opening—but the indications are ominous. Adv
PAINT!!
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And It’s the Best that’s Made!
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It goes farther, lasts longer and looks bette r
COME TO SEE ME
M.C.BRfIWN
STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF
The State Banking Company
Located at Gainesville. Ga., at the close of business June 2. 1914.
RESOURCES.
Time loans |218,134 07
Overdrafts, unsecured 4,149 S 4
Furniture and fixtures 5,321 09
Other real estate 1,525 37
Due from banks and bankers in
this State 7,778 60
Due from banks and bankers in
other States ■■■• • 11,217 48
Currency 2,440 00
Gold 25 00
Silver, nickels, etc 2,894 32
Clearing house 874 76
Total 254,390 53
STATE OF GEORGIA— County of Hall. Before me came W. R, Winburn, Cashier of the
State Banking Co., who, being duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement
is a true condition of said Bank as shown by rhe books of file fn said Bank.
W. R. WINBURN, Cashier.
Sworn to and sudscribedlbefore me this Bth da.v rrf June. 1914.
A. R. BAKER. N. P.. Hall Co.. Ga.
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in 175,000 00
Surplus fund . 30,000 00
Undivided profits, less current ex-
penses, interest,and taxes paid.. 8,383 25
Individual deposits subject to
check 89,821 91
Time certificates 26,175 37
Certified Checks 10 00
Bills payable, including time cer
tificates representing borrowed
money 25,000 00
Total 254,390 53
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Gainesville 9; Buford 8.
In a close and hard fought game
on the Brenau Park diamond yester
day, Gainesville took the score by 9
to 8 against the Buford nine. This
is the second game of the season
with Buford, and Gainesville took
both games. Gainesville has the
material in he locals this year that
can play big league ball, and we are
due the team our heartiest support.
The management is figuring for a
number of games, which will be an
nounced in this paper from time to
time, and it is hoped that everybody
will do their best to make the team
a success.
There are towns much smaller
than Gainesville that not only sup
ports a ball team, but pay a good
salary additional to the players.
Cotton Bloom this Morning.
Mr. Robert Smith, from near Oak
Grove church, on Route 4, brought
in the first cotton bloom of the sea
son this morning. It came from the
farm of his brother, Joe Smith. He
said further that in his section there
was a very good stand of cotton and
it was a good average size.
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A Sensational, Spectacular,
Photo Drama in 4 Parts
ft LAMO
Thursday, June 25
THE Capture of the Smugglers
Vaa THE Freight Train Crashing into the Automobile
lino 1 THE Escape from Prison
Mw W THE Leap from the High Cliff
! THE Daring Plunge Over the Falls
A Picture Full of Action and
Portraying some of the most daring and
death-defying feats ever attempted.
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Admission 5 and 10c. 1 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Charters Visits Commerce.
Commerce, Ga., June 15.—William
A. Charters, recently announced
candidate for congress from the
ninth district, paid Commerce a vis
it Saturday in the interest of his
candidacy. Colonel Charters circu
lated freely among the people of
Commerce, and vicinity while on
his visit here today, and it is said
that he made a favorable impres
sion.
The race between the present con
gressman, Tom Bell, and Colonel
Charters promises to be a most inter
esting and hard-fought contest.
Week-End Rates.
Round trip Week-end rates from
Gainesville, to all Gainesville Mid
land Railway Stations. Two trains
daily, tickets sold every Saturday
and Sunday, limited to following
Monday. Two connections daily via
Monroe for Augusta, Ga., and va
rious points. Connections at Athens
with Seaboard, Central and Georgia
R. R.
R. L. Mobley, T. P. A., W. B.
Veazey, Traffic Manager. Gaines
ville, Ga.