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THE GAINESVILLE EAGLE.
a y the Eagle Publishing Company.
volume lv
SOW CRIMSON CLOVER
IF YOU WANT TO IMPROVE YOUR FARMS AND INCREASE
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improver, a crop turned over being considered equal
to a good application of stable manure, and worth as a
soil improver from S2O to S3O per acre. It also makes
A SPLENDID WINTER COVER CROP, prevent
ing leaching of the soil
THE BEST OF FALL, WINTER, AND SPRING
GRAZING; THE EARLIEST and MOST NUTRI
TIOUS of GREEN FEEDS, or a good early hay crop.
It can be used for these purposes and the root and
stubble plowed under afterwards with decided im
provement both in productiveness and mechanical
condition of the soil. Can sown on corn or cotton
lands and plowed or harrowed lightly during August
or September. IOC pound at
George’s Drug Store.
HERE MD THERE
--MD THEA SOME
(By Stickem)
* A man said: “If I were a-fishing
for Senators and caught little joe, I
would throw him back.” There are
a whole lot of wise men. Solomon
didn’t have much on the present
generation.
Did you read Hoke’s reply to the
little one? It was some “trash
mover!” And he showed what he
had done and what he is now doing,
and he is going to stay in the Senate
regardless of little joe’s personal
predjudices.
And “Walter the Craw” of the'
Atlanta Constitution, not satisfied |
with lying about cow bells trying to I
stop Dorsey from speaking, takes a
* a \\shot at the Eagle through the;
Gainesville Snooze. The fact of the •
business is, the cow bells were ad
vertising a ball game and not a Bell ;
nor brown meeting. i
Through deference or courtesy to'
Judge Jones, who introduced him,
the people of Hall county allowed
Dorsey to speak for his patron saint, <
joey boy, but how about the bench- .
** man McGregor, an al<<> apostle?
Tote fair and keep a stiff upper
lip, is the News's motto according to
its allegations, and don’t lie on the
other fellow. How about that infa
mous lie that Charters is a Jew and
a blood relation io Leo M. Frank.
New: y Rag? Don't get yourself
tangled.
* And joey boy calls the working
people anarchists, cut-throats, and
so forth, and so on, because they
band together and ask a living wage
at the hands of the corpoiations. Os
course he will get the corporations’
vote, but is joey the fool? or does
he think that the laboring people
* are the goat?
The News says that the Lawrence
ville NeW'.-Herald says that Jack
son and Gwinnett counties are safe
for Bell. That is powerful second
handed, ot course —but the News-
Herald didn't attend the Charters
speaking at Jefferson Monday.
“little joe is a-coming,” says the
News. Certainly! Coming to where
he was when Hoke tired him from
the Railroad Commission, which is
to say—a button-hole lower.
They all Have Records.
Dr. Hardman is the only candi
date for Governor who is saving
a-, much about his Legislative Record.
They all have records however, and
the voters should look into them, i
By their works shall ye know them. |
Mossy Creek.
Annual Camp Meeting August I
12th to 17th.
Round trip 75 cents.
Tickets on sale August 12th to i
17th.
Good returning until August 18th.
Three trains each way Sunday.
.4 Sweet Singer.
Miss Ruth Smith i< attending Miss
Nell Hurs/< house party at Social
Circle. She sang in the church
there Sunday. Mis- Ruth is one of
Gainesville’s sweetest singers. Next
Sunday -he will sing at the Episco
pal church.
PETE'S Mill.
K
OUR MOTO
You scrach my back,
and I will scrach yuars.
Our Flatform.
he Junebug has the golden wing
The Lightninbug the flaim
The Bedbug has ho wings nor lite
But gits there all the - same.
The Hon. W. A. Charters spoke
at Jefferson Ga. Monday noon and
a large crowd attended it is said
that he will carry that county and
that is another place .that Tom Bell
will not get a smell the Charters
Club will meet again tonight a large
crowd attended the last meeting and
it is hoped that they will come this
time if they don’t they will miss the
; time of their life.
j
The Charters Club met here last
Thursday Night and a big crowd
attended their were several speeches
! made all of whom were good ones
and Soda Water and other refresh
ments were served their were no
Tom Bell crooks are hoodulums to
drown out the speeches like there
were at New Holland we all know
1 9
■ that Tom m Bell, hired them to do
1 it so we will forget and not fret be
, cause tom Belle does hundreds of
things worse than that daily
_ 1.
Must He Be a Lawyer?
’ Must we have a Lawyer for Gov
ernor? Is the Farmer, Doctor and
i Business man debarred? Twoof the
Candidates for Governor are Law
i yers, connected with Corporate in
terests, and living in large cities.
; Dr. L. G. Hardman, of Commerce,
l the Candidate from the country, has
i their ability and their Legislative
'experience, without their bad en-
■ vironments.
Teachers Resign.
Miss Mary Ella Perry, Miss Bessie
| Ellis and Miss Kathleen Evans
i have resigned from the Public
i Schools as teachers, and will take
; up their work in other places. Misses
I Petry and Ellis go to the the Boston
I School of oratory’ for the winter
i while Miss Evans has accepted a
j position at Perth Amboy, N. J., at
I an increased salary.
Profs. Zach Collins and J. H.
I Pool have accepted a position in the
' Gainesville Public Schools.
Dr. Hardman's Appointmentss
Thursday, Aug. 13.
Lawrenceville—ll a. m.
Gainesville —3.30 p. m.
Friday, Aug. 14.
Toccoa —11 a. m.
Lavonia—Between 1 and 3.30 p. m
Hartwell—3.3o p. m.
Saturday. Aug. 15.
Bowman—9.3o a. m.
Elberton—3.3o p. m.
Monday, Aug. 17.
Danielsville—ll a. m.
A th- ns—8.20 p. m.
Tuesday. Aug. Is,
Homer—ll a. m.
GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1914.
Bell Voted for the Mileage Graft.
!f Bell Did Not Vote for Mileage Graft, Charters will Vote for Beil, and Sign Statement He has
Misrepresented Bell.
BELL MUST BACK DOWN, OR SAY HE HAS ATTEMPTED TO DECEIVE THE
PEOPLE.
Hon. W. A. Charters, candidate'
for Congress, charges that Hon. ■
Tbos. M. Bell, member of Congress,
and candidate for re-election, voted !
for what is known as the “Mileage !
Graft.”
Mr. Bell denies the charge.
Mr. Charters shows from the Con- i
gressional Record that Mr. Bell did i
so vote, and has published that factJ
all over the district. But still Mr. !
Bell denies.
On April 17, 1914, page 7369 of the ;
Congressional Record, Mr. Bell voted ,
for twenty cents per mile going to!
and returning from Washington, i
whereas the expense is only two i
cents.
In June Mr. Charters announced
for Congress. Mr. Bell came to
Georgia and heard rumors of the
“Mileage Graft” vote. Post haste
he returned to Washington and voted
the other way—that is, for actual
expenses.
Mr. Charters addresses the follow
ing letter to Mr. Bell: *
An Open Letter to Thos. M. Bell:
Gainesville, Ga., Aug. 3, 1914.
Hon. Thos. M. Bell,
Gainesville, Ga.:
Dear Sir: On the 6th day of June
last I announced as a candidate for
Congress against you and without
delay attacked your record as a
Congressman.
Amongst other things, I charged
against you that you had voted for
what is known as the “Mileage
Graft.” In other words, I charged,
and i now repeat the charge, that on
APRIL 17TH, 1914, you voted to pay
yourself at the rate of twenty cents
per mile in going to and returning
from Washington, whereas your ac
tual expenses in traveling were only
about two cents per mile.
On that date the House of Repre
sentatives had under consideration
the Legislative, Judicial and Execu
tive Bill. The committee had re-
GREAT CHARTERS SPEAKING
AT JEFFERSON MONDAY.
More than a Thausand People were Present
—Court House Filled to Overflow
ing—And then Some.
Hon. W. A. Charters spoke at
Jefferson Monday to a large and
enthusiastic crowd, and, as at every
place he speaks, he made many new
friends. All that the people need is
to have the light burst in -upon them,
and that is what Charters does every
where he goes.
He does not stoop to petty 7 politics
and mud-slinging. While the other
side slings the mud, he cofnes along
with the plain facts and lays them
bare to to the people, and they are
hearers of the word now, but will be
doers on August 19th.
He has not made a statement that
FACTS do not bear him out, and
that is what the majority of people
wa n t —u nad ull era te d FAC TS.
Owing to the fact that the court
house would not seat but one thous
and, many’ stood up in the court
room, others stood around the doors
and windows where they could get
the bulk of the speech, while a large
crowd could not get into the build
ing.
Ex-Senator Tom Johnson intro
duced Mr. Charters to the audience.
Reunion of Company D.
Company D. 27th Georgia Regi
ment, held their annual re-union at
Redwine Church last Saturday, it
being estimated that about three
thousand people were present on
this occasion. Among the speakers
were Col. Avery of Atlanta. Col.
W. M. Johnson, Col. J. o. Adams.
Col. B. P. Gaillard of this city’ and
Uncle Berrian Brown of Forsyth
county.
I Talkin Ben Reed came in to tell
| us about it and he says that they
■ are going to erect a monument at
| Redwine church for this company
j before the annua] re-union.
Ben also says they’ had a-plentv
! of dinner and that which was pleas
: ing to the palate on this occasion.
Established in IBOU.
; ported a bill which provided for AC-
■ TUAL TRAVELING EXPENSES.
; The old law allowed 20 cents per
• mile. An amendment was offered to
. the bill as reported by the commit
j tee to re-establish the old law, and
i you voted for this amendment to re
' establish the old law which allowed
j2O cents per mile, and against the
, provision which allowed only 7 actual
i traveling expenses.
i Your vote is recorded for this
■ “Mileage Graft” on page 7369 of the
, Congressional Record.
Voting with you for this old law
i of 20 cents mileage were 95 mem
; bers. Voting against you, and for
i actual expenses, were 242 members,
.including a large majority of the
; Georgia delegation.
i The bill as passed by the House,
' therefore, provided for only the ac
j tual traveling expenses, and in this
! shape it went to the Senate. But
• the Senate struck out this provision,
i and amended the bill so as to allow
i the 20 cents per mile, and the bill
■ was returned to the House for con-
I currence.
While the bill was being consid
i ered by the Senate you were in
j Georgia looking after your cam
ipaign, and while you were here I
I made the charge against you of this
’ Mileage Graft, and the charge was
, published in the newspapers. You
I returned to Washington in obedi
ence to a demand to make a quo
rum to transact the business of the
people. And while you were in
, Washington at that time, and while
■you were under fire for your graft
vote of April 17, 1914, the bill was
again taken up by the House, and
, on July 1, 1914, you reversed your
• position and voted against the 20
: cents mileage.
i In other words, on April 17th,
when you thought you would proba
bly have no opposition, you voted for
the 20 cents per mile; and on July
Ist, when you had opposition, you
reversed yourself and voted the
other way, and thereby confessed
A Great Charters Rally
At the Armory tonight. Good speak
ing, good music, refreshments.
The U. D. C.
Will meet Friday afternoon, August i
7th, at four o’clock, with Mrs. G. R.
Bickers.
Grace Church.
Bishop Nelson will visit Grace
Church Sunday evening, and will
confirm and preach. Service will
begin at 8.30 o’clock. A cordial in
vitation is extended to the public to
attend.
•
Song Recital.
Miss Laura Lew Bosworth will
give a song recital at Brenau to
morrow night, assisted by Mr. Henry
Stewart.
Miss* Bosworth is a grand singer
and all who go will have a rare
treat.
Dr. L. G. Hardman
Will address the voters of Hall
County, at the Court House in
Gainesville, on August 13th, at 3.30
lin the afternoon in the interest of
i his candidacy for Governor.
i Everybody is invited to come out
I and hear the candidate that prom
| ises a business administration and
j the enforcement of the law.
A Hoke Smith Club.
There will be a Hoke Smith Rally
at the Armory tomorrow night at
i 8.30 o’clock.
A Hoke Smith Club will be or-
i ganized.
I All voters are cordially invited.
Hoke Smith Clubs throughout the
' county are requested to send their
lists of membership.
i Richardson Band will make music.
Mr. J. F. Wesf
i
Has entered the race for the legis
lature. and although coming in
rather late, he is making a rapid
i canvass.
i Mr. West lives in Quillians Dis-
■ trict. He represented White county
i two terms in the legislature several
i years ago, but has lived in Hail
■ county lor the past three years. He
; is an excellent man.
your wrong-doing in the first in
stance.
I am informed that at various
places in the district, Lawrence
ville, Winder, Gainesville and oth
ers, you have denied that you voted
for this bit of graft, and have read
to your unsuspecting constituents
from the Congressional Record of
July Ist to prove tiiis; but you have
studiously avoided referring to the
Congressional Record of April 17th.
Os course, the Congressional Record
of July Ist would not show 7 the vote
of April 17th. By this means you
have created the impression amongst
some that I have falsely accused
you.
If I have misrepresented you I
am not worthy of the support of the
people; and if you have evaded the
issue, you are not worthy of their
support.
I have invited you to meet me face
to face before the people in joint
debate. You have refused. The
reason is, of course, apparent. You
cannot face the record of April 17th.
I am, therefore, left to this means
of addressing you an open letter.
I understand you say you will give
SIOO.OO if the charge T make against
you is proven.
I now offer to leave the matter to
any three disinterested citizens, or
to three of your congressional col
leagues. If they shall decide, after
examining the record, that on April
17th, 1914, you did NOT vote for the
cld law, which was 20 cents per
mile, and against the proposition to
pay actual expenses, only, then I
will sign a statement that I have
misrepresented you. and will vote
for you for Congress. If they decide
otherwise, then you turn over the
SIOO.OO to any charity you prefer,
and sign a statement that you have
tried to deceive the people.
W. A. CHARTERS.
What does Mr. Bell say.
He must answer, or he stands
convicted.
SOUTH GEORGIA GREETS
GAINESVILLE HARDMAN CLUB.
They Find North Georgia Candidate a Man of
Principle and Character.
The claim of Dr. L. G. Hardman's
friends that his support in his race
for governor is most state-wide and
non-sectional and non-factional is
supported by a letter recently
written by Mr. J. R. Kelly, a promi
nent merchant and fertilizer dealer
in south Georgia, to President W. A.
Miller of the Gainesville Hardman
club. Mr. Kelly writes from Cor
dele under date of July 24, as fol
lows :
“We are glad to see you North
Georgia people getting in behind our
candidate for governor. We believe
Dr. Hardman is the man we should
elect for Georgia's next governor.
His record shows him to be a hu
manitarian. In other words he is a
friend of the weak and working class
of people. The only way to judge
a man is by his past record. We
have carefully weighed and com
pared Dr. Hardman s public and
private lite, also his legislative
record, with that of Judge Harris,
and J. Randolph Anderson’s, and
we rind that Dr.* Hardman outstrips
them all. Judge Harris a weak
second, and Randolph Anderson
comes last.
“Our people are looking above
factionalism and sectionalism. We
are looking for principle and charac
ter, and a broad-minded and well
qualified humanitarian, and believe
we have /found him in the person of
Dr. L. G. Hardman.
“William J. Harris' retirement
practically assures Dr. Hardman s
election. Listen: One thing we
notice, the state daily press seems
partial, and does not give the doc
tor the praise and publicity he de
serves. However, the people are
i 'wise, and are not controlled by bluff
, and bluster, of yellow journalism as
■ they once were. Believe me Dr.
'Hardman ha- a strong following in
' south Georgia, and we believe will
1 .
i be Georgia s next governor."
SI.OO a Year in Advance
NUMBER 32
CANTRELLS PAY DEATH
ON GALLOWS FRIDAY.
Neither of the Boy’s Necks Was Broken—Jim
Twenty Minutes on Callows; Bartow
15 Minutes.
The murder of Arthur Hawkins
is avenged.
The Cantrell brothers paid the
penalty Friday at noon.
The Cantrell case lias perhaps
caused more talk, and has been one
of the hardest fought cases ever
known in the history of Hall county,
where there was no money and no
political prestige for the defendant.
The Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union and many other Chris
tian organizations took up the fight
with the boys’ attorneys to get a
commutation to life sentence, but to
no avail. After the Prison Com
mission sat down on the case, the
Governor granted another week’s
reprieve that he could again open
the case, which he did and after a
thorough examination of the facts
declined to interfere with the law,
hence the boys paid the full penalty.
It is said that the people where
the boys came from would not agree
that they should be buried there,
and consequently they were buried
in the paupers’ cemetery at Alta
Vista. There was also some hitch
about burying the boys here. The
city, it is said, at first refused to
grant a permit to have the graves
dug. but later the permit was granted
and the funeral arrangements made
so Saturday afternoon.
Rev. David Watson, who had been
the boys’ spiritual adviser, con
ducted the services at the grave.
Bartow, at his request, was al
lowed to be hung first. After the
trap was sprung he lived about
fifteen minutes, strangling to death.
His neck was not broken owing to
the fact that the rope in some man
ner worked around to the side of
his face, rather than being behind
the ear.
When the trap was sprung under
Jim, his neck was not broken either,
but he did not seem to suffer as
much as did Bart, although he lived
about five minutes more than Bar
tow.
Every effort possible was put forth
to save the boys from hanging,
mainly because of their illiteracy.
Come Out Tonight
And hear some good speeches at the
Charters Rally at the Armory. Good
Music —refreshments.
Mr. Heathe in Bad Condition.
The friends of Mr. Will Heathe,
who was knocked down by ice truck
of the Peope’s Ice Company, is re
ported as not doing so well this week.
It is said that his legs are partially
paralyzed.
A Business Administration.
Dr. L. G. Hardman, Candidate
for Governor, is a good business
man. He has succeeded farming,
dairying, banking, manufacturing
and in his profession. The state
needs an executive with business
ability. Dr. Hardman combines
ability with conservatism, sterling
Christian character, devotion to
duty and love of humanity.
Saving Children's Lives.
Diphtheria is a fatal disease among
children. An Ami-toxin was dis
covered that would save the patient
if applied promptly, but it was ob
tainable, for many years, only in
1 a rge cities. Count ry childre nw ou 1 d
die before it could be obtained. Dr.
L. G. Hardman, now a candidate
for Governor, is the man who put
through the Legislature a bill to
place diphtheria anti-toxin in every
county, and Lee to the poor people.
Hall County 5. 5. Association.
The Hall County Sunday School
Association meets on August 25th
and 26th with Concord and Trinity
churches.
The officers are busy planning the
work that is to be done, making out
prOgranA and arranging transpor
tation for the crowds of Sunday
School workers that will go from
this section.
Men of State-wide reputation and
recognized authorities on Sunday
' School matters will be on the pro
j gram. Mr. D. W. Sims, State Sec
retary, who last year made such
; splendid addresses at the Gainesville
' assembly, will be on the program.
The people of Concord and Trinity
ichurche- will take care of all ap
j pointed delegates.
j Reduced rates have been secured
I to Clermont which will cover the
1 two days spent there.