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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 YOUR CROPS. Crimson Clover is a wonderful land 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.