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The Gainesville Eagle.
W. H. CRAIG.
Editor a a Kitsiness \ .-»■ agei.
tCnt.p.rp.d at GcJnexnille. post-oifi.ce !
as second-.‘lass matter.
Eagle Call: Bell Pl.one Nc. 56-
Thursday, August 6, 1914.
THE MILEAGE GRAFT WILL GET SELL.
Now. if the people of the Ninth
District can be made acquainted
with the facts in the case, the Hon.
Thomas M. Bell will be relegated to
private life.
We are now referring to this Mile
age Graft.
Col. Charters made the charge
that Bell voted to retain the law
that allows Congressmen to be paid
20 cents per mile for traveling be
tween their homes ami Washington
City, while it only costs them two
cents per mile.
Mr. Bell in his speeches over the
district has denied this charge.
He is still denying this charge, in
his speeches and in private conver
sation.
The fact is he voted on April 17th
of this year in favor of the Mileage
Graft of 20 cents per mile, and on
July Ist of this year he voted against
the Mileage Graft of 2o cents per
mile.
On April 17th when he voted for
the Mileage Graft of 20 cents per
mile he thought he would have no
opposition for Congress.
The bill went to the Senate and
the Senate amended the bill so as tq
retain the 20. cents per mile.
In the mean time Mr. Bell came
to Georgia and discovered that his
vote to retain the 20 cents per mile
had been published over the District
and that Col. Charters had an
nounced for Congress.
Then in obedience to an impera
tive call for a quorum to do the bus
iness of the country, Mr. Bell re
luctantly returned to his post of
duty.
The bill for the 20 cents per mile
graft had returned to the House of
Representatives for concurrence or
rejection, in the usual parliamenta
ry course.
Then Mr. Thomas M. Bell, Repre
sentative from the Nihth Congres
sional District of Georgia, in order
to cover his tracks, voted against
the 20 cents per mile graft.
Col. Charters in his speeches .
makes the (‘barge that the Hon.
Thomas M. Bell voted for the 20 I
cents per mile graft, ami shows the J
Congressional Record of April 17th i
to bear out his charge.
Mr. Bell follows Col. Charters, !
because he is afraid to meet him
face to face, and says he never voted
for tiie 20 cents per mile graft and
shows the Congressional Record of
July Ist to bear out his denial.
Mr. Bell, of course, never refers
to, but conceals, his vote of April
rth.
And thus lie deceives the people
into believing that Col. Charters is
wrongfully accusing Mr. Bell.
Mr. Bell has offered SIOO if the
charge made by Mr. Charters is
proved.
Col. Charters offers to leave the
matter to three disinterested citizens
or three of Mr. Bell's Congressional
colleagues, and if they say that Mr.
Beil did not vote for the 20 cents per
mile graft, then he will sign a state
ment that he has misrepresented
Mr. Bell, and will vote for him. But
if they decide that Mr. Bell did on
April 17th, 1914, vote for the 20 cents
per mile graft, then he, Bell, shall
give the SIOO to charity and sign a
statement that he tried to deceive
the people.
Does not this look like it is fair?
The best thing Mr. Bell could have
done would have been to come home
and tell the people the truth, and
say that he had voted for the mileage
graft, but had afterward changed
his mind and voted against it.
But he tries to deceive the people
by a falsehood.
He denies that he voted for it at
all.
And that is where we think that
Col. Charters iias put the blocks on
him.
Os course there are many who will
vote for Mr. Bell no matter what is
proved against him. But there are
many who are open to the truth.
WALTER THE CRAW GETS MAD.
The simple-minded fellow, signing
himself “Walter the Craw,” who
came up here and wrote for the
Constitution a whole lot of poppy
cock about Hugh Dorsey s speech,
has got with us.
What it is about needn’t matter—
suffice it to say he is mad at us.
But he writ a piece in the Gaines
ville News.
To have Walter the Craw mad at
us is calamity enough without say
ing any more.
What lie most objects to, it seems,
is that we “insinuated” that Dorsey
had sold his services for a price.
He says this is “cowardly.” Well,
"jve didn’t know for a positive cer
tainty that Dorsey was paid, but we
believed it. In the absence of posi
tive proof, what were we to do but
"insinuate”? We could only guess.
AN hen a solicitor-general deserted
his office and became a bung-tester
and made a dozen two-hour speeches
over the State, what were we to in
fer but that he got pay? It would
be a reflection on Dorsey’s intelli
gence t<> suppose that he was doing
ail This for a puerile cause without
remuneration.
Now, dear Walter the Craw, don't
fear that we haven’t the nerve to
say things we believe to be so, and
that our • insinuations’’ are coward
ly. You ought to know better than
to say that.
But the hardest thing Walter the
Crawhas said is that we are tryingto
ape Tom Watson. Dear Walter the
Craw, we were doing all this before
we ever heard of Tom Watson. And
is it noT peculiarly a destructive
rather than a constructive style of
literature. And if it were destructive
why not? Don’t you often have to
destroy things before you plant?
Don’t you have to destroy the jimson
weeds and the cuckle-burs?
Don’t you have to thin out the
Dorseys and the Walter the Craws
to make room for the good grain?
With this Walter the Craw winds
up:
For several years I have known
and worked side by side with his
son, Britt Craig, in Atlanta. In
fact, we sleep in the same room.
The last edition certainly serves to
Lighten my admiration for Britt, for
it shows beyond doubt that "the
son has far outstripped the father.”
When a boy leaves home at a ten
der age there is no telling what will
become of him. But Britt has our
prayers.
AA 7 e think it would be slamming
the elder LeCraw terribly to even
hint that the son is an improvement.
JASPER DID LAUGH.
AVe have just received a letter
from our old friend Jasper Pierce
in which he says that he did in fact
laugh at that Tom Bell joke. He
says: “You seem to be out of fel
lowship with a man’s general privi
lege.” Not at all. AVe concede a
man’s right to laugh at anything.
And we especially concede Jasper’s
right to laugh at a Tom Bell joke,
even at the expense of the Eagle.
He says he did not intend to
“throw off on the Eagle.”
But he nowhere says that he tried
not to laugh. AVe would be glad to
know that he did try. But, as we
said, he does not even intimate that
he made an attempt to keep Isis
buttons on.
WILL NOT BE THE WHIP.
From Jackson Herald:
Bill Charters will be heard in
Jackson county on August 3. He
will speak in Jefferson on the above
date at the noon reces- of court.
His address will be delivered in the
court house. Several young men — i
good musicians—have agreed to fur
nish music for the occasion. The <
people will hear a great speech from
one of the South’s ablest men. If!
the people elect Colonel Charters, ,
he will soon be one of the leaders ■
of congress. He will be ranked with ;
such men as Henry of Texas. Hay ■
of Virginia, Fitzgerald of New A ork,
and Shackelford of Missouri. These i
men are leaders. Not only will he r
cope with any of the great debaters !
in congress, but Bill Charters will |
not neglect any one of the duties of i
the office. Every letter will have |
his speedy reply; every request will ,
be looked after, and everything that |
can be done by him to advance the i
interest of the district or redound !
to the welfare of his constituents<
will he done.
DR. L. C. HARDMAN.
From Griffin News,
Dr. Hardman is one of the strong
est candidates ever presented to the
people. He is the kind of man who
seldom enters politics and the kind
that should be found more often in
the ranks of office holders. Dr.
Hardman, successful in the practice
of medicine and surgery, is recog
nized by his eolleagus as a man of
the highest professional skill. He
is a many-sided man of character
and distinction, being a business
builder in agriculture and commerce.
Dr. Hardman is an enthusiastic far
mer, owns and conducts seventeen
farms. He conducts at his farm in
Nacooehee Valley a model dairy
and his soil experiments in soil
building methods on the farm have
been studied and many of them
adopted by the United States De
partment of Agriculture.
That scientific agriculture is the
greatest need of this State is Dr.
Hardman’s belief. He is of the
opinion that proper conduct of the
business of agriculture is the big
issue of this or any othe campaign
for public office. He is a man of
charming personality, sincere and
solid. None of the gush ond pretty
palaver of the ordinary office seeker
dominates this candidate. We pre
sent these facts from first hand ob
servation. If voters like these quali
ities in a man, they will find them
in Dr. Hardman.
CHARTERS IN UNION.
Hon. W. A. Charters, candidate
for congress, addressed a represen
tative crowd of Union county citi
zens in the court house here Tues
day. He spoke for two hours, and
in a clean-cut and clear manner ex
posed Congressman Bell's record for
tin- past ten years. His address was
wt I received, and no doubt added
many names to his list of supporters
in thee ei’ity. Everyone who knows
Col. Charters knows his ability and
trust-worthiness, and it’s safe to
predict that -Union County will roll
him up a handsome majority on the
19th of August.—Union County
Banner.
Sunday School Celebration Success.
The Sunday School celebration in
which tout large Sunday Schools
took part at Antioch Camp Ground
last Saturday, was a big success.
Good speaking and singing of the
old-time song- was the order of the
day. The Sunday Schools taking
part in the celebration were, Sardis,
Antioch, Cool Springs, and Corinth.
The feature of the day was the
Sunday Schools, with their banners
flying, and marching around the
camp ground.
After a number of good speeches,
“■the well-filled baskets” were
brought forth, and the table, which
was 200 feet long, was filled to over
flowing, and no one has ever seen
just such a repast as was served to
the hungry five thousand.
Among those making speeches on
Sunday School work were Messrs.
Nat Harrison of Corinth and Alva
Maxwell.
For Miss Lid el I.
Last Monday Misses Ruth and
Marguerite Chamblee entertained a
few couples at rook in honor of Miss
Jeanette Lidell of Etowah, Tenn.
Miss Inez Carter presided over the
punch bowl.
After playing rook for awhile, de
licious ices were served.
Those attending were: Misses Er
nestine Ham, Mary Brown, Frances
Hobbs,Carrie Smith, Sncile Bennet,
Montine Smith, Victoria Allen, Al
ice Merlinjones; Messrs. Pierpont
Brown, Claud Barrett, Louie La
them, Richard Mealor, Candler
Smith, Rufus Hulsey, Robert Brice,
William Jones, H. W. Rhodes, Geo,.
P. Estes, Jr.
Will Heathe Dead.
Mr. Will Heathe. who was knocked
by the people's lee Company auto
truck. about four weeks ago, died
a- a result of wounds sustained,
yesterday afternoon at a local sani
tari tun.
Mr. Heathe is -urvived by his
mother, who lives in South Caro
lina.
The funeral will occur this after
noon from the First Methodist
church at 4.30 o'clock and the inter
ment will occur at Alta Vista.
Shoots Sheriff and Kills Seif.
Buford, Ga.. August 3. —T. M.
Vandiver, a prosperous farmer, was
found dying of self-intlieted wounds
at his home one mile south of here
this afternoon by a posse organized
to capture him for the .shooting of
Sheriff .J. K. Shadburn, a short time
previously. Vandiver breathed his
last just after the posse arrived.
Sheriff Shadburn, although he re
ceived two loads in the back and
one in the side from Vandiver’s
shotgun is expected to recover.
Shadburn, who is sheriff of the
city court of Buford, armed with a
warrant charging Vandiver with
wife-beating, went to the farmer’s
home at 2 o’clock Monday after
noon to serve the paper. He was
I accompanied by Sheriff E. S. Gar-
I ner, of Gwinnett county, who also
! had papers to serve against Vandi
; ver.
The two officers, meeting Vandi
der in a field, were asked to accom
pany him to his house. Leaving
the two sheriffs outside, Vandiver,
it is reported, entered, secured a
shotgun and, leaping from a win
dow', attempted to escape through a
cotton patch. When Sheriff Shad
burn shot at him. Vandiver is said
to have turned around and fired at
the officer three times, each taking
effect.
Sheriff Garner immediately rushed
his badly-wounded comrade back to
Buford, where a posse was formed
to return for Vandiver. Upon
reaching the scene the posse found
that the farmer had evaded capture
by fatally shooting himself with the
same gun he had used upon Shad
burn.
Vandiver was about 4(1 years old,
and leaves a wife and ‘two children.
- i «ei ♦ .
For Representative. •
Mr. J. H. Lathem of Bark Camp
District is a candidate for Represen
tative in the General Assembly.
He has been solicited by a large
number of friends to make the race,
and has at last consented to enter.
He asks the support of his friends all
over the county
Mr. Lathem is very popular and
has a fine chance of election.
THE THIUMFH OF FAITH.
We have read and heard a good
deal about the triumph of faith, but
were permitted to see it demonstra
ted in away equal to anything we
have ever read inside or outside the
Bible, on last Friday, in the death
of Jim and Bartow Cantrell, who
were executed in the Hall County
jail. It was wonderful to see those
two saints of God. who a few months
ago were murderers, marching like
soldiers to their destiny—not with
careless indifference, nor a reckless,
daring boldness, but withan humble
boldness, that comes only through
the knowledge of sins forgiven, and
victory over death through the aton
ing blood of our Christ. Their re
pentance was thorough and deep,
and their witness to pardon clear
and definite. Not one word of self
justification was heard from them,
but only regrets that they had j
brought trouble to others. Some of |
us had the privilege of being with |
them in religious service every Sun
day afternoon for several months
before their execution, beholding
their shining laces and hearingtheir
clear testimonials to the saving grace
of God.
They insisted that we come on the
day of the execution as early as
possible, and stay with them to the
last, which we did. We held service
with them until they were brought
out to make their statements, ami
go on to awful but glorious fate. The
glory that rested upon them is inde
scribable. As we sang their favor
ite songs they walked back and
forth in their cell, praising God that
they would soon be at home, and
exhorting others who were unsaved
to get ready to meet them in Heaven.
They were so self-forgetful and
thoughtful of others. They did not
seek one bit of comfort for them
selves but spent their time in trying
to comfort their loved ones who
were grieving tor them. They fre
quently prayed for their fellow
prisoners who were unsaved. Jim
even told the sheriff that he knew
it was hard on him to perform his
duties as an executing officer, but
said that he would stand by him and
hold him up .all he could. When
others were criticizing the Governor
for not commuting their sentence,
not a word of criticism came from
them, but they only said. “God’s
will be done, and that is what we
want. When asked which one
would go first, Jim said, “Bart had
better go first- It will be hard, ron
the one who L- last, and i will take
that place.' 0, such sacrifice, such
love. It calls forth the admiration
of not only Hall County but the State i
of Georgia—yea, all the world.
What but but the all-conquering
grace of our God could produce such
sacrifice? AA hen Bartow startl'd he -
went with a smile on his face.
AV bile h,e shoos hands with his
friends, saying, “Meet me in Heav
en,” Jim broke down and wept,
but when they went for him his
tears were dried, and he walked out
with the same swe-et smile, saying
goodbye to all, and urging us to
meet him in Heaven, I repeatit:
It was no natural boldness. It was
no heroic spirit, but the samt' naighty >
grace of God that made St. Paul
exclaim, “() death, where is thy
sting? O, grave, where is thy victo
ry?"
We cannot think of them as mur
dt'iers, but as Saints of God, which
they truly were.
I sincerely hope that all who may
read this article will be as fully pre
pared for death when it comes as
were those two boys.
Much more might be said but this
will give some idea of the triumph
of faith in their cases.
(Mrs.) Kula Harris.
Gainesville, Ga.
SAXOIV.
Gathering and disposing of the
vast peach crop is the order of the
day in this set tion.
Mr. Foster Johnsen visited friends
and relatives in Candler last week.
Mr. Fred Roark was kicked by a
horse one day last week and was
very painfully but not seriously
hurt; will be out again soon.
Miss Adderholdt, who is teaching
school at this place, visited home
folks in Gainesville Saturday and
Sunday.
Miss Ila Webster is visiting her
sister in Dawson county.
Mrs. Howard Martin of Missouri
is visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Loggins.
We are looking forward to the
big ice cream supper and water
melon cutting.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Smith of At
lanta are visiting Mr. and Mrs. W.
N. Edwards’ family.
Mrs. Rose Ketron and daughter,
Miss Ruby, left Tuesday for Indian
Springs where they will attend the
annual camp meeting for the next
two weeks.
Mr Adams’ Temperance Rec
ord In The House.
i
The following was published by the :
Georgia Anti-Saloon League in the last
issue of the Empire State, an Atlanta
weekly newspaper, which shows that
J. O. Adams “blows hot and cold” on
the temperance question RAd what
your temperance people have to say
about his position on temperance legis
lation:
“As you know, the passage of the
Webb law so changed conditions in
Georgia that we at once dropped for
the time the agitation for the Tippms
Bill and turned our attention ttf the pas
sage of a bill to make the Webb law ef
fective. We had introduced.and passed
through the senate the Hixon-Searcy
Bill forbidding Common Carriers to de- ■
liver liquor in Georgia intended for il- [
legal use. This bill went over to the ;
house at the last session and was sent J
to the temperance committee, J. O. I
ADAMS, of Gainesville, Chairman, and |
BY HIS CONNIVANCE WHEN HE I
COULD NO LONGER DELAY, with the |
assistance of AVheatley, ofAmericus, En-1
nis, of Milledgeville, and Mcßae, of
Telfair, THE BILL WAS HELD FOR
DAYS AND FINALLY, IN SPITE OF
DETERMINED EFFORTS, on the part
of the House to get the bill out of their
hands, referred it to a sub-committee. |
of which Wheatley is Chairman, and in
structed them to report it back at this
session. This committee is still holding
this bill in spite of repeated efforts on
the part of the House to get possession
of it.
Let us hope that no man who has had
part in this indefensible outrage on the
people will ever again hold of
fice by the vote of temperance men.”
Approved by the State Board of Trus
tees, Georgia Anti-Saloon League, July
21, 1914, and ordered published.
(Adv.) J. B. Richards, Secretary.
Mrs. Black's Home Burglarized.
Last night about 8.30 Mr. Garland
Thompson and a brother of his dis
covered a light in the home of Mrs.
T. C.- Black, and knowing that Mrs.
Black was away for the summer,
they went to investigate. Just be
fore they got to the house a heavy
built mulatto ciegro ran from the
house. The boys chased him down
Academy street to an alley and lost
sight of him.
The policemen were notified and
diligent search was made by the
officers and a crowd of citizen- of
the neighborhood, but lie was not
seen further.
Mrs. Black not being at home, itj
is not known whether the negroj
carried off any booty or not.
LAND, FARMER'S SECURITY,
NO LONGER BLACKLISTED,
AT THE NATIONAL BANKS«
In the course of an attack on the Regional Reserve Banks, established
under the Democratic Currency Bill, published in the newspapers of July 31,
ex-Governor Joseph M. Brown says:
“However, the law does not force the borrowing banks to loan
money to farmers, and recent developments have proven those
latter banks are ‘not in the market for farm loans,’ hence the
Regional Bank system IS A NULLITY SO FAR AS RELIEF TO
THE FARMERS IS CONCERNED.”
*
It would be absurd to suggest that the law should force a bank to lend
money to any individual, but the law passed by the Democrats DOES
PERMIT national banks outside Central Reserve Cities to lend money on
farm lands, a privilege which for more than fifty years has been denied
them under the Republican law. For half a century farmers and farmers’
organizations have complained that their security was blacklisted by the
National banking law. But farm lands have been taken off the blacklist
by Section 24 of the new Currency law passed by the Democrats and signed T
by President Wilson on the 23d of last December, as follows: 5
“Section 24. Any Naional banking association NOT SITU
ATED IN A CENTRAL RESERVE CITY may make loans secured
by improved and unincumbered farm land, situated within its Fed
eral Reserve District, but no such loan shall be made for a longer
time than five years, nor for an amount exceeding fifty per centum
of the actual value of the property offered as security. Any such
bank may make such loans in an aggregate sum equal to twenty
five per centum of its capital and surplus, or to one-third of its
time deposits and such banks may continue hereafter as hereto- \
fore to receive time deposits and to pay interest on the same.”
It is expected that there will be twelve Reserve Cities: New York,
Boston, Philadelphia, Richmond, Chicago, Cleveland, St. Louis, Kansas City,
Minneapolis, San Francisco, Dallas and Atlanta. Banks in Central Reserve
cities will not be permitted to make five-year loans because they will be in
cities where thousands of other banks will go to get money when it is needed
for commercial and agricultural purposes. But every other bank in the
United States is free to lend money on farm lands, which the National banks
were prohibited from doing until the Democratic law was passed.
If the man referred to in ex-Governor Brown’s card who made applica- f
tion for a loan by the National banks of Atlanta, had read the law, he
would have known that the Atlanta banks, expecting to be in a Central
Reserve city, which will be the money reservoir for several States, could
not, under the law, be “in the market for farm loans.” Then it might have
occurred to him to apply to ex-Governor Brown’s National bank, which has
authority to make farm loans and which can be “in the market” for them.
Read the law quoted above and see if this is not true.
The farmer’s land is no longer blacklisted by law at the National banks i
scattered all over the country as was the case until last December, and 1
that, certainly, is a step forward for the farmer.
Before the Currency bill was introduced Senator Hoke Smith intro
duced a bill permitting National banks to lend money on farm lands and
this plan, proposed by him, was incorporated in the Currency bill and is
now a law T .
Dr. H. E. Stockbridge, editor of the Southern Ruralist, upon seeing the
attack on the farm loan feature of the currency law, wrote to forty-two
country national banks in Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama and Florida. *
asking if they would make farm loans under the terms of the new' law', and,
without exception, they replied that they would. One bank stated that it
was already making such loans. These letters are on file in the Ruralist
office in Atlanta, and the statement herein made will be substantiated by
Dr. Stockbridge.
HOKE SMITH CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE.
Atlanta, Ga., August 1, 1914.
Flowery Branch.
Mis- Henrietta Additon of Phiii
delplua is at home with her pa rents,
Mr. and Mrs. I. (>. Addit< n, for a
few weeks.
Mrs. Tanner of Center has Le< a
spending a week with her parent',
J. M. : nd Mr-. Shankle.
Mi-- Ruth Chamblee of Gaines
ville. with Miss Janett Liddell of
Etowah., Tenn., were guests of Mrs.
Fa T. Davie this week. <
Mr. C. Speiscer is visiting relatives
in Gainesville.
Mr-. Self ha- return< d home after
a pleasant visit to relatives in At
lanta and Dacula.
Miss Myrtle Palme.- and her
mother, Mr-. Palmer, are with Mrs.
B. Williams.
Mrs. J. C. McEver of Belmont
is spending a week with her sister.
Mrs. John Tanner.
A most delightful event of this
week was a water melon cutting at
Mr. U. B. Millikin's in honor of the
Winder Boy Scouts.
At His Best.
Dr. L. G. Hardman is offering, his
services to the state while in the
prime ot life. He has a thorough
gnvsp <»t the business needs of the
state. He will bring the same
ability to the service of th* state
that has brought success to hi---pri
vate enterprises. He stands foi
progressive legislation and econ
omy.
Mr. amt Mrs. H. L. Padgett of At- <
lanta. are spending the week “ilh
. Mr-. J. AV. Jacobsßoulevard.
I
Air. C G. Vaughan and Mr. J. N.
Benson of Cartersville have re
turned home after a visit to Mr.
A. AV. Parham.
Miss Marie Smith of Dublin is
[guest of Col. and Mrs. J G. Collins
this week.
Airs. J . S. Gould is visiting her
father in Crawfordville for a few
weeks>
Mr. Jay S. Gould is this week vis
iting New York, Chicago, Boston
and many other points of interest
North.
Mr. and Mrs. John Harbei of
Commerce visited the former’s par
ents, Mr and Airs. G. AV. 1). Harbei
Sunday.
Mrs. Frank Traber oi Atlanta, who
ha- been guest of her parent-. Mr.
and Mrs. O. C. Scupin, for some
time, returned home Tuesday.