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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.