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The Gainesville Eagle.
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W- H. CRAIG.
Kditor ' H SIMM* ' ’ •
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as secor ■>■ :‘?er.
Eagle Call: Bell Phoue No 56-
Thursday, August 15. 1919.
BELL ADMITS MILEAGE-GRAFT VOTE.
Hon. Tho>. M. Bell admit' that
he voted for the mileage graft.
The people of the 9th di>tii<t
elected him to care tor them and
their interest' in Washington City,
and he is paid *7.500 a year to do it.
He is there to vote tor hi' constit
uents.
The railroad fare from Gainesville
to Washington and return is about
$23.76.
On April 17. 1914. Mr. Bell voted
to pay him'elf about *237.60 mile
age. instead ot *23. <•>.
And that was the people s money
he was after.
He denied this vote in his speeches
all during the month ot .July and
until Aug. 3rd.
He stated that he would give SIOO
if any one would prove that he ,
voted tor thi' bit of graft.
Beginning with Monday. Aug. 3rd.
in his 'peech at Alpharetta. Mr.
Bell admitted that he voted for the
mileage graft.
He admit' it now in every speech I
he makt '. and undertakes to explain ;
it. I
He denied it for a month.
For a month he said Mr. Charters:
misrept e'en ted him.
Now he 'ays Mr. Charters did not
misrep esent him
Who told the truth at first —Mr.
Charter' or Mr. Bell?
Mr Bell agrees with Mr. Charters
now.
Mr. Bell deceived his own friends j
for a month by reading from the
Congressional Record of July Ist.
whereas hi' vote for mileage graft
was contained in the Congressional
Record of April 17th. and he knew
it.
When Mr. Bell denied the charge
he was obliged to have known that
he voted for mileage at the rate of
20 cents, whereas it cost only about
2 cents per mile.
Why did Mr. Bell deny?
Does he now confess because lie
has been caught?
Did not he undertake to deceive?
The Milton County News is sup
porting Mr. Bi 11. Speaking of Mr. ■
Bell’s speed', at Alpharetta the j
News says ■
-MR. BELL SAYS HE VOTED;
EOR THE 20 CENT> MILEAGE
WH EN IT CA M E T< > A V< )TE.
INDER THE SAME CIRCUM
STANCES WOULD VOTE FOR IT
EVERY DAY THAT CONGRESS ;
IS IN SESSION SHOULD IT
COME UP I NDER THE SAME
BI LL.”
Again, in the same issue, in an
other place, the News -ays:
”MR. BELL SAID THAT HIS
OPPONENT CHARGED HIM
VOTING FOR A 20 CENT MILE
AGE. WHICH HE SAID WAS
TRIE.”
Mr. Bell now acknowledges that
what he first said is not true.
•’False Charges Refuted” is a cir
cular scattered over the Ninth Dis
trict by Mr. Bell's friends, and it is
obliged to have had the endorse
ment of Mr. Bel I.
Following is an exact quotation
from that Bell circular:
••COL CHARTERS STATES
THAT TOM BELL VOTED FOR
2'> CENT MILEAGE. THIS IS
NOT TRI E. AND THE CON-,
GRESSIONAL RECORDOF.J I LY
1. 1914, SHOWS THAT IT IS NOT
TRIE.”
Mr. Bell now admits that this
statement in his circular is not true,
and that he DID vote for 20 cent
mileage.
Ami this is our Congressman.
In a circular letter dated Aug. 8
Mr. Bell, in reply to Mr. Charters’
open letter, says:
’’Under the proposition I voted
against on April 17th, 1914, if a mem
ber of Congress had a dozen in his
family the whole number could be
included in the expense account.”
This is simply a dodge on the part
of Mr. Bell.
The bill which iie voted, against
provided for the ’’actual expenses”
of each Congressman individually.
An expense account that included
anything except the PERSONAL
expenses of the Congressman would
subject the Congressman to crimi
nal prosecution. Mr. Bell knows
this; but there are many hundreds
who don't know it, and it is to these
he is appealing.
But why did Mr. Bell wait until
he was caught before making this
stupid ‘‘explanation’ 1 ?
It is now n > longer a question of
grafting upon the public treasury.
I'he question of graft has been
eclipsed.
It is now a question of denying a
serious accusation until caught with
the goods.
It is now a question of common
morality.
DR. HARDMAN WINNING OVER COM
BINED OPPOSITION.
With but six days remaining of
the campaign, it looks like Dr.
Hardman of Jackson County has
a decided lead over his opponents in
the race for Governor. The Hard
man candidacy seems to have met
with a groundswell of popular favor
the past few days and his supporters
and uu Raised observers are pre
dicting that he will carry enough
counties to insure his nomination
on the first ballot.
Hardman had been leading an up
hill tight until two weeks ago. He
has been generally recognized as a
tine man. He is a good physician,
an excellent farmer, a sterling busi
ness man and a Christian gentleman
with a record unblemished. His
opponents will conceed this. It is
also generally admitted that in his
six years of legislative service he
accomplished more for the people
in remedial legislation than any
living man has accomplished. Four
men out of five will tell you ‘■Hard
man is the best man in the race.”
etc. He has, however, been with
out daily newspaper support, has
been vigorously opposed by the cor
porations. the machine politicians
the railroads, and the whiskey in
terests. These interests are afraid
of his strong, vigorous, honest, in
dependent and progressive person
ality. They have been afraid they
could not control him. and in this
they had well grounded fears. But
Hardman broke by the politicians
and daily newspapers. He took his
campaign to the rural sections. He
talked to tlie farmers face to face.
He held up hi' record as a friend of
the people and pointed to the inter
ests and cloudy influence behind hi'
opponents. The weekly press took
up his tight, the doctor.' of the state
got interested, the farmers lined up
and the Hardman strength began to
rise. It has been rising now for two
weeks and it looks as if a Hardman
land-side is very probable. The op
position is in a state of panic. The
Harris strength seems to have col
lapsed. Anderson has succeeded
Harris in many counties in the ef
fort to stem the Hardman tide.
The Hardman forces are jubilant.
They see retain victory. They are
confident that as the people continue
to learn of the character of support
behind the other two candidates and
as attention is directed to the fact
that Dr. Hardman is battling alone
for the people and paying every
dollar of his campaign expenses and
asking no quarter from the corpora
tions. politicians or whiskev inter
teresfs he will continue io draw the
farmer', busines- men. and labor
ing men to his support.
It is a fight between city candi
dates supported by special interests
and a country candidate relying en
tirely upon the people. Dr. Hard
man is confident ot a victory—to
use his own words: •'ll my friends
continue to stand by me. and if
they will look after our vote on
election day. the victory will be
ours.”
THE CAMPAIGN IS CLOSING.
we have no expert liar in this
office, the Eagle will not go out
claiming that Charters will be ovei
whelmingly elected. and that he
will ’-carry Hall county by between
7ou and 1,000 majority.”
But we can truthfully predict that
Charters will he elected, and that
he will carry Hall county—not by
an overwhelming majority, but by
a safe and comfortable one.
Charters will carry many counties
by large majorities, others by smal
ler majorities.
A few are doubtful, and Mr. Bell
has not a single county that he can
count as sure.
It has been a peculiar campaign.
A thing to make old Satan weep—
to hear Tom Bell and his leaders
crying ’’Dirty Work!”
If Bell is safely elected by an ’’over
whelming majority.” why is he de
serting his post of duty, his work at
Washington, to get up before the
assembled crowds ami cry? And
the Democratic Speaker of the House
shrieking for the absent members to
return and make a quorum?
The fact is, Tom Bell and his
henchmen are scared to the roots of
their toes. And they are mad as
wet hens.
Why?
They see defeat.
They read the handwriting on
the wall.
And their knees are shaking as
shook the knees of old Belshazzar.
•’Thou art weighed in the balance,
and found wanting.”
SLATON SHOULD HAVE RESIGNED.
The Governor of Georgia is just
now engaged in a game of billings
gate with a citizen of Georgia.
It is an unseemly spectacle. Some
<thing that perhaps never happened
before in the history of the State —
■ the good old beloved State ot Geor
gia.
It doesn’t matter that it is Newt
Morris that the Governor of Geor
gia is calling ”a hopeless degener
ate,” “a discredited politician,” and
all that. It may be true, and all
that.
But it is the unseemly spectacle
of the Governor of Georgia engaged
in slinging worse than mud at a pri
vate citizen of Georgia.
In all conscience Governor Slaton
should have resigned before enter
ing upon a political warfare that
ha - the odor of the gutterr.
What he said about Newt Morris
may be tru —but that isn't the
question.
A PART OF NAT HARRIS’ RECORD.
Lawrenceville, Ga., Aug. 12 —Be-
fore a large crovd Wednesday morn
ing James A. Grant of Hazelhurst
attacked Judge Nat Harris, declar
ing that his first official act after
being elected to the legislature was
to introduce a bill to raise the legal
rate of interest from 8 to 12 per cent,
and asking what would Judge Har
ris do if elected governor. Said Mr.
Grant:
•’There is no getting around the
facts. Judge Harris was sworn in
Nov. 1, 1882. and on the 3d instant
introduced thi.' bill to raise the legal
rate 4 per cent. Think of what that
meant to the farmers of Georgia,
and all others who had notes or en
cumbrances outstanding. It was
ruin.
’■Fortunately this bill was defeat
ed. Judge Harris fought vigorously
for it. but on August 24.1883. it came
up for passage and was killed by the
overwhelming vote of 109 to 35. and
the farming interests of Georgia
were saved. •
"At the same session he voted
against a bill designed to protect rhe
farmers. There were no guaranteed
analysis fertilizer laws in those days
and the farmers had no protection
from the unscrupulous dealers who
sold them sand for fertilizer. Mr.
Ray of Coweta, who now lives in
Atlanta, introduced a bill to allow
farmers to plead and prove failure
of consideration. The committee
reported adversely, and Judge Har
ris voted with them. The bill came
came before the house and was
passed. Judge Harris again exerting
every influence to defeat it.”
THAT LITTLE FELLOW DORSEY.
Mcßae. Ga.. Aug. 10. 1914.
Dear Mr. Editor:
We are receiving here in South
Georgia, in pamphlet form, the
speech of Hugh Dorsey; this great
speech is Hooding the South Georgia
counties.
1 only wish that this unfortunate
man Dorsey just knew how the
people think of his Watson com’
posed speech. 1 Wish he knew the
real harm he has done and is doing
himself as well as Joe Brown. All
Who read the three or four last issues
of Watson's Jeffersonian prior to his
’•great' 1 speech can readily see
where Hugh got his dope.
But the deplorable thing about all
of Dorsey’s efforts is. he just a short
while back had here a host of friends
and admirers. Where are they
now? Dorsey since making an ass
of himself has lost out entirely in
this neck of the woods. He could
not be elected, as far as South Geor
gia is concerned, for doorkeeper to
a locker (dub.
His speech against Hoke Smith at
Gainesville is full of everything save
the truth. If this be his style of
doing business, how in the name of
Heaven can any man place any
spark of confidence in him?
Dorsey is a ruined man in this po
litical world. He can never hope to
outlive it.
He has showed to the world what
he is and just what he will do for a
small consideration.
The fact is he has nipped himself
in the bud and made a life time sac
rifice on the altar of a dead politi
cian.
He, poor fellow! has made the
greatest mistake any one man ever
made on the first political field.
We are going to vote for Senator
Hoke Smith here and help the State
of Georgia to give him such a large
majority over Dorsey's Joe Brown
that Dorsey will hardly know after
the 19th that Little Joe was really
in the race. Wm. Davis.
Charters at Jasper.
From Jasper Herald:
The first political speech of the
year was delivered at the court
house Wednesday by Hon. W. A.
Charters.
Col. Charters came up on the 10.30
train and was escorted to the court
house by his friends.
Cot. Howard Tate, in a very ap
propriate speech, introduced the
speaker, who kept his audience spell
bound for over an hour.
He took up Congressman Bell s
record, his own record and the Con
gressional Record and made things
mighty plain to the people.
His speech was well delivered and
received and he had many more
votes at the close of his speech than
at the beginning.
Cures Old Sores, Other Remedies Won’t Cure.
The worst cases, no matter of how long standing,
are cured by the wonderful, old reliable Dr.
Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil. It relieves
I .tin and Heals at the same time. 25c, 50c, SI.OO
A Card From S. K. Christopher.
To the voters of Hall County:
I will not enter a campaign of per
sonalities. but in as much as Mr.
Adams has seen fit to attack what
he calls my record, and publish
some of my votes on questions be
fore the Legislature. I feel impelled
to make this reply. Some of his
charges are absolutely untrue, others
mixed with a little truth, and
others so utterly frivolous that they
do not require an answer. To il
lustrate the general deceptiveness
of his entire attack I will refer to his
charge that I voted against appro
priations for the public Schools.
The facts are:
The committee on appropriations
reported a bill allowing the public
schools the sum of two million and
five hundred thousand dollars. An
amendment was ottered to strike out
the word ’’five” and insert in lieu
thereof the word •’six,” which would
have had the effect of appropriating
the sum of two million and six hun
dred thousand dollars, instead of
two million and five hundred thou
sand. and I voted against this
amendment on the ground that the
committee reported that the State
did not have sufficient funds with
which to meet the extra appropria
tion; and inasmuch as the State was
already way behind in paying its
school teachers. I could see no good
reason to delay them longer; but
when the amendment was modified
and carried. I then voted for the bill
as amended on its final passage (see
House Journal 1911, page 1096). and
this Mr. Adams well knew. Then
why try to deceive the people?
Some of the best men in the House
voted as I did, thinking that it
was our duty to keep the appropria
tions within the State's revenue.
I think my record in this matter
will serve to illustrate that I was
working lor what 1 conceived to be
for the best interest of the people.
And 1 am now willing to stand on
the record I made and let them
judge whether it is one ot merit or
not. Respectfully,
S. K. CHRISTOPHER.
Trey of Hearts.
The Alamo Theater will soon start
a serial picture that has some class
to it. It is coming under thecap
tion of the “Trey of Hearts. A on
will see the announcements of this
master production in the Eagle from
time to time. Since putting on I ni
versal Pictures the Alamo Theater
has made a decided hit as a picture
house, and Mr. Nininger. the mana
ger, is to be congratulated upon the
class of pictures which he is bringing
to the city.
Besides the educational advanta
ges of many of these pictures, it is
the most pleasant entertainment for
an hour or so that the city affords
to sjt down and relax your mind by
enjoying a goon scenic, comedy, or
drama on the screen.
Flowery Branch.
Mrs. F. T. Davie went to Atlanta
Monday to attend the funeral of a
relative, Mr. Edear Barrett, who was
killed by lightning Sunday at Blue
Ridge, where the family were camp
ing.
Mrs. Kate Gramling Harber is
visiting her aunts, Misses Rilla and
Rachel Porter.
An enjoyable occasion of Monday
evening was an entertainment given
by Miss Belle Canning. Among
those present were : Misses Beulah
and Willie Bagwell. Flossie Additon,
Lucile Parks, Carrie Propes, Belle
Stevenson. Myrtle Palmer; Messrs.
Tom Benson. Howard Carlile, Olis
Light, Gordon Chastain. Eula Self,
Mr. Jones.
Misses Grace and Ruth Light re
turned Monday from Buford, where
they have visited relatives.
Miss Inez Cooper went to Atlanta
Sunday to visit her grandmother.
Miss Mattie Bagwell is visiting her
sister, Mrs. Frank Benson. in
Gainesville.
Mr. J. C. Smith and family are
spending this week in Lawrence
ville with relatives.
Master Hubert’M iller of Gaines
ville is visiting his grandfather. Mr.
(1. Spencer.
Mrs. V. C. Roark and children
have returned from a visit to Dah
lonega.
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One small bottle is two months treat
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Sold by dru 'gist.
SPECIAL TRAIN CARRYING
REMAINS OF MRS. WILSON
PASSED THROUGH CITY.
Stores Closed and all Went to Depot to Pay
Respects to Her Remains—
Magnificent Floral Design
Ottered by People.
The special train carrying the re
mains of Mrs. Woodrow Wilson to
Rome for interment passed through
Gainesville Tuesday morning at
10.56 o'clock, and a large delegation
of people went to the station to pay
respects to this beloved woman who
had once made her home in Gaines
ville. and where her eldest daughter'
were born.
The doors of the stores were closed
at a few minutes past 10 and remain
ed closed until after the train had
passed.
It is estimated that there were
fifteen hundred people at the -ta
tion. while by actual count there
were thirty-seven automobiles, be
sides other private conveyances.
The special train consisted of five
coaches, and the prolusion of flowers
over the bier were the prettiest that
was ever seen in Gainesville.
Prior to the arrival of the train a
telegram was received announcing
that the President had not slept
during Monday night, and that he
was then sleeping, and would not be
seen when the train reached
Gainesville.
His private secretary, Mr. Tumulty,
was on the rear platform when the
train pulled in and bowed to the
throng that had collected around the
station.
A beautiful floral pillow was pre
sented by the people of Gainesville.
The design was carried to the ear in
which were the remains and pre
sented to those in .charge.
Also a beautiful floral cross was
presented by Mrs. Howard Thomp
son and some other ladies.
The funeral and interment took
place at Rome Tuesday afternoon at
2*30 o'clock.
Dr. W. J. Flanders
Who is a candidate for Prison Com
missioner, called to see us yester
day. Dr. Flanders is one of the
best men in Georgia. He was a
member ot the special penitentiary
committee of the legislature in 19 <>s
that abolished the old lease law and
created the present system. And
he is well posted on the need- ot the
State in the matter handling the
convicts, and handling those who
handle the convicts.
There is one thing about the Geor
gia Prison Commission: I: needs
constant 'baking up. And we think
at this time it also needs disinfect
ing and fumigating—judging from
letters we have seen from other
members of the Commission to em
ployes of the convict camps inwhi h
they are 'Tespeetfullv asked” to
vote for Mr. Ramey, one ot the
present members.
Charters at Canton.
From Cherokee Advance:
Hon. \V. A. Charter-, candidate
for Congress from the 9th. spoke to
the voters of Cherokee here Tuesday
at the Court House. The house was
packed and overflowing to hear him
discuss tin* issues of his campaign.
Mr. Charters speech was well re
ceived by those present and he no
doubt made many friends.
Wanted to Reni
Five or six room house, good loca
tion. Address. R. 8.. care Eagle.
EVERYBODY LAUGHED
m
•’Perhaps you would feel better if
\ou Mould do something to lighten
the hearts of your fellow men.”
•• That's just what I have been do
ing. My hat blew off and 1 had to
chase it two blocks.”
SURE THING.
”You say your boy went to New
York to be a speculator?” said the
neighbor.
“Yes,” replied the proud mother.
“He may go broke!”
“No. He Isn't that kind of a spec
ulator. He’s a ticket speculator.”
LITTLE NEWS ITEMS
THROUGHOUT STATE
Gainesville. —Will Heith, who was
knocked down by an automobile, died
as a result of the accident.
Atlanta. —The number of county tax
l returns to date, according to Tax Re
! ceiver T. M. Armistead, numbers 28,-
450, and exceeds by 2,000 those of any
previous year in the history of Fulton
county for the same length of time.
Fitzgerald.—At the primary the dry
ticket made a clean sweep of their
candidates for aidermen by a large
majority of council against saloons.
Athens. —Athens has a large num
ber of citizens detained now by the
j war situation in Europe, the most of
I them in Germany and England, and
many of them prominent in the state
as well as locally.
Atlanta.—The old veterans at the
Soldiers' Home answered the “bugle
call” just as they did in the war days
iof long ago. This time they had no
I enemy to meet, but instead there was
, before them on the front veranda a
I wagon load of fresh Georgia melons.
Bainbridge.—The cotton growers of
Decatur county are not as much wor
ried about the European war as in
other places in the cotton belt. The
Bainbridge market is open and doing
business every day, while other and
larger places are refusing to buy cot
: ton.
Atlanta. —By action of the board of
Fulton county commissioners, the suc
cess of the proposed Southeastern fair
I at Lakewood in 1915, was assured.
Decatur. —Tax returns for DeKalb
! county under the new tax equalization
i law, which have just been compiled,
show au increase of §1,700,015 over
1 those of 1913. The returns of this
year are §11,735,170 and those of the
| past year were §10.035.155.
Louisville. —J. F. Comer royally en
■ tertained about three hundred guests
I with an old-time fish fry at his place
.at Old Town. The dam to his mill
1 pond was cut and a great quantity of
I fish caught. Among some of the excit
ing incidents was the seining of a 7-
foot alligator which tore up the net
and escaped.
Washington, D. C. —The action of
i the comptroller of the currency in des-
I ignating five more Georgia banks as
! depositories for crop moving funds,
: was warmly praised by Sam B. Brown,
a prominent banker of Albany, Ga.
j who came here from New York. The
five additional banks are at Albany.
Columbus. Valdosta, Rome and Athens
"The money will be used by the banks
to help move the crop, and will be
I available only for this purpose,” be
i said.
Americus. —The third district Ma
-1 sonic convention concluded the annual
' sessiift lays er< irn
led to meet next year at Rochelle. In
j the annual election of officers S L
Hammond of Americus was chosen
1 worshipful master and A. F. Hov ard.
; secretary. whil t the usual ::uni>r of
minor officers were elected At the
close of the business session the visit
ing Masons i - sts t
number of 400 were transported t the
park of the Americus Barbecue club
! where a sumptuous feast was enjoyed
Savani. ment that
i syndicate is beii - rganized in New
York to purchase foreign vessels with
• which to resume th; country’s foreign
: commerce will be c.-mferring news to
■ cotton and naval stores producers
, throughout the Si utl. ." A G. Car-
: f Sava as recently
i appointed a memler of tl.e merchant
' marine commit:• • ci the foreign trade
i council, was notified that a meeting
of the committee was held in New
, York. The meeting will have an im
portant bearing upon the organization
of the st - -
Griffin. —Flans for the greater de
velopmen: of the apple industry of
Georgia were made at the joint meet
ing of the Georgia Apple Association
and the State Horticulture Society at
this place The object of the joint
meeting was to greatly increase the
! acreage planted in apples and the pro
' duction of groves already bearing, the
latter result to be accomplished
through adoption of the most advanc
ed methods of horticulture. Officials
of the Georgia Experiment Station
I have a great many interesting and ed-
I ucational things to show the fruit
growers and truck farmers who at
tended this meeting.
| Bainbridge.—Bainbridge people have
considerable interest in the European
situation on account of the presence
there of several well known people.
Fears are expressed that Mrs. F. S.
Jones, wife of the cashier of the First
National bank, is in Paris. Mrs. Jones
is accompanied by Mrs. Agnes D.
Graves. Mrs. Charles Barney of the
Bainbridge high school. has been
spending the summer in Italy and Ger
many, and it is feared that she is
among the Americans bottled up. Her
son is a student at Rome, and it is
believed that she will be cared for if
she can get out of Germany. Miss
Marie Craig, one of the teachers of
the high school, is probably at Ber
lin.
Canton.—The ninth district Mason
ic convention closed a two days’ ses
sion here. Delegates were in attend
ance from every county in the district
and several noted speakers were on
hand to deliver addresses. A feature
of the convention was an old-fashion
ed barbecue tendered the delegates
at the Gus Coggins farm near town,
where all the good things possible
were served with genuine hospitality.
Athens. —Julius T. Dudley has been
named assistant to the dean of the
university. Col. C. M. Snelling and
the registrar ot' that institution, Mr.
Thomas W. Reed.