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. -—■ ■"- 1 --r——r ||[Bl a MmMlij— _■ The Gainesville Eagle. W. H, CRAIG. Euitor < .i i.iisinesn M ,t2e: >f. t-'rpri at Gai' fSfoille, na,, nost-oifice as second-si (is* matter. Eagle Call: Bell Pnouc No. 56. Thursday. August 27, 1914. GOVERNOR BROWN OFF THE MAP. When Little .Joe Brown was being talked of as going up against Hok* 1 Smith he didn t ask ns about run ning. The only ones he consulted, if he consulted any one, was the mercenaries—those fellows who had a deep-seated grudge against Sena tor Smith, and who wanted to han dle Little Joe’s campaign funds. Before he announced for the Sen ate the Eagle said it didn’t believe Little Joe would run, for he had too good judgment—and also said that whatever else might be said about him, he had as much judgment as the next one. We now wish to amend that re mark by saying that of all the poli ticians we ever saw or heard of, Joe Brown has the least judgment. Joe Brown is absolutely incor ruptible and courageous to the high est degree. For wasn’t it courageous to rise up and say what he really thought about the labor unions while running for office? Did you ever hear of*a man before infall the world who did it? But, oh! think of a man who be lieved that Hugh Dorsey could win an election for him against such a man as Hoke Smith! In the race for Senate Brown car ried only 11 counties out of 1.48, namely, Banks, Colquitt, Gilmer, Glasscock, Haralson, Lincoln, Oconee, Pickens, Upson, Warren, and White. But while he carried less than one-fourteenth of the counties he got more than half the popular vote, which stood 135,456 for Smith and 70,196 fm Brown, Georgia politicians, and among them many of his former enemies, look upon United States Senator Hoke Smith as the biggest man in Georgia politics today. His victory in this race was an ticipated, but it was greater than even some ot his strongest friends looked for. His manager, H. Y. .McCord, gave out a statement the day before the primary stating that Senator Smith would car y 125 coun ties with 19 in doubi. His predic tion '■ a•> more than borne out. The senator won in 137 counties while his opponent, who beat him in the race for Governor in 1908, carried only 17 counties. Governor Brown’s friends had counted -tr<i.gly upon the country vote. The former Governor is a careful analyst and when he won for Governor over Mr. Smith several years ago, he made a careful study of the primary returns. He found that his strength lay largely in the country counties and that these were responsible for giving him the nomination. Practically the same thing happened when he ran for Governor the second time, and Governor Brown and his friends had come to feel that he could depend upon the country counties to stand by him. This time, however, it did not work out that way, nor do Gov ernor Brown's attacks upon organ ized labor appear to have made any very substantial impression. The result of the primary puts Mr. Smith in the United States Senate for a full term of six years with probably the largest vote that was ever given to a candidate for this office against what was thought to be strong opposition. It means that no man will be more powerful in Georgia political affairs for the next six years than Senator Smith. His victory is considered ail the more a remarkable one in view of the. fact that on account of conditions which developed in Washington lie re mained al his post and did not once return to Georgia to take part in the campaign after his opponent had announced his candidacy. SUCCESSFULIN DEFEAT. 11‘ a man should land in this coun try from the Planet of Mars, or from some other of the heavenly bodies, he would observe many strange things—many interesting curiosities. Uhiefest among these would Le the spectacle of a man like Tom Bell beating a man like Bill Charters for a seat in Congress. He would wonder how in the name of Sam Hill such a thing could hap pen. That is. he would wonder until he 1 came to understand the gullibility, of our people. And he could study this gullibility in no better way than ; to observe the cat birds. You have seen a nest of young cat birds, with , mouths as big as all out of doors. > You may talk to them all day, and I they will sit steady in the boat and i blink their eyes. But they know i the voice of the mammy bird—and let her give a chirrup, and every infantile mouth will spread as big as the Panama Canal. And it doesn t matter if the mammy puts in their mouths a juicy worm or a nail or a walnut hull—it is all the same to them. They swallow it and it is all right—they are glad to get it tor they know their mammy's voice. And it is so with Tombell and many—too many—of the voters. But Charters goes down in defeat with his manhood preserved/ Not a tiling has he done, not a word has tie uttered that will not measure up to the most exacting requirements of the moral law. For, as he often said fluring the campaign, "A man who is honest at all is honest in politics.” He goes down in defeat with some thing better than political success — with his self-respect untarnished and with the high esteem of even his enemies—all except a few who are not worth considering. In all his speeches, in all his dealings with the campaign, he appealed only to the reason and conscience of the people. Never once did he appeal to ignoble, contemptible prejudices. MORE ABOUT THE VACUUM. Our old friend Aleck Erwin is worried over what we said last week about the vacuum. He says we “represented Mr. Bell as a vacuum, and stated that most of his followers do not know what a vacuum is.” Now, Brother Ellick is mistaken. We didn’t call Mr. Bell a vacuum. We said the seat of Congressman from the Ninth Georgia Distiict was a vacuum. You know a vacuum is about the emptiest thing in all the known universe, in that it contains only time and space. How is that for an aching void? Can you beat it with anything except the Congres sional seat ot the Ninth District? No, we didn’t refer to Mr. Bell as the vacuum, but- the thing in the Xaccuum. And as for the Bell followers not knowing what a vacuum is, we didn’t mean that to include Brother Ellick, whose esteem we value very highly. It is our impression that he has known Mr. Bell all his life, more or less intimately—was even a school-mate of his —and it would be a terrible slam at Brother Ellick’s intelligence to intimate in the light of these facts that he does not know what a vacuum is. And we don’t mean it tor the mem bers of the Hell Bedquarters—for they, too, know. We mean it for those New Hol landers who themselves have vacuums.in their upper stories, ami have nothing with which to perceive another vacuum. And we mean it for those who way down in their heart of hearts believe Tom Bell to be a statesman. And we mean it for those rare geniuses who believe Tom told the truth, both times when he said he voted against the mileage graft and when he said lie voted for it. Yes, we hasten to absolve Brother Ellick from belonging to any one or more of the above classes. TAX RATE LOWERED. As the direct result of the tax equalization act, passed by the 1913 session of the general assembly, the tax rate of the State of Georgia has been lowered from 5 mills to 4.50 mills, or $4.50 for each SI,OOO of taxable property for 191,4. This means a direct saving to the people of Georgia of approximately $ I.t'Oii.oOO a year. As required by law, Governor John M. Slaton and Comptroller General Wright met Monday after noon and the rate was formaly fixed at 4.50 mills. At this rate the revenue of the state from this less the cost of col lection will be $4,030,280. Revenue from other sources, such as the lease of the W. & A. Railroad, amounts to $2,069,318, making a total of $6,099,5'98. The regular appropriations for 1914 amount to $5,939,878; extra appropriations amount to $134,720, or a total of $6,074,595, leaving a balance of $25,003 after all appropriations are paid our. This is the first time in years that the tax rate has been lowered. THE GOVERNOR’S RACE. Dr. Hardman made a splendid showing in the race for governor, carrying 65 counties, with an electo ral vote of 152. Judge Harris car ried 73 counties with 192 unit votes, just 5 more than enough to nominate. Anderson carried 10 counties, with 30 votes Di. Hardman carried a majority of the counties in the 9th district — Banks. Fannin. Gwinnett. Haber sham, Jackson, Lumpkin, Milton, Rabun. Stephens. Union, and White. Dr. Hardman made only one plea before the people —a business ad-■ ministration and enforcement of the law. Judge Harris’ plea for ”oue more old soldier” won the day. Four years hence Dr. Hardman will win hands down down, if he chooses to enter the race. SLATON’S LUST FOR OFFICE. I The hosts are marshaling for a j great battle for the short-term Sena torship at the State Convention, which meets at Macon Sept. 2. It will take 188 votes to nominate. Governor Slaton has 137. He has of the popular votes 68,008. Hardwick has 126 unit votes, with 61,982 popular votes. Felder has 80 unit votes, with 34.790 popup, / votes. Hutchiu> lias 14 convention votes, with 26,281 popular votes. Hardwick and Felder both belong to the progressive or Hoke Smith wing of the party. Slaton and Hutchens are of the anti-Hoke way of thinking. Should Slaton and Hutchens com bine. the vote would be 151. or 37 short of election. Should Hardwick and Felder com bine—then good-bye Jack. And what makes the matter look somewhat squally is that Hoke Smith has come to Georgia and en gaged rooms at Macon lor the big tournament. What has he come for? What should he come for, except to put a drop of poison in the Slaton soup? It has been said that Hoke is somewhat domineering and dicta torial. Well, maybe he is. He wears a No. 11 shoe, and now seems a fair opportunity to put them on some one’s neck. He has the whole State by'the tail, so to speak. Never before has a man carried so many counties, with a respectable opposition—l 37 to 11. And Hoke is safe for six years, too. So it may be true that he is to put a finger in. And we shall not lose sleep if he does, for Jack Slaton's lust for the Senatorship lias become a scandal. Giving in that mule at $25 is not the worst feature by any means, but his coarse abuse of private citizens while occupying the governor’s chair. He is even now, before the Con vention meets, and before a move has been made, accusing his oppo sition of "thimblerigging,” and “juggling,” and all kinds of skull duggery. It is a lamentable spectacle for the grand old State of Georgia. THE POPE 18 DEAD- Giuseppe Sarft. —Pope Pius X— died at the Vatican, in Rome, last Friday from bronchial affection. His death was undoubtedly in duced in large measure by his great grief over the warfare now ranging in Europe and his inability to bring peace to the warring nations. His successor will be elected Sept. 2. which w”. be a-soon as all the Cardinals can reach Rome. There are 72 Cardinals, three of whom reside in America —Cardinal Gibbons, Cardinal Farley, and Car dinal • ’ Fennell. There ha' -1 ' he»m 2'15 Popes St. Petes, wi si was Bishop of Rome, wa - the first Pops'. He was crowned in the year 42, and reigned 25a -.cs. The longest reign was that of I'ius IX. His papacy was from 1846 to 1878 —32 years. The reign of Leo Nil! comes next in length— from 1878 to 1903—25 years. They were not in five habit of living so long away back in the early days when passion and intrigue ran riot. From the year 896 to the year 905 there were eight Popes— two of this number being during 897. ’One, who came in during 752 lasted only twodays. One inß26staid live weeks. .One in 1590, 12 days. One in 1004. five mouths. The long-lived Popes, in addition to those we have men tioned, were Pius VII, from 1799 to 1823 —23 years. Pius VI. from 1774 —23 years. Adrian I. from 772 to 795 —23 years. Alexander 111, from 1159 to 118| —22years. Leo 111, from 795 to 817—22 years. Sylvester, from 314 to 336—22 years. Urban VIII. from 1623 to 1614—21 years. Leo I, 440 to 461—21 years. Vigilius. from 537 to 557 —29 years. Adrian IV, the only Englishman who held the throne, was the son of a woman who begged alms at the door of her parish church. Alexander I was made pope while a mere youth. He reigned eleven years. John II was twenty years old at his election and reigned four years and ten months. Among the 265 Popes there have been 2 Jews, St. Peter being one. The other was St. Avaristus, in the 2d century. There have been 96 Popes who were Romans, 45 Italians, 15 Frenchmen, 13 Greeks, 6 Tuscans, ; 5 Syrians, the balance scattering. The new Pope will be elected by the Cardinals of the Roman Cath olic Church, of whom there are 72. The dead Pope will be embalmed and his obsequies will last nine) days. Ou the tenth day the Car- ' dinals will elect his successor, and j then the remains of Pius X will be | bu ried. — SOME CLOSE SHAVES. J. O. Adams’ win over Ernest' Palmour by 3 votes was not the only I close shave in last Wednesday’s: election, although sensational and dramatic in some respects. Before the official count was completed at the court house Palmour was the winner by 5 votes according to re turns sent in by phone. Mr. Adams accepted this and congratulated My. Palmour. But when the official count had been footed up Mr. Ad ams was elected by 3. Mr. Slaton carried Hall by2o votes, and will have considerable use for those 2" before the State Convention closes. Joe Browncarried Haralson, by 12. And he carried Up-on by 10. Slaton carried Catoosa by 13. Hardwick carried Clayton by 14. Slaton carried Elbert by 15. Hardwick Carried Jenkins by 3. Felder carried Marion by 13. And he carried Monroe by 16. Slaton carried Morgan by 14. Slaton and Felder tied in Pike and got one vote each. Hardwick carried Randolph by 1. Felder carried Wheeler by 3. Hardman carried Ben Hill by hi. , Harris carried Clark by 6. And Clayton by 11. i Hardman carried Hancock by 1. Anderson carried Jenkins by 14. Hardman carried Quitman by 7. Bell carried Pickens by 8 votes. BLEASE KNOCKED OUT. Latest news from South Carolina I is that Cole Blease, the thug and ' blackleg, has been beaten for thel I m'ted States Senate by {senator E. J T). Smith. It is always a matter of time, I Abuses don’t last forever. Every- ; thing gets its level. It is only a j matter of time when the mi Ils of the I Godswill get round to Tom Beil. To the People of Georgia I wish to express to the people of Georgia my high appreciation of the i splendid support which was given j me in my race for Governor, in the j primary of August 19th. It is a genuine pleasure to recall! the hearty ovation which the people i gave me all over the state during' my campaign. Not in a single in- ' stance did one thing occur to mar 1 the pleasure of the race. It will be one of my cherished memories to contemplate the hearty* approval which the people of Georgia i slave the high ideals of campaigning I and righteous principles of govern- i ment for the uplift of the masses of I citizens. It occurs to me today, as it did i before I entered the campaign for j Governor, that there is an opportu nity for Georgia to set the pace fori other states in high ideals of law ’ enforcement and providing more > ample legislation for the protection and restraint in the waste of human , life. A noble movement this would be and I hope for this through our; governmental authorities. I desire to congratulate Judge I Nat E. I arris . I Hon. Randolph! An lesion forth dr mt' ,v n : 6cent race I as well as for their kind and gentle-I manly treatment to their opponent;! and 1 want to extend to them my profound sympathy in the bereave ment which came to them during! the progress of the campaign. I j wish for each of them a most happy ; and prosperous future. Yours very truly, L. G. HARDMAN, j Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days Your druggist will refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure any case of Itching. Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles in 6 to 14 days, i The first application gives Ease and Rest. 50c. Letters Uncalled For Remaining on hand in tin* Gaines- j ville post-office for the week ended I August 24, 1914: r,ADi es: Mrs. Estella Brown, Mrs. Callie! Dobbs, Mrs. T. J. Derryberry, Mrs. 1 Mattie Dames, Mrs. Lizzie Davies, ‘ Mrs. Mary Glaze, Miss Mathis Gas-I ton, Miss Minnie Howard, Miss ' Luella Kirby, Mrs. Ida Henry i Mooney, Mrs. Woodson Martin, 1 Miss Lula Pullens, Mrs. R. A. Rust, Miss Leda Slaton. Miss Ethel Smith, ! Miss Ader Turk. UEXTLRMKX: W. B. Bentley, Dave Gunther. I Jim Hill, Charlie McDonald (2), Noah Pruett, James Rice. P. H. Robbins, T. D. Robbinson, M. F. , Shelton, W. R. Singleton 12), J. W. J West, Rev. W. J. West. Persons calling for same should say advertised, ami give date. One cent due on each letter. Mrs. H. W. J. Ham, P. M. A TEXAS WONDER. 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Hall, 2926 Olive street, St Louis, Mo i Sold by dru gist. ; Alamo Theater TODAY “RENUNCIATION” Western Drama in 2 Parts—Eclair “WHAT PEARL’S PEARLS DID” “VIVIAN’S FOUR BEAUS” Crystal Comedies Tomorrow “THE PERILS OF PAULINE” Series No, 11—In 2 Parts “A BEACH ROMANCE” Sterling Comedy Saturday “THE SEVERED HAND” Detective Story in 3 Parts—Powers -sni I BUI I =-1 i-MMiimiH II nr—Tr I IM II av r an ■■ r im ill x ■ ■ n MONDAY: "A MEXICAN SPY IN AMERICA" War Drama in 2 Parts —Bison “WHEN EDDIE WENT TO THE FRONT” Comedy—Nestor TUESDAY: “LUCILLE LOVE” Series No. 15—Concluding the Story * "HIS WIFE’S FAMILY” Joker Comedy, with Max Asher WEDNESDAY: MARY PICKFORD and KING BAGGOTT in “in the Sultan's Garden” Imp WARREN KERRIGAN in “Value Received” * Victor Drama in 2 Parts EXCURSION / TO ATLANTA Saturday, Aug. 29th Round Trip Fare from $1 Gainesville $P Special Train will leave Gainesville 11.40 a. m; ar riving Atlanta 1.25 p. m. 4 .. .Via Southern Railway Premier Carrier of the South ; > — ■■ ___________ Tickets will be good on any regular trains, excepting 58, up to and inc&jding Monday, August 51st, 1914. | For further information call on aTenR or address— ] 7. 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