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Oldest Paper in This Section of Georgia
THE 'SANDERS VI LEE HERALD
Official Organ of Washington County.
Herald Publishing Co.
Q. H. HOWARD, Editor.
J. K. TAYLOR, Manager.
Entered at the Sandersville post'
cffice ns Second Class mail matter
January 2nd, 1907.
RING RULE IN GEORGIA.
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The people of Georgia ’mist be very
blind, or very indifferent, if they fail
to exert themselves to the utmost
against the cunning schemes which the
city wire-pullers have in hand.
Not only is the earlv primary ol great
advantage to those who are in office, as
against outsiders, but the power which
is being vested in committees, which
will act behind closed doors, grows
larger Irom year to year.
The democratic party in Georgia is
being turned into a mere political ma
chine. to be used for the sellisli pur
poses of a handful of ringsters in At
lanta, Augusta, Macon and Savannah.
Hoke Smith denounced the early
primary throughout his campaign. So
late as November, 1007, he bitterly
assailed it. He is not denouncing it
now.
Why? Because he is in, nnd wants
to stay in.
He isn’t ns much in favor of giving
the outsiders a fair chance as when he
himself wits an outsider.
That’s about the size of it. But a
still further advance toward Ring-rule
has now been made.
Henceforth, our time-honored sys
tem of recognizing within the 'state,
the county, as a political unit,—just as
the different states are recognized as
political units, in the federal system,—
is to be virtually wiped out and the
state is to be governed, as a whole.
Why is this done? To give controll
ing power to the large cities.
Under the new rule, just adopted by
the Democratic Executive Committee,
whoever gets the most votes in the
whole state will be the nominee for
governor. Heretofore, the candidate
who was the choice of the majority of
delegates chosen by the counties, be
came Lite nominee.
You can see at once what a revolu
tion will be worked by the new rule.
Every one of the four principal cities
of Georgia is controlled by a local ring.
Under the new plan adopted by the
democratic committee, the bosses who
control these city rings will rule the
state of Georgia.
Country counties will be shorn of
their strength. Rural communities
will bo dwarfed into political insignifi
cance. The centers of population will
be able to dictate to the agricultural
classes. The ward-heeler will gain an
immense increase of importance nnd
the average farmer will have less
weight in state affairs than ever.
If the principle winch the democratic
bosses have applied to Georgia were
adopted nationally, the bum vote of
the city ot New York could dictate
laws to any southern state, excepting
Texas; and a northern state, like
Pennsylvania, could out-vote any
group ol states of the south.
To prevent such a calamitous and
undemocratic condition of things, the
Btato unit is recognized in the consti
tution of the United States.
To preserve home-rule—local self-
government in its true sense—the
county unit is recognized in the con
stitution of the state of Georgia.
The new rule of the democratic com
mittee revolutionizes a time-honored
system and virtually sets aside the
highest law of the land. .
The campaign of 1908 was waged
against ring rule. It seems that we
have jumped from a moderate-sized
frying pan into the biggest kind of fire.
We have never known, in Georgia,
auch a despotism of a few ringsters as
we are going to have under the new
rules adopted by the democratic exec
utive committee.—The Jeffersonian.
We regard it as important to send
able, level-headed, true men to the
legislature, men who have opinions
and who are willing to study the nepds
ol the people and do what they believe
to be right regardless of county bosses
or governors, and the fact that they
have differed from us in the past cuts
little figure. Indeed, we have respect
for the man who conscientiously be
lieves in nnd consistently supports his
principles. In these pnnicy times let
us Dave men who can let it be known
that Washington county has some one
to spenk for her nnd her people nnd
who can be trusted to see and to ably
work for the best interests of the peo
ple ns he sees them. — Sandersville
Herald.
Well snid!
That is it—“able, level-headed, true
men * * * who will do what they
believe to be right, regardless of coun
ty bosses or governors.”
Men whose candidacies spring from
the people. Not men whose candidn-
cies spring from dark room conferences
of the bosses of a secret oath-bound
organization. Not men whose only
nomination is by splf and the men who
lash in line the members of a dark
lantern society, banded together to
proscribe a portion of the citizenry.
Not men whose “permission” to run
for ollice comes from an organized
band which during a few years of con
trol lias brought disgrace and scandnl
upon the community—obloquy which
it will take strong hands and many
years to eradicate.--Augusta Gliroiliele.
Press Comments on
Gubernatorial Race.
(Continued from First page.)
THE EVILS OF SUSPI
CIOUSNESS.
Suspiciousness, altho not necessarily
an inborn quality, is one which from
earliest youth is apt tq be absorbed
from petty sources, and like an ordi
nary garden weed thrives with appar
ently no cultivation.
To the natural susceptibility of child
hood, nothing is more permeating in
its influence and to live in its atmos
phere is but to insure certain forms of
deceit.
To a child who has been lovingly and
simply reared, the trust thus instilled
in him both reflects character and af
fects it and teaches the only true
standard by which to judge all things,
anl just as trust educates us, so also
does suspicion degenerate.
The joy that emanates from faith
and trust is perhaps one of the greatest
and purest in the world. “Trust is
the first requisite for all happiness; for
how can we be anything but alone if
our attitude is one of armed neutrality,
if we are suspicious and assertive and
querulous and over cautious in our
advances?”
There must be magnanimity and
openness of mind before any joy of
true living can be known. One can
never truly know anything through
suspicion.
More cun always be accomplished by
high-toned methods and life’s surest
road to all success is found by cultivat
ing that sense of honor which appeals
t) the good in others nnd when trust
ing others and thus appealing to their
higher instincts, there are few suffici
ently depraved to betray such confi
dence. This, like all rules, has its ex
ceptions, yet it appeals most unques
tionably to the majorities.
There is nothing in life not clearly
demonstrated by nature; and just as
one can not “gather grapes of thorns
nor iigs of thistles,” neither is it possi
ble to sow suspicion and reap faith,
confidence and contentment.—Atlanta
Georgian.
This is what husbands in Sandersville
may hear—Hold the baby, dear, I must
go to the lodge.
Have you heard it? “Let well
enough alone.” But where is the well
enough to let alone?
That merry widow hat—It con.es
high, but don’t “she” look pretty un
der it.
With a Joe Brown club membership
of 3100 ir. Fulton, it don’t seem so
much like a joke, after all.
Defending the present administra
tion for raising taxes, a Smith support
er who won’t down and who continues
to believe in reform, declares that
everything worth having costs money.
But it is still true thatxreform should
never be costly.
Joe Brown’s opposition is making a
better governor of HokeSmith alreudy.
He has paid the old soldiers in ad
vance, gone back on the platform and
message he wrote opposing state pro
hibition, abandoned the one per cent
tax on corporations, apparently, gave
the lion. Guyt the tip to confess that
the railroads are stretched on “Pro
crustean beds” and are “in pretty hard
lines,” and lias gone to urgingstronger
and louder the Russell cry to extend
the state road to the sea. If this oppo
sition keeps developing strength, we
may expect him to urge that some fifty
or sc . enty five of the bills aimed at
i'/iii. a<ls nut be further pressed.
Can it be possible? Or did the peo
ple dream the Atlanta Journal had
changed into an advocate of prohibi
tion?
Its best to be kind and considerate
to those who opposed the Iloke Smith
policies in 1900, because the policies
are somewhat out of date,
Surely our neighbor did not mean
that a candidate for representative
who does not believe in the platform
pledge of local option should not be
sent to the legislature.
Mr. Watson comments on the un
democratic rules of the Reform Demo
cratic Committee and thinks the people
jumped from a small sized frying pan
into a good big lire.
The Atlanta Journal confesses that
“the time has come for the people of
Georgia to realize what they are up
against.” The people of Georgia are
n it worrying so much, but it is evident
that “the people’s candidate” realizes
that he is in “pretty hard lines.”
If you will only put your enr to
the ground you will hear some
thing. People have lmd enough
of iloke Smith and they are going
to cast their ballots ngainst him
on June 4.—Wadley Star.
The Savannah Press, following
the lead of the Albany Herald,
insists that the candidacy of Joe
Brown against Hoke Smith is a
mistake. Maybe so, but—“many
men of many minds.”—Bainbridge
Searchlight.
It is said that Governor Smith
is not the least disturbed over the
opposition of Joseph M. Brown.
He will continue the even tenor
of his way just the same as if Mr.
Brown had not announced. —
Hawkingville Dispatch and News.
It is good news to the hostB of
business men of Georgia that
Hon. Joseph M. Brown, of
Marietta, has decided to enter
the race for governor at the com
ing primary.—Americas Times-
Recorder.
lion. Joe Brown has announced
his candidaoy in opposition to
Gov. Smith. The Messenger pre
dicts a tremendous vote all over
the state for Mr. Brown.—Eaton
ton Messenger.
When he commenced his cam
paign of hostility against the rail
roads and other corporations three
yeare ago, everything waH moving
along smoothly, business was
booming in all lines and the de
maud for labor was greater than
the supply, and wages were good.
Now it is the reverse. There is a
stagnation in business along all
lines, employees are being dis
charged, and wages cut. The ad
ministration adherents say this
is due to a spirit of retaliation on
the part of the railroads, but,
granting that statement to he
true, it hurts just the same, and
the hardship falls on those who
are least able to bear it. It is too
early yet to forecast the result of
the election, but it is already op
parent that “Little Joe” Brown
is going to muddy the waters to a
considerable extent. — Hawkins-
ville News-Era and Dispatch.
Also, since Joe Brown announc
ed his candidacy, cotton has de
clined m price. The fanners
should not. fail to remember this.
—Augusta Herald.
If all of the Browns vote for
Brown and all of the Smiths for
Smith, and the remainder of us
for Walker, it will be hard to say
who will win.—Dublin Courier-
Dispatch.
The Macon wage-workers have
“unanimously endorsed the can
didacy of Hon. Joe M. Brown for
governor, believing that his elec
tion would he as oil poured upon
the troubled waters and restore
the confidence of the capitalist
and speedily bring about a better
state of affairs all over the state.”
-Hawkinsville Dispatch and News.
Hon. J. M. Brown of Marietta,
former railroad commissioner, has
announced that he would respond
to the call of his friends and enter
the race for governor against
Smith, subject to the June pri
mary. He has announced his
platform in an address to the
people of the state. The platform
which he announces is brief and
to the point. It is conservative
to a large extent He favors a
restoration of the old pension
payment system whereby the old
soldiers were paid in lump sums
the first of the year. He favors a
conservative system of railroad
regulation,* and thinks that feat
ure of the new railroad commis
sion law, giving that body control
over local concerns, like electric
and telephone companies, should
he repealed as an interference
with local self-government. Daw
son county can he counted on for
Mr. Brown.—Dawsonville Adver
tiser.
Let us hope there will be no
“divine calls” in the coming gu
bernatorial campaign. — Bruns
wick News.
Governor Smith gave the ti
ing men a niceline of talk at their
annual state convention in Atlan
ta last week. He denied that he
had anything to do with the
drummers’ troubles in Georgia,
but declared it was a man “higher
up.” The traveling men had their
eye on the guilty party, even while
the governor spoke his smooth
words.-Americas Times-Recorder.
Governor Hoke is crawfishing
on the quarterly payment of pen
sions, and we wouldn’t be surpris
ed to see him paying the porsion-
ors a w hole year in advance. The
labor unions of Macon have en
dorsed Joe Brown for governor.
We frequently hear people say
they like Joe Brown “for the ene
mies ho has made.” Little Joe is
bigger than he looks.—Nashville
Herald.
Certainly his candidacy deserves
and will receive the consideration
of t he people. Certainly he is not
open to the charge of senking to
advance his personal interests by
the race. He is not a “politician”
and until very recently had no
idea of making the race for gov
ernor.—Rome Tribune.
It must he i videntto the casual
observer that the speeches of Gov
ernor Smith are not so wild irs
they were two years ago. He has
looked at the handwriting on the
wall.—Commerce News.
The strength of Mr. Brown in
some sections is surprising. Our
Liberty county correspondent be
lieves that he will carry that
county without any trouble. The
Tatnall Times remarked: “If
Little Joe Brown decides to enter
the race for governor and Tom
Watson supports him, they will
warm the jacket of Hoke Smith.”
—Savannah Press.
It is not believed that Hoke
Smith will find it so easy to de
feat Joe Brown, if any one may
judge from the newspapers.—
Liberty Countv Herald.
Joe ll Brown’8 platform suits us
and if we live and got to the polls
he is sure of one vote.—Wavcross
Herald
Joseph M. Brown’s platform is
good enough for us—Broxton
Journal.
We are desirous of organizing
the largest Joe Brown club of any
political club ever launched in
Georgia.—Clark County Courier.
It is said that Governor Smith
continues to have that dark Brown
taste.—Americas Times-Recorder.
The Georgia drummers are
again polling the voters on the
passenger coaches and the reports
are not like they were two years
ago.—Perry Hteme Journal-
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Hon. Joseph M. Brown, former
railroad commissioner, has form
ally announced for governor. Mr.
Brown is the son of Georgia’s war
governor, is conservative, a man
of high character and strong men
tality, and will have to be reckon
ed with in the coming campaign.
Mr. Brown’s platform will appeal
to every citizen who has the wel
fare of the state at heart.—Marion
County Patriot
Joe Brown may not defeat
Hoke Smith, but it is safe to pre
sume that the governor will no
longer regard the oxcominiesioner
and his race aH a joke. Ridicule
sometimes turns to a redhot iron
in the hands of those that
ploy it—Walton Tribune.
The- solemn truth about the
matter is, if the governor did re
move Mr. Brown for the reason
which he assigned in his Decatur
speech, he very greatly exceeded
his authority, and very far forgot
the duty which he owed to the
people of Georgia, which duty
ought with him and with every
public official to he placed ahead
of and above any personal spite
which they may have.—Ocilla
Star.
Hon. Joseph M. Brown of Ma
rietta, has announced his candid
acy for governor to be decided
June 4, in opposition to Governor
HokeSmith. The many petitions
of Georgi ns all over the state has
decided him to make this race.
Mr. Brown has every element of
character, culture and business
experience to make Georgia ii most
or. His administration would be
free from clap-trap nnd prove
beneficial to the best interests of
Georgia.—Marietta Journal.
Mr. Brown is one of the ablest
men in the state. He is in thor
ough touch with all the public
questions that are up for settle
ment. In regard to the railroad
question, he knows more in a
minute than his distinguished
opponent will know in a lifetime
of study. He is in favor of regu
lating the railroads and compell
ing them to do everything that is
right and proper. At the same
time he stands for conservative
treatment and a just regard for
the rights of all persons and nil
property rights.—Athens Banner.
To sum it all up, Mr. Joseph
M. Brown stands far a clean cam
paign against one of vinification
and abuse. He stands for less
noise and better work—less ora
tory and more prosperity—less
h—1 raising, and lower taxes.
He stands for fairness and service
to the people instead of demagogi-
appeuls to their prejudices.
served to bring out his good points
and show wliut a good man he is
for the high office he desires ta
fill.—Hawkinsville Despatch
The St ill more paper thinks J oe
Brown paragraphs properly belong
to the “little nonsense” depart
ment on the editorial pages,—An.
gusta Chronicle.
APPLICATION FOR
ADMINISTRATION,
GEORGIA—Washington County
Ordinary’s Office, April 6, 190K
Jack D. Wicker has applied for let
ters of administration on the estate of
Freeman D. Walker, deceased, This
is therefore, to notify all concerned
that the same will he heard on th„
first Monday in Mny ilext.
0. D. Tiiiopen, Ordinary.
APPLICATION FOR RXKCUTOU’s
DISMTSHION.
cal appeals to their
And Mr. Brown will win. The
same*kind of campaign that is
being waged against him was
waged against Colquitt Gor
don and old Joe Brown, nnd they
all won. Histdry is repeating it
self this year.—Valdosta Times.
Although the Marietta man’s
letter was written lor the purpose
of injuring Mr. Brown it has had
the opposite effect. Instead of
rendering him less popular it has
GEORGIA—Washington County
Oidinary’s Office, April 0, iftos
J. W. Braswell, executor of the
tate of Jesse B. Braswell, deceased
represents that he lias fully discharged
the duties of his said trust, nnd pray*
for letters of dismission. This is there-
fore to notify all persons concerned to
show cause, if any they can, on or be
fore the first Monday in May next why
said executor should not be discharged
from said trust.
C. D. TiiIgpen, Ordinary.
VKAR 8 SUPPORT.
GEORGIA—Washington County.
Oidinary’s Ollice, Aprils, 1903.
Whereas the appraisers appointed to
set apart and assign n year’s support
for Mrs. Ella Newsome nnd minor
children, out of the estate of G, \y.
Newsome, late of said county .deceased.
have filed their return. All persons
concerned are hereby notified to be
and appear at the court, of ordinary of
said county on tlit; first Monday in May
next, and show cause, if any they can,
why said return should not be approv
ed and be made the judgment of said
court.
C. D. Thigpen, Ordinary.
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