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SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA, MAY, 8 1908.
VOLUME LXVIII.
ORATORICAL contest
WAS INTERESTING.
l arge Number of Visitors
Here. Praise for our
Speakers.
\n eager and enthusiastic au
dience heard the speakers at the
Inter School Oratorical Contest
tat Friday night, there being
about two hundred and fifty visi
tors from other towns in the au
dience.
There was much difficulty in
reaching n decision in the contest
as all the speakers acquitted them-
selves excellently. The partici
pants from the schools in this
county came in for a large part of
the praise.
The prizes for the beBt. recita
tion and declamation respectively
were awarded to Dorris Johnson,
Wrighteville, best recitation; Ed
ward Walker, Sparta, best decla
mation.
The following were the con
testants :
Dorris Johnson and Anton Fair-
cloth, Wrightsville.
Julia Franklin and Charles
Wells Jacobin, Tennille.
Margurite Gamble and LaFay-
ette Golden, Louisville.
Pearl Gheesling and Edward
Walker, Sparta.
May Awtry and Palmer Patter
son, Wrens.
Theodosia Newsome, Mitchell.
Mary Brooks Agricola.
Ella Franks, Warthen.
Gussie Wall Mathias and Stan
ley Tanner, Sandersville,
Annie Mae Bridges and Earnest
Campbell, Dublin.
REGISTRATION BOOKS
CLOSE MAY 14th.
Candidates Must Pay As
sessments by the
Following Day.
Those who tail to register will
not, be entitled to vote in the pri
mary June 4th, and for the infor
mation of our readers wo give
them the information that May
14th is the last day for registering.
So important a duty should he
attended to at once.
Candidates must
meuts by May 15th.
pay assess-
Hr. A. R. Wright Re
plies to Questions.
Editor Hkrai.d :
My views upon the questions
asked the several candidates for
the legislature and published in
the press of the county are as fol
lows :
1 think the prohibition law
should be maintained and should
he honestly and rigidly enforced
to the end that it he made effective.
1 think the present road law
could be advantageously amended
by authorizing and requiring the
County Commissioners to employ
a superintendent of roads and
bridges who is skilled in the sci-
euce of road building and who
should be a bonded officer of the
county and accountable and res
ponsible for his conduct and man
agement of the office. He should
he subject to removal by the
hoard for incompetency or mis
conduct. His duty should be to
see that the* roads are properly
worked, equably and impartially,
for the benefit of the whole coun
ty and for the whole people. He
should act under the general di
rection and supervision of the
hoard and should be required to
make monthly reports to the board
of commissioners und these re
ports should be published for the
information of the public that the
people may at all times know how
this important work is being car
ried on.
I think the-county should take
its proportion of the short term
felony convicts and work them
upon the public roads.
1 am opposed to increasing the
commutatiqn road tax or any oth
er tax and I think the commuta
tion tax should be expended upon
the roads of the district in which
it is levied and collected.
I think a majority of the people
are in favor of retaining the pres
ent number of commissioners and
of electing them by popular vote
and therefore no change should be
made in the law affecting the
number of the commissioners or
the manner of their election.
I think that in all purely local
BROWN CLUB LIST
GROWING RAPIDLY.
The Signed List Already
Indicates Brown Will
Carry County.
The WasRlngton county Brown
club list has been made up largely
by the voters mailing in their
names to,Mr. A. S. Chamlee of
this city, and by voluntarily call-
ins at his place of business in the
Pringle building and signing their
names thereto although there are
two other lists in circulation.
The lists now show beyond
question that this county is prob
ably for Brown, as enough names
have been secured in this way to
show that the governor has lost
strength here rapidly. The sup
porters of Mr. Brown here famil
iar with the situation, confidently
expect him to win. On the other
hand, there are great claims made
for the governor in this county.
The fact that Mr. Brown’s elec
tion is practically assured has
greatly encouraged his friends
here and they are confident and
hopeful .J
NO
NECESSITY
TO TAKE SIDES.
Headquarters Committe of
Anti • Saloon League
Adopt Resolution.
Fire
in the City
Causes Excitement.
Fire last Saturday night in the
residence district caused great
excitement in the city, but due to
the quick work of the firemen,
little damage was done.
The barn of Mr. A. L. Evans
and Mayor A. W. Evans were
practically destroyed, though the
framework remains standing.
Little Child is
Buried Here Sunday.
The four months old little child
of Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Harrison
of this county, was buried here
Sunday afternoon, its death hav
ing occurred Saturday.
A large number of friends sym
pathize with the parents in their
sad loss.
Rev. A. Chamlee conducted the
funeral services.
matters a representative should
be governod by the wishes of a
majority of the people and that it
would be wrong to undertake to
pnss any law which a majority of
tlie people of the county oppose.
This would be the rule and prin
ciple which would control me in
all local affairs.
I think the state should deal
liberally with the Confederate
soldiers and their widows in the
matter of pensions und all deserv
ing ones should be granted a pen
sion without being required to
swear that they are paupers. I
think the Confederate veterans
prefer that their pensions should
be paid to them annually instead
of quarterly and their wishes
should be absolutely controlling
in the manner of making the pay
ments. a
I think a representative should
do his utmost to prevent the en
actment of useless and unneces
sary laws of any sort.
A. R. Wright.
Atlanta, Ga., Mny 1.—(Tele
graph Bureau, Kimball House)—
A call was issued today fora moet-
ing of the board of trustees of the
Georgia Anti-Saloon League, to he
held at the Carnegie Library in
Atlanta, next Tuesday, for the
purpose of considering the politi
cal situation as it relates to pro
hibition. A resolution will be
submitted, to the effect that the
league ahull remain neutral in
the gubernatorial fight hut, calling
on all its members to see that
anti-prohibition candidates arc
defeated for the legislature.
The following is the resolution
offered by Dr. Millard and which
was passed without recommenda
tion and referred to the trustees
of the Georgia Anti-Saloon League
for action.
“Resolved, That the headquar
ters committee of the Georgia
Anti-Saloon League makes the
following recommendation to the
Georgia Anti-Saloon League, that
in the opinion of the headquarters
committee no necessity exists for
the Georgia Anti-Saloon League
to declare itself on either side of
tin* gubernatorial campaign, inas
much as both candidates have de
clared-themselves friends of the
present prohibition law and have
pledged themselves to maintain
the integrity of the same.
“The committee, however, takes
this opportunity to urge the
friends of prohibition everywhere
in the state to vote only for those
candidates for the legislature who
stand out and out for the mainte
nance of prohibition in Georgia ”
The call was the outcome of a
meeting of the headquarters com
mittee of the league this morning
at the pastor’s study of the First
Baptist church. It was a con
tinuance of a meeting held several
days ago when an effort was made
to line the league up with the
candidacy of Gov. Hoke Smith.
Mr. B. D. Joiner
Makes Clear Reply.
Tennille, Ga., April 29, 1908.
To the Tennille Tribune:
In compliance with a request
contained in your paper ot 24th,
inst., coming from certum citi
zens of our county, that the can
didates for the legislature give
their views on certain issues, I
beg to submit the following an
swers to the questions propound
ed :
First. I am a prohibitionist
and favor the present law.
Second. I favor the present law
governing roads and revenue in
Washington county.
Third. I favor the present sys
tem of electing the county com
missioners by a vote of the people,
five commissioners, one for each
roud district, as the law now pro
vides.
I favor an economical adminis
tration of the affairs of both state
and county and a reduction of
taxes us much as practical.
I favor the Confederate pension
ers receiving the full amount of
their annual pensions in one pay
ment.
These are my views upon some
of the issues and in answer to the
question asked, 1 stand ready to
give my views upon any question
or issue pending or may arise
pertaining to legislative affairs,
and if elected to the legislature I
will give my faithful service to
the duties devolved upon me t
the best of my ability.
Respectfully,
B. D. Joiner.
MR. CHAMLEE MAKES
A SHORT REPLY.
Says Brown is a Man of
High Character and
Great Ability.
To the people of Washington
County:
. Not being a card writer, I will i
not. attempt to engage in a news
paper controversy. I dou’t sup
pose the people are very greatly
interested in my reasons for sup
porting Candidate Joseph M.
Brown and will content myself
by saying they are absolutely sat
isfactory to me.
Mr. Hale’s article in the Prog
ress, however, contains an uttuck
on Mr. Browu, based on informa
tion and a lawyer's petition in a
case in Atlanta. These were
pleadings in a case, afterwards
withdrawn us. I understand and
certainly not one which resulted
in showing Mr. Brown’s ui!worth
iness. He refers to a more inti
mate personal knowledge 1 have
of Mr. Brown and I take pleasure
in saying for Mr. Brown that
among the people whose he is best
known and everywhere he is
known at all, Joseph M. Brown is
regarded as a worthy, conscien
tious, Christian gentleman, a man
with a broad mind, tender sym
pathy and a big heart.
I have not had an intimate per
sonal acquaintance with Mr.
Brown, but I know personally
many good people who have and
I have never heard a breath of
suspicion against him. He enjoys
at home a reputation much like
our friend, Mr. Hale, does in
Sandersville—a good man, inclin
ed to write cards that put people
to thinking, a good business man,
a good husband and father and a
splendid citizen.
I have no doubt he has all the
good qualities of mind and heart
necessary to make the state a
good governor and 1 sincerely be
lieve a much wiser and better one
than the present chief executive.
Sincerely,
A. S. Chamlee.
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