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I se. I The Sandersville Herald. $1.09 PER YEAR. 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. FARMER The Apostle of cash before deliv ery, defy the storm of Adversity and do not share the common dread of panics and perils. You may combine against the money power for high price cotton and they will defeat you every time, look where the price of cotton has gone to. The greatest protection you can have against trusts and combines is making a plenty of feed for man and beast and make cot- / ton a surplu > and give Jackson a part of your trade. Wanted Second Hand Crocus Sacks. A mwvn Copyright 190S by Hart Schaiftier & Marx You can be Umpire in our good clothes match if you’d like to: and we know we’ll get the de* cision as soon as you see the score. Every point is honestly earned. 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