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r / The Sandersville Herald. $1.09 PER YEAR. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO BE CHOSEN JUNE 4. Suggestion From County Chairman as to Man ner of Electing. Mr. Editor: Under the rules of the county executive committee, the execu tive committee for tho next two years will he elected l>y the peo ple in the primary, June 4th. Twenty-one members of this committee are to be elected, one from each militia district in the county. There will be a blank space at the toot of tho ticket, and the voter can write in this blank the name of any citizen of the partic ular militia district for whom he desires to vote for executive com mitteeman from such district for the ensuing two years. By electing the executive com mittee in this manner the people keep in their hands the machinery of the d.mocratic party, and it is important that the voters of the county select good men to serve on the executive committee^ I wish to suggest that it would bo exceedingly desirable for the citizens of each militia district to got together as it were, on two or three good men so as to save the time of the managers in counting the ballots. If voters ballot in discriminately and vote for any and everybody without any con cert, it will take an unusually long time to count the votes. It will save the managers of the primary election time and labor if there ure only one, two or thn e candidates, but it every man in the district gets a vote, or if there are a great many candidates in each district voted for, it will result in a great deal of time and trouble upon the election mana gers. 1 make this suggestion also for the reason that candidates and the public are anxious to know the result of an election as early as possible, and if the plan outlined above is not pursued, it may be that it will be tho next day after t lie election is held be fore the result is known. Chairman Deni. Ex. Com., Washington Co. SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA, MAY 22, I90« VOLUME LXVIII. No. 8 HARRISON HAS A LARGE CLUB LIST. Little Joe Strong Through out That Section of the County. Mr. \\ . H. Barksdale, secretary of the Brown club at Harrison, in this county, lias forwarded u list of one hundred and two names from Harrison and vicinity who are signed members of the club. It is estimated by Hon. A. W. J- Wood at Harrison, that in the five districts in that section of the county, Brown’s majority will he large. That (Harrison district is safely in tho Brown column is ad mitted us it is also conceded that he will get a safe majority in that section. With the exception of the 90th and SKtli districts, that section of the county is perhaps strongest for Brown of any. PRACTICE DRILLS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT. MR. WATSON TAKES AN OTHER SHOT AT HOKE. Goes True and Chips Tail Feathers. Talks of Disfranchisement. BROWN ENTITLED TO REPRESENTATION. His Campaign Manager Calls Attention to Rule on Subject. JACKSON UNITED PICNIC AT IDYLWILD. of All Sunday Schools City Combine for Day of Pleasure. The Sunday school folks and their friends will picnic at Idyl- M'dd, the beautiful resort on the Wrightsville and Tennille Rail road May 28th and that means practically all Sandersville and many others will turn out. The children, especially, are looking forward to a happy and joyous day. The Hook and Ladder Truck is a Valuable Addition. The Sandersvjlle lire depart ment, under the direction of Fire Chief Mitchell, have had several profitable drills of late and im aginary fires fought about the court house yard lias niude Gen eral Green got. busy over there and as a result the yard is looking better. The new hook and ladder truck hasjirrived and is a very valuable addition to tho lire fighting ap paratus of the city. Union School to Have Picnic on May 22nd. Miss Annie Doolittle, who is teaching school at Union, will give a picnic on Friday, May 22, ■which will be largely attended and no doubt an enjoyable affair. Miss Doolittle is a daughter of ex-SheriIV Doolittle, and is one of the county’s brightest young lady teachers. Lightning Strikes Richbonrg Residence. Tuesday afternoon lightning struck the Riehbourg residence on ^mibli street, shattering the stove Hue but doing no other damage. There was considerable excite ment in the home and in that vicinity, as it was at first feared Hie building was on fire, but the fears were soon quieted. Ice Plant Barn is Destroyed by Storm. The barn at the ice plant was destroyed last Monday night by a wind storm, it having literally been lifted from the pillars and thrown over the fence. Two horses in the barn, by some mir acle, were not injured. While the wind was high in the city and pretty strong, its greatest force seemed to be about the pow er house and in the vicinity of the ice plant. Col. J. C. Harman Replies to Inquiries. In answer to the questions pro pounded to me in your last issue I have to say : , To the first and third I answer yes. I favored the present law (Approved Aug. 8rd, 1904) at the time it was made an issue before the people, and I still favor it, as in my opinion it is the most equitable and just manner of working our roads, also of dis bursing the monies derived from commutation taxes. I ndor this system 110 favoritism can be shown any particular section. Election by the people, in each road dis trict, enables the selection of a man who knows the needs of his district, and being directly ac countable to his constituents, will not be apt to be derelict in duty. He stands in the same relation to the people as any other elective officer. To the second I answer that I do not favor a change of the law, as already stated. Fourth, I was not in favor of the “bill” sent to the legislature. To the contrary I did all I could to prevent a change in the law by petition and otherwise. J. C. Harman. Vote for J. H. Thomp son for Coroner. Tim summer cold yields to Cherry Balsam. In the last of the many state ments made by tho Honorable Hoke in reference to that famous telegram, we understood him to say that his true position—sifted down and with all the chuff out— is that lie favors ‘‘light wines and beer” for other states. Well, now, if it is a good thing to have light wines and beer, why shouldn’t dear old Georgia have some? But if it is a bad thing to have light wines and beer, why give it to the ‘‘other states?” We don’t like this new variety of temper ance sauce which is not as good for the gander as it is for the goose. The somewhat excited Atlanta Journal exclaims tjiat Little Joe has made live different platfenns on the prohibition question. Yet none of the five seems to favor the use of light wines and beer. Not even ‘‘for other states.” The big cities having refused to close such establishments as the Piedmont bar, the small counties, acting through the legislature, did it for them. Apparently the big counties are getting ready to hit back. When the new rule of the new commit tee goes into effect it will lie pos sible to elect a governor who will exert all of his power to restore former conditions, thus leaving the small counties ‘‘dry” and the big cities “wet.” Our handsome, eloquent and beloved ’friend, Seaborn Wright, fancied that he had something to say upon the gubernatorial race, and he began ft double-column performance in the Atlanta Jour nal. By the time he reached the bottom of the page he suddenly discovered that he hadn’t said anything; so he got disheartened and quit. What was it that you started out to say, Seab? As to that violation of the law in the making of such a I ig de posit in the Neal bank, the ques tion remains: Did Governor Smith act in wil ful disregard of the law, or was he ignorant yf the statute which limits a deposit of state funds, in any one bank, to $100,000? At tho time he renewed the 50,000 dollur note which tho state owed the bank, the bank owed the state more than twice that sum. Tho state deposit was already il legal. By renewing the note and thus adding to the deposit Gover nor Smith became a party to this violation of the law. Why did he do this? Was it done wilfully, or through ignorance? The chairman of the railroad commission being laid up with the rheumatism, and the other four members being sufferers, appar ently, from locomotor-ataxia, why shouldn’t Judge Hines go abroad making speeches? The enlarged and high-priced commission doesn’t at present need lawyers; what it wants is a medical staff. The announcement is made that our governor will continue to rampage around on the stump from now until June 4; and that Judge Hines is going to rush out and say it again, and that Con gressman Hardwick is going to tear himself away from his post of duty in Washington and come all the way to Georgia to tell us poor, ignorant creatures how we must vote for governor. What an awful agony we’re in,, to be sure 1 Why so much stump speaking I beg to call tho attention of the friends and supporters of Jo seph M. Brown, candidate for governor, to Paragraph 15 in the rules for the state primary of 1908, which reads as follows: “The county democratic execu tive committees in appointing the managers and clerks for said dem ocratic primaries herein provided for. shall select the same at least ten days before the first primary, and as far as practicable in select ing such managers and clerks, give representation to contesting candidates.” The “paragraph above quoted is self explanatory. This rule, in selecting malingers and clerks to give representation to contesting candidates, should and does com mend itself to the friends and supporters of both candidates for governor. I desire to call attention to it in order that the friends of Mr. Brown lie fully advised as to their rights and to suggest that in cVery county they take proper steps to secure representation on the board of managers at every precinct in the state. ,T. R. Smith, Campaign Manager. Atlanta, May 10, 1908. Invites you to make his store your headquarters when in town, he will be pleased to accommodate you and a vis it to his store will be profitable and interesting to you. WANTS If your wants cannot be supplied in the different lines he carries, he will order anything you want. Just let your wants be known to him. YOUR Kitchen may need a few articles in tinware or enamel- ware, or your dining room may need some glassware or chinaware, all of which can be had at Jackson’s at a very small cost. TRADE With Jackson. He can save you money. He carries Men’s Pants. Boys Pants, Dry Goods, Notions, Lace, Em broidery and White Goods, Glassware, Hardware, Wood- enware, Crockery, Chinaware, Tinware, Enamelware, &c. Wanted:~Second'liand Crocus Sacks. - cm- The governor’s race is not in-1 teresting to a run down milk cow. To make her sit up and take notice and give more milk a tittle S. D. C. stock powder is required. SANnKRSVM.T.K DrITO Co. ^H^Paints, varnishes, all the best grades at Sandersville Drug Co. Vote for J. H. Thomp son for Coroner. NEW 5 & 104 RACKET STORE A <im Copyright 1908 by Hart Schaffner Sc Marx You can be Umpire in our good clothes match if you’d like to; and we kpow we’ll j get the de* cision as soon as you see the score. (Continued to last page.) Every point is honestly earned. Hart Schaffner Marx clothes are making good with every man who knows them; they’re getting the decisions of everybody who can judge of clothes quality, style, fit, tailoring. They’re all wool always; as good as clothes can be. Let us show you how you’ll look in one of the Varsity models. $15.00 $20.00 This Store is the Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx eiothes. Tucker-Richbourg-MitcheD Co. ■ , ■