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Hon. Guyt. MeLendon.
[From Tae Valdosta Times. |
Hon. Guvt McLendon has an
nounced himself as o candidate
for railroad commissioner to suc
ceed Judge Hillyer, whose place
is to be filled by election in Octo
ber. Mr. McLendon has served
on the railroad commission of
Georgia and is one of the best
equipped men for the position to
be found. in the State.
He and Governsr loke Sinith
had a falling out and the gover
nor used his official power to
throw him out of cffice, just as
he had done ‘Little Joe’’ Brown
two vears before to make room
tfor McLendon.
McLendon’s sin was his refus
al to vote for port rates for At
lanta, or a rate which would give
the hardware merchants and gro
.cers of Atlanta an advantage over
the wholesale merchants in those
lines in other cities on two or
‘three items, green coffee being
one of them and hardware of all
kinds the other.
Hon. Warner Hill was a mem
ber of the railroad commission at
the same and voted just as Mr.
McLendon did. Hill was not
kicked off of the commission, be
cause Hill belonged to another
faction in politics. McLenden
was kicked out and his humilia
tion was made complete by
means of the boldest and n ost
brazen caucussing and juggling
that was ever carried on between
an executive and legislative body,
or between the prosecutur in a
. case and the jury that was to try
the accused. If sober judgment
and absolute fairness could have
been invoked among the people
of Georgia at the time, the exe
cutive acts would have constitut
ed a scandal of state-wide pro
portions. The trial of Guyt Mec-
Lendon is one of the foulest blots
upon the fair name of a state
whose motto is ‘‘Wisdom, Justice
and Moderation.”’
The people of Georgia ought to
do for Guyt McLendon what they
have done for other men who
were mistreated about that time.
The hearing before the legisla
ture in the McLendon matter
showed that he was the most effi
cient man on the board, with the
probable exception of Warner
Hill and Murphy Candler, and he
was the equal of either one of
those. §
There is no comparison between
McLendon and Judge Hillyer
when it comes to ability and ser
vice. He knows. nothing about
rates, and he is as much out of
his place on the rnilroad commis
sion as a fish would be out of
water. Guyt McLendon eought
to be elected to the railroad com
mission as a vindication to him
for the wrong which was done
. three years ago, and also hecause
he is a skilled man and an able
man.
Lodge Man Is Shot
By Ternfied Imitiate
Anderson, S. C., July 27.—5.
Miiton Taylor lies at death’s door
today from a wound inflicted ina
Woodmen of the World initiation
near here last night, He was
shot four times by Furman Bag
well, who was being ‘‘put
through’’ the lodge, and who be
come frightened when a ‘blank’
cartridge was fired at him by one
of the team, this being part of
the initiation.
Bagwell, when the blank was
fired, rushed over to his coat and
took outa 32-caliber Smith &
Wesson pistol and fired at the
member of the team. The most
gerious wound is that throuh the
abdomen, the bullet piercing the
transverse colon. Peritonitis
may set in. 4
Both Taylor and Bagwell are
farmers and are young men.
FOUND—Two razors in separate
cases. Were wrapped in paper
from J. A. Jones’ Store. Owner
can get same by calling at this
office and paying for ad. tf.
Hillyer Trust Company °
Increases Capital
Atlapin, July 'ff*,m Prosperity
of Sunthern nstitutions is again
reflected in the annenncement that
the Hithver Trust Compnny of At
lanta has approved an incresse of
its capital sgock from $250.000.00
to SGON 000 00, vod will el
the name of the compaoy to ““The
Lthanta Trust Company,”
| However, the porsoinne! of ofi
!'Tt'l'.fi will remamn the same, witn
Heury fhllyer presidoent, (zeo. N,
Lowndes vice-president, Wilham
Hurd Hillyer vice president and
'Lrv:z&un-r', J. Seott Yodd, Jr., sec
retary, T, C. Trippe, trust officer.
~ The eplarged ipstitution wili
have a capital and surplos of
$600,000.00, avd it is announced
that all the new stock .has been
subscriked,
The Hillyer Trust Company was
chartered under the trust compa
nies act in 1910 as an enlargemest
of the Hillyer Investment compa
ny, municipal bond dealers, which
began business in 1906 with $20,-
000. capital In its wider sphere
of banking and trust business, the
growth of the company bhas heen
rapid, the current statement show
ing resources of $1,000,000. The
bond business is maintained as a
department of the present company
and is one of the largest in the
South.
Will Tell Georgia to In
crease Her Factories
Atlanta, July 28.—The Atlanta
Manufactorers’ Exposition, which
will be formally opened here on
the evening of July 31, will be a
plea that the south, especially
(Georgia, to increase its factories,
Governor Joseph M. Brown in his
speech opening the big show will
tell of the numerous reasons why
the amount of manufactured pro
ducts of the state should be in
creased and that idea will be the
dominant note of the work of the
men benind the exposition, Geor
gia 1s the tenth state in the union
in population, but is only the
twenty-fifth from the standpoint‘
of manufactured products. |
At the opening night, which is
to be made a gala occasion, the
Georgia legislature wili be in at
tendance. It is the object of the
‘promoters to interest through the
solons the manufactures of other
Georgia cities in order that next
year a Georgia Manufacturers’
Exposition with the same object
may be held here.
While the exposition is on the
Southern merehants’ conyention,
which probably will number 5,000
delegates will be in session.
These merchants will be the guests
of the Atlanta jobbers, who are
preparng to royally entertain
them. The merchants wili be met
by local traveling men as they step
from the trains on August 5.
G 0. Hook Heads
Georgia I. 0. 0. F.
Griffin, Ga.,, July 25—The state
grand encampment of 1. O. O.F.
met in annual convention in the city
hall in Grifin this morning. The
e'lection of officers was the most
important item of business,
the session being mostly taken up in
the transaction of affairs of the order,
which were of no special public in
terest.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year:
Grand patriarch, George O. Hook,
Aparetta; grand high priest, R. L.
Bramblett, Athens; grand senior war
den, E. H. Stout, Atlanta; grand jun
ior warden, J. B. Everidge, Columbus;
grand scribe, W. L. Abbott, Atianta;
grand treasurer, W. M. Pittman, Ath
ens; grand representative, Barney C.
Randall, Griffin.
This is the first meeting of the
grand encampment apart from the
ragular grand lodge meetings of the
LO. O w
_ Silver Link encampment, of At
lanta, put on the patriarchal degree
last night. This was the finest de
gree wik ever seen in Griffin.
THE LEADER ENTERPRISE, TUFSDAY JULY 30. 1912
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styles, or how critical you may be as to their general appearance, and no matter
who you are or where you have been in the habit of getting your House Fur
nishings. We want you to come here to see our splendid STOCKS. |
A FEW SPECIAL PRICES FOR THIS WEEK
: ; Closing out Acme Paints at $2.00 per gallon.
10 per cent. off Refrigerators and Porch Swings at $1.90 in 5 gallon cans at
MILLER FURNITURE COMPANY
‘ Main and Pine Streets n
Sarge Plunkett, An
Old School Printer
Atlanta, July 29.—It's a far
cry from Mergenthaler to Ben
Franklin, yet within less than 20
minute’s ride from the hurly-bur
ly of Atlante’s big aailies, a vete
ran printer, poet and philosopher,
is working in his shop in every
bit as primitive a fashion as did
the old American who has become
the patron saint of the craft.
He is known as Sarge Plunkett,
and the object of bis labor is a
procuction upbique in the roster
of modern journalism in the Unit
!ed States acd probably in the
‘world.
| Sarge Plunkett is the quaintest
‘character in all the fellowship of
the rural press, He works alone
‘in the basement room ot a little
cottage that nestles among old
fashioned flowers, fruits and vines
at Oakhurst, Almost in reach of
his hand, a mocking bird pefches
in an apple tree, twitters and sings
and blinks its eyes at the move
ment of his hand going from box
to box picking type. In the gar
den near, grandma Plunkett delves
among biue stem collards. About
the little house hang strings of
I red pepper, gourds and little bags
| of dried fruit,
This editor uses neither pencil
nor typeariter to prepare his
copy. There is a Hen’s Nest on
his desk. He writes Lothing--just
‘takes his ‘‘stick” and stands be
fore his case ot old fashioned pica,
iand as tnoughts come to him. he
‘put-s tbem in form, one type at a
't.ime, He is nearly seventy. His
hair is gray, his shoulders slightly
stooped; his fizgers have lost the
nimbleness of youth, but his eyes
are as keen as an eagle’s. His
features are those of a Norse vi
king and his cheess are as rosy as
those of a child.
Sarge Plunkett was bred in the
old days He was a boy in the
early fifties, and a soldier in ’6l.
IHe is full of the atmosphere of
‘long ago, He has heard the coon
'dogs baying in the night when
‘ooon hunting was a joy; and- the
hum of the spinning wheel is as
fresh in his memory as if it were
yesterday. For moie than a quar
ter of a century he nas written of
these things in his Plunkett sto
ries. His book ‘“Old Times in
’G.eorgia—'-G.ooq Times and Bad
’Tum s,”’ isin its second edition.
'He has quit the daily press now
‘and through his quaint little sheet,
"'Plunket.t.’s Weekly,” he sends
| forth his homespun philosophy
to those who like it. His name,
by the way, is not Plunkett, but
Addison Wierl, with the ‘‘i” be
fore the “e.”
' ‘ My farm of 90 acres of good
w land, 70 acres in cultiva
tion, well improved, with 3 good buildings, good pasture, all
under wire fence. Will sell at a bargain before August 2nd.
Located 8 miles north of Fitzgerald on graded road.
B. W WOODHAM, R. F. D. No. 1, Fitzgerald, Ga.
Porch Furniture Special
—Mp
- At Sandlin Furniture Company
‘W’E have a beautiful line of Mission Swings, Ham
s mocks and Porch Chairs that we can give you
some interesting figures on. Call and make selection.
~ Our line of Go-Carts should also
- interest you, not only for their du- £ @b
-~ rable qualites, but for their style \
~ and attractive appearance. They /
- are good to look at. Lots of styles AUpcHy Epsat
too. The price is reasonable. < S
: ‘ -Extraordinarily pretty line of
i Bird’s Eye Maple, Mission, Mahogany, Etc.
We can furnish your house with every article from
. the front porch to the back, and prices'are reasonable.
~ Come to see us. .
Sandlin Furniture Co.,
. UNDERTAKERS AND EMBALMERS
118-122 S. Grant St.
? FITZGERALD, - GEORGIA.
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