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The Political dituation.
~ New York, Angust 2.—The
most significant thing about the
National campaign in its early
stages is the fact that hundreds
of thousands of Republicans, who
never before voted the Demo
cratic ticket, have voluntarily
written Governor Wilson and
Governor Marshall that they in
tend this year to vote the Dem
ocratic ticket.
Some days ago, when in In
dianapolis, Governor Marshall
told me that since the convention
he has been deluged with letters
of congratulation and voluntary
pledges of support, and that more
than twenty-five per cent of his
correspondents stated that they
were Republicans, but they
thought the time had come for
a change in the National admin
istration, and that they intended
to support the ticket nominated
at Baltimore.
The special newspaper artieles
published, centaining a few ex
tracts from letters written to
Governor Wilson at Sea Girt,
show that the views of the cor
respondents of the candidate for
Dyesident duplicate those of the
eandidate for Vice-President, and
that a very large proportion
of letters offering support are
from Republicans. |
The correspondence that come
to Chairman McCombs and the
Democratic headquarters in New
York is of the same tenor and it
comes from all parts of the coun
try, showing that the Democratic
candidates appeal both to the
popular imagination and to the
popular confidence; and that,
while the Democratic ticket, as
never before in the life of the
younger men of the party, and
the independent vote is almost
for Wilson and Marshall, there
is @ break in the Republican vote,
heretofore unknown in the his
tory of that party. 1n1896 there
was a bolt in the Republican par
ty of the silver republicans, but
that bolt did not appreciably ef
fect any state of the Mississippi
river and as the result showed
was not large enough to change
the result in any state west of the
Mississippi, with few exceptions.
This year the Republican party
is split and Republicans will
divide between Mr. 'l'aft and Mr.
Roosevelt, that is, those who in
tend to vote for Wilson and Mar
shall; and there are many, who,
while preferning not openly to
join the Democratic organization,
will furnish a vote which, added
to the Democratic vote of 1908,
will put the Democratic candidate
in the White House.
As one of many evidences of
the Republican trend for Wilson
and Marshall, the following edi
torial from the New York Press,
giving the result of a poll among
Republicans, is illuminating:
*‘REPUBLICANS FOR WILSON."’
““Last week the editor of the
New York Press sent private
letters to Republican voters, se
lected at random from readers on
its mail subscription lists and not
living in New York City or other
large cities. The main part of
the letter was:
“For which of the following
do you intend to vote: Taft, Wil
son, Roosevelt?
““Are you in favor of the plan
proposed by the former Presi
dent of breaking up the present
Republican party and forming a
mew one? For whom did you
vote in 1908?
“Of the 1,000 first replying
virtually all voted for Mr. Taft
four years ago. Of the 1,000
replying 442 said they voted for
Mr. Taft this year, 3356 for Mr.
Roosevelt, 132 for Mr. Wilson,
and 91 said they would not vote
at all or were undecided. ;
Most of those declaring they
would vote for for Mr. Wilson
gave as their reason their disgust
with Republican factionalism.
Some were voting for him as the
surest way, in their judgment, to
defeat the Cclonel and prevent
him from breaking up the Re
publican party. Some of those
f‘ !
- [Adversement.]
A Georgia Cracker
Tells of Speaking
(Crisp and Shaw debate.)
On last Thursday, July 30th,
one might have seen leaving the
city of, carriages, buggies, two
horse wagons and automobiles,
all loaded to their full capacity,
with handsomely selected ladies,
bright, cheerful children and
smiling men. We could not re
sist the desire to fall in line. Af
ter driving out on the Eufaula
road (which by the way is being
rapidly converted into one of the
magnificent highways in the
southern part of the state) be
ing the Eufaula, Americus, Lump
kin and Richmond automobile
highway. '
About eight miles from town,
the front line of vehicles led off
to the right, headed to the farm
of Mr. E. L. Carter, in one
of the most beautiful groves to
be found in the state, covered
with stately oaks, literally cov
ering the ten-acre grove
was animals, vehicles and several
hundred people.
On the west side there were
great volumes of smoke wending
its way upward to the clear blue
sky. On closer inspection you
discovered a pit covered with
Georgia porkers, kid, lamb and
beef. A few feet from this was
Judge Surles, with tweo large
wash pots, making his noted
hash. or stew, which is equal in
flavor to Sheriff Callaway’s no
ted Brunswick stew.
Just north of this, between two
monarchs of the forest, with their
huge branches lapping across a
large platform gave the appear
ance that they were shaking
hands, and their taller branches
were swaying to the breeze seem
ed to keep time with the music
by which the beautiful young la
dies and and handsome young
men of Countyline, tripping the
fantastic steps for quite a while.
The dinner of barbecued meats,
fried chicken, cakes and pies of
every known hue and descrip
tion, was spread on tables sever
al hundred feet long. Itisneed
less to state what happened next.
When Jack Slaton is elected
governor I want him to attend
one of these cues and show him
how far behind the times he is
with his Cold Springs Cue Club
as it is no comparison. |
But before dinner the crowd
was entertained by two of our
candidates for congress— Hons.
Chas. Crisp and Emmett Shaw.
Toa man on the fence or up a
tree, as I was, it was pretty hard
to tell which had the best of it.
I noticed one thing, however; it
was very plain that Crisp got the
cheering from the merchants,
lawyers, etc., while the horny
and calloused-handed sons of toil
made the welkin ring for Shaw.
The majority of thé.crowd were
farmers, and it appeared that
Shaw had the best of the crowd.
We tender our sincere thanks
to Mr. Carter and others for the
privilege of having spent a de
}lightful day.
A GEORGIA CRACKER.
Only a married man can fully
appreciate heaven if there are no
wash days or house cleaning sea
sons there,
in the not-voting class said they
might vote for Mr. Taft or Mr.
Wilson if it became necessary, in
their judgment, to do this to pre
vent the Colonel from breaking
up their party. Some of these
recording themselves for Mr.
Taft lamented his nomination,
but would vote for him to pre
vent the Colonel from breaking
up their party.
‘““We arrange those 1,000 vo
ters in table:
Y . et
R005eve1t.............. 335
WHNOE e AN
Mebwebing: ... 1.....0 9
“‘Further comment on the fig
ures and the percentages which
they make seems unnecessary.’’
THE LEADER-ENTERPRISE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1912
Sale of Unreturned Lands.
GroreiaA—BEN Hrun CounTy. -
Notice is hereby given that on
the first Tuesday in October, 1912,
at the court house door in Fitzgerald,
Georgia, within the legal hours of
sale, the undersigned will offer for
sale and sell to the highest bidder
for cash, the following unreturned
lands for the taxes due Ben Hill
county and the State of Georgia for
the year 1911. Said lands are lie in
Ben Hill county, Georgia, and are
described as follows:
FITZGERALD. :
Lot. Square. Block. Amt.
12 2 1 .96
9 3 1 A4B
10 3 1 48
1 3 T A4B
i 1 3 1 .64
3 12 2 2.08
6 4 3 .96
o 4 3 20.16
g 11 3 16
e 11 3 .16
3 11 3 32
4 11 3 22
5 11 3 i
6 11 3 32
Y 11 3 .48
8 11 3 .16
9 11 3 .16
10 11 3 16
11 11 3 16
12 11 3 .16
13 11 3 .16
14 11 3 .16
15 11 3 .16
15 11 3 .16
6 15 3 .32
5 15 3 a 2
4 15 3 e
3 15 3 32
2 15 3 .38
1 15 3 " 144
11 13 4 112
8 15 5 3.20
4 8 7 3.52
13 12 11 8.32
4 o 12 .16
12 1 13 38
16 5 13 32
13 5 13 32
12 8 13 « 64
B 7 14 11.20
6 7 14 9.60
7 7 14 57.60
5 10 16 16
6 10 16 16
7 10 16 16
8 10 16 16
10 5 16 7.68
Of the City of Fitzgerald accord
ing to the plat and survey of said
city, of file in the office of the clerk
ot the superior court.
WESTWOOD SECTION.
Lot. Square Amt.
36 26 19
145 129 19
45 26 19
54 26 19
146 129 19
Of what is known as Westwood,
according to the plat and survey of
said Westwood, of file in the office
of the clerk of the superior court.
NELSON’S ADDITION.
Lot. Sec. Amt.
16 96
17 : 80
Of what is known as Nelson's Ad
dition, according to the plat and sur
vey of said tracts of file in ‘he office
of the clerk of the superior court.
JOSEY'S ADDITION.
18 2.82
Of what is known as Josey’s Ad
dition, according to the plat and sur
vey of said tract of file in the office
of the clerk of the superior court.
5 WILLIAMS' ADDITION.
5-acre tract No. 1124 } 80
Of what is known as Williams’
Addition, according to the plat and
survey of said tract of file in the
office of the clerk of the superior
court.
- WINONA HEIGHTS ADDITION.
Lot. Square. Block. Amt.
4 7 80
~ Of what is known as Winona
'Heights, according to the plat and
survey of said tracts west of the
iCity ‘of Fitzgerald, of file in the office
-of the clerk of the superior court.
| BEN HILL COUNTY.
Acres. Lot. Dist. Sub. No. Amt
5 204 4 1439 190
f 5 91 3 1208 1.90
- According to the plat and survey
of the American Tribune Soldier’s
'Colony Company, of file in the office
of the clerk of the superior court of
Ben Hill county. ;
This July 1, 1812! |
~ J. W. NORRIS,
Sheriff Ben Hill County Georgia. l
Porch Furniture Special
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At Sandlin Furniture Company
‘WE have a beautiful line of Mission» Swings, Ham
mocks and Porch Chairs that we can give you
some interesting figures on. Call and make selection.
Our line of Go-Carts should also " M Sy
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and attractive’ appearance. They %{%%%2% :
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too. The price is reasonable. 0 s«%‘}
‘ Extraordinarily pretty line of.
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. Al _
Sandlin Furniture Co.,
: UNDERTAKERS AND EMBALMERS
- 118-122 S. Grant St.
- FITZGERALD, - GEORGIA.
~ My farm of 90 acres of good
M 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.
Farm For Sale.
44 acres, 33 acres under cultiva
tion: 4-room house and large barn
and shed; good water, and close to
good school; good neighborhood ;
good 5-acre pasture, all under good
wire fence; good graded road. Ap
ply to. J. 0. McCuLLEz,
57-Bw-oaw R.F.D. No. 1,
Vegetables
Phone 3 rings for all kinds of
fresh vegetables from the farm.
Delivered to ail parts of the city,
M. McMillan Farm, ‘
59-2¢. Phone 3 rings.
" The Blue and Gray Swimming
Pool is for sale, provided a sale
can be effected between now and
September first, but after that
date, if not sold, it will no longer
be on the ‘market, If interested
call on J. W. Manbeck. 57-tf.
PUBLIC STENOGRAPHER--Second
floor Empire building. Work done
either at my office or will take
outside engagements. 57-2 t
Corns, Bunnions, Ingrowing toe
pails and callouses treated at 503
West Altamaha street. 59-4 t,
STUART’S|
He SUNEY HRDIES ‘
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For the arrest and conviction, or positive informatjon lead
ing to the arrest and conviction of any persons or persons,
selling or offering for sale substitutes that infringe upon the
registered Trade-mark or formula of Fenole, the world’s great
est household insect destroyer and disinfectant.
All communications must be made direct to
Sole Manufacturers ™.
: Phone 625 2
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Dodd Supply Co.
; FITZGEARALD, GA. :
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