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Home People of Mr. Mercer
- Commend Him To Voters
/B Of The Third District.
* To the Voters of the Third
Congressional District: As citi
zens of Terrell county, feeling
an interest in and successful out
came of the efforts of our fellow
citizen, the Hon, John R. Mercer
To become a member of Congress
from this district, and believing
that écer_tai_r}w s_ta_temgn_tgmbeing
fifi%e by one of his opponents
are Ginister in character as well
; mislead ng, we have deter
mined to give to the voters of
he district the estimate placed
pon him by his people at home.
e notice ina recent issue of
Mr. Shaw’s Scuthwest Georgian
that he bas an article headed,
“Who Is The Man?”’ He under
akes in this article to minimize
adh of his opponents and to
réduce the impression that he
las indeed done great things for
he dear ‘‘common people,”’ He
ells you that Mr. Mercer has
eached the half century mark.
o he has, and so havernost men
vho have done things for their
ellows, nor do those of us who
a\'r% observed the ordinary rules
£ good conduct in life feel that
e have reached beyond middle
life at this time. He tells you
hat he is said tobe a millionaire.
e wonder who told him, and,
i it were true, would it have
made him of less value to his
neighbors or less fitted to do
ings in Congress? Mr. Shaw
as lived a generation, he tells
lus. wWill some one tell us what
he has accomplished to indicate
any s3rt of business ability? He
should have done something in
this time, especizlly as he is ask
ing you to place him where
Aere should be the acme of
fisiness acumen. He tells you
hat Mr. Mercer ‘‘would be
eady to enter into the c;;‘x_estial
egions before he could do things
or his district.”’ This is funny,
e says, in substance, that Mr.
grcer ' has done things in life
vhich have meant personal suc
egs. He says, however, that he
as not accomplished anything
olitieally, but that he himself
a 8 done ‘yeoman service in the
gislature of Georgia.”’ Wonder
here or when he made those
‘footprints’’ on the “statutes of
orgia” to which he so boldly
efers. Mr. Mercer -has been
imself a roember of the Georgia
egislature and did honest, effec
ual work for his county while
here®but is willing for others to
ay as to this. He was for four
ears the honored mayor of his
own and than he we never had
#@tter, no one quite so enter
rising, noone who accomplished
uring that pericd of time quite
o much for his town. It is true
e has aiways been a large fax
ayer, but none can say ke has
ver fought an enterprise of his
own that he might be less bur
3ed %y taxes; on the other
d, no man has done more to
ring to his town ‘modern im
rovéinents, such as mean much
tax payers, than he.
Mr. Shaw would have you be
eve that the kind of farmer
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FMercer is is that he ‘‘ploughs
in the spring and callects interest
in the fall.”’ We are delighted
to tell you that he has been in
position to aid greatly his fellow
farmers by furnishing them
with the means not onlv to culti
vate their crops, but has aided
many in bhis county in finally be
coming an owner of his home.
Nor has he ever been the man to
unmercifully crowd a farmer
who could not meet his obliga
tion to him when due, but has
always been entirely willing to
indulge him from year to vear
for a reasonable, living interest.
We are glad to say earnestly that
we have great need of many
more of Mr. Mercer’s kind in our.
town and county. He has meant
more to Terrell county than any
other doZen men in it, and we
are sure that if elected to the
position of Congressman no man
in the Third district will regret
his choice. He is always enter
prising, always constructive,
progressive and hesitates not at
any amount of effort or expense
to accomplish ends which mean
not only advancement of his own
interest, but that of his neigh
bors as well. He is eminently a
farmer—a model one. We take
pride in ‘calling attention to the
fact that it was farmer Mercer
who coriginated the corn contests
in Georgia, a progressive step in
farming which has revolutionized
the corn production of our state.
He was brought up in as hum
ble fashion as any average coun
trv boy. and has accomplished
things in life by his own efforts.
He has had some misfortunes,
which, by the way, would not
have come to him had others
whom he had .aided been more
dutiful in their obligations to
him. No man fails to have “‘ups
and downs.”” We dare say his
opponents have had theirs. Mr.
Shaw would have you believe
that he came “from the depths.”’
We happen to know that he has
ever had around him the average
comforts of life and has no right
to claim more in this regard than
has our fellow ecitizen whose
cause we plead. We ask you
whether or not you would have
as our representative a man who
has made good, not only ina
political way but who has in the
fer more important sense, viz
that of personal success and ac
complishments at home for his
fellow counfrymen.
We sincerely commend to you
our fellow townsman, then, as
most worthy of your franchise,
and bespeak for him great suc
cess should you see fit to elevate
him to the position to which he
aspires. J. G. Parks, J. o
Hollingsworth, A. J. Hill, 8. D.
Hatcher, M. C. Caraway, Jno.
R. Irwin, R. R. Martin, C. A.
Harris, J. A. Horsley, J. G.
Dean, W. A. Davidson, J. S.
Sowrey, W. E. Hickey, A. A
Lewis, T. D. Sale, A. J. Baldwin,
W. R. Baldwin, K. S. Worthy,
W. H. Gurr, R. M. Stewart, R.
D. Smith, S. W. Glass, W. A.
Baldwin. 5
THF LEADVR-ENTFRPRISF, TUFSDAY AUGUST 20, 1912.
Tallulah Falls Dis
pute Goes Into Courts
Atlanta, Aug. 15.—Preliminary
steps in a suit by the state to pre
vent the harnessing of Tallulah
Falls will be taken in a very few
days. The resolution adopted by
the legislature directing the gov
ernor to bring suit to test the
state’s title to certain lands in
volved in the development has
gone to the governor and will be
among the first to be signed by
him. Thereupon he will directi
the attorney-general to file the
neccssary papers. ‘
In all probability the first step
will be an injunction suit by the
state to stop further work until
the courts have passed on the
titles. This injunction may be
brought in Fulton county, this
being the company’s home office.
Following the injunction thei
state’s claim to the titles will bel
carried into the courts.
The Georgia Railway & Power%
Co., which is harnessing thel
Falls, has already spent upwards
of $2,000,000. During the agita
tion, which resulted in the reso
lution as adopted by the legila
ture, the company has not delay
ed its work a day. Offcials of
the company cay their titles are
so absoiutely flawless to every
foot of the disputed land that
they did not opposze the adoption
of the resclution directing suit to
be brought.
Misses Maude and Myrtle Gray,
of Gastonia, N. C., are the attrac
tive guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Mavyes on south Lee street, The
Misses Gray will be in Fitzgerald
several weeks and while here will
be delightfully entertained. Mis.
Mayes entertains a large party in
their honor this evening and
other parties have been planned.
And maoy a father loses all in
terest in the prohibition movement
when the bady cries for water at
2 a. m.
For Congressman
To the Democratic Voters of the
3rd Congressional District:
‘T hereby formally announce my
candidacv for the office of con
gressman from said district to the
Democratic primary to be held
aext summer. Owing to my fa
miliarity with conditions in Wash
ington (being the official clerk to
the speaker of the House)l believe
if the people will honor me with
the great office, that I will certain
iy strivs to faithfully and intelli
gently represent all the people of
the district, Their interest and
welfare shail regulate, control and
influence my every note and act
and at all vimes I will be true to
the masses of our people. Before
the primary I will announce a for
mal platform of principles, address
the voters on the public questions
of the day, presenting my views
tullv to them and endeavor to see
as many of thern in person as pos
sibie. If you can give me your
support and influence I shall al
ways be most profoundly grateful.
Veryv respectfully,
Charles R. Crisp.
For Congressman
“To the Voters of the Third
congressional District: I have the
ambition to represent the Third
district in congress. As to my fit
ness and worthiness, I propose to
submit that to the voters of the
district, along with the other gen
tlemen who may aspire to the hon
or in & democratic primaryv,
“] am a farmer, was born and
reared on a farm in this district,
and have contributed all that I
possibly could to the advancement
of the farming interests of my
section of the country.
“ As a member of congress I
would be controlled largely by
the same desires and purposes that
have actuated me as a private citi
zen in advancing the farming in
terest of the state ard country,
which ultimately is the interest oi
every persou, whether merchant,
lawyer, doctor, banker, mechanic
or citizens following other callings.
I shall be glad to meet the vo
ters face to face in every county
of the district before the day of
election. Sincerely,
John K. Mercer -
Appropriations Are
Just Running Wild
Atlanta, Aug. 13.—1 f the Sen
ate follows the lead of the House
in the final windup of the legis
lative session and passes appro
priation bills which the House
has already put through, aggre
gating $225,000, there is ‘a deci
ded probability that Gov. Brown’s
veto will get busy again, after
the sessioa is over.
The Governor hasn’t said any
thing, but he has been in con
ference with a number of mem
bers of the Senate with a view to
urging that body to go slow on
appropriation measure.
It is said the passage of this
amount of appropriations at this
time would simply mean that the
school teachers of the state could
be pafd nothing in the spring of
1913, and would have to wait for
their entire salaries un il the
taxes came in along in December
and January following.
The school teachers of Georgia
have earned up to date approxi
imately $1,5000,000 of the 1912
school appropriation out of which
they have been paid only $239,-
000, simply because there is no
more money in the treasury {o
pay them with and won’t be until
taxes arecollected. The amount
paid the teachers early in the
year has been corstantly giowirg
smaller every spring, until this
year it was possible to pay only
about 40 per cent. which was
paid in the spring.
The continual creeping up of
appropriations in excess of rev
enue has caused this amount for
the teachers to become less and
ess, and while they ultimately
get all of their money, they have
to wait for it for months.
Therefore if all the pending
appropriation bills should finally
go through with no money in the
treasury to meet them, it would
mean that there would be noth
ing left of the 1913 school fund
to pay the teachers in the spring.
The state would then be just
exactly one year behind with the
teachers and it wonld become a
question as to whether the legis
lature will ultimately devise a
means of meeting this situation
by increased taxation temporar
ily as was proposed at this ses
sion, or by closing up the schools
for one year in order to catch up.
Grace Must Die ]
Says His Doctors
Atlanta, Ga., August 15—Eu-1
gane Grace must die; but the doe
tors have not informed him of his|
fate. : {
The operation to remove the}
bullet from Grace’s spine was one
of the most remarkable that was
ever performed in an Atlanta hos
pital, but it was in vain. The sur
geons could not get hold of the
bullet, and they established posi
tively that the bullet is not press
ing on the spinal column. It
bruyshed against the column, as it
plowed through Grace’s body, and
left a bruise which caused the to
tal paralysis below Gaace’s waist;
then it lodged in the bony struc
ture of the ninth vertebra, If it
were removed, the paralysis would
not be relieved.
Maybe six months, possibly a
year, can Grace live, but no long
er, say the doctors. They are
waiting to break him the news.
They are afraid the shock, in his
present weakned condition, might
kill him, :
Stove Wood.
12 and 16 Inch lengths. Quick
delivery. Telephone 402. Bernie
A Fohl. 63-tf.
Jelly Grapes,
Telephone 402. Bernie A. Fohl.
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Miss Sadie Morgan, of Vienna,
spent yesterday here as the guvest
’of Miss Minnie Whitley.
(ADVERTISEMENT.) S
Why Mercer Should Be Elected To
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‘ . Congress from the Third District
E. L, Rainey in Dawson News,
The candidacy of John R. Mercer for Congress from the Third
district of Georgia seems to be bothering some' of tre editors, One
of the brethern has recently come forward with a large-sized
piece of writing in which, by a lack-logic process of elimination, he
proceeds to show that there is only one “‘logical” candidate in the race,
and that is—well, not Mr; Mercer.
He says that Mr, Mercer’s ‘‘principal argument why he should
be elected is the fact that he is a farmer, and a good one.” Then he
proceeds to hand out quite a tidy little bunch of advice to Mr, Mercer
and the folks in general. He says: :
*His calling (farming) 1s an honorable one, and perhaps the most
important in the wnole wide world. Mr, Mercer seems to think that
there are too many lawyers in Congress already. Perhapsso. There
are also too many lawvcrs running farms—folks call ’em ‘near farm
ers.” We venture to say that more good farmers have been spoiled by
being drawn into more attractive pursuits than men of all other call
ings. That 1s one great trouble with the agricultural conditions
throughout the nation today; good farmers are too few. Mr. Mercer
should continue in his chosen vocation, in which be has met with so
much success, and by practical example lead his neighbors to a higher
standard of f:rm wanipulation.” ;
You are right Mr. Editor, Good farmers are too few. That’s
what Mr, Mercer thir ks. Aund you need not worry about Mr. Mercer
not sticking to farmine. One of his cherised aims and most definite
plars is to continue to demonstrate to his community that farming
rightly carried on is not only a beneficence to the farmer himself, but
a source of economic salvation to the country in general Mr. Mer
cer dces not propose to throw away a lifetime of hard-won experience
in which he has proved that the safe and sane sort of farming is a
paying proposition from every point of view.
If he goes to Congrees, as he hopes to do, he will go with the fixed
idea of devoting his time and energies to just the very thing that our
friend suggests—namely, the advancement of the interests of farming
people generally, and those of the Third district in particular, :
Mr. Mercer has been a constructive worker, and he has liberally
passed on his ideas to his neighbors. IHe bas labored both by precept
and example to better the guality of the agricultural achievements of
his community. There’s no reason on earth why he should stop being
a farmer. He doesn’t want to quit, He loves the soil and the pleas
ant fiuits of his labor, He is not the kind of a msn who, to literalize
a familiar metaphor, having put his hand to the plow wants to look
back, )
Look back? Not atall. Mr. Mercer’s idea is to look forward,
: That’s exactly why he is running for Congress. He looks for
ward to the time when the interests shall not be able to put their
hands into the people’s treasury and grab greedily what they want.
He looks to the time when the government shall, by the right kind of
encouragement, trainicg and stimulus, see to it that the great agricul
tural classes shail have their due and the opportunity. *
You are right, brother, when you say that we need good farmers,
We need them more than we need any other class of developers. But
we are never going to get them unless the government lays a firm &nd
steady hand on the abuses that have fleeced the farming classes of
their rights, We shall never have the general turning to agriculture
as a life-work that the resources of our ecountry demaund until the Jaw
making bodies see to it that there is the proper protection, legislation
and encouragemesnt for the farmer.
Farmer Mercer does not claim superior merit over his opponents.
He is a modest man, and is perfectly willing to bave his record speak
for him. Neither does he decry his opponerts. But he does claim
that he knows thoroughly the needs and the interests of the people of
the Third district He is, familiar with the conditions existing in this
splendid block of agricultural and business territory. If heis elected
he will do all in his power to promote and further these interests,
Mr. Mercer does not believe that the agricultural classes of this
country have had fair and equitable recognition in the apportionment
of congressional honors, The records show that there 15 only one far
raer from Georgia in Congress—Hon. Dudley M, Haghes—and he has
made good. It is not that Mr. Mercer thinks there are too many law
vers in Congress, but too few farmers. He does not ask for the votes
of the people just because he is a farmer. He does not expzct to Le
elected just on that ground. Far from it. He asks the privilege and
seeks the honor of representing the Third district for the good that he
can do in securing for his constituency toe legislation and recognition
that are its due.
There are those who cannot think of the farmer as a type of the
wide-awake, thinking American. They still look for hayseed in his
hair, and expect him to blow out the gas. They are behind the times,
these would-be critics, They haven’t kept up with the facts. They
don’t seem to know that while he has been plowing he has been think
‘ing. While he has been tilling the broad acres he has been subsoil
ing his mind, and making ready for the reception of dynamic ideas,
| This is the type of farmer Mr, Mercer represents, He is a man
lof unimpeachable integrity, and his devotion to the cause committed
to his keeping would be of a kina to stand the heaviest tests.
' Mr. Mercer will be an honor to the Third district and a vote for
‘him means a vote for the right man. ¢
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collars, cuffs, etc., to this laundry,
until they’re no longer wearable.
That will convince you that we pro- ‘
long the life of linen beyond most :
washers and ironers thereof. ‘
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