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Don’t buy any more Buggies or Wagons on credit or cash until Saturday, September 7th.
We are going to auction off every Buggy and Wagon we have to the highest bidder. We are
going to SELL THEM, so after its over don’t say “if I had known that I would have waited.”
We are going to do this also; we are not going to have any but legitimate bids, no by-bidders
whatever. If you buy a hundred dollar buggy and harness for twenty dollars we will take your
note for that amount for Thirty or Sixty days, if you want to give it. That will give you a
chance to get out your cotton and pay for it. Now you have an opportunity to buy youa buggy
or'wagon cheap one time in life, so get busy and come over Saturday, Sept. 7th and buy what
you want. You can call for what you want and we Will put it up, then it’s up to you.
Don’t forget this, you can give your NOTE if it’s satisfactory with us after you buy for thirty
or sixty days--your credit is good at this sale. We are going to sell them so be on hand. One
Hundred and Fifty for Sale. | | |
East Central Avenue Fitzgerald, Ga.
Emmett R. Shaw, Defeated Candidate for
- Congress Writes Open Letter:
'To The Citizenship Of The
Third Congressional District.
Fellow Citizens:
I had hoped and hoped until the last, hat I might represent you
“and our district in the national Congress, out your decree was not
my wish, I feel that just a word at this time cannct be out of order
explaining why I was defeated, and why possibly, I should not have
hoped to win against so many odds. .
I was handicapped from the start with every odd against me.
M%courxty was not one-third the size of my opponent’s. It could
nof pull one-third the vote that bis could poll I had no political
power to back me, Less than a half dozen public men 1n the district
Jent mie their support. I bad to fight organized forces, while my
forces were unorganized, I had to depend upon those men who were
s.villing in the defiance cf every tning that could be said, and every
move that couid be made to walk to the baliott box ard vote for me
regardless. I found after I had entered the contest, that I was facing
a financial situation that I did not expect. I was facing bankruptey,
and paid the last doliar out that I had to stay proceedings. I had to
depend upon oney that 1 could earn as I rap, working a part of the
time plus a few persoval loans from personal friends, amounting to in
the aggregate about $7OO. I could not afferd to make my announce
ment in the papers in the usual way and the newspapers did not un
,‘Jerstand this. It would have cost more than $3OO to tave anmounced
as other candidates did, and I could not spare this money. I was not
ab¥e to send out personal letters and circulars, because it would cost
between $4OO and $5OO each time. I would send a lot with two-cent
postage. I had to oppose in many instances the leaders of the two
great political factions in Georgia, This meant that as a political or
phan and financial weakling I must fight my buttle aione, and hope to
wic by accomplishing the impossible.
POLITICAL MOVES MADE AGAINST ME.
In their throes of political desperation when it looked like I had
the victory won, the political slanderers attacked me, attacked me
at times in the open, but mostly in the dark, Stories of different
kinds were told in different sections, which were void of foundation
or fact, No matter if my old father’s heart would be sad to hear the
mean stories that were told. Little did they care if it cost my httle
zphan girl-wife’s face to te stained with tears. Their purposes had
be accomplished, their hands were dirty enough to do the work,
and at Lumpkin and Vienna and a few other points they, did their
worst. At this time when ther2 is nothing at stake I would if neces
sary answer every charge made in detail, but I have decided instead,
§9 just point to the majority which my county Clay gave me. Th~
county in whick. the sunlight first shown into my countenance, the
county in which my father was born and bas always lived since, the
county in which my grandfather’s bones are buried, In this county
with 476 votes cast I had better than 400 to my credit. The men who
made these charges znd who helped to slander me would if they
could get their dirty hands upon it, take your grand mother’s
gscharacter, ‘wrap 1t up in a dirty napkin, and toss it to a negro’s yellow
THE 1 EADFR.ENTFRPRISE. FRIDAY AUGUST 30 1012,
dog. I had to meet everything that a man opposed by the political
powers have to meet. Opposed by the leaders the two great factions
in Georgia nearly every where, I fought in 1906 for the principle
of negro disfranchisement, for railroad regulation coporation control.
I fought the old gang of politicians which were backing the old lease
system. I cained the political hate of those whom we tore down,
never to be able to gain the friendship of the leaders of those forces.
I fought on and on for six years, for what [ conceived to be right,
and for an administration of which I was a part, although a small
part, which I believerd was working for the best interests of Georgia.
It became necessary under my oath of office as State senator, which
required me to vote for Georgia’s welfare and good, as a senator every
time, to vote against Hoke Smith for the United States Senate, The
man I bad done battled with for six years and in three campaigns. 1
had offeied my all politically to elect him Governor the last time. I
knew to throw down that position would hu:t him with the masses of
the people. I knew for him to hurt himself would politically cripple
every other man who vad fought under the flag. I knew it would
mean our political undoing, and that 1t would re-establish the political
enemy, I knew it would bring on extra political row 1n an off year,
which would take people from their peaceful avocations, to do politi
cal battle. I'knew that the enemy would win. I knew to call the
legisiature together to swear in a new Governor, would cost thousands
of dollars of the people’s tax money, and for other reasons, which I
will not give here. With a sad heart knowing the cost that it would
be to me I stood in my seat, explained my vote, cast it aga‘nst him
and for another. For this reason possibly I lost Randolph County.
where the other crowd whom I had hit from 1906 to 1910, stood
shoulder to shoulder with manv Smith reformed leaders to give me
battle and to tear me down. For this reason and others I lost in
Terrell. For doing my duty I had te pay the price. lam sorry the
price was so high, but glad to pay it, I mention the above facts not
to help, hinder or hurt any public servant, for regardless of what has
been done to me, I shall measure public men by their public service.
I mention those facts so that those whe are willing to look may see
aud sceing may know, what an independent fearless man who dares
to stand by his own conscience and right as he sees it, has to tace,
I have fought in the battle lines for the people from the first day
of my political life for only the scars that [ received, I had hoped to
be able to get to'where I would mnot be financially cramped and to
where I could render more effective service for the people, I have
been turned down by a majority of the voters, who Trepresented the
guardians of our home, our fathers, brothers, husbands and sopns. I
cannot believe that they meant to do me harm. I cannot believe
that they understood how I have stood and fought for their rights un
der the law, for their homes and how I longed to fight for our liberty.
I have been defeated because men with sweaty faces who represented
the forces of toil voted against me. I never shall believe that if they
knew that it was on their account that I fought so hard at my own
expense giving dollars where I got only dimes, that I have sympa
thised with them every day of my political life; I cever shall believe
that if they could have known that I have because I loved their homes
and their babies, whom the door of opportunity is closed to, day by
day, that they would have struck me down. I never shall belieye that
they would have done it, if they had understood the spirit that caused
me to fight. To believe tais would cause life to be a burden to me.
TO THAT MORE THAXN FIVE THOUSAND WHO STOOD BY ME, i
Men, may God forget me when I forget you, I promise you this
in my hour of defeat, that you shall never have cause to regret stand
ing by me and going down to the valley of the shadow with me. I
promise you here and now in the presenee of that Being called con
science, and before our mothers’ God, that I do here and now re-dedi
cate my life to what we fought for, re dedicate it to the services of
those who have been and are being mris-served. Rededicate it in this
hour of my lonesomeness and oppression to the cause of those who are
being ground up by the profics of the mills into goid. Rededicaté it
to those whose children’s chance is growing less and less each day; to
those who represent the great mass of our citizenship. I prom’se you
to keep up the fizht for what we stand, without any honor or reward.
For the majority of the citizenship have refused me a reward and
honor. I promise never to fight politically for spite or revenge, for
this would be unworthy of the man who had obtained and who hoped
to maintair your confidence and esteem.
IT WAS AND IS WORTH WHILE.
The ficht bas been worth while, We have proven that an appeal
to the independent voter face to.face has come near a thousand votes
of getting the verdict, and we must remember that the greatest of men
have met defeat, men wh> had the greatest opportunity and every
chance. Napoleon went t> his Waterloo. The force of circumstance
caused Robert E. Lee to surrender to Grant. Napoleon will live as
long as history lasts. Lee has never been considered a General in
ferior to Grant. :
i AS TO THE PEOPLE’S CHOICE : :
Oar people have selected a man clean of life, an ‘honorable man.
His people stood by him 1n his county as mine did by me and spoke
10 no uncertain toues to the outside world as to what they thought of
him. We should not put one rough place in his path, We should
try to help and not to hinder. There are too many pow ready to tear
down, too few ready ‘o build up. I for one shall pursue the course
above mentioned. I hope he may make as fearless champion of the
people as I would have tried to have made if I had been the victor.
Let us all stand by him. He is our Congressman by the grace of our
people, Let us let him feel and know that as he goes to Washington,
while I go to work, that our whole people are standing back of him.
In conclusion, with a heart full of gratitude toward you, I want to
say that I shall hope to live forever to held your confidence, and -that
while I may never ask to serve you or may never hope to be rewarded
for what I have tried to do, that with malice toward no man, believing
there is not hate 1n my beart for any man, lam yet a candidate, a
candidate for the confidence of c¢very citizen of this district and of
Georgia, and if elected, shall live in my financial strain, weakriess and
worry to prove deserving of the confidence, respect and esteem of all.
Yours as a.commgner in rank,
; 3 : Emmett R. Shaw.
Regular devotional meetinz of
the Woman’s Missionary society
of the Central Methodist church
will be Leld Monday afterncon
promptly at 4 o’clock. Mrs. R,
J Prentice, leader. duabject, The
Dependent aud the delinquent
child and medical work.
Mrs. W, O. wooien,
Recording Secretary,
Love may find 'a way—but it
isn’caiways able to pay the freight.
He who hesitates is lost—espe
cially when he is found out.
Strayed—a mlk cow. Owner
can have same by paying for this
ad. Mr. M. E. Hutchinson, Lia~
coln, Ave. 66.tf.
