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The Atlanta Semi-Weekly JOurnal
VOLUME XVIII
POTTLE IN RACE TO
END. AND EXPECTS TD
WIN. SATS HOWARD
Declares * Constitution Story
Pure Fabrication and De
signed as a Last Desperate
Attempt of Opposition
J. D. Howard, campaign manager for
Joseph E. Pottlk gave out a statement
Ratnrday morning In which he denounc
ed as pure fabrication the story apper
!ng in Saturday's Atlanta Constitution to
the effect that Mr. Pottle had decided
to withdraw from the race for gover
nor.
The statement reads as follows:
'•The statement In Saturday's Consti
tution that Pottle will quit the race for
governor la a pure fabrication. It Is
made as a last desperate attempt to
bolster up a defeated and discredited
candidate Dorsey la beaten, and the
patriotic people of Georgia are giving
the credit to Joseph E. Pottle and will
prove their appreciation on the twelfth
of hia magnificent fight and defeat of
the Louisville & Nashville-Watson-How
e 11-Dorsey combination.
"Pottle is in the fight to the finish
and confidently expects to be elected.
"Dorsey is beaten in his home county.
The fact that Mayor Woodward and
Mayor-elect Candler aisd Mayor Pro
Tern Jesse W. Armlstead. of his home
city of Atlanta, are against him. should
abundantly satisfy the people of Geor
gia that Dorsey is not qualified to be
governor. When a man’s own home peo
ple. who have known-him all his life,
refuse to support him. he can hardly ex
pect the people of other portions of the
state to do so.
"Joe Pottle has won the fight for the
protection of the state's railroad and
for the defeat of the nefarious scheme
and desperate effort of Albert Howell
and Tom Watson to put a governor In
the chair whom they could control and
through him control the state.
•'EXAGGEATION AND MISREPRE-
• SENTATION.
’The statement of the Constitution.
Dorsey's organ, is In keeping with Its
conduct all through this campaign. It
has a campaign of misrepre
sentations and exaggerations from
start to finish. Everybody knows that
Dorseys speech making campaign has
utterly failed, yet the Constitution pic
tures him as a Demosthenes, sweeping
everything before him.
"As an illustration of the many in
stances in which this newspaper has
been guilty of unfairness and misrep
resentation. we need only to cite the
following: Dorsey went to Wilkinson
county and bls friends there were so
scarce that not a Dorsey than could be
found to Introduce him. Finally. Mr.
George H. Carswell, a prominent attor
ney and an ardent friend and supporter
of Joe Pottle's, agreed to introduce Dor
sey. but stated to Dorsey’s friends when
they approached him. that he would
have to tell his friends, in his introduc
tion. that he was for Pottle, and in his
introduction stated that he was for Joe
Pottle, who would undoubtedly carry
Wilkinson county, and that he intro
duced Dorsey merely as a matter of
hospitality and courtesy to a visitor.
FACTS EXACTLY REVERSED.
'lmagine our astonishment When the
Constitution next morning, reported that
Mr. Carswell introduced Dorsey, paying
him a high tribute and stated in his in
troduction speech that he (Dorsey)
would carry Wilkinson county, and urg
ed the people of the county to support
him. Mr. Carswell was indignant and
wrote a letter to Mr. Pottle, denying the
accusation. All of the Atlanta news
papers published the letter of Mr. Cars
well except the Constitution, which de
clined to do so, even upon request.
"Joe Pottle's friends need not be
alarmed by this eleventh-hour attempt
of a hostile organ to discredit him, and
build up the waning fortunes of its
own candidate.
"We wish further to add that one of
Mr. Dorsey’s managers Inquired of us.
last night, before the Constitution went
to press, and we told him that there
was absolutely no truth In the state
ment which he claimed to have heard,
and that Joe Pottle was in the fight to
the finish and expected to win. This
is merely another incident, showing the
character of the campaign that they have
been waging in their desperation, and
the people of Georgia ought to repudiate
this outrageous attempt, by the Dorsey
crowd, to disparage and discredit one
of Its opponents.
“J. D. HOWARD.
"Manager Pottle’s Campaign.”
Believed Dorsey Men
Circulated the Rumor
While he was in Columbus Friday
night somebody—presumably supporters
of Hugh Dorsey—circulated a rumor
that Mr. Pottle had retired from the
gubernatorial race so far as Muscogee
county is concerned and had advised
his supporters in that county to vote
for Governor Harris. To a query from
a Columbus newspaper man Mr. Pottle
made the following statement:
"The report that I have advised my
supporters in Muscogee county to vote
for .Governor Harris or either of the
other gubernatorial candidates is with
out ar.y foundation whatsoever.
•"I am making the race for governor
myself, and hope to be elected.
"I have made a hard and arduous cam
paign tour over the state, neglected my
personal affairs for three months and
spent quite a sum of my own money for
legitimate campaign expenses.
"All reports that I am In a combina
tion or conspiracy are untrue and any
intimlnatlon that I am making the race
tn behalf of any other candidate Is
equally untrue.
"However. I am frank to say that
whether I am elected or not. I feel that
I have done m> state and people a pa
triotic service in exposing to them sin
ister influences behind the candidacy
of Hugh M. Dorsey.
"I am absolutely confident that Dor
sey Is beaten. I want to be elected, but
if I am not. I will have the satisfaction
of knowing that I have made a good
fight and kept the faith."
Pottle Demands Correction
Os False Statement
When Mr. Pottle arrived in Atlanta
Saturday afternoon from Columbus he
was shown the story published promi
nently on the front page of the Consti
tution stating that he had cancelled his
remaining speaking dates and might re
tire from the race in favor of Governor
Harris.
This was the first intimation that Mr.
cContinued on Page 3, COL 1.)
GEORGIA DEMOCRATS
ARE URGED TO SWELL
FUND FOR CAMPAIGN
Contributions Should Be Mailed
Either to John D. Walker
at Sparta or to The Atlanta
Journal
Come on, Georgia Democrats!
Lot's do our part for the Democratic
campaign fund!
The Republicans have mivivus.
The democrats must depend upoa the
voluntary contributions of the rank and
file.
Henry Morgenthau. treasurer of the
Democratic campaign committee, has
made an appeal to the Democrats In all
the states to send In contributions.
John D. Walker, of Sparta, chairman
of the Democratic campaign committee
in this state, will receive the contribu
tions of Georgia Democrats and send
them to Mr. Morgenthau.
The Journal will also receive contri
butions, from any who find it more con
venient to send them to The Journal,
and will forward them to Chairman
Walker.
In a few days the campaign committee
for Georgiy will hold a meeting and map
out plans for organising the campaign,
in every county in the state.
It is probable that the committee will
arrange to sell campaign badges or but
tons, so that every Democrat who makes
a contribution will have a "receipt” to
wear as a badge of honor.
Democracy’s leader. Woodrow Wilson,
stands today among the greatest of all
presidents in American history—with
Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln; and
the Democratic party goes into the pres
idential campaign triumphantly confi
dent.
But it takes money to pay expenses,
and we Democrats of Georgia must do
our share.
Woodrow Wilson used to live In Geor
gia; married his first wife in this state;
was admitted to the bar in Atlanta.
Will we do less than the Democrats
of other states?
We will not.
Let’s all get busy!
The first contribution received by The
Journal was $2 from a Carroll county
Democrat.
Villa Harangues
Mexican Audience
From- Wagon Seat
. By Associated Press.)
EL FASO. Tex., Sept. 9.—From the
seat of a wagon Francisco Villa ad
dressed the populace of Satevo, Chi
huahua, when his forces captured the
town about two weeks ago, according
to an American arriving today. Villa
was quoted as saying:
"You see before you ‘Pancho’ Villa,
the bandit. But you see also that I
am paying my soldiers in silvey, and
I promise you It will not be long' until
I have a large army. I now have
plenty of machine guns and ammuni
tion. You saw that neither the ’grin
goes’ nor the Carranzlstas could catch
me even when I was ill. The ‘grlngoes’
are harder fighters than the Carranzis
tas but I bear them no animosity. All
I am interested in is in punishing tra
itors and putting an end to Carranza.’’
National Guard Lieut.
Charged With Bigamy
On Gov’t Reservation
LITTLE ROCK. Ark.. Sept. 9 —Lieu
tenant J. B. Rigdon, Arkansas national
guardsman, will be taken to Deming, N.
M., tonight where the Arkansas troops
are stationed, to stand trial on charges
of bigamy committed on a government
reservation, escaping arrest and absent
ing himself without leave, according to
orders received here by, Captain N. M.
Cartmell, U. S. A., recruiting officer
hew. Rigdon twice disappeared from
Deming, coming here each time. His
first wife lives in Carbondale, 111. He
married tho second Mrs. Rigdon just be
fore the Arkansas troops left for the
border.
Widow and Daughter
Os Harry Stokes Sue
For Insurance Money
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 9.—Mrs.
May Llndsley Stokes, widow of Harry
S. Stokes, who was shot and killed in
April by Charles C. Trabue, and her
daughter today filed suits aggregating
$90,000 against the Fidelity and Casualty
company of New York and the Maryland
Casualty company to recover on acci
dent policies carried by the deceased.
The former company's share of the
insurance is $40,000 and the latter $50,-
000. It is understood that the compa
nies insist that the deceased’s death was
not accidental.
Southern Runs Special
To National Dairy Show
Arrangements have been made by the
Southern railway to run a special train
carrying dairy farmers and others in
terested in the building up of the dairy
interests in the south to the National
Dairy show, to be held October 12-21, at
Springfield. Mass., at which the South
ern will have an extensive exhibit giv
ing a full presentation of the south as
a dairy section at the present time and
as a region for the future development
of the dairy Industry.
The Idea of the special train from the
south to the dairy show, which is held
in the east for the first time this year,
is to give southern dairy farmers an
opportunity to see how the industry to
conducted in the north and to widen
their outlook by bringing them In con
tact with successful dairy farmers and
dairy workers from all parts of the
country, while a general attendance at
the dairy show on the part of southern
dairymen Is expected to do a great deal
to educate the people of the north as
to the advantages of the south for the
Industry. J
BRITISH IfflE BIG
GUINS ON FRONT OF
MORE WMILES
Whole of Ginchy Now in Brit
ish Hands—French Also Vic
torious in Attack on Fleury,
Near Verdun
(By Associated Press.)
LONDON, Sept. 10.—In an attack
along a front of about three and a half
miles, the British succeeded In occupy
ing the whole of Ginchy and the terri
tory between that village and Leuze
wood, according to an announcement
from general headquarters last night.
Several other gains are also reported.
The text of the statement reads:
"We attacked this afternoon on a
front of 6,000 yards, extending from
High wood to Leuze wood. As a result
the whole of Ginchy village now is in
our hands after severe fighting and the
ground between it and the Leuze wood
was captured. f
"East of High wood we advanced 300
yards on a front of 500 yards. Numbers
of prisoners were taken and the ene
my’s casualties were very heavy.
“Northeast of Pozieres we gained a
further 600 yards of German trenches
and captured sixty prisoners, inflicting
heavy casualties on the enemy, who was
caught by our artillery fire while mass
ing for a counter attack.
“Oui- artilledy bombarded the enemy’s
trenches on Vimy ridge, opposite Sou
chez. There was reciprocal artillery ac
tivity in the neighborhood of Calonne
and Ginchy and between Da Bassee ca
nal and Neuve Chapelle.
"Friday afternoon many air tights
occurred.”
Austrians Blow Up Forts
Defending Halicz, Galicia
(By Auociated Press.)
LONDON, Sept. 9.—The Austrians
have begun to blow up forts at Halicz,
Galica, according to dispatches publish
ed by the Petrograd Russky Slovo and
forwarded by the Reuter correspondent.
The Russians have occupied some of
them.
The great bridge across the Dniester,
the dispatch adds, has been blown up
Tile Russians hold the left bank of the
river and are cannonading the retreating
Austrians. Two railway trains have
been wrecked.
A number of our aeroplanes boom bed
another enemy aeroplane, two hangers
and a shed being destroyed. One of our
machines Is missing.”
Bulgarians Driven Back,
Claims Bucharest Report
(By Associated Press.)
BUCHAREST, Sept. 8. —(Via London.)
The Bulgarians have been driven *roni
Xjazardjik, or Dobric, -n southeastern
Rumania, by Russians and Rumanian
troops, says the official communication
issued by the Rumanian war office to
day. In Northern Translyvania thn
Rumanians have occupied u.ah Toplitza
and five other towns.
The statement follows:
"Northern and westeri fronts: After a
sharp action we occupied Olah Toplitza
(42 miles northwest of Csik Szereda),
Csik Szereda), Giurhgiurgen and Senmt
clan. An enemy attack south of Meha
dia (16 miles north of Orsova, on the
Danube) was repulsed.
"Southern front: Rusisan and Ru
manian troops drove the Bulgarians
from Bazardjik (Dobric) and Dobasci.
"Enemy aeroplanes bombed Con
stanza (on the Rumanian Black sea
coast), wounding two women and a
child.” -
German Losses Heavy
Says Paris Statement
(By Associated Press.)
PARIS, Sept. 9.—Today’s official an
nouncement follows:
“South of the Somme during minor
operations we carried a small wood east
of Belloy-En-Santerre and made fresh
progress in the enemy’s trenches east
of Deniecourt.
"Reports received from various sec
tions of the Somme front agree as to
the Importance of the losses sustained
by the enemy during his last attack.
The number of German bodies found in
trenches, communication trenches and
shelters is considerable. Prisoners
taken by French troops, north and
south of the Somme since September
8, amount to 7,700 men, including about
100 officers.
"On the right bank of the Meuse
(Verdun sector) intense artillery fight
ing continues in the region of Fleury,
Vaux-Chapitre and Chenois. Toward 2
o'clock the Germans attacked the posi
tions which we captured on September
6 in Vaux-Chapitre wood. Our cur
tain of fire broke up all the enemy's at
tempts. The night was comparatively
calm on the remainder of the front.
“Although there was a high wind last
night one of our aerial squadrons drop
ped four bombs on railway stations at
Etain and Conflains, and on military es
tablishments at Rombach.”
The statement referring to the Mace
donian front reads:
“There was intermittent artillery
lighting in the region of Beles mountain
and Lake Doiran.”
“Serbfan troops, after lively engage
ments, captured a small height west of
Lake Ostrovo.” •
The text reads:
“In the Somme region there was i
somewhat lively artillery action on both
sides. A grenade engagement made uh
masters of a portion of an enemy trench
to the east of Belloy, where we captured
about thirty prisoners.
“The enemy, after a sharp bombard
ment, attempted to retake positions we
had recently captured to the northeast,
of Berny, but was repulsed with heavy
losses.
"In the region of the Meuse, east of
the village of Fleury, before Douau
mont, our troops this afternoon carried
by assault the whole of one section cf
German trenches. Two hundred prison
ers, including two officers, and several
.machine guns already have been sent
behind our lines as a result of this bril
liant action. Otherwise nothing Impor
.tant baa occurred."
ATLANTA, GA.,-TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1916.
“HEY! LOOK WHAT I’VE FOUND!”
<
''g
IMS
ME OH PfIICE TURNED
lEIINST HIM HI FOES
Droll Escapade on “Seeing
Georgia” Tour Used Now
as Political Capital
As an illustration of how even a
merry jest may "come back,” Commis
sioner of Agriculture J. D. Price has
just heard that some of his political
enemies are about to attempt to make
political capital out of a bit of pleas
antry that occurred in Marietta a year
ago. *
It was at the time of the second "See
ing Georgia Tour," in which Commis
sioner Price participated. When the
tour reached Marietta there was a car
nival in progress, and it had been framed
up to have some fun the leaders
of the tour. On its arrival, therefore,
President Ogden Persons, of the state
senate, Commissioner Price and "Pace
maker” Bill Stoddard, of Atlanta, were
each arrested on fictitious charges anJ
locked up in the calaboose for about
three minutes.
Mr. Price’s daughter came along with
a big golden key, with the other mem
bers of the party, and the commission
er was soon again at liberty. In going
out he induced the authorities to release
an old, one-legged negro who was in
for fighting.
Now it has come to Mr. Price's ears
that some of his political enemies are
circulating the report that he was ar
rested in Marietta for boisterous and
disorderly conduct and had tq be locked
up in the town jail.
"It is the most remarkable thing in
the world to me how anybody could at
tempt to turn a bit of pleasantry of
that sort into campaign capital,’’ said
Commissioner Price. “But sometimes
people get so desperate they will do
almost anything. The Marietta joke
was written up in the newspapers at
the time, and everybody knew about it.
Ogden Persons, Bill Stoddard and my
self were all the victims and we gol a
good deal of fun out of it.”
Scourge of Paralysis
Is Now Nearing End,
Declares U. S. Surgeon
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, Sept. 9.—The end of the
Infantile paralysis scourge in this city
is at hand, it was stated today by Dr.
Charles E. Banks, senior surgeon in
charge of the United States public health
service campaign against the disease.
There was no apparent reason why the
government’s officers should continue
to look upon the plague as an epidemic,
he asserted, adding:
“We expect that conditions will be
such that we can discontinue the local
certificate of travel system before they
end of the coming week. The daily
number of cases has not declined so
rapidly as we had expected in the last
week or two, but they have declined
sufficiently for us to see that the end
of the epidemic is at hand. I shall
close down our station at Stapleton,
Staten Island, on Monday, and the other
stations will be closed a few days
later.”
Wearer of Iron Cross
Brought, Down In Raid
(By Associated Pres«.)
ESBJERB, Denmark, Sept. 10.—(Via
London.) —The Courier, of Hanover, Ger
many, says the commander of the airship
which was brought down in England
during the raid of a Week ago was Cap
tain Schramm, a native of Hameln,
Prussia. The captain received the ’ron
cross of the first class for various raids
over Nancy, Dunkirk and England. ■ ,
HOKE SMITH STATES
HIS POSITION ON THE
BOWS HUGE
"It Is Hardly Possible Anyone
Could Doubt That I Will
Vote Against Mr. Dor
sey for Governor”
WASHINGTON. D. C., Sept. B.—The
Georgia congressmen still in Washing
ton are leaving for home today. Sena
tor Hoke Smith will be compelled to
remain here several days on account of
matters for constituents in the depart
ments which have accumulated during
the past few weeks, he having; been so
engaged upon the floor of the senate
and in helping make the revenuq bill In
the finance committee that visits ’o
the departments were impossible.
He stated this morning that he hop
ed to reach Atlanta by Tuesday in time
to vote in the primary. Asked his at
titude upon the gubernatorial election
he said:
"I have sought since coming to the
senate to avoid taking part in local
politics, but I have not concealed my
views with reference io the guberna
torial race.
"It is hardly possible anyone could
doubt that I will vote against Mr. Dor
sey. I pass by, although I do not for
get, the campaign he made against me
two years ago, and the many false
charges that he repeated in his speeches.
Instead of praising Governor Brown,
he abused me.
"I regard him as a man of limited
ability, with little preparation for the
office of governor.
“Those who heard his speeches against
me, and his speeches for himself, must
have been greatly disappointed in him.
WITH ENEMIES OF WILSON.
"He is closely associated with sup
porters who are intense enemies of the
Democratic party, men who are even
now bitterly assailing Woodrow Wil
son, the Democratic candidate for presi
dent.
“Not one word have I heard from Mr.
Dorsey in praise of the Democratic ad
ministration.
"The moat Important question which
will come up before the next governor
is the lease of the state road.
"It is now leased by the Nashville,
Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad
company, which is controlled by the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad com
pany. One of these companies will
certainly seek to continue to cohtrol
the state road.
DORSEY’S L .& N. CONNECTION.
"The Louisville and Nashville Rail
road company has been endeavoring to
lessen the valqe of the state road by
building a parallel line into Atlanta.
Mr. Dorsey’s law firm represented the
Louisville and Nashville In the effort
to set aside the act of the Georgia
legislature preventing this injury to the
state road. There are many reasons why
I think Mr. Dorsey should be defeated.
.1 will not go ifito details.
HIS PERSONAL VOTE.
"I really thought that Governor Har
ris was entitled to a second term with
out opposition. He is a broad-minded,
big-hearted old Confederate soldier and |
has made a good governor. Dr. Hard- ;
man is a man of high character and
fine business ability, and has shown his
interest in the agricultural develop
ment of the state. Joe Pottle is a very
able man and one of the loveliest char
acters I ever knew. He would make
Georgia a splendid governor. If either
of the three were the only candidates
against Mr. Dorsey, I should actively
and earnestly support him, and would
feel that I was rendering service to
my state by doing so. As it is if I
reach Atlanta by Tuesday I shall vote
for that one of the three who I believe
will most probably carry Fulton county
against Mr. Dorsax.”
MMISTEID TELLS II
HE WILL VOTE FOB HMHIS
Mayor Woodward and Mayor-
Elect Candler Also for Gov
‘ ernor’s Re-election
Following declarations by Mayor
James C. Woodward and Mayor-nominee
Asa G.' Candler that they Indorsed the
candidacy for re-election of Governor
| Nat E. Harris, Jesse W. Armlstead, a
recent candidate for mayor and present
mayor pro tern, issued a statement Sat
, urday likewise declaring -for Governor
. Harris and giving his reasons.
Mr. Armlstead believes Governor Har»
U ris has made good, and that his quallfl-
I cations entitle him to" a second term.
Mayor Woodward’s declaration in
; favor of Governor Harris continues to
enliven the political situation so far as
( Fulton county is concerned. The mayor
' several days ago announced that he had
1 ] for several months opposed the candi
-1 dacy of Hugh Dorsey because of Dor
sey’s activities for Joe Brown when
Brown ran for the United States senate
i on an anti-union labor platform.
HARRIS LEADS IN
STRAW BALLOT AT
THE COURT HOUSE
On a straw ballot taken on the race
; for governor, among the officials and
| employes of the county, affiliated with
the court nouse Saturday morning. Gov
ernor Harris won a hotly contested race
by leading the ticket of the four can
didates by polling a vote of 55, with
Hugh M. Dorsey a close second with 48
v »tes
The box was accompanied on its
' rounds over the building by two men
! who had been designated as election
I managers, though after the report had
i been circulated through the mank of-
I flees that a straw ballot was In prog
ress numbers of men forsook their
desks to follow the box aruond.
Speculation was rife, cigars were
wagered recklessly ai<H followers of thia
I or that candidate were ever questioning
I the poll-bearers as to whether they had
taken the vote of so-and-so on the
I 'steenth floor. •
After about an hour’s excitement, and
I every floor from the the basement to the
I top had been visited and meiT given a
I chance to record their straw vote, the
| box was taken in an office and in the
presence of supporters and enthusiasts
j of the two candidates who seemed to
have out-stripped the other two, the con
tents of the box were duly counted.
First Harris and then Dorsey, then
Dorsey and again Ha'rris would tally a
five, neck and neck for the main lau
rels. A question was raised as to |
whether or not a ballot with "Uncle
Nat” was duly inscribed and the de
cision was that a ballot with an avun
cular appelation was as good as that I
I bearing a full Christian name. Out of
the Hl votes polled Saturday morning,
I the final count was: |
Harris, 55; Dorsey 48; Pottle, 5; Hard
i man, 3.
Will Erect Monument
Where Zeppelin Fell
LONDON, Sept. B.—The site or the
hillside at Cuffley where Lieutenant
William Leese Robinson, of the Royal
Flying corps, brought down a Zeppelin
during the German air raid on the east
coast of England Saturday night, has
been presented to the nation by its
owner, Mrs. Kidston. The gift is made
with the understanding that a suitable
monument shall, be erected by public
subscription on the spot wnere the Zep-
JLzialln fell. *.
HARRIS SUPPDFITERS
SAY FIGHT Will NOT
BEACHCONVENTION
Statements From Governor’s
Headquarters Predict That
He Will Win the Nomination
at the Polls
Governor Nat E. Harris returned Sat
urday morning from his campaign tour
in south Georgia. Before leaving for
his trip to Marietta, Monroe and Athens
for addresses, he said he felt perfectly
confident that he would be nominated at
the polls next Tuesday and his clear
majority would stop all talk of a con
vention fight and render any convention
vote unnecessary except as a formal rati
fication. |
Governor Harris appeared strong and
well despite his fatiguing trip by train!
and auto through about fifty counties'
in three weeks. He had made his sched- |
uled speeches and every day he has;
spoken at several points not on his
itinerary. i I
At the Harris headquarters In the-
Kimball house Saturday the following I
statement was given out by the friends
who are in charge of the office man-1
agement of the campaign:
"Governor Harris will carry more|
than enough counties to assure him of
nomination at the polls. It is our un-j
derstanding that Mr. Dorsey’s manage-'
ment purposes publishing Sunday morn-,
ing a list of the counties he claims,!
which Includes practically everything!
but Richmond and Pierce. Voters who
read this list. If It is published, may
readily see from their knowledge of true!
conditions in their own counties, how
well justified the Dorsey claims may
be regarding counties elsewhere.
“It is not our Intention to publish al
rival list of counties claimed by Gover
nor Harris. His friends who have made;
up their minds to vote for him will do
so because they believe It the right!
course, not because they think he will
win elsewhere. But Governor Harris and (
the newspaper correspondent who trav-!
eled with him, set down a day or two.
ago the counties the governor felt abso-|
lutely sure of carrying and those he be
lieved might go to other candidates.
"Every county in the Harris column
is one which we feel positive he will!
carry. Where there Is the slightest un
certainty It has gone In the ’doubtful’l
list.
"The list gives Governor Harris sev-|
enty-nine counties, Including the six
vote counties of Fulton, Chatham, Mus-;
cogee, Richmond, Floyd and Bibb. We
feel there iw not the slightest doubt of
his losing one of these. It Includes most
of the four-vote counties, and the total
county unit vote will run well over 200,-
when only 191 votes are necessary to(
a majority over all competitors.
•We feel confident that the most Os
these ’doubtful’ counties will be found
in the Harris list when the ,votes are
counted. We have conceded in this list
thirty-nine counties to Mr. Dorsey,
though friends in several of these tell
us the governor stands an excellent
chance. We concede ten counties to Dr.
Hardman and nine to Mr. Pottle. We do
not believe they will gain more than
those numbers.
"We believe the desperation of Mr.
DorseVs backers Is clearly revealed In I
the recent attacks made upon Governpr,
Harris. Three weeks ago Mr. Dorsey»
merely said the governor was a good
man. but too old. Now he says Gover
nor Harris Is not too old, but he digs up
other chargee against him. I
"One of these desperate efforts to
stem the rising Harris •tide was thei
publication of a letter from ex-Gover
nor John M. Slaton to a man he hadj
considered a friend, but who turned it
over to the Dorsey headquarters. It (
dragged Mr. Slaton into the scene in
the hope of arousing even more preju
dice aid passion than had been inspired
>.▼ Thomas E. Watson In his weekly
publication.
“This so-called Valdosta speech of
Mr Dorsey’s, it Is stated by the editor]
of the Valdosta Times, was never de
livered by him, and wa have heen un-|
able to learn of any place where It
has been delivered to this good day. Iti
was prepared m Atlanta, It teems well
understood, hy Mr. A’berc Howell, pres
ident of tho Atlanta Constitution, which
published it, and a member of the legal
firm to whlcn Mr. Dorsey belonged un
til he was forced by crltto'.im to resign—
for a time. We might mention here that;
it was this firm which was employed
by the Louisville & Nashville railroad,
to attack the state In an effort to de
stroy the value of the state railroad.!
and Mr. Dorsey was then a member of j
the firm and responsible for its acts.
It might be well to remembsr that Mr. 1
Dorsey, as solicitor general cf the At
lanta circuit, was then under an annual]
retaining fee, paid by the state, to In
sure his services In defending the state]
against just such attacks. Whether or
not the fact that Mr. Dorsey was at,
that time a promising candidate for gov
ernor influenced the Louisville & Nash-,
ville road to employ his firm when it
already had an able firm as counsel in,
Atlanta may be left to the imagination.
But the Louisville & Nashville will be
heavily Interested in the state road sit-1 <
nation in the next two years and pos
sibly it would not have objected to aj
friend as governor and member of the
Western & Atlantic leasing commls-]
sion.
“We have devoted this space to Mr.j
Dorsey because the race is clearly be
tween Governor Harris and that aspir
ant for office. We do not believe Mr. 1
Pottle or Mr. Hardman will make a
formidable showing in this race. Prob- j
ably neither gentleman will, poll any
considerable part of the vote that would
fall to them naturally under other con
ditions, for the people of Georgia have,
begun to realize that a vote for them
will be a wasted compliment and In a
hotly contested county might give Mr.'
Dorsey a plurality and therefore the
county unit vote. ~ I J
"Mr. Dorsey is crying that the slogan
in Georgia is "Anything' to beat Dorsey. «
In one sense of the word this is perfect- *
ly true- It is a natural alignment. On
the one side is Dorseyism, which means i
Watsonism and all its baleful Influences
which means an appeal to prejudice
rather than to reason; which means the
domination of Georgia by a railroad long i
notorious for Its debaunchery of public ;
servants and its robery of state treasur
ies.
"On the other side are thousands of
good citizens, many staunch supporters
of Nat E. Harris in his first race and
still his faithful adherents; many friends ;
Os Mr. Pottle and of Dr. Hardman who
for various reasons would prefer the
nomination of their favorite. But all of
these, desirous of preserving the good
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