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COL. ESTILL SPEAKS
TELLS PEOPLE OF D4HLONEGA HIS
POSITION.
JUST A VERY PLAIN TALK.
DIO NOT MINCE MATTERS AM to
AN If OLESTION.
Tit* State’s Finances and the Nece**.
*lty for “Living Within Our
Mean*” Dwelt ( you—Fuiom Pen-
•ions for 411 Needy Vetera na and
Needy Widows of Vetera us. hut No
Others—Georgia Has No School •S> s-
tein—One Is Needed und Counties
Should Dear Their Share of (he
liurdeu.
Dahlonega, Ga., April 22.—Col. J. H.
Estlll, the Lower Georgia condidate for
Governor, was here to-day and met a
large number of citizens of the town
and surrounding country. He rnet with
a very enthusiastic reception, and was
gio tilled to find .so strong a sentiment
in his favor. In response to a request
for a talk, embodying his views on
state matters, he spoke as follows:
.Just u I'luiii I'nlk.
Fellow Citizens: I had decided no t
to make speeches in my campaign for
the gubernatorial nomination, because
J an, not an orator, and have had no
experience in making public addresses,
but some of my friends think mat 1
would be able to reach more of lHy id-
low citizens if I should make brief
speeches at the various places I visit.
\c iuii l shall say to you will hardly
,Ha, h the dignity of a speech. I shall
niaki* a plain talk to you upon some
oi th*- more important matters whiih
ere involved in the campaign.
Tin- otfiee oi Governor—the office
which l seek is the highest in you.
gift, it IS honorable and right for any
mao to seek it. I am not a self-nom-
iuated candidate, but was placed be¬
fore you by fellow citizens, who
thought well enough of me to suggest
my name as a candidate from Lower
Georgia, which has not been honored
with the governorship for eighty years.
1 am a plain man, a business man.
not a politician; I am a Democrat,
who has been ever true to his party
and his people. In the days of re-
< onstruction, in the days of Mr. Cleve¬
land and Mr. Bryan, I have followed
the banner of Democracy. I know not
the means of corralling the voters of
Georgia in my interest. I have no.h-
ing to give, except the promise that if
1 be elected, 1 shall be Governor of all
the people and for the people.
The issues in this campaign are clear
and simple; they have, to some extent,
been presented to your attention by
the able gentlemen who are my rivals
for your suffrages, Just here let me
say that they are honorable
men. and have qualifications
that should command your re¬
spect. You doubtless know their
platforms. I differ with them, in
some particulars, as to what is best
for our state, but their opinions on
state affairs are their own and they
i re welcome to them. There arc, how-
ever, in my opinion 10.000 or more men
in Georgia, any one of whom has th**
ability to make just as good a Gover-
1:01 as either of us. 1 am glad to
know, however, that all those eligibles
c te not candidates.
Sliouiil He Hoiini'n ltl>
The Governoi si.ip of the Grnpiiv
►State of the South :.*• ui honor that
an fall to but tew n • n in a geneia-
lion, and it should be ..bwiined oolv by
1: ri nor able means. it it anies to t
n an by means othei t.ian honorable.
it will be to him like Grad .v:i fruit.
he office is the gift ot the people, and
shoulil be gi\e!i to the candid ite who u
they thin); < an serve them he.-t -he
wlu) will '•■ I e all the peoj.de nthe,
than a few friends.
There are times in men s affdir- ^
then it is well for them to examine
into their finani-lal conditions, and so
; • i:< with states. Georgia to-day needs
such attention If we go on as we
have been going for the part two oi
three yea is we shall soon have a big
tioa*ting debt, Notwithstanding th ■
i ■ ot that the public property fund.
- mounting to several hundred thous-
rod dollars, has been turned into the
general fund, the star?, this year, will
have to be a borrower, as she was last
year, to pav the school teachers. From
this statement it must be evident to
you that there is ^omethhg wrong
with our financiering, The truth is sve
have not been keeping our expenses
within our income. If we continue to
H-end more than we get from taxes
cud other sources of revenue, the result
will be that we shad get into dt bt. The
day of payment may be put off, but
the time will come when payment will
to be tnade If will much
No Loss of Time.
I have sold Chamberlain’s Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
tor years, and would rather be out
of coffee and sugar than it. I sold
tivejjlfttles yesterday to threshers
*
that could , mo no farther, .. . and 4 they
% at work , . this . . morning. ,
are again
H. R. Phki.kt, Plymouth,
homa. As will be seen by the
above the threshers were able to
keep on with their work without
losing a single day’s t ime. You
should keep a bottle of this Remedy
in your home. For sale by E. R.
Davis & Co. %
A boy put a blacksmith out of
business with a parlor riffe at Eu-
Dub Ala., one day last week.
While the shot was accidently fired
and the little fellow i« represented
to be prostrated from grief the
blacksmith remains very dead.
harder to pay a oig aeot man to pay
as we go along— to keep our expenses
within our income.
I do not believe that you want the
tax rate raised, There is no reason
why it should bt raised if we admin¬
ister the government economically, en-
force th*- laws strictly, and introduce a
few reforms.
I do not wish to deal in generalities.
I have urged for a number of years
biennial sessions of the .Legislature.
This change would save 150,OuO a year
>r more. 1 have urged that pensions
be paid only to those who are in such
circumstances that they are not able to
provide for themselves. Now there are
persons drawing pensions who are bet-
ter able to pay taxes than a big per-
centage of the taxpayers. If this re-
form were made there would be a sav-
Ing of many thousands of dollars an-
annually
Taxation and Prohibition.
There is inequality in taxation. If
the tax laws were reformed so as to
put assessments on an equal basis
throughout the state the revenue would
be greatly Increased, and, that too,
without making the tax burden of the
farmers heavier. I notice that one
of my opponents used my name in his
remarks in favor of making the rail-
roads bear a greater share of the taxes.
I take this opportunity of stating that
I favor making railroads and other
corporations bear their full share of
the expenses of the government, and
also every individual. If the laws re-
*ardin* taxes are not enforced part’towards I shall
if elected Governor, do my
S-5S5 r eLaion OP l‘n , «J5 1 5«
and the equalization of taxes. By
suoh means the burden of taxation will
be lessened.
The prohibition question DemocrSic is brought
into this campaign by a
candidate standing on a prohibition
platform. I am, as you are well aware,
opposed to state prohibition, for the
reason that it has not
proven a success in any state
in which it has been tried. If
there were any evidence drawn from
experience or otherwise, that prohibi-
tton prohibited, I should not be against
Jt. I am a prohibitionist In practice,
but I boUtsre tt would be a great mis-
taka tc MMUCt a gsnsral prebibition law.
. loJ1P the e duca-<
1 .onai wo, k that n >w neing conduct-
vd stopped against at the once, llqu r ^5L„ tr ^!lh i bitioni.sw
wolild on«ider that their work was
finished. They would point to the state
prohibition law as evidence that they
bail done all .hat could be expected of
them. They would leave the liquor
question to the state and shut their
ev w I > he ui i it a) condition of affairs.
V.'i l * 4 t\ e enactment of a state law
! i i* * i'x w i cenke to be active educa¬
tional agents, and there would be
puuciica dy. a restoration of the old
condition oi affairs in all of the coun-
ties / Id eh local opiion has estab-
l.sbcd prohibition.
Aould (l«- si Step Backward.
i believe thut state prohibition would
a stej> bai l;ward. The open saloon
i> igbt be « .used, but the people would
he suiinlii'i! \ th whiskey. You cannot
m inan stop drinking by means
friott n te.. The fact ihat you say
1 'V ; have whiskey makes him all
i .1 Ki- i' t'Kiined to have it. What
in»tio.i oi affairs in prohibition
i Kansas, with 600,-
I i;4 hpulaiion than Georgia, there
• t • ui ted States liquor licenses
l INDISTINCT gainst 1,486 in Georgia, in
► j ■ i- :v prohibition has been the
i.i v - [v years, with a population
ill.? t one-foui th that of Georgia.
! ,, L.0OJ I’niit-d States liquor
*- 1 r aiiri 1.486 in Georgia. In
v A itVieut parts of the state I
t y that l have found Geor-
* i ! a sober people. There is, of
t u , f ‘’\. M-ihking everywhere, in prolil-
j i;ilU ou nties and in those that are
, | sv tll venture to say that
Lig los.-n whiskey drunk, per capl-
, a q, Georgia than in i he
.hu b have state prohihi-
<iu .j this is because of
, !lT . , (Uu ; lion in the direction of tem-
. a<1 . that has been effected through
. , j « .nion efforts. A state
. inhibition law. and that education
could tense. Therefore, a state
p.w would result in harm rather than
c.*.>n. * n*- the reasons urged by
;,r<»hibitionists tor a general prohi-
ihw is that Atlanta,v Savannah
. mi Augii now send whiskey into
th* PM hi bn ion counties by means of
- - J ' ihi: a general prohibition law
hi i! a stem th^ ina: trade. It is
Rheumatism Cured After
Fourteen Years of buffering.
k *l have been afflicted with sri iti r
iheumatiMn for fourteen years,'’
VIVS Josh Edgir. of Germantown.
Col. “I was able to he round hut
r . n ..o | v .offered 1 tr*t;d every
thii ta I could hear of and at last
was told to try Chamberlain’s Pain
Balm, which I did and was im¬
mediately relieved and in a short*
cured, and l am happy to say
it has not since returned.” Why
not use this liminent and jjet well,
It is tor sale by E. R. Davis & Co.
The carrom club was delighttu ..." \\y
entertained last niuftit . . , by Miss
'
Ri,nlta \ A "" the « iU " e
delicious refreshments were served.
These present were Mr. and Mrs.
J. A Horn, Misses Marie Bruce.
Main e Burrus. Mary Gilmer, Ola
Willingham, Lilly Dodgen, Ella
Mutheson, Jessie Martin, Anzie
Frederick, Mamie Ramsay, Alice
Newton, Messrs. J. R. McLuughn.
W. P. Thomas, Walter Pitner, B.
H. Moseley, D. J. Simpson, W. j.
Ramsay, jr., Ed Schaefer, and Dr.
R. Smith. The next meeting will
b* with Miss Marie Bruce, Thurs¬
day evening. May Sth.
.u set (TiliSAty from ClileA
outside of Georgia as from ities in it.
In fact, it would cost but little if
any more, to get It from lialtimore
and New York than from Savannah
and Atlanta.
The only sure way to put a stop
to the liquor traffic is to educate the
people against it. and there is no bet¬
ter way to educate them against it
than by means of local option agita¬
tion.
Hi« Position on Education.
Now, as to education. This is a
question in which every citizen is in-
terested If we are to keep pier-
with civilization of the twentieth £11
must educate tffi j chil
white and black, both at the e
“ ,' ve ca [V» If we can not. then
th * v ' hdte children M first , and
"/Y , the black children,
stitution of Georgia provides for i
education of the state’s children, an i
\vn should see to it that it is done, l
promise you. if l am elected, tq ti
my best endeavors to have it loti!*
in my opinion, to carry out a propel
system of education without .inoreas-
mK the state tax. the counties mu -it
take upon themselves a part of the bur-
den. Many of the counties are now sup-
fdc* icniing th^ school money receive!
'* !M th^ state bv local taxation, aim
others will do so when the peoj W
realize that nothing contributes <i »
much to their . happiness and prosper
itv and fhe 'velfare of their <‘hildn n.
as schools and churches. hn
migration . and capital seek t M
'‘me tres in which there are «?«>•■..
T h,,0,t \ and in those counties i n-
-rolls an.r.he'Tvhlenc/s
contentment most apparent. I I dn not
in ^ nd any rPde<>t! ff 1 on the f. late f \ up *
erintendent . of public• educatiorii ,
1 say U T re P s n ? stat * system of edn-
a «tion in r Georgia. It is no fan t o»
V * s r *P f s arn 1 ” f ? n ‘ ! ’
do1n? , l)e raa i u V.^ t " T'
and "* h the rnPanH <lt ,. h,s / oni,na _ L
H«estloi».
\ ha\e. as you know, well defind
vie ws on tie* pension question. Tt is
a question that is steadily increasing
in importance. The pension charge
[ iaf! become so large that the people
ai e wondering where the money to
me et it is to come from. And the ulti-
mate amount of this charge is not yet
known. It is increasing, and promises
beiiev^^ >l Jhe kerned 1 pension-
v pay
only to needy (Confederate veterans
and »? eedy widows of veterans-those
Who have no incomes and are physi-
cally unable to earn a livelihood. I
wish it were within the ability of the
state to give a pension to every poor
“a S”: a Ther°e T^one
of them, I feel assured, who is not
deserving. These veterans responded
rar y on W & n bat 11 efield 1 . V1 °They W did
not hesitate to make any sacrifice,
however great, for the cause which
they supported. They followed Lee
and Johnston and Beauregard and
Hood and other Confederate leaders
as long as there wa.s hope, and the
state was proud of them and the glori¬
ous way they illustrated her. We can
not afford to see any of them suffer
for the necessaries of life in their old
age, and the people do not intend they
should suffer. But there are many
drawing pensions who do not need
them—who are not in any way de¬
pendent upon them. They are either
earning incomes sufficient for their
comfort or have independent means.
It is not fair to the needy veterans
that this class should share in the
state’s bounty. All that the state can
give should go to those who are in need
of assistance.
Would Accept National Aid.
“I am one of those Confederate Vet¬
erans who would not object to pen¬
sions for needy Confederates from the
national government if they were of-
fered. I would not ask for them, but
I do not believe that, if we are not
able to make our needy veterans com-
fortable in their declining years, we
should, let our pride stand in the way
of the national government making
them so. Indeed, I question if we
have a right to do so. The national
government is as much our govern¬
ment as it is that of the people of the
North. We contribute to its support
and our young men spilt their blood for
it in Cuba and the Philippines. There
is no good reason, therefore, why
needy Confederate veterans should not
be cared for in homes supported by the
national government or secure pen¬
sions from the national treasury. It
is their privilege to refuse assistance
“ £53£ 1 ^
for them.
There are other matters I might
speak of, but those I have touched
upon are the chief ones that are be¬
ing brought to your attention in this
campaign. If you favor me with your
support, and I am the choice of the
people, I shall do my best to deserve
your confidence. As I have stated, I
favor an economical administration of
the state government; the equalization
of the burdens of taxation; education
of our children, and local option. Pur-
tWmore, I believe that the best men
should be appointed to office, and not
B«lXial wtr a culler*.
Whooping Cough.
A woman who has had ex-
perience with this disease, tells
how to prevent any dangerous con-
sequences from it. She says : Our
three children took whooping
cough last summer, our baby boy
being only three months old, and
owing to our giving them Chamber-
I.tia’s Cou*h Remedy, J they lost
none ot f their L . plumpness , and \ came
out in much better health than
other children whose parents did
not u*e this remedy, Our oldest
little girl would call lustily for
cough syrup between whoops —
Jessie Pinkey Hall, Springville,
Ala. This remedy is for sale by
E. R. Davis & Co.
Faank R. Stockton.'the novelist,
died at Washington City Sunday
morning, from hemorhage ot the
brain.
FUNGS AT THE SEA.
Old Sayings That Breathe a 8trong
Distrust of the Ocean.
“No man wii] be a sailor.” said
Dr. Johnson, “who has contrivance J
enough to get himself into jail.
Dr. Johnson was, however, a lands-
man. while many of the following
expressions are the opinions of sea-
faring people. “He who trusts him-
self on the sea is either a fool,'or be
is poor, or he wants to die.” This
Gallicism is no stronger than the
following saying by the maritime
Dutchmen: “Better on the healh
witli till old cart than at sea with a
new ship.” “Better walk poor than
to ail rich,” says the Spaniard, and
in t! c same spirit his Italian ncitrh-
bor responds, “Braise the sea, hut
stav on shore.”
Another maritime nation, the
Danish, gives us this strong opi;i-
ion: *'()rn* penny is better on laud
than ten at sea. ” German woods-
men sav . “The sea has no branches
(to cling to), therefore it is better
to stav on shore,” and the French
rilslLs rustics agree nrren with \UL11 them tlieill— Admire
the sea as much as-you will, hut
stir from the cowsheds."
i he Arab tears the sea as much
today as he did ill the fifteenth ceil-
^ ™r\, / when h lien he in mou thought lit the tile hand hand Ot of
Satan would arise from the “sea of
to seize his frail bark,
‘-if ‘ \ hofto- 1 ” savs “ be Pj, “to U hear d the tl,e
'
, belching , ■ of the Camel than the ,
t pray-
ers of the fish,” and lie further out-
/ the d 1 lnoorous ^ n itrro <d‘ the
'
Clement when . lie lhe , has
says, sea
a tender stomach, hut a head hard
^ ..... m >»
u ‘
A facetious . work , a century A old
has it thus: “The ship is a fool, for
it moves continually. The sailor is
a fool, for lie changes his mind with
every breeze. The water is a
101 * L 11 1 • Hotel vp still. .jij mi • i •
llie Vtlliu IS
fool, for it blows without ceasing.
Let us Inake an er]l ] at once 0 f nav i_
gallon.”.....United Service Magazine.
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Larne Sums Fcr Old Junk several
A Xe-.v Yorker who spent
days q' in Wasliington recently “ had his
attention n called to the t i w . bale ,..i ot van- ... •
oiks collections of waste made by
the government departments, “f
was prepared to learn that the waste
iron at the navy yard was sold,” lie
said. “I knew that the waste paper
troin » x the , ileparinieiUs , could be used.
x
But i didn't expect to hear that the
scrap iron, bits of stool, brass and
other minerals and the old canvas,
cotton, IenliuT and other substances
which might be taken from wornotit
mail bags were sold also.
“Yet 1 was told at the postoffice
department tiie other day that the
amount of such waste in a year was
enormous and that when the junk
was sold last year it netted the de-
purtinent . . , lit $0,000. At first T I
a no
could hardly believe the story, but I
i p<irn 1,11 , i 1 faUl)SC(]Ueiitly k ,,,Lv ni! « h a v tW tildt iflrtnn lo,000
hags are worn out in a year and then
understood where all tiie iron, can-
vas a?1(I , , leather ,, were obtained.— t , . ,
Washington Post,
Wants Others to Know.
A i I used DeWitt’s Early Risers
for constipation and torpid liv» r
and they are all right, 1 am glad
to endorse them for I think when
we find a good thing I think we
^ ><’ '< > llers kn ™ il i » writes
°' ’
Alfred Heinze, Quincy, Ill. I hey
never gripe or distress. Sure, safe
pills. Mcjunkin <S: Co.
He Hatched a Joke.
Dr. Tlieaphilus Leigh, some time
master of Balliol college, would be
remembered.il . , „ only . tor „ the . tact - , that .
be was Jane Austen’s greatuncle.
In addition to this distinction he
had an indefatigable wit—humor
ran in the family—which kept alert
until his death.
Two days before he died he show-
e d himseli an incorrigible punster.
One might look for a causal relation
if his age, ninety years, were not
enough to account ferr his death.
Some one spoke of an old ac¬
quaintance as having been “egged
0D to matrimony.”
“Then may the yoke rest easy on
him,” said Dr. Leigh,
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stop the Cough and Work off th t
cold.
Laxative Broiuo Quiutne Tablets cure a
old c in one dav. N Cure, No Pay. Price
e«uts.
FRED MANLEY,
pi Very, Feed apd Sole Stables.
Deal er ip ffiVc S tock.
Sole AHefit iq T 0 *-* 003 f° r
The BaroesVille Buggy~tbe Highest Grade
Buggy oq tfie Ma pket -
PENRHYN ISLAND.
| One of the Pearl Studded Fairy Rings
0 f the Pacific.
Penrhyn appeared one morning
on the northern horizon, a band of
dim shadow above the ocean. On
I , t . h “ e .. n * rr ? W , palm ^ } '°\ fronds “* th ®
tree at
a hut not the steins, so
t!:al , ^ and hang
L * le seeing to between
sca ^ and fascinating s ^3'* Penrhyn atolls, is one of
ose the fairy
r f° * n ^ s the Pacific, that have been
rined by the subsidence of the
- land, while only the coral reef that
once encircled it remains, and the
g rcat circular lagoon takes the
P^ ace island that was. The
are naore than ten feet
high.
^ famous pearl island was sup-
: P 0i » e J to have been discovered by
! ^! lieutenant e s “tp Lady Rignold Penrhyn in 1788.
of the Porpoise,
who visited it in 1841, stated that
inhabitants were the wildest and
moat savage The looking beings he had
ever seen. island was subse-
^txV visited . .. , , by traders and
H uei m
^ ,ormal, . v “ nneIed t0 Ureat
Penrhyn is one of the most fa-
mous P * earl ls hillds of the Pacific,
U3 ™ Veib a ' e as t f f AUUm ni0U < S as ab its lta
P eaI *- Hiev hill dive to a depth | . of
twenty pearf fathoms, or 120 feet. The
P shell p ^rows ,uw ‘ to lo ** a very ver v large laI 5 e
. ^ .
81ze 111 the lagoon, and the picked
wor th $1,000 a toil ill the
home market * Formerly pearls
.
were mor c plentiful. On one occa-
sioil Messrs. Godelfrov, the famous
German firm » 8I11 shinned* PP eu to 10 Kurone Europe in ill
£ ne P arcei Pearls to the vallte of.
product of a few
f 10 ^ 18 collection among the 18-
and8 > and m the earl v da y® the
beach combers . -
who t were daring
ol , to land n those .
^ llou 1 „ on remote ,
18-
lands and who managed to escape
the cannibal* often
realized great sums of money by
the sale of parcels of these geilia.—
Pearson’s Magazine.
Surgery In Kentucky, Sah!
They laid the Kentucky gentle¬
man on the operating table. His
revolver was in his strong right
hand.
<r Boys,” he said to the assembled
surgeons, “I know this is goin" to
be a serious affair, but let me tell
you somethin’’.” And he tapped on
his revolver. “If I have to go, IT1
certainly want company. An* if you
make way with me while I’m uuder
the inflooence of your derned opi¬
ates I’ve got six sons at home who
would he only too delighted to show’
you what they think of your lack of
skill in ease it does lack. An' they'd
be prepared to follow you around
from King's bridge to Kingdom
Come until they even up things for
the loss of their old dad. That's all.
Cut away.”
Perhaps it is unnecessary to add
that the operation was completely
successful.—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
When you wake up with a bad
taste in your mouth you may know
that you need a does of Chamber¬
lain's Stomach A Liver Tablets.
They will cleanse )our stomach,
improve your appetite and make
you feel like a new man. They
are easy to take, being sugar coat¬
ed, and pleasant in effect For
sale by E. R. Davis &L Co. Drug¬
gists.
Teddy should liurl a lew rt-nto—
riaiP shouts ol autfer at the uncon¬
quered Filipinos. If they only knew
how they do disgurt him bv re¬
spectfully dec lining to be benevo¬
lently assimilated they would tur—
render at once.—Dawson News.
You will never wish to take
another dose of pills if you once
try Chamberlain’s Stomach &
Liver Tablets. They are easier to
take and more pleasant in effect.
They cleanse the stomach and reg¬
ulate ! he liver and Dowels. For
sale by E. R. Davis Si Co. Drug¬
gist*.
Job Work!