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Here Shall the Press the People’s Rights Maintain
ry JOHN M. BROWN.
BAINBRID6E. 6E0RCIB. THURSDAY MORMINC, APRIL 9. 1908,
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, , m ,. r - n f the cotton belt are j Most ot the feeling and asperity
j nee cotton and high in the gubernatorial race comes
0 fertilizer, and the surest way from the old liquor element who
I winning out under these condt-j have lost not only their avocation,
.. ie to plant heavily of corn, vel- but their control of politics in Geor
and peanuts, and sparing' gia, and they ure straining every
nerve to counteract this sentiment
which has overthrown them, and
they have picked up “Little Joe” to
pull the nuts out of the fire for
them. Qnite a number of good peo«»
pie over the state are listening to
tbeir tales of woe about hard times
and Hoke Smith being the-eause
of it and all that kind of tommy-rot,
and have become real active in what
they honestly believe to be aright?*
ous cause; but we believe that
before the campaign progresses half
way the people will see through
this veil of bypocrasy and cast this
cause of the political whisky ele
ment overboard and drown it for
ever and a dav,
beari-
Iv 0 j cotton. This will improve
v'our land and stock, reduce your
fertilizer bill, and carry up the price
of cotton.
XI,,. hrmers’ Union is getting
ready to handle the coming crop in
, wav that will bring twelve cents
or „ver. These arrangements of the
farmers for handling the gathered
staple arc always fine before the
crop is chopped. m
Candidate Joe Brown has lost, by
dismissal for incompetency, every
position he has ever hold, yet he is
asking for the votes of the people
of Georgia that he may “vindicate”
himscdi. In this statement nothing
personal of his record, private or
political is meant—we are only stats
mrr the history of his official record,
('an sensible business men afford to
trust G -Tgia’s great interests to the
hinds > gioss incompetents?
The iiiiestip lor the guberkatonal
contest - becoming more pronouni
ced ea< h day and tnose who are
making * stddy of the forces cann t
mistake the power that is behind
the mantestarions w"hich arc shows
ing up n either side. One side bes
ing th railroads and liquor influence
and tin oilier the interests of the
common people
Gror- i Cleveland, Teddie Roose
velt and iloke Smith are three of
the best cussed men in this country.
They are men of nerve, ability and
integrity of purpose and will be so
tccor.led in history.—Ex.
The railroads are beginning to
realize that they have no real griev
ance. The railroad commission bill
has taken the railroad legislation
entirely out of the hands of the leg
islature and put it into the hands of
competent men to take plenty of
time to work out the problems that
come up for solution, and the con
servative action of the commission
thus far has so reassurred the rail
roads that nothing rash will be me*
posed upon them, that the railroads
will no longer have to keep a hired
lobby at the state capitol, and they
know full well that the commission
will prohibit any injustice to them
as well as any injustice to the peo
ple.
Liquors All Poisonous.
Down here in Georgia we should
be thankfal to the state government
be “cussed,” and, as a rule, they are
the men who are doing most for the
country and their fellow man. And
curses are their crown.
I rue, every word ot it, and the , bag gaved U8 from aeing slowly
min nl force and action is liable to ! pcdgoned to death.
Dr. H. W. Wiley, the governs
ment expert, has deelared that “85
per cent of all the whiskey sold in
the United States is not whiskey,
but a cheap and deleterious immi-
I om Watson seem 0 to have first; tation.” The Philadelphia North
an 1 i ist call on the Populist nomi- American quotes the above in a lo.
nation for president,—Exchange. oal opt j on editorial and says:
Tom seems to be the whole cheese ; There is not a barroom in Phila*
-skippers and all. delphia which could keep its doors
; open a month if its proprietor re’
V. nh the price of corn ^ bacon 1 fuge d to buy or sell anything but
advancing and the price of cotton, whigkey The dlinkers have
on the decline, we cannot urge the ^ trained t0 caI1 tor pa i atab le
firmc, s too strongly to plant more | . and will accept nothing else,
corn and less cotton, and to raise j uTbig ig the way in which the la .
, vorite ‘case goods’ is compounded.
The basis is the vitriolic variety of
Savannah is of the opimon that a i cobo i called ‘neutral spirits.” To
her sacred rights were trampled on thig ig added a composition ot prime
mthlesslv by the rest of the state. j nice> glycerine, bead oil—a combis
m the passage ot that state prohibi. nation ol 8U i p huric acid and cotton
Both ^ Right
and Democratic
Some of the newspapers of the
state are trying, says the Albany
Herald, to create a sentiment of dis
satisfaction over the rule recom>*
mended by the last state democratic
convention and adopted by the State
Democratic Committee by which the
ma’ority of all the voters of the
state, instead ot a majority of dele
gates lepresentmg the counties of
the state, Bhall prevail in the pri
mary for the nomination of gov.
ernor and other state officer ,
The new rule abolishes county
lines in the state primary and pro
vides that candidates receiving a
majority of the votes cast in the en
tire state shall be declared the nom
inees.
The principal objection urged
against the new rale seems to be
that it will operate against the small
counties and in favor of the large
and more populous counties.
While this may be measurably
true, it must, at the same time, be
admitted that the new rule is Denis
ocratio. It is not only Democratic,
but it appears to us to be right. It
gives every voter in the state the
benefit of his vote as a unit in the
consolidation of the votes of all the
voters of the state. It is in other
words, a popular yote rule, and
it seems unreasonable that any
Democrat should object to it In
its very name the Democratic party
declares for the rule ot the people—
demos, peoole, partio, rule.
This popular vote rule has been
in force in the Second Congressional
district in all the primaries held by
the Democratic party since 1900,and
has proved entirely satisfactory.
Under its operation every vote
speaks for itself and the result of
the primary is determined and de
clared in accordance with the ex
pressed will of the majority of the
votes cast instead of leaving the
final choice to a majority of the
delegates from the several counties
of the state in convention assembled.
Our Democratic primaries are
now our real elections in Georgia,
and this fact alone argues strongly
in favor of the popular vote rule.
seed oil—with a plug ot ordinary
tobacco or a bunch ot tobacco stems
t on law. In other words, Savant
nah i< contending loudly for the
|tght to be a3 bad as she wants to abgorbt . d in the m i x ture to give it
;' e ~~ a childish Irame of mind for a ' color aud thiekness, with the flavor-
bi S city to be in It is only the ng addition of some ol the danger-
Tory young, the very weak, or the ! lous, heart-depressant coal tar pro-
wicked who insist upon their J dac ^” . , . , * *
s , , . . ^ ‘-To this precious brew is added
reQ n » ht to do wron S- | aD infinitesimal portion of a barrel
j of resl whiskey, and the health -
" be who drinks an occasional i wrecking result is the offering of the
■ cIass of coco-cola costing five cents j liquor trade to the consumers of the
probably uever stops to think that
bas helped build np a fortune
■Hiuialed variously at $5,00,-
*1,000,000, but that is the
Pf'
'Damans are estimating the
i Gy now in the possession and
l Asa G. Candler, president
company.
^ be convict
lease
. — question is to
* a & issue before the next legbla-
f tir i 1 ' ere 1(5 a widespread clamor
c convicts on the public roads
01 l oe state.
country.
“The fight these men made against
the pure food law convicted them of
fraud.
“We challenge any honest sa’oon
keeper in America to deny our
charge that he is forced to patronize
and to act as the distributing agent
of poisoners.”
The Democrat will club with the
Farmers Union News, the Nation: .
Union paper, for $1.75 per annum
to include a copy of Farmer-
Union Balletin on the home mixing
ot fertilizers.
Give Hoke Time.
Two years ago the people an
nounced by an overwhelming ma
jority their desire to try a reform
administration. We submit that
only one term of the legislature has
passed since that time, and only a
part of the reform laws have been
enacted. The administration is en
titled to a fair trial and a full show,
ing. Some of these administration
measures have been freely criticised
and opposed in the press, but let us
give the governor a fair chance to
assert himself, especially as the peo
ple ot Georgia have so willed it.
We might as well say that we do
not believe the panic in the country
or the so-called hard times have
been brought on by Hoke Smith’s
policy. We did not believe that
the panic of 1885 or of 1893 was
precipitated by Mr. Cleveland’s ad
vocacy ot a reform tariff or of a gold
dollar These depressions are p«ri.
odical, and are the result of unwise
inflation. Without elaborating
these ideas we are inclined to be
lieve that Governor Hoke Smith
will be given a second term, and by
the full record of his administration
will be judged by the people.
Let’s give Hoke time,
A Twenty Tear Sentence.
“I have just completed a twenty
year health sentence, imposed by
Bncklen’s Arnica Salve, which cured
me of bleeding piles just twenty
years ago,” wiites O. S. W oolever,
of LeHaysville, N. Y. Bucklen’s
Arnica Salve heals the worst sores,
I boils, burns, wounds and cuts in the
l shortest time. 35c at all drug
j stores.
For Judge Albany 'Circuit
To the people of the Albany Circuit:
In response to the encouraging wishes of t
many good citizens, as well as my own am
bition to serve the people, I announce as a
randidate for judge of the Superior Court
of the Albany Circuit, subject to the rules
of the democratic primary on June 4.
In making this announcement I pledge
the people to devote my undivided atten
tion to the duties of the office, to hold the
courts regularly at the times appointed by
law, and as rapidly as shall be consistent
with justice bring the business of the
courts up to date, and keep it there;
To run the courts of each county with a
saving to the people and tax payers, and 1
assure the people that much expense can
be saved by proper economic conduct of
the office; ^
To give all people alike fair and impar
tial trial, to hear with patience and respect
motions for new trial, and to give fair bills
of exceptions;
To take no hand in trying to influence
the people of any county as to what par
ticular c >unty officers they shall choose,
and as to how they conduct their local po
litical affairs; this being a matter for the
people of each county, and exclusively
their own affair;
Never to forget that I am one of the peo
ple; that I owe my position to the people;
and that while I may serve the people in-
an honorable capacity, yet at a breath of
the people the pow-er can be shorn from
me.
I am not put forward, nor am I induced
to enter this race, by the political rulers of
the counties of this circuit. Whatever
discouragement I have met has come from
them. Those who have urged and now
urge my race are the plain people, and I
respond to their wishes.
Believing that voters today are intelli
gent enough and independent enough to
choose their own officers without the ad
vice of political bosses; and that they can
make a choice m two or three months as
well as after a long drawn out campaign, I
enter the race confidently believing that
the demands of the plain, thinking people
will prevail on June 4th.
I hope to communicate, either by letter
or in person with each voter between now
and the election on June 4th, and invite a
thorough understanding of the principles
upon which I base my candidacy for this
office.
Earnestly soliciting the support of every
voter who desires an honest impartial,
economic and respectful administration of
the duties of this office, lam,
With respect for all,
FRANK PARK.
For Judge Superior Court
To the Voters of the Albany Circuit:
I hereby announce my candidacy for re-
nomination to the office of Judge of the
Superior Court of the Albany Circuit, and
respectfully solicit the vote and active sup.*
port of every voter in the circuit, at the
primary to be held on Thursday, June 4th,
1908.
I beg to assure the people of my grate
ful remembrance’and sincere appreciation
of their past confidence and support, and if
renominated, I shall continue in future as in
the past, my very-best efiorts, to fearlessly
and faithfully discharge |all the duties of
the office.
I will be engaged, most of my time,
from now until the primary, holding the
regular spring terms of courts, and wil
therefore be deprived of the pleasure of
meeting, in person, some of the voters: but
it is my desire to see them all, and I will
devote my time, while not actually or. 'he
bench to seeing in person and otherwise
communicating with the voters of the cir*
cuit. Yours very respectfully,
W. N. SPENCE.
The People for Smith.
The Fitzgerald Enterprise is cor
rect in the observation that nobody
has been alarmed at the report of a
Joe Brown ground-swell. Governor
Smith will get more votes than any
candidate has received in Georgia
for many years. The masses of the
people are for him, and will endorse
the work he has done the last two
years. No sensible man charges
him with the unrest in business cirs
cles.
There is not a man in Georgia to
day whose idleness is chargeable to
the present administration, the go v-
ernor, the railroad commission or
the legislature. By the ignorant
they may be charged with all the
woes that have befallen ns, and by
the demagogues with mnch more,
but fortunately this doesn’t make
the charge true.
Joseph M. Brown
Announces for Governor
Hon. Joseph M. Brown, ex-rail
road commissioner, resident at Ma>*
netta, Ga., and son ot the lamented
U. S. Senator irom this state, and
Confederate war governor of Geor
gia, Joseph E. Brown, announces
his candidacy for governor, in the
4tb of June primary, in opposition
to the present incumbent, the Hon.
Iloke Smith, ilia platloiw follow.-:
Mr. Brown’s Platform.
“If elected, I shall give the people
an administration characterized by
the strictest ecouomj, and shall fa>
vor the following measures:
“1. A return to the payment in
one sum of confederate pensions,
such as prevailed beiore the advent
of the present state administration.
“2 The reduction ot taxation as
quickly and to as gieat an extent as
can be made practicable,
“3i The regulation ot the rail
roads. This should be done with
firmness, but with judgment, hcldr
ing equally in mind the rights of the
public who travel and ship, of the
stockholders who own the proper
ties and of the lives and fair wages
of the employee?.
“4. The proper support ot all
public institutions.
“5. As liberal appropriations f r
the common schools as the public
finances will allow.
The Railroad Commission,
“6. ohanges in the railroad com
mission law, viz: First, the repeal
of those parts which give the com
mission jurisdiction over such local
institutions as telephones, gas and
electric lighting plants, cotton com->
presses and street railways. Sec
ondly, to insert the requirement that
one of the commissioners shall be a
rate expert, and to repeal that see.
tion providing for a rate expert not
a commissioner, thus saving $4,000
pgr annum in that office Thirdly,
to compel railroads to properly light
and heat passenger stations and to
require equitable demurrage rules.
“7. The establishment of a de
partment of labor.
As to Prohibition.
“8. The strict en'orcement of the
prohibition law’. If the people in
the coming election choose me mbers
of the general assembly who, in ac-
cordance with the will of their con*
stituems, make any changes in the
present law, I will sign he bill thus
ordered by the people.
“9. The enactment of a law
against lobbying, =o as to preserve
the purity of our legislative system,
the same as the purity of our jury
system.
“10. The encouragement, by a
proper administration of the laws, of
the agricultural, mercantile and
manufacturing industries of the
state. The assurance, not only to
citizens ot this state, but to citizens
of other states, that all capital m
vested in legitimate enterprises in
eorgia shall have the equal protec
tion of the laws and the equal friend
ly consideration of thos ■ who ad
minister the laws of Georgia.
Against Undesirable Immigration.
“11. The discouragement by all
legal methods of undesirable linmi.
gration.
“I make no promise that I indi-
vidually, or in my official capacity,
will accomplish any of »he results
above indicated, for, while one man,
if be be governor, mav cripple and
possibly wreck the prosperity of the
state, it requires the co-operation of
the people and the executive to re
store confidence and upbuild that
which has been prostrated. Hence,
I should ask your earnest co-opera 1 *
tion. I confess that I have none ot
the aits of the pol tician aud no
great newspaper to n r ge my candi**
dacy, but I have faith in the people.
‘•In conclusion, let us unite to
prove that Georgia will be just to
all whose citizenship, or invest*
ments, a e within her borders. Let
u° unite to restore employment,
with good wages, to those who are
now the unmerited victims of an
unnecessary panic. Let us unite to
prevent cotton from falling to an
unprofitable price. Let U3 unite to
bring back prosperity to Georgia.
Respectfully, your fellow citizen,
“JOSEPH M. BROWN.
“Marietta, Ga., March 18, 1908.”
United
Court.
In the District Ouri of the United
States for the Southwestern Division of the
Southern District of Georgia.
In the matter of Bainbridge Trading
Company, bankrupt.
To the creditors of Bainbridge Trading
Company, of Bainbridge, in the county of
Decatur, said district, a bankrupt.
Notice is hereby given that on the 2nd
day April, A. D., 1908, the said Bainbridge
Irading Company was duly adjudged
bankrupt; and that the first meeting of
creditors wili be held in Decatur county
court house, Bainbridge, Georgia, on the
17th day of April,__A. D., 1908, at nine
o’clock in the forenoon, at which time the
said creditors may attend, prove their
claims, appoint a trustee, examine the
bankrupt and transact such other business
as may f roperly come before said meeting.
The bankrupt is required to be present.
At Valdosta, Georgia, this 2nd day of
April, A. D., 190S.
WILFRED C. LANE,
Referee in Bankruptcy.
United States Court
In the District Court of the United
States for the Southwestern Division of the
Southern District of Georgia.
In the matter of James Bell, Decatur
County, Georgia, bankrupt.
To the Creditors of James Bell, in the
County of Decatur, said District a Bank
rupt.
Notice is hereby given that on the 2nd
day of April, 1908, the said James Bell,was
duly adjudged bankrnpt; and that the first
meeting of his creditors will be held in
Decatur County Court House Bainbridge,
Ga., on the 17th day of April, 1908, at
nine o’clock in the forenoon, at which time
the said creditors may attend, piove their
claims, appoint a trustee, examine the
bankrupt and transact such other business
as may properly come before said meeting.
The bankrupt is required to be present.
At Valdosta, Georgia, this 2nd day of
April, 1908.
WILFRED C. LANE.
Referee in Bankruptcy.
United Slates Court.
In the District Court of the United States
for the Southwestern Division of the
Southern District of Georgia.
In the matter of J. II. Kirkland, Bain-
bridge, Ga., Bankrupt.
To the Creditors cf J. II. Kirkland, of
Bainbridge, in th* County of Decatur, said
District a Bankrupt.
Notice is hereby given that on the 2nd
day of April, 1908, the said J. If. Kirk
land, was duly adjudged bankrupt, and
that the first meeting of his creditors will
be held in the Decatur County Court House
at Bainbridge, Ga., on the 17th day of
April, 1908, at nine o’clock in the forenoon*
at which time the said creditors ir,ay attend,
prove their claims, appoint a trustee,
examine the bankrupt and transact such
other business as may properly come before
said meeting. The bankrupt is required to
be present.
At Valdosta, Georgia, this 2nd day of
April, A. D., 1908.
WILFRED C. LANE,
Referee in Bankauptcy.
For State Treasurer.
To the Democratic Voters of Geor.
Si*
I am a candidate for Treasurer
ot this Slate subject to the Demos
cratic Primary on June 4t'i. My
candidacy is based upon my forms
er service to the people in this ofs
fice covering a peroid of more than
twenty yeais a record that I bes
lieve will bear public scrutiny aud
which bas never been impugned*
If elected I promise the same faith*
ful attention to the duties of the
office that marked my previoas
administration.
tf Yours truly,
Wm. J. Speer
Business Scholarships.
We have three full, life Scholar
ships for sale at very attractive
prices for young men or young
ladies—one in Southern Shorthand
and Business University, Atlanta
and Albany, Ga ; one in Thomas*
vilie Business College, and one in
Stanley’s Business College, Macon,
Ga.
Each of these institutions i«
strictly first class and secures
paying positions for all graduate
with salaries paying $75 to $15
t.er month.
See er write Editor Democr-
Bamb idge, Ga.
