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v Here Shall the Press the People’s Rights Maintain ry JOHN M. BROWN. BAINBRID6E. 6E0RCIB. THURSDAY MORMINC, APRIL 9. 1908, Voi. 3S—-lie. id—$l.oo a Year :o; EDITORIAL *1 -*» - o- P rl , , 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.