The Bainbridge democrat. (Bainbridge, Ga.) 18??-????, April 23, 1908, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Texttlta/v it $ PL{<JjC m Here Shall the Press the People’s Rights Maintain MORNINC, APRIL 23. 1908. Vol. 3‘ io. r*o s Year •jeg EDITORIAL O: The- people are talking politics, si. 1 the politicians, great and small, ar lurking the game lor all it is worth. Governor IIok>- Smith has evi- •:! started out to shell the woods e has plenty of ammunition vinch to make aa effective a ign. gia’s Railroad Commission the best in the Union and the : res are patterning alter it, is the work of Governor ■iiiitli and his friends. railroad in Georgia that wants to be fair to the people, whose pat- ror.ft; <■ sustains them, can put a tin'jvr on a single act of Governor Smith to injure it. The man who goes about saying that the reforms ol the present state administration brought on the press ent and recent money panic is either a find or a knave and he can take }.is choice of the two caps The old gang charges [.Gov. Smith with lobbying the legislature of 1907 —in behalf of railroad control, pro hibition, negro dislranehisement. bin isn't it right for a governor to lobby, it it be necessary in the inter ests of the whole people? Thank God, the State Prohibition Bill cannot be repealed except by a two-tlurds vote ol the legislature, and ihe old gang will have a mighty hard time electing two-thirds of that body—as long as Hoke holds the reins of state government, and this ig no (J)Hoke. We can see no objection to some men opposing Hoke Smith on the principles lor which he stands, but we cannot see how any sane man can so far forget himself as to favor a man for the position ol governor ol the great state of Georgia who is such a failure as to be practically diso vned or cast out by his own brothers and sisters. Harriman, the gieat railroad manipulator, has succeeded in con necting the Pacific ocean with the South Atlantic, through physical connections between the Union Pa cific, the Illinois Central and the Central of Georgia. This connec tion will, it is predicted, add a great deal to the commercial importance ol Savannah, the Atlantic terminal of the system. * Gov. Smith’s Appoint* ments. Gov. Smith is throwing hot shot into the camps ol the old gang all over, and we append uis appoint ments till the first of May. Next Monday week, the 27th inst, he will speak at Statesboro; at Cor» dele, Tuesday, April 28; Albany, Wednesday, April 29; Bainbridge, Thursday, April 30. Several dates early in May are being arranged, but no announcement can be made of them yet. It was stated at Gov. Smith’s headquarters last week that reports coming in from every section of the state are mo t gratifying, and that, out of thousands ol letters received ! Enforced Campaign. It is to be regretted that Governor Smith is compelle 1 to go campaign, ing around the state, instead of giv. ing all his time to the discharge of the executive duties of bis office. But this has been forced upon him by Mr. Joseph M. Brown and those who aie responsible for his entering the race. Under the unwritten law of pre* cedent a governor of Georgia serves four years, and only once before has it been attempted to break this custom—for the attempt will end in failuie, of course. Besides, Governor Smith was elected by an overwhel ming majority to do certain things, a part of which as yet has not been only two were unfavorable. Gov- done, and not having completed nis ernor Smith’s campaign forces seem to be thoroughly organized. The Line is Drawn. In 1868 there was a man named Joe Brown who fought John B. Gor don with the negro and made Bul loch governor, but in 1908 no Brown can put the negro again in the sad dle. Gov. Smith stands by every prins cipie he advocated two years ago, and purposes carrying out every pledge made that he has not yet had time to make good; and every one of these principles are as Democratic now as they wei e then. The old gang want to beat negro dislranehisement so that they can defeat white control, by the use of the negro voter, with money contributed by the National Liquor P nlers Association who wa"t bar 1 rooms re-established m Georgia. Viv there people in Georgia who >\ into keep the ballot in the ne> S 1) and? White men who want use him as a voter? Why yes, tumor people need him; they i-ed him to a great advantage thousand elections, and the shooting'-mateh are for Joe '.—Ex. e, and that’s true. Governor Smith had as well rec* ognize that he has opposition—set rious, formidable < pposition—and enter upon an active campaign, hammer and tongs —Albany Herald True; and while he is at it he’d as well bring along a wheel barrow, a shovel and a pitch fork, for its largely the old gang whom he has retained in office who are doing him much dirt, now. The Macon Telegraph has learned that those who make the biggest noise about spoils when out of ofs fice usually are the greatest spoils men in office,” The Telegraph ^is generally spoiling for a fight. So far as upholding the law and allowing the guilty to suffer puns ishment is concerned, no governor can show a better record than Gov ernor Smith in a quarter of a cen tury. Some of those who have been loudest in their protestations for party precedent now want the rule abolished because Georgia has a governor who cannot be swayed from the path of duty. That the powers behind Foe Brown, the whiskey ring and the hired politicians, a T e scheming to destroy Governer Smith and kill disfranchisement and then restore the barroom and saloon in Georgia, is a feet beyond a doubt, argues the Fitzgerald Enterprise. _ Recent developments have been interesting m the extreme and those who are closest in touch with the political affairs of the state, see clearly that the power being weild - ed against Governor Smith is fath ered by the whiskey ring and that they are spending any amount of money to gain their ends. The campaign has really opened and the issues are clearly drawn. It is Hoke Smith and decency on the one side and Joe Brown and a return to the rum holes cn the other. It is again a battle of the bottle in Geor gia and will be waged more fiercely than ever before. The hour for a wide awake, ear nest fight against this insidious work to destroy what the people of Georgia have gained after so many years of hard fighting is at hand. Gov. Smith will be elected, but the people must so completely bury the rum sellers and their ilk that they will never again attempt to break through into Georgia politics. They know now that if Smith be elected he will see to it that the law be made constitutional thereby tak ing the matter out of politics and they are fighting him with every weapon known to corrupt politi cians to defeat him and give the nes gro a vote again and cover the state with hell holes. We know where Hoke Smith Distillery and Blind Tigers 'las it ever occurred to the dis ci urged railroad man or the man expects to be discharged that t' - matter of discharge may be pre meditated and a part of the great ' in r.igu that the strong corpora-* - ai\ waging against labor and ’!■- poor man? Referring to Governor Smith's h at Thomasville last week the F’ress says: 1 ho lucid explanation of the state nonr-uistration by the governor inf speech Wtdnesdav night, was '' h as to remove the last prop from hr the tlimsy charges that are ha..lu-d up by his enemies He was e ear, open and above board and d i very charge with a full ex. 1 n ation and showed its origin. ? - anu ruvncu no 1R has no apologies t > offer for auv executive action of his, and says that d it was to be done over again that he would pursue the same course in u ture that he had in the past. Although blind tigers are run to earth at Camilla almost weekly, it does not seem 'to have the desired edect upon others selling and mak ing booze. Last week United States Depu ties Williams and Norton, assisted by locai officers, succeeded in locats ing and destroying two stills and a quantity of whisky and beer there One was located in the residence of Henry Williams, a young white man who recently came to Cami'la iiorn North Georgia. The officers found several barrels of whisky and three barrels of beer in the loft of Williams’ house and the apparatus in ihe kitchen. Whisky, beer and still were de stroyed. This was within a few bundled yards of the court house. * The other was the case of a ne gro, Lemon Franklin. His still was located in his cori. crib. Hi stock of intoxicants was rather short, he baviug disposed o! it as it was dis' tilled." Both defendants were ar rested and earned to Albany to be given a commitment hearing. e The same corditions are liable te be existing iu bainbridge. work, ever, if there were no ; reee* dent to govern the case, he should be re-elected to finish whathe has so well begun. Opposition to him having been sprung under these conditions, it becomes his duty to campaign the state, in the interest of his reselection, jast as much as it is Ins duty to clo any of the other work pertaining to his office. This he owes to the people who elected him two years ago. This duty he is discharging to the full edification of the common people and to the discomfeiture of his poli tical enemies, Over in Grady Grady county held her county primary last VV ednesday. W. S. Wight defeated W. H. Collins for the legislature. P. H. Herring de feated J. F. Stone for ordinary. W. T. Crawford d' feated Ira D. Lewis for clerk. E. F. Dollar was elected sheriff over two opponents. J. W. Cannon defeated two candidates lor tax receiver and Roy Ponder was elected collector without opposition. M. G. McManuB was elected county treasurer, W B. Dunlap surveyor and D. A. Jones, coroner. J. L. Peebles, was elected on the board of county commissioners. The repeal of the law establish ing the city court was an issne in the primary and the couit was sus tained by a large majority. No More Joint Disputes Judge Roddenberry has been in Mitchell county for a few days and he said to a representative of the Moultrie Observer that ,he found that county in very satisfactory con* dition. Judge Roddenberry is ex* pectmg to put in full time from now until the election, making addresses and calling on the oeople. When asked if he would engage in any stands—for stricter prohibition, and j mo ^ e j 0 j nt debates with Judge he has proven that he will carry out his pledges, and we know that Joe Brown has pledged himself in his platform to amend the law, (and he owns up the pledge by adding “if it be the will of the majority ”) and th re is nothing left to do but drive him and the whiskey ring into ob livion Mosquitos Are Local Griggs be replied that it did not seem probable, “Judge Griggs will have but a short time for his cams paigning after congress adjourns anil it would be hardly fair for me to press him for a division of time at his engagements. I am perfe willing however, to have more of them if he or if our friends want them.” Experts say that the mosquito never goes very f3r away from its birthplace, so whenever the disqui eting buzz is heard one may look close at hand for the source of the nuisance. This being true, every Julian Wooten Dead The Democrat regrets to chronicle the death, in Washington City, on the lOih of ApriL of Mr. Julian Wooten in his fiftieth year. Mr S\ ooten was a native of this man is his own mosquito killer, and j city, where he was brought up lo the home and premises th>;t ate kept j manhood’s esiate and whence he left scrupulously neat and well-applied ! to make his borne in the Noith. in lime copperas and other disinfec- j Since President Arthur s adminis-. tants need not apprehend annoyance j fra ion Mr Wooten .as an attache from the pest- “The whitewashed ol the Fluted States Pension Depart- and copperased dram adnrts f i. m* at, nutRr 'be Civu service rules ,]l « ; a. i wt»s dway a thotough business Abs nee of t' n o ifo, if w * j man .u w alcv r be undertook. beer arigh*, means, ais ,, cos i f’ckness. The u «eets ■"’n, a t .c* of TVI Hi.- m ay w’il be pai uico e id bainbridge trends d to near of hir death. ihai. Ilokr- h is A Chicago woman has surren dered her husband to his affinity.— Ex. "* She’d probably found her’n. • ing to the doctors, impart an 1 « i spread more ill than one could «*al* j responslfl|e for that cyclone which ; culate or nu gme. | hit the Lynn*FuircIoih nagfibor- Moral, look to your own premises ■ hoodg receatiy o-*y the Joe j fir*t and then look some more an 1 brown r.cf ir,T1 be’ier? the moor, | look every week. ,tow~rer. For State Treasurer. To thi Democratic Voters ofGeor. gia: I am a candidate for Treasurer of this State subject to the Demo* cratic Primary on June 4th. My candidacy is based upon my form* er service to the people in this ol* fice covering a peroid of more than twenty y # eais a record that I be lieve will bear public scrutiny and which has never been impugned. If elected I promise the same faith’ ful attention to the duties of the office that marked my previous administration. tf Yours truly, Wii. J. 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CURES ECZEMA Itching, watery blisters or open, itch ing humors, Risings or Pimples of Eczema all le>*ve after killing the poi son and puryfying the blood with B B B. In this way a flood of pure, rich blood is sent direct to the skin suaface, the itching stops forever and every humor or sore is healed and ;cured. BOTANIC BLOOD BALM (B B B) is pleasant and safe to take; composed of pure Botanic ingredients. It purifies and en-iches the blood. DRUGGISTS SI PER LARGE BOT TLE with directions for home cure. FEBE BLOOD COSE C0UP0B This coupon (cut from Bainbridge Democrat), is good for one large sam ple of Botanic Blood Balm mailed free in plain packages. Simply fill in your nme and addr ess on dotted lines be low and mail to BLOOD BALM CO., Atlanta, Ga, State name of trouble, if you know. )ften The Kidneys Are Weakened by Oyei-Work. Unheaimy Kidneys Make Impure 31cod. It used to be considered that only urinary* aDd bladder troubles were to he S rr > ; A traced to the kidney s but now modern science proves that nearly ail disease' have their beginning in the disorder o. these most imports . organs. The kidneys filtei and purify the blood— that is their work. Therefore, when your kidneys are vyeai: - out of order, you can under: mui uw quickly your entire body is_ affected a::’ how every organ seems to fail to do :r duty. If you are sick or “ feel badly,” begin making the great kiunev remedy, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, because as so or# as your kidneys are well they w:i: heb: alTthe other organs to health. A will convince anyone. * It vou are sick you can make no -in: take’ by first doctoring your kidne; The mild and the extraordinary eff: -1 Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the gr. .. kidney remedy, is soon realized. It stands the highest for its wonderful cun of the most distressing cases, and is so:<; on its merits by all druggists in fif ty-cent ■ and one-dollar size bottles. You may have a sample bottle HonffiGfSvrainp-Eoct. DV mftb irce, z'v ft pamphlet ♦ellmtrvot how to find out if you have kidney o: Mention this uarjcr ,vhen writing to Dr. Kilmer & Co.. Bing hamton, N. Y. Don’t make any mistake, but *emember the name, Swamp-Root. Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root, and the ad- iress, Binghamton, N. Y., on every bottle. The Democrat, will club with the Farmers Uoion News, the National tfnion paper, for $1.75 per annum, to include a copy ot Farmer’s Uni *:. 1 ihetin cn the home mixing ot fertilizers. tfc Candidat r Judge. For Judge Albany Circuit To the people of the Albany Circuit: In response to the encouraging wishes of 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. lidmaking 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; lo run the courts of each c, unty with a saving to the people and tax payers, and I assure the people that much expense can be saved by proper economic conduct of the office: lo give all people alike fair and impar tial trial, to hear with patience and respect motions for new trial, and to give fair hills of exceptions; To take no hand in trying to influence the people of any county as to what par ticular c mnty 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 power can be shorn from me. 1 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 tc choose their own officers without the ad vice of political bosses; and that they cas make a choice in 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, I am, With respect for all, FRANK PARK. For Judge Superior Court To the Voters of the Albany Circuit: 1 hereby announce my candidacy for re nomination to the office of Judge of the Supeiior 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 cf my grate ful remembrance'and sincere appreciation of tiieir oa>t confidence and support, and if renominated, 1 shall continue in future as in the past, my veryjbest efforts, to fearlessly andjfaithfully discharge (all the duties of the office. ^ 1 will be engaged, 'most of my time, from now until the primary, holding ‘.he regular spring teims* cf’tcurts' as.d nil therefore bej deprived of the pleasuie 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 on the bench to seeing in person and otherwise communicating with the voters of the cir* cuit. Yours very respectfully, W. N. SPENCE. A Twenty Tear Sentence.; “Ijiavej 1st completed a twenty year iiealthg sentence,^ imposed; by Bncklen’s Arnica Salve, which cured moot bleeding'piles jnst twtniy years ago,” wiites O. S. Woolevt-r, of LeRaysville,' *; N Y.pft Bucklen’s Arnica >Salve*hcals the^worst tores, boils, burns, v onnds aud^ents in ihe shortest' time. 35c at all drug stores. Souaa^fulB i uvenir f Cards. The souveti • Po.-t Cards i- by the Atlanta, Binningbar; w Atlfti ti • Rai’rOiid «re proving exceedingly pooular. They .. printed in colors and reps ?«*! a;tractive_scerjes along the lit c A set of seven of these card can be secured by sending tei cent- W. H. Leahy, Ge. era Rjsreenger Agent, .Atlanta* Ga.

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The Bainbridge democrat. (Bainbridge, Ga.) 18??-????, April 23, 1908, Image 1