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'THE VIENNA NEWS
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Vienna, Ga., June jo, 1905.
Linevitch insists on hifoi
Mhe public that he is not l
.Rqjestvensked.
•Japan is in- a i position ,to say
"’That ia the price of peace, you
< **eit?” Poor Russia.
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It is really amusing t6 note tlie (
way certain citizens of Cordele
w
In a pinch, Mr, J. Pierponts
“Morgan might go over and run
Itonway’s affairs until she can
'pick out a King.
‘There may be something to this
taBtof awakening China. Phila
delphia has awakened with even
-Jew than a miracle. ~ _
Russian officers see no need of
•ending the war. They have now
had a good rest and feel equal for
smother footrace.
‘‘Washington trill be recognized
V,-i!l nations of the world aa “the
^4Mt in'peace." We never did take
fcnjitiiing but first place.
A Georgia Inventor having in*
vented a reckless train, ought to
mr tarn his attention to the pro-
t of a “sleepless operator."
It*is feared that even Russian
'penoenews will develop some "re
gret to report" communication.
Uia ou the verge of taking that
turn.
Mr. Frick will be rated os one
of the fortunate magnates if he
vraoceeds in giving the G. A. R.
41jDOO t OOO without causing any
'Ornament about tainted money.
The fourteen-year-old heir to
‘kheZeigler millions is very anxious
to reach the age when he can start
«b expedition to the North Pole.
% need not worry. Tho pole will
"toait for him.
The princesses who ocoupy the
<pahliceye by their marriages may
In onrrounded with royal pomp,
tntiu point of looks they oannot
begin to compare with the pretty
American “June brides.”
A Pennsylvania man haa a “pet
JA" that knows its name and is
tend of the family. It is evident
that the “imaginations" of the
up-to-date fisherman is getting
from the hacknoyed trails
The News wishes the Middle
Georgia Farmer success iffitt agi
tation and untiring efforts to se
cure the State Agricultural college
at Griffin to be located on the
State Experiment farm.
The merry-go-round was used
■for a new purpose in St. Lonis the
Other day. Mias Grace C. Mnllery
md Nelson C. Shamou were mar-
eality that Was raised upon the
registration list for the stock law
election which is to take place
next Wednesday, July Sth, because
forsooth, it was made by a citizen
of Vienna who is 9 member ot the
registrars. -
The point raised was borne out
by the law, however, and it was
only because of the short time had
in which to summons all the chal
lenged registered voters to*Appear
before the county registrars, that
the matter was deferred until an
other election, when the point, of
law will be made iifpleuty of
time and will.be carried out.
Heretofore, the Cordele district
ha* kept up an agitation 111 favor
of stock law and'after holding, wo
believe, one or two elections, it
finally voted in favor of “no fence”
a few weeks ago.
Upon that petition to secure the
district election and the county
election were the names of some
Cordeleans, a number being busi
ness men. The fence people, we
understand from a promi
responsible Cordelo
have those names and h
stated that they woul
them in a business way.
Under the above cirou
it is very plain why the Cordele
Daily News has seen fit to endeav
or to shift all of the stock law
blame off on another section of
the county.
The Cordele district is a “no
fence” district, while the Vienna
district fs a fenoe district, and it
is stated by a Cordelean that a
number of people down there were
getting uneasy because of the feel
ing against that city in regard to
the new county movement by the
country people in SOUTH Dooly.
And that’s where the fun beguu.
From the clean, clear-cut facts
as stated above, even a hasty read
er can understand why tho Cordele
Daily News and possibly a few
Cordele citizens are trying to put
the blame for the registration
technicality upon Vienna.
One of Cordele’s citizens, who
is a supply merchant, and who
had his name to the petition call
ing for this election was heard to
give a farmer “taffy” in this man
ner at the court house here last
Monday: “We haven’t been tak
ing any hand in this election, but
this point on the registration
has been raised from the source
it was, *we’ are going to do all we
can for you.” *
Why such a change?
Great Scott 1
Boycott 1
New county campaign capital!
Where are my convietions?
But the matter of registration
has been settled and the election
will come off as scheduled next
Wednesday, July 6th.
Let every registered voter turu
out abd vote their convictions.
As far as The Vienna News,
bos not championed either side, as
we firmly believo it is a question
that should be settled by a vote
of the farmers and land owners of
the county—those who will be
directly affected by the result—
and not by politicians.
MERIT SH ff
In Considering the applications
for the creation dfiAwcowitlee In
Georzta the legislature should act
as promptly a* possible. Each
applicant for county hood should be
treated stricter npon Its merits,
without favoritism or*sentiment.
AN OLD COUNTY 5H0ULD NOT
BE SL AUO * TERED TO MAKE A
NEW ONE FOR THE AdORANDI-
ZEMENT OF AMBITIOUS TOWNS.
The'above paragraph is taken
from tho Perry, (Gn.) Home Jour
nal and fits our case exactly.
The anti-new county movement
in-tho good:flld- county of -Dooly
will beientirely-satisfied with the
result if-the creation of the eight
hew counties is do no upon the
point.ofmerit. • From thatstand
point, according to the reasons
advanced, some dozen or mor-
counties can t>e established with
out disturbing Dooly
Outside of tho ambition of Cor
dele and a number of her citizens
(with the exception of a “big” po
litical pull over the state) there is
no fight in Dooly to have the
county divided; but ou the con
trary, the great majority of our
people are bitterly opposed to such
an unnecessary division.
The people of Dooly, however,
are in favor of new counties being
created where they are most need
ed- and ip this immediate section
the proposed new counties of
Henderson and Tift certainly de
serves success from a meritorious
standpoint, and it is almost certain
that they will succeed. •
Why does Cordele fight the pro
posed new county of Henderson so
vigorously? It certainly cannot
deny the need of a new county at
Ashburn and at Tifton. They put
forth no logical reasons against it,
but on the other hand no pains are
spared Ju trying to count Hender
son county out of the possibilities
on the grounds (as she would have
the people of Georgia believe) that
she has no “political pull,” and
to Henderson’s credit, may it be
said: She has not secured the ser
vices of a “lawyer” whom it has
been openly charged was a riul-
raod “attorney” and legislative
lobbyist to “wire work" and se
cure if possible, the new county,
regardless of merit or honor.
This point of “political pull” as
being Cordele’e only hope of suc
cess cannot be denied as too many
are on record qb giving that rea
son. They go futher and say that
merit won’t count in this fight,
but the “political pull” Cordele
has will win the fight.” This ex
pression has been heard at least
dozen times on our streets from
Cordele people.
Well, this remains to to be seen.
The anti-new county people will
rest their claims upon True Merit
and a careful and unbiased hear
ing before the proper authority,
and whichever side does win it
oannot be said that the opposition
Stooped into-false statements and
misrepresented a single fact for
selfish rereHjgetico and “pie.”
^THE^'EtL^pTA^ipHBNT.
Out ^teemed neighbor, the
fcordeld News, need not worry it
self so early in the game about
Vienna’s campaign fund. i It ie
true, we have not made auy brags
about having five or ten thousand
dollars as has Cordele, but we are
thoroughly satisfied thjt we have
plenty of money-in Atlanta to de
fray all expenses of the anti-work
ers there, and we are still receiving
unsolicited checks and donations
in Vienna, in almost every mail
from SOUTH DOOLY, north, east
and west Dooly, -to assist in de
fraying these expenses.
MOREflHSREPRESENTATICfN.
Tfe (Srdele'DaUy News contin
ues her plan of making false mis
representations in regard to tho
anti-new county movement which
is helping our cause to great satis
faction. Let it coutinue. The
truth will out every time.
The false statement we take
occasion to refer to this time is
that Vienna was a village seventy
five years aud had never done any
thing aud fought theG; S. & F.
ftom coming through the city,
limits.
Well, let’s sec.' Prominent
citizens lie.re inform us that Vien
na people bad to pay in the.neigh-
in collecting the funds among out 1
own businessmen, we are in posi
tion to denounce that as a plain,
old-fashion He.
We would suggest to the Cordele
Daily News that it haa troubles of
its own to worry over—enough to
keep it hustling—without bother
ing with Vienna’s campaign fund,
and if the Daily News actually
believes that the anti-movement
is losing friends (but nobody be
lieves them so ignorant) we would
invite. them to Dooly’s Capital
City just for a day.
READ AND DECIDE YOLRseiT
Amoqg the number of
South Doply or that part , m ^
lower edge, who would be c -iti z « n ^
of Henderson county should it
created, is.a very prominent citi^
especially, who said upon the
streets of our city some weeks 1
that if the county had to be
all he would prefer to be
in Henderson,
would only
be
So-far. as-any friction arising borhood of 418,000 to get the road
Hut oui* to come In the city limits fully at
red while riding on one in Delmar
Garden by Justice Frank L.Stable
Soke Smith ie a native of North
Carolina and Clark Howell ie a
endive of South Carolina, Colonel
Betill is a native of South Caro
lina and Jim 8mith is from Ten-
wroee. This leaves Dick Bussell
the only simon pure Georgia
•Blacker of the lot, remarks the
Savannah Press.
Two of the moat brilliant and
fearless editors of the Georgia
Pton were added (o the member
ship of the Weekly Press Associa
tion at Cordele last week in the
person* of Johu W. Greer, of the
Waycros* Journal and J. E. Mere
nation for President against W.
S. Coleman of Cedartown, who has
’ '* S twelve >*ars to the
fora
Tho News would never have
mentioned some of these facts
had it not been for the at
tempt of the Cordele Daily New*
to make political capital out of
the exercising of an opinion which
was backed up by the law of
Vienna citizen aa to the legal
manner in whioh to register, in
order to rally some support to the
new county movement.
But, did they succeed? The
public will answer.
It is possible that the creation
of new counties in Georgia will
have political .effect in some of
thecongresftonaldistricts. In the
third dij^ridtAojthwdof that sort
is anticipated. The popularity of
Hon. E. B. Lewis him in no wise
aware---
_ ntative in
congress.—Psrry Home Journal.
That “trading” business was
perfectly alright with the new
county movers at Cordele as long
as the} had the egotistic idea that
they were the only traders and
that the anti-division movers were
asleep. Somehow, and from some
source they have gained knowledge
in their wise heads that there was
still life in the old land yet and
likened unto a great stampede of
the enemy they have been over
whelmed when they were (:n their
minds) safely entrendhed in the
list of eight uew counties to be
formed by the legislature. Con
fusion among their number is now
plainly visible and grows with
every edition of the Cordele Daily
News which has not yet run out
its competitors—the dailies of At
lanta, Macon and Savannah from
the South Georgia field.
city limits fully
half mile fn/m the court house.
The straight line would hive
missed tHe’city a few miles to the
east. -«M
Is that all? Nol Vienna paid
in the neighborhood of $7,000 to
secure tho A. & B. railroad which
passes through Cordele over that
city’s protest and a threat of her
b isiness men to boycott the road
if it passed through Vienna. Cor
dele we are informed has repu
diated her contract to a great ex
tent and the court docket here
crowded with damage suit from
citizens of that city agaiust the
road and Cordele refuses to stand
up. The road consequently will
have to foot the bill. Isn’t this
& fact?
Does the Cordele News stop at
a few false statements? No! It
seems to have a full charge of such
falsehoods.
The tone of the Cordele Daily
News for the past two issues has
been such that one would infer
that the “new county movemeut”
down there was not in such a
hopeful stnty. The article refer
ring to the Ashburn “deal” and
the registration list on the stock
law election (which has been set
tled) and the heortreWing appeal
to South Dooly, is indicative of a
drowhing man catching at
straws.” And yet the legislature
had not even convened. Cheer up,
Czar Roberta 1 It ia possible that
worse may follow.
The p&ople of Vienua and North
Dooly feergftleful to Hon. W. N
McGehee, of Talbottbn, for retir
ing from the legislative race in
favor of Col. A. P. Persons, in
view of the fftet that he made such
a strong talk at the Press Conven
tion at Cordele in favor of cutting
Dooly county half into and prom*
ising the citizena of Cordele to
use his every effort in the legisla
ture to that effect—even pull off
hi* coat. Thia makes the second
time that Col. McGehee haa seen
fit to retire from tho legislative
race in Talbot county in the past
six months after opposition
loomed op. ’
Again, notwithstanding its at
tempt t6 make the’ impression to
the people over the state and leg
islative mom here on the Spur of
the moment that a strong sent!
ment was turning in Cordcle’s fa
vor in North Qooly; we have just
had a conversation with a promi
neut citizen at Pinehurst who
says he knows only three men
there in favor of “Crisp” county.
A delegation from that city will
go up next week in behalf of old
Dooly remaining undisturbed.
Also, we ate informed that a dele
gation will go from Uuadilla on
the same mission.
While the Daily News is busy
trying to fill up'its columns with
such erroneous statements to fool
the people, the anti-nev county
movemeut is going right along
attending strictly to business.
cut Uff
as tlle distant,
seven miles to
Ashburn from Sibley and only , ea
miles from the northern line to
Ashburn, which of course co „ w
be made in plenty of time j
Court bv private conveyance.
.Right on this point the Cordel#
■News comes in for a share of ; tl
willful misrepresentations aj-aiu.
It would have its readers (f. w i u a
number) believe that the distance
wis too far to reach the court
house at Ashburn without.
inconvenience unless one would »o
on the train and that the schedule,
were not convenient to make the
trip in the same day. It tries to
misrepresent again by saying that
Henderson county would takeoff
all of South Dooly except that
part tributary to Cordele and
omitting the -distance from the
Henderson line- below Arab! to
Cordele which is in close proximity
to twelve miles. To put the line (
of Heuderson county at that point
would make the distance about lit
miles to Vienua, the county site
and ahout 20 miles from Houston
county lifie to Vienna, placing
both halves of the county on an
equal footing as to the distance in
reaching court. '
Give tis some more of your mis
representations and old Dooly fol
lowers will not need any of your
ten thousand dollar funds to win
out in a 2:40 trot.
We have it from the new county
movers that they are going to do
all in their power to overcome the
strong influence of Senator Crum
and Representative Mobley, of
Dooly, in the new county fight
and from the methods thus far
used-they will fall as flat as did
the effort*'of one of the most
noted of their politicians in hood*
winking the people of North Doo
ly ihto«qaiesciug to the proposed
division of Dooly in the early part
of the campaign.
Is the influence of 8enator Crum
mortgaged to Cordele in preference
to Dooly county in the new county
fight because he lives within two
miles of that city and has a law
offioe there? Did South Dooly
give the Senator more votes than
North Dooly? Where does the
-right of mortgage foreclosure
come in from Cordele’s stand
point?
If anybody expects Hoke Smith
to go about over the state agreeing
with everybody and saying things
to flatter bis hearers, they are sad
ly mistaken. His campaign alone
will be worth more to this state
than some of the wisest adminis
trations have been. It is a cam
paign that his opponents dread.
Candid, open ana above board,
hewing straight to the line he will
work almost a revolution in Geor
gia politice-Fitzgerald Enterprise.
Let the revolution come. It is
a long time till the primary, and
granting that Hoke has more wind
andthnnder than Dupont Guerry l(
he haa a task not at all easy; lest ho
should fall into some of the meth
ods of his predecessors on the re
form ticket in order to keep up
the emoke of battle.
'What strange thing* do happen 1
The Valdosta Tidies has di]
an article from Tom Wi
Magazine.
The Cordele N ews virtually atf-
mitted their weakness in the new
county fight when it.went to the
trouble to make tho false impres
sion that i|(.was difficult for the
anti-new county followers to raise
necessary campaign funds. Why
is it necessary to have such a
large one? Is it a matter of
which side can raise the most
money? Such seems to be the
opiuion of the Cordele News. We
don’t think so. We are still satis
fied with that little word merit,
A legitimate campaign fund has
Tbeen raised for the anti-division
movement and more can be had
on the moments notice. We* are
satisfied thus far. We are not
fool enough to attempt to satisfy
the Cordelo News or any of the
political ''grafter*. They know
not satisfaction when it come* to
greed for public office and nil the
S ie that originates. The Cordele
ewt has recently demonstrated
some of that greed for more pie
in fact all of the pie that, origi
nates from a certain office, not
withstanding that it already got
a slice by reason of a legislative
enactment- But there i
satisfying to their appetite I
‘Traded with AiHtmrn” ii
bomb-shell in the camp of the
Crisp oounty followers. The edi
tor 6f the Cordele News shows too
plainly through his “snorting*”
that he is in a state of mind verg
ing upon a total collapse and a
return to St. Simous wonld un
doubtedly prove beneficial. But
we wouldn’t insist as it is by his
“heavy matter” npon the new
connty movementaud “trade with
Ashburn" that gives us much
encouragement for the cause which
be has attempted? (only) to rep
resent as being hampered with
friction. To deny such. en^Mo
1 assertions would be
1Hfc NEWSPAPER BORROWER.
In every community there nre
individuals too stingy to buy a
newspaper themselves, but who
manage to keep in touch with the
progress of events at the expense
of thoir neighbors who subscribe
and pay. It is with a feeling of
satisfaction that we reproduce
from the Kansas City Jouruul nu
account of what happened to a
man in that part of tho country
who was a constitutional news-
paperborrower. TheJournul says:
“A man who was too enconomi-
cal to subscribe for his home
paper sent his little Boy to bor
row the copy taken by his neigh
bor. In his haste the boy ran
over a $4 stand of bees and in ten
minutes looked like a watery sum-
mor squash. His cries readied \
his father, who ran to his assis
tance and, failing to notice a
barbed wire fence ran into it
breaking it down cutting a hand
ful of flesh from his anatomy and
ruining a $6 pair of pants. The
old cow took advantage of the gap
in the fence and got into the corn
field and kitled herself eating
green coru. Hearing the racket, |
the wife ran,- upsetting a
tour *
gallon ohurn ot rich cream into a *
basket of kittens, drowning th»
whole flock. In her hurry she
dropped.a $26 set of false teeth.
The baby left alone, crawled
through the spilled cream aud in
to the parlor raining a $20 carpet.
During the excitement the elder
daughter ran away with the hired
man, the dog broke up eleven set
ting hens and the calves got out
and chewed the tails off four tine
shirts.”
The things that happened were
bad enough, but they might have
been worse. For example the |
kitchen stove might have exploded
in the excitement aud set the
bouse on fire; the baby might
have swallowed a can of condensed
lye and the man’s grand mother
elopod with the squint clerk in the
dry goods store. There is no tell
ing the dreadful things that
might have happened, hence it is
td be hoped that person* in tho
habit of borrowing their neigh-