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SUPPLEMENT TO
The Vienna News
Thursday, Sept. 7th, 1916.
Hudson Replies to
Crisp’s Campaign Circular
To the Voters of the Third Congres
sional District:
On'the last lap of the Congressional
campaign, my opponent! THr. Crisp,
comes forward with a circular which
he is mailing out to ever/ Voter in
the district, and in which, he gives to
the people a re-hash of the various
charges that he has made against me
in all of his speeches throughout the
district. This being his ULTIMA-
TUM, and by the way, the only cam
paign document that he has seen fit
to attach his signature to, the public
must presume that Mr. Crisp bases his
claim for election on the grounds
therein contained.
Before going into a discussion of
circular, I deem it my duty, as
well as my good pleasure, to say to
9. the people that Mr. Crisp has greatly
modified his charges, circulated over'
his own signature, when compared
with his previous utterances. For
instance, he absolutely abandons his
previous charge, that during the last
year of my administration as Commis
sioner of Agriculture I squandered
$110,000 of the State’s money. This
unusual and unthought of accusation
was properly met and refuted in the
address I issued to the people,in pam
phlet form, some few weeks agq. Ip.
this address I cited the records of the
agricultural department, giving the
pages and the Calculations therein in
corporated; T also incorporated the
Investiga,tlng Committee’s Report, of
which Mr. Crisp so strenuously calls
attention to, and all of which uncon-
• tradictorially shows that Mr. Crisp
was in error, and had very unjustly
held me up before the people. To my
' reply, in this connection Mr. Crisp,
has made no response, hence, one
must judge that silence, on his part,
is an admission of guilt; however, the
people will have to be the judge.
REFERRING TO MR. CRISP’S
•» CIRCULAR.
Mr. Crisp touching my legislative
record, heads his circular as follows:
“Attitude Toward Corporations." In
all fairness, I appeal to an intelligent
citizenry! and ask if this DOES NOT
SMACK OF A CHEAP, TIME-
+. WORN ARTICLE of demagogery.
To cry out “Corporation,” in order
to arouse prejudice in the minds of
the masses against these institutions,
has been the tactics resorted to by
every CHEAP POLITICIAN for the
4 past thirty years. The public has be
come thoroughly gorged on this
“Bamboozle” until it is actually sick
ening to the humblest farmer in the
Third Congressional District. Every
man ,in the district knows that I have
never been connected with any cor
poration, in any shape, manner or
^ form, in my life, except * as guano
salesman; I never owned a dollar’s
worth of stock in a corporation in
,tT my life, and I have no fear that my
opponent will convince the people
that I was the “hireling” of the cor
porations while serving' my little
county, as best I could, in. the Georgia
legislature fourteen yean ago. I
have fully and correctly stated my
vote on these questions^ in my pre
vious address. In this same address,
I gave my honest reasons, why I vot
ed for local option, and why I voted
against the election of certain officers
by popular vote. These matters were
before the people more than fourteen
years ago, and the leading thinkers of
Georgia concurred in my vote and
Opinion touching these questions
at that time, to the extent that these
measures were all defeated. I can now
call to mind at least four of Georgia’s
present representatives in Congress,
who entertained this same opinion and
voted as I did on these questions. As
to Local Option, I care not to say fur-
tion to the fact, that so late as 1906,
a certain candidate for governor car-
a ceraih candidate for governor car
ried 120. counties, local option being
one of the planks in 'his platform.
Shouldn’t this be sufficient, Mr. Crisp,
to make your "political post-mortem
liquor thunder” sound downright
amusing!
| Another reason assigned in Mr.
j Crisp’s circular why I should not be
sent to .Congress is that j voted in fav
or of free passes in 1904. He is right
about the voting, but all wrong in his
assignment of reason why I should be
defeated. This was another measure
in which the legislature was almost
unanimously in favor of. Mr. Crisp
was also in favor of this at that time,
as he, together with all the rest of
the judges in the State, were enjoy
ing the privilege of a. FREE PASS,
due to special courtesies extended
them by the railroads. It might have
been wrong, which I now grant it was,
but all the BOVS WERE RIDING,
and they hated to give up the FREE
PASS. Besides, Congressmen from
the Third District for years and years
used a free pass. When Mr. Crisp
first entered Congress, he was entitled
to one, and We presume he knew
what course to pursue to obtain it
This FREE PASS thunder is just as
CHEAP AND SILLY as all the rest
of Mr. Crisp’s complaints, and can’t
possibly appeal to any one except they
already be in sympathy with his cause
I am also accused in this circular,
of voting for a bill providing for the
“use of money to corrupt elections”
in 1897. This is the first time I ever
heard of such a bill ever being before
the legislature. Thenatural order of
things, measured by the rule of SELF
PRESERVATION, would have caused
me to have opposed such a measure
had such ever come before me; for,
my political strength has always rest
ed in the hands of true and loyal
friends; I have never sought office,
or been honored to office, through or
by the influence of money! I have
never been burdened with money to
that extent.
Finally Mr. Crisp’s circular calls at
tention to the Ault Investigating
Committee, of my Department while
Commissioner of Agriculture, and
cites the report of the committe us
a reason why I should not be elect
ed to Congress, In this citation, -I
wholly concur and especially urge the
people to take Mr: Crisp’s advice and.
investigate thia report. It can be
found in full by referring to the last
four pages of the address I issued to
the people s few weeks ago. On this
report, coming frota my enemies, I
am willing to stake my whole official
career. Let the people read this re
port and find the truth. So frantic
it. this connection, has' Mr. Crisp
grown, that he actually calls atten
tion to the fact, that because of my
rigid inspection system of fertilizers,
19 per cent of the fertilizers fell be
low the standard. Is it possible that
he has become so excited that he real
ly don't know which side of an argu
ment to plant himself upon? Should
I be discredited as Commissioner be
cause I found by inspection of the
farmers’ fertilizer that 19 per cent
failed to come up to the requirements
of law? Why, Mr. Crisp, that’s
what the inspection of fertilizers is
made for, and to further enlighten
you on this subject, I can furnish you
a good number of names within
your own, and other counties, who
have profited, by way Qf large rebates
due to this discovery through my in
spection system.
In his circular lie does not attempt
to give any insight to the record he
made while serving you as Congress
man. I have never criticised his
record while in Congress. I have al
ways preferred to give him credit for
doing his very best. The people know
what he has done, and it is in their
hands that our cause must rest. My
chief aim and effort in life, has ever
been, to help build-up my fellow man
wherever andwhenever I could find
an opportunity to say a good word for
him. I am proud of the fact, that my
friends can say of me, that' it has
never been my policy to tear down
the good name of any man..
Now, Fellow-Citizens, in the sum
mary if the reasons assigned in Mr.
Crisp’s circular, which I have here dis
cussed together with his many other
unfair methods of the “Joseph
East” type, and the circulation of his
picture on a post card carrying the
BROADSIDE charge that CERTAIN
BIG INTERESTS ARE TRYING TO
DEFEAT HIM FOR ELECTION,
which means that he charges this BIG
INTEREST is backing me, without
even so much as intimating what this
interest is, comprises HIS CHIEF
CLAIM on your suffrage for his elec
tion; then, I ask, how can you pro-
rounce it sufficient for the purpose
intended? Does it measure up to the
STANDARD OF AN IDEAL CON
GRESSMAN, OR PORTRAY ANY
OF THE ELEMENTS OF REAL
STATESMANSHIP?
Respectfully,
T. G. HUDSON.
—advt.
In the District Court of the United
States for the Western Division of
the Southern District of Georgia.
GEORGIA—Dooly County.
Under and by virtue of an order
granted by the Honorable J. N. Tal
ley, Referee in bankruptcy, I will sell
to the highest bidder for cash on Tues
day, the 3rd day of October, 1916,
before the court house door in Vienna
between the legal hours of sale the
following described property to-wit:
Lot No. 76 containing 202 1-2 acres
more or less, also 171 1-2 acres of lot
No’. 86, being the Northern portion
of said lot; also 100 acres being the
Eastern half of lot No. 89; also 76
acres being the northwest corner of
lot No. 88; also 10 acres off the east
half of lot No. 104; also lot of land
No. 107, containing 202 1-2 acres,
more or less. All located in the Sec
ond land district of Dooly County,
Georgia.
The above described lot No. 76
and the 171 1-2’acres of lot No. 86
will be sold subject to a lien held by
the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance '
Company in the amount of $3,600 and
accrued interest All other real es
tate will be sold freed from all liens
thereon, any liens to attach to the
proceeds pf the sale in lieu thereof.
The successful bidder will be re-
pulred to deposit 10 per cent of his
bid, which will be returned without
deduction in case said sale is not con
firmed by the Court
This September 5th, 1916.
C. S. GURR, Trustee
For the estate of J. L. Clewis, Bank
rupt
GEORGIA—Dooly County.
Whereas H. A. Wood, administra
tor estate of Dan Gammage, deceas
ed shows to the court in his petition
duly filed that he has fully adminis
tered Dan Gammage’s estate. This
is therefore to cite all persons con
cerned to show cause if any they can
why said administrator should not
be discharged from his administration
and receive letters of dismission: on
first Monday in October, next. This
Sept 4th, 1916.
J. D. HARGROVE, Ordinary.
GEORGIA— Dooly County.
Will be sold before the Court house
door in said county on the first Tues
day in October, 1916, within the le
gal hours of sale the following de
scribed property to-wit:
All of lot No. 16 in Block No. 7,
in the town of Byromville, Ga., be
ing the store house owned by the de-
fendents, Swearingen A Webb.
Said land levied on and sold as the
property of Swearingen A Webb, J.
II. Swearingen and S. L. Webb, to sat
isfy an execution issued on the 8th
day of August, 1016, from the Su
perior court of said county, in favor
of Michael Bros., and against
said’Swearingen A Webb, J. H. Swear
ingen and S. L. Webb. This 19th
day of August, 1916.
H. O. DAVIS, Sheriff.