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POLITICAL DARTS.
Dr. T. M. McIntosh this morning
launches. a few arrow* at the Thom-
ti county executive committee and
He also asks some
by the people of Thomaavllle is pare j ing of it. What do. you think of
robbery. . that sort of a man. I hate to refer
What He dan Do. . Uo him In b*r*h term* during his
"But oh, they say It Holce Smith': absence, but U any of you will give
TlMES-fiNTdW'RISE
Georgia Progress
Is elected
governor he can do noth-
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nes-Entorprlse Building
lomasvilte, Ga.
It* chairman,
pointed questions of the candidates
for the legislature. The card Is'
written in the Doctor’s usually live
ly style. Read It. We do not think
he matipr of the date for closing
sntrles to the primary Is one of very
We are not the do
ing to lower freight rates. ' Then;
wpy Is It they hare spasms when-,
ever my name Is mentioned? Why!
Is It that Hamp McWhorter turns red I
and blue every time he thinks ofi
my election. I can, any governor j
’ who wants to do ht> duty, can re-j
move wrong, light wrong, appoint j
good men to office. And if I am,
elected that Is what I will do..
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1 appointed a son-in-law of Bishop j "It ii
Turner to a position. I did, but, beat Hi
It was a. menial position. Turner’s i against
daughter had been dead eight years questloi
and I appointed him because he was satlsfaci
Wilson M. Hardy. President.'
John 1>. MrChitney, Dec. and Tress.
Entered.at the post office at Thomas-
vllle, Ga.. aasecoud class mall
mutter.
j much moment,
fender or the apologist of the com
mittee. If they have any explana
tion to makp-they can do so, In their
own way. But we do know that they
have violated': no precedent by their
action. They have followed custom,
and It appears to us that no candi
date vrill be debarred. If be wants
, to run on the 16th, be ought to
know It on the 1st, and if he enters
rter that time hla chances for mak
ing a good canvass of this, big county
.ire pretty slim. Still the matter Is
of no great Importance and If the
people want the entries to continue
until the night before the primary,
It suits ds.
Now, at the other contention of
the Doctor that the candidates for
the legislature ought to put them-
icives on record we say amen. We
hope they will take advantage of
the opportunity he extends to answer
his questions. There are other ques
tions of a more purely local nature
hat are being discussed and we
':opo that they will answer them, too.
This county has had enough of the
weak, vacillating nonentity who has
no convictions, who stands for noth
ing, who straddles Avery question,
and Is of no help to any cause. We
had hoped that with the coming of
a new set of legislators that sort of
'hlng would be done away with. We
trust that the candidates now before
the people will let the people know
they are men with convictions, v •
We think a lot of men who have
convictions.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
Woekly, One Year .’
Weekly, Six Months
Weakly, Three Months
Dally, One Year
Dally, Six Months
Dally, Three Months. >k .
Dally. One Month.............
OFFICIAL PAPER OF THOMAS
COUNTY.
GUARANTEED CIRCULATION 4,000
More than ten million dollars has
been given to the California unfor
tunates.
We can at least agree that wheth
er school keeps or not, Thomas
county waqt* no dispensary.
When a man does catch the Hokc-
ltla he has It bad. The disease seems
to appear only In malignant form.
Bonth Ooorgia strawberries now
add their little contribution to the
things that make' life worth living.
An Alabama Doctor says lying Is
a disease. And no vaccine has ever
been Invented‘to protect people from
It.
Even when those con
victions differ with our own, we have
-core respect for the holder of same
‘Son for the fellow who wants office
because—he wants office.
Think of the distance from here
to Boston, square that,, and you can
gain some Idea of the extent of pity
area that.hos been destroyed by the
Ban Francisco Are.
A United States official says he thill
U-*-
soon be able to predict weather a
month- ahead. That's nothing. We
venture the prophecy that next De
cember will be cool, with occasional
showers.
Thinga political are warming up
and for the first time In many years,
perhaps aver, the legislative candi
dates In Thomas county are making
the race on an announced platform.
They are pretty good platforms too.
\ They are now "mentioning" Jim
Griggs tor President. Suits us.
A pleasant' feature of 'Hon. Clark
Howetl'a speech here was his com
plimentary reference to Robert Alex
ander and Tom MacIntyre, who
•erred with him |n the legislature
a number of years ago. He said
that no county had two better mpn.
His' praise of Mr. .MacIntyre was
especially warm, for the two were
<jrarm personal and political friends.
Hr. ISklntyre's nephew, W. I. Mac
Intyre, will be among the next rep
resentatives from this county, and
will <keep up'the family record of
Rev. J. M. Outler left yesterday
afternoon for Panacea Springs. His
health has been bad tor some time
and bis friends all hope that a rest
will help him. His pnlplt will be
filled next 8unday by a visiting pas-
Wonld Keep and Purify Primary.
“I would keep the white primary.
I would advance the Interests of
the Democratic party.
I would free
■me here. But he has pnbllcly said the primary from the domination
that I secured an Indorsement from of machine .politicians. I would give
Bishop Turner to President Clere- fixed dates for all primaries, so that
land to get an appointment as sec- they could not be hurried here and
retairy of the Interior. Mr. Cleveland delayed there In the Interest of some
doesn’t remember It I know noth- particular candidate. 1 would make
The warring politicians In Savan
nah seam’to bare ceased for a short
rest to their maxillary muscles.-
Mrs. J. F. Ldmb and Mrs. Fltx-
patrlck spent Wednesday in Albany.
The dispensary does not seem lo
be any more popular than (he Mor
mons, ' with Thomas county candi
dates.
o
Eleven postal clerks in San.Fran
cisco lived three days without food
or water. Those Republicans are
bard to kill.
Bothers’ Congress. Is about to
Mlanta. On.the program
.day arerihree men and
oneoldmald. *
Col. Walterson say* money Is a
greater evil than slavery was, but
he should hare added that It Is more
pleasant, also.
An antl-aaloon league has jbeen
formed In Balnbrldge, and an effort
will be made to carry Decatur coun
ty for prohibition.
The Brunswick Journal saya
Brunswick Is a city of “twelve
thonsand souls.” Some of the In
habitants must be double-soled. .
Dr. McIntosh wants to hear train
the candidates as to what they stand
for. Tha Doctor Is a live wire In
medicine, school affairs and politics.
PER CENT. OF THE NEGROES.
In Whitfield county, Georgia 9S
■<er cent, of the negro children are
In school and only 45 jer cent, of
■he white children.
This statement was made here this
week by Prof. W. H. Searcy, who has
been teaching In Whitfield county
'or two years. He ought to know,
and he Is not a man who speaks
-nadvlsedly. Mr.'Searcy made the
statement with reference to Its besr-
Ing on the proposed disfranchise
ment Issue.
This Is a condition that Is start
ing. To think of more than twice the
-irrcentage of negro children to the
vhltes being In school Is bad enough,
but In the face of this fact, to talk
about making education the sold 1
standard for the right to vote In
Georgia la suicidal.
It Is a sad state of affairs. We
■annot think that the white fathers
and mothers of Georgia are less anx
ious tor their children, to be edu-
-ated than are the negro parents;
Hit It Is the white parents who own
the farms, and when the negro lays
town his hoe to pick up his blue
back speller, leaving no substitute
■n his place. It Is the white sons and
the white daughters who must lay
aside their books and return to the
’’elds. Education we want, but
bread we must have. The negro
knows he will have It anyway, and
r. to Its kind, that matters not, nor
as to the methods employed In Itr.
acquisition.
ual. This Is- the great struggle. It
Is the use of money In elections that
brings class legislation, that denies
equal rights, that brings about
special privileges.'’
Transportation.
Mr. Smith spoke briefly of tho
high protective tariff and said that
this made the consumer pay higher
l/rlcea. He then took up the trans
portation question. “Who pays (he
freight? The farmers- of Thomas
county. You people pay tribute to
the'railroads. You* are Illegally as
sessed to pay big dividends on wa
tered stock. In /(his country divi
dends are paid on (6,50(1,000,000 of
watered stock. I am now trying to
enforce their limitation to -lawful-}-
rates. If I give away five dollars
that Is my business, but If anybody
takes away fifty cents from me they
have to fight for It. If they get’ It
away when I am not looking they
have to fight to keep It.
/
The A. C. L.
"Now, Just for example, take your
A. C. L. Why, only tbe other day they
declared a 25 per cent, dividend on
atered stock. They earn twice as
much as they are legally entitled
In 1893 they obtained leave to
charge a 20 per cent. Increase on
standard rates because they said
times were hard. Times have been
good for tho past seven yearn, but
have they put back the rates? No.
If hard times raised t^e rates, why
did not prosperity lower them? I
will tell you. It Is because the In
terests of ttye people have not been
represented In Atlanta for the past
seven years. The railroad commis
sion has always belonged to the
roads and not to the people. They
have always had at least two men
on the commission, and now I think
they have three.” At this point a
voice In (be gallery said: "We-are
getting tired of It, too.” M r - Smith
replied; "Well, you people help me
a little and we will break It up.’*
The Case of Cotton.
"Tbe rate from Thomsqvllle
Savannah on cotton Is 34 1-2. Tile
rate from Nasjprllle to 8avannah Is
33. There you have robbery. You
lieople are paying-more to get your
,-otton to *tbe<seaboard than the
farmers of middle Tennessee. The
cotton broker deducts tbe cost of
-tarrying cotton to the point where
It will be’used. That Is where you
farmers lose. Nearly every burden
that falls upon the people comes In
an Indirect way. Three-fourths of
the freight paid comes from the pock
et of the farmers.
Railroad Values.
"The Central of Georgia railroad
is capitalized at 229,700 per mile,
far more than ever before, the stiAw
meats of Mr. Howell to the contrary
notwithstanding. The A.
'wears to the United States that It
1*1 worth two and one-half times as
much as It pays taxes on. The
Southern has two valuations, one
of 47 million on which they tax us,
and one of 14 million on which they
pay taxes.
Port Rates.
“ We , tried to do something In
the matter of port rates. Joe Brown
opposed us because he said we would
disarrange the traffic schedules of
the railroads.’ That Is what we are
trying to do. I want to disarrange
them. I would not want, to be-gov
ernor unless I could get after those
fe'lows. I am not Interested In pol
itics except to do something for the
people. *
local 'Examples.
“Take for example some local
rate*. Tbe Georgia rate for
a given load for a £lven distance
range from 66 cents tor the first-
class to 29 cents, tor tbe sixth class.
The North Carolina rates, same load,
same distance, are from 65 to 20
cents.
The rates from Cincinnati to Eu-
faula are from-(90 to $72 per car
less than they are from Cincinnati
to Thomaavllle. ' One-fifth of tho
entire amount of freight rates paid
Hits Howell. -
Howell has been associated with
the railroads all his life. He voted
against the bill preventing consoli
dation of competing companies. His
record on tbe railroad question has
been that be never favored a bill
regulating the roads until It had
received a majority anyhow and did
rot need his vote. He favored Pat
Calhoun, the railroad candidate,
against General Gordon. I man
aged Gordon’s campaign and I
ought to know. I despise a smooth
slippery politician.” Here J. D.
Stringer came Into prominence by
yelling in a loud tone; “Down with
tbb rotten Clark Howell.”
The Insurance Question.
"There have lately been astonish
ing revelations about the way the
Insurance companies hare been
spending mony In politics. But lest
I be misunderstood I will say that
If I had a policy In auy one of
these companies I would keep It.
They are solvent; do not throw- your
money away. One of the insurance
lobbyists In Georgia, Is Albert How
ell, Clark’s brother. Little Albert,
do you know him? Clark said that
If Albert met me he would make my
toeth travel down my throat. He
would have to get a BtC# ladder toj
do It. I am not deterred by their
threats of physical violence. I do not
seek trouble; I am no bravo, but I
will continue to go where I want
to go, and say what I want to say.
Two Great Object*,
have two great objects; I want
to drive the money of> the big cor
porations out of politics In Georgia,
t want to make It Impossible for
' the hired poNtlcal agent to live In
Georgia. State senators and mem
bers-Of the house have had the|r
expenses paid by corporations and
rendered service In return. Hump
McWhorter Is at the head of the
railroad lobby. Then there Is the
book trust lobby and f doubt not that
tbe fertiliser trust has one too. For
seven years It has been political
death for a man to fight Hamp Mc
Whorter. The letter from Joe Ter
rell to Hamp McWhorter offering
him the judgeship of the supreme
court had much to do -with my run
ning. One of the controlling causes
hat brought me Into the race was
to break up lobbying. I started to
tyeali on the 26th of June, and I
am going to keep It up until the
primary, If they put the primary off
until after the election. We have
no popular government. We have
the letter of Howell to Watson. He j man. Dr. Nunnally’* son-in-law Is
kept his hearers in a roar of morrl-1 a railroad lobbyist In Alabama,
ment and declared that the letter Hamp McWhorter say* Jim Smith
could hav/ but one meaning, that he f s his candidate. I am In favor of
wanted Watson’s support. The men- dividing the school ft»d in propor
tion of Watson’s name caused en- t |on to the amount of taxes paid by
thuslastlc cheers. Mr. Smith told , -he races. This can be done,
the old story of the drummer who Feels Confident,
dreamed that the devil ordered aj -j bring you good tidings from
thousand Imps sent to Georgia to a n over the state. I am one of
you In a common cause. I am the
representative of the people of Geor
gia in this great fight.
PETITION FOR CHARTER.
Slate of Georgia, County of Thom-
fight Hoke Smith, but who recalled
the order when he found out who
was fighting Hoke.
Disfranchisement. I
Mr. Smith next took up tbe dis
franchisement question. "I would
not approve of any legislation that j to the Superior Court of said Coun-
would disfranchise a single white | ^ Qf j L philips, J. S.
man. The 14th and 15th amend-: Gordon, Chas. Philips, Jr., and J. C.
meats were a great crime. Slavery j Magness, respectfully shows:
was a blessing to the negro, but a j That they desire for themselves,
burden to the white man. The ne-|«£* “a^nd^r
gro needs the control of the white » t jje name and style of ALABAMA
man, to keep him from lapsing into SAWMILL COMPANY;
savagery. Anything, you do that The term for which Petitioners
tends toward equality of any .or, ask^bi; ^orporated^l^ Twenty
Injures him. There are but two newa) at the end of that time;
lines to take; equality and Inferior- T hl r l ’„,
The capital stock of the corpora
lly. Political equality means so- t) on Is to be One Hundred Thousand
clal equality. Social equality means ($100,000) Do ' lar8 ' . dl , T i'? aa . iSj.°
shares of One Hundred ($100) doi-
lntermarrlage. Intermarriage means j ars eac h. Petitioners, however, de-
a mongrel race. It Is right and sire the privilege of increasing said
capital stock from time to time as
proper to maintain white suprema- maJ . be u cs i re d, not exceeding in the
cy by any means. Use force If nec- aggregate Two Hundred Thousand
' . . .... $(200,000 Dollars;
essary, but do not resort to violence Fourth.
If It can be helped. Do like Wll- More than ten per cent. (10 per
„ . ....... cent.) of said capital stock of One
mlngton, N. C.. under the leadership, Hundred Thousand Dollars has al-
of Col. Waddell, and enforce white ready been actually^ paid In;
supremacy byforceofarmslfneed be. petitioners desire that there shall
“Sitnatlon in Gconrla.” I be no personal liability qn the part
| of any stockholder for any-obligation
There are 225,000 negroes In e f the corporation beyond any unpaid
Georgia. There are 65 counties stock subscription;
Sixth.
with black majorities. McIntosh | The object of the proposed corpo-
dlsgraces Itself by sending a negro ration is pecuniary profit to Its stock-
. . , l holders.
to the legislature. I would be in Petitioners propose to carry on a
favor of disfranchisement If only
to get that negro out of the legisla
ture.
Simple and Legal.
"There Is a simple and legal way
to disfranchise the negro. It will
bold good for 50 or 100 years, may
be forever. It Is the Alabama plan.
Now, nb man can be disfranchised
because he Is a negro. The 15th
amendment says that you must not
deny a man the right of suffrage
on account of race, color, or previous
condition of servitude. Here Is the
Alabama plan. First, any man who
fought In either the Union or Con
federate armies can register. Sec
ond, any direct descendant of any
man who fought in either army can
register. Third, any man who' has
a proper conception of his duty to
business of manufacturing and sell-
machine rule. But we will arouse j , state and nation can register,
the brave patriotic voice of the peo- j There are mighty few white men
Me/of Georgia and throw this offjt would keep out under this sec-
at the polls. It Is a hard fight, a; tlon. and mighty few negroes I
desperate fight, but we will win. , would let In. Fourth, any man
Five to One. , can register who can correctly read
"It 1* a case of five to one," said and write a section of the United
an enthusiast. • “Yes It Is, but five states constitution or that of the
of the people of Georgia are with; state of Alabama.
to to one for the other fellow,” said ' Negroes Wont Educate.
Mr. Smith. Clark Howell said the negroes
His Program.
i would educate themselves to 'vote.
“I have a program with several They will not do It. They cannot
■>olnts. First, I want to make It a do It. The graduate of their highest
-rime for a corporation *to put mon- i schools cannot write a paragraph
ey Into politics. Second, I want to from the constitution., There Is a
pass a'law making every candidate difference in the gray matter. Be-
xtdto under oath how much money. sides the race has never denied It-
he spent, how he spent It, and self' any thing to get something bet-
where he spent It. Third, I want to ter, and It never will. Clark Howell
break , np the lobbyists. Fourth, 11 said that one-third of the white peo-
wnnt to Increase the powers of tbe pie of North Carolina were dlsfran-
rsllroad commission and make them cblsed. This Is 9ot true. '
Ing lumber, and to that end they de
sire to be allowed to obtain by pur-,
chase or otherwise, to own. hold,
use, operate, barter, sell, convey, ex
change, mortgage or otherwise
pledge land, timber, logs, sawmills,
planing mills, machinery, bouses,
live stock, rolling stock, locomotives,
rails, cross-ties and all other things
that may be desirable for the manu
facture, purchase or sale of lumber
of all kinds and grades.
Petitioners desire the privilege of
buying, selling and exchanging real
and personal property of all kinds,
Including stock of other corporations,
(subject to the Constitutional limi
tation In regard thereto). Its own
stock when It may be desirable to
do ‘so for the benefit and Interests
of the corporation; and also of buy
ing, selling and exchanging lumber,
shingles, laths and all Other sawmill
products; also commercial paper of
all kinds connected with said busi
ness, and the right to pledge any
property as security for debt In any
way; also to endorse or become sure
ty on the obligations of others as
may at any time become desirable In '
connection with said business.
Seventh.
Petitioners deBlre that they have
the right to construct, maintain and
operate tramroads, and to have the
right to procure rights-of-way there
for by purchase, gift or condemna
tion. as provided by the laws, or in
any way not prohibited by law.
Eighth.
Petitioners desire that they have
the authority to do all and every
thing necessary, suitable, convenient
or proper for the accomplishment of
any purposes or the attainment of
any one or more objects herein
enumerated or Incidental to the pow
ers herein named, or which may at
any time appear conducive or ex
pedient for the benefit and the pro
tection of the corporation, either as
holders of or Interested in any prop
erty or otherwise; with all the pow
ers now or hereafter conferred by the
laws of the state of Georgia upon
corporation.
Ninth.
The principal office and place of
business of the proposed corporation
will be In Thomas county, Georgia,
and Petitioners desire that the corpo
ration shall havq the power and au
thority to establish offices and places
of business of any kind herein con
templated In other counties in this
state, and In other states.
Wherefore Petitioners pray, that
’hey be made a body corporate un
der the name and style aforesaid.
This April 26th, 1906.
J. H. MERRILL.
Attorney for Petitioners.
Georgia, Thomas County.
Office of Clerk of Superior Court.
I certify that tJtf. foregoing Appli
cation for Charter Is a true and cor
rect copy of the original era file In
said county. ..) April 26th, 1906.
J. W. GROOVER. C. 8. C.
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