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[an! From Mr. R. C. Bell
(pdaic for Solicitor General.
.’jj.'rn Ga.. Au?. 14, 1912.
I the outset of my campaign,
A gre t iiose who undertook
everything for my op-
; tC “t before the people had had
Consider a word I had
T®, an( ] conspicuously before
“l sentiment of the people could
L nv wise become known. Pre-
Lent among those who sought
r ir mv candidacy in the bud
Etna dash of freezing water
[he Albany Herald, which
Ljv said. "Mr. Bell has at-
Lpted the impossible”. This
L not even stated as an opin-
b ut as a fact. Rather pre-
Imptious, don’t you think, to de-
r re the result for the peoplefive
f 0 ‘ ths before a single vote was
L doubtless before that paper
tewthe feelings of any except
In a freeze out to me at
ginning and a warning for
idistinguished gentleman who
s had the warm place already
| r 16 years, the Herald and
•hers of its frame of mind saw
teironlv hope of forestalling
e tide that was to come from
e people and which I believe
s surely come, to place my
tnfidacy upon the shore of vic-
Their hope was a forlorn
Subsequently for a while, I
s conceded nothing. Later I
admitted to ' have some
ngth. I thought the opposi-
m was about to respect the ap-
mtly overwhelming sentiment
the people, which wascertain-
not long in becoming known,
it I was mistaken. I irnte from
Editorial ’in the Herald of
iterday that it proposes for
ie campaign of the opposition
end as it was begun, by
DUNG EVERYTHING. BIG
AIMS DON’T WORK EVERY
ME, and I don’t believe they
work this time, l have car-
ray candidacy quietly to the
iple, and not to the Herald;
it to the politicians, and not to
|e few here and there who are
ipended on by the opposition to
them across.
The Herald indicates that my
iponent is absolutely sure of
ration. If it has a doubt it
snot let. it be known. It
ves you no facts, no figures,
opinion, from any one except
df. It states its presump-
Nis conclusion, without giving
c op!e the light and basis of
Msoning. !
As for myself, I believe I *am
re of election; but I do not, un-
take to declare any results
the people express thei* will
the polls. I have faith in my
have faith in the pteople,
d therefore I have faith (in the
I believe the people of
any Circuit are a/ dem-
Rl t v people, and that tljey are
1-ng to give every ‘worthy
' an equal showing, i While
H'.raH without in any way
,vi its authorityl so to
flatly says that ‘the peo-
t 'whom I have been appeal-
r suDport can see /no reason
they should make jk change,
enture the guess thalp the peo-
. e 'n mind ampl£ reasons
arming me their support. I
"'■v that the thousands who
lif possible. The Herald, I be
lieve, would make the office a
' part of his estate,
i Now, any claim which you
may see or hear that my oppo-
! nent or his friends have heard
. from every section of the circuit
I or maybe every precinct, with
I assurances of his re-election
should be taken with a grain of
J salt unless you see the proof. • j
! As. above suggested the people
| will make their own conclusions,
,and as for myself, I do not pre
sume to make their verdict,
either now or at the polls. When
1 say that I am confident of my j
, election, I do not, as the opposi- i
tion does, give you my opinion
i without its backing. I do not
I say merely that I have heard
• from every section or every pre-
j cinct, but I give you some of the
' assurances which I ha ve received,
j You will find them published in
| the columns of this paper this
j week. Please look them over,
j and then ask for the evidence
from the other side, as to what
the people are saying, and as to
what they are thinking concern
ing the final result of this cam
paign.
I have said not one word in
this campaign that would reflect
upon my esteemed opponent,
whose friendship I prize most
highly, and whose character and
ability I could not depreciate;
nor have I said or done anything
that was unfair. I do not be
lieve I have any friends who
would deal unfairly with him or
his cause. Nobody need have
any fears of any ugly methods
from my side at the last moment
any more than they should have
had at the first.
I predict the same high-tone
treatment from the other side.
Thanking all who are inter
ested in my cause.
Most sincerely yours,
R. C. Belxj.
Card from Dr. Thos. Chascu hoo?er Alexander for governor! Card trom Mr. Lane
Editor Search Light:--
I notice in Mr. Lane’s an
nouncement. that he says
he will be a representative of
the whole county. On this part
of his announcement I desire to
try and show the voters that it
is impossible for Mr. Lane to
make this kind of a representa
tive. Mr. Lane never in his short . . . . .
and inconsistent political career'™ 1 powerful clas.
played fair with all the voters, i that because I av
Continued from 1st page.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 12, 1912.
, „ . , Mr. Editor:
say the papers are all against J In reply to Mr. A. R. Benton
me and that I cannot reach the t in last issue of your paper, will
people. They say that!—ave no]—Tthat the new County move
money to pay for campaign e;
penses and nobody to rely on but
the common people and tha f
they are alwavs controlle by
They
mon
ment was solely in the interest
of and inspired by a few (not
all) of the business men of Don-
alsonville and the only interest
and sentime it that they have
been able to get for their cause,
has been brought about by etern
Statement from Mr. Nicholson
To the Voters of Decatur
County:
There is a report circulated
against me that I favor the no
fence law. That is absolutely
false.
I do favor measures, to prevent
commercial fertilizers from con
taining dirt.
I do favor cotton seed meal
being graded and such grades to
appear on sack.
I do favor an increase of $40
per annum to old Confederate
Veterans.
I favor measures to abolish the
office of county treasurer, and
alll other measures that will
benefit the most people.
My other positions have been
published.
W. T. Nicholson.
: nsidered myr argument
•'■I letters, in person and
J ;;’ the papers, a/idall made
'; rJ ; eet tairness, iwill agree
* uiey see more reasons for
E" lr ‘g a change tharfi have ever
-“shown them I why they
• a not make a change.
te reason alone which they
,t *? en and which ijs all suffi-
1 ■ 1 believe, is the/ fact that
']■'Pponent has had'the office
;„ 1 he people, if. say, are
and un lwilling to
one m an and 4ne alone.
Pponent does not sa)y wheth-
r»‘,:.T ex ? ects t0 K e * out of
IK ' simply announces for
L/'l'. Daes ,!fi expect the
his life? If so, wby
ra'ani* ePa H. W0U H 4'- ve it
■ n l mayte longer, tco,
Notice of Dissolution
Notice is hereby given that the
firm of Bainbridge Auto & Cons
truction Company, a firm com
posed of T. J. Crawley, and L. J.
Putman, heretofore engaged in
the automobile and electrical bus
iness in the city of Bainbridge’
county of Dacatur and state of
Georgia, is this dissolyed by mu
tual consent, T. F. Crawley re
tiring therefrom. The business
will be conducted at the same
'place by L. J. Putman, who will
; settle all liabilities and receive
receipt for all debts due tq the
j firm.
This August 10th, 1912.
T. F. Crawley, (L. S.)
L. J. Putnam, <L. S.)
The Bainbridge Tailoring Com-
i pany has moved from the former
I place of business on Water St.,
to the second floor of the build
ing on the corner of Broad and
Water streets,'occupied by the
/Shaw Furniture Company. Mr.
C. W. McKerley has bought out
the entire business of the tailor
ing firm, so it is understood, and
intends conducting one of the
best tailoring establishments in
this section of the state.
played fair with all the voters I that because L-ave omon [, „ naRRinR at the people Wllh
or any part of them. This I shall, and no organiza..on, If hell - 1 f a i 8e renresentatlons
show, for by proving ‘ false to less. ttj Mr. Benton wants'to lead the
some makes him false to all. j The odds are heavy I accept public to believe that myself and
I have hesitated to go into the terms. Right and true are on my just a few others in Iron City,
*?£»$£ SDfte *»d I intendUo win,Sn. *£' l j£°£ ones oroo " d *° the
voters (not altogether the rich, | her northern border I dedicate my J, in three diys last
or what is called the influential, I strength to Georgia, and 1 will week secured the names of three
but the common, honest, every
day man and voter).
Mr. Lane, when he run in last
election had been thought of by
but few on this side as an availa
ble candidate for the Legislature.
One or two of my friends and
myself decided that Mr. Lane
would probably make a good
representative. I proceeded to
get a petition here in Donalson-
ville with the names of a great
many voters on it, called Mr.
Lane over the phone and told
him. I met him the next day in
Colquitt at a picnic and in com
pany with Mr'. C. S. Hodges,
Mr. Cummings and one or two
others, we planned out some
what the lines on which his
campaign would be conducted.
From that day on I never relax
ed in my efforts to have him
elected. I and others here gave
freely and ungrudgingly of our
time and means to have him
elected.
After the election the new
county issue was revived, or
rather was talked about some. I
was requested by some of the
friends of the new county move
ment to go and interview Mr.
Lane. I accordingly went down
to Iron City; found Mr. Lane in
his store, and tojd him I wanted
to see him privately. We went
into Ins furniture room; both
became seated and I told him the
purpose of my call. He said in
reply that he believed Iron City
would be injured, but he consid
ered himself a “West Side Can
didate,” and if we could show
him by petition that a majority
of the voters west of Spring
Creek were in favor of the new
county he woo’d support it.
We the i \v. i t, about getting
names to our petition of voters
and tax payers, all white, and
srcuivfl more than one thousand
names.
in the meantime wc began to
hear rumors that Mr. Lane was
against us. We endeavored to
find out his objection. He then
stated he wanted Donalsonville
to put up the money to build a
court house and jail. To this we
acceeded, agreeing to same in a
public meeting at Donalsonville,
composed of citizens from all
sections of the proposed new
county, Iron City being repre
sented by quite a large delega
tion, Mr. Lane being one of tne
number. After we agreed to
put up a certain sum of money
several eitizens from Iron City
expressed themselves as satified
with the arrangements. Mr.
Lane was then called on for an
expression. He arose and stat
ed that his only objections all the
time had been personal, but now
he withdrew all objections and
would heartily support the move
ment.
We basing our further efforts
on his promise went ahead and
raised by subscription the sum
of about $22,000 to build a court
house and jail, raised and collect
ed by popular subscription a large
sum to pa / attorney fees, adver
tising and other expenses in pre
senting our case before the Leg
islature. This cohsumed a great
deal of time 1 , money and hard
ships, resulting in the end in
defeat for the new county—all
because of Lane’s treachery to
a cause he pretended to support.
History records the names of
hut two men that has excelled
Mr. Lane in the twin crimes of
ingratitude and traitorism. They
were Louis XIII, of France, who
| strength
carry her honer on my heart if hundred and fifty (350) voters
need be to her border on the and tax payers on a petition pro
south. I believe in the common testing against this new County
, Tf + .l™, movement: the majority of these
people. If God hadn.t loved them petitioners reside j J n R ' ck Pond
he wouldn.t. have made so many , steam Mill and Lower Spring
of them. They are only waiting Creek Districts,
for a leader - I am not great or As to Mr. Benton’s seventy-
wise, but I und, he the task five (75) good citizens that jour-
j » v ' * Pflnvm-, neyed to Atlanta last summer to
and for the honor of G g a. appear before the legislative
I pledge my strength to the utter committee, and maae such a poor
most drop. ■ show for their cause that they
And I warn the prohih’tion peo- on Jv K°t three votes of the com-
i * .v t mittee ot twenty-one,—these
pie further, that it they want : MEN W ere promised free trans-
their laws preserved, they must P ortation, and after losing out,
stand up like men and have the and on the return trip home, . . , , -
courage to fight fbr it. These 1 they were asked to volunteer to )°f a new see ke r after honors and
evils will not rest in the cities. P, a V their own expenses; some of emoluments,
mi. mi j t them, as Mr. Benton says: «
They will spread. The law n >ti "were loyal enough to do so,”
going to enforce itself and as while others refused and got, free
long as men vote for officials! transportation. This infoimation
whom the liquor dealers want in I came to me from the men who
office, and as long as the liquor theitrip and I dare # Mr
, , . ° ,,i | Kenton or any otner man to
dealers continue to let offic .‘hold- ] d j spu t e it. '
ers know that they will get hurt j He further says that I am op-
if they enforce law, just that: posed to it, because I think my
long may you expect every self-: business would not prosper as
Solicitor General Wooten.
In the primary of August 21
(Wednesday of next week) Solic
itor General W. E. Wooten, of
the Albany Judicial Circuit, will
have opposition at the polls for
the first time since the people of
the circuit entrusted the duties
of the office to his keeping.
There seems to be no reason
of doubt that Colonel Wooten
will be overwhelmingly re-elec
ted. From all the counties of
the circuit come gratifyin r re
ports and although Colonel Woot
en’s opponent has made an ac
tive campaign, there are no in
dications that he has succeeded
in making any serious inroads
upon the long established
strength of his opponent.
It has been urged that Colonel
Wooten has held the office of
Solicitor General too long—that
it is high time he stepped down
to “give another man a chance.”
It is a familiar argument, but
never an effective one. Unless
better reasons can be advanced
why the holder of an important
office should be removed, the
voters are apt to show an utter
lack of interest in the candidacy
Why is it that nintety-fn e pei business interests.) I will ad-
cent. of the officeholders betray j mit, while he is injuring my bus-
the people it this matter? It-w’^- iness, he is hurting every bus-
cause the liquor dealers ancPLeir, iness man in Iron City, and every
masters, the privilege holders, In the town and corn-
fight for what they want and the, Does Mr. Benton think it is
people do not. If the people expect • right to legislate to destroy bus-
anything they must fight too. | iness interests in one community
. , .. , .tin order to build up those in an-
The stand-patters pretend, 0 fher? v
to have no fear of my campaign, j He also wants to let you know
but it does, t take long for a think- j how loyal andunselfishishis can-
ing man to see that their indiffe-1 didate, - Mr. P. S. Cummings,
renee is all nretense You didn t 46,13 y° u he does not even llve ° r
rence is all pretense. Youdidn tj own property in Donalsonville,
see any of their newspapers ab- f but lives four miles away and his
using Joe Hall. Why? They were, town of Lela is not opposed to
not afraid of him. Joe is a straight the new County,
man, as fair and square as they I I want to tell the people of De
make them. He is an honest man “ tar
, . , , ,, . i owns, operates and controls the
and has been a valuable man in j saw m ii[ town of Lela, and he
the legislature and would nteke i would like to have a Court House
an honest governor if he wr'V County Seat at Donalsonville
so antagonistic to economic p ■ ''ance the value of his lands
ress and so deaf to reason.
That needless obstreperousne’ss
of his is what has kept back a
public regards for his real jd
genuine merit, but the stand-pat
press don’t abuse him because
they don’t fear him. You gener
ally find the best apples on the
tree where the most sticks lie on
the ground, and I take some con
solation from the abuse heaped
on me by some of the newspapers.
It makes me think that they real
ize as well as I do that the fires
of a righteous indignation are
when ik
' and lands that he owns
ay from Lela to the cor-
'pts of Donalsonville,
Colonel Wooten has made one
of the ablest solicitors general in
Georgia. He has given close at
tention to the duties of his inr
portant office and in every county
has prosecuted “without fear,
favor or affection,” those charg
ed with violations of the com
monwealth’s laws. He has kept
dcse tab on the criminal bus
iness developing in the courts of
the circuit, and no prosecuting
officer in the state can show a
finer record of achievement in
the bringing of criminals great
and small to justice.
The voters of the Albany Cir
cuit can have no fault to find
with the young attorney who is
opposing Colonel Wooten. He is
worthy and doubtless competent,
but those whose support he seeks
are unable to see why the change
which he urges is necessary or
advisable. As a matter of fact,
it is neither the one nor the
other, and Colonel Wooten will
therefore be overwhelmingly re
nominated.—Albany Herald.
Fine Sample of Tobacco
a to abandon his town
and look . _lr gfeener pastures.
(Saw Mill timber.)
Now I want to say in conclus
ion, that if this new County was
a, necessity and the whole people
of the cpmm/ihity demanded it, - i thl8 year and is said to have har-
r __.i - | — -* 1 J vested more than 40,000 pounds.
Mr. Butts says it is one of the
Mr. J. W. Butts has a sample
of tobacco raised by Mr. T. M.
McCall on what is known us the
Langkat farm, that is said to be
one of the finest samples of to
bacco ever seen in this section.
Mr. McCall cultivated 38 acres
I and
com
three" ^ ^
other tm[3j|>ayer:
ing to mV e the
it won Id b't
pepple of Iron City and
' r A m vi 11 nil /, I’ 4 L« ..
id^apeeple c
'• \ t nd
ee\ /in. 1 i
all of these
fifty (350)
ould be wiii-
crifice (though
'-nd not pro
test; but there being i, v
it; no general demand du. Aio
i• , . . . necessity for it, only to satisfy
spreading and are not going to the greed of a few real estate
stop and that the people are hn- boomers of Donalsonville,—we
ing up with me, in spite of .the shall forever protest!
press and ics viturperatiens. The ! Very respectfully,
one issne of this campaisn is: I JNO. T. Lane.
“ONE LAW FOR RICH AND! ’ *
POOR ALIKE ” 1 Mr. J, M. Sims, one of the fore-
unnpt/n at vyamhpp men of the road work ot ’ the the
HOOFER ALEX AN DLii. county is on a vacation trip a-
mong relatives and friends in At-
trolling influence on his actioi}
before the' legislative comnf
tee.
We need in office large
owed all his success to Richelieu, j public minded men, who wi'
but when that noted statesman
died, Louis XIII cold-hearted re
mark was simply this: “There
is a great politician gone. ” He
that it would be against the in- lanta, Rome and other places in
terest of the county, But that it the northern section of Georgia.
r n-i 7 i V“.isone of the veteran
would injure Iron Cibr and .enthusiastic of this
business. Ih.s thought. .all("fogy afe fl the .state. He
time was uppermost in his 1 w ? e ntificd with the
and finally proved to be the . jj P1 . county for a! two bales of cotton per acre have
prettiest crops he has ever seen
harvested in the county.
The tobacco business through
out the entire tobacco belt, is in
much better condition than for
some years past. People who
had depended upon that product
for a living were hard hit when
the drop fell some years ago, but
mmy of them have pulled
through the dark years and are
now on the bright side again.
One thing leaving off the culti
vation of so much tobacco did
was to reveal the fact that tobac-
c> lands are among the finest
known for a number of products,
such as corn, oats, all manner «f
'lentified 'wTt'h the ] 4ruck > fruits and in some places
jj| g/ears, and it is partly been produced.
ntiring efforts that
the Co.. (y stands at the head of
the coluff A in goodroad work. Mr.
i „ jSims, witiJWiers 'ohawebeen
DubFic P reasons 1 f U en ’ i so closely icr Mifie- /' with this
Mr. Lane cannot represent the gfVXre Verier
man; he is self interested, sub-
tur on the upward climb to the
; topmost round of development;
i: C rbia°l flea n5 V e ou an i„ lik ^ % ™
imr finwnnhimw) to toUo' roads , all other improvements
you he i/ going to do a thinS He j follow as a^atmal^sequence.
Vote for Wooten for So
licitor U e n e r a I. You
know what he can do.
was true however, to Richelieu
in life, though an ingrate to his
memory. The later character
was Benedict Arnold.
I said in the beginning of this
article that Mr. Lane cannot be
a representative of the whole j reminds me of a character, John! Competent, obliging, en-
county, He is the type of a man ; Erskine Earle, who came ergetic and fait. That
that is usually called “Privatelto Edenburg as Secretary of State describes Wooten Vote
Minded.” He is so both by quali-i (became distinguished nv this woolen. V|)te
ty of intellect and charac er. All 1 manner),his happy art of accom- Ior n,m *
the time we were fighting forjmodating himself to circum-j Vote for Wooten for Sn-
the new county, when he would stances procured him the name 1 . i'.Sr®
change his mind and be against of Bobbing John”. ( IICIlOr ueneral. neistcar-
us he never mentioned or said THOMAS CHASON. faithful and fair.
The tobacco lands of Decatur
county are considered among the
finest in the world
It is said cotton is opening at a
rapid rate throughout the county
and people are very busy gather
ing in tne fleecy staple in many
places. The cotton worm has
almost ruined some fields, though
it is hoped the work of these ter
rible little pests will soon be
over. In this connection it is
well enough to again call the at
tention to the securing of paris
green m iarg* nurtuuuos i
Ehrlic i Drug Compan>. li i o ;
farme -s will act quickly and i.. •
this in sufficient sn-nunty
ravages of the worms may be
check-id.