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SPECIAL POLITICAL EXTRA EDITION
Vol I. No. 41
Randall Walker Will Carry District by Big Majority
HOKE SMITH HAS A WALKOVER FOR REELECTION
WALKER HAS NO REPLY TO
MAKE TO FRIER'S “RANT,”
Is Willing for The People of Coffee County to Judge The Attack and
Draw Their Own Conclusions.
WALKER'S SPLENDID CARRER SET OUT.
The Progress has heard from
Congressman Walker in regard
to the attack made upon him by
the editor of the Enterprise. He
says he has no reply to make to
such scurrilous rant. He is wil
ling for the • people of tioffee
County to judge Editor Frier’s
attacks and their own contradic
tions for what they are worth,
it is strange how far a defeated
candidate for public office will let
his disappointment carry him,
and surely the people will vote,
not to avenge Editor Frier’s dis
appointment, for which Con
gressman Walker is not in any
way responsible, but will cast
their ballots for the man who
can best represent the people of
the 11th congressional district.
As a closing article on our
present congressman, reviewing
nis public record in the year and
a half that he has been in Wash
ington, the Valdosta Times has
the following to say:
MR. WALKER’S CAREER
The State and National cam
paigns now nearing the close,
are of intense interest. The con
test, however, in which Valdosta
and Lowndes county are most in
terested, is that of Representa
tiv e in Congress, for the present
incumbent, Hon. J. Randall \\ al-»
ker, is one of us. For tour teen
years he has been a citizen o f
Y r aldosta, the largest city in the
district.
The 11th district was create:-,
soon after the census of 1880,
when the increase in the popula
tinoof Georgia entitled the State
to another representative in ad
dition to the ten previously as
signed. Capt. Henry G. Turner,
Confederate veteran, statesman
and jurist, was for sixteen years
with almost no opposition, the
congressman of this, the now
11th retiring to private life and
resuming the practice of his pro
fession in 1897. For the follow
ing sixteen years Hon. William
'G. Brantley, than whom no abler
man ever represented a Georgia
district, and he, too, without op
position, represented the district
Announcing that he would retire
and also resume the practice o f
his profession in 1913, Hon. J.
Randall Walker, after a spirited
contest, was elected by the peo
ple to succeed Mr. Brantley, and
he is now serving his first term.
Upon entering on his duties as
representative, Mr. Walker was
assigned to the very, important
committee of Foreign Affairs —
a place much sought after. Dur
ing international complications
of the past year, both the Senate
and House Committees o n For
eign Affairs naturally became
the closest advisers of the Pres
ident. While the great construc
tive measures that were on the
Democratic program were con
sidered by the House, both i n
party caucus and on final pass
age, Congressman W alker ai
rways supported the President
and the party, never wavering
on a single roll call. His record
ed votes on revising the tariff
downward, his advocacy of new
currency legislation, his position
on the question of immigration,
opposing the admission into this
country of all who would not
make good citizens, his support
*of the Shackleford Dirt Road bill
giving national aid for the im
provement of the country roads
from the farms to the nearest
town and shipping place, and his
active work in behalf of agricul
(Continued on page 4)
Coffee County progress.
GOVERNOR'S RAGE
UNDECIDED YET.
Fight Has Centered Between An
derson and Harris, With
Chances Favoring the
South Georgian.
While all the contestants for
office of governor claim a victory
it looks to an unbiased observer
as though the race had settled
down to Harris or Anderson.
The South Georgian has been
forging ahead rapidly in the last
few weeks. His work in the sen
ate has brought him thousands
of votes and he will be able to
make a good showing in the con
vention, if he does not carry
enough counties to get the nomi
nation on the first ballot.
Anderson Unable to Work
While Harris and Hardeman
have been free to go about the
State making speeches. Mr. An
derson has had to stay in Atlan
ta and attend to his duties as
president of the senate, but this
fact has not been a disadvantage
to him. Rather it has helped him
and the stand that he has taken
on several measures that affect
the interests of the people has
been of wonderful advantage to
him.
Too, during the campaign he
has been sorely afflicted. First
through the loss of his mother,
and recently his wife’s mother
was accidently killed in an auto
mobile accident. This has made
it impossible for Mr. Anderson
to do anything in a personal way
towards the advancement of his
race. But his friends say that
they have worked the harder for
him and that he will win.
Harris People Confident
On the other hand the Harris
headquarters in Macon are claim
ing that Nat E. Harris has a
walkover and that he will goy to
the convention with an overwhel
ming majority. Mr. Harris has
made a hard and clean campaign
and if elected will make Georgia
a good governor.
Dr. Hardeman will get a good
vote all over the state, but it is
not freely predicted outside of
his headquartrs that he has a
chance to be elected. However,
he has a large following among
the quiet voters and one can al
ways look for surprises in elec
tions, and it may be that one will
be sprung in the race for gover
nor tomorrow.
There is one thing certain and
that is: No matter which of the
three—Anderson, Harris or Har
deman —is elected, Georgia is
sure to nave a good governor.
Progress Again
Thursday Morning
This isssue of The Progress
is gotten out to accommodate
some of our friends who are ap
pealing to the voters for their
suffrage, and the regular edition
will come out Thursday morn
ing with complete returns of the
primary form all over the State.
This is being done to serve the
natrons of the paper with just
the sort of news service The
Progress has promised to give
them and which it proposes to
continue to give them. j
Douglas, Georgia, Tuesday, August 18th 1914
GOVERNOR’S RACE BETWEEN ANDERSON AND HARRIS
DART A SURE WINNER FOR
JUDGE OF SUPERIOR COURT
Has Made a Magnificent Campaign Against a Politician That Knows
How to Campaign, But Dart Has Appealed to the People on
His Merits and Will Be Elected By Good Majority.
The people have come to the
concision that they cannot af
ford to take any chances with
their courts being run by a man
who is not thoroughly compe
tent to fill the position. They re
alize that a man who has not had
the experience, the training and
the natural ability to operate
the courts would cost the coun
ties thousands of .dollars. And
there is no limit of expense to
which an incompetent Judge
might cost the taxpayers by a
lackadasical manner of holding
court sessions.
Courts are a serious proposi
tion and not only does it cost
money to keep up, the fact that
delayed trials and misjudged ca
ses going to appeal cost thou
sands of dollars more in time
and money has set the people to
thinking that their only hone of
keeping this expense down to a
minimum is by electing a man ta
the office who is thoroughly com
petent and fitted for the place,
and regardless of Mr. Dart’s op
ponent being a gentleman, they
the people who have to foot the
bills through their taxes, are of
the opinion that a man who has
had no practical experience in
the courts could not possibly be
a judge that would save them
money, and they figure that he
could cost them untold hundreds
of dollars and so they are not
going to take any chances, but
will elect F. Willis Dart for they
KNOW he is ABLE and WILL
RUN THE COURTS RIGHT.
Will Carry Coffee
(Continued on page 4)
WALKER'S MAJORITY IN DISTRICT
WILL BE OVER THREE THOUSAND
Says Men Who Are in Position to Know—-Farmers Have Learned That
That Their Interests Lay With Walker and They Are Going to
Stick to the Man Who is Working for Them.
HAS MADE A CLEANCUT AND HONEST RACE.
The friends of Randall Walk
er and unbiased men from ali
over the district state that he
will receive enough votes tomor
row to give him a majority of at
least 3,000. They say that Mr.
Walker has been forgng ahead
like hgtning since he came back
into the district. One thing that
has had much to do toward ad
vancing Mr. Walker’s chances is
the clean cut and upright cam
paign that he has made.
Mr. Walker has been and is
now, the friend of the man who
works the soil and the man who
has to depend upon his daily toil
for his sustenance. In support of
support of this, letters from the
Secretary of the National Farm
ers’ Union and the American
Federation of Labor have been
received by many in the district
who have taken the trouble to
write to Washington to learn
the facts about what Walker
has been doing there.
Erroneous Reports Corrected
Arguments have been repeat
edly and persistently advanced
by the politicians who have
formed the only opposition to
Walker, that he has done noth
ing. But when those who want
ed toknow the truth, took the
trouble to investigate they dis
COUNTY POLITICS
STALKING CONTEST
Not Mueh Apparent Heat Openly
Displayed in The Local Races
The race for Representative
and State Senate is more of a
stalking contest than anything
else. All the candidates have
been working hard but they
have been sparing users of news
paper space, and exceedingly
free from mudslinging. This is
well. The people are tiredd of
reading unkind and uncalled for
statements about their neigh
bors.
Judge Ward seems to feel that
he will be elected by a good ma
jority. Hon. J. I. Hatfield says
the same thing. They have both
been hard at work among their
friends and the people will se
lect the winner tomorrow.
The race between Stewart and
Roberts for Representative is
keen, with both men out hustling
night and day. Who will win is
a question but some declare that
Mr. Stewart has his opponent
beaten to a frazzle because of
the fact that Mr. Roberts did
not come out until the last min
ute.
However the people of the
county are able to judge for
themselves in these local races,
we propose to let them do it.
covered that Walker had been on
the job all the time at Washing
ton and that NOT IN A SINGLE
INSTANCE has he voted, or
worked AGAINST THE INTER
ESTS of the masses—the small
farmer and the laborer.
Politicians Against People
The fight on Walker has been
waged by the politicians of the
district and they have taken up
the disappointed applicants for
postoffjces and played them up
as being injured by Mr. Walker,
but IN NOT A SINGLE AP
POINTMENT has Mr. Walker
not acted to the best interests of
the people served by the appoint
ments he has made.
Mr. Walker Fearless.
A short time ago Mr. Walker
spoke in Douglas. Those who
heard him admired his freedom
from blatherskite and inunendo.
He said what he had to say in
open and fearles manner and
before he closed he warned the
people against the last minute
attacks that he had heard would
be made against him. But all
attacks that have been made on
Walker are of such a nature that
the rank and file of the voters
are turning with disgust away
(Continued on page 5)
BROWN'S CHANCES ALWAYS
SLIM HAVE PASSED AWAY.
t
No More Chance For Joe BroWn to be Elected Uhan a JacKrabbit—
He’s Going into Political Oblivion Sure as Fate and Tom
Watson Helped Him To Make His Exit.
Even the most radical Joe
Brown man will admit today
that Hoke Smith has no opposi
tion in his race for the long term
senators!)ip. Hoke will carry not
less than 130 counties in the
State. Some estimate it at more
than that, but 130 is a conserva
tive estimate.
Brown made the mistake of
his life when he allowed the
scheming politicians to persuade
him from the race for the short
term. He would perhaps have
been elected to succeed Bacon,
when he came out against Hoke
Smith and came out to save Sla
ton, then the people began to sit
up and take notice and it is open
ly talked by the rank and file of
the voters of the State now that
Joe Brown has gone down and
out politically.
Brown Not Thought Of
The friends of Brown, or may
he it would be better to say (in
this instance) the enemies of
Brown, had hoped that by get
ting him into the race they
would be able to aggitate enough
interest against Smith to at
| tract attention away from the
short term. AND THAT IS
WHY JOE BROWN IS OPPOS
ING HOKE SMITH. They hop
ed to stir up enough discord
among the rank and file of
Georgia’s voters to keep them
form seeing any one else aqd in
that way kill the argumnets
made by the opponents of Slaton
But the scheme did not work.
Tom Watson ranted and is still
ranting, and the greatest enemy
the Democratic party ever had—
W(ould) R(ampage) Hearst—
ranted and is still ranting in an
effort to hoodwink the people.
Their efforts fell fiat. Hoke staid
on the job. Became one of Wood
row Wilson’s right hand men,
while Hearst and his friends in
Georgia and other parts of the
country were doing everything
that they could to bring discred
it on the administration that has
proven to be the ONLY admin
istration in years and years that
has done anything for the mass-1
es. Yes, here in Georgia Hearst
runs a newspaper—one of his
ranting anti sdminn'trat io n
sheets, and while he has not said
but very little about or against
Hoke Smith, his rag has Boosted
Slaton as hard as it could. The
inference to be drawn is that if
Slaton goes to the Senate he will
be an anti-administration man
—what more can he expect the
people to think?
“OLD FARMER" SHOWS THAT
THERE ARE NO “FARMERR" BACKING
HENDERSON IN RACE AGAINST WALKER
Writes Another Strom* Letter After Reading the Published Challenges
to Walker and Harrell—-Points Out the Fact That Farmers Are
Not “Lined Up” With the Politicans in This District This Time
In the last issue of The Prog
ress notice was called as to the
number of politicians supporting
“Farmer Jim.” Since then the
voters had the opportunity of
seeing the list of those “farm
ers!?)” who signed a petition
asking Mr. Harrell to join Judge
Quincey in joint debate. But let
us take a peep at the “line up”
as it occurred on that petition
of “farmers(?)” asking Mr. Har
rel to join Judge Quincey in de
$1 Per Annum
HARDWICK WILL
CARRY THIS COUN
TY TOMORROW
Has Made Great Gains In the Past
Few Days All Over the State
-—Predict That He Will
Be Bacon’s Succes
sor.
It s freely predicted that Tom
Hardwick will carry Coffee coun
ty. For the past two weeks,
there has been a steady turning
to hm here and not only in this
county, but all over the State,
and his headquarters in Atlanta
gave out the statement Satur
day night that, judging from re
ports from all parts of Georga,
Mr. Hardwick would he the suc
cessor of Senator Bacon.
Mr. Hardwck has made a hard
fight, having delivered in the
neighborhood of 200 speeches,
and everywhere that he has
spoken he has left a firm and
good mpression.
Mr. Hardwick is one of t h e
sort of campaigners that believ
es in fightng hard, but he hits
above the belt, and, as he says
in his farewell card, “Whatever
scars of battle I carry will be
found in my breast.” He does
not go behind his opponents'
back, neither does he resort to
the game of falsehood.
Slaton’s headquarters claim
that he will carry more counties
than Hardwick and Felder com
bined, but this is not generally
believed and the prediction is
quite common throughout the
State that Hardwick will be the
leader in the convention and wlil
finally land the short term sena
torship.
A month ago, it is claimed, Mr
Slaton would have had a walk
over, but the fact that Hearst’s
paper in Atlanta has been boost
ing Slaton has hurt his chances
rather than helped him, and also
the game of politics, in which
Joe Brown was sidetracked over
on to the long term and off of
Slaton’s path, has also had a bad
effect on Slaton’s chance to win.
bate. Pay attention, dear voter,
as we call the roll: J. H. Dent, J.
W. Quincey, W. C. Smith, J. A.
Moore, M. J. Peace, W. R. Frier,
O. F. Deen. This is the roll of
honor. Now when we use the
word politician it don’t necessar
ily follow that the poltician has
been a successful politician or
that he is an office holding poli
tician. There are more than one
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