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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 (Continued on page 5)