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NUMBER 8.
VOLUME XXXIII.
FAYETTEVILLE, GEORGIA, SEPTEMBER 8, 1922.
BAR AND LAITY
ARE RALLYING
TO JUDGE FISH
Letters from lawyers and laymen
throughout the state have been pour
ing in urging the re-election of Jus
tice William H. Fish, for seventeen
years chief justice of the Georgia su
preme court.
Judge Fish is an honorable Christian
gentleman, a true stoic in the matter
of his office. The unusual record of
Judge Fish, who succeeded Justice
Thomas J. Simmons, as chief justice in
-1905, has been pointed to in all of
the letters, as indicating that Justice
Fish will unquestionably be restrained
on the -court.
Justice Fish is opposed by Judge R.
B. Russell, who was formally on the
court of appeals and who made sev
eral races for governor.
“Not only a large, part of the bar,
but also the majority of the laymen
are everywhere expressing the desire
to see Judge Fish re-elected, realizin,
that the judiciary is not a department
of the public affairs that should be
lightly tampered with," a-letter from
an able South Georgia judge pointed
out. ,
“Judge Fish’s record of impartiality,
refusal to decide cases in any other
way save upon the law, and without
regard to private opinions or predilec
tions—in fact, his high discernment of
the true duty of an appellate judge
pre-eminently entitle him to retention
on the court. The state cannot afford
to take him from the bench at this
time.”
FAYETTEVILLE
HIGH SCHOOL OPENS
Fayetteville’s new school building was
initiated into'service! Monday morning,
when Prof. L. M. Lester and his mag
nificent faculty assembled the enroll
ed scholars, 122,' in the high school,
and 230 in the grammar school, mak
ing a total of 352 enrollment for the
opening day exercises. • ■ ■ j
Dr. Geo. P. Garay called the stu
dent body and their friends to prayer,
and, after the invocation, made a few
remarks immediately |toaicjhing [upon,
the adjustment of vacation privileges
to more important matters, involving
serious-minded students. •
Professor Lester then presented the
new plans and methods to be adopt
ed and pub into practice to make (up
the year program.
President of the County Board of
/Education R. P. Minter and Chairman
of the School Trustees C. D. Red-
wine both in a few words spoke in
terestingly to the pupils and ./their
friends of the relative value of schools
and colleges in general, to Fayette
ville's new educational j institution.
To be back in scchool again means
imuch to the children of this commun
ity. It means a continuance (of the
campaign of knowledge that is to turn
them out finished and useful citizens of
our country.
But our duty to them does not end
in returning .them to their instruc
tors. The i latter will govern and
guide them while in the halls of learn
ing, but the teacheij jdannojt follow
them after , they leave its doors.
Ours is the duty of sheltering and
protecting them from the pitfalls of
the street and the open, from the snares
which to them appear to be but inno
cent forms of pastime-. •
The responsibility .of the teacher is
heavy, but ours is infinitely more so.
West Virginia Town Has Big Loss
Logan W. Va.—A portion of Logan’s
business district was de^troye,d by
fire recently. The loss is estimated at
more than ,500,000. The fire started
from an unknown cause in a billiard
httll. The White and Borwning block
was destroyed and the Chesapeake and
Potomac Telephone company’s quar
ters were burned. Elks’ lodge, offices
of Logan Coal Operators’ association
and stores in a building owned by R.
F. White and Thomas F. Browning
werep artly destroyed. All of the rec
ords of the operators’ association were
burned. The manager of the tele
phone company said its loss would be
approximately $90,000 and damage to
the White-Browning building was esti
mated at $100,000.
Arrest Four Men In Rail Killing
Memphis, Tenn.—Frank A. Miller,
Seth W. Poston, Albert Jones and
Charles Moak, §aid to be striking rail
road workers, were arrested on war
rants charging murder in connection
with the ambuscade and fatal wound
ing of Charles H. Lanier, a ’Frisco sys
tem shop employee who, with two oth
er men, was fired on from ambush
while en route from his Binghamton,
a suburb, home, of the ’Frisco shops
in south Memphis. Poston, according
to a police announcement, has confess
ed to implication in the attack on the
^automobile in which Lanier, Audie S.
Carroll, also a ’Frisco employee, and
Clarence Stevens, a shop foreman,
were riding when they were fired on.
WHY CONTINUE
TO PERMIT STRIKES?
The present method of settling labor
disputes, or rather) unsettling our whole)
organization, by declaring a strike to
enforce demands, is too expensive for
all concerned, and a well organized, civ
ilized nation, such as we claim to be,
should not permit it.
It seems as if we ought to have
reached the stage where serious disor
ders on account of labor disputes
should not threaten us. We are the
nation which stands for liberty and jus
tice.
We ought to find means for prevent
ing such occurrences as recently took
plaee in Herrin, Illinois, and as ,are
now taking place or are imminent in
many localities on account of the rail
road strike.
We are an intelligent, nation—at least
we believe we are—and we have en
acted laws for the control of manufac
turers and railroads. Why can’t we
also enact laws for the control of
those who work for these concerns?
We set the rates the railroads may
charge for transporting freight and pas
sengers; if this is right, then w© mutt
also equally control the price they are
to pay for having their work done,
so that it will be possible to operate
the roads.
We enact laws preventing manufac
turers from agreeing on definite prices
We call that conspiring to restrain
trade.
Why then can’t we enact laws that
will prevent individuals from “conspir
ing to restrain trade” by agreeing that
they will not sell their labor for less
than a \given amount and in the event!
of the employer refusing to pay their
prescribed rate they will all refuse to
work?
That is not all. These individuals
not only refuse to work, but they re
fuse to allow others to work, even
though there may be plenty of
unemployed ^persons who are willing
and able to do the work.
That is not all. These individuals
notj only refuse to work, but they re
fuse to allow others to wow, even
though there may be plenty of unem
ployed persons who are, willing and
able to, do the work.
There are, of course, many angles to
these controversies and it will not do
for any on© to say that one. side is
wrong and the other is right, because
that is just where we got into trou
ble.
There are always points to consider
on both sides of a case.
We can, however, always say that
where the general public .welfare is
at stake there shall be no strike and
no group of private individuals shall
have the right to stop the operation
of such public utilities as railroads,
coal mines, etc.
Then we can establish a court with
power to settle! the controversies which
arise, and, we can delegate to this court
power to enforce its .decisions.
Then when a group of individuals
such as the shop crafts of the rail
roads feel they* have a grievance .this
court will hear the arguments for and
against and render a decision in ac
cord with their findings.
The present method of settling dis
putes, or rather unsettling our whole
organization, by declaring a strike to
enforce demands, is tooj expensive ./for
all concerned, and a well organized,
[civilized nation, such as we claim to
be, should not permit it.
Under strikes /the man who loses
his pay is a heavy loser, even if he
wins, for if the strike lasts a month
he has lost a month’s pay, and if his
wages are increased 10%, it will take
ten months for him to catch up. Often
the increase, or the reduction, is much
less than 10%, and so it takes a cor
respondingly longer time to even mat
ters up again. The largest los is gener
ally imposed on the ^ wholly innocent
consumer and that is what we must try
to avoid.
We ouglit to enact laws that will
accomplish the following reforms;
1. Prevent strikes on railroads, in
(coal mines and other institutions di
rectly serving the public.
2. Establish a court where all dif
ferences between employe© and em
ployer of such publiq utilities can be
settled.
. Make the decisions binding and
compel acceptance by both sides.
League Assembly Formally Opened
Geneva.—The third assembly of the
League of Nations, which was formal
ly opened recently, outdid 'its prede
cessors both in the number of. dele
gates and spectators present, even
though the session gave little promise
of producing dramatic interest. These
things are interpreted by the leaders
of the league as most favorable to
the success of the session, indicating
that interest in the league is growing
notwithstanding the fact that the work
of both the assembly and the council
is inevitably becoming more and more
of a routine nature, devoid of pictures
que features and sensational debate.
In planning the work of the session
the assembly decided to distribute the
labor among six committees, as it did
last year.
To the Citizens of Clayton
and Fayette Counties:
In order that you may know the way the taxpayers’ money of the State of Georgia is
being used by the Department of Agriculture, I desire to present to you the following facts:
During the month of March, 1922, C. E. Du fee, of Clayton County, was placed on the
payroll of the Department as a Fertilizer Inspector.
Below I am giving you a statement of his salary and expenses for the months of
.March and July, inclusive:
March 15th, 1922—expenses $ 10.17
March 31, 1922—salary r : 41.66
April 15 th, 1922—expenses ........ 30.52
May 2nd, 1922—salary... . 83.33
May 18th, 1922—expenses 98.90
Ma> 31st; 1922—salary 83.33
June 15th, 1922—expenses : 93.15
June 281 h, 1922—salary 83.33 '
July 17th, 1922—salary . 41.67
July 17th, 1922—expenses 111.18 $677.24
You will note from this statement that Duffee’s expenses for the months of June and
July were heavier than they were during the months that fertilizer was being inspected.
I am reliably informed that Mr. Duffee did not inspect a single sack of fertilizer dur
ing the months of June and July. The only work he did was to distribute slander
against me.
TO THE PEOPLE OF GEORGIA:
Brown, Bee Inspecctor, Stings the State for $1,800.00 Per Annum and
Expenses.
Hon. J. J. Brown,
Atlanta, Georgia.
My dear Sir:
Your invitation to meet you in joint debate at points to be designated in the several
Congresional disti'cts, is respectfully declined.
My observation for many years has been that’joint debates between candidates for po
litical offices change few, if any, votes, and serve almost without exception to emphasize
factional political bitterness and strife.
In order that there may be no misunderstanding, however, as to precisely what I have
said in my various addresses, I have set forth, and reiterate the following charges:
(1) That an economical, business-like administration of the Department of Agriculture
on your part, would have saved the taxpayers of Georgia'at least two hundred thousand
dollars ($200,000.) per annum, with much more efficient service;
(2) That when the Legislature passed a resolution, requiring you to submit a list of
employees, giving their names, salaries and expense accounts, you employed an Auditor to
make this list, at an expense to the State of three hundred and fifty dollars ($350,00),
when one of your bookkeepers should have furnished this information.
(3) That you employed a State Senator, who was Chairman of the Agricultural Com
mittee of the Senate, at a salary of three thousand dollars ($3,000.00) per annum, and ex
penses ;
(4) That the Chairman of the Agricultural Committee of the House of Representa-
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tives has two brothers-in-law on your payroll, as well as himself;
(5) That you appointed an Assistant Clerk of the House of Representatives at a salary
of three thousand dollars ($3,000.00) per annum, and expenses;
, (6) That during the month of July, 1922, you paid your fertilizer inspectors in sala
ries and expenses, the amount of three thousand, three hundred and nine dollars and
twelve cents ($3,309.12), when there was practically no fertilizer to inspect:
(7) That five members of your family are on your payroll; beginning with yourself, at a
salary of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) per annum, and expenses; one son, BEE INSPEC
TOR, at one thousand eight hundred dollars ($1,800.00) per annum, and expenses; another
son, a student at Tech High School, at a salary of four hundred and eighty dollars ($480)
per annum; still another son, at a salary of one hundred and thirty-five dolars ($135.00)
per month; also a nephew, who is recorded as drawing a salary of two thousand, four hun
dred dollars ($2,400.00) per annum;
(8) That you have six negro porters on your payroll, drawing as high as eighty-five
($85.00) dollars per month salary, when other departments in the State Capitol pay their ne
gro porters only fifty dollars (50.00) per month;
(9*) That a number of your oil inspectors, after a conference in Atlanta, sent out a notice,
calling upon all employees of your Department, to send a check for five per cent (5%) of
their salaries for one year, as a campaign fund;
(10) That you sent out a letter to your inspectors to “see” their representatives and sen-
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ators before / they left home for the Capitol, as it meant something to them personally;
(11) That of five hundred and eighty employees, approximately seventy (70) of them
are from Atlanta;
(12) That your advice to the fanners of the State of Georgia in 1920 to hold their cot
ton for above forty cents (40c) has cost the fanners of Georgia many millions of dollars.
I note from your letter your statement that you “emphatically and bitterly” deny these
charges. I am not to blame either for your emphasis or your bitterness. The charge I have
made in my speeches are true, if the statement furnished the Legislature by you, under a
resolution of the House of Representatives, is correct and to be relied upon.
Respectfully,
A. 0. BLALOCK.
Dq' ffpplicants for office find it nec
essary to slander opponents? ;
They must recognize that the ovter,
who elects the 'privilege of choice in
the selection of the one for whom he
casts his ballot. -
The aspirant to office has the privi
lege extended to him of campaigning
in order to impress the public of his
Special fitness for office, ( but it is ever
jiis privilefe to cast reflection upon the
character of his opponefit.
It is a well known fact that ever}’
office seeker possesses some charac
ter 1 traits that appeal to some and
not to others, and when ethical meth
ods and clean campaigning have been ;
resorted to for the,purpose of arousing R
interest in prospective voters’ minds, | Campaign Being Urgan-
we feel certain that after being solicit-; ized in Fay°tte
IS SLANDER
A PAYING
INVESTMENT?
ANNOUNCEMENTS
MR. A. O. BLALOCK
Announces Himself as a
Candidate for Commis
sioner of Agriculture
Against J. J. Brown, In
cumbent.
BLALOCK SUP
PORTERS OR
GANIZING IN
MANY COUNTIES
m
County.
ed and securing i detailed information [
jand a thorough investigation has been j
made that the result can safely/be left ■
to the decision of the voter.
It is a source of regret to the general Announcement by A. O. Blalock,
public that they so frequently find ejri- prominent farmer, business man and
dences of base slander spread by pon- Winker, of Fayetteville, and collector
2 — — .. _ J •Hnrtnn c i n rr rtf inf akvi n 1 ..a ^ 1.1 _ 1 i. _ _ ..
ticians and: their friends representing
competitors for office, in which false
statements are made, which indicate
that they have never consulted with
those in possession of facts or have
never taken time to find out what the
facts are.
Slander is medieval! method and me
dieval methods express but one rea
son for their use—a politician who is
afraid he can’t convince his prospects
of internal revenue for the state un
der the Wilson administration, that he
will be a candidate for the office of
commissioner of agriculture, in the
coming state primary, has been re
ceived with much interest in Fayette
county, and a campaign is now being or
ganized in his behalf.
Mr. Blalock is well known through
out the state, and if the pulse beats
in the heart of his home town and
for votes for his election on merit county mean anything, the congratula-
alone. tory letters that are pouring in from
Remember this: When an aspirant all parts of the state over his an-
for office resorts to misrepresentation nouncement speak a volume of the
or slander, it is because he fears the sentiments of the people of Georgia,
prospect is favorably inclined toward Campaigns are being organized in
many counties in his behalf and the
outlook seems very encouraging to Mr.
Blalock and his many friends.
WISE ANNOUNCES
FOR CONGRESS
From the Sixth District
1 o Succeed Himself,
Subject to the Demo
cratic Primary.
his opponent. He is afraid he can’t
overfcome this tendency by exponding
thp merits of his own virtues and re
sorts to slander. That naturally sug
gests the advisability of making a thor
ough investigation before voting.
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British To Return Gold To France
Paris, France.—It is announced that j
approximately 500,000,00 gold francs j
cf the 1,948,000, 000 of French gold on j
deposit with the Bank of England j
since 1918, as guarantee for credits j
advanced to the French government, j
are - to be returned to France within j
a few days. Considerable satisfacticn
is expressed in the ministry of finance . ~° Voters of the Sixth Congres-
and the Bank of France and it is plan- j sional District:
ned to continue the payments against !
which the gold was hypothecated'until - * hereby announce my candidacy for
the entire amount is returned. l ' ne Democratic nomination for the
. 169th Congress, subject to the rules of
. the Democratic Executive committee
Urges Suspension Of Cotton Planting o{ said district governing the primary
Washington.—The proposal for a one- election,
year suspension of cotton, planting in I appreciate the support given me
the United States as a means of elim- j heretofore, and if again honored by
inating the boll weevil was suggested j you as your representative, I will en-
in the senate the other day by Sena- deavor to serve your interest in legis-
tor Smith of South Carolina, who pre- lative, as well as other matters,
dieted wholesale abandonment of cot- Thanking you in advance for your
ton farms throughout) the South, unless interest in my behalf, I am,
governmental action were taken to aid Very’ respectfully, J. W. WISE,
in destruction of the parasite. | Fayetteville, Ga., June 29, 1922.
50.000 Miles Of Submarine Wire
New York.—The Postal Telegrah
Commercial* Cable system and the All-
America Cables, Inc., have entered into
an alliance involving 50,000 milese of
submarine cables, which not only pro
vides for an exchange of traffic, be
tween the two systems, but also pro
vides that the agents and offices oij
each shall act as agents for the ot^ier.
To the Voters of the
Sixth Congressional
District:
Asks Rehearing In Coronado Case
Washington.—Petition for rehearing!
of the famous Coronado Coal case, in
which the United States Supreme
court recently laid down a far-reaching
construction, has been , filed by the
counsel for the coal companies.
I am a candidate to represent this
district in the 68th Congress. I earn
estly solicit the votes and active sup
port of my friends throughout this dis
trict, and, if elected, I assure you that
I will be active in the suppotr of the
interest of the people.
Respectfully,
J. J. FLYNT.
Hon. A. O. Blalock.
Announcements.
TO THE VOTERS OF FAYETTE
COUNTY:
I hereby announce my candidacy
Endorsed by Fayette forthestatesenate£romthe26thsena ‘
County Executive
Committee.
; torial district, subject to the rules of
j the Democratic executive committee
| of said county and district governing
| the primary election to be held Sep
tember 13th.
I earnestly solicit the votes and ac
tive support of my friends in the coun
ty, and, if elected, I assure you that
At the regular meeting of the Fay
ette County Democratic Executive Com
mittee, Monday morning, July 31, reso-jl will do all in my power to advance
the interest of our people.
Thanking you for your interest in
nty behalf, I am,
Very respectfully,
W. B. HOLLINGSWORTH
lutions were adopted endorsing Hon. A.
O. Blalock for Commissioner of Agri
culture of Georgia, subject to the Dem
ocratic primary to bo held September
13th.
Mr. Blalock ..is now campaigning
through the different counties of the
state, and we commend him to all
Georgians as a most efficient business
man, banker and mercantile man
his home town, a most progressive and 1 1
industrious fanner, fonner collector of I am a candidate for Senator from
revenue under the Wilson administra-! the 26th district, subject to the rules
tion, former member of the House of and regulations as fixed by the Demo-
Announcement to the
Voters of Fayette County
Representatives, three times State Sen
ator.
FAYETTE COUNTY DEMOCRATIC
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE,
T. R. Gay, Sec.
cratic Executive Committee.
I shall be very grateful to the voters
for their support
Very respectfully,
CHARLES D. REDWINE.
