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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF WINDER.
PUBLISHED KVRKY THURSDAY.iBVKNINO
JEFFERSON OFFICE^
With the Ordinary in the Court House
P. W. Quattlebaum will represent the
paper and take subscriptions.,
Subscription Rates.
Year, - - - *l-00
A. G. LAMAR,
Editor and Publisher.
;*THURSDA l SEPTEMBER 6.1900.
People’s Party Ticket.
For President—
WHARTON BARKER.
For Vice-Present—
IGNATIUS DONNELLY.
POPULIST STATE TICKET. \"
For Governor —J. H. TRAYLOR, .of
Troup.
For Secretary of State—Dr. L. L.
CLEMENTS, of Milton.
For Attorney General —F. H. SAF
FOLD, of Emanuel.
For Comptroller General—J. T. HOL
BROOK, of Franklin.
For State Treasurer—J. W. PARK,
of Meriwether.
For Commissioner of Agriculture A.
H. TALLY, of Cobb.
For State School Commissioner—W
T. FLINT, of Taliaferro.
For Prison Comissioners — TI J.
DICKEY, of Upson, and S. C. McCAN
DLESS, of Butts.
For State Senator,
M. D. IRWIN.
For Representatives,
Dr. L. C. ALLEN,
J. H. BOGGS.
For Ordinary,;
G. D. BENNETT.
For Clerk and Treasurer,
A. G. LAMAR.
For Sheriff,
R M. PATRICK.
Deputy Sheriff, W. C. PITTMAN.
For Tax Collector,
C. F. HOLLIDAY.
For Tax Receiver,
J. M. ROSS.
For Surveyor,
S. W. JACKSON, Jr.
For Coroner,
T. N. HIGHFELL.
Go to Jefferson androgister before the
books close uext Wednesday.
Congressman John Allen, of Mississ
ippi, whose reputation as a wit is well
known, wiU make a lecture tour after
bis retiremeut next March. It is get
ting quite common for defeated politi
cians to go into the leoture field.
Register.
Remember the registration book closes
next Wednesday and if you have not
already registered do so before that day.
Don’t disfranchise yourself by failing
to register. If you know a man who
has not registered go and see him right
away and get him to go or carry him to
Jefferson. You have a few more days
and only a few, and we appeal to our
friends all over the county to help us
in this matter.
Be Honest and Fair.-
We have heard this week that the
registrar, Mr. Brock, and his clerk have
beon going into districts for the purpose
of letting their friends register, but not
letting it be known to anyone els*. Wo
hope this is not true, as we have felt
that the democratic candidates and their
leaders would be honest and fair with
us and not take any advantage of
us that was not honest and honor
able.
We hope our friends will, put them
selves to a little trouble and go to Jeffer
son Saturday. Monday and Tuesday and
register it they have neglected this im
portant matter.
ADDRESS OF CHAIRMAN M'KNIGHT,
To the Voters of Georgia.--A Plain Statement of
Facts and Figures.
GOOD GOVERNMENT.
All Honest Citizens Desire an
Honest Government.
THE CURSE OF HIGH TAXES
OPPRESSION MUST CEASE
FOREVER.
The People Demand it, and by
Their Votes Will Compel
Better Conditions.
To the Populists of Georgia:
We are promised more help from out
side this year than ever before. And
in addition to this independent help,
the negro is afraid to vote for the demo
crats this year because he thiuks if the
Democrats are continued in power in
Georgia that he and the poor white Re
publican, Populist and Democrat will
be disfranchised, as has been done in
Mississippi, Arkansas, Lonisiana and
other states. And, also, the white Re
publican, who is a Republican from
principle, believes the same, and I think
they are right. I think if the Demo
mocrats are continued in power in Geor
gia that the poor whites of all parties
and the negro will cast their last ballot
this fall. Why do I think so? Because
the corrupt leaders of democracy are
the enemies of the great common peo
pie. As the agent of Plutocracy and
enemies of the people and reform these
leaders have broken up the Greenback
party, the Labor party and the Alliance
and have been trying to break up the
Populist party for the past four years.
The Democratio party has been the
graveyard of every reform movement in
this country since 1865. Ia Mississippi
and Arkansas these corrupt leaders dis
franchised one-third of the poor white
people and about sixteen out of seven
teen blacks, and nearly as bad in the
other States. And as a further proof of
their enmity to the great masses of the
people, we see the effects of their blight
ing hands on everything they touch.
We see it in tLe city, country, state, na
tion and church.
In Georgia these corrupt politicians
and the party leaders have increased
yon r taxes on personal and real estate in
sixteen years 3 38 100 times (nearly three
and a half times). Or, in 1882 they col
lected $750,000 on personal and real es
tate, and in 1898 they collected $2,535,-
800, which is 3 38 100 times more than
they collected from you in 1883; and
besides, they received $120,000 more
rent from the W. & A. Railroad in 1898
than in 1883. What benefits do you
derive from this enormous increase in
the expenditure of your hard earned
taxes?
These same corrupt leaders employ
more men to wait on either Senate or
House than it took for both in 1883.
They pay the Secretary of the Senate
SOO 00 per day and the Clerk of the
House $74.50 a day, and extra for in
dexing the reports. Every officer in the
State House has a telephone at $60.00 a
year (to encourage the telephone mo
nopoly,) and a porter and clerk, all at
the expense of the taxpayer.
The custom has been for every Com
mittee sent out by the Legislature to
charge the State $20.00 each, and this,
too, while the State paid for everything
that was eaten, drank or smoked; and
as many as 100 have been put on such
committees, and while this committee
was one the legislature was without a
quorum and could not do auy business.
But the expenses of the legislature was
going on at an expense of about $1,500, •
00 a day, and the taxpayers had to foot
the bills.
They pay a man a big salary as Ad
jutant General who oannot do any of
the work, and hire another man to do
the work at $1,100.00 a year, and pay
both out of your taxes.
A few years ago the Librarian got
S6OO a year. What do you think he
gets now? only $3,2001 A bill reducing
his salary to two thousand dollars pass
ed the Honse but was met in the Senate
by the State Honse Gang and defeated
overwhelmingly. Any one who wants
to reduce expenditures and relieve the
taxpayer, though he be a Democrat, is
virtually ostracised, is utterly power
less to do anything, and has no voice in
shaping the legislation of Georgia. In
some cases this State House Gang re
fuses to speak to Demooratic members
who will not at all times do their bid
ding.
I want to ask the temperance people
of Georgia where are the members of
the House and Senate who favored tem
perance? This hand of ostracism, with
the whisky people oombined, have sent
them to the rear; and with them they
have sent the nineteen State Senators
of the last session who wanted to re
duce expenses.
They pay a chaplain $4.00 for two to
five minutes prayer, or abont one dol
lar a minute. I think this is clearly
another case of Balaam; and I am snre
there is not one in all this set farther
from the Golden Rule than this man.
Over $30,000 a year is paid out of your
taxes to arm, clothe and drill the mili
tia; and $20,000 more for the maintain
auce, etc., of the Governor. Eight
thousand dollars goes to the geological
department, and if yon will show where
a man, woman or child has been bene
fitted by it, except office holders, I will
set np the cigars.
They reduced the public school ap
propriation two hundred thousand dol
lars, and the Governor wanted it re
duced four hundred thousand, and said
he considered it unconstitutional to ap
propriate money for anything more
than a common English coarse. But in
the face of his object.on he coaid and
did approve a bill appropriating $20,000
for the Technological school in which
higher education is given to rich men’s
sons. And on the last day of the last
session of the legislature, when the
Railroads and Atlanta wanted five hun
dred thousand of your hard earned tax
es to build a depot, the bill was only de
feated by a few Democrats and Popu
lists filibustering until 1 o’clock and
thus prevented the bill ooming to a
vote. Where are those few men who
stood as a stonewall between you and
your plunderers? Are they coming
back to the legislature? Not much.
Their political bones lie bleaching by
the way side. I understand that the
corporations spent twenty-three thou
sand dollar.- to defeat the man who led
this fight in defense of the people. You
should vote to keep this set in power!
A Democratio State Senator told me
that the Asylum management was very
bad. That in some cases they have two
nnrses for one patient, and one nnrse
each for nearly every other patient
though they were of little more trouble
than sane people.
The last legislature employed a tax
committee at your expense, and they
did nothing that tee legislature would
have, but you taxpayers paid the bill,
$3.195.00.
It is reported that there was sent out
from the State House a few years ago
several thousand letters of a personal
political character, and the postage was
paid by the taxpayers. This man had
the same right to use this tax money,
if he did so, theta thief has to go into
my pocket while I am asleep.
These people formerly collected a large
surplus of taxes and deposited it in pet
banks, withont interest. Twenty five
thousand, dollars of this money was put
into a bank at Brunswick and the bank
broke and the State was not secured and
the money was lost to the taxpayers.
Three hundred and one thousand more
of this snrplus money was deposited in
a Colunabu9 bank, with only $50,000
secured; and while this money was there
this set of plunderers of the people sold
$200,000 in bonds, at 6 per cent..l be
lieve, to this bank, or some of its mam
bers, as I understood. And at the same
time this bank, and others, were loan
ing the people the taxpayers’ own mon
ey at from 12 to IP per cent. Through
this system of plundering the people the
pet banks made a hundred thousand dol
lars a year or more.
The Democratio leaders are the ene
mies of the poor. If Jefferson or Jackson,
or any of oar patriot dead were living
in Georgia, Mississippi, Arkansas or
Tennessee, and were so poor they
oould not pay their taxes they could
not vote nor hold office. While your
taxes have been enormously increased,
there are corporations in sight of
your State capital which do not pay
on more than one-eighth of their pro
perty.
We have a government in Georgia by
corporations and trusts, in which nearly
one half of the property escapes taxa
Winder Foundry
and ~
Hachine Works
Is One Of The New Enterprises Of The
Growing City Of Winder.
This is one of the best equipped Machine and
Foundry Works in the state and is prepared to do all
kinds of work, such as building and repairing of
ENGINES, BOILERS, SAW and SYRUP
MILLS, GINS and ail kinds of Machinery.
Orders will be attended to promptly and all work
guaranteed,
Send your work to us and we will give you satis
faction.
Winder Foundry
AND
Machine Works.
WINDER PUBLIC SCHOOL
Opens Sept. 4,Sipoo==Tuesday.
DISCIPLINE FIRn - - - TRAINING THOROUGH.
The growth of our town is not spasmodic, but continuous. Never
before has there been such material advancement—cotton factory,
foundry, knitting mill, mercantile business unparalleled by any town.
Here too the social, intellectual and spiritual sides in man are
cared for —hospitable people—good churches—
Excellent Public School System.
Our school is the pride of the town, hence we understand its success.
We are adding two new rooms to accommodate the pupils.
Come here for an education. Thorough course in common school
branches by experienced and cultured teachers, and also a high school
course covering Latin, Greek, French, German, Euglish, Algebra,
Geometry, Physics. Chemistry, History, Euglish Literature. Making
a specialty of some of the Plays of Shakespeare.
HENRY ROBERT HUNT, A. B. Pprincipal.
RICHARD A. BLACK, 5 and 6 Grades.
MISS ANNIE MCDONALD, 3 and 4 Grades.
MISS DORA WILHITE, 2 Grade.
MISS ERNESTINE BRUMBY, Ist Grade.
MISS MARGARET MALONA TILLMAN, Music and Elocution.
MISS ANGIE MAYNARD, Art,
NEWS! NEWS!
The Best News Yet!
As the fall is here, and winter near
The cotton in bloom, and the town on
a boom,
I have rented the store on Athens street, next door
to Yearwood’s corner, where*l will open my stock,
to be moved from the city of Chattanooga, about
August 15th. I handle
Men’s, Boy’s and Children s— —---=
Gents’ Furnishings, Hats, Notions etc, 1
Everybody invited to call and examine, whether
you buy or not. You will be surprised at the Bar
gains I will offer you.
Remember the*place—it is Athens street.
M. BRENER & BRO.,
Winder* Q-a*
tion, while the farmers’ taxes are more
than doubled to pay the taxes on cor*
poration property and to support one of
the most coirnpt and dishonest State
governments in the country, Kentucky
not excepted.
These same leaders set by and see the
School Book Trust rob the people of
Georgia out of from one to two million
dollars a year, and pay out of the public
school fund $75,000 to SIOO,OOO a year to
a set of useless officers. And upon all
these proofs of their enmity to the
people, they add insult to robbery by
claiming to be the friends of the peo
pie- . .
If these corrupt leaders are the frienas
of the people, may the good Lord deliver
the people from their friends. The hon
est people are disgusted with these con
ditions and are ready to help rid the
State of this cancerous tumor. The hon
est people of all parties are looking to
you to lead, and you can and must do so,
and commence now. Organize every
precinct in your county at once and give
to your State committee at least five
good, active workers in each precinct,
and we will sweep Georgia this year.
Will you do this? „
S. J. McKnight.