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Robkut O. lews, Editor.
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SIJHSCUII’TION HATES
on* You r, - - - #1 GO
Six Months, ... 50
Three Month's, - - -5
Thursday, May 7 , 1908.
“b(LY LITTLE JOE."
(With Apologies to F. L. S.)
Always wuz abusin’ him,
Rough an’ rougher usin' him,
Commissionerdiip ivfusin him
“Fgly Little .loo."
(silled him over' kin' o -1■ 1►;
Said he’d never held a job;
Even o’ character tried 0* rob
“Cgtv Little .loo.'
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lint Dr. White, his pastor, said
The abused one prayers bad led
And needy orphans had been ted
By' “I’gly Little Joe!”
I 11 tell you when that come to
light
It kinder set the “Greek man
right
He’s givin’ Hoke a— of a fight —
“Cgly Little Jot ! ”
lie’s tnakin’ friends at a’ awful
rate
Throughout the grand ol' banner
state —
The jK'ople are goin’ to nominate
“I gly Little Joe:"
A public school llourishes when
the machinery thereof runs without
. friction.,
The secret of Winder's prosper
ity and growth is that her citizens
patronize home industries.
Too many heads to an establish
ment wSU'iv wrecks its usefulness.
Our devil adds: ‘‘Too many lingers
ill the dough spoils the pie.' ’
A black cat passing through a dog
show is a peaceful dream compared
to Handsome Hoke's ‘ silent con
tempt” campaign for re-election.
It is not likely that any railroad
owns stock in the Atlanta (Georgian
F. L. Seely is reputed to be worth
two million dollars, and he married
“the only daughter of a man who is
a six times millionaire. These men
built a town of homes for working
men between Atlanta and the Chat
tahoochee river and gave them the
first two months rent free of charge.
The firm of Inman A: (\>., thi
largest cotton dealer' in (ieorgia,
lias gone into the hands of a re
ceiver. This was caused either by
the unnecessary agitation which ran
the money of thee unify into locked
vaults, thereby causing a slump in
the price of cotton, or the death of
Walker Inina 1, the shrewd bus
iness head of the firm. Which?
Tie* Journal is showing up tin
Atlanta City Directory in its frantic
efforts to counteract the effect of tin
publication of the Fulton County
.loe Drown Club. The Typograph
ical Onion fought the directory to
a standstill when it was Ixdng pub
lished hy a firm unfair to organized
labor, and as a consequence the
names of very fen union men are
V' he f mnd inside its cover.'.
Little dot —Big Hoke.
Silent Contempt —Holy Hoke.
Bigger .Lx —Smaller Joke.
Trouble Brewing —Anxious Hoke.
G •vernor Jo. —Xo Joke.
'i w *nty-three Citizen Iloke. —
Dawson News.-
iiu^njTLit. iiunjiilil flLUiAiLft i
The registrar of Jackson county
is scheduled to be in c\\ inder. Fri
day and Saturday of this woe!?.
This will !••■ your last chan--.- to
register at Winder before the elec
tion June tth. You will save time
and a long drive to Jefferson by at
t ling to this matter at <■:e •. The
farmer-an very busy, we kmev,
hut there D a campaign <>n which
vitally interests then}. If the ma
jority vote rule passed !>y the state
executive committee is permitted
to stand their voice will forever he
hushed in state polities, so far as
the effect of their votes ale con
cerned.
We call on the wool hat hoys of
one country county .at least to rise
up in their might and lead us hack
into tile paths of our fathers by
standing by the principles enunci
ated by the constitution of our
state and registering a vigorous
protest against the snap judgment
taken by the executive committee,
which judgement discriminates
against the rural districts of Geor
gia.
Register! Register! Register!
Everybody register, and let us have
a full vote, a free ballot and a fair
count.
AKL THLY FOOLS?
We have been taught to believe
that men wlm traflie in whisky
are influenced and controlled by
the devil. We have often been
told that the devil is a smooth,
shrewd proposition. Y*t, if earn
paign literature which is being sent
broadcast over the state claiming
that Joe Brown is the candidate of
the Whisky League be true, the
members of the league are simple
tons and his Satanic Majesty is a
sniffing fool.
The only hope that anti-prohibi
tionists could have of regaining
Georgia is by taking advantage of
the majority vote rule of the Hoke
Smith executive committee which
places the city counties in control
of the polities of the state and prac
tically disfranchises the prohibition
countr.v counties.
Where did prohibition first ap
pear in (ieorgia?
In the country counties.
Where did whisky make its last
stand?
In the city, counties, and it was
legislated out of them by lcpre
sentatives of the country counties.
Which counties are most likely to
want whisky in (leorgia?
Why, the large cities, and under
the ruling of the executive com
mittee the’combined vote of ten of
these counties would defeat the will
of the combined country counties.
Why should the -‘whisky ring”
support Joe Brown-Jlor the irrele
vant other of governor when there
■is such a gap in the breastworks
surrounding prohibit ion ?
And then, again, Joe Brown has
been a prohibitionist all of his life,
while Hoke Smith is a recent con
vert. Statistic- tall us that most
people an Cviuv ; ted while young,
and somehow \\v never took much
stock in death-led repentance. %
T in* people want a return to sane
policies, and when tlrry have suc
ceeded in returning to tlic unit rule
y the election of Joe Brown a>
governor the "ivldsky ring,’* as
well as the “ride or ruin’’ ring will
ha\ lost an excellent chance to
•lounne.t'* (ieorgia political affairs.
(HANOI l) iiiS OPINION.
< >ur statement last week that Pike*
county would likely give a good ma
jority for Governor Smith is vigor
ously denied hy a number of Joe
Brown men, who say that “Little
Joe" is already strong enough to
carry the e< unty an 1 is gaining ev
ery day. All right, gentlemen, from
what you say it does look nioie like
it. At any rata, we are not caring
* v tnlfo ft “w mrci W: iy 'rPfwT''' **W! *y
sav that Ve haven't had agovonior
anyhow, for the prist month and
won't hav-- one until after June 4.
A “nigger” porter is said to be the
<>niy pars >n found around tire cx
> ciltive office thes days amltbegov
- rnor is probably < :T talking to the
people about disfranchising him.
S•. what'- the use to worry about
a matter of so little consequence? —
Barnesville News Caz> tt<*.
No Voice in National Politics.
A- no one hut the Brown rm n or
the Smith men, as the ease may be,
will have any voice in the state
convention, and it is not known at
the present time with absolute ex
actness which man will win, na
tional polities has been relegated to
th* rear.
The friends of one of two men
will name the delegates to the na
tional convention. All others will
have no voice, it matters not what
you think, you have but little op
portunity of making yourself heard
or felt.
For the first time in the history
of Georgia the great bulk of the
citizens a redisfranchised on na
tional issues and the reasons there
for are nonsensical, absurd, un
reasonable and unnecessary. Lub
lin Courier-1 tispateh.
KLSLLL OF PRIMARY IN WALTON
Below will he found the total vote
east for the differenit candidates in
the primary election held in Wal
ton last Thursday;
For Representativ<
John H. Adams 702
J. M. Bradley 1000
Ben J. Edwards 1 408
Jos. H. Felker 4(>5
1 >r. .1, W. Smith 1 554
For < >rdinary —
K. ('. Arnold 1447
11. L. Conner 524
J. (>. Lawrence ‘524
For Clerk Superior Court —
John T. Roliertson 1280
J. B. Shelnutt 1 5520
For Sheriff —
A. S. Smith 2404
For Treasurer —
A. A. Burton 1 Cl
Monroe F. Fuller 100
W. 'l'. Lee s;-52
B. F. Malcolm (550
T. G. Maughon 17:5
O. L. Nowell 1 1
Jas. H. Nimnally 41
John F. Nowell 25(5
H. H. G . Preston 70
R. T. Sorrells 101
John W. Thompson. ~ 184
For Tax Collect,a —
G. A. Garrett 2G0.1
For Tax Receivci —
J. C. Bedingfield 1 720
Robt. C. Ray 1:50
E. C. Smith 752
For (’>rom r
James J. Allen 221 1
Baseiun l’rewer :’>G5
For Surveyor —
11. E. Burton 250(5
For Congress, nth District —
L. F. Livingston 1002
Ja-\ L. Mayson 1501
Pointed Pdrutjrdphs.
Chicago News.
Kisses of hypocrites taste like
fried ice cream.
Failure fills the vacancy left when
perseverance quits.
There is nothing so thoroghly
misunderstood as perfection.
There i- a quiet hut steady de
mand for wet goods in a dry town.
The more had habits a man ac
cumulates the less money he saves.
By a stenuous use of his list the
prize fighter manages to get his
hand in.
Half a loaf is Letter than a dozen
loaves of the hind some bakers
make. *
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stitution.
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BECAUSE Your accounts will be appreciated by
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ways be carefully considered.
This is the basis upon which we invite your
business.
THE WINDER BANKING CO.,
WINDER , GEORGIA.
Preserve the South’s History.
Mrs. E. J. Reagan, editor in
charge of the Memorial edition of
The Henry County Weekly, regard
ing the reason for its appearance,
and the results she hopes to accom
plish, says:
“Our courage in sending it forth
into a world blessed with the labors
of editors of far superior skill and
experience is horn of our sacred
purpose, which is two-fold: The
direct end sought is the raising of
funds for rearing on the public
square of our town a fitting monu
ment to our Confederate soldeirs;
but, as equally important, we are
here attempting to contribute our
mite to the collection an preserva
tion of the materials for a truthful
history of the Civil War. So that
our children and our children’s
children shall not, at some future
day, behold before their eyes the
enigma of speaking marble and si
lent history, the monumental shaft
commemorating their sire's heroic
deeds, of which no records exist
and there is no history.
“And our beloved organization, the
Fnitod I>a lighters of the Confedera
cy, are much concerned about this
work of preserving the true facts
of our glorious history and teaching
them to our children. But the
Daughters cannot collect and pre
serve these facts without the co-op
eration of the participants in those
stirring events. In this county,
and doubtless in every county of
our beloved Southland, aj;e men and
women now living, whose memories
of those times are worthy of being
recorded in permanent form. They
are fast passing to that land where
the recorder of liuiman annals can
not follow them.
“Why cap not the Chapters in ev
ery county issue such a memorial
edition of tlieir county paper..each
year, publishing especially local his
tory and recollections of citizens
who lived in those trying times?
Let us cneoiiragi the old “rebel”
who loves to tell of his adventures,
let us coax into talk the reticent,
and by our deeds show to the last
Confederates whose presence still
blesses us like a benediction, that
tlieir deeds shall not be forgotten,
nor their motives misunderstood.
“We dread the dangers of indif
ference here. It is a tale of horror,
; ’tis true, and a noble woman who
endured those terrible days says:
“ ‘We p ess our Freest against a
thorn when we ’eoall the anguish of
those days of death and disaster.
It is often said that it is still too
early to write the the Civ 1
War. It will soon be too late.
Some of us still live who saw those
days. We should not shrink from
recording what we know to be true.
Tims only will a full history of
American courage and fidelity he
preserved —for all were Americans.’
“Our own lamented Gordon en
tertained fears on this line, and in
one of his addresses thus vividly
voices them:
“ “ricere is danger that the South
may be inadequately represented,
or wholly misrepresented, in the
future history of this country. Mis
representation threatens the con
quered always—the conqueror never.
In the average estimation of man
kind, victory vindicates, while de
feat dooms to mi-judgment and
thoughtless condemnation. There
is in this truth a philosophy as plain
and profound as the laws of human
nature, involving consequences so
calamitous that every lover of his
people should unite to avert them.
Should such misfortune befall us,
it requires no prophet to foretell the
character and extent of those con
sequences. First, there would fol
low a decrease of (an- appreciation
of this section ar.d of its people;
second, as an inevitable consequnee,
a diminution of our self-respect;
next, gradual, hut thje certain re
trogression and impairment of our
manhood; and, finally, the loss of
those distinctive characteristics
which are the traditional, recog
nized and chief sources of this peo
ple's greatness. No more import
ant service could he rendered this
country—not only the South, hut
tin* whole country—than to clearly
comprehend these dangers, and to
erect firm and immovable harriers,
mountain high, against the possi
ble consequences.’
“We would here appeal to those
who survive, to seek out some of
our young friends, who will willing
ly write, while they dictate their
own experiences. For the futurl
historian, in gathering his materine
for correct history, if Ik* would do
justice to our cause, must know the
very life of the Old South, so differ
ent from the life of today; and how
can he knowjt, save as he catches
its atmosphere in the treasured
reminiscences of the survivors who
were a pait of those times? To him
even the commonplace events trans
piring in the daily lives of the hum
blest and the highest will he equally
valuable. Let our brave men and
noble women who are the last lin
gering links binding us to that glo
rious past, ponder these thoughts
and contribute their share to the
story grander and more sublime
than the story of any other people
in history.
“Ves, old soldiers, help us now
with your recollections; and we
promise you for ourselves, our chil
dren and our children’s children,
that you and your exalt*?*?’. manhood
and the principles for which you
gave your bona ~, your hopes ami
your happiness, shall live in our
memory even win n you no longer
walk among us, and we shall exem
plify to the world the beauty and
the truth of those words of the Con
federacy’s gentle poet priest:
‘There is grandeur in grave's —thee
is glory i?i gloom;
For oig of the gloom future bright
en ss is In,ni,
As afti r the night conies the sunrise
of morn ;
And tli** graves of the dead with
the grass overgrown
May y< t form the footstool of lib
erty's throne.
And each single wreck in the war
path of night,
Shall yet lx* a rock in the temple of
right. ’
*
“\\V mm commit our effort to
the gentle reader s tender regard.
H e will not say ‘Farewell,’ for we
hope to conn* again, if we can again
impose unpon the kindness of Mr.
Editor.”