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WINDER WEEKLY NEWS Published Ewry Thursday Evening RonunrO. Ross, Editor. G. I). !!')-.<, A * -C"/' Etilercil it tin* Post >tlire at Win Je t -, Ga. as second class mail matter. SIJHSCRTrTION KATKS One Year, ... SI.OO Six Months, - ; >0 Three Months, - - \ -o Thursday, May 14, 1908. The governor’s race is kicking up such n • lust the candidates for c unity offices seem to he obscured from view. Wake up, boys, and stall something. Three prominent Georgians have refused to represent our state at the meeting of the House of Govern ors,” which is now in session in Washington. At last accounts this important matter was also up to the negro porter. There must Ik- a lot of directory dodgers in Atlanta. It now devel ops that the name of A. S. Hood, the notary who attested the affidavit of J. W Hill in the “Rrown club” controversy in Fulton, does not ap pear in the city directory. We notice from our exchanges that the merchants of many towns i throughout Georgia have already adopted earjy closing agreements. No douht the faithful clerks in Winder would appreciate a little recreation in the afternoon during the heated summer months —a lit tle breathing spell before attending protracted services. “Fighting Boh” Means has gone to his home in Washington on waiting orders, to be* retired from the United States navy, on his B2d birthday, the lNth of August. May 5Kh his tlag was hauled down from the main truck of the Connecticut in San Francisco harbor amid a salute of thirteen guns. America never produced a braver man than Koblcy I>. Fvans, and for years he has lieen the most familur figure connected with Uncle Sam’s navy. Rear Admiral Charles M. Thomas is now eo mna tde’-in- liief of the battleship Meet. Hoke Smith is to speak in .Jeffer son May 21. The governor told us all about negro disfranchisement two years ago and that question and the prohibition hill are now up to tin* people. During his first •campaign Candidate Smith said the state was being robbed of $1,000,- 000 annually. We would like to know why this little matter has not been attended to, a' it is not customary to excuse robbers on a plea of ‘ ‘bard luck. We would like to have a few words, Governor, eouecrningjhe Betjeman fr*’e pass and immigration. And, Governor, .* specially would we he interested in an explanation of your position on .the abolishment of the unit rule. &Y. S. Weir was one of the speak ers favorable to Hoke Smith at the Kast Point rally. William belongs to that cama ron organized labor known as Socialism; belii ves in dividing nj> all the wealth of the country and distributing it around. Bill hasn't amounted to much in hibor circles since he was .sent to represent the Georgia federation of Laharat a convention in Pittsburg and after reaching the Smoky City, t is alleged, returned home to milk diis cow, h aving Georgia without . icpn sention in the nationaleonven i on. If you want the railroads ul.i-d up by the roots and the eap- I italistc ] Ushed into the sea keep, your eye on Billy 's red rag. SEGSSTER. A.Y DON'T FORGET IT! (To the ( ountry (’• u; th •.) 'dr rhs< -< f great prosperity^'‘c* v -ert-d Dixie like tie- dew; The 1 of t:.cir fuhnDm i.t has made the country blue — The State cx< entire committee has split our votes in two. Register, an’ Don’t Forget It! Money .is scared plum out o’ sight for miles an’ nrlcs around; Evry day there’s wreck an - ruin an’ mills a-shuttin’ down — ! Now th -j’d build a ten-rail fence betwixt us an’ the town. Register, an 1 )on t Forget It! j They’ve passed a little rulin’ which makes it mighty clear That the present administration has shoved us to the rear — Rut we’re goin’ to make a holler that all the folks can hear Register, an Don t Forget It! ! W'e ain’t he’rd no “divine call;” * ain’t seen no golden crown — ’Taint no use to argufy, we’re goin’ to vote for Rrown, An’ return to peace an’ plenty — policies that are sound. Register, an’ Don’t Forget It! “CLEAN YOUR BACK YARDS.” This is the season of the year when the city council, board of health and citizens generally should wage a determined war to purge the city of the breeding place* of the pestiferous disease, purveying mosquito. Every citizen who occupies a home should give bis back yard a thorough cleaning. On this sub ject, The Atlanta Constitution says: “Dirty backyards arc the most fertile breeding places of disease germs waiting to be distributed broad cast by the flics, mosquitoes and other pests which die tilth attracts. “Direct from the tilth they go into the home, carrying the disease with them. * “The only prevention lies in the removal of the cause. “Every back yard should be thoroughly cleaned out now, and kept clean during the hot summer months. “Leave no single danger-breeding spot; one fever germ properly culti vated and directly carried may mean death.” - Every citizen of Winder should voluntarily give attention to this important work,kind where it is not done, the hoard of health should help along by persistent persuasion. There should lie no delay, for the llv, mosquito and germ season is at hand. i bis from Toni Watson's .Jeffer sonian, Bead and ponder: “As to .Joe Brown, UK has no cjnsuming ambitl n to go to the Cnited States s- mate, nor t<> tie named as vice president on the national democratie ticket; conse quently it would n 4 interfere with any of his selfish plans if the state of Georgia should east her electoral 1 v.ffe for a native Georgian. Joe Brown, a nativ Georgian, would pro' ably n<*t consider the -‘..ah' dis gnic, and by conijiiaucatitig Mi . Wat son. Hoke Suntii, cx-memb-.r of Cicv■•'arid's cabinet, not a native Georgian, would probably feel that lie should resort to every possible stratagem to hold the state in lu-r place* as a political rot ton borough— the pawn to be moved as Tammany and Wall street will it in the great game of national polities. Many a man who feels big acts small ONE HARMONIOUS PULL \Vi ilc the tp st/>n of* who shah Lk? our next governor is agitating ;!.e minds -f many of our citizens, we pans-- f r a moment to speak of a ejj'.j x-t which is nearer and dearer t > our heart than the victory or de ft-at of either candidate —the har monious ,*tanding together of our eitiz -ns for the upbuilding of our city and section. Every man has a right to vote and talk for the man o; his choice, hut lu- should he con siderate of the rights of others and in e.>uvor.'atiwii avoid personal crit icism so that when the battle is over there may be no wounded feelings and divisi on among our people. Our life am ng you lias been very pDasant, and we wish to thank our merchants for their liberal patron age. W'e wish to express our ap preciation of the manner in which our humble efforts at making a newspaper have been received, and especially do we feel grateful for the many words of encouragement spoken to us. Our success depends largely on the success, good will and patronage of the business men of Winder. All of our patrons report an ex cellent spring trade, one of our lead ing merchants saying so far this lias been his banner year, business in all lines is improving. Many hand some residences are being built; our system of waterworks is being rapidly pushed to completion; the new ice plant is in operation; the factories are running on full time: everything is in readiness for the erection of the handsome new Chris tian church, and ID who ruletli all things well has abundantly blessed our town and section. Altogether W indt r is moving along at her usual rapid stride, bet's all pull tog tin r and boost the city by pat ronizing home industry. JUDGE RICHARD B. RUSSELL NOT SUPPORTING GOY. SMITH Atlanta, Ga., May 11 —(Tele- graph Bureau, Kimball House) Fearing that some of his friends over the State might he misled by recent claims as to his position in the present gubernatorial contest, Judge Richard ID Russell, of the Court of Appeals, who ran second in the race two years ago, gave the correspondent of The Telegraph the following statement Monday morn ing: “Anyone who will recall the cam paign for Governor two years ago and who heard my speeches on the stump will know without telling that I am not supporting Governor Smith. My utterances -then were honestly made, and I have seen nothing to cause me to change the views 1 then expressed or to apolo gize for them." A Bawrenceville paper which was opposed to Judge Russell two years ago recently declared that the judge is supporting the Governor for re election. The statement was made on the authority of u facetious re mark the judge made to a friend herein Atlanta about Mr. Smith being the head of theeapitol family. The statement has been copied and reprinted by many papers that are for the Governor in different secetions of the State. It has led many of the judge's friends to write and inquire of its truth. He has replied to thorn a IV along the line of the ab >ve s. atmn mt. Judge Russell would not be so forgetful of his official dignity as to lie led into a political or partisan dieussion. It is probable that lie would have had nothing to say, at least publicly, as to whom he intended voting for or against, had not the false state ment of his position lieen started on the rounds of the State press. It was to set himself right ailiong his friends that he expressed him self as above stated when' asked about the truth of the other state ments that are lioing circulated this morning.—Macon Telepraph. AUTOCRATIC RULES ROUNDLY Denounce J Z) Counties cf the Ninth Congressional District. Here are the emphatic and sig nificant resolutions unanimously adopted in Gaiiie.-vilie last Saturday by the convention of the counties of the Ninth congressional district, called to enter protest against the new an 1 revolutionary primary rules, disfranchising the country counties of Georgia: Whereas, From the organization of the state down to the recent rev olutionary action of the State Dem ocratic Executive Committee, each county was entitled to twice as many delegates to nominating con ventions as it has representatives in the legislature; and, W'hereas, Under the new system adopted by this committee, which j was practically appointed by Gov ernor Smith and is absolutely under his domination and control, county lines have In-en obliterated and the j right of the people of the several counties to select delegates to con vention of their own choice, has been taken away from them and vested in a single individual; and, W'hereas, If this new rule stands the control of the state will pass from the hands of the country peo ple and become vested in those of the ringsters of the great and popu lous counties and cities thereof; and, Whereas, Heretofore each county i had the unquestioned right to select its own delegates to all conventions, but under this new system the can ! didate receiving the largest vote in the state lias the power to say who shall represent every county in the state convention, over the protest and wishes of the people, however obnoxious such choice may he to the majority; and, Whereas, This system destroys popylar government in Georgia and establishes a political dictator with supreme power. It denies to the (people the right to express their ■choice fora Democratic candidate for president, and places tin- power in one man to say for whom Geor gia’s vote shall be east at the Den ver convention; and, Whereas, Under the old system of choosing delegates to state con ventions, the smallest county in the state had one-third as many votes as the largest one*, while under the present rule it is reduced to one fortieth as much; and, W'hereas, Against this unfair, . undemocratic and revolutionary ac tion, we enter our most earnest pro test; therefore. Resolved, That we are unaltera i lily opposed to the power of the peo ple of the different counties to .choose delegates to state and nation al conventions being taken from them and lodged in the hands of one man, thus setting up an autoc racy in Georgia. Resolved, That we regard this question of county rights as one of the most important issues of the present campaign, and, inasmuch as Governor Smith is the author of the change from the old to the pres ent system of choosing delegates to conventions, which the Hon. Joseph M. Brown so clearly and forcefully condemned as undemocratic, unjust and unwise in his announcement for the Democratic nomination for governor, and thereby became the representative and standard-bearer of all who prefer the county unit system to ring control or one-man power, we pledge him our earnest and hearty support. All-toy Singing. % There will l>c an old-time all-day! singing at Corrinth church next Sunday. All invited to come. Train eri Gainesville Midland 10 a. m.; return S:JO p. m. Hound trip from Winder 20c. Come Inc, ] come all. J. R. .Smith. j PRESS COMMENT ON RACE FOR GOVERNOR % Don't bowl so, Ji kc. —Wad ley Star. \ Is Smith afraid to stay in his of fice ami let the voters choose be tween them? —Valdosta Times. The most amusing thing ip the present campaign is the frantic ef forts of the Atlanta Journal to “mother" the prohibition baby. — Quitman Free Press. Joe Brown will carry Cobb, Ful ton, Cherokee, Pickens, Fannin, Bartow, Polk, Floyd,' Haralson, Paulding and Douglas, all in bunch. That’s the news we get. —Marietta Journal. The Fulton County .Toe Brown Club may lx* “fake,” but it makes the Fulton County Hoke Smith Club look like thirty cents. —Macon County Citizen. Some of the prohibitionists say they have Joe Brown to thank for the opportunity to find out where Hoke Smith would stand on liquor. —Tattnall Journal. The Atlanta newspapers an nounce that Governor Smith spent ; a day at the capital. This is some thing to be thankful for, anyway. Probably he stopped there to draw ' his salary,—Rome Tribune-Herald. . The few straw ballots published by The Atlanta Journal in favor of that paper’s gubernatorial candi date look like weeping willows com pared with the broomstraw of two i years ago. —Columbus Enquirer- Sun. llofce Smith has been in his office only part of one day in two weeks, which prompts Tom Watson to sug gest that his salary should be re duced in the same proportion, if all the business of his office requires no more time. Really, it looks like he is treating his office with all the “contempt” lit' had stored up for 1 'Little .foe.'' Lawrcnceville News- Herald. What do the people of Georgia say to the fact that it has become necessary for Governor Smith to make a hand-to-hand canvass for Fulton county 's vote in the guber natorial primary? It would seem as if the governor should have no trouble in carrying the county in which he has lived for more than a quarter of a century, and where he is perhaps better known than any where else in the state. —Athens Banner. Several newspapers of the state have nothing more to say against Joe Brown than that the whisky men are all behind him. And yet we find the champion whisky law yer of the state introducing Hoke Smith to an Atlanta audience and in Macon the governor was present ed by T. S. Felder, the man who fought tlu* prohibition bill in the senate to the bitter end. There you have it. Gentlemen, where is your consistency, your sincerity? —Tur- ner County Banner. Pointed Paragraphs. \ bl ,:rle w g is fair but false. A man of letters ought to nav .1 for a spell, at least. • Too often a man's success leaves a bitter taste in his mouth. Great authors never use words that are larger than their ideas Every time a man's wife buys him a tie his vanity gets it in the neck. Some men keep their religion locked in a safe deposit vault six days of the week