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WINDER WEEKLY NEWS
Published Kv< ry Thursday Evening
UonKirr 0 Ross, Editor.
(i, I). RoSS, A-' 1 *ri;vtc.
Entered at the Post office at Winder, Oa.
as second class mail matter.
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Thursday, May 21, 1908.
Itds an- living made at \\ aveioss
that Governor Smith will not re
ceive five (5) votes in Charlton
county.
The S.vlvania Herald is evidently
for Mr. Brown. It seems to lean in
that direction, while I lie Atlanta
Journal is most likely in favor of
I hike’s re-election.
Freight rates have been reduced on
face powder, and today the ladies
of Jackson county have special in
vitation to he present and encore
our handsome governor for this
great saving to farmers of the coun
try counties.
\V. S. Weir and ,1. J. Hobby
have been extensively <|noted dur
in this campaign. They are print
ers on The Atlanta Journal and
Joseph had a lucrative position in
Washington when Cleveland was
president. They each have large
families in a crowded city, so par-
don their display of gratitude.
The Atlanta Journal of Sunday
printed a long list of a \\ imler
Hoke Smith club. Hog take our
eats if we had any idea there wen 1
so many Winder folks whom we
had never met. We want to get
acquainted fellow townsmen. Pay
our office a call some afternoon be
fore you take a suburban train.
A special gospel train passed
through W inder Sunday with Bcv.
Harlow as conductor and twenty
four hoys and girls elimlx'd aboard.
A few days ago the Baptist special
gathered many passengers at this
station. A little later the Methodist
accommodation is scheduled to ar
rive. Should you miss the special
take the accommodation. 1 hey are
all bound for the same It rminal
station in glory land.
The Ninth district has been
aroused oyer the action of the State
Executive Committee in adopting
the blanket vote system for the
nomination of state officers. Ibis
action, if carried to its logical con
clusion, will lead to a reduction in
the representation of the country
counties or an increase of the rep
resentation of the city counties in
the lower house, and measures hik
ing to this end arc likely to come
before the next general assembly,
in case Governor Smith is re-elected.
We believe it is time for those ask
ing for the suffrage of the people
t,o stand from under on this ques
tion. This is a matter which is of
vital importance to Jackson county
and the Ninth district and the
clam season is over. Lack of op
position is no excuse for such om
inous silence. We would gladly
publish the views of either of Jack
son's aspirants for representative on
this subject free of charge, and Wl .
express the faith that is within
when we say we telwve Brother
Shannon, of The Commerce News,
w ,>uld do likewise. The eyes of the
~vt.ra m on v<JO, gentlemen- More
-IS A GENTLEMAN OE THE HIGHEST
TYPE.”
Marietta, Ga., May IS, 1008.
To tlu' People of < ieorgia :
Jn view of the great variety of
attacks that have been made upon
the habits, character, qualities and
endowments of the Hon. Joseph M.
Brown, a few words from his neigh
bors should not be out of place.
This is the homo of Mr. Brown.
He has lived among us for seven
teen years, and until his recent en
try as a candidate for governor,
there has never been a word against
his integrity, morals, habits or cap
abilities, but on the contrary, was
universally esteemed as a man of
exemplary habits, strictest morals,
rich endowments and a Christian
gentleman of the highest type. No
man in our county has been more
liberal in the support of the church
es and their interests than lie. A
few years since lie gave about •f.‘>,500
t<>‘the building of the Marietta Bap
tist church*, of which he was not a
member, being a member of the
Second Baptist church, Atlanta.
He has always Ixvti liU-ral in all
charity work-
He is quiet, modest and unas
suming, hut with it all a man of
great firmness in maintaining what
he believes to be right. Likewise,
lie is strong in stating and defend
ing his positions, He is largely en
dowed with that discriminating
judgment for which his distinguish
ed father was so noted. He has the
discretion to judge what is right
and the firmness and power to de
fend it.
We ladiove if the people of Geor
gia honor Mr. Brown he will make
them a conservative, conscientious,
impartial and faithful governor.
We bespeak for his candidacy a fa
vorable consideration. We are,
Very truly yours,
K. H. Northeutt, President Mari
etta Knitting Company.
A. V. Cortelvou, President the
Kennesaw Marble Company.
.1 W. Clover, President (Mover
Machine Works.
J. J. Black, General Manager .1.
.1. Black Lumber Company.
K. P. Green, President Marietta
('aiming Company.
IL E. Butler, President Butler
Marble and Granite Company.
Moultrie M. Sessions, President
Georgia Mfg. and Public Service
Company.
REASON H)R CHANGE.
Here it is! It doesn’t refer either
to Smith or Brown. It is from Tin*
Moultrie Observer and merely ex
plains why the popular vote rub*
should prevail. Take this little pill
and think of the hitter medicine
yet to come:
“It is very natural that those
north Georgia counties should hold
a convention and protest against
the present blanket primary sys
tem. These counties have manip
ulated the politics of the state for
fifty years by virtue of the fact that
they are small and numerous and
that they can override the large
counties wi.ere the politicians have
less intluenee and where the use of
money is not so effective because
there are not so many to buy. Of
course these small counties, domi
nated by a few court house politi
cians, are not going to relinquish
their‘good thing' without a tight-
We U'lieve. however, that the pres
ent system i- right and right will
prevail.
The counties of the Ninth dis
trict are sized b\ the number of
votes east, and not by the territory
covered and are numbered among
the country counties of Georgia.
Does the Observer mean to say that
since the negro has U*en disfran
chised the farmers constitute the
purchasable voters of the state?
We’ve J* en requested to write an
essay on the subject of “Mud.”,
fire Insurance.
Life Insurance.
Accident Insurance.
Casualty Insurance.
Surety A fidel
ity Bunds.
PRESS COMMENT ON
RACE fOR GOVFRNOR
Tallapoosa Times: Smith's cam
paign of ridicule is proving worth
less. _
Fort \ alley Leader: W hich shall
it be, Brown and Bread, or Hoke
and Hunger?
Sandersville News: Why not The
Atlanta Journal publish the Hoke
Smith club list and end the mat
ter?
The Marietta Journal: Coweta
count v now has a Joe Brown club of
nearly 1,500. And Joe goes march
ing on to victory.
Atlanta Constitution: That was
an enterprising member of the An
anias club who killed a Georgia rat
tlesnake wearing ten rattles and two
campaign buttons.
Augusta Chronicle: In two col
umns of “Comments on the Gov
ernorship,' clipped by the Atlanta
Journal, The Alpharetta Free Press
is quoted live times. Ihe I’i’co Pres.-
is not for Joe Brown.
Valdosta Times: The farmers
have not saved 50c a hale on cotton
as was promised thorn in freight
rates, hut they have lost about 810
a hale as one of the results of the
war on foreign capital.
The little Brown Booster said to the
big Smith Hen,
“Haven’t seen you around the cap
itol in I don’t know when.”
The big Smith Hen said to the lit
tle Brown Booster,
“The capitol doesn’t need me as bad
as it used to.”
—Macon Telegraph.
Watson’s Jeffersonian: Was it a
victory for the people when the
Constitution of this state and the
practice of a century were revolu
tionized by the Hoke Smith com
mittee, in order that the four big
cities might wield a political superi
ority denied them by the Constitu
tion which Hoke Smith is sworn
to uphold?
Clarkesville Advertiser: Hoke
Smith’s war on foreign capital was
from the first nothing but a grand
stand play appealing to prejudice
and ignorance. Every thinking man
must know that notwithstanding
the wonderful courage and energy
of the southern people after the
wreckage of the war they could not
possibly have made Georgia the
great state she is today. Claying on
prejudice is a small business.
The Uawreneevillc News-Herald:
The S,OOO Brown club of Fulton
county shows up tlie scab “Direc
tory’’ to the queen’s taste. In
stead of being accurate and oven
approximately full, it shows "that
there are 7,000 to 8,000 working
men in the eitv, who are entitled to
vote, whose names do not appear
in it, and who persistently refuse
to have them printed in it. These
“missing men will be on hand in
full force on June 4th.
Office Office Telephone No. 1,
Smith & Carithers B'l'd'K. Residence ’Phone No. 12
F. W. Bondurant,
GENERAL INSURANCE AGENCY
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Winder. Ga.
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Attention Given all Promptly and W'ith-
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and that measure of Commercial Growth and
Development consistent with the Rules of
Sound Banking.
1 nder control of a Board of Directors compos
ed of representative business men, men of
Sound financial worth and moral integrity.
All business intrusted to us given prompt,
accurate and careful attention.
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WINDER, GEORGIA.
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Now listen!
A private letter to the editor
from a friend in Atlanta says: “On
the afternoon of the 4th instant,The
Jofirnal at great length and with
severity arraigned Little Joe Brown
for business •incapacity, while the
same issue announced the failure of
Gray A" McGowan for $1,250,000.
“I was with Little Joe Brown at
his headquarters when the failure
was announced. The only moment
of sadness l have seen depicted on
,his countenance since his announce -
ment for governor was at that mo
ment, and 1 heard his magnan
imous answer: ‘I am greatly grieved
to hear of Mr. Gray 's misfortune,
and I sympathize with him find his
estimable family. I'would write the
same to Air. Gray if 1 knew he
would receive it as I feel it in my
heart.’ ”
There’s the man.
He did not know but what Mr.
Gray would misinterpret bis inten
tions and that there would be an
other returned and unopened letter.
It is a hard job to cleanse polities,
but Joe Brown’s words, actions and
example during this campaign have
gone a long way in that direction.
Provoked by wicked assaults to
make hot answers, more than any
candidate we have ever known, he
maintains the best amidmost serene
equilibrium we have ever seen un
der the circumstances, and the cir
cumstances arc remarkable for vio
lence of attack and personal abuse.
(inly the other day at Sylvester his
apponent said that he ran two years
ago against five men; this year he
is “running against nobody.
And “Nobody” has him skinned
seven city blocks. —Macon rele
graph.
For the information of our read
ers and for the benefit of members
of the Kxccutive Committee of Jack
son county, we publish paragraph
15 of the Rules governing the hold
ing of the State Primary of DOS:
“ r Phe county Democratic Execu
tive committee in appointing the
managers and clerks for said Dem
ocratic primaries herein provided
for, shall select the same* at least
ten da vs before the primary, and
as far as practicable in selecting
such .managers and clerks, give rep
resentation to contesting candi
dates.”
Fire Companies
Continental Ins. Cos.. N. Y.
Hartford Fire of Hartford, Conn.
Liverpool & London & Globe o? N. O.
German American Ins. Cos.. N. Y.
Athens Mutual Fire Ins. Cos,. Ga.
Winchester Fire Ins. Cos.. N. Y.
Hanover Fire of N. Y.
Caladonian Fire of N. Y.
Dixie Fire of N. C.
Accident Cmpanies.
Metropolitan of N. Y.
North American of Chicago.
Casualty C mpany.
United States Casualty of N. Y.
Life Companies.
State Life of Indiana
Bonds.
United Surety Cos., of Md.
TO THE VOTERS OF THE WEST
ERN CIRCUIT.
The race for solicitor is fast draw
ing to a close and with every pros
pect of victory for myself.
I have been canvassing and speak
ing every day for more than three
months and with all this L have
unable to reach every voter
face to face as I desired.
Wherever the people have under
stood what I stand for in this race
they have endorsed it, showing that
the people are clearly against the
iniquitous fee system when they see
it as it is. Even my opponents
have been driven from their posi
tion in favor of the system of “legal
graft" to say that they would “ac
cept the office” if put upon the
salary basis. They are willing now
to take it either way, but do they
deserve any credit for the straddle
position they now occupy, having
liePTi driven to it by public senti
ment.
My opponents are now flooding
the mail with their personal letters
and literature —beseeching the suf
frage of the people. They both
hold good paying offices at present
and are well fixed in this world’s
goods beside, and therefore can af
ford to spend several thousand dol
lars to secure the solicitorship.
With me it is different. 1 am not
able to write all the voters of this
circuit. The expense of sending out
one letter to each voter in the cir
cuit would cost six to seven hun
dred do]lare, and if you put in a
stamped envelop for reply it would
! cost over one thousand dollars. No
one who doesn’t have a good fat of
fice or plenty of money could af
ford this and if he has either he
doesn’t need the solicitorship.
In sending out this message
j through the press of the circuit I
!am trusting to reach each voter,
land I appeal to you individually to
help me in my tight against the fee
I system. If lam elected it will add
| enough strength to pass the hill now
pending and save the state annu
ally 8150,000. 1 want to appeal to
each of you who see this question
as I do to go to the polls on the 4th
of June and east your ballot for me
and lend your influence to the fur
therance of the cause.
I will eyer be grateful for any
help given me in this fight. Yours
to serve, M. D. Irw in.
Lawrenseville, Ga., May 18, 1908,