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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. K U HSC RII’TI OX Iv’A TKS One Year, • - - * Six Months, - * )( J Throe Months, - - *- >i) 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 t Winder. Ga. | BEST POLICIES. BEST RUES. mmediate and Careful All Losses Paid Attention Given all Promptly and W'ith- Airency M itters. out Discount. 1 Capital Stock, $50,00.00 Surplus, $20,000.00 The Winder Banking Cos. A name that stands for Financial Strength, 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. THE WINDER BANKING CO. WINDER, GEORGIA. NOT INTENDED TOR PUBLICATION. 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,