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To the White Voters of the 27th Senatorial District of
Ga., composed of the Counties of Walton ,
Oconee and Barrow
Although I have been a candi
date for the Senate for a consider
able time, my duties as a member
of Ibe Legislature from. Harrow
county kept me constantly in ser
vice for the term which closed on
August 12th, thereby leaving me
for work in the district only about
three weeks and of course it is im
possible for me or any one else to
canvass three counties and see ev
en a good portion of seven thou
sand registered voters in that time
or in many other weeks. There
fore. I am compelled to seek your
hopport through the medium of tlie
press and other quick media. 1
wish I could see each voter in tier
sou and go over matters allccting
the situation hut it is impossible
under the conditions.
Should you decide to know any
thing of me personally. I was rear
ed in Social Circle, Walton county,
was educated in the schools there
and at Mercer University; have
studied and practiced law for over
twenty years during which time
1 was five years Judge of * ity
Court of Jefferson; am now Repre
sentative of Harrow county and
am now engaged in the practice ol
law at Winder and throughout
the Western Circuit.
In politics, it is usual to reward
a public servant by an endorse
ment of his public record if that
record is a reasonably satisfacto
ry one and 1 do not think the rule
should lie varied at this time. In
stead of asking to he returned to
the house 1 am asking that en
dorsement by promotion to the
Senate where there is a broader
field for service.
I am a good American and as
such 1 bold the Constitution of the
United States as the SUPREME
LAW OF Till' LAND, over and
above all other governmental ob
ligations and over and above all
other treaties made under it or
entered into by our government
and 1. like all other good Ameri
cans. believe in the Constitutional
guaranties of political, religious
and civil liberties, and that ihese
lights should be preserved at all
times and under all conditions and
that in preserving them our Con
stitution will itself he preserved
and kept supreme.
I am a good Southerner and as
siH-li still believe in the doctrine
of STATUS’ RIGHTS and as a
lieliever in that doctrine I fought
in committee, on the floor of the
House and voted against the infa
mous Susan H. Anthony Amend
ment to the Federal t oust it ut ion
as an invasion of the right of the
several States to fix their several
laws governing the right of suf
frage according to the peculiar
conditions of the States.
J am a good Georgian, to the ma-,
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nor born, and in my public service
to the State have tried to render
faithful and intelligent service on
all the matters that came before
the Legislature of 1919-1920 and
the press of the State concedes
that more diftieuult questions cam**
before that legislature than any
other since llic reconstruction era
and my record as a member ol that
body is open for the inspection of
all concerned and 1 stand squarely
on that record in every detail. I
was very fortunate, for anew mem
her, in *mv committee assign
ments, being a member of
a number of the important com-
mittees, including Education. Gen
eral Judiciary, Constitutional
Amendments. Appropriations. As
is well known to all who have ser
ved in the legislature, all of the
important legislation is worked
out and shaped in committee and
not on the floor of the House and
good committee assignments give
an opportunity for service in form
ing and shaping legislation before
it is finally reported to the Legis
lature for action. Asa candidate
for the Senate I respectfully sub
mit to the voters that one with
Ibis large and long public experi
ence is hv reason of that experi
ence Letter fitted to serve you in
matters affecting the State and
the citizens thereof; the home and
fireside ami the children. I have
had that experience ami 1 am sure
I can and will serve you aceptably
on all public questions that may
come before the Senate.
1. Asa member of the com
mittee on Education and as a mem
her of a special sub committee on
Education it was my pleasuure 1o
help revise the School Code w hich
is now in operation in (Jeorgia
and under which the school laws
of the State have greatly improv
ed so that the rural schools may
he made as .good as the city schools
ns soon as the rural high school
features of tlie law have been put
into operation and the school
terms lengthened as they will be
with the increased appropriations
for school purposes. After 1921
tht* common schools will receive by
LAW one half of the revenue of
the State and as it increases the
amount to the schools will auto-
matically increase. I helped to
pass that law. My record on all
educational matters for the benefit
of the school children of Georgia
is made and I stand on it. 1 fa
vored and still favor giving to the
common schools for the betterment
of the children of the State every
support possible in keeping with
the ability of the State.
‘J. 1 supported and voted for
every bill that came before the
House tending to improve agricul
tural conditions and rural life, iu-
THE BARROW TIMES, WINDER, CBORGIA.
I clouding a standard cotton grad
ing hill; latter common schools;
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.rural high schools; co-operative
associations: good roads to pro
imote agriculture and education;
bill to make all post roads public*
roads so that mails might he car
j vied at all times to all'parts of
the State; hill to support the mar
jket bureau so that the producer
might at all times have means of
I knowing the value of his produce;
the bonded warehouse legislation;
health laws to prevent spread of
[disease such as malaria, tuberculo
sis, influenza, smallpox, and other
like scourges ifrid many other hills
for the benefit of the masses.
:>. I supported the new banking
law that makes it almost impossi
ble for officers to mismanage a
hank or to defraud tlie depositors
and stockholdci s thereof. r l his law
is heralded as the hist hanking
law on the hooks of any of the*
States. I assisted in its pasage
and its final shaping up before the
1 louse.
1. I am an advocate of good
roads and helped in the passage of
the highway legislation that will
in a few years give to the State a
system of good roads from the
mountains to the sea. 1 voted for
the Knight resolution providing
for the distribution of the automo
bile tax hack in the several coun
ties of the State in proportion to
the post road mileage until such
time as the proposed bond issue
should he passed and ratified.
A. As a member of the commit
tee on (ieueral Judiciary and Con
stitutional Amendments it was my
duty to assist in passing upon the
legality of many hills and upon the
constitutionality of many propos-
cd amendments to the constitution
of Gcoigia. This work required
great diligence ainl also some le
gal knowledge.
ft. Asa member of the appro
priation Committee 1 tried at all
times 10 keep the appropriations
within the limits of the revenue of
the State and as a member of a
sub committee of five 1 was one of
the members of the House who met
with the Governor. I was one of
members of the House who met
with the Governor, the Comptrol
ler General, the Secretary of State,
the Treasurer, the Speaker of the
House and other officials to pass
upon many appropriations asked
for and to determine the condition
of the Treasury, and as a result of
the work of that sub-committee of
five of which 1 was a member, on
ly a very few absolutely necessary
appropriations were recommended
and nearly two millions of dollars
of appropriations asked for were
disapproved and this report was
sustained by the "General Appro
priations Committee and by the
1 louse in Committee of the whole.
This sub- < 'omniittee of five was
Hurl of Dougherty, Williams of
Walton, Anderson of Jenkins, Cov
ington of Colquitt and Johns of
Harrow.
7. lam of the opinion that we
have too much legislation; too
much tampering with the Consti
tution; too much enacting at one
session of laws to lie repealed at
the next; too much unsettling of
the business affairs of the state by
threatened revolutionary legisla
tion and that we spend too much
money for unnecessary frequent
sessions of the Legislature. More
than forty States have Legislative
sessions only every two years and
Alabama, adjoining us, lias a ses
sion every four years. The Govern
or can call an extra session should
emergency require it. I therefore,
favor and voted for the hill for bi
ennial sessions of the Legislature
to take effect in 1923. giving the
State time to adjust all affairs to
sessions every other year. This
would save the State $150,000.00
in legislative expense and would
save in addition many in
creases in salary expense and it
has been conservatively estimated
that the saving to the State would
he not less than $250,000.00 per
annum. One half of this saving
would automatically go. to the com
mon school fund and this sum
alone would materially lengthen
the school terms. 1 still favor bi
ennial sessions of the Legislature.
Every two years is enough.
8. 1 voted for the “Hlue Sky”
law which undertakes both by civ
il and criminal remedies to prevent
frauds being perpetuated on the
unsuspecting people who are umre-
customed to the means used to
commit fraud and to prevent so
many notes being taken through
out the country for worthless con
sideration and then transferred to
some bank or other innocent pur
chaser against whom the maker
can not defend. This hill will save
the people of the State thousands
of dollars from purchases of fraud
ulont stocks, patents, jewelry
schemes, etc.
9. 1 voted against the bill to
take from the people the right to
elect their judges. I know of no
reason why the people who elect
governors, congressmen, senators,
and other high officials should be
incompetent to elect the judges. 1
also, in keeping with this view, in
troduced a bill to make the office
of State Tax Commissioner elect
ive. The present official is ap
pointed hv the Governor for a
term of six years and this method
of appointment removes him too
far from the people whom he
serves.
10. Ho you want service based
LOCAL NEWS MENTION
Mr. and Mrs. Jno. 11. Shields vis
ited relatives in Bogart Tuesday.
Mr. S. G. Rutledge spent last
week with his son in Atlanta.
Mr. Lloyd Cleveland sepnt the
week-end with home-folks in El
berton.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Mill Iloseh vis
ited relatives at Ilosehton and Jef
ferson the past week-end.
Miss Lenora Iloseh and Mr. and
Mrs. W. Hill Iloseh were in
Athens shopping Monday.
Misses Lenora Iloseh and Hula
Hill, of Ilosehton, were guests of
Mr. and Mrs. W. Hill Iloseh last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Bagwell, of
Dallis, (la., are spending a few
days with Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Maxwell.
Miss Xitoeris Robinson of Ox
ford, is the expected guest of Mrs.
< Gear Kumrnerour next week.
Miss Mary Tarpley, of Chester,
is on a visit to her aunt, Mrs. W.
T. Robinson.
Master Eugene St. John has re
turned home after several months
visit to hos grandmother at Val
dosta.
Miss Fay Brock of Jefferson is
the attractive guest of Mrs. Eras
tus Smith at their home on Center
street.
The friends here of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert S. Higgins will be glad to
know that they are located in Win
der permanently. Mr. Higgins
will he associated with the Wil
liams < 'otton Cos.
BOLD COCK ROACH IS THE
CAUSE OF BIG HOORAY
A cock roach crawling up a la
dy’s leg came very near breaking
up the game Saturday between
the Atlanta and Memphis teams of
the Southern league at Ponce do
Leon park.
The lady was seated in an upper
tier of the grandstand. All of a
sudden she let out a scream of
terror and pain and leaped to her
feet and began to pull her skirt.
Men all over the grandstand walk
ed on top of each other to get a
view of what was happening. A
whole army of men in the bleach
ers rose out of their seats and tried
to climb across into the grand
stand.
“A rat!” screamed the woman,
at the top of her voice, still lift
ing her skirts and making frantic
efforts*to get her hands upon the
intruder.
Thjs slogan of alarm elect l ifted
the other women in her vicinity
in the grandstand. They jumped
to their feet and lifted their skirts.
The umpire forgot what was hap
pening on the field and ran to-
ward the grandstand to see what
w as happening up there. The play
ei*s quit their positions and follow
ed the umpire.
Finally the lady in convulsions
of fright succeeded in getting hold
of the tiling that was crawling due
north along her leg, and hauled
it out from under her dress with a
sort of sigh, then sank in her seat
on experience and proven (‘opac
ity to serve instead of promises
without any experience or record
to warrant fulfillment? If so, 1
will he glad to serve you and give
to your interests in the future all
the diligent study and care of
which I am capable. Promises are
easily* made; platforms are the
creatures of the imagination. Per
formance already done is a guaran
tee of future performance. An
ounce of performance and record
is worth a ton of promise and 1
respectfully submit to you my can
didacy asking at your bauds full
consideration on the day of elec
tion. If for lack of time 1 can
not see you, this is intended as a
personal visit and appeal to each
of you.
Yours for service,
G. A. JOHNS,
Winder, Ga.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 26. 1920.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Lay spent
Tuesday in Athens.
Miss Dorothy Hills spent the
week-end with home-folks in At
lanta.
Miss Lola Buchanan of Atlanta
is the attractive guest of Miss
Kathleen Wilson on Athens street.
Miss leie Smith spent the week
end in Jefferson with Miss Erma
Hancock.
Mrs. Della Mayne attended the
funeral of Mr. Sewell in Atlanta
Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. George Garner and
little girl, spent Tuesday in Ath
ens.
Mr. Rufus Groover, of Atlanta,
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Erast us Smith.
Mrs. Annie Jackson and Mrs.
Lillie Lamar spent Tuesday in
Athens with friends.
Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Fielding of
Macon have returned home after a
a visit to Mr. and Mrs. Sam Smith
and family.
Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Smith had as
their guests Sunday, Miss Clyde
Daniel and Mr. Jack Daniel, of
Athens.
Misses Hula John Hill, Latrelle
Hill, Lenora liosch of ilosehton,
and Mary Perry of Statham, were
the attractive guests of Mr. and
Mrs. 1. E. Jackson last wee-end.
Mr. and Mrs. James Wiley and
children and Miss Maude Mobley
of Social Circle and Mrs. Walker
Combs and children of Covington
spent several hours here Wednes
day with friends.
aiul closed lier eyes as though she
were going to faint.
Examination disclosed the fact
that the cause of her misery was
not a mouse, as she had thought,
hut one of those large and deliber
ate cock roadies that walk with a
slow tread. Every time the roach
put down one of its feet the lady
screamed and her experience left
her in quite an exhausted and pit
iable condition.
The game was resumed and play
ed to the finish—Journal.
Airs. M. G. Ethridge, of Atlan
ta, has returned home after sever
al days visit to her daughter, Mrs.
J. N. Summerour.
GOOD AY HIT E OAK COTTON
BASKETS AT GOFORTH BROS.
lIRW.j, Gainesville, Ga.
See the Rat Proof, Fire Proof,
Everlasting corn crib set up on ex
hibit at Woodruffs.
GOOD WHITE OAK COTTON
BASKETS AT GOFORTH BROS.
11 RAY., Gainesville, Ga.
WANT ED—Family to live in
house on Bankhead highway near
Carl to help gather cotton. AVill
furnish house and wood. Apply
to 1). I). Kesler, Winder, Ga.
GOOD WHITE OAK COTTON
BASKETS AT GOFORTH BROS.
11 RAY., Gainesville, Ga.
Take no chances, get a Rat Proof
Fire Proof and Lverla,sting corn
crib at Woodruffs.
It’s all ready to go to your
farm—the rat proof, lire proof, all
steel corn crib at Woodruffs.
Your corn is worth saving. See
our rat proof, fire proof, all steel
corn crib at Woodruffs.
FOR SALE.—Two Fords; one
1920 with starter; one without
starter. For bargains see me. —
Roy Hardigree.
WANTED.—Good, sound peach
seed; will pay .$2.50 per bushel. —
Harrow County Nursery, J. 11.
Jackson. Prop.