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THE PROGRESS VAN WILHITE, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. Subscription SI.OO Per Yr. r 1 1 ' Advertising Kates Furnished On Application. mushed ewrv Chursday. Entered aH eecond-cIaHS matter, Novem ber 8, 1907, at the postoffloe at Jackson, Ga. under ac tof Congress of March 3, 1879. TELEPHONE NUMBER 166 Well, reckon Hoke caused the Griffin cyclone, too. Why not allow Mr. Smith the same length of time in which to accomplish his reforms as we have allowed his predecessors to accomplish theirs—two terms? Hoke Smith is the only govern or Georgia has ever had who has given the teachers the attention which is due them from the state. He is the only governor who has stood by the teachers at his own sacrifice —and the teachers—both women and men—should stand by him. Pensions will be paid in lump sums just as soon as possible —no matter who’s elected. It is the widest folly conceivable to sup pose that Joe Brown can cause .the lump sum payments any sooner than Mr. Smith. In fact the latter seems just a little more anxious to do so than the former. What moral right have moul ders of public opinion like The Atlanta Journal and Constitution to encourage and sanction gamb ling by holding stakes? “Dia mond Dick” or “Jesse James” are equally as good literature for a child to read as our daily papers, if they are going to en tourage our worst vices. The latest eruption of the liquor gang in the way of a liter ary production, which The Pro gress has received, is entitled ‘‘‘Beer as the Chief Ally of Tem perance.” The first sentence of this wonderful asservation is taken from a preacher—negro loving, South-hating Beecher— who says he has a right to drink whiskey. Brown and prohibition are—But cease, be still. Let no body mention liquor but the liquor gang. Respectable people will vote for Joe Brown and Brown, himself, so far as we know, may be a respectable man. But if the real truth were known it might develop that many of the Brown men are ashamed of their candi date. For instance, a drummer in Jackson the other day told this story: “While in Atlanta a few , days ago I saw 'Joe Brown pass ing along the side walk. Near where Brown was passing I saw a man swinging on to a telephone post for support and nearly kill ing himself a-laughing. I step ped up to his side and said ‘Friend what’s so funny? The fellow pointed to Brown and said: Just to think we are going to beat .Hoke Smith with that thing.” WHY NOT SMITH? Can the friends of the Hon. Joe Brown who are so anxious to see Hoke Smith defeated at the next primary give one good reason why Hoke Smith should not be elected, as is customary to elect governors, for another term? Amid all the matter that has filled the papers for some time, we have been unable to see one good reason set for th why Smith should not be elected. Not even the Macon Tele graph with all its hatred for the present governor is able, to give one sensible reason why he should not be elected again. It is a very easy matter to charge a man with not having done a thousand or two things, but it does not take a very close observer to discover that Hoke Smith is not fought so hard for what he has not done, but for what he has had much to do in bringing to pass. The forces behind Brown are not the forces that want to do what they claim Smith has not done, but are the forces that want to undo what Smith has done. If this moneyed power had any desire to benefit the coun try, if its intentions were really good, not evil, then a stronger man than Joe Brown would be selected to run for governor. As it is, the influence that supports Brown wants a tool, not a governor, wants a man that can be directed, not a man that directs. A man that fails to manage his own personal affairs correctly and successfully, is certainly not the proper one to place at the head of the affairs of the great state of Georgia. Hoke Smith is conceded to be one of the greatest men intel lectually that the south has produced. Intellect is one essential. He is conceded to be one of the best business men in the state. Business qualification is another essential. He has gone as far as any man could go in putting into effect his promises. We need a man with power and influence enough to do things. LEST YOU FORGET. , Do not borrow your neighbor’s Progress, but subscribe for it yourself and in this way help yourself and your county by helping us to bear our expenses in giving the people a paper worth while. It costs “like rips” to publish the kind of a paper we are now furnishing the people and we therefore need your support. We could cut down our expenses—we could decrease the number of printers —we could go back to the old one-sided, patent sheet and thus join the ranks of sorry newspapers— we could print three or four inches of news and fill the rest of the paper up with old worn out cuts and nasty, fakey medical advertisements, and thus continue to exist. Yes, we could do all this and worse. It is not a question of existence, but a question whether the people will help us to give them the kind of a newspaper they want and need. The ideals of The Progress are higher than that of mere spreading and smearing and splotching of ink on white paper, and if we cannot do a little better than this we will hang up the fiddle and the bow and pass on. “Doubt thou the stars are fire Doubt that the sun doth move, Doubt truth to be a liar’ ’ but never doubt that The Progress is no exception to the gen eral rule that in the business world, especially, it takes the coin to make the “mare go round.” REPLY TO A. H. S. DAVIS. “When cows and mules ride bicycles, And men eat grass and rocks; When turtles shed their shells and fiy, And bull-frogs wear silk frocks; When elephants roost upon trees, And cat-fish eat ice cream: When snails and chinches study art, And rivers flow up stream; When humming-birds bray like donkeys, And fire-dogs wag their tails; When women get to church on time, And earth-worms feed on quails; When wool grows on hydraulic rams, And three times one are eight; When foxes lay eggs in the sand, And black snakes walk up straight; When tadpoles swallow buffaloes, And eagles hate to soar; When female lions are tame as hens, And roosters learn to roar.” When “Uncle Steve” learns to write poems, And gold is made of tin; Then Joe Brown will be governor— And not till then. —A Voter. Now that prohibition is a dear issue, as the papers say, let the liquor gangs quit sending out their liquor literature. The Pro gress has received more than one of Ithese lengthy asseverations which have flooded the state. We have not received any temper ance literature, and the man who denies that the liquor interests! have not been trying to influence public sentiment in their favor does not know what he is talking about. Gentle voter, did you notice] that account of the Republican Convention up in the Seventh District, as reported in the daily press, where the negro chairman urged all the negroes to be at the poll June 4th, urging their white friends to vote for Joe Brown? Wouldn’t that be a picture though? NOBODY in Georgia will stand that except the whiskey election in Georgia. All decent Joe Brown men, and there are not a few, will resent it as heart ily as do all Hoke Smith men. Covington Enterprise. Business and visiting cards a specialty at the Progress office. Straw Hats 50 per cent off We have closed a deal with one of the hat houses in the United States for a big lot of straws at 50 Cents in the dollar—prices ranging from 19 cents to $15.00. Panamas! Panamas! The chance of your life to get a genuine Panama at about half price. THE i L HLLEN TWIG GO. FLO VILLA, GA. GO TO Middle Georgia Lumber and Man’g Cos. H. F. GILMORE, Manager FOR ALL KINDS OF BUILDING MATERIALS FOR GOOD WORK AND LOW PRICES Flooring, 95c per hundred: No. 2. Shingles, $1.65 per thousand and No 1 Shingle at $3.75. We make all kinds of Sash, Doors, Blinds, Screens, all kinds of mouldings, brackets, baluster, etc. All kinds of turned and sawed work. See us when you want any building material. Pianos and Organs I wish to inform the public that I am rep resenting the well-known and reliable “THE CABLE COMPANY” selling their high-grade Pianos and ■ Or gans and can give lowest prices and easy terms. Those contemplating buying either will do well to see me before buy ing. Call on or write to JACOB T. MAYO, - Jackson, Ga. T Pea-Dropper AND SAVE Jjh TIME AND MONEY Peas are high in price Jr M&i’} and you can save enough Mw in one day’s planting to / pay for the dropper. We // ‘Mm sell the GRIFFITH Pea / 11 Dropper, the best made. PRICE OJSTEY I _Sl : 2s__ Ham & Carter Cos.