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BU ITS COUNTY PROGRESS VOLUME 26 WHAT OF TOM WATSON’S RACE Augusta Herald. In the big dust that is being raised by the big parties, espe cially since they have gotten to the stage where the president assails the personal character of the governor of a state and the governor of a state calls the president falsifyer by that short er, uglier word, many people are loseing sight altogether of the Georgia candidate for president and almost forgot that he is in the race. Mr. Hearst has come to Georgia with his candidates and was given notice on the front pages of the papers, but of Mr. Watson’s candidacy rarely is mention made. An occasional S lort line paragraph (usually to fie a shaft more or less tipped in venom) and a short news no tice in one of the Atlanta papers sent in by a state correspondent and reciting the fact that Mr. Watson had been in this town and made a speech, is about all that appears in the papers about his campaign. People who read the daily papers only are led by this to think that his campaign doesn’t amount to much, and that a few thousand votes is all that he will get. And this may be the case. But then it may turn out that the good people who have hugg ed this belief in perfect confi dence have a rude awakening coming to them when the votes shall be counted. For let it be known that Tom Watson is push ing his campaign, Pathetic it may appear, this campaign being made by one man for an office to which he ad mits himself that he cannot be elected; campaigning only in one state out of the forty-six which together must elect the presi dent; without any outside aid, without an organized party be hind him, without a campaign fund and without a single paper te help him fight his battle. This is what Tom Watson ts doing. In any other man it would appear Quixotic, but with him it is not. He purposes to carry this state or come so near it that it will be plain that with only a little help he could have done it; and it is not at all certain that in this he will not sacceed. He is stumping the state and making speeches almost every day. These meetings are adver vertised only in his own paper and from these notices it may be seen that he is covering the whole state. And the people go to hear him at these meetings the almost invariable report is “large attendance but no ert] thusiasm”. But this may be re y membered in connection with these meetings and these reports Tom Watson has campaigned his home state too often and knows the people to whom he speaks too well to continue the arduous work of continous speech-making if he found the result disappointing. The fruit of these speeches will be seen when the returns of the election come in. Through the Farmers’ Union, not officially but socially, Mr. Watson is in close touch with the farmers, who are largely old populists. They are quiet people That happiness is found within this bank, not without, is attested by our happy and satisfied depositors and patrons. To this end we might submit an avalanche of facts attesting our su- periority. these is that we’re ganized as bank in tion With tery of detail for the handling of every kind of legitimate banking, we extend you a warm welcome to call with any business in our line. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF JACKSON GEORGIA STATE FAIR MACON, GA. * October 27 —November 7 Very Low Rates VIA SOUTHERN RAILWAY Tickets will be sold daily from October 27 to November 6 inclusive and for trains scheduled to arrive Macon before noon Novemper 7. from all stations on the Southern Railway in Georgia and from Jacksonville, Fla. Tickets limited to Nov. 9. 1908. For further information ask Southery Ry. Agents, or write to J. L, MEEK, A, G. P. A. Atlanta G. R. PETTIT, T. P. A. Atlanta Macon, Ga. JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1908. i who do not make much fuss, but who make up their minds how they will vote and then vote that way in spite of all that muy lie done or said. And this is the class of voters who will march to ! the polls on Nov. 3 and vote, not for Bryan or Taft, not for Hig sen or Chafin, not for either of the socialist candidates, but for the Georgia candidate, the Hon. Thos. E. Watson. Advices have been received in Augusta from sources that are regarded as well informed and reliable, and not deluded by im HAPPINESS : FOUND WITHIN Among the fact earlier or a national your sec t h e mas- partiality for’Watson, that he is practically certain of a majority in six counties of this congress ional district. And while this is his home district he may be ex pected to poll an equally large vote in other sections of the state. That Mr. Watson will get a plurality of the votes nobody seems to believe. But that he will poll a much larger vote than some people now think is certain. HOW GEORGIA DISPOSES OF CONVICTS Under the terms of the new convict law adopted by the gen eral assembly Saturday Sept. 19, the 2,400 misdemeanor con victs and the 2006 felony con victs which the State has to handle are disposed of as follows The counties are forced to maintain and work the misde meanor convicts, each county taking the number of its con victs. The counties are allowed to buy or lease farms upon which both the misdemeanor and felony convicts may be worked in order to raise supplies for the road work it may be engaged upon. Counties desiring to work their quota of felony convicts convicts upon the roads must notify the prison commission not later than Feb. 10, 1907, and an nually thereafter before that date. After this first distribu tion is made to counties desiring to work their quota, then coun ties desiring more may apply to the commission and will have them without cost, except that an equal amount of convict labor is to be returned to counties fur nishing the convicts when those counties are ready to work their roads. Two or more counties may combine into districts and work their convicts together, alternat ing in the use of the gangs. The prison commission, when in funds, is to organize and equip road gangs for working roads in counties not able to maintain their own gangs. Municipalities are to be allow ed to hire any number of con victs they want, at SIOO per year The prison commission may with the consent of the governor buy or lease for five years addi tional farms upon which to work convicts. Each State institution may have the use of fifty con victs when it desires them. If any felony convicts remain after these plans have beeu ex hausted, the governor and the commission may dispose of them (felony convicts only) as they think the best interest of the state demands, for a period of not more than one year after March 31, and Jto individual or corporation the amount of labor a convict may perform in a day. # The commission is made a bu reau of information for road building and four road supervis ors are provided to aid the coun ties in road work. CEDAR ROCK LOCAL, NO. 1232. In memory of onr Fraternal Brother, Ethadus Burford. For him him it is ensugh that as a brother forgiving all, loving all. facing death without a shud der, and bowing humbly before Him who giveth and recalleth life, he sank into slumber there to be judged as the quick and the dead. To those who loved him it seemed sad, while it pleased God to lay the task of life apon his neck. He now rests from labor, and the hand of the devoted cbm panion of his will press lightly upon his head—the hands on earth no more. Asa fraternal brother, we feel that earth never took back to her bosom a truer child. The world knows not, and cannot know, what magical power is in that name to those who loved him. But the world knows this: That young as he was he had proved himself to be manly. If we are not a partial judge, if the memory cf these years of friendship rooted in the imper ishable association of this brother shaken by never a passing doubt of his good faith, his love of right, his generosity, his self-devotion, darkened by not even a look we could wish to forget, or a word we could wish unsaid. To his loved ones, if his death has brought a night of sorrow, though which we are feeble, yet remember God judges us as out of the depth of the deepC J. O. Gaston, J. M. Gaston, R. L. McMichael. Committee. FOR GUARDIANSHIP. Georgia, Butts County. To all whom it my concern: S. E. Jones having applied for Guardianship of the property of Mrs. Rosa Vickers, a Lunatic widow of Jacob Vickers, late of said county, deceased, notice is given that said application will be heard at my office at ten o’clock A. M. on the first Monday in No vember next. This, September 24, % 1908. J. H. HAM, Ordinary. Lives of.poor men oft remind us of honest toil don’t stand a chance; the more we work we leave behind bigger patches on our pants. On our pants once new new and glossy now are patches of different hue; all because sub scribers linger and won't pay up what is due. Then let all be up and doing; send in you mite be it e'er so small, or when tl*e blasts of winter strike us we shall have no pants at all. * *■ ■‘Jk MB Eft 44