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ANNOUNCEMENTS
The friends ofJ. C. Jones, of Jack
son, announce his name as a candidate
tfor Representative from Butts county,
in Uie Democratic primary <>f Septeni
l)er 12. All sujtpoVt accorded hint will
Ik* appreciated.
FOR CONGRESS
J am a candidate lor the Democratic
nomination for Congress for the Sixth
Congressional District of Georgia, sul>-
ject to such rules and regulations as the
Executive Committee may provide
governing the primary.
I appreciate the past kindness of the
people of the district to me, and assure
you that I will lie very grateful for your
Support.
J. W. WISE.
FOR SOLICITOR-GENERAL
I am a candidate for re-election as
Solicitor-General of the Flint Circuit,
Subject to the rules and regulations of
the coming Democratic primary. I
appreciate the past kindness of the peo
ple of the Circuit to me and solicit and
will be very grateful for your support.
K. M. Owen.
FOR JUDGE SUPERIOR COURT
To the Democrats of the Flint Circuit:
I laving served a year of the unex
pired term of the lamented Judge Rob
ert T. Daniel as J udge of the Superior
ijourts of this Circuit, I announce my
flf a candidate for election for the re
mainder of this term, subject to the
primary of September 12th, 1016.
I will appreciate the support and
votes of all voters in this primary.
Respectfully Yours,
Win. E. H. Searcy, Jr.
Gridin, Ga., July 10th, 1916.
Well, it’s practically all over
but the shouting—and the crow,
A PROCLAMATION
•effinlttiiiK a proposed a.riiendietit to
•fa* Constitution ol Georgia, to be voted
da lit the general election to be held on
TtSoielay, November 7, 1916, Maid anienU
■Mnt to amend Article . Section 13,
JhuAjfraph 3, of the Constitution, in ref
4ram to abolishing tees of the Solicitor
4peerals.
liy HU Excellency,
NAT E. HARRIS, Governor.
State of Georgia,
Executive Department,
August 38, 1916.
fVhereaa the Genera. Assembly at Us
aeMlun In llllli proposed an amendment
to the Constitution of this State as set
forth in an act approved August 18,
I*l4. to wit:
AN ACT
To amend Article , Section IS, Para
wraph 2, of the Constitution of tilts
so as to authorize the General
Assembly, by a majority vote of each
branch, at Hiiy time, to abolish the fees
as present accruing to the office of So
licitor General, in any particular Judi
cial Circuit, and in lieu thereof to pre
scribe a salary for such office, In addi
tion to the salary prescribed In para
graph 1, pf said section, pf said Article,
ano without regal'd to the uniformity
M such salaries in the various circuits;
and to authorize the General Assembly
to determine what disposition shall be
Amnio of the tines, forfeitures and fees
accruing to the office of Solicitor Uen
arai, in any Judicial Circuit, where the
#rcN are abolished; and for other pur
pones.
Meet ion 1. Be it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of Georgia, and it Is
faereby enacted by the authority of the
Annie, that Article 6, Section 13, l 'am-
Ira jih 2, of the Constitution of Georgia.
e amended by adding at the end of
said paragraph 2, the following words:
“•Provided, however. That the General
Assembly shall have power, at any time,
fay a majority vote of each branch, to
abolish the fees accruing to the office of
Solicitor General, in any particular Ju
dicial Circuit, unit in lieu thereof, to
prescribe a salary for such office, in ad
dition to the salary proscribed in para-
A'livph i of this section of tills Article,
nd without regard to the uniformity of
Audi salaries in the various circuits;
Arid shall have the further power to de
termine what disposition shall he made
Of the flues, forfeitures and fees accru
ing to the office of Solicitor General, in
Any such Judicial Circuit, where the
foe.s arc abolishedso that said para
graph 2, of said section, of said Article,
when so amended, will rear! as follows:
“Paragraph 2. The General Assembly
*u>y at any time, by a two-thirds vote
of each branch, prescribe other and dit
ferent salaries for any or all of the
uhove officers, hut no such change shall
pfTtaot the officers then in commission:
Provided, however, That the General \s
jM-mhly shall have power, at any time,
by a majority vote of each branch, to
Abolish the fees at present accruing to
the office of Solicitor General, in any
particular Judicial Circuit, and in lieu
thereof, to prescribe* a salary tor such
office, in addition to the salary pre-
Acribed in paragraph 1 of this section of
aids Article, and without regard to the
uniformity of such salaries in the va
rious circuits; and shall have the fur
ther power to determine what disposi
tion shall be made of the lines, for
feitures and fees accruing to the office
Ut General, in any such Jud -
rial Circuit, where the fees are abol
pihod ’
Bh\ 2. He It further enacted, that
|t this amendment shall no agreed to by
two-thirds of tin* members of the Gen-
Ami Assembly of each House, the same
ptuill bo entorod on their Journals with
the yeas and nays taken thereon, and
the Governor shall cause the amend
ment to be published in one or more of
the newspapers in each Congressional
fxistriet for at least two months imme
eliAiely preceding the next general elec
tion. and the same shall be submitted to
b* people at the next general election.
And the voters thereat shall have writ
ten w printed on their ballots For rat-
AArMlon of amendment to Paragraph
Af Skection 13. of Article 6. of the t on- •
AtKutlnn of this State, abolishing fees
Af Solicitors General." or "Against rati
letHon of amendment to Paragraph a, of
fiacition 18, of Article 6. of the Conatitu
flen •( this State, abolishing fees of
■AMettors General" as they may choose,
Asei ff a majority of the electors qual-
Se vote for members of the next
il Assembly, voting, shall vote In
of ratlflcwUon, as shown by the
tattoo thereof and returns made
r provided by law In election* tot
J. D. F2IC2 13 NOT A
FRIEND OF THE
FARMER.
“The present administra
tion of the Georgia Agricul
tural Department is the only
such Department in the
Southern States that doe3
not co-operate with the Far
mers Union or Farmers
State Organizations.
(Signed)
“CHAS. S. BARRETT,
“Pres. Nat’l Farmers
Union.”
VOTE FOR J. J. BROWN
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members of the General Assembly, then
said amendment shall become a part of
said Article 6, Section 13, Paragraph 2,
of the Constitution of this State, and
the Governor shall make jiroclamation
thereof.
Sec. 3. He it further enacted, that
all laws and parts of laws in conflict
with this act be, and the same are,
hereby repealed.
Now, therefore, I, Nat K. Harris, Gov
ernor of said State, do issue this my
proclamation hereby declaring that the
foregoing proposed amendment to the
Constitution is submitted for ratifica
tion or rejection to the voters of the
State qualified to vote for members of
the General Assembly at the general
election to be held on Tuesday, Novem
ber 7, 1916.
N. E. HARRIS, Governor.
By the Governor:
PHILIP COOK, Secretary of State.
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INEFFICIENCY CAUSES LOSS OF
OVER $10,000,000 TO PEOPLE
— E. P. Dobbs
Marietta, G. —E. P. Dobbs, state
senator from the 35th district, well
known and successful business man,
and a candidate for the office of comp
troller general, which Includes insur
ance commissioner, before the voters of
Georgia in the primary of September
12, has issued the following direct and
positive statement to the people of
Georgia:
To the Public;
Since my announcement for the of
fice of Comptroller General and In
surance Commissioner my mails have
been flooded with complaints from cit
izens who have been robbed, either as
stockholders, certificate holders or as
policy holders by someone of a dozen
different Life or Fire Insurance Com
panies organized in this State and
therefore under the inspection and
control of the present incumbent, VV.
A. Wright.
So numerous and so pitiful did these
complaints become that I caused an
examination of the records of that
office to be made, and 1 am astounded
at what has been uncovered.
The Results Stagger Belief.
Why should any Insurance Company
be fraudulently organized, or if legal
ly formed, bo permitted to fraudulent
ly continue business while insolvent,
to the hurt of our citizens? Which is
insufficient, —the Law or the Official?
Since 1887 the law requires SIOO,-
000 of money to be subscribed in good
faith and actually paid in before the
Company can do an insurance busi
ness. It gives the Insurance Commis
sioner the power to demand all pa
pers, examine under oath the officers
of the Company, send expert account
ants to inspect every book and docu
ment and requires, under oath, an
nual reports. What is wrong with the
Law ?
Why then should the people of Geor
gia be cheated by cheap juggletry,
either through fratidulently organized
or fraudulently conducted Insurance
Companies ?
But they have been to an extent
unequalled in the history of any State.
Look at the list of Insurance Com
panies that have been either fraudu
lently organized or fraudulently al
lowed to operate while grossly insolv
ent, during the past ten years of W.
A. Wright’s management.
Here it Is.
1. Rome Insurance Cos. .$ 600,000.00
2. Cosmopolitan Life. . 667,700.00
3. National Assurance Cos. 475,000.00
4. State Mutual Life . . . 1,600,000.00
5. Great Sou. Acc. &
Fidelity 225,000.00
6. Cherokee Life .... 1.300,000.00
7. The Empire Life . . 1.500,000.00
WJ4Y not giva v ° ur
Will the same training?
“When I war, a growing lad. and came
upon many words in my reading that
1 did not understand, my mother, in*
stead of giving me the definition when
1 applied to her, uniformly sent me to
the dictionary to learn it, and in this
way I snlual'y learned many things
besides Lie meaning of the individual ,
word in question among other thing
how to uea a diciionary, and the great
pleasure and advantage there might
be in the Dee of the dictionary.
Afterwar ij. when I went to the village
school, my chief diversion, after les
sons were learned and before they
were recited, was in tu-ning over the
pages of the ‘Unabridged’ of thoaa
days. Now the most modern Una.
bridged—theNEW INTERNATIONAL—
gives me a pleasure of the same sort.
So far as my know! dye extends.it is
at present the best of the one.volume
dictionaries, and quite sufficient ioi
all ordinary u.;es. Even those who
possess the splendid dictionaries in
several volumes will yet find it a great
convenience to have this, which is so
compact, so full, and so trustworthy
as to leave. In most eases, little to be
desired.”- Albert S.Cook.PH.D..LL.D..
Professor of the English Language and
Literature, Yale Univ. April 28,1911.
WXTTE for Rpc!ffin Page>, Illuitratloni, Etc.
ot WEBSTER'S NEW INTERNATIONAL DICTIONABY
G. & C. MERRIAM COMPANY,
For Over 68 Years Publishers of
The Genuine Webster’s Dictionaries,
SPRINGFIELD. MASS.. U. S. A.
There’s no doubt about Presi
dent Wilson being a great man.
He deserves another term.
The Strong Withstand the Heat of
Summer Better Than the Weak
Old people who are feeble, and younger
people who are weak, will be strengthened
and enabled to go through the depress
ing heat of summer by taking regularly
Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic. It purifies
and enriches the blood and builds up
the whole system. 50c.
8. Atlantic Life .... 65,000.00
9. Cotton States Fire 150,000.00
10. Co-Operative Agency
Cos 3,500,000.00
11. American Life & An
nuity 445,000.00
$10,427,700.00
A young, competent, active Insur
ance Commissioner, mindful of his
trust, would have saved to the peo
ple of this state
Every Cent Of Thl* Enormou* Sum.
Isn’t one million dollar* a year rath
er a high price to pay for lncompe
tency In office?
Each one of the Companies above
named finally drifted, grotesquely in
solvent, into the hands of the Courts,
—that last recipient of stranded
wrecks.
And Tips People Of This State Paid
The Price.
Some of these Companies had been
examined and condemned by sub-offi
cials in his office. Others by impar
tial certified public accountants.
But these reports were never acted
upon, never disclosed to the public,
were kept from the official files of the
office and the Companies preyed on
preyed impartially, greedily, ravenous
ly—preyed widely. Ask your neigh
bors how widely.
Yet these rotten hulks passed the
scrutiny of the present Insurance Com
missioner, W. A. Wright.
Their false reports of solvency car
ried to the people the sanctity of his
official approval.
How is one to estimate either the
magnitude or meaning of this loss?
Money earned by hard toil, pennies
saved through the years—all blessed
with the desire to protect the helpless
dependant ones. What has become of
the $10,000,000 thus invested? What
have the people of this State to show
for it save bankrupt stock certificates
and more worthless life insurance pol
icies? How many common cheats
and swindlers promoting these Com
panies have been prosecuted—or even
sued? How much have the stockhold
ers and policy holders had repaid
them?
Ask Yourself Or Your Neighbor* Wh#
Invested In One Of Them.
In your own community there Is
someone who has suffered by the
most calamitous of the last
decade. Aek him for the facts.
I will, through the daily press, give
to you the details of each of these
fake companies.
Watch for these and see if the time
has not come for a CHANGE IN
THIS OFFICE.
Respectfully, E. P. DOBBS.
lADYERTISKMENT)
Alex Stephens Entitled To
Court of Appeals Judgeship
Alex Stephens, candidate for one of
the three judgeships on the bench of
the state court of appeals, recently
created by the legislature, is well
known to the people of Georgia. More
than 70,000 Georgia voters cast
their ballots for him for the same of
fice two years ago when he made a
splendid race, just missing election.
This magnificent showing, in the opin
ion of his friends and many Georgians,
now entitles him to election to one
of these places.
Mr. Stephens was reared in Talia
ferro and Wilkes counties; is a grad
uate of the University of Georgia; has
been in the active practice of the law
about 20 years, and is a regular con
tributor to law publications.
He is endorsed as to his qualifica
tions by those who have presided as
judges on the highest courts of Geor
gia and by those who have practiced
in these courts.
From many favorable press com
ments, the following is presented:
The Savannah Press says; “Alexan
der W. Stephens is a nephew of Alex
ander H. Stephens, also nephew of
Judge Linton Stephens of the supreme
court of Georgia. His father was
John Alexander Stephens, a prominent
attorney of Crawfordville, and a law
FOR SALE
One seven room house, w ith 4
acres, including branch pasture,
at a bargain. Terms to suit. Bee
H. C. CHILDS
JENKINSBURG, GEORGIA
Bloodworth looks like a winne
for the Court of Appeals.
HILL C. TUGGLE
(Stone Mountain, DeKalb County)
Candidate For Prison Commissioner
Subject to State Democratic Primary September 12, I#l*.
To The Voters of Georgia:
“l have had many years’ experience
in the prison work of the state and
feel that I fully understand the duties
of the office which I seek.
"If elected I shall earnestly endeav
or to procure co-operation of the vari
ous counties in the building of stand
ard inter-county roads. I shall render
all' assistance possible to county au
thorities in the construction of intra
county roads.
"I believe the state farm with all
its land and labor should be made ab
solutely self-supporting and any sur
plus raised on the farm could be used
by other state institutions to help re
duce their operating expenses.
“I believe in the prompt disposition
of all matters of every kind coming
before the prison commission.
"If the legislature should establish
a state highway commission I believe
this commission should receive the
full support and assistance of the pris
on commission.
"If honored by the people of Geor
gia. and trusted by them with this
office, I pledge my word to give the
best efforts of my life to the fulfill
ment of its highest duties.”
Respectfully,
HILL C. TUGGLE.
ENDORSEMENTS;
Stone Mountain, DeKalb County,
July 25, 1916.
We, the undersigned citizens of De-
Kalb county, heartily endorse our fel
2:1
partner of Alex H. Stephens, and at
one time was adjutant general of Geor
gia. In Mr. Stephens' library are the
law and political books of Alexander
H. Stephens. On his mother’s side
he is the grandson of the late Wil
liam Wingfield Simpson of Hancock
county. He is descended from the
Wingfield family of which there are a
number of descendants in Georgia.”
(A D V ERTIS EMENT)
For Hay Fever, Asthma and
Bronchitis
Every sufferer should know that
Foley’s Honey and Tar is a reliable
remedy for coughs, colds, bronchitis,
hay fever and asthma. It stops rack
ing coughs; heals raw, inflamed mem
branes; loosens the phlegm and eases
wheezy, difficult breathing.—The Owl
Pharmacy, adv.
low-townsman, Hill C. Tuggle, for the
office of prison commissioner;
D. P. Griffin, Educator.
E. A. Graham, Cashier Stone Moun
tain Bank.
J. H. Griffin, Educator.
Campbell & Miller, Merchants.
J. K. Brinkley, Mayor of Stone
Mountain.
A. G. Barnett, Merchant.
J. R. Irwin, Cashier of Granite Bank.
J. E. Pounds, M. D.
J. R. Tucker, Mgr. Whitaker Drug
Cos.
W. T. McCurdy, M. D.
J. Steve McCurdy, President Gran
ite Bank.
C. R. Foster, Agent Georgia Rail
road.
J. W. Britt, Merchant.
J. S. Rankin, Merchant
E. G. Thomason, Pastor M. M.
Church, South.
VV. D. Maddox, Merchant.
B. H. Davis, Merchant.
R. W. Eaves, Merchant.
B. F. Burgess, Clerk Superior Court.
James R. George, Ordinary.
J. A. McCurdy, Sheriff.
R. E. Carroll, Supt. Schools.
J. E. Forrester, Tax Collector.
D. C. Thompson. County Treasurer.
J. O. Norris, President Stone Moun
tain Bank.
R J Freeman, Commissioner Dto
Kalb County.
L. J. Steele, Representative.
R. Frank Smith, Representative.
Geo. M. Napier, Solicitor GeneraL
Forrest Adair.
(AEVERTISEMENT)