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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 OF ELBERT (Advertisement) CASTOR IA For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years A "T te * rs Signature of C 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. 3 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)