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GOVERNOR BROWN’S
MESSAGE 10 THE
LEGISLATURE
FAREWELL MESSAGE OF CHIEF
EXECUTIVE READ TO THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
BRIGHT OUTLOOK FOR STATE
Governor Brown in His Message Com
ments on Lack of Law
Enforcement.
Atlanta, —The message of Governor
Brown to the General Assembly of
Georgia was read in the house and
senate immediately after the organiza
tion* of these bodies had been effected.
The solons gave close attention to the
reading of the message, as many im
poitant suggestions affecting the wei
iare of the state were mai ~y Gov
ernor Brow n. The message in past, as
read to the senate and house, was as
loiiows:
6TATE OF GEORGIA.
Executive department,
Atlanta, Ga.,
June 2», 1911.
To the General Assembly:
during the past year our people have
been blessed by benign Providence wltn
bouuteous crops, with an extraordin
ary volume of general business, and
with freedom from plagues or other
dangerous infectious diseases. Health,
happiness and prosperity have been
our portion. Thanking our Heavenly
Father, therefore, for all these bless
ings of His mercy, let us pray His
piotection and guidance during the
And let me here observe that con
servatism does not mean inertness.
It does not mean lack of progress;
but it means progress m an orderly
course, it means the upbuilding, not
on a foundation of mushrooms or
sanil, but upon one of stone; not
denunciation, but deliberation; not
cross purposes, but confidence. It
means, not the scintillation of the
sparks, but the welding together of
the material warmed In the fire of
patriotic accord, it means impartial
and complete protection of all class
es of people and all species of prop
erty; that labor and capital each have
rights, and that honest government
holds the scales so as to balance equal
ly in weighing those rights, hence we,
have progress that brings results that
stand with conservatism and delibera
tion as balance wheels,
future.
1 deem it a mattei of congratulation
that our State has bad within the past
few months more freedom from agita
tion than lias been tier fortune for
several years past, and that in all
quarters our people have shown more
of the spirit of co-operation on con
servative lines.
Let me here impress upon you, how
ever, that it is our duty to watch and
to work, and that He who ruleth an
will strengthen in their earthly duties
those who help themselves, hence, in
looking back over the events of the
past year, 1 deem it of primary impor
tance to call your attention to the fact
that in nothing can our state so make
herself a standard of attraction to res
ponsible i.uen as in the enforcement of
tier la'-thc Laxity in this respect in
.MS' nobo*-e. Crime not only destroys
..pairs the power of tne good peo
pie of the state, but, if unpunished,
brings a lack of security, wiiieli wilt
mean a loss of not merely in popula
tion, but in property values. 1, there
fore urge upon your honorable bodies
the supervision of those laws which
permit technicalities, which too often
defeat Justice. Tiiese encumbrances
to safety should be removed.
And upon the subject of making
of laws and their enforcement allow
me to say that the people of Georgia,
more than possibly loose ot any other
state in the American Union, have
held to themselves a control which
they have abstained from delegating
to those who are termed their genera
officers. The greatest amount of free
dom possible to the indivudual citizen,
with the least authority compatible
with good government in the hands of
offlceis (and that authority buildeu
pyramidieally, reserving to those in
closest contact with the people aU that
ft is possible to withhold trom those
higher up) is the keystone of our gov
ernment al structure. Local self-gov
ernment is the essence of authority in
this state. Practically all laws af
fecting the personality of the citizen
must be administered in the county
of his residence. The governor ot
the state has no essential authority
over the officers of the counties, and
virtually none over other officers ot
the state government. For instance,
it has been the policy of the electorate
to reserve to itself the power of re
moval, not even permitting the suspen
sion of officers except in rare cases
and even then reserving approximate
ly the veto function. Thus it is that
the people, jealous of their rights, by
the mandatory and coercive power ot
public opinion, compel the enforce
ment of laws they approve or make of
no effect those they condemn.
Georgians inherently are law-abid
ing, and our state takes second place
to none in the general observance ot
law and the preservation of order. But
It would be the acme of self-stultifica
tion for us to close our eyes to facts
that in themselves are not flattering.
Evil must be recognized before it may
be undone. Under our system of go.-
eminent, the force of public opinion
being necessary to the consistent en
forcement of law. there am occasions
when aroused local sentiment .leads
to actions violently in contempt ot
law; and there are laws in the letter
applicable to all the state, which are
Ignored in the spirit in some communi
ties where prevailing public sentiment
does not approve of them.
It may be argued tnat public opi"
Is true; for the written parchment is
Is true; for the written parchament Is
nothing—it is the spirit of which the
writing It the crystallization that pos
sesses power.
The state owes it to its own digni*-
to have no laws which are not enforc
ed. If they cannot be enforced thev
should be repealed or substituted by
some that can be. If they are neces
sary to the protection of society,
machinery should be provided if neces
sary by which they may be enforced.
And I charge you to differentiate
between spasmodic passions, usually
circumscribed and often mistaken for
concrete public sentiment, and that
crystallized public opinion which is
now and ever will be, so long as the
republic stands higher than any ink
and paper statutes. Do not labor in
fear of the first and forget not the
ultimate sovereignty of the latter.
Financial Conditions.
From the exhaustive and clear re
port of the Comptroller-General, you
will note that the general valuation of
properties in the state is now greatei
than ever before in our history. The
increases of the past year attest the
growing prosperity of the common
wealth. At no period has the future
been brighter or the Immediate past
more encouraging.
Nevertheless, rigid economy should
ever be your watchword in dealing
with public funds; and the present
condition of the state’s finances re
quire special care on your part in this
respect.
I must urge upon you great caution
in making appropriations. During the
past several years expenditures have
crept upori income so closely that the
state has been unable to increase us
"working capital;” on tne contrary, it
has probably decreased. Inasmuch as
appropriations are made far in advance
ot collections, lack of harmony be
tween the two often results. During
the past several years increases m
appropriations very likely have ex
ceeded gains in revenue. The sta, ■
has been tailing behind in meeting
many obligations. During the past
year increases in appropriations ter
two purposes alone —schools and pei
sions—have ben greater than the ad
ditions to the usual revenues.
'i herefore, unless abnormal growth
In income is assured, increases in e
penditures must be avoided, or a de
ncit of embarrassing proportions may
have to be laced within a few years.
The general conditions brought
about by the legislation of your pre
decessors in office have failed to aid
in bringing a condition of affairs
wherein tne school teachers can be
promptly paid. 1 especialy call your
attention to that status and urge .yom
j attention to the justice of making
prompt payments of the salaries ot
the teachers.
Our entire fiscal sytem is out of
date and cumbersome. hTe financial
year beginning in the midst of the
tax-gathering period, and appropria
tions of term being made two and one
half years in advance, and- the state
lacking a modern method of account
ing, ftiere is no way of determining
beyond all question tne present of
prospective condition of our finances
The confusion resulting may he il
lustrated by the tact that we always
begin the year with a substantial bal
ance in the treasury; bui arc compell
ed to seek loans in order to tide af
fairs through late summer and early
fall when collections regularly are
meager. Figuring trom one premise
a large and growing deficit is patent,
on another, the slate begins each year
with a gratifying surplus.
But the necessity for borrowing
funds has become pressing earlier and
earlier each year, excepting thoi,
years when the situation was relieved
by the receipt of extraordinary reve
nues; thus Indicating that instead o.
the condition ot the state’s finances
improving, we are falling farther be
hind as time passes.
1 would suggest that your honorable
bodies take steps to learn the true con
dition of affairs, in order that you may
be guided by the facts as they are
At the same time, it might he well If
you would take action looking to a
complete reformation of our fiscal
system by the substitution of methods
and means that will enable you ann
this department to become advised
of true conditions at any time.
This department can only disburse
that which is raised by means initiat
ed by you, and then appropriated by
you. Skillful disbursing of revenues
means much, but skill cannot in the
end make a dollar cover an appropria
tion of more than that amount.
it should be your aim to place our
treasury in that condition whereby
each obligation of the state may be
met when due; if this can be done
best by a policy of retrenchment you
should not hearken to the many pleas
for new or increased appropriations.
In this connection l would call your
attention to the crying need of a bet
ter system of auditing accounts. Nei
ther the comptroller-general’s nor this
office has the clerical force necessary
to making that minute inspection ot
bills and claims which the demands
of plain business require. I am con
fident an auditing department, with
authority to supervise all expenditures,
would save many times its cost each
year.
Briefly, 1 direct your attention to the
need of a more business-like meth
od of assessing property for taxa
tion. The present voluntary system is
productive of inequalities that inflict
serious injustices. Every species of
property should be forced to bear its
proportionate share of the tax burden.
There is no other feature of our state
government in greater need of re
adjustment. If all property which is
escaping, partially or wholly, the pay
ment of taxes were forced to bear its
share, revenues sufficient to dispel
every financial cloud would be drawn
into the treasury of tne state.
Registration Laws.
In my annual message to the
general assembly which convened
June 23, 1910, 1 took the position that
the registration law enacted in 1909
was more drastic than that in any
other state in the Union, and that as
the result of its operation a vast num
ber. which I estimated approximately
at 100,000, of the white men of Geor
gia were deprived of tneir former right
to vote. Hence, I recommended the re
moval of those conditions for the fran
chise which in our law an? tarfre strin
gent than those in likjgiMHßpf any
other state.
In some circles this was
seriously questioned. W'
1. therefore, during tHH| halt
of the past year,
V-ureau at Washington
i me at an early total
age and upward, in each county in'
Georgia, as determined by the census
in 1910.
The request was at first declined
with the statement tnat the figures in
question could not be furnished be
fore September, 1911; but, later, the
superintendent of the census agreed
to advance Georgia ahead of any oth
er state for the above information
and completed it about April 30.
The official figures show that Geor
gia, in 1910, had 333,552 white men oi
voting age.
Now, recalling the tact that the t<
tal number of white voters reported
by the tax collectors in the counties
in the state as registered in 1910 was
261,107, we find tnat 92,545 were de
barred from voting.
It is fair to say that possibly 2,000
were disfranchised oy crime, and
something like 5,000 were foreigners
not naturalized (the number in 1901
was 3,004).
Therefore, it is undoubtedly true
that upwards of 85,000 of Georgia's
white men were initially disfranchised
in 1910 by the operation of the reg
istration law, which, however, placed
the names of more than 12,000
negroes on the voting list.
It is more than probable that the
exact number exceeded 90,000, since
under the law, registrars, appointee
for the counties by the judges of the
superior courts, • purged” the lists
furnished to them by the tax collec
tors.
I have no more interest in this mat
ter than has any other reputaule citi
zen of Georgia, far less than nave up
wards of 90,000 of her white mannooe
who have been deprived of the righ.
of the franchise; out honored with
their confidence as I have been by the
people of this state, I would be rec
reant to duty were I to fail to im
press upon you my conviction that the
honest white men of Georgia are ei;
titled to be protected, not restricted, in
their rights.
In the same category of laws I think
it is my duty to direct attention to
another confusing situation that wil.
arise next year unless you take steps
to prevent the same.
Under the Act approved August 15,
1908, no regular state wide primary
can take place before August, or with
in sixty days of the general state elec
tion in October. Conventions always
follow the white Democratic primary,
(ind in these conventions have been
chosen the delegates io the national
conventions of the dominant party.
The national convention is held
usually in June or July, and it is fair
to assume that the one of next year
will take place soma time before the
regular primary can be held legally.
Therefore, how are delegates who will
viritually decide the course of tire
state in the matter of selecting a
President to be ciiosen? Unless some
provision is made for overcoming this
effect of the law there will have to be
a special primary, or convention
which would mean ovo primaries and
two conventions the same year,
it stands, the small number of men in
control of the party machinery may
supplant the people in dominating the
situation.
It has been customary to name
United Stutes senators by populai
vote; by that method we nominate
virtually all of our state officials.
Tnerelore, I submit that something
should be done whereby voters will
be guaranteed some voice in the selec
tion ot me one who wdi receive meir
support for the highest office in the
country; and to prevent this important
matter being left to tne personal wish
es or whims of the few men composing
or dominating-an executive committee,
1 respectfully recommend that you
enact such legislation as may be need
ed to guarantee an expression oi tiic
will ot the voters.
Railroad Commission.
1 respectfully renew the suggestion,
made in my two preceding messages
to the general assembly, that the nun.
ber or members of the railroad com
mission. be reduced to three, and that
the otfice of special attorney for the
said commission be abolisned.
Policy Toward the Railroads.
And, in connection with the lorego
ing subject, permit me to say that in
dealing with the railroad corporations
for tne last twenty years or more
our people, our legislators, executives,
and, to a degree, our judges, have had
their ideas, utterances and acts direct
ed almost exclusively into one chan
nel, viz., that of rates. The problem
as to how much toll on persons and
property these corporations shall be
permitted to charge has been the bur
den of the general song. The varia
tions have been an occasional vibrant
note on the building of better depot.-
or fines for failure of the owners of
the carriers to furnish cars to ship
pers.
All this trend which has given direc
tion to the application ot the laws,
and has, furthermore, caused the
enactment of new laws which have
gradually become more and more
rigid, has been characterized by the
apparent loss of sight of the fact thai
the factor of rates, or the earnings on
the capital invested —both of which
should be controlled largely by the
law of supply and demand,—is not the
only important phase of the relations
of the railroads to the public which
should come under the regulating pow
er of the state. We should hold in
mind that their primary duty is that
of common carrier and that the basic
principle involved in carriage is the
furnishing of full and equal facilities
to all with comfort, safety and prompt
ness.
It is frequently forgotten that the
owners of the railroads are just as
much citizens of this and sister tates
as are the owners of farms ahd fac
tories, of banks and business houses,
of newspapers or any other kinds ot
property; and such being the case,
they are just as much entitled, as ar
all other investors, to the guarantee of
our state's constitution, viz.: "Protec
tion to person and property is the
paramount duty of government, and
shall be impartial and complete.”
Furthermore, we are prone to ig
nore the rights and deserts of the tens
of thousands of Georgians, and of the
sections in which they live, who are
without any or adequate railroad facil
ities. but who are as much entitled tc
the assistance of the state in procur
ing those advantages of transporta
tion as are those, who are more for
tunaie. entitled to the protection of
the state against unjust exactions from
public service corporations whose
facilities they have.
It may therefore be asserted that wc
have reached the time wherein our
own interest demands that we should
ask if there be not something for at
tention in the state's policy toward th
owners of the common carriers more
important than the continuous and a.
most exclusive consideration of how
much income they shall be permittee
to receive on their investments.
In other words, inasmuch as It has
been proven beyond the power ot
denial that reductions of rates on
many articles do not reach the masse:
of the people but lodge with certain
classes, it would be proper to confine
future reductions to such as would
benefit the masses, or would prevent
or correct avoidable unjust discrimina
tions, and make "protection to per
son and property the paramount duty
of the common carriers.
And second only to the question oi
safety and convenience to person is
that of such facilities as will furnis»
to our people the power to transae.
business in accordance with the de
mands of the age.
The state of Georgia is today stand
ing on the threshold of a developmen
if her people will it, more marvelous
than was dreamed of by our lathers
Georgia needs fifty per cent. mor.
of railroads —new railroads—to place
her in position to stand upon the
imperial plane which is rightfully
hci s. Her people must have all tht
present main lines aoubletracked si
as to enable them to safely, promptly
and properly handle the expanding
commerce They need a multiplication
of the present appliances for handling
the people and property with greater
dispatch and security.
But we will get these facilities for
progress only as they can limp inti
position If we do not guarantee to
capitalists who would furnish them
that the protection which the Constitu
tion says "shall oe impartial and com
plete” applies to their investments.
In conclusion on this subject, 1 will
say that the state which created the
corporations should never waive the
right nor abdicate the power to coi
trol them. But that control should
ever be based on justice and exereiseu
with wisdom and in moderation.
Permit me to emphasize the fact that
I believe it the duty of the state to
see that the people are not opprsseil
by these corporations in enjoying pub
lic franchises, passed in grand totals,
a few cents difference in a rate on a
much-used product simulates an im
portance that it does not possess. L
reductions satisfactory to the greatest
extremist were made, it would mean
a saving of only a few dollars a year
to the average citizen. While appear
ing tremendous in the aggregate such
reductions would not be one-half so
important to the average consumer,
the farmer or mechanic, as the as
surance of safety, promptness, dis
patch, comfort, and development.
Western & Atlantic Lease.
The lease of the Western & Atlantic
railroad will end December 27, 1919.
It is consequently proper to begin to
consider the question of its disposition
at the end of the present lease. In
my opinion the state should not enter
tain any proposition to sell this proper
ty, and she should not make any least
contract for a period longer than thir
ty years. By tnis means she would bt
enabled to take back the road once
within the lifetime of each generation
and adjust it to the cnanging condi
tions of the trade of the country.
it is quite probable that the main
lines of the railroads in this state and
section will be double-tracned wiu...
the next ten or tiiteeu years. The
expanding commerce of tic Unuiu
dtates will require the inenmsed facili
ties indicated. It may be proper there
lore tor the state to consider this
question with the present lessees or
tneir successors, and, by some allow
ance from the montnly rental for a
limited period of years, to enable the
leasing company to provide a double
track, it being agreed that the two
tracks and all appendages shall be the
property of the state at the end of the
lease. This arrangement therefore
would maintain tne Western & Atlan
tic on a parity of facilities with its
competitors, and hold tor the people
of Georgia a proper valuation of this,
their greatest pit e of property.
Good Roads.
The policy of the state in regard to
building public highways may be con
sidered as an establisned one; lienct
1 recommend the creation of the of
fice of road commissioner, said com
missioner to be a civil engineer of ex
perience, whose duty it snould be to
supervise the building of the public
highways. He should be given authori
ty to see that there is some degree oi
concert of action on the part of the
various counties in the matter ot
road construction; and it may be ad
vantageous to create an advisor.)
board to co-operate with him, the mile
age and other actual expenses of the
members of said board when in dis
charge of their duties to be paid bj
the state.
The state as a whole has an interest
in the roads of every county, and the
main thoroughfares should be workeu
not only from the local or community
standpoint but from that of all the
state as well. A state-wide system will
give to each of its units an added locai
value.
As a basis from which to work and
still preserve local control of tht
operations of the convicts, I suggest
that each county be required to em
ploy a fair percentage of its workmen
cn the roads that lead from county
site to county site, except where these
roads are in the highest state of ef
ficiency. This would soon give the
state a net-work of splendid highways.
The commissioner should be direct
ed to advise the county authorities as
to laying off roadways and handling
their facilities in the best way not
only for each county, but for the state
at large.
Pardons.
Applications for clemency have as
sumed the proportion of a positive
burden on the executive office. It
may practically be asserted that this
office is looked upon as being a court
of last resort, or a court of correc
tion. And to that extent it is almost
daily being requested to usurp tht
functions of the courts. Besides de
manding a large amount of his time,
which should be devoted to other mat
ters, the perversion of the idea as
to the proper exercise of the clemency
function is coming virtually to force
the governor into the position of con
demning every criminal who is punish
ed. Instead of presenting facts which
could not be brought before the courts,
it is often insisted that the governor,
shall adjudge that the courts have
handled improperly the evidence oe
fore them. In other words, it hast
reached the point where the governor
is quite frequently called upon to exer
cise at the same time the functions oi
defendant’s counsel, juror, judge, and
court of appeals or supreme court, hei
being expected to correct the real and
imaginary errors of each, and, on oc
casions, all of them, as well as to sup
ply all real or fancied deficiencies in
the law.
While the general assembly cannot I
interfere with the constitutional inves- I
titure of authority in the above mat- j
ter, it has the power to decree how j
applications for clemency shall b«l !
brought; and I would suggest that
legislation be enacted which will save 1
the executive office from the necessity j
cf having to consider in detail, any 1 ,
and every appeal manuscript and; |
oral, which some, convict or some
friend of a convict desires to make to
it. It has reached the point where the
governor is called upon to re-try the
most trivial cases; and frequently ap
plications are immediately renewed,
based upon fresh technicalities upon
dismissal.
Reports of State Officers.
It gives me great pleasure to com
mend all the ot fleers of the state gov
ernment with whom I have been as
sociated during Vhe past two years. No
government can boast oificials more
scrupulously conscientious, or, as a
lule, more capable. On the whole,
ours is a remarkably economical gov
ernment, anil it nas teen unusually
free of those occurrences which indi
cate dishonesty or incapacity on uie
part of officials.
The importance of swamp and over
flow and drainage is at once recog
nized when it is stated ihat practical
ly one-tout teenth of tne area of tne
state, c-r 2,700.000 acres, of these lands
occur in Georgia. Bucn lands, wnich
in most cases are extremely fertile,
now pay not only little or no revenue
to the state in tne form of taxes, nut
they are a menace to public health,
as they form breeding piaces lor ie
ver-produeing mosquitoes and other
noxious insects. Our water powers
are unsurpassed by any ot our South
ern states. They represent a perpet
ual source of mechanical energy winch
is the keynote of our manuiacturing
expansion. These powers should be
thoroughly investigated and their pos
sibilities made known to the citizens
of the state.
I understand from the state geolo
gist that arrangements have been per
tected with the Federal geological sur
vey and the United States department
of agriculture whereby these depart
ments will pay one-half the expenses
of the three different lines ot work
above outlined on the condition that
the state will pay an equal amount.
I call your attention to the reports
of the heads of the various depart
ments and ifub-departments. Each oi
them contains intormation and rec
ommendations of which you should be
advised, but demands of space pre
vent their reproduction here.
The State Geological Survey.
I would call the attention of the Gen
eral Assembly to a need ot more funds
for the state geological survey, in or
der that this department may be able
to carry out three different lines ot
work planned by the state geologist.
The work here referred to is soil sur
vey, swamp and overflow land rec
lamation, and water power investiga.
tion. The tact that soil mapping of
fers the only possible means ot cor
relating the results of experimental
farming over large areas and at tne
same time gives valuable Information
concerning the nature and character
of soils, makes it very essential that
this line of work be taken up at once.
The Great Seal of State.
It is a matter ot public note that
the great seal of the state of Geor
gia has become so worn by use, that
its impression is now practically in
distinguishable. As hallowed by as
sociation and memory as is tnis greaf
symbol of Georgia s sovereignty, com
mon sense would seem to demand that
a reproduction of it be made, whicn
would enable ail of toe great docu
ments of this state to be properly
stamped. 1, tnerefore, recommend
that your honorable bodies take steps
to effect the above purposes.
Commission Government for Cities.
Great attention has been attracted
by the new form of government,
known generally as the "commission
form," which nas been adopted by
many cities in other states. In sev
eral of our own municipalities the
question of testing such plans of gov
ernment is being discussed. As it is
each one desiring to submit a pro
posed change to the people must cornu
to you for a new charter.
It occurs to me that the legislature
might pass a general Dill under whicn
any city could pass on the mattei
more easily. Of course, it is not in
cumbent on you to provide, on your
own motion, any iorm of government
for the cities, and all that you could
or should do is to pass general • legis
lation enabling the people of the dif
ferent cities so desiring to express
their will with great dispatch.
I commend the matter to you as
worthy of consideration.
Department of Labor.
The last two platforms of the domi
nant political party in this state are
comm.ueu to tne creation of a state
department of labor. In line with rec
ommenuauons twice made to your im
mediate predecessor 1 urge, as a mat
ter of simple justice to the workmen
in industrial pursuits and as an eco
nomic need, tne establishment of such
a department. / ifi’WwsL*
In conclusion, permit me to express
the hope mat in all matters affecting
the interest of the people of Georgia,
you will counsel togetner'm a .spirit
of harmonious accord. Our great state
holds the first claim to tne fealty oi
her sons. There are so many purpos
es whicn we can accomplish for her
glory and for our mutual well-being
that we can afford to give chief con
sideration to them, leaving our differ
ences to be debated after we have dis
charged our duty to the laws. 11,, form
ing a co-operative and constructive
union, if bringing about a fede-ation
of the units ot tne sovereign people,
we can establish peace and prosperity
on the foundation of love for God and
our fellow-man, we will not only .‘eave
a heritage of happiness for our chil
dren. but will secure for oursetve* the
Indestructible reward ot
con-., e JOSEPH M.
Tells Everyone About It
Mrs. John W. Pitchford, of Aspen, N.C.
I will always use Hunt’s Cure for
itching trouble, and tell all I see about
it. * I could shout now to know that
we are all well of that dreadful trou
ble. The first of last fall my little boy
broke out with some kind of itching
trouble. Thinking his blood was bad
I gave him a good tonic, but he got
worse, and could not sleep at night.
Some said he had itch, and told me
what was good for it. I used -fchat
people said would cure it, but nothing
did any good. My other two children
and myself took the disease from him
in January, 1911. I saw Hunt’s Cure
advertised and I purchased a 50c. box
It helped my little boy so much I got
a box for each of the family, and now
we are all well of that awful trouble.
Hunt’s Cure will cure itch in a short
time if you will go by directions. We
had it in its worse form, and used
Hunt’s Cure, and we are now all well
Thanks to A. B. Richards Medicine
Co. of Sherman, Texas, manufacturers
of such healing medicine. Nothing will
cure like Hunt’s Cure, or as quickly.
Use it if you have any Itching trouble
and you will never be sorry. That is
what I did.
MRS. JOHN W. PITCHFORD,
Aspen, N. C.
AN INVITATION.
Harry Nort —I’m going up In an air
ship tomorrow.
• Flatman —Well, drop in on us If
you’re passing our way.
Well Domesticated.
Judge Parry In the course of a
sketch of his judicial duties states
that he has learned to sympathize
with domestic frailties. “I was once
rebuking a man for backing up his
wife in what was not only an absurd
story, but one in which I could see he
had no belief. ‘You should be more
careful,’ I said, ‘and I tell you candidly
I don't believe a word of your wife’s
story.’ ‘You may do as you like,’ he
said, mournfully, ‘but I’ve got to.’ ”
The Proper Way.
“Can you answer the questions
about this bench show categorically?”
”1 prefer to do so dogmatically.”
Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets cure consti
pation. Constipation is the cause of many
diseases. Cure the cause and you cure
the disease. Easy to take.
You may have noticed that It costs
a man a good deal to get in line at
the political pie counter in this great
and glorious land of the free.
SHAKE?
Oxidine is not only
the quickest, safest, and
surest remedy for Chills
and Fever, but a most
dependable tonic in all
malarial diseases.
A liver tonic —a kid
ney tonic—a stomach
tonic —a bowel tonic.
If a system-cleansing
tonic is needed, just try
OXIDINE
—a bottle proves.
The specific for Malaria, Chills
and Fever and all diseases
due to disordered kid
neys, liver, stomach
and bowels.
COc. At Your Druggist*
TH* BJHRtXS BBU6 CO.,
Wnco. Tpt -*»*■.
t' I Cure Dropsy
of Any Kind Curable
Address DR. JOHN T. PATTERSON
Dropsy Specialist
18 Waddell Street, Atlanta. Ga.