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writ CHANGE GOVERNORS?
Governor Harris: Confederate Sol
dier; Jurist; Christian Gentle
man; Statesman.
Shall We Dishonor Such a
Man, a Man Who Has
Done His Duty, By Fail
ing to Re-elect Him?
Your Govern , the Governor of
every man, in and child in
Georgia, is on tri ! ar.'l stands before
the people of a sta* -.' .hat he ha-; loved
and served for ha.f a century. He
asks that they re-elect him to the
office of Governor, one which for a
year now he has held honestly, fear
lessly and conscientiously; asks them
only to do for him what Democratic
precedent has made a custom in
Georgia—to give to every Governor
four years and which is now advo
cated by the majority of the candi
dates running.
Will you reject a man whose ex
p - and ability as an able jurist,
uni wh >.,e long anil valuable service
in the legislature amply qualify him
for t ; position?
Is it vise to substitute now an in
experienced man, one who has never
been tried as Governor, for one who
has consistently devoted every day
for <> a year to the position?
Can you afford to neglect a man
who has carried on a splendid busi
ness administration, and who, for the
first time in history, had a thorough
audit made of the state’s books, thus
establishing a precedent for efficient
management of the state’s funds?
Can you conscientiously dispense
with the services of a man whose
work on the Western & Atlantic Rail
road Commission makes him best
able to handle the present crisis that
has arisen with respect to this, the
state’s greatest asset?
Can you afford to help defeat a
man who has thus far successfully
fought, the L. & N.’s efforts to destroy
the W. & A. R. R. property? Don’t
be deceived about the opposition to
your Governor.
Can you deliberately hurt the man
who established the Georgia School
of I 'cnnologv and is still Chairman of
the Board of Trustees; who is a Trustee
•of the University of Georgia (his alma
rna'er) and of Ihe W -sloyan Female
College, and has aiways been a leader
in Georgia's educational progress?
Can you reflect on a man who has
paid the school teachers of the state
promptly and is doing so now for the
first time in the history of Georgia,
a Governor who has fought more for
PEOPLE HAVE LOSI MILLIONS
BY INEFFICIENCY, SAYS DOBBS
Atlanta, August 8. —State Senator
E. P. Dobbs of Cobb county, in pur
nuance of promises made in the an
nouncement of his candidacy for the
office of comptroller general of Geor
gia, has just given out the first of
•several statements in which he
charges William A. Wright, incumbent
in that office, with the responsibility
for huge losses of Georgians who in
vested their money in income, or guar
antee fund certificates issued by mu
tual insurance companies operating
upon the legal reserve basis.
In tlio announcement of his candi
dacy for this office, Senator Dobbs re
fers to complain:s against the depart
ment in numerous letters from 'citi
zens of Georgia urging him to run,
mud says:
“The admitted record of unfor
tunate results following the ad
ministration of this department
lor the oast ten jeans will, in my
opinion, amply illustrate an abso
lute public necessity for a new
comptroller genera! and insurance
commissioner, and the installation
of energetic, and progressive meth
ods for these combined depart
ments.’’
Referring to his own success in the
manufacturing business in Marietta,
and In other enterprises and soliciting
the support of friends and the cilizens
of Georgia generally, particularly those
“whose recent contact with this de
partment convinces them that my an
nouncement is opportune,” he con
eludes:
“I will, at an early date, furnish
the public with the official records
of results above referred to, and
which will astonish the uninform
ed by disclosing tlie amazing num
ber of preventable losses suffered
by the people of Georgia on ac
count of lax administration —a rec
ord in which Georgia leads the
blacklist of all the stales in the
union.”
The People Misled
It is in pursuance of this announce
ment promise that Senator Dobbs now
proposes to give specific instances. He
charges Mr. Wright with an effort to
fool the people regarding income or
guarantee fund certificates, in that he
makes it appear in his report to the
governor, dated January 1, 1916, that
MUTUAL insurance companies were
authorized to issue these certificates.
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art
the common schools of Georgia than
any other has ever done before?
Do you thir.k for a moment that
there can be any truth in the mali
cious charges against the courage and
backbone of a man who fought glo
riously for the South, and who made
the Prohibition acts possible in the
face of tremendous opposition and
th reals?
Will you deny to Georgia the priv
ilege of having as her Governor, for
the last time, a man who honored his
gray uniform beneath the grand old
stars and bars of the Confederacy?
We do not believe that you can say
“yes” to any of these questions. We
believe that you and thousand.; of
other patriotic Georgians, will honor
your state, your governor and your
selves by voting for Governor Harris.
Please help in this good fight by sign
ing and sending in the coupon below.
Governor N. E. Harris,
State Capitol,
Atlanta, Ga.:
Dear Governor—You can count on j
my vote and influence.
j Name ■
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I
Address '
to the public than the section
which I drafted dealing with what
is known as ‘lncome’ or interest
bearing certificates, issued by mu
tual and co-operative or assess
ment industrial companies. The
State of Georgia in 1909 legalized
these certificates.”
Mr. Dobbs states that the act of j
1909 makes no mention of mutual life j
insurance companies, but confines it- I
self to “any mutual aid, benefit or in- i
dustri&l insurance company incorpo
rated under the laws of this state
upon the co-operative or mutual as
sessment plan;” and that the section;
of the 1912 act, whose authorship is j
claimed by Mr. Wright, has no further
effect than to repeal the law of 1909; ,
that nowhere in the laws of Georgia
is there or has there ever been any
statute authorizing the issuance of
these certificates by Mutual Legal Re- |
serve insurance institutions.
Millions Were Lost
It is charged that one Georgia com
pany has issued more than $1,500,000
of these certificates, some prior to
1909 and many during the latter part
of 1912, with the knowledge and con- |
sent of Mr. Wright; that two other
Georgia companies have issued more j
than $850,000 of these certificates, j
making the amazing lotal of more than ;
$2,000,000 issued without any author- !
ity of law, PRACTICALLY EVERY j
DOLLAR OF WHICH IS A DEAD !
LOSS TO THE INVESTOR.
General Wright admits in his report !
that “the sale of these certificates j
caused a financial loss to many citi-1
zens,” and attempts to relieve liimseif
of responsibility by staling that “the j
insurance department had absolutely
no jurisdiction."
Senator Dobbs points out that char
ters granted to these companies make
them subject not only to the laws of
the state, but also to “any rules or
regulations of the insurance commis
sioner ..." and that these insti
tutions could easily have been pre
vented from taking the hard-earned
dollars of citizens in practically every
nook and corner of Georgia, without
the return of any value, had Mr.
Wright, as insurance commissioner,
regulated them by proper rules and
compelled them to comply with the
laws.
“One of the most unpardonable and
neglectful of the acts that go to make
up Mr. Wright’s official record," Sen
ator Dobbs states, “was his failure to
require the Empire Life Insurance
Company to make the SIOO,OOO deposit
as ihe law requi/es. for the protection
of its policy holders, before issuing *
this company a license when it be
doing business during 1912.”
THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE, DO UGLAS, GEORGIA, AUG., 19 1916.
GRAND JURY DRAWN TO
SERVE AT SEPTEMBER
TERM OF COURT 1916.
Elijah Grantham
H. F. Brown
Arthur Vickers
G. J. Meeks
W. H. Merritt
P. L. Moore
,J. E. Lott
Youngie Vickers Sr., „
J. F. Overstreet
* B. Morris “ * > v
H. L. Vickers
D. Kirkland
J. L. Parker
A. W. Haddock
R. G>Kirkland
W. T. Royal
J. F. Smith « *
J. H. McKinnon
J. L. Shelton
J. I. Hatfield
I. J. Foreman
J. E. Gaskin
Elijah Tanner Sr.
S. M. Harrell
Daniel Roberts
C. W. Meeks
Jno. W. Tanner
A. S. McCullum
Jeff Kirkland
N. E. Harrell
Petit Jury— First Week.
Jno. McKinnon
Sol Sears
*f A. R. Lewis
Wiley Smith
Dan Courson
Joshua Pridgen
J. L. Sapp
J. A. Davis
Warren Vickers
W r . B. Courson
Henry Day
C. Jenson
J. H. Dent
S. G. Logan
M. Corbett
A. J. Skinner
J. J. Carter
C. C. Smith
Mark Anderson •*
C. N. Fielding
Henry Knowles
E. L. Meeks
Wm. Vickers
Willis Vickers
Jeff Lewis
David Kirkland Jr.
Jesse M. Pafford
Mo; e Griffin
G. W. Vining
Martin C. Corbett
J. A. Daugherty
Willis Smith
J. L. Bryant
J. M. Paulk
J. M. Meeks »
H. L. Carter
Wm. Jowers ?
L. J. Moore ,
W. H. Purvis
J. G. Traynham
J. C. Ellis
C. E. Stevens
Jno. Hursey
Jas. Sapp
I). M. Peterson
A. F. Coffee
Jesse Meeks
Noah Higgs
Second Week
J. 11. Dorminy
L. L). Gillis (Nieholls)
Dan Fussell
• Perry Strickland
Thos. Wilcox
v J. D. Perkins
W. E. Clements .
Alfred Tanner
FI. F. Sears
Thos. Daniels
Henry Mancil (Mora)
W. H. Tanner
Gaines Joiner
Jno. McCollum
J. H. Wooten
Charlie Meirritt
Dermis Tucker
Staten Tanner
Willis Nevvbern
J. A. Dykes
T. D. Thompson
B. G. Oberry
W. E. Outlaw
Junie Baker
Richard Vickers
v Aaron Pyrd
« 1. Z. Dykes
Cfom S. Corbett
C. T. Darley
T. J. Smith
J. W. Brooker
Wash Davis
W. G. Meeks
F. F. Preston
*1). A. Smith
J. W. Pearson
J. R. Rich
. S. M. Murray
M. C. Purvis
Jesse McMillian Sr.
' W. N. Davis ,
M. F. Head
Dan Hall
J. H. King
John M. Lott Sr.
s/E. B. Audry
VJ. L. Dentoai
v'e. L. Moore\( Nieholls)
FOR V SALE.
I am selling White Leg l "rns at
fifty cents apiece for the rext two
weeks. J. I. HATFTELD,
Douglas, Ga.
IN MEMORY Or
THOMAS W. DANIELS.
Thomas Waiter Daniels, the sub
ject of th:- sketch -was bori in Cof
fee county Georgia October l-lth 1870,
and died* July 7th 1916. The “Old
Minty Lott place” where he was bora
is about nine miles Northeast of Doug
las, near Lone Hill church. He was
the youngest son of Sarnie and Minty
Daniel, his mother was a sister of W.
W. Ward, C. A. Ward, Sr. both de
ceased ar.d i.s also a sister of Mrs.
Bettie Graham, mother of Mrs. Dr.
W. F. Sibbett. She was first mar
ried to Mark Lott, by whom she had
several children among them James
P. Lott, of Willacoochee, Mark Lott,
of Douglas, Mrs. Sidney Hargraves,
of Waresbcro, Ga. Jile3 J. Lott, for
six years Clerk of the Superior court
of Coffee county was also her son.
Mark Lott the first husband died about
the close of the war and Mrs. Lott
married Mr. Samuel Daniels who came
to this county from Liberty county
Georgia. He has been dead many
years and now all his children are
dead, Thomas being the last one to go.
“Tommie Daniels” as his friends call
him, took care of his mother as long
as she lived. He was a dutiful son.
Mr. Daniels married Miss Annie Ivey
12 or 15 years ago. They have no
children. Tommie was a mechanic,
worked hard and made a good living
and had a good wife and a happy home
He was a member of the Baptist
church and was faithful in the dis
charge of all his Christian duties. Fie
was hones, sober and industrious and
had r.o bad habits. He was a man of
peace, gave careful attention to his
own business and let other peoples
alone. He has many warm personal
friends and many relatives who loved
him and who will not soon forget him
now he has gone. He lived with the
love and fear of God before his eyes,
and we believe we shall meet him
again. “Tommie” Daniels was a
good man, a good citizen, a good hus
band and we who knew him best will
miss him most. As a friend and rel
ative who knew him all his life. I lay
this little flower of memory upon his
grave.
W. P.
$1.25 Douglas to Brunswick and re
turn, tickets good going on A. B. &
A., Sunday morning train returning
Sunday evening. Same rate each Sun
day during the summer.
WANTED—POSITION BY MAR
ried man capable and willing. Can
not live and be honest on dollar a
day. Best references. Address this
office. 2t.
FOR SALE
5 Fox Terrier pups full breed.
N. N. Furney.
Renew your farm loans through L.
E. Heath and E. L. Tanner, Douglas,
Ga. Low interest and quick delivery.
FOR SALE
5 Fox Terrier pups full breed.
N. N. P’urney.
Borrow money from L. E. Heath
and E. L. Tanner, Douglas, Ga., and
improve your farms. Interest only
6 per cent.
FOR SALE
5 Fox Terrier pups full breed.
N. N. Furney.
For quick loans on improved farm
lands, at low rate of interest and least
expense, see F. W. Dart. Douglas, Ga.
No. @6S
Thi» it a prescription prepared especially
ler MALARIA or CHILLS & FEVER.
Five or six doses will break any case, and
if taken then as a tonic the Fever will not
return. It acts on the liver better tha»
Calomel and dees not gripe or sicken. 25c
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We continue to keep a complete line of
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Heavy and Fancy Groceries
< //e Clnion SBcmkincj (80.
1 Vit/i (Capital an<) Surplus of
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Appreciates Your Account
Either Large or Small
ill HID rSs
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iMFY OTP onC#ffec
lllUllDi llUnlluU Counlyfarms
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