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THE T1FTON GAZETTE, TIFTON. GA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1916.
VOLUME XXVII, NUMBER 17.
Statement of Congressman Park
To the People of the Second Con- **C,t _lt is the old court house ring of
greulonel District: I Dougherty County and Bolly Hall’s
The following affidavit is being old l>q“or gang in Albany. Here
ENTHUSIASM RUNS
HIGH FOR HARRIS
A CARD FROM MR. ELLIS.
circulated throughout the District by
the opposition’s Headquarters at
Moultrie: •
GEORGIA—Dougherty County.
Personally appeared before me R.
P. Hall, who on oa'th says that he is
Clerk of the Superior Court of
Dougherty County, Georgia, and that
August 10, 1912, Judge Frank
Park, who was at that time Judge
of the Albany Circuit after discharg
ing certain Jury Commissioners ap
pointed one Dave Whire as Jury
Commissioner for Dougherty Coun
ty for a period of four years. De
ponent says that the said Dave Whire
claims to be a member of the Roman
Catholic Church and that upon de
ponent’s information he is a member
of said Church.
(Signed) R. P. Hall.
Sworn to and subscribed before
!, this the 30th day of August,
1916.
Wm. E. Smith, Ordinary.
At last, from the above affidavit,
is'disclosed the real opposition to me
your Congressman. For two years
seven months the opposition has
eraded as a Judge of the Al-
ba/ny Circuit, when' as a matter of
the opposition first announced itself.
From them has come all kinds of wild
predictions of my being kicked out of
Congress and now comes the above
affidavit of the real captain of the
old liquor gang of this District. Mr.
Hall well knows that among the Jury
Revisers which was discharged by
me, at the instance of the Law and
Order League, there was one J. G.
Barron, a Roman Catholic. Mr. Hall
well knows that I did not inquire into
the religion of those suggested by
the Law and Order League, but only
tried to get those who would enforce
the prohibition law. Mr. Hall know*
that these men did uphold the law
in spite of the bitterest attacks. Mr.
Hall well knows that as soon as the
"opposition” was appointed by Gov
ernor Slaton as Judge of the Albany
Circuit - the Jury Revisers were
changed again, and Mr. Hall’s crowd
swung hack into power and are now
in power in Albany. I stand squArely
upon my record both as Judge and
Congressman and I expect and am
assured that the good people of the
Second Congressional District will
stand by me.
Respectfully submitted,
I Frank Park.
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Governor Met With Big Recep
tion When He Arrived.
HUNDREDS HEAR HIM SPEAK
Park Asked To Remove His Catholic
Jury Commissioner, But Would Not
I in his card of Sept 4, 1916, Judge
Judge Park, and he was requested to
Park for the first time now says that
whqn he appointed Mr. Whire and
othqrs, that those so named by him
‘.*weire selected by the Law and Or
der] League of Dougherty County”
Iff) were so named by him "without
igatioa on my part as to their
[cations or religious beliefs’’
What ah abdication of judicial
duties by a judge sworn to obey the
law.
hen the facts vlero presented to
IW.i
Wj’h
remove Mr. Whire and the others
he refused to do so. He now waits
until the. last issue of your paper
before the election before printing
his remarkable card. I am writing
you these facta so that, if you de
sire you can let your friends in this
district know what the truth is.
Yours very truly,
R. P. Hall,
Clerk Superior Court, Dougherty
County, Ga. (adv)
/ Washington, Sept. 7.—The badly tangled legislative situa
:ipn and strife today disrupted the carefully laid plans of the
for the final adjournment of Congress,
iturday now seems to be the earliest date possible for
EANCE SERVICE
'your insurance with the Agent who
ched the zenith in his line. Your
prty is better protected when covered by
Hey properly prepared.
NK SCARBORO
. Parker, Manager Insurance Department
Tifton, Ga.
Will Mr. Young Kaap His Word?
H.
BONDS
Receive Most Cordial Entertainment
of Any of the Candidates Who
Have Been Here This Year.
From Thursday's daily.
Governor Nat E. Harris was royal
ly received when he reached Tifton
this afternoon and as we are print-
ng this issue sounds of prolonged ap
plause come strong from the court
house ever and anon as he hits some
nail on the head driving the truth
home in his inimitable fashion.
Long before noon it was seen that
the governor would have a big crowd
to hear him speak, and quite a num
ber of automobiles loaded with his
friends went out the National High
way a distance to meet the governor
and l.is party en route from Nash
ville to act as escort of the Chief
Executive into the city.
The governor spoke at Nashville
at 11 o’clock and there, as at all the
other places he has been speaking
on this trip, he was greeted by more
than could get into the courthouse.
Mr. Ashley Williams introduced
Governor Harris at the courthouse
paying high tribute to his worth.
When the “Grand Old Man” rose
to speak he was given the “Rebel”
yell so viciferously that the volume
of sound fairly lifted the ceiling, and
Uncle Nat I’m with you,’’ was heard
ringing in from all sides.
At Nashville the Governor in his
speech took up the card which ex-
Governor Jos. M. Brown had signed
criticising Governor Harris in par
doning Stripling. The governor re
viewed the case thoroughly and said
he believed Governor Brown must
have forgotten some of the circum
stances or else the complete record
had not reached him. He moved his
audience in Nashville to tears when
he described the life of Stripling tho
assault upon his family which pro
voked him to kill Cornett.
“The Joseph M. Brown card,” de
clarcd one of Mr. Brown’s support
ers In his several races, “was dragged
out of him by the Howell-Dorscy
combination in return for past fa
vors. Governor Brown would not
have attacked you voluntarily and
know ho intended to vote for you
The only thing in your record he
could criticize was the commutation
of Stripling and naturally he could
do that because he had refused cle
mency in that case.”
Governor Harris reviewed his own
administration, paid a glowing tri
bute to President Wilson for the way
he had met every crisis', spoke but
briefly of his adversaries, and de
clared his belief that the people of
Georgia would not turn down a man
who had done his duty by the state
and against whose record there was
no criticism until he became so for
midable that his opponents were dig
ging up everything they could imag
inc.
of
Son ofa seafaring man
was tornaH
KiHenj. Me.,wkere ke
followed Ike same
ailing. From catin uoy.
ke rosedobea
ssmaa.a
conty’essmaa.a j
commander andajudgf.
A CARD FROM R. S. FOY.
I am accused, at this late hour,
being opposed to capital punishmen'
the death penalty. I am glad it
not hog stealing.
1 am charged with refusing to urg.
the death penalty in a criminal case
in which I was employed to pros
cute.
I am in favor of capital punisl
ment in all proper cases, as all oth
er thinking men are. I was in fa
vor of it in the Leo Frank case, and
refused to sign his petition.
In the case about which an affida
vit has been made, I did not favor
the death penalty. It was not bo-
serving and the jury trying the case
agreed with me.
Regardless of sensational eleventh
Mr. Editor:
On August 30th last Mr. J
Young addressed a letter to me
through your columns containing the
following sentence: “You (R. C.
Ellis) have made charges against me
that, if true, I am not worthy to
represent the people of Tift County
in General Assembly, and if you can
prove your statements, I will with
draw my name as candidate.” He
did not state in the letter what the
charges were 1 had made against
him and the above statement was
calculated and doubtless intended to
convey the impression to the public
that I had wantonly and maliciously
spread dirty and false reports about
him. Last Fridsy night at the
courthouse Mr. Young set out three
charges which he accused me of hav
ing made against him, all of which
proved true beyond the shadow of
doubt by written evidence.
Mr. Young stated that I had charg
ed first, That he had turned out the
three commissioners elected by the
people and had appointed Mr. J. J.
Golden the one commissioner for
term of four years by an Act passed
by him through the General Assem
bly in 1916, and that the original
Act had bzen amended by him in
1916 in such way as to add one more
year to Mr. Golden’s term of office,
makirg his total term five years.
That if it was true that he had thus
amended his bill so as to add one
more year to Mr. Golden's term that
he would get out of the race. The
charge is true as shown by the law
and the facts in the case:
The Act creating the office of the
one commiseioner of Tift County Is
found in “Georgia Laws 1916" page
380 and the first section of said Act
reads as follows:
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of the State of Geor
gia, and it is hereby enacted by au
thority of the same, That from and
after the first day of January, 1916,
that the office of Commissioner of
roads and revenues for the County
of Tift be and the same ia hereby
created and established, and that J,
Golden he and beds hereby created
and appointed the first commissioner
as aforesaid under this Act, who
shall be commissioned by the Gover
nor as such for a term commencing
from the date of his appointment and
expiring on January 1st, 1920, and
shall hold and discharge tho duties
of his office until his successor is ap
pointed and qualified, as hereinafter
provided.’’
The second section of the original
Act provided that the successor to
said commissioner should be appoint
ed by the grand jury “at the fall
term 1919 of Tift Superior Court
and every four years thereafter. 1
By the amendment passed in 1916 ail
of Section 2 is stricken out and
new Sec. 2 is substituted in lieu
thereof as follows:
“Sec. 2. Be it further enacted
That the successor to the said com
missioner shall be elected by dire,
vote of the qualified votera of said
County at the same time and in the
sume manner as is now provided by
law for the election of the consti
tutional officers of said county, and
any vacancy occurring in the office
of commissioner hereby created and
appointed shall be filled in the sam
manner now provided shy law for
filling vacancies in other county of
fleers. Provided, however,
vacancies the duties of such officer
shall be temporarily filled by the Or
dinary of said County until the sam.
shall have been filled, as above pro
vided. Said commissioner shall not
be eligible during the term for which
he shall have been elected for any
other office. State, County or Muni
cipal.”
Note that the original Act appoints
Mr. Golden fer a term of four years
expiring “January 1st, 1920, AND
SHALL HOLD AND DISCHARGE
THE DUTIES OF HIS OFFICE UN-
COX WILL DELIVER
LUST SPEECH HERE!
LAST NIGHP^ WAR SUMMARY.
In Galicia on the front of the Zlota Lipa and Dniester
rivers the Russians have driven the Teutonic allies from forti
fied positions and have taken 4,500 prisoners, among them
j n xsft pnnntv HI. D... r„| about 2,000 Germans. Berlin concedes a victory to the Rus-
y ' sians in this region. Violent fighting continues around Brzez-
Congreuman-
WILL CARRY TIFT COUNTY
any, southeast of Lemberg, but here Berlin says the Russians
have suffered heavy losses and have made no advance. Rus
sian attacks near Zzorow, northern Galicia, and in Volhynia,
also failed, according to Berlin. Fighting is still going on in the
'HJZZZL Co’wli* J?*"’ I Carpathians, where the Russians claim the capture of addition
al heights.
Washington, Sept. 7.—The first definite step towards the
the courthouse here on * Friday I demobilization of the militia was taken today, when Secretary
night at 8 o’clock in the interest Baker ordered the troops that were recently withdrawn from
of his candidacy for the office of the border mustered out of Federal service. They will resume
f ’ a — — ma an M. n» ^mama 41. in a4 I - , ( .
their status as state troopi.
Congressman from this district.
Mr. Cox is making a whirlwind
campaign of the district and ia mak
ing friends fast, according to state
ments of his supporters.
One conservative business man in
Tifton remarked as follows: “Tift
county will give Judge Cox a major
ity of from 200 to 300 without
shadow of dougt. He has been mak-
Why Judge Park
Stayed In Washington
ing friends here rapidly for the past From the Albany Herald.
ten days, and he will carry the die-1 When Hon. Frank Park, came back
trict by not less than 2,000 votes. I to his district to begin his campaign
am making this statement after due for re-election, his opponent had
consideration of all statements made been 'busy for weeks. Some of Con
nie from parties in whom I have im- gressman Park’s friends had urged
plicit confidence from all over the dis-1 him to come homo and look after his
trict.” political fences, but not till August
Judge Cox will address the people 112, just a month before the primary
the courthouse Friday nightl date, did ho get back to Georgia. In
along lines that are of vital impor- view of the fact that Judge Cox was
tance to the people of the district actively canvassing the district, many
and he wants as many to hear him as have wondered why Representative
can possibly do so. He will talk plain- Park only allowed himself thirty days
ly about the race and will not mince into which to crowd all the work
matters at all but will shoot straight of his campaign,
from the shoulder. The fact is that the Congressman
It is expected that a big crowd will considered, as early as June, the
be on hand to hear him make this his advisability of coming home and at
last speech in Tift eounty before tho least getting his campaign under
primary and especially aska that his way, hut conditions In Washington
friends from the rural sections, as]were such that, on giving the mat-
well as the business men of the city, ter thought, he realized that he could
to make it a point to come out and]not IcaVe hie poet without neglect
hear what he has to say to them. ing important public duties. Other
After the speaking there will be Southern Congressmen with opposi-
an opportunity given all who wish tion were already in thWr districts,
to do so to meet Mr. Cox and talk hut Judge Park remained in Wash-
to him. |ington until he could with propriety
leave. That time did not come till
A MILLION ON DEPOSIT. | near the middle of August.
When the Congressman referred
cry duty, 1 certainly do hate to ask
you to remain here, and would not
do ao if I did not think your pres
ence was absolutely needed.
1 am confident that the people of
your district will neither criticise'
you nor permit your cause to suffer
on account of your remaining at tho
post of duty.
With best wishes, I am,
Sincerely your friend,
CLAUDE KTFCHIN.
On the same date, June 28, Speak-
Clark answered Congressman
Park’s inquiry as to the advisability
of the latter's leaving Washington
for a short time, as follows:
The Speaker’s Rooms, House of Rets-
resentatives.
Washington, D. C„ June 28, 1916.
Hon. Frank Park, .
House of Representatives.
My Dear Judge:
You asked me in your letter about
your going home to make speeches
I would not do it The people of
your district, I am sure, Will appre
ciate your record in Congress, and
when they consider all the circum
stances will understand the necessity
of your staying here and will return
you to Congress,
There are many important hills
yet to be disposed of. The calendars
of the House are crowded with them
House bills are coming back to us
loaded to the guards with Important
amendments—some of the amend
ments being as Important as the orig
inal bills. Conference reports are
louring in. This is our busy season
Ho
Pn
the House. Hope to adjourn early
All Records Eclipsed by Bank of the matter of his coming home to
Tifton This Wools. Speaker Clark and Hon. Claude Klt-
Wcdncsday was a record breaker chin, Democratic leader of the
in the way of eash being deposited House, they insisted that he not leavo
at the bank of Tifton, more than at that time. The situation in which,- - . - -
thrte hundred thousand dollar, be- Judge Park found himself and tho! the °wiU hTwMw tlm™
Ing deposited; also the total monies reasons why it was not till a month 1 unt jj t |, e senate is ready for adjourn-
on deposit was increased to a million before the date set tor the primary ment.
and a hundred and eighteen thou*-1 that ho could come home, are set Wishing you abundant success, I
and dollars. forth in letters written by both the * ra ’ g , . friend
Two records were thus broken, the | Speaker and Mr. Kitchin. It was on y CHAMP ’CLARK,
amount to be deposited In any one June 28 that the Democratic floor t Speaker House of Representatives.
day and the total amount on deposit.|leader wrote Judge Park as follows:, ‘ ■
Twenty-five hundred checks and , The « c published be-
drafts were handled Tuesday when Committee on Ways and Means, cauB * l *|ey make c “f * hy L 1 *? 3
the record day hit tho bank, to one House of Representatives. jJudjre Park remained in WMti-
can get somewhat of an idea of the I Washington, D. C., June 28, 1916. ta&ton M l° n 8' He ia known in the
amount of work attendant. Hon. Frank Park, 'capital as a Congre-man who
The previous high record for this ^“w^foXtaT' [
bank in total deposits was reached Dear Judge: , friends were insisting that he come
last December when they went to j n reply to your inquiry, I regret! home * nd get . hi * C * m ** ifn ® nd * r
nine hundred and twenty-five thous-|to say that the situation here is such w *y» « e remained at his post be*
and dollars. that not he advisable tor you j cause duty seemed to imperatively
to leave. I am trying my best to get' demand his presence there. Only
Fifteen cent cotton and the high 1 r" V ( demand nts presence uiere. umy
price seed is selling for is responsi-j July 25th or August 1st, after whicS| w ^ en *** cou * d *P* r ®d * rom Wash-
ble for the great sums of money time the business of the House will! inffton did he return to Georgia.
that are being deposited. have ^ L ‘V n com Pleted and members | The Herald seta these things forth
Anyone who reads this statement | ^T? ‘'L’^on i ln thi * manner because they answer
can gain some idea how the average keen one of the dependable member, j I 06 * 1 * 0 "" w *]] eh “ J™ 1 ™*" y
farmer nnd business man is getting always at your post, at all times so * on * < n ™ district have asked,
along in this section of the country, loyally attentive and diligent in ev- 1 (Advertisement)
ise of a Cabin-Boy
_ was industrious. * His rise from cabin-
many high public offices proves that noth-
Ible to the boy or man, no matter how
* ’ condition, if he is ambitious and
combination of hard
saving.
of his earnings or spend-money to
live to enjoy a bright, happy, pros
ake shiftless failures.
F TIFTON
hour campaign reports, too late for
me to answer, I unhesitatingly prom
ise the people, if elected, to faithful
ly discharge the duties of this office,
and to presecute vigorously all cas
es including those in which the pen
alty is capital punishment.
Respectfully,
R. S. Foy, Sylvester, Ga.
September 7, 1916.
TIL HIS SUCCESSOR IS APPOINT-
GEORGIA
TIFT COUNTY SCHOOLS.
At the regular meeting of the Tift
County Board of Education Tuesday
it was decided to open the public
schools of the county on the first
week in October, for the regular term
of seven months.
There are thirty-eight achools in
the county, twenty-eight white and
ten colored. These employ seventy-
four teachers, fifty-seven white and
seventeen colored.
ED AND QUALIFIED as hereinaf
ter provided” and the Amending Act
provides “THAT THE SUCCESSOR
TO SAID COMMISSIONER shall be
elected by direct vote of the qualified
voters of said County AT THE
SAME TIME AND IN THE SAME
MANNER as is now provided by law
"or the election of the constitutional
officers of said County.”
That is the successor to “said com
missioner,” Mr. Golden, shall be
elected at the same time as the sheriff
and other County officers in 1920
and by implication necessarily ex
tends the term of Mr. Golden until
his successor can be elected at the
general election in 1920 and be qual
ified along with the other County of
ficers Jan. 1st, 1921, so that Mr.
Golden’, terra under the amendment
does not expire until Jan. 1,1921.
The Code of Georgia 1910 Section
261 provides that “HI oflicc.su of
this State nut reside therein, at
designated by law,
Last Psge.)
Ben F. Perry, of Cherokee roun
ty, is again with the State Banking
Department and will appreciate the
vote and influence of his friends and
others in this Section for W. J.
Speer is an ex-Confederato soldier,
has proven honest and faithful in
the discharge of every trust of war
and peace and is worthy and deserv
ing the vote of every man. d-'
Miss Rowena Long returned Sun
day from Atlanta, where she was
der treatment for several days from
malarial attack. She wants her
canning club girls to know that she
to look for her after next week
Herbert L. Moor,
Graduate Optometrist
Two years o: continuous practice
in Tifton and score* of satisfied cus
tomers. If you are suffering with
headache, or other troubles caused
by eye strain be sure and consult me
and see if gia ses properly fitted
won’t relieve them. At cur office
in tha Myon Hotel Block every day.
STILL IN THE RING.
If you are in the market for a good
organ or piano, please communicate
with me. I still handle the celebrated
Putnam Organs, and Chrisman Pian
os and other pianos not so high pric
ed, but good ones.
My office is now in the Williams
Warehouse on Third street, when
you esn find me occasionally. I am
out on the road most of tho time,
Drop me a card If interested and I
will ctl^ and set you. I asll direct
from the fretory to yon, and eon
o’l you money on what yea hoy.
Yours to asrre,
T. D, .Smith, Tifton.
—
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qctrd
■EVERYONE KNOWS THE STORY OF THE ARAB WHO COULD-
HT SAY NO. AND WAS FINALLY CROWDED OUT OF HIS TENT.
SOME PEOPLE CAN’T SAY “NO” TO THE CUB STRANGER WHO
HYPNOTIZES THEM INTO INVESTING IN SOMETHING THAT
EXISTS ONLY ON A PIECE OF PAPER. SOME PEOPLE "BITE”
AT THE "GET-RICH-QUICK” SCHEME BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE
A STRANGER INSTEAD OF THOR OWN BANKER. H
■LISTEN, IF THAT GET-RICH-QUICK SCHEME IS SO GOODJ
WHY DOES A SMOOTH STRANGER HAVETO PEDDLE IT TO TOUT ]
BANK WITH US-
WE PAY 6 PEB CENT INTEREST ON TIME DEPOSITS.
The National'Bank of Tifton, Ga.