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JTHE JACKSON HERALD Published Weekly II .50 A Year—ln Advance Entered at The Jefferson Postoffice as Second-Class Mail Matter Official Organ of Jackson County JOHN N. HOLDER ..-Editor W. H. WILLIAMSON...Bui. M’g'r Jefferson, Ga., August 19, 1926. Georgia’s Prosperity Versus Destructive Politics (From Atlanta Journal) A fact of much moment in Geor gia's history, and one which the clam orers for state bonds and high taxes would do weil to weigh, is thus re corded by that impartial observer, the Savannah Morning News: “As the tax digests reach the capital the counties show, one after another, Increases in both real and personal property returns. And that’s an other sign of prosperity—when the people themselves admit it.” By every practical test Georgia to day is vigorous and sound, notwith standing prophets who wailed as the year began that woe would betide un!e their schemes for a great bonded debt were adopted. Not only arc the ad valorem returns mounting, thanks to new enterprises and to normal increments in value, but other taxes also attest that same wholesome trend. The gasoline tax for the first half of the year yield ed two million, five hundred and forty-eight thousand dollars, and now promises to exceed five and a half million by December's close, which is far beyond the forecast made by John Holder in the shadow of the special session of the legislature, when he championed the cash against the credit plar of road construction. Likewise the motor vehicle license tax, amounting for the first seven months of 1926 to three million, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, already overtops the total for all of 1925, and more than confirms the estimate of the pay-as-you-go build ers. Thus without incurring the ex travagance and the peril of a state bond issue, Georgia steadily gains in public revenue—and gains as a re sult of that creative prosperity which her moderate tax measures encour age. Shall this happy trend be sustain ed, or shall it be broken athwart by rash and destructive politics? Shall investors and homeseekers continue to find here the justice and moder ation, as well as the rich natural re sources, which attract them in ever increa: ing numbers? Or shall the state be given over to a policy at once reckless and oppressive, which would kill the hopes of years to in dulge the whim or greed of a sea son? This is the major question in the present campaign for governor. John Holder stands for the preservation | of those principles by virtue of which Georgia is today free from the bond-; age of debt and prospering under lib eral laws. The soundness of his judg-j ment appears in nothing else more clearly than in this, thaj; when the pro paganda fer a huge bond issue was at its height he counseled against it on the ground that normal gains in re venue would amply take care of the state’s needs if its funds were effi ciently managed. How advisedly he spoke let the county tax dipests, the gasoline tax millions and the piotor vehicle license fund bear witness. A fair and fruitful commonwealth is ours now blest, not alone with a goodly harvest, but also with a growth of productive industries and of capi tal investment that will mean more and more prosperity for the rank and file. Let’s prove worthy of these opportunities by maintaining the policies of government under which they have come to pass and by placing their friends, not their foes, at the helm. Such a friend i3 John Holder, tried, staunch, true. And that, is why The Journal trusts and believes that he will be Georgia’s next governor. The Augusta Chronicle says that Hon. Sam Slate, Georgia's audito - : “Has always been a foremost advo cate of the pay as you go plan of building highways, and in a remark ably able speech before the county commissioner’s convention at Savan nath he analyzed the advantages of this plan and abo submitted the idea that an educational survey be made to determine Georgia’s needs for her university system and her public schools before the matter of a bond issue for education was seri ously discussed.” It is easier to get married than to get a job. A young man may win the love of a girl or gain her con sent to marriage easier than he can Establish credit at a bank or a pri vate store.—Dawson News. Unprecedented Majority For Holder (From the Augusta Chronicle) A certain gentleman who Ls a can didate for governor, has said that we should have a referendum to de termine whether or not the people of Georgia want to issue seventy million dollars in bonds to pave our highways. He does not say that he is for bonds and he does not say he is against bonds, as we under stand it, but somewhat evasively states that rather than for the coun ties to continue to issue bonds he might favor a state wide bond issue. All of which is so vague, evasive and indefinite that it means noth ing. The question that should be asked every gubernatorial candidate is: “Do you favor a state-wide bond issue of seventy million dollars, or do you not?” Hon. John N. Holder is the only randidate in the race whp answers the question. This business of a referendum without the gentleman suggesting it having any definite, clear cut, straight ,rfut views himself is the weakest position imaginable. Suppose he is asked the question, should Georgia vote $5,000,000 to build anew capitol, he would say, without commiting himself, “Let’s have referendum.” If Sbmc one should suggest abolishing onr white primary law and go back into the old order of things in Georgia would the gentleman say “Let’s have a referendum?” Anybody can talk about a referendum and pass the buck to the people without taking a definite stand himself. It is ducing the referendum idea to an absurdity. There* will be a referendum on the Bth of September anyway, whether the gentleman proposing it thinks the state primary will be such an affair or not. And the people of Georgia are going to decide by the greatest majority ever given a can didate that we do not want a bond issue when we have $11,000,000 per year available for the next six years to build our highways. And there will be a revolving fund in the state highway department for paving through counties that are not able financially to put up their portion of the money. The Chronicle has said oftentimes Before this, that if any misguided advocate of bonds had any idea that highways that arc not a part of trunk lines are going to be paved any earlier with bonds than by the pay-as-yofl-go method, then he is sadly mistaken. Therefore, let no cue be fooled into believing that a bond issue would promptly pave such highways, for, as a matter of fact, they will be paved earlier by .the present method, provided the -counties give their cooperation in the way of putting up their share of the funds. Many Georgians at one time felt that a bond issue was needed to get sufficient funds to pave our high ways, but when the highway de partment, composed of able Geor gians, showed conclusively that we iwould have sufficient funds to pave |.2,500 miles in six years and the state I not owe a dollar at the end of that .time, there was no answer to the ! argument for a bond issue to load ithe state down with debt. And the campaign talk about “bootlegging mileage” and all that sort of stuff is, of course, ridicu lous, but the candidates must have something to talk about. We have an idea that the people will not be fooled by any such canards. John N. Holder is going to be named governor by an unprecedent ed majority on the Bth of September and the people of Georgia will ir stall in the executive office a man of courage, character., integrity and vision, one who has stood the acid test, one wh,t> was persecuted, abused, dismissed from office and humiliated, but who is so strong in the affections of the people that they will honor him with the highest office within their gift. He is the only man who has a corstrnctive program to offer, he is the only man who stands for anything definite, and the well meaning gentlemen who are offering for governor, hoping that the publicity will put them in line for high office in later years, have as much chance to stop the Holder tide as the old lady Aesop tells us about who went to seashore and angrily tried to brush back the waves with her broom. The issuance of bonds and not the financing of enterprises seem to be the order of the day. If we are joing to kill business with issuing bonds for roads, bridges, educational institutions and other public enter prise.. we ought to put business men on notice so that they can quit.— Winder News. COMMENTS ON THE GOVERNOR’S RACE What Georgia Newspapers Have to Say Concerning the Gubernatorial Campaign (From Dahlonega Nugget) Georgia’s Next Governor We present our readers with the picture of Georgia’s next governor on our first page (John Holder). • * * (From Walton News) And John Speaketh Not It is giving many of them grave concern that John N. Holder, one of the candidates for governor, doesn’t say anything. Maybe John feels that the less he says the less he will have to repent of, fully aware, as thous ands of other Georgians, that some of them have said too much already— enough to lose votes everywhere. Hold to what you’ve got, Johnnie. * * * (From Lawrenceville News-Herald) One Road Fully Paved The Savannah Press says that John N. Holder has the road to the gover nor’s chair fully paved. * * * (Prom Lawrenceville News-Herald) "Hew About Thi., BillyV’ Editor Anderson, of the Macon Telegraph must feel like he has been buncoed, as he made George Cars well a candidate for governor to take the place of Cecil Neil as lead er of the pro bond fight, in which he started out all right and satisfac torily, but has recently gone over to the pay as you go plan of build ing concrete roads, evidently trying to crowd Holder off his platform, seeing that is a sure winner, and wants the job he is now fishing Billy Anderson is quite a ten pera mental individual, fights for what he regards a3 right and will not stand for such treason, and may take Hardman on his band wagon, who now stands flatfootedly for all of bonds, and is absolutely square with him on that issue. How about this, Billy? (Prom Lavonia Times) Sentiment Against Bonds Increases It may be taken as a settled fact that Jno. N. Holder will be nominated for governor in the September pri mary. It is claimed that Holder’s strength is not confined to any one section, that he has a large follow ing in nearly every county in the state. Unprejudiced political observ ers in different sections of the state, take the position that Mr. Holder’s op position to a state bond issue has added to his srength with the masses of the voters. It is asserted that the sentiment against a bond issue is .stronger at the present time than it was when the legislature adjourn ed. ‘‘Elect A Highway Governor” (From the Waycross Journal-Herald) It is time to elect a highway gov ernor in Georgia.- Whether you are in favor of a state bond issue or opposed to a state bond issue you must be aware by this time that Georgia must have paved highways before she can attain ma ny of the goals she has in mind. The paving of the highways is J urgently needed to supplement and support the building of a tobacco in dustry,, the continuance of a hyrdo electric development, the furtherance of industrial development, the loca tion in the state of new settlers and better farmers, the faster diversifi cation of crops, the securing of ad ditional consolidated schools, the at traction of capital to the state. For all of these things and for many others paved highways are needed. This is why Georgians must Work for,paved highways. This is why John Holder is going to be the next governor, because without question he is building high ways and will work for the paving of Georgia highways. Georgia urgently needs a higway governor. * * ’ There seems not to be the slightest doubt that John Holder is the next Governor of Georgia. Holder is the beneficiary of the demand of Georgians for paved high ways. Even those w’ho differed with Hol der in regard to a state bond issue ;-re voting for him because Holder has been and is now paving highways. Other issues are not creating in terest. Georgia realizes it must have paved highways in order to attain the goals its ambition has conceived. l (Louisville News and Farmer.) Cut Out Job Little Too Big Mr. Carswell, candidate for gov ernor, in hi3 speech here last Thurs day afternoon, stated that there was only qne candidate in the race that he would have to defeat, and that was John N. Holder. To those hear ing Mr. Carswell, it was apparent that he had cut out for himself a job little too big. Neither Dr. Hardman nor Mr. Wood need fear a candidate whose platform is de structive criticism and whose stock in trade is vituperative phrases. Mr. Carswell made an attack on county bond issues, stating that every blade of grass and foot of land in Jefferson county is mortgaged to retire its bonded indebtedness. He said rhat a state bond issue would be more advisable, but failed to explain why state bonds would have better col lateral, or endanger property valu ation. (From Tifton Gazette) Paving Road* On Pay As You Go Chairman Holder says the High way Department expects to finish up a hard surfaced road from At lanta to Macon this year, and from Macon to the Florida line next year. Much of the work on both sections has been completed and there are only a few missings lings to fill in. He says that with the constantly increasing revenues of the depart ment it will be able to do more work and contract for more miles at the time, instead of letting short mileage contracts as heretofore. Will Go Overwhelmingly for Holder (From the Louisville Nows and Farmer) “. . . Jefferson county will go overwhelmingly for Mr. Holder, .first, because Mr. Holder has many warm personal friends here; second, be cause Mr. Phillips, of the highway board, is a citizen of Jefferson coun ty and those who know him feel that his presence on the board is a vindication of any and all charges against the board, and in the third place, the people of Jefferson coun ty are pleased with the work of the department. Roads in Jefferson county have made phenomenal prog ress due largely to the county board of commissioners in cooperation with the highway department. The peo ple feel that Mr. Holder has made a success of the highway and they want to see him do the same by the gover norship.” Interesting Facts About Holder | A writer in the Athens Banner j gives the following interesting facts | about Hon. John N. Holder: For a number of years he very ably represented Jackson county in the house of representatives, and also served a term in the senate, and was the author of much constructive legislation. He was the author of the bill placing the convicts on the public roads, and finally broke up the con vict lease system. He was for many years speaker of the house of representatives, and considered one of the ablest and fairest speakers who ever occupied that position. In 1904, by heroic efforts, he helped to keep the Agriculture Col lege at Athens, where it has made the most wonderful success and come to be regarded as the best in stitution of that character in the United States, and strongly support ed the common schools, the Univer ty of Georgia, and all its branches, and when not speaker, was chairman of the committee on education. When a student at the university j he soon became the leader in all his I Hasses. Fresh from the farm on which he was raised, he amazed students and professors with feat3 of his marvelous mind. He easily led in every study, and graduated in 1890 with the first honor. He is a first class business man, and has successfully served as the -resident of the bank at Jefferson — has for many years been the owner and editor of the Jaekson Herald, a clean and influential newspaper, and has always been engaged in farming, in which he has also been successful. He is a man of the very highest typi of Chraisian character, and a prominent leader in church activi ties, in whih he wields great influ ence. He is unquestionably the mo-t po pular man in Jackson county, and has never failed to carry it by sub stantial majorities v. hen a candi date. and will repeat at the Sep tember primary. , (From Cleveland Courier) A Capable Man For Governor White county should go for John Holder overwhelmingly. He may not have pleased everybody as Chairman of the State Highway Board, but that is something that no person can do. John Holder is a capable man, and Georgia certainly needs a capable man in the Governor’s chair at thi3 critical time. The Courier appeals to every voter in White county to vote for John Holder for Governor. m * (From Savannah Press) Opposition Is Mad The opposition is mad because they can’t make Holder angry. * * * Approved by the Masses (From the Ashburn Wiregrass Farmer) Hon. John N. Holder, chairman of the State Highway department and leading candidate for governor of Georgia, while enroute from Way cross, where he attended a highway conference to another meeting in Americus, stopped in Sycamore and Ashburn last week-end long enough to shake hands with many Turner county friends. Mr. Holder is run ning his campaign in a quiet and high-tone manner that is meeting with the approval of the masses of Georgians, who will show their ap proval of him at the polls on Sep tember 8. *\ ‘‘But He Remains Busy” (From the Moultrie Observer) John Holder is cool and calm. A few opponents are making violent attacks on him and his record, but he remains busy. He is going about aver the state hurrying up ing of roads for those who are criti cizing him for not building them faster. * * * (From Savannah Press.) A Heavy Burden There is an attempt to make John Holder responsible for the mistakes of the present administration in Geor gia. He is not only to be account able for the next administration, but for the past one. This is a heavy burden. The Gubernatorial Race The news coming in from the various districts of Hall county indi cate that Hon. John N. Holder is the choice of a very large majority of our citizens, and reports from adjacent counties of the Ninth district indicate that Mr. Holder will sweep the dis trict. His views on the great ques tion of issuing bonds seem to meet the approval of everyone we come in con tact with. The spber second thought of our great State has solidfied itself. The people are against issuing vast millions of bonds by the State for any purpose. Our State is now in a healthy con dition and we are attracting new enterprises and indications are that many more will come, if we will but rit steady in the boat, show to the outside world that we will give new industries fair treatment, that we do 9 not intend to overtax them and that we are setting a good example by not overtaxing ourselves.—Gaines ville Eagle. NO DOUBT ABOUT WHO WILL BE NEXT GOVERNOR Atlanta, Ga.—-As the race now stands for Governor, there is no doubt but that John Holder will be Georgia’s next chief executive, in the opinion of L. W. Moore, editor of the Springfield Herald. Mr. Moore is frank to say that he does not agree with some of Mr. Holder’s views, but, as he puts it, “he is going to be elected anyway, and we feel like jt would be better to make it unanimous.” The Springfield editor praises the statesmanship qualities of the high way department chairman, who now aspires to the governorship, and adds that “he is big enough and broad minded enough to make Georgia a good chief executive.’*' The editor of The News is not old fashioned, but there are some old fashioned ideas we like pretty well yet. One of them is the wayove used to do our petting. In the old day3 the boys took their girls out for a walk or a buggy ride, and they did their petting in the dark corners cf the earth unseen and unsung by the world at large. We liked that system. We think it much better than the present system of spooning copples parking right on the main j thoroughfare in broad daylight get- Iting in their licks. —Dawson News. “BOOTLEGGING” MILEAGE CHARGE IS EXPLODED SAYS TIFTON GAZETTE Phillips and Barrett Letters “Take the Gas Out of Tbo Bag of The Holder Opposition,” Say* Editor Herrin;. (From Tifton Gazette) One of the principal arguments used.by the opposition of John N. Holder, candidate for governor, has been that Holder was going about over the state ‘bootlegging road mileage,’ claiming he had 800 miles to apportion when in fact he only has 49 1-2 miles. This statement has been used frequently in speeches by his opponents and the Carswell cam paign headquarters is publishing this statement in advertisements through out the state. Chairman Holder, fol lowing the policy he has adopted in the campaign, has remained silent on the question, doubtless expect ing that the truth would be brought out in time. The question of how much road mileage the state highway depart ment has left would seem to be set tled by two letters published in The Atlanta Journal of Saturday, which show that the department still has 786 miles to allott. Somebody is go ing to have to do some fast and con vincing explaining to keep this argu ment from making many votes, for Mr. Holder. If these tw r o letters don’t take the gas out of the bag of the op position to Mr. Holder, we have an other think coming. Mr. Holder ha3 greatly aggravated his opposition by remaining silent in the face of much criticism, and it is not hard to see why he has kept silent. He is doubt less enacting in the gubernatorial campaign that old saw about ‘giv ing a calf enough rope and he will break his fool neck.’ We can im agine Mr. Holder sitting back, hold ing his sides and roaring with laugh ter while watching the opposition fall all over themselves trying to get out of the trap which they mads and then got caught in. “’Scuse us for smiling, please.” WORTH IT IF THEY ARE One of our exchanges is of the opinion that a grateful child, reared at an expense of SIO,OOO, is worth the sum, and comments thusly: “It has been figured out by life insurance campanies that the cost of bringing up a chjld from birth to eighteen years of age costs $7,238, on an average, exclusive of public school and college education. The interest on this money would amount to more than $2,000, which brings the average cost of a child at eighteen to ap proximately SIO,OOO. “Much has been said about duties of parents to their children, and now •these figures ,are an indication of what children owe to parents. The most valuable gifts to the child are the intangible which are not in cluded because there is no fair way to value them. The days of plan ning, the nights of careful’ watching during illness, the heart-to-heart con fidences between parent and child, are things even the most astute statis ticians can not put into dollars and cents. “In bringing to maturity several children the average couple spends what, to them, would be a small fortune. However, when mothers and fathers see their sons and daugh ters making good citizens and rear ing their own families, they have no regrets and ask little for themselves. “Parents may sometimes side-step their responsibility and their duty to their children, bu,t for every one who there are probably five chil dren who fail to pay in full the debt of gratitude to those who nurtured them. “Ten thousand dollars is a lot of money, but a well-reared, grateful child is worth every cent of it.” When all is said and done, Georgia is a great old state, after all. It isn’t all peaches and cream, but we know of no other state that is. Nor do we know of any state which in the long run makes a more certain offer of competence as the reward for earnest effort than here. Let’s be fair to our home state. —Dawson News. Rev. W. T. Watkins, pastor of the Capitol View Methodist church, and family, will sail for a European tour September 1, where Rev. Wat kins will continue his studies.- -At lanta Journal. If every citizen traded away from home, patronized mail order houses, etc., the city would go broke. If the city went broke the citizefis would go broke. Then why trade away from home?