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! Where tire Fights For Gov- ! ernor Are Hottest. NEW YORK GOVERNORSHIP! Henry L. Stimson. John A. Dix. By JAMES A. EDGERTON. I N the langunge of the venmculnr, ft has been some cauqialgu. It Ims seen several surprises, and election day will probably bring .out a Job lot of new ones. It Is no small stake that is up. Not only every seat In the bouse of representatives, and therefore the coutro! of tbut- body, depends upon the cast, but thirty Unit ed States senators, more or less, and governors In a majority of tne states. Rigger than all of these, ihe result on Nov. 8 will have not a little to do in' determining the outcome of the presi dential eleetl'P in 1912.. I This ai;tic!e Is in no sense an at tempted prophecy. There are enough prophet*—at least In their own minds —to till the papers with guesses with out any addition on my part. More over, the thing is so nearly over that u prognosticator would uo more than jrm'b orf* his prediction thun the result Svould bob op to confound him. Let the campaign managers be the oracles. That Is their business. They have to convert themselves Into claims bu reaus just to show that they are uot scared. Nobody pays much attention to them, but they feel In duty bouud to claim the earth and the offices thereof. For the rest of us there Is more serious business. We have to vote. It 1b our turn now, and we swell up not a little us we reflect that we have the last word. Notwithstanding the congressional election much of the popular interest has centered In the gubernatorial tights In a number of the leading states. New- York has been most lu the calcium rn.vs perhaps, not only be cause of her size, but for the reason that Colonel Itoosevelt’s personality has been literally hurled Into the can vass. There has been some mention of the oppoxiug candidates, Stimson NEW JERSEY GOVERNORSHIP! Woodrow Wl'.aon. i. , Vivian M. Lewis. GpcuxcoihstI • INDIANA SENATORSHIPi John \V. Kern. A. J. Beveridge. and Dlx, It is true, but where their names have been whispered' once the colonel's has been shouted teu times either in applause or objurgation. Of. course. Ijotli .sides., following T. R.’s lead, say they have tbelr oppo nents “beaten to a frazzle.” What else could they, be expected to sa.v? As to the voters, they have becu too much ing out for the Republican candidate Neither side Is very progressive In Ohio this year, and ns a consequence the Socialists are snld to be making gains. The Democrats claim the state by a big majority. Beveridge Appealing to Progressive* stunned Ijjy the noise to do much prophesying. Where they 'have Ven tured an opinion of the result their prognostications have generally fol lowed their pRrty. bias. If we depend on money to talk, the betting odds have favored Dlx, generally nt two to one, pith few jRfcora. \ ,f . New Jersey, that so often is but an echo of New York, is this year playing a sfar p’riri on her own hook. This is due to the fact that the Democrats have nominated Woodrow Wilson for governor. ' in the past the American people bare honored their educators, but not .by runuiug them for office. If Wilson is elected we may see more college presidents on the Rrfng line. Perhaps It would be no loss If we gave our political economists a chnuce to put their theories Into practice. They certainly could not do worse than the politicians have done. Professor Wilson has come out squarely for progressive policies all aloug the line. Qis campaign has been a revelation of direct aud candid Bpeech. Vivian M. Lewis, the Republican candidate. Is au old newspaper man. Mr. Lewis- has also declared for some of the progressive policies. The result Is lu doubt, but Wilson's supporters seem very coulldcut. In Ohio the Republican managers admit that If rbe election bad been held two welts ago Harmon would probably have been re-elected. Now they claim tbe tide is turning In Hard ing’s favor. For one thiug, .lames It. Garfield aud the progressives are com- One of tbe most spectacular fights lu tbe nation Is that In Indiana. Here the contest Is over tbe senatorship. Beveridge Is attacking the Payue-AI- drlcb tariff aud appealing to progres sives of both parties. John W. Kern, his opponent, expects to get the Derno- craUnvote and some quiet support jJroj^^Je stand pat Republicans. The otrtcome Is very'doubtful, but would seem to favor Kern, as the Democrats now have the governor and legislature. After sweeping the California pri maries as au insurgent, Hiram W. Johnson is ha'vThg another fight with Theodore A. Bell, who was temporary chairman of the last Democratic na tional convention. Johnson Is opposed to the Southern Pacific railroad, and It Is thought that for this reason the railroad and stand pat politicians umy support Bell. Nevertheless Johnson's AGENT FOR “Crosset” Shoes for Men. “Qfieen Quality” Shoes for | Women. f ‘f p “Buster Brown” Shoes for Boys" and Girls. CALIFORNIA GOVERNORSHIP_ Hiram W. Johnson. Theodore A. Boll. supporters confidently predict his elec tion as governor. The progressives swept the Kansas primaries, triumphantly reuominatiiig Walter Roscoe Stubbs for governor. It Is said that the railroads, breweries and standpatters have made a secret organization to defeat Stubbs. Over the line in Nebraska the ques tion of ephnty option Is the chief Is sue. James C. Dahlman. the "cow boy mayor” of Omaha, is the Demo cratic candidate for governor. Dahl man says he will veto a county option bill. For this reason W. J. Bryan has bolted his nomination. The Democrats OHIO GOVERNORSHIP: Judson Harmon. Warren G. Harding. J. L OLIVERS’ at present have the governor »Dd leg islature. but the result this year is very much in doubt. Honse Hay Be Close. As to the national house of repre sentatives. both congressional chair men claim It by a large majority. A New York magazine recently made a canvnss of the situation that It said extended into every doubtful district lu tbe Innd and as a result of which It predicted practically a tie, with thirteen districts uncertain. If the house should be close the insurgents would bo iu a commanding position, as they have nominated something like fifty candidates, most of whom are reasonably Sure of election. It is gen erally admitted that both the Demo crats and iusurgents will make gains in the house, the only question being as to tbe size of these gains, The same condition applies to the senate, with this difference: In the upper body it is scarcely possible that the Democrats can come into control, although they may add enough to their membership to give the iusur gents tbe balance of power. In de tail the senatorial situation is as fol lows: There are thirty-five new men to go in. including successors to four who have died—Dolllver of Iowa. Me- Enery # of Louisiana, Daniel of Vir ginia and Senator Elect Broward-of Florida. Swanson has already been itippolnted to succeed Daniel. Dolll- ver’s successor will be left to the leg islature. which will select a progres sive. All tbe Democrats will be to) lowed by men of tbelr own party, with the exception of Purcell of North Da kota. In that state the probabilities are that McCnmber will be re-elected, and tbe other seat will go to Asle J. Gronna. a progressive. taxation, which is sub-divided as fol lows: (1) Fifteen cents to pay legal in debtedness of the county due or to be come due during the year or past due; (2) twenty cents to build or repair court houses or jails, bridges or ferries, or other public improvements accord ing to the contract; (3) ten cents to pay sheriffs’, jailers’ or other • officers’ fees that they may be legally entitled iy bi _ to out of the county; (4) two’ cents to pay expenses of the county for bailiffs at court, non-resident witnesses in crim inal ca-es, fuel, servant "hire and the like; (5) ten cents to pay jurors a per diem compensation; (6) six cents to ] p?y expenses incurred in supporting the poor of the county; (7) seven cents to ifiis • wfui pay any other lawful charge against the county. Also in compliance with the recom mendation of the Cl rand jury at Sep tember Term Superior c >urt, 1910. of said county, the following special levy ifle, ir was made and ordeved collected, to wit: Thirty cents on each One Hun dred Doljars returned for taxation for the purpose of maintaining and work- Gr ing Grady county’s quota of convicts on the public roads of Grady county. Upon report of County School Com- -. !IH . ,County ... missioner of agreement between him and the authorities.in the several school districts, the following leveis for locql school purposes have.been made for the ensuing year and the tax collector ordered to make collection accordingly: Woodland School Dlatrict .1 1-2 mills 1 ine Union 4 mills. Golden Rod mju,, Greenwood 3 1-2 mills ElPlno 2 li2miir» 4 mills Walker.. Tax Levy County Purposes. GEORGIA—Grady County. Notice is hereby given that the fol lowing tax levy for county purposes for the year 1910 was made and collec tion ordered to be made accordingly on Sept. 20, 1910, viz: W I levvnty cents on each Hundred Dol lars worth of property returned for mills 2 1-2 mills 8 mills 2 mills 4 1-2 mills .... 5 1-2 mills 8 1-2 mills Cairo. Whieham Snnnyside , Providence Calvary. .■ Bald Spring Pleasant Hill..... Pleasant Valley 8 mills Thomas Wight, J. W. Sasser, L. L. Barwick, Albert Powell, Henry Mitchell, ' J. S. Peebles, County Commissioners. L. Ledford, Clerk. All kinds of printing neatly done at The Progress office. We liayo all the latest, typo faces, Just give us a try and be convinced.