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WAYCROiS, OA-, MARCH 31, 1300.
Hoke Smith convinced the peo
ple of Cordele of one thin*, and that
id that he hasn't any love for the
Admocratic party.—Americas Times-
.Becordcr.
Kot a more calls nt soldier fought
.adder the stars and bars than J. H.
vastui aaya Editor T. Larry Oantt,
ad the bouthern Held. Larry la sop-
pertlag Hon. James M. Smith for
•"trfilll
A negro has been lynched lnLouU-
/Una (or stealing a ww. It is Impoa-
alble to tell how they would hare
vanished him l( be bad atolen a fine
Fitzgerald, Cordele tod other plio*
-*m are to ouke a bid for the At*
Untie A Birmingham railroad shops.
What la Montezuma going to do?—
. Montezuma Record.
Dr. Nuanally Insists that the mem
bers of Hoke Smith’s Sunday school
make a Motker Hubbard gown for
'that Muscadine Gal In the Piedmont
'her, to be worn at least until the
campaign la Ter.— Southern Field.
An Atlanta woman beat a beef-
-strait so hard, la order to make It
'•atable, that the plastering feel off
dhe celling In the room below. Inflict
ing $25# worth of damage on tht oc
cupant of the lower room. That beef
waa sure tough.
In their very Srat election the Rua
'*taas ** ap as many charges of fraud
•at the Americans who have hern
voting a century and a quarter hare
•rer been able to make. Yet there
art? some who think the Russians In
^capable of srif-government.
It greatly pains and shocks the
Osar to learn that his police are no
better than his government.
It Is denied that Senator Depew la
In a sanitarium. Well, they spell it
sanltorlum (n some localities.
When Mr. Rockefeller was finally
located, be seemed greatly surprised
wlif-n be beard he bad been missed.
Lost Hoke Forgets.
W1R6GRAS3 TOWNS.
‘The man who pauses on the path
of treason
Halts oa quicksand; the frst step en
gulfs him.”
The democratic party has made the J towan in the s
South; It broubbt It through the dark state la mat:;
Valdosta Times.
The Times is glad to note the evi
dences of thrift and progress which
are beini manlfrated in all of the
*raas sec: >a of the
f them tie imount
Hasn’t the United States been send-
ln« out to many ‘‘piQk-tea’’ ambassa
dors to Austria and o’her countries?
and Mtormy days of reconstruction, I of building that is :>eing daa? amounts
when shadows black as night hung'to a boom Wa;'rosa haa
o’er every home and children clung t new- life and will have aa :
to their mother’s skirts and hid be-lflv.? or six thousani peopl
. I,
Atlanta Journal Daily Assails Dam*
1mm-ase pay roll fr»m the u rail
road shops, within a year whi!-» these
:? other th'.nja that
add to f 1 -.- town's imp^-tance.
The 'elections'’ In Russia appear to] principle and of everything which the' Ov»-r at Quitman, Thomasvi.Ie. 3ain-
hind the doors. It preserved the
sanctity of the home, the^ happiness ]
of the people, the integrity of the | additions
state. It has ever been a par'y of j will add i
be ns great farces as the elections _ name democracy implies,
were in the South
bag" regime.
party | br'dgo and Albany—up at Tlfton.
ler the ‘‘carpet |f or the common good; a party held! Nashville and' Cordele—and down
j together by the men who left their \ at Live Oak, Gainesville. Perry and
■ ■ ■■■ , bloody tracks upon the battle scarred ! otiit. p iiats la Florida, wonderful
What Is the matter with The Jour
nal anyway? For a year or more It
has been impeaching the motives and
questioned the sincerity of every
newspaper in Georgia that hat not
cr. adopted It as a bell-wether to follow
without question wherever It may lead
After engaging the Telegraph in a
discussion of public questions, and
quitting tiie field. The Journal picks
up Murpay and any other man or
newspaper that throws a brick at this
newspaper and holds him and them
between Itself and The Telegraph.
While we have this Atlanta Journal
in hand we might also ask what It
Being naturally of a thrifty nature»fields' of Virginia, and left as a bles-
John D. Rockefeller Jr. deplores the ted heritage to their sons. Jt has made I
prog.
is being made Quitman
her princlpu^ treeta paved
'sowing of wild oa'*’’ at the present j Ute Solid South, the pride and glory Und beautified while the work of build-
h^i
market price.
'of every man of southern blood and
. — ’ teaching; It has ridden t oat of the
New York’s legislature refuses to I fiercest gales and placed Its banner
ask Platt and Depew to resign their J upon the ramparts of Us enemies and
stats In the Senate, probably feeling § detractors.
that It would be of no use anyway. . It has had traitors in its ranks,
and the greatest traitor of them all
ing homes and business houses has
gone on without letup. Thomasville
and Bainbrtdge have both added many
improvements, and Albany is said to
Trying to Drag Cotton Association
Into Politico.
If Hoke Smith anil hi* populist
ally. Peck, succeed la dragging tha
Southern Cotton Association into
politic* It means the death of that
organization. The Albany Herald
has sounded the warning, and It
would be well for the leadera of dem
ocracy to be upon their guards to
prevent populUt party wrecker* from
carrying out their evident designs
Editor Mcluto.h^hu* discusses the
Peek-Smith scheme:
"Populist Peek, a member ol the
National Executive Committee ol
the Southern Cotton Association has
made a had break in Issuing a circ
ular announcing that he will speak
at a number of places la Middle
maans by Its dally protect* againit,
preserving -he Integrity of the dem-j Hok ~ Bm|th for gov „ nor , Ue great
The report of the court-mgrtitl on
the collision of the battleship*, ha*
been delayed so long that the “white
wash" must be peeling off la spots.
ScnaCffrs Forakcr and AJdrlch
thought they had made great speech
es against the rate bill, but when Sen
ator Bailey of Tex., got through with
them they looked like thirty cents.
Are Georgian! ready to disfran
chise 40,00* white Democrat* and en
franchise SO,000 negroes by enacting
this cruel, this unrighteous, this
criminal law!—Atlanta News.
"The Introduction of antomobUex In
the South should be encouraged,'' ears
the Albany Herald, •• for every one
tianxfonna Its owner Into an ardent
advocate for better public highways.
The Florida Times-Union observe*
that the farmers of Colorado have Just
discovered that there Is more hog
food In pees and corn, and aays: "We!
Floridians found that out long ago." I
TCm ’Watson's magazine has been
placed aa the "unfair Hat" by the la-
bur unions of New Yofk city because
et He refusal to adopt the eight-hour
day In Its shop. The democratic to-
fora of Georgia will put tho whole
Tnm Watson outfit on the unfair list
about primary time.—Cordele News
Notwithstanding the startling ex
posures of the Insurance Investiga
tions, It Is far from certain that the
N. Y. legislature will afford (he remedy
of egectlve legislation. A persistent
lobby Is working against legislative
reform.
\ \
The South Georgia candidate for
governor Is not losing any ground by
conducting a decent campaign, and la
not worrying at pll about (he exact
number of political sheep stolen by
his competitors.
It ona Tom Watxoa, of New York,
Virginia, Florida, and God knows
where, who baa, for years tried with
all hie might and main and ability to
tear down the structure which lights
the southern home, walling to accom
plish his purpose through hi* own
pc-.zon. If reiurts ere to be relied
upon, be end Hoke Smith here bound
themselves together with nooks ot
strel, Watson to Inject his venom,
malice and disappoint meat lato the
heart of Georgia, Smith to sacrifice
the teaching of hit fathora to gratify
a rereohal ambition, no nutter by
what means.
Has Hoke Smith reached the "part,
•ng vf the wayi" with the democracy
of Georgia that he consorta so openly
with tbla avowed enemy? Hava the
people ot Georgia forgotten the dayt
of Wateon, Wearer, et. al„ that they
gaxe now without suspicion upon
•uch an alliance.
Let Hoke Smith take heed! Samp
son was a strong man, but had hit
Delilah; Napoleon his Waterloo, and
j shall It yet be written that he had
hla Watson?
Ben Hill has said, “He who saves
his country saves all things; and alt
things saved do bless him; who lets
who lets his country die, lets all
die, and all things dying curse him."
No. Mr. Smith, the way to save
Georgia, if. indeed, It Is needing sav
ing, is not the Watson way—Cairo
Messenger.
' j Georgia “in the Interest of Hon
j Hoke Su.ou —• 0 —.— .
ocntlc ballot la the democratic prlm-i fmportBBCe of changlIl g the laws reg
ary? At first it openly advocated a t h e gaIe ot commercial fert-
straight out fusion primary, omitting look for cottoB from , he standp oint of
from its vocabulary the word ; 1Ulori thl , , U te, and the out-
ocrat. or democratic. But under a (h(| NatlonaI ExeC utive Committee
be aa ettrely different place from what raking fire by The Telegraph - and a Q( tke 8 0U th era cotton AaaocUtlon."
two three years ago. Tlfton and number of other democratic news- like Tom Watson and
pspers. It whirled round and Pl»“‘«<»! „ ome other Populists In Georgia who
Itself for a brief time of the admit- L # ^ Bgktlaf , he Democratic
tance of returning populists laid down! ^ for yeara pa , t _ h „ cllmb ed onto
by the last state committee.
Misquoting Democratic Committee.
Then It began to misquote the lan*
Cordele have become the county seats
of new counties and both are growing
like mushrooms, but on a solid basis.
Waycrosa will probably outstrip any
of these cities during the present year,
because Waycross Is to get a half mil
lion dollar machine and car factory,
with four or five thousand people
from the Atlantic Coast Line. Way-
cross will also be a good town for
the Hoke Smith band wagon, and his
circular announcing wtfen and where
he proposes to address the people in.
uage employed by the committee, and' 8mlth ., ln ' tere , t and , n h „ of .
to protest vigorously sgslnst any sug
gestion requiring "future loyalty/
fleial capacity as a member of the
Southern Cotton Association clearly
years to come. The farming londs J tioa P* Me d by ,ta * e committee,
around there are being cleared and
" The Com morn
tho six candidal
wpoiislbliv'-fiir tho cold wave
know about nil the candidates,
whim Boko Smith got to Cordele the! Marietta.—Marietta Journal,
roh! «%ve came the same morning j
and remained until Joe Hill Hali
*pokd hero (ho post day
The Richest Baby.
John D. Rockefeller III, who lias
Just arrived in the vale of trusts, has
tho largest silver spoon, figurately
speaking, of any child ever born In
this country. The Rockefeller for-
The car factory at Waycross, Ga„
has $2,750,000 worth of orders ahoud
governor re-j and yet peorle put Ihelr money In 11,,ne to which he will succeed I, now
Don't | Kind many thing* beside* ear factor- j c ,um«ted at ILOOO.OOO.OOO. If the
build a car factory In I growth of these millions continues
j the wealth of this young Rockefeller,
1 when he attain* the age of twenty-one
the la getting more of trade from
that course. And Waycross deserves
all that comes her way. Her people
are thrifty end enterprising and they
accomplish much for themselves out
of the until talent which nature gave
them. We are glad that she sees the
dawn of good days, and the people of
Valdoeta will rejoice wtth them, and
with all ot the wlregrass towns, at
they climb higher toward the hlgheat
and beat achievements In growth end
progress.
Of course, Valdosta has no Idea
of getting lost In the tide which ts
sweeping her neighbors upward. She
la doing a few things herself. At the
end of the present yeer, the will stand
In relation to her thriving neighbors
Just where she his always stood—
side by side. If sot ahead, of any of
them. Valdosta la leaping forward In
aeven league strides and when the
general roll of the great southern
towna la called, she will anawerhere!
with a voice that wilt be heard In all
o.’ the country around.
which ts the very .pint of thereaolu-j h „ purpofe drag tbe ^
ton Assocletlon Into politics, Just at
To "align” and vote for the ‘nos|- - e and %ome others did'the Farmers'
mees of the democratic party." Is » jAI1 | ance the etr |y “Ninettes."
pledge of future loyalty.
Are the Farmers of Georgia going
Scratch Your Liver!**
‘'**ror Grubb well aaya that Mr.
Smith hne failed completely to tell th-
’proplc how he U going to manage to
•IWranchlae the negro without tak-
fag the vote away from the Illiterate
white man. LetV bo fair, Mr. Smith.
Mi be fair.— Americas Time* Re-
border .
Time will demonstrate that all the
political talk about the railroads la
'Am* the purpose of fooling the people
: feat long enough to scoop In the
• office*. All this hue and cry againit
“ ta« railroads will cease after tht
* primary election —Americas Times*
' Hecoder.
Dr. Nunnallv is making hash meat
out of Hoke Smith by exposing his
Piedmont bar and the “gal” his
money helped to erect. How about
that wonmn that hugged him, was ahe
•o well pleased with the statute fo the
bar of a naked woman that she give
that expression to show that ahe was
well pleased with her race aa repre
sented In a bar naked? Well, we nre
of the opinion he will hardly bo hug
ged many times in Georgia.
; years will be fabulous. At the simple
intercut of J per cent In 50 years the
fortune will have grown to f?,500,.
ooo.flort, Sbonfd the boy fnherfc the
moneyenakfng traits of his grand
father and merely go oa compounding
the fortune that will be hla. fa 50
years, when he Is much younger than
hla grandfather is now. It will amount
to nearly $5,000 000,000. This la twice
the amount of the national dept of the
United States which fast year was
$*.293.t4»,3tt.31
m .. . j The youngster’s maternal grand-
•We taw a slim, stab~stded knock-' .
> father. Senator Alrtch of Rhode la*
“Scratch your liver!” was the cry
which arose from the corner v£ the
•rosiest and noisest, downtown res
taurant about I o’clock one afternoon.
The patrons of the place dropped their
knives and fork* and looked up in
amazement^ “The waiters did not
act In the least surprised and reached
for tbe bills of fare, drawing a pencil
through the line “Liver and bacon 35
cjnfa." The order came from the aup-
erlntendant, who had received word
from the chef that the dish had run
out. and he was so busy at the time
that he did not think how the shouted
command would sownd.—New York
Mall
Why Is the Journal so exercised, , 0 , et tb| , g, ng „f populists end dera-
about "future loyalty?” Wh»t Is Its at0(ue( t |, at wrected th#
plan for the “futire?" Does It propose, | wwk Ue Sonthern Cottoa ^reta
il things do not go to suit It, to em- „ 0B .
bark with the "new party" which lsj • _ 'I——r<
so elaborately discussed In the lut
Ixxie of Watson's Magazine? Is this
the retaon It does not want a party
pledge to go beyond the Immediate
purpoaca of tta own In this particular
campaign only? Is this the reason
that It li gathering Itself under the
sheltering folds of the populists'
wings stretched out to it by Watson.
Mtffphy and others? ts this the
reason Is finds Itself cheek by Jowl
with populism?
Watson's Bittsr Assaults.
For be It recalled that the writer In
Watson’s Magazine is none other than
the secretary of the populist national
Hon. Hoke Smith says nobody Out
side of Georgia ahould be allowed to
own a railroad atock In tbe railroads
In Georgia. That'a statemanablp of
a new order. Who la going to own
the roada In Georgia when auch a law
la passed? There are very few
people aa rich as Ur Smith, and atill
fewer who want to put their money
In railroads. Why not abolish rail
roads, anyhow.—Barnesvllle Newa
Gaxette.
DEMOCRACY IN THE SADDLE.
At the democratic mass meeting
executive committee who declares 1 held for the purpose of selecting a
that the populists aad “many dem- new Executive Committee of Ware
ocrats” are ready for the new party County for the proseat year, a reso-
and he la simply casting about for a imion waa offered by John W. Greer
new name for It. He urges the adop- | n favor e! a white primary without
tlon of the word “radical’'—“the rad- restrictions. In which republican*,
leal party," as opposed to both tho populists and socialists should be
democratic party and the republican 1 permitted to vote, supporting same la
P»riy. * |a ipeech. Lee Crawley opposed tho
la not Watson a radical? Does he ( resolution, favoring a strictly demo-
not boldly proclaim It? j cratlc primary. Will Crawley aa-
fa not The Journal organizing now j nounced that ho would havo to differ
with his brother, I.ee, and agree with
In Georgia this ‘‘radical party?”
It ts whispered In Zion that Dowte
and his wife have parted. But aR
aorta ot whispering* float through
are becoming Inextricably tangled In
Zion at one time or another.
not Wutson openly In the business?
tYhj- should democrats blind them
selves to this obvious tact? Are they
ready to turn the state over again
to “the radicals?" Is that a good
word to conjure with in Georgia?
Docs not The Journal preach rad
icalism every day In every edition?
I* not Hoke Smith's proposition to
prohibit the ownership of shares In.
Mr. Greer. Thereupon Judge Sweat
spoke against the resolution, taklag
tho position that no one saouid lie
allowed to vote in a democratic pri
mary except those alligned with the
party, and who, if challenged, would
obligate themselves to support the
nominees, and moved to lay the reac
tion on the table, slating that the
committee selected should be entrust-
When the next le-atslature I* mad*
- ap you Hill find that a big majority
sd the members are against dll*
' franchl*emcnt However, If Holm
Smith la elected governor why he
nrOI go right ahead and disfranchise
On negroes himself. Will the people
>«( Georgia allow themselves to bo
-Aecelved aad fooled? No. we float
-think ao—They are too teaslble —
-Americas Timet Recoriar.
Georgia railroads by people living ed to frame proper resolutions;
beyond the Georgia line the rankest | whereupon Mr. Greer withdrew hla
kind of radicalism? While Watson resolution, announcing that he wa*
has been an extreme, but conalxtent 1 willing to risk tbe committee,
radical, he has never gone that far! la the nest Issue of the Journal he
at least so far as we have seen. i claimed hla crowd had carried the
"I suggest the good old word day and were In tho saddle, as the
"radical," says the aecretary of tho J new committee would adopt hla reso-
populist national committee. "Thej lutlou, and in another Isaue had an
radical; radical ( editorial along the same line, and an
nouncing that Judge Sweat and dem-
word radical! V—to be ocrats like him were out of date.
j Recently, seeing the handwriting
k.e«L tmnjoahanked drummer the j “ mU1 T a „ „ d , "°" d "^ter 8 ”^' Par,!r:
other day who said If Hoke Smith was: , lon ,, the power behind the throae la , hrinr Ilk . a mM n-eved horse at a ” c * ,,lrP,: r * dlc * ll,m "
In do anything like ,h“ He rold'. I £ ^ ^ ^
, ** " * ,Ton * nI h ” k * pt the form Hokey Pokev."—Rome Tribune.
Toe. he edd. "I am going to '««■ >hri,uet of “Bohh of the United Tfl Mo> , Headquarter, to Savannah. th „ „
States.” ] _________ I ine *° uth ,a tbe ,,0 W* day* not yet mlttee on yesterday claiming It waa
fhrgotten. You can't ram It down The what he favored, whereas It waa en
tirely different, and exactly In accord
with the views of Judge Sweat, and
I shall rnako Georgia feel It" "Feel
what." yoar obarace? "Tea, my ab-
taaee." said he. Do ywt think any
s , Th,t wa * ‘he "good old word” of on the wall, he published a resolution
reproach applied to the oppressors of [similar to that adopted by the com 9
f llA ■ AM lk Ib *La ll.l SIB ■ .a . -..baa
Altogether It neem* probable that
little Rockefeller will have a few dol-‘ Soutl1 Dlko!l larfslature makes It ( Telegraph's throat now?
one In Georgia would ever ml** you? , Bri w|th wW< , h M b#gjB bualnexa; lacumb * ot “P 0 ® P ubl,< = « ch<501
No. Neither wotsU the place you
would go to feel you hid got there—
wo Judge from your looks Georgia
coaid well afford to do without you,
and any other place la the wide world.
Ho was one of Hoke's healers.. Hoke
has too mtay auch fetlowa for aay da
te chime la with.
when he arrives at the proper age. m ln tblt ****• *® deT0 ‘* ,ot '*** j Recent storms along the coast
thin two leesoax of tea mlnate* dur- have made rich prices for aalvaga
la* each week ot tho school year ta | crews as well as left some danger-
For prompt work leave year Lass > system of hums be treatment ot aal-joua dercllofa to tho path of aariga-
dry at the WUaon Pressing Club, «, mala. No experiments upon live anl- tlon. Kot leas than thirty derelicts
Peadletoa Street .mala to demonstrata beta la phya-[between the North Carolina dkpes
A. t HUN3UCK, -
* I It
t lalogy win ho permitted la aay school land Now York wen reported a few
. la the state. | days ago-Americas TUsee Recorder.
other democrats agreeing with him.
Under the resolution adopted, the
Democrats aad not tho moagrolRoa
an In tho saddle la Ware county.
/
Wo will continue to sell Embroid-
rioo for I cents tomorrow.
Praia RriHiy Oa.