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At Evening Time. (The Commoner.) Love, give'me one of thy dear hands to bold. Take thou my tired head upon thy breast; Now sing to me that song we loved of old— The low, sweet song about our little nest. We knear the song before the neat vm* j “Tax Payer" In yeaterdav’s Herald, we «n**Re .ong when tint the neat , ugge , u tUat we mlght pubUfi the of J. H. Eslll, the South Georgia can didate for Governor, and we will then have one of the beat Governors the| state has ever had. This Is South Geor- { gla’s opportunity and her loyal sons j should take advantage of It, and we feel justified In believing that a great! majority of them will do so. /Vote for Estill, and you will not only vote for the best man In the race; but you | will be loyal to your own section Search Light on Estiil. was found, , , electric light rates of Savannah, Brun- We loved the song In after, happier swlck and Valdosta. The Herald has hours. *Jj not as yet obtained the scale of prices When peace came to us, and content charged in the two former cities. We profound. | might mention, however, that a little Sing the old song to me, tonight, be- stirring up Is badly needed in Val* loved. I dosta. A private company owna and While I, my head upon the faitful ' operates the Valdosta plant, and the loved. wondrous visions In the fair fire light. md our whole hearts are satisfied with rest. letter than all our one-time dreams of bliss .re peace, content and rest secure as this. hat though we missed love's golden summer time': i Autumn fruits were ripe when we had leave enter Joy's wide vineyard in prime. od guerdon for our waiting to re ceive, jjre gave us no frail pledge of sum- liner flowers, side by side we reaped the har- fvest fields tv, side by aide we pass the winter | hours. day by day new blessings vealed. • fever heat of youth, its restless I glow, high desires and crovings mani fold. [wild delights its victories and de* I feats, passed; and we have truer Joys |to hold. khe dear old song about The following is an extract from an editorial on J. H. Estiil's caudldacy publlsned la the Bainbridge Search- Light of recent date: There are a great many people who admire him for his manly race, devoid of sulphurous fumes and whirlwind, *'t>ig 'em Tike—eat 'em up whiskers," campaign. He has had little of that "warm baby" appehl to the voters. In other words he has been uniformly temperate In bin action and In his speech. He is allied with neither of the two Atlanta rings that are seeking to control the politics of the state. He is too sincere to seek an electiou by appeal to prejudice. He realizes no doubt that he cannot fool all the peo ple, all the time, and he on the con trary woud rather not fool any of the people, any of the time. He has de clared In emphatic terms that If elec ted he would be the tool of no clique or ring, that he would administer the affairs of the state with wisdom, just ice and moderation, and that If elected he would appoiut the best men to of- 8 cents per 1,000 watts, against 10 J _ ... , ., , 1 I flee, whether they supported him for The New Voice, one of the leading religious publications of this country, for the pure aud good, speaks out for Bryan us follows: "By a sudden and very striking political refraction Wil liam J. liryan. though In fact on the other side of the earth, appears to have arrived. "What was called, only a little while ago, In contempt of derision ‘Bryan- ism,’ has become sane, but progres- The South's Past And Future. From the M.icon Telegraph. A writer for Public Opinion, cussing the past greatness of the South in the field of statesmanship, "The United States Republic has now reached the age one century a quarter. During the first half of this period the affairs of the Republic were largely dominated by Southern slve convervatism, is uot a providence. I Influences. Only four of tho fifteen What has happened Is that the I prosldento chosen previous to the Clv- people have learned to understand Mr. 1 » War were born north of Mason and * Dixon's line, namely, the two Adamses | rates, with the exception of those at Waycross are probably the highest in this section of the country. The price for street lights in Valdosta is $75.00 per year each against $90.00 charged in Waycross, and the rate to private consumers doesn't run any nwer than |the HF— N long withheld, and yet, so full of THE GOVERNORSHIP. you ever notice the fact, that te eyes of some people down here EH >uth Georgia, all of our big brain- jell men live in North Georgia. This Ct bourse would be a natural way for Georgia people to feel, but we t tee why a South Georgia man d feel that way. We know some, many can, and will say this Is a fair statement As to some, and perhaps it is not yet as to a number it Is true. Take the ernorshlp race and study the ques- You will say perhaps that is a fair test because you do not >r Estill as a man, but It Is fair it all the same. You say we have, ier men In South Georgia than he, d if they were running you would ipport them. Yes, but is it not true X North Georgia has abler men than ilth, Howell or Russell? Yet we ways see North Georgia men stand by one of their citizens, though [e may not be one of their ablest and There is no excuse for any ith Georgia man to refuse to sup* rt J. H. Estill for Governor. He not be able to make as eloquent speech is some of our lawyers hut one doubts his honesty and his superior ability as a business man, and It is this quality we need now in the gubernatorial chair more than we do eloquence and politics. As a truth thye is no better business man In the^B[ e 11(11(0 of Geor S* a than J. H. Esflrand now above all other times we need just such a brain as toe possesses, In the governor's chair. The South, and Georgia In particular. Is on tho ere of one of the greatest eras of development we have ever had, and this Is the time we most need n man who knows all about bus* laesn matters and how to htnJle fi nances. This Is nil as true as gospel, and we hope nil of 8outh Georgia cents to the largest consumers in Waycross. Valdosta should own her electric light plant. News From Ashdown, Ark. governor or not. Now that is the kind of a campaign Estill is running for governor. It is not so fulsome and fulsomatlng as some, but it is frank, it Is honest, it is enough for any good Georgian to pilgrims to - ask. And it is nil that any man could accomplish if he were elected gov- Nearly all of Tifton’ Ashdown, twenty In number, have re turned, some early in tae week, and I ernor—no matter what his platform others, after making side trips to Texas, Hot Springs and other points, are coming in daily. A postcard located P. W. Robertson and J. B. Guest, in Waco Monday. Opinions as to the investment vary, some think ing it a good one, while others are not so well satisfied. From the best the Gazette can learn, the land Is probably worth the money, and will bring It If Investors keep their hold ings until the depression always fol lowing a boom, passes.—Tifton Gazet te. Democratic Dpty. Will the Democrats of Georgia stand idly by and see Tom Watson use Hoke Smith as a tool and destroy this great party In the state? We cannot believe they will do so. Yet It is always best to always be on the alert and not wait to lock the stable door after your horse has been car ried away. There 'is no danger in Tom Watson and Hoke Smith carrying out their designs If every true democrat will do his duty, but at once opening his eyes and seeing In time. It Is the duty of every loyal demo crat In Georgia to go to work at onpe and block the game of Watson and Smith. There is no use saying there is no danger. Do not wait until the scheme reaches that point Nip It in the bud now; crush it out This is the duty of qvery democrat. It is no time to tolerate any fool ishness. We know of course Hoke Smith wants office, but he should not be allowed to sacrifice the democrat ic party in Georgia to get It The rights of the people of the state are too sacred for anything of the kind to be tolerated for one moment. The cry for negro disfranchisement, railroad domination and to shut out foreign capital is all a hoax and poli tical dap-trap to get in office on. The people of Georgia are not fools. They have sense enough to know when they are getting on all right. They know good times from bad times, and they know no calamity howler like Hoke Smith ever did anything for anybody but his own selfish self. and promises might Include. As suca It ought to appeal to the thinking class of the voters, and to those men who do not care to be swept from their feet by any whirlwind of enthusiasm or hasty debate. We conclude with the prediction that when the votes are counted out in August Mr. Estill will be found right up in the front part of the meet ing cocked and primed for the govern orship bearing no soiled linen, and un fettered by promises and cliques form ed early In the campaign. He will be found an important factor in the race, standing an even chance with any one else. So far as Decatur county is concerned, we believe he will be right there with the goods, and he is growing every-day. Bryan while he has learned also to un derstand himself. Bryanism was never wlld-cat-ism even In the remotest sense but common patriotism, waken ed suddenly, and blinking In the light. "It was the huge, yelow peril of the money-power truly hut vaguely and it made the bad mistake of supposing that the strength of the Caliban lay in the yellow metal of the shield. “Bryan was a great leador. Young; brave to the point of recklessness; enthusiastic, to the level of Inspira- Southern leaders are entitled to share tion;superlatively eloquent; single- * n an y credit attaching to basic purposed, to the point of devotion, J I , * anB o( our B° ver nment and the sub- who were both born la the town of Braintree, Mass., Millard Fillmore, born In Cayuga county, N. Y., and Jas. Buchanan, born In Franklin county. Pa. Southern men largely predomi nated in every cabinet formed during the first seventy years of the Refmb- lie. Southern statesmen took the lead In most of the great national move- CA8UAL REFLECTIONS. it is so much easier to sit down aud write und tell you now to do anything, than it is to do It. It Is the old say ing, "talk’s cheap." What Is tho trouble? Has every thing been called off for the summer? Let us all vote for bonds, and im prove Waycross to the extent contem plated. Wo must keep going ahead; wo must not fallback. Now is the time for actiou. The streets must be improved and school facilities enlarg ed, and water works system extended if we expect Waycross to grow anJ he a city of any importance. Any ono who opposes these needed improve ments simply sets himself up as a stumbling block and is in the way of those who believe in progress. Nine-tenths of tho people of Way- Col. John H. Estill will sweep South Georgia llge a cyclone on Aug ust 22.—Bainbridge Seach Light New Isthman Canal Commission. By Telegraph to the Herald. Washington, July 2.— The following statement was given out at the office of the Isthmian Canal Commission to day: (Because bt’"the failure of Sen ate to take action looking to confirma tion of the Isthman Canal Commission. The President immediately foHowiag adjournment of Congress appointed new canal commission with the fol-' popular auction, but an old habit, a lowing members: Theodore P. Bhont* j ot n g prejudice and some candidates. with staying-power like the bulltlre lessness of the forest king; and he fooled himself. but not tho people. They gloried in him, but would not follow ^hlm on the false issue of re quiring a double standard for the man ipulated currency. “The people lead In this country. They are timid, slow to think, and slow to act, but when they move, the road is the right line, and they are getting under is honest money and a fair chance to •arn It; honest administration and a fair chance to participate in it; holiest return for capital and an honest share for labor; honest public works and a fair distribution of them; honest ser vants and a' fair chance to direct and control them, etc.,—honesty is what the people are out for with their Diogenes lantern. They want a busi ness manager and Mr. Bryan seem not only eligible but also a hot favorite with the Democrats, and a great majority of the people are Democrats. “A re-organization of the Democrat ic party under Mr. Bryan's leadership, on a platform embracing tariff reform; government control of public service corporations; wide-open publicity as to al corporations; postal savings banks; parcel post; limitation of the internal revenue law, concerning the liquor dealers’ special tax, to states where the liquor traffic Is lawful; pro hibition of common carriers engaged, in interstate commerce, carrying al coholic liquors into Prohibition 8tates contrary to the laws of such states; and the Prohibition of tae liq uor traffic in the District of Colum bia and all territory under federal control would carry the country with a shout In ^908. “There is nothing left of the Repub lican party, from the standpoint of ments up to the Civil war period.! cross believes tho city should have its own electric light plant,' aud operate it, but we cannot have everything at once, and wo will have to be patient. The electric light movement will do to keep for a later day. It will como on, however, In duo time, and the city will own and operate its own plant We feel quite sure of this. Chairman, John S. Stevens, Charles E. Magoon, Peter C. Hales, U. 8. A., retired, Mordecai T. Eddicott, U. S. N. and Benjamin M. Harrod, C. E. U. A.) Mother Enterprise Agreeably Surprised Fitzgerald People. For many years Mrs. Nettie C. Hall, familiarly known as "Mother Enter prise," has, on behalf of the local W. C. T. U., organization dally met the A. B. & A. trains and distributed flowers in the form of buttonalres to the railroad employees. And In various other ways haa "Mother Enterprise,” endeared herself to the "boys,” with never a thought of other results than the possible addition of some pleasant features to Wake up, democrats of Georgia, and the lives of this generous-hearted and do your duty like men. This Is a time when to a man, you should be at your poet. The opposition to Col. Estill In this county is becoming less evident every day. He will carry this county by * large majority.—Clinch County News. Co). Estill is rapidly gaining In strength throughout the state and es pecially in South Georgia. It Is be* lieved that he wtll~carry this section by almost every county.—Clinch j Roasts sUU roatlaiee to pose as underappreciated class of men. Today "Mother Enterprise” was handed an envelope by Conductor H. F. Newton, which she supposed con tained a communication of some sort for publication. Imagine her emotions when upon breaking the teal, there appeared to her astonished gaze a cheque in the sum of fll.00, with assurance of the highest regards of her friends. "The Railroad Boys." Irill Wiki a, u« rally to tho npport Cocity Nffp. /. m The habit is weakening. The preju dices are dissipating. Roosevelt is im possible because "he himself aas said It.” Fairbanks is impossible because the day for men of his type has passed Root Is Impossible because of the Boss Tweed school of law and politics he hails from. Taft is impossible because he has norecord, to speak of, and Can non is—simply impossible." The peace movement in Russia ap pears to move crab-fashion. There are 14,000 species of the po tato family, and a different bug for each species. Mr. W. J. Bryan has been endorsed as democratic candidate for president by Wisconsin. There Is some thing that not only spoil by being kept too long on Ice; pure food bills, for instance. Congress men take notice. , sequent labor of rearing tho super structure. The Virginia Land Company to which the kings of England original ly conceded tho r|g)»t of raising its I own necessary revenues, •starting point of our republic. George j Mason, of Virginia, wrote the golden text of free government in the tang- •luge: "All men are born free and |cqunl, with certain Inalienable rights, | the right to life, Iberty and pursuit What they want of »«PPlne«s.’ "Thomas Jefferson wrote the Decla ration of Independence. John Mar shall, of Virginia, placed tho Imprint of almost dlvluc wisdom on tho con stitutional framowork of the republic ns Hamilton did on Its fiscal system. The wise measures leading to tho ac quisition of domain necessary to the symmetrical and logical territorial completion of this God-fashioned 'land of the froe and homo of the brave,’ originated almost entirely in South ern brains. It was a Southern cab inet which coped jrlth the Seminole problem and brought about quiet In that den of disorder and laid the groundwork for subsequent annexa tion of that territory. The far-sight edness of Jefferson in making tho tau- i&iana Purchase stands out as a fa mous stroko in public policy. As con tributing to tho grandeur and prestige of the republic the declaration of the Monroe Doctrine by President Monroe, was equal in importance to the act of Jefferson in securing for us the Louisi- any territory. The Mexican war was waged by Southern statesmen and was fought by Southern soldiers. In the very nature of things tali Southern predominance could not last even If there had been no war, with all Its paralyzing rosults, the domina tion of the more populous and richer northern states would have come soon er or later. For while the institution of slavery held the South to agricul ture alone and was an effectual bar to immigration, the North continual ly progressed in riches and population by means of Its diversified Industries and Its Influx of thrifty home-seeking Europeans. But al in good time the South will come to Its own. It now has diversi fy I industries and is seeking to at tract Immigration. As regards natural advantages and resources it has few If any peers. The South’s northern border, say* a recent writer, "Is an upland rim ( blessed with an Incom parable climate, and Is unexcelled In its adaption to small farming and home building for the individual. The lowland half of the South, bounded by a thousand miles of meandering sea front and reaching yet beyond anoth er thousand miles to the borders of Mexico, constitutes tho wordl’s cotton empire. In this vast stretch of allu vial soil and genial sun, 80 per cent of the world’s cotton is grown." The possibilities of such a country are be yond even the optlmlst'a dreams. A Chicago physician says the coun try Is going Insane for lack of rest Hope that the President and Congress will see the point. The Pope recently blesaej two Am erican automoblllsts la Rome. For a change, that matt hate been a de lightful exptrieaeo tor thorn. Mayor Tom L. Johnson, of Cleve land, has accepted an Invitation to preside at the reception to Wm. J. Bryan In Madlaon Square Garden on Mr. Bryan's return to this country. Henry Watterson will deliver aa ad- dreea oa behalf of the South tad Ale* aider Troop, of New Haven, wm epeak la the aaae of the But The large railroad shops are being constructed ns rapidly ns we could expect under tho circumstances, and we hope tho large new' hotel building will soon be in course of construction, and when bouds are issued and the public Improvements open up, we will seo things commence humming in a few months from now. Keep cool nnl don't do nnything to hurt Waycross. tat' us keep au eye for progress, and all will turn out well . And the news from Washington tells us we will have au appropriation to purchase land for a public building In Waycross, and at the next session wo will get another appropriation with which to erect the building. This should mako us feel hotter. In tbo language of Judge Perham, "It doos seem liko Waycross will bocome a sea port town after all,” and we can add there la one thing sure, It is going to be one of tho most solid and pro gressive cities in Southern Georgth. All we have got to do Is to stand togother and result will follow. You may not know It, but having Hon. W. O. Brantley, our Congaess- man, on the public building commit tee is giving this whole aectloa a great leverage, and the appropriation for Georgia cities are telling of hie working capacity as h Representative. The Baptist college Is going to be a big card for Waycross. If you have aot already done so, you should sub scribe and pay all you can toward* this noble Institution. The Committee in charge has not got all the funda yet required to complete It. But we feel that the people of Waycross will put their shoulders to the wheel and cee that they get It. This college will be a blessing to this entire section. We think It should be called "The Scruggs Institute,” In honor of that noble Christian gentleman, Rev. W. H. Scruggs, who Is doing so much In its behalf. Do all you can to promote the In terest of Waycross, and your own auc tion of the state, and then you will be worthy of being called a loyal citi zen. The man that opposes or votes against Bonds at the approacnlng elec tion, has not got the Interest of Way- cross at heart. This la the time and the occaalon for Waycross to show tho outside world that she is going on ward and upward, and become a city Indeed and In truth. If yon have ’not got the heart and •on! of progress In you, It would be well to keep quiet end let those who have, do what la necessary to build np Waycross. Witch Waycross grow! If yoa are not blind, you can see what Is la store for as. .Work for Waycroes, bat keep oool Boat lose yoar heed. WIDE A win. A