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t THE WEEKLY HERALD A. P. PERHAM A 80N. Editor* And Publishers. •Entered at toe Post Office at Way* eros*, Ga., as second clans matter.” /be Evening Herald ia published •very evening except Sunday. The Weekly Herald every Saturday. All Subscriptions payable lb Had' rtlalng rates reasons inovii on application KATES OF 8UBSCRIPTI0.' pally, Ono Year tally, Six Months Daily, Three Months Weekly, One Year .$5.00 .12.50 .21.25 Teddy will not fCteljr have a third term, hut U Taft ia elected that said Teddy will he fowling the atrinta ov er the Jeroout fur the third term. + It i.-. th« ge-.jtral opinion that the j rofcibitfn qii 4.!(in will bob up a in th* loglalatiiro. Gov. Smith may b*Mf mJ win** after all the fuaf. T It —-fink it* !»•• settled that Joseph AI. Hr«>an rvif! either be a candidate for iwili‘*«.l eoimnUsIom-r or agai.ist Mr. ould be wtiily M for Ither Iricb- J-vevu have HilU'M f-iturw of the whole bus- Jithagy whicn seems to i.ii* tin* farm in*; clasp, handed tillers of the soil -I? Jos* Giejr grip on the TSk AYCROSS, GA., FEB. 27, 1908. The Taft In# a runul.iK mate fit, candidate. * Washington Times: about the figure in t.ie worry about lh,. flmw Don't P®rfty fi'jni , Is l’«e ! tber more pros- e ih«) last bdtcii came I'M I tor Perham. Where iuUm voting man?—Dario POLITICAL 1WS. HIS I9EA8 ON QUESTIONS THE DAY. ' rhinks Certain Laws Are Good and Certain Changes 8hould be Made In Others. W« woman is just the American Tim i* only ;i In l.oudo cute and American York * (Greenland glaciers nvera feet in thickness. move flft day. and discharge into the square miles of ice yearly thick. sea four lOU feet Chicago itecordHerald: gliMiman says American me ideal husbands. Hut ideal a nr aot what American helret or Ian Willie he to the ci loo.i in MOO Germany had not a Mingle city of 200,000 Inhabitants, and only two (Hamburg and Ueriin) hud over ivu.nip). Today tnere are forty-one dtlcs of 100.000. The petition to validate the Pear son school ’mime bonds will be heard by Judge T. A. Parker, at Waycroas •u Saturday February 2itth.—Wllla cdochce Sun. Scientist* declare a toad can live 1,000 years In a Mate of suspended animation. Tariff revision by Its friends Is the only thing In the toad's class.—\V. J. Ilryan's Commoner. The headquarters of the Democrat ic Congressional campaign commit to will be located in Chicago In the com ing campaign. Instead of Washington from which city thp las: campaign mu county. Mis- way a deed for :h 31 tin an aero ted, has applied the deed annul- ed, and says lie j* ready to advo cate prohibit Ion. *r Ouiseppe Alio. Hie anarchist, whq, shot and willed Father ls*o Heinrichs at Denver, »:»v, tiiai he was moved to kill th** jut-sat in* the ringing of the church belts. which reminded III in of hi* home in Sicily, which says was wrested from him by the church. One In tlio llrown. for guv. th* W tel* political rumors lute in tout Hon. Joseph M. nay .Jeridrt to make tile race .nor agnl.ist Hose Smith. Mr. -V on- «*C the ablest men in today, and while Coventor Hoke Smith *»* tit fo kick him out of his orth o a s util road commission er without preferring any charges anj without giving either co .Mr. Brown or to the people of Georgia any reason for his v«ty eursordlnary and un usual action. I.lttlo Joe would, pro- hably snrprlMe llok,. should he decide to Kx + — m .asville Timos-Enterpviar e Interesting information I Foudr^.i .Mkehell, of that e a candidate for the Fait senate, to oppose Senator There | s complaint that there no Somh (ieon'Jii exhibits In the Edu cational train. Tne Savannah Morn ing News says: "Wr the nl»s< 'of ,i'h oniric is tluyikful ! Tom Wilt aoii have parted company. It believes the governor v. ould bo entirely divorced from a politician who make* nie»- eli4tttil.se i,f hi* political Influence and following. South Beni to an glr.nr- won! North Com to recoa»»I/; Georgia T In tile mat might be si become so ; other Hnugi itilMU is »lue simply nit hough South G better pleased didn't so often fall exiH'ance of South r,. prone to do this ' the ofllces, and it •i that the habit Itas hat it extends to all New*{w tempers, snarl and tial to io torlal rt Mid H Is Western states will petition git* * to appropriate $10,t»00.oou for j c tw» nr inW hous.- ,„ r u, a wagon road, l.thio miles long, from| H p|ei»xi «>r H* editor Y.-Mu-nlnn# National I-ark 10 th«>| Io be d.nlme.L Grand Canon of the Colorado in Arisons. — ^ Blacks,rear Times:—At the term of the City 'Court of Judge J H. Thomas lined Mr Crave a loot) or twelve months in the gang tor se)Kmr whiskey without llcaase. ‘Atlanta and Birmingham," says a eoa temporary, ‘are engaged In a con- twin a* to which shall have the jV»w- •**’ prisoner* Itt their city Jails.* The •Ity adopting th# open-door imllcy ws-tk* to win with ease. Washington lose their •I enough for men to bui for a public jour- i‘iamiard of its edl- by making them a •r the ill temper ami * is infinitely There are nl- th«s« wan delta .u in witnessing I any deseeni of a reputable journal | ffom th- dignity and poise which ’ '* Hl j alone command public tespect. When- Baxley ov * r tn iiidiriduul “makes a fool of hlmsolf." there* «r*» lookers-on in plenty to enjoy Hie proceedings. The same role holds good in the rase of the newspaper, waose fall, however, instead of Interesting a few. ia observ ed bv Utoo'and o r tens of thousands, according to tbs ptper* circulation It t* wonderfully *••*» ibr a public journal to throw u*»v its dignity; sud Journalistic -IKwIty. one# deposed cannot be raises up wtftta except bjr patafu! ar<>c44Jit*/~s:H»af Herald. Getter Rural Schools. The prog-ess of every community state, and nation rests more upon education than upon all other thing.* combined, if Ware county, is to he :>n- of the leading counties In the Mate and if the state cf Georgia is o be n - of the greatest states in tVTe T'nlon, the education of her children nits: not be neglected. The children of Waycroas and of nearly all the largo towns of th e state already enjoy t ie advantages of good school sys tems and it is to the rural schools Mat the greatest attention should be paid. Every district of the county should have a good school house and at least six months of school each year, with good teachers. The county public school teachers of the present and of the past have done good work considering the disadvantages under which they have 'labored, but the equipment of the schools must be made better. To do this will require the expenditure of money and some people may say that the people are too highly taxed already, and this brings up the next plank in my plat- orm which is The Revision of the Tax System. The present system of taxation ha* erved Its time. It Is not in keeping •Ir.i the progress of the state. By it. large amounts of property, both real and personal, are either not taxed at all op-'a re listed at ridiculously low aluations. The system of taxation should be such that all property would have to be assessed for taxation 'and at a true and equal valuations. When this is done, all men Till carry their just proportion of the tax burden. The rich man who is worth one hun dred thousand dollars will pay ten times as much as the poor man who is worth one thousand dollars. When this is done, we can havo good school houses, good teachers and other need ed Improvements without burdening the poor man with one cent more tax than iie is now paying. Revision Of Penal Laws. All persons having any knowledge of the state Penal l<aws know ftfat there are many changes that should be made. Many offenses that aro not now criminal under the state code should be made so. On the other hand there ar e many offences which under the present law are Hated as crimes and are punishable with pen alties that are too severe for the of fense. Fon Instance, the offense oi •‘Hoboing” or stealing a ride on a railway train is punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars not more than twelve months on e chain gang. The full limit being nernlly Imposed In the last stance. All citizens seem to be agreed ; \i the fact that this system should * abolished. Even the cStere In ;.:orIy every case, proCt3 by the fee . ;tem will tel! you that it should be J'ne away with.' It is true that deep Jjwn in his heart he may favor the fee system on the ground of personal ^r.Li, yet lit dare not openly declare in favor of it. The fee system many times turns “prosecution" into “persecution,” punishes the innocent and allows the guilty to go free. To abolish the fee system would be in line with the fc:v/ard T march of progress end it should be done. Pension the Old Soldier. 1861, Governor Joseph Brown called for 20,000 volunteers to take Georgia's part in the work of fighting for* the Confederacy.- The* .call was answer;;,! by 20,000 brave and noble men of Georgia. As this first cai, j for volunteers was answered just soj were ail the succeeding calls whicn the governor made to his people, and now when the steps of the survivors are growing feeble, v.hen they ai not so able to take their part in til battle of life as when they wore T.i gray, it is not possible fur the wlaie the gr/at State of Georgia cannot do less than provide for them with the necessities of life. In Florida, neighbor cn the south, which is not nearly so rich as is our own state, tae old soldier receives ten dollars per month pension while In Georgia be receives but five dollars per month. last Georgia do herself ap to Its part of the agreement justice and take better care of the brave men who Haged their lives, their fortunes, their opportunities in life for the sacred cause which they obly defended, and for which you, The poor fellow who by circum stances is forced to "hobo" or beat on a train is punished to t.ils cruel extent for breaking ?le law that does a little or no harm to any one and many times much good to himself, while • the railroad that prosecutes him breaks the laws ry day ami goes without any pun ishment whatever. Hog stealing might be cited us another instance where the |>cnalty of the law is too harsh. The penalty for this crime under the law which was passed jusl after the civil war is not more than four or less fount wo years. In ihe penitentiary. There is already a movement on their descendants, give them t .verlast- ing praise. li seems that in many instances the proof of service re quired i* too difficult and this evil too should be remedied. State Banking Laws. The present state laws governing state banks are not strong enough and snould revised as to make the depositors perfectly safe. In order to do His, it will be necessary for the state, by a system of assessments on state banks, to guarantee same, and such a law should be passed. The law governing the officers of a state bang should bo so rigid that even fross mismanagement would be punishable. Money placed on de posit in a bank is ns much a trust fund as money falling into the hands of an administrator or guardian and the man who abuses the trust repos ed in him by the Uepositlrs should be runished as severely as is lh« case ith administrators or guardian-who re derelect in their duty. Not until the public Is satisfied that the money p'aced on deposit in a bank is ab- olutoly safe, will the state and ua* tion receive the full benefit from the U'.nov that is in existence and which hou'd be in circulation. Preserve the Prohibition Law. The short time the prohibition'law him been in effect has proved con clusively its value to the people of Georgia. A strict enforcement of Present Railroad Laws. The law enacted by the lust lcgls latnre, for the government of the rail roads has about outgrown all oppos ition, the railroads themf-elves admit ting it* benefits. Features whicn were at first considered unreasonable end extreme nr.* now looked upon is- vt j ably by all parties. The prese.it k»w is such time the regulation c! :aliraads is almost entirely taken away from the legislature ar.d placed in the hands cf the railroad commls- Tils bedy is composed of men are thorough It familiar with the ; they are called upon to perform, seems to please the roads better the old system. They do not have to be troubled with legislation, judges, officii,Is, state, county and mu nicipal, who in many instances were not competent to deal with the ques tions that came up on account of a lacK of knowledge of the subjects which they were called on to dispose of. the The good that will result fo present railroad law will become more apparent as time passes and the railroads and the people become more tV.miiicr with the nature and work ings of the law. The farmer who now has his property injured by road can file his claim with the and if it is not paid promptly. It be referred to the railroad commis sion which will insure Its prompt payment, if it be u just claim merchant who has his goods delayed destroyed in transit can take claim, no matter how trivial, to commission and get fair treatment, In either of these cases the fanner the merchant does not have Into court and pay a lawyer’) greater than the value of his prop erty or his goods. Freight rate reg ulation in itself will be of inestimable advantage to the people of the state. In fact, the law* a« a whole, should bo upheld. If experience proves that the law is not all it should then it should be revised so as to the greatest good to the greatest number of people. The present nanclal depression should not be the cause of our people giving up the much needed reform that is now be ing put into effect. Remedies some times seem bad, but are nejcqssary bring about a cure. A hand must sometimes be sacrificed to save And" so. while a small part the present financial crisis may attributed to the reform movement, yet the present small loss from the same will sink Into insignificance when compared with the good that will follow. The Laboring Man. Just as much and to such an ex tent as the property of the rich man should be protected by the law, like manner should the rights and privileges of the laboring man he pro tected. Tne rich man should remem ber that ho haB money and the in fluence that money brings, with which to protcet his interests while all that the laboring man has is himself. For this reason laws should be framed to deal equally with all persons, whether rich or poor, and if any NOTABLE BY REASON OF LARGE C0NTRACT8. Nineteen New Corporations Applied For Chartors. Meny New En terprises Projected. CtfJMbus, Ga., Feb 2G.~The Geor- ria end Alabama Industrial Index wiil 7ay tomorrow lu Its regular weekly i23ue: “The past week in Georgia and Ala bama was notable by reason of the letting < ■ large construction an* in dustrial contracts and the starting of t>o many industries that shut dowm during the Christmas holidays for re pairs and other purposes/ The num ber of plants that have resumed opar- a'ion is Ar greater than for any oth- i tr similar period since the industrial depression of last November. “Prominent among the contracts let during tiie week was one for the con struction i f an electric railway sys tem in Atlanta, Ga., which will be a link in a great interrrban system ex tending from West Point, Ga.. to Au- Ga. been the present law with possibly a fewIcrimination is made It should*he i: changes to make it stronger will no doubt prove the state prohibition law to be of much greater benefit than its most ardent supporters* supposed wheu it was passed. Waycross Judicial Circuit. The Brunswick Judicial Circuit is generally conceded to be too large for one Judge to properly attend to all tae business that falls to him. This, with other good reasons, calls for the creation of a new circuity to l»e known as the Waycross Circuit, foot in Atlanta to reform "Child Pun- tshmeui." This is certainly u much needed reform and should be takeb up by the legislature. There are many things that mignt be mentioned in connection with this subject but it is believed that the people as a whole realize the need for a revision of the penal laws. Abolishment of the Fee System. Closely connected with the shore anfcject la that of the "ten system.* Stats Experiment Farm at Waycross. The great value of the farming land in the southern portion of the state can be in no other way so quickly and so thoroughly shown as b$ the establishment of an Experi ment Farm to be located in this im mediate section. The state owes such an Institution to the extreme south em section and Waycroas Is entitled to it. The cane syrupr plant located at Waycross wet presented to the state with the understanding that it abould be operated as an expertmeo* cal station aid As state Should Hta faver of th*. laboring man. The la boring mau should be careful in the exercise of big personal liberty and privileges bo as not to Injure any one else. The so-called laboring class of citizens of Waycross Ib composed of a good law abiding men of the kind that make prosperous, public spirited citizens and their rights should be carefully guarded. The above mentioned subjects to gether with every thing that seems right io me I submit to the voters of Waycross and Ware county ai platform and upon ‘this platform I solicit the support of the people of Ware county and ask to be elected as heir representative. It is not as an offlse seeker who desires to hold office for his own personal gain, but as one who desires to serve his county and state for the good of his consti tuents, and by thus rendering them good service win for himself the food things that corns to him who discing- his official duties for the benefit of those he represents. I beliefs fait my tea* experience 1 “Aa Atlanta Company ,warded a utilHcn-doilur contract far 'furnishing machinery and erecting factories for a Cuban sugar concern, and ns a result a big foundry and ma chine shop in that city v.ill be oper ated both day and night for the re mainder of the year. During the week nineteen new cor porations applied for charter in Geor- bin and Alabama with aggregate min imum capital of $776,000. “Atlanta, Ga., is arranging for an election on issuing of $1,000,000 of bonds for making various city im provements, Birmingham, Ala., has called election on issuance of $500,- 000 of bonds for sewers, and various other cities have called elections on issuance of bonds. “It is reported that the sum of $2,- 500,000 will be spent. Improving prop erties of the Southern Steel Company In Alabama. “Among the projected industries re ported fpr the week are: “Cannery Huntsville, Ala.; compressed air ma chine plant, Montgomery, Ala.; cross- arms factory. LaFayettr Ga,; foaa- dry, Anniston, Ala.; gas wells, Hunts ville, Ala,; grist mill, Centerville, Ala, three new mining companies with aggregate capital stock of over a half million dollars; railroad shops, Bain- m bridge, Ga.; and wire nail mills, Eady, " Ala. £ "Notable among the construction Items are: Apartment house, Atlan ta, Ga.; bank buldings, Swainsboro, and Samson Ala.; bridge, Flor ence, Ala.; court house enlagement Macon, Ga.; new hotel at Springfield, Ga., and hotel improvements at Mil- ledgevllle, Ga., and Lithia Springs, Ga.; hospital at Rome, Ga.! office building at Elyton, Ala.; sewer plans in two cities, paving plans in two cities, two warehouses and mony res idences and storehouses. MEMBER3 OF DOUMA VISITED EMPEROR. By Telegraph to Herald. St. Petersburg, Feb. 26. For the st time since the Institution of the Domna, its members today visited Imperial Palace for presentation to the Emperor and Empress. The was made at the - personal re quest of Emperor Nicholes. TWO HUNORED THOUSAND LOSS AT PITTSBURG. Special To The Herald Pittsburg, Feb. 26.—The plant of the Boyd Trunk Co. was destroyed by fire this morning. Tae falling walls crushed three dwellings adjoining, but W’as injured. The loss is $200,600. newspaper work in Ware county, coupled with my knowledge of rile law, and my business experience, 1, qualifies me tor th* office which I hope to fill." Most Respect folly. L. V. WILLIAMS. 4' t In