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WAYCROSb, GA„ MAY 1« 1908.
Tea iafieed politics makfc strange
bed follow*. We've soon it do It.
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Tli* Fulton County Joe Hros'n Cluo
suv lift * "fake" Uui It makes the Kal
ian county Hoke Smith Club Iook likd
thirty cents.
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from every corner of the county
«hm the nows that Hon. Jos. M.
Inti Is In the lead.—Illnckshear
It Is said t/iat there was over eight
lnndred thousand dollars Insurance on
xhr property recently destroyed by
Ire In Atlanta.
Cast. Ben Mlllikcn Is a candidate for
jeorcsentstlre from Wayne county.
TIa Herald [s on Cspt. BenY'sIde and |
we io not. doubt that no will be elect-
Let it be PEACE, PLENTY mnd
PROSPERITY, on Jane the 4th- That
Is our motto.
Bob Burner speaks at Folkston. We
consider Mr. Smith one tally In Chari-
tea county.
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Be a politician if you so desire and
hare sense enough, bat don't do it si
the expense of your Christianity and
(he loss of your Influence for good.
The Constitution states that If It
bad to come Atlanta has sustained her
reputation for having the biggest lire
known In the state for years.
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Reliable reports from Chatham
county give Mr. Smith not more than
1.000 out of 6.500. The balance go to
Brown.
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"Who Is the railroad commission
today? It Is Hoke Smith?"—Ex.
Well that’s a hard one on our old
friend Obe Stevens.
Quite a number of papers are sug
gesting that the Anti-Saloon League
of Georgia should have a house clean
ing.
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Reports from Decatur county, where
Mr. Smith spoke last week are to the
effect that the county will go three to
one for Joe Brown. Let ’er roll.
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An exchange says "the destiny of
the Atlanta Journal is Involved in the
Inman bankruptcy case." We thought
the future of the Journal was bound
up in Hoke Smiths nomination.
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THE WAYCROSS WEEKLY HERALD
Albert Cox uii Little Jot Bran
!» the ‘tterld of Democracy."
The agreeable oewe la sent out that
Grover Cleveland Is etlU Improving.
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The ••tbuee" this year Is for Joe
Brown and It Is sweeping everything
before It In nil parts of the state.—
Valdosta Times.
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Charley Motes says that the name
was formerly Michael Hoke. If we
were sufficiently Intimate with the
governor we would call him Mike for
short
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Mormonlsm Is a living faith, accord-
ing to the Atlanta Constitution which
says: "When a real avaricious man
ooka at be lady on the dollar he
wants to be a Mormon."
BROWN AND
PROSPERITY.
"I want to see the prosperity of the
State restored. I want the man who
is willing to work to find it accessible
to bis band. I want the mllU and fac
tories of Georgia to clamor again for
laborers and artisans to fill orders
that ever-iscreasingly multiply.
"While, If elected. I shall insist
upon the faiiNtnd just regulation of
all public utility corporations. I want
foreign and domestic capital treated
alike, and placed upon a plane of per
fect security and equality.
"I want dlhdller, friendlier rela
tionship between labor and capital:
mutual acknowledgement of the rights
1 of each and the full recognition that
I prosperity for one cannot exist when
the Roosevelt conference of governors
It's not right in Joe to do this. He (
should be satisfied In preventing the
gi ver’-or from being elected again.—
h v Herald.
.. , * ., y „ .1 adversity beclouds the other.
Now Ii it true tnat Joe Brown is
_ ... , i "Let us on June 4th serve notice on
preventing Gov. Smith from attending j
rhg» RnncPVPlt rnnforon™ n f tfnvomnrn' 9 * l *10Se WhoTfcJfle With the people for
I selfish purpose of their own political
advancement, that their reign in Geor
gia Is ended. i, *Ri! gentlemen running for the office of
"Then le: us live quietly in peace, in j governor. Certainly not Mr. Smith,
good will, honesty. God-fearing, and { Indeed, this is a serious blunder of
dealing to all absolute and exact 1 tie garen to six.
The governor swears that he never
mid it was the happiest moment of
Ms life when he signed the prohibi
tion bill. It makes little difference
with us. We pever thought the gov
ernor was much of a prohibitionist
anyway. "
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Dr. Len Broughton has sized up the
recent endorsement of Hoke Smith
by 4 snap meeting of League leaders,
when be says "The League played the
fool". Unless the action of the seven
leaedra" la rcclnded, tho usefulness
GEORGIA ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE.
Barnesville, Ga., May 11.—John H.
Blackburn, president of the Ant!-3a-
loon League of Pike county, and one
of the most highly esteemed and in
fluential men In the county, has Issued
the following statement In which he
declares his Intention to withdraw
from the Anti-Saloon League if it is
its intention to go into politics.
Mr. Blackburn says:
"I nave been a lifelong prohibition
ist, both by precept and example, to
the letter, and I enter my protest with
all the enrgy of my nature against
indorsing Governor Smith for re-elec
tion.
"In fact, the Anti-Saloon League
could not consistently indorse either
candidate, after the interview of their
’representatives with the respective
sttce. J ••£ thin:; I recall that at one time 1
"if my candidacy for the Governor- | fraudulent president was palmed off 01
* Joe Brown was traffic manager of
Aw Western and Atlantic* railroad for
SOcaw years, and Increased the reve-
juts aa no other man before him. How
msn-jr men hold n job that long with
out a change?
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After June 4th we'll all wash the
war paint off our faces and then we
can tell who la who. Aa the matter
i«*r stands, you can scarce dlctin-
jictti a purchaser from a comon mo:
art In the fighting ranks.
The governor says Joe Brown la
afraid to show hlrasalf. Certainly the
governor Is afraid not to show him- of the League will soon be over, and
the strong arm of the prohibition
cause be palsied.
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Cat. Smith now says that the same
practe who were behind the assas-
aiuatWn of Goebel In Kentucky are
m behind the movement In Georgia
10 stefMt him. Tile governor seems
hard par to U for reasons.—Amerlcus
Jadan Parker will head the New
York delegation at Denver, tala
aa!4 lo be the first time a defeated
Candida to tor president has been a
IdUili. but New York Democrats
aiw to be congratulated on being so
alb represented.
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Worn of the trailer, of the Anti
Saloon League of Oeorgla hare “done
foot and done It." It I, the wont
(stag* that could hare been done for
tho inhibition cause In Oeorgla and
-Aa a council blunder on the part of
she partisans who turned the. trick.-
Albur Herald.
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Tfte Cobb county Joe Brown dub
met ad the court boose on last Satnr-
dfcr *fcht, and encouraging reports
mb made. New clnbe had been or*
Xjulrtd and an additional membership
et SCO names added. The member*
MKfr wOl new amount -to about 1600
ft ft expected the membership will
auaeft 1,000 In the county.—Marietta
Governor Smith baa written Preel*
Gat WmmrtU that be wlU not be
sAft Id attend the conference of gov*
mmAft Washington May 16. U and
Sfeibth the campaign la the tut*
and he has named Asa a Candler, of
Hfth, Pleasant A. Stovall editor
eg fte Bmaaah Preen, aid Charles
ft. Rnrreft. president of the National
1 ft this Important esafemnm
self. So it's six of one and a half
dozen of the other.
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Evelyn la sueing Harry because she
alcgcs he i« crazy, yet she la willing
to testify in the habeas corpus proceed
ings that he la not. Evelyn touches
that sanity proposition about like
Hoke touches immigration—It Is alto
gether owing to the audience. '
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A dispatch from Washington says:
Mr. Brantley, of Georgia, la the rank
ing democrat on the committee on
public buildings and grounds.. It Is
understood that Georgia has fared very
well, but no exact Information will be
given out until the bill Is reported.
This will probably be some time next
week.
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Tho following resolution was recent
ly pased by the Joe Brown Club of
Lowndes County. ^
Be It resolved, That in our opinion
the issue before us la one of prosperi
ty only and that the nomination and
election of Hon. Joseph M. Brown la
absolutely esieotlal to an early and
complete restoration of prosperity and
business prosperity In Georgia, and
to the early re-employment of the
thousands now Idle on account of de
posed conditions existing In all lines
of trade, and that our campaign will
be waged on this issue only; and on
this Issue ^je earnestly eoliclt your
votes.
Total registration figures Satyfdky
afternoon show that of the estimated
5,500 voters who it has been expected
would register, 6,119 have already
been given certificates. Of this num
ber 4,651 are white, 568 colored. Chat
ham county Is expecting to give Joe
Brown a majority ft at least 2,000
votes fer Governor.—News.
s-ij> contributes to this end I wili hava
abundant reusen to i:ian'.t GjU I
have been aa humble liutrurdefP; in
the much-needed work of the restora
tion to the state of peace, plenty and
rrosperity."-Joseph M. Brown.
An order waj Issued by the railroad
commission Saturday, declining to
grant the petition of the Central of
Georgia railroad for permission to dis
continue two suburban trains between j Jemon8 tratlng that it was 2,000,000
ONION NEWS
SPEAKS 00T
From the Lawrencevllle News.
Tha full editorial page of hte Farm
ers* Union News Is devoted to Hoke
Smith's deceptive attitude on the im
migration question, and the secret or-
passes ti retfok
der Issued by the railroad commission
authorizing railroads to issue free pas
ses to immigrant agents, and the re
ply of President Duckworth to Chair
man .McLendon’s effort to defend 1l
Duckworth understands Hoke Smith
better than the average voter and
keeps hot on his trail.
Last fall, while the union was trying
to hold up the price of cotton, by
;hls nation by the arbitrary vote of
‘se.en to six.' Well, gentlemen, your
ittie scheme to boost 'your favorite
la uii losing ‘race* is entirely too
flimsy and will not work. There Is not I
a selfrespecting prohibitionist in
Geecfyla who will take your medicine,
but. ou the contrary, will bind every
latent force at bis command to down
this effort to make a political tool of
the Anti-Saloon League of Georgia.
"This crowning effort which has
made possible the glorious achieve
ment of stats prohibition in Georgia
has been waged for more than a de
cade. I enlisted under this white
banner to fight for this God-given
cause more than thirty years ago,
hence I feel that I have a right to
be heard; and now*, after this long-
ought- for end has been accompllsa-
ed. select a man as standardbearet
humble Instruments In Hia hand to
save our fellow man from an awful
end. 1 am forced to My that Hoke
Smith la a “sweet blossom' to don the
white robe of prohibition.
“In the name of erery prohibitionist
every member of the Anti-Saloon Lea
gue of hia ataie. what baa Ur. Smith
done to merit the use of tbla Btalnleea
robe?
“Why he advocated the sale of
whiskey In hia own city—was part
owner ot the Piedmont bar, by way ot
parenthesis, I ask the question. Is
Mr. Smith anly the lean guilty than
the keeper of a bar in a dive on De
catur street, because he had-the means
to have the 'other fellow’ to do his
work (at the bar) by proxy. Nay, hia
Is Just as guilty and more, for he took
the sacred obligation at God's altar to
shun the very approach of evil, while
the other ntay no! have hod a got!!/
portals of heaven weep on aceci,.. f
such hypocrisy, while the satellit. - . :
his sotanic majesty dance for jcy at
the prosperity of his itingdo.':: cu
God's 'footstool.'
Oil, ocnsistency, thou are a j
rel
This is not my medicine; I am only
protesting against having my nose
neld anil receiving It because seven
to six said so.
“Please turn the other leaf In simple
Justice. Mr. Joseph if. Brown has voted
the prohibition ticket for twenty year*
given his time money and influence to
make prohibition possible in Georgia.
His pastor, Dr. While, says that he la
a modest, earnest and unostentatious
Christian. Consistent with his church
obligations, he refused to rent hia
property for saloon purpses. Now, aa
to Mr. Brown's promises, he stated
clearly and unequivocally that he was
unalterably opposed to the saloons,
who has given the best effort of his 1 That he would not permit, At In bis
life, time, money and ability to fOBter | power, any emasculation ot the pro-
aml maintain the sale of whiskey Inlhlbltlon law in Georgia,
this grand old commonwealth of ours, I “In the name ot the Antf-3aloon
is «olug quite too far. ' League, what more do you want?
The campaign in Georgia tala year
it not tor Joe Brown against Hoke
Smith so much a> It I, a fight for regi
on and conaervatlam In dealing with
the lnveatora of money. Do we en
dorse Hoke Smith', war on “foreign
capital ". If we do, wo may as well
make up onr mlnda to peg along a few
more year, without It. Do we want
-foreign capital" to come’amoag us?
Do we want lower rate* of Interest
and better opportunltlee of making a
living—higher prices for tho fanner
and better wage, for tho artiilan and
mechanic?
The election of Joaeph M. Brawn
will ho tha algnal 'that Oeorgla wanta
outside .money' to come hero for in-
vestment and that Georgians will
throw safe guards around legitimate
Industrie*. ’ SnCa an entrance would
restore condition!'ll they wan a year
ago—or before Hoke Smith's dtsas-
irons propegrand vat eet la motion In
J* sum
It la BltOWlt. BREAD and
against HQKK AND BARXhWIXKS.
*%at Is in thin Is Ss R. Osstssjun
Atlanta and Jonesboro. It was claim
ed that the trains are operated st a
heavy loss. Several patrons protested
against the discontinuance. So the
trains must run It they loose money.
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If Mr. Brown Is elected governor It
Is said, he will appoint Charlie Pen-
:>lon “secretary of war."—Savannah
Pres*. ,
There tro few positions In the state
or under the Federal Government, for
that matter, that Charley Pendleton
couldn't All with honor to himself tad
profit to the people.
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Let everybody keep cool during this
very heited gubernatorial contest. Per
sonal friendship are worth more than
nil the politics In tbs world. We ought
to be able to advocate either candidate
for governor without letting a differ
ence of our frlensbip. Remember, the
other fellow baa the^Very same rights
M you have. Let us all set like men
and be men.—Jetup SentineL
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—Aaony.
JOE BROWS MISTAKES.
The nation and the state ot Geor
gia are Indebted to the Hon. William The Capitol doeen’t need me ta
O. Brantley of the Elerenth Congress- as It used to.
lonol District for bis couragsons light
before the Judiciary committee of the
boos* for-the preservation of onr
forests. Ur. Brantley ie a broadguxge
man, and some day that big Webster-
laa head of hta win lead him to the
tailed Btates senate.—Rom* Tribune
jsnld,
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bales short, just as It turned out to bo
Hoke Smith gave out an Interview to
pome cotton speculators, la which he
said that Georgia would make the big
gest cotton crop In her history, £ud
that It would reach 2.000.000 bales.
This was telegraphed to every cotton
exchante In the world, an ddld much
to help the bears keep down the pries
ot cotton.
Duckworth again lit Into him like a
duck on a June bug, and, as usual,
Hoke undertook to explain, but could't
make a ratlatactory showing.
Keep up your good work, Ur. Duck
worth. The people are at>our back
and will put down every man who
fights the farmers' interest, directly,
indirectly, openly or secretly.
DON'T KNOW WHEN.
“The dose Is simply nauseating. He
(Mr. Smith) has declared all over
Georgia that he was and ia a local op-
tlonlst He aided in building a palace
and in this pnlatlal home he equipped
the most dazzling apartment to be
uied for the sale of whiskey, Just what
the Anti-Saloon League has been fight
ing. How many mothers' hearts have
“It seents last you hare a little per
sonal desire to gratify, even at the
loss of every organized effort t^e Anti-
Saloon League has made.
“The only thing that Mr. Smith has
done relative to prohibition in Geor
gia 1* that he signed the prohibition
bill which 4ad passed both branches
ot the legislature by a three-fourths
been broken, how- many orphans made I majority, which made it a law la
and happy homes destroyed, forsooth, | spite of Mr. Smith,
that the coffers of Mr. Smith might) "Since signing this bill Mr. Smith
be tilled to satiity hit Insatiate greed tjhaa advocated the drinking ot wine
Still not enough, but In order to more \ and beer at our tables, and &• a would-
successfully entrap the unsuspecting I be prohibitionist, conUnued the Pted-
The UtUe Brown rooster said to the j
Big Smith Hen.
Haven't seen brou 'round the csplto!
In I don’t know when.
The Big 8m!th Hen Mid to the LltUe
Brown Rooster,
bad
Tho Albany Herald, saent the attack
ot the Atlanta Journal on the Geor
gian, wall says:" It la neediest to say
rich dirty politics ss this affair
hat furnished wtU recoil upon Its per
peas tors sod do the candidate In
who** Interest K was attempted mors
fact tt Hoke Imlth woald soppeeastha
Atlanta Joans! ha weald b* a sOwat-
The late 8enator Joseph H. Brown,
father of “Little Jos,” said on on* oc
tet '1 make mistakes—we all
make mistakes occasionally—hat -I
never make the same mistake a sec
ond time." little Jo* has not mads a
mistake during the present campaign.
Hit candor, his equilibrium under try
ing circumstances tad his good Judg
ment st erery point shows that b* I*
built ot the material of which govern
ors are made.
Tha people of Oeorgla mad# a 1
uka two yean ago, w* do aot belter*
they an going to get canghf la Ike
MR apahk Tea rat aot Hal
thane always^-Talleeta Times. '
young men of bis own fair city, the
beautiful form ot woman, God’s crown-
Ing gift to man, was prostituted, by
placing this beautiful representation
of motherhood in this place when its
•ole purpose is to break down every
sacred influence of our godly mothers.
How many tonight, on account of this
gilded effort, reek In the torrents ot
tbs damned, eternity alone can tolL
"Now, this Is the would-be standard-
bearer ot prohibition la Georgia. In
the name of God and the cause we
are espousing, In order that we may be
moot bar until the strong arm of the
law proclaimed ‘thus far and n*
farther.' Who would you 'name aa a
leader, a volunteer who enlisted while
the battle was raging, with odds
against our cause, or a conscript at
the eleventh hour? By their fruits you
•hall know them.'
“If the seven to tlx are to pass on
my conduct as t prohibitionist my re
situation is at hand.
“JOHN H. BLACKBURN,
“Prcjident, Anti-Saloon
Pika County, Qsorgia''
Napoleon the Great I* generally
thought of as a small man. It Is true
he -disliked men taller than hlmaelf,
hot be was really not so, small as to
attract notice bn account of It When
ha In 1815 after hit defeat at Water
loo, surrendered to Captain Maitland,
ot tha BsUeropbon. he was measured
on board tha ship and the height of
the fallen “conqueror of' the world"
was found to he Eve feet seven inches.
Wellington we* only one-half an Inch
taller than Napoleon. Oilier Crom
wei measured Are fact and two tad
a half Inches; Waehlngtln had half
aa inch added to hia stature, Edward
VU Is five fast eight and a halt Inch
es and Nicholas n Hr* feet seven and
a half. Tha King ot Italy la only are
QUITE A CHANGE.
Carnegie, Ga., May 9.—A Joe Brown
Club has recently been organized at
this .place/with sixty-four members.
Mr. J. M. Andrews was elected pres-
Ident of the club. This section wee
almost solid tor Governor Smith two
years ago, hut now Hon. J. M. Brow*
Is far in the lead. Two years
every voter hut two In Cordrey Dto-'
trfet of Calhoun couaty, went for Gov
ernor Smith, now them lx not a vote
la the district for Smith. Judging
the 8Ute by this section. It looks vary
ranch Ilk* “Little Joe” BroWa wO bo
our next Governor.
HMMsMHBtssii
GROVER CLEVELAND
FAMED RESTFUL NIGHT.
Rev Tort, May It—Grover Cleve
land pasted a reetfa). sight aeoMkR
to aa oMctal boltette tested teem
Lektwoed, H. J, teds*
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