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Bzgerald Enterprise. BY THE : BERAILD PUBLISHING CO. 8 FRCER ...cccvecmrrvererescecsceesee. Editor and Manager. a ,_ PUBLISHED THRICE-A-WEEK: ESDA Y. THURSDAY, SATURDAY. b ONE DOLLAR. b Saturday, Fcbruary 17, 19C6, & The County Democratic Exe itive Committee met here this fternoon and called a county yrimary for the nomination of county officers, for Wednesday, " April 25th. MM It’s now the Cordele Weekly News. 2 N om This is the right kind of weather for clean ing up the back yard. M A There are a number ot prominent citizens from other parts of the couaty in the city tc-day, talking politics mostly. MM A gentleman from the country tells us that rite out of ter of the country people «f this section are for Hoke Smith.—Cordele Rambler. O ) . If anybody doubts Hoke Smith’s streng*h with the people of Scuth Georgia, let them ask the men who were present this week at his re ceptions at Eastman, Jessup, Waycross and Brunswick. XM A traveling man, —— —, reported ‘0 a prominent merchant today that he was in Abbeville yes'erday and with other friends took a poll of the men they met ia that city. They found 88 voters who were willing to express their preference for Governor., One of them was for Dr. Nunnally, of Newman. Probably the best man from a religious standpoint, One of thern was for Farmer Jim Smi'h probably the biggest and bestfarmer in Ga. T'wo of them un h si ating!v declared for Dick Russell, the smart est Russeller that ever russelled for office ia Georgia. Nine declared for Holly E-till, the best looking South Georgia editor in the race. Ten were for Clark Howell, the smoothest politician ever. " And 54 of them threw up their hats and hurrabed tor Hoke Smith, the people’s candidate, who will carry more than a 100 counties into the convention, leaving less than 45 for the five “also rans.” - Fitzgerald is to have a bucket shop. We do . not beleive that a bucket shop is a good thing for . any community, butit is probably unnecessary for us to say more than express a disapproval. In this connetion it wi l bein teresting to rote that the supr.me court only yesterday decided that bucket shops were legal, that is bucket shop transactions do not come uander the head of gaming. 7The court says: ~ * As the geaeral assembly countenances “hHucket shops” by imposing a license tax on every individual or firm engaged in buyiog or selling 'futures,” the supreme court of Georgia, in a decision bandcd down today in the ca-e of Miller & Co. versus Shropshire, holds that " duch concerns cannot be subjected to pros ecution for gaming. This very important decision wi'l bave a far-reaching effectover the state in giving im= munity to ‘‘bucket shops’’ on gaming charges, I:is probable that several indictments brought’ "in Atlanta aganst such concerns will be nol prossed as a result of of this decision. % oW : \ The Atlanta Journal has, from timeto time wasted a go d deal of its va.uable space in an - - effort o prov= that it has a larger circulation . than The Constitution, and it is vow trying ~ equally as bard to prove that Hoke Smith bas a ,‘ ;{lronger following for governor than Clark How= ell. | -~ Inthe firstinstance The Constitution knocks * all the props trom under The Journal's argu ment in one fell swoop by simply publishing an affidavit from the Ailanta postmaster to the _effect that The Constitution prys mo e postage ®“tran The Journal and all other publications in the citv combinad. Ia the secoad case The Journal claimsevery . thing in and out of sight for Hoke Smith by . means of 'he polling process. But The Coosti ~ tution easily puts The Jouroal out of business " along this line by taking a poll now and then ‘ showing the p-ople to be well nigh unanimous for Clark Howell. - You can’t down The Constitution.— Dis : patch and News. i - The Constitution’s claims as to it’s caadi - date are indeed on a parity with its clrculation ' claims. The Journal bas it skinoed a city block *or two on both proposition and every body, even E&gflflor of the News and Dispatch knows it. ;".v"’«g‘yote isall right, brother Tarver, and i ? 7. Fake claims to the contrary STRAW VOTES Straws show which way the wind is blow ing, Waycross Editor Comments on Specech of Hon. Hcke Smith. Waycross, Ga., Feb. 13.—About six hundred people heard Hoke Smith speak at the court house today. He was givenan enthusiastic reception and many of his ut terances provoked general applause. When Col. Estill spoke here 163 people turned out to bear him. The court house was t.O small to accommodate all who at tempted to gain access to hear Mr. Smitb. (Signed) JorN W. GREER, Editor Waycross Journal. Pap:r Supporting Howell ‘ Prints a Significant Poll The Columbus Erquirer-Sun printed the following in i‘s local news columns: ¢ ‘I he grand jury was polled yesters day on the gubernatoria) quesrion before its adjournment. The vote was as fol- | lows: “Hoke Smith, 13; Russell, 2; non commital, 6.” , 4 ____The significance of this may be readily understocd when it is remem= bered that the Engnirer-Sun is one of ‘ the strongest Clark Howell supporters in the sta‘e. 1 WWWWW\NVWI Muscogee Grand Jury Poll : Shows Smith Far in Lead. Columbus, Ga., Feb. 15—At a re- . ceas during the scs-ion of the Muscrgee ¢ grand jury, a poll for governor was taken | as follows: ' i Hoke Smith 13, Judge Russell 2, non committal 6. 4 (Signea) A. A. WiLLIAMS, : Member Muscogee Grand Jury. e i Smith 62; Howell 18; in Poll ] of Business Men at Camilla. : E CamiLLAa, GA Feb 15 —We, the un dersigued, cr'izens of Cami'la, Ga, do | h:reby cer'ify that we have this day polled the business men of rhis town for" governor. We further certify that this poll was taken fairly and honestly, with the following result: - Hoke Smith 62, Howell 18, Estill 6; : Russell 1. Nunnally 1, Jim Swmith 0, : (Signed) : W. C.SPENCE. | J. G. PERRY. ‘ 1. A. BUSH, Jr. 1 Marietta, Ga., F:b. 12, We e s 1 : BT i B Abbeville, Feb. 14— Bl . s O Huwe11..................».. 10 Stin<on, Feb. 12. Bk e B Blowell ~ oo i diciiivinne B (Sigred) JM. Muliens, Rome, February 12. : St o e oot e 1 LT e e R Jobn N. Berry. Pewder Springs, Feb. 12. S . L ey s Raell i e J. E. Smi:h. Americus, Feb. 12— o RS R e BOWEH i v iiiaidiies B Thos. P. Hoyt. Logansville, Feb. 12, BEE . el WM L i e e B. A, Cox. Statesboro, Feb. 12— B . Wo s e w 0 Thos. Huant, Mcßae, Feb. 12. MIHRE v el Psull 1 E. H. Do'tenbeia, Thomastor, Feb. 12, S A s e s D OB soy .. s Diaaed W.T. Zorn. Empire, Feb. 12. IR S B B. e B Sam Spencer. Eastman, Feb., 12. Bi i Y .i e B T. R. Ramsey Newnan, Feb. 12 R s B Hawei1......... A Goose Egg. ; Frank Campbell. Athens, Feb. 14. BRI i i I BEOEE S o svn s si b s cvmaned A C: J. O'Farrell. Thz S:ate Senate, ’ From the Telfair Enterprise. === T A g According to the rotation custom, this year Irain coun 'y will furnish the state senator from the district—Montgomery, Telfair and Irwin counties, , The Enterprise thinks the rotation system not an unwise one. But we think the practice n the past in the manner cf nominating seratorial candidates has been very undemocrat icand unwise. We have not before this had the candidates go before the democrats of the entire district for nomination, but only before tbe people of the county in which the cand:dat:s resided—thus letting the people of only one county select the senator who represented three counties, ; " The Enterprise wants a senatorial primary covering the whole district. We believe that justice and fair play demand that all thg demo cratic, white voters in the district be allowed a voice in selecting the nominee for this office, No man ought to become the representative of the three counties in the serate who cannot make himself well known enough to the peop’e he is to represent for them to choose him Ly their votes in a district primary. Counditions and sentiments in ope of the three counties are not necessaryily the same as those in the other two, and there is no excuse for running the risk of having a facticnal representative of the political sentiments of a bare plurality in one forced on the people of two other counties. In fact there is absolutely no excuse for the one county-nominate-for-the-entire-district custom, "Every man who is required, or expected, to stand by the nominee in the general electicn should have the privilege of expressing his choice between the candidates for the senatorship, ; There are public questions today which will come before the next elected legislature of Georgia in which every voter should frel a keen interest and on which every candidate for legis lative cffice should let his views be known; and every voter should be allowed to express at the ballot box his choice of senator and representa-. tive on the basis of the views and capabilities of the several candidates for enacting into law or defeatiog the enactment of the principals involv ed in these public questions. Since the prima ry i practially the real election in Georgia, this privilege can only be given, so far as senatorial candidates are concerned, in a sena‘or:al prima ry coveriag every county in the district to be rep resented. : ; : § Bigger Yields N A given number of acres fertilized with Farmers’ Bone produce a greater yield of cotton, than the same acreage with ordinary fertilizer. : Farmers’ Bone does more than that. It makes it possible to reduce » the acreage and increase the yield. Try it this year. The man ; : who uses >e@in Made With Fish : has twenty-one years of fertilizer experience back of him. Over ' 13,000 carloads of Royster fertilizers were used on the crops of 1905. - This volume of business stamps Farmers’ Bone the best. ' LOOK AT OUR TWENTY YEARS’ RECORD i & 1885—250 TONS Q & e 1890—1,500 TONS % & o ' 1895—12,000 TONS \% * % | : & 1900-58,455 TONS \"% . , & /1905—130,091 TONS \ %, ¢ e Qf/ : - - _ 6\o ® e - ! " Tarboro, N. C. ! L dorenoys .. F. S. ROYSTER GUANO GO. Macon, ce. . - The man who dedicates bis life to knowledge becomes habi tuated to pleasure which carries with it no reproach and there is one security that he will never love that pleasure which is paid for by anguish of heart—his pleasures are all cheap, all digni fied, and all innocen!; and, as far as any human being can expect permanence in this changing scene, he has secured happine-s which no maligoity of fortune can ever take away.—Sidnoey Smith. Hot and cold baths at the Grant Strecet Barber Shop, P. B. Owen,Proprietor. . " TIME TABLE EFFECTIVE FEB'Y. 1, 1908, : 5 ALL TRAINS DAILY., : TRAINS DEPART FROM FITZGERALD. v For Dougias, Wayvcross, Jacksonville, Savannah and all AM, P.M, points Fdst and Sonth. .o oo eo o G RUSE 400 RaE BeahawilE T e o e s e s e gk o For Tifton, Moultrie, Thomasville and a 1 points Southwest 840 405 For Cordele, Vienuna, Montezuma, Macon, Atlanta and all ¥ points--West and North- ... ... . . 1] 98 TSB For*Ochiaand “trwinville 0000 L 0o R 0 SO *D.ily except Sunday. . . : S EXCELLENT THROUGHKH SCHEDULE and LOW RATES. D GEORGE DOLE WADLEY, ALEX. BONNYMAN, H. C. MCFADDEN, Vice-Pres. ané Gen. Mgr. Suverintendent, Gen. Ft. & Pass. Ay Waycross, Ga, - Brunswick, Ga, Waycross, Ga, J. G. KNAPP, Oomriercial Agent, G. A. JOLLEY, Ageni, FITZGERALD, GEORGIA. The Eaterprise does not know who besides Mr. Henderson will be candidates for the senate from this district, and we do not know how Mr. Henderson stands on any of the legi§lative is sues now before the people of the state, but we suppose. he and all other candidates who an nounce for the cffice will give out a public state ment defining their positions on these questions. No manshould be sent to represent the peo ple either in the senate or house who either has no definite views on public questions or who has not the courage to express his views before the people whose votes-he asks to elect him, and the. Enterprise advises the people to pay little atten tion to private avowals of principles unless cor roborated by a published platfcrm or statement. R An anti-Hoke Smith paper (when we say anti Hoke Smith we mean all that the language implies. There are anti-Hoke Smith papers and and people who oppose him, not for the purpose of electing any body else, but for the purpose ot defeating Smith.) One of the papers that has béen charged with being under the influence of the railrcads and corpo rations, in an editorial “‘onslavght” upon the peo- - ples candidate, uses the following very remark able language: "In regard to the gene:al on slaught upon ‘corporauions’ and ‘Eastern cap ital,” we bave this 10 say: When a candidate for the high office of governor makes the prime is~ue of bhis campaign, in his first speech, a . proposition to practically confi-cate millions of property by passing a law to forbid the owner ship of railroads in this state by parties living - outside the state, in order §§o force their sale to residents ot Georg-a, it 1 the most natural _thing in the world tor the dgvners of such prop erty to rexist such a movement., The first stroke Mr. Smith made chalienged the attention of railroad owners and mavnagers to their own interests.”’ : R Now if there is any thing needed to convince auy man who reads this paper that Mr. Smith is regarded as the champion of the common peo ple against the corporations and that he is being fought by the corporations, on that ground let him read agaia the above quotation then let him - vote accordingly, regardless of the side issues . that have bzen injected into the campaign. o o THOUGIITS | il “Success never comes to the man who is watching the clock for fear he might work over time. The man who succeeds is the man who is not merely satisfied to do the work laid out for him, but willing and glad to do more,’— James J. Hill, Dl el