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g TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 1906,
| The Southern Railway is running half page
vertisments in several Georgia dailies.
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W.J.Bryan’s stock seems to be rising. If
"he is nominated for president, we will vote for
" him as we have in the past.
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b Ordinary James Whitley has ordered a
. fence election for the first Wednesday in July,
. which is July 4th. That it will be a hot election
" in more ways than one, is now apparent. Those
* who want to celebrate in Fitzgerald will have to
~ vote early.
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i Hon. B. E. Wilcox is running a notice of
. local legislation in the Courier, to the effect that
" he will introduce in the next session of the gen
| eral assembly an act fixing the annual county
f; license for retailing liquors in this county at
. $20,000.00 per annum.
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" Hoke Smith and Ralph Smith carried Irwin
| county yesterday. That is, they carried all of
. it that had not already been carried by Editor
| | Mercer.—Moultrie Observer.
. They didn’t have to carry Irwin county.
¢ Irwin is just naturally opposed to ring politics
" and is in dead earnest about electing a reform
. candidate.
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E The election to fill the vacancies caused by
¢ the deaths of Treasurer M. W. Howeil and
. Sheriff D. A. Mcluonis, will be held on Wednes
. day, the 20th day of June. There is every indi
* cation that Mr. J. E. Howell will be elected to
fill the unexpired term of his brother as Treas
* urer, and that Pearly Mclnnis will be elected
- to fill his father’s unexpired term without oppo
© sition.
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We are in receipt of invitation to the Geor
" gia Normal Coilege and Business Institute com
| mencement exercises, at Abbeville, Sunday,
* June 3, to Thursday, June 7. The program is
. elaborate and artistically printed. This insti
. tution is a great credit to Abbeville and this
'~ section of Georgia and we begrudge our neigh
"“bor her good fortune in the possession of this
institution and Messrs, Little & Kuhl.
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. The Enterprise is publishing today the an
- nouncement of Mr. T. M. Purvis, as a candi
t date for Sheriff for the full term. Mr. Purvis
'is a young man, but well known in the county
' and highly esteemed, particularly by the people
¢ who know him best. It is quite likely that he
* will have a hard fight in the election, whenever
|it is called, but his friends think he will make a
- good showing at the polls and that it will re
| quire a very strong man to beat him.
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All women will agree that the meanest man
.in the world lives in Buffalo. When he went to
. bed the other night he secreted 2 rat trap in his
¢ trousers pocket in order to catch his wife should
. she indulge in the feminine operation known as
¢ going through your husband’s clothes, and—er
. —the lady’s fingers were severely injured.
. . This deced stands out alone and unparalleled
.;, in the annals of adamantine, casehardened, un
. feeling sordidness and heartlessness.
There is many a man so penurious that the
" only way his wife can get the price of a shirt
~ waist is by getting up in the stilly night and
. robbing his change purse, but this is the only
. account of one who has been low down enough
ito try to catch the woman in the act.—The
. Woman’s Magazine.
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; Mary had a little lamb, its fleece was white
.as snow; it strayed away one day, where lambs
" should never go. And Mary sat her quickly
. and tears streamed from her eyes she never
~ found the lamb because she did not advertise.
f And Mary had a brother John who kepta vil
. lage store; he sat him down and smcked a pipe
and watched the open door. And as tne people
- passed along and did not stop to buy, John sat
- and smoked his pipe and blinked hissleepy eye.
i And so the sheriff closed him out, and still he
- lingered near, and Mary came to drop with him
En sympathetic tear. How is it, sister, can you
tell, why other merchants here, all sell their
* goods so readily and thrive from year to year.
. Remembering her own bad luck the little maid
. replies: ‘‘These other fellows get there, John
ibecause they advertise,”’—Worth County Local.
A Mare’s Nest.
When we have read in the Constitution
broad box-car letter editorials on the campaign,
we have imagined that there was some hidden
importance that attached to them that we were
unable to discern. We have not been willing to
believe that Editor Clark Howell, however much
he would like to be Governor of Georgia, would
make himself absolutely ridiculous in devoting
his editorial space to double-column, double
leaded, capitalized paragraphs that run into
columns of valuable space, on subjects that pos
itively had not the shadow of merit, and more
than once we have concluded that there was
some mysterious local reason, some serious
hidden application that we could not under
stand, until we saw last Sunday’s Constitution
with a large three column photograph to illus
trate a long double column of capitalized editor
ial, in the Sunday Constitution, and, think of it,
over a mare’s nest.
Hoke Smith had been to Fitzgerald. He
was greeted on the arrival ¢f his train by hund
reds of staunclr democrats, expectant and en
thusiastic. His reception and treatment by as
good democrats as the editor of the Constitu
tion ever associated with was all that a reigning
prince could ask.
With a single exception—
The evening before his arrival the plan to
have him deliver his speech in the large opera
house was abandoned oa the theory that it
would not hold the beople that would want to
hear the speaker and an improvised platform at
the intersection of Grant street and Central
avenue, was arranged. The only protection from
the sun was a white cloth canopy, exposing the
speaker as well as his hearers to the bright
rays of the sun.
This improvised and hastily built plat
form was decorated with United States
flags, a banner with the words “Our Next Gov
ernor’’ and just back of where the speaker stood
a smaller banner, gotten up by Mr. I. Gelders
an enterprising citizen, who was on the com
mittee of arrangements and, probably, the only
populist in the county, if indeed he may be
so considered from having once voted with the
party and being still an admirer of Tom Wat
son. Mr. Gelders had printed on his banzer
which he pinned up in the speakgrs stand these
words: (according to the Constitution, terribly,
traitorous words, ignoble, infamous) ‘‘The end
justified the means, Populists vote for Hoke
Smith, pledge and all.” In other words, Geld
ers says to his immaginary party companions,
“You are justified in voting for Hoke Smith and
in taking the pledge required by the democratic
committee for the end to be accomplished, i. e,
the election of Mr. Smith is of more importance
than the people’s party organization in the
county.”
Now Editor Howell, for Candidate Howell,
publishes a three column picture and goes into
ecstacies over this mares nest. He likens his
chief opponent in this race to the Italian states
man of the fifteenth century, Niccolo Machia
velli, whom he describes asall that is revolt
ing and unholy in politics. Machiavelli was a
much better man and useful citizea that Editor
Howell paints bhim, but let’s for the sake of
argument admit that he was the embodiment of
debauchery and fraud. Let’s see whichof the
candidates, Smith or Howell,most nearly resem
bles him in this campaign, in the identical in
stance cited by Editor Howell.
Let’s be candid for once, Clark, it will do
you good.
Haven'’t you in thisiastance adopted the de
ceit of Niccolo? Do you not know that Hoke
Smith was not respoasible for the banner that
you make such ado about? Do you not know
that the end does not justify the means you have
adopted in this instance?
Then, Editor Howell, why without any ap
parent strain on your conscience, d 2 you delib
erately belie the whole subject? You pretend
not to understand the application of the lang
uage used on the banner.
You would put to shame the Italian politic
ian you have chosen to illustrate a point.
Does the end justify you in misrepresenting
your opponent?
Does the end justify your wanton disregard
of every rule of decency and honor?
Does the end justify your preaching the
gospel of misrepresentation?
Does the end justify you in laying at the
feet of your opponent every error thatis com
mitted by his hundreds of thousands of sup
porters all over the state?
Does the end justify you in besmirching
your own good reputation throughout Georgia?
Does the end justify you in destroying your
claim for respect of the people who were eye
witnesses to the ovation givea your opponent
in Fitzgerald on the occasion referred to?
Clark, we think not.
Have you not, Clark, adopted the method
described in “‘the” priace in your effort to pre
judicefhe man who stands between you and
the governorship.
The Enterprise would be glad to have a
candid reply from Editor Howell, but really we
do not expect it.
The writer heard a company of drummers
talking up Hoke Smith at a local hotel not long
ago, and hoping to get an explanation of the ap
parent fact so many of the traveling men are
actively boosting Hoke Smith’s candidacy, he
asked for information, and this is what he got
from one of them: ‘‘Just because we are damn
ed tired of paying so much railroad fare.”
There you are!
And you can’t argue a question with a man
who has himself fooled like that or who thinks he
has everybody else fooled with such rot.—Al
bany Herald.
The man whoconsiders the average drummer
a fool has himself badly fooled. The drum
mers as a class, are not only intellegent men
but they are well informed, not only as to con
conditions, but the causes that produce condi
tions.
The man who has himself fooled into be
lieving that the only reason, or principal reason
why “‘so many of the traveling men are actively
supporting Hoke Smith” is because they are
tired of paying excessive railroad fare, bas
something to learn, has bimself fooled, miser
ably fooled, if he thinks ‘‘everybody else can te
fooled with such rot.”
The intelligent traveling mea uaderstand
the necessity for a Hoke Smith, or some other
brainy and nervy leader, to stand against the
corrupting influences in state politics, but
this particular drummer, on this particular oc
casion probably had in mind the free pass evil
which was handled in Mr. Smith’s Columbus
speech in the following language.
I lay down the broad proposition that rail
road companies and quasi public corporations
of all kinds have no right to charge the public a
sum more than sufficient to pay a fair rcturn
upon their investments. Itis the duty of the
State and the nation to see that the charges
placed upon the public are not sufficiently high
o enable the yayment of dividends on watered
stocks and watered bonds. When passes are
given without business considerations, those
who pay to ride are made to bear the burdens
of those who ride free. Public carriers have
no legal right to charge 75 people who ride rates
sufficiently high to enable the carriers to furnish
passes to a hundred people, 25 of whom ride
free. The law should be enforced so that all
should pay and all pay less. To make 75 peo
ple pay rates that permit the transportatlon at
a profit of a hundred people is placing extra
The color line does not show
any signs of fading away in\
Georgia, whatever politiciaas
would have us to believe about
the ballot, and disfranchisement.
In fact it is being drawn even
more plainly as time goes on.
It has always existed in secret
orders, and now has been ex
tended to include the outward
and visible emblems of these
orders. It has always given a
lodge man a pang to see the em
blem of his order adorning the
coat lapel of a mnegro. There
are no negroes, so far as we
know, who belong to the same
secret orders as white men, but
there are many colored Odd
Fellows, Masons, Knights of
Pythias, Elks, and the like. The
name of these crders generally
differs in some word from those
of the white orders. In many
cases there is a strong suspic
ion that they use the same grips,
signs, and pass-words as the
whites. In fact the so-called
s cre's cf these orders are for
sile in pamphlet forr, to any
body who has curiosity and
twenty-five cents.
Tze Eiks in Georgia bave
started a crusade to prevent the
formation of any negro “Elk”
lodges. A crowd of negxoes%
started to form one in Macon,
and the order there had them
restrained by injunction. The
injunction has been made per
manent, and there will be none
formed in Georgia. The same
order has copyrighted its em
blem, and it is against the law
for any one not a member to
wear the official badge. They
have also had passed through
congress a law prohibiting the
for mation of negro Elk lodges.
S> this one organization has
taken every legal meaans to stop|
the practice.
Now other lodges have taken it
up. The Grand Lodge of
Kuights of Pythias in Georgia,
at its last meeting in Augusta
resolved upon a campaign
against the so-called members of
the order of the colored race.
Thbe lodges will doubtless be
successful in their endeavor. Bat
they will not be able to keep
their rituals out of unauthoriz:d
hands. In fact, we saw a letter
from a negro convict the other
day to a lawyer, a prominent!
Mason, and in the letter he dis-
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ABBEVILLE, GEORGIA. :
Conveniently located for Fitzgerald folk changing cars
at Abbeville, hotel being on a high elevation just across
the track and exactly oppcsite union depot. A good meal
for 50: and a pleasant place to await your train. Don't
worry about the yelping negroes at the station, but come
right over. Yowwill be glad you came.
LADIES ESPECIALLY INVITED.
played tke Masonic emblem, and
wrote the regulation cry of dis
tress, after an appeal for money.
The outcome will be watched
with interest.—Thomasville
Times E-terprise.
BLANKS FOR SALEI
Warranty Deeds, ‘
Bonds for Title.
Warrants,
All Justice Court Blanks.
Notes, Eto.
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burdens on the 75 and giving special privileges
to the 25. '
“Not only is it unjust that a part of the pub
lic should bear the burdens resulting from
special privileges to a few, butthe pass business
is used today in Georgia for the purpose of
petty bribery. Passes have been distributed
in the last six months to men in Georgia whose
political support for Mr. Howell has been sought
after the passess had been given to them.”
There is every reason to believe that, but
for the pass evil, we would now be enjoying a
flat two-cent rate, out of which the railroads
would make as much or more money than is
made under the present condition of free passes
to a favored class, for which the honest but un
favored passenger must pay. The drummers
pay a large per cent, of the passenger receipts
to the railroads of the state.
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We have been ‘‘talked about” for printing
several items of news about people who live
here, or have lived here that “brought disgrace
upon other members of the family.” We did
not bring the disgrace. If the father, mother,
sister or brother had conducted themselves in
the proper manner we would not have been
able to print those disagreeable articles.” Do
not blame us for the misdeeds of your frieads
or relatives, We are here to print the news
and we are going todoit. Youand your friends
should keep your fingers where they belong if
youdo not want them mashed, If you think what
we publish is not true we invite you to make us
prove it, but if you don’t want us to publish
your misdeeds quit your meaness, It is the
duty of every decent paper to make an effort to
improve the morals of the community in which
it is published. Some bave one way of doing
this and some another. We believe in publicity.
—Worth County Local.
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We are publishing today the announcement
of Mr. J. E. Howell as a candidate for Treas
urer, to fill the unexpired term of his brother,
M. W. Howell, deceased. He has consented to
fill his brother’s unexpired term, in the interest
of the family of the deceased treasurer. There
is not the slightest probability that there will
_be any opposition to his candidacy.
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