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TheLee Co. Journal
OFPICIAL ORGAN OF 1 E COUNTY
AND CITY OF LEESBURG
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Published Every Friday
J. P. HORNE, Publishier
T. W. McKELIL, Editor
E“lel'ed at the Postoflice ot
Leeshrug, Lia,, a 8 gecond
class maltter.
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FRIDAY, OCIOBER 13, 1922,
THIS PAPER REPRESENTED FOR FOREIGN
ADVERTISING BY THE
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GENERAL OFFICES
HEW YORK AND/ CHICAGO
- RANCHES IN ALL THE PRINCIFAL CITIES
The harvest season is on and it
pehooves the farmers to carelully
harvest and care for the entire eroj
in order that we may not have togo
into the mmkets for next years
gupplies, for either ourselves or ouvr
stock.
We have seen this and last year
that we must depend upon our ow:
resources for the thiigs we need in
stead of looking to the Northeruand
Western farmers for them
We saw in an exchange that
Georgia comes gecond in number of
maules raiged in America.
Of this fact we are justly proud,
for mules make good citizens in this
wonderful farming country, though
most of thiem used here come from
Tennessee or North Georgia, though
Here are thousan-s of young mules
grazing and growing clsewhere that
ought to be browsing on the grass
elad hills and vales of this seetion.
Spite and envy are too petty, too
ingignificant vices for humanity to
stoop to. Life is too short and
death tho certain for persons to
hold emmity against his fellows for
hittle differences.
“Don’t go around with a scowl on
your face because everything dosen’t
go just exactly to your liking. If
you have ideas of your own, have
back-bone enough to stand by your
convictions, but be above such small
things ay spite and envy.
Just a few days must elapse before
it becomes the privilegeand the duty
of Georgia to select a United States
Senator to represent usin the highest
tribunal in America.
Let every man go to the pollsand
cast hig ballot as his conscience and
. judgement dictate. Ilowever, why
should we of this section not setile
on aman of our territory to repre
gent us? I'ruly he, being a partand
parce\ of usYeels o deeper interest
in us and our welfare than does
“someone else of a different section
Such a man s Judge Walte
George, of Vienna, than whom no
better or more hrilliant man exis(s.
His whole life is an outpouring ol
charitable love for his fellow ma
and his honest acts are but u
repitition of progress-and prosperi
ty. |
The editor who can please every
one is not suited to this earth, but
is entitled to wings to waft him
into the ethereal lwyon!.' Human
nature is so constituted that some of
our readers would like to have us
feed them on scandal; some would
like to have us tell the unvarnished
truth adout them, while others
would break our jaw if we did
ft 1= a comforting thought to an
editor to know that the Lord hth
self did not please everyone while
apon earth. We labor had to
entertain, educate and please our
subsaribers but that we ocensionally
fail is to be expected, though you'll
always find us willing to be fnrgi\‘-;
ANNOUNCEMENT CF THOMAS W. HARDWICK"
FOR THE UMITED STATES SENATE
To the People of Georgin: |
‘1 am a candidate for the United
States Senate, to fill the unexplred
term of the late Senator Watson, My
cendidacy Is, of course, subject lo
Democratie primary selcction, |
In making this announcement I do
not feel that an exhaustive statement
of the principles upon which my can
didacy rests is neceseary, for the rea
son that during my long public servies,
both at Washington and in Georgla, 1
have always frankly and fully expros
ed my views on every important ques
tlon, and 1 believe those views arve
fairly well known to the people, BLI
gince the campaign is to be short,
and since there will he little or no
opportunity to address the people on
fts fesues, it occurs to me that a brief
gtatement of the fundamental articles
of my political faith s proper, gince
I would not wish to be elected fo the
Senate on any misapprehension of my
position, or of what my course in
that body will be in the event of my
electlon,
I am a Democrat of the olden school
—of the faith of our fathers.
1. 1 believe in a rigid adherence,
in our foreign relations, to doctrine
first announced by George Washington
and followed, without question, by al!
of the fathers in the early days of ‘the
republic, namely, that this republic
should maintain, as far as posszible and
practicable, friendly relations with all
nations, and avold entangling allianuces
with any.
While advocating a policy of reason
able preparedness so that this country
may at all times be in a position to
maintain its rights and protect its
citizens, 1 can se¢ nothing that we
might gain and much that we might
lose, now as in Washington’s day, by
involving ourseclves either in the jeal
ousies or quarrels of other nationa.
‘While I am not only wiling but anxious
to. see this couniry always exert its
influence in favor of peace through
out the world, I am wholly unwilling
to guarantee the houndary lines of
other nations, or to protect any boun
dary line except our own with either
American blood or American money.
2. 1 believe in local self-government,
1 belleve in the right of each state in
this republic to regulate its own do
mestic affairs and internal concerns
without federal supervision or inter
ference, lam opposed to the encroach
ment of the federal government upon
the rights and powers of the states,
whether that encroachment comes
from too loose and elastic a construc
tion of the Commerce clause or wheth
er it results from too great a streich
ing of the go-called implied powers of
the federal constitution, Our national
government is one of delegated and
express powers. livery power not
delegated to it is reserved to the states,
and no power should be implied to it
unless the implication fs absolutely
necessary to the execution of some
express powers. The encroachment of
federal power upon the states is one
of the ever-present and ever-increasing
dangers at Washington, It must be
checked if local self-government is to
survive. The latest form that this
danger has assumed is the threat to
pass a federal anti-lynching law, which
clearly violates the rights of the sTaces
and which undertakes to transfer to
the federal courts a class of cases
that belong to the state courts and to
them alone. If elected to the Senato,
‘vfihall challenge, and I hope success
-Iy, the constitutional power of the
Congress to pass such legislation.
3. I belleve in absolute honesty and
rigid economy in the expenditures of
the public moneys. The current ox
penses must be kept within the reve
nues.
4. I believe in the protection and
preservation of the rights and libertios
of the individual eitizen—in freedom of
speech, freedom of the press and tree
dom of puli‘lic and peacoful assemblage.
Liberty, of course, must never degen
erate Into license, but always he con
trolled and regulatod by law—Dbut, over
regulation.. of the individual by hoth
state and nation is one of the crying
abuses of the times. What we need
in both nation and state is fower laws
aad better laws—and moro real law
enforcement.
= 8. I believe in a small but efficiant
standing army-—with a large torco of
reserve officers, These officers can
be employed in our schools to impart
military discipline to our youth. Un
der such a system the standing army
can never become a menace to the lib
ertles of the people-—-every citizen will
be taught to defend his liberty if it is
endangered. He will make the country
& capable soldier il necessity should
ever roquire it and with a suffieient
number of officers it will alwys be
an easy task to speedily equin and
muster an army mighty enough to suc
oassfully defend the couniyy agamst
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any foe, or combination of gfi )
] also Lelleve in adequaté coast de
fensos, to protect our country from the
possibility of forelgn invasion, and in
a 4 powerful and up-to-date navy to pro
tect cur nationals and our commerce
in every land and on every’sea. |
6. 1 Dbelieve in restricted, and
sharply restricted, immigration. The
immigration into this country of too |
many foreigners, who cannot speak our
language, who know nothéng and card |
less about our history and traditions,
who are incapable of assimilation with
our people, is one of the greatest dan
gers of the times, Our body politic can
not digest them as rapidly as they
come, driven to these sherty in ever- |
{ncroasing numbers by the | «isfortunes f
of other lands. For our own protec
tion, in war and peace alike, we must |
deal firmly and drastically with this |
question, and we ought for a time to |
entirely prohibit this immigration, ue- l
til we can assimilate, if it be possible, |
those whom we have already admitted,
7. 1 believe in the American citi
zen as an individual, and in his indi
viduality. lam opposed to every form
of patgrnalism and socialism, as un
|;-ouml in principle and as destructive
of the gelf-reliance of the individual.
|1 would not only preserve the rights
and liberties of the individual, but also
that equality of opportunity, which has
)hwu the glory of this land in the past
iaml shouid remain the birth-right ol
all generations, ¢
So far as it is possible to do so
by law, I would preserve not only
equality in right and privilege, but also
equality in opportunity, to every Amer
jcan citizen. “Equal rights to all men,
and special privileges to none,” was
lt.hc battle-cry of the great Jefferson,
|To it I would add, if I might, this:
lEquul opportunity for all mea—and a
square deal for all.
These, fellow Georgiang, are the fun
damentadssef my political creed. If I
have read my history aright, it "is
the political®creed of Thomas Jeffer
’smr, of Andrew Jackson, of all the
great fathers and founders both of
lthc republic and of our great party.
These are the principles upon which
I have constantly sought to base my
public life and my official conduct, For
them, as I understand them, I have
never hesitated to incur defeat, or to
surrender public office.
Whatever else may be said of me
not even my foes can charge me with
lover haying dodged an issue or trim
lmod my sails to catch a passing breeza
|~—that during a long public carecr I
thave made numerous mistakes, 1
ireadily concede What man has not?
INo honest citizen, no fair-minded fos
fcan ever deny, however, that my po-
Isitions have been always candidly and
|honestly taken and courageously main
|tained, Considering the magnitude and
[the number of the great public ques
{tions with which* T have had to deal
[during all these years, It would be pass
‘ing strange if even my closest friends
{could have agreed with me upon every
{one of them; but I do not believe they
jare concerned, or that the people are
{concerned, as 1 know I am not con
tcerncd, with honest differences of
{opinion on questions that are passed
fand gone, 1 am concerned, and tha
people should he deeply concerned,
jover the mighty duties of today and
[the still mightier responsibilities of
itomorrow, On my political body 1
ii;nva neither scars nor sores from the
{battles of the past.
{ Ido not offer my candidacy for this
thigh office without considerable per
isonal hesitation. To a man most of
|whose life has been spent in public
Er';-rvi(-o, private life hag its attractions
land rewards that are infinitely sweet
lm' and richer than the thoughtless may
suppose. I feel, however, that if in
Elho opinion of the people whatever
ia‘quipm(‘nl I may possess and what
jever experience I may have acquired
{throngh twelve years of service in the
tlhmse and four years service in the
{Senate of the United States is of any
{value to the State and country in this
{erisis, it is my duty to offer it to them,
[Tt elected T can not promise to do bet-
Iter than my best—but I can promise
inever to do less.
I can not promise to accomplish all
1 would like to accomplish—but I can
promise to do my hest.
I can not promise to defeat every
measure that I think is wrong—l ean
promise to fight every such measura
to the last ditch. $
I can promise that it I am given this
high commission I will never dodge
an issue or never shirk a duty, and
that 1T will represent the people of
Georgia fearlessly and honestly, to the
best of my ability and understanding,
and with & keen sense of the heavy
responsibility imposed upon me by
thelr confidence and thefr trufty
Very respectfully, ;».‘::I v
(Signed.) ;
THOMAS W. HARDWIORE:
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IHE LEE COUNTY JOURNAL, LEESBURG, GEORGIA-
CENTRAL RAILWAY
With pride in its organization the Central of Georgia Railway desires to present for the infor
mation of the public, the facts concerning its ability to serve its patrons as evidenced by its record
during the months of July, August and September. The disturbed conditions due to the strike of the
shoperafts, coupled with an increased volume of business both general and seasonal, offered a severe
test of efficiency. The fact that men, motive-power and equipment measured up to the highest gtand
ard of performance enables the management to solicit the business of the traveling gnd shipping
public with the full assurance of our ability to handle that business, safely, properly and promptly.
Cn August 7, 1922, I made a pubiic statement of the manner in which the Central of Georgia
Railway “met an emergency.” I shall now present figures to show that our achievements during July
were neither accidental nor spasmodic but that the railroad has continued to function in an adequate
and dependable marner during the period of two months since the passing of the acute emergency
czused by the strike. :
During July, August and September this com pany handled a total of 200,708 loads againstz 189,-
135 for the three monhs previous to the strike; an increase of 11,573 revenue loads or 6.1%. This vol
ume of business is only 2,135 loads or 1% less than the peak period of our entire history, August,
September and October of 1920. :
During the three months just passed this co mpany operated 8,720 paséénger trains of which
8,619 or 97.7% were on time or maintained schedule. It operated 1,230 fast freight trains of which
996 or 81% were on time or maintained schedule. o
~ More coal was loaded on this railway during J uly, August and September than during any other
{liree months in its history, a total of 6,174 cars an increase of 2,219 or 56% over the three month
just preceding the’ strike.
Four new efficency records were established d uring the month of September as follows: ¢
We handled the greatest number of tons of freight in our history. We moved our cars faster
than is shown by any previous record, having maintained a daily average of 34.19 miles per car per
day, a mileage exceeded by very few railroads in the United States. The net ton miles per car day
was 613, the highest ever attained by this compan y and the percent of loaded car miles to empty car
miles was 78, the highest of record. :
Our shops have attained an almost normal co ndition. Prior to the strike we had 2,111 men. Now
we have 2,006 or 95%. The general repairs to cars and engines are being made in an entirely satis
factory manner, the output of cars actually surpas sing that prevailing before the strike. A con‘t.’ra.c@
has been signed with our present shop employes w ho voluntarily organized and opened negotiations.
The management will not deal with any organization whose men are not at the time in our employ.
The strike is a closed incident. : ,
~ On June 30 when the shop employes went out on strike we had 1,074 bad order freight cars. On
October 7, we had 570, a decrease of 504 or 47%.
We now have 43 locomotives in our shops for repairs, the usual number under normal conditions.
Our car forces turned out in September 163 general repairs to freight cars, compared with 127
turned out in June—immediately before the strike—an increase of 36, or 28%. They also turned out
general repairs to passenger cars in September, of 16, as compared with 16 in June—the month pre- .
vious to the srike—an increase of 1, or 7%. :
We were seriously handicapped during September by our cars being held on other railroads. This
company owns 8,535 cars, which is ample to take care of our business, but during ‘the month of Sep
tember we had on the railroad only 6,963 cars, or 81Gp of our ownership. 'This produced a car short
age over which we had no contrcl. We are endeavoring in every way to get cur rars turned back ‘to
us. . g
As stated in my former communication, the credit for the fine record of achievement goes to the
officers and men in the various departments who have put forth unusual effort to meet the situation.
No railway company can boast of a more loyal set of officers and men than those now employed on
the C_gntral of Georgia Railway and our record speaks for iself, "
These facts and figures reflect a very gratify ing state of returned prosperity, of improved condi
tions and of increased business throughout our territory. Our plant and equipment is able to handle
more business than it is now doing. Every officer and man in our employ takes a personal interest in
doing properly his part in meeting the demands of the situation. 5
That same public whose co-operation has been so helpful in the past, may we are confident, be
relied upon to continue its support by the proper p acking and marking of packages, by the prompt”
loading and unloading of cars, and by expediting t he transaction of business through other methods
at its command. 5
Constructive eriticism and suggestions are in vited. : : e
W..A. WINBURN,
. President, Central of Georgia Railway Company.
Savannah, Ga., October 10, 1922. ; :
Red Bone News
Those attending the Teachers
Institue at Leesburg from here were,
Messrs S, . . Petitt and Grover
Renew, Misses Taura Lee, Lena
Mclecd, Lillian Lewis and Loouise
MceDonald. All report a very nice
time.
Tuesday afternotn at 3 o’clock,
Messrs Goddard and Powell and
Mise Kate Parker, made some very
interesting talks to the children of
Red Bone. (uite a number of the
patrons were present. Ard all
seemed to enjoy them very mueh.
Now they are in hope of voting
Bonds and building a new School
house at Red Bone, which is badly
needed.
Mis, T. 1. Lews has been in bed
veal sick, but last reports of her she
was improvingand her many {riends
hope she will soon well again.
Miss Louise MeDonald spent Mon
day night very pleasantly with Mizs
"lena Meleod.,
Lt
Miss J.ouise MeDonald had as
her guest Tuesday night Miss Lena
Meleod.
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Beef 123¢; Ham 40 and 50¢ Ib; Meal 25¢ peck,
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3 pounds 25¢. Everything else in Proportion.
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Leesburg, : Geotgia
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