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The Herald and Advertiser
NliWNAN, FRIDAY. MAY 15.
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Official Organ of Coweta County.
Ju K. Brown. Ellla M. Cnrpi-ritor.
BROWN & CARPENTER,
EIIITORB *NI> mmi.lMIIKItft.
Til Klip: H’AS A NOTH Ell “DEAD-
EOCKED'' CON VENTION.
Recently there have appeared in the
newapapera of the State aeveral leltera
and interviews from lion. W. J. Har
ris, chairman of the State Democratic
Executive Committee, in which he crit-
icir.ea the rules ndopted hy hia commit
tee for the governance of the Slate
primary on Aug. HI, and professes se
rious concern lest the will of the people
may he defeated hv a "deadlocked con
vention” unless the rule applying to
Governor and U. S. Senators is changed
to suit hia views.
Coming from Chairman Harris, of nil
men, these strictures on the dangers of
a "deadlocked convention" would he
funny if ho were not apparently bo
wrought up over the matter. Even as
it is, we find it difficult to take him ae-
riously. Mr. Harris is at present en
joying the emoluments of a fat office
conferred upon him hy a President who
was himself a conspicuous example of
the "perils” of a "deadlocked conven
tion." Mr. Wilson had neither a major
ity of the popular vote in the pre-con
vention primary, nor a majority of the
delegates in the convention. Hon.
Chatnp Clark received a clear majority
(but not two-thirds) of the convention
Vote. Hy reason of a deadlock he was
defeated — the only instance, hy the
way, where a candidate receiving a ma
jority of the vote in a National Demo
cratic Convention was not accorded the
nomination. After many ballots, and
days of deadlock and suspense Mr.
Wilson, a minority candidate, was final
ly nominated.
Thus we behold the evils and the dan
gers (according to Mr. Harris) of "dead
locked conventions.” It is a sad pic
ture, mates; yet Mr. Harris’ animad
versions upon the manner in which his
chief obtained the nomination at Haiti-
more are in rather poor taste, it seems
to us; -because the same rule in force
at the Baltimore convention will apply,
in a modified form, to the nomination
of U. S. Senators, Governor and State
House officers ut the Macon convention
next September.
For Mr. Harris to bo now reminding
the public of the "dark conspiracy"
which culminated in tho nomination of
Mr. Wilson, when most people have
been trying for nearly two years to for
get it, is "the most unkindest cut of
all."
PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM UNDER
INDICTMENT.
Did you ever hear of a grand jury in
dicting a whole school system? Well,
that is what a Dougherty county grand
jury did a short time since. After ac
knowledging receipt of the annual re
port of the County Superintendent of
Schools, the grand jury delivered this
broadside at tho public school system—
"Our investigation lends us to say
most, emphatically that something
should be done to increase the efficien
cy of our schools. If it requires more
money, better equipment, or better
qualified teachers, they should be pro
vided. We sigh for tho day when the
public school system shall he no longer
run in the interest of teachers, but for
the proper education of the pupils. In
our judgment, the good old plun of two
sessions a day should be restored, in or
der that the pupils may receive some
individual attention and be required to
study in school rather than force pa
rents to touch them at home. All pa
rents may not have the qualifications to
teach, or tho time to devote to it, but
every teacher should have the qualifica
tions. and the willingness to employ all
the time necessary. The career of pu-
pds from the Albany schools at college
demonstrates the justice of this conten
tion.”
Commenting upon the strictures of
they will have any opposition. They
are always at their post of duty, ready
to raise their hands at any time for the
good of their county and State, and
fearless in expressing their disapproval
when it comes to matters which they
consider detrimental to the best inter
ests of the general public. Wo gladly
commend them to the people of Coweta
as worthy of indorsement for a second
term." .
fn a second State primary, held in
Alabama on Monday last, Chas. Hen
derson defeated B. B. Comer for Gover
nor hy a majority of 11,000, Few peo
ple outside of his own following will re
gret Comer's defeat. As a railroad
baiter and trouble-maker he was one of
the most detestable demagogues that
the South has ever known. Now, if
Gov. Blouse meets a similar fate in his
race for the U. S. Senate over in South
Carolina the people of the South may
again face the world without blushing
for shame whenever tho names of
Comer and Blouse are mentioned.
Some of the newspapers of the State,
already “lied up" with one or another
of the several candidates for the Gov
ernorship, are "viewing with alarm”
the possibility that the Frank case may
become an issue in the campaign—or,
interpreted differently, that Hon. Hugh
M. Dorsey may be persuaded later on
to enter the lists for the office named.
If this be the interpretation meant,
then the fears of our troubled contem
poraries appear to be well founded.
The Georgia wing of the Bull Moose
party has been trying to steal our can
didate for Governor, Hon. Hugh Dor
sey; but he turned a deaf ear to the
blandishments held o it to him. In the
first place, he is a young man of un
common fine sense, and would not per
mit himself placed in such a ridiculous
situation. In the next place, he is,
above all, a Democrat—and that set
tles it.
There has been no change in the
Mexican situation. President Wilson
has resumed his "waiting and watch
ing" policy, while Huerta still holds
the fort in the Mexican capital, ap
parently unawed by the presence of
United States troops on his native
heath, or hy the steadily advancing
hosts of Villa and Carranza against his
citadel. Funny sort rff war.
No, my son, there will not be an
other meeting of the State Democratic
Executive Committee to change the
rules for the State primary. The coun
ty unit plun will stand t
To The Herald nnd Advertiser belongs
the honor of being the first newspaper
in the State to suggest Hon. Hugh M.
Dorsey for the Governorship—nnd we
are proud of it.
The United States supports 221,433
churches. Likewise, 450,000 saloons —
more than all the churches, hospitals,
colleges and high schools combined.
Dorsey Boom Takes Big Spurt.
AtlnntJi Constitution.
Following tho publication in an after
noon pnper that Hugh M. Dorsey,
Solicitor-General of the Superior Court,
would be a candidate for Governor, and
the statement from Mr. Dorsey that he
hail not had time to consider any mat
ter not directly connected with his
official duties, the Dorsey boom, which
seems to have developed spontaneously
all over the State, has taken on fresh
impetus.
Not since the famous Joe Brown
groundswell of some six years ago has
the name of a person, hitherto little
known in State politics, been on so
many lips. Many of Mr. Dorsey's ad
mirers are divided on the subject of
what otlice he should run for, but all of
them are a unit in saying that, no mat
ter what office it may be, they will sup
port him.
Mr. Dorsey's mail was very heavy
Friday nnd it was impossible for him to
go through one-tenth of it. It in
cluded letters from all parts of the
State. On Thursday he received eight
telegrams from prominent citizens of
Commerce, all urging him to make the
race. Early Friday morning he was
ailed up by long distance telephone
had had time to get to work
before he had had time to get to
the grand jury, the Albany Herald says ll,ul assured of the support of the citi
"while the grand jury took its text
from the report of the County Superin
tendent of Schools, it is plain that its
criticism was directed at the public
schools of this city," and adds
"Complaints similar to those brietly
made in general terms by the grand
been heard for two or
zens of Cherokee county.
Around the Kimball House lobby,
where politicians foregather, there was
] little talk of any candidate other than
1 Dorsey. Friendly bets of hats and
suits of clothes have already been made
that he will run for Governor and be
elected.
In tit.' meantime, Mr. Dorsey is not
him in
jury have been heard for two or three j letting his sudden boom disturb
years past, and there are many patrons tlu- least. He has two weeks of hard
of the city schools, (including some of work before him-work that requires
ihe momhera oi the City Hoard of Kdu- * every moment of his time -and it is
cation, we are sure,) who will be tflad doubtful if he will have leisure to con-
that so representative a body as tho aider politics.
grand jury has at last made formal and | Speaking of Mr. Dorsey’s capacity
public protest against present methods f or work, a well-known attorney, who
und conditions in our public school sys- j^s ^ wide experience, said:
tern. There are members of the City never knew a man in all my career
Board of Education who have felt for
some time past that a sort of general
shaking up was needed, and we violate
no confidence in saying that the subject
has been seriously discussed hy mem
bers of the board. Now that the grand
jury has 'broken the ice’ for them, so
to speak, we may hope that the mem
bers of the board who realize that some
thing needs to be done to increase the
efficiency of our city schools will have
the nerve to face the situation ami deal
with conditions as duty demands."
Senoia Enterprise-Gazette: "Out.
present worthy Representatives in the
General Assembly, Hon. C. F. Holl-
berg ami Col. Garland M. Jones, each
announce b this issue for re-election,
subject to i he Democratic primary to
be held in August. These gentlemen
are serving our people most satisfacto
rily in .hit capacity, and it is not likely
who has such a capacity for detail as
Hugh Dorsey. 1 never knew a harder
worker or one who has hold up better
under a strain which would have killed
stronger men. During the past four
months he has done more legal work
than Hny lawyer ever did in the same
length of time.”
Another man who has traveled pretty
well all over the Stale said:
"l don't care where you go you will
hear the name of Hugh Dorsey men
tioned, ami coupled with it. will be the
statement that the speaker is for him,
no matter what he wants to run tor."
Since Mr. Dorsey's name has been
mentioned so prominently there lias
been little taik of prospective candi
dates who for a time seemed "almost
persuaded."
HABITUAL CONSTIPATION and all
liver troubles can be cured by using
GRIGSBY'S LIV-YER-LAX. Ask John
K. Cates Drug Co.
Tom Watson and Chairman Harris
Exchange Civilities.
Washington Cor. Atlanta Constitution.
Washington, D. C., May 8. —Director
of the Census William J. Harris, candi
date for Governor of Georgia, has sent
a red-hot letter to Thomas E. Watson,
of Thomson, Ga., replying to on<- re
ceived from WatHon, acknowledging
receipt of Mr. Harris' circular letter,
sent to several thousand Georgians in
making soundings for his contemplated
candidacy. Chairman Harris sent to
Georgia as many as fifteen thousand
letters, covering every county in the
State, and among them it seems that
one was inadvertently sent to Hon.
Thomas E. Watson, who reolied to Mr.
Harris as folluws:
WATSON’S LETTER.
"Mr. William J. Harris—Dear Sir:
Your letter to me received. While
somewhat, surprised, I did not faint.
Yes, run by all means. Hold the office
your boss gave you, nnd go after an
other, just as he did. We want to show
you how much we love you for the man
ner in which you tricked Old Man I’ee-
pul at the Macon convention. We are
going to give you h — II, and we are go
ing to give your flatulent boss the same
thing. Your cowardly boss is a two-
faced humbug, and so are you.
"Very dearly yours,
"Then. E. Watson.
"Thomson, Ga., April 27, 1914.”
MR. HARRIS’ REPLY.
To this letter Chairman Harris makes
quite a lengthy reply, the chief fea
tures of which are as follows:
"I would not ask your support even if
I knew by so doing I could become the
Governor of my State. I would not so
olTend the more than 93,000 loyal Dem
ocrats of Georgia who supported our
great President. Of all the false and
malicious statements ever made against
Woodrow Wilson, you are responsible
for the worst. Without the slightest
foundation or scintilla of truth, you
published in your paper a statement
that Gov. Wilson had sent a telegram
of sympathy to Booker Washington
when he was arrested in New York for
trying to enter the apartment, of a
white woman. Your statement was
made in such a plausible way that
thousands of Georgians believed it. It
wus telegraphed to papers all over the
United States, especially in the South,
and some of our best papers published
it.
"If there is a single public man who
hns served the people of Georgia un
selfishly and with distinction in the past
few years whom you have not de
nounced, I am not aware of it.
"I do not believe there is a prominent
Democrat in the Tenth Congressional
district of Georgia whom you have not
maligned through the columns of your
paper or on the stump.
"After 1 was elected chairman of the
State Democratic Executive Commit
tee I was urged to appoint your son a
member of the committee from the
State-at-large—‘just to keep Tom Wat
son in a good humor with the Demo
cratic parly.’ I refused to appoint him
for any such reason, and staled I would
resign the chairmanship before I would
do so.
"By your false and malicious state
ments, you had attempted to do Gov.
Woodrow Wilson such an injury I knew
you would not support him, and to ap
point any man, however good, just to
please you, would have been an affront
to every loyal Democrat in Georgia.
"You refer in your letter to my rul
ing as chairman of the State Conven
tion, which nominated Hon. J. D. Price
for Commissioner of Agriculture. I do
not read your paper, but am informed
tnat you have at numerous times made
such statements. There was not a fair-
minded man present at the convention
who will say 1 ruled unjustly. Except
for my ruling which forced the dele
gates on the first ballot to vote the in
structions of their counties, Mr, Price
would have been nominated on the first
ballot. As chairman 1 ruled justly to all,
but I did use my influence to defeat
Mr. J. J. Brown, the candidate sup
ported hy you and the fertilizer trust.
"While a member of the Legislature
a measure of mine was enacted into law
which required all hags of fertilizers to
show, not only the analysis, but the
number of pounds of other material
worthless as fertilizer, and made it an
offense to use cinders, sand, or other
deleterious mutter in the manufacture
of fertilizers. When this matter was
before the Senate I he agents of the fer
tilizer trust filled the lobby to defeat it,
and many of the same men were at the
Macon convention—some as delegates
to urge the nomination of Mr. J. J.
Brown for Commissioner of Agriculture.
When the convention tied between Mr.
Brown and Mr. Price, so many agents
of the fertilizer trust went on the lloor
to talk to the delegates and try to influ
ence them to vote for Mr. Brown, it
was difficult for me to restore order.
If tho agents of the fertilizer trust,
who were at the convention supporting
Mr. Brown, had helped nominate Mr.
Price, your paper would have given
columns each week to denouncing them
and saying tho farmers had been sold
out to the fertilizer trust, which had
named the Commissioner of Agricul
ture to do their bidding.
"1 do no', favor any law which would
destroy the fertiliser industry of our
State, which has so many millions in
vested in the enterprise. The use of
fertilizers by our farmers is wise, and
every farmer, laborer, merchant and
professional man is deeply inti rested in
having a Commissioner of Agriculture
who will protect the farmer tr..m worth
less fertilizers. It is apparently more
important to you to elect -r defeat
some one for personal reasons than to
protect the farmers,"
Child Cross? Feverish? Sick?
A cross, p evish. listless child, w th
coated tongue, p de, doesn’t sleep: eats
sometimes very little, then again rsven-
onsiy: stomach sour; breath fetid;
pains in stomach, with diarrhoea ; grin s
teeth when asleep, and si arts up with
terror all -ugge>ts Worm KilUr— some
thing that expels worms, and almost
every child has them. Kickapoo Worm
Killer is needed. Get a box to-day.
Start at once. You won't have to coax,
as Kickapoo Worm Killer is a candy
contt ction. Exp'is the worms, the
cau«e of your child's trouble. 25c., at
your druggist’s.
Nobod / ever lived long enough for
hi» led lour to turn white.
Oi-- LIVER LACKS GRIGSBY'S
L1V-VER LAX. Try a bottle to-day.
SalislMCiuin guaranteed. Ask John R.
WEAR
Men s shoes
Ladies’ “
FOR MEN,
WE HAVE IN
STOCK NOW
THE NEW SHIRT SUIT—A
COMBINATION OF SHIRT
AND DRAWERS, ALL IN
ONE PIECE. THIS GAR
MENT IS IDEAL FOR SUM
MER WEAR. 82 PER SUIT.
W. M. ASKEW
FIND THE WAY
Russia last year nearly doubled its
production of hops over the figures for
the previous year.
How’s This ?
Wo offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
ease of catarrh that cannot he cured by Hall’s Ca
tarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO..
Toledo, Ohio.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney
for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly
honorable in all business transactions and finan-
ially able to carry out any obligations made by
his firm.
NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE.
Toledo, Ohio.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the 'wlood and muoous surfaces of
the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 75c. per
bottle. Sold by nil druggists.
Take Hall’s Family Pills for constipation.
Announcements.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE.
I hereby announce myself a candidate for re-
elcctin us Representative of Coweta county in the
General Assembly, subject to the Democratic pri
mary. I promise, if elected, to faithfully repre
sent the interests of all the people, so far as I am
capable. The support of tho people is respectfully
solicited. GARLAND M. JONES.
To the People of Coweta County:
I hereby offer myself as a candidate for re-
election to the office of Representative of Coweta
county, subject to the action of the State Demo
cratic primary. I sincerely thank my constituenta
for the honor they have conferred on me in the
past and shall ever strive to merit their approval
hy a faithful nnd concientious discharge of the
duties pertaining to the office. The.confidence
that has been reposed in me by my friends, who
have heretofore supported me. shall never be
betrayed, and I shall be grateful for their support.
C. F. HOLLBERG.
FOR STATE TREASURER.
To t-he People of Georgia: I am a candidate to
succeed mvself as State Treasurer, subject to the
action of the Democratic primary.
My candidacy is based Htrictly upon my record
and experience in this office, which are well known
to the people of Georgia, and which I trust has
been satisfactory. If. in your opinion, the man
agement of the State’s finances under my admin
istration for the past several years has been faith
ful and efficient, I would gratefully appreciate
your indorsement at the polls in the coming pri-
mary.
Thanking you for the support and confidence
extended me heretofore. I earnestly solicit, your
further kind consideration of my candidacy in the
present campaign. Respectfully,
W. J. SPEER.
Legal Notices.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
GEORGIA—Coweta County: x
Notice is hereby given to all creditors of the es
tate of Mrs. Mary Floyd, late of said county, de-
conscxl. to render in an account of their demands
to the undersigned within the time prescribed by
law. properly made out: and all persons indebted
to paid estate nre hereby requested to make imme
diate payment. This April 24. 1914. Prs. fee. $3.75.
T. F. RAWLS. Administrator.
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Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
GEORGIA—Coweta County:
Notice is hereby given to all creditors of the es-
tnteof Sophronia A. Wheat, late of said county,
deceased, to render in an account of their de
mands to tlie undersigned within the time pre
scribed by law. properly made out; and all persons
indebted to said estate are hereby requested to
make immediate payment This April 24. 1914.
Prs. fee. $3 75. T. F. RAWLS. Administrator.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
GEORGIA—Coweta County:
Notice is hereby given to all creditors of the es
tate of Mrs. Nettie Maze, late of said county,
deceased, to render in an account of their demands
to the undersigned within the time prescribed by
Jaw. properly made out: nnd all persons indebted
to said estate are hereby requested to make imme
diate payment. This April 24.1914. Prs. fee. $3.75.
T. F. RAWLS. Administrator.
Leters of Administration.
C. EO n GI A—Co wet a CouNTy :
H. H. North having applied to tho Court of Or
dinary of said county for letters of administration.
1 tie bonis non. on the estate of James M. Bridges,
j deceased, all persons concerned nre required to
' show cause in said Court by the first Monday in
I June next, if any they can. why said application
: should not bo granted. This May 5. 1914. Prs. fee.
j St. L. A. PERDUE. Ordinary.
Application for Twelve Months’ Support.
1 GEORGIA—Coweta County:
The return of tho appraiser, sett ins apart twelve
months’ support to the minor children of J. D.
! Morgan, deceased, having been tiled in my office,
all person* concerned are cited to show cause by
tho first Monday in June. 1914. why said applica-
1 tion for twelve months' support should not be
j granted. This May 5. 1914. Prs. fee. $3.
L A. PERDUE. Ordinary.
THE UNIVERSAL CAR
A thousand might be wrong—but
not five hundred thousand. More
than a half million buyers have
picked the Ford because of its all
’round serviceability, its low first
cost and its low cost of upkeep.
The Ford has made good.
Five hundred dollars is the new price of the
Ford runabout; the touring car is five fifty;
the town car seven fifty—f. o. b. Detroit,
complete with equipment. Get catalogue and
particulars from XEWXAX AUTO CO.,
Newnan, Ga.
Letters of Dismission.
I GEORGIA—Coweta County:
I J. Hugh Johnson, «*xecutor of the will of G. L.
Ji h» *m*. lice**Bedi having applied to the Court of
1 Ordinary of Haul county tor letters of diemission
• from his said trust. all person* concerned are re-
quired to show cause in said Court hy the first
Monday in June next, if any they can. why said
application should not he granted. This May 5,
1914. Prs. fee. $3. t , nT> „ ri ..
L. A. PERDUE. Ordinary.
by the first Monday in June next, if any they cur.
why said application should not be granted. This
May 5. 1914. Prs. fee. $3.
L. A. PERDUE. Ordinary.
Letters of Dismission.
GEORGIA—Coweta County:
W. F. Spradlin, jr.. administrator of tho estate
of Wm. F. Spradlin, sr., deceased, having applied
to the Court of Ordinary of said county for letters
of dismission from his said trust, all persons con
cerned are required to show cause in said Court by
the first Monday in June next, if an£ they can.
why said application should not be granted. This
May 5. 1914. Prs. fee. $3.
L. A. PERDUE. Ordinary.
Letters of Dismission.
GEORG IA-Coweta County:
J. Hugh Johnson, administrator of the estate of
J. H. Johnson, deceased, having applied to the
Court of Ordinary of said county for letters of
dismission from his said trust, all porsons con
cerned are required to show cause in said Court
Libel for Divorce.
Lizzie Hines / Libel for Divorce. In Coweta
vs. ‘Superior Court. Mai eh Term.
Tom Hines. \ 1913.
To the defendant, Tom Hines: You are hereby
required, in person or by atterney, to be and ap
pear at the Superior Court of said ceunty on the
first Monday in September next, then and there
to answer the plaintiff in an action for a total di*
vorce: as in default thereof the Court will P r *
ceed thereon as to justice shall appertain.
Witness the Honorable R. W. Fret man. Judg
of said Court, this the 8th day of April. 1914.
L. TURNER.lClerk.
Sheriff’s Sale for June.
GEORGH-Coweta County:
Will be sold before the Court-house don** in Nev*
nan. Coweta county. Ga.. on the first Tursaa>
June next, between the legal hours ot » •
to the highest and best bidder, the fo.lowing
scribed property, to-wit: .
One house and lot situate on Dewey stre*
the city of Newnan. said county, and bound** ♦
follows: On the south by Dewey street ‘ L ' 1
the east by lot of Josie Strong 96 feet, on th**'’
by Brown lot 50 feet, and on the we t by !> 1 * *
252, belonging to the estate of Mrs. Same ! ar •
96 feet. Levied on as the property of Garm*M
enB to satisfy a fi. fa. issued from the \V
of the 646th district, G. M., in lavor of J. *»■
ner vs. the said Garfield Owens. Tenant in
session notified in termB of the law. Lt»v> r
by J. T. Alsabrook. L. C.. and turned over to
This May 6. 1914. Prs. fee. $5.58. c .
J. D. BREWSTER. Shen.».