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opeecn 01 non. w. c. W right
wd Wh than »ix years, upon tin* ground
that "lie hart been there loin; enough."
The next time «e heard from Judge
Adamson, he wan running for Con-
groat* from Mils district. In that
contest, in 189G (tllliik of It, 1896!
It's now mil! souuds almost like a
century, doesn't It, gentlemen?) as I
said. In. 1-896, when v.n had a heated
contest In tills district Mr. Moses,
jif Coweta, was a candidate; Mr. Kim
brough, of Harris, was a candidate;
.Mr. Imnliam, of Marlon, was a can
didate; Mt. Hill, of Meriwether, was
a candidate; Judge Longley, of Troup,
was a candidate; and last, hy no
meiina least, Judge Adamson, of Car-
roll, was a candidate.
Now. In that 189G convention no
candidate had a sufficient number of
votes to nominate him. Judge Adam
son went into the convention with the
four votes of Ills home county, and
one vote from Heard, giving him live
votes. During the days the convention
was In session, Judge Adamson's load
er upon the floor proclaimed time and
again that if public office were a bur
den, Its cares should he equally home;
If a good thing, It ought to he passed
around; and that Mr Moses, who litid
been In Congress less than six years,
ought to he defeated upon the rota
tion Idea; that he had beet) there long
enough. There are men within the
hearing of my voice who can attest to
the facts I am relating. Rotation In
office was Judge Adamson's slogan In
that campaign and, brethren, he
won! Cpon receiving the nomination
and In delivering his speech of ac
ceptance, lie wound up that speech In
these words or perhaps I had better
read you the report of that speech,
which his kinsman, Robert Adamson,
who was then a Constitution reporter,
sent to his paper. This is what tiie
Judge's Cousin Hub laid:
"Before closing lie (Judge A.) set
at rest the rumors that lie might not
run again hy saying that he expected
lo faithfully attend to his duties at
Washington; to visit his people to as
certain their needij and not to secure
Ills renomlnatton; hut as to whether
lie accepted a second, a third, or a
fourth tenotiilualioii, rested not with
him, but with the people."
My fellow citizens, at. that time,
when Charlie was so full of the rota-
linu Idea, and Just as lie had received
the nomination lo Congress, Ills fond
est hope, Ills brightest dream, IBs
greatest expectation, the suhllmest
stretch of his ‘Imagination, couldn’t
CHrry him beyond a fourth term, which
meant eight years, lie himself fixed
the limit—"not going to ask for a re-
nomlnntlon at all, hut If the people
desired to return him, lie would go
hack twice, or three times, or even
four times; but at the most Ills cal
culations did not go beyond a fourth
term." Yet ho has exceeded the limit
of tenure fixed hy himself by ten years,
and Is now begging for another term!
I don’t know how to explain my
friend Adamson's sudden and sur
prising reversal of position upon the
question of rotation. His changed at
titude calls to mind an anecdote told
about nn old lawyer, who once lived
In our section, lie was seated Inside
tile bar one day when a hoy was ar
raigned in court ou a misdemeanor
charge. The little fellow was known
lo lie rather simple minded. Under the
unusual circumstances the presiding
Judge decided to dispose of the case
informally and called upon the mem
bers of the bar present to express
their opinion as to what direction
should he given tile case. The old
lawyer in question was asked Ills opin
ion. and. in giving it, expressed him
self in rather harsh terms, holding
Unit tlu> youthful culprit should be
punished. The hoy's father, who was
standing near tlui doqr, heard wliut
the old lawyer said, and. going up to
him in court, beckoned liltn Into an ad
joining room. "Colonel, " he protest
ed, "that hoy ought, not to he pun
ished; you are wrong about that. I
want to employ you to defend him.
What will you charge me?" "Twenty-
five dollars," suiswored the lawyer.
Whereupon the boy's father counted
out twenty-five dollars to the old law
yer. As Hie story goes, the latter
stuck his fee Into his vest pocket, re
turned to the court room, and, stand
ing before the Judge, said: "If Your
Honor please, I ling to state to the
Court that I now see this matter in
h different light.” (Applause.) I
guess Mint's the way it Is with Char
lie. He now sees It in a different
light.
In the contest of 1890 the counties
of the Fourth district were just be
ginning to adopt white primaries, and
every county chose its delegates to
the Congressional Convention that year
In a primary election, except the coun
ty of Carroll, the home county of
Judge Adamson Mr. Moses, of Cow
eta. and his friends appealed to Judge
Adamson and Ills friends for a pri
mary in Carroll county, but tilts ap
peal was refused, and Judge Aihuu-
son's delegates were selected at a
mass meeting. There was a reason
for this, and the same reason exists
today, when it is understood that right
now petitions are being circulated all
over Carroll county seeking to pledge
the people to support Judge Adamson
in the coming contest. This is now
what is going ou in Carroll, his home
county. The explanation Is simply
this: If a vote were taken In Carroll
today it is doubtful whether the coun
ty would fall in the Adamsou or
Wright column.
My fellow-cltiacna. we have utl brag
ged on Charlie Adamson in this dis
trict. t am not going to minimize his
services in the least. He has made
a fairly good Congressman, but 1 want
to nsk you seriously, wbat has be doue ?
ran you nna any constructive legis
latfon that Judge Adamson has ever
caused to be enacted since he has been
In Congress? True, he secured some
appropriations for the Chattahoochee
river. True, also, that he secured ap
proprtatlona for postoffice buildings In
various parts of the district. Is lie the
only Congressman from Georgia who
has been successful in that line? You
can go, 1 dare say, to any Congres
sional district In this state and find
that where towns ure entitled to post
office buildings they get them. When
a town reaches a certain size, with
annual postal receipts up lo a given
amount, it is entitled to a Government
building It Is, I believe, the policy
of the Government to construct Its
own buildings in which to conduct Its
business, rather than pay rent.
What else has he done? I am go
ing to he fair about It. I want to
give him credit for all he has accom
plished. For instance, It Is understood
that he has been right successful in
securing "jobs for the hoys." Is that
statesmanship? I am glad he has been
successful along the line Indicated;
In fact, l’m glad the "boys" have se
cured these positions. I wish more
of them could have been provided
with comfortable berths. But what
do you suppose was In the Judge's
mind in securing so many positions
for Ills constituents? In the first place,
I assume that he really wanted to be
stow these favors upon his constitu
ents because he liked them, and be
cause they were worthy, hut. In
the next place, don’t you imagine the
Judge had an "eye to business," and
was he not seeking to construct more
than a "political fence," yea, a veri
table wall around himself, to perpetu
ate himself in Congress? I have no
criticism whatever to make concern
ing the favored ones the dear Judge
entrenched in these position. I re
peat, I'm glad they were taken care
of in tills benevolent manner.
By the way, while upon this subject,
1 am Informed that along In the spring
of the year a very distinguished gen
tleman -resident of a county In this
district—let it he known that the
Congressional "bee was buzzing in his
bonnet," and It was mentioned In the
public prints that he might be in the
race for Congress. What did we next
hear of this distinguished citizen ?
Why, he was in Washington City,
holding down a $2,500 job, secured for
him by Judge Adamson. (Applause.)
That may he good politics on the
part of Judge Adamson; tt may be
the best kind of politics; it may he
better to keep down opposition rather
than fight tt after tt is aroused.
Now, talking about this matter of
Congressional patronage, In going over
the district I have been frequently
met with thn statement that "So-and-so
holds a position, secured for him by
Judge Adamson; he’s against you,
Wright.” Certainly he Is against me.
I expect him to bo against me; It’s’
natural that lie should he against me,
and give Ills support to Judge Adam
son. I am not censuring him. While
1 would like to have them, still l am
not expecting to get the votes of
Judge Adamson's appointees. Indeed,
I should be surprised to receive them.
I have no criticism to make about that,
hut, ray fellow-citizens, It Is tliose un
favored ones who are out to whom I
um especially appealing for support.
It’ all of Judge Adamson's appointees
support him. and ull tliose who have
not received appointments will support
me. 1 will be overwhelmingly elected.
My follow-citizens, still determined
to be fair, I will mention one or two
tilings that Judge Adamson has done
in Congress. 1 hold in my hand a
copy of Bill No. 22267, entitled "A
Bill to prevent the issuing or accept
ance in interstate commerce of forget,
and fraudulent hills of lading." The
hill was introduced by Judge Adam
son, of Georgia. You will recall—es
pecially the business men present will
recull that a few years ago there was
a great deal of trouble about bills of
hiding issued for cotton. Trouble
arose at some point in Alabama, where,
it seems, u shipper of cotton and the
local railroad agent'had colluded. The
agent Issued hills of lading for cotton
which the railroad had never, In point
of fact, received. Those hills of lad
ing were turned over by the shipper
to his local bank, and they were hand
led and transmitted by the bank In
the usual course of business. It de
veloped later that the cotton had never
been delivered 'to the railroad. A
great hue and cry was raised about it.
The courts have held that, under such
circumstances, the railroad is not lia
ble for the value of the cotton. Now
then, Judge Adamson was evidently
seeking to remedy this trouble in the
bill to which 1 have called your at
tention, which was Introduced in the
Sixty-second Congress. We find section
4 is as follows:
“That It shall be unlawful for any
hank, or any agent or officer thereof,
which first takes, accepts, or discounts
any bill of lading, to accept from any
holder thereof any bill of lading, for
the purpose of making and securing
an advance of money thereon, without
first ascertaining by actual inquiry
and investigation that a shipment for
transportation in interstate commerce
of the character referred to in the bill
of lading was really delivered to the
carrier, whose agent purported to
have signed said bill of lading. Any
bank, or agent or officer thereof, vio
lating this provision shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, and on conviction
thereof the bank shall be punished
by a fine of not exceeding $5,000, and
the agent or officer thereof thus re
ceiving such bill of lading shall on
conviction he punished by a fine of not
exceeding $5,000. or Imprisonment for
not exceeding five years, either or
both, iu the discretion of the Court:
and iu addition thereto both the bank.
;and said agent or officer, shall be lia
ble to any subsequent holder, or en
dorsee, or assignee of said bill of
lading, for all loss sustained by rea
son thereof."
What would have been the effect
of that bill had it been enacted into
law? it never passed—but It was In
troduced by Judge Adamson! It Is
commonly known how cotton Is hand
led in this country A person desiring
to engage in business as a buyer of
cotton will arrange with a local bank
to pay for the cotton lie purchases,
the bank receiving the warehouse re
ceipts as collateral to secure the pay
ment of the advance it makeH for the
purchase price of the cotton. When
the cotton buyer finds a sale for IBs
cotton he delivers It to the railroad,
and receives from the railroad agent
a hill of lading a receipt for the cot
ton. He usually has it made out to
tlie order of himself, notify the pur
chaser at point of destination. The
cotton buyer endorses the hill of lad
ing, makes a draft on the firm or per
son to whom he sold the cotton, at
taches the draft to the hill of lading,
deposits this witli ills local bank for
collection, and the bank credits the
cotton buyer with the amount, thus
really discounting the draft. That’s
the way it Is usually handled, isn’t
It, Mr. Persons? (Mr. Persons, who
was in the audience, nodded approval.)
Now, what would have been the effect
of Mils bill had it become a law? Sim
ply tills: Unless the agent or officer
of tlie bank had first gone and made
actual inquiry, and ascertained that
the particular shipment described In
tlie liill of lading had actually been
received by the railroad, lie would be
guilty of a misdemeanor. Suppose tlie
cotton buyer and the railroad agent
were really in collusion, that they were
trying to defraud somebody, and that
when the bank agent sought to make
the required investigation lie should
ask the railroad agent; ‘‘Has A, a cot
ton buyer, delivered to you one hun
dred hales of cotton, as described in
tills bill of lading?" and the agent said,
"He has," and point out a lot of cot
ton assembled on the depot platform
as tlie cotton described in the bill of
lading. There might be at the same
time various lots of cotton on the
platform for shipment. How could the
bank's agent know whether the cot
ton delivered was A’s, or B’s, or C’s
cotton? Yet Judge Adamson’s bill pro
vided that if the agent or officer of
the hank failed to ascertain the facts,
he not only made his hank liable to a
penalty of $5,000, and himself liable
to a similar penalty, but in addition
he could be sent to tlie penitentiary
for a term of not exceeding five years;
and in addition to all of these, both the
hank, and agent or offioer of the
bank, would be liable in a civil suit
to uny person who might he damaged
on account of the cotton not being
delivered to the railroad. Didn’t the
bill require too much of the bank and
its officers? Would any banker, here
or elsewhere, have advanced money
to a cotton buyer had the Adamson
hill become a law? It was a direct
thrust at the farmers of this country,
who must have an oppn market for cot
ton. What disturbs the farmers of
the South today Is the unfortunate war
In Europe, because they fear they
won’t have a market for their cotton. If
this bill had passed it would have-
been a fearful handicap In the mar
keting of cotton In this section. I
do not criticize Judge Adamson’s mo
tives. I assume ttiat his intentions
were good;—what I am criticising is
the Judge’s Judgment.
In the year 1900, a great lino and
cry was raised about adulterated foods
and drugs. It was openly charged that
everything we bought was adulterated,
and 1 guess it was mainly true. Ex
perts contended that our flour con
tained chalk, or soapstone, or other
deleterious components, and so all
along the line. The same was said to
Government undertook to remedy the
evils complained of, and a bill was
introduced in Congress making it a
violation to manufacture or handle
adulterated articles. When this bill
came up Judge Adamson not only
voted against the measure, but spoke
against its passage on the floor of the
House. Now the Supreme Court of
the United States, early In the pres
ent year, considering a case involving
the construction of the pure food and
drug law, construed it in a way which,
in my judgment, requires an amend
ment to the Act in order to make it
effective. As I recollect the decision,
It held, in effect, that unless the Gov
ernment should show that some given
article of food, or some drug, contain
ed enough poisonous substance to in
jure health, or to impair health, the
case was not properly made out.
Now, my fellow-citizens, you have
heard a good deal recently about Judge
Adamson being a great Administra
tion mail. I guess he is. You have
also heard much about lits services be
ing indispensable, because he "stands
In” with the Administration, and that
tlie President needs Charlie. Why,
he is in so much demand that he can't
even get home to look after his cam
paign, so he says in the interview pre
viously quoted. Don’t you think Char
lie is entitled to a little rest? Poor
fellow, he has been there so long, and
ills duties have multiplied so alarm
ingly, that he reminds me of old At
las. who had tlie whole world on his
shoulders. It looks like Charlie is
trying to carry the burdens of tlie
whole Administration upon Ills shoul
ders. Don't you think lie is entitled to
a little rest now?
His published statements would in
dicate that lie considers it a great in
justice for me to run against him for
Congress at this time, when he claims
his official duties in Washington are
too exacting to permit him to come
home aud look after his campaign. He
' affects ao injured air and appears to
object to the suddenness of my an
nouncement. Does it appeal to you
as being unfair for me to run for
Congress for THREE AND A HALF
WEEKS, when Charlie has been run
ning for EIGHTEEN YEARS? He
lias been running ever since he was
first nominated—eighteen years. I
might say twenty, because he was
running some time before he was nom
inated. Having run actively for eigh
teen years, making public addresses
all over the district; knowing, as he
cluinis, practically every voter by his
given name; and, as all of you know,
there has hardly been a Court in the
past 18 years that Judge Adamson
has not appeared and made a speech.
In the face of tli-ese facts he seems
aggrieved because Ills friend Wright
is running for Congress, and has only-
three and a half weeks in which to
run, as against his eighteen years. Is
there anything unfair about that?
Now, fellow-citizens, speaking of
Judge Adamson as a great "Adminis
tration man," let me give you a little
history. In the late Presidential con
test, when it seemed that the South
had a chance to come Into her own,
and when two distinguished Southern
ers In the persons of Oscar Under
wood of Alabama, and Woodrow Wil
son of New Jersey (the latter a South
ern man by birth and training) were
aspiring to tlie Presidency, and were
the only two candidates actively be
fore the Democratic voters of tills sec
tion, and we were honestly divided in
our views as to which would make
tlie better President, where did our
friend, Charlie Adamson, stand? He
was supporting Champ Clark, of Mis
souri, and doing it with the hope that,
if Clark were elected, he (C-liarlie)
would be made Postmaster-General.
(Applause.) He is certainly a recent
convert to the Wilson Administration.
But 1 have detained you long enough.
1 will say, briefly, that I would es
teem It a high honor to represent the
people of tills great district in the Six
ty-fourth Congress of the United
States, and if on the 19th day of Au
gust I receive votes enough to en
title me to the nomination, I shall be
the most grateful man in ten counties.
If chosen for this high office, I pledge
you here and now that the very best
energies and efforts of my life shall
be devoted to the service of this peo
ple.
I will say one other thing about
Charlie before I conclude, and it is
tills: You have all heard that lie Is
usually very prompt to answer letters.
That’s one thing that made him pop
ular. He has been mighty good about
that. We have exchanged many let
ters since he has been in Congress,
and he always replies to mine. But
there is one letter, written to him re
cently, to which he has made no re
ply. That letter was from Ills old
friend, Will Wright. On the 25th of
July, after I decided to make this
race, I called my stenogrpher, and dic
tated a letter to Judge Adamsou. It
ran about as follows;
“Hon. W. C. Adamson, Washington,
D. C.—My Dear Judge: Until a few
weeks ago I had no idea of entering
the race for Congress from this dis
trict, but tn recent weeks the solici
tations for me to enter the race have
become so pointed, so frequent, and
so urgent, that I have come to believe
It my duty to run, and l have decided
to do so.
"Now, Judge, in view of our long
personal and political friendship, and
especially in view of the fact that I
have loyally supported you for eigh
teen years, may I not hope for your
support in the coming primary?
“Your friend,
“W. C. WRIGHT.”
That’s one letter, my fellow-citizens,
to which the Judge has not seen fit to
reply.
Just one other thing. If I am elect
ed to Congress, and a postmaster is
to be appointed, or any other office in
this district in which my recommen
dation may count for anything, I
wish to say that I shall consider the
wishes of the people in the particular
locality In which the appointment is
to be made. I shall consider the mer
its of the applicant; I shall undertake
to give the people a meritorious official
to discharge the duties of the office
in that particular locality. I shall
try to please tlie majority of the peo
ple, having in mind always efficiency
and merit.
Now. in conclusion, I say in all sin
cerity if I didn’t believe I could ren
der the people of this district efficient
service I would not ask their sup
port. The Fourth is a great district—
great in population—great in its fer
tile fields and valleys and in its varied
industries—great in its religious, edu
cational and financial institutions—
great in all that makes for a progres
sive and prosperous section and for
an enlightened community. It would
be an honor to any man to represent
such a constituency. I would wear
this honor proudly, conscious that it
had been secured through the favor
of the best people, on earth.
My friends, I have finished. If I
were permitted to advise yon how to
vote on the 19tli of August, I would
simply say: "Vote right!" But be
sure to spell "right" with a capital
"W."
THREE TOASTS.
How many good things we have to
be thankful for—the fruits, the flowers,
the harvest, the seasons, day and night,
the sun, moon and stars, the power to
enjoy all the beauties of nature and art
with the eye, all the sweet harmony of
music with the ear. the odor of flowers
with the nostrils, the foods that give
us health and strength, the bleased
sleep that comes without price to the
poorest.
Giant Strides In Fixing the Boundaries
of Our Country.
At n dinner party gives by Ameri
cans residing In Purl* some years ugo
there were proposed sundry toasts con
cerning not so much the past and
present as the expected glories of the
great American nation, tn the gen
eral character of tliose toasts geo
graphical considerations were very
prominent, and the principal fact
which seemed to occupy the minds of
the speakers was the unprecedented
bigness of our country.
“Here’s to the United States." snld
the first speaker, "bounded on tbe
north b.v British America, on the
south by tbe gulf of Mexico, on the
east b.v tlie Atlantic and on the west
by tbe Pacific ocean."
"But." said the second speaker, “this
is far too limited u view of the sub
ject. In assigning our boundaries we
must look to the great and glorious fu
ture, which Is prescribed for us by the
manifest destiny of the Anglo-Saxon
race. Here’s t» the United States,
bounded on the north by tbe north
pole, on the south by the south pole,
on the east by the rising sun and on
the west by the setting sun,"
Here tbe third speaker arose, £ very
serious gentleman from tbe far west.
"If we ore going," said this truly pa
triotic American, "to leave the history
past and present and take our mani
fest destiny into account why restrict
ourselves within the narrow limits as
signed by our fellow countryman who
has Just sut down? I give yon the
United States, bounded on the north,
by the aurora borealis, on the south by
the procession of the equinoxes, on
the east by primeval chaos and on the
west by the day of Judgment."—Phil
adelphia Press.
WORKED HIS WEAK POINTS.
Mr. Ap* Had No Memory, but Lot* of
Curiosity and Cowardice.
“Curiosity and cownrdiee,” said the
one legged veteran, “are the chief
characteristics of all monkeys and of
most men. I worked In a zoo after
the war. 1 was the keeper of tbe mon
key house. My biggest charge was an
npe the size of a twelve-year-old boy,
and.it was through his curiosity and
cowardice that I used to manage him.
“We exercised this ape in the big
room every day, but when we wanted
him to go back to his cage he’d climb
up to the roof of the big room, and
even with food you couldn’t tempt him
down.
“So I would go to Jack Lover and
take him gently by the arm and direct
his attention in a quiet, mysterious
manner to the dark passage under the
steam pipes.
“Lover and I every day tiptoed to
the pipes. \Ye pretended to point out
to each other some horrible, unknown
creature in tlie passage, and we'd say;
‘Look out! There he Is! There he isp
"As we held each other’s arms and
bent over and peered into the darkness
we’d hear very soon the delicate pat
ter of small, active feet. The ape’s
curiosity had got the better of him.
He crouched beside us. He, too, peer
ed into the dark passage fearftiljy.
“Then suddenly Lover would shout:
‘Look out! He’s coming out! He’s
com lug out!’ And we'd scamper away
in the direction of the ape’s house.
But the npe would he ahead of us.
He'd rush into his house in a perfect
whirlwind of excitement and terror.
Then—click! We’d snap the door to
on him, and he'd look very foolish.
"Every day we fooled the ape is this
way. He was long, you see, on curios-
Itr and cowardice, but very short on
memory.”—Chicago Herald.
Sale of School Property for Re-in-
vestment.
GEORGIA—Coweta County:
By virtue of an order granted by the Honorable
R. W. Freeman, Judge of the Superior Courts of
the Coweta Circuit, in the matter of the petition
of the undersigned to sell the below described
school property and reinvest the proceedfl. there
will be sold before the court-house door in the city
of Newnan, said county, on the first Tuesday in
September, 1914, between the legal hours of sale,
the following property, to-wit:
Three (3) acres of land situate, lying and being
in the original Second (now Third district of said
Coweta county, Ga.,) and being part of lot of land
No. 114 in said district, and described as follows:
Beginning at the center of the road where a sewer
pipe crosses said road and where a settlement
road intersects the public road, and running
thence east with the center of the public road
120.49 yards, thence north 120.49 yards, thence
west 120.49 yards, and thence south 120.49 yards—
said three acres being in the shape of a square,
there now being a school-house located on said
tract of land, which goes with the same. Terms
cash. This Jaly£7, 1914. Prs. fee. $8.44.
L. J. BROOK.
W. C. GLAZIER.
A. D. HARRIS.
Trustees of Union-Bethlehem School District of
Coweta county. Ga.
ESTABLISHED 1870
-p |—| £T
SOUTHERN MORTGAGE CO,
Capital and Surp’u^. $300,000.
GOULD BUILDING
10 Decatur Street 9 Edgeweod Avenue
Farm Loans
Negotiated throughout the State on
improved farm lands in sums of $1,000
to $100,000 on five years’ time at
reasoable rates.
Our sources of money are practically
inexhaustible. We have a strong line
of customers among individual investors
and Savings Banks and Trust Compa
nies in the North. East and Middle
West, and we number among our cus
tomers the
John Hancock Mutual Life Ins. Co.
with assets of more than a hundred
million dollars.
For information call on or write to
A. H. Freeman
Newnan, Ga.
STRAIGHT TO
THE HEARTS OF
THE PEOPI
Nat E. Harris Has Made
His Appeal Directly
To The People,
He has hired no paid workers.
He has made no attempt to
manufacture public sentiment.
He has published no ridiculous
claims as news items with adv
after them.
He has made no combinations.
He has stood on his own merits
alone.
He has no great political m a
chine run by professional politi-
cians.
He has made from one to fiv<
speeches per day since June 1st
He has tried to meet the peo
pie face to face.
The people know him now.
They have their chance to rot
for a great man, worthy to b
Governor of a great State.
Platform promises may b
broken like pie-crust.
Character does not change «f
ter election.
He has been the target of a
his opponents because he is lead
ing in the hearts of the people
He has met every charge fac
to face with the people and an
swered it.
They have searched the recor
of his public and private life-
not one word can they fim
against him.
Fifty years of faithful servic
at last asks its reward.
A long life well lived deserve
to be crowned with honor.
He has twenty years more o
experience than his opponents.
The vigorous campaign tha
he has made demonstrates tha
he has more fire and energy tha
his opponents put together.
Do not be deceived. He is wm
thy, and he will win.
Soldier, statesman, educate!
orator, Christian man!
On the 19th the people wi
say “Well done.”
And they will elect a man an
be proud of their Governor.
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ELDER’S MILL
READY FOR BUSINESS
Have installed a new Leffel
Turbin Water Wheel, togeth
er with steel flume, which
more than doubles the power,
and can now run both wheat
and corn mill at the same
time. 'The wheat mill has
had the following work done
on it: The sifter has new
cloths throughout; the puri
fier also has new cloths; tne
bran duster and two cleaners
have been thoroughly over
hauled, and Mr. Steed says
“No mill is in better shape
than ELDER’S MILL."
Give Us a Trial and We
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