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mmms' SHALL PROHIBITION QUESTION BE SUB MITTED IN PRIMARY? ment demand or hold to a greater j Hoke Smith’s Victory. ! glad it is over. The endorsement strength, than he is entitled tc, which Mr. Smith has received car-I because thereby he takes that The most striUing thing about ries with k an immense Prestige which belongs to his brother lhe campa j gn 0 f Hoke Smith, as it and tremendous responsibility. No Democrat and appropriates it to loom3 up ln the tidal wave of vie- man cou ' d face sllcl1 a situation hi " lself * Story, is the tremendous physical w.thout being impressed. Having I would also like to see the con- : for ' e and energy o[ the successful tou S ht 0 PPO«tion to a stand- vention instruct the next execu-1 candiciate , coupled with his menta! : st,11) , and been earned into office Something over a year ago I ex pressed, through the press, the . hope that the Georgia democracy ^’ vc committee to have submitted b rea dth and capacity' to sustain would do two things. The first t0 tlie white voters of ,he state purpose above referred to was to 1 ( and that means t0 the Dem0 try to induce the state convention cratic P arty > 1 am P roud t0 say > to adopt the full primary system in all future nominations, so that there would be a consolidation of all the votes polled in all the coun ties for each candidate, and if any one received a majority of all the votes cast, he thereby would be come the nominee. If no one re ceives the majority, then let the two highest run it over; and this should prevail in nominating coun ty officers, including representa tives to the lower house, senators, congressmen,judges and solicitors. This is pure democracy, and nothing else is. It is right and will hurt no one, but will give en tire satisfaction to the people be cause it is right. See how the present system works in naming state senators. Under the rotation system, no senator can succeed himself, it matters not how much his expe rience, learning and wisdom as a law maker. The senate is always composed of new and inexperienc ed men unless the county entitled to the senator names an old sena tor or one who has served in the lower house. Surely the district primary should prevail in this case. , u ^The system should be changed to tvd.s extent anyway, that there should be a primary all over the district to name the candidate to be taken from the county, under the whole should be changed, so that the district could name the incumbent to succeed himself should it be best. The constitu tion of 1868 provided that half of tne senators should go out every two years and half should hold over, so that the body would al ways have experienced law-makers in it. It would not often happen that there would be a necessity for two primaries. In order to lessen the chances tor that we could fix a pro rata of the votes cast to nominate less than one-half, say two-fifths. Certainly more than a bare plu rality should he required. The objection to this is it will take away from some of the small counties some of their influence. It will do that. But it is not demo cratic for those counties to have the strength they now have,should they complain when a system is adopted which will give to each county the strength and power that every other county has ac cording to the vote cast. Is it fair for a county that can register only one thousand, all told, to have two representatives in a nominating convention, while the county that can register twelve or thirteen thousand votes has only six? Th in the next primary the issue as to the sale of intoxicating liquors. Surely the people have a right to speak upon question. The lawmakers, then why should they himself throughout a race of un precedented length and unparallel ed bitterness. The issues of the campaign can wait for a moment, while we con template the personality of the this great moral 1 man wdo r,as led this remarkable people name the fight, tor there is a useful lesson in the causes which have made not lia\e a chance to instruct them a struggle possible, on this one matter? In the first place, Hoke Smith is They have been clamoring for it a man G f SU p e rb mental and physi- tor years and have tailed because ca j equipment. In his earlier years they pursued the wrong method. | ie divided his time between study lhe A\ illingham bill passed the anc ] athletics, and he would have lower house and 2(1 senators voted made his mark anywhere—in pro fessional or in business life. He against the bill. I do not mean to question their motives. In their wisdom they thought best to de feat it. Is it right for 2.8 or more men to determine for all the people what the law should be in this regard? Is it their privilege and right to do so unless instructed to do other wise? has been temperate—a total ab stainer. as to liquors—and he is to day at fifty years of age in the very prime and vigor of life. Com ing to Atlanta in 1873, unknown, and beginning his career as a law yer at seventeen, he has won place and fortune by force of the quali ties we mention.-He has identified by the votes of four-fifths of the counties, Mr. Smith’s support is so evidently from ali classes and all sections that he will doubly feel it his duty to conform to the splendid motto of our state and act with “Wisdom,Justice and Moderation.” We trust and believe he will be equal to the situation and that the legislature and the executive will continue as heretofore to keep Georgia in the way of happiness and material prosperity.—Atlanta News. This is the only way to instruct | himself with educational and re- them. N\ hat hope have we to do ]jgj ous work for more than thirty anything tn the premises when j y earS) and his life stands out in 28 men can defeat any measure j these several respects as worthy of looking to the eml proposed. Anti-1 emu | ation \Ve refer to these saloon leagues may be organized in j things to show the foundation in every county, but they can ac- strength, sobriety, industry and a complisn nothing when 2d men can ( caret;r of usefulness that lay at the bottom of the campaign. block the movement. Why should any man who is a Democrat at heart on any pretext refuse to lend his influence to have this vital question referred to the people for solution? If a majority vote for the law to remain as it is, then however much the prohibi tionist may regret it, the law should remain as it is until there has been a change in the minds of the people. But if a majority wish the sale prohibited, the law should be so changed as to carry out the will of the majority. We should settle the issue anil thus put an end to the necessity of opposing or espousing the cause in every nomination of candidates for general assembly, regardless of their talents and qualifications for office, because of their relations to this issue. The people can and should lie trusted. In one day at the ballot box the issue can lie settled,and should lie. It is folly to trifle any longer with it. To continue in future the same efforts used in the past, means no action. We should not be content to allow 28 men,it matters not how wise and honest they may be, to determine what the law shall be in this behalf. The temperance people of the State have not profited by experi ence, else they would have forced this primary before now. Much has been said recently about the people being allowed to speak by the people who lost and won a the recent , . , . . o great victory in the recent pri- statement of the case demonstrates h J Because this Inary and 1 a PP eal to the members of that body to give the people a chance to speak upon this matter. the inequality of it. cannot be urged as a reason why , .. , , , . , x . We have sought relief through the it should be continued. T he soon- B er you rectify an inequality by a system that will restore the equal ity the better. No Democrat should for a mo- food’s Seeds roi FALL SOWING. Every farmer should have a copy of our New Fall CaUloflue It gives best methods of seed ing! andi full information about Crimson Clover Vetches, Alfalfa Seed Oats, Rye Barley, Seed Wheat Grasses and Clovers Descriptive Fall Catalogue mailed free, and prices quoted on request. T. W. Wsod t Sons, Soodonion, - Richmond, Va. Our Trad* Mark Br»nd B»»d*"»re f J® best and cleanest qualities obtainable. Legislature and have failed. We now approach the people in con vention assembled and plead with them to give the people a chance to speak their will in the premises. Tt will not cost anything, for it can lie submitted in the primary of 1908. It will do no wrong to sub mit it; but, on the contrary, it may be the means of lifting up the fallen, of removing temptations from the weak, of reestablishing character and saving from poverty and Suffering and crime and of bringing untold blessings. Gentlemen of the convention, brother Democrats and many com mon servants of our Lord and brothers of a common hope, do not ! turn a deaf ear to this petition. Roll from your shoulders the responsi- I bility in the premises and cast it upon the people and let them bear 1 the blame of the contamination of | this “blessing” if they vote to let it live. If they continue it, let jthem, in the last final day, ac count for all its future effects. Ai.van D. Fkiseman. Newnan, Ga. It is a fact that two weeks be fore his announcement Mr. Smith bad no thought of entering the race. That he yielded to the soli citation of friends is undoubtedly true. That the loss of his law practice for the last year and a half and for the next five years will eniail a serious financial sacrifice is equally a fact. He will not be inaugurated until next June, and it is to be expected that he will serve a second term. He therefore, including the campaign period, must give six years to politics and office and this he doubtless contemplated. With his mind once made up, however, he has known no wavering nor turn ing. His law practice, worth, it is said, over #30,000 a year, was laid on the altar of success, and all the giant strength, the wonderful ca pacity for organization and prep aration previously exemplified in the court house, the well-poised self-control that could husband nervous force and lie down to re pose amid the riotous tumult of a political storm, the power to con quer the rising spirit of anger, the courage to wait—all these were thrown into the conflict which was to hinge upon the jndgment and will of the people. Those who have seen Hoke Smith on h travels, in his offices and in his home, have wondered at the com posure, which was in such contrast to the fierce conflict that raged around and about him. From countless olatforrris he proclaimed his views and his principles until every town and every hamlet had heard him. Like a gladiator he fought, and never, throughout the long drawn months was there hint of collapse, nor illness, nor broken voice, and when the last stump was reached the very woods shook with the thunder of his voice, Yet, when he stepped from the arena, his pulse as temperately kept time as if he had but returned from a park. We turn from the astounding figures that come up from the poll ing places to contemplate the physical and mental power of a man who stands as such-an ex ample to be studied. Success in life is not without reason and the young man who would succeed may well inquire into such matters Ynittp Horn*. “This Is 11 vntnp horn,” said the an tiquary. “Tho price Is .$10.” The liorn, very old and weather beat en, was over six feet Ionic -long and straight, like a coaching horn. “Wlint was It used for?” the reporter asked. “It was used to call (he people to church on Sunday mornings,” said the antiquary. “In the olden times church hells weren’t as common as they are to day, They wort' so expensive that only the richest churches could afford them. The poorer churches used vamp horns Instead. “Every Sunday morning tho sexton of the average poor church 200 years ago stood on the church porch with a six foot vamp horn at his lips summon ing the people to worship with hoarse blares. “There are about two dozen vamp horns flouting about the country. Their ecclesiastical connection makes them valuable to antiquaries.” A Worm That (Iii-wm Iron. Some years ago tho engineers em ployed on the railway at Hagan, I11 Germany, were puzzled by accidents i which always occurred at (lie same place. The government sent a com- j mission lo lhe spot. It was not, how- 1 over, until six months had elapsed that | the surface of the rails appeared to he : corroded as If by acid to tho extent of ! over a hundred yards. The rail was j taken tip and broken, when It was found to he literally honeycombed by 1 n thin, threadlike gray worm. The I worm was about two centimeters la 1 length and about the size of a small j knitting needle. On the head are two little sacs, or glands, tilled with a most powerful corrosive secretion, which Is ejected every ten minutes when the In sect is lying undisturbed. This liquid when squirted upon Iron renders that metal soft and spongy and of the color of rust, when It Is easily ami greedily eaten by the little insect.—London En gineering. 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The Safety Valve—Diversified Farming. Human nature changes but lit tle and very slowly. Cotton spin ners are like other human beings. In times of scarcity of raw material they walk softly and talk fair. When their diplomacy has ac complished its desired effect and encouraged the farmers to make a strenuous effort to produce a suffi cicnt supply, the moment that the sufficient supply becomes evident, they drop their soft speech,become growling bears, and throw their whole weight to the side of the gamblers engaged in beating down prices. Much as other people do, they go upon the idea that ‘‘a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.” This will go on and on as long as present conditions obtain. The cotton growers must work out their own salvation without aid from any outside source beyond that given by a part of the mer chants, bankers, manufacturers, and professional men resident in the cotton belt, and whose inter ests are identical with the cotton growers. This being true, how shall we proceed? Two things must be done: One is to suppress by law all cotton gambling dens, which will save us LEGAL BLANKS Of all kinds are on sale at The News office. The stock includes snch blanks as are used by attorneys, justices of the peace and con stables, as well as all blanks in daily use by business men. All forms are those in gen eral use in Coweta and adjoining counties. All blanks are printed on first-class paper, and, from a typographical standpoint, they are not sur passed by the blanks furnished by any printer in the State. The News will be pleased to receive or ders for legal blanks and all orders will be promptly filled. Mail orders will receive prompt attention. This office is always pre pared to make special blanks to order on short notice. much money and cut off a large as physical strength, and the build-; revenue which the gamblers now ing up and conservation of bodily i receive, and we will thus, to a cer- and mental powers, as well as self- tain extent, cut their claws. The control, which the Holy Scripture declares is a quality greater than is required to take a city. We will not discuss here the is sues of the campaign. We deplor ed its personalities and we are second, and most vital thing, is to put our farming on a different basis. The cotton acreage should be reduced a full 25 per cent, and the 75 per cent with proper treatment, will grow as much cotton as the 100 per cent now does at less cost. This, however, is not the only advantage; it will give our cotton growers 7,000,000 acres of clean land for other crops. It is a fact that no section of the world is better suited to I lie prof itable production of a variety of crops than the cotton belt. Not all these crops will grow equally well, everywhere, but some one or two of them will grow profitably everywhere. Cattle raising can be made profitable everywhere. In the northern part of the belt, hog rais ing is very profitable. Chickens thrive everywhere. In Dougherty county, Georgia, fig growing is proving profitable, and can be made so in many places. Peaches,pears and apples all thrive j in many parts. On the black lands of Kaufman county, Texas, the present year, shows 1,000 acres in peanuts which are being grown at an average profit of #45 per acre for the nuts, leaving #10 worth of excellent pea- vine hay to each acre. Bee-keeping can be made profit able in any part of the belt. In many sections alfalfa can be grown with great profit and advantage to the land. Cowpeas thrive everywhere; sor ghum grows like a weed. The corn product per acre can be easily doubled and many good farmers are doing it. Nowhere on earth is nature more kindly and nowhere HELP IS OFFERED TO WORTHY YOUNG PEOPLE Wo oarnoHtly roquoatall young pomonfl, no miittor bow limito<l Iboir mentis or oflucution, who wiHh to obtain u thorough buHinuHH training uml good pofil- tion, to writo by flrHt mail for our groat half-rato oflfar. 8uecem:, lndopondonooand probablo fortune aro guaranteed. Don’t dolay. Writo today. Tho Ga.-Ala. Business College, Hacon, Ga. on earth is man taking so little ad vantage of that kindliness. Present condititions are a reflection on our intelligence. It is a fact that can be proven beyond controversy, that we could eliminate cotton entirely and still produce as many dollars per acre as the North and West, and de spite all these favoring influences we go on year by year, bound down by the cotton slavery, trem bling at the nod of New York or the frown of the English spinner. What, then? We must learn to make the cotton crop an aide-de- camp and depose it from the posi tion of general-in-chief. When we do this the “winter of our discontent will disappear un der the rays of the sun ot pros perity. Until we do this, we must he content to be the slaves of those who know how to prifit by our lack of discernment.—Cotton Journal. Have your mules and horses in sured in the Mutual Life Stock In surance Company of Georgia. Full face value of all policies will be paid. For information and terms, call on or write to J. W. Will coxon, agent for Coweta and Car- roll counties, Newnan, Ga. tf M ' ri ff !- m ~~-Ml