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INTO HIS OPPONENT, I. J.BROWN
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Atlanta, Ga. —Commissioner of Ag
riculture J. D. Price, replying to a
letter addressed to him by T. H. Kim
brough of Catania, Ga., containing a
number of questions with reference
to his administration,, shows the ut
ter falsity of charges uttered against
him by hlfi opponent, J. J. Brown, and
concludes with a statement showing
that Brown haa. at every opportunity,
done the Very things of which he now
bo loudly complains.
Commissioner Price has been in of
fice only three years and two months,
beginning July 1, 1913, and not six
years, as has been stated. His pre
decessor in the office Was J. J. Con
ner, with J.' 4. Drown as assistant.
They served from May 1, 1912, to
July 1, 191?, only 14 months, and not
two years. c ,
“On October 1, 1912, Conner and
Brown appointed the same number of
fertilizer, food and other inspectors
that I appointed October 1, 1914, and
these appointees of Conner and Brown
served under me ftwr July 1, 1913,1
to October 1,. UU4. a period of fifteen
months," Commissioner Price states.
What They'6oejst
“During that time I could not make
* single appointment, and these ap
pointees pt Conner and Brown, dur
ing the "nine months from January 1,
to October 1, 1914, which is that part
of their' aery ice covered in the audi
tor's report, expended 311,342.99 of the
332^120.88, for travel, hotel bills, sam
ples,'bottles and expressage. Brown
is maidfig a great to do about these
expenses, and 1 merely wish the public
to know that his own and Conner's
Appointees spent their full share of It.
. "I appointed the successors to these
men add in every case the appoint
ment was made in precise Requirement
With law. The expenses of these 74
nen, aggregating 932,120.83 for two
years, and required by law, averaged
mly 318.09 per month per man. With
mt these expenses the laws of the
state could not be carried odt. Fur
ler, the records of this office show
the cost of analysing fertilizers under
Conner and Brown was >2.88 per sam
ple, whereas, under my first adminis
ration, it was only 32.40, a clear sav
ng to the state of 48 cen(B per sam
>ie.
“My own personal expenses for two
rears were Only 31,103. I spent in
WO years only *43.75 in railroad fare
m^ween Athens and Atlanta, for the
jurpose of : attending agricultural
neetings there and in that section of
he state. In 1914 and 191 S, thia de
lartment, under me, turned into the
fate treasuty approximately 3300,000
iver and above all expenses. These
unds are handled directly by the state
reasurer and paid out by him on
variants issued by the governor and
approved by the comptroller general.
do not handle these funds and the
aw does not require me to give bond.
False And Malicious
“My opponent and his friends have
«en fit to falsely and maliciously cir
culate concerning me and my admin-
Btratlon, the statement that I have
iven away to the farmers of Geor
ia during the past six years, 330,000
rorth of cotton seed. As a matter of
act I have been in office three years
nly. They know the agricultural de
artment does not handle or give away
single dollar’s worth of cotton seed,
. WHEN YOU BUY
Lumber or Any
Builders’ Supplies
you will get better material and save money by getting our
prices. We can ship promptly from our large stock in Ma
con anything you need and make you attractive prices de* ,
livered ap Irwinton or any point in the surrounding terri
tory.
' When you are in Macon come down to our yard and
let us show you the quality of our material.
We pay the freight to any point within seventy-five
miles of Macon.
BUILDf RS LUMBER & SUPPLY COMPANY
Sixth Street from Poplar to Cherry Streets.
MACON/GX PHONE W.
“WE SELL EVERYTHING TO BUILD A HOUSE."
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'out that this distribution is made
through the department of Entomol
ogy, which Is controlled by a separate
board and not by ine or the agricultu
ral department. This board of ento
mology has a specific fund provided
by the legislature, for the putvose of
handling this distribution of cotton
seed which are of a special character,
calculated to resist diseases of cotton
prevalent in many counties of Geor
gia. They well know that every dol
lar of tills fund is expended by that
department, all distribution of seed is
made by it, and that with it, I, as
commissioner of agriculture, y have
nothing whatever to do. This money
is drawn directly by the state ento
mologist through the governor, ex
pended directly by him, and the dis
tribution of the seed is made person
ally by the entomologist as he thinks
best.
"I have already told yon of the com
pliment paid this office by the audi
tor in his report.
Beat Brown By 45,000
“Now as to ferown, Whom I beat by
45,000 votes in the primary of 1914:
*»» r<mablljsf<w^^ friends that
inen are now going over the state of
fering oil and fertilizer inspectors’ jobs
to those who will carry this or that
county for him, although he knows
he could not, if elected, make a single
appointment for a period of two years,
as I will make all the appointments
on October 1 next for terms of.;two
years. The same J. J. Brown, who
talks about ‘political machine,’ was
at the Macon convention in 1912, with
J. J. Conner, and they were offering
these appointments to get convention
votes against me.
"1 am reliably informed tha* thir
game Brown who, it is said, has not
farmed in twenty years, but whc has
been a traveling fertilizer salesman
a large part of the time, is mow
strongly supported by some of the fer
tilizer interests.
What Brown Changes To The State
“Further, I want to' call especial at
tention to the itemized expense ac
count of J. J. Brown, now on file in
the governor’s office, under his ap
pointment by Governor John M. Sla
ton two years ago as inspector In case
of the damage done to the farmers of
North Georgia by the Tennessee Cop
per Co. His expense account from
June 10 to August 10, this year, a pe
nod of two months, was $188.24. Be
sides he received a salary of $250 to
administer the state's affairs at Cop
per Hill. If the 74 men In this de
partment had rendered an expense ac
count in the same proportion as J. J.
Brown’s, it would have aggregated the
enormous sum of $167,157.12, instead
of the $32,120.83 as shown in the aud
itor's report. At the same time he
has been receiving this money, he has
been traveling about over the state
falsifying me and my record as com
missioner of agriculture; and each
item'is charged up by him not by mile
age, but at full ticket rates.
“The record in the governor's office
for 1914 and 1915 shows there were
1,128 claims from Georgia farmers
against the Tennessee Copper Co. in
which the arbitrators could not agree.
J. J. Brown as umpire decided 677
of these against the Georgia farmers
divided the claim between the compa
ny and the farmer 320 times and found
in favor of the farmers only 131 time.*
I present this as a matter of record
which cannot be disputed.’’
THB BinJ FTfN. I . . GEORGIA.
LOCAL ITEMS
Talmadge Institute opened school
Monday.
Tuesday was Commissioners Court
day.
Mrs. E. Johnson, Miss Ruby Culpep
per and Mr.. Russell Culpepper will
return this week from Chipley, Fla.,
and other points. They went down in
their Ford automobile.
Mrs. Etta Avant, of Tennille, spent
several days “Here this week on busi
ness. On account the recent death of
her husband, Mr. Jim Avant, Mrs.
Avant will be likely to make her home
here in the future.
Me. and Mrs. J. J. Ragan went down
in their auto to spend Sunday with the
former’s father at Morgan, Ga.
Mr. Jas. Avant of Clinton, Oklahoma,
spent a short time in our city this
week with old friends
Mr. J. E. Player, cashier of one of
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the leading banks in Jasper, Fla., came
up to spend Labor Day with his moth
er, Mrs. W. J. Player.
Mr. W. O. Kinney of Macon was a
visitor here for the week end.
Miss Ethel Hill left Friday for near
Columbus, where she has accepted a
position in the School.
Mrs. Viola Hughs and Nat Hughs
left Sunday for Cordele and Amercus
Nat Will enter School at Americus
this week.
Dr. and Mrs. Jas. Kinney and chil
dren'of Fort Valley are spending this
week with Mr. and Mrs. Dan McCook.
Mrs. J. E. Butler is much improved
this week, and we hope she will soon
be able to get out again.
Mrs. C. H Carswell and little George
have returned from Greensboro after
a pleasant visit to Rev. and Mrs. Mar
vin Williams. .
Miss Ragan of Morgan, Ga., accom
panied Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Ragan home
;'rom their trip there Monday.
PROFESSIONAL CARD
I wish to anftounce to the Citi
zens of Willcinson County that I
have opened my office in Irwin
ton to do General Practice, Dis
eases of Women and Surgery.
N. T. CARSWELL, M. D.
A PROCLAMATION
'■ubmlttlnK a nronorad amendment to
he Constitution of Georgia, to be voted
in at the general election to be held
>n Tuesday. November 7, ISIS, said
amendment to amend Article 11. Section
I. Paragraph 2. of the Constitution of
this State, In reference to the amend
nent creating the County of Bacon.
By his Excellency.
NAT E. HARRIS, Governor.
State of Georgia,
Executive Department,
August 28. 191*.
Whereas the General Assembly at <ts
session In 1911 proposed an amendment
‘.o the Constitution of this State an
set forth in an act approved August IS,
i'll tc . W |t;
The following amendment to Article
IHS-ction 1 RaragraP h i. if the Co--
titution of G orgla, is hereby proposed
o the people of Georg's by the House
f R preseritadves of the General Ae
embly of the State of Georgia.
The amendment la proposed to that
portion of said section, paragraph and
article which creates the County of Ba
-un, and is as follows;
"That said County of Bacon is here
by declared to be a statutory county,
the GeneraL Assembly of the State of
Georgia is hereby given the power by
legislation to create local offices and
local courts in the said county other
.han those provided lor in mis Con
stitution; and it Is further declared that
the General Assembly shall have the
same power to legislate In reference to
saiu County of Bucou that it is now
to other counties In the State. That all
laws applicable to the counties in this
State are hereby made to apply to the
said County of Bacon. That said Coun
ty of Bacon is hereby authorised to
create a bonded debt not to exceed one
iiunured thousand Collars (tlw.lxazi for
publie Improvements In said County of
Bacon, by the consent of the majority
of the regular qualified voters of said
County of Bacon voting at an election
for that purpose. That said election to
create said Uebt shall be h«M uiuier law
now in force for creation of the debt.”
See. X. The Governor i» hereby re
quired and directed that when this
proposed amendment shall be agreed to
by the Gene;ui Assembly as . equireV
by the Constitution, to submit this pro
posed amendment to the Constitution to
ait voters of this Stale at the next gen
eral election, to be held on Tuesday after
the first Monday in November neat, and
shall cause this amendment to be ad
vertised In at least two papers in each
Congressional district in this State air
least two months before said next gen
eral election, and If tbe majority of
qualified voters of this State vdMng at
said election shall, by their votes, rati
fy this proposed amendment of Con
stitution, said amendment shall become
part of Constitution ot this state.
Sec. 3. That it shall be the duty of
the Secretary of the State to certify
the results of the votes on this amend
ment to the Governor: when said vote is
so certified that It shall appear by ma
jority of qualined voters voting at said
election voted In favor of this Mhend
nient, the Governor shall issue hiy proc
lamation to such effect.
Sec. 4. That the form of submis
sion of this- proposed amendment shall
be as follows: Each voter shall have
written or printed on Ms ticket the fol
lowing words, “In favor of the ratMa*-
tlon of amendment of Paragraph it Me
tlon 1. Article 11, of the ConatUullOA of
Georgia, amend'ng that portloif of par
agraph 2 creating the County of SMoon,’’
and those opposed to the ratification of
this amendment shall have printed or
written on their ticket, "Opposed th rats
Iticattou of amenduient to Paragraph X,
Section 1. Article 11, of Constitution
amendment paragraph X, in reference to
the County of Bacon ''
Now, therefore, !, Nat C. Harris, Gov
ernor of said Statu. do Issue thia my
proclamation hereby declaring that the
foregedug propneed amendment to the
Cunnltuuow la submitted tor ratification
or reJoctfets to the voters of the State
uuhlmed to vet* for members of the
General Assembly at the general election
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hHK< Georgians: '
Be fair enough to read and con
! sider these facto before casting
f tf/y^TK^ your vote on September 12 th—
a •
Nat Harris''Statesmanship is undoubted in view
1 of his years*of valuable service in the Legislature. j
Nat Harris*' Business Ability is proven by the fact
that he was "the fint Governor who ever instituted
’ an audit of the State's books.
Nat Harris' Courage exhibited itself when he
f wore his grey uniform, and it was there for all to ?
a see when ne signed the Prohibition Acts in the face
of opposition and threats.
Nat Harris' Devotion to Education founded the
1 Georgia School of Technology, and, during his ad-
ministration, resulted in the teachers of tne state fl
r being paid promptly for the first time in the his-
1 tory of Georgia. W
, Nat Harris’ Fight for the W. &A. R. R., is pos- ■
( itive evidence of where ho stands on the L. & N.’s f
effort to destroy the state’s most valuable asset
The L. & N. is againot Harris,—there’s a reason! <
Nat Harris’ Stand for Prohibition consisted in f
, pooitivo action. —Anybody can talk. V
Nat Harris* Ability as Governor cannot be dis-
1 puted after over a year of honest and able service
m that capacity. Harris io not an experiment.
Nat Harris’ Health and Vigor need no defense X
after his whirlwind campaign over the state.
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Democratic precedent demands that a Governor of Geor- f
Sia be given two teme unless he shows himself I "capable or \
ishonest No map in this state can conscientiously prefer
either of these charges against this grand old man >
A vote against Governor Harris is a breach in the firm foun- - I
dation of Democratic precedent; it is a deliberate slur upon Pro*
hibition; and it is an unwarranted ihsult to a man who learned
how to fight for this state when ho shouldered hie gun in the /
“sixties, and who has continued to fight for Georgia in other A
capacities in every one of the fifty years that hare followed.
Georgian*: Consider this Governor's race /
calmly. Put passion and prafudice be- j
hind you. Think Just what braes are in- /•
volved. Resolve to do the right thing, L
the square thing, and cast a vote for your
friend, the triedand true friend of toe en
tire state,—NAT HARRIS. f
GEORGlA—Wilkinson County.
To the Superior Court of Said
County.
The petition of Joseph Davis,
Marshall Wright, Bryant Smith,
Nelson Clarke, Calvin Smith, et. al,
all of said county, shows:
Ist. That the following petition
and order were filed with and
granted by the Superior Court of
said county, as shown by the char
ter book, pages, 206-7:
“GEORGlA—Wilkinson County.
To the Superior Court of said
County:
The petition of Thos. Hatfield,
Frank Smith, Josiah Coates, Ish
mael Adkins, Frank Beall, Bryant
Baker, et. al., all of said county,
shows that they and their assoia
tes desire to be made a body cor
porate, under and by the name of
“The Rising Sun Society.”
"Petitioners further show that
the object of thus associating them
selves together is not, for the pur
pose of pecuniary benefit to them
selves, to their associates or to their
successors; but is for the purpose
of chariy, in caring for the sick or;
destitute and in burying the dead.
"Petitioners further show that in
order to carry out these objects^
they desire in their corporate ca-!
pacity the authority to buy and own'
property, both real and personal; to
sell the same; to give or take mort
gages on property, real and person
al; to give or take notes or other
evidences of debt, and to do all such
things as may be necessary to suc
cessfully carry out the aforesaid ob
jects, whether the same may be for
the purpose of owning Halls, for (
places of meeting, Houses or Farms
for caring for the needy, the taking
or mortgages or deeds to secure
monkey borrowed to be used in the
furtherance of this their charitable
undertaking. I
Petitioners also desire, in their
corporate capacity, the right to sue
and be sued, to plead and be implead
ed.
Petitioner? further show that
they dtsire the ’vine of said so
ciety ;o be located at, in or near the
town of Irwinton, county of Wil
^kinson, State of Georgia, with the
right to establish branch societies in
any other place or places in said
county, or State, or any other of
the United States of America.
Your petitioners also desire that
they and their associates and suc
cessors at the home society at Ir
winton. Ga., may have the right
and authority to pass, make and ad
opt the Code of Rules, Regulations
and by laws, under which they ami
the Branch societies shall be govern
ed, limited by the laws of the State
and the authority herein prayed for.
Your petitioners desire also the
privilege to have, own and use an
official seal.
Wherefore your petitioners pray
that they, their associates and suc
cessors may under the laws of the
State of Georgia, be incorporated
for the term of twenty years, with
the privilege of renewal thereafter
with the authority and privileges
' herein set forth and now particular
ly prayed for.
And your petitioners will ever,
and etc.
H. F. CARSWELL,
Petitioners Attorney.
Filed in office Feby. 23. 1892,
D. Hughes, Clerk Wilkinson Coun
ty Superior Court. April Term,
1892.
The within petition of Thos.
Hatfieki, Frank Smiih, et. al., hav
ing been read, and it appearing to
the court that the same has been
recorded and published as the law
requires, it is ordered that the pe
| tition be granted as prayed for, and
• that charter be granted in all mat
• ters and things a s prayed for, and
I that a certified copy of this peti
tion and order, after being duly
signed by the clerk of this court, be
an<j constitute the charter as pray
ed for in accordance with law.
Signed this April Bth, 1892.
W. F. JENKINS, Judge,
S, C. OA. C.
2nd. That said charter as set
out in paragraph one of this peti
tion expired on April Sth, 1912, and
that your petitioners now come with
in the time allowed by law. as set
out in section 2825 of the Code
of 1911, and pray that said charter
and such corporation with all the
rights therein granted, may be re
vived, subject to all the debts, lia
bilities and burthens of the old cor
poration.
3rd. That all of your petitioners
as herin set out, were members of
said corporation prior to the expir
ation of said charter.
WHEREFORE they pray that
this their petition be granted, and
that said corporaion may be reviv
ed for and during the period of
twenty years.
GEO. H. CARSWELL,
Petitioners Atty. '
Filed in office August 22nd, 1916.
I. k STINSON, Clerk
I, I. B. Stjnson. clerk of the Su
perior Court of Wilkiqson County,
do hereby certify that the forego
' ing is a true and correct copy of
petition to revive "The Rising Sun
Society,” as appeals upon the rec
ords of this office.
August 22nd, 1916.
J. B. STINSON, Clerk.
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Vote for
Doyle Campbell
