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Rember The Rascals.
Prom Tom Watson Magazine.
The law provides that a Congres-
man shall be paid a slaryof $5,000
per year; in order that the com
pensation shall be evual, among
members, the government pays
their travling expense. Other
wise the Representative who
comes from Pacific corst to the
Capital, paying his way, would
realize very much less his on his
than a Representative from Mary
land or Virginia.
The coast travel was greater in
olden days than now. and the free
pass had not become one of the
devils favorite inV ;r.t ons. Co 1 . -
re juently, the law-makers declar
ed that the tax-payers shonld fur-
, nish twenty cents per mile to meet
the expense of the Representative
in going from home to the post of
duty. '
Inasmuch as every member of
Congress—occasional cranks ex-
ce >ted now rides on the free passes
the mileage has become consider
able addition to the salary.
A member who lives west of
ithe Mississippi will find his pay
:sixth, or a fifth, according to the
(distance from Atlantic seaboard:
’While the delegate who comes fron
Hawaii will pocket considerable
more than $2,000 for the alleged
.cost of getting to Washington.
So far; good. Everybody know
that Congressmen do not pay their
way, every body knows that mile
age no longer has any honest
foundation: but we’ve got use to
ithe grab, and we let it go, as in
evitable, with a weary of hopeless
ulisgust..
But Congress which recently
:adjourned broke all previous . re
cords and gave the country a new
•chapter in the record of brazen
tdishoner.
Previous to the meeting of the ;
regular session there had been an
.extra session; This held on till |
regular session began. There was!
no interval-between the two. So
far as time was concerned, the one
ran into the other. Hence/ no
member went home from the ex
tra session and came back to the
:regular session.
Where was absolutely no recess
at all —not a minute between the j
<one session and the other.
Now behold the evil influnce of i
x a~bad example.
The President got the ida that
while thero was no actual recess
JAtween the two .session of Con
gress, there was a “constructive”
xecess.
The Meyhistophele who whis
pered this baleful advice in the ear
of Mr. Roosevelt was a better
friend to General Wood and Dr.
Crum, for example—than they
were to the President. The mem
bers of the Congress were not
slow to reason the case to this
effect.
“If there has been such a recess
as ,o give General Wood a promo-
ip. in the army, and Dr. (’rum a
at office in the revenue service,
then it has been a recess for all
purposes.
|‘If the President can fill offices
upon a supposed recess, we can
fill our pocket with mileage upon
the same supposition.
“The whole thing being imag
inary, that theory which puts
Wood higher up on the pay - roll
and which puts a negro in the
Custom House at Charleston, will
also imagine that we went home
during the supposed recess, and
that we have just, returned from
Georgia, Alabama, Wisconsin, Cal
ifornia and the state of Washing
ton. Its a poor rule that won’t
work both ways.
The law clothes the President
with the power to make recess ap
pointments—which rids him of
the necessity of consulting the
Senate. In this instance, he cre
ated a recess in his mind,, when
none existed, in fact, and the re
sult was good for Wood and Crum.
m The imaginary recess having
been created by-the President, the
I members of the LowerHouse took
| an imaginary trip home during
| the imagnary recess, -and then
| proposed that they be paid their
imaginary expense, not in imag-
j inary money, but hard cash.
Therefore, sixty-odd Republi
cans and forty-odd Democrats,
and two Union Labor men voted
to give themselves $190,000 of the
people’s money to pay the for im
aginary. journarys made during an
imaginary recss.
It is doubtful if a more shame
less attempt to steal from the pub
lic treasury has ever been at
tempted. ... ; . .
TheSenate killed the measure,
not because the Senate itself is so
pure a d honest— for it isn’t- but
because jt could safley rebuke the
House--which it despises-and
pose as Watch-dog of the Treas
ury, without loss to its self.
The people are entitled to know
the names of the rascals who tried
to steal $190,000 of their money.
Tennessee will not be shocked
to know that “Slippery Jim”
Richardson voted for the grab.
She may be shocked to know
that Brownlow did the same thing
Brownlow, the son of the Parson.
SouthCarOlinamay be astonish
ed to learn that on the roll of dis-
honer are the namesafAiken and
Legare. &SK&£SSgssij
Virginia will see that she has-
been misrepresented by the vote
of Maynard. J||J|
Louisiana will find three of her
votes on the shameful list Pujo
and Broussard bnd Davey,
The Democaracy of Missiouri
may feel indignant at the vote of
Hunt, Mississippi at thatlof Hill.
The Massuchussets Congress
men who was* selected by enmies
hf W. R. Hearst to attack him on
the floor of tire House gave the
country a cH^^TwJlearn who
is the cleaner, better mnn.
Hearst did not vot for the steal;
Sullivans, of Massachusetts, did.
The people of Georgia may tyish
to know where CongressmanBar-
tlett when the vote was being
taking. His name is not recorded
against the- steal. Nor is that of
Brantley or that of Adamson. \
Where were they? /
These thre)e gentlemen sire paid;
,000 per year to stay in their'
places and safeguard the rights
of the people who elected? them.
Wherp were these three Geor
gians when this piece of rascality
was being put through
If they were necessarily
why did they not arrange ‘
and thus: give their votes
feat the robbers? Did
dodge?
If so, why?
Alabama will want to
where Bankhead and Wiley
Texas will ask explanation!
Stevens; Tennessee of Sims;
•tucky of Hopkins and Stanl<
I Every man who voted for
mileage grab, or who dodged
vote, should be marked for
itical punishment Ly the corfl
tuency which he betrayed.
Who Is the Best Able.
Monday evening Col, L. Z. Dor-
sett, a prominent batchelor arid
a rising young attorney of this
place, and M. B. Watson, one of
our prosperous merchants, and a
widower; met and got to discuss
ing the question, or rather the
advisability of getting married.
Said Mat to Lee: “I am better
prepared to take care of a woman
than you. ”
“How is that?’’ asked, the
Colonel.
“Well,”, replied Mat, “I have
one hundred and forty young
•chickens and over one hundred
are large enough to fry, See.”
“That’s pretty good, ” said the
Colonel, “but if I understand
a woman’s greatest delight it is
that she delights in having a nice
early garden. Now, I am eatin
home raised beans. If we should
carry our claims before a court of
equity I believe I would be
tained.”
Upshaw Bros. pi. Co
We want every man, womah and child in Douglas county and surrounding:
country tp visit our store and see the bargains and values that we have to offer.
We haven’t made much fuss about it but for the past thirty days we have bee^..
quietly piling in a great stock of New Goods from the Eastern Markets, whiclf
which we h^e bought on the closest spot cash basis, and which we now offef t(|
our customers at prices low enough and fair enough to satisfy the most exacting
trader, Although Cotton is not as high as it ought to be the country as jal
whole is in a prosperous condition. Every family needs and should have somel
of the articles we have for sale. Generally speaking we keep eyerythirigxommon-=|
dy kept in a general; stock from a paper of pins to a four=horse wagon. A look]
through our~different departments will convince you that you will make no m|§f|
take in making opr store your headquarters and giving us your business; Wei
have been trying to serve the people of Douglas county and surrounding Terri.”
tofy for nearly fourteen years, and we want to tell you now if we have n e V e f
told you before that we greatly appreciate the patronage that has been given us,
and we want to meet and know every mail, woman and chfld in our
entire territory Whfn you come to Douglasville, come | straight
to pur store^ Make it your headquarters, bring us your produce, we^wfll.-.,j”,|-y
you the highest market price in cash, and giveyouyour money’g'worth forevdry
dollafiyou spend with-us. If you need financial assistance in making yoUrcrdp
;we cart arr^nge/to help you. ~ iyjji-••.' v . • 1 \
If you buy anything at all when
yo#6wne to town you will gener
ally buy something in the follow
ing lines: Notions, dry goods,
clothing, shoes, bats/ hardware,
groceries, furniture,/ wagons,
buggies and carriages. -
Dry Goods.
and
Our stock of dry goods
dress goods is well selected new
stylish and pretty we can sell
you anything from a five cent
calico dress to the prettiest wool-
and silks thatbre shown this sea
son. I I '~V~ ... - - | ,
In our notion .stock -you will
gn|t;a tjhous^M”pi/d one articltfi;
|unrier7 that’ Ik * of .. excellent
quality and exceptionally, low
vafuffr 1 We carry the greatest
stock of embroideries arioTacesm
town. ”
Slides.
In our Shoes we carry from the
tiniest baby shoe to No. 13 for
men, all sorts, kinds and condi
tions of shoes. Womens’ misses 1
and naen’s new style shapes.
You will miss lots if you don’t see
these, and -remember we can and
do selFshoes cheapeF'”theri"regU-
lar shoe stores. You ask why.
Answer—because we are not de
pendent entirely upon the profit
made on shoes for our living.
Hats.
X In HATS we havethe -Straws,
apdwe have the furs in the neW-
® up if; we don’t sell you a HAT,
i Hardware. jg]
In Hardware we keep a general
assortment of stoves, nlbw good
Furniture.
In furniture we are. improving
our line—seeking _to handle only
the best fifiish and best values
that oure offered in this section^
In Oak andfHardwoob Suits, ex-
traJaeds... ^gssers.;Uables7wash
stands, hallracks, rockers, plain
chairs, divers matti'psscs and
springs. f§
Wagons.
m
- -Hi wagons , we are agents for
thertfamous Mitchell. No argu-
merit is necessaryYqrthisTamaus
vehicle. Every v^agon sold is its
own Walker. We have recently
placed an order with tne compa
ny for our. fifth carload, which
will arrive in a few weeks. This
Car will riot last long - for our cus
tomers have wagon sense.
In Buggies and carriages, we
can sell you anything you Want.
Don’t order cheap stuff from
Cincinnoti rnd Chicago. We will
duplicate anything you can buy
m those places os elsewhere,
cMr quality considered, freight added
, ”l°se%and other terms complied With,
__-, b^an, Impend your money • in Douglas
Jmd .shorts county for these class of goods
I customers at ail’d it will in part come back tc
andling. yoi
ROSj & CO.
THE SENTINEL $1.00
sus-
Be sure to read the ad of Upshaw I
Broes. & Co. They have a great ad and I
also a great stock,: and you will gener-1
ally find the heads of that firm on the I
right side of all public questions. They I
are with the people of Douglas and are|
trying to build up Douglas county.
Our friends who can nOt come to town I
and want The Sentinel can send it byj
postal order through R. F. D'. corners. I
252 PETERS STREET, ATLANTA, GA.
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The pedple of Douglas county are cordial=
ly invited to visit \our store when in need of
Hardware of any description, guns,, pistols,
nails, and wire fencing, builders’ hardware,
farming implements.
V We are agents for the celebrated Acorn
Looking Stove==the best stove on the market
for the money. f
Their low prices’ will enable, the people
trading with them toWi/e money. Give us
a trial order. N <
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Pearson & McCartey.
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