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Douglas county sentinel
VoL XIV,
DOUGLASVILLE, DOUGLAS COUNTY, GA., A igust 1918.
No. 20.
_ Watson Not For Hard
wick
Major Chailes E, McGregor,
of Warrenton, spoke here last
Saturday afternoon upon what he
considers the main issue of the
campaign--the defeat of Hard
wick.
He did not speak in the inter
est of any senatorial candidate,
nor call the name of either ex
ceptthat. of Hardwick.
He is speaking independently
and on his own initiative and for
the single purpose of repudiating
the statement made by Hardwick
that Thomas E. Watson is sup
porting him, which he vehement
ly denounced as untrue.
McGregor is Watson’s closest,
most trusted, confidential, per
sonal and political friend, and is
always ready to d fend and pro
tect him agajnst any wrong or
injustice.
He said that Hardwick’s at
tempt to secure the support of
Watson’s friends through such a
base misrepresentation was doing
him a gross injustice, and that
these loyal friends of his (Wat
son’s) would do him a great
wrong by going to the assistance
of our junior senator, in that
such conduct on their part would
be a direct indorsement of Hard
wick’s bi ter denunciations and
underhanded wrongs done t>
him.
He said that it appears to him
that any man of common ordi
nary sense with the most infitesi-
ma 1 knowledge of human nature
ought to know without Deing
told that Watson would go to the
stake before voting for Hard
wick.
He said that Watson and Hard
wick had never agreed upon only
one question, and that was th.it
both opposed the conscript act—
that Watson thought it was un
constitutional and tested the
question before the Supreme
Court of the United States, and
when that great tribunal decided
against his contention he bowed
to its ruling, whereas Hardwick
kept up the fight for purely
demagogic and politibal purpo
ses, knowing that what had been
done could not be undone now,
or hereafter.
He said that Hardwick was
directly responsible for the sup
pression of The Jeffersonian by
the postmaster general—t hat
Hardwick, Bankhead of Ala
bama, and Florida were on th’
postoffice committee of the Sen
ate, and that they and B irle.on
colluded together to have the
paper shut out from the mails—
that the postmaster at Savannah
app 'inted by Hardwick and a
tool of his, was the first post
master to deny it transmission
through the mails, and that the
next one wa3 Hardwick’s post
master at Thomson—that Miller,
Hardwick’s district attorney for
the Southern District of Georgia,
bitterly prosecuted him in the
United States Court at Augusta
—that during his (Watson’s)
trial, Hardwick publicly stated
that he hoped that he would be
convicted, and that he would like
to see him hung and quartered
and didn’t care a d—n what be
came of the pieces. That this
occurred last year, 1917, and
what Hardwick then said waf
published in all the newspapi rs
and given wide publicity.
That the presieenr does not
r un the postoffice department,
Ginless Days
j It appearing to the Federal
Fuel Administrator that in order
to assure an equitable distri
bution of coal and coke in this
state to aid in the efficient prose
cution of the war, and more ef
fectively to regulate the sale,
; shipment, distribution, appor
tionment, and storage of coal and
coke among dealers and con-
jsumers in this state, it is hereby
ordered that the following regu-
1 itions be effective from this
date, and until further or other
1 order, and subject to modification
hereafter from time to time, and
| at any time:
NOP.TH GEORGIA
| All firms, persons, associations
| or corporations engaged in the
JoDeration of a cotton ginnery,
I located in that territory North of
jand including the Counties of
Carroll, Campbell, Clayton, Rock
dale, Newton, Morgan, Green,
| Taliaferro, McDuffie, ami Lin-
I coin, in the state of Georgia,
.-shall not consume fuel in the
operation of ginneries on Mon
days and Tuesdays during the
months of August and Septem
ber, 1918.
The days hereinbefore specified
as days on which fuel shall not
be used, shall be known as “Gin
less Days.’’
The above regulations promul
gated this 15th day of August,
1918,
L. G. Hardman
Fed. Fuel Adm. for Ga.
Sacred Harp ringing
We are requested to state that
Mt. Zion (nekr McWhoiter) will
a:comodate an all-day Sacred
Harp singing on the first Sunday
in September. All singers in
vited, and the people urged to
bring dinner.
which is under the control of
Burleson, and had no connection
with the exclusion of The Jeffer
sonian from the mails,
He said that it was Hardwick’s
political friends that attempented
to assinate Watson, aril that he
(McGregor) got a private letter
from a personal and political
friend of his in an adjoining
county, which he still has, giving
him notice of what was going to
be done, which he took advan
tage of to protect him “against
he dam scojndrels.”
He gave a great many other
very interesting details of what
was done around Thomson during
those perilous days, that were
not published in the newspapers
After detailing all these various
incidents he declared that he
could not understand how any
friend of Watson’s could vote for
H irdwick, or be induced to be
lieve that Watson could have so
ittle self-respect as to do so.
He also said that Mr. Watson
was not, nor would not take any
oart in politics now, nor even
discuss political questions, but
was loyal to his country, anu
that it would pain him for his
oersonal and political friends so
to act as to give indorsement to
ihe wrongs Hardwick has done
him,
The major is a strong and in
revesting speaker, and what he
said was an eye-opener to many
of the Watsonites who heard him,
any radically changed the views
and purposes of a number of
them.—Lawreneeville News-
Herald.
EDGAR WATKINS
Candidate for Congress
Opposing Federal Own
ership of Railroads, De
fends State Rights and
the Right to Regulate
Our Local Affairs.
To the people of the Fijth Con
gressional District:
One of tile candidates-for Con
gress lias frankly slated in his.
platform and speeches that i e
favors tlie ownership by the Fed-
j oral Government of the Railroads
•of the country. Another accord-j
ling to the Atlanta Journal, in his
I speech at Douglasville, “Ar
raigned Edgar Watkins for opp
osing Government Ownership of
: Railroads.’’ From this statement j
II assume that this candidate also j
•favors Federal Ownership of rail
roads. On tlie evening of Aug';
115th, another candidate specking
Jin the Fifth ward in Atltnta.-aid:
| “Of course I favor government
jowmership.” I have not hud the
pleasure of hearing or reading I
I any argument from these gentle
men and therefore do not know
what, if any, reasons they pres
ent in support of their positions.
So far as I know the other three
of my competitors have expressed
jio oppinionson this issue.
So soon as peace is declared
Congress will have to determine
what shall be the future relation
ship between the railroads and
the Federal Government. No
candidate for Congress at this
time, who lacks ability to form
views on this subject, can prop
erly serve the people; and any
candidate having views who fails
to state them, lacks that frank
ness which fairness to the people
demands of all candidates,
The subject is one which I
have given much study and
about which I have long since
formed a definate opinion. In
my opening speech I said in sub
stance that private ownership
properly regulated would give
the people what they needed.
In my opinion nothing more
injurious to our State and people
could happen than for the Fed
eral government to own and op
erate our public utilities. In
public speeches, some of which
were printed in the newspapers,
I have given my reasons. Part
of these 1 shall briefly state.
The right of local self govern
ment is the foundation of our
liberties and was the cause for
which we fought the war of the
revolution. To give the Federal
government the ownership and
operation of our in mense public
utilities would mean the sur
render of practically all our
rights to control our local affairs.
Our laws seperating whites and
negroes in cars and waiting
rooms would be immediately
abolished. Employees, conduc-
t .rs and engineers, and all others
would be selected like railway
mail clerks are now selected and,
as in that service, we would
have negroes. Washington would
say when trains should run and
where they should stop; cars
would he furnished where the
strongest political interests ex
isted and rates would be fixed
as the party in power desired,
IL’New England and the North
west should control the govern
ment, the South might easily be
i ruined by discriminatory rates.
Youg Men RegisteR
A[1 Male persons who have
reached their 21st birthday
since Juno 5:h. 1918, on or
; before August 24th, 1918,
must register with their local
; board next Saturday, August
. 24th. They should consult
! their local draft board imme-
ately as to bow to rigister.
Our cotton could not move while
West'-rn produce and' Eastern
g 'Olds would.
Twenty cents on the dollar
would have to be added t > your
local taxes because States, Coun
ties and Cities cannot tax tlie
property of tlie government.
When your freight was damaged
or lost or your moperty or Per
sia killed r injured, you could
not sue to obtain your rights, but
would have to wait the long ati\
wearing process of action by a
governmental bureau. If you
have had any experience even
under such operation of < he roads
as now exists, you know how
little attention is given to the
claims or wishes of tlie public.
Every great nation, except au
tocracies, and every state -that
lias tried government owner
ship lias made a failure of the
experiment.
These immediate dangers are
e lough to make us fight the Fed
eral ownership of rat'roads, but
there are otner dangers. In a
short card, I can not state a 1
the reasons, but let me quote
what Mr. Morris Hi Iquit, a
member of Congress, says in his
b ok on the subject. At page 25
of Socialism Summed Up he de
fined the program as follows:
“Stated in more concrete terms,
the Socialist program lequires
the public or collective owner
ship and operation of the princi
pal instruments and agencies tor
the production and distribution
of wealth -the lands, the mines,
railraods steamboats, telegraph
and telephone lines, mills, foun
dries, and MODERN MACHINERY
This is the main program and
ihe ultimate aim of the whole
Socialist movement and the po
litical creed of all Socialists of
every school. It is the unfailing
tist of Socialists adherence and
adm'ts of no limitation, extension
or variation. Whoever accepts
this program is a Socialist, who
ever does not is not.”
Federal ownership once started
would not stop until we had an
autocracy like Germany, or Bol-
sheyikism like Russia. Let us
beware this new and dangerous
blow at our li terries.
I do not as a war measure, op
pose the operation of railroads
and other public utilities. Dur-
the war we all are willing to
make any sacrifice to win. Nor
do I mean to leave the public
utilities unregulated.
Let us. when war ends, have
such laws as will prevent watered
stock and as will give us econo
mic operation. Let fair wages
be paid, and only fair rat?s
bs charged. Our nioto should be
no concentrated power at Wash
ington, but such regulations local
and national as will preserve the
right of local self government
and as will tie just to ail.
Respectfully,
EDGAR WATKINS.
Remarks By “Bill Blue"
I see by the papers that some
officer ovea in France lias with
one rip of the bag, spilled the
beans. They censored bis name,
but. 1 think they should publish
it and also give him n medal of
honor, for lie has- been hero e-
uough to speak light out in meet
ing and tell us something we sus
pected but. didn’t know.
lie teds us of an unclassified
set of monstrosities, both nude
and otherwise, that roam the
streets of Paris and other towns
that are far benind the lines, ar
ray .din all the bespangleinents
military pomp and splendor,
trying to dig up gons of glory
and heroism with a walking cane
fifty miles from the fighting front
and are about as useful 10 the
army as the Kaiser would be in
Hea\ en,
Of course, we have these little
forked judicious dispensers of ei-
arette smoke and society slobber
all.over our country and tlie thing
for us to do is to keep them at
home to wash dishes and dig ‘ ta-
ttrs”’ for the real people and not
disgust our noble army and the
French people by letting them
wander that far from home.
They are just 22 caliber rim
fire, pop-corn nonentities and
haven’t brains enough to find the
joints in a string of sausage with
a search warrant.
What Gen. Pershing ought to
do, is to bundle them all into a
pea-nut shell and with the first
breeze to-ward America, start
them home.
The officer made it plain that
they didn’t need any such sprad-
diedinks over there. He yvants
to know vvhrt in Sam Hill We
left tlie gate open for and let
them get away?
What tey wannt oyer there is
some red headed, ireykied-faced
square-jawed, double-jointed
dames, with an eye of steel and
a grip of iron; that can live a
week on a loaf of hard tack and
ride a straddle of a kicking mule
through blood up to her corset-
strings, at the same time, wield
ing a rolling pin in each hand
with telling effect and never bat
an eye.
Now Ladies, if you want to go
to France, just say so, if you can
qualify, let me know and I will
assure you a job to the end of tha
war. If the description don't
fit you, you had better stay at
home and try to daan the holes
in your old man’s chrracter the
new draft.
More Boys Going Now
The following colored men will
be sent to Camp Gordon Thurs
day this week.
Theo Crosby
Caul Vance
Garfield Sims
ALTERNATES
Dan Webster
Hill Long.
Some time next week the date
not yet fixed the following white
boyswill be sent to CampGordon:
J. W. Hollis
Gleen T. Butler
Clifford T. Darde n
John G. Mixwell
J. Homer Mitchell
J )hn H. Strickland
Cheste) T. Morris
Frank Rainwater
ALTERNATES
Jos L' Founta n
W, Leslie Bobo
T. Bryan Giles.