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TIEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, 0A„ SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 1012.
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LATEST NEWS OF MIDDLE GEORGIA
Dublin to Hold Big
Agricultural Fair
Entire Twelfth Congressional Dis
trict Will be Asked to
Participate.
SEEKING TO BE
Miller Dasher and Smith Promise
Live Campaign in Central City.
Outcome Very Uncertain.
MACON, Aug. 23.—Wallace Miller,
Arthur L. Dasher or Bridges Smith
will be the next Mayor of Macon, The
entry of Mr. Miller a week ago assur
ed a spirited three-cornered contest,
the outcome of which it will be hard
for anyone to forecast.
Mr. Dasher announced his can
didacy eight months ago, running on
an independent platform. Mr. Smith
is the candidate of th© administra
tion faction. Mr. Miller heads a young
men’s ticket. The campaign has Just
opened, but it will become exceed
ingly active and interesting with the
announcement this week of the Alder-
manic tickets.
Mr. Dasher proposes to make a
vigorous speaking campaign. Mr.
Smith, on the other hand, will not
make a speech or write a card, ac
cording to his present intention. He
will simply depend upon his record
and his friends for election. Mr. Mil
ler will likely make a number of ad
dresses setting forth his views on
municipal questions.
Mr. Dasher has already begun his
speaking schedule, having addressed
various meetings of the laboring men.
Mr. Dasher is one of Macon's best-
known lawyers. His practice is large
and lucrative. Until elected Aider-
man two years ago, he had never held,
or asked for, political office. In Coun
cil he took such a prominent stand on
leading issues that he leaped Into the
limelight, and before he had served
a year he was freely asked to run for
Mayor. He announced last December.
Eight years ago Mr. Dasher was
president of the Chamber of Com
merce, and that organisation, under
his administration, made a splendid
record. Previously he had been chair
man of the board of directors, and
was for a number of years one of the
recognized leaders of the trade body.
He is a married man, with a large
family. His eldest son, Arthur L.,
Jr., is associated with him in the
practic© of law.
Bridges Smith is perhaps as widely
known as any Macon citizen. Since
1888, with the exception of two years.
1908 and 1909, he has been connected
with the city government. In 1888
he was elected City Clerk, under
Mayor Daisy Price. He served in
that capacity until 1899, when Mayor
Price died in office, shortly after be
ing re-elected. Mr. Smith was then
chosen as his successor, and he stay
ed in office until 1908, when he volun
tarily retired. His friend and Aider-
man, John T. Moore, then ran against
Judge A. L. Miller, and the latter
was elected. At the ensuing election,
Mr. Moore was again a candidate, and
this time he beat Judge Miller. Mr.
Moore held office two years, and was
opposed at the expiration of his first
term by Alderman N. I. Brunner,
whom he defeated. A charter provi
sion, which restricts a Mayor to two
terms, debars him from running
again.
Mr. Smith is avowedly the candi
date for the administration, and in
his announcement he declared his
intention of continuing the policies of
of the Moore administration.
Before entering politics, Mr. Smith
was a newspaper reporter, and dur
ing his quarter of a cenutry in pub
lic life, he has maintained a newspa
per association. He writes special
articles and local news for the Macon
Telegraph. He has never been de
feated for of|)ce. Mr. Smith is 68
years of age, though very active in
both mind and body.
Mr. Miller, if elected Mayor, will be
the youngest executive this city has
ever had. He is only 28 years old.
He is a grnduate of the University of
Georgia. He began the practice of
law here, but later became manager
of a provision house. Two years ago
he resumed law. announced his can
didacy for the Legislature, and was
elected, although it took a recount of
the ballots to establish his victory.
It was Mr. Miller's father, Judge
A. L. Miller, who served as Mayor of
Macon four years ago, defeating John
T. Moore, who in turn defeated him.
However. Wallace Miller is not run
ning on his father’s strength, as the
elder Miller is opposed to his son’s
present political venture. He will get
his father’s support, however.
Mr. Miller's candidacy was first
suggested two weeks ago. but in a
very few days the boom became so
substantial that Mr. Miller could not
resist.
DUBLIN, Aug. 23.—Plans are well
under way for holding a large fair in
Dublin this year, to be known as the
Twelfth District Agricultural Fair, in
which exhibits will be open to all of
the counties in the Twelfth Congres
sional District, of which there are
thirteen. The dates have been set at
October 14 to 17, inclusive, the week
previous to the State fair.
At a meeting held here this week
organisation of the corporation to
handle the show was effected and the
officers elected, as follows: Presi
dent, W. B. Rice; vice presidents,
Izzie Bashlnski and M. S. Jones; sec
retary and treasurer, N. G. Bartlett.
The board of directors is as fol
lows: W, B. Rice, M. S. Jones, N. G.
Bartlett, Izzie Bashlnski, T. W. Hooks,
Frank Lciwson, F. N. Watkins, H. E.
Ray and H. G. Stevens.
Governor John M. Slaton will be
Invited to make an address during the
fair, along with State School Super
intendent M. L. Brittain and other
prominent men of the State. A del
egation of Dublin citizens wifi go to
Atlanta Tuesday for the purpose of
extending an Invitation to Governor
Slaton personally to come down and
make an address during the fair.
Runs Small Farm
In Heart of Griffin
Young Man Makes Large Yield of
Irish Potatoes
and Corn.
Waycross Council
Asked to Explain
Claimed Number of Transactions
Were In Violation of
City Charter.
GRIFFIN, Aug. 23.—James C. Nutt,
one of Griffin’s best-known young
men, is running a small farm in the
heart of the city, and is making good
at it. On a plot of land adjoining the
cemetery, Nutt planted four acres of
Irish cobbler potatoes. So many Irish
potatoes in one field had never been
seen in this section before.
For some time now the crop has
been in process of harvesting. Up to
date only a portion of the crop has
been disposed of, but 400 bushels of
the potatoes have been sold at a price
ranging from 80 cents to $1 per
bushel.
To increase the returns from the
land, Nutt has planted rows of corn
between the rows of potatoes, and the
corn is now over shoulder high. The
corn gives promise of making not less
than 25 bushels to the acre, and if
season is propitious, a good deal
more.
JUDGE DANIEL TOO ILL
TO PRESIDE OVER COURTS
GRIFFIN. Aug. 28.—Judge R. T.
Daniel, of the Flint River Circuit,
who was so ill last week that he had
to adjourn the August term of Spald
ing Superior Court, and who has not
been able to attend the Butts County
Court this week, continues quite ill
at his residence here on Poplar street.
He will not be able to preside over
the Monroe Superior Court, which is
to convene at Forsyth Monday.
Judge H. A. Matthews, of Macon,
presided over the Butts court for
Judge Daniel, and it is likely that he
again will preside fur ihm next week.
PHIZES IN LIST
IF STATE FI
More Than Five Thousand Dis
plays To Be Made at Macon.
Nine County Exhibits.
MACON, Aug. 23.—Officials of the
Georgia State Fair Association are
enthusiastic over th. prospects for
this year'B show. Already more ex
hibitors have applied than ever be
fore, and tlv* indications are that in
all of the departments there will be
a total of more than 5,000 different
displays. The prizes this year aggre
gate more than 88,000 in cash, in ad
dition to the special premiums given
by individuals and corporations.
Nine counties have contracted to
make county agricultural exhibit*,
and probably three more will enter
the competition, Cobb County, rep
resented by Gid Morris, has taken the
first prize of $1,200 for three succes
sive years, but this year Houston
County proposes to contest for this
award. W. C. Lewis, of Houston, is
arranging that county’s exhibit.
Racing will be a special feature this
year, and purses awarded will
amount to several thousand dollars.
This will be the first State fair rac
ing since 1908. A motordrome also is
being erected for motorcycle racing.
Secretary Harry Robert is booking
individual attractions fo»* the mid
way instead of engaging a carnival
company. More than 50 show’s have
already been secured, and more w’ill
be provided.
Judges Are Named.
Announcement has been made of
the judges for the various depart
ments, as follow’s:
Farm Implements—W. W. Elfe,
Morris Putzel and W. G. Lewis.
Poultry and Pet Stock—Loring
Brow r n.
Textile—John A. Porter.
Horticulture and Floriculture—Dan
C. Horgan.
Flour, Tea and Coffee—Mrs. John
C. Dietz, Miss Henrietta Glover and
Mrs. Sol Huge.
Carriages. Buggies and Wagons—
W. A. Goodyear and W. P. Welsiger.
Musical Instruments—Mrs. I, H.
Adams.
Canning Clubs—A, W. Smith. Mrs.
W. D. Lamar and J. Walter Collins.
Fine Arts—T. O. Chestney and Ru
fus W. Evans.
Dairy and Beef Cattle—Sam N.
Warren.
Swine and Sheep—Professor H. B
Carpenter
Dairy—Sam N. Warren.
Apiary—W. V. McCook and C. E
Glisson.
Horses, Mules, Ponies and Colts—
Professor Milton P. Jarnigan.
Machinery—W. W. Elfe, Morris
Putzel and W. C. Lewis
Textile Machinery—John A. Por
ter.
Cakes, Pies, Breads, etc.^—Mrs. John
C. Dietz, Miss Henrietta Glover and
Mrs. Sol Hoge.
Needle and Fancy Work—Mrs. J.
Ross Bowdre, Mrs. J. C. Morton and
Mrs. W. E. Oookerly.
AUGUSTA PLAN
RURAL MAIL CARRIERS TO
MEET AT MILLEDGEVILLE
MILLEDGEVILLE, Auk, 23—The
rural mall carrierR for the Tenth Con
gressional District will meet here on
Monday, September 1.
A barbecue dinner will be served
to the visiting carriers, and plans are
being perfected to make their visit an
enjoyable one. The following program
has been arranged: Prayer by the
Rev. Harold Major. Address of wel
come by Mayor M. S. Beil and Post
master R. B Moore. The response
will be made by G. D. Braddock, the
president of the association.
BIG BUILDING BOOM
CONTINUES IN DUBLIN
Fight Over Waycross
Fire Department On
Council Likely to Pass Bills to En
large Brigade Over Chair
man’s Protest.
ig. 28.—There are in
Dublin at this time in course of erec
tion one six-story building, two three-
story buildings five large warehouses
and one large livery stable, which will
he the largest Li any city in this sec
tion of the State. The building boom
has held up unusually well in the city
this year despite the dull times that
have been experienced in some other
cities. These buildings are ip addition
to a large number of residences erected
this year, also.
DUBLIN'S NEW THEATER
TO OPEN SEPTEMBER 1
WAYCROSS, Aug. 23— la beeam
known to-day that some time during
September City Council would be
requested for information of a num
ber of transactions which have taken
place within the past eighteen months,
many of the alleged to have been In
direct violation of the city charter.
It is further alleged that a city em
ployee while drawing his full time
salary from the city looked after oth
er work for which he was amply paid.
No names# have been disclosed as
yet, and it is not known who will be
mentioned when the request reaches
Council. Some members of Council
are inclined to demand an explanation
of the published reports, but have not
done so.
DENIES DISCRIMINATION
CLAIMED BY SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Aug. 23.—J. C. Whit
ney, president of the Merchants and
Miners’ Transportation Company, .s
in Savannah for a conference with
the directors of ’he Board of Trade,
to go over the allegations of discrim
ination against Savannah in favor of
Jacksonville. Whitney asserted that
1 here was no discrimination against
,-avannah. Except in a very few in
stances, he said, the frelglii rates to
Jacksonville from Baltimcte and oth
er points in the North are higher than
DUBLIN, Aug 23.—Dublin’s new
theater, “The Bertha,” which has been
in course of erection for the past few
months, will open for the season in the
second week In September next, the
first play being “The Rose Maid.’’
Other plays booked for the coming
season include the “Trail of the Lome-
smoe Pine," “Polly of the Circus," “The
Blue Bird,” "Rverywoman,” Fields’
Mlnstrelfs. “The Leopard Spot*” and a
large number of other famous plays.
WAYCROSS, Aug. 23.—Unless
Chairman H. Hengeveld, of the Police
and Fire Committee, changes hid
opinion, a resolution providing to en
large the Waycross fire department
will be passed over his head. Two
resolutions on the subject have been
introduced in City Council, one by
Alderman Beaton and the other by
Alderman Morton.
Chairman Hengeveld claimed the
city’s financial condition would not
permit any further expense for the
fire department. Alderman Morton
replied that when there was talk of
making former Fire Chief Thomas
Ballentyne, of Savannah, chief of the
Waycross department, Chairman
Hengeveld was willing to pay more
money to get Ballentyne, and it seems
the city is as well off now as when
Mr. Hengeveld wanted to make the
change.
The resolution for the employment
of more men has enough votes to
pass, according to Mr. Morton, but he
will make no effort to get it through
Council until Mr. Hengeveld make® a
report.
Edwards Approves
Military Highway
Savannah to Tybeo Road Would Coat
About $300,000—Congreaa-
man Seoa Benefit.
DUBLIN PUTS TIGHT LID
UPON IMMORAL SHOWS
DUBLIN, Aug. 23. Thla city has put
the lid on tight on shows, both motion
picture and regular theaters, and has
just created and elected a board of
censors, whose duty it shall be to su
pervise the theaters of the city and
rule out all immoral plays and pictures.
The members of the board were elected
by the City Council Tuesday night last.
SAVANNAH SHRINERS
PLAN BIG RECEPTION
SAVANNAH, Aug. 23—Complet
ing preparations for the reception of
William W. Erwin, of Wheeling, W.
Va„ Imperial Potentate of the Shri-
ners of North America, other mem
bers of the Imperial Divan of the
Shriners and visitors from various
temples, who will come to Savannah
next month, the entire seventh door
of the Hotel Savannah has been re
served for them.
The Shriners of the Imperial Divan
came In response to an invitation
from Potentate Robei t L. Travis, of
Alice Temple, of this city, to attend
a ceremonial session of that temple
on September 12.
SAVANNAH, Aug. 23,—That the
construction of a military highway
from Savannah to Tybee, as advo
cated by Congressman Charles O. Ed
wards, would ba of great benefit to
the entire State. Is the belief of J. N.
, King, well-known cotton factor of
Rome.
At Interior points the project Is not
looked upon as one that will be of
benefit to Savannah alone, but is con
sidered a movement on the part of
the Government that would result in
good to the State at large.
The proposed highway will cost ap
proximately 1300,000, but It is be
lieved that it would be money well
expended since all sections would be
benefited.
WARE COUNTY TAX RATE
REDUCED 10 PER CENT
WAYCROSS, Aug. 23.—Because of
I the big increase in the taxable prop
erty in Ware over last year's returns,
the county tax rate was to-day re
duced from 80 cents a hundred to 70
| cents a hundred, with prospects
1 bright for the same decrease another
I vear. Approximately 150,000 will be
spent by the county on road work
| this year, according to the budget an-
| nouneement.
Chamber of Commerce and Mer
chants and Manufacturers’
Ass’n to Quit Field.
AUGUSTA, Aug. 23.—The Merchants
and Manufacturers’ Association of
Augusta has accepted the proposi
tion of A. W. McKeand, of Atlanta, to
take charge of a new commercial or
ganization. To do this Mr. McKeand
states that $60,000, or $20,000 a year
for three years, muit be secured.
The object of the new movement is
to replace the Chamber of Commerce
and the Merchant® and Manufactur
ers’ Association, which, with practi
cally the same object in view, have
been working at cross purposes for
some years. It is stated that the
Chamber of Commerce is making ar
rangements to wind up its business.
This would leave the new organiza
tion planned In full command of the
field.
At a meeting of citizens Mr. Mc
Keand told them his proposition and
some details of the work. It was
agreed that his method was good.
The net/ organization, which the of
ficers and directors of the Merchants
and Manufacturers’ Association
agreed to, will be a consolidation of
the Chamber of Commerce and the
Merchants and Manufacturers’ As
sociation.
Five Departments.
.The new organization will have five
departments.
First, the wholesale trade depart
ment, which will direct the trades
trips; the salesman's school: reports
of trade openings: rebates on fares,
and w’ill foster a spirit of friendly ri
valry between the merchants.
Second, the retail trades depart
ment. whiefi shall handle all things
pertaining to the retail trade. Es
pecially will the credit bureau, now
such a valuable asset of the Mer
chants and Manufacturers’ Associa
tion, come under this department.
Third, the publicity department,
from which will come all such liter
ature a# that pertaining to the city,
its advantage®, etc., and through the
department conventions will be se
cured, special feature weeks arranged,
etc.
Fourth, the industrial promotion
department, which will handle all
business pertaining to industrial
work.
Fifth, the transportation depart
ment, under w'hich w’ill come the
freight bureau, the most valuable as
set of the Chamber of Commerce.
To begin this organization will en
tail much preliminary work, including
a campaign of local men, directed by
Mr. McKeand.
Augu®tans of all classes, whether
in sympathy with the Cnamner of
Comm >rce or the Merchants and
Manufacturers’ Association, have
taken kindly to the new organiza
tion plan, and it bids fair to begin
a new and entirely prosperous era for
the city, whose natural advantages
art* such that with proper handling
little is needed to make her the truly
progressive city she deserve® to be.
Waycross to Vote on
Government Change
Hard Fight To Be Made by Both
Sides—Election Octo
ber 4.
WAYCROSS. GA„ Aug. 23.—Voters
of Waycros® on October 4 will decide
whether to change the form of city
government to a combination city
manager-commission form or retain
the aldermanic form w’ith a board of
aldermen of twelve members insteady
of six.
A special election will be held then
and the registration books are now
open. It is known a strong fight will
be made by both sides, and at thin
time it is hard to predict which will
win. The city manager form of gov
ernment has much support, but It 1®
doubtful If those in favor of the
change will work as hard to get the
new charter approved a® the oppo
nents will work to defeat the measure
which the Legislature passed this
year.
If the city manager plan is ap
proved Waycross will be the first
Georgia city to adopt it.
Gov. Slaton Vetoes
Chatham Land Grant
Says Resolutions Had Not Been
Properly Passed by tha
Legislature.
HON. RALPH 0. COCHRAN DELIVERS
v OPENING SPEECH AT CLAYTON, GA.
Candidate for United States Senate in Strong Address Outlines His Views
On State and National Issues.
SAVANNAH. Aug. 23.—Ravan-
na harts were aurprised to read that
Governor Slaton had vetoed a reso
lution providing for land grants to
the trustees of the Chatham Acad
emy.
Govornor Slaton explained ha ve
toed the resolution because it had not
been properly passed. It relates to
disposition of ungranted lands in
the county. Acts passed in 1788 and
1858 vested in the Chatham Academy
and the Union Society considerable
ungranted lands In Chatham. The
purpose of the resolution is to au
thorize these institutions to claim the
lands under fhe old acts.
G. M. C _ OPENS SEPTEMBER 1.
MILLEDGEVILLE. Aug 23.—The
Georgia Military College will open for
the fall session on September 2. Pres
ident Horton Is expecting the largest
attendance in the history of the in
stitution. The Hon. Roy Stubbs, of
Eatnnton, will make the opening ud-
dress.
FIRST BALE AT MILLEDGEVILLE.
MILLEDGEVILLE, Aug. 23 —The
ftrvt bale of cotton was marketed here
yesterday by Mike Jackson, a negro,
living in Wilkinson County. The eot-
I ton was sold to Mr. John Barrett
land brought 10 cents a pound.
ind have an opportunity of addressing tha
tve heard the expression, "From
that in my campaign for the united
I am glad to he In Clayton and
people of Itabun County. You have
to Tybee Light,’’ and it Is fitting that in my ~ ----- ..
Hanute 1 should deliver the keynote address in this county—the adores# mar
in a substantial measure carries my position on the questions that the people
of Georgia will be interested in in lasting their votes in tha election next sum
mer for a United States Senator and this for the reason that 1 will snow
considerable activity in this campaign which will extend from the mountain*
to the sea. .
It is further true that you people of Rabun live In a county that was
established In 1819, almost a hundred years ago, and it bear* the name or
one of the Chief Executives of this State. This county ha® furnished many
men in the public arena during its history who hav« been worthy sons ana
distinguished servants of the people. _
I am here to-day In advocacy of my candidacy for the United State* sen
ate. At the suggestion of some zealous friends, I entered this race •om®
ago. It is an undertaking worthy of any man’s highest ambition, and l en
tered the field conscious of the great responsibilities that will rest U P 0? ? ."IS- 1 !
elected, and also conscious of the difficulties that confront me in achieving
this ambition. f
I want to tell you here to-day that I am going to Washington. I
to win this race, and I have every confidence in ultimate success. It I® a mg
undertaking, but I believe that the sentiment, of the people of Georgia to
day is in favor of electing a business man. a man in the best vigor of his nie,
and one who will endeavor to represent all people alike and all interests ana®
within the borders of the State . T
It Is true that probably in point of years, as I am only $9 years of age, i
am the youngest man who has ever offered in the Htate of Georgia for tnis
high position. During the prog-ess of the campaign l wifi be confronted ,
the charge that I am too youthful, and further that I have not had sufficient
experience. I want to say in advance in answer to any such criticism tnai
may be raised, that many of the best political servants that this country nas
ever had have been men who have achieved success and attained high po
litical positions early in life. With a long stretch of yeurs before them they
well used them, and therefore their services were of inestimable worth, as
a matter of fact, it is common knowledge that any man is In hi» prime from
thirty-five to fifty years of age. In fact, the Constitution of the Unitec
States requires that one must be only 30 years old to be eligible for tne
United States Senate. .....
I am frank to tell you that at no period in life do I anticipate ability for
greater labor or clearer thought It is true that. I am inexperienced on
many matters pertaining to state affairs, but I do insist that I am r a pa me
of learning and that I can count upon a reasonable number of years in whlcn
to be of service to my State and country if honored with this high position.
In advocacy of my candidacy, I place before the neople of Georgia the
proposition of electing a business man I can properly be classed as one or
the young business men of this State. It occurs to me that in these times or
industrial growth and progress that the best thing that the people of any
State can do Is to elect a larger percentage of the men of the business cir
cles of their State If there is any question that requires business ability and
skill to properly settle. 1 should say that those which pertain to the nature
of the laws under which we Hhall live are pre-eminently the ones where busi
ness experience, understanding of the people’s wants and the ultimate effect
arc the ones that literally demand th#> business man to pass upon. A slogan
of the day in which we live is more business and less theory.
Prejudice and Demagogy to Play No Part in Campaign.
I want to tell you here and now that as far as I am concerned you
never see any trace of demagogy In anything that I may say or do. I shall
deal frankly with the people of Georgia, and my campaign will he devoid or
tricks and makeshifts. My candidacy will be put up to the people or Geor
gia strictly or. Its merits, without frills or deception. I am nothing mor®
than a plain business man. I have no pre-eminent ability on any lines but
I assure you in advance that if I am elected I shall ever endeavor to follow
the paths of right and do my duty. This campaign as far as 1 am concerned
will never be marred with the demagogism that arouses the prejudices of the
rich against the poor, the city man against the country man, or the y°^ n f
man against the old man. I shall take the position in the beginning and snail
maintain it throughout the campaign that if I am elected I want to be
elected by all classes of our citizens, and if elected I pledge you most sincerely
and earnestly that I wifi represent all the people of Georgia and all the law
ful interests within her borders. ..
* Under my political canopy, so to speak, all classes of our citlsens can rally. NO
prejudice has ever taken root In my bosom against the Jew In favor of tne
Gentile, against the Uatholic In favor of the Protestant, against the Third
party man in favor of the Democrat or against any man or class of men
within our State who may belong to different parties, political faith, social
circle or other relation contrary to that I occupy. I am frank to say th** 1
any man who harbors hatred for any class of our citizens Is unworthy or tne
high position to which T now aspire Tn truth, the bigot, the maligner or
character, the small man, should have no place In shaping the policies ana
destiny of this country The same sun shines on all or us alike, we are tne
children of the same Creator, and in Its last analyst® there is no great dif
ference in us anyway. _ . ..... .
I have always endeavored to be fair to all the interests of capital, I
have always endeavored to be fair to the cause of labor; I shall endeavor to
be fair in all of my relations with my fellow man, whether that relation ba
in private business matters or in public position, find if 1 go do^ n * n defeat
contending for the wisdom of such a position I shall do #o gladly and y°^
shall have rny approbation. It is well that I state on this occasion that 1
have never been aligned with any of the political factions of Georgia. During
the past few decades when partisan heat reached high water mark. I have
always stood, since the early years of my manhood, as a free man and have
acte<i on every election day In the way that I thought my vote would count
for most looking to the best interests of the peuple of this Ptate. W$ have
been confronted at a number of elections with partisan politics and parti
san Issues. T thank God that we are now living in a more desirable day.
T am in favor of no class legislation. All legislation should be founded
on the idea of the greatest good for the greatest number, irrespective of na
tionalities wealth, education or anything else However, If there is to be
any class ’ legislation, it should be in favor of the biggest class, and I should
say that this class is composed of those of moderate means If T ever Cast
a vote, if elected to the Ufifted States Senate, for any class whatsoever, it
will be for the class here designated. -
In my campaign for the Senate throughout the entire time I shall remain
absolutely a free man. T shall not tie myself up with promises and political
alignments. If elected I want to be a free man to represent the entire peo-
To irfen^of experienc® and men of business affairs It is an accepted truth
that no man need be a Croesus or an intellectual giant to represent well
his people in legislative halls. What counts moat is industry, integrity and
Bound common ^en^e If these e’ements are united in a candidate, he de
serves well at the hands of his people. The making of laws and the ad
ministration of government is largely a business matter where good Judgment
and good conscientious service avail much.
Permit me to say also that God has endowed me with a degree of man
hood and Independence, so much so that I can tell you In all frankness and
truth that if you do not see fit to elect me that It w’ill be perfectly all right
and I assure you that no scars will he left behind over which T will brood
through the coming years. In this Independence and manhood that I declare
to you, there is no place for mudslinging and assassinatlo'. of character. I
will not Indulge in any of this nor wifi J permit any of my friends to do so
if within my power to prevent, The campaign does not Involve personal
issues. The issues are more substantial and more worthy of th® Jntellig«nc®
of the people of Georgia. _ . „ . ..
I stand for good government In all of Its forms, and T shall ever be the
enemy of those principles and practices that are opposed to Its preservation
and promotion 1 shall ever stand for the principles of government that rep
resent the best interests of the farmer as well a.® the merchant, and in gen
eral the beat interests of every man of every class of citizens within the con
fines of this great State T was born and reared on a farm In Campbell
Countv and I feel that my year* of association with the people of the rural
districts, their needs and their interests, have made me to know once for all
the Important recognition that should be accorded to them. Then with the
business experience that I have bad elsewhere, as an education in after years.
I feel that I can represent the entire pcopl® of this State with fellowship of
feeling and wisdom and Justice to all.
Economy tn National Expenditures Insisted Upon.
At this time 1 want to put the people of Georgia on notlee that, If elected
as one of the I’nlted States Senator* from Georgia. I will become In a meas
ure a watehdOK of vour treasury. I have Ion* been convince I that the prac
tices that we are following of continuously raising taxes on property, busi
nesses corporations, and otherwise, should ha stopped. There Is hardly a ses
sion of the Georgia Legislature or a session of the United Htates Congress
that some new form oi taxing the people or else Increasing ths old forms Is
not projected I ask you, In the name of reason, when and where will these
agitations and practices stop? There Is an eternal cry of more money, that our
Institutions are being throttled and that the State and nation are lagging In
progress on account of insufficient funds. You know as well as r do that if
the State of Georgia had five times as much revenue for the Legislature to
spend that every dollar of it would be spent and they would still be In need
of more money. ....
As a matter of fact, unless the Increase of the burdens of taxatln is not
halted taxeH will become very oppressive to the people of this country. Take
your State tax your county tax, your city tax, your professional tax, your cor
poration tax, your Inheritance tax, ytur Income tax, your occupation tax. your
road tax your local school tax, your noli tax. and possibly others, and I tell
you when any man gets through at the end of the year with paying these
various amounts he has done a fairly good year's work tn have made profit
enough out of his business to meet them. The philosophy of all taxation, ac
cording to my thinking. Is that Instead cf the everlasting iiiErease In the
forms of taring the people and slao the amounts, that the revenue of the
Htnte should only Increase with the enhancement of property, more money
coming Into the State, and more citizens ns nur common population. With
an Increase of revenue along these lines, with a corresponding limitation of
appropriations, our State and country will always be In a solvent condition
and our people will he prosperous and happy.
I have all along been of the opinion that our people should not look too
much for support to the Government under which they live The gresteat
men that this State or country have ever produced have been men who have
worked their way through difficulties and hardships The heat principle of
government that can be advocated Is that of throwing every citizen that Is
able-bodied upon tils own resources. Therefore, the sentiment that Is rapidly
taking root In the States of this country that we should look mure to the
bounties of the Government Is a cancer tn the body politic and will ulti
mately prove fatal If it Is not checkmated History records the fact that
the decline of the Roman Empire set In with the free corn that was dis
tributed to the population. It has been estimated that at one time more
than 300,000 people were fed at public expepso. Ths monhood of this
country has always been honest and hardy, and we have builded a republic
that Is the light of the world, and if It continues In Its leadership the same
manhood and independence that led u» Into freedom must oare for the af
faire of etate through the coming ye are.
Opposes Unnecessary Legislation.
In our zeal for this cause or th
should always be conservative in ou
Is no business, much less a governme
and success where fits and spasms
Sanity should characterize every man
I tell you that when your vote Is cas
seldom err from what is best for you
It le true that State laws and Na
should he somewhat in the vanguard
come high Ideals for the manhood and
as well as for the rising genera'lon.
are not supported with public sentl
ties on our statute books.
I am further of the opinion that w
State and Nation. It seems that we a
law-ridden: almost unnumbered law
hut on the other hand there Is no on
latinn that is transgressing the Inallf
much Of that that is suggested tends
tong ago to count the sections of laws
astounding but trim that there are a
der which we are living this day. It
man's mind must be an encyclopedia t
at cause that may he advocated, we
r thoughts, speech and actions. There
nt. that can go forward In spler.der
characterize those who are Interested,
's discussion of publlo questions, and
t on the side of conservatism you will
r family, yourself and your country,
tlonal laws, In fact laws of all kinds,
of actual practice and In a measure he-
womanhood of this Stats and country.
However, we all know that laws that
ment are of no avail and become nuIU-
e are passing too many laws in our
avc arrived at the point where we are
s that everybody is presumed to know,
e who does know. There Is much legls-
ajble rights of property and person and
tor much this way. I took occasion not
that compose the Code of Georgia. It Is
pproxtmately 8.000 sections of laws un
bar almost gotten to the point where a
o carry the Innumerable laws governing
nil??' C , 0UI ? ,, * S ' SUB* and Nation. It reminds one of the old adage that that
people la beat governed which is least governed.
Favors Federal Aid for Good Roads.
t *V' \\ n t , hlH ooca - ston that. ^ «l®cted to th® United States Senate,
vio.rL - htarul *11 time» for the cause of good roads. If we ever expect to
M y v' eof Y* 1 , 1 " traversing this entire country the National Oov-
ttave to take hold of the proposition. It strikes me that money
‘ .J or i h . ,H Purpose Is Just as much within th# Constitution of this
nr«v a I *®® right to appropriate funds to deepen the waterways and im-
* rbors - Uy navigation the product® of the country are distributed
Sl.ISJa * .method of travel The publlo roads of the country are the avenue!
nitimirii!5u?i n *^S c ?! e !i y a*? 6 P rCK,uotH °f Ik* country reach the centers and are
H te Ibuted throughout the ccuntry and the world. Furthermore,
ure by everybody, and. the benefits derived from appropria
tion^ for thia cause are participated In by all the people of the country. Whal
cause more equitable or more worthy couW bo mentioned for the approprla-
L ki< P u ®‘‘ c .I un «? The additional circumstance associated with improved
punuc road® Is the enhancement of property. Down In my country It is gen-
erauy estimated that property on a macadamized road is never worth lest
than double as much as property on a road that has not been so improved
Also think of the convenience, pleasure and general benefit® that are d»
rived ny reason of the construction of such thorough faros. Think of thj
ing some of the world’s goods while
. . - lavit muiuiiftiiitti yn, 1 Minn Ul
henetus to your county or any county that might bo mentioned that \
. Terlvtsl from the construction of such highway*. In consideration of these
cons .ant la. reasone. I shall ever be a friend to the cause of good roade.
High Cost of Living Caused by Not Producing Enough.
Any people or any legislative body has lost sight of the greatest causa
when they do not cultivate and Improve the great agricultural Interests ol
their county and State. You may talk of laws that curb vice you may pon-i
u r °. ver m * a,, urea that tnvolv® appropriations, you may consider well Itwri
that look to the raising of revenue, but back and more fundamental and ol
far greater importance hi the great proposition of production. What we nee/l
most is more corn, mor® cotton, more of all the farm products, more manuJ
faciurlng, more businesses that produce, businesses that feed and clothe th®
world. That is to-day, In my opinion, the prime reason for th® high cent o4
llvl njr. We ar® just not producing enough.
The people of Georgia will never reach that point of prosperity that 14
most desired until they have learned to produce enough to get the otheg
man s money and then have enough to live on so as to save them from thd
condition of having to buy the other fellow’s products. I trust that I will
im t0 that day when education and disposition the people of Georgia
will learn and desire to produce more than they consume in the way of fami
products, that splendid day when cotton, the staple product, will be the sur-*
plus crop, that new era when every town and hamlet can boast of numerou4
manufacturing enterprises, when Georgia-made goods are sold around th*
world. Let us make the people of other States become the buyers of oug
products, and we the recipients of the splendid Income.
If elected to the United States Senate I Hhall always do the best that 1i$
me lies to get Increased appropriations for the educational Interests of th#
various States of this Union where agricultural training Is taught. The Na-*
tlonal Government, In wisdom, through the Agricultural Department ha#
started up a system of education and scientific experiment along agricul-i
tural lines which will prove. I have no doubt, to be of the greatest servic#
to the material interests of this country of any department known to th#
National Government. It will be my purpose to work for an<i to vote for all
measures and appropriations which look to the improvement and enlarged
ment of this great cause in the dispensation of National funds.
If I am elected to the United States Senate I want to pledge you here an<$
now my unswerving support of all measure® that look to the general betters
ment of humanity. We are living in times when the humanity of man la
manifested in its moat splendid form. Laws that are humanitarian in theif
nature, Just In their spirit, broad in their conception of human rights will
alwavs find a friend in ine. The old idea has long since passed away that
every man should live for himself. Thank God that w*» live in a better an#
brighter day when the iivlng and th* hopes of humanity are upon a mor®
lust basis and there is recognition of the higher laws of nature and thi
beneficent conceptions of the Creator of us all.
Ah an incentive to high purpose and lofty achievement, we should bead
in mind that the names and memoriesof those only are revered and live 14
history who lived and worked to do something for others. Kelflshness. livi
ing for self, has never made any man great Irf the estimation of his fellow-4
man. The world has gotten rid of mo«t of the tyranny that has character^
Ized it In the past, but the tyranny of brain and the tyranny of worth should
continue and will continue as long as civilization enduijes. Ambition to d#
something for others as well as self should characterize the Ilf® of everj|
man.
Favors Exploiting the Great Resources of Georgia.
There is another matter that I wish to speak of to wntoh I will give a4
much cf my ability and time as possible if elected. I refer to the advertising
of the resources of Georgia and the entire* Southland. Thia advertising by
one In this exalted position by spoecn and otherwise can be made of inestlma4
ble worth to this Htate and section. Georgia and th® entire South need#
more capital and more people. Any man who is in favor of any igw or law#
that tend to antagonize capital and mistreat the institution® in which it is in-*
vested is an enemy of his State. In addition, what county in Georgia would
not be better off If it had twice as many people in it as it has to-day? .4
multiplication of population means better roads, better schools, bettel
churches, better mall facilities and better communities in general. Thes#
ends arc worthy of note and should always receive the attention of the rep
resentatives of this State in these high positions
If elected to the United States Senate, it will be my purpose to per*
form well what might be termed The small duties incident to this high office*
Those who might denirt positions either for themselves or their boys, wh#
might at any time wish information concerning ary matter® in the city oi
Washington pertaining to th® Government, or local matter®, thoee who de-*
air® appropriations for this purpose or that purpose in their respective citie#
and districts, in general those who want ready aervlce of thMr representative
in getting something or doing something where their United State* Senato#
can be of service to them, I will be the man to call upon. I pledge yot$
in advance that no considerable amount of my time will be taken up
In th® wtudy of foreign questions or the preparation of what might b®
termsd big speeches but, on the other hand, I will try to Inject a#
much business in the situation as possible, and serve In a business way
the people of Georgia, not only concerning such matters as I heaf
mentioned, but In promoting and voting for legislation which will promote th#
general Interests of the State, as well as the country at larg«*.
I am deeply interested In the cause of education in all of its forms. Out
public school® are the greatest institution that has become a part of th#
government of this State. Public schools touch every man s interest, and id
them is Involved the element of an elementary education which means bette#
citizenship and more happiness on the part of our entire population. Almosl
as essential are the institutions of higher learning of this Htate. Also ou#
college* of technical training which prepare the young man and young womafl
to make a living have probably become the most popular institutions in th#
way of higher training that we have in the State. The old idea was to edu J
cate the smart boys in classical training either for the ministry, medicind
or the law. This conception of higher learning is in a measure passing away,
and technical training is largely the slogan of the times in which we live.
I do not know how you people In Rabun County feel about it, but $
Imagine that you have about the same feeling and sentiment that we peo-«
pie of Fulton have, as well as the people of all the other counties of thi4
State—that is the constantly recurring panics that disturb and distress th®
business Interests of this c ountry. T do not know whether or not any ma#
can assign with accuracy the Immediate causes of tiie.se recurring panics*
However. I am inclined to believe that the most prominent caune is the drasJ
tic reform legislation that sets up about every elgh‘ or ter years. I am Id
favor of a certain amount of reform. We all know that in the great econom*
of nature change must take place either for good or 111. The country tha$
does not Improve its condition must of necessity j*trograde. On the othed
hand, I am opposed, and 1 shall always vote accordingly, to reforms and re-J
form measures which come in hunches and have the inevitable effect of up-4
setting the entire business of this State and country. As far as I am con-H
earned I want a little rent so that I may have an opportunity of accumulate
In tne vigor of manhood, and not looli
too much to the eradication of all evil and the Improvement of our institu^
tions and country on the Utopian idea for our children and our children’4
children. As I see It, the prescription we now need most is the rest cur®.
We often lose sight of the untold good that has been accomplished b^
the people of our day and our fathers before us. In fact, we live in the be*#
times and we constitute the greatest people that this world lias ever seen* 1
Bix thousand years of recorded history does not find u parallel. There Is not s#
much 111 in man and the human race as we are often led to believe. I hav#
often said that the sorriest man in anv community is a pretty good felloe*
ufter all. Think of man in this day of enlightenment and th® society in whlcd
wo live. He works hard and usually’ by the sweat of his brow he provide#
for wife and children. He is interested in educational advantages of hi#
family, he looks forward with a feverish mind to the ultimate condition when
no longer he wifi be the mainstay of these loved ones. We are rich in char-4
ity, we are humane in the treatment of those who are unfortunate, our Ideal#
are high, and we are recipients by reason of our intelligence and Industry o|
most of the good that tne world affords.
Another point that I wish to bring out:
Too much experiment is aH
ways dangerous. The people of any State or country that is experimenting
with this law. this Institution, and this new Idea are apt to fjul into th®
ways that will lead them Into departures from the fundamentals of their in
stitutions which probably will prove dangerous and fatal. It is always bette#
to let other people, other States and other men. whether in business or af-'
fairs of state, experiment and ascertain the truth, and then the wisdom ol
its adoption become* clear and of no loss to that people who follow in th#
light of this experience. Of course some experiment along sane and conserv
ative lines 1h good for all people, and if such is not indulged in they ar#
liable to become laggards and drones. However, the people of Georgia shoull
never become distinguished us a peoole of experiment, and the State fchoulj
never be known as an incubator of new ideas.
If I am elected to the United States Senate, I shall always stand fo#
clean government, wise laws and pure administration. We live In a coun
try where In theory every man’s chahee Is alike. God has made us unequal In
body and mind, but under the Constitution and laws of th» United States, a#
drawn by those Immortal men, the fathers of this country, whose names shall
live as long a* recorded history is preserved, imbedded in that great Instru
ment and laws, the genera! principle of equal rights to all and an equal chanc®
In the struggles of this life No man should ask for more than Justice and
an equal chance. No man should he willing to surrender to any other m*)
his equal chance and Justice in the race of life. I shall always be opposed
plunder In any’ form and shall ever stand for the best laws to perpet
uate and preserve the Government as founded by th® fathers of this ooun-
try.
However. It is true that it does seem like something is wrong at times
with our Institutions when one man in the short space of a lifetime can ac
cumulate a billion of dollar*. We have In these United States one-sixteenth
of the population of the world and we possess one-fourth of its entire wealth.
Such a splendid commentary upon the people who in only a century or two
past found the vast expanse of our country a wilderness and here th® insti
tutions and wealth to which we are h®ir#.
Amid the masterful strides made by this country within the past fifty
years, on account of a serious handicap, the South is Just now coming into
her own. Georgia and the entire Svufiirtu Stales art rich in natural re
sources—we have the climate, we have the soil, we have the mineral*, we
have the. water power, and, thank God, we have the brain and the industry
that will yet make of our Southland the faireet spot beneath the sun.
There is no use for history except the lessons that it teaches. We are
living in the light of many experiences of the pant, and as the light of
these experience# fall* upon our pathway our days will bo splendid and our
accomplishment# beyond the dream# of men
1 lov*» Georgia and her people. Born within her borders, educated within
her Institutions, associated with Georgia people, I bear to her the wormtb
of sympathy and childish affection that I trust will continue unabated during
the time that I shall live. The mountain# lifting their lofty peaks amid the
skies, the old red hills of Georgia, d<ear to the heart of ail, the table
lands, rich and fertile, and extended In area, her rippling stream# in music
wind their way to the mighty aea. seven out of the nine climates with
which the Nation is characterized, I am devoted to this people and thia
mightv State.
With renewed purpose, end a common ambition, let us press forward in
the mighty causes of civilization and the accomplishment of higher ideals.
(Adv.X