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ITEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 1912.
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Latest News of South Georgia
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MURPHY HOLDS SCH00LH0USES !w “ r “ 0 “ 10v ““
Scramble for Waycross Postmas
tership Temporarily Suspended.
Dozen Candidates.
WAYrnnss, auk. as.—An 8 m>rt to
discredit. the Waycross po&trnahter,
Charles K. Murphy, met with com
plete failure, it developed to-day, and
instead of any grounds being made
for a request for his resignation the
investigation made locally hae shown
that he is stronger than before and
not apt to be removed by the present
'administration until his term expires
which will he some time in 1916.
Despite this there arc not less than
a dozen active candidates for the po
sition. some of them being among this
section’s best known men. The can
didates known include former Mayor
J. A. Jones. 1> W. H. Ruehanan, who
Is a relative of Congressman Charles
C». Edwards, of the First District:
• Harvey C\ Bunn, cashier of the Citi
zens Bank; County Commissioner G.
P. Folks, Assistant Postmaster A. H.
Morgan. J. D. Crawford. Transfer
Clerk E. D. Carswell and J. E. T.
Bowden. The latter denies that he is
seeking the place, but it is generally
known that he is in the race. He was
Congressman Randall Walker’s Wap
County campaign manager, and also
had charge of Woodrow Wilson’s
South Georgia headquarters at Way-
cross.
Information from Washington
states that no charges have be°n
made against the incumbent, Post
master Murphy, but on the other
hand it is known thta his record is
unusually good. He has the backing
of a number of staunch Democrats,
too. which will undoubtedly aid him
in holding to the position until his
term expires.
Congressman Walker to-day ad
vised parties here that he Is not con
sidering anyone for the Waycross of
fice at this time, which puts an end :n
the various rumors to the effect that
the present postmaster had been
asked to resign and that the Elev
enth’s Congressman had decided on
his successor.
Waycross Council
Asked to Explain
Claimed Number of Transactions
Were in Violation of
City Charter.
WAYCROSS, Aug. 23.—Ie became
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 namese have been disclosed as
yet. and it is not known who will he
mentioned when the request reaches
Council. Some members of Council
ere inclined to demand an explanation
of the published reports, but have not
done so.
Pugilist Trains
In Savannah Jail
Jeff Gaffney Keeps in Condition,
Despite His Confinement
in Prison.
SAVANNAH, Aug. 23. ~ Even
though confined in jail, With the odds
against him. Jeff Gaffney, the stocky
little pugilist, who is held for trial in
the Federal Court for violating the
“white slave’’ law. has not forsaken
his training.
Jeff’s favorite pastime and mode of
exercising is skipping the rope. The
jail provides cold spray showers,
which Jeff enjoyo when he has lim
bered up his muscles.
Jeff is a lightweight. There are
other prisoners who are in the heavy
weight rinse Jeff enjoys wrestling
on the floor with these, with a few
'blankets for a mat. and sometimes
one of the prisoners will must€*r nuf-
fioient courage to spar a few rounds
with him without gloves.
Sale of Drainage
Bonds Authorized
Finance Committee of Savannah City
Council Is Given Powsr
to Act.
SAVANNAH, Aug. 23.—Authority
for the printing and Kale of the $600,-
000 ot drainage bonds has Been vest
ed in the Finance Committee by City
Council.
This does not mean that the bonds
■will be placed on the market right
away, however. First It will be nec
essary to advertise for the printing of
the bonds, and then, after the contract
has been awarded, it will he several
weeks before they can be delivered
to t he c <immtttee.
it is the desire of the Drainage Com-
mistson lo start the work as soon after
October 1 as possible. Council has
been requested to prepare to sell tile
bonds as soon after November 1 as
possible.
WARE COUNTY TAX RATE
REDUCED 10 PER CENT
AYOROS8. Aug. 21.—Because of
iiig Increase in til* tasable prnp-
in Ware over last year’s returns,
county tax rate was to-day re-
d from 80 centds a hundred to 70
a a hundred, with prospects
nt for the same decrease another
Approximately $50,000 will be
t bv the county on road work
year, acopigdug ve Sbfi -udget an-
TEACHERS
Ware and Clinch County Institute
Starts Campaign for County-
Wide Taxation.
WAYCROSS, Aug. 23.—Stating
that a great many of the buildings
now in use As school houses In Ware
snd riinoh Counties would not makb
good goat houses, the joint institute
of teachers of the counties named
have just passed resolutions asking
for the aid of the citizens in a cam
paign for better schools.
County-wide taxation for School
purposes in place of the district tax
ation now in vogue is also urged, in
view of the slight prospect of ad
ditional aid from the State for school
.imposes.
Condemnation of the recent State
Legislature in providing prompt, pay
ment for all legislators, convict
guards, and janitors of the public
buildings, while not providing for the
full payment of accounts due school
teachers Is also contained in the
joint institute resolutions.
Ware County’s report showed a big
increase in school attendance, which
is due to the steady campaign that
has been and is still being waged for
better rural schools. New buildings
have replaced old ones in many of the
school districts and there is l marked
improvement in the work In Clinch.
Within a few years it is claimed that
every school district will be provided
with the ’proper buildings, in View of
ihe sentiment created in favor of
general improvements for rural
schools.
Fight Over Waycross
Fire Department On
Council Likely to Pass Bills to En
large Brigade Over Chair
man’s Protest.
WAYCROSS, Aug. 23.—Unless
Chairman H. Hengeveld, of the PolF?
and Fire Committee, changes his
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 makes a
report.
Edwards Approves
Military Highway
Savannah to Tybee Road Would Coat
About $300,000—Congress
man Sees Benefit.
SAVANNAH, Aug. 23—That the
construction of a military highway
from Havannah to Tybee. as advo
cated by Congressman Charles G. Ed
wards. would be of great benefit to
the entire State, ie 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 $300,000, but it is be
lieved that it Would be money well
expended since all sections would be
benefited. _.
LARGEST H00 H00 KITTEN
IS TAKEN IN AT WAYCROSS
WAYFROSS, Aug. 23.—At an all-
night concatenation of the Order ot
Hoo Hon, Waycross came In for the
unique honor of offering for Initiation
the largest kitten who ever applied
to the order for membership. He
was W T Brinson, whose weight Is
around 690. He was one of 36 kit
tens who emerged from the nights
“horrors" a full-fledged cat. Mr.
Brinson is the biggest Elk in the
world, the biggest Knight of Pythias,
and now ranks as the bigest Hoo Hoo.
Government Change
Hard Fight To Be Made by Both
Sides—Election Octo
ber 4.
WAYCROSS. OA.. Aug. 23.—Voters
of Waycrosp 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 with 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
he made by both sides, and at this
time it is hard to predict whieh will
win. The City manager form of gov
ernment has much support, but it ie
doubtful if those in favor of the
change will work as hard to get the
hew charter approved a a the oppo
nents will work to defeat the measure
which the Legislature passed this
yea r.
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 the
Legislature.
SAVANNAH, Aug. 23—Savan
na hans were surprised to read that
Governor Slaton had vetoed a reso
lution providing for land grants to
the trustees of the Chatham AcAd-
emy.
Governor Slaton explained he 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
1856 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 the old acts.
Famous Vessel in
Brunswick Port
Old City of Washington Is Now
Used as Barge—Rescued Ma
rines From Maine.
BRUNSWICK, Aug. 23.—There is
now in Brunswick harbor one of the
most famous boats traveling on the
Atlantic coast. The vessel is the old
Ward liner* City of Washington,
which was within 30 yards of the
Maine when she was blown up in
Havana harbor over fifteen years ago
and whose captain was instrumental
in saving scroes of lives after the .ex
plosion.
The liner has been converted Into a
barge and is now used for carrying
lumber and coal from Atlantic coast
ports to New York. All the machin
ery has been taken out of the boat
and she is now towed by tug from
port to port.
Ice Supply Gives
Out at Brunswick
Machinery Breaks and Famine Is
Feared—Waycross Relieves
the Situation.
BRUNSWICK. Aug. 23.—Bruns
wick suffered a temporary ice famine
yesterday morning due to the machin
ery at the local plant breaking down,
and as a IV suit the places of busi
ness that get their ice every day were
compelled to wait some time before
it eoilld be furnished.
When it was discovered Ice coul l
not be had for four or five hours and
that the pedple would suffer, a hurry
call was sent to Waycross and a large
supply was brought here on the next
train.
After being closed down nearly ten
hours the machinery was fixed and
the first ice famine Brunswick ever
had ended.
EXTENSIVE IMPROVEMENTS
ON BRUNSWICK HARBOR
BRFNBWICK, AUB. 23. The ex
tensive improvements and additional
facilities for handling oanroeH at both
the Southern and Atlanta. Birming
ham and Atlantic terminals. Just com
pleted. means a material increase in
export business ihrough the port of
Brunswick. Colonel Dan C. King-
man, I’nited Slatse army engineer of
this district, has recommended exten
sive improvements in Brunswick
harbor. From the estimates the ad
ditional depth sought can be obtain
ed at a reasonable cost as compared
to the cost at other Bouth Atlantic
ports.
FIVE SCHOONER LOADS OF
CROSSTIES AT BRUNSWICK
BRENSWIFK. Aug. 23—The
Joyce-Watkins Company, which cn-
treda the local field in May, now has
itver 326.000 rrosstiea on Co local
docks, which Will he sill' 1 in five
schooners during the next two weeks
This will 1>e one of the largest ship
ments to leave this port in some
. time.
New Road Planned
For Chatham County
Would Tap Trunk Lines of Three
Big Railroads—To Be Built
Within Year.
SAVANNAH, Aug. 23.—Tapping
the trunk lines of thr*ee big railroads
and running diagonally across a part
of Chatham County to Effingham
County, a fifteen-mile railroad is to
be built within a year.
Eastern capitalists, it Is said, are
hacking the enterprise. The com
plete right of way was all bought
or options taken several months ago.
and it is understood that the con
struction of the new llhe will begin
in the near future.
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 floor
of the Hotel Savannah has been re
served for them.
The Shriners of the Imperial Divan
came in response to an Invitation
from Potentate Robert I,. Travis, of
A Hep Temple, of tills city, to attend
a ceremonial session of that temple
on September 12.
0VFR 50 DIVORCE SUITS SET
' FOR HEARING IN SAVANNAH
i SAVANNAH. Aug. 23.—Fifty-five
divorce suits have been assigned for
trial in the Superior Court before
! Judge Walter G. Charlt'*n during the
week which begins October 27. There
; are about an equal number of first
and second verdict cases In the batch,
i which are divided among three days.
Election for Bond Issue Will Win
Out by Big Majority—Artillery
• May Co-operate.
SAVANNAH, Aug. 23.—With a reg
istration of 1,651 and” with at least
75 per cent of those registered under,*
stood to favor the auditorium project,
the success of the proposed bond is
sue to secure this important public
utility is pretty well assured. It will
require two-thirds of the registered
voters to pajw? the bond Issue.
The auditorium proposition Is not
being made ah issue by either politi
cal faction, and for this reason it can
be safely said that the majority of
those who registered are in favor of
an auditorium. Their interest in reg
istering was not due to political pres
sure, but by a desire to see a needed
.improvement provided for.
The Uhamber of Commerce and the
retail merchants are responsible for a
good portion of the registration. They
carried on an active campaign for
registration, and everybody, perhaps
without exception, who registered as
a result of their efforts will vote for
the bonds.
Tf the issue is approved by the
voters at the election on September
16, the city will have $200,000 with
which to build an auditorium. The
Chatham Artillery, which organiza
tion has made arrangements for the
construction of any armory.is awaiting
the outcome of the bond election be
fore proceeding with its plans. If the
issue is authorised, the city will in
all probability moke the artillery
company a proposition regarding a
joint auditorium-armory.
Of course, it will not be binding
upon the Chatham Artillery to accept
this proposition, and the impression is
that it will not listen to the city un
less the proposition is especially at
tractive. .Most of the Artillery prefer
having their armory unincumbered,
and do not wjsh to subordi. ate their
interests by allowing the city to join
with them in the erection of an audi
torium-armory.
But the city will not be dependent
upon the Artillery. There will be
enough money at the disposal of the
city to purchase a lot and build an
auditorium. According to an esti
mate already prepared, it would cost
the city about $190,000 to go in witn
the artillery company.
The building committee of the Ar
tillery has had several conferences
recently with Captain Richard . . Ha
vant. commandant of the organiza
tion and Mayor of Savannah, on the
proposition. The committee Is going
ahead and getting everything in read
iness for the construction of the ar
mory, so that in the event the city’s
proposition does not suit them they
can go ahead with the work. A con
tract has already been let for an ar
mory to cost something over 70,000.
The contractor is now waiting for in
structions to start the work.
Beaton to Run for
Mayor of Waycross
Announcement of Several Candi
dates Expected To Be Made
in Few Days.
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.
WAYCROSS, GA., Aug. 23—While
there have been no positive an
nouncements m far for Mayor of
Waycross, it has become generally
known that within a short time,
probablv about September 1, Aider-
man Scott T. Beaton, of the Fourth
Ward, will announce.
Hl» announcement will be followed
by several others. J. E. T. Bowden,
former Mayor John M. Cox former
City Clerk J. W. Strickland and ex-
Alderman James Sinclair are all
probable candidates.
The only aldermanic candidate to
date is Dr. J. H. Lattimer, of the
Second Ward, who is expected to an
nounce in opposition to H. Hengeveld.
the present Alderman of the Second
Ward.
THEFT OF MONEY PACKET
ADMITTED BY EXPRESSMAN
WAYCROSS. GA., Aiqr. 23.—It was
stated to-day that no action would bo
taken in the cane of B. E. Dakin, for
mer night money clerk for the South
ern Express Company at Waycross,
until the (Jrand Jury meets in De
cember. Dakin was brought to Way-
cross from Savannah yesterday and
has made no further Statement con
cerning the robbery than the one in
which lie admitted taking a money
package. ...
Tile package taken was signed for
by another employee of Ihe Waycross
office and contained $480.50.
RECORDER’S COURT TO OPEN
IN WAYCROSS ON MONDAY;
WAYCROSS. OA.. Aug. 23.—The
first session of Recorder's Court ever
held in Waycross will be called to
order Monday by the newly-elected
Recorder, Charles D. Redding, former
Citv Attorney.
The position was created by an
act of the Legislature this year, and
pays $50 a month. The duties of
the Recorder in the past have been
filled by th» Mayor.
Jerome Crawley, a brother of Rep
resentative .1 I/. Crawley, succeeds
Colonel Redding as City Attorney.
DENIES DISCRIMINATION
CLAIMED BY SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH. Aug. 23.—J. C. Whlt-
npv. president of the Merchant* and
Miners’' Transportation Company, is
in Savannah for a conference with
i the director* of 'he BoaiVl of Trad#*,
■to go over the allegations of discrlm-
j jnation against Savannah in favor of
Jacksonville* Whitnev asserted that
i there was no discrimination against
Savannah. Except in a very few in-
1 stances, he said, the freight rates to
j Jacksonville from Baltimore and oth
er points in the North are higher than
j they arc tu Savannah.
I am glad to he in Clayton and have an opportunity of addressing the
people of Ha bun County. You have heard the expression, "From Kabun Hap
to Tybee Light,” ami it is fitting that in mv campaign for the United States
Senate i should deliver the keynote address in this county—the address that
in a substantial measure carries my position on the questions that the people
of Georgia will be Interested in in casting their votes In the election next sum
mer for a United States Senator- and this for the reason that l will show
considerable activity in this campaign which will extend from the mountains
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 bears the name of
one of the Chief Executives of this State This county has furnished many
men in the public arena during Its history who have been worthy sons and
distinguished servants of the people
L am here to-day In advocacy of my candidacy for the United States Sen
ate. At the suggestion of some zealous friends, I entered this race some time
ago. it Is an undertaking worthy of any man’s highest ambition, ami I en
tered the Held conscious *f the great responsibilities that will rest upon me If
elected, and also conscious of the difficulties that confront me in achieving
this ambition.
1 want to tell you here to-day that I am going to Washington. I expect
to win this race, and I have every Confidence In ultimate success. It Is « big
undertaking, but l 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 life,
and one who will endeavor to represent all people alike and all Interests alike
within the borders of the State.
It Is true that probably in point of years, as I am only 39 years of age. I
am the youngest man who has ever offered in the State of Georgia for this
high position During the progress of the campaign 1 will be confronted with
the charge that 1 am tod youthful, and further that I have not had sufficient
experience. I want to say In advance in answer to any snob criticism that
may be raised, that many of the best political servants that this country has
ever had have been men who have achieved success ami attalhed high po
litical positions early In life With a long stretch of years before them they
well lised them, and therefore their services were of Inestimable worth. As
n matter of fact, it is common knowledge that any man is In his prime from
thirty-five to fifty years of age. In fact, the Constitution of the United
Rtfltes requlr^p that one must he only 30 years old to he eligible for the
United Htates Senate.
I am frank to tell you that nrt no period In life do I anticipate ability for
greater labor or clearer thought. It Is true that T am Inexperienced on
many matters pertaining to state affairH, hut I do Insist that I am capable
of learning and that I can count upon a reasonable number of years In which
to be of pervioe to my State and country If honored with this high position.
In advocacy of mV candidacy, T place before the people of Georgia the
proposition of electing a business man I can properly be rlassed as one of
the young business men of this State. It occurs to me that in these times of
industrial growth and progress that the best thing that the people of any
State can do Is to elec* 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. I should say that those which pertain to the nature
of the laws under which we shall live are pre-eminently the ones where Vmsi-
ness experience, understanding of the people's wants and the ultimate effect
are the ones that lltemiiv demand the 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 will
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 of
tricks and makeshifts. My candidacy will he put up to the people of Geor
gia strictly on its merits, without frills or deception. I am nothing more
than a plain business man. I have no pre-eminent ability on any lines but
1 assure you in adyanee that If I am elected I shall ever endeavor to follow
the paths of right and do my duty. This campaign as far as I am concerned
will never be marred with the demagogi.un that arouses the prejudices of the
rich against the poor, the city man against the country man, or the young
man against the old man I shall take the position in the beginning and shall
maintain It throughout the campaign that If I am elected T want to be
elected by all classes of our citizens, and if elected I pledge yon most sincerely
and earnestly that I will represent all the people of Georgia and all the law
ful interests within her honlers.
Under my political canopy, so to speak, all classes of mir citizens can rally. No
prejudice has ever takpn root in my bosom against the Jew In favor of the
Gentile, against the Catholic in favor of the Protestant, against the Third
party man in favor of the Democrat or againsf 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 that
any man who harbors hatred for any class of our citizens is unworthy of the
high position to which 1 now aspire. In truth, the bigot, the maligner of
character, the small man, should have no place in shaping the policies and
destiny of this country. The same sun shines on all of us alike, we are the
children of the same Creator, and in its last analysis there Is no groat dif
ference in us anyway.
I have always endeavored to be fair to all the Interests of capital: T
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 he
In private business matters or In public position, end If 1 go down In defeat
contending for the wisdom of such a position I s^ill do so gladly and you
shall have rny approbation. It is well that I state on this occasion that T
have never been aligned with any of the political factions of Georgia. During
the past few decades when partisan heat reached high wmter mark I have
always stood, since the early years of my manhood, as a free man and have
acted on every election day in the way that I thought my vote would count
for most looking to the best interests of the people of this State. We have
been confronted at a number of elections with partisan polities and parti
san issues 1 thank God that we are now living In a more desirable day.
I 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 l should
say that this class Is composed of those of moderate means. If I ever cast
a vote, If elected to the united States Senate, for any class whatsoever, u
will be for the class here designated.
In my campaign for the Senate throughout the entire time I shall remain
absolutely a free man. J shall not tie myself up with promises and political
alignments. If elected I want to be a free man to represent the entire peo
ple of Georgia.
To men of experience and men of business affairs It is an accepted truth
that no man need he a Croesus or an Intellectual giant to represent well
his people In legislative halls. What counts most Is Industrv. Integrity and
sound common sense. If these elements 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 will be perfectly all right
and I assure you that no scars will he left behind over which I will brood
through the coming years. In this independence and manhood that I declare
to you. there Is no place for rnudRllnglng and assassinatin'. of character. I
wMU not indulge In any of this nor will I i>ermit 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 the intelligence
of the people of Georgia. , _ .
I stand for good government in all of Its forms, and I shall ever he the
enemv of those principles and practices that are opposed to Its preservation
and promotion. I shall ever stand for the principles of government that rep
resent the best Interests of the farmer as well as the merchant, and in gen
eral. the best interests of every man of every class of citizens within the con
fines of this great Stale. I was born and reared on a farm In Dampbell
Countv. and I feel that my venrs 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 he accorded to them. Then with the
business experience that 1 have had elsewhere, as an education In after years
I feel that I can represent the entire people of this State with fellowship of
feeling and wisdom and justice to all.
Economy in National Expenditures Insisted Upon.
At this time I want to put the people of Georgia on notice that. If elected
as one of the United States Senators from Georgia. I will become in a meas
ure a watchdog of your treasury. I have long been convinced that the prac
tices that we are following of continuously raising taxes on property, busi-
jiesses, corporations, and otherwise, should be stopped. There is hardly a ses
sion of the Georgia Legislature or a session of the United States Congress
that some new form of taxing the people or else Increasing the old forms is
n ,,t projected. 1 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 I 4b. that If
the Sta*e of Georgia had flvu* 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 taxatl n Is not
halted; taxes will become very oppressive to the people of this coun ry Take,
your State tHX, your county tax, your city tax. your professional tax. vour cor
poration tax. your Inheritance fax, yMir income tax, your occupation tax, your
road tax. your local school tax. your poll tax, and possibly others, and I tell
you when any man gets through at the end of the year with paying these
various amounts lie has done a fairly good year's work to have made profit
enough out of his business to meet them. The philosophy of all taxation, ac
cording to my thinking, is that instead of the everlasting increase In the
forms of taxing the peop’e ami also the amounts, that the revenue of the
State should only Increase with the enhancement of property, more money
coming into the State, and more citizens as nur common population With
an increase of revenue along these lineR, with a oorrespomllng limitation of
appropriations, our State ami country will always be in a solvent condition
ami our people will be prosperous and hannv.
I have all along been of tpe opinion that our people Phnuld not look too
much for support to the Government under which they live. The greatest
men that this State or country have ever produred hove been men who have
worked their way through difficulties ami hardships The best principle of
government that can he advocated Is that of throwing every citizen that Is
able-bodied npnn his own resources. Therefore, the sentiment that Is rapidly
taking root in the States of this country thn* we should look more to the
bounties of the Government Is a cancer In the body politic and will ulti
mately prove fatal If It is not checkmated History record* the fact that
the decline of the Roman Umpire set In with the free com that was dis
tributed to the population. It has been estimated that at one time more
than 300.000 people were fed nt puhlle expense The* manhood of this
country lias always been hotiest and hardy, and we have bullded a republic
that Is the light of the World, find If It continues in its leadership the same
manhood and Independence that led us Into freedom must care for the af
fairs of state through the coming years.
Opposes Unnecessary Legislation.
In our zeal for this cause or that cause that may be advocated, we
should always he conservative in our thoughts, speech and notions Therp
is no business, much less a government, that ran go forward In splender
an«i success where fits and spasms characterize those who are Interested.
Sanity should characterize every man's discussion of public question*, and
I tel! you that when yonr vote is east on the side of conservatism you will
seldom err from what Is best for your family, yourself and your country
It Is true that K»ate laws and National laws, In fact laws of all kinds,
should he somewhat in the vanguard of actual practice and in a measure be
come Mgh Ideals for the mnnhuuil and womanhood of this State and country,
as well as for the rising gemuaGori However, we all know that laws that
are not supported with public sentiment afe of no avail and become nulll-
t j 4*s on ouf Httrttite bbokk.
1 am further of the ( >pinion that we are passing too many laws In our
State and Nation It seems that we nave arrived at the point where we are
law-ridden; almost unnumbered laws that everybody Is presumed to know,
but op the other hand there is no one who does know There Is much legis-
lation tha> Is transgressing the inalienable rights of property and person and
much of that that Is sugacutrd tends t..o much this way I took occasion not
lor g a vo 1.. count the sections of law.- that Compose the Unde of Georgia It is
a-toufidlng hit trim that there are approximately 8.000 sections of laws un-
4ler which we are living this day. It has almost gotten to the point where a
man's mind must be up encyclopedia to carry the innumerable laws governing
cities, counties, State and Nation. Tt reminds one of the old adage that that
poople 1h best governed which is least governed.
Favors Federal Aid for Good Roads.
T want to say on this occasion that. If elected to the United States Senate,
T shall aland at all times for the cause of good roads If we ever expect to
have great systems of roads traversing this entire country the National Gov
ernment will have tt. take hold of the proposition. It strikes me that monev
appropriated for this purp4y.se is ju«*t as much within tne Oonstitu'Thr. of tiG*
country as tha right Fe Lpproprlate funds to deepen the waterways im
prove harbors By navigation the product* •>{ the country are distributed
and It is a method of travel. The public roads of the country are the arwoue*
of distribution whereby the products of the country reach the centos and are
ultimately distribute*! throughout the country and the world. Fultherroore.
public roads are used by everybody, and the benefits derived from appropria
tions for this cause are participated in by all the people of the country, what
cause more equitable or more worthy could he mentioned for the appropria
tion of public funds? The additional circumstance associated with improved
public mads 1* the enhancement of property. Down in my country It Is gen
erally estimated that property on a macadamized road is never worth less
thati double as much as property on a road that has not bpen so Improved.
Also think of the convenience, pleasure and general benefits that are «le-
Hved by reason of the construction of such thoroughfares Think of tne
benefits to your county or any county that might be mentioned that would
he derived from the construction of such highways. Tn consideration of these
substantial reasons, I shall ever be a friend to the cause of good roacM.
High Cost of Living Caused by Not Producing Enough.
Any people or any legislative body has lost sight of the greatest cause
when they do not cultivate and improve the gr^nt agricultural Interest* of
their county and State You may talk of laws that curb vice, you may pon
der over measurer that fnvoTve appropriations, you may consider well laws
that look lo the raising of revenue, but back and more fundamental and of
far greater importance 1* the great proposition of production. What we nse«i
most Is more corn, more cotton, more of all the farm products, more manu
facturing, more businesses that produce, businesses that feed and clothe the
world. That Is to-day, In my opinion, the prime reason for the high coat of
living We are Just not producing enough.
The people of Georgia will never reach that point of prosperity that is
most desired until they have learned to produce enough to get the other
man’s money and then have enough to live on so as to save them from the
condition of having to buy the other fellow's products. I trust that I will
live to see that flay when by education and disposition the people of Georgia
will learn and desire to produce more than they consume In the way of farm
products, that splendid day when cotton, the staple product, wjll be the sur
plus crop, that new era when every town and hamlet can boast of numerous
manufacturing enterprises when Georgia-made goods are sold around the
world. Let us make the people of other States become the buyers of our
products, and we the recipients of the splendid Income.
If elected to the United Slates Senate I shall always do the best that In
me lies to get Increased appropriations for the eilucational interests of the
various States of this Union where agricultural training is taught. The Na
tional Government, In wisdom, through the Agricultural Department has
started up a system of education and scientific experiment along agricul
tural lines which will prove, I have no doubt, to be of the greatest service
to the material Interest* of this country of any department known to the
National Government. It will be my purpose to work for and to vote for all
measures and appropriations which look to the improvement and enlarge
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 and
now my unswerving support of all measures that look to the general better
ment of humanity. We are living In times when the humanity of man Is
manifested In Its most splendid form Law's that are humanitarian in their
nature, Just In their spirit, broad in their conception of human rights will
always find a friend in me. The old Idea has long since passed away that
every man should live for himself Thank God that we live In a better and
brighter day when the living and the hopes of humanity are upon a more
just hapis and there is recognition of the higher laws of nature and the
beneficent conceptions of the Creator of us all.
As an Incentive to high purpose and lofty achievement, we should hear
in mind that the names and momuriesof those only are revered and live in
history who lived and worked to do something for others. Selfishness, liv
ing for self, has never made any man great in the estimation of his fellow-
man The world has gotten rid of most 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 a* long as civilization enautjes. Ambition to do
something for others as well as self should characterize the life of every
man.
Favors Exploiting the Great Resources of Georgia.
There Is another matter that I wish to speak of to which I will give as
much of my ability and time as possible if elected. I refer to the advertising
of the resource* of Georgia and the entire Southland. This advertising bv
one in this exalt^l position by speech and otherwise can be made of inestima
ble worth to this State and section. Georgia ami the entire South need*
more capital and more people .Any man who is in favor of anj* law’ or laws
that tend to antagonize capital and mistreat the Institutions in which It Is in
vested is an enemy of his State. In addition, what county In Georgia w'ould
not be better off if it had twice as many people In it as It has to-day? A
multiplication of population means fetter roads, better schools, better
churches, better mail facilities and better communities in general. These
ends are 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 Stales 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 desire positions either for themselves or their boys, who
might at any time wish information concerning any matters in the city of
Washington pertaining to the Government, or local matters, those who de
sire appropriations for this purpose or that purpose In their respective cities
and districts. In general those who want ready service of their representative
In getting something or doing something where their United vStates Senator
can be of service to them, I will be the man Td call upon I pledge you
In advanee that no considerable amount of my time will be taken up
In the study of foreign questions or the preparation of what might be
terms*! big speeches, but, on the other hand, I will try to Inject as
much business In the situation as possible and serve in a business way
the people of Georgia, not only concerning such matters as I hear
mentioned, but in promoting and voting for legislation which will promote the
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. Our
public schools are the greatest institution that has become a part of the
government of this State Public schools touch every man’s interest, and in
them Is Involve*] the element of an elementary education which means better
citizenship and more happiness on the part of our entire population. Almost
as essential are the institution* of higher learning of this Htate. Also our
colleges of technical training which prepare the young man and young woman
to make a living have probably become the most popular institutions in the
way of higher training that we have in the State. The old idea was to edu
cate the smart boys In classical training plther for thp ministry, medicine
or the law This conception of higher Ipamlng 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 I
imagine that you have about tire same feeling and senilment that we peo
ple of Fulton have, as well as the people of all the other counties of this
Btate that is tho constantly recurring panics that disturb and distress the
business interests of this country. I do not know whether or not any man
can assign with accuracy the immediate causes of these recurring panics
However I am Inclined to believe that the most prominent cause is the dras
tic reform legislation that sets up about every eight nr ten vents. I am in
favor of a certain amount of reform. We all know that in the great economy
of nature change must take place either for good or ill. The country that
does not improve Its condition must of necessity retrograde. On the other
hand, I am opposed, and I shall always vote accordingly, to reforms and re
form measures which come In bunches and have the Inevitable effect of up
setting the entire business of this Ktate and country. As far as I am con
cerned I want a little rest so that I may have an opportunity of accumulat
ing some of the world's goods while In tho vigor of manhood, and not look
too much 14$ the eradication of all evil and the Improvement of our Institu
tions and country on the Utopian Idea for our children and our children s
children. Am I see it. the prescription we m>w need most is the rest cure.
We often lose sight of the untold good that has been accomplishes by
the people of our day and oUr fathers before us. In fact, we live In the best
times aful w.* constitute the greatest people that this woGd has ever Seen
Six thousand years of recorded history does not find a parallel There Is not so
much ill in man and the human race us we are often led to believe. I have
often said that the sorriest man in anv community is a pretty good fellow
after all Think of man in this day of enlightenment and the society In Which
we live He works hard and usually by the sweat of his brow he provides
for wife and children. He Is Interested in educational advantages of his
famllv, he looks forward with a feverish miml to the ultimate condition when
no longer he will be the mainstay of these loved ones We are rich in char
ity. we are humane in the treatment of those who are unfortunate, our Ideals
art' high, anti we are recipients by reason of our Intelligence and Industry of
most of the good that the world affords.
Another point that I wish to bring out: Too much experiment is al
ways dangerous The people of any Htate or country that is experimenting
with this law. this Institution, anti this new idea are apt to fall into the
whvs that will lead them into departures from the fundamentals of their 1n-
stitutlons which probably will prove dangerous and fatal. It is always better
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 of
Its adoption becomes clear and of no loss t«. that people who follow in the
light of this experience. Of course some experiment along sane and conserv
ative lines Is good for all people, and 'f such 1« not indulged in. they are
liable to become laggards and drones However the people of Georgia should
never become iliHtInguisheil as a peo >'< of experiment, and the State ’Should
never be known as an incubator of new Ideas
If I am elected to the United Stales Senate. I shall always stand for
clean government, wise laws and pur** administration. We live In a coun-
try where In theory every man’s chance is alike. Ond has made us unequal in
body and mind, but under the Constitution and laws of the United States as
drawn by those Immortal men. the father* of this country, whose names shall
live as long as recorded history is preserved, Imbedded In that great instru
ment and laws, the general principle of equal rights to all and an equal chance
In the struggles of this life. No man should ask for more than Justice and
an equal chance No man should be willing to surrender to any other man
his equal chance and justice In the Ynce of life. T shall always h*» opposed to
plunder in any form and shall over stand for the best laws to perpet
uate and preservo the Government as founded by the fathers of this coun-
However, it la true that It <loes seem like something Is wrong at times
with our Institutions when one man in the short apace of a lifetime can ac
cumulate a billion of dollars We have in thes^ 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 or our country a wilderness and here the Insti
tutions and wealth to which we afe heirs.
Amid the masterful strides made by this country within the past fifty
years on account of a serious handicap, the South 1s Just now coming Into
her own Georgia and the entire Southern States are rich In natural re
source* we have the climate, we have the soil, we have the minerals, we
have the water power, and, thank God, we have the brain and the industry
that will yet make of our Southland the fairest spot beneath the sun.
There is no use for history except tho leasons that It teaches. We are
living In the light of many experiences of the past, and as the light of
tqjMSP experiences fall* upon <nir pathway our day* will he splendid and our
accomplishments beyond the dreams of men.
I love Georgia ami her people. Born within her borders, educated within
her institutions, associate*] with Georgia people. I bear to her the wormtb
of sympathy and childish affe<'tion that I trust will continue unabated during
the time that I shall live The mountains lifting their lofty peaks amid tH*
skh-s the old rt^l hills of Georgia, <lear to the heart of all. the talKV
lands, rich and fertile, and extended In area, her rippling streams In
wind their way to the mighty sea. seven out of the nine climates witn
which the Nation is characterized. I am devoted to this people and this
mighty State.
With renewed purpose and a common ambition, let us press forward m
tho mighty causes of civilization and the accomplishment of higher ideals.
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