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ITEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 1912. 9 A Latest News of South Georgia • • 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. (AcV)