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I 9 A TTEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, C.A., SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 1012. Latest News of South Georgia TOENDOFTERM SAY TEHCHERS Waycross to Vote on Government Change ' Hard Fight To Be Made by Both Sides—Election Octo ber 4. Scramble for Waycross Postmas tership Temporarily Suspended, Dozen Candidates. WAYCROSS, Aug:. 23.—An effort to discredit the Waycross postmaster, Charles E. 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 has shown that he is stronger than before and not apt to be removed by the present administration until his term expires, which will be some time in 1916. Despite this there are 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, Dr. W. H. Buchanan, who is a relative of Congressman Charles G. 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 !* seeking the place, but it is generally known that he is in the race. He was Congressman Randall Walker’s War? 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 been 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- eidering anyone for the Waycross of fice at this time. which puts an end to 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 be mentioned when the request reaches Council. Some members of Council are Inclined to demand an explanation of the published reports, but have not done so. 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 odd? 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. Thu jail provides cold spray showers, v. hich Jeff enjoys' when he has lim bered up his muscles. Jeff is a lightweight. There are other prisoners who are in the heavy weight class* Jeff enjoys wrestling on the floor with these, with a few blankets* for a mat, and sometimes one of the prisoners will muster s'uf- flcient courage to spar ■« few rounds with him without gloves. 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 and Clinch Counties would not make 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 purposes. 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 iu t marked improvement in the work ir. Clinch. Within a few years it is claimed that every school district will be provided with the ^roper buildings, in view of the sentiment created In favor of general improvements for rural schools. Fight Over Waycross Fire Department On Council Likely to Pass Bills to En- x large Brigade Over Chair man’s Protest. WAYCROSS. GA., Aug. 23.—Voter.** of Waycross 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 be made by both sides, and at this time it is hard to predict which will win. The city manager form of gov ernment has much support, but it is doubtful if those in favor of the change will work as hard to get the new charter approved as the oppo nents will work to defeat the measure which the Legislature passed this year. If the city manager plan is ap proved Waycross will be the first Georgia city to adopt it. HON. RALPH 0. COCHRAN DELIVERS • • OPENING SPEECH AT CLAYTON, GA. Candidate for United States Senate in Strong Address Outlines His Views On State and National Issues. WAYCROSS. Aug. 23.—Unless Chairman H. Hengeveld, of the Poll''? 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 i/i 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 s< ems the city is as well off now as when Mr. Hengeveld w'anted 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 Cost About $300,000—Congress- t man Sees Benefit. Sale of Drainage Bonds Authorized Finance Committee of Savannah City Council Is Given Power to Act. SAVANNAH, Aug. 23—Authority for the printing and sale of the 3600,- 000 of drainage bonds has been vest ed in the Finance Committee by City Council. This does not mean that the bond3 v ill 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 lias been awarded, it will be several weeks before they can be delivered to the committee. It is the desire of the Drainage Com- mislson to start the work as soon after October 1 as possible. Council has been requested to prepare to sell the bonds as soon after November 1 as ARE COUNTY TAX RATE REDUCED 10 PER CENT YCROSS. Aug. 23.—Because of g increase in the taxable prop- i Ware over last year s returns. >unty tax rate was to-day re- from SO cents a hundred to (0 a hundred, with » prospects for the fame decrease another Approximately $50,000 will be by the county on road work »ar a/i aaOing budget an- SAVANNAH, Aug. 23.—That the construction of a military highway from Savannah to Tybee, as» advo cated by Congressman Charles G. Ed wards, would be of great benefit to the entire State, is the belief of J. N. King, well-known cotton factor of Rome. At interior points the project Is not looked upon as one that will be of benefit to Savannah alone, but is eon-* 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 of Hoo Hon. Waycrom came in for the unique honor of offering for initiation Ithe largest kitten who ever applied | to the order for membership. He I was \V T Brinson, whose weight is around '600. He was one of 35 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. EXTENSIVE IMPROVEMENTS ON BRUNSWICK HARBOR BRUNSWICK, Aug. 23—The ex tensive improvements and additional facilities for handling cargoes at both the Southern and Atlanta. Birming ham and Atlantic terminals, just com pleted. means a material increase In export business through the port of Brunswick. Colonel Dan C. King- man, United Statse army engineer of this district, has recommended exten sive* improvements in Brunswick harbor. Fro/n the estimates the ad ditional depth sought ran be obtain ed at a reasonable cost as compared to the cost at other South Atlantic porta. FIVE SCHOONER LOADS OF CROSSTIES AT BRUNSWICK BRUNSWICK. Aug. 23—The Joyce-Watkins Company, which en- trede the local field in May, now has over 325,000 crossties on local docks, which will be shi* in five schooners- during the next two weeks. This will lie one of the largest ship ments to leave this port in some time. Gov. Slaton Vetoes Chatham Land Grant Election for Bond Issue Will Win Out by Big Majority—Artillery May Co-operate. Says Resolutions Had Not Been Properly Passed by the Legislature. SAVANNAH, Aug. 23.—Savan- nahans 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 tn 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- pl< tsU 'ii. 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 result the places of busi ness that get their ice every day were compelled to wait some time before it could be furnished. When it was discovered ice could not be had for four or five hours and that the people 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. New Road Planned For Chatham County Would Tap Trunk Lines of Three Big Railroads—To Be Built Within Year. SAVANNAH. Aug. 22.—Tapping the trunk lines of three 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 backing 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 line will begin in the near future. 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 pass the bond Issue. The auditorium proposition is not being made an 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 cf 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 Chamber of Commerce and the retail merchants are responsible for .t 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. If Ihe issue is approved by the voters at the election on September 15, 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 a watting the outcome of the bond election be fore proceeding with its plans. If the issue is .authorized, the city will in all probability make 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 nrmory unincumbered, and do not wish to subordinate 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 conferenvs recently with Captain Richard . Dti- 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 alrekdy be**n let for an ar mory to cost something over 70,000. The contractor is now waiting for in structions to start the work. Bea-ton to Run for Mayor of Waycross Announcement of Several Candi dates Expected To Be Made in Few Days. ig. 23. there have been no pfositive an nouncements mo far tor Mayor of Waycross, it has become generally known that within a short time, probably about September 1, Aider- man Scott T. Benton, of the Fourth Ward, will announce. Hi» 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. Lattlmer, of the Second Ward, who is expected to an nounce in opposition to H. Hengeveld. the present Alderman of the Second Ward. 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 L. Travis, of Allee Temple, of this city, to attend a ceremonial session of that temple on September 12. OVER 50 DIVORCE SUITS SET FOR HEARING IN SAVANNAH' SAVANNAH, Aug. 2? Fifty-live I divorce suits have been assigned for i trial in the Superior Court before Judge Walter G. Charlton during the week which begins October 27. There I are about an equal number of first and second verdict case? in the batch, i which are divided among three days, j THEFT OF MONEY PACKET ADMITTED BY EXPRESSMAN WAYCROSS, GA., Aug:. 23.-— It was stated to-day.that no action would be taken in the caw of B. K. Dakin, for mer night money clerk for the South ern Express Company at Waycross, until the Grand 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 he admitted taking a money package. Tile package taken was signed for by another employee of the Waycross office and contained 3430.50. RECORDER’S COURT TO OPEN IN WAYCROSS ON MONDAY WAYCROSS. GA.. 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 City Attorney. The position was created by an act of the Degislature this year, and pays $50 a month. The duties of the Recorder in the past have been tilled by the Mayor. Jerome Crawley, a brother of Rep resentative .1. D. Crawley, succeeds Colonel Redding as City Attorney. DENIES DISCRIMINATION CLAIMED BY SAVANNAH SAVANNAH. Aug. 23.—J. C. Whit- nev, president of the Merchants and Miners’ Transportation Company, is in Savannah for a conference with the director? of 'he Board of Trade, to go over the allegations of discrim ination against Savannah in favor of Jacksonville. Whitney asserted that there was no discrimination against Havannah. Except in a very few in stances. lie said, the freight rates to Jacksonville from Baltimore and oth er points in the North are higher than they are to Savannah. I am glad to be in Clayton and have an opportunity of addressing the people of Kuhun County. You have heard the expression, "From liabun (Jap to Tvbee Light," and it is fitting that in my campaign for the United States Senate 1 should deliver the keynote address in this county—the address that in a substantial measure carries my position on the questions thftt the people of Georgia will be interested in in lasting their votes in the eloction next sum mer for a United States Senator—and this for the reason that I 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 Execuiives 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. 1 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 field conscious of the great responsibilities that will rest upon me if elected, and also conscious of the difficulties that confront me in achieving this ambition. I want to tell you here to-day that I am going to Washington. I expect to win this race, and 1 have every confidence in ultimate success. It is a big undertaking, hut I believe that the sentiment of the people of Georgia to day is in favor of electing a business man, a man in the best vigor of his 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 I will be confronted with the charge that 1 am too youthful, and further that I have not had sufficient experience. I want to suy in advance in answer to any such 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 and attained high po litical positions early in life With a long stretch of years before them they well used them, and therefore their services were of inestimable worth. As a matter of fact, it is common knowledge that any man is hi his prime from thirty-five to fifty years of age. In fact, the Constitution of the United States requires that one must be only 30 years old to be eligible for the United States Senate. I am frank to tell you that art no period in life do I anticipate ability for greater labor or clearer thought. It .is true that I am inexperienced on many matters pertaining to state affairs, but I do insist that 1 am capable of learning and that I can count upon a reasonable number of years in which to be of service to my State and country if honored with this high position. In advocacy of my candidacy, I place before the people of Georgia the proposition of electing a business man I can properly be classed as one of the young business men of this State. It occurs to me that In these time- of Industrial growth an.1 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 busi ness experience, understanding of the people’s wants and the ultimate effect are the ones that literally 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. 1 shall deal frankly with the people of Georgia, and my campaign will be devoid of tricks and makeshifts. My candidacy will be 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 I assure you in advance that if I am elected I shall ever endeavor to follow the paths of right and do my duty. This campaign as far as I am concerned will never be marred with the demagogisni 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 I want to be elected by all classes of our citizens, and if elected I pledge you most sincerely and earnestly that I will represent all the people of Georgia and all the law ful interests within her borders. Under my political canopy, so to speak, all classes of our citizens can rally. No prejudice has ever taken 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 against any man or class of men within our State who may belong to different parties, political faith, social circle or other relation contrary to that I occupy I am frank to say that any man who harbors hatred for any class of our citizens is unworthy of the high position to which I 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 la no great dif ference in us anyway. T have always endeavored to be fair to all the interests of capital; I have always endeavored to he fair to the cause of labor; I shall endeavor to be fair in ail of my relations with my fellow' man, whether that relation be In private business matters or in public position, *vnd if 1 go down in defeat contending for the wisdom of such a position I sNall do so gladly and you shall have my approbation. It is w f eli that I state on this occasion that I have never been aligned with any of the political factions of Georgia. During the past few decades when partisan heat reached high water mark. I have always stood, since the early years of my manhood, as a free man and have 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 politics and parti san issues. I thank God that we are now living In a more desirable day T am in favor of no class legislation. All legislation should he founded on the idea of the greatest good for the greatest number, irrespective of na tionalities. wealth, education or anything else. However, if there la to be any class legislation, it should he in favor of the biggest class, and I should say that this class is compose^ of those of moderate means. If I ever cast a vote, if elected to the United States Senate, for any class whatsoever, it will he for the class here designated. In my campaign for the Senate throughout the entire time 1 shall remain absolutely a free man. I 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 be a Croesus or an Intellectual giant to represent well his people in legislative halls. What counts most is Industry, 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 g(K>d 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 he 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 1 declare to you. there is no place for mudslinging and assassinatin', of character I will not indulge in any of this nor will I permit any of my friends to do so If within my power to prevent.. The campaign docs not involve persoral issues. The issues are more substantial and more worthy of the intelligence of the people of Georgia. 1 stand for good governmenj In all of its forms, and T shall ever he the enemy 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 State. I was horn and reared on a farm In Campbell County, and I feel that my years of association with the peny>1e 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 I have had elsewhere, as an education in offer years. I feel that 1 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 nesses. 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 not projected. I ask you, in the name of reason, when and where will these agitations and practices stop? There is an eternal cry of more money, that our institutions are being throttled and that the State and nation are lagging in progress on account of insufficient funds. You know as well as I do that if the State of Georgia had five times as much revenue for the Legislature to spend that every dollar of it would be spent and they would still be in need of more money. As a matter of fact, unless the increase of the burdens of taxatl n is not halted, taxes will become very oppressive to the people of this coun.ry. Take your State tax. your county tax, your city tax. your professional tax. vour cor poration tax. your Inheritance tax, y*ur 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 paving these various amounts he 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 and 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 our common population. With an Increase of revenue along these lines, with a corresponding limitation of appropriations, our State and country will always be in a solvent condition an<l our people will be prosperous and hanpy. I have all along been of the opinion that our people should not look too much for support to the Government under which they live. The greatest men that this State or country have ever produced have been men who have worked their way through difficulties and hardships. The best principle of government that can be advocated is that of throwing every citizen that is able-bodied upon his own resources. Therefore, the sentiment that is rapidly taking root in the States of this country that we should look more to the bounties of the Government is a cancer In the body politic and will ulti mate! v prove fatal if It is not check mated History records the fact that the decline of the Roman Empire 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 at public expense The manhood of this country has always been honest and hardy, and we have builded a republic that is the light of the world, and If It continues in Its leadership the same manhood and independence that led us Into freedom must care for the af fairs of state through the corning years. Opposes Unnecessary Legislation. In our zeal for thin cause or that cause that may he advocated, we “— thoughts, speech and actions. There should always be conservative In ou in no business, much less a governme and success where fits and spasms Sanity should characterize every man I tell you that when your vote is cas seldom err from what Is best for you It Is true that State laws and Na should he somewhat In the vanguard come high Ideals for the manhood and as well as for the rising generation are not supported with public senti ties on our statute books I am further of the opinion that w State and Nation It seems that we r> law-ridden; almost unnumhered law- hut on the other hand there is no on lation that Is transgressing the inalle much of that that Is suggested tends long ago to count the sections of laws astounding but true that there are a der which we are living this day. ft man’s mind must be an encyclopedia t nt, that can go forward in splender characterize those who are Interested. '« discussion of public questions, and t on the side <»f conservatism you will r family, yourself and your country, tional iaws. in fact laws of all kinds, of actual practice and In a measure be- womanhood of this State and country. However, we all know that laws that ment are of no avail and bfecome nulll- e are passing too many laws in our ave arrived at the point where we are s that everybody is presumed to know, e who does know. There Is much legis- nable rights of property and person and too much this wav I took occasion not thftt compose the Code of Georgift. it is pproximately 8.000 sections of laws un has almost gotten to the point where a o carry the innumerable laws governing cities, counties, State and Nation Tt reminds one of the old adage that that people is 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 Stales Senate, I shall stand 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, to take hold of the proposition. It strikes me that monev appropriated for this purpose is jun: as much within tne Gonstnu.Ton of tin* country as the right it* appropriate funds to ueepen the waterwayh im prove harbors. By navigation tlie products of the country are distributed and it is a method of travel. The public roads of the country are the avenues of distribution whereby the products of the country reach the centers and are ultimately distributed throughout the country and the world. Furthermore, public roads are used by everybody, and the benefits derived from appropria- tl. ns for this cause are participated in by all the people of the country. VPhat cause more equitable or more worthy could be mentioned for the appropria tion of public funds? The additional circumstance associated with Improved public roads is the enhancement of property. Down in my country it is gen erally estimated that property on a macadamised road is never worth less than double as much as property on a road that has not been so Improved. Also think of the convenience, pleasure and general benefits that are de rived by reason of the construction of such thoroughfares. Think of tne benefits to your county or any county that might be mentioned that would be d-erlved from the construction of such highways. In consideration of these substantial reasons, 1 shall ever he a friend to the cause of good reacts. 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 great agricultural interests of their county and State. You may talk of laws that curb vice you may pon der over measures that involve appropriations, you may consider well law? that look to the raising of revenue, but back and more fundamental and of far greater importance is the great proposition of production. What we nee ( j 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 cost 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 product? I trust that I will live to see that day 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, will be the sur plus crop, that new era when every town and hamlet can boast of numerous manufacturing enterprises, when Georgia-m.. ’ft goods are sold around the world. Let us make the people of other St. es become the buyers of our products, and we the recipients of the spier 1 Income. If elected to the United States Senate 1 rfhall always do the best that in me lies to get Increased appropriations for the educational interests of the various States, of this Union where agricultural training iH 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 Interests 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 1 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. I^aws 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 basis 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 bear In mind that the names and memorlesof 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 as long as civilization enauues. Ambition to do something for others as well as self should characterize the life of every man. Favors Exploiting the Great Resources of Georgia. The-e is another matter that I wish to speak of to WTltfch I will give as much of my ability and time as possible if elected I refer to the advertising of the resources of Georgia and the entire Southland. This advertising bv one in this exalted position by speech and otherwise can be made of inestima ble worth to this State and section. Georgia and the entire South needs more capital and more people. Any man who is in favor of any 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 would not be better off if it had twice as many people in it as It has to-day? A multiplication of population means better 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 nigh positions If elected to the United States Senate, it will be my purpose to per form well what might be termed the small duties incident to this high office Those who might 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 States Senator can be of service to them, I will be the man to cal! upon I pledge you in advance that no considerable amount of my time will be taken up In the study of foreign questions or the preparation of what might be termed big speeches, but, on the other hand, I will trj r 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, hut in promoting and voting fer legislation which will promote the general interests of the State, as well as he country at large T am deeply Interested in the cause of educ tion in all of Its forms. Our public schools arc the greatest institution that has become a part of the government of this State. Public schools touch even' man’s Interest, and in them is involved 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 institutions of higher learning of this State Also our colleges of technical training which prepare the young man arid 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 either for the ministry, medicine or the law This conception of higher learning is in a measure passing away, and technical training is largely the slogan of the times in which we live. I do not know how you people in Rabun County feel about it, but T Imagine that you have about the same feeling and sentiment that we peo ple of Fulton have, as well as the people of all the other counties of this State that is the 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. 1 am Inclined to believe that the most prominent cause is the dras tic reform legislation that sets up about every eight or ten years. 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 T shall always vote accordingly, to reforms and re form measures which come in hunches and have the Inevitable effect of up setting the entire business of this State and country. As far as I am con cerned T want a little rest ho that I may have en opportunity of accumulai - ing some of the world's goods while in the vigor of manhood and not look too much to the eradication of all evil and the Improvement of our Institu tions and country on the Utopian Idea for our children and our children’s children. As I see It. the prescription we now need most is the rest cure. We often lose sight of the untold good that has been accomplished by the people of our day and our fathers before us. In fact, we live In the best times and we consfitfite the greatest people that this world 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 as 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 family, he looks forward with a feverish mind to the ultimate condition when no longer he will be the mainstay of these loved ones Wo are rich in char ity. wh are humane in the treatment of those who are unfortunate, our ideals arc high, and 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 State or country that is experimenting with this b v. this Institution, and this new idea are apt to fall into the ways that will lead them into departures from the fundamentals of their in stitutions 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 flic truth, and then the wisdom of its adoption becomes clear and of no loss to that people who follow in the light of this experience. Of course some experiment along sane ajid conserv ative lines is good for all people, and if such is not indulged in. they are liable to become laggards and drones However, the people of Georgia should never become distinguished as a people <f experiment, and the State should never be known as an incubator of new ideas. If I am elected to the United States Senate. I shall always stand for clean government, wise laws and pure administration. We live in a coun try where in theory every man's chance is alike. God has made us unequal in body and mind, but under the Const!t> tion and laws of the United States, as drawn by those immortal men. the fathers 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 race of life T shall always be opposed to plunder In any form and shall ever stand for the best laws to perpet uate and preserve the Government as founded by the fathers of this coun- tf> However, it Is true that It does seem like something is wrong at times with our institutions when one man in the short space of a lifetime can ac cumulate a billion of 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 of our country a wilderness and here the insti tutions and wealth to which we are heirs. Amid the masterful strides made by this country within the past fifty years, on account of a serious handicap, the South l» just now coming into her own Georgia and the entire Southern States are rich In natural re sources--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 vet make of our Southland the fairest spot beneath the sun. There is no use for history except the lessons that it teaches. We are living <n the light of many experiences of the past, and as the light of these experiences falls upon our pathway our days will bo splendid and our accomplishments beyond the dreams of men. I love Georgia and her people. Born within her borders, educated within her institutions, associated with Georgia people. I bear to her the wormth of sympathy and childish affection that I trust will continue unabated during the time that 1 shall live. The mountains lifting their lofty peak? amid th* skies, the old red hills of Georgia. d**ar to the heart of all. the tafcS, lands, rich and fertile, and extended in area, her rippling streams in mua»- w'ind their wsy to the mighty sea. sevwn out of the nine, climates witn which the Nation is characterized. T am devoted to this people and this mighty State . . . . With renewed purpose, and a common ambition, let us press forward In the mighty causes of civilization and the accomplishment of higher Ideals. <Adv.)