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TIEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, CA., SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 1012.
Latest News of South Georgia
KOLBS SCHDDLHDUSES WaycrosstoVoteon
TDENDDFTERMSAY TEACHERS
Scramble for Waycross Postmas
tership Temporarily Suspended.
Dozen Candidates.
WAYCROSS, Aug. 23.—An effort to
discredit the Waycross potrtmanter,
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 Rank: County Commissioner <».
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
•coking 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 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 staunbh 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 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.
Ware and Clinch County Institute
Starts Campaign for County-
Wide Taxation.
WAYCROSS, Au*. 23—Statin*
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.
Couhty-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 Countj r ’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 •$. marked
Improvement in the work In 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.
Government Change
Hard Fight To Be Made by Both
Sides—Election Octo
ber 4.
WAYCROSS. GA. t Aug. 23.—Voters
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
cf 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- j
eminent has much support, but it i? j
doubtful If those in favor of the
change will work as hard to get the J
new charter approved as the oppo
nents will work to defeat the measure
which the Legislature passed this
year.
If the cKy manager plan Is ap
proved Waycross will be the first
Georgia city to adopt it.
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.
Gov. Slaton Vetoes
Chatham Land Grant
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 resolutiombecause 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.
Fight Over Waycross
Fire Department On Famous Vessel in
Council Likely to Pass Bills to En
large Brigade Over Chair
man’s Protest.
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 name9e 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 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 enjoys when be 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 suf
ficient courage to spar a few rounds
with him without gloves.
WAYCROSS, Aug. 23.—Unless
Chairman H. Hengeveld, of the Police
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
W T aycross 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 Cost
About $300,000—Congress
man Sees Benefit.
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 boots traveling on the
Atlantic coast. The vessel is the old
W T ard 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.
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 $600,- |
000 of 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 be several
weeks before they can be delivered
to the committee.
It is the desire of the Drainage Com-
misison to start the work as soon after
October 1 as possibly Council has
been requested to prepare to sell the
bonds as soon after November 1 as
possible.
WARE COUNTY TAX RATE
REDUCED 10 PER CENT
WAYCROSS, Aug. 23.—Because of
the big increase in the taxable prop
erty in Ware over last year's returns,
‘the county tax rate was to-day re
duced from 80 cents a hundred to 70
cents a hundred, with prosperts
bright for the same decrease another
vear. Approximately $50,000 will be
spent by the county on road work
this year, according to the budget an-
nouncement.
SAVANNAH, Aug. 23.—That the
construction of a military highway
from Savannah to Tybeo, 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 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
WAYCROSS, Aug. 23.—At an all-
night concatenation of the Order of
Hoo Hon, Waycrosa came in for the
unique honor of offering for initiation
the largest kitten who ever applied
to tiie order for membership. He
j was W. T. Brinson, whose weight is
around 600. He was one of 36 kit
tens who emerged from the night’s
I “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 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. 23.—Tapping
the trunk lines of three big railroads
and running diagonally across a part
of (’hatham 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.
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 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 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.
If the 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 waiting
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 armory 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 he
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 ronferen.vs
recently with Captain Richard . . Ha
vant, commandant of the organiza
tion apd 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.
BRUNSWICK, All* 23.—The ex
tensive improvements and additional
facilities for handling cargoes at both
I he 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. From the estimates the ad
ditional depth sought ran be obtain
ed at a reasonable cost as compared
to the cost at other South Atlantic
ports.
; 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 the local
docks, which will be shipped in five
srhooners during the next two weeks
This will be one of the largest ship
ments to leave this port in some
Lime.
SAVANNAH SHRINERS
PLAN BIG RECEPTION
FA VANN AH. 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
Aliee Temple, of this city, to attend
a ceremonial session of that temple
on September 12.
jOVER 50 DIVORCE SUITS SET
FOR HEARING IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Aug 23. -Fifty-five
divorce suits have been assigned for
trial in the Superior Court before
Judge Walter (I. Charlton during the
week which begins October 27. There
are about an equal number of first
i and second verdict rases In the batch,
j which are divided among three days.
WAYCROSS, GA., Aug. 23.—While
there have been no positive an
nouncements 5*o far for Mayor of
Waycross, it has become generally
known that within a short time,
probably about September 1, Aider-
man Scott T. Beaton, of the Fourth
Ward, will announce.
His 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, HA., Aug. 23.—It was
stated to-day that no action would be
taken in the casie of B. E. I.akin. for
mer night money clerk for the South
ern Express Company at Waycross,
until the Grand Jury meets in De
cember. I.akin 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.
The package taken was signed for
by another employee of the Waycross
office and contained $430.50.
RECORDER’S COURT TO OPEN
IN WAYCROSS ON MONDAY
WAYCROSS, GA.. Aug. 23. The
I first session of Recorder's Court ever
j held in Waycross will he called to
I order Monday by the nowly-elrt-ted
' Recorder. Charles L. Redding, former
'City Attorney.
I The position was created by an
act of the Legislature this year, and
pays $30 a month. Th e duties of
the Recorder in the past have been
filled by the Mayor.
.lerome 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 Whit-
nev, president of the Merchants and
Miners’ Transportation Company, is
in Savannah for a conference with
| the directors of ’he Board of Trade.
1 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. he said, the freight rates to
Jacksonville from Baltimore and oth
er points in the North are higher than
i they are to Savannah.
I am glad to be in Flay ton and have an opportunity of addressing the
people of Rabun County. You have heard the expression, ''From Kabun (Tap
to Tybee Light.” and It is fitting that in my campaign for the T’nited States
Senate 1 should deliver the keynote address in this county—the address that
in a substantial measure carries my position on the uuestions 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 I will show
considerable activity In this campaign which will extend front 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, an<l 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.
I 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, and 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 T am going to Washington. 1 expect
to win this race, and I have every confidence in ultimate success. It Is a big
undertaking, but 1 believe that the sentiment of the people of Georgia to
day is in favor of electing a business man. a man in the bent 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 ain only 39 years of age. I
am the youngest man who has ever otYered in the State of Georgia for th.s
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 say in advance in answer to any such criticism that
rnuy he 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 In 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 «t 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 affairs, hut I do insist that 1 am capable
of learning and that I ran count upon a reasonable number of years in which
to b* 4 of service to my State and country if honored with this high position.
In advocacy of my candidacy, T 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 times of
industrial growth an<j 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. Tf there is any question that requires business ability and
skill to properly settle, i should snv 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 liter-ally 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. Mv 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 T have no pre-eminent ability on any lines, but
I assure you in advance that if T am fleeted I shall ever endeavor to follow
th** paths of right and do my duty. This campaign as far as 1 am concerned
will never be marred with the demagogism that arouses the prejudices of the
rich against the poor, the city man against the country man. or the young
man against the old man. I shall take the position In the beginning and shall
maintain it throughout the campaign that if 1 am elected I want to be
elected by all classes of our citizens, and if elected I pledge you most sincerely
and earnestly that 1 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 1 occupy I am frank to nay 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 ore the
children of the same Creator, and in its last analysis there is no great dif
ference in us anyway.
T have always endeavored to be fair to all the interests of capital; T
have always endeavored to he 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, and if 1 go down in defeat
contending for the wisdom of such a posit/on I sMll do so gladly and you
shall have rny approbation. It is well 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 rny 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. I thank God that we are now living in a more desirable day.
T am in favor of no class legislation. All legislation should be founded
on the idea of the greatest good for the greatest number, irrespective of na
tionalities. wealth, education or anything else. However, if there is to be
any class legislation, it should be in favor of the biggest class, and I should
sav 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, it
will be 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 anil 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 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
trulh 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 be 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 modelinging and assassinatin', of character. I
wdll not indulge In any of this nor will 1 permit any of my friends to do so
if within my power to prevent.. The campaign does not involve personal
issues The issues are more substantial and more worthy of the Intelligence
of the people of Georgia.
I stand for good government 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
era), the best interests of every man of every class of citizens within the con
fines of this great State. I was born and reared on a farm In Campbell
County. an<l I feel that my years of association with the people of the rural
districts, their needs and their interests, have mode me to know once for all
the important recognition that should be accorded to them. Then with the
business experience that I have had elsewhere, as an education In after vears.
1 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 havb 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-
s : <>n 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 mare money, that our
institutions are being throttled and that the State and ngifion are lagging in
progress on account ent fund-* You know as wHI 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 taxati 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, your cor
poration tax. your inheritance tax, yAur income tax. your occupation tax, you?
read tax, your local school tax. your poll tax, and possibly others, and i tell
you when any man gets through at T he end of the year with paying these
vaHous amounts he has don** a iairly 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
and 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 orinciple of
government that can be advocuted is that of throwing every citizen that is
able-bodied upon bis own resources. Therefore, the sentiment that is rapidly
taking root in the States «>f tills country tha* 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 checkmate*! History records the fact that
t>io 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 hutided 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 coming years.
Opposes Unnecessary Legislation.
In our zeal for this cause or that cause that may be advocated, we
should always be conservative In our thoughts, speech and actions. There
i* no business, much lens a government, that can go forward in splender
an*! success where fits and spasms characterize those who are interested.
Sanity should characterize every man’s discussion of public questions, and
I tpl) you that when your vote is cast on the side of conservatism you will
seldom err from what Is best for your family, yourself and your country.
It Is true that State laws and National laws. In fact taws of all kinds,
should be somewhat In the vanguard of actual practice and in a measure be
come high ideals for the manhood and womanhood of this State and country,
as well as for the rising generation However, we all know that laws that
arc not supported with public sentiment are of no avail and become nulli
ties on our statute books
I am further of the opinion 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,
> M ,i or the other hand there is no one who does know There Is much legis
lation that is transgressing the inalienable rights of property and person and
much of that that is suggested tends too much this way. I took occasion not
long ago to count the sections of laws that compose the Code *.f Georgia It is
astounding but true that there are approximately 8.000 sections of laws un
der which we are living this day. It has almost gotten to the point where a
man s mind must be an encyclopedia to 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.
I want to say on this occasion that, if elected to the United States 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 money
appropriated for this purpose is Just as much within the Constitution of this
country as the right to appropriate funds to deepen the waterways and im
prove harbors. By navigation the 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
tions for this cause are participated in by all the people of the country What
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 macadamized 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 ar.d general benefits that are de
rived by reason of the construction of such thoroughfares Think of the
benefits to your county or any county that might be mentioned that would
be derived from the construction of such highways. In consideration of these
substantial reasons, I shall ever be a friend to the cause of good roaoe.
High Cost of Living Caused by Not Producing Enough.
Any people or any legislative body has lost sight of the greatest cau*«e
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 tnvolve appropriations, you may consider well laws
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 neeq
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 products. I trust that I will
live to see that day when by education und 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-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 States Senate T shall always do the host that in
me lies to get increased appropriations for tin* educational interests of the
various States of this Union where agricultural training is tRught. 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 l 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. Laws 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 lias 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 Ureator of us all.
As an incentive to high purpose and lofty achievement, we should bear
in mind that the names and memdhiesof 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 inan gn at 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 wortli should
continue and will continue as long as civilization enduryjs. 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 t>> speak of to which I will give ft*
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 hy speech arid otherwb*- 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 tin* 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 high positions
If elected to the United States Senate, it will be my purpose to per
form well what might be termed the small duties Incident to this high office.
Those who might desirt 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 he t he man to call 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 try to inject as
much business In the situation as possible and serve in a business way
the people of Georgia, not only concerning mich 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 large.
T am deeply Interested In the cause <»f 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 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 and young woman
to make a living have probably become the most popular institutions in the
way of higher training that we have ir. 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 tiie 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.' I am Inclined io 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 111. 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 measure* which come in bunches 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 so that I may have an opportunity of accumulat
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 ami our children’s
children. As I see it. the prescription we now need mo«t is the rest cure.
We often lose sight of the untold good that has he»*n accomplished by
the people of our day and our fathers before us. In fact, we live in the best
times and we constitute 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. lie. 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. We are rich in char
ity. we are humane in the treatment of those who are unfortunate, our ideals
are 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-
wavs dangerous. The people of any State or country that is experimenting
with tills law this Institution, and this new idea are apt to fall into the
wavs 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 Jet other people, other States and other men whether in business or af
fairs of state, experiment and ascertain the troth, 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 ajnd 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 peo >*e of 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 Constitution 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 mar 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
try
However, it is true that It does seem like something Is wrong at times
with our Institutions when one man in the short space of a lifetime can ac
cumulate a billion of dollars. We have In these United States one-sixteenth
of the population of the world and we possess one-fourth of its entire wealth
Such a splendid commentary upon the people who in only a century or two
past found the vast expanse of our country a wilderness and here 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 is just now coming into
her own Georgia and the entire Southern States are rich in natural re
sources—we have the climate, we ha ve 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 the lessons that it teaches. We are
living 'n the light of many experiences of the past. and as the light of
those experiences falls upon our pathway our days will be splendid and our
accomplishments beyond the dreams of men.
T love Georgia and her people. Born within her borders, educated within
her institutions, associate*! with Georgia people. I hear to her the wormth
of sympathy and childish affection that 1 trust will continue unabated during
the time that I shall live The. mountains lifting their lofty peaks amid the
skies the old red hills of Georgia, dear to the heart of all. the table
lands, rich and fertile, and extended in area, her rippling streams in music
wind their way to the mighty sea. seven out of the nine climates with
which the Nation is characterized, I am devoted to this people and this
mighty fltate. , ,
With renewed purpose, and a common ambition, let us press rorwari in
the mightv causes of civilization and the accomplishment of higher ideals.
(Adv.)