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gL ATLANTA GEORGIAN
B i wite o rote b A cr Bk &
B T et it it s MR
l “Tell ‘Uncle Nat’ I'm for Him” ‘
A Great Victory for the Last Confederate Governor of Georgia
Is in Sight.
The sober, calm, dispassionate and fair-minded judgment of
the people of Georgia will find emphatic expression tomorrow in
the re-election to the Governorship of this State of Nat E. Harris,
of Bibb County.
The Georgian has canvassed the State carefully, exhaust
ively and with an intent to learn the TRUTH.
IT IS THE GEORGIAN'S OPINION, WHICH WE HESI
TATE NOT AT ALL TO RECORD, THAT GOVERNOR HAR.
RIS NOT ONLY WILL BE ELECTED TOMORROW, BUT
THAT HE WILL SWEEP GEORGIA, FROM THE MOUN.
TAINS TO THE SEABOARD!
The culmination of the present campaign will mark a new,
better and braver era in Georgia than she has known in years
«w;—it will clear away many things that have served to divide and
distract Georgians in a way they have NOT deserved to be di
vided and distracted.
IT WILL BRING GEORGIANS CLOSER TOGETHER, IN
HAPPIER UNDERSTANDING AND MORE HELPFUL COM
MUNION.
No reason has been advanced why Governor Harris—A
TRUE AND TRIED PUBLIC SERVANT AND SOLDIER OF
THE CONFEDERACY—shouId be denied, in simple justice and
right, that which EVERY Governor since the war has been given,
A SECOND AND INDORSING TERM.
He will NOT be denied it.
Mark The Georgian's prediction in respect of that,
There will be a lot of surprised POLITICIANS in Georgia
Wednesday morning—but Georgia’'s great PEOPLE will be
found still true to themselves—STlLL WILLING TO REWARD
A FAITHFUL GOVERNOR AS HE DESERVES.
Here in Fulton Oounty, Harrls will WlN—of course.
That has been palpably plain for the past week, despite des.
perate last-minute attempts to STEM the rising Harris tide.
Hundreds of Fulton’s leading citizens, FROM ALL WALKS
OF LIFE, have VOLUNTEERED that their names may be used
88 & campaign committee for ‘‘Uncle Nat''—and they are work
ing in a dignified and highly effective way for the re-election of
their old soldier Governor,
Bankers, lawyers and merchants, aggressive and worthy
business men of all persuasions, laborers—lleaders and those of
the rank and file—and last, but best of all, hundreds of the most
earnest WOMEN of the city—are contesting with one another in
their splendid and non-sensational work of lending a hand in
placing old Fulton where she BELONGS and where she already
has been LANDED, safe on that ROLL OF HONOR among the
counties sure to give their votes to Governor Harris.
AND WHY?
Simply because they believe in FAIR PLAY.
They believed this old soldier Governor, whom they KNOW
has made a GOOD, WISE AND WORTHY GOVERNOR, should
have that indorsement by way of a second term that ALL Gov
ernors have been given.
Simply because they will NOT vote to oust him “‘with the
Confederate cross of honor on his breast, and a stain upon his
brow such as no other Governor has ever worn.’’
All honor to these patriotic citizens, that they lay aside all
of their past POLITICAL differences, that they may lend a hand
in doing an act of simple justice and right to a splendid and de
serving Governor.
But—
The Georgian has pretty well had its say heretofore, and we
shall not elaborate editorially upon the situation here.
THE BATTLE I 8 ALL OVER BUT THE SHOUTING,
ANYWAY-AND HARRIS IS SAFE FOR ANOTHER TERM.
We do take occasion to call attention, however, to the re.
markable display of indorsements from the State press, as set
Mnmumemcof'rhn(kormmdu. They speak for
themselves—and they speak eloquently and patriotically. These
excerpts are worth reading—EVEßY WORD.
And, by the way, today's contributions make Just TWEN.
TY-FOUR COLUMNS of that sort of Harris INDORSEMENTS
we have printed in the past two weeks—almost without dupli
cating a newspaper.
No other candidate could have mustered ONE.TENTH of
such a display of kind and encouraging words, straight from the
Mnmrofmomtflmhhflymwklywm.
““Tell Uncle Nat I'm for him'’ has been & winning campaign
- sogan,
i: Tuesday, & great and OVERWHELMING MAJORITY of
' QM&dWfinhflhMM“LY. GLADLY
HAPPILY, 4
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
Getting in Line for Harris
Shall the Governor Be Re-elected?
GOVERNOR HARRIS SAFE, SANE,
TRIED, TRUE.
(Jackson Progress-Argus.)
Weighed by every well-known
standard, Governor Harris has
made good as Governor of Geor
gla. Without doubt he is one
of the ablest, most balanced, well
rounded men that has held the
office of chief executive in a gen
eration.
He has been a lifelong friend of
education, It was through his ef
forts, largely, that the Georgia
School of Technology was estab
lished. That is one thing and a
BIG thing. Under his adminis
tration the school teachers have
been paid promptly, He is an in
fluential trustee of the University
of Georgia; he is prominently
identified with the Methodist
Church and has represented Van
derbilt University in important
litigation,
Governor Harris has been a
friend to the Confederate veter
an, of whose number he is a
distingulshed member., These he
roes of the Old South have been
pald their pensions promptly un
der the Harris regime, and re
cently a pgrateful Legislature
voted to increase the pensions of
the State’s Confederate soldiers
and Governor Harris approved
the measure. His comrades in
arms, with scattering exceptions,
are supporting his candidacy with
enthuslasm.
He has been a business Gov
ernor. Under his administration,
for the first time, a thorough aud
it of all the State's books was
made. That was an act that all
factions approve, He insists the
Htate’'s business—the people’'s
business—should be administered
economically and that a strict ac
counting he made.
(overnor Harris has been a
friend to the State Sanitarium,
the State's greatest charity. The
(General Assembly provided $200,-
000 for a new building at the Mil
ledgeville institution and Govern
or Harris immediately signed the
measure,
Governor Harris has used the
pardoning power with extreme
caution. It can not be said of
him that he is a pardoning Gov
ernor. He has granted a few
pardons, but not until he went
thoroughly and exhaustively into
the merits of each case. He made
good his promise to pardon
Stripling, but his review of that
celebrated case is an able state
paper.
The crowning act of the Harris
administration 1s the prohibi
tion law, a measure that banished
liquor from Georgia forever, At
a time when he was ground be
tween the upper and nether mill
stone, Governor Harris had the
manhood and courage to include
prohibition in the call for an ex
tra session of the Legislature.
Prohibition in Georgia was in
evitable. Seeing that this was
true, Governor Harris put that
measure in his call and the Leg
islature did the rest.
Georgia is a better State for
having passed the prohibition
law. The good effects of dry
legislation are to be seen everyY
day In every hamlet, town, city
and county in the State. The
whisky Interests have trained
their heaviest batteries on the
man who made real prohibition
possible In Georgia. See to it,
prohibitionists, that Governor
Harrls is not crucified on a
cross of thorns for doing his
DUTY. The whisky interests
have sworn to defeat the old
Governor. Will the prohibition
{sts stand by and see it done? |
Already there is a scheme on
foot to foist a dispensary system
on the State. It originated with
the Floyd County delegation in
the Legislature. The lissue is
squarely joined. The prohibition
{sts have won a great victory,
but they must fight and fight
HARD to retain it. Be on guard,
prohibitionists. Hold up Gov
ernor Harris’' hands by electing
out-and-out prohibition candi
dates to represent you, Local op
tion and dispensary advocates are
As WET as the briny deep. Liquor
has been outlawed in Georgla.
Fternal vigilance is the price of
success, Let the voters in every
county put legislative candidates
to the test., A dispensary sys
tem debauched South Carolina,
and it would debauch Georgia. A
vote for Governor Harris is a vote
for a DRY STATE. Don't forget
that Georgia is in the midst of the
biggest PROHIBITION FIGHT
the State has ever known. Watch
the LINE-UP, prohibitionists!
Governor Harris is a broad
minded, patriotic citizen and a
Christian noblaman, He Is safe,
sane, tried, true, conservative —
the right man at the helm when
the State's rallroad is in jeopardy
and prohibition is being bitterly
assniled,
He is not appealing to the pas.
slons and prejudices of the elec
torate, but is standing on his rec
ord of constructive legisiation,
Democratic precedent, long estab
lished and a powerful unwritten
law In Georgia, entitles him to a
second term as an indorsement
of his administration Since the
Civil War Georgia has honored
her Governors with a second
term. In abllity, character and
IntelMigence Governor Harris
ranks with Gordon, Smith, Rrown,
Terrell and other executives who
were given a second term. Why
make an exception in the case of
Governor Harris? Thers is not
A single reason for it. The Hquor
men are mad and Messrs, Hard.
man, Dorsey and Pottle are un.
duly ambitious. That's the op
’Jcm in a nutshell. The clos.
- eat analysis, the most searching
sorutiny can not reveal another
reason. It doesn't exiat,
Wil the votars of Georgia turn
down this gmallant old war
horse who trodged across Virgin.
n's flelds with Jackson and Lee,
A man who fought his way up In
iife from country editor, Ia k
this friend of sducation, friend of
the Confederate veteran, ocon
structive statesman, father of
Et Bt ot
gentleman and fia..
type of Christian patriot? De
you belleve the great mass of
fair-minded, unpurchasable, God-
fearing, liberty-loving Georgians
will turn their backs on this be
loved leader?
The eight thousand graduates
of Tech, each a leader in his
community, say no. The mili
tant army of prohibitionists in
Georgia say no. The Confederate
veterans say no. Those who be
lieve in the unwritten law of
Democratic precedent — second
term-—say no. Those broad
minded, patriotic Georgians who
believe in a fair deal say no. The
friends of education say no. The
advocates of a business adminis
tration say no.
The tide has turned irrevocably,
irretrievably, the voters of Geor
gla have found their balance,
passion and prejudice has had its
day, and Governor Harris will
cross the bar with a tremendous
popular majority and he rTe~
elected to a second term.
HARRIS A WINNER, SURE.
(Macon Telegraph.)
That the anti-Dorsey strength—
and it's an easy and gratifyingly
large majority, if it only solidifies
now, so as to preferably register
in the primary rather than in the
convention—has started to get to
gether in large measure on Gov
ernor Harris, and is doing it at a
rate to strike terror to the heart
of Dorsey’'s followers, is plain.
Hardman was out of it long,
long ago, and is never heard of
now. He was running too long,
and too gumshoedly and too ob
viously wad gnxious to have the
office just for a button to pin on
his coat to hold what strength he
might have had. He may bring a
little convention strength, but that
will be all. This Watson is al
ready flshing for, by saying nice
things about Hardman, although
he was abusing him with excep
tional meanness not more than 90
days ago.
Pottle has hurt Dorsey more
than all other cand dates com
bined. The votes he las knocked
loose from the T.oulsville and
Nashville attorney by his doughty
exposes, his unremitting attacks
on the man who took the “wid
ow's mite” to do what any decent
thinking, not money-mad, Solici
tor would have done as part of the
moral duties of his office, but for
one vote Pottle has made for him
self he has made flve for Harris.
This is not hard to understand,
because Harris first started the
warfare against Dorsey, first
drove for the vulnerable points in
his armor,
The time has passed in Georgia
for the injection into control of
the politics of this State of the
hand of Big or, rather, Corrupt
Business with selfish, unscrupu
lous ends to serve, organizing
carefully the issues of the dema
gogue to wheedle and swindle a
commission for its servants from
the mass of the people,
It has lately passed, but it is
past.
The day is coming now of the
cleaner men, the more patriotic
men, the real issues, the con
structive forces and the redeem
ing of the State from its educa
tional inefMciency, its sad mar
keting ineficiency and all the
things that have been neglected
by public servants in the past be
cause they have been so busy
serving private masters.
Dorsey is the last of the line.
His candidacy is the last attempt
in Georgla to seize the reins of
government by private ilnterests
through appealing to the passion
and prejudice of the people.
It 18 what Blease is doing in
South Carolina—but what Dor
sey i= failing to do in Georgla.
Harris is the winner, and, yes—
we say it proudly, not furtively,
nor slyly, but gladly and truthful
ly—he is the man to beat Dorsey
with,
The cause of Hardman is par
ticularly hopeless. Pottle has a
good many counties, counties that
may be depended on to stay with
him.
This day and the next one is the
day for Hardman, Pottle and Har
ris men to get together, decide on
Harris and pass the word down
the line In their counties that the
Democratic precedent of slection
and Indorsement by re-election to
another term must not be broken
in Georgia, except under a good
deal more provocation than has
been furnished In this Instance.
The time is short and the victory
is sure,
Hugh M. Dorsey will never be
Governor of the State of Georgla.
WILL CARROLL COUNTY GO
BACK TO HER TRADITIONS?
(Carroll County Times.)
Standing In the center of our
publie square is a monument
erected through the efforts of the
good women, as An everlasting
tribute to the honor and mem
ory of Carroll's brave sons who
bared their breasts and offered
their lives in defense of the hon
or of the South.
The stalwart young soldler,
chiseled though he be, stands like
A lone sentinel, guarding the
meniory and honor of the more
than 2000 Confederate soldiers
that Carroll sent to the front,
May that proud monument with
ita lone watchman crumble in
dust ere the sons of these hrave
heroes of the sixties shall do
aught to bring shame to their
memories,
Carroll County sent more of
her sons to war along with Lee,
Johnson, Jackson and Gordon
than she had voters within her
borders. The valor of their desds
add luster to every bhattle fleld
from Bull Run to Avxomutmx.
and thelr sons have made Carroll
the peer of the best counties of
the State, aye of the Southland
On next Tuesday, September 132,
there will be held a State pri
mary throughout the county. Four
men are running for Governor,
So far as The Times knows, they
are all good men, worthy sons,
and would If elected make a
Governor worthy the Empire
State. The Times has naught to
Say agninst either of these men,
but we feel that we would be
recreant to the trust imposed
upon us as editor of the county's
oldest and and leading paper if
we dl:‘ not, with all the Ma:to;
ness our stand
he mm of the
past and urge every old veteran,
every son or grandson of an old
veteran, aye, every man who
honors and loves the Lost Cause,
to cast their vote for the present
Governor, Nat E. Harris, a hero
of the sixties.
For forty years the unbroken
usage among Democrdts of Geor
gia has been to honor each Gov
ernor with a second term. Shall
the old veteran be the first %0
whom we deny this honor?
Why shall we degrade this e2l
veteran in order to honor );m
er men, who could and
await their turns. If they are
worthy the honors will await
them; not so with Governor Har
ris; the sands have almost been
emptied from the hour glass, and
not many years hence he shall
have been gathered to his com
rades in the shadow land. Do
not break the old man’s heart by
breaking a Democratic usage. To
defeat him is to say to him,
“Stand aside, old man; we used
you where the enemies' shells
whistled and where carnage ran
riot and feasted on the flower.
of the South’'s young men, but
you are in the way aow of our
ambitious young men. Stand
aside, vou can be of no further
use to us.”
Will the Daughters of the Con
federacy suffer such degradation
to be heaped upon a Confederate
veteran by the voters of Carroll?
We hope not. Let the younger
men stand aside and bidé their
time.
FINE ARGUMENT FOR GOV
ERNOR HARRIS.
(Macon News.)
One of the best arguments yet
presented for the re-election of
Governor Nat E. Harrls {s con
tained In an advertisement which
the Governor is running in every
newspaper in Georgia. It is an
article that appeals at once to a
man of reason. It is a powerful
presentation of the real issues In
the campaign, and to The News
it clearly shows why the people
of Georgia should again honor
the present Chief Executive of our
State.
The article is as follows:
“Your Governor, the Governor
of every man, woman and child in
Georgia, is on trial and stands be
fore the people of a State that he
has loved and served for half a
century. He asks that they re
elect him to the office of Governor,
one which for a year now he has
held honestly, fearlessly and
conscientiously; asks them only to
do for him what Democratic prec
edent has made a custom in Geor
gia—to give to every Governor
four years, and which is now ad
vocated by the majority of the
candidates running.
“Will you reject a man whose
experience and abllity as an able
jurist and whose long and valu
able service in the Legislature
amply qualifies him for the posi
tion?
“Is it wise to substitute now an
inexperienced man, one who has
never been tried as Governor, for
one who has consistently devoted
every day for over a year to the
position?
“Can you afford to neglect a
man who has carried on a splen
did business administration, and
who, for the first time in history,
had a thorough audit made of the
State’'s books, thus establishing a
precedent for eflicient manage
ment of the State's funds?
“Can vou conscientiously dis
pense with the services of a man
whose work on the Western and
Atlantic Railroad commission
makes him best able to handle the
present crisis that has arisen with
respect to this, the State's great
est asset?
“Can you afford to help defeat a
man who has thus far successful
ly fought the Louisville and
Nashville's efforts to destroy the
Western and Atlantic Rallroad
property? Don't be deceived
about the opposition to your Gov
ernor.
“Can you deliberately hurt the
man who established the Georgia
School of Technology and is still
chairman of the board of trustees;
who is a trustee of the Univer
sity of Georgia (his alma mater)
and of the Wesleyan Female
College, and has alwayvs been a
leader in Georgla's educational
progress?
“Can you reflect on a man who
has pald the school-teachers of
the State promptly and {s doing
#0 now for the first time in the
history of Georgia, a Governor
who has fought more for the com
mon schools of Georgia than any
other has ever done before?
“Do you think for a moment
that there can be any truth in
the maliclous charges against the
courage and backbone of a man
who fought '%loflonnly for the
South, and o made the prohi
bition acts possible in the face of
tremendous opposition and
threats?
“Will you deny to Georgia the
privilege of having as her Gover
nor, for the last {ime. A man who
honored his gray uniform beneath
the grand old Stars and Bars of
the Confederacy”
“We do not belleve that yon
CAN say ‘yes' to any of the ques
tions. We helleve that you and
thousands of other patriotic Geor
gians will honor your State, vour
Governor and yourselves by voting
for Governor Harris™
Read the article again carefully
and we belleve you will be con
vinced that the right and proper
thing to 4o is to vote for Gov
ernor Harris.
“TELL UNCLE NAT WE ARE
FOR HIM™
(Athens Banner)
In every section of Georgia,
the slogan, “Tell Uncle Nat we're
for him." 48 spreading like wild
fire, creating enthusiasm for the
old Confederate soldier,
It ean not be questioned, Gov
:r':or ‘zhrrh candidacy has
wn an alarming stage for
All the other candidates regard
less of the sentiment created ear-
Iy In the eampalgn for some of
mao'" eundMn’“:
aor rris’ candidacy ap
peals to the mflo for the rea
son that he held the ofMoe
for one term only, the established
Democratio custom being a sec
ond term; his,record being of the
highest standard of good govern
ment. He has stood for all issues
arising which were for the best
interest of the State and no one
can attack his record as an ofi
cial or as a man.
With all the candidates now
before the people, not one of
them have been akle to muster a
cha.rge -against Governor Harris
and the only issue they have
brought to the voters of Georgia
is a personal one, and that issue
is the greed for office. It is a
question of wanting the office re
gardless of the welfare of the
State.
The Banner believes that Gov
ernor Harris will be elected on
next Tuesday to the office of
Governor; it believes that the
people of the grand old State of
Georgia will rally to his support
and the old Confederate veterans
will give the yell which will re
sound all over this State for their
old comrade and through the
lines of the enemies they will
charie to the polls and raise the
banner of victory over the head
of their grand old chief and lead
er, Governor Nat E. Harris.
“TELL UNCLE NAT I'M FOR
HIM.”
(Fitzgerald Trader Enterprise.)
Tucked away inconspicuously
and toward the end of a newspa
per account of Governor Harris’
speech at Monticello on Monday
were these two paragraphs:
“Governor Harris dwelt but
lightly upon the fact that he is a
Confederate Veteran and proba
bly the last soldier of the sixties
whom Georgians will be asked
to vote for for a high office. But
he reproached his opponents for
trying to take away from him his
second term, which every Gov
ernor since the war had been
given as an indorsement by the
peopie.
“‘They say they love me and
honor me and have no criticism
to make of me,’ he said, ‘but they
are trying to oust me from office
with the cross of honor on my
breast and a stain upon my brow
such as no other Governor has
ever worn.'”
THINK IT OVER, GEOR
GIANS!—AtIanta Georgian.
We hava thought it over care
fully and deliberately and our
vote will be cast next Tuesday
for “Uncle Nat” Harris for Gov
ernor.
Governor Harris is ENTITLED
to a second term for his faithful
services to the State.
The thoughtful voters will next
Tuesday honor themselves by
honoring their Governor,
A PASSING OPPORTUNITY.
(Dalton Citizen.)
Under the above head The
Augusta Chronicle prints an edi
torial with reference to the
gubernaterial race that expresses
our sentiments toa T. When you
sit down to think the matter
over, see if vou don’t find your
self asking if there is any rea
son in the world why Governor
Farris should not be re-elected ?
What has he done, or not done,
that he should be rebuked by the
people of this State? He has
made a good Governor, and he
hx:shhsd a great deal to contend
with,
If the prohibitionists of the
State are really sincere in want
ing Georgia to be a prohibition
State they can not afford to vote
against Governor Harrls, who is
Tresponsible for the present pro
hibition law. It is the opinion of
the best thought of the State
that Governor Harris could have
been re-elected without any op
position had he falled to include
prohibition in his call for an extra
session of the Legislature in 1915,
GOVERNOR HARRIS A
WINNER.
(Macon News.)
“Tell Uncle Nat we are for
him.” is a message recelved hun
dreds of times a day by Gover
nor Harris in his swing around
the circle. From nearly every
county in Georgia comes the re
port of wonderful gains by Har
ris. Peopie are talking Harris
everywhere. And whenever his
name is mentioned the greatest
enthusiasm is aroused. The weak
now ending has marked the
greatest change In public senti
ment ever seen in Georgla. Har
ris has stirred the people to a
high pitch by his eloquent ap
peals to thelr judgment and com
mon sense,
Then, too, Georglans have real
fzed that he is the last of the
“thin fading line” of Confederate
veterans, and they have deter
mined to again honor the man
and the Lost Cavse.
OUR NEXT GOVERNOR,
(Catoosa Recerd.)
Reports from over the State
Indicate that Governor Harris s
fast gaining strength in his cam
==paign and it is belleved he will be
the winner
It is sald that Mr. Dorsey's
alleged connection with the 1..
and N. Rallroad has Ereatly re
duced his chances of election.
The fact that Governor Harris
has made a good Governor and
is an old Confederate soldier, and
it being perhaps the last chance
the people will have to honor a
Confederate soldler with this
high office, all will have thelr
weight In the eampaign.
ENTITLED TO SECOND TERM.
(Adel News.)
Governor Harris has made the
State an able and honest Chief
Exscutive. In every act he had
had the interest of the people at
Feart. He s entitied to a second
term, and we believe the people
will give it to him.
A WINNING SLOGAN,
(Dublin Courier-Herald.)
Governor Harris may be old
but he is Mun.y some home
\ stretch wu;unner. :oy M'vo ;fl m.
'\ CAampa own In t
h.oe?‘: i 1 this: “Teil, Uncle
't for him™ !
THE HOME PAPER
Letters From the People
HARRIS THE MAN.
Editor The Georgian:
If Governor Harris makes as
great gains in the next week as
he has in the past seven days,
he will be overwhelmingly elect
ed Governor of Georgia on Sep
tember 12.
I voted for Hardman two years
ago, and until this week thought
there was nothing that could in
fluence me to vote against him
this year—but the avalanche
which {s sweeping over the State
for “the old war horse” has swept
me from my moorings, as it has
thousands of others.
I have visited a great many
countles in South Georgia within
the past ten days, and must say
that it is nothing short of mar
velous how the people are turn
ing to Governor Harris,
I have heard this expression, I
venture to say, thousands of
times: “Personally, 1 am for
Hardman (or Pottle, as the case
might be), but I am going to vote
for Harris.”
I have not met a Dorsey man
in six days’ travel. Have heard
many say they were curious to see
him, but seeing him satisfied
them. l
It is a fact that he has drawn
large crowds, just as Ty Cobb or |
any other well-advertised man 1
would have done, but there was
nothing in his personality or plat- ‘
form to make friends of those
who went to hear him—and, after \
sober thought, they have been
convinced, that he is either the |
candidate of some corporation or 1
being influenced by an unholy
embition. : i
It sticks in the craws of every
one who hears him that he would
have been a nonentity but for his
connection with the Frank case,
and they are becoming more and
more disgusted with him for try
ing to use this for his personal
aggrandizement.
The people of Georgia are anx
ious for this case to be forgotten,
and, if T am not badly mistaken,
they will make this very plain
when they express themselves at
the polls. It is only vultures who
make a banquet out of that which
is putrid.
The great masses of Georgia
voters think and act for them
selves; there are not enough of
the other class to control the elec
tion, 5
The only DANGER s in a di
vided vote of the thinking people.
There is no denying that Gov
ernor Harrls’ greatest strength is
in the fact that he is the one
man of the three upon whom the
people can unite.
Hardman can not get Pottle's
vote; Pottle can not get Hard
man's—but there is no reason
why they both can not go to Har
ris, and that is what they are
2111‘.
If the people of Georgla, as a
man, could express themselves
today, they would ask Hardman
and Pottle to retire from the race
this year in favor of Harris and
run by themselves two years
hence,
What a splendid solutien this
would be of the Governor's race
in Georgia.
Mark the prediction!
Harris will carry South Geor
gla. TRAVELING MAN,
Tennille,
GETTING IN LINE,
Editor The Georglan: '
I have noted with much pleas
ure the stand your paper has ta
ken for Governor Harris,
You sometimes publish articles
from volunteer correspondents
with reference to the political sit
uation, and I am attaching my
views with reference to one fea
ture of the present race, which I
will be glad to have you use, if
avallable.
Very truly yours,
R. C. BROWN,
DO WE WANT A DOCTOR FOR
GOVERNOR?
Do you live in a city? Are yon
required to maintain a coversd
garbage can? Did you ever see
or hear of a trash collector re
placing the top on 'one of thess
covered cans after removing the
trash? Have you seen a covered
garbage wagon?
Does the Board of Health's In
spector periodically Inspect your
back yard? How many vacant
lots And how many parks do you
know of in which rank tangles
of weeds and grass grow un
checked, a lurking place for ma
laria and a breeding ground for
fleas and mosquitoes?
Local lssues? Possibly, But
fllustrative of the way the med!-
cal officers neglect the things
practical for the things fantastic.
Can you pick up a Sunday pa
per without reading one or more
articles devoted to Instructing
and convincing you that, although
{ou may feel in finest fettle, eat
eartlly, sleep soundly and
dreamlessly, and do your part in
the world's work with a zest—you
may, for all that, be a sick man,
or, if not sick, may be a walking
storage of noxious disease germa,
A menace to the community in
which you live?
Even the common or garen
variety of “cold” is become an in
fectious disease, only to be con
tracted from the “sffiuvia” of
crowds, If we can belleve the
balderhash we see In print. Your
child should be cut off from the +
innocent communion and fellow
ship of ehildhood and taught to
~ view all other ohildren m':g fus
| picion and distrust becauss they
mAY be “carriee” of some deadly
i
disease, EVEN 1F THREY ARRp
PERFECTLY HEALTHY,
Are you a workingman 7 Hiw
long do you believs it Will be i¢
the political doctors are not
checked until your Job will he DPe.
riodically at the mercy of Soma
medical examiner, ang until yoy
will be unable to secure employ.
ment to sustain life and to prg.
vide for your famil# unty soma
fledgeling doctor puts his 0, k. on
your application?
And, finally, if the State is not
sick, if we DO NOT NEED ,
DOCTOR FOR GOVERNOR, why
not get in the band wagon AND
VOTE FOR UNCLE NAT»
50
Augusta. B,
THE STRIPLING PARDON,
Editor The Georgian:
Governor Harris’ reference 1,
his pardon of Stripling, as repor.
ed in your issue of September 6,
conflrzns me in the conviction thay
he was imposed upon in the mjt.
ter of that pardon. You qQuote the
Governor as saying:
“General Clement A, Bvans, oy
the Prison Board, recommendeq to
Brown that a pardon be BTanteq,
and even members of Cornett'y
family urged a pardon for Stripa
ling.”
To the above Y will say thag
General Clement A. Hvans di4 net
personally speak to me, or write
to me, or communicate with me,
either directly or Indirectly, re.
garding Stripling or a pardon fop
him,
Officially he jolned the othey
two members of the Prison Com
mission in recommending a fun
prardon for Stripling. In fact,
Commissioner Wiley Willtams
told me that General Evans mads
the motion for the pardon, and
that the general said the eloquent
speech of Colonel Tom Miller,
Stripling’s atorney, gave all the
reasons he needed for granting
the pardon. Commissioner Wil
liams also told me that Genera]
Evans never read the trial record
in this case.
As to my belng urged by mem
bers of Cornett’s family to pardon
Stripling, I will say that unless
these names were mixed among
those on some of the petitions for
pardon, the Governor nas again
been misinformed. Not a member
of the Cornett family wrote or
spoke to me, asking that Strip
ling be pardoned.
For more than 30 days I had all
the papers in this case at the Ex
ecutive Mansion. I read everv one
of them, hence know whereof I
write,
As to the letter which it is
claimed that Cornett wrote 1o
Stripling’s wife. If his attornay
got drunk, why did Stripling him
self, in his statement to the jury,
fail to stress this letter and call
for its production? His common
sense would have told him it was
the crowning evidence in his fa
vor,
I repeat my judgment that Gor
ernor Harris was greatly imposed
upon in the matter of granting
this pardon.
JOSEPH M. BROWN
Marietta, Ga.
TELLING “UNCLE NAT.”
Editor The Georgian:
“Tell Uncle Nat I'm for him "
D. H. Mobley, Company @,
Thirty-fifth Georgla Regiment,
and a host of others at Socal
Circle and in Wa}llker County
m.ythlttey are for
“Uncle Nat” and that we hops
it shall not be sald after the ha'
tle has been fought and the sm-ra
hae cleared away that Georgi: 3
not a prohibition State,
We appeal to the friends of our
old soldier, Governor N. . Har
ris, and one who is a prohibition-
Ist at heart, to come to his <up
port in this his hour of need, and
help him in the Governor's ~»air,
in spite of every effort that 's
being made to remove him.
We call upon the sons of vet.
erans to remember the 60's and
those who left all and faced des'n
on every hard-fought battle Ac'd
for home, for loved ones ana for
the honor of a great people.
Will you fafl now to do vour
duty? 1 can’t think that you wi .
We will see.
D. H. MOBLEY,
A Survivor of the 6=
Boclal Circle.
SCHOOL-TEACHERS FOR
HARRIS,
Editor The Georglan:
The greatest gift Georgia o 1
possibly bestow should be give
Governor Harris for paving th»
teachers of the State and for » -
ing the first ray of sunshine onts
that dark word, “illiteracy.” '
has been a blight long er 3
over tha fair name of Georgia
Education {s the royal pathes~
to ALL things. :
Governor Harris has made th's
pathway possible to the children
of our State, e o
How CAN people ask, “Wha»
has Governor Harrls done ™
This one act should stand at 7 »
top, but It is only one amons
many. A READE
Atlanta,
HERE'S ANOTHER,
Editor The Georglan:
“Tell Uncle Nat I'm for him
1 fought in the Civil War, »
know what it is to have a !
federats veteran for a Gover:
of a Stats like this, 3
As 1 am very feebls and old. }
am having my son to write
tter, .
- VETFERA
Cartersvilia
DORSEY LOSING OUT.
BAltor The Georglan:
Rince Dorsey spoke here las
week Governor Harris is xl-\!“«"
in Ben Hill County every day
Indications m?fiu he will oan
s
WEHITCHARD,
Mitageraid, Oa. " 4