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THE UNION-RECORDER, NILLEDCEVILLE, GA., SEPTEMBER 14, IBM.
; c k Russell Addresses
Large Audience Here
Greet Gubaiaalarial CaadMate ia UahcraUtd Addreii Here.
Scored far Tradw With Riven ia Attempt To Swap
overnor’i Office. Stater Paatiaa or School Books.
( an audience that filled the
i H t Richard B. Russell, Jr.,
Qforire Carswell, hir oppon-
|MW jj,,. run-afi prime, for Gcv-
hir ' n iJnight" trade with
Bivers sod diacwaad other is-
in an address here Saturday
r aeraiwe t"'”™ «»', Saturday
,niiae that Mr. Russell had accept,
an invitation from friends to apeak
e that wen in*. Despite the heavy
■ Di and the short time to adv.r-
" e t j, t . meftiog* the court h juse was
\ i h an attentive audience. He
jbh. from Sandersville and mot
[TicntJs at the Baldwin hotel,
jj hip party were newspaper men
Judge Little, of Valdosta, who
il made a speech in Eatonton in
iilf of Mr. Russell in the after-
3n. The m-'-qiaper men declared
Russell will sweep Georgia and
t all indications point to a land-
1,.. Tb> --tated that the aenti-
nt *s ne"inst the line up made to
to dex>at Mr. Russell by the
i» politicians and people of Geor-
will not permit the Governor’s
ir to be traded for
I Books.
nd lobbyists
trust’s attorneys
Georgia.
OM Enoagh Not to Trade
“Mr. Carswell has conlemptously
referred to me as the schoolboy can
didate. My'answer is I would much
rather be the schoolboy candidate
than the candidate of the schoolbook
tract. Mr. Carswell has belittled me
on account of my youth, but I want
to say to him that I am old enoug
to know better than to try to trade
off the people’s offices. I have not
entered into any kind of trade or
agreement and I promise the people
I will not enter into any such.
“Early in the week at Baxley Mr.
Carswell sneered at me because I am
a graduate of the University of Geor
gia and contemptuously said that I
had ; one of them long-winded di
plomas given by the university,’ but
that he couldn’t afford to go to the
university. When he saw that this
rash and ill-advised statement had
reacted against him he turned around
and issued a formal flat denial that
he had ever said any such thing.
However, I spoke ut Baxley my*
Mr. Cars-'self on Thursday and more than
•l| attempted. ! dozen well-known citizens assured i
Coi. Marion Allen introduced Mr. of the truth of the published uccount
M-ell to his audience. He pledged of hi 8 reference to
: -upport to hi* former colleague versity. They said they heard him
thr lower house of the General make the statement.
M*mbly ami endorsed him to the Unworthy Attempt
ters of this county as a man well- *«j* waR an unworthy attempt
iliticd, honest, sincere and cap- capitalize prejudice against i
le. He st ited than he had
n under f re and that Mr. Rus-
*11 had on several occasions made
4 on the floor of the house for
G. S. C. W. and the Stat oHos-
as well as the other institutions.
Mr. Russell spoke under a handi-
having mude two speeches a day
ng the week and it was clearly
rent that he was tired. He quick-
on his audience with his sincere,
ghtforward discussion of the i$-
George sought to create the impres
sion on the minds of his hearers that
I belonged to a special-privileged
class. The truth is that 1 am one
of thirteen children and that I work
ed to help send myself through the
university. 1 am proud that I was
able to graduate from the university.
Had Mr. Carswell been fair and frank
he would have told his hearers that
he is a greduate of Mercer university
and that he holds what he terms ‘a
long-winded diploma’ from that most
excellent university.
“George has discovered a terrible
bogey man. He shudders over the
thought that two members of the
Russell family may hold two public
offices. This ought not to alarm
George, for George has placed the
whole Carswell family and some of
his in-laws i n one office, that of sec
retary of state, over which he pre
sides. And audit shows that on the
pay roll of that department was
George, himself; his son, his daugh
ter, his niece, his sister-in-law, and
that to cap it all off, ho had given
a job at the state’s expense to Gov
ernor Hardman*8 father-in-law.
"He shouldn’t be alarmed over two
members of the Russell family going
before the people for two offices
which the people have a right to be
stow and which the Russell* have not
and will not undertake to trade off
in any midnight deats or under, any
other circumstances."
THIS WEEK IN HISTORY
Sept. 22—Nathan Hale put to death
as a spy, 1770; Emancipation
Proclamation, 1862; Tunney-
Dcmpscy fight, 1027.
Sept. 23—First baseball club organ
ized, 1845; University of Califor
nia opened 1869; German airship
raid over London, 1916, Caesar
Augustus born, 63 B. C.
Sept. 23—Black Friday in Now York
City, i869; John Marshall born,
1755; Zachary Talyor, 1784.
Phone
252
Avoid ALL Fuel Troubles
by burning DIXIE GEM,
The Perfect Coal.
Fowler
Flemisfer
Coal Co.
Sept. 25—Balboa discovered the Pa
cific ocean, 1613; first American
newspaper issued 1690.
Sept. 26—Holy Alliance formed by
Russia, Austria and Pruaaia, 1815;
Samuel Adams born, 1722; Irving
Bachelor, 1859.
Sept. 27—General Howe (British)
entered Philadelphia, 1777.
There’s a divinity that shapes our
ends, lough hew them how w? will.
—Shakespeare.
SCHOOL BEILS fRF RINGING
Come to see us for
Fountain Pens, Pencils
and Ink, College Rings,
Fins, Belts, Book-ends,
Memo Pads, Calendars,
Kodak Films and
developing.
Williams & Ritchie
JEWELERS
Milledgeville, Ga.
Mr. Russell made no rash and ira-
issiblc promises. He clearly stated
hat it is certain that neither enndi-
ate can accomplish any of his pro-
■osed measures unless the Legisla-
supports them. He stated that
governor can bring his plans be-
the legislature; but unless they
•t them into law they are no j
1. He showed that he had the j
rsement of the members of both j
e and senate and promised that:
would work harmoniously with
n to do something for Georgia.
Showing how impossible was the [
of Mr. Carswell to divert the;
million dollars tag money to pay j
state's debts, Mr. Russell then I
red into a discussion of the taxj
lent. Referring to Mr. Carswell’s •
previous statements he said: |
He changes his position so fast,”
ist it is impossible for one to know
rhere he -tands from one day to
nother. Prior to his midnight trade
with Ed Rivers he was opposing any
hange in the present tax system.
i'Jt in the famous joint statement
hich he and Ed issued after that
linight trade he said he favored a
• -ion of the tax system. Now, it
terns, he is proclaiming in paid ad-
< rtisements that if he is elected
o-.ernor he will veto any change in
he present tax system should a
change be made by the legislature.
• is it that opposes a change
tax system so that the tax
may be more evenly dis-
iI know that it is' not yon
••iobject and I know that
■ objection on the part of
i the people throughout
Book Policy Defended
Carswell, prior, to his mid-
tndc with Ed Rivers, was rid- |
my proposal that schoolbooks i
l*' ''■ : ' -hod the people at cost and I
sit the hands of the schoolbook trust J
out of the pockets of the
was accusing Ed Rivers
right dt mogogucry for pro-
furnish schoolbooks free.
' ;at Ed and everyone else
the state in debt and with
revision of the tax sys-
land can he relieved, it
Possible to furnish school-
Hut in that famous joint
iiich he and Ed issued
dnight trade he said he
' 11 - schoolbooks.
joint statement, how-
lot heard that he has
•d in favor of free
even schoolbooks at
What does the Cordele Situation
mean to Georgia?
T O MANY people, the situation now
existing in Cordele, Ga., is a purely
* local mutter in Cordele. On the contrary,
it is of very great importance to the
whole state of Georgia.
Briefly the facts of the situation arc
these— '
Crisp County, in which Cordele is lo
cated, bonded itself, built an ejectnc
power plant and a few weeks ago went
into business in competition with this
Company’s established electric business
in Cordele.
The Cordele authorities immediately
cut under this Company’s rates, forcing
the Company to meet the cut in an ef
fort to preserve its business and property
investment there. Cordele worked ait no
rates of their own based on the cori of
supplying the service. They merely took
this Company’s rate schedule ami cut it
ten per cent. Even this Company s
widely discussed “service charge" was in
cluded in the rates Cordele esUbladied.
Other unfair competition is being prac
ticed, including threats of boycott and
social ostracism, to force this Company a
customers to cease doing business with it
and buy from the municipal plant.
The issue in Cordeie is not private-
ownership vs. government-ownership m
the electric bosiness. The situation is
that of a legitimate business attacked by
unfair competition.
Tie outrome of the Cordeie situation
directly afreets every Georgian and this
advertisement is published in order that
yo'.: may be informed about the Cordele
situation.
Jt Impairs Georgia's Repu
tation as a Safe Place for
Outside Investments
Tff. Georgia Bower Company is the
property
property the
otnl inv
business
iled only by those
railroads. With the exception only
r privately-owned public utilities
■ I hi
1 e is a reason for Georgia’s
lack of attitude, on the j
• '-k question. Just ns ther.a
'n for his attitude or lack j
‘ itiid** on the question of tax
' n - Among the chief moguls
Uiaign headquarters and one :
hud a big hand in the midnight
i-s the head of the schoolbook
|; : . mpany has v
Crisp County than any other 1
, v « ins tries in the county combined.
The Georgia Power Company is Gcor-
• la’s largest industry.
\Vi v putlirilv is being given na
tion.- ' • Cord.: •s efTort to destroy its
third largest industry. Wide publicity
also i bring -given nationally to the
efforts of an organized group of agi
tators. elsewhere in the State, who are
seeking to capitalize on the Cordele sit
uation. seeking to force a state-wide slash
in this Company's already very low rates.
If they should be successful. Georgias
largest industry would be destroyed.
Capital is timid. It seeks security. It
roes only where it feels that it will be
safe. The attitude of the public in a state
or a section toward investments is one
factor which new investors scrutinize
most carefully.
The first question they ask is—“What
is the attitude of the public toward in
vestments already located there?”
Georgia needs new capital, billions of
dollurs of it, in order to de^lop its nat
ural rerources-aAt this stag! of its de
velopment, Georgia cannot afford to gain
a reputation as an unsafe place for in
vestment. /
It Reduces Georgia’s Op
portunity for Bringing
New Industries Here
The nation has already learned that
Georgia offer* outstanding industrial ad
vantages, and we predict that Georgia’s
future development will far surpass that
of the past- Our industrial experts pre
dict, for example, that Middle and South
Georgia are due for a development of
their ceramic nnd paper and pulp re
sources which will equal or surpass the
textile industry in North Georgia.
But if this development is to take
place, electric power conditions in Geor
gia must be right. Just the mere fact
that a power plant is built does not
bring industries flocking to a commp-
nity, as people in Cordele have been led
to believe.
In order to satisfy the demands of
modern industry, electric power must not
only be available but it mest be depend
able. it must be abandon!, and it must be
available over a wide area in order that
an industry may pick and choose the lo
cation which best suits its needs.
The Georgia Power Company alone in
Georgia is capable of offering electric
power oervke of the gnaBty that modern
industry drmamta
Small isolated power plants, such as
the one at Cordeie, have little to offer
new industries. The Cordeie plant de
pends upon the widely fluctuating flow
of a single stream, and its output will
be seriously curtailed in periods of high
water or low water. It has very limited
reserve facilities.
Such plants cannot help Georgia grow
industrially, hut they can seriously im
pair this Company's ability to errry on
this work.
Again, industries do not come to a new
section—they are brought.
The expense of this Company’s cam
paign to bring new industries to Georgia
is greater than th* 1 entire gross Income
which Cordele could collect from its mu
nicipal system.
It Diminishes the Georgia
Farmer’s Hope of Obtain
ing Electric Power
• Rural electrification is a comparatively
new thing in Georgia, but in less than
two years since this Company first en
tered this field, it has extended service
to nearly 3,000 farm customers.
Extending electric power to the farms
is an expensive job. With very few cus
tomers to the mile of line, it obviously
takes g.-eat sums of money to do the pio
neering work in this field. This Company
was not able financially to attempt it for
many years of its history. But now the
work has been inaugurated, many Terms
already ore being served, and many more
farmers are anxious to obtain this serv
ice.
Georgia’s farmers will not permit this
work to be checked! ,
Cordele hu not moved even to extend
rural aervke to the for** ia Cnop
County, even though every farmer i* the
county contributed ia Uu taxes to th*
construction of the county-owned powe.
plant.
But Cordele and the situation it has
created can hamper and handicap this
Company’s farm electrification program
very seriously. It has already done this
to some extent by stirring up hostility
toward this Company in some other
cities.
In mort rases, the Company has to
wait from one to five years after it builds
a farm’line before it can hope to get any
return on the cost of building the lx»e.
No business enterprise could afford to
take -iuch a long chance in the face of a
hostile public attitude.
And, It Also Injures Cor
dele and Crisp County
lie interested in some of the results of
the Cordele experiment.
Cordele and Crisp County have mort
gaged every piece of property in the
county in order to build an expensive
electric system. Naturally it will have to
be paid for. It can be paid for only out
of earnings ! y the plant or out of tuxes.
In cutting our rates, Cordele established
rates which, in our opinion as ex|»erienced
operators of electric properties, will not
even pay the costs. If this is true, event
ually their rates will have to be raised
or their taxes increased—or both.
But, supposing that Cordele should
make n financial success of ita plant,
whst will it have gained by its venture
into nisi ness ? It will have whatever sat
isfaction there is in having had ita own
way, but what else beyond this?
Formerly Cordele had one electric ays-'
tern. Now it has two electric systems.
Eventually it will have only one electric
system again.
It defies inexorable economic laws for
two electric systems to exist side by
side. One inevitably destroys the other.
And regardless ef which system wins
oat in the end. Cordele is the kjmv.
A community mast have wealth m or
der to prosper, whether its wealth be in
money or farm crops or buildings or elec
tric power structures. Whether the wealth
is privately or publicly owned, it is all
part of the community's wealth. A com
munity which destroys its wealth im
poverishes itself.
driving Ibis Company o_.
drives out its third largest industry, Ha
third largest property holder, it* third
largest taxpayer. This Company suffers
by it, of course, but Cordele also lose*
by having destroyed a hundred thousand
dollani or more of its community wealth.
Formerly the citizens of Cordele paid
paid taxes. If we
rill still pay electric
If Cordele succeeds in its purpose ia
iving this Company out of its city, it
electric bills
1 driven out, they >
Electric Rates 23.81 Lower Than
The National Average
The average rate of the Georgia I’ower Company, including charges to
all classes of customers, is 1.97 cents per kilowutt hour. The national av
erage is 2JS9 cents. CUSTOMERS OF THE GEORGIA POWER COM
PANY PAY 23.8 PER CENT LESS FOR THEIR ELECTRIC SERVICE
THAN THE AVERAGE OVER THE NATION.
The average residential rates of this Company and its industrial power
rates are both materially lower than the national average. Its rural electric
rates are among the lowest in the nation.
As a result of reductions in this Company’s rates, our customers have
saved a total of $3,784,468 since 1926 in their electric light and power bills
under what they would have paid for the same service if the rate reduc
tions had not been made.
losses in some way, either by raising its
electric rates, or by increasing Its taxes,
or by restricting its governmental activi
ties for the welfare of the community—
or all three. The following item is re
printed from the Cordele Dispatch of
September 10, 1930:
Cordele Dispatch,
Sept. 10, 1930.
‘GEOEJ3IA
POWER COMPANY
A CITIZEN WHEREVER WE SERVB
pa>rn*nt plan and EiaUn* monthlr
parvenu ar. parctui.c. vf awe*. ,