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TWO Hardwick Squarely in the Race For the Senate AUGUSTA. RICHMOND COUNTY AND THE TENTH TO HO FOR THHS. HARDWICK BT 616 MAJORITY Brilliant Representative Could Have Been Conqressman As Lona As He Desired the Posi tion HE HAS ACCOMPLISHED MUCH FOR THIS CITY Secured SIBO,OOO Appropria tion to Rip Rap River Banks, $325,000 For Postoffice and Rendered Other Splendid Service. Ttir for mu I ar»noiinr*m*f»t of Con- Rnwinan ThoitikN \V. Hardwick for the l T nlto<l Htat«i *«»n*t + to suwerd ttir la I** Kfiuitor A. O. Bacon uppwir* In another column of The Herald to* da\ Mr. Hardwick'* utatemcnt of hi* i andhlacy will rt«Mihtl»Hn he ri*ad with ireinendou* IntereNt. The announc*- imnt Hhn heen awaited eagerly ever alnee It waa Intimated that he might run. Unquestionably, Mr. Hardwick will carry ftichinond county liy a large ma jority no matter who hi* opponent la It |k hlko tail lev«d that le will carry i the t.utli datrlct with even greater « m* than he tutm carried it in hi* va* tiouH race* for the houae of rtpre #*enti4tivia. Mr Hardwick has been in congrean for I j yearn and haa made the 'tenth dtatrict an aide rcprem-ntatlve. Hie record h»* been ho clean that no one haa ever been able to attack it »uc- ■ ceanfutly, and. Judging from the num- j her of favorable eipremalon* hoard «»n the at reel* regarding hi* candidacy ( for the tenatc, he should aweep Au gut-fa and the rtleitr|c*t. Mr. Hardwick haa done much for thi* city during hia term* lit con* | greae. He haa aecured appropriation* of 91*9,000 for lhe rip-rapping work on the r*ver hank, which ha* aided greatly In the carrying out of the city'* flood |»r deetlon plan. lie pill now J make a determined fight In congreaa j to get a large appropriation to a**lst i In building the levee, or, specifically, | to pave the levee on the aide next to . tii.» r»\« r Hi whi aak for SSOO 000 for thla purpi ac and he la confident ! that he c n get it. Got $325,000 for Po.toffico. Mr. Hardwick flrat aocured an ap propriation of 9250,000 with which to hull I u poMtofflcp In Auguata. When it vaa dlm ovpred that a poatofflce of Uecrgla marble could not he built with a quarter of a million dollars. Mr Hardwick at once went to work and n‘curod an additional 975.000 appro priation and work 1* about to atari now cm the magnificent $325,000 federal building in front of the union depot Mr. Hardwick'* standing in Wash* \ inglnn la well known and any Augus tan* who have hud any doubt* con I ernlng their representative's position A* with the big men of the nation need ed only to go to Washington to he convinced. The tentli congreuaionul diatrh t cun 111 afford to lo*c Mr. Hardwick and ; there I* a great deal of regret because r»f hi* detennlnatton to relinquish th» | office to enter the senatorial race. ! Hovever, the tentli dtatrict, a* well an i , the entire state, will be ably served j If he i* elected to the senate. Mr Hardwick could have unquestionably I been returned to Washington a* con grcsNinan a* many time* a* he de wired the honor, for there in no dispute over his great strength In this dis trict. ‘'(Hudson I* a man whose distin guishing trait I* self-approval." 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K. senate Mr. Ilir>l«l<k says: ”1 uin a candidate for the United HlHtoi HfnHlc, to bihtccol the late Mermtnr Karon, auhjeet to Hip primary election of the democratic party our present senior senator, the Honorable Hoke Hmitb, comes from the northern part nf the atate, realdlna at Atlanta It aeema that there la a strong and general aentlment throughout the state that, other things being equal, our oth er senator ahould come from aome oth er part of the atate. Since I waa born In the county of Thomas. In the ex treme Moutherti end of the atate. and have lived practically all of my life In 'the county of WaahlnKton, in the very j heart of middle Georgia. It would aeein [that from the atandpolnt of birth and residence, my candidacy might be ae -1 I eptable. I do not wlah, however, to be mlaunderatoed on thla queation I neither lielleve nor contend that resi dence In any particular aectlon in and of Itaelf, oiiaht to have supreme and I ontrolling Influence In the selection of | a aenator Of vnatly greater Import ance la the character and capacity of each candidate, hla training. exper ience and fitness for the service lie would tie called upon to render In the aenate, and the charactcer of the ser vice he propoaca to perform in that body. Part ml frlenda In almoat every section of our state have been hi kind aa to suggest Hint an experience of twelve years In the House of Repre sentatives, a clone acquaintance with the areat ’ national queatlons thut are now pressing upon congress for ho lutlon. and a lon* and Intimate as sociation with the men who must solve them, Klve me some qualifications for the office, and Justify an aspiration on my part to be elected to the senate of the hope that 1 may render and effective service to the slate of Geor gia, our country, and the democratic party That question most he con sidered and decided hy the people of Georgia Attitude on Public Questions. “There arc other and even more Im portant considerations that must met Jo. overlooked. Whoever may he the candidates for this high office, wlicrc ,-\.i they may reside, whatever quali fications thev may possess for the per formance of Its functions, before the pc,q4c of Georgia bestow upon any one of them the highest and most Im portant office In their gift, the public POSTOFFICE POLITICS BEGINNING TO WARM UP [N EARNEST HERE In Three Months Time Postmaster Murphy’s Time Will Ex pire—Some of the Active Candidates, and Then Some That Arc Not So Active—Who Will Get the Place a Ques tion No One Can Answer N ow. Postoffice publics In \ugusta will no doubt begin to warm up pretty soon On the 10th of next June Post master Thomas l). Murphy’s four jaerx term will expire anil it Is under stood that a successor will be named now and that time. While every appointee of ex-Presl dent Taft In the principal cities of Georgia has been out of the post mastership for many months, still there has been no attempt to disturb Mr. Murphy, who secured his appoint ment from the then president ou an entirely personal basis There was no demand lor Ills removal and he will serve his term out. Mr Murphy and Ills friends have been given to understand that he vi.i not be re-appointed, although! **" have hopes of his landing the position again. They point to IPs ~. tuoi.l record ss postmaster and j also to the fact that he was given the appointment, not as a Republican, but as a Democrat and that Mr. Taft disregarded the wishes of the tenth district Republican organisation when he appointed him. It is nlso pointed out that Mr Murphy Is endorsed for re-appointment by some of the most Influential Augusta people Assuming, for the sake of argil ment. that Mr Murphy Is to he sup planted. the Interesting question Is. who will get the plum? There are several active candidates for the position and some that are not so active Mr. E. B. Pilcher. Probably the man who has worked harder than any other Is Mr. K B. Pilcher, superintendent of the county home, who was'for years superinten dent of malls at the local postofflec. Mr Pilcher has n large number of endorsements. He is a member vt I’ost E. T P A,, being for years a traveling salesman, and the drum mers are strong supporters of his candidacy. Then, too, Mr. Pilcher has strong endorsements from i rom incut Augusta business men, and also from prominent people through the tenth district. Another active candidate Is Sheriff John W t’lark, a close political an.i personal friend of Congressman llari should know ths attitude of ea< h ran* dtdate upon thi* groat national ques tion* with which our wenator* must deal, to the end that the dmnocrat* of Georgia may Mttd to the senate not only a competent and effective sena tor. but one who truly interpret* and wtll faithfully execute their will in that body. It I*. I take It, almost need le** for me to assure the people that T have settled opinions and deep con viction* on theee great public ques tions, and a fixed und definite policy, that I shall pursue if elected to the senate Otherwise, I should not as pire to that office. Space will not per mit me to go Into these question* now, but it is my purpose to do so fully dur ing the campaign, and if the demo crat* of Georgia agree with me on the* questions,. I shall expect them to sup port tny candidacy; otherwise, 1 shall neither expect It nor desire it. "One other matter; simply because I have been and a>m now on term* of friendship with the President of the United State* and with Senator Smith, and simply because I have at different times In the past actively and earnest ly supported the candidacies of these two great democrats, I do not claim the support of every Georgia democrat wit > has supported either of both of them. Nor, on the other hand, do T believe that simply because of my po sition in these matters. I ought to he opposed by those Georgia democrats who did not support these gentlemen. Clinging to No Coat-Tail. "If I absolutely knew that I could go to the senate simply by clinging to the coat-tails of any man in Georgia, or outside of it. I would not have it at such a price, or in such a way. As I view it, my candidacy doe* not afford either reason or excuse for a revival of hitter factionalism among Georgia democrats. If I thought so, I would forego It. 1 only ask. from every Geor gia democrat a fair an impar tial hearing, and finally a decision on the issues made. Surely, my long and faithful service to our party entitles me to that much, and surely the fair minded democracy of Georgia will neither begrudge nor deny me that. I shall present my own views, in my own way, stand on my own record, hoe my own row. and tote any own skil let." THOMAS W. HARDWICK. Washington, D. 0.. March 7, 1914. wick. Mr. ('lark Is also a very strong friend of Senator Hoke Smith. He has some strong endorsements, so it is said, for the position Mr. ('lark has Intimated that he would not of fer for sheriff again and his reason for announcing his retirement may be that he has had some assurances that he will be the postmaster at Augusta. Mr. ('lark has been well known In Augusta all his life and for the past twelve years has been sheriff of Richmond County. Dr. Littleton Spoken of. Pr, J. R Littleton has been spoken of In connection with the appoint ment of postmaster It Is believed j that he would be a strong candidate shoul I he go out for the position. (However, It is not known what his ; attitude would lie. Hr, Littleton has i been spoken of also in connection i with the congressional race, but just i what he expects to do cannot bo as- I certain. it is generally thought that Or. Lit | tleton has had a determination all 1 along to offer for mayor again in 1915 and some say that neither the t chance to he postmaster nor to rep | resent ids district in congress would I cause him to swerve from the plan ! to run for mayor. | Still another gentleman spoken ot las a possibility is former councilman i\V P Bell, of the Fourth Ward. Mr. Bell lias been a staunch supporter of ! Congressman Hardwick for a number jof years Mr. Bell, like Pr, Little -1 ton. has made no efforts to land the position ft Is possible, however, that his friends, at the proper time, will urge his appointment Mr B. F. Walker, the 100 a 1 hook and mngar.ine dealer, is a candidate Tor postmaster and he Is understood to have some good endorsements. 'Mr Walker has been very active Mr. R. J. Edenfield. Another gentleman spoken of In connection with the office is Mr R .t, Kdenfleld, who for many years has beeen one of the leaders of a local political party that has supported Mr. Hardwick in each of his rani, aigns. It is admitted that Mr. HMetifleld hiw a strong claim on the position, but | as to whether he will push his claim fH£ AUGUSTA HERALD. AUGUSTA, GA. ’ ..-T ' -vV *- The brainy congressman from the Tenth District of Georgia, who announces this morning for the Senate. Mr. Hardwick has had a splendid career of public service al ready. Beginning in the Georgia legislature, when almost a lad, he has climbed upward with wonderful rapidity, and now, after serving his home district with distinguished ability for a dozen years in the lower House of Congress, he is seeking the endorsement of the entire citizens of Georgia so that he may represent the Empire State of the South in the American House of Lorda. If elected, the transition from House to Senate will not cause the Tenth District and the State to lose the services of this ac complished orator and statesman, only his field will be broader. v PLANNING RETURN TO JULY PRIMARY Councilman H. A. Woodward, of Fifth Ward. Has Ordinance Prepared to Go Before Coun cil Tomorrow Niqht CLAIM THAT JULY IS BETTER THAN OCTOBER Last Year Change Was Made. Six Candidates Already An nounced For City Council, One in Each Ward of the City. Councilman H. A. Woodward, of the Fifth Ward, is the author of an ordi nance which will be presented for the consideration of city council to morrow night, changing the dates of registration for city white primary hack to the former dates. Last year an orlluance was passed fixing the time of registration In September, which caused the primary election to be held late in October The ordi nance which will be presented tomor row night calls for tile registration books to open on the iirst Monday in : June and close on the last Saturday. I I’nder the present ordinance tlie reg- j istry books open on the first Monday in September and close on the last Saturday. I If the ordinance Is adopted it will I mean that Augusta is to go back to •luiy primaries, which has been the custom long ; rdor to lasi year. Mr. Woodwartl wus asked why lie had prepared the ordinance and lie stated that he did so at the request of the' white primary committee. Chairman Julian M. Smith, of that committee, is out of the cit no statement conld he obtained from him. However, it Is generally understood that the reason for the proposed i change is that it is a King rac-> to run from January. February or March to , October and the candidates are anx ious to get the election over with as 'quickly as possible There has been a candidate for council to announce in every ward in the city as follows: I First Ward. ('. ('.onion iatmbaok. Second Ward. J Wilbur Boswell. Thirl Ward, C.eo T Horne. I Fourth Ward. L. S. Davis. Fifth Ward James \l Koon. Sixth Ward. S. A Fortson. or not is unknown The report is gen >ra! that Congress -1 man Hardwick Is going to call a "cab | inct rectlng" of his friends here and , decide who shall be postmaster. Ao cording to the story that is current, there is a enteric of about a half j dozen which holds that postoffice ap pointment within its grasp. If that half dozen decides that a particular candidate should have the place Mr “Hardwick will bow before it The report is also current that this cote rie is spilt up on the question of 1 who shall be the man. There are ail sorts of possibilities i tn this postoffice situation and there : is no tolling who will got the appoint jment. Tint.' alone will tell. HON. THOMAS W. HARDWICK SPECIAL MEET CITY COUNCIL I Will Elect Registry Clerks For Bond Election When $550,- 000 Issue Will Be Decided. There will be a special meeting of the city council of Augusta tomorrow night when registry clerks will be chosen for the bon<l election. Registration places will he opened In enrh of the six wards of thA city and the citizens of the city may Tjualify to vote in the forthcoming election when the question of having a bond issue of $750,000 to finish the levee will be determined. City council will also take up other important matters at the meetng to morrow right. JEFFERY MOTOR CARS Reliable Auto Co. DR. WHITLAW mhk? •, • ? - A -«mm *' kV - rf *'* ''aa^ai ■*_ i .v i4 f f -' ■'! ■ : , .p 4 W:s EzSBBBB. . • '^SMB ** ’ * - > y* *• . Founder of Painless Dentistry ALL WORK GUARANTEED ABSOLUTELY PAINLESS Fillings in Gold. Plati num. Porcelain and Sil ver, 50c and SI.OO. REFERENCES: UNION SAVINGS BANK AND THOUSANDS OF SATIS FIED PATRONS. All is Quiet and Serene in Richmond County Politics Will Be Lively Race For Sheriff Between Messrs. Plunket and Sturges—No Opposition to Present Incumbents Developed So Far. Although the year 19H haß**nin through January, February and « por tion of March, still very little la Heard of county politics. Indeed, the only race which la opening up at all la the one for kherlff between Mesara Thotnati Plunkett and Guy Sturge.t, who expect to offer for the loeltion, aa the present Incumbent, Sherlft Jno W. Clark will not run again, so it Is stated. There may be others in the race for sheriff, but so far the onlv two active candidates are Messrs. Plunket and Sturges. As for the other county officers not a word is heard of opposition to them. Ordinary Walton does nota have to seek re-election but once every four years and he has two years more after this to serve. Clerk of Court Daniel Kerr will have to offer for the place again this year, but not an intimation of prob able opposition has been heard. Treasurer Walter A. Clark, Tax Collector C. S. Bohler and Tax Re ceiver C. A. Steed will be candidates Hon. J. S. Reynolds Makes First Formal Announcement Is in the Race For Congress to Succeed Mr. Hardwick. Other Announcements May Come Soon. Some of Those Talked About in Connection With the Race. Hon. Joseph S. Reynolds is the first candidate to announce formally con gress from the tenth congressional district of Georgia to succeed Hon. Thomas \V. Hardwick, who announ ces today that his hat Is the ring for senator. Mr. Reynolds came put with a statement some months ago to the effect that he would offer for congress an<f yesterday afternoon made hls for mal declaration of Intention. The announcement Is a very simple one and to the point, and Mr. Rey nolds gives no platform and lays down no declaration of principles, choosing to say w hatever he has to say alogn these lines at a later date. Here is the formal announcement: To the Voters of the Tenth District. J hereby announce my candidacy for the democratic nomination for con gress from the Tenth Georgia district at the approaching primary election, subject to the rules of the democratic executive committee of the district, and respectfully solicit your support. JOS. S REYNOLDS. Mr. Reynolds was solicitor general of the Augusta circuit so many years and made a nable officer. He Is very popular personally and has a great many f riends over the district. Mr. Reynolds was at one time pres ident of the Augusta Chamber of Commerce and worked very hard in the interests of that organization. He is also prominent in church affairs, being one of the officers of the Reid Memorial Presbyterian church on the Hill. The announcement of Mr. Reynolds will probably be followed by other for mal announcements. Hon. Carl Vinson, of Baldwin coun ty, the baby member of the Tenth dis trict, is said to be desirous of suc ceeding Congressman Hardwich, and announced some time ago that he would be in the race. Mr. Hardeman. Hon. Robert Hardeman, of Jefferson county, seems to be In a quandary as he has not been able to decide wheth er to offer for congress or for the judgeship of the Middle Circuit, to suc ceed Judge Rawlings, or either of them. Judge Rawlings, it is rumored, may offer for congress himself. He is from Washington county, the same county that Congressman Hardwick hails from. He will not run again for the judgeship. There lias been talk of Hon. O. R. DR. WHITLAW Now famous throughout Southern States for successful painless dentistry methods, the fruit of many years devoted to his profeßsiom and in perfecting his painless operations, has now opened at t -522 Broad Street, Upstairs the largest and most thoroughly equipped Den tal Parlors in the whole south. Not only is every modem equipment to be found here, but the comfort and convenience of patients seen too in the most luxuriant man ner. Dr. Whitlaw, with his corps of expert as sistants, are always on hand Week days —8 a. m. to 7p. m. Sundays lO a. m. to 2 p. m. Gold Inlay and Por celain Crown, $4 up. SUNDAY. MARCH 8. to succeed themselves but there haa been no opposition developed. The terms of Messrs. Q. H. Nixon, A. H. Rooks and E. F. Verdery. as members of the county commission, will expire this year. It Is understood that Messrs. Nixon and Rooks will offer to succeed themselves and that Mr Verddry will not offer to succee# himself, he having so stated yestefc day. It Is not believed that there wtll be any opposition to Judge Henry C. Hammond. There has been talk of Mr. I. a Peebles getting In the race, but no announcement has been made by Mr. Peebles. Judge Eve and Solicitor Black, of the cltv court, bave Berved less than half of sour-yeas terms and they will not have to go befora the people for two more years. Eve offering for congress again, al though it is not thought that Mr. Eve has decided the question as yet. He may make A_formal announcment la ter. The talk of Dr. J. R. Littleton offer ing for congress is persistent. Dr. Lit tleton was in the state legislature one term and made a splendid record. Ha will make no statement at this time as to hls intentions. Talk on the streets has connected Dr. Littleton's name with the appointment as post master, congress and the mayoralty of Augusta. Just what he will do is not known. Digressing a little from the possible candidates whose names have been connected with the race for congress. It may be s tated just here that a num ber of other very prominent gentle men of the tenth district have been talked of quietly and some of them have been urged by their close friends to make the race. One of them is Hon. John T. West, of Augusta and Thomson, one of Mr. Hardwick's strongest supporters. However, Mr. West has persistently refused to run. Mr. Fogarty. Hon. D. G. Fogarty, of Augusta, who managed Mr. Hardwick's campaign in this county, has also been spoken of, but h e will not consider running. Judge Henry C. Hamnv>nd has been importuned to run and he would no doubt make a strong race. It is be lle/ed, however, that the judge pre fers the superior court bench and no amount of insistence could induce him to offer for congress. The Crawfordville Advocate Demo crat, the Columbia Sentinel and the Gibson Record have printed very com complimentary notices recently re garding Hon. I. S. Peebles, of this city, suggesting that he would be a good man to run for congress. However, it is not believed that Mr. Peebles will even consider such a step. The time for the primary will prob ably be in August, und there may be a field full of candidates by that time. There are lots of possibilities in this congressional situation and a dark horse, one not reckoned with at all up to the present, may come in and imake things extremely interesting. The developments of the next few months will be watched with tremen dous interest. $15.00 Overcoats, $25.00 value. Black, Brown and Gray, at Martina. Crown and Bridge Work, $4.00 per Tooth Up.