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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Georgia Democrats Endorse the
Administration Woodrow Wilson
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No Hope For Georgia Democrats Outside the Ranks of the
Militant Progressive Democracy---Endorses the County
Unit Plan
Macon, Ga- —Theplatform adopted
by the State Democratic convention
is as follows:
“We, the democrats of Georgia, in
convention assembled, with peace and
prosperity blessing our common
wealth, feel that Divine Providence
is smiling upon us. With hope of the
future we congratulate the people of
Georgia on present conditions, and
unparalleled prosperity for the peo
ple of our great state.
President Wilson and Democraoy.
“We extend to the national demo
cratic party our hearty congratula
tions on the service rendered the
country and pledge to it our co-oper
ation and support. Under the leader
ship of our great and wise president,
Woodrow Wilson, we have seen more
constructive legislation originated
and enforced to lift the burden from
the shoulders of thetoiling masses and
at the same time duly protecting the
rights of capital than In a century of
former republican and democratic
administrations. We have seen within
the past two years, a substantial and
effective amendment to the currency
law', giving us an elastic currency,
with regional banks through the
south, making impossible financial
panics, we have seen a department of
commerce established with headquar
ters in the south; we have seen a
practical parcel post established aid
ing the local merchants and farmers
lnr marketing their crops; we have
(seen idle money In the treasury brought
'to our very doors to move our cotton
and grain crops, we have seen pro
vision made by the national govern
ment to enable the farmers of the
south to store their cotton, draw mon
ey on it, using it and at the same
time holding it for better prices. We
therefore, ask Democrats of Georgia
to extend the right hand of fellow
ship to the Democracy of the nation.
“We realize that while Mexico
could have been crushed by us as an
egg-shell by a trip-hammer, yet diplo
macy and justice and mercy are
greater than war: and the moral ex
ample to the world and to our sister
republic and redound to the glory of
our great republic and faithful presi
dent, whose one guiding star is right,
justice and humanity. At this time
when the world is at war, the course
adopted to preserve peace In Mexico
has justified itself by results.
“As loyal democrats of Georgia,
with perfect faith, we proclaim to the
people of the south that there is no
hope for us outside of the ranks of
the militant, progresnive democracy.
State’s Financial Condition.
“Our financial condition is most im
portant, and its solution demands the
bait attention and co-operation of
eveVy patriotic citizen. The wealth of
our state has grown so rapidly that
it staggers us with its proportions,
anci Ais growing so fast in every line
of evvTjavor that we must be careful
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Reasons Why
the next time you order
“corn flakes” you should specify
Post Toasties
They are perfect flakes—thin as paper—each flake the “sweet meat” of the
choicest white corn grown in the Mississippi Valley.
This food comes to you fresh, in sanitary packages, sealed tight, and with an
Inside Container to keep contents right.
Post Toasties have a dainty, com flavour—unusual to common corn flakes—this
due to skilful cooking and toasting, which imprisons the oven-fresh goodness and saves
it for your breakfast or lunch—
Toasties are good hot or cold; served with cream and sugar—also fresh fruit in
season. To get a special richness of flavour in this distinctively American dish, warm
in open oven before serving. Heat unseals this dainty flavour for your appetite. A
superb food—always appetizing 1
No advance in .price of Post Toasties
—the Superior Corn Flakes
to meet its expanding needs and con
ditions. No expenditures should ex
ceed our income and without parsi
mony to any state institution, wo
must exercise the most rigid economy
in administering its affairs.
Equalization of Taxes.
“We are glad to say that the pass
the-hat-around system has beep abol
ished. Our new tax equalization law
properly perfected, if it needs it, so
as to make public service corporations
bear their just proportion of the bur
den, will accomplish much, and will
force the dishonest tax-dodger to pay
his part together with the honest tax
payers, which will reduce the tuxes
of all the people, we hope, to 2 1-2
mills and even lower in the near fu
ture. Every piece of property and ev
ery asset of every person or corpora
tion must and shall bear its just bur
den of taxation.
Western. & Atlantic Railroad.
“We oppose the sale of the Western
& Atlantic Railroad, which is a prec
ious legacy handed down to us by our
fathers. The lease of this magnifi
cent property expires in 1919 and we
urge the legislature and the next gov
ernor of Georgia to look diligently
and carefully to its interest and re
lease to the best advantage.
“We declare not only for a lower
tax rate, but we promise the people
of Georgia that the taxpayer shall get
as much in protection as he pays out
in taxes. Increased protection and
lower taxes are the basic principles
of our party platform.
Sanitation and Health.
"We congratulate the state of Geor
gia on the new sanitary and health
and vital statistics laws passed by the
last legislature, as the health of our
people is paramount to every other
issue, and we urge that these laws be
rigidly nforeed.
"Our great university system, Is a
source of pride to all, and we urge
that it be extended along the line of
agricultural teachings. Our common
school system Is also a source of pride
to every Georgian, and urge that the
largest appropriation possible be
made to them, and we also earnestly
urge that our teachers he better paid,
and that payment should be made
promptly when due.
Labor and Capital.
"We congratulate the state on the
harmony existing between labor and
capital, as we feel that it is cause for
congratulation to the democratic par
ty. In the great state of Georgia we
should invite capital to invest and al
low it to expand to its utmost capac
ity and labor must have its just re
ward. We pledge the democratic par
ty not only to encourage capital, but
to protect labor with just and ade
quate legislation.
Publio Roads.
"Our progress in public road build
ing in the past few years has been
phenomenal; and the state should co-
operate with the general government
to get every appropriation possible to
continue the work which will enhance
our land beyond computation. We
recommend that we have a separate
bureau to assist and encourage this
department so essential to our state.
"The heroes of the ‘Lost Cause’ who
were glorious in war and renowned in
peace are rapidly passing away, but
the remaining ones and their wives
should be generously provided for, as
the debt of gratitude we owe to them
we will never be able to repay. ‘We
will bind them to our hearts and wear
them forever.
"We hereby declare for permanent
registration of voters and desire to
see this system, perfected, If it needs
it, as we regard the rights of the bal
lot and the restrictions thrown about
it as elemental and fundamental to
good government, being, In fact, the
very foundation of honest govern
ment.
State Bends.
“We protest against any farther
bond issues except it becomes a dire
necessity, but we are glad to say that
the state’s finances are In such con
dition that no bond issue is necessary
ir even within the range of probabil
ity.
County Unit Plan.
"We reaffirm the last democratic
platform as to the county unit plan,
believing it to be sound and Just, and
we pledge the democracy of Georgia
to its support and enforcement. The
small country counties sparsely pop
ulated. must he protected against the
large maporities of the city coun
ties.
“No state in the Union has more
equitable or better laws or more effi
cientcourts than the state of Georgia.
It Is approved beyond question that
lustice is free and our courts are open
at all times to the humblest and poor
est citizen. The verdicts of juries and
the judgments of courts should he
held So far as practicable, techni
calities should be abolished and Jus
tice, with her strong arm, should hold
the balance even.
"We call upon all Georgians in
this, the greatest era of our prosper
ity, to assist us in carrying out our
pledge to the people. We must not
tear down but build up, every insti
tution and interestof our great and
expanding commonwealth. It is a
badge of honor to be a Georgian, and
equally so to he a democrat; and let
us all, collectively amd individually,
put our shoulders to the wheels of
progress and make our state even
more than ever the ‘pride of the na
tion.’
“We recommend the adoption of the
Torrens land title system.”
THE NEW EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE NAMED
Four Members From Each of
the Congressional Districts
Throughout Georgia
Macon, Ga.—The new state executive
committee by congressional districts, as
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CHE AUGUSTA HERALD. AUGUSTA, GA.
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Andreas Hofer— The fon-keeperßatriot of theTyiol
TvD THIS peasant-leader Liberty was as much the breath of life as it is to the strong-winged eagles
of the Alps, io achieve it for himself and his mountain brothers he gladly laid down his life. No less
a personality than Napoleon vanquished him, and it was because he feared him that the Great Emperor
ordered Hofer shot Every atom of Andreas Hofer loved Liberty He demanded it for himself and willing
ly gave it to others In this respect he is no different than are our thousands of Tyrolese cithens. Personal and
National Liberty to those of Tyrolean blood is a religion To a man they will light for it and to a man they will
die for it. When asked to vote for LVohibition they do as would do the great patriot Hofer— VOTE AGAINST
IT. “Thou shalt NOT eat this—thou shalt NOT drink that" is insolent legislation to those of Tyrolean blood.
Anheuser-Busch are proud to serve their thousands of Tyrolese patrons. For 57 years these people have been mod J
erate users of their honestly-brewed beers BUDWEISER is a favorite wherever they reside. Seven A
thousand, five hundred people are daily required to meet the constantly increasing demand for BUDWEISER. A ‘
Its sales exceed those of any other beer by millions of bottles. Anheuser-Busch -snouts,u.aa. II
Bottled only at the home plant
selected by caucuses nnd unanimously
adopted by the convention, Is ns follows:
First district—N. J. Norman, liberty;
J. A. Brannon, Bulloch; It. J. Rogers,
Tattnall; F. G. Ral.b, Jenkins.
Second idstriet —W. J. Vereen, Col
fiultt; B. B. Bush, Miller; P. M. Cum
mlng, Decatur; H. H. Merry, Mitchell.
Third district A. B. Cook, Ben Hill;
J. Lawrence, Turner; .1. R. Stathsm,
Sumter; J. G. Dear, Terrell.
Fourth district—R. B. Dismukes, Mus
cogee; A. H. Freeman, Coweta; J. R.
1-unßford, Harris; Buford Boykin Car
roll.
Fifth district—D. B. Bullard. Camp
bell; J. B. Bodenharner, Dekalb; J. O.
Cochran, Fulton; G. A. Almond, Rock
dale.
Sixth district —Alf Blalock, Clayton; R.
I* Dickey; Crawford; J. B. Jackson,
Jones; Will Mitchell, Pike.
Seventh district—John W. Vandiver,
Floyd; George V. Welch, Cobb; J. L.
Head, Haralson; W. C. Martin, Whit
field.
Klghth district —R. L. McCommons,
Greene; Percy Mlddlehrooks, Morgan; R.
L. Taylor, Newton; D. T. Barnes,
Franklin.
Ninth district —R. I* J. Smith, Jack
son; B. L. Smith, Fannin; A. T. Greene,
Gwinnett; Claude Bond. Stephens.
Tenth district—H. W. Shaw, Rich
mond; George Carswell, Wilkinson; J. A.
Beasley, Taliaferro; Clayton Robson.
Baldwin
Eleventh district —R. L. Bennett,
Wayne; J. R. Davis, Brooks; W. E. Sir
mans, Ware; A. R. Grant. Jeff Davis.
Twelfth district —Emmett Houser,
Houston; Dr. J. B. Peacock, Bleckley;
Dr. B. T. Coleman, Emanuel; N. M.
Patton, Wilcox.
The romlmttea from the state a large
will be announced later by the chairman,
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LOG ROLLING,
RIVER-HARBOR
Resolution Introduced for Con
gressional Probe of Influences
at Work on Pending Bill.
Washington, D. C.—Congressional In
qqulry Into activities of the national
rivers and harbors congress and rail
way corporations contributing to It, In
favor of the pending rivers and harbors
bill Is proposed In a resolution Intro
duced by Representative Frear of Wis
consin.
The resolution asks the Judiciary com
mittee to determine If the National Riv
ers and Harbors Congress and the
Dredgers Congress are responsible for
"back fire on senators and members of
the house in favor of the rivers and har
bors bill" and If the former organisa
tion Is a “log rolling concern, formed to
advance a 'speclea of mutual bribery
among Its members' at the country's ex
pense.''
Among corporations cited In the reso
lution as contributors to the Mississippi
t-evee Association, which It declare* I*
Identical In Intents and purposes with
the National Rivers and Harbors Con
gress sre the Southern, Mobile and
6hlo, Frisco, Missouri Pacific, Chicago,
rtmk Island and Pacific, HI. Louis,
Southwestern and Illinois Central Rail
road and the International Harvester
Company,
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J. H. O’Byme
Distributor Augusta, Georgia
High Water Mark
Four Years Record
AUGUST CIRCULATION
OF THE ■■■ =
AUGUSTA HERALD
AUGUST ’
DAILY AVERAGE.
1911 7,632
1912 8,679
1913 10,601
1914 14,320
Showing an increase for August, 1914, over
August, 1911, of
87.6 Per Cent*
The Herald guarantees all advertisers
the largest circulation of any Augusta news
paper. Advertisers and agencies are invited
to test the accuracy of these figures in compar
ison with the claims of any other Augusta
newspaper.
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