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About Pearson tribune. (Pearson, Ga.) 191?-1955 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 8, 1922)
PEARSON ® TRiB UNE VOL B—NO. 19 NEWS OF OUR NEIGHBORS. Gleanings from All Sections of South Georgia. The public schools of South Georgia are opening for another year's work. Judging from the preparations making it, is preeep tible that larger and better schools and work is expected. Give the children an education and they will have an inheritance that can't be taken away from them. Monday, October 2nd., has been decided upon as the date for the beginning of the Waycrpss Trade Week. Judging from the boosting given to it in advance a good trade and a jolly good time must be ex peeled. The merchants are forced, in some way, to recoup their big losses occasioned by the railroad strike. The Tifton tobacco market clos ed August 31st. The season's operations are shown by the follow iug figures: Sold 436,174 pounds, for $106,619.32; average price, $24.- 44 per hundred pounds. It was excellent as compared with last season with the following record: Sold 780,178 pounds for $74,743.77 or an average of $9.56 per hundred pounds. The Miller interest in the Mill town Airline railroad has been sold to Mr. R. B. Carter, w'ho be comes practically the sole owner. Mr. Carter seems to succeed with all his investments, why not he succeed with this railroad. ♦Mr. Carter’s oldest son will have the general supervision of this proper ty. He is a live wire and will keep the road in public favor. So long as he does this the road will be a success. The Eleventh District A. & M. School, at Douglas, began its six teenth year last Tuesday morning. Growing ideal men and women is the aim of the school, and it is succeeding admirably in its task. The ideal man is a successful farm er and an ideal woman is a success ful home maker. They beget God fearing and God-serving citizens and lends inspiration and improve ment to their environment and to their communities. The country has too few of this kind of citizens. If there is a territory anywhere in Georgia or out of Georgia that needs the help of a Miseionary — one who knows God, become ac quainted with His son, endowed with the Holy Spirit, and a pas sion for the safety of the souls of men, it is that occupied by the Smyrna Baptist Association. How long this territory has been with out the services of such a servant of God and man the Tribunedoes't know, but it can't afford to be destitute longer; and one should be put in the field by the churches. That a Negro can get justice in Georgia courts is illustrated in the ease of Mace Giddens, who slew Constable Giddens when trying to arrest him without a warrant in Worth county. There was a war rant for the defendant for a misde meanor, but it w r as not in the Constable's possession at the time, nor was the offense with which de fendant was charged committed in the presence of the Constable. The Supreme Court of Georgia says that a conviction of the Defendant for murder under this evidence is error. The reason assigned is that the officer was endeavoring to make an arrest in violation of the law\ which requires that he must have a w arrant in his possession, see the offense committed or the Defend ant must be trying to escape. The court says that under the evidence furnished in the case the Defend ant is guilty of manslaughter if guilty of anything. The jury rendered a verdict of “Guilty of murder without a recommendation. Georgia law and courts guards the life and liberty of her citizens no matter bow black they may be. Watson Restates Campaign Stand, (From The Atlanta Constitution.) Thomas E. M atson’s statement in a telegram to Major C. E. Mc- Gregor, of Warrenton, that "Gov ernor Hardwick and Hoke Smith are trying to build up a political machine that will put, them both back iu the United States senate” and that Governor Hardwick had broken promises he had made to Senator Watson, is only iu line with previous declaration by the senator in his periodical, The Columbia Sentinel, it was asserted Tuesday by Joe Gaston, Clifford Walker's campaign manager in his campaign for the governorship. In commenting on the telegram, Mr. Gaston referred to an article in The Columbia Sentinel of Janu ary 9, 1922, in which Senator Wat son said: “personal, specific and final. “It is about time that I was say ing something definite about T. W, Hardwick. "I am now 7 going to say it. “It, would not, perhaps, become tne to speak of the forlorn condi tion in which llarkwick found himself at the end of his term in the senate. "Most people in Georgia can re member how down-and-out lie was. “President Wilson had not al lowed him to dictate iu all matters of Georgia patronage, and he had turned against his president. "Never did any candidate for office make more promises than Hardwick made in the campaign of 1920. “Never did a governor, elected on unequivocal promises, go back on them so quickly after his in auguration. KILLED REPEAL BILL. "Hardwick worked against the repeal of the infamous tax assess ment law; threatened to veto a re peal of it; and thus killed the repeal bill. “Had he not i romised the peo ple just the reverse of this, he could not have been elected. “Other pledges, equally positive and specific, have been broken; and Hardwick has done things which prove that his whole cam paign was one of premeditated and comprehensive deception. “His betrayal of our state rail road to the Louisville and Nash ville is the most perfidious official act since the Yazoo fraud. “His repeal of the act which de voted half the rental of the road to the education of the children would seem to prove that he, had control of the legislature. “Half a million of your money has been thrown to lawyers and to the fiscal agent of the L. &N. system. “There w r as no money for free elementary schoolbooks, but there was plenty for the L. & N. banks, and for the special attorneys who steered the sham law suit. PICTURE IS TAKEN. “The sacrifice of the state’s best property was considered such a fine bit of statesmanship, that a picture bad to be taken of Hard wick in the act of signing the papers. “This picture ongbt to be cut out of The Atlanta Journal and saved for future inspection. “Somebody ought to now photo graph the new broom. “It is sweeping fast enough, but it is sweeping away your best as sets —property which the people of Georgia had come to regard as sacred.” “Your State Road is gone; your executive mansion will go next. “Your taxes have not been low ered; useless offices have not been abolished; no sane program of con structive legislation has been out lined. "Useless offices have been re tained, and useless men put into them. “No Watson men have been re cognized as fit to hold places of real importance.” Official Newspaper of the County of Atkinson. PEAHSOX, GEORGIA, FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER S. 1922 HARDWICK IS REPUDIATED Farmers, Business Men and Real Georgians Denounce Him. The white Democratic voters of Georgia will go to the polls, Sep tember I.3th, to nominate their next governor. One of the men seeking their suffrage was elected by them two years ago. The other candidate was among those reject ed. In 1920 Thomas W. Hardwick was heralded from the mountains to the sea as the man of the hour. He was ardently support ed by Senator Thomas E. Watson, that staunch exponent of Jefferson ian Democracy, by the working men of Georgia, a large number of farmers and the business men It was then tint Hardwick promised to support and carry to a conclu sion issues in which the people were vitally interested. In 1922 this same Thomas W. Hardwick has come before these same voters asking to be sent back to the eapitol for another term. All that, he has to offer is excuses for poor stewardship and more promises. XXX In 1922 Hardwick has come be fore the people for re-election ab solutely repudiated by Senator Watson,' who charges him with breaking every promise he made. He also has lost the support of prominent men all over the state, whose rally to the standard of liis opponent is made distinctly notic able by reason of their ardor for him in 1920. None of those farmers w 7 ho voted for him in 1920, when he promised to ease their tax burdens, are to be found in his ranks. The labor ing men who pinned their faith to him are now opposing him because he deserted t hem in a critical time when he believed he could further his ow'n political interests by so doing. Real Georgians, men and women with a proper love for state and home, are not with him because they are convinced that lie is un scrupulously promoting selfish po litieal ambitions with no thought for those who aided him once he had no further need for them in his scheme to get back to the United States senate by way of the State House. All Georgians remember the “pay as we go” policy voiced by Hardwick in his inaugural address on June 25th, 1921. We heard his promises to wipe out the state debt and once more place Georgia on a solid financial basis. And now he comes back seeking re-election with the state more than two million dollars in debt and future revenues reduced be cause be already has spent the lease rentals of the Western and Atlantic Railroad for five years. Hardwick has been kiting the state debt, a practice which has sent numberless banks and busi- ness concerns into financial ob livion! X X X "A short while ago some big dogs who are trying to bolster up Hardwick’s campaign came out with the statement to the effect that the state was in a better financial condition than when Hardwick went in as Governor. They praised Hardwick’s adminis tration from a financial standpoint. They showed him up to be a wizard at finances —on paper. "These big dogs are not telling these things in ignorance. They know better. If they were ignor ant of the facts, such statements could be excused. They are not ignorant of the facts, but, on the contrary, they know the facts and they know the facts to be exactly to the contrary. “In other words, to be right plain about it. they arc simply lying to the people of Georgia to get Hardwick elected for another term, and they know 7 they are lying. "When Hardwick was elected Governor, the indebtedness of the state at the time of his inaugura tion was $2,297,586.21. "When he was a candidate for Governor, he knew the state was badly in debt, and he was elected Governor on a platform to retire that indebtedness by reducing ex penses. “As soon as he took office in June of last year he proceeded to retire this indebtedness of the slate, not by reducing expenses, not by economy, not by reducing appropriations; but how did lie go about it? \ “lie bad the Legislature pass a law selling the income of the state’s railroad for five years iu advance aud the amount received for the use of the state’s railroad for the next live years w 7 as $2,297,- 586.21. He took this amount of money and paid what the state owed, and when his crowd gets out and says that they have retired the state’s deficit they are lying, they know they are lying and are doing it to deceive the voters of the State of Georgia. “The state will get; no income from its railroad for five years and is short that amount of revenue, “lu addition to this he reduced the expenses of the state to a still further extent by leasing the Governor’s mansion for a period of fifty years, and, in addition to this method of reducing expenses he had them put a tax of one cent a gallon on gasoline. x x x “When he was a candidate for office he did not tell the voters that he was going to have a tax of one cent put on gasoline, lie did not tell them he was going to sell the state’s railroad for five years, he did not tell them he was going to lease the house in Atlanta that the taxpayers had bought for him to live in for a period of fifty years. "He told them he was going to reduce expenses and also re duce appropriations. “Ho told them he was going to sweep out all the useless officers, abolish useless offices, and put the state back on a basis of economy “He did not do one single thing he promised to do! "Just as soon as he had the Legislature play all the havoc set out above, he proceeded to visit all the State Fairs and make speeches to the Reubens who w 7 ere paying there good money to see the sights and exhibits. “Hardwick was the biggest ex hibit in all the fairs. He was drawing the salary to be Governor of Georgia when he ought to have been drawing it from the fair as sociations. "While exhibiting himself at the county fairs he proceeded to advocate an income tax. He did not get enough money by selling the state’s railroad for five years, by putting a tax on gasoline, by leasing the Governor’s mansion for fifty years, and had to have more money and hence an income tax. “Hardwick has had the best op portunity to do something for the common people of Georgia than any Governor has ever had. The state was in distress. It was in need of some real statesmanship and leadership. The taxpayers of the state xverc being ground to death. The people wanted relief. They demanded that waste and extravagance be stopped and that economy be exercised -instead. Hardwick knew the temper of Un people of Georgia. He took ad vantage of it. He went before them with the very promises that they wanted. Just like a sewing machine agent or a slick stock salesman be made the voters be- PERSONAL ANB IMPERSONAL Short Stories About People and Things of Interest. lion. John F. Stone, another one of the Tribune’s long-time friends, has announced his decision to be a candidate for Commissioner of Pensions. lie would make an ideal officer and has many friends in this section of the State who will stand for his election. Vote for Judge It. C. Bell for Court of Appeals. Recently ap pointed, his official record justifies atrial. The only former Superior Court Judge runuiug. Never fail ed iu any trust. His qualifica tions commended by all who kuow 7 him. Retain him for the full term. —Advertisement. lion. A. O. Blalock, candidate for State Commissioner of Agri culture, was in Pearson Thursday afternoon. He found no one politi cally enthused and he soon escap ed to other and, perhaps, better pasturage, lie called to see the Tribune man, took notes of the situation and made himself very pleasant. Prof. W. A. Little, as the Trib une suspected when he declined to continue his contract with the Douglas board of education, has accepted a Professorship in the Florida School for Women at Tallahassee. No doubt the situa tion promises more pleasure than the drudgery and untoward en vironment at Douglas. Chairman Jolm N. Holder, by an Act of the late legislature, was given unlimited powor, when the Highway Commission is not in session, to manage road affairs ac cording to his own sweet will. John has the opportunity to build un the biggest political machine in Georgia, but he is lulling the populace to sleep by saying he would not use such authority and —John thinks that will be his program. Dr. .1. B. G. Bliteh, a son of Elder S. E. Bliteh, aud well known in this city, on Saturday, August, 26th, was the victim of a serious misfortune. He lives at Beach and had made a professional call, was crossing the railroad in his car when a freight train backed upon and demolished the car, broke one of his legs and other wise injured him. He received surgical attention and is now re covering very rapidly. lieve that he knew what they needed and that be would give it to them. “Hardwick says that the Legis lature did all of these things and that he is not to blame. “The Constitution of the State gives to the Governor the power of veto, aud not one time did Hardwick use his veto power to prevent the Legislature from bleed ing to death the people he had sworn to serve and represent. “Not one office did he ask them to abolish. Not one commission did he ask them to abolish. In not a single instance did he try good old time economy with state’s affairs. He himself has been ex travagant. He has been just as extravagant as the Legislature—he drew the salary to be Governor and then furnished amusements by exhibiting himself at all the country fairs. After he had finish ed up all the fairs, he went hunt ing and when he came back he was so badly run down that he had to go to Florida for a long rest but all the time he was drawing his salary as Governor of Georgia.” —Political anvertiseinent. Moral suasion having failed to curb the industrial disturbers, the injunction now will be tried; and if that fails it is gratifying to be assured that the goverumentstands ready to try something else. —At- lanta Constitution. §1.50 A YEAR Holder and His Job. (From The Atlanta Constitution.) During the confusion on the last night of the recent session of the legislature a bill was passed which virtually empoxvers the chairman of the state highway commission to make all appoint ments in the state highway de partment and to fix the salaries of the appointees it was discovered at the capitol Thursday. The bill as originally introduced by represenative Smith, of Meri wether, purported to be a bill to abolish the position of special counsel for the state highway de partment. Somehow in the house or senate an amendment was tack ed on to the bill which clothes the chairman of the highway depart ment with authority to name all engineers and others connected with the department. Under the law creating the department au thority to select the district engineers and other employees was vested in the state highway engineer. An investigation of the matter in which the amendment was tack ed on was made Thursday and no information could be obtained as to how it was passed. It is signed by the sneaker of the house, the president of the senate and the governor but the bill does not show on its face who introduced the amendment or when it was passed. Through the passage of the hill control of the patronage of the highway department passes virtually to the gover nor. The governor has the author ity to name the chairman of the highway department and the chair man has the authority now to ap point all engineers and employees. John N. Holder, appointee of Gov ernor Thomas \V. Hardwick, is now chairman of the state high way department. The amendment provjdes that the highway board shall be em powered to make the appointments and when it is not iu session such authority is vested in the chair man. The board meets only at infrequent intervals and this virtu ally gives authority to make ail appointments to the chairman of the state highway board. Canada has only one citizen to each thirteen in the United States; also, Canada sent fifty per cent, more of its man power into war service, as compared to this coun try. Yet Canada has been taking care of its former Service men for more than three years, and has many thousands of them located on farm homes furnished them by their Government. Compared with this country, Canada is poor. The difference is, Canada has the will to do. It is not so completely do minated by things like Standard Oil, the Steel Trust, Wall Street, and other elements fighting veter ans’ adjusted compensation.—Tif ton Gazette. The time is near —very near — when the question whether the country is to have its transporta tion lines kept open must be de finitely answered. There must come an end to all postponements and delays. The public must know whether it is to receive the commodities it requires, and must know, also,, what stands in the way of the free movement of freight, passangers and mail in the event they fail to move. Are the strik ers to blame? Are the railway heads to blame? It is a question over which there is much present difference of* opinion, but the an swer —the satisfactory answer —’ must soon .be forthcoming. The public will demand to know, ami when the public demands anything: in as loud tones as it is capable of, the answer is apt to be forthcom ing.—Albany Herald.
