Newspaper Page Text
Volume 18
SIOO,OOO CARSWELL
SLUSH FUND RUMORED
FROM ATLANTA LIFE
Witbin a few days Georgia se
lects a governor. It looks like
Dick Russell is going to sweep
the state. Contributory to the
phenomenal gains of Russell
since the September 10 primary
are several things, one being the
very splendid lead this brilliant
young Georgian piled up in the
first primary. The thrilling vic
tory of Russell, whom many Rus
sell supporters hoped at best
would run second, has suprised
and somewhat dazed the fifty
nine men who rule Georgia, has
commanded the admiration of the
voters generally and inspired the
youth of the land. Truly, Dick
Russell’s achievement has cap
tivated the state.
Let’s briefly discuss a few new |
campaign factors. One is George i
Carswell’s colossal blunder, the
alliance with Ed Rivers, after
Rivers had centered his attack ।
on Carswell from the moonshine ;
valleys of Rabun to the shrimp
belt of Brunswick. You will re
member that Governor Hardman
won the support of Carswell in
Hardman’s run-over; perhaps
Carswell learned from his master
how to win the snpport of under
ling candidates in runovers. Any
way, Carswell took over the Riv
ers camp, with Fred Bridges,
paving broker and Fred Wilson,
the pay off man for the McDou
gald Construction company.
Now then, Carswell’s friends are
disgusted with Carswell for tak
ing up Rivers; and Rivers own
campaign manager, member of
his executive committee and edi I
tor-supporters over Georgia are
deserting Rivers because Rivers
sold out to Carswell. All this is;
very well for Mr. Russell.
Another monumental blunder,
of Carswell was hisslighting ref ;
erence to University of Georgia
men in his speech at Baxley. Ex
cept for devotion to family circle, I
there is no greater loyalty sur
ging in the breasts of men than
that to their alma mater. Univer
sity of Georgia men will long
remember Carswell’s remark a
* bout their ‘ long winded diplo |
mas“. Carswell himself knows
that, and has denied having made;
the remark, but the newspaper.
Suderior Court Convened
Monday Morning
The fall term of Wheeler su ]
perior const convened last Mon
day morning with Judge Graham
presiding, and Solicitor Boyer
representing the state.
The grand jury was organized ,
by electing C. 0. Hartley fore
man and S. A Ray clerk. J. M
Bridges was sworn in as bailiff.
Returning to the court room,
Judge Graham delivered a mas-,
terly charge. He stressed in no
uncertain term the importance
■of law observance, and for the
.younger generation growing up, (
they must be taught to observe
the law if they make law abiding ■
citizens.
Judge Graham recessed court
Wednesday afternoon until mon !
day morning, when court will
convene again and enter upon
the criminal docket. The grand
jury also recessed until next
Tuesday, when the body will
again assemble to finish their
deliberations.
Judge Saxon Daniel of the Atlantic
circuit,will be on the bench for Wheel
er County, for the whole of next week
instead of Judge Graham, who is ex
changeing work with Jndge Daniel
for the week.
Whaler bounty lEagk
writer reporting the speech, and
a number of listeners, vouch for
the accuracy of the printed re
port. It looks like Carswell did
make the remark. That’s that.
Here’s another thing. The
murder of Captain Coburn by
Phil Fox, now serving a life term,
was injected into the campaign by
Rivers. Klansmen over Georgia
were told that election of Klans
man Rivers meant that Phil Fox,
held out to Klanspeople as a
martyr, woul be pardoned. Now,
with Rivers supporting Carswell,
the Phil Fox propaganda is still
being circulated among Klans
men, but this time it is Carswell
who is going to pardon Phil Fox
just because Fox is a Klansman.
This talk of a pre arranged part
I don may get some votes; but
there are many klansmen who
i recognize this as purely the vote
; catching scheme of despera
i politicians.
And now a final word. The
Carswell camp-followers are op
enly bragging about what “mon
ey will do'’. Here is the strategy.
In some counties it is doubtful
if the executive committees have
enough funds with which to open
the polls with paid managers on
October 1, and in the favorable
districts theCarswell slush fund
will make it possible to open all
polls, and in the unfavorable sec
tions, every effort will be made
to prevent the opening of the
polls. That is the strategy;
Seemingly authentic political
rumors are that a fund of SIOO,-
'OOO was raised at the series of
iPiedmont hotel caucuses on
I Thursday and Friday of last
j week. The fund is supposed to
have been raised these sources:
A Birmingham road material
; firm, $50,000; two major utilities,
$20,000; the school book trust,
$10,000; a soft drink concern,
I $10,000; and other play mates of
j Carswell and Rivers, SIO,OOO.
I There is no way at this hour of
lestablishing the veracity of re-
I ports concerning such clandes-
Itine transactions, but it isour
guess that the rumored figures
are not beyond the range of
| plausibility.
Wright-Brett
On last Saturday afternoon at
Lumber City, Miss Scottie
Wright and Mr. Hiram Brett
were united in marriage, Rev. L.
A. Kelley, officiating.
They returned to Alamo in the
evening, and were tendered a
reception at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. J. D. McDaniel, to
which many friends and rela
tives were invited.
Mrs. Brett is a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Wright, and
is a yery popular and amiable
youny lady. The groom is a son
of Mr. S. L . Brett, and is a young
. man of sterling worth.
They are making their home
I for the present with Mr. and
Mrs. J. I}. McDaniel, Jr.
The Eagle jffns many friends
in wishing this young couple
peace and prosperity through
life.
Many friends will be glad to
learn that Mr. B. R. Benton, Sr.,
who has been confined to his bed
for some time, is rapidly improv
ing. Mr. Benton suffers from
what is termed “hay fever” each
year at this season.
ALAMO, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1930
Representative Rivers Calls
Hand of Macon Telegraph
To the Editor of The Telegraph:
It is often true that if only a
portion of the truth is stated, it
conveys an entirely false id< a.
Such seems to be the case with
your recent statement with re
gard to Dick Russell's vote for
the appropriation bill in 1927.
You stated in a recent front page
editorial that Dick Russell was
solely responsible for the present
deficit as he cast the final vote
necessary for its passage It is
true that he did cast this neces
sary vote on August 10,1927. The
bill was then transmitted to the
senate for its action ten days be
fore the session ended. This same
bill is the one that contained the
first appropriation for the com
mon school equalization fund
that has, at least, partially equal
ized the educational opportunities
of the country children and has
been a veritable Godsend to the
entire rural section of our state.
Yet Dick Russell’s opponents
charge he is not friendly to com
mon schools.
You praise “Senator'’ E D.
Rivers to the highest yet this
same Rivers was chairman of the
senate appropriations committee
that added nearly two million
dollars to the bill and sent it
back to the house on the last day
of the session knowing that with
the other measures before the
house it could not be wisely con
sidered in so short a time. Riv
ers boasts of his influence in the
senate and his ability to get his
idefas carried through. What
JUDGE W ,W. LARSEN
ACCEPTS NOMINATION
o——
Judge W. W. Larsen, at a meet
ing Wednesday held in the court
house in Dublin, of the Twelfth
district executive committee,
accepted the nomination as the
democratic party's candidate for
representative in Congress. He
was unopposed in the recent
primary.
After organization of the dele
gates was concluded, a commit
tee was appointed to escort Mr.
Larsen to the hall. In his speech
of acceptance he flayed the repub
lican party and the Hoover ad
ministration, and lauded the)
democratic party as always
standing for right and justice,
and the only hope for the South,
and characterized Woodroe Wil
son as the greatest man of all
times.
C mgressman Larsen denounc
ed the present tariff bill as one
designed to aid a special g"oup,
and as operating to increase the
cost of living and to depress
business.
In conculding the speaker ex
pressed his appreciation for the
honor done him in again nomi
nating him, as heexpressed it, it
is one of the greatest honors to
represent the people in one of
the greatest lawmaking bodies in
the land.
In the selection of delegates
to represent the various counties
composing the Twelfth congres
sional district, Mrs. J. D. Peeb
les, of Alamo, and Mr. C. M.
Jordan, of Glenwood, were elect
led to represent Wheeler county
। for the ensuing two years.
Congressman Larsen dined the
delegates at the Fred Roberts
Hotel at the noon hour.
Mr. Harry Berman returned
yesterday from Savannah, where
he spent a few days in celebra
lion of the Jewish New Year,
about his responsibility?
. In your editorial in your paper
of Sept. 17 you charge that
Rnssell appointed a conference
committee that refused to accede
;to the senate amendment pro
viding for pro rata distribution
after paying in full the six most
important appropriations and
that this hand picked committee
of Russell’s was responsible for
the amendment not being adopt
ed. This statement is false.
Either deliberately so or woe
fully so. The house had a specific
yea and may vote on this amend
ment and declined to accept it.
See House Journal 1927, page
1507.
The writer has always had the
idea that the duty of a newspa
per was to accurately convey
facts and to, at least, stick to the
truth on its editorial page. If we
had many gubernatorial cam
paigns like the present one and
being acquainted with the facts,
I would have to change my idea,
especially regarding your edito
rial page.
The highest compliment that
could be paid Dick Russell is the
fact that a very great majority
or the members that served in
the legislature with Rivers and
Russell are supporting Russell.
They know.
Let’s be fair, Let’s play the
game square and let the best
man win. R. E. Kivers
(R<\ eesentative-Wheeler County)
Glenwood, Ga.
M’RAE DIST. LEAGUE
MEETS IN ALAMO.
Friday night and all day Satur
day there will be a great gather
ing of young people from all over
the Mcßae District. The occasion
is the District Epworth League
Institute.
The visiting delegates will be
entertamed in the homes of Ala
mo and Glenwood Friday night,
and Saturday there will be a big
dinner on the lawn of the Alamo
Methodist Church. Following is
the interesting program planned:
Friday 26, 7 to 8 p. m. —Regis-
tration.
8 to 9 —Address, G. C. Barn
hill, Glenwood.
9 to 9:45 —Informal reception
on church lawn.
9:50 —Visitors assigned homes
for night.
Saturday 22, 7:00 a.m.—Sun
rise prayer meeting —Mrs. Paul
Revere, Baxley.
Breakfast in homes.
8:40 to 9, Song service and de
votional-Miss Janie Brewer, Vi
dalia.
9 to 9:30, First department —
Mrs. J. H. Allen, Eastman.
9:30 to 9:so,Second department
—Prof. Miller, Alamo.
9:30 to 9:50, Third department
—Grid Stephens, Vidalia.
9:50 to 10—Song and verses.
10 to 10:15, Council meetings
—Catherine Jordan, Shiloh.
10:15 to 10:45, Fourth depart
ment —Rev. and Mrs. Gardner.
10:15 to 10:45, Hi-League—Mrs
M. A. Shaw, Baxley.
10:45 to 11, Business meetings
—Evelyn Martin, Alamo.
11:05 to 12, Preaching service-
Rev. M. A. Shaw, Baxley.
12:2 p. m, Dinner and recrea
tion.
2 to 2:15 —Song service.
2:15 to 2:45, League finances—
Rev. Ed Fain, Lumoer City.
2:45 to 3, The local League and
the conference —Rev. Gardner,
CARSWELL’S MANAGER
UNDERTAKES TO MISLEAD
Editorial from The Winder News
The present Carswell-Rivers
combination has become desper
ate. This condition sometimes
leads those in charge to forsake
the right in their anxiety to bol
ster up the falling campaign of
their candidate. In some instance
it causes them to forsake the
truth and to wilfully misrepre
sent facts.
In the statement given out by
Judge R. N. Hardeman, manager
for the twin candidates, appear
ing in Monday’s papers, he says:
“He (Carswell) offers a plan
for the payment of the state’s
debt that will afford immediate
relief.”
Why should Judge Hardeman
be as truthful and candid, al
though the truth may hurt, as
the Editor of the Macon Tele
graph, who in a recent editoral
said:
“Carswell cannot do any
thing about the deficit,
whether with tag money or
otherwise, unless the legisla
ture acts and furnishes him
the funds. It is up to that
body.
“And it is Carswell’s pur
pose, if he is elected,.to point
out to the Legislature that
he was elected on the only
issue in the campaign, that is,
to use the tag tax and pay the
state’s deficit, and therefore,
his suggestion has the en
dorsment of the people, and
that the legislature ough to
adopt it.”
The Macon Telegraph is sup
porting the book trust candidate,
Mr. carswell, but they are not
williug to desert the truth in
order to aid him.
Judge Hardman knows as well
as anyone that his purpose
in using the word “immediately”
was to make it appear that if Mr.
Carswell is elected he can im
3 to 3:10 —Recess.
3:10 to 3:30, League Unions —
G. C. Barnhill, Glenwood.
3:30 to 4, Chapter problems —
Mrs. E. G. Hinson, Bay Springs.
4 to 4:20, League assembly —
Mary Will Josey, Shiloh.
4:30 —Adjournment.
' ' ' ' ' ’ 'V
W. M. S. Program
for State Missions,
Hymn—Faith of our fathers.
Worship, John 15:1-17—Mrs.
W. R. McDaniel.
Georgia Owes Wheeler
County Schools $13,026.56
Unpaid appropriations 1928*29 as follows:
County School System 8 9,026.56
Glenwood — 1,000.09
Shiloh .. — 1,000,00
Alamo High .. 2,000.00
T0ta1........ $13,026.56
The Carswell plan of paying this debt by tak
ing the money from the tag fund is the only way by
which it can be paid promptly and without increas
ing taxes. It will not seriously affect road building,
as there will s ill remain fourteen million dollars
for that purpose. Russell is the man who cast the
deciding vote for the bill that is responsible for this
debt. Still, he shows no interest in its payment. A
vote for Carswell for Governor is a vote for the
school children, veterans, insane asylum and other
state institutions.
CARSWELL CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS.
Number 31
mediately lay his hands on $5,000
000 of the road funds and pay
the State’s debts.
If this is true, why wait to
change the name of the Govern
or of Georgia from Hardeman to
Carswell in order to do this? Why
not have the “business ‘admini
strationgovernor” pay the debts
now!
As a matter of fact,the Carswell
plan of paying the debts is il
legal and unconstitutional, and
in addition to these facts the in
coming legislature is almost un
animously opposed to the diver
sion of road funds and would
never pass such a law.
But suppose for the sake of
the argument that the legislat
ure should pass this unwise law,
it could not be done earlier than
the summer of i 931, at which
time the revenue would all be ap
portioned and it would be 1932
at best before any funds could be
available under this plan. This is
saying nothing about the fact
that upon the passage of such a
law and an undertaking to put it
into operation, litigation would
unquestionably arise and have to
go to the higher courts for de
termination, and it would likely
be 1933 before one dollar could
ba paid out under the Carswell-
Rivers diversion plan, ever if up
held. No one knows this better
than R. N. Hardeman.
Judge Hardeman’s statement
that Mr. Carswell’s plan “will
afford immediate relief” and his
expecting anyone to believe it is
a reflection upon their intelli
gence and will believe it is a re
flection upon the intelligence and
will be rc rented at the ballot box.
The voters will not be mislead
by clap trap and a promise made
for political purposes to do a thing
that the promissor cannot well
knows cannot be done.
The place of State Missions in
our denominational work —Mrs.
R. G. Jenkins.
Reason for encouragement and
facing the situation —Mrs. E. 8.
Hartley.
How the departments are help
ing with the task —Mra. Peebles
Special music.
Watchword in unison, 1 Cor.
15:57.
Prayer.
How Baptist are cultivating
our State Mission vineyard. —
Mrs. W. G. Hartley.
Benediction.