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THE SEARCHLIGHT
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A SECRET BALLOT.
The managers appointed by the
Peoples’ Democratic League for
the Primary on June 12th, next,
will not allow any ballot opened
or examined during the balloting.
Citizens can depend upon it, that
their ballots will be secret and no
one will know how they vote. Be
assured of this.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
I take this means of requesting my
friends to vote for and earnestly sup
port that ticket nominated by the Peo
ples’ Democratic League, from top to
bottom. I shall do so with pleasure
myself, and sincerely trust that all
with whom I may have influence will,
do likewise.
JOHN A. GOETTE.
Savannah, Ga., June 1, 1906.
VOTE FOR SCREVEN.
Captain Thomas F. Screven hi war
and in peace has served his people]
faithfully. Duty has been his watch-]
word. For four long years he stood |
in the front rank of his country’s de- i
fenders. In the South’s darkest mo-I
ments he never wavered in his devo
tion. Faithful to the last he only laid!
down his arms when the armies sur
rendered. Are we prepared to say,
by defeating this man that fidelity
should go unrewarded? Do the voters
believe that faithfulness is not a prop
er text to apply to a candidate?
If Capt. Screven was thus true to]
his duty, when to be true tried a'
man’s soul in the crucible of war, i
don't you know as Sheriff he will im-l
partially and fearlessly discharge his
duty? And if elected Sheriff he will
be the Sheriff, and the office will not
be administered to by a boss.
Vote for Screven.
CARRYING GEORGIA.
Colonel Estill Busy Among the Pines--
Certain to Carry Men, Women, Chil
dren and all Live Stock in Skawgum
County Confederate Veterans and
Labor Organizations Especially Enthus
iastic About The Colonel.
Wayback, Ga., June 6. —Colonel J.
H. Estill spoke here yesterday to an;
immense crowd, fully 35 people being
present. The meeting was held in ]
Dink Jenkins’ Emporium, the capacity \
of which was taxed.
Colonel Estill very properly dwelt I
with the main issue: Whether a Gov
ernor should be from South or North ]
Georgia, personal qualifications being ]
obviously unnecessary. He referred i
feelingly to his war record, reading I
an eloquent testimonial from his fel
low-townsman, Captain D. G. Purse.
The Colonel very properly also
claimed that as a consistent friend of
organized labor, he should receive,
and would receive, the entire labor
vote. He wished it understood that
he was above all a business candi
date. The corporations need not have
any fear if he were elected; he would
interpose his military personality be-]
tween their progressiveness and
popular objections. Personally, he be-I
lieved in compact organizations, ]
•whether commercial or political. In
TO THE PEOPLE OF CHATHAM COUNTY.
THIS IS A COMMUNITY OF SOUTHERN PEOPLE. NO SOUTH
ERN CITY GAVE MORE FREELY OF ITS BLOOD AND ITS
TREASURE IN DEFENSE OF THE PRINCIPLES OF THE CON
FEDERACY TIJAN DID THE PEOPLE OF SAVANNAH. WHAT
THINK YOU, THEN, OF THIS STATEMENT IN MR. CARSON’S
CIRCULAR LETTER OF MAY 29TH: “1 WAS CONSCRIPTED FOR
SERVICE IN THE UNION ARMY, BUT, BEING A SOUTHERN
SYMPATHIZER, I PAID $300.00 FOR A SUBSTITUTE TO SERVE
IN MY STEAD.’’ THINK OF IT, YOU, IN WHOSE VEINS RUN THE
BLOOD OF THE SOUTH, MR. CARSON NOT ONLY PAID A SUB
STITUTE TO FIGHT AGAINST YOUR PRINCIPLES, BUT
ACTUALLY DID IT WHEN, BY HIS OWN STATEMENT, HIS
SYMPATHIES WERE WITH THE SOUTH! ALL HONOR TO
THE UNION SOLDIER WHO FOUGHT AS HIS CONSCIENCE
PROMPTED! BUT ARE YOU READY TO TURN OUT OF
OFFICE ONE WHO STOOD TRUE TO HIS PEOPLE IN THE
DAYS OF RECONSTRUCTION, FOR THE SOLE REASON THAT
THAT OFFICE IS COVETED BY A' “SOUTHERN SYMPA
THIZER,’’ WHOSE LOYALTY TO THE SOUTH CONSISTED IN
FIGHTING HER PEOPLE THROUGH A HIRED SUBSTITUTE?
AGAIN, IN THIS CIRCULAR LETTER, IS ENCLOSED A LET
TER SIGNED BY “SOME OF SAVANNAH’S LEADING CITIZENS,”
UNDER DATE OF MAY 28TH, 1902. NOTE THE NAMES SIGNED
THERETO, 18 IN NUMBER. TWO OF THESE ARE DEAD, AND
ONE HAS REMOVED FROM OUR MIDST, LEAVING WITH US
NOW, 15; OF THESE 15, MORE THAN ONE HALF ARE ACTIVE
LY AGAINST MR CARSON. WHY IS THIS? BECAUSE MR. CAR
SON HAS DESERTED THE PRINCIPLES FOR WHICH HE CON
TENDED FOUR YEARS AGO, AND HAS THUS FORFEITED THE
CLAIM WHICH HE THEN HAD UPON THE SUPPORT OF THESE
GENTLEMEN. FOR THIS, AND BECAUSE HE HIRED A SUB
STITUTE TO FIGHT AGAINST HIS OWN SYMPATHIES, HE
SHOULD BE REBUKED. THE WAY TO DO THIS IS TO VOTE
THE ENTIRE PEOPLE’S LEAGUE TICKET, INCLUDING WAR
ING RUSSELL FOR COUNTY TREASURER.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE,
PEOPLE’S DEMOCATIC LEAGUE.
A VOTE FOR THE CITIZENS’ CLUB MEANS;
1. A vote for machine rule.
2. A vote to continue public gaming houses and
policy shops.
3. A vote for fraudulent naturalization to kill hon
est American votes.
4. A vote to keep Mcßride, Garrity, Garfunkel and
such 1 grafters” in office.
Can you afford to endorse these things, and the
other evils in this community that the Citizens
Club stands for?
this connection he referred to the
sterling recognition given him by the
representative body of Savannah of
fice-holders, known as the Citizens’
Club. The Colonel’s voice broke
when he referred to the indorsement
of his candidacy by the peerless lead
er, W. W. Osborne, a public prose
cutor, whose uncompromising attitude
toward mercenaries in the public ser
vice, and toward all transgressions
of the moral law generally, had made
his name famous from Griffin to Ge
henna. Finally, having assured his
hearers that he went regularly to
church on Sundays, and was in all
respect a perfectly non-inflammable
candidate, he introduced the Hon.
Tom Morgan, stating that Mr. Morgan
would freely reveal all of his estima
ble qualities, from the recital of which
a native modestly restrained him.
A Savannah
Press Editorial.
By PLEASANT Stovall.
I have always been a Pleasant per
son. Nothing suceeds like . success,
except being Pleasant and a State
Senator. The weather is pleasant, the
condition of the city is pleasanter, I
am Pleasantest. I am convinced that
the public expects me to be Pleasant
and nothing else. I am further con
vinced that I am not called upon to
criticise local affairs, for do not
state matters afford a wider arena,
and broader issues? Look at my
memorable efforts to alleviate the
condition of the convicts! Contact
with the members of the Citizens’
Club has afforded me better under
standing of, and sympathy for, con
victs.
I promise the public that my edi
torial columns will continue to be j
Pleasant. Therein I shall agitate
more correction of convict abuses;
and, further, I shall lift up my voice
in my paper and in Legislative halls
(if you do yourselves and the State
of Georgia the honor of sending me
back) to rebuke the unreasonable and
unpleasant public clamor about graft
and bossism. I have only Pleasant
words for bossism.
My standard then, is to be Pleasant,
platitudinous and perfectly prudent.
By strict adherence to this code, I
confidently await the call of an ap
preciative public to the editorial
charge of the department, “How to
Be a Real Pleasant Person,” in the
Ladies’ Home Journal.
There being nothing in the condi
tion of the community that need de
tain us, let us turn to our daily les
son in literature.
The article in the Labor Herald giv
ing reasons why the laboring men
should vote for the Citizens’ Club was
.paid for by the Citizens’ Club. It
cost them $65.00.
IS THIS A PROPER MAN FOR
SHERIFF?
C. B. Westcott, who was the deputy
sheriff, supported Hon. George T.
Cann in his candidacy for Judge of
the City Court against Hon. T. M.
Norwood. Judge Norwood was the
candidate of the Citizens’ Club ma
chine.
A committee of the Bosses of the
Citizens’ Club, composed of Creamer,
Mcßride, Garrity and Mendel, called
on Maj. Schwarz and demanded West
cott’s dismissal from offic4(. The
Sheriff promptly dismissed Westcott.
Westcott wished to know the reason
for his dismissal and Schwarz said
that the “boys” demanded it, and if
he wished any further reasons he
would have to see Mr. Osborne. Mr.
Westcott called upon Mr. Osborne
and Mr. Osborne told him that he was
discharged because he favored Judge
Cann against Judge Norwood.
Sheriff Schwarz then gave Mr.
Westcott a certificate to the effect
that he had made a faithful and ef
ficient officer and had satisfactorily
performed all the duties of the of
fice.
Is a Sheriff, who has no more back
bone than this, entitled to receive
your vote?
In “Gamble’s Untruth” did you see
a denial of a single charge that has
been made?
THE LATEST BOOKS.
1. “How I Trun’ Piker Dixon and
Wart Stafford.”
(By Piggy Mcßride.)
This diverting brochure, written in
the author’s characteristic chaste,
attic prose, is as he himself would
say, “all to the merry.” Piggy tells
how he put the spurs to the Piker
and the Wart. This is an extract:
“Every gazabo knows I made Wart
Stafford. Why, he didn’t know any
more ’dan Shelby Myrick does now,
when Piggy picked him up. Yet, tink
of it, dat shrimp says he’ll run Piggy
out de fort!’ I see him doin’ it. Why,
’fore I quits with him, he’ll be clean
ing labels off the cans on Garrity’s
dump. As for Piker Dixon, we’ll say
he got his. I did a better job on him,
when he butted in, dan his brother,
Jim, done on the vitrified brick.”
2. “How I Won the Pie-Eating Con
test.”
(By J. Robert Creamer.)
This book fills a long-felt want. The
reader will be interested to know that
Mr. Creamer never quite fully finish
ed the 24th pie, as parts of it rushed
to his head, and have been lodged
there since. He has since lived on
oysters and hot-air, provided by his
party.
3. “Sprinting.”
(By Hon. Shelby Myrick.)
The appearance of this volume by
such an authority of the art, is the
event of the year. Mr. Myrick has a
swift, running style. He states that
he will devote himself to long-dis
tance, especially cross-country runs,
after June 12th. He doesn’t fancy
pursuit races.
4. “How to Get a Vacation 12 Months
in the Year.”
(By Billy Peck.)
The author must not be confounded
with the late Captain Peck. The Cap
tain worked.
5. “How Dirty We Can Be to Keep
Jobs.”
(By E. W. O’Connor and Jack E.
Maguire.)
6. “The Way I Fix Things.”
(By Hon. Col. Robt. L. Colding.)
The author has a very taking way
of putting things. Yet there is a
curious reserve (entirely naval) about
him.
7. “My Tender Feelings.”
(By Hon. Alex. Lawrence.)
Me and Jack Garrity and Piggy Mc-
Bride are very sensitive.
8. “How to Bull the Real Estate
Market on $1,500 a Year.”
(By John I. Garrity.)
We understand that the editor of
Town Topics wanted this.
9. “The Value of the Greek Vote.”
(By John I. Garrity and James Mc-
Bride.)
10. “A Missionary Among the Heath
en.”
(By C. H. Carson.)
11. “Wanderings Among Savage
Tribes.”
(By Murray Mcßride Stewart.)
After hair-raising experiences the
author escapes in a rude state. Every
thing was lost save honor.
12. “Plumbing Taught in One Les
son.”
(By Dick McKenna.)
13. “Why I Use the Blue Pencil.”
(By Marion Lucas.)
We do not feel that review is neces
sary.
14. “The Open-Door in China and Sa
vannah.”
(By Gad Bryan and Doc Rosenthal.)
15. “Is It Good Policy to Bet on Car
son.”
(By Julius Hirsch.)
16. “Are Disinfectants Needed on
Premises?”
(By Wallace and Sutker.)
17. “The Public Be Damned.”
(By W. W. Osborne.)
18. “Is There Such a Thing as
Graft?”
(Symposium by Citizens’ Club.)
19. Experiences as County Detec
tive.”
(By Dan Charlton.)
Several exciting chapters: “How I
Found the County Detective.” “100
a Month and Found.” “How Travis
Found the Platform.” “How I Found
the Chief’s Uniform.” “Where To
Find Britt Rogers Any Time.” “Find
ing Jobs In Davant’s Absence.”
“Where Will We Find Anything Like
It Again?” “Where Will We Find
Ourselves After June 12th, Anyway?”
etc.
We have received advance proofs
of Mr. Thomas Gamble’s forthcoming
book, “The Decline and Fall of the
Citizens’ Club.” Among the chapters
are these: “An Interview with Shel
by Myrick Among the Pines.” “What
Hit Me?” “A Talk With Maguire.”
“Newt Morris Will Get Me Now.” “I
Really Like the Country Better, Jerni
gan Says,” etc.
The gifted author, Mr. Gamble, has
written many speeches and letters
under the pen-name of Mayor Myers.
A grateful public, in appreciation of
Mr. Gamble’s services, created a job
for him at public expense, so that his
main attention could be given to “The
Truth.”
We understand that Judge Nor
wood, now rusticating in solitude, will
bring out a new edition of his "Amer
ican White Slavery,” with fresh chap
ters on the “Open Vote Order by the
Citizens’ Club.”