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THE SEARCHLIGHT Published Every Saturday —by the — SEARCHLIGHT PUBLISHING CO. 22 Whitaker St To insure attention, all communica tions must be accompanied by the real name of the writer, not necessary for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. All communications should be plain ly addressed: The Searchlight, Savan nah, Ga. We will not be responsible for the views expressed by correspondents. The Searchlight will be delivered at one dollar for the campaign. RATES OF ADVERTISING MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION. G. B. WHATLEY, Editor. Notice to Subscribers and Advertisers: Subscribers to THE SEARCHLIGHT are hereby notified not to pay for their subscriptions, or for any adver tising, unless the receipt for same is countersigned by the editor. <TRAD3 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.”