The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1892-09-07
II IS AN EYE OPENER.
49, INTERESTING STATEMENT WITH
NUMEROUS AFFIDAVITS,
uur,ed Into the Campaign-What G. c.
post Is This About That Hard Things
Are spoken ?--GOssip at Demo-
cratic Headquarters.

post Is This About That Hard Things
Are Spoken ?--GOssip at Demo-
cratic Headquarters.
From the Atlanta Constitution
No better reading has turned up in
+bis red-hot campaign tnan is furnished
Nv document that has recently found
its wav into the hands of Mr.. j. H. San
ders president of the Cedartown Demo
cratic Club.
II has lust been put in shape for the
nnblic and is becoming public property
all over north Georgia.
If has been hurled out across the po-
Iitical arena as an implement of war, and
certainly claims sufficient recognition as
IN he STYLED ''an eye-opener."
The document is made up of state
ment over the signature of w. j. Brown,
to which are attached many afidavits.
Here it is:
The Interesting Statement.
Georgia HARRISON County-At hotel
in Knoxville, Tenn, I heard the follow
inc conversation between a Major Will
holt. a rank republican, and another
gentleman, whose name / did not learn.
Major Wilholt as he was called, said
that they, the republican party, had a
man established at Villa RIGA, Ga, en-
ployed to burst up the democracy and
that he (WilhoiD had paid $500 on this
mans salary"
Major Without said further, in the con
versation, ''that the southern people had
been their enemies in war and that they
(the republican party were going to
A. in
Of course ] was enraged and felt that
ought to defend my people, so inter
rupted him. l asked him who the man
was that they had employed to burst up
the democracy in Georgia? He replied
that it was G. C. Post, whom they had
sent to run newspaper in Georgia.
| then asked him how they proposed
to burst up the democratic south? He
replied: "By educating the people against
democratic principles, by furnishing
them with newspapers, and other litera-
ture."
Here Major Without stated again that
they had Mr.. G. G.. Post in Georgia to
run paper in their interest and that Mr..
Post was the right man in the right place.
He sa ''Mr. Post is good one"
Mr. Without then asked me where |
was from. told him was from Geor-
gia and that was a true southern man
and staunch democrat. then tried to
draw Major Without out on the plans of
the republican party further, but could
get no more information from him after
he found out who | was. would have
certainly used him to very great advan-
tage, but had no idea that the south
would be confronted by such scheme,
concOcted by the republic; II party, hence
Imade no record of the conversation, but
related to Mr.. Gus Nix, of Buchanan, and
asked him to find out who Mr.. G. G.. Post
was for me.
State of Georgia, HARRISON County,
August 10, 1897 do certify, under
oath, that the above circumstances and
conversation between Mr.. Without and
me are true. w j. Brown.
Some Afidavits.
do certify, under oath, that / wrote
the above amendments as Mr.. w. j
Brown related them to me.
J. +. SANDERS.
do certify, under oath, that | heard
the above statement of Mr. w. j. Brown
as he related them to Mr.. j. H. Sanders
M. D. WEST.
State of Georgia, HARRISON County
August 20, 1927, A. L. Nix, do here
by certify that Mr. w. j. Brown inform.
ed me of the conversation herein stated
and | further certify that he wv. j.
Brown did make the request of me to
hnd out the whereabouts of one G. G.
Post, as he did not know him.
A. E. NIX.
Georgia, HARRISON County,, S. M.
Davenport, ordinary in and for said
county, do hereby certify that l am per.
Sonally acquainted with w. j. Brown
and have known him from his boyhood
and consider him truthful in every re-
Spect. Given under my hand and seal
OF Office this the goth day of August, 1892
S. M. DAVENPORT, IL. 81
State of Georgia, Polk County-This is
10 certify that we, whose names are here
10 annexed, know W. j. Brown, of Har.
Alison county, personally, that he is an
honest, upright, intelligent citizen, that
ms moral integrity is untarnished and
lhat we consider any statement that he
makes worthy of credit:
X; A. Adams, president of Commercial
pank; W. F. Hall, hardware merchant
~ l. Harrison, liveryman; G. G. Leake,
merchant; q. w. Smith, cotton mer.
chant; Allen Jones, station agent East
ana West railroad of Alabama; T. F.
burbank, druggist; Ivey F. Thompson,
attorney at law; E. B. Russell, editor OF
the Standard.