The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1896-09-24
REV. SAM JONES'.

Popuist on the grand jury in Cobb
county and he was there through
mistake. His name was similar to
that of another man vino was dem
ocrat. '-REy. SAM JONES in the
Atlanta Journal
Rev. Sam Jones has written and
had published recently two long
letters, one addressed to Hon. A. S.
Clay, Chairman Of the State Demo-
cratic Executive Committee. and
one ITO the Honest Men of Geor-
gia.".
Mr.. Jones in these letters charg-
es fraud, ballot box stuffing and dis
honest counts, and says he be.
lieves the Democrats will do the
same thing in October, no.with-
standing we have new registration
Law which will prevent any man from
voting whose name it not registered.
He then makes the charg. against
Cobb county as quoted at the be-
ginning of this article, that there
"never had been but one Pcpulist
on the grand jury in Cobb, county
OF course, Mr.. Jones believes
that the gentleman Of Cobb, who
furnished him this information, was
one of those to whom he addressed
his recent letter, can honest man."
Ii all the statements of fraud that
Rev. Jones charges with SC much
positiveness in his letters are as un-
founded as the charge he makes
against Cobb county, then as an
"honest man. Mr.. Jones has got a
heap Of apologies to make and a
good deal OF retracting to do, for
you know you preach restitution"
when We wrong our brother in his
good name, character or property.
Mr.. Jones, OF course, as sweet.
spirited minister Of the gospel, "lov-
ing his n.eghbor as himself" would
rot deliberately SANDER any one, or
any..political party or any county.
Doubtless Mr.. Jones has allowed
some partizan, with smile bland and
beguillng, to impose upon his min
isterial hospitality and creduli-
ty. You know how the SERPENT did
enter the home OF Adam and Eve.
they listened to his seductive tale,
believed and did eat. Beware of the
tempter, the "TEird Party" in the
garden Of Paradise and in the pep.
ulist party: Don't let "your tag be
gnawed off.
When we read the charge that
: only zone" Populist chad ever been
on the grand jury III Cobb county
and that through mistake, we went
to che court house and looked over
the grand jury lists. The Popalist
} party has been in existence about
years, cid we..went back to 1892 and
found the following known Populists
on the grand jury lists for 1923
W. P. Baswell, N. A Dempsey, A
J Fambrough, I K Handy, F A
Hargrove, A J Alexander, w G
Blankipship, W N CAN'T, j D Ben
son, J D Pagan, G NJ Griffith, T F
| G AlIgood, j T Carrie, J B Roberts,
| W s Roberts and A G Mckinney.
On the grand jury list for 1915
we found the following Populists
A. =. Alexander, D D Barrett,
Newton Billiard. w G Blankenship,
&C Clayton, q L Fambro, ] D Fa-
gan, W N CAN'T, T M Hardeman,
C D Moon, A G Mckinney, HO
Markham, j I Pace, J c Pickens, t
F Terry, II B Reed, Z R Ruther-
ford and J Nj Tanner.
On the grand jury list fer 1896
we find the following Populists
D. d. Barrett, A j Alexander, J
d Benson, Frank Burt, A R Fowl
er, G l. Fambro, J D Pagan, WN
CAN'T, W P Hardage, F A Har-
grove, I J Hardage, r S Lindley,
q W Mcmillan, ST., A N Mayes, ]
I Pace, J d Peterson, b Rainey,
I r Rutherford, W II Terrell, 6
W York, Newt Billiard, J | Black,
G G Clayton, J Il Keudley, I +
Terry and J Nj Tanner.
On the Petit Jury list we find a
large number of Popalists, among
them J. D. Cunningham, Chairman
of the Populist State Executive
Committee, and James l.. Sibley,
editor OF Tom Watson's paper.
There are also number OF Repu-
blicans on both lists.
We find that j B Roberts, D D
Barrett, A. G. Mckinney served or
the grand jury in 1895, + A Har-
grove and W S Roberts, March,
1894, j D Benson, 7 X Handy, D
u Barrett and A J Fambro in Au.
gust, 1894.
We find also that D d Barrett. B
Rainey and I j Hardage, populists,