The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-06
LINING UP FOR ESTILL
BUSINESS MEN AND FARMERS ARR
FOR HIM.
THE FIRST CAMPAIGN BABY.
BORN IN APPLING COUNTY AND
NAMED ''ESTILL."

The GubernatoriaI Season n Busy
one From Now On-COI. EstilI's
Trip Through Coffee, Berrien and
DOugherty Counties Showed Some
thing of His strength Among the
PeopIe-WiI Be in AppIing and
Burke Counties the First of This
week and VIII Then Go to North
Georgia.
Col. ]. H. Estill returned yesterday
from a week in South and Southwest
Georgia. The most Of the week he
spent in Coffee, Berrien and Dougherty
counties. Il was cordially received ev-
erywthere 1 went" he said land if the
assurances of the people count for any
thing 1 believe 1 am their choice for
Governor. The lawyers and politicians
may be for Terrell, and some of the
Baptists and Methodists for Query,
but the business men and the farmers
/ find are for Estill. That is one way
OF sizing it up"
Col Estiu will leave tomorrow for
Appling county. From there he will go
to Burke county-Waynesboro and pos
sibly Millen-and then to Whitfield,
Barlow. Catoosa, Calhoun and other
counties, in North Georgia.
Il shall have something more to say
later of my trip through Berrien, Cof-
fee and Dougherty counties" he said.
II could not have been more cordially
received. The country and the people
everywhere are prosperous. There is an
upward tendency in everything that
makes people happy. The man who
has not the opportunities of a guberna-
torial candidate has no way of seeing
for himself what a grand old state
Georgia is. 1t is truly the Empire
State. and it's people are the best peo-
pie on earth"
ION my way to Douglas" said Col.
Estill, Il stopped for a few minutes
at the towns of Nichols and Seasons.
At the latter place l found the first
campaign baby. Mr.. r. Meeks in
formed me that a late arrival in his
family had been named "Estill."
Douglas was my objective point
and there l spent the day.
There was large attendance
at the Coffee Superior Court
and / had the pleasure of meet
ing not only the people of the enter
prising city of Douglas, but hundreds
from other parts of the county. Leav-
ing Douglas, I passed through Way
cross and Valdosta, to Sparks and
thence to Nashville, the county seat
of Berrien county. where the Superior
Court was in session. There l met
many prominent business men and
farmers.
I'm order to visit Sparks
and Abel, two thriving towns
on the Georgia Southern and
Florida Railway, 1 drove across the
country to Sparks. After my expert
ences in North Georgia, a twelve-mile
drive across the hills and dales of the
wiregrass had no terrors. At Sparks
/ called on the business men and many
other citizens. Taking "a passing train 1
went to Abel and spent the remainder
of the day very satisfactorily. / was
in no hurry to leave either Sparks or
Adel, for it seemed as though every
one met was a personal friend. But
railroad trains. like that old story about
tide and time, wait for no man, not
even candidate for Governor. 1 was
obliged to leave in order to keep an
appointment at Triton, the lovely little
CITY on the hills of Berrien. A good
supper and a nights rest prepared me
for the mornings work. 1t was the
same story there as elsewhere; a kindly
greeting everywhere and a pleasant
word from every one.
My next stop was the good old city
of Albany; the cotton mart of South
west Georgia My friend whointroduced
me, was very much surprised to find
the number of Estill men there are In
Albany. Many citizens whom I met
for the first time, greeted me as their
candidate. When have time l shall
write up the travels of an "Uncommer-
ciai Traveller" in Coffee, Berrien and
Dougherty counties"
Col. Estill said that he is gratifed
with the manner in which he is being
received by the people. II never
knew" he said, that had so many
friends until l went among them"