The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-09-30
To Voters of Maury County BY
Citizens Who Say The TEN
perance Interests Are
In Jeopardy.
"T0 YOUR TENTS, Oh. ISRAEL
To the Democratic voters of Maui,

To the Democratic voters OF Mau1y
County,
On Saturday next, October 1st, the
Primaries will be held between the
hours Of one and O'Clock p. m, for the
purpose of electing delegates to attend
b Convention to be held in Columbia on
October 5, to select our Representatives
In the next General Assembly.
We have authentic and reliable in
formation that there has been combi-
nation between the whiskey element of
the County and the Cumberland Tele-
phone Company, the purpose and object
OF which is to control the election of our
Representatives.
There is already statute exempting
cooperative Telephone Companies from
a privilege tax. If that statute is repeal
ed, the Citizens Telephone Company
Of Maury county will be subjected to an
oppressive tax.
Il is conceded that the Cumberland
Telephone Company does not pay one
half OF it's proper and just share OF the
public burden. It's rates are oppressive,
unjust and discriminatory. 1t will seek
further legislation in the next General
Assembly to fasten its monopoly upon
the people of the State. 1t will readily
occur to the honest voters OF the coun
ty that the whiskey element and the
Cumberland Telephone Company can
afford to use money to enable them TO
carry out their combination. The tenn
perance interests in general and the
Adams Law in particular are 10 leop-
ardy in this county.
We the undersigned, call upon the
temperance element in Maury county,
and those who favor the regulation OF
the telephone rates 10 the State, and
controlling the greed of that giant mono
ply. the Cumberland Telephone Com
pany, that has so long oppressed the peo-
pie, to get to the polls on Saturday next
and vote for delegates upon whom the
neople can rely to choose Representatives
in our next Legislature that will not be
under the control of the whisky element,
or the power and greed of the Cumber-
land Telephone Company.
See to 1t. too, that the delegates that
are selected do not lend their proxies
TO anyone directly or indirectly to AID
the whiskey element or the CumbeI
land Telephone Company or who Will
favor the carrying out of the purposes
Of their combination.
Let the people of Maury County re-.
member the Ubiquitous attempt OF the
Cumberland Telephone Company a rev
years ago to strangle and crush out the
Citizens Telephone Company.
Rally Democrats to the polls ana
rive your votes in favor OF good gov
eminent, and against the ubiquitous
combination that now threatens the
interest OF the State.
See to it that none but Democrats
ara me-, mitted TO vote In the Primari es
and that every honest Democratic vote
II counted, and that no frauds aie
perpetrated.
"To YOUR TENTS. OH ISRAEL.
Respectfully,
s. C. HARLAN,
J.F. PORTER,
A. F. THOM AS,
H. O. FULTON,
GEO. MARTIN,
]. M. HUNTER,
j. A. LOFTIN.
A. s. JAMES,
JOHN W. CECIL,
q. W. NICHOLS.
A. B. RAINS,
j. q. OSBORNE,
T. E. GORDON,
T. G. GASKILL,
j. F. BROWNLOW.
E.. Fl. HATCHER,
JAMES A. SNISER,
w. o. WITHERSPOON, !.
=" e. E. ERWIN,
J. II. KANNON.
w. III. WILSON,
E. P. TURNER,
X. E. NICHOLS,
JOHN A. THOMAS,
T. l.. CUNNINGHAM.
HOUSTON THOMAS,
H. L. HENDLEY,
A. j. NICHOLS,
-" j. d. DOBBINS,
EUGENE ANDERSON.
GEO. Z. McKENNON,
U. H. FOSTER.
W. ]. RUSSELL.
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