The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-12-15
aoKE SMITHS PLATFORM.

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Hoke Smiths platform is his; We can
still have the PRIMARY "J,ss lax ue u,eu
40 have; vs. can Aeep il OH les all summer
and wlap il up in Blankets Ia Winter.
Aoy man whose father or grandfather
was Tree or could vote before the wat can
vote even though lue Niger law goes in
70 effect Tins is all there is to II. Ii is
the Grandfather Clause. Every white man
in lee county cauid voe under this. lie
hAeans to disiIancuise llle 'niggeTs" like
North and South Carolina AlalaniA, Mis-
sissipi aud Louisiana nave already done.
All the folks CAN vote THERE. All COULD
vote HERE lie means 10 makeA wh,te
mln country nom The birth OF Moses 10
ihe death vi the devu o make II >.
mhte nlaus country now 10 in4ke il a
white mans county ten years fIom Low
40 I,iak' it white mAn's country hlty
years from nov. BY Lax digest 1906 Lee
county has 35I WINE poll TAX payers. Lee
,
majority coloed. i292. All can vote ~
paying up u Little ,aAes. THIS law Will
serve 10 keep any more Frank johnson,
trUm rep escniIng Lee jn Ibe legislature
as WAS uone IN the past, aIld as at tunes
now we can on.y keep down by the RUE
DO II. THIS question on us. We nigh,
as we'll lie pam. We have got 10 NEE, IL
ana we mih lat as well meelll now wADe Nc
can win ii. It's wons 40 wait ia we are
tied 10 slcg.
llIs platform carried ont will put the
people VI Lee where They wont bc terror
lsed wItn the Glgger Swallow If Ghey WISH
10 elect their county commissioners
which they have u perfect lgnt 10 do. Ii
will maze Il condition wheIv II they WISH
TO have All election The effort 10 nOla Ii
won't he ia Whispers and uecrled BE
CAUSE II WILL MAXI TOO MANY DARKIES
RAGISTER AND MAY CAUSE TROUBLE IN
4llls ELEclloN." Vole,, you have head
e.
heart This iSsue Is now al the tronl--ll
Is vile open 1t Is being talked upon
the street corners. Ii cant be kept DOWN
longer The duky papers and there are
several over The state are writing about
Il. Can you keep il from the thousands
VI socie les all over the state. These pa
pels come all over Lee county, as many
oome 10 Leesburg to The race as any paper
,hat is entered here perhaps. Can You
Keep the issue DOWN, can yOn smother II
aud not fill the whole state with IT'S smoke?
Whether it was right or wrong to agita,e
il at FIRST, If is now agitated 1t is liy-
any question. II is talked as much among
the negroes as among the whites. The
4 question with us is not what might have
been done, but what must be done. Must
we lie afraid TO STIR ANY question whatever
t0r the fear thai some one may lake ex-
cepti0n at it aud have hundred more
dTkies registered to beat us2 Must we
ANEkGA utNG IL hiHhGu lut0 our cars ll0Ol
stir any reform in "uigger' county -
Don't be uen and asset your convictions,
because it might make the darkies get stir
red up and dc harm that way In other
words dwell under dark shadow live un
DEF dark cloud. fear that it will break
aud deluge you if you breathe above a
whisper. Sit upon magazine, rest over a
mine, fear that it will blow you to the ends
Of political hell ION il YOU light your pipe
OF honest principles and ask to be allowed
60 speak your views as men, sneak up 10
the ballot box at election time and look
back over your shoulder fearing that the
black vote may whOop out of the woods
aud 0verwhelm you, This is what they
call WELL ENOUGH" This is what they
tell us to let alone ''rhey say peace
when there is no peace "Our chains
are being forged Ia the lodges that dot
our country. The tiger is Gagged but his
bars are weak and he knows not his
treog tn TO break them. The fangs of the