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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-06-03
ALL OVER BUT THE SHOUTING
AFTER GOVERNOR SMITHS TOMORROW


Now that only the shouting is left
to complete Mr.. Smiths victory over
the little fellow who would have the
State take up his personal grievances
against the Governor let's all put
aside our fighting clothes, admit that
in the heat of the campaign we have
said much that seemed a little rash
and harsh, but which was only the
usual accompaniment of politics, and
not intended to offend We are all
entitled to our own opinions. Some
of us are at a loss to understand how
many thinking men on the other side
can make up their minds before Mr..
Smith has been in office one-half a
term to vote to put him out, thus
breaking an unwritten law in GeOr-
gia of more than a generation's
standing and setting a precedent
fraught with very dangerous posi-
bilities. To recapitulate a little, Mr..
Smith has only done what in many
speeches throughout the State in his
first campaign he announced he
would do. He pushed to a conclu-
sion in the Legislature the disfran-
chisement law; he brought a reor-
ganization of the Railroad Commits
sion, which has already brought to
, the State nearly 100000 more of
tax than was ever paid by railroads
before, and has resulted in the de-
struction of thousands of free passes
furnished as a means of petty brib-
| cry throughout the State, which has
gone far towards aiding in the re-
duction of fares for passengers to
two and two and one-half cents per
mile, thus saving to the travelling
public over a million dollars annu-
ally; he has steadily pushed the ed
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-06-03

Personal appeals to vote for this
or that man should cut no figure in a
political campaign. The best inter-
ests of your country should move
you to determine for whom you will
vote. 1t is not a question as to who
this man or that man is for, but if
the All-Wise Creator has gifted you
with a brain use it. If not, have
yourself placed under the guardian
ship of some one who IS gifted with
brain power, and keep your own
mouth shut.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-06-03

Hoke Smith will not have to go
to the railroad corporations or the
brewers associations to write his in
augural address for him, and then
hire hickorynut-head, broken-down
politician to deliver it, as he is a
man of brain, an orator of note, a
Chief Executive of whom the vast
majority of the South are proud. In
Hoke Smith we have a Governor who
is the pride of the people, a man who
belongs to no ring, man who thinks
for himself and acts wisely and well
for the best interests of all of our
citizens.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-06-03
DON'T BE MISLED.

1T is an indisputable fact that
some of the Brown supporters in
this section are opposing the dis
reimbursement act. | am very sorry
to say it, but it is true nevertheless.
Some are to be found in this county.
can't see how any reasonable.
thinking man can oppose the meas
ure. There is not a single white
voter in the county who will be de-
prived of voting under the five pro-
visions of the act. He can qualify
under either one of them and vote
Don't let the Brown hired politicians
mislead you by saying a good MANY
white people will be deprived OF yot-
ing. Not word of truth in it,. It IS
scarecrow to get you to vote for
Little Joe. The ignorant and vi
cious negroes and majority of
negroes who can read and write will
be disfranchised under the act if if
is ratified by the people on the 4th
Of June. Watch the lineup" and
see who is supporting Little Joe.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-06-03
Chairman S. G. McLendon Writes
More About That Cotton Rate

Interstate Commerce Commission
Reports, page 381. In the decision
the Interstate Commission uses this
language:
The terminal facilities at Savan-
nah as appears by the evidence in
clude a plant which cost about 81
0OO,000.00, and maintenance requires
repairs and dredging in addition to
the expense of transferring, switch
ing, etc"
The Hepburn Act in defining the
word transportation" as subject
under the Jurisdiction of the Inter
state Commerce Commission declares
that word transportation" to in
clude transfers in transit"
The railroads increased their rate
for shipside delivery, as Mr.. Melton
calls it, or for export, as Mr.. Dan
Finn calls it, and this Commission
simply held that it had no jurisdic-
ton to prevent an increase in inter
state rates.
If Mr.. Arthur would throw down
his bludgeOns, calm himself, and
bring these matters to the attention
of the Commission more in the spirit
of one who desires to correct an evil,
if he could prove the existence of that
evil, than in the spirit of of hasty
if not ill-tempered critic he would
serve the public to- better purpose
and aid the Commission in the dis
charge of its arduous duties. Yours
truly, S. G. McLENDON, Chairman.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-06-03
IN SPITE OF THEM.

The combined forces of Little Joe
Brown-the corporations, whiskey
rings and railroads, with the aid of
Tom Watson, Moses, Cox and the
lesser lights of the would-be Solo
mons of the Brown Club of Terrell
county-wont for a moment impede
the sweeping wave of reform pass
ing over the Empire State of the
South, and Hoke Smith, the cham
pion of the peoples rights, like Jul
Jus Caesar, is marching through the
State to a great and glorious vie
tory, which will be won on the 4th
of June. And the people shall yet
be free"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-06-03

vocational interests of the State, and
his administration has paid to teach
ers of the State more than 100000
in excess of any amount ever paid
the State have received 100000
more than ever before, and all this
in the face of the fact that the Ter
rell administration left behind it a
deficit of $250,00O, and the prohibit
ton law took from the revenue of
the State $250,000. All these state
ments are facts, capable of proof
Do they not show beyond dispute
that the head of the State is a de-
cidedly business one at mis- time?
Can anyone now afford to vote to
place at the head of the State a man
who has been shown to have made
failures all along the line, whose
own family would not trust him in a
business way, who has been displac-
ed from every Office he ever held,
who opposed the reduction of pas
senger fares, and whose cards as
| Railroad Commissioner were used
as arguments by the railroads them
selves? Can you afford to vote for
q man who has shown beyond ques-
ton that he did not dare face his
fellow-citizens in the open for the
high office to which he aspires?
Think of the marked difference
just here! Mr.. Smith comes to you
from every stump in the State and
gives to his fellow-citizens face to
face an account of his stewardship.
Mr.. Brown has steadily hidden him
self away and depended on hired
broken-down politicians to heap NAL
edictions on Mr.. Smith from one end
of the State to the other. Again we
say the comparison is odious.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-06-03

Hoke Smith has given to the peo-
pie of Georgia cheaper railroad fares,
better road equipment and service
than was ever had before in our
history, and this you can prove for
yourself by buying a ticket at re-
duced rates and taking a ride over
any road in the State; and while you
pay your fare your neighbor, the
political ofice-holder, who heretofore
rode on passes while you paid the
freight, will either do the same thing
or walk, as his pass has departed
from him.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-06-03

One of Joe Browns supporters has
made bet that he can name ter
counties Little Joe will carry, and he
was given until June list to pick
them out. He has a hard PROPOSE
ton, yet JOe's supporters still weak
ly assert that they will carry the
State. If they believe this to be
true, and have any reason for the
belief, it would be an easy matter to
name ten Observation-Disclosures
counties
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-06-03

Little Joe said he had not rented
any property to be used as a bar
room, but the records show that ne
did for a number of years. Little
Joe said he had no ball room in his
own residence, but the proof is thaI
he has, and that a dancing schooi
had been taught in it while Joe lived
there. This has nothing to do WIN
the campaign, you might say, OUT
when Joe denies it when asked about
it it does show a weakness.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-06-03
ANOTHER PIG IN THE BAG STORY
A Farmer of Terrell County Can Go
Governor Smith One Better.

A Farmer of Terrell County Can Go
Governor Smith One Better.
There is a farmer in Terrell coun-
ty who can see Mr.. Smith and go
him one better" in the pig in the
bag story. The Terrell farmer,
while in Dawson a few years ago,
saw a negro who had brought to town
pig tied up in crocus sack. The
negro had no trouble in striking a
bargain, the farmer thinking the
bulk of the sack and contents such
as to make the price asked very mod
crate. He instructed the negro to
take the pig to a nearby lot where
it could be kept until called for.
When the purchaser called for his
pig he found to his amazement not
only a scrawny, weasly grunter,
but an actually crazy pig. Can you
imagine a better illustration OF. the
present Brown gubernatorial aspira-
ton? A candidate who will not I'M
tie the bag that contains him that
Georgians may either see his pigship
or hear him grunt. He evidently
fears the picture would be repulsive
and that the gruntings would dis
close the brain behind it.
Now, Mr.. G., there's moral to
your pig experience. No man who
asks for your support for Governor
is worthy thereof who has neither
the ability nor the manhood to risk
himself to a personal inspection and
analysis by the voters of Georgia.
Line up for Smith, the greatest
| Southern Governor.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-06-03

If such a thing were possible anu
such great calamity should happ0D
as the election of Little Joe Brown
for Governor who would deliver ni'
address for him? Would it be MOSES,
How would you like to hear hiln'
Would it be Cox, twice advertiser y
appear, but a man whom we nav
never seen? We are sure, however,
no such dire calamity shall happ'D
to us.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-06-03

Advocates of Little Joe Brown are
trying to muddy the waters, trylns
to blind an intelligent public, trying
to make voters believe that HoAe
Smith would deprive white men from
voting Nothing is further from 'n0
truth. Under the disfranchisemen
law, which the people of this StaS
overwhelming declared themseNe'
as favoring, not a single white Vo'e'
will be DISTINGUISHED, but the nesiO
will.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-06-03

Say, you Little Joe Brown mcn.
stop, think, study the situation. see
where you are at, watch out for dan
ger ahead. Put on the brakes: come
back before you get too far.
You have had your fun, now get
down to good, hard common sense ;
study the good of the State, and vote
for HOke Smith.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-06-03

You have no time to read or to
listen to campaign fakes, but you
must take time to go and vote. The
welfare of your State is at stake, and
Hoke Smith is the best man to trust
the helm of government with.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-06-03

Pay no attention to campaign lies
against Governor Smith. False re-
ports against him have been indus
triously circulated ever since he first
announced himself two years ago for
the highest Office in the gift of the
people.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-06-03

Joe Brown is endorsed by Repub-
licans.
Joe Brown is endorsed by Ring
Politicians.
Joe Brown is endorsed by rail
roads.
Joe Brown is endorsed by brewers
and whiskey dealers.
Joe Brown is endorsed by the gang
who got so badly defeated two years
ago.
Joe Brown is the fip-fop candidate
of five platforms.
Hoke Smith is endorsed by the
people.
Hoke Smith is for the people.
Hoke Smith will be elected by the
people.
Hoke Smith is endorsed by all
classes, trades and professions who
want a government for and by the
people.
Hoke Smith told you two years
ago what he would do when elected,
and he has lived up to his promises.
Hoke Smith is endorsed by a great
majority of the farmers.
Hoke Smith is not endorsed by the
old political ring.
Hoke Smith is endorsed by the
women and children.
Hoke Smith is not endorsed by the
Brewers Association.
HOke Smith is endorsed by the ad-
vocates of white supremacy
Hoke Smith is not endorsed by the
! Republicans.
Hoke Smith is endorsed by a vast
army of clean voters who can Meth
er be bought nor scared.
Hoke Smith is now Governor, and
will continue to be so for three years.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-06-03

Hoke Smith has induced many
millions of dollars of foreign money
to come to Georgia for investment,
as all we'll informed and truthful
men will tell you.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-06-03

The best people of Georgia are for
Hoke Smith. Some few misguided
good voters are on the Joe Brown
side, but it is your duty to kill their
votes. Do your duty tomorrow.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-06-03

William Jennings Bryan has said
that Hoke Smith would ably fill the
office of President of the United
States.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-06-03

What Thomas E. Watson Said
In His September, 1907, MAGAZINE

THE Georgia Legislature bo.
journed. By law the session is ~
ed to fifty days. This, of Co.,
gives a great advantage to those ms
oppose new legislation. If tho ~
siding officer is not in svmna.,
with proposed measures and tbo
position on the floor is led nv sos
one versed in parliamentary tao.;.'
it is obvious that day after dav ~.
be consumed in systematic obstrna
ton. Such minority can thus h,o.,
Legislation, and defeat the maiorit,,
A handful of corporation attorror,
and agents can set aside the vArai.s
of the millions"
1.-The Legislature was not in SYM.
pathy with Governor Hoke Smith
Many of the members belonged -
the old gang The people who olao+
ed them had not been made acouaint
ed with the true nature of their loo
islative records.
Under difficult conditions Govern
or Smith has done well. No man
could have done better. In snitA q,
lobbyists and obstructionists bo
wrung from the legislature a swaan-
ingly good law which gives the Rail.
road Commission the POWER on
THE STATE in dealing with puhlic
service corporations. He also secnr-
ed the passage of bill which re-
deems the main pledge of his cam.
paign, towit: the disfranchisemen
bill. If no other achievement stood
to his credit Governor Smith would
deserve the grateful thanks of all
white men who realize that INDIE
! PENDENCE IN POLITICS is utterly
impossible in the South WHILE THE
NEGRO CAN BE USED AS A BAL
ANCE OF POWER. To free the
whites political privilege has to be
taken from the negro. Governor
! Smith, the Jeffersonian welcomes
you to the great class of men who
will BATTLE FOR AN IDEA!
you have taken your place beside
those Governors whom the people de-
light to honor. Folk of Missouri
/ Broward of Florida, Hughes of New
York, Vardaman of Mississippi
Glenn of North Carolina, Swanson of
Virginia, Conner of Alabama had al
ready written their names on the
rock of public confidence, and now
Smith of Georgia is inscribed.
Some day our proud old State will
send you to the Senate!"
THAT Governor Smith has done
everything in his power to keep his
contract with the people no one can
doubt. He will fight it out on this
line if he has to hold the Legislature
| in pYfro coCCiOD until TbrjC+r,oc and
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-06-03

There was, perhaps, time when
the citizens of Georgia were careless
as to whom they voted for Governor.
but that time has passed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-06-03

Once more we say to you poor,
misguided fellows who think that
you are for Little Joe Brown THERE
is YET TIME TO REPENT.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-06-03

Hoke Smith will carry every dis
trict in Terrell county, unless it is
the Third, where he may lose by a
small vote.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-06-03

Read Tom Watson's article on this
page and see what he has to say
about Hoke Smith and disfranchise-
ment.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-06-03

Joe Brown is a failure. Hoke
Smith is and has ever been a success
at every undertaking in which he has
engaged.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-06-03

Read and prepare your own ticket,
You have as much or more sense as
the man who will offer to do so for
you.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-06-03

When man comes to you making
an appeal for you to vote for this or
that man for personal reasons watch
him.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-06-03

Who is for Joe Brown, anyno"
Watch the Joe Brown voters at W
polls, and decide with which cIo"N
you will tie yourself. II
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-06-03

You do not want to lose your vote.
do you? II not, vote for Hoke Smith
the white mans friend.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-06-03
ABOUT THE REPLY
TO MIR. ARTHUR

Dawson, Ga, May 27, 1908.-TO
the People of Terrell County: We
have heard it said by some that the
article from the Terrell County Hoke
Smith Club in reply to the letter of
Mr.. c. H. Arthur might be construed
as a personal reflection on Mr.. Ar
tur. Not wishing to do that gentle
man an injustice we publicly pro-
claim that nothing was further from
our intentions, for we esteem Mr.
Arthur as a gentleman and a demo-
crat, whose integrity and character
is above reprOach or question. Our
object was simply to carry our side
of the controversy started by Mr.
Arthur, present the facts as we see
them in our favor, and permit the
Arthur'S letter to us, who Is the
Liar in This Case, >" not meaning that
Mr.. Arthur would lie. but only as a
bit of campaign thunder we got from
| his letter, with no intention of re-
fiecting on HIM personally at all, for
we all know Mr.. Arthur. and while
we think he is politically mistaken
others not knowing him might think
otherwise. We simply answered his
letter publicly directed to us, asking
us to answer, which we did in a
good humOr. We sincerely trust that
we have not injured his feelings, and
| if so we beg his pardon.
THE TERRELL COUNTY HOKE
SMITH CLUB.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-06-03

Be sure you vote for the Champion
of White Supremacy.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-06-03

The State of Georgia is for Hoke
Smith.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-06-03

THAT Governor Smith has done
everything in his power to keep his
contract with the people no one can
doubt. He will fight it out on this
line if he has to hold the Legislature
in extra session until Christmas, and
nothing is more certain than that
public opinion will compel the Legis-
lature to keep the campaign pledges
of 1906"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-06-03

Fulton county is for Hoke Smith
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-06-03

Watch the lineup.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-06-03

Terrell county is for Hoke Smith.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-08-20
CLOSE WORKING ALLIANCE
National Committee TO Assist in Com
gressionaI Contests.

National Committee TO Assist in Con-
gressionaI contests.
Chicago, Aug. 1.-THE Democratic
congressional situation was the sub
ject matter Of an extended conference
between National Chairman Mack and
Congressman James Lloyd, chairman
of the Democratic congressional COM
mittee, after which it became known
that the Democratic national commit
tee would not only cooperate with
the congressional committee wherever
possible, but would render any fnan-
cial aid necessary. The two commit
tees have worked heretofore harmoni-
ously as separate organizations, but it
was deemed more advantageous for
the conduct of an effective congress
sional campaign to have a close work
ing alliance. Congressman Lloyd told
Chairman Mack that the prospects
were bright for the election of a Dem
ocratic house of representatives and
with proper aid from the national
committee many congressional dis
tricts formerly regarded as safely Re-
publican would be found this year to
he Democratic. Chairman Mack told
Congressman Lloyd that the national
committee could be depended upon to
give any assistance required.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-08-20

The Bemidii Daily Pioneer has
decided to give the business men
of that city three months in which
they may either rally Loyalty to the
support of the paper, or the daily
will be discontinued and only the
weekly paper issued. Bemidji has
pointed with pride to its daily, but
this local pride did not pay off the
help in the newspaper office. The
Daily Pioneer has not been pay
ing proposition and the promoters
have reached the point where they
will sink no more hard cash in the
venture. Either the business men
must come forward with more adver-
Using patronage and general sup
port, or the daily will pass out of
existence. Bemidji should come
forward with the goods and help a
good cause along.-Hawley Her.
aid.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-08-20
THEIR AUTOMOBILE
STRUCK BY Train
Wealthy Minneapolis Brewer and
Wife Killed.

Minneapolis, Aug. 2O.-John Gluek,
a wealthy Minneapolis brewer, and his
wife were instantly killed at Cottage.
wood, Lake Minnetonka, in a collision
between their automobile and train
on the Minneapolis and ST. Louis rail.
way. Mr.. Gluek and his party were
On route to the city and at the rail
road crossing near Cottagewood their
automobile was caught on the track
by the train and hurled against a
small station at one side. Mr.. GlUek
was instantly killed and Mrs. Gluek
was pinned down under the debris,
which speedily took fire from the ig,
nited gasoline from the automobile.
She was dead when taken out. Mrs.
Edward lie Barre of New York city,
sister of Mrs. Gluek, and her two
year-old daughter received serious in.
juries, which may prove fatal
Mr.. Gluek was secretary and treas
urer of the brewing company bearing
his name and was an old residen Of
Minneapolis.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-08-20
VISIT OF AMERICAN FLEET
Sydney deliberately Decorated for the
Occasion.


Sydney, N. S. W., Aug. 49.-Sydney
is awaiting the arrival of the Amer
lean battleship fleet on the tiptoe of
expectancy and the seven days that
the vessels will be here will witness
series Of entertainments more elab
crate than ever before has been given
in New South Wales.
Sydney is filling up with an enor
nous influx of visitors from the ceun:
try and the transportation facilities
have been taxed to their utmost The
decorations have been carried for
ward on an elaborate scale. The prin-
cipal streets have been converted into
picturesque avenues and the common
wealth, state and civic buildings are
befagged and festooned in compli-
mentary designs. At the custom house
there has been erected a naval device
representing the Mayfower and in
scribed with the words ''TO the kin
ship of the Mayflower" Over the
land office there is an immense board
ing bearing the words "Seas do not
divide us" and there are other strik-
ing displays on -MacQuarie street,
George street and Martin place. On
the section of Pitts street entitled
American avenue" there has been
erected a handsome pavilion for the
official reception to the American Off
GERS by the representatives of the
state and in addition many of the pub
lie, business and private buildings of
the city have made preparations for
an elaborate illumination.