Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-06-11
HARRIS COMPLETES DRIVE
DOWN GEORGIA RAILROAD
Visits Eight Counties, Delivers
Six Addresses and Shakes
Hands With Voters
BY BRADFORD BYRD,
(Journal STAFF Correspondent


THOMSON, Ga, June S.-William j.
Harris, candidate for the United States
senate to succeed Thomas w. Hardwick,
brought his Georgia road drive to a
close when he addressed the McDuffie
county citizens from an auto on the
lawn of the Knox hotel here this after
noon.
In his speech here this afternoon Mr..
Harris had an audience of 2S6 people,
the largest of the week
Starting at Madison, in Morgan coun-
ty, Monday morning, Mr.. Harris brought
his campaign down the Georgia road,
visiting eight counties, delivering six
speeches, stopping in forty towns and
villages and shaking hands with many
farmers in the fields who could not
leave their crops and meet him in town.
In Morgan county Mr.. Harris spoke at
Madison and then visited Swords, Bost-
wick, Rutledge, Buckhead and Apa-
lachee. In Greene he delivered his
speech at Greensboro and followed it
by visits to White Plains, Sloan, Union
Point, Woodville, Penfield and Gresham
Vile.
In Taliaferro, after his speech at
Crawfordville, he visited the communi-
Mildred. In Wilkes, he spoke at Wash
ington, then made tour of that county
and Lincoln county in the afternoon,
stopping at a dozen or more communi-
ties.
Speaks at Warrenton
In Warren county he spoke at War
renton and motored to Norwood, Camak,
Mesena, Wallace and several other
places, then made a side trip into Glas-
Opl- AL nd
Gibson, and here in McDuffie Mr.. Har-
ris motored over the county this morn
ing prior to his speech.
Little attention was paid any candi-
date except Senator Hardwick in his
speech here today. Mr.. Harris defed
his hearers to show him a single in
stance where Senator Hardwick had
voted with President Wilson since war
was declared.
THE voters are going to deal with
Mr.. Hardwick properly on September
H." said Mr.. Harris, land if you vote
for him then you'll have the brave vet
Grams of this war to reckon with the
balance of your days. When this war
is over and our gallant southern boys
return from battle crowned with the
laurels of victory, these noble veterans
will dominate the politics of this sec.
tion and woe be unto the man who has
played them false while they were
lighting our battles in France. Men
who oppose the war or war measures
now will be branded for all time, Just
as they were when our noble Confed-
crate veterans gained the reins of gov
eminent following the days of recon-
struction. You can not vote for Hard
wick in this election without betray-
ing your own boys who are now in
France. Every vote cast for Hardwicll
is a vote against our president and a
vote for the kaiser.
Voted for Kaiser
Nearly every vote that Hardwick has
cast since he voted to declare war has
been cast as the kaiser would have It.,
Are you going to join him or are you
going to vote for your boys who are
battling that this world may be made
safe for democracy, a world fit to live
in, bringing you good cheer from the
loyal people of Georgia.
after investigating they find that the
other candidates are running only in
spots and these spots are diminishing
daily. There is no longer doubt as -
who will beat Hardwick. They are
already uniting on me. Why, the paper
i'm Hardwicks own home town has
thrown him overheard. Just this week
the Sandersville paper which has always
backed Hardwick to the limit, came out
and urged Hardwick to leave the race
Everybody except Hardwick's personal
friends and a few disappointed office
seekers are for me. Of course, the At
Ianta ring is not for me. 1 don't want
their support. I notice that ex-Con-
gresham Edwards is opposing me and
is this week giving out cards to tho
papers favoring Howard. Well, Mr.. Ed
wards is a disappointed office seeker
He wanted big federal job and is sote
on me because he didn't land one"
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Darden Borders mo-
tored over to Warrenton late Friday
afternoon to meet Mr.. Harris and he
accompanied them to Thomson,