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! vol.. IX. FORT MII.L, S. ('., WEDNESDAY. JUNE 27,1900. NO. 15.
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Ill PUT IN COMMAND.
The Chinese Preparing to Drive All
Foreigners Out.
AMERICAN LEGATION BURNED.
All Foreign Nations Hurrying Troops
Scene of Hostilities?Chines*
ment to be Dismembered.
v. h >li
ai. By Cable.?Prince Tuua
i. l charge as commander gentut
w after dismissing Yung
ohew of the Emperor, the
lVt Hilt!' *
commander-in-chief. Prince
? '.dii gave notice that he would march
"to Tien-T8in and sweep out the hand*
/ul of foreigners. The Chinese array
has had forty-flve Krupps. They man*
ag<<d to hum the United States consulate.
Tho warehouses and the StanWard
Oil Company's premises arc he
lieved to have escaped. Though the j
tsitnation is grave, the Chinese have
not occupied Tien-Tsin. The latest
news from I'ekin emanating from au- j
thentie sources is to t<ie effect that
tthere is no change in the situation.
This is understood to mean that the
legations still hold out. iho Chinese
Jhavc surrounded them, but do not
dare to make another attack. Apparently
they hope to starve out those,
'who have taken refuge there. Foreign -,
ers and commercial men at mil of the
treaty ports are of the opinion that the
Chinese government has been wrecked
beyond repair and that the only solution
for the existing anarchy will he
mv t-Biaunsnmeni. or a now government,
controlled by the civilized nations.
Attempts to restore "the Empress
on the basis of her promise ot
good behavior would make the position
q>f the foreigners worse than ever. A
popular plan is the restoration of the
Emperor, if found alive. With liberal
advisers he could be held subject to
strict supervision by some council
representing the foreign powers. - n?
personal punishment of the highest officials
concerned in the anti-foreign
movement is considered essential. Interest
is focusscd on Russia and
America. It is the universal belief
that Russia instigated rioting, expecting
to march an army to I'ekin and
proclaim herself protector of China
under the guise of restoring order, but
achieved a fiasco on account of the
Iirntnn! H>tinn <>f ilm v. ?
J "* W.I.,-. I.unil^.
.America, which i3 considered (o hold
the key to the solution because of be*
ing beyond suspicion of land-grabbing
motives, is in tlie best position to take
the lead in making proposals for a iter*
manent arrangement. There is a practical
Anglo-American alliance in China.
The commercial organizations of both
nationalities are urging their respective
governments to hurry more troops.
Tho presence of enough soldiers to enforce
the demands upon China, besides
being a check to the ambitions of rival
powers, is deemed vital. 'I ncrc is an
insufficient number of English troops
available to protect the interests tit
stake in the treaty ports. The English
and Americans confidently expect that
Hcvcrnl regiments will be sent from tn?
Philippines without delay.
No confidence is expressed in l<i
Hung Chang, who is expected to follow
whatever policy is likely to result i*
personal aggrandizement. Many missionaries
front t?.e Yang Tse Kiang
Valley are comitjg to Shanghai for
snfety. Three Chinese gun-boats recently
built by the Armstrongs have
ai i ivi'ii itt onangnai irom laku. Two
Chinese cruisers nt Kiang Ying fort, 50
miles up the river, are kept under
steam. The forts are provided with
modern artillery and are instructed to
watch for the approach of foreigners.
Six American Presbyterian missionaries
from Kian Ying have arrived at
SShanghai. A wealthy Chinaman
who fled from Pekin on the 14th says
that all the legations except the 11 ritish.
Austrian and Belgian have been
burned, the foreigners taking refuge ih
those three. Only ^>\en Krupp guns
are emplcjed in the bombardment of
Tien-Tsin.
There is still no news of Vice Admiral
Seymour. The officials hero are
anxious; business is practically suspended
and all the respectable Chinese
look for foreign protection in the event
of a rising. It is officially said that the
Dowager Empress has issued emphatic
instructions for the extermination of
all foreigners in China. I^argo numbers
of refugees are arriving here from
the north. All is quiet here and in the
Yang Tse Kiang Valley.
Nine Americans Killed.
Manila. By Cable.?A detachment of
Yorty men of the Tortieth Regiment,
fcaptain Thos. Miller, commanding, left.
Caygan de Misamis, Island of Mindano,
scouting on June 13. During the morn.
ing of Juno 14. they encountered a
strongly ambushed and entrenched
force of the enemy.The Americans*
atterr vs to charge were frustrated by
the W, pin OS" pitfalls fend traps. The
tldvejjwd lino, consequently, was under
. ,peavy fire in front and on its
flank*"' and fell back on Cagayan. The
' Ame .pan loss was nine men killed and
Hwo, yr.leers and ten men wounded.
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TERMS OF PEACE.
Letders of the Insurgents Agree on
Terms.
Manila, by Cable.?Two hundred Filipinos
met Thursday morning in Manila
to determine honorable and decorous
methods for securing peace.
The results were submitted in the
evening to General MaeArthur, who
accepted them.
The leaders of the meeting will use
their influence to induce Aguinaldo to
accent the arrnncement If fhev nre
successful as they hope to he. they believe
Aguinaldo will issue orders in
conjunction with the American authorities
for the cessation of hostilities.
The meeting. which was the first of
the kind since the days of the Pillpino
congress, was composed of the distinctly
revolutionary element, the "Aniericanis'.as"
being lacking.
Thirty political prisoners were re.
leased front jail in order to attend.
Senor Patorno presided and Senor Buencamino,
the originator of the movement.
Senor Flores, Gen. Pio del Pilar.
Gen. Garcia. Gen. Macabulos and other
prominent revolutionists were present.
It was pointed out that the questions
to he considered were military
and civil, the military being concerned
'with a cessation of hostilities and the
civil with the determinetion of the political
status of the Filipinos. The immediate
object of the meeting was to
effect peace and subsequently the leaders
could consult with the civil commission
??j to political matters.
It was evident that Senor Paterno
was convinced that he could obtain
Aguinaldo's sanction to a peace based
ni'.'ii uir nrnun lll>; seven nausea,
which, after four hours, were unanimously
accepted as compilable with an
honorable peace:
1. Amnesty.
2. The return by the Americans to
rite Filipinos of confiscated property.
2. Employment for the revolutionary
generals In the navy and militia
when established.
4. The application of the Filipino
revenues to succor needy Filipino soldiers.
5. A guarantee to the Filipinos of
the exercise of personal rights accorded
to Americans by their constitution.
6. Establishment of civil governments
at Manila and in the provinces.
7. Expulsion of the Friars.
The statement was vociferously acclaimed.
the entire assembly shouting
'"expel, expel."
Chinese Situation.
London. By Cable.?The silence of
1'ekin continues unbroken. Four thousand
men of the allied forces were
having sharp defensive fighting at
Tien-Twin, Tuesday and Wednesday,
'with a prospect of being re-enforced
Thursday. This is the situation in
China as set forth in the British government.
dispatch. Eight hundred
Americans are taking part in the
Iight.ing in Tien-Tsin, says the Shangtai
correspondent of the Daily Express,
cabling Friday evening, "and
they apparently form a part of a supplementary
force, arriving with Oeranans
and British after the conflict
started, it is impossible to estimate
the number of the Chinese there, but
they bad a surprising number of
guns." This information appears to
have been brought by the United
States gun-boat Nashville to Che Fu
and telegraphed to Shanghai. The Chinese.
are deserting Shanghai in large
numbers and going into tho interior.
Reports from native sources continue
to reach Shanghai of anarchy in Pekin.
According to these tales the
streets are filled day amd night with
Boxers, who are wholly beyond the
control of the Chinese troops aud who
arc working themselves ui> to a frenzy,
and clamoring for the death of all
foreigners. .
Invited to Atlanta.
Atlanta, June 22.?A committee ol
citizens left for Washington Saturday
night, to invite McKinley and his
cabinet to Atlanta on July 20th to attend
a reunion of the Blue and the
Gray. After calling upon the President
the committee will go to Albany and
invite Governor Roosevelt. The reunion
will be held on the famous battle-field
of Poochtree creek, and a
genuine Georgia barbecue will bo
tprend in the trenches over which tho
contending armies fought 36 years ago.
Fire In Pittsburg.
Pittsburg. Special.?Fire in one oi
tjje principal down town business
blocks Friday caused a los*; of $230,000,
involving eight buildings containing
many office tenants. The aggregate insurance
will more than cover this
amount. The fire broke out in the
rear of the Elchbaum Company's printing:
establishment, supposedly caused
by spontaneous eompustion.
Wheat Crop Failure.
Chicago. Special.?The Timet; Her
aid publishes a rep<*t prepared by
inow. the crop expert, who has just
completed a two weeks' trip through
the States of Mnnesota, North and
South Dakota. He declares the.situation
a national calamity and claims the
wheat failure the worst ever known.
Ho estimates the Dakotos as promising
only 20,000,000 bushels each and Minnesota
35,000,000 a total of 75.000,000
against 200,000,000 bushels la$t year,
and 225,0000,000 in 1898. y
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.
The Substance of the Declarations of
The Party.
The Republicans of the United
States, through their chosen representatives,
met in national convention,
looking back upon an unsurpassed record
of achievement and looking forward
into a great Held of duty and opportunity
and appealing to the judg
rncnt of their countrymen, make these
declarations.
The Democratic party is arraigned
for inability to manage public affairs
and to inspire public confidence. Tlie
doctrine of free coinage of silver at the
ratio of 1?J to 1 is denounced.
The administration of President Mciftnlcy
is endorsed in the fullest
terms.
The following reference is made to
Democratic principles and policy:
In asking the American people to indorse
this Republican record, and to
renew meir commission to tne Republican
party, we remind them of the fart
that the menace to their prosperity
has always resided in Democratic principles
and no less in the general incapacity
of the Democratic party to conduct
business prosperity is public c<Vfitjenco
in the good sense of the government
and in its ability to deal intelligently
with each new problem of
administration and legislation. That
confidence the Democratic party has
never earned, it is hopelessly inadequate,
and the country's prosperity
when Democratic success at the polla
is announced, halts and ceases in mere
anticipation of Democratic blunders
and failures.
Trusts are denounced and the policy
of protection of American labor
against foreign contract labor is advocated.
Our present dependence upon foreign
shipping for nine-tenths of our foreign
carrying is a great loss to the industry
of this country. It is also a serious
danger to our trade, for its sudden
withdrawal in the event of European
war. would seriously cripple our expanding
foreign commerce. The national
defense and naval efficiency of
this country, moreover, supply a compelling
reason for legislation which
will enable us to recover out* former
place amo^g the trade-carrying fleets
of the world.
The pension laws should be liberal
and should be liberally administered
and preferences should be given wherever
practicable with respect to em
ployment in the public service to soldiers
and sailors and to their widows
and orphans.
We commend the policy of the Republican
party in maintaining the efficiency
of the civil service. The administration
lias acted wisely in its
effort to secure for public service in
Culm, Porto Rico, Hawaii and the Philippine
Islands, only those whose fitness
has been determined by training and
experience. We believe that employment
in the public service in those ter
ritorics should ho confined as far as
practicable to their inhabitants.
It was the plain purpose of tlio fifteenth
amendment to the constitution
to prevent discrimination on account
of race or color in regulating the elective
franchise. Devices of State governments,
whether by statutory or constitutional
enactments, to avoid the purpose,
of this amendment are revolutionary
and should be condemned.
1 The Dingley act, amended to provide
sufficient revenue for the conduct of
i the war, has so well performed its
work that it has been possible to roi
duco the war debt in the sum $10,000,000.
he country is now justified in ex>
pecting and it will he the po.icy of the
i Republican party to bring about a reduction
of the war taxes.
We favor the construction, ownership,
control and protection of un Isthmian
canal by the government ot the
I'nited States. New markets are necesi
sary for the increasing surplus of our
farm nroduets Rverv effort should l.f
made to open and obtain new markets.
especially in tlie Orient, and tho
| administration is warmly to be eY>mmended
for its successful effort to commit
all trading and colonizing nations
to the policy of the open door in Ohjya.
In the interest of our expanding commerce
we recommend that Congress
' 'create a Department of Commerce and
Industries in the charge of a secretary
1 with a seat in the cabinet.
The policy of the Republican parly
in maintaining the efficiency of tho
civil service is commended.
( We approve the annexation of the
1 Hawaiian Islands to the 1'nited States.
In accepting, by the treaty of Paris,
! the just responsibility of our victories
in the Spanih war. the President and
the Senate won tho undoubted approval
1 of the American people. No other
1 course was possible than to destroy
Spain's sovereignty throughout the
West Indies and in tho Philippine Islands.
That course created our responsibility
before the world and with the
unorganized population whom our intervention
had freed from Spain, to
, provide for the mKntenance of law and
, oVder, and for the establishment of
kuuu govrrnnipni and ior mo poriorm.
nnre of international obligations. Our
authority could not be less than our
responsibility and wherover sovereign
rights were extended it beearao the
high duty of the government to main[
tain its authority to put down armed
insurrection and to confer the blessings
of liberty and civilization consistent
; with their welfare and our duties and
those shall be secured to them by law.
To Cuba, Independence and self-gov1
eminent were assured In the samo
voice by which war was declared and
to the letter this pledge shall ho performed.
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mi I WORRY If MUCH1
This is the Opinion of the Bartow
Philosopher.
?
FRETTING WILL SHORTEN LIFE.
Americans Should Contrast Their
Condition With That of Other
People.
Fret not thyself because or evil
UUCI ft.
Fret not thyself against him who
deviseth iniquity.
Trust in the Lord and do good. Watt
ot: the Lord.
Those are good sermons and there
are others like them in David and Sotmon.
A man can shorten this life
and wear himself out by borrowing
trouble, and fretting and worrying
about the iniquity of other people.
There is a sight of devilment going
on?more than ever before, i reckonmore
war, famine, peetilenee, unrest
and discontent all over the world, and
here in our own blessed land crime, is
on the increase in our cities, and what
with the negro and the corruption < f
noli Mrs nml t tn? uti>it.-nu :ic ttlilnchnwa
there is enough to run :i worrying man
crazy. Of course we should feci concerned
about crime and do what we c in
to prevent it. but worrying does not
accomplish anything. Lot us preach
and practice and he happy still.
"Carpe diem," t^ijoy tlie day, saith the
poet Horace. Why can't everybody in
this country bo as contented and lawabiding
as our i>ooplo here in north
Georgia. There are no murders, no
outrages, no lynchings, no fights hero
in Hartow' county. There are 110 divorces
nor burglaries, and no stealing
of any consequence. A good old ante,
helium darky did come to sec me tho
other day to get ine to sign his sou's
bond and get him out of jail. "What
is he in there for?" said 1. " Well,
boss, you see de man's corn was missin'
and ho find de basket at Jim's
house, hut he didn't fine no corn. But
Jim aint. 'fused of stealin' do basket." |
"Tho basket is to he the witness, I I
reckon," said I. "Jes* so, boss?dat sail,
and ile lKu-ket can't talk and tell how it
got dar."
I was ruminating how easy it is for j
any woll man to mako a fair living m
this region. During harvest a good
worker, white or black, got.* <.no dollar
a day. and at other times 7"> cents a
day. and thore is a demand for labor.
Uncle Sam is' very old. but he go*:-- 7 ">
cents every day for working around in
the gardens, His four girls cook and
wash and each makes about two dollars
a week. There is about $12 a wo*>k
earned by that family and tl.ey are always
happy and don't give themselves
any concern about politics or social
equality or Ilishop Turin r or UooloT
Washington. It is the high-strung, lazy
negroes who are making till the
fuss. Now. just contrast the condition
of laborers here and in other 'jnintries.
In India they arc starving by the million.
In the Philippines and South ,\rriea
they tire lighting and dying in
battle or front disease and pestilence.
in licrmany a jica ant is rich if ho has
two or throe acres of land, and his wife
and daughters carry heavy loads of
vegetables 011 their barks to marker,
while the sons are serving in the army.
In Italy the poor work, in malarial
swam us or beg In Naples. In Mexico
the peons get. 27 1-2 cerots a day in
Mexican silver, which is worth about
half as much as ours. In England the
poor are kept, alive by charity and in
Ireland the peasantry lose a crop about
every third year and the little children
go hungry and in rags. What is the
1 matter with our people? Why doit';
they quit fussing?quit envying the
rich? Why nor lift up their voices and
thank the Ixml for liis merry am!
goodness unto us? A diligent man or
woman can live for five or six months
from a good garden?and besides the
garden the country abounds in fruit.
Peaches, apples, grapes, blackberries,
dewberries and hutkleberi ie . I never
saw the like. From our own garden
wo ran have eight diff oeni vegetables
ev^ry day bes'oles berries for a ees:'ort
It makes me proo 1 to gather rhein and
show them armin 1 ?o the family before
I11T.11 L- f:iat t'iv if is liiv trai ler! I
(Ttttttctt :t fittf oi<7 T'a.Tier Adam did
Kden. I'm s!ill the bny. I am the man
with the hoc and I don't esteem it any
hardship, either. My Marktaam needent
preach h:.-; foolishness to mo, nor
do I Tike th< tone of that picture a
pitiful man leaning on his hoe and hemoaning
hit; hard lot. Work, labor,
toll, sweat, is the . >minon lot and they
are the happiest who do it Solomon
oaf/I thr* ch on i ,* f hi> lnlwii'intv
Bwect. I love to work with the lioe. 1
lov? to get nil over in a sweat oi perspiration.
It. opens the pores ami
saves medicine. I love the smiie.-i oi
approval when I find a new blown rose
and bring it. to Mr*. Arp and hear hci
say, "Isn't it beautiful?" She r* proaehed
ine gently yesterday for cutting
down her poke stock down by the
garden fe.nee. She said she liked to
look at it when the berries wrf ripe,
for it reminded her of the ho.ue of hei
happy childhood, when he an 1 her 15'.
tie brothers used to pirk the berries
and make red paint from them and
paint dogs and cats and nionkovs on
the smokehouse and dairy. Well, there
is another one coming and I will let
that grow for her sake. I want to see
her painting dog* on oil" smokehouse.
They remind mo of the time when Polk
run against Clay for President and every
farmer Democrat who c.uue to
town nrougni i pone stock with berries
on it sticking up in his wan on or dangling
between bis ion"- ears, it iism1
to make tihe Henry (1 iy whlgs mighty
mad. 1 remember that l?r. .1 ir>? Alexander
and <5ib Wright got > mil ihoy
liked to have used bid words. They
turned red in the face add then
their heir turned red and J'r.
Jim's is red yet. An old line whig
novnr rornvorpfl frrvni Plnv'c
to this day they slornte < v?>ry p<>Uc
berry bush on their plantations.
Tomorrow is my birthday and '
know from the sitit.s that niv wife anfl
the girls are fixing up a surprise for
mo- some utile thing. i suspect n is
a table 4for mo to write upon, for the
obi one is riekety.but I'm attached to It.
It is the second one that I have worn
out with my ruminations of forty
years. These birthdays keep on coming,
especially in thin leafy month ot
June for my mother, my wife, myself,
my daughter, my RV.in.lson and mtu.ddaughter
were all horn ni June. Net
long ago I gave a problem to the young
people about my wife's age and scores
of answers have come back from them
?most of thorn from school gLrls about
twelve years of age. Their solutions
are in algebra and are nentlv and accurately
done, tvnen my wife was
two weeks old 1 was six years. You
sec I took her so young so as to train
her up to my notion, but you can't
always tell. First ihing 1 knew she was
training me. 1 have long observed that
girls are smarter in figures than boys
of rhoir ago. I know that, it always i
strained my mind t > keep up with my
girl classmates After all of the mod- j
ern methods and improved conditions
1 do not see any difference in the Intel
ligenpe or quickness < f sebrol children
the step that the Templars marched by
now and those of sixty yehrs ago. I believe
that young people were happier
intellectually then than now. for they
had less"Irtish to rchlT and no harrowing
things in nowspapers. Then we
read Shakespeare, Milton, Cray. (' >\vpcr,
Scott, Tlyron, M-oldsuiith. Cooper,
etc. Now It is some foolishness by
some sensational writer whose works
are read ami then forgotten. 1 noted
the other dav x momlizintr vriter's re
ripe for keeping the .spirits ip withovi;
pouring the spirits down Ho say?:
Read a flue poem every ay. land:
every day upon a fine painMng. Hear
every day somo fine music. Forgt '
c?ry day your enemies and rrme
every day your friends and the ma
woman who follows this rule is h
to be a Christian.' That's good
Dr. Johnson said that 'to look
and love a fair and virtuous worn
a liberal education.' That's beta
?U111 Aep, iu Atlanta ConstityU
News Items.
A committee to advocate the i
pendence of the Doers has been f'
ed in Paris, and issued a mani
signed by 40 French Senators
Deputies, including eight ex-Minis
i in- uiu nil earn iiiki-s il union <
similar ccniMr.it toes which exist in
sia, America. Germany. Holland
even in England, with the view
combined effor' * *? bring about
and prevent 4,,?. destruction of th
Republics.
Brevities,
A Canton. O., dispatch says:
President's household goods harived
and his residence liere w
fitted up.at once. The hath tu
sented him by Pennsylvania wot
in lS'.Mi, has been placed in the
The residence h is been painted s
lend color, with white trinimin*.
William O'Donnell. of Me
Tenn., better known as "Memph
ly," is dying at New York.
Accommodating Safe Blow
Frankfi rt. Ky., Special.?The
doors to the cash and bond bo:
the State treasurer's vault, the
nation of which was lo t wh?
Democratic State treasurer took
of the office, wore opened
Frankfort machinists worked <
doors for three days. Inn made
gresr Finally Frank Si mm
safe blower, was brought from t
lt.ent.iary and blew the door <
half an hour.
American Coin for Hawa
San Franoisco, Special.?Tin
er China sailed Friday for the
with a large passenger list
them Colonel MaeFarlane and
Dennan, of the Treasury Dep;
who have $7a0.000 in Unite)
coin to deposit, in the Amerlct
at Hon\uiu. The in dilution
,l,? eiro? 1? i
*. uinr (in- i 1101 i^u-uuuui naiiK
waii. The funds arc to be nsc<
ing off Hawaiians. All the p
will be made within 3d days.
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A coord inp to a Police Judge at Kan;as
City, Mo., one has Just as mueb
iglit to hiss in a theatre at 'something
>n the stage tlult displeases him as to
ipplaud something that is to his liking.
This opinion was given who 1 a theatre
iner was brought before th? judge for
us-lug at a performance which he had
<een. The judge discharged the deVndant
with these words: "I've been
0 the theatre many limes myself when
1 would have felt iH-tter if I could have
diown my opinion by hissing. If a man
ias the right to applaud, It is certainly
ais privilege to hiss."
TO COUNTY CHAIRMEN.
Mud-Slinking: Not t? Be lnduieged In
By Candidates.
Tho executive committee,
(through its officers, is trying to keep
he county executive committee in tho
straight and narrow path during tho
present State, district, circuit and
county campaigns. The particular attention
of the county chairman has
horn railed by circular to the antiimtdsliuging
resolution of the State .
committee, which the officers say'
should bo read at the opening of each
meeting.
Here is the circular referred to:
To . County Chairman.
Dear Sir: Itv direction of the chair
man of the Slate Democratic* executive
com in It tee your attention is called to
the following resolution passed at the
last mceiiing of that body, and you are
earnestly requested to see that it is
euforced to the heat of your ability:
"WhorcMS tlicre is good feeling
among all Demoeruts in the State today;
and whereas It is desirable that
the campaign, l>eing a contest among
Democrats, shall be conducted on a
high plane, therefore he it.
Resolved. That tin- State Dcniociatic
< xeoutlve commIttee suggest to tho
county chairman of each county of tha
State ihe advisability of requiring ho
candidates not to indulge in personal
abuse, but to confine themselves to ,i.
discussion of the issues; and that any I
candidate who persists in refusing ac- i
quiescence to this suggestion he not \
allowed to speak." }
As 'there seems to he some confusion /
in reference to the assessment of tho
counties by the State Democratic executive
committee. I beg to call your
attention to the fact that the eandi- ,
dates for the general assembly are not / t
assessed by the State committee. / v
The counties are assessed on the
basis of the representation which
each ountv has: that is. $10 for sena\s
i
put on the county tickets by th?
county chairman. The name:* of iho
\u.in 111 .iit's ii>r niasier mum no on all
lho tickets. and th< iiamos of the candidates
for magiat -ato must bo on
tho ticket. according to location. to bo
arranged by the county committee.
The State committee will furnish
you without cost ill the tickets you
may need for the St.aj.e officers and
! i in,on states senator. Please let mo
know at once how many of these you
will need l\>r your county.
Yours truly,
WILIK JONES.
Chairman State Democratic Ex. Com.
U. X. Gunter, Jr., Secretary.
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