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fpMpi-.js- ggg|J|£5^ Wy -S * ' -■■ -A. . - : A Mi Tbs BlQme Iquemee PRICE, TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. ToMlifcei Every Thursday Homing. Hoaston county having nomina ted Hon. Thomas Hardeman for Jno.H. HODGES, Editor and Publisher Perry, Thursday, June 19. Our Senatorial Situation. By direct vote the democrats of Houston county have declared whom they would have serve the 23d district in the nest state sen ate; yet it is not certain that the eshoice of Houston will be the man. While it is Houston’s time to furnish the senator, according to the accepted rotation plan, the other counties in the district, Craw ford and Taylor, do not accord to Houston the right to name thejman regardless of the opinions their people may entertain. The democrats of £!rwford and Taylor will vote, as Houston did, and will declare whether they de sire Mr. Culpepper or Mr. Sykes to be senator. The votes of the three counties will be consolidated -by the senatorial executive com mittee, and the candidate who re ceives the largest number of votes in. the three counties combined, . will be declared the nominee of the district. Precedent has positively estab- lised this rule, and the people of each county in'the district have in turn sustained it. It is not our pur pose to now express any opinion concerning the merits of this rule, but simply to assert that Houston cannot consistently avoid its appli- : cation now, even if her people were so inclined. / Four years ago there were two candidates in Taylor county, and Taylor’s right to furnish the sen ator was acknowledged. However, the other counties claimed the right to express their preference. ' The senatorial executive commit tee ordered a ..primary election to be held in eaeKof the counties com posing the district. The combined vote gave the nomination to Mr. . McCants, and he was elected. Two years ago Crawford pre sented two candidates, the three counties engaged in a primary on the same day,and the consoldation of all the votes cast gave the nom ination to Mr. Sanford. This year is Houston’s time to fnruish the senator, and the other counties in the district have heen •'utterly ignored, as if they had no right to a voice in choosing be tween the candidates presented. They now demand the right, and declare they will exercise it, that it . has been accorded Houston by each in turn. We do not know when Crawford and Taylor will act, but they will choose between the two candidates for senator who were be fore the democrats of this county. No discourtesy to Crawford and Taylor was intended. The failure to invite their participation in the : nomination was due to hasty action by our county executive commit tee, which body has heretofore ex ercised no authority whatever over senatorial politics. The mass . meeting that named the county committee evidently failed to re- memember that precedent called for the appointment of members . of the senatorial committee. This article is not intended to benefit of injure either of the can- . didates for senator, but simply to place before our readers the true situation concerning our senatorial nomination, as we understand it, In conclusion, we desire to again . place on record our opinion that the rotation system is unjust, and hurtful to the best political inter ests of the senatorial districts that endorse and uphold it. The alliancemen of Illinois will nominate candidates for state of fices. At last there is vim in the gu bernatorial race, thanks to Col. Hardeman'and his earnest friends. —Houston’s choice for govern or has been elected every time within the last twenty-five years. Coi. L. F. Livingston has an nounced himself as a candidate for congress from the 5th - district of Georgia. A large .number of counties in Georgia will hold primary elections to nominate candidates within the next three weeks. President Harrison and Sec retary Blaine are opposed to the policy of the republican party in the determination to pass a federal election law. —The Houston delegation to the gubernatorial convention is com posed of seven Hardeman ineD, and five Northen men. However, . the delegation will vote as a unit for Hardeman in the convention until he is nominated, or hope of such a resalt is lost. One of the ■ delegates credited to Northen told us Tuesday that he;voted for Har deman and earnestly desires to see him nominated. HARDEMAN RESPONDS its presides appeal to can -triumphantly Married in Houston. ufidence TO the CALL FROM HOUSTON. r posed in me by ther agriculturists- In .holy bonds of wedlock Mr, of Georgia as an evidence of ; iny fidelity to their interests.:. Their cause has never suffered at my Governor of Georgia, at the recent hands, and I assure them nqw, with primary, and having officially no tified him of the action of that pri mary, he responds in the following letter, which, while s omewhat lengthy, we publish to the exclu sion of other matter, believing that it will prove of greater interest to our readers: Hac6n, Ga., Jane 13th, 1890. To the Citizens of Houston Coun ty: Tour confidence in me as evinced by your votes in your pri mary election June 7, at whicn time you affirmed in no doubtful manner your desire that I should enter the 'gubernatorial race and bear the standard of the democrat ic party, demands my gratitude and my services. This voluntary testi monial of confidence from men who have known me for years, has touched the tenderest chords of my nature, for it was given by per sons in every calling and of every profession and industry. I appre ciate it in all its fullness as an ev idence of their estimate of a life of service to the great party they rep resent, and to the unwavering friendship and support so long given to the great industries of the people. This action on your part is appreciated more highly because it comes from merchants, mechanics, professional men, farair ers and zealous alliancemen, men who have Jcnown me for a quarter of a century and are, therefore, re liable witnesses when they testify to my devotion to their rights and my fidelity to their interests. I am not asked to accept the po sition of standard-bearer as the farmers’ candidate, or that of the alliance or other profession, but as the representative of the great democratic party, which fosters with zealous care the interests ofjall classes, all professions, all indus tries. Tha democratic party is the party of the people, the defender of their rights and protector of their interests. Its cardinal prin ciples are openly avowed. Rigid economy in conducting public af fairs, the raising of no more reve nue than is required for the .nec essary expenses o£.,government, opposition to the fostering of one branch of industry to the detri ment of'others, and to the centrali zation of the powers of the govern ment. Exact justice to all men and to all industries; special privileges to none. Individual liberty un controlled by sumptuary laws; the faithful education of the rising generation; hostility to any and all monopolies by 7 legislation; to mon ey trusts and combines, because they rob toil of its earnings and labor of its bread. The democratic party is'in favor of home rule, the free coinage silver and a money circulation equal to the demands of trade and the necessities of the people. To secure this last great need, I would remove all restrictions upon stat banks and repeal the law prohibit ing national banks from taking land as security for loans. I gave my allegiance to this par ty when at the close of the war, amid the expiring throes of revoln tion, it reaffirmed the great princi ple of home rule and the right of the states to regulate their own af fairs. It was a dark hour in Georgia's history. The armies of the Union had burned her cities and destroyed her property. The federal government had disfran chised our people, elevated our slaves to the rights and privileges of citizenship, supplanted civil ju risdiction with, military rule,' re moved judges from their benches and-juries from their boxes. Civ il officers were disrobed of then- authority and the people subjected to martial law. States were con verted into military districts. Com manding generals gave laws to the people. Freedmen’s bureaux reg ulated your labor contracts,, while armed soldiers entered your legis lative halls and seated men as offi cers who were not even members of the houses over which they pre sided. Personal liberty was tram pled under foot, while terror brood ed over altar and homestead. This was the condition of affairs in Georgia when I, an ante-bellum whig, espoused the eause of the democratic party 7 , and called upon the people, from the mountain to the seaboard, to rise id their majes ty and': put: the usurpers down. Success crowned our 'efforts. Georgia was redeemed—her ^gov ernment restored to her people, her white people of the state, who now and will hereafter, (if no. dissen- .sions are permitted* in our ranks, ) control the destiny or the state. Of services rendered to the party then, all Georgians can testify; and no one will doubt my fealty now. to her principles and to her cause. As to my connection with and fealty to the agricultural interests of the state, whicli is the engross ing topic of the present, I can only refer you to my record in the past. For twenty years a member of yoor agricultural society-, selected seven times with great unanimity all the earnestness.of my nature, that the aiffSe-^eal in'-"tlfeii- : inter ests, the same support qf their rights and demands that charae- terizo my-record in.the. past will mark and crown my. .pr.esent and future efforts. I an no stranger to your present condition, for as I said to your last convention, ‘'all of us feel and Enow that the agri culturists of the south have been and are yet in the throes of a dan gerous crisis. The combinations of capital-^long oppressive and ex tortionate—became so tyrannical and exacting in their demands, that you have formed an alliance for the protection and maintenance of your rights. It is a holy era sade against an army of extortion ers who uublushingly demand the fruits or your toil. There trusts on the right of you, unfriend ly combinations in front of you, hostile capital allianees t on the left of yon, each and all actuated by ft common purpose to rob toil of its earnings and labor of its reward, though in so doing they throttle to death the great industries of the country. In your great struggle against them take no step back ward; retreat is disaster,- defeat is ruin. Demand for yourselves nothing but w’hat is right, submit to nothing that is wrong.” So act- as to command the sym pathies of the whole people. Bely not too much upon promises made yon by men who, in their zeal, may promise more than can be ac complished. Remember the State Grange(and no better organization was ever instituted for the plant ers’ welfare). It-drifted from, its moorings, entered-into politics un der the guise of direct trade, wher- in ..great results were assured, much saving in cost and much in crease in piofits to every farmer in Georgia. Some, high in agricul tural positions now, ■ made these promises then, (as they are mak ing others now). They were never fulfilled; distrust of the memb in' their organization followed, and the grange died, and upon its tomb could be written: “Killed; too much politics; too much promised; too little fulfilled. Profit by the lesson your own history teaches you. I warned farmers then'against too much re liance in promises made by over- zealous friends to secure votes for political favorites. I fear the same- road is being travelled again. I ask not your support upon promises for the future, for I could not be so false to myself, as at-any time, under any. trial, to be indif ferent to your interests or disre garclful of of your rights and ne cessities. Identified with you, as much as interest and sympathy can unite us, kuowing your cessities, I will lock shields with your most knightly alliancemen and together we will strike for your rights and independence. I ask not your support because of my association with your order. I seek no man’s vote upon the plea of being an allianceman, for I have been taught to believe that the al liance organization was not a -po litical one, to be controlled and transferred at the will of those power* My only claim appeal to the farmers of Georgia must be based upon years of devotion to : and service in, their interests, and a determination, as fixed as that of my nature, to be ever found in the rank of the defenders of then- rights and the promoters of their independence. The people’s 'money should be spent for the education of the masses. A school system should be given the country that will not drive the farmer to the town and city for educational advantages." Give ample powers to your rail road commission to carry out the great puzposes for which that com mission was established. Keep the great principles of the democratic party ever in view and demand of yonr state and federal- officials that they shall be carried out.- Federahbayonets will again be seen at your polls. Force bills and government con trol of the ballot box are in store for our people. . The old party, whose bann er you have placed in my hands,must again take, its place before the temple of our liberties and present an unbroken front to these ene mies of our social organization; and.thereby maintain “the -politi- cal as/we-ll as the speial integrity of the white race,” and'all will be well with us, peace in our.labd and prosperity in our borders- I have written you -thus plainly my yiews because I cannot canvass the'statej.apd.ain: willing -for .the people I have served to judge me by my acts and my words. ‘ ' ' ! ■ Respectfully, Thomas Hardeman. P. S.—The many Mends through- odf the state who have written me on this subject will please take this letter as an answer to then- own, . T, H. hu P(T,ogan' and Miss Kate aimer were joined - Tuesday af ternoon, near Oak Lawn, at the residence of the bride’s father, Dr. Joseph’ Palmer. The ceremony was performed by Rev. J. 0. Brewton, in his usual happy style. The groom is one of the most prosperous and popular youD farmers in Houston, and the bride one of the most charming of our. young ladies. Our hearty congratulations are most cordially extended, and with their many friends, the Home Journal wishes for the happy couple all the happiness and pros perity they desire, and the very smallest amount possible-of disap pointment and sorrow. They de serve much good. -A northern syndicate will es tablish'. near Fort Talley next fall the largest fruit plantation in the south. While in Ohio last week Capt. J. B. James made the trade whereby 1100 acres land becomes the property of The Albeaugh Georgia Fruit ' Company. The capital stock of the company will be $100,000,-Capt. James has been chosen manager, and most of the land will be put in fruit trees next fall. Good for Houston; especial- good for Fort Yalley; exceedingly good for the Ohio investors. Col. Tom Hardeman will deliv er a speech at Lawrenceville, Gwinnett county, to-morrow, and then several others in North Geor gia towns. He will not make complete canvass of the state, how ever. The people are for Harde man, judging from the expres sions published, and if primaries prevail, the nomination will go to him easily. Houston’s four votes are solid for Hardeman. They will be so cast in the convention, and as goes Houston, so goes the state. Extensive preparations are be ing made at Eort Yalley for the convention of the Georgia Weekly Press Association, which will as semble there on the 8th of July. J. T. Olive, author of the famous railroad bill, is a candidate for congress, in the eighth district. —Commencement exercises con stitute a prominent feauture in the afiaiis of Georgia this week. —At Fort Yalley last Thursday night Miss Mattie Fouriicy was married to Mr. O. R. Flournoy, of Texas, and the Enterprise says three other marriages will take place there within the next three weeks. CASTINGS MACHINERY AND OF E. CR 0 CKETTand make yourself rich and the hops happy. OB. OO LETT, Macon, (3a. m w. J. ROSS & C0„ Wholesale Manufacturing and Retail Dealers in Carriages, Buggies, Wagons, ROAD CARTS, HARNESS, WHIPS, ROBES, BABY CARRIAGES, ETC. 41 Jand 416 SECOND STEET, MACON, GA. ■Mil* IRON WORKS' Macon, Q-eorgla,. C D-FINDLAY, Proprietor. Also, successor to A. B. I 1 arqnhsir & Co., and B. W. Witt & Uo., of tlio late Central City Iron Works. ——Manufacturer and Dealer in Steam Engines, Boilers, Saw Mills, Shaftings, Pulleys, sugar Mills, Syrup Kettles Horse Powers, Mill Geariug, Castings and Machinery of every description Steam, Gas and Water Pipe, and Fittings, Brass 'goods for water or steam, Steam Ganges, Hancock Inspirators, Belting, Babbit Metal, etc. EXTRAORDINARY ineciai Bams this Weal, 300 pairs Men’s all wool Pants at $3. Heretofore —§6. We expect to make a clean sweep of Spring Goods, so offer above in ducement. —As an evidence of what indus try and determination will do, we note with pleasure the work ac complished by Jim Rumpb, a one- armed colored farmer, who making a crop on Col. J. W. Wooifoik’s plantation, five miles north of Perry. He runs a one- horse-farm, and his wife does the plowing while he does the hoeing. We are told that he “chopped oat” his entire crop unaided. We have seen him at work, au:l can testify that he does his hoeing well and carefully, as is also shown by the condition of his crop, which is one of the best we have seen this sea son. Such energy deserves recom pense, and*we trust he will be blessed with a bountiful harvest. BARGAIN NO. 2. 200 Boys’ Suits, 4 to 14 years, all wool, fit gnaran- ted. , Your choice at $1.50 to $2. Never offered in the country before less than S3. We have received new shipments of novelties in • Gents’ Furnishing Goods, Neckwear and Hats. We invite a call to see above bargains. Sweeping re ductions in all depart ments. WACHTTO, —In county court Wednseday last a negro, Lon. Williams, was tried for killing Jack Taylor, his step-father. The charge was mur der, the killing was with a shot gun, and the evidence indicated a a deliberate purpose to kill, con trary to the information we re ceived last week. The prisoner was committed to jail. CHERRY ST., MACON, GA. PRACTICAL HINTS To Those Contemplating ihe Purchase OF A PIANO. You can buy a Piano from S15C upward. Lot us know how much you care to invest, and we will give the full value of your money. The best instruments are suporior in all res pects, and if desired must he paid for. There o alternative. What are you willing to pay? We would suggest the following to aid you: WEBER PIANOS. The favorite Piano of the world’s great sings; Patti and Nilsson. Positive evenness of scale, sus ccptihihty of action, freedom from metallic tone aud extraordinary durability, characterizes thia HOME PRODUCTION world famous piano. EVERETT PIANOS. “An honest piano at an honest priue,” or in oth er words, a strictly first-class piano within the reach of-those of moderate means. The Everett Piano took the highest award at the recent Georgia State Fair for superior tone, per fect action, and elegiuce in design and finish. The victory was complete, though the Everett came in competition with most of the best known Piauosof the world. HARVARB PIANOS. The summit of superiority in a low price ptauo. The great parlor favorite on account of its not being high-priced and shoddy, but low-priced and reliable. Full Cabinet aud Grand.Size. ALL HONOR AND GLORY TO GEORGIA! The first of the southern states to invent and ufacturc a Piano! And greater the honor and dis tinction when is can be shown that the GEORGIA MADE PIANO has improvements which no other piano has or can use. A PEKFSC So constructed that it ? SOFT PEDAL.. ao cousu ucuju mu* n be applied and held im position for auy length of time without continued pressure of the foot. With this wonderful Soft Pedal arrangement the tone of the Piano is so jTeatly reduced that a person practicing can scarcely be heard outside of the room. Woith its weight iu gold to persons of nervous temperament. DUPLEX TOUCH. A simple Improvement which enables the per former to change the action from light to heavy; the object of which is to strengthen weak fiugeis and wrists. . Some persons can never become good performers on account of weak fingers and wrists. The Cooper Plano |the Georgia Piano] has solved tnc problem in its duplex touch. No other piano possesses these great improvements. In tone the Cooper is grand, every note being clear as a bell. We handle in our business pianos of nine differ ent makes, and organs of five different makes. Write for catalogues of difierent manufacturers. Call on or address. GEORGIA MUSIC HOUSE, 558 Mulberry Street, Macon, Ga. N. B.—Our Pianos took all premiums at the State Fair of 1889. Pianos represented by other firms ^— 1 A -jle premium. Merit will tell! took not a t MONEY TO LOAN. Iu sums of 8300.00 and upwards, to be secured by first liens ou improved farms. Longtime, low rates and easy payments. Apply to C. C. DUNCAN, Nov. 20th, 1889.—tf Perry' Ga. MONEY LOANS On Houston farms procured at the low est possible rates of interest. As low, if not lower than the lowest. Apply to W. D. Nottingham, tf Macon. Ga. mmwm® mrrm §©iiw§, For Steam, Wa ter, XXan.l or Horse POwer. PACKS UP OR DOWN. FINDLAY’S CELEBRATED I. X L. GOTTGir GINS, FULLY WARRANTED. REPAIRS A SPECIALTY, Steam Engines of all makes, Boilers, Separators, and all kinds of Machinery repaired. OLD WifiRA/TORS MADE NEW. BRICK MAKERS MACHINERY. The different parts of the “SWORD” machine made and kept in stock at manu facturer’s j.rices. TIME AND FREIGHT SAVED BY ORDERING FROM ME. Barrowand Truck Wheels especially designed for. Brick ‘ Makers, constantly on hand. AH tfiopatterns otthe late “Central City Iron Works,” including the §3 - _ - - | | FINDLAY’S IRON WORKS, Macon, Ga. K3A,Send foi Price Lists and Circulars. W. M. ZD !E3 NTIS T , Perry, Georgia. Office oh Main Street, King house. Z. SIMS, DEN TIST, PEBBY, GEOEGIA. Office on Main street, lately occu pied by Dr. W. M. Havis. First-class-work. Prices moderate. Pat ronage solicited. apl 28 ly B. '& Attorney at Law, Pebry, - - - Ga. Will practice in all the Courts of this cirrcnit. A €* BI&MltJk Attorney at Law, Judge of Houston County Court, Pebet, Georgia. Will practice in all the Courts of this Circuit except the County Court. WHAT SCOTT’S EMULSION CURES CONSUMPTION SCROFULA BRONCHITIS COUCHS COLDS Wasting Diseases Wonderful Flesh Producer. Many have gained one pound per day by its use. Scott’s Emulsion & not a secret remedy. It contains the stimulat ing properties of the Hypophos- plntes and pare Norwegian Cod Liver Oil, the potency of both being largely increased. It is used by Physicians aU over the world. PALATABLE A8 MILK. Sold by all Iiruqgists. \ •COTTA ■OWNI.OtiwnUta.N.Y. IIACOIT STOZSigj J IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN. , CROSKEBY EARTHENWARE GEORGIA’S PRIDE the OLD RELIABLE Glassware, Silveware, Woodsman, Table and Pocket Cutlery, Lamps, CHANDELIERS, OIL STOVES.ITINWARE.Etc. | ARTISTIC POTTERY, HOUSEKEEPERS’ NOVELTIES. Sole agents for City of Macon for the Celebrated Buck’s Brilliant Cooking Stoves and Ranges. . 363 Second Street, 164 & 166 Cotton Avenue, iMMt » a a fltWgtfc Schofield’s Iron Works, Manufacturers and Dealers in STEAM ENGINES, BOILERS, SAW MILLS, COTTON PRESSES, IRON AND BRASS CASTINGS OF ANY PATTERN A Specialty of Shafting, Pulleys and Mill Gearing, Iron Pipe Fittings, Brass Valves, Lubricators, Packing Jet Pumps, and a fall line of Machinists’ Supplies. Manufacturer’s agent for THE CELEBRATED HANCOCK INSPIRATOR. 8@“Onr facilities for Boiler Building are nnexaelled. J. S SCHOFIELD & SON, MACON, GEORGIA. 1TEWM A1T 7 S ”^v r ‘Ib.olesa,le and IE3eta.Il Millinery and Fancy Goods Emporium 555 CHERRY STREET, MACON, GEORGIA. Headquarters for the Ladies! r S THE LAKGEST Millinery and Fancy Goods Establishment in Macon. Ladies visiting the city shonld not fail to call and examine onr beautiful ini! extensive stock. It will pay every customer to do it, as we guarantee a saving cl 25 psr cent, on every article jold by ns* We Sell Goods by Retail at Wholesale Prices. As we buy direct from the manufaemrers and importers. Don’t forget the p!tu 's Headquarters for the Ladies! mm m ©an O. L. RENFROE. J. TOK WHITE RENFROE & WHITE, 310 Second Street, - - - RETAIL DEALERS IN Macon, Ga BOOTS AND SHOES. New Goods! Good Goods! Low Prices! B@fc.Give us a trial, and you wiU be sure to come again. Polite and prompt attention, and orders by mail attended to with the greateil despatch possible. M. C. BALK COM. BEN. T. BAY. BALKCOM & RAY, DEALERS IN Groceries, Plantation Supplies, and General Merchandise, 453 MULBERRY STREET, MACON, GEORGIA. Handling Country Produce a Specialty. IJgSfcFor customers outside'the city we will furnish anything ordered at lowest market price. HOB’T II. SMITH, Late of Smith k Mallory. CIIAS. II. HALL, Jr. S3VCITHI & MACON, - - - GEORGIA DEALERS IN MACHIITBBT, STEAM ENGINES, Boilers, Saw Mills, Grist Mills, * ^ ’ '2 Gins, Presses, Mowers, Hay Rakes; achinery Supplies. Office at Oolenmn Ray’hWarehouse.