Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

2 THE NEW SOUTH. ONE DOLLAR A YEAR IN ADVANCE. J. 8. JAMES Editor. W. P. FLEMING Literary Editor. T. A. J. Majors Publisher. T. R. WHITLEY Business Manager. The editor of this paper is not responsible for the views of its eontibutors. • THREE LETTERS. Below will be the correspondedce between Colonel C. C. Post and J. S. James. Colonel James asked Colonel C. C. Post to divide time with him at Chattahoochee Park ( which place Colonel Post spoke last Saturday). Jt will be seen that Mr. Post backed square down —he was afraid to to meet Mr. James. It is true he did not absolutely re fuse to meet Colonel James in a joint debate but put such restrictions that could not be accepted by any oppo nent. Mr. Post is a queer cuss. He knows that no debate or question was ever confined to the limits tha't he wished to place on Mr. James. How ever, read the letters. They make good reading and it will prove to an unperjudice public that the leaders of the Third party are afraid to meet , Democratic speakers and let their platform come before their followers In an ungarbled form: Db(TOLAS VILLE, Ga., April 29, 1892. Colonel C. C. Post, Atlanta, Ga.; Dear Sir: I see that you are to address the people at Chattahoochee park, Campbell county, on the 7th day of May. I write to ask will you divide equal time with me on that occasion? If so what time will the ' speaking occur? Os course I concede that you will have the right to open and conclude. I suggest the sol s lowing as a fair division of time: First, you open in one hour, and state your points, so I can answer them. Second, allow me one hour and fifteen • minutes. Third, you to conclude in fifteen minutes. Fourth, if you make any new points in your concluding re marks I am to have time to reply. Please i let me hear from you at once. I think 1 we can discuss the political questions of ■ the day without frictions. Hastily ymirs truly, X J. S. James. P. S.—Let me know at once. Atlanta, Ga., May 2, 1892. Colonel J. 8. James, Douglasville, Ga.; Dear Sip Yqurs, asking a division of time at Chattahoochee park, is received. In reply, I have to say that I have no authority to accept, since I do not know . what arrangements have been made or what other speakers invited. If no other speakers are there, and if it is agreeable to the committee in charge of the meeting, I will divide time with you on the following basis and understanding, to-wit: I to defend the St. Louis platform as accepted by us, and which reads as fol lows: " FINANCE. First—We demand a national currency safe, sound and flexible, issued by the general government only, • full' legal tender for all debts, public, and private; ** and that without tlte use of banking corporations a just, equitable and Effi cient means of distribution direct to the people at a tax not to exceed 2 per cent, be provided, as set forth in the subtreas ury plan of the Farmers’ Alliance, or come of its obligations for public im provements. (a.) We demand free and unlimited coinage of silver. (b.) We demand that the amount of circulating medium be speedily increased to not less than fifty dollars per capita. (c.) We demand a graduated income tax. (d.) We believe that the money of ths country should be kept as much as possi ble in the hands of the people, and hence we demand all National and State revenue shall be limited to the necessary expenses of the government economically and honestly administered. (e.) We demand that postal savings banks be established by the government for the safe deposit of the earnings of the people and to facilitate exchange. LAND Second—The land, including all the natural resources of whealth, is the her itage of all the people and should not be monopolized for speculative purposes, and alien ownership of land should be prohibited. All land now held by rail roads and other corporations in excess of their actual needs, and all lands now owned bv aliens, should be reclaimed by the government and held for actual settlers only. • TRANSPORTATION. Third—Transportation being a means of exchange and a public necessity, the government should own and operate the • railroads in the interast of the people. (a.) The telagraph and telephone, like the postoffice system, being a necessity for transmission of news, should be owned and operated by the government in the interest of the people. You to oppose this and defend the Democratic national platform of 1888, and the policy of the Democratic party as declared by its acts and its failure to act In national affairs. I will not discuss any question outside of these, personally or otherwise, and will consent to a joint discussion only with the understanding that the debate is to be confined to the line indicated, and in case other speakers are not pres ent whose time would be interfered with. In case we debate I will open in one hour, you to have an hour and a half and I close in half an hour. Respectfully, C. C. Post. Dovol as Ville, Ga., May 4, 1892. Colonel C. C. Post, Atlanta. Ga. ,Dear Sir: I acknowledge receipt of yours of May 4th, replying to which I beg to say, that it is apparent that you do not desire or Intend to have a joint discussion at Chattahoochee park on the 7th inst., because you put such conditions and restrictions on the acceptance (should one take place) that no sensible person could agree to. In the second place, were I to go there on the day mentioned and accept the terms of the debate men tioned In your letter, there is ho assur ance that I could be heard at al), because yon say If there la ao other speakers there aad if It is agreeable with the committee in charge, and I will comma myself to the narrow limit indicated in your letter, then -if it would not inter fere with other speakers you would consent. lam frank to say that I have pever heard of more unfair propositions than those laid down in your letter. I would have been perfectly willing to have divided time as indicated in your letter, but the other demands I could under no consideration agree to. It is remarkably strange that you- are the chairman of the People’s party in Geor gia, and are managing its campaign, and have nb authority to arrange for a divis ion of time with an opponent when challenged to do to, and then, too, to say that I must accept and discuss the St. Louis platform as interpreted by you is one of the most startling propositions I ever heard of, and, too, when it ap pears that you have left out the 12th plank, known as the Union soldiers’ plank, or resolution if you prefer to call it that. But surely no fair minded op ponent will try to tie the hands of his opponent and force him to adopt the construction of the instrument he is as sailing given it by the chairman of the opposition himself. Then, another un fair demand is, you try to require me |o discuss the platform of 1888 of the Dem ocratic party, without allowing me the privilege of taking all of its political history in order that I may show what It has done for the country. Another thing you say, which is unheard of in political discussions is, you say you will not discuss any question outside of these personal or otherwise and will not consent to a joint discussion only with the understanding that the debate is to be confined to the line indicated. Who ever heard tell of political oppo nents being confined to such a narrow limit as this, and as stated above? You know as well as I do that this would be unfair, unjust, and simply dodging the issue. Why not allow the question to be discussed in its broadest light if it is of interest to the public? None of It should be kept back in political discus sions. A man’s political views at present and in the past, and his political affilia tions have always been considered as public property. lam perfectly willing for mine to receive whatever criticism my political antagonist may see proper to give it, and surely you ought to be willing to the same, especially so when you are the head and front of the Peo ple’s party in this State, and claim that you now stand where you have always stood, and, too, when you in public speech and through the press assail all of the Democratic leaders from the lowest to the highest. You cannot shield yourself by contending when your present and past political views and affiliations are assailed that those who are doing it are denouncing you personally. I have not and will not bring personal character into politics. It’ought never to be done, but men’s political views and affiliations are not their personal character. One thing more. It is very strange indeed that you should be afraid for the People’s party platform to all come be fore the public as it was adopted at St. Louis. If it is all right it seems to and no doubt it does to an honest pub lic, that you assail asi many other Thlml j party, are trying to keep somethffl hack, and are afraid for a joint debate to be had. If your cause is so weak that it cannot stand public discussion, it will not do for the public to adopt and support. Colonel Post, there should be no dodging. I would have been glad to meet you If you would give me any sort of showing that looked half way right. I reckon, however, it will work out all right. I have been Invited to other points for next Saturday, and have today, since receiving your letter, accepted one of them, and while you are pounding Third party to the people at Chattahoochee park I will be giving them sound and Pure Democratic doctrine at another place. Hastily yours truly, J. 8. James. THE LIONANdTaMBLAY DOWN TOGETHER. There was the largest mass meeting at Greenville last week ever held in the good old county of Merri wether It demonstrated conclusively that the Third party was non est down there. The different elements of the Democrats saw that the Chicago and Kansas emis sary was not working for good govern ment and the ' people’s interest and prosperity, but was for personal gain and Republican rule, so they came together in one solid phalanx, fighting for freedom of thought, and battling for the party of the people. After pledging themselves to work for Democratic supremacy, there was a res olution introduced endorsing Hou. J. M. Terrell for attorney general. Hon. A. J. Snelson seconded this resolution in a forcible speech, and the roof was almost lifted with cheers. This applause was not only for the love and esteem of Mr. Terrell, but it showed harmony reign in the Democratic ranks, and the people were still loyal to the grand old ship that brought them out of reconstruction day and delivered them from Republican corruption. Mr. Snelson acted wisely, like all men should do. When you do a wrong make haste to right it. It shows the coward and not the man to let a wrong go uncorrected, but we will say here what we have always said, that Mr. Snelson Is not the bad man some thought but in the excitement allowed himself to be made a tool of by designing parties, some who wanted office, others who wanted to hurt Mr. Tencell. But they have come together and shook hands over the altar of peace, and Mr. Snelson wants to see Merriwether’s distin guished son honored. Douglas stands by Merriwether in this and will cast her vote for Hon. J. M. Terrell for attor ney general of Georgia. Not many physicians make great therapeutic discoveries. For the most part they content themselves with administering judiciously what is pre scribed in the books. To Dr. J. Ayer, however, is due the credit of discover ing that greatest of blood-purlers— Ayer’s Sarsaparilla, POINTS POLITICALLY. Comments on Current Topics of Gener-i al Interest. Tim New South rises to remark that if our farmers would take, and he a d, the advice given by The Southern Cultivator of Atlanta, and not that of The Southern Alliance Farmer, they would have plenty 1 of money and be what they ought to be —the most independent class of peo ple on earth. Reports from* all parts of the State say that the Third party, which was a few weeks back sweeping the State from the “mountains to the seaboard,” is as fast dying out as it was springing into existence. Every place that Ellington, Peek, Post, Turner and Walker spaak they only solidify the Democrats and drive the wavering ones back into the fold. Mr. John J. Holzendorff, a popular merchant of Thomson, is setting a good Democratic example and employing a very unique method to distribute good Democratic teaching. On each sheet of the wrapping paper used in his store is printed Gen. John B. Gordon’s letter to the alliancemen of Georgia advising against the Third party. E very package which leaves his store is a Democratic missionary. Hon. W. C. Glenn, author of the bill to tax railroads for county purposes, which has stood the test of the highest courts in the State, is a candidate for attorney general, and is receiving the endorsement of the different counties as they act The bill is one of the best that has become a law in a decade or more, and Colonel Glenn is happy over the recent decission of the supreme court of the State. Senator Ellington, in a public speech some time ago, said he hoped the day would come when it would be a crime to charge interest. The New South ventures to say that if the Sen; - tor has any money to loan he charges more interest than the law allows. Such talk as the Senator indulges in will redound to the injury of the farmers who have been injured enough by their so-called leaders. Ever since the famous edict of Peek to hold cotton for 12| cents it has 'gradually decreased in price. Some of our exchanges are inquiring of the whereabouts of Elam Christian, but have as yet received no correct in* formation. The New South Is happy to state that Elam is now in “sack cloth and ashes,” repenting of his folly, and when he again shows his head it will be a Democratic one. Boys don’t be hard on the poor wayward sinner. Elam thought he saw an office, but the mist has come from before his eyes and he sees the foolishness of his recent course. Elam is all right. The Third party is fait playing out in Merriwether county. Recently they organized In that county and appointed an executive committee for the county. The members accepted—some of them were on the Pemecratifi, committee. r a«jkrt<o thdH. holds ent the vilest sinner may return.” Come on Lish. You will be forgiven and your sins will be washed away, and you will be “whiter than show.” In the last issue of the Cartersville Courant-American a writer sutgests Dr. W. H. Felton as a suitable nan for the Democrats to nominate congress in the seventh congressional district. The writer seconds the nomination, and in doing so desires to say that the Dem ocratic party would be doing itself an honor and pay homage to one of the grandest men that Georgia has ever produced. A statesman in every sefise of the word. .The leading men of the district should see that Dr. Felton is nominated and elected. It is true he made a loosing fight two years ago, but he did so in the interest of pure Democ racy, and if it had not been for his fight the seventh’s representative would have, ere this, joined his fortune with the Third party. Yes. Let let Felton go congress. His equal is not to be found. Judge Maddox is a good man, a true Democrat, but he can wait. Dr Felton, it is true, is getting old, but there is life yet in him and he could rattle the bones of the Third party as no man could. Major Wallace W. Scews, editor of the Montgomery Adver iser, who has been in New York ; the past week or so, and who has been mingling with men es both parties, in a letter te his paper refers to this matter, and states facts which will doubtless be entirely new to many* who have been drawing compari sons between Mr. Cleveland aad Mr. Hill. The following extract will show: The opponentx of Mr. Cleveland gener ally seek to disparage hie record as a Democrat on the gjound that he did not “turn the rascals out,” and claim that Senator Hill never allowed a Republican officeholder around him. It so hap pens, however, that during Senator Hill’s service as Governer of this State he appointed more Republicans to office than Governors Tilden, Robison and Cleveland combined. Many of these positions carried with them salaries of over SI,OOO per year, and others $1,500 and SI,OOO. Several of the commissions had Republican majorities on them, and at one time, by Governor Hill’s appoint ment, every man in the Railroad Com mission was a Republican. These are facts of common notoriety and talk bare in New York. The appointment of Ite publicans to office had largely to do with the big Harrison and Hill vote in 1888, these beneficiaries of Governor Hill and all the power they could exert being in theenterest of a Democratic Governor and a Republican President Vigorous Health. Can be had bv using Dr. G. Jgs obs Nerve and Brain I'rvatmet for mental, sexual and bodily weakness of every kind Cures guaranteed. Address, with stamp Jacobs’ Pharmacy Co., Atlanta. Ga. See advertisement elsewhere. THE MIDDLE 0. K. ] Democracy Preached From the Stump J Last Saturday. ; A JOINT DEBATE.; i And the People’s Party Routed 1 in the Middle. , i Ope of the Strong Holds of Douglas County Captured and Turned Over to Democracy. , Last Saturday Democracy and Third . partvism met at Watkins mill, and 1 Democracy came out victorious. The Third party leaders admit that the crowd, three hundred, were about equally divided, which means that Democracy was in the lead. Following is the detail of the meeting: I Messrs. James H. Selman and I. Beardon were appointed as chairmen to keep order, etc. There were five speakers, three for the Third party, as follows, E. H. Camp, W. A. Baggett, Sr., and Oscar Parker; two for Democ racy's. <4. Griggs and J. S. James. It jvas agreed that each side should have one hour and thirty minutes. E. kfi* Camp i poke fifteen minutes. His speech was short and delivered in a very exciting manner, such a one as no other person than Lish could de liver. His speech was made up with reading The Sparta Ishmaelite and as sertions, all without foundation. We give one or two of them. He said that The Atlanta Journal and Constitution were tEe biggest lying papers in the world, and that The New South was filled with falsehood from one end to the other, and that the Democratic party is as bad, if not worse, than the Republican, and that C. C. Post was one of tfi? grandest men that this coun try had ever produced. He was in fa vor of the government ownership of railroads, and that they paid for them selves every five years. When his tme Was up he was prancing around over the stand like a blind dog in a meat house, his face as red as a turkey gobler’s snout, his eyes looked like they were ready to pay out of his head. said, “if I did have a few more minutes.” The next was Mr. W. A. Baggett, Sr. He made a conserveative speech. He undertook to show that, the cause of the trouble of the depressed condi tion of the country was attributed to both the old parties but mostly on the Republican. He said he had not pre pared t<) make a speech; be is oppose to the JTnion soldier plank and the railroad plank,and if the People’s party adopted them at Omaha July 4 be will not vote (he ticket. He said the people hid adopted the platform of the Bt. convention. One would " lie is incited to go back on tjpe Third party if O*vy put in tne Union soldieit plank wM the government ownership, of railroads in their Omaha platform.; The next speaker was B. G. Griggs. He made a Democratic sl>eech; paid htfrespeets to the position of Lish and Billie; he showed the dan ger to tiie people in the government ownership 'and operation of the rail roads, and the injustice of the plank to pay the Union soldiers the difference bet ween depreciated greenback and gold. He uld why not pay the old Confederate a few dollars, and why not pay everybflidy else the difference If you pay it to the Union soldier. Mr. Griggs’s speech was well received by the crowd. Oscar Parker followed. He began by saying "I am in the fight to stay; I am a son of a dead Confederate sol dier.” Most of his speech was taken up in reading statistics from the Peo ple’s party Hand Book, by A. E. Red stone, of California. He said in 1861-2 we had a fraction over s6l per capta, and now we have only about $5 per capta. He said Cleveland and the Democratic party was to blame for it as rfiuch as the Republicans; that Dan Vo r bees was the leader of the Demo cratic party and was in favor of paying * the Union soldiers the difference be -1 tween greenback and gold. The gov ernment ought to own and operate the railroads—it would be the best for the people. The Union Soldier plank was not in the People’s party platform: it was only put in in the shape of a reso lution He wound up by reading other statements from Redstone. TJb&Jje’rt speaker was J. 8. James, who spoke for Democracy for one hour. ‘ He told a good number of jokes and ■ applied them to Baggett, Camp and Parker and the Third party, and were well enjoyed by the crowd. He said that the government could not afford 1 to own the railroads. They are valued 1 at ten billion one hundred and twenty 1 million six hundred thousand dollars, aad this does not include the elevated fiilroad in New York. There are In the United States 171,048 miles of rail roads, besides the side tracks, includ ing the side tracks there are over 200,- 900 miles of railroad in the United States, nearly one-half of all the rail roads Iff the country. The telegraph and telephone lines are valued at about two hundred millions of dollars. If the .government was to buy the rail , roads at what they are valued at and it was equally divided betweep all the | people, counting them at sixty.five million, it would cost each $1,540. I Mr. Camp has said railroads will pay for themselves in five years, statistics show that after paying a)] expenses ■last year they only bad th'rty million surplus, this is less tiffin one-half of one per cent on ten billion of dollars. If »t was In the power of the govern ment to own the railroads, telegraph I and telephone lines, its tendency is to- wards centralization. With those now engaged in the service of the United States, and all who are engaged at present in the railway and telegraph ' and telephone service would make' two million five hundred thousand men employed by the government. There are only 13,000,000 voters in the United States. Now put all the gov- . eminent machinery with’ this one-' fifth of the voting population in the hands of the President and no power 1 on earth could prevent him from con-’ verting this into a monarchy if he' choosed to do so. I would be a condi tion that no liberty loving man or ' woman would want to see.. It is undemocratic and against every' principal and policy which lead to the! establishment of this republic. All of l its founders, from Washington and Jefferson down were opposed to any such tendency. The policy of the United States government has always been a poor government and a rich people—that the property should re main in the hands of the people, and the government should not take any more from its citizens in the way of taxation than was necessary to run the government honestly and justly ad ministered. Tiie Third party is try ing to reverse the order of things by taking the property away from the people and putting it in the hands of the government. Mr. James then paid his respects to the Union soldier plank in the Third party platform. He read the platform from a number of papers published in the northern States Third party papers showing that this plank is spread be fore the readers in the north and west as part of the platform. He exhibited letters from five congressmen and a letter from John W. Hayes, the secre tary of the St. Louis convention, in which Hayes said he had the original platform as it was adopted at St. Louis and it contained the Union soldiers de mand. Then he turned to Mr. Parker and said: “Will you let me have that book, ‘People’s Party Ready Reference Book’ from which you read the statis tics in your speech. Now, Mr. Parker has made almost his entire speech from this book. It is a book which is sent out from the headquarters at Washington of the Third party, and I hardly suppose they will dispute their own campaign literature, and especial ly so when Mr. Parker has made bis entire speech from it. They cannot impeach their own witnesses. Now, gentlemen I am willing to leave the question to their-own book.” Mr. James turned over to the back of the book where the Poeple’s party platform was printed and read the twelveth plank: “We demand that the government issue legal tender notes and pay the Union soldier the difference betweeir the price of the depreciated, money in which he was paid and gold,” and then turned to Mr. Parker and said, “Was you a delegate to that conven tion?” Parker—Yes. Janyfe—Did you not vote for that demand? < Parlier—l voted in that convention. James—Well, then, did you vote for this demand? No dodging! Answer it right out like a man. Parker—l voted for a resolution that contained this demand. James —You admit that the resolu tion was adopted and the Third party committed to this policy? Parker—Yes. I suppose they are. James—Well, Mr. Parker, are you in favor of paying the Union soldier this demand? Parker—l voted for it in tiie conven tion and of course I still favor it. Mr. James then continued. “The government of the United States has paid out iu pensions since 1861 $1,277,- 261,263.07, and in addition to this paid pension agents salaries $1,563,547.86, now pay this additional demand of the Third party and you will have to pay two billion dollars more. Georgia’s part of it would be about $68,000,000; if divided equally It would cost each person, man, woman and child in Douglas county, and in Georgia, the sum of $37.60. Who is it in this coun try that is willing to put such a burden as this on the people?” He showed the great wrong it would be to the south to carry out this demand and force the poor old Confederate soldier, wid ows and orphans to pay tnls amount to the Union Soldier. He saidsevery body after the war took the deprecia money —It was depreciated on up to the first of January 1879—and why not pay all the southern farmers the differ ence between currency and gold that be received for his cotton and all other products. It is simnlv absurd to talk about it It is so unjust to the people of the south to demand it. I don’t see how any man who has any respect for our southern country can think about supporting It. Mr. James then took up Parker’s statement about the money circulation and showed from the official report that there is more money In circula tion now, per capita, in the United States than there has been since the war. He read from the report of 1891, which showed there was $23.41 per capita in circulation more, according to the official and sworn report of the officials at Washington than at any time since the war. There is almost double as much money in circulation in the United States now as there watr in 1880. The United States is the fourth country;of the world per capita, “I am ! pqt opposed to an increase per capita, but I have showed 10 when ' cotton was worth double what it is! now that there was a great deal less money per capita than now, and I don’t think it would be a bad policy to increase the money but it is not the' great trouble.” He read from the. offi cial recordsand from the twenty-ninth annual publication, 1892, of MacMilliau A Co’s. Statistics of the World, and the World’s Statistical Almanac of all Na‘, tions and Money in Politics, bv Upton, Crams Atlas and several other stand ard authorities, and recognized as such in all countries and all without a sifi gle exception showed tiie statement by Camp, Baggett and Parker to be erroneous. The statistics in the People’s Party Hand Book were false statements got ten up for the purpose of deceiving the people. In fact James showed from every authorized statistical report that the statements contained in this hand book, and as contended by the Third party leaders, were false, untrue and without foundation. There are a great many other objections to the Third party platform, but I haven’t time to mention them without comment. Among them is Woman suf frage, the compelling of people to buy goods manufactured by the Knights of Labor in preference to other goods, regardless of costs, ect., and one other thing about the Third party platform. It is silent on the tariff question. There is nothing in the platform that commits them to tariff reform. It has been said by Messrs. Camp, Baggett and Parker that there is no difference between the Republicans and Democrats. There is just as much difference in the two parties as there is in day and night. The Democratic party is a friend to the people of the south because it is largely made of southern people. The Democratic party is the party of the people against the classes and always has been. It is the party of the south to which our fathers belong, and the party that has ever defended our homes, liberty and firesides. To it we owe what little we have left today. While Cleveland was president two hundred thousand acres of the public land held by corporation was returned to the government for actual settlers, and frauds and plundering stopped in every department. He vetoed several million dollars of pension bills. While he was president the country was prosperous, and plenty was at the door of every farmer, cotton from 10 to 12 cents per pound. To the Demo crats we owe the defeat of the Force bill and thousands of other damaging laws that have been tried to be put upon the people of the south. I know our people are hard pressed and need relief, but the Democratic party is not to blame for it. Financial reform is well enough in its place, free coinage is all right, but it will not relieve uur people. The great question of them all is the infamous tariff. Its magni tude has never been understood. It is grinding all of us into powder and must be reduced, else our southern homes and property will be absorbed. On almost everything we rator wear there is from 10 to 90 per cent, protect ive tariff levied upon it. I give a few items: Ready made cotton clothing 50 pr. ct. “ “ linen “ 55 “ “ “ silk “ 60 “ “ “ woolen “ 49j “ “ “ hats 50 “ “ “ shoes 25 “ •lr»>n tnanufaebi red 45 “ “ screws 45 ««• nails » 1 cent per pound.( “ horse shoe 4 “ “ ‘A Cotton trimming 60 pr. ct. “ handkerchiefs 60 “ “ hosiery so “ There are many thousand articles embraced in tiie tariff' protection law, and no one can imagine what it is to our people until they investigate it. It is the great and leading question of them all. Mr. James paid his respeats to the statement of Mr. Camp as well as several other third partyites, and handled them with gloves off. The The crowd was largely Democratic, and several hundred people weie pres ent. From tile best information youi cot respondent could gather the Third party Is considerably on the down grade in the western |>ortion of this county, and before the election comes off most all of those who have been thinking about going off with the Third party will full into line. Good work was done for Democracy Satur day, and the Third party leaders felt it, and they begin to see the hand writing on the wall. The meeting at Watkins mill will be long remembered. Just before the closing of the discus sion on last Saturday at Watkins mill, Colonel John V. Edge came up. After the meeting closed loud calls were made for Colonel Edge. He came upon the stand in answer to the calls and said he had Just come upon the ground and did uot know who or Which side was to close the debate, and did not want to interfere with the ar rangements of the occasion. But on some proper occasion he would come "before the people and show them the danger in following up this 1 bird party movement in our country. Colonel Edge would have tired the woods if he had turned loose on the Third party. He remained on the grounds till night and mixed with the people. He says the Middle will be all right on election day. Colonel Edge would have spoken but under the agreement the Third party was to have the conclusion ancu true, Democrat like, John Edge wiß stand by the agreement of his par®’ wish it could be said of some of the Third party leaders. nB 12. We demand that the government issue legal tender -notes -and pay the Union soldiers the vii<erence between the price of the depreciated money in which he was paid and gold. If the government was to carry out the above demand It would cost the State of Georgia sixty-eight million dollars. 1 Population of Georgia, 1890, one million eight hundred «nd thirty-seven thousand three hundred and fifty t|>rep This would retire every person ip the Btate of Georgia to pay a tax of $37.50, and this includes e.ery child, man and woman from one day old to (he oldest person in the State. Will the people vote for this de mand? Will any person who loves the south vote to donate $37.50 to the Union soldiers from each person in Georgia and then ebim to love his, State. ' | A Household F FOB ALL $ BLOOD DISEASES ■ $ Joianic Bleed Balm ■ SCROFU «. ULCERS, SALT® 4 I L Cures RHEUM. rCZEMA, every fl A form ot malignant $- ERUPTION, be- fl a sides being effiu-c' sl« toning up ths 3 X system and rest. H j tLe constitution, Tfl 7 f when impaired f m cry cause. Its ffl A almost supernatur.. healing properties a justify us in guaranteeing a curt, If Afl directions are followed. $ BENT FREE “ Bolt 1 BLOOD BALM CO., Atlanta. 6a. j) fl What Abonffhat WdW f lieplace it by going to a store fl that wants and is anxious to get rid of them. I have them in 1 every shape and stylet T. J. Throw Away Those Old Shoes. T. J. CLON'Ts'wiU fit you in an elegant pair of shoes or a No. 1 brogan at prices that can't be duplicated this side of the factory. You Are In Need of Something. Os You have to eat y wear clothing y etc.., and there is but one place in town that wants « to get rid of a nice first-class stock of goods. That's me. T. J. CLONTS, The Bomb Thrower JOSEPH S. JAMES, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW z REAL ESTATE AG’T. DOUGLASVILLE, GA. WILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS of Georgia, and elsewhere by contract. THE Has Secured During 1892: > W. D. Howells, H. Rider Haggrd, George Meredith, Norman Lockyer, Anderw Lang, . Conan Doyle, St. George Mi van, Me rk Twain, Rudyard Kiyling, J. Chandler Harris fl R. Louis Stevenson, William Black, W. Clark Russell, Mary E. Wilkins* ■ FranQM Hodgson Burnett. And many otne* diaHi'guiahtd Wrltera. THE SUNDAY SUN Is the Greatest Sunday Newspaper in the World.. N v, Price 5c a copy. By mail s2a yfl ADDRESS THE SUM. NEW THE V BEST THllfl IN THE UNITED STATES FOR ' ONE CENT IT THE _ BUSINESS THE REGOI(D HAS NO EQUALjgf Address, “THE