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PUBLISHED WEEKLY,
AT $<.oo PER ANNUM,*-
LAGRANGE, GA., FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 15,1893.
VOL. 49 NO 37
Run
Here!
And get these
bargains in Sum
mer goods as I
put the Knife to
them.
1 Choice of all my
$1 and $1.50 Straw
Hats for 50c.
2 Choice of
50e and 75e
Hats for 25.
To Subscribers.
As the money season is approach
ing, we take occasion to ask our
subscribers who are in arrears not
to forget their subscription account
while the season is passing.
We carried over quite a number
of subscribers last winter, and have
accommodated you by letting you
have the paper again this year on
credit. Now we simply ask that
you accommodate us during the Fall,
as you get your cotton into market,
Most of you owe us one year’s sub
scription, and some owe us for
'longer time. So do not forget
the coming season when you get
your money. Don’t wait to be
called upon for it, for it
impossible for us to see all, but call
on us third door above entrance to
Andrews Hotel. The amount you
owe us is small, but we need it and
it will help us, and help in need
help indeed.
If you live at a distance, remit by
postal note, prst office money order,
or registered letter.
On the upper margin of this paper
is pasted the printed slip containing
your name and the date to which
you are paid. If you are the only
subscriber at your post-office, the
slip is on the wrapper. By glancing
at it, you can see exactly how you
stand. t
all my
Straw
3 39 pair Ladies
Patent Tip Oxford
Ties, sizes 2, 3, 4, 5,
at 45e pair. Regular
$1 Oxford’s.
41000 yards Indi
an Mull, Cotton Chi
nese, Etc., 15c goods,
to close out* at 8c
yard.
5 Masons qt„ Fruit
Jars for 10 days, Sic
each, $1 per dozen.
These prices
talk for them
selves. “RUN
HERE” and get
them.
Fuller E.Calla way
Mammoth
Department
Stores.
Corner Court Square and
Vernon Streets.
LaGrange, - Georgia.
A Story of Bourke Cochran.
Bourke Cochran has now become so
marked a figure before the country that
nearly every one had forgotten that he
had dropped out of public life for a cou
ple of years with the avowed intention
of never entering again. They
tell a funny story about this in New
York. '
In the early ’80’s Cochran had ob
tained a good deal of local fame as an
orator, both at the bar and in democratic
conventions, and his friends had urged
him to go to congress and make his rep
utation national. He was accordingly
elected to the fifteenth congress, but
being a new man and unacquainted
with parliamentary practice, no scope
was given him for the display of his pe
culiar talents.
Before his first ’session was over he
was so disgusted that he refused to run
again, and Roswell P. Flower was elected
in his stead. One day in the summer of
1890, he met in the street an old friend
of his, Franklin Barlett, a clever young
lawyer of high social standing and a
fellow member of Tammany Hall. They
stopped to chat a moment, when Barlett
said:
“Bourke, I am thinking of making a
run this fall for your old seat in con
gress. Mr. Croker tells me that Flower
doesn’t want it again, and that he of
fered it to you, and you wouldn’t touch
it. I have' an idea I should like the ex
perience. I am to give him my answer
to-morrow.”
“Well, my boy,” said Cockran, “I
wish you joy. I got enough of the job
in less than three months. Washington
simply wore my soul out. A coach
and six horses couldn’t drag me back
there.”
“That’s just the trouble,” argued Bar
lett. “You didn’t stay long enough.
The only inducement for an active man
to go to congress is the opening it offers
for a career; hut you can’t acliievo a ca
reer in three months. Look at some of
those Southern fellows. They go back
term after term, making little < headway
at first, but gradually becoming better
acquainted with their duties and the
method of legislation. By .and by the
country finds them out, and then they
work their way into history."
“Well,” answered Cockran, thought
fully, “I dare say there is something in
your idea. I had never looked at the
matter in that light.” x
The next morning Barlett concluded
to accept the nomination and dropped in
upon Croker to say so.
“You are too late, Barlett,” remarked
the Tammany dictator with a smile,
“that place is pre-empted.” ,
“You astonish me,’’exclaimed Barlett.
“I was not aware that you had offered
it to any one except Bourke Cockran,
who didn’t care to consider the proposal
at all.”
“That’s true,” said Croker, “but
Bourke called ten minutes ago to say lie
had changed'his mind.”
’ This showB to how narrow a chance
Tammany Hall, the Democratic party,
New York city—shall we say the nation
also?—owes it3 recovery of the public
services of Cockran, and wliat direction
his ambition now takes.
The Great South.
Em run Reporter:—Close observers
and thinking men predict grand possi
bilities for the Southern States, and ’tis
gratifying to noto that they place Geor
gia at the top of the list.
The highly coinmcndablo manner in
which her business men, bankers and
farmers liavo borne up under tho finan
cial pressure proves Jbeyond doubt that
tho old State is a country of wonderful
resources. Her business mon move
along carefnlly and conservatively, and
her farmers are economizing and every
year bringing their smoko houses and
corn cribs, which have so long been in
the North-west, back home.
That thoro is much promise of real
prosperity in the near future, no one
need have any doubt.
The problem of Direct Trade between
South Atlantic ports and Europe, if we
read the signs aright, is fast approaching
a satisfactory solution. Our people aro
growing financially stronger every year
and are going tu have more say so about
which route our surplus farm products
aro to take acrosB the Atlantic.
The South and the great North-west,
to a considerable extent, are right now
asking why they, upon whom the far-off
millions are dependent for food and rai
ment, should not form a syndicate to
patronize the great South Atlantic sea
ports and bring about lower ocean
freights and port.commissions.
’Twill not bo many years, wo think,
before LaGrange will be on a great thor
oughfare between Kansas City and Liv
erpool, via Brunswick and Savannah.
When the M. & B. R. it. is finished—
and that’s not a long time off, mark you—
Savannah and Brunswick will he nearer
the heart of the North-west, by more than
250 miles, than is New York. What will
follow Direct Trade between the South
and Europe? Why, a big monied centre
in the South, that will stand fiat-footed,
and say to Wall street, whenever she
wants to bring about a panic, to “sail
We are justly entitled, by more
ns than one, to such a po
sition, and are going to gain it. Mark
that, too.
in Troup county we have about 14,000
negroes to 7,000 whites. That’s got to
bo changed. We ought to have 14,000
whites and 7,000 negroes. There aio
more reasons than one why that should
be, and it’s coming, too. Tho will is
growing stronger every day, and the
way is fast being fouild out.
We are clamoring for first-class roads.
We have got to wait until there are more
white people living on these roads. We
must establish the source, then get the
revenue.
We must induce a good class of intelli
gent, energetic white farmers to come
and live among us, to occupy and build
up our surplus lands. Farmers we need.
We already have plenty of other sorts of
folks.
The towns are standing still and can’t
move any farther until the country
catches up.
We want white farmers, and a heap of
them, and can get them if we will make
the proper effort. Men who will do
their own work on small farms, and
own them.
The white man who pushes the plow
ought to own the land. That’s the sure
foundation for high grade citizenship.
Western Baptist Association.
Newnan, Ga., Sept. 13, 1893,
Mr. Editor: Please announce
that the Western Baptist Association
will convene with Elim Baptist
church, 12 miles south*west of New-
nan, on October 4th. Owing to the
small number who will go by rail,
we cannot get reduced rates. Those
who go by rail will be met at New-
nan by conveyances, if they will
notify me at once. A. B. Cates,
Clerk.
Pensions.
I will collect U. S. Pensions for Indian
War soldiers or their widows. Valuable
historical and documentary information
on hand. No charge made, unless suc
cessful. Address, with stamps,
Flynn Hargett, Hardeman, Ga.
CRYSTAL LENSES
TWAOC MARK.
Quality First and Always.
Will soon settle the silver question. The financial
sky will he clear once more. Money to move the
cotton crop will be plentiful. No trouble about that.
The Southern farmer's product is a mighty factor in
drawing gold from the civilized world. Cotton is
King! He will be duly crowned on or about October
18th, by
E. R. Bradfield
For further details, watch this space.
But, meanwhile, while the politicians are talking
over the question of the hour, we are attending to
Business, with no fear of the future, and with all the
magnetic enthusiasm that long lines of shelves and
counters a-shining with a world of new and pretty
goods—pleased customer's naturally evoke. In this
connection, I wish to thank all our friends who have
called to see the new goods, and to express my ap
preciation to the many who have bought. They were
as wise as they were kind. Now let everybody fol
low suit for the next ten days.
Every department is brimtul of Novelties and extra
good values, as stated above. Early buying will se
cure the best and choicest things and best bargains.
There will be lots of things that I cannot get again
tnis season, and then, ah! then, you will wish you
had bought sooner. A word to the wise!
Buy Your Fall Dress Goods Now.
And here are our reasons for urging you to do so: You uian’i ‘‘the latest.” We have them
right now. You want good value. That is whai we offer you. You want a good assortment
to select from. We never had a better line, and ours is, perhaps, the best within 50 miles of
here. You want your dress in seasonable time and nicely made, then buy in now and give your
dressmaker reasonable time. You want the full benefit of your dress, then get it early, that
you may get full service from it before “sure enough” cold season commences.
A beautiful line of Calicoes at 5 cents.
A large line of Checks at cents.
A good Brogan at 75 cents.
New Prints, new Percales, new Flannels, new Sateens, new Vuting Cloths, new Ginghams,
new Woolms, new Velvets, new Silks, new Satins, new everything! Our bargain table has quite
a lot of nice remnants of last year’s dress goods. Quite a chance to get school girl’s frocks or
a nice wrapper, or even a dress, perhaps just what you want, at about one-half or two-thirds of
full price. This is a great chance for the economical. Make the best of it.
Now, in conclusion, please remember that this season we want your trade, and, having made
great preparation for it, with all of us eager and glad to show you, even if you do not wish to
buy. Come and see and tell your neighbor. Nowhere could you spend a few hours more pleas
antly and more profitably.
BRADFIELD & SLACK, druRgists
have the exclusive sale of these cele
brated glasses io LaGrange, Ga., from
the factory of KELLAM & MOORE,
the oDly complete optical plant In the
South,Atlanta, Ga.
W HY HOOD'S? Because
Hood's Sarsaparilla is the best,
most reliable and accomplishes the
greatest cures. HOOD'S CURES
E. R. BRADFIELD
