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DAILY ENQUIRER - SUN; COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 25, 1886. ColumksCiniuim'-^wt. ESTABLISHED IN 1828. 58 YEARS OLD. Daily. Weekly and Sunday. The BNQUIKER*Hl T N in issued every day, ex cept Monday. The Weekly is issued on Monday. The Daily (Including Sunday) in delivered by farriers in the city or mailed, postage free, to sul>- tcribers for 7.V. per month, $2.00 for three months, $4.00 for six months, or $7.00 a year. Tin* Sunday is delivered by carrier hoys in the city or mailed to subscribers, postage free, at $1.00 a year. The Weekly is issued on Monday, and is mailed to subscribers, postage free, at $1.10 a year. Transient advertisements will be takep for the Daily at f 1 per square of 10 lines or less for the first insertion, and 50 cents for each subsequent n sort ion, and far the Weekly nt $1 for each in ert ion. All communications intended to promote the private ends or interests of corporations, societies or individuals will be charged as advertisements. Special contracts'made for advertising by the year. Obituaries will be charged for at customary rates. None but solid metal cuts used. All communications should be addressed to the proprietor of the Enquirer-Sun. Kkk tin* sun sots tn-moiTuw evening, Hun. T. W. (irimes will have ten delc- gatea instructed to vote for liini in the congressional convention. Harris enmi ty will mid four to Muscogee’s four ami TttJ’lor will give the others. An (iimiNc, to tlic testimony before the senate eoininittee on elections Mr. I’ayne’s sent in the senate cost over $2115,- (100, or about ten times ns much us n scut in tin* New York Slock Exchange. If this he so a seat in the United States senate is a much more profitable invest ment than people generally suppose, or else the shrewd oil prince was most out rageously swindled in the price. The action of the committee in this particular case will have a bearing on the general «/nest ion whether a senatorship is any longer an honor that a poor man may aspire to, or whether it is one of the be longings to a millionaire. Tim New York Times very correctly asserts t Iml it was not mistaken the other day in thinking that Mr. Randall had no intention of revising the tariff in ac cordance with (lie pledges of the demo cratic party. No one who knows the man, or has gathered from his course the terms of the lease of his seat which lie holds from the protectionist republicans of Pennsylvania, could doubt for a mo ment that any changes he would propose in the tarilf would he with on eye single to their interest, lie is as indifferent as any of his employers to the real interests of American workmen, or American em ployers of working men. and has not tlie least scruple in sacrificing them to tlie profits of the few favorites of tariff legislation. AN KAMA STAItl'. The Augusta Chronicle contains a special from Atlanta announcing the fact that the term of olliee of Hon. I.. N. Trammel as railroad commissioner will expire during the term of tlu* next execu tive, and it is rumored that there will not only he a lively scramble for the office, hut that several gentlemen are now in active training fertile race. As the term of Mr. Trammel expires Octo ber, 1887, ora little over fifteen months hence, this race will not only he lively hut long. Somebody will he apt to get tired out long before they reach the end. Besides the start is made during the hottest part of the summer, and if there lire any fat men in the race, i\ e would suggest that they go slow at first and make the pace lively on the home stretch next full. Til K Ijl INI ION OK A THK.VKI It Kit. The death of Mr.Tim Markham creates a vacancy in the olliee of county treas urer of Muscogee county, which must he tilled in some way. I’nder the law it is the duty of the or dinary to appoint some person to til! the I olliee temporarily, and also to order an ! election alter giving twenty days imtiri. > Snell an order lias been issued and notice given by publication that an election I will lie held mi the Ifltli of July, which i was as early as it could lie done. The first dilficulty that presented itself was j the registration law passed by the last I legislature for this county. By its terms no persons could legally vote without be ing registered; but there has been no registration and it would take thirty days’time and cost over sTOO in money- to have one. f!veii if tin* county commission should ' i filer one made for this special election, another would be necessary for the elec tion ofnext January, or the same regis- I rntiim will not answer for another elec- j tion unless it takes place within one I hundred days. These considerations have caused a close inspection of tin. laws in relation t o holding elections to iill vacancies, and 1 it appears that ifaf'er a vacancy occurs | an election cannot be ordered and held more than six months before the expira tion of the term of olliee. then no special election shall be held, and the person appointed to till the vacancy will hold until the regular election. Thus our county will be spared the trouble and expense of a registration which would only sene to hold a special election to till this vacancy. \Yc under stand the ordinary lias fully informed the governor of the facts and requested his opinion before taking timil action in tlic matter, but we have no doubt it will end by an appointment being made to till out tlic balance of the term. ! THKV II IN UK II OIK PROSI’KRITV. “It might bo O'! v, in I tie for the protection paper* j in Georgia to take particular notice of the feet that every Georgia congressman voted with Mr. ; Morrison and against Messrs. Kelly and Ra»- ! .tall. Our protection ootemporartes should begin I to see that they arc felling behind the proces sion. The whole state Is against the little groups of protectionists that have collected in Atlanta, Augusta and Macon.“ \Ve lind the above very pertinent truth in Hie Savannah News. That the group of j protectionists is very small there is ample evidence, and | nrticularly so at Augusta. I It is quite likely that Columbus and j Augusta would have more to gain than i any other cities in (ieorgia, if the theory presented by protectionist would accom plish the results they claim, but the larger manufacturers in these cities do [ not want protection, nor do any oilier niuniifaettnvrs. \Ve make this assertion advisedly and the sworn testimony given before the I congressional labor committee by presi dents of cotton mills in this state is not calculated to strengthen the hands oftlie protectionists. Senator Blair, the chair man of the committee and an avowed protectionist, must linvo felt that the principle of protection would soon cease ; to exercise a controlling influence in our I ! polities as lie listened to the evidence of j President Young, of the Eagle and I’lie- ' ' nix mills of this city, and Presidents Estes and Phinizy, of Augusta factories. Mr. Young said that lie was an anti-tarilf man. He did not believe, he said, that the many should he taxed for the benefit of the few. His mills were aide, he thought, to compete with the mills of England or New England. Dur ing a European trip lie compared the prices paid operatives in English facto ries with those he paid, and found there was little, if any, difference. For skilled labor lie pays a little more than is paid for the same class of labor in New Hamp shire. He has, however, two advantages over the New England mills. He obtains cotton for $7.50 a bale less and he has a hotter opportunity to make a choice of grades. The presidents oftlie Augusta factories said that, they did not ask any protection, hut that they, of course, were willing to accept t lie benefits arising from it. The testimony of tiiese experienced iminnfaetiirors make two things evident. First, that the tariff on the kind of goods which they manufacture can lie greatly reduced without injuring that class of in dustries. It cost no more to produce cotton cloth at Columbus and Augusta than it does to produce it in England. The English manufacturers are compelled to transport their cotton across the ocean, and their goods back to this country, if they undertake to compete with our manufacturers. In this re spect our manufacturers have an immense advantage. The second point is that cotton goods can bo manufactured in Hie south cheaper than in New England. The raw mate rial can he obtained for less, and labor is as cheap and as capable. What then is to hinder the south from becoming the manufacturing section of the country? There is water power enough in this state to more than meet all the manufac turing wants of every state in the union. In other southern states there is plenty of tlic same sort of power. President Young admitted that it would probably be a long time before the south j would compete with New England in the finer grade of goods This is owing perhaps, to a lack of eapi- I tal and skilled labor, in time, however, these will he supplied and New England will lose her manufacturing supremacy. Nothing will hasten to bring about this condition ofalfairsso much as a general , reduction in the tarilf. We want no bet- 1 ter evidence than we have that our man- i u fact u re is will not suffer by a reduction, ■ and wo are confident that ns soon as the , reduction is made cotton and other fac-i tories \\ ill spring up till over the state. What folly it is, then, for newspapers \ in tliis state, or in the south, to sustain! Mr. Randall in the course lie lias pur- I sued, and thus assist in continuing a policy that is an obstacle to our growth I and prosperity. None are so blind as i those who refuse to see. KtllTOIt I.INK’S A I’I’ltn I’ll IATK It 111 A It K S. During the session of the recent state! republican convention at Montgomery 1 ime diaries P. 1 .ano, editor of the New South, published at Huntsville, in re sponse to hind calls, arose and addressed 1 .i the meeting. Amongst other things lie is reported as saying: “I say boldly that the republican party lias not been what it ought to be.” Coming from an editor, who is evident ly a man of influence and intelligence, it must lie admitted that these words are entitled to great weight, and as the detn- erats who have some knowledge of the works of that party bear tlie same lesti- i ninny, we think we are safe in announc ing it as a fact. The speaker then went on to urge the members of the convention not to “look l to the interest of otliee-seekers, but to the interest of their country and their chil dren.” From this we conclude that the editor meant to say that tile republican party hail not been what it ought to be, j because its members had been looking j to the interest of office-seekers and not to the interest of their country—or even of their children. Here again the demo- j crate agree most fully with his testimony, i and we may, therefore, consider these I facts established. The truth is that since \ the war the republican party in the south lias been looking alone to the interest of ; office-seekers, and has left it entirely with j I the i emoenits to look not only after the I interests of the country, but of the repub- I Means and tin ir children. What would have become of them if somebody had not considered other interests besides olliee seekers, would he hard to sav, but it is certain that all of moral, mental and material advancement made lias been due directly to the fact that democrats 1 have been looking to the interest of their country and their children. One has only to read the proceedings! of this convention to become satisfied that the country (t ill not he very greatly benefited by the fact that the republi- 1 can party propose to look after its inter- ; est in the future. If this, convention would follow just one-lmlf the advice of | this editor and he content with not look- ; ing after the interests oftlie office-seeker, j we will undertake that the democrats will look after the interests of the coun try. This will be u fair division of labor and responsibility,and with this amend ment to the proposition we heartily en dorse it. -SAVK JIK KltO.ll 11V FltlKMIS!" Those who believe that they are the friends of Hon. Henry It. Harris have Hooded Harris county with a very extra- ! ordinary circular. It urges the people \ not to be deceived and then makes this 1 statement : “The announcement in the Columbus En quirer-Sun that Hon. Henry R. Harris is not a candidate is without authority, and put out by the enemies of Harris. Re not deceived by it. The real friends of Col. Harris have known for months that there was a LaOrange influence secretly working against Col. Harris. These La- Grange parties are working In the interest of one of their own number and have no authority to speak for Henry R. Harris. He knows them. Both he and his friends know they are trving to defeat him. Believe none of their reports put forth on the eve of an election to deceive honest voters.” Such a statement as this will strike the friends of Col. Harris at LaGrange as very singular indeed. Mr. Abraham, who made the announcement over his own signature, and stated that he was authorized by Col. Harris to do so, is one of Col. Harris’ warmest personal and po litical friends. Col. Harris lias not made a congressional contest in which Mr. j Abraham was not his right bower, so to I speak. In making the above charge, ! those who style themselves “true friends of Harris” declare Air. Abraham to he of a most infainouse character. If there is no truth to the charge, and we believe there is not, these men have ungraciously slandered one who lias ever been regarded as a respectable and honorable gentle men in this section. These “true friends of Harris,” so- j called, conclude their circular with this remarkable language: “Men of Harris county, don’t he caught by cun ningly devised fables. Henry R. Harris is a can didate for congress. He trusts himself in the hands of his friends. Bee to it that he does not fall into the hands of the Philistines. Rally to the polls Saturday and vote for Henry R. Harris for congress. Harris is absent and advaniage is taken of his absence. You will hear otheT re ports and rumors. Listen to none of them. Harris is in the race to stay, and no one has au thority to say he is not. He is not here to speak i for himself; let his old friends speak for him at . the ballot box.” If Hon. Henry It. Harris is a candi date, why does he not have the manhood \ to say so? He lias secured nominate ns heretofore in an open-handed way. aud where is the necessity now that he should have irresponsible persons an nouncing his candidacy over fictitious signatures? \Yhy should these persons hesitate to use their own names if Col. Harris is a candidate? Probably they are afraid of losing the office they hold under the federal government; if so, they should lie quiet. \Ve call attention to this circular not ! At KIRVEN’S Summer Silks 25 cents; Pongee Silks 25 cents; Foulard Silks 40 cents; Printed Nun's Veilings 15cents; All Wool Buntings 15 cents; Linen Lawns 10 cents; Linen Drills for Pants 124 cents; Linen Crash 6t cents; Gottonades for Boys' Wear 8 cents ; Manilla Cheeks, new and desirable, 124 cents White Linen de India 5 cents; White Plaid Lawns 10 cents ; White Plaid Linen de India 124 cents; White Linen Lawns 124, 15 and 20 cents. Good Bargains io Silk Umbrellas! We receive new goods daily, thus keeping our stock fresh and complete. * J. a. kirven & co. BLANCHARD, BOOTH & BUFF WILL OFFER FOR THIS WEEK GREAT BARGAINS —IN— Preparatory to their annual stock-taking there will he a marked reduction in the prices of all Black Goods. Gourt- auld’s English Grapes, from the cheapest to a $10 Veiling. The same reduction will be made in these. that it matters one ioto with ns should Col. Harris make the announcement that he is a candidate. To us it is it matter of perfect indifference. But we do not be lieve that those who originated theiir- culur have any authority tor their action, and tints they attempt to deceive the people of 1 larris county. in: democrats of Richmond county 1 a moetimr Wednesday and selected ■gate” to the congressional eunven- , after which they were instructed to sent the name of lion. (ieorge T. ties as a candidate for renomiuntion. far no opposition has developed list him in the tenth district. Pruf. It. IV. Unitlu. The closing exercises of the public schools yes terday developed that a very important feature has been inaugurated by Professor H. W. Hattie among the foo.vs in his room. It is that of debat ing questions that they understand. He has also taught them how to organize and conduct meet ings under parliamentary rules. The advantages of this needs no discussion. For quite a number of yea rs Prof. Hattie has been principal of the boys’ public school and lias demonstrated that he is an educator of rare skill and ability. There is probably not a superior anywhere in this sec tion, and the parents of Columbus are fortunate that the trustees have been able to place the boys under such excellent instructions. Tin: Kvening Capitol pays our immediate rep resentatives this compliment: “Hon. W. A. Lit tle, i f Columbus, has been nominated for the state house of representatives, as also his col league, Mr. Chappell. They will undoubtedly be elected, and the prospects are that Colonel Little will be speaker oftlie house. He made a model presiding officer, and has a host of friends. The Capitol would like to see him iu that posi tion which he graced so«well.’’ Summer tourists will do well to remember that the least expensive and most enjoyable luxury they will have during vacation will be the Daily Enquirer-Sun. It will follow them wherever or dered. Tin: ulerk of tlit* weather scums to lie devoting Ids attention lately to the crah grass growing around tin* cotton and tile corn. Tile farmer.-! are satisfied that they are not in need of more rain just now. 500 Pis Misses 1 Full Regular Made Fancy Hose, Worth all the way from 35 to 75 cents, will lie closed out at I the uniform price of 1<> cents per pair. Brown Dress Linens, :::::: D> cents j Plaid Mulls, : 10 cents Plaid Linen Crashes, :::::: 6 cents Gottonades, : : : : : : 8 cents Brown Linen Drills, :::::: 121 cents Another shipment of Printed Lawns at : : 4 and 5 cents MORE REMNANTS. We have replenished our Remnant Counters again, and they will he tilled with bargains. Remnants Lawns, Rem nants Calicoes. Remnants Check Nainsooks. Remnants Dress Goods, in f.ict Remnants from every department. Blanchard, Booth & Huff. They Stand at the Head ! THE BEST SHOES FOR LADIES' WEAR J. C. DENNETT The best Ladies’ 0P- ERA SLIPPERS brought to Columbus are made by them. They can only lie had at ray store. I can fit any foot dThi- < Ti *. (IV l 5>IA kV JkJ. j. j*. k - ' i Lit 1-S • V» L ' OT SHOULD TTY SHOES UN- TI SHE EXAM INES .MY STOCK. I am Sole Agent for these Goods in Columbus. “wtm:- meteb. aplSeod3m CHARLES O. SHERIDAN, This gentleman, the senior member of the firm of Sheridan Bros., fresco artists and decorators, of Atlanta, Ga., is a gun! nine vankee by birth, but a southerner bv choice and adoption. Born in the puri tan city of Providence, It. I., 31 years age. at an early age he turned bis attention to art. He is by nature an artist, and hi- years of study and tuition in eastern cities have developed him into one oftlie fore most young decorators of his time. Some years ago he came south to decorate the interior of the Church of the Imaeulate Conception, at Atlanta, and, liking the people and climate, determined to louate south of Mason and Dixon’s line. Since then he lias been joined by his brother.-, F. It. and George, and churches and tine dwellings in every principal city oftlie south attest their ability, energy and en terprise. “My system,” said Mr. Sheridan during a recent conversation, “had been for some time GRADUALLY RUNNING DOWN, “I was not sick, in a general sense of the word, hut .my physical strength was feeling the severe strain I had been fur years putting upon it in the active men tal labor necessary in the pursuit of mv avocation. While I have not what is tei’ined a delicate constitution, I am by no means a robust fellow, and have what might lie called the‘New England nu>M,' physically. For some time past I had been losing vigor, when my attention was called to Hunnicutt’s Rheumatic Cure as a tonic and strengthener of the sys tem. I began using it about four weeks ago and since that time have gained eight and a half pounds in weight. My blnoil is as pure as spring water and my entire system revitalized. 1 have no hesitancy in saying that it is the best general tonic upon the market to-day.” JUDGE THOMAS PULLl’M, now in his three score and ten years, and one of the most prominent men in Geor gia, born and raised near Union Springs, Ala., where lie amassed quite a fortune by strict integrity and honesty, and in later vears connected with the wholesale drug house of Pemberton, Pullum & Co., of Atlanta, Ga., and now a citizen of that city, said a few days ago in the presence of a reporter: “My wife had been for many years a constant sufferer from rheumatism. Her joints were swollen and distorted, great knots had formed upon her hand. Shu could only with great; difficulty and pain manage to walk, and was a constant suf ferer from this dreadful disease. We tried everything we could read or hear of, and took advice of eminent practi tioners without any benefit in the way uf permanent relief. I was induced to try Hunniciitt’s Rheumatic Cure a short time ago, ALTHOUGH I HAD LOST FAITH | in all patent medicines and nostrums and considered her case incurable. “The effect was magical; the pains kayo entirely vanished; the swelling and dis- [ tortion of her joints has disappeared, and | the disease lias been, I verily believe, j eradicated from her system. She is still using the medicine as a precautionary j measure, and her general good health is j being restored by it. i can honestly and fearlessly recommend Hunnicutt’s Rheu matic Cure as the best medicine for rln-u- I mutism and the blood upon the market.'’ For sale by wholesale and retail drug gists everywhere. Price, t*d a b'ltle. Send to us: or your druggist for treatise j and history of the White Tiger. J. M. Hunnicutt ik Co., proprietors, Atlanta, [ Ga. je-tdw iREAD WHAT THEY SAY Will Ik* So hi to (he* First Lnriy or tlumaik that ( alls This Whj. $2250 and $1800. Two vacant lots on First avenm*. 1600. Six room House, out-house and kitchen. First avenue. 0000. Corner Sixth avenue and Eighth street, acre lot, Store House, Wagon iaiM. an out-houses 1 BOO. Quarter acre lot, 4 room House, ui> iowh second avenue. t-uo. Quarter acre lot, l room House, up t ,,u n Second avenue. 1500. Quarter acre lot, 5 room House, up t*>wr., Second avenue. 2000. Quarter acre lot. 8 room House. 2 room kitchen, well of good water and "* l ' 1 works. First avenue. louses and Lots 150 yards from lo u in ti Irani. Will r 'ell separate. .* with , acre lot in (liraril. ere lot and T-ur Houses in ( .liard. louse and Lot in Chipley. room Houses in city. . • , h e some line suburban propel ty uniu. FOR RUNT. Several Houses from ft to $20 per month. Come amt see and ask questions. We eaunul trade unless we come face to lace. jr. o. REEDY, Real Estate Agent, No.io i2th St. dtf