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By J» r ". W. Radley.
Official Organ of Polk and Haralson Counties.
Subscription. $2 Per Annum.
VOLUME IV.
CEDARTOWN, GA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1878.
NUMBER 41.
IVIT AND HUMOR.
{‘Transported lor life”—the
who marries happily.
If you would rise in the woildj
you must nob stop to kick at every
our who barks at you.
Dr is aggravating to think up
good j**ko after getting to bed, and
not be able to recall a word of it next
morning.
Connecticut clergyman, in speak
ing of dancing, says people usually
do more harm with their tongues
than their toes.
“I nlwavs ciitl her my dear wife,”
Said Mr. Jenkins, “and I mean it.—
You ought to see the bills that come
ini”
Darwin says a woman looses one-
tenth of Her time looking for her
thimble. Ho recommends that
Bhtfffor it be attached to the frame
of lhe mirror.
“Is this jiir-tight?” inquired a man
i'u a hardware-store, as lie examiued
a stove.” “No sir,” replied the clerk,
“air never gets tight.” lie lost a
customer.
One reason why more people did
not get into the ark is, that Noah
did not advertise in the papers.
There is a great moral dosson con
tained in this fact.
An agricultural society offered a
premium for the best mode ol irriga
tion, which was printed “irritu-
tion” by mistake. A farmer sent his
wife to claim the prize.
A woman may not be able to shar
pen n'penoil or throw stones ata hen,
but site can pack more articles into
utrunk than a man cau in u one-horse
wagon.
There is no widow so utterly wid
owed in her circumstances us she
who has a drunken husband; no or
phan so destitute us lie who bus a
drunken father.
An Iowa couple who had decided
to separate, but ould not agree
.about the possession of their baby,
finally settled tint matter by selling
the infant to a neighbor for titty dol
lars.
An old man’s advice to a young
man was, “Don’t love two girls at
once. Love is a good thing, but it is
like butter iu warm weather—it
won’t do to have too much on hand
at once.”
A young friend doesn’t know
which to do, got married or go west
and fight the Indians, lie is dread-'
fully afraid if lie does one lie’ll be
sorry afterwards that he didn’t do
the other. Ho will probably get his
hair lifted up if he does either.
A clergyman was once forced to
say to a congregation which persisted
in dospnsiting buttons in the con
tribution box: “Brethren who wish
to contribute buttons, will please
not hammer down the eyes; for,
while that process does not increase
their value ns coin, it does impair
their usefulness as buttons.”
A Kentucky audience was dread
fully shocked the other night. Just
as a local temperance leader was
about to begin hia address, lie leaned
too closely over the candle and his
breath caught fire. He afterwards
cjcpiiti noil) liowou-r, that he had been
using camphor for the toothache.
The amendment was accepted and
the talk went on.
As a conceited young man was
singing iu company, an old lady
burst into tears. The singer, great
ly flattered by the old lady’s emotion,
took an early opportunity to get an
introduction to her, when she cor
dially thanked him for his song, and
said: “I had a donkey I thought a
great deal of that died lately, and
your voice was so exactly like his,
that I could not help thinking of
the poor beast as you sang.” She
clasped her handkerchief to her face
'again, and the young man silently
stole away.
The late Artcmns Ward used to
♦ell the following story: “While in
Boston, I returned in a horse car to
my lodgings. A party gal in specta
cles sot near me, and was telling her
young man how he reminded her of
a young man she used to know in
Waltham. Pnty soon .the young
man got out, and smiling in a seduc
tive manner, I said to the in spec
tacles, “Don’t I remind you of some
one you used to know?” “Yes,” she
said,* “you do remind me ol oue inau,
but bo was sent to the penitentiary
for stealing a barrel of mackerel; he
died there, so I conclude you ain’t
him.”
For thu UxprcDx.
Am I My Brother’* Keeper.
The meeting is over. Our frieiid
Robert has joined the church, and
we have welcomed him gladly, sha
ken hi8 hand in token of fellowship,
rejoiced over him, for he is achnuged
man. He wears a different look,
speaks in a different tone, and looks
with abhorrence upon hia past life in
which he was a blasphemer, a drunk
ard, u gainhier and a b 'oiler. Now,
he is a man of peace. Now, “man
hood looks forth with steady glance”
into the dim aisles of the futures and
it is his aim, hia desire to live a quiet
Godly liA 1 , and wo are commanded to
bear each others burthens.
Suppose bro. A, who hus been a
professed follower of Christ for years
is in the habit of using by-worels,
fearing probably, that bis assertions
will not have sufficient weight unless
he confirms them by some sort of
atli. lie does not cull it, swearing;
no, no! lie only uses a mild form of
xpletive such as, “by George,” or
“by hokey” or “what in the thunder ’
or “what in the nation” &c., yet
Robert, this now convert, hearing it
is shocked, but soon gets used to it,
and uses b.y-words to», till by and
by in argument or passion his treach
erous tongue uses the name of his
Creator, and bro. A. is horrified and
marvels that Robert should forget
the words, “swear not at all.” Still
it. is none of his busiuess to remind
him of it, and h-* stands back and
cries, “Am 1 my brother’s keeper?”
Robert has been a dancer. None
so well versed as he in ball-room eti..
quotte, and to those who “chase the
gluwing hours with flying feet,” it is
nder that he has ceased to visit
the hall of revelry. Aid lie remem
bers that his Lord and Master was
never found among such scenes, and
has determined that he will go no
more. But suppose bro. B. is going
and insists on bis company, must he
comply? lie reasons that bro. B. has
been a church member for some
years and surely knows what is right,
besides they will take no part—just
look on and enjoy the music. They
Bro. B. feels no desire to join
the giddy throng. He never danced
in his life and could not if lie was to
try. With Robert it is different, he
feels again che enchantment of old;
tlie music peals out upon the heated
air, lights flash, and fair forms float
through the mazy dance. Like the
melodious song of the sirens, which
charmed the ear of the mariners of
old and could scarce be resisted, he
feels again the spell and yields. Soon
it is noised abroad that Robert, so
loved, so rejoiced over, has gone back
to the “beggarly elements of the
world," and bro. B. says aye lustily
when he is excluded fram the church,
and 1 f ing upliolv(?)h imlssays “Am
I my brother’s keeper?
There is bro. 0. a hale, hearty old
gentleman, a Christian if there be one
in the world, say ull the neighbors.
He never was a drunkard, nor even
moderate drinker, yet according to
time honored custom lie must
make a big eggnog for Christmas, or
a bowl of steaming stew. Suppose
Robert is there and secs his old ene
my cleverly disguised. He knows
the demon of old, it has wallowed
him in the mild, stolen his brains,
and put murder in his heart; yet
here it sits on a Christian’s board,
and bright faces gather around it,
soft voices praise it, and little chil
dren call for it, Robert fears it, he
bus broken the chain and does not
wish to forge again the links. Bro.
C. sees him hesitate, and says “drink
brSther Robert,” still lie demurs and
his host presses into his unwilling
hand tho glass and tells him to drink
for wo must be “temperate in all
things.” Perhaps he drinks, and it
sots on fire the raging thirst which
cannot be satisfied but calls for more,
moro. Our poor young friend falls
again into intoxication, and when
bro. C. sees him often afterwards
reeling with drunkenness he mutters
piously something about the “dog
returning to his vomit again” and
adds “we can but let him go to the
dogs, for Am I my brother’s keeper?”
Bro. D. is a merchant probably,
and has a habit of staying in his
store late at night. He is a geod fel
low (on Sundays) there is nothing
against’hiin people say, no harm in
him at all. He likes to gathre
around him u few chosen companions
aud while away their leisure hours
with cards. Sometimes it is verging
on the “wee sum hours” before they
separate and he has to fix up some
plausible tale to satisfy his wife, who
lias been wakeful and anxious. Poor
trusting woman! shotohides her heart
und thinks next time she will go to
sleep. Well perhaps our friend Rob
ert happens in and is invited to take
a hand. Ho trembles when the old
gay colored kings and queens at
produced over whom he lias lost
so many precious moments, they look
entirely too familiar and lie lias
thought to oust them aBido forever.
But bro. Lb and other brothers play
just for fun and to puss off time,
t hey would not bet for anything, but
they say there is no more harm in a
game of cards than a game of ball or
anything else. Robert is persuaded
to join, feeling very guilty, as lie ma
nipulates the bits of pasteboard, but
ibat soon wears off and the old fever
ish excitement possesses him, con
science is hushed, night, after night
finds him there; never satisfied with
out cards. By and. by playing for
fun becomes too tame, and he turns
to tho low haunts of vice, and bro.
D. hears that Robert is again u gam
bler. Perhaps a guilty throb stirs
his heart and he thinks for a mo
ment that there are steps in the
downwarl, as well as the upwaid
path, and perhaps Robert took the
first step by bis invitation. Blithe
steels bis heart against the thought
saving “Am I my brother’s keeper?”
There are many more instances in
which Christians should lie carefu'
Ic3t they lead others astray, but this
article is already too long. Have
any of ns known of such things? yes
often, often. Then how careful 0
how careful! wo should be to set only
good example?. Paul says “Let no
man pitta stumbling block or an
occasion to fall in his brother’s way.”
And again : “It is good neither to
?at flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any
thing whereby thy brother stum
ble 4 .!), or is offended, or is made
weak.” Ajlenuoc.
A SLANDER NAILED TO THE COUN
TER.
Facts and figures don’t lie. Now
you, your organs and your ring-men,
charge that Judge Lester robbed the
treasury of Georgia of ten thous ind
dollars. That amount you say was
appropriated, and that he only re
signed when he had drawn out the
last dollar, and that his assertion
that he resigned because he did not
think the time had arrived to carry
emigration schemes into effect was
simply not true, but because the ap
propriation had given out. You
jumped at your conclusions, or else
you purposely perverted the truth.
Now for the facts:
In the acts of 1839, page 2G, you
will find the act appropriating $10,
000 to pay the expenses of the Im
migration Agents.
In House Journal, page 529, you
will find how that fund was distri
buted. But to make the matter
plain, we append the following ta
ble:
Appropriation $10,000 00
Salary Juduo Loetcr $3.68!) 70
Expended for Printing 600 00
Salary Snmuol Woll 8,000 00
Expended for Printing 1,020 00
7,110 76
Unexpended balance $3,880 3-1
Now we find that Judge Lester
and Ool. Weil both resigned leaving
an unexpended balance of TWO
THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED
AND EIGHTY DOLLARS AND
TWENTY-FOUR CENTS. If they
had been tho mean cormorants that
Dr. Felton charges, they would not
have resigned until, as he says, tho
last cent was drawn from the treasu
ry. But Dr. Felton will find, before
this‘can vuss is over, that falsely
representing facts to the people, will
not add much to his character for
truth and veracity. Now, doctor,
if you are an honest man, and a true
Christian, as your friends claim you
to be, you will take the journals and
refer to the pages stated above, and
read from them the truth, und
which truth you are in honor bound
to state in every community where
you have misrepresented Judge Les
ter. If he had been the. thief you
assert he is, would he not have held
on until, as yon say, he had drawn
tHo last oer^t. Doctor, yon ought
not to measnro’other men's corn by
your own half bushel.—Home Bul
letin.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington Sept. 7, 1878.
Alexander II. Stephens suggests
Hondricks and Hampton ns candi
dates fur tho JjBatyency in 1880.
Representative Blackburn’s ticket is
Thurman and Wallace There is
nc lack of excellent material in the
Democratic parly. Both of the dis
tinguished gentlemen named us can
didate for the Presidency have abili
ty, experience in public life, and great
popularity. The party and the coun
try might do inuoti worse than sc
iect either of them. But the time,
has not come to make a selection.
By June, 1880, we'shall know better
what the country needs and what
able Democrat is best lilted for the
emergency. It is of much more im
portance that wo do our best now to
retain control of pongress so that
the elected Democrat, whoever h •
may be, shall not be swindled out ol
his office.
And the prospect of increasing
our majority in the Mouse of Repre
sentatives is good. If, as is antici
pated, by many, one or more <T
the radical candidates in Maine shall
he defeated on Monday next, there
will be* a h«*avy falling away iu vari
ous sections from the Republican par
ly. But without any such unlikely
event as a ga n of Congressmen is
made it is not difficult to figure out
a probable Democratic majority of
thirty or thirty-live in the • next
House.
The present investigation of Cus
tom House affairs in New York* is
not like that madeiby Mr. Sherman
for the purpose of getting evidence
on which to remove officials, but is
n tended as a basis for legislation
luring the c-miing, session of Con
gress. Mr. Wood has seen the im
possibility of gvt iuto the form
of law any radical4|feunge in our cus
tom system, but through his special
Committee, now at work*he hopes
■> be able to learn in what way the
xecution o( existing laws may be
made less biirdeusoflie and annoying
to importers. Mr. Wood is perhaps
the most competenUman in Congress
lor the work. V
The agricultural? dept is experi
menting on the production of sugar
from common corns stalks, and the
chemist of the institution says he
sluill know in a fewjilays whether or
not the work can he successfully aud
profitably done. Up thinks ii can.
A 8 ntement is made, I know not
on what authority;?!that Chairman
Potter will call Ins Committee to
gether about the 15th of this mouth,
instead of waiting pntil Oct. 1st. as
first decided upon. V
We are so far hAppily free from
the fever which i^ desolating the
southwestern cities, ,and less alarm is
felt than heretofore. Still, many
families .re going North, and every
thing possible is bei ng done by the
authorities to protei t the city.
Washington is bunkrupt,and bus
iness here, never grf at, has fallen off
wonderfully, but ^tremely liberal
contributions are bg.ng made for the
suffni’-ra by f,*vwr. f Almost every one
gives something, i large number
of persons are volunteering io go as
nurses. Austin.
.J
MR. SAMU Elf COLLINS.
Letters of enquiry are continually
being received as to the sta.iding of
Mr. Samuel OollinjT. The following
with creditable signatures attached,
will satisfy everybjnly that there is
such a man as Sanrael Collins and
that he is worthy being believed :
Aowortji, Ga* Sept. 3, 1878.
We do certify that wo have known
Samuel Collins for* twenty years or
more. That we belfeve him to be an
honest, upright and truthful citizen
and we do not believe that lie would
make a statement that was not strict
ly true in every particular. He is
poor, it is true, bu (belongs to a good
and respectable family. His grand
father was an officer in the revolu
tionary war. So mis' of us at least
have hoard the statement, that Dr.
Felton turned hifh away from his
house sick, cold and hungry, sever
al years ago and kfcow that the state
ment had its exi$t^pce before this
campaign was started.
J C Cooper. ft -M MItchell.
M C Awtrey. ' 'Ubo S Avehy.
“A Smith, M D. -SR Stroud.
S Lemon. < LH Tanner.
E L Litchfield. «A M North cot.
ANOTHER WARNING TO DEMOCRATS. Felton’s Charge of Bribery.
1 lie Radicals of Georgia lire get-| Having beard a report that !)■•
ting decidedly bold. Heretofore they Felton Imd charged Judge LesN*
have been rather quiet on the sub- with attempting to buy the vote an I
j -ct of the independent movement, influence of Major Z. B. Unwove
evidently fearful that if they showed the postmaster in this city, and see-
their hands they would frighten * n P » statement published in the
• nick into Ih** ranks many dissatisfied Oitizon that Dr. Felton had
men, who, while justly hating tho [pHn u" 8 '
„ . , ... , ,, .... tor in a speech at Villanow, Walk-r
Radical party, believed Radicalism county, we said in realise to the us-
•o be s> dead in Georgia that an in- sertion of tho Citizen that it “did
lependout movement might bo star* J no ^ boliuve Dr. Felton could prove
ted without any danger of its leading
o Republican success. Whether said
movement has, iu the opinion of the
Radical lenders, progressed so far
that they can now safely make known
their hopes and schemes or not wo
are unable to say. Certainly from
some cause or other they are overcom
ing timidity, and are speaking out
their quite freely.
In a late article in the Atlanta
Republican, the Radical organ of the
State, that paper, discoursing on our
Democratic United Sates Marshal
for Georgia, says:
“Badly as we were disappointed at
the time [the appointment was
made], we are forced to admit that
the appointment of a Democratic
Marshall for Georgia has not he.*n
without its good results. The duties
of the office, We think wo may af
firm, are efficiently administered. 1
The political effect has been good.
Undoubtedly it has greatly strength-
mud the independent movement in
he St It*. Marshal FilzaimmoiiR is
iu line with Al -x. Stephens, and it
will he no fault ot his if every dis
trict in Georgia this year Jim not
able liberal independent represen-
ive wf the better element of the
mocnitic party ot the Sale in tne
field, ami w.* receive assurance that
the whole iiilluencv of the office will
rted to secure the fairest elec.,
tions.”
So lur, then, the Jlopublican is
lVank to confess, that though it bit
terly oppose l the appointment of a
Democratic Marshal for Georgia, it, is
well satisfied uqw, because it hopes
that such an appointment will to
increase the independent movement
in the State. Thisttahuuld of itself
make Georgians who, mindful of the
picking and stealings which they
formerly had to endure when the
State was in Radical lmnds, have
learned to view Radicalism with
holy horror, halt and consider before
they give further countenance to any
move which is tlfiiB openly endorsed
by their political enemies. But this
is not the of the whole matter. Our
Stale Radical organ grows still more
b »11, and says:
In the present weakened and
dispirited; condition of our own
forces,’ about all we can do in Geor
gia is to encourage the independent
movement that is surely desintegrat-
ing the solid white (i. e. Democratic)
vote of the State, and that promises
speedily to give us the balance of
power. Onrsupport will be sought,
and we shall be able to exact honest
terms from those seeking it and in
part recover, and later, it may be,
fully recover what we have lost in
the last ten years.
There is ho mistaking these iter
ances, and Georgians opposed to the
restoration of villiany, corruption
and Radicalism would do well, out of
regard for their own material inter
est, to heed them. No one hereafter
can plead ignorance of the fact that
independent ism in Georgia is likely
to work mischief, or laugh at the
idea of.the Radical party’s ever re
gaining ascendancy in a State which
returns 80,000 Democratic majority.
Here we are plainly told by the high
est Radical authority that it is to the
Independentmovement that the Rad
ical party looks for comfort, because
it (said movement) is surely disin
tegrating the solid white vote of the
State, and promises “speedily” to
give them a balance of power by
means of which they expect finally
to certainly recover in part, and, af
ter a while, in full, what they have
lost in the last ten year, Further
comment is u necessary. If after this
disclosure of the plans Georgians can
consent to assist in restoring the
Radicals to power in their State, they
alone must bear the responsibility.
It is welcomed by all like a
new star in society. We mean Dr.
Bull’s Blood Mixture,
No, Dr. Felton cannot prove it;
lint on ilie contrary, .Major lluiyrnve
soys it is hot so.' lie v.ilunlurilv
came to the editor of the Courier and
stated that such a report was in cir
culation, and that if Dr. Felton hail
made any such Statement it. was not
the truth, or words uulounting to the
same.
This paragraph from the Courier,
together With tho article fruit the
Cilir.en, was published in the Home
Tribune of last Wednesday, ami the
Tt iluine says;
The above is in the Courier of Sat
urday. It is a pui'ViTsinu of words
mid a suppression of facts. Wo have
seen Maj. IT trgrove, and this is his
version of the story.
The Tribune then goes on to give
un tire-1ttnt of a proposition made to
Major Hargrove two years ago by “a
j'lomiuent Democrat,” and also of
veral interviews between Major
Hargrove mid Judge I,ester, which
were not spoken of by .Major U tr-
grove in his cnnvdrsation rai'envd to
in the article which was clipped from
the Courier.
Believing that a fair anti critical
interpretation of the article in the
I'ribu e made it appear that Major
Hargrave accused ns of perverting
words und suppressing facts, we call-
mi upon him ami asked him for a
slate of facts concerning the in-
terview between us, and he lurnished
us the following;
lip ME, G,\„ Sept, ti, 1878.
On. Monday, I lie-24th ot August
last, I met the editor of tho Courier
neat' the pojtollic ■, and said to him
that I had just been informed, that
Dr. Felt,nn iitul stated In a speech a
Dirt Tt ■ . ■ ■
Judge Lester’s Position on Finance,
If the man Axe. i*. whom Judge
Lester addressed a letter stating Lis
position on the financial issues of
dav, is without fall *wmg an.I with
out inffmjiKK 1 , still the letter lid
good and an immense am mot ofi r .
It gave Jnda- L'Stor an el */i it op
portunity to show to the \»j»L* Ilia,
lie was with them in their sol 1 : ILi.iii*
cia
f.SS.
There is no mistaking 'In.* IV.i, ih *
financial question will continue to
I)-* the question until a uniform, sta
ble and convenient t/roenb'ick will be
the sole medium of circulating cure*
lviiov. The pe »ple are tired of a Na
tional bnik fie j * stni: *100,0 of.)
binds and receiving *$90,000.00 in
national bink bill* in return, virtu
ally receiving from the G >vi*rnm-nt
#4,000,00 interest on the *10,000,00
bonds left in the treasury. But read
the letter:
Rome, Ga., 31st August, 1878.
Mr. Ihtai'l .he:
Deyr Sin: Your polite letter of
the 27tli instant asking
■dative to tin
tipnl
wiled
hill'll
plutlVii’m nf lit,* Nut
Ureenbuck purtv tvn? b ind d b> me
this duy, and feeling tisu nvd that
nintives in seeking titv opini'ins
tire upright and patriotic, 1 do tin
hesitate to express them fully and
frank v. H i i g -p it g trout t, ,e
laboring classes tint! led mging t t
t.!ml. large number of our people who
obtain their living by their own ex
ertion, I can sav with l.rntli I mt
whilst 1 entertain neither prejudice
nor envy towards the rich there is
n it a throb of my heart, that is not in
sympathy with the toiling poor of
the land in which we live; they groan
under burdens which I fain wmihi
lift from their hearts and their
homes; they sutler from evils of out
rageous legist ttion which I fain
would relieve, aud if I sliull lie elec
ted to a position in the Congress ot
tint United States fram the 7th Dis
trict of Ceorgi i J shall work with
Udhigg ng o 'gyan I p -rsoverencefor
the relief of the people hv carrying
out by ellioient legislation, the prin
ciple, set forlU-iu-tiie-UUniving items
to-wit;
I. That all '■> mis nml obligati ms
of the National (government ought
to bo.paid in legal tender notes, ex
cept where if is otherwise provided
n, that Judge I,ester had I ^ tllB uri S il| ul hiw under which the
approached mean I had uskttd mo to; b 'ndsnr obligations ware issued,
‘•stippin't hi,h lor Congress, and asked | 7’lmt nil boitd.s t h at ,.-ru Im onl
ine to name my price for such suti-1 ,,,J I’ 1 '' 1 "'iw-shdulj l.e paid
port.” I said tn the editor of the “*
Fourier, But, while I did not think
Dr. Felton had made such charm.,
yet if he had, he had t)ai)|Vmruled i'u.
uividntds anil dates, anti hud made
an honest mistake. I said that tlr,
charge, if made, was not trite in fact
I only spoke lew words to the edit tr
ol the Courier, and did not tit the
time say to him all that had oeuur-
red on this point. I did explain the
matter in full to some of Judge L 's-
tor’s friends at the time. I heard the
report, and both the editor or the
Tribune and tnys-lf mav have
thought that the editor of.the Couri
er knew the facts. If. tts,ures urn
(lint lie diil not, and I cheerfully
make this slntem-o' in behalf of all
interested. Z. B. Hauguovk.
Now, it. will be seen that in tilts
statem-mt made by Major Hargrove
he says; “I said that the charge, if
made, was not true in fact.” This
is substantially what we said in our
former article, and with this sts'e
ment we arp willing for a fair-min
ded publio to judge whether wo told
tile truth or not. Major Hargrove's
statement completely denies the
truth of the charge made by Dr. Fel
ton that Judge Lester had so far
forgotten hi, honor ana man, and
hud so f;ir lost his senses as to ap
proach tlie strongest friend Dr. Fel
ton lias iu the DiatHet, attempt te
bribe him to vote for him.
The fnctth.it a mar, n| Judge Les
ter's 11road common sense would make
such a proposition is so improbable
that, we really gave Dr. Felton credit
for too much shrewdness to publicly
make tile charge, and did not men
tion it until Saturday morning, al
though Major Hargrove hud toTd ns
of the rumor, and gave us his denial
nfiton Monday morning.
Now, that the voters of this Dis
trict may see what manner of man
Dr. Felton is, we publish the state
ment of two gentlemen who live in
the neighborhood and heuril Dr.
Felton’s speech at Villanow. These
gentlemen tire men whose testimony
will be believed by all who know
them, as they stand ns high ns any
in the community where they live;
“On the 2-Jd August, 1878, at Vil-
lanow, Dr. Felton stated that Judge 1
Lester went to Major Hargrove and
said to him: “If you will go for me
I cun be elected. If you will go for
me, name your prior, or sunt, (lie
used either the word price nr suvi)
and I or my friends will satisfy the
demand.”. Dr. Folton first said he
would make no charges against
Judgo Lester that lie could not prove;
and after making the above state
ment he said: “Now, if you don’t be
lieve it, go to Home and inquire
there. J. p, MoWd-mams,
H, Y. Hunt.
at one', aud the remtlinMpbkhOiild la
called in and paid tls.su,m as* it can
be lawfully dune.
il. That tlie preecnt national hank
tg system shmiitl be abolished , ,uml
te national bank lulls now in cir-
dilation should htf retired ami Ic'.i!
tender given back notes substituted^ a
their place.
4. Flint greenback notes should
lie made a full legal tender in ttie
payment of ull dues bull, public and
private.
5. I hat whit, is called the.resonip
tion act should lie forthwith nnc in-
ditiimidly repealed, and tlie currency
enlarged to an extent that will fur
nish tliu people with an abundance
of good mon ;v to m-et all tlie de
mands of trade and business of every
sort. J
(i. That the general Government
should issue money for tho benefit of
all the people, ami it should not is
sue it to or through or for tlie enrich
ment nf bunkers or mnuev kings nr
gold tyrants at the expense of the
laboring and producing classes.
7. That all kinds of property, in
cluding bonds, should lie taxed alike
-vhyther owned by individuals or
corporations.
8. That tho strlntest honesty and
the most rig.d economy in the ad
ministration of publio affairs should
murk the course and 1)3 required of
every oflicc holder, from the highest
to the lowest.
!>. That every man who holds nf-
lice and who tuk -s partin the ndm n
istrution of publio affairs should re
gard tlie interest of thu laboring, in
dustrial and wealth-proiliieinu class
es as of purumout importance to the
people of these United Sta rs, and
everything that can ho done should
lie done to protect and foster and
encourage those who labor, and by
enterprise produce the wealth of th ■
country.
Now, my dear sir, I have given you-
my views and opinions freely and
fully, and should I be eleoted to Con
gress I shall labor without ceasing
to carry them out so that the inoti- -
hits of hard times which now praxes
so crushingly upon the hearts and
hopes and homes of the people shall
be lifted from them, and the day
light of peace prosperity and happi
ness shut dispel the gloom and
brighten the home of every man in
the land, whether he be rich or poor,
white or colored, Democrat or Ite-
publican. With every goad wish.
I am, your fellow citizen,
Geo. N. Lestek.
The best reform in domestic
hte wtlhout doubt is theft-traduction
of Dr. Buiie Baby Syrup. Where
it is known no more laudanum is
given to the Babies., U sells lor 24
cents..