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KLLMAY, OA., JULY I3y 1888.
OteFlcrjsL Org'Ah ov Fannin Cos.
OFFICIAL Or-*n of (irtMKK Cos
Official Organ of Fickens Co
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GILMER IN CONVENTION.
tllrjay Gee ■, July itk, 1882.
According to- previous call by
Col.T. F. Greer, Chairman of the
Democratic Executive (commit
tee of Gilmer Comity,- meeting
of Democrats- was held today in
rhe Court-house, and- organized
by electing Hon. .Joseph Pickett
Chairman, who stated the object
of the meeting to be to appoint
delegates to represent Gilmer
county in the Gubernatorial Con
vention to be held in Atlanta,
Ga., on the 19th inst., tonominate
a candidate for Governor, State
house offices, and one Congress
man at large, P. H. Milton, Esq,,
was requested to act as Secretary.
On motion—Resolved, That it
ie the wish of this meeting that
Che “Majority Rule” prevail in
Che approaching Gubernatorial
Convention.
€ta motion —Resolved, That it
lW the expression of this meeting,
that the “organised” democracy
ot Gilmer county favor the nom
ination of Hon. A. H. Stephens
tar Governor, Hon. Wm. A.
Wright for Comptroller General,
and Hon. N. C. Barnett for Sec
retary of State. .
On motion the Chair appointed
Messrs. J. P. Cobb ami I. C. Al>
leu as delegate# to said conven
tion, with the privilege of select
ing their own alternates, and
that any delegate or alternate
present at the Convention be au
thorized to cast the vote of the
county.
On motion—Resolved, That
the proceeding of this meeting
be published in “The Ellijay
Courier.’’
On motion—adjourned.
P. H. Milton, Jos. Pickett,
Sec’t’y. Ch’m.
FANNIN IN CONVENTION.
A public meeting was held at
Morganton, Fannin county, o n
the 7lh inst., for the purpose of
appointing delegates to the con
vention to be held in Atlanta on
tbe 19th of July, to nominate a
candidate for Governor, State
offices and a Congressman at
large.
The meeting was called to or
der by O. R. Dupre, Chairman of
the Democratic Executive Com
mittee of said county.
Resolved , Ist, That the meet
ing appoint delegates to the At
lanta Convention.
Resolved , 2d, That J. R. Chas
tain, O. R. Dupre, J. E.Alsebrook,
W. A- Morris and J. J. Morgan be
and they are hereby appointed
delegates to said convention.
Resolved, 3rd, That the dele
gates hereby appointed be in*
structed to vote m said conven
tion for the Hon. James R
Brown, in case his name is put
before said convention,for Gover
nor.
Resolved , 4th, That the “Moun
tain Signal” and“Ellijay Courier”
be requested to publish the pro
ceedings of this meeting.
J. R. Chastain, O. R. Dupre,
Sec’t’y. Ch’m.
The Gainesville Sovlforon says
enthusiastically : “We are glad
to be able to say positively that
the Gainesville and Dalton Rail
road will be speedily built. The
parties having tbe enterprise in
feend have made arrangements
for an tin capital required, and
now nothing remains to he deee
except !go to work and build
the read. This link ef aboet
eighty asks will connect the
Wester* network ef reilaoads,
with the eeeboerd and Mew York,
more tberohglly thin any other
line, and cave about sixty-five
miles in distance - T that it is a ne
eessiiy in travel aad transporta
tion, any ene examining tire map
emmet fail to see. With this
completed. Gainesville will be a
eity sure enough.”
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
, schools last
Monday, aad 1 •til's y®ni:g,dho fair,
the gay,” wfth anxious tread,
started to the various places of
receiving instruction throughout
the country, to obtain that which
should be esteemed greater and
more powerful than all else—
knowledge—and without which
it is impossible to keep pace with
the outside world. Some will
make great and rapid advance
ment, while others, it is true, will
tall far short of achieving that
which Nature and Nature’s Ood
have ordered that they should.
“Days of youth are days of
pleasure,” days of anxiety, days
of frivolity, and days of care,
when destiny has its origin, and
upon which old age is made to
look witli gladness or regret.
How amiable, how cautious, how
well guided slio u 1 and be the
thoughts and actions of youth I
Let the motto of the youth be
to gain information that will not
only be a pleasure and a blessing
to him in this life, but which will
enable him to more fully compre
hend the lessons that may follow
throughout the ceaseless ages ol
eternity.
. . . wa ——
GEN. LUCIUS J. GARTRELL
Camming Clarion : Asa leader
of the Democracy of the Fourth
Congressional district of Georgia
before the war, the above named
gentleman made two triumphant
races for Congress. His old con
stituency have not forgotten him
and intend to honor him with the
heaviest vote ever received by
any man for Governor. Atlanta
hat ever delghted to honor him as
one among ber most distinguish
ed citizens. During the war he
was sent to the Confederate
States Congress, aud shortly after
the war, if we mistake not, he
came near being elected United
States Senator. In 1877 he was
elected to thqConstitutional con
vention. As chairman of the
Judiciary Committee of that body
of able men, by his influence,
wisdom and statesmanship, he
succeeded in having incorporated
in the Constition some of its
most conservative and debt pay-,
ing clauses. In no position at any
time has he ever beeu found
wanting, but has always proven
himself to be equal to any emer
gency.
When in the United States
Congress with Mr. Stephens and
others he stood at the head of the
Georgia delegation. By his elo
quent and fearless advocacy of
Southern rights, rights guaran
teed to the South and to every
State by the Constitution, his
name became a house hold word,
and every Democratic family in
which the newspaper of the day
were read, from Maine to Califor
nia, from the extreinest limits of
the North and North-west
throughout the South and her
many bright, sunny homes.
The Congressional Oloht and
the newspapers from 1851 to 1861
furnish proof of our assertions. We
kept with his course at that time,
and have never forgotten the fact
that Atlanta and the Fourth Con
gressional District had just cause
to be proud of this distinguished
gentleman. Su3h is the man the
Clarion supports for Governor.
With a clean record, a spotless
character and unquestionable
abilities, what hinders every oth
er man in the State of Geor
gia giving him a like support.
There are in the United States,
according to the last census, 12,
830* 000 voters, of which 11, 343,
000 are white and 1,487,900 col
ored. Georgia has 831000, of
whom 178, Oto arc white aad 148,
•than colored ; white majority
over colored , 34, 496. In spec
ulating on these figures, tbe At
lanta Constitution say s :If, there
efire, an aspirant for official hon
ors can poll the colored vote, to
gether with 18,000 votea front the
ranks of white voters, he can car
ry the state. It- is well to under
stand these facts, especially when
so much talk is indulged in rela
tion to splits and bolting. A
split in the democratic party of
Georgia necessarily means ne
gro rule, and the men who pro
pose it or ieul voluntarily accept |
negro denomination ws belter
iliar, a continuance of while ru|§.
This is just the size s of such a
movement as the figures show.—
Cartereville American.
Letter from Albany, Texas.
Editors Courier :
I received Courier of recent
date, —glad to see the worthy ef
fort ot those 1 once new to be
boys of ability and moral worth.
This is but another demonstration
of the fact that talent and moral
integrity will assume worthy po
sition. I’m glad 1 came to Texas,
even as early as 1 did. I will
settle down for life by Septem
ber next. I’ve received mum
letters of inquiry from parties
desiring to coine West. While 1
do not solicit any one to come, I
do say this is far better country
than that. ; in fact, Western Tex
as is to-day what North Georgia
was forty years ago, the young
man’s country. Texas needs and
wants young men of energy and
ambition ou her frontier, and I
know ot* no other section .to-day
that offers the inducements that
the frontier ot Western Texas
does. Mauy Eastern people think
Texas a lawless region, inhabited
by desperadoes &c.—not so, we
have as good society and as law
abiding citizens in this country
as anywhere. Onr criminal court
record shows this fact. 1 admit
that we do not pay that same at
tention to formal society that
many sections do. We are more
after a business order. The fron
tier of Texas is made up of peo
ple who have come here to make
homes for themselves and their
posterity: they invnrinbly suc
ceed. There is no reason why
they should not—land is good
and can be had on the best of
terms. There is a class of per
sons who come to Texas and fail,
they are those who have been
reared up in the ‘eastern hot
houses,’ (schools) and who come
to Texas expecting to find naught
but money and fools. This is not
so in every respect. ’Tis true
money is much more abundant
here than there, but tiie people
of Texas are shrewd, practical
and, l- might add, cunuing ; in
fact they are the keenest men in
the Uuion, aud why ? Because
the population is comuosed of
every nationality and from every
State in the Union. They are
men of reason and experience
and it does not take much of
either to convince a reasoning
mind that anew "country is a
better place for a young man
than an old one. “But new wine
into new bottles, &c.”
The population consists chiefly
of what are here known as old
bachelors, who have forsaken all
that is dear to man and are here
for ihe sole purpose of making a
home for old age. Ol course, off
the troutier we have a mixed
population the same as there, but
men off amilies do not like to set
tle on the border.
When I came here years ago
there was a little Western town
150 miles from R. R. point, now
its a good solid R. R. town.
Of course those who first came
here did well—they had the ad
vantage lti many respects over
those who followed after the R.
R. —they were here—gobbled up
all the best land (then public)
and sell to new comers for big
prices. This Westarn country is
being traversed by roads. Come
to Texas, young man. Don't stop]
in old countries—come as far as 1
civilisation has peeped—settle
down and go to work and yob are
sure to succeed in no short time.
Texas needs no lawyers, doctors
nor other professional gents
Do nut reuse here expecting to
find tbe “corn ready shelled.”
Respects to friends,
D. R. Britt.
Worth Sememberisg, t
Now that good times are again
upon us, it is worth remembering
that no one can enjoy the pleas
antest surroundings if in bad
health. There are hundreds of
miserable people going about to
day with disordered stomach, liv
er or kidneys, when a bottie of
Parker’s Ginger l’onic would do
them more good than all the
medicines they have ever tried.
Gat Hold’s Bill.
Wishing!o# letterS The fe
tors’%ilis in the GlQfieid case
have not been touched y et. Per
haps it is a good thing for poor
Garfield that he died, as the bills
would have swamped him
l'wenly-five thousand dolla.s to
Dr Bliss for eighty days of mis.
takes—the ball was here, there,
everywhere—lor saying 1h e
President had not a synitom of
blood poisoning long alter a
most virulent case had devel
oped, and lor deceiving such of
the public as he could deceive.
Dr. Bliss’ practice never brought
him SIO,OOO a year in his life ; and
the only ground upon which $25,'
000 could be asked would be that
tie had in his treatment of the
President's case lost the remotest
chance for ever having another
patient. In Washington the bill
is laughed at, but it is just possi
ble that, in spite of its absurdity,
it may get through in one o’
those moments of temperary legis
lative aberration like the liver
and harbor steal.
Rails 120 Feet Long.
Anew question among railroad
men regarding the most profita
ble and economical length foi
rails in the track. Up to ten
years ago a rail sixteen feet in
length was a general use ; then
the more prominent lines began
laying a thirtv-lwo feet length
rail. Now several roads are in
troducing a rail eixty feet in
length, and as soon as the new
mill at Chicago is fairly in oper
ation, rails one hundred and
twenty feet in length are to be
manufactured, and tested on one
of the Northwestern lines. This
mill will be the only one in the
country so constructed that a
one hundred and twenty—toot
rail can be turned out. the argu
ment in favor of long rails is the
fact that the chief wear on the
rail is at the joints, which be
come battered usually long be
fore the body of the rail is much
worn. Then it is further argued
that the wheels under the cars
will wear a third longer on a 120
foot rail, they being more worn
in pounding the ends of the rails
Ilian in the actual turning of the
wheel. It will be noticed, fur
ther, that with the lengthening
ot .he rail a heavier rail is taking
the place of a lighter one, but
few first- class roads now laying a
rail lighter than sixty pounds to
the yard. Champions of tlie long
rails favor a rail that will weigh
seventy to eighty pounds to the
yard. They claim that with a
rail one hundred and twenty feel
in length, weighing eighty pounds
to the yard, a track will last a
quarter ef a century, with slight
repairs in the way of new cross
ties. One objection will be, how
ever, its great weight, which will
make it dificulL to handle, unless
it is done by a derrick car.
Doubting.
Cherish your doubts. Be kind
to them. Do not smother them
out with conventionality. “Your
doubts aro the brightest things
about you.” All truth was once
a doubt in some one’s mind. Eve
ry reformation lias been fathomed
by a doubt. Every improvement
in society, government or relig
ion was born of a doubt. The
progressive philosophers have
looked on the old system with
doubt, and behold, new and bet
ter systems hive been born to
the world. Every invention has
come to light because someone
doubled tbe old and believed in
the new. Socrates, Plato, Kant,
Bacon. Newton, Darwm and
Spenoer were men who questoned
tbe present, and so lilted ud tbe
Inlure. Truth says: “Tbe belief
instilledinto all of us wben we
were exceedingly young was
tbet doubters would go to hell
sure. That to say, if a very bad
bay should bethink him that
some tbiags taught to him were
strangely improbable, and should
really give his growing mind
the tree rein of examination and
doubt, when he grew up to be a
man, he would be dammed. Mill
ions of us were taught at school
that to doubt now was to be datn
med hereafter to believe row U>
be Jeautified hereafter. § TlieM
wsfrjio middle course. Hal, sup
pose the theory that doubPirs lit#
no business in the domain of
thought had been applied to secu
lar as well as to sacred tilings?
Where would be Gailileo, New
ton, Edison, Columbus, and
Christ, himself, according to the
gospel? Never cheek your
doubt; examine, investigate* rea
soil, prove—if possible. That is
the province of manhood; no
harm can come of it.”
It may sound strangely, but it is
true, that the greatest doubler is
the greatest believer; but his be
lief is in the future. He recog
nizes the good to-day, but he
questions if the best has yet been
realized ; and so ought of this
doubt be builds for the coming
day. Do not quench your doubts.
They contain the seeds of your
progress in every elevated field.
Your doubts are your redeemer. —
Indianapolis Herald .
B. H. Hill—What Henry Grady
Says of the Great Tribune.
Atlanta Constitution.
1 called to Mr, Ilill last week,
and as every wrd -that comes from
him is pivcious to his people, l vent
ure to record my impressions. He
•vas sitting in an easy chair, but sat
"ereet. A white bandage passed over
the crown of his head caught the j .ws
firmly and covered ms wounds Frrtm
sight. The upper part of his b. dy show
ed no emaciation, but his legs had
thinned considerably. Ia ta'kiag Mr.
Hill is as graceful its ever* JJe uses
his favorite gesture putting iJI hands
together by joining the tips oSie fin
gers and thumbs—as much as ever,
and gestures quite freely. He has a
habit ot touching his head just back of
tbe wound every few minutes, and tap
ping it gently. Tbe saddest about Mrr
Hill—sadder ever than the limping
speech—is tbe pained end strange ex
pression of hia eyes. They stare at
you in strained and fixed way, as if
they were impelled by ame other
power than that which directs his
speech or gestures. What Georgiaa
does not remember how these same
eyes were in the old days truly the
windows of his soul ? How tl.eir lights
and shadows varied with his every
mood 1 How they flashed with his an
ger, sparkled with bis humor, or melted
wiih his pathos ! Now th' y are two
areat gray orb—-fixed, unvarying, slow
to move—manful in iheis quiet rts g
iia:ion, and ye; mournful beyond words ;
half que-tiouinig, but no eager; hall
appealing, aad not weak. It is as il
the marvelous springs that moved Mv m
had been palsied, and b yond their irn
pul. ive depths a s'rickeii 1 fe whs mov
ing uneasily. No gesture h..s its refb-x
lu them, n.> word its emphasis, no sen
timeut its interpretation, and the only
change that conies to them is when,
through pain or sympathy, a cloud
swe. ps over the clear gray surface, and
a tear gathering beneath the iids rolls
down the palhd cheek.
A Delightful Novelty.
Ladies preler Fiores ion Co
logne because they find this last
ing combination of exquisite pei
fumes a delightful novelty.
nni n Great chance to make money
uUillj. Tho3e who aL-ays lake ad
vantage of the g >od chances for mak
nig money that are offered, generally
qecorne wealthy, while those who do
not improve such chances remain in
poverty. Wc want many men, women
boys and girls to work for us right in
their own localities. An)one can do
the work properly from the first start.
The business will pay more than ten
times ordinary wages. Expensive out
fit furniahed free. No one who en
gages fails to make money rapidly.
You can devote your whole time to the
work, or only yogr spare moments.
Full information and all that is needed
sent free. Address Stinson & Cos.,
jan. 19—ly Portland, Me.
JllAA 3 week > n your own town. $5
' ;|X||NGutfit free. No risk. Every-
I new. Capital not required
liwwiVe will furnish you everv
thing. Many are making for
tunes. Ladies make as much as men,
and boys and gffls make great pay.
Reader, ifyou want* business at which
you can make great pay all the time
you work, write for particulars to
H. Hal LETT <fe Cos., Portland Maine,
jan. 19—ly.
BROWN AND RUSHTON,
DALTON ; OA.
Jewelers, Limit Cei’on Merchants,
Watches, Cloeks, Jewelry, Silver-plated
Ware, Spectacles, Ac. Great bargains in
Crockery, Glassware, Clothing and No.
tfohs. Inducements offered country mer
chants to buy their Clocks, Spectacles,
potions, Ac., nf ns. aeL Wy.
Al3llll1 At,d -WOKPHIN E Habit
■ 8 rev 1 $i to HBcitreil in !0 to 30 tiny . Ten yearses
-1 ( 111 Bwl tblf,h..(); toco cured. Write eut
i h BFI mrcn‘ • tin. Kau-ji, Q>;*v*y, Y\,h
ID fill! SBITB.
1 FOR 1882
EXTRAORDINARY ATTKACI IONS.
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CLUBS OF THREE AT. $2.00)
The Sum.y South has long been
ognized by the American people as a
grand succ.ss, and' everybody is de
lighted. But each year adds to its in
terest and importance, and during the
ensuing twelve months it will be far su
perior *o its former self in every par
ticular.
MB'*. MARY E; BRYAN
will be chief assistant ill -the edtoria 1
management, with L. L. Veazy, Esq.
and Richard Penfield to help. She
w 11 run some of her best stores dur
i> g the y. ar.
FATHER A. J. BRYAN,
known aud loved all over the south as
uur sw. etest poet, and as the author of
“ Furl that Banner,” will be a regular
c ntritutor of prose and poetry. He
will also write a story.
betsy' Hamilton k
will e niiiiue to edify and convulse thi
public with her quaint ideas aud imm
italde stvle from ;he B.ickwoods.
' SLIM JIM
will b"giu anew series of “Off Hand
Talks” upon the popular questions of
the day.
BILL ARP’S PEN
will not be allowed to rest long. His
wage ■dvi— awt eewibk s<nnpstioDs
are too p"pular.
TALMAGE’S sermons
from the great i rooklyn Tabernacle,
w II continue to appear regularly
BENCH AND BAR OF GEO.
Under ibis head will appear original
sketches and anecdotes of prominent
living'and dead members of the beucb
and bar of Georgia. *
THE SOUTHERN HOUSEHOLD.
This is one oi the most popular de
partments with all Southern and Nor
thern women, and all are urged r to con
tribute to it.
CORPORATE MONOPOLIES.
The brilliant series of articles upon
this subject, by the Hon. Stephen D.
Dallaye, ol Washington City, will be
continued.
STORIES! STORIES! <
Con'inued and short stories by thfv
best writers of the diy will appear in:
every issue. Newsto ies will be com-'
mended every few weeks duiiug the
year.
BIOGRAPHIES a. and PORTRAITS
‘Our Portrait Gallery,” wi brrketeh
es ol' the prominent men aud won-en if
the hour, w.li be kept up with anew
interest.
Society gossip, l inn and home, con
dens and news ol the States, nuswrs to
correspondents, letters from all point-,
' dom totes, etc., will continue to be
prominent feirur. s <■( the p .per.
of three or ui re will re
oe*v-eit,-ui.s2a year.
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