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GEORGIA HOME JOURNAL.
W. ADDISON KNOWLES, Prop’r.
VOLUME XIV-NUMBEK 24
IIBUM
(SOVEREIGN WELL OF
I THE PEOPLE TO
PREVAIL!
bimi™ i
Let the vote of this
[county redeem the
EIGHTH GEORGIA
DISTRICT.
Lilli! TP Til Films !
Lnd tell the nation whether or
NOT YOU ARE CONTENT TO HAVE A
DISTRICT WHICH HAS STOOD
THE GRANDEST IN OUR
ANNALS LONGER BE
THE LOWEST
ON THE
LIST.
I The hottest primary campaign perhaps
in the history of Greene county will to
morrow reach its crisis at the polls,
which are to be held at all the voting dis
tricts. In Greenesboro the polls open
at 6a. m. and close at op. m. In the in
terior districts they will open at 9 a. m.
and close at 3p. m. We urge the impor
tance of forwarding the results to this
point in safe and proper custody as early
as practicable.
The questions of candidacy tomonow
relate only to the Governorship and Con
gressman. We cannot of course foretell
the result. The candidates are, for Gov
ernor Hon. A. O. Bacon and Gen. John
B. Gordon; for Congress, Hon. 11. 11.
Carlton and the present incumbent, Hon.
Seaborn Reese. The county we believe
to be closely divided on the Governor
ship, but there is no doubt, we think, of
a one-sided Congressional fight. If we
are not woefully blind to the indications
that reach this office, Captain Carlton
will lead the gubernatorial ticket, who
ever shall be the successful aspirant for
the latter place.
Besides Captain Carlton’s stainless rec
ord, both in the war and in the legisla
tive halls of Georgia, where he now holds
the highest position, being next to the
Governor in rank, and besides his admir
able personal qualities and political ca
e, his chances have been greatly en-
Iby the determined stand taken
by himself and his friends for free and
open primaries and against court house
cliques and star-chamber nominations.
The farmers recognize this attitude of
the young statesman, and they have been
flocking to his support ever since he en
tered the contest.
The friends of Reese have been “fix
ing” things, as usual, but the result of
tomorrow’s primaries will surprise a good
many wire-workers whose methods were
at one time very successful in deciding
matters for the people, whether the peo
ple liked it or noff.
It beliooves every patriotic citizen of
this county, nevertheless, to go to the
polls and assert himself tomorrow. You
have now a free and untrammelled way
to determine for yourself who shall be
your Governor and who shall be your
Congressman. If you now fail to employ
the means thus open to the exercise of
your inalienable rights as voters, you
may And hereafter that you have forfeit
ed a high and holy privilege of citizen
ship that will relapse into the abhorrent
'ni]g” methods that you ought at this
crisis to stamp out for all time.
[From the Augusta Chronicle.]
An Appeal to The People.
The Bacon men in this canvass need
organizing. They are in the majority in
nearly all the different counties, but they
have seen their delegates in many instan
ces instructed for General Gordon by
effective organization rather than by
superior number's. The Bacon men have
moved like unwieldy and unwielded ar
mies, devoid of system and lacking in
discipline. Their numbers have, given
them confidence—too muek confidence.
'Virile the Gordon men have been sending
out teams and bringing the Gordon men
o town, the Bacon men have relied cn
■* _ l,e V u P°n the natural popular prefer
r! c ® for their candidate and have not
ned.to mass their strength at any one
one or hr concentrate their effort in any
” e Be iK cause can hope to succeed,
*r cai, didate can aspire for election who
£**not match force with organizatiou,
jj.Y I ®.® 0 ® 8 not meet sorties with well
‘nsclphned forces.
. Gordon men have prated about
pnmajles,’’ when they show that their
c are just suited to mass meetings,
e orass hands, the sudden appearances
.'onnt.es where meetings are being
r l, . ® packed conventions and their
inconsiderate action in
wliich they control by party ma
wiii^*' y T tlleßC s * low how far they are
tru . st tlle People.
does not want the Bacon
tl*e Gordon managers in
tiiu°r ™ ei f methods. We are making
40 condemn many of these
; ?, IM * 10 make tliem odious iu the
friunu l'cop'c. But we appeal to our
sti y w nere to concentrate tlielr
i, rt to make their support in every
tolm,!. county available; to put their
, l lu 1,1 ujarcliing order; to be ready
, I* movements of the other
‘ i meet them in ojieit, honorable hat
point, and rout them with
Ut'm and thorough organiza
•ndtJ.iLu* Ua ’ y ctn ‘J° it Uiov will work,
U| is they must do if tlusy would win.
—
“ ll “J Bwtriet DniiiiM’rutU!
Hkmitive CJuiiimitUie.
ft, ( oiniuiUee of Mm* *lli
I 'nhi, l? 1 1*®* mMmI is called to meet at
llti, on Thursday, June
~ 1 H o'clock, to provide fur a
a || M 11,11,1 * 1 i,iu the J)iatrid to nominate
*i andidute for Congress,
y i l j *‘''*sj* hUSOOK, C'll’u,
ROLL CALL.
SOME OF THE PEOPLE OF GREENE WHO
ARE FOR H. H. CARLTON
The formation of Carlton Clubs was
undertaken throughout Greene county
with assiduous promptness, and the suc
cess of the measure was gratifying in the
extreme. The incessant rains of the
week, however, retarded not only the
work of reaching those who were well
known partisans of Captain Carlton, but
they delayed the lists from the outlying
districts until many of them were too
late for publication. This was made still
more regrettable from the fact that we
were obliged, on account of the unparal
leled demand for our paper, to go to press
many hours earlier than usual.
It will be seen from the list that but
three clubs out of nine are represented,
but as the “official organ” had the kind
ness in its astute calculation of results to
award us about one hundred and fifty
Carlton men in the county—(that is to
say, they claim for Reese (SOO majority)—
we think they will find a few more" vo
ters registered below than they were wil
ling to concede. Six Carlton clubs are
not included in this list, and the persons
named are farmers, merchants, mechan
ics and others:
L B Willis, J N Armor, I, C Perdue, A
L Kimbrough. T S Hutchinson, A NT
Robins, Geo A Hall, C A Davis, sr., I) H
Sandeis, O P Awtrey, W G Durham, E W
Goodwin, S D Linton, C J Park, C M
Sanders, W K Jackson, W Griffin, N H
DeJarnette, A K Boone, Jas L Brown, T
II Morgan, B F Bickers, Y S Hall, I, C
Torbert, W Addison Knowles, J E Ar
mor, J H Gheesling, J B Y Warner, Jno
C Hart, A S Seals, A II Winter, E D
Jones, C S Ellington, Bismuth Miller, J
II Moncrief, J A Wright, W A Montgom
ery. T A Branch, M II Sanders, O T Irby.
W C Tunison, Geo W Nickelson, E J
Merritt, A G Harris, W H Shy, JolmS
'Hall, N T Atkinson, C E Monfort, T C
Conaway, E J Stanley, A B Echols, G D
Moore, E W Armor, Tol Hutchinson,
J L Harris, W D Kelley, K O Montgom
ery, C B Echols. L B Robinson A L Bick
ers, S J Harwell, A W Henley, E H Mc-
Cauley, CII Armor, A A Guilt, W B
Vibbert, J L Crossley, B C McWhorter.
W O Wilson, B L Ward, J F Hall, J M.
Mitchell, Geo C Wilson, E L Holland, W
II Branch, I K Hall, T S Irby, G W Mil
ler, J A Callahan, R A Maxey, W G Ford
I) B Jackson, R J Dawson, J F Turnell,
T B Wood. J M Turnell, W P Fitzger
ald, C B Swanson, C P Miller, J H
Crawford, J II Gresham, V D Gresnam,
Robt Turnell, J W Miller, J F Veal, W
W B Mcltee, J E Mcßee, R B Mcßee, S
J Pyron, C C Pyron, W H Pyron, J F
Cartwrfght, Geo C Davis, Keayes R Tur
neli, John Jackson, W T Foster. A R
Foster, Daniel Coat, Wm Neal, P Wray,
O P Wilson, J E Tarply, R L Burgess,
P Williams, J R Porter, F J Freeman, J
L Kell. J T Burgess, Jas Gann, sr., Jas
Gann, jr., John Baucliam, John Gann,
Charley Potter, Natt Wray, J R Wheeler,
J L Davenport, T W Powell. J J
Haynes, S Stroud, S F Bowden, N Bur
gess, J T Butler, J T Felton, Syl Wray,
Jas Crow, Steve Crow, Taylor Arthur,
Boh Ward. S Phillips, J M Moore, John
Ogletree, B H Kinnebrew, T J Stehens,
S M Janes, W B Janes, J L Fambrough,
S Bernstein, John Fisher, Ben Wray, F
Josh Ford. Tlios Ford, W H Stovall, L
’Stovall, Bob Venable, J C Lankford,
E. C. Daniel.
RESOLUTIONS.
THE MORGAN COUNTY CARLTON CLUB
HITS THE NAIL ON THE HEAD.
Resolved, That the confidence of
the Carlton Club in the Hon. H. H.
Carlton remains unshaken, even af
ter a careful reading of the Madi
sonian's amusingly ridiculous ed
itorial of June 9.
Resolved Further, That it is
the honest and decided conviction of
the members of this club that the
Democracy of the Hon. H. H. Carl
ton is as far above that of the pub
lisher of the Madisonian as the
heavens are above the earth.
Carlton Club.
Madison, Ga , June 9, 1886.
Carlton fn Madison.
Madison, June 7.—Captain Carlton
took this town by storm today. The
court house was crowded by representa
tive men from all over Morgan, among
whom were a large farmer element. Cap
tain Carlton’s remarks Were received with
frequent and long applause, and the ef
fect was plainly to be seen in the
congratulations and handshakings that
followed. He spoke for an hour and a
half, and though occasionally interrupted
by questions from Mr. Blackburn and
others, he at no time lost his composure
and at no time failed to put iu an em
phatic response to interrogations. He
characterized a certain publication in the
Madisonian purporting to come from
Clarke county as a forgery, and defied
the Madisonian to reveal the author’s
name. He went even further. He de
clared that it had never emanated from
Clarke county. He said there was no
man in that county mean and low euougli
to write and send such a letter. This was
a powerful point, as the editor of the
Madisonian was preseut and did not at
tempt to vindicate the authenticity of the
publication or to prove that it was not a
forgery. To other questions Captain
Carlton was prompt, even instant, to an
swer with an emphasis and self-posses
sion that swayed his listeners strongly
to his side, if indeed they were got al
ready favorable to him. Tim effect of
his remarks, notwithstanding Interrup
tions, was telling. You can sat down
Morgan county for Carlton with certain
ty. It is reported here that Jteeso will
urrive home and take the stump. It Is
not believed, however, as it is eouceded
even by Iteese's best friends that the line
for Idui to follow is one eminently of
"silence,” lie cannot hone for anything
by speaking, glut it is far from likely that
I Its Will veninr to say a wold, Kliowld lie
doeo, it will lata harvest of voles for
t art ton, who will meet Idm fere to face,
Mono**,
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i to voir on Sat unlay for H. It. UaH-
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DEVOTED TO THE GENERAL WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE.
GREENESBORO, GEORGIA. FRIDAY MORNING. JUNE 11. 1886 -EIGHT PAGES.
CAMPAIGN CARAMELS.
TOOTHSOME MORSELS FOR THE HONEST
DEMOCRATIC MASSES.
—The farmers are resolved to extin
guish the court house ring.
_ —“Macon county has five one-arm sol
diers and they are all against Gordon.”—
Montezuma Record.
—The people of Greene county—we say
the people —will on Saturday sit down on
the court house ring.
—That UNIT was at the Reese caucus
on Saturday. And it had to be blanketed
to keep from freezing.
—The result of Reese’s partisans of the
court house ring will be plainly seen in
the farmers’ vote for Carlton tomorrow.
—The sturdy fanners of Greene county
will tomorrow poll .their votes for Cap
tain H. 11. Carlton for Congress. That
is certain.
—When you see a man sneaking around
another’s hen coop nosing for “motives,”
keep your eye on him. He’s after your
chickens.
—A letter from Elbert county says: “I
give it as my opinion the county will
give Gordon and Carlton a majority of
one or two hundred.”
—Why, oil! why don’t the ring organ
get from Mr. Congressman Reese Dr.
Gibbs’ “two impertinent letters,” and
publish them? Why, oh! why?
—Authentic information from Morgan
county states that it will certainly send
Carlton delegates; but Bacon's friends
must bestir themselves if they triumph.
—lf Major A. O. Bacon shall be’defeat
ed in Greene county tomonow, it will be
largely due to the support of the ring or
gan of Greene county—“your county pa
per?’
—Hon. H. H. Carlton says: “I have
never made any remark derogatory of
the Knights of Labor, and I defy any
man to establish any fact going to show
that I have spoken of them except with
respect.”
—From Elbert county comes this:
“There is a regular tidal wave here for
Carlton, and Mr. Reese has no more
chance of capturing Elbert than he has
of succeeding Cleveland as President of
the United States.”
—That Gen. Gordon’s war record is all
right, says the Dalton Citizen, there can
be no doubt. But what sort of a record
would he make as Governor of Georgia,
is what we and the people of the State
are interested in knowing.
—[Special to The Augusta Chronicle] —
Athens, Ua., June 4. —The Congres
sional contest is getting very lively here
between Seab. Reese and Dr. Henry Carl
ton. The impression prevails here that
Dr. Carlton will secure the nomination.
—“A private meeting of Air. Reese’s
friends was held, and the crowded court
room evidenced that Greene’s pulse beats
overwhelmingly for his re-election.’’—
Greenesboro Herald.
A “private meeting” in a “crowded
court room’’ is good!
—The LaGrange Reporter does not
question that Gen. Gordon was a great
and dashing leader in war, but there
is no fight tn hand just now, “and we
want,” says the Reporter, “a level head
ed, trained statesman, like Bacon, to
carry on the government of Georgia.”
—Carlton clubs will report the results
on Saturday in their districts as promptly
as possible to the Carlton Club at this
point. They will also see that certain
of their opponents, in their lofty anxiety
to vitiate the will of the people, do not
vote twice or at different points. Tallies
kept as already arranged will prevent
this.
—“The candidates for next Congress
from this district are Seaborn Reese, of
Sparta, and 11. 11. Carlton, of Athens.
We charge that Mr. Reese has shown
himself to be both unworthy and faith
less to the trust reposed in him. They
want the best man they can get, and Mr.
Reese certainly is not that man.” —Ea-
tonton Messenger.
—Col. Avery, writing to his cupitol
paper from Athens says: “There is con
siderable interest and excitement in the
Congressional race here. Dr. H. H.
Carlton, of this place has, become a can
didate against Mr. Seab Reese, the pres
ent Congressman, and the impression
prevails here that Carlton will defeat
Reese for the nomination.”
—For many years the Eighth district
gloried in a Representative who was a
Christian himself and advocate and pa
tron of religion. Alas! alas! it was an
evil day when from some mysterious
cause Providence permitted the present
incumbent to be inflicted upon our * peo
ple. Let us remove as far as practicable
our shame and reproach.
—The Greenesboro ring organ is indig
nant because the Athens Banner-Watch
man says that the Carlton Club of Athens
will manage Captain Carlton’s campaign.
It thinks that this looks like arrogance.
And yet the Greenesboro ring organ tells
the people of Greene that lteese will have
000 majority on Saturday. Doesn’t this
last look a good deal more like arrogance.
—Oglethorpe county will have a mass
meeting on the first Tuesday in’ July,
1880, to decide as to the manner and time
of appointing delegates to the guberna
torial and Congressional conventions
soon to he held, as well as to attend to
any other business of the party that may
he deemed proper, Hon, B, B, Maddox
has announced himself as a candidate for
re-election to the legislature.
—“The people understand the frantic
efforts making in certain quarters to en
compass the defeat of Seal) Kecse. The
animtiM is plain, the motive clear.”—
Greenesboro Herald.
Now, come from behind that “fenco”
or down from that “tree” and tell us
what you know about “animus.” “mo
tive," or, in fact, anything at all. “We’re
lis’nin’.”
—“We have heretofore been an ardent
supporter of Hon. Seaborn lieese for
Congress in both of his races—believing
him to he an honest, able and competent
man for the position. We still believe
him to he all this, and have no special
light to make against him. But while
this js true, we feel it to be not only our
privilege, l>ut opr dgty, to support lion.
If. H, Carlton in the present canvass for
the nomination, ami we siiall do so with
all the uarnestuess of our imture.”-Duii
ielsvllle Monitor.
—From an article In The Messenger
of last October, headed "Work of the
I Legislature,” and written by one of
I'utuam'a ablest and laist citizens, we
reproduce t|ie following! "11l closing
\ Mils lengthy letter, let urn refer to the
' presiding officers of tlie two branches of
' ihe legislature if arlUm iu the hpnaln amt
l.flile Iff tlie I(ntyee,f lloiii are gentle
men of fare ability an*! have discharged
their duties alilv ami Iwitai daily, |f
I Georgia does not assign them In higher
i Meiions alw will mistake her utvw Inter *
| Mia,'*
CORRESPONDENCE.
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS NOTES
WE PUT IN PIOKLE.
THIS DONE SO THAT IF SET ASIDE FOR
A FUTURE RELISH THEY CAN BE
RELIED ON TO “ KEEP.”
WOODVILLE,
... .Grass looking fine.
Wheat much damaged by rust.
Mr. Arthur Janes was in the vil
lage last Saturday.
....Gentlemen will not despoil the
sanctuary. Young men, think before you
spit.
....On account of so touch sickness,
there was no prayer meeting last Sunday
night.
Mrs. R. B. Smith returned home
from a very pleasant visit to Atlanta last
Monday.
Captain Smith is making prepara
tions for an exhibition at the close of liis
school in July.
The corn crop is very flattering at
present, but look out when the July
drought comes!
The continued rain this week has
thrown fanners back, and given General
Green the lead.
The class meeting will lie held at
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. McWhorter’s this
evening at early candle light.
Ho! all you who can vote! come
to the polls tomorrow and cast your votes
for Governor and Congressman.
Many thanks to Brother H, for the
very flattering compliment paid one of
our boys last week—though we do not
admire his taste.
The sexton of the Woodville Bap
tist church most kindly requests the
young gentlemen to please not spit to
bacco on the floor.
—Democrats are not required to regis
ter at the primary election. Any person
who will be qualified to vote in October
is entitled to vote tomorrow.
The sick ones around here are too
numerous to mention, but their many
friends will be pleased to learn that they
are somewhat improving, at this writing,
(Monday.)
On the fifth Sunday and Saturday
before of last month, whicli was Sunday
before last, Kev. Mr. Caldwell preached
two interesting sermons to quiet, atten
tive audiences.
Alert.
MACEDONIA.
... .Harvest close at hand.
... .Gardens are looking fine since the
rains.
Vince Sanford is expected home
soon from Rome.
Unless the farmers stir early and
late General Green will gain the day.
Mrs. Thomas Miller, president of
the Ladies’ Aid Society, earnestly requests
that every member be present next Sat
urday morning at half past nine o’clock.
—We learn the Sabbath school at this
place intends to have a celebration some
time during the summer months. We
hope you will be on hand then, Mr. Ed
itor. [Thanks.]
—We are glad to learn that Prof. John
Kell, who recently left this place to take
charge of a school in Jackson county,
is meeting with success. Ilis school now
numbers thirty-foar, and they continue
to come in.
We learn that the Sabbath school
at McWhorter’s intends to gel an organ
to help out the music. This will be a
great help to them. While they have
good singing, yet an organ would aid it
considerably.
Owing to the rain last Sunday
there was no preaching at Atkinson, as
Mr. Downs lives too far to come, only
in clear weather. The school at this
place also failed to meet off account of
the rain and mud.
“Spy,” of the Herald, says he had
no idea that the Home Joubnai. visited
so many homes. If he had asked ns we
could have, told him. Of course, that is
the way to have a happy home Just sub
scribe for the Jovkxai,.
....Preaching at this p]yce on next
Saturday and Sunday by the pastor.
Rev. W. A. Overton. We hope he will
not fail to meet his congregation this
time. They were greatly disappointed
at his non-appearance last second Satur
day.
The school organized a choir last
Sunday week of about a dozen young men
and young ladies. They have obligated
themselves to sing on preaching days as
well as in their school. This choir is
composed of good material, and can be
made a success if properly conducted.
We wish them much success.
A good one is being circulated
on Dob Porter and Seymour Fainbro.
Heeently they went to spend the night
at a place not a thousand miles off, per
haps down on Sandy Creek, for all we
know. Bed time came on, and of course
these children were put to bed, After
they went to their room one was heard to
say to tho other “These bedclothes are
not to sleep on.” Therefore they pro
ceeded to strip the bed, and fold up the
tilings. Then they laid them in a chair.
Bob says he has been suffering with a
crick in his neck ever since, while Sey
mour savs he never sleut a dogone bit.
... .Tlie behavior at tlie Sunday school
at this place has been anything hut good
for the last four Sundays, We do not
claim to he perfect ourselvos, but we do
think tho young people ought to have
more respect for the house of G< si and
their superintendaut than to giggle ami
talk so much, especially during prayer.
We think the school would prosper bet
ter if there were more older people en
gaged in it. The behavior would fie bet
ter, we know, and that would add a
great deal to the school. We also notice
several young men spitting on the lioor.
They surely ought to have more respect
for themselves, if they have mint) for
tlie house of Upd.
Kxnoxq,
-From the following it will lip seen that
our esteemed fellow-i ltlaen, .Indus Park,
is siHiskiug a good word for Bacon in
Madison. The Madisonian Mays: "The
meeting of the Bacon cluh at Foster’s
hall Thursday night was full of Interest
and enthusiasm. A gistd attendance was
incseiit, and the speakers expressed con
jldence over the outlook. Judge Park,
of Gleeticslioro, a gentleman of good
sense and Hue ludgmeut, spoke to the
clgh ip answer to repented cells, ami
made a Hue Ituinessoin, lip MprtuMiNt
hliii*e|f a# hopeful over ike result (p
Greene, ami woe frequently inlettupMm
i 9f tq4UMt/'
SILVER WEDDING.
MAGNIFICENT RECEPTION AT CAPTAIN
evan p. howell’s.
We had the distinguished pleasure to
be present at the silver wedding reception
tendered by Captain and Mrs. Evan P.
Howell at their delighful home in West
End, Atlanta, on Jhst Saturday evening.
'The occasion was, as intimated, the
twenty-fifth anniversary of the marriage
of this gentleman to Miss Julia Erwin,
of South Carolina. That event succeeded
but shortly the earliest shock of the war,
to wit, the bombar iment of Fort Sumter,
and anticipated by a little more than
one month the first great pitched bat
tle between the States, the Battle of
Manassas. It must be a joyous reflec
tion to the amiable and ardeut pair that
although they were wed in a period of
military turmoil such as perhaps this
country can never again experience, yet
no marks of war, no moment of strife,
ever stole across their threshold, and it
is the recompense of a quarter of a cen
tury well and lovingly spent together
that now, at the crisis of a hot and
acrinfbnious political struggle, they can
step within the sacred pale of a pure and
unruffled epoch where only peace is
queen, and where it is the blessed priv
ilege of but few indeed to enter arm in
arm and heart in heart. Long and un
clouded life to the twain, their sole rival
ry being in the wage of each for greatest
worthiness and love of the other.
The celebrated German Fusilier hand
of Charleston discoursed delicious accom
paniments to the many artceteras that
were supplied for the delight of their
hosts of admiring and congratulating
friends and guests.
[Banner Watchman.]
Carlton Campaign Dots.
Carlton’s boom’s a booming.
Put Morgan in the Carlton column.
Eli is nowhere compared to the way
Carlton is getting there.
Take out Reese’s kinfolks iii Morgan
and where are his supporters ?
If you have got any hen. teeth just send
them to Rutledge. They are powerfully
anxious to And a Reese man up there.
If a candidate wants to kill his chances
for election in Morgan county let him
secure the support of the Madisonian,
and if he isn’t a dead coon-skin then, we
will pay for lying.
“Mr. Furlow is a clever, affable gentle
man, and has the confidence of our peo
ple,” says tlie Madisonian. You are
right, and our people don’t apppreciatc
the shameful manner in which he war
treated by Mr. Reese. Yon just wait.
Said a prominent Reese man to us
yesterday: “If things don’t change soon
Carlton will sweep the county like a cy
clone. I never saw such opposition to
one man as that which is manifested
against Reese. Morgan county seems h
be almost a unit for Carlton.”
Mr. Reese secured the appointment of
Mr. Blackburn for postmaster at Mad ism
solely because he desired the support o:
the Madisonian in the coming Congres
sional campaign; or, in other words, he
deliberately sold an office within his gift
to serve his own political aspirations.
This cannot be truthfully denied.
“No applicant for office will be appoint
ted by the President unless he is endorsed
by the Congressman from his district,”
croaks the Madisonian. Is that so ? How
about Renfroe, of Atlanta? It appears
to us that Congresman Hammond was
bitterly opposed to his appointment as
postmaster of that city, yet ho got there
all the same.
Mr. Blackburn thinks that the people
of this county repose more confidence in
him than in Ed Furlow. That is Mr.
Blackburn’s opiniou. The people enter
tain a different idea, and they are going
to express it in such a way that it won’t
be at all to the taste of either Mr. Black
burn or Mr. Reese.
The Madisonian says: “If Dr. Carlton
bases his chances of election on the re
sult in Morgan county, he may as well
‘set his trigger’ for two years hence.”
Let’s see. There are 109 white democrat
ic voters in Madison. Out of this number
117 are members of the Carlton club.
Rutledge, which is the next strongest
voting precinct in the county, is said to
be solid for Carlton. These are our fig
ures; now let the editor of the Madisoni
an give his.
Silkx.
P’rotit Elbert.
Ei.bkrton, Ga., June 3, 188(1.
Editor* Home Journal: —I desire to cor
rect a false impression created by my let
ter to you of May 22. in regard to the
postofiice appointment. I used this lan
guage: “If Col. Mattox supports Reese it
will be a dark liay for him. After read
ing the article I see clearly that this lan
guage is calculated to create quite a dif
ferent impression from tlie one intended.
Col. Mattox is my friend, and has done
me many favors. I was for him until he
withdrew from the Congressional race,
and would he for him now if he were in
the race, l regret that he has with
drawn. Tho language creates the im
pression of a threat on my part against
Col. Mattox, and that I am embittered
toward him; but this is not the case.
What I meant was simply that the people
of Elbert county, three-fourths of whom
are opposed to the appointment made by
Mr. Ilecse, would resent any effort on the
part of Col. Mattox to secure the delega
tion from Elbert for Reese.
The reason I referred to Col. Mattox
was because all of tlie influences in tlie
county are, in my opinion, against Mr.
Reese except Col. Mattox, ami that Mr.
Reese would stand no- chance for this
county unless Col. Mattox supported
him. I have no information that lie will
support Mr. Reese, lie may be against
him; if so Mr. Reese is in a distressed
condition over here.
Elbert will shake hands with Greene.
We will carry Elbert.
11. W. Cf.KVkt.AlfP'
('Helton's Loyally,
Home llutiilent iiimpaigu frauds pre
tend to question the quality of Carlton's
Democracy, Let every man remember
that Carlton is now (‘resident of the
Georgia Ncnate, and that lie lias three
times represented Clarke in the lower
house at Atlanta. It is arrant nonsense
and pillalde iguoranee for a man to sup
pose the (Senate of Georgia would eieet a
man disloyal iu the slightest degree to
the Deiiioeratie party. Besides lids,
the Banner-Wale liman's and Choke
county's support of lai lion Hiiui the
caw* idly Insinuation hack Info t|ie tvs tit
of tin* t snipalgu liar. And further,
the liiiuis Jot Me At, would not support
nipt if hu Dvuiocrwy hud I taint,
IN MEMORIAM.
THE SCHOLARS’ TRIBUTE TO A BELOVED
SCHOOLMATE.
We, the scholars of Stonewall High
School, wish to give an expression oi
our grief and sympathy in memory of oui
schoolmate, Mary Estelle, only daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. I*. Wagnon, who died
very suddenly on June 3, 1880.
To know her well was but to love her.
With her quiet, gentle manners, she soon
won her way to the hearts of all; and
now we miss her oh! so much.
Dearest sister! thou hast left us,
And thy loss we deeply feel;
But ’tis God that hath bereft us—
He can all our sorrows heal.
She used to say her favorite song was:
From every stormy wind that blows,
From every swelling tide of woes,
There is a calm, a sure retreat,
’Tis found beneath the mercy seat.
We hope-she gave her young heart to
Jesus, and found that ‘-Sure retreat.”
We tender to the bereaved parents and
family our deepest sympathy, and pray
that they may he resigned to this griev
ous affliction, and be enabled to see that
“Behind a frowning providence He hides
a smiling face.” We hope and pray that
we, her schoolmates, may be warned by
her sudden death, ever remembering
“That in such an hour as we look not for
Him, the Son of man cometh.”
We resolve to send a copy of these reso
lutions to the family of our dear school
mate and to the papers for publication.
Callie Durham,
Effie Reynolds,
Gertrude Edmundhon,
Maßy W. Reynolds,
Georgia Davis,
Ai.ice Smith.
Committee of Scholars.
ODDS AND ENDS.
JUST A LICK AT LOCALS THAT WOULD
NOT BE CROWDED OUT.
—Don’t miss the Episcopal lawn picnic
this evening at Mayor Lewis’ lawn.
—Gents grass cloth, linen and mohair
Dusters 50cts to $2 at Copelan, Seals A
Armor's.
—Hon. W. D. Tutt, of Augusta, will
address the people of White Plains on
tho political issues today (Friday.)
—Copelan, Sea’s i Armor are sole
agents for the Pearland Rex Shirts. 75cts
to SI, unlaundred; buy m.se aiui you
have the best made.
—“Joel’s” admirable amiable Augusta
letter lias been unavoidably crowed from
our columns, with other matter that wi
deemed of importance.
—For laundry and toilet Soaps and Per
fumes, go to Copeleu, Seals A Armor's,
they have tlie largest assortment, besi
grades and lowest prices.
—Everybody Mill attend the Episco
pal alfresco ice cream and hot feast pic
nic in Col. 11. T. Lewis’ lawn this even
ing. 10 cents admission.
—Don’t forget tlie date, June 15th to
17th. The Great Bargain Tables will
open and high prices will be crushed.—
Copelan, Seals & Armor.
—Dr. Columbus Park, one of tlie old
est and most respected citizens of this
county, attended tlie Evan P. Howell sil
ver wedding at Atlanta on Saturday night
last.
—Mr. W. M. Bamberge, representing
L. Graham & Son’s Southern Printers’
Warehouse, Gravier Street, New Orleans,
made this office a pleasant visit on Wed
nesday.
—Go this afternoon at 8 o’clock to
Mayor Lewis’ lawn and get your hot
snack for 15 cents. Ten cents will admit
you into the gate, and secure you cream
and cake too.
—('apt. W. 11. Branch has placed on
our table a peach of the Alexander spe
cies, rosy, succulent and luscious. He
represents, however, that the peach crop
is suffering somewhat from early rot.
—We observe that our esteemed friend,
Mr. Geo. T. Murrell, is a candidate for
the Legislature from Clarke county. The
writer has known Mr. M. from his boy
hood. He would make a safe legislator.
—2, 21, :5, 3J, 4, 5 and 8 inch Rubber
Belting for Threshers; 3 and 4 ply round
Leather Belts; Whang Leather and Belt
Hooks. Send your orders to us, we have
everything ready.—Copelan, Seals & Ar
mor.
—Murdered! Now’s your chance!gents,
boys and childrens Straw Hats marked
down; mens, lwiys and childrens Clothing
slaughtered at and below cost; Parasols,
and Fans going at pleasing prices. Above
goods at present prices cannot last long.
Come while this opportunity is yours.—
Copelan, Seals & Armor.
—Monday was a Bull Run for the li
quor folks in North Carolina. The pro
hibitionists carried Raleigh, the capital
of the State, and the towns of Oxford,
Kingston, Henderson, Wnrrentou, Louis
burg, Winston, Salem, Apex, Beaufort,
Reidsville, Holly Springs, Morehead City,
Asheville, Goldsboro, Littleton and Char
lotte.
—One of the essential features of com
fort in the summer consists in keeping
cool. To accomplish this we would sug
gest that yAu call at Copelan, Seals &
Armor’s and buy a light Seersucker Coat
and Vest, *1.25 to *4.50 each; Alpaca or
Sicillian Coats and Vest, frocks and
sacks, all sizes anil prices; they are head
quarters on above goods.
—June 15 to July 12. Beginning
June 15th and continuing until July 12th,
our great closing out sales in all lines of
Millinery, Dress Goods, Hosiery, White
Goods, Siioes and Slippers, Fans, Para
sols, Laces and Embroidery. These lines
will be ready so us to sell them at pleas
ing prices. We take stock on July 12th,
and must reduce the above lines. Make
a note uf this, U will pay you.—Copelan.
Seals & Armor,
—-W* are glad to aee by the papers that
Previtlvut Cleveland has chosen tor his
wife u woman who, like the Queen of
England, respect* religion, aud that they
butli attended church on last .Sunday. We
are proud to know that they belong to a
race who believe that "righteousness ex- j
ultcth a nation, hut sin is a reproach to
any people!" We areglud to U-lieve that,
I with a single exception, In both branches 1
of t ongress Georgia is lupreseutod by 1
men of like mind uml habits,
—■ '■ ■ ■■■ i—
—l-out week tlm Givuuvslmuo ling or- 1
1 gau thought |t Would divert the people's
indignation from Reese's official uiiwur
thine#* by turning its slum gnu uitilleiy
upon the iIoMK Jot iisai. This week
the Gineueelioro nng organ can sit "on
the leiu'v" aud suck It* thunder while tho
I pi uple eieet t at lion.
TERMS $2.00 per An mini, In Advance.
WHOLE NUMBER 674
IGRAND SCRAMBLE.
NEWS AND OTHER ITEMS WE
CANNOT LAY ASIDE.
LEST SOME JOURNAL READERS MIGHT
FIND WANTING HERE JUST THAT
THEY WANT TO FIND.
The Episcopal Festival.
The al fresco ice cream party to be giv
en this evening and night on Hon. 11. T.
Lewis’ lawn will be the picnic event
par excellence of the seasou. Tickets for
the joyous affair have gone off “like hot
cakes,” and “hot cakes” will literally fig
ure among the refreshments to he ob
tained. Those who drop in before sup
per need not depart homeward to obtain
that essential, for a substantial repast
will be supplied for the small sum of
fifteen cents. Children can come early
and retire when they please. The enter
tainment will be so arranged as to time
that everybody can perform outside en
gagements and yet he free to pass a
pleasant interval at the lawn. The pub
lic are invited, and the different congre
gations have been generous in their pur
chase of tickets. The fnnd to be raised
is to be assigned to a worthy and profit
able use, and it is the hope and expec
tation of the industrious and painstaking
ladies who will manage the affair that
the receipts will he sufficient for the ob
ject contemplated. Everybody will there
fore bear in mind the Episcopal festival
on this (Friday) evening. Tickets of ad
mission at the gate only 10 cents, and
will entitle the holder to a plate of cream
and slice of cake.
In Itcply.
Editors Home Journal:
The absurd communication of “Justice”
in the Home Journal of May 28 sets us
to wondering whether he is sane or not.
If so he must he suffering from indiges
tion, torpid liver, big head, or something
of the kind. However, sane or sick, he is
on the wrong track and fooling with the
wrong one when he commences with us.
We certainly meant no harm in compar
ing him to tlie young Professor We rath
er thought he would take it as a compli
ment. Yet there are strange things in
this world. Take a country youth with
none too much brains, teach iiini the
alphabet and let him get behind the
counter selling goods, and the Governor
of the State never felt half so exalted.
This is not the case with all country
youths. We mean only the half-witted
class. He had something to say about
comparing him to us. Absurd idea! We
never had the least, notion of such, as that
would lie complimenting him too highly.
We don’t seo how lie ever could have
gotten such a ifuicy in his head. Again,
he tried to have something to say about
our being so very wise. That we don’t
attempt to deny; and as for giving advice
we offered to advise him through kind
ness, knowing he was irnpos animi. So
just blaze away, “Justice,” for we are
nunqum non paratus. Exdono.
itot:
The campaign liar has said somewhere
to somebody that Rev. Joshua Knowles,
father of the proprietor of the Home
Jouiijiai., was a candidate for the post
mastership at this place. Ho has never
desired that or any other political ap
pointment here or elsewhere, li,os never
asked for any appointment, and he would
not accept one if it were tendered. The
Home Jornx.u, can serve the people of
Greene better in its own office than it
could in the postoflice. This denial is
hardly worth the trouble, but it might do
the campaign liar good to read it.
“Decorum.”
Miss Lessie Durham, of our city is the
agent for one of the best and most com
pendious and beautiful volumes on this
important tliemo which we have seen.
The book is the result of the best thought
on the subject, and will f be approved by
patient and interested readers in all its
relations. The study of decorum is as
essential to our social classes as is tlie
study of the arts to the lovers of the
beautiful, and they are both essential to
our society. We commend Miss Dur
ham’s agency, and we commend her cap
tivating volume to our readers.
T. Stun Taut.
Tlie incomparable, irrepressible and
indefatigable Augusta artist, Mr. T. Sam
Taut, has been at the Mapp House for
seVeral days. He visits Greenesboro on
professional business. Mr. Taut will
paint and decorate the new and hand
some residence of Mr. E. A. Copelan,
and will grace other points in our midst
with his magic brush. When Mr. Tnnt
retouches a waste place with his wizard
pigments it blooms into “a thing of
beauty aud a joy forever,
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Glebe and Lance.
Tlie Globe aud Lance, published by the
Knights of Labor in Augusta, Ga., is this
week added :o our valued exchanges.
We will revie v its literary merits more at
length hereafter. It is neatly printed
aud well made up of miscellaneous labor
and industrial subjects, and will no doubt
prove an invaluable auxiliary in the
struggles of labor against oppression.
We bespeak for tho Globe and Lance suc
cess.
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A Nad Death.
Miss Estell eWugiioii, the youngest child
and only daughter of Mr. John I*. Wag
eon, and on whom the whole heart’s af
fection of the entire family was center
ed, after several days illness passed away
quietly lost Thursday at I'J o'clock. Mis*
Wngnnn was a pupil of I’apt. .Smith's
seined, uml much beloved by oil her
schoolmates and they all join us hi ten
deling the beii-avedfamily mir deepest
and most heartfelt sy inpalines.
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uuy vat tin/ jJtiir iu (hr itut tity t ninth •
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Ihr nturrul out,