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Monroe Ad vertiser
FO RSYTH pA.
TUESDAY MORWIKC. , 1894.
$-1.00 A YEAR!
W. T. Lawson
& co„
Whoh anil Retail Dcsib
FANCY GROCERIES
AND
Planters’ Supplies
OUR MOTTO:
Fair Weights, Full
Every Cus
xorner treated alike.
The poor Man’s dollar
and the rich Man’s dol¬
lar buys just the same.
We meet competition
and Guarantee Satis¬
faction. Come and. see
for yourselves that we
make no idle boast.
FORSYTH, GA., Nov. I f, 1893.
CRYSTAL LENSES
TRADE MARK.
' \ Quality First and Alxayc.
1 sw Miyig 1J
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ZD. ZE-X. GERZEZEZfcT, Jeweler,
lias exclusive i ale of these Celebrated
(Hasses in Forsyth, Ga.
From the factory of Kellam &
Moore, Ho only complete optical
plant iu the south, Atlanta, Ga.
J. D. IcCOWEN k BRO.
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Komemlior wo bandit.choice white mill¬
ing corn. Wo do not handle the cheaper
grades and if you buy corn from us you
«ro sure to got good dry corn.
BRAN AND FLOUR!
Wv have just receivel; u car load each
of Uraii ami Flour that we are BO ! 1 i n g
(•heap for cash, Huv Bran from us and
got pure Bran.
Meal a Specialty!
You always get frush water-ground
meal from us as we keep a wagon funning
to McCowen's mill when' we get meal
tresh every day. We handle no shipped
meal and if you buy trom us you know
that von get fresh goods.
HARNESS! HARNESS!
You save Wc money sell by buying and harness
from us. any all parts
•.•heap.
Shoes! Shoes! Shoes!
Wo have in stock and to arrive a full
lino of children’s, ladies' and men's Spring
Shoes. They are first,class goods and
will please anybody.
We have in stock all of the following
goods that we cun suve you money on for
cash: Barb Wire and Plovy Tools in
Hhumlur.ee; all kinds Garden Seeds, Hay
Whips. Locks, Buckets, Cull.cry Hinges, Plow
Stocks, Well Harness Traces.
Alsu Svrup, Molasses, Seed Irish Potatoes,
Gat'Corn and P.ran; in fact most anv
thing you need.
TRY SUPREME JI DGK AND FAIR
REBEL TOBACCO.
J. D. McCowen & Bro.
Easter Greeting to All of You Cy*- 3 —
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Y'X •A Will be offered 4 FA
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'Vy •'
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this week to secure
AND
SLIPPERS
For Faster tit very LOW PRICES.
W E try to co-operate with our customers and
lieip them to SAVE money by keeping just what
you want.
J. J. CATER & CO.
THE MONROE ADVERTISER: FORSYTH, GA, TUESDAY. APRIL 3. 1894.
THE BARNESVILLE DRY GOODS LEADER.
CUT PRICES
The Order ot the Day nt
J. C. COLLIER'S,
BARNESVILLE, GA.
DRY GOODS,
& DRESS GOODS,
CLOTHING,
SHOES, HATS,
I and MILLINERY,
mr Three Large Stores packed with, the
m mm wife '/ ^ c LARGEST .is n or C STOCK 'lit- Come iu Middle to -ee Georgia me as T '
will ; rake you prices that will please.
■ V > You i s t ruly.
J. C. COLLIER,
r, The Controller of the Dry Goods Busi¬
ness of Barnesville.
DP,. G. L ALEXANDER,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
KOUSYT1I, OKOItUlA.
Office in Alexander, Lancaster &
(Jo.’h drug store. Calls day or night
will hwmvnmnii D - D ‘Hit •month... nlion.
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DR. JOHN R. SHANNON,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON J
CABANISS, GEORGIA.
Galls day or night promptly at¬
tended.
MUSICIAN Ad i) SI RGEON, * .
I,'/,[K lunMiiijULUffiilA, V'l '11 ri'nuri »
Office at drug store of Alcxandci
A Lancaster. Calls day or night
promptly answered.
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PERSONAL.
Beautiful Tan Oxfords at
J J. Cater it Co’s.
Mr. A. A. Ponder spent (Sunday in
A mericus.
Canvass Magnolia hams at Childs
& Pharr’s.
Mr. T. J. Hardin spent yesterday in
Atlanta on business.
Buckwheat flour, the best article.
Cm lies & Pharr.
Mr. Hillyar Rudisiil is spending
the week in Atlanta.
Old fashion Cuba molasses at
Child’s & Phan ’s.
Mrs. M. C. Cabaniss is visiting her
sister in Griffin this week.
A large lot drummer’s sample hats
very cheap at J. J. Cater & Co’s.
Tiie new hats at Miss KiiaTurner’s
are simply beautiful.
Mr. William Walker of Thomas
ton, was i:i the city yesterday.
R. It. Riley & Co. have the finest
line of fancy candy in the city.
Mrs. Mary ,Scott, of Brent, spent
Sunday with friends in the city.
New Miiliuery arriving at
Mus. M. M. Anthony’s.
Mrs. Maggie McKenny is spending
the week with friends at Smarrs.
Miss Julia Sharp,of Decatur,is visit¬
ing friends in the city this week.
Have G. W. Grice to enlarge all your
old pictures; the world can’t beat him.
fry It. It. Riley & Co’s, fancy candy
and you will never buy anywhere
else.
Mr. Chas. O, Stone and wife, of
Macon, spent Sunday with his par¬
ents in the city.
Mrs, H. J. Wilder and children are
visiting Milner her father and friends at
this week.
Mr. Norman Sharp, of Atlanta,
spent Friday in the city with his
father and friends.
All the novelties of the season in
the way of millinery can be had at
Miss Kiln Turner’s.
A few more fine mules for sale.
Gome and see them. They are the
best. II. J. Carson.
Mr. 8. J. Williamson has moved
liis family to the city and now occu¬
pies tHe M. G. Turner home.
R. R- Rilev & Co. have just received
a large line of Blank Bros.’ candies,
It cannot be excelled.
Don’t fail to examine the nice line
of Cashmeres :u 15 cents per yard,
all colors, at Wilder & Jackson’s.
\r.. _.i. J. r Into alts, ,, of , t ,, abaniss, , .
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spent bnuday and yesterday with his
uncle. Mr. \Y. P. Watts, in the city,
Mr. Thus. W. Colvard, of Cabaniss,
graduated last week at the Southern
Medical College, Atlanta. Mr. Col
vanl is a young man of promise, and
we wish, him success in Ids chosen
profession.
j Mr. Cyrus Sharp has returned from
New York and other markets.
Mrs. B, A. Haralson, of LaGrauee, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. J. M, Bowden,
tins city.
Mr Bauks ^cGiuty returned to
T Emory . College yesterday morning
| : a ft er a short visit to the home folks.
■ Wc regret to learn that our neighbor,
! | Col. C. F. Cochrane, is confined to Ids
home on account of sickness. Hope to
see him out soon.
Just received a big line of Oxford
Ties matte by Drew Solly &Co. They
are beauties. Cal! and see them.
i Zellner Xew«,,ring ’ H Clothing, jurats’.t Hats, Shoes,
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Neckwear, Underwear and a com
plete line of Gent’s Furnishings
Notions and Novelties, all brand
new and everything guaranteed to
give perfect satisfaction or money re¬
funded. The best quality for the
least money; that’s our idea of busi¬
ness. Call around at Zellner’sGent’s
furnishing establishment and see for
yourself. You are always welcome
and your inspection of our stock
solicited. All our goods will bear in¬
spection under a strong light. Re¬
member the quality is guaranteed
and the price as low as consistent
with honesty and fair dealings.
Farmer’s Soap, a genuine trash
mover, the largest and best nickel
bar of soap on the market, sold ex¬
clusively by T. J. Hardin.
Mr. W. W. Palmer left yesterday
morning for his home in Chattanooga
after spending a few days with rela¬
tives in the city.
Mrs. A. D. Hammond and little sou,
Master Holland, spent Sunday and
Monday Kwaits, with Barnesville. her daughter, Mrs. R.
L. in
Air. J. J. Cater has returned from New
York, and is now opening up one of the
nicest stocks of spring and summer goods
ever offered by this splendid house.
Mr. Juo. T. Moore and sons, Mas¬
ters John and Roy, of Macon, spent
Saturday and Sunday with his father,
Mr. E. M. Moore, near the city.
There will be regular services by the
pastor, Elder W. 0. Cleveland, at the
Primitive Paptist church in this city next
Saturday and Sunday, at 11 o'clock a. m.
All are invited to be present.
AH parties wishing small lots of
coal to finish the season with will
please leave their orders atonce. We
have just received the last car for
the season. W. B. Tiiweatt & Bro.
For fancy HairPins, Curlers, Crim¬
pers, rubber and steel Hair Pins,
Combs,finishing Braids, Embroidery,
Silk and Notions generally, call on
Mrs. M. M. Anthony.
The millinery opening of Mesdames
Wilder A Jackson that commences
today will be continued through the
week. They are desirous that every
lady in the city and county should
cali and examine their handsome
stock of new goods.
The pulpit at the Methodist church
in this city was occupied Sunday
morning by Rev. T. G. Scott and
Sunday night by Rev. J. R. McCiesky,
pastor of the Forsyth circuit. Ou
each occasion a good sermon of was the
presented for the consideration
hearers.
New Spring Goods just received at
Zellner’s. Clothing," Hats, and Shoes,
Neckwear, Underwear a com¬
plete line of Gent’s Furnishings, No¬
tions and Novelties, all brand new
and everything guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money re
funded. The best quality for the
least money; that’s our idea of
i, lI8 j ne89< Call around at fZellner’s
Gent . g fnrtiishii3g * establishment and
8ee for yourself You are always
welcome and your inspection of our
stock solicited. All our goods will
bear inspection under a strong light,
Remember the quality is guaranteed
and the price as low as consistent
with honesty and fair dealings.
NOTICE.
Parties having colts sired by Her¬
mitage will please call and pay for
same. Jxo. H. Andrews.
FOR SALE.
300 cords of wood. Will deliver
same anywhere in the city at $1.50
per cord. Andrews & Huddleston.
GOOD BERMUDA GRASS.
Don't keep your horse or cow in a
small hot lot when you can gel a fine
pasture so cheap at R. B.
Stephen’s.
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NOTICE.
I u ill practice law in the Federal Courts
and in all the courts of this state except
the City Court of Monroe county. Office
in the court house.
Julian B. Williamson.
Quick ^essage.
The telephone line is finished to
Macon. We invite all the business
men ot Forsyth to come and use it
one time free of charge.
Davis, Green & Co.
NOW IS YOUR TIME.
For the next 30 days I will give one
dozen cabinet photo’s and one life
size crayon potrait for $5.00. Also
will furnish you picture frames
cheaper than you can get them else¬
where. Geo. W. Grice.
FOR RENT.
A six-room dwelling with double
room servant’s house, stable and
crib, well and spring of fine water:
situated within five minutes walk of
churches and schools; on a two-acre
lot. All iit good repair. Apply to
W. B. Amos.
IMPORTANT JUST NOW.
It is important to those who truly
desire to consult their own best in¬
terests to examine the magnificent
assortment of Picture Frame Mould¬
ings at Yarbrough’s 40)£ Peachtree,
corner Walton, Atlanta, Ga.
Big assortment of the finest mould¬
ings at very low prices. A nice line
of Art Studies.
Hymenial.
Sunday morning at the residence of
Mr. B. \V. Rhodes in this city, Mr. G. M.
Rhodes of Marshallville and Miss Carrie
Lou King, of Tliomaston, were united in
marriage by Rev. T. M. Calloway. After
the ceremony, which was somewhat
quiet, the bridal party attended service
at the Baptist church. The Advertiser
extends congratulations. May their
lives bo long, joyous and happy.
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Health Home,
Or the Hygienic Sanitarium located
in Griffin and supervised by J. M.
Armstrong, is the place for invalids
and persons sufFering with acute and
chronic diseases. The proprietor
was located for quite a while at Jones¬
boro where he established a wide
reputation for the successful treat¬
ment of diseases. Read his adver¬
tisement to be found in our advertis¬
ing columns.
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Steel Picket Fence.
K. L. Shellaberger, at No. 70 For¬
syth street, Atlanta, keeps a com¬
plete stock of the best, handsomest
and most desirable wire fencing to
lie found anywhere, His barbless
horse and cattle fence and special
fence for hogs, sheep and cemetery
and grave lots is specially desirable.
If you are in need of or contemplate
buying any line of wire fence, confer
with Mr. Sheliaberger before placing
your orders.
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Populist Mass-Meeting.
Saturday the people’s party of this
county had a mass-meeting in the
court house to nominate a candidate
for sheriff and appoint delegates to
the gubernatorial convention. After
a short time spent in deliberation
and short speeches, Mr. James H.
Fletcher was unanimously nominated
for the office of sheriff. The follow¬
ing named gentlemen were elected
as delegates to the gubernatorial con¬
vention, to-wit: L. O. Taylor, T. .1.
Cheeves, Col. J. M. Fletcher, C. O.
Goodwyne, S. J. Lindsey, S. H. Zell¬
ner, L. A. Ponder and O. H. Sullivan.
The People to Say.
If in the election for a new court
house it be decided in favor of a court
house the county commissioners will
then submit the question to the peo¬
ple whether or not the funds neces¬
sary to build the court house shall
be raised by direct taxation for five
years or longer or whether it shall be
raised by an issue of bonds. In other
words if the people decide to build
a court house, they will be allowed
to say by ballot upon what plan the
funds for the same shall be raised.
This statement we are authorized to
make.
Epworth League.
TheEpworth League will meet tonight
at the Methodist church. The following
is the program for the evening:
1. Song by League—Yield not to
Temptation.
2. Scripture Lesson—Mr. G. O. Per¬
sons. Prayer—Mr. Bowden.
3. Recitation—Miss Annie Smith.
4. Vocal Solo—Miss Mary Bowden.
5. Temperance Essay—Col. Clark.
6. Temperance items from members
of League
7. Song by choir.
8. Temperance Recitation—Miss Nellie
Turner.
9. Song—Have courage my boy to say
no.
10. Doxology.
Eiseman Bros.,
Of Atlanta, are the leading clothiers,
tailors, hatters and furnishers of the
south. These gentlemen have a
widely extended reputation for re¬
liability 7 and integrity, and stand in
the front rank of first-class mer
ehauts. Their superior mercantile
judgment and judge long experience rightly ena¬
ble them to the de¬
mands of trade and they are always
prepared to meet those demands.
They keep constantly on hand a very’
comprehensive and most eleeant
stock of clothing, hats and furnish¬
ing goods. They are superb tailors
and can give every customer a per¬
fect fit. As extensive manufacturers
they deal directly with consumers
and save to the customer the profits
i of middle men.
• It is indeed a treat to visit their
mammoth clothing stores at Nos. 15
and 17 Whitehall street, Atlanta.
All orders entrusted to them are
j filled with promptness and with
; special care. Don’t fail to call on
j ; them when in Atlanta on the hunt
for any goods in their line. Read
1 their advertisement in this paper.
Rheumatism aud catarrh are blood dis¬
eases, for which Ayer’s Sarsaparilla is a
sure specilie.
Fruits of the Freeze.
The first of last week a cold wave
reached this section and for three
nights we had hard freezes closing
Wednesday morning with a snow- freeze
like frost. The fruits of the
were serious and damaging. Indeed
the damage was much greater than
was visible. It evidently settled the
fruit question as all the fruit was
killed. Not only were the peaches
killed but the trees seriously dam¬
aged, and in some instances killed.
Likewise the tender limbs of fig trees
were killed. And from the data
gathered from all sections the con¬
clusion is reached that middle Geor¬
gia at least will have no fruit crop
this year.
Two days before the cold wave
reached here a number of our citi¬
zens were feeling somewhat proud of
their prospective good gardens, but
after the freeze the gardens generally
were about as barren as they usually
are in mid winter. Therefore it is
now a settled fact that none of us
wil have early vegetables this spring.
Fortunately the farmers generally
had not been forward in planting
corn and the hurt to them was not
so serious. It is seldom that we
have such hard freezes and so pro
tracted in this latitude, so late in
march as was the freeze of last week.
It is to be hoped however that that
was winter’s lingering farewell.
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Hilliard Institute Roll of Honor.
George Thurmond................. 99 3-10
A. Maynard Zellner... ........ 98 3-13
Mark G. White......... ....... 98 3-2S
Itobt M. Worsham.... 98
Frank N. Wilder...... ........ 97 1-4
Herbert F. Wilder..... ........ 97 3-13
U. Leon Porch.......... ....... 97 2-7
J. Flournoy Porch ... ....... 97 1-2
Hugh H. Hardin...... ....... 97 3-13
Outhbert C. Collier... ........ 97 1-12
John W. Hutchinson ....... 90 1-13
John W. J. Taylor ... ....... 96 1-3
Hubbard Turner...... ..... 96 1-3
Charles Moore.......... ....... 96 1-4
John T. Stephens...... ........ 96 7-12
A B Alexander......... ....... 95 8-11
Benjamin Porch....... ....... 96 11-12
Claude G. Green........ ....... 95 1-25
T. B. Zellner........... ...... 95 5-11
Cecil Sanders........... ......... 95 4-9
Gorden Maynard............... 95 1-9
Cecil Bdwardy...... . 95 1-13
Oliver Bloodworth. . 98 1-4
Carl Bramblett...... 95 1-12
Charles Henry Ashworth... . 95 10-11
Sanders.... . 96 1-12
Edward Ponder..... .. 96 2-3
Paul Harris (Hon. Me’n) 94 1-3
W . I). Thurmond, Principal.
Road Chang-es.
The citation for a change in the
public road leading from this city by
Mr. Jno. M. Ohambless’ residence,
now to be found in this paper, sug¬
gests similar the thought that a number of
changes in tli 3 public roads
might b^ made in the county to the
great benefit of the general public and
without detriment to any one. At
many points where the roads are
quite crooked they might be straight
ened, steep hills avoided and much
better road-beds secured. These
changes would greatly lighten the
burdens on teams and would materi
ally lessen the burden of road work,
It is conceded by all thinking minds
that good public roads placed on good
beds are very valuable acquisitions
to any agricultural country, because
in one sense they bring the country
people nearer their markets and en¬
hance the value of their property.
Such change in our public highways
is a matter of more importance than
many are want to believe who have
not thoroughly considered the ques¬
tion.
The Race for Sheriff.
The voters of the county will re¬
member that from 2 to 5 o’clock p. m.
next Saturday is the time set for the
nomination of a candidate for sheriff
by primary election.
Mr. Tye Holland and Marshal Geo.
W. Newton are on the track and each
making the best time he can. Both
candidates are good citizens, safe
men, and either, if elected, will no
doubt make an efficient, active
sheriff.
The friends of each doubtless feel
an interest in his success, and the
proper way to manifest that interest
and also an interest in the affairs of
the county, is to go to the polls next
Saturday evening and vote remem¬
bering that one vote may decide the
fate ol either candidate.
Fairview Church.
Rev. J. R. McCiesky is doing excel¬
lent work on the Forsyth circuit and
is justly popular with his members.
One of his strongest churches is Fair
view, just a short distance out from
town. At his last appointment there
on the fourth Sunday in March, he
held special Easter services, which
were much enjoyed by his audience.
The pulpit and altar 'were decorated
profusely with lovely flowers whose
fragrant blossoms told a beautiful
story of the resurrection of Christ,
giving arguments and proofs of the
truth of this wonderful event and de¬
ducing many comforting and beauti¬
ful lessons for the believer, Appro
priate music added to the interest of
the exercises.
Death.
Mrs. Candace Hanson, wife of Rev. W.
G. Hanson, departed this life at their
home in Ringgold about 2 o’clock Satur¬
day afternoon. The deceased was strick¬
en with paralysis in the early part of
December last from which she had par¬
tially recovered when she was stricken
the second time about three weeks ago
which resulted fatally.
She was about sixty-nine years of age.
The remains reached this city Sunday
brother, night and were taken to the home of her
Mr. W. T. Maynard, until yes¬
terday morning when they’ were taken to
and interred at the family homestead
near Bamali. She leaves a number of
relatives and many friends to mourn her
death. The Advertiser extends sym¬
pathy to the bereaved ones.
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City Court.
Saturday evening Fed Greer and
John Thomas were arraigned before
the city court. John was arraigned
uxder an indictment charging him
with “larceny from the hou=e”
to which charge he plead guilty and
was fined $45 or twelve months in the
chaingang
JL ? re h V' a =?‘ 1 , a>‘ accusation
i j? ‘ D 9 arr - ' u = con *
pntprLi ered a n plea r nf of gui.ty and w as fined U
* T«° r I,> the chaingang.
It was another evidence . of theMis
pa.eh oefore wiu! the which city’ court business and is of done the
promptness with which criminals
are disposed of through the opera
tious of that court.
Mrs. Languish.—“Tired! Oh, so tired
all the time!” Mrs. Smart.—“Well, so
I used to be until I began to take Ayer’s
Sarsaparilla as a spring medicine, and
now I don’t know what it is to have that
tired feeling. Try, it my dear; only be
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sure von get Aver’s.”
STUDY THE QUESTION.
Some Plain Facts in Favov of a
New Court House.
“Shall we, or shall we not build a
new court house” is the question commis¬ now
submitted by the couuty
sioners to the voters of the county
for their decision. That decision is
to be made by ballot and the date for
the decision under the order of the
commissioners is the :28th day of this
month which date is but twenty-five
days oil’.
We shall not uiscuss the necessity
for a new eturt house in our reteren
ces thereto. That point has been de¬
cided by severol grand juries, as also
by competent architects Whether
or not the people will confirm their
decisioti^is left to them.
It is a question of some magnitude
ami of much importance, and there¬
fore one that demands the earnest
consideration of every voter, We
showed last week by a tabulated state¬
ment that if a court house to cost $25,
000 bebuilt on the bond plan, and be
paid for in annual installments, what
each district will have to pay annual¬
ly for that period toward the extin¬
guishment of that debt, and that said
annual payments will be exceedingly
small. Those figures likewise show
that if the tax to build such court
house were put in the form of an an¬
nual per capita tax for the period for
mentioned a tax of fifty cents
each voter in the county will pay the
debt. They likewise show that one
cent tax on each sixteen dollars’
worth of property now in the county,
levied and collected annually for that
period, will raise ample funds to pay
for the court house.
We state further that the tax now
levied upon and collected from the
railroads passing through the county,
which is a new source of revenue to
the county, if continued through the
period mentioned, will raise and
turn into the county treasury more
than three times as much money as
will be needed to build a new court
house.
Again, whether it be known to the
voters of the county generally or not,
it is nevertheless a fact that the reo
ple of this county are receiving an¬
educational nually from the state of Georgia in
and pension funds over
$4,000 in cash more than the county
pays into the state treasury. This
fact we mention for the benefit of
those who may be disposed to com¬
plain at the tax paid to the state.
A further fact we here present for
the consideration of our county tax
payers, and one that is commonly
overlooked, is that well nigh all the
taxes paid annually into the county
treasury goes back into the hands of
her own people, and therefore is not
the drain upon them that it is thought
to be by many.
Still another fact touching this
matter, not generally considered,
may be presented here, and that is,
that, if we build a twenty-five tlious
and dollar court house, twelve thous
and dollars of this money at least
will go into the hands of our own
and people and be put into circulation
will therefore be a very present
help.
Now, with the facts before them,
will the voters of the county go to
the polls and by their ballots, say
that the county is too poor to build a
sate, commodious and conveniently
arranged court house?
EVANS’ FRIEND AGAIN—A RE
RLY.
Mr. Editor: —Again I ask the use of
your columns for tlio purpose of replying
to “Evans’ Friend.” This discussion of
the merits of the two candidates was not
sod, precipitated by the friends of Mr. Atkin
but is the result of a lack of confi¬
dence on the part of the friend of the
spontaneous candidate of the Atlanta
Ring. The friends of Mr. Atkinson had
hoped that the promise made in the origi¬
nal article of “Evans’ Friends,” that
more would be heard from them in re¬
gard to the Atlanta Ring, the Soldiers’
Home, and other matters therein dis¬
cussed would be fulfilled, but instead we
find that those questions are entirely
abandoned since our reply was published
and new matters are brought into the
discussion. We can well understand
why they have abandoned those ques¬
tions. Gen. Evans was unfortunate in
his public discussions. He was well
aware, as you claim he stated to you,
that the people soldiers, of Georgia, and especially
the old were opposed to the
Soldiers Poor House, and although he
had been chairman of the Board of Trus¬
tees of that institution, he left the im¬
pression in his speech at Griffin that he
no longer favored its acceptance. You
claimed in your first article in this paper
that in a conversation with you he said
he was no longer in favor of its accep¬
tance. His speech at Griffin was his first
one. After he had had time to return to
Atlanta, the fountain-head of his spon¬
taneous candidacy, and consult with
some of the ringleaders he changed his
position on this very important issue,
and in his speech at Rome Soldiers’ we find him
eloquently defending the Home,
scoring Mr. Atkinson for his opposition
to it and Atlanta paying tribute in flattering
speech to for its offer of the in¬
stitution.
In his speech at Hawkinsville, lie not
only defended the Soldiers’ Home and
its purposes, but declared that he wished
that there was such an institution in
every Congressional District in the State,
so that the Confederate soldiers might
not be forced to go to the poor-houses.
This declaration, made publicly by
him, would give him the right if be were
elected Governor, to advocate the recep¬
tion of the Home and to use his official
and political influence to that end. I
did not think that his supporters would
permit him to place himself in a position
where he could not, if elected Governor,
cany out the original plan of his candi¬
dacy. But how he could get his consent
to attack the loyalty of Georgians, by
stating that a Home for Confederate
soldiers was necessary to keep the needy
Confederates out of the Poor Houses, I
cannot understand. He certainly under¬
estimates the pride of his countrymen,
I reverence with becoming loyalty and
cherish with uufaultering devotion that
sentiment, that horn of Southern valor
on a hundred battlefields, is the birth¬
right of every’ Southerner. My first steps
were taken clinging to the empty sleeve
of an old Confederate. His ashes sleep
and to-day in the town where I was born;
I spurn with contempt the very idea
that his comrades and the sons of Con
federate soldiers would ever have per
fitted Rim- if in needy circumstances?
I *° Imve been thrust into a poor house, or
that a home supported by forcible taxa
tl0n ™ the loyal people of Georgia,
would have beeu necessary to save him
f ‘i” a S n U *l( ’understand why you leave
those questions alone; since these joint
discussions it is very dangerous grounds.
But to your last article, l'ousaysome
thing about a slate being made in the
last legislature by which Mr. Atkinson
was to be elected Governor, Gus Bacon,
senator and others, Judges, Solicitors,
i etc. I would iike to know your authority
i for such a statement.
i I have consulted the Representatives
I from this county, Mr. Worsham and Mr.
tively, Bloodworth, and they both state, posi
that no such thing was done, so
far as they know. Little strange that
the rest of the State should have engaged
in this undertaking and left out both the
I . best Representatives of one of flic largest, the
and most influential counties of
Stnto. T think this is an unjust attack
upon the representatives of the people
ot Georgia. It certainly conics with had
grace from the friend of one who is seek¬
ing the suffrage of the people to attack
the political integrity of their chosen
representatives and slander the judgment
of the people who sent them. It is verv
easy to make a statement of this kind
but will you kindly furnish your author¬
ity for such a statement?
I see that you are croaking over the
acceptance of a foe of 81,000—by Mr. At¬
kinson for legal services rendered the
State—an issue that your chief made at
Griffin, but that he finally abandoned.
Now what are the facts about it? 1
intend to state them simply and I defy
you The to disprove lessees them.
of the State road were
claiming large -
a amount in the shape of
betterments. The settlement of the
claim, which amounted to nearly one
million dollars, was a very grave ques¬
tion, as every man of information knows.
The legislature, when it met, passed a
resolution referring the statement of tho
matter to a Board of Arbitration and
fixed the salaries of the attorneys who
should represent the State at #1,000 each.
After the legislature had adjourned Gov¬
ernor Northen telegraphed Mr. Atkin¬
son, who was at court, to come to At¬
lanta, and there employed him as one of
the attorneys to represent tho Stato be¬
fore the arbitrators. That he did his
duty in conjunction with the other coun¬
sel, is evidenced by the fact that the
State was successful and not one dollar
of betterments was paid by the State.
At Griffin a great many understood
Gen. Evans as attacking the validity of
his appointment. Mr. Atkinson, in ro
ply, produced the letters of Clifford An¬
derson, him Jno. I. Hall and others, written,
not which to but, to Governor Northen, in
would be they said that his appointment
The legislature perfectly legal.
had adjourned, it was
simply entitled a legal service for which he was
to pay. Certainly no one will
deny that the allegiance that every ono
owes to his God is immeasurably greater
than any allegiance that oven the most
zealous patriot can owo to bis State.
Can it bo said that Gen. Evans has and
ought to have received pay for tho scr
vice lie lias rendered to his God, and that
Mr. Atkinson should receive no reward
for the legal work ho performed for his
State.
One is just as sensible as the other.
But in his Rome speech Gen. Evans
denied that lie had intended to attack
tho validity of Mr. Atkinson’s employ¬
ment, and I accept his denial as the
truth of his intentions. And he stated
further that he would not have accepted
it, but it was “merely a matter of taste.”
A matter of taste ? And is he to bo tho
criterion of taste ? Since his recent trip
to Macon to attend the funeral of the
late lamented Senator Colquitt, I ques¬
tion very much his right to lay claim to
such a judgment. In attendance upon
the funeral of a man who he said was his
life-long friend, a man who, on account
of his valor on tho field of Mexico, had
excited the admiration of a whole nation;
a man who, on account of his bravery in
the late unpleasant struggle, became
lnmself a general, and on account of his
devotion to the cause in which Ho had
enlisted, won the confidence, esteem and
love of the whole South; a man who,
even in his old age and after paralyses
had laid its hand upon him. struggled
into the Senate chamber in an invalid's
chair and lifted His voice and cast his
vote against the oppression of his peo¬
ple. and yet, on tho very day his funeral
occurred, in the very city in which lie
was being buried and almost before tlio
clods bad ceased to rattle upon the cof¬
fin of liis dead friend, be was speculat¬
ing on liis own political fortunes in a
convention of his own political friends.
I say it with no feeling of harshness,
but lets be fair, and before a man sets
himself up as a criterion in any matter,
let him measure well the task.
Julian I?. Williamson.
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TO ALL WHO ARE INTERESTED
Something- About the Best Brands
of Fertilizers.
We have sold this season up to
date about seven hundred tons of
Fertilizers. We deliver Guano at
all stations on the East Tennessee,
Central and Macon and Birming¬
ham railroads. The reason why so
many is because people have bought from us
it has been to their inter¬
est to do so. Why ? Because we
have sold at LOWER PRICES
than our competitors. Wc feel
grateful to all who have bought
from us, and sorry for those who
have not.
We sell more than twenty differ¬
ent brands made at Baltimore,
Charleston, Savannah, Macon, and
by the Co-Operative Manufactur¬
ing Company of Forsyth. We will
continue in the market until the
end of the season. We are head¬
quarters for Fertilizers. Our com¬
petitors dread us, hut the people
encourage us. We Sell ALL
GRADES OF GUANO from the
lowest to the highest, as well as
Cotton Seed Meal and Acid
Phosphate. We sell the “Acme,”
“Penguin,” Chesapeake, Cotton
Boll, Imperial Soluble, Fish
Soluble and many other High
Grade P'ertililizers.
Our Penguin, Acme and P'ish
Soluble are the highest grade
blood, bone and bankage goods sold
in this county. We have the
analysis of our goods from the
State Chemist, which is the
highest authority on P'ertilizers.
Remember we will be in the
market until the end of the sea
son. Come to see us.
Proctor & Huddleston.
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& FREE FROM
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