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BLACK VS. WHITE REPUBLICANS.
The Constitution-, is raising.' a
great hue and cry because a few, '
white republicans chanced to vote
n:.i V. = _ ■ iournal in
.T. L. GANTT.
MEETING OK THE EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE.
, *!»*’
The meeting of the Democratic
Executive Committee of the Sth
congressional district will meet at
Union Point on June 24th, 1S86.
Frank L. Little,
Sec'y. Ex.-Committee.
TIME-WORN GAG.
A HOARY A NO
Last Tuesday the Constitution at
tempted to perpetrate upon its inno
cent and confiding readers a gag
that was toothless and grey-headed
when the stones that form the Pyra
mids were little pebbles on the
banks of the Nile: when the cedars
of Lebanon, that constructed Solo
mon's Temple, were but liding
switches in their native wilderness;
when the wite of lot was a school
girl eating green apples and salt,
instead of herself being a pillar ol
that same seasoning. From time
immemorial it lias been the custom
with succeeding generations of poli
ticians, (in the language of the
Plumed Knight) to “claim
everything" until the day ol
the election, when it is too late to
effect anything, and then, with a
magnanimity characteristic of such
great and impartial journals as the
Constitution, to concede all to an
opponent. Tne consequence is, it
you are deleated, the consolation is
still left of exclaiming, “Oh, I told
you so!" if you win, what a glo
rious and unexpected (?) surprise!
This old gag had been so repeatedly-
played in Georgia that it had worn
as thin and gauzy .is a spider's web,
and there is but iittle chance of its
capturing any one not a fool, unless
he was born since the last election.
Yet, in the face of this fact, and in
defiance, too, of the well-establish
ed reputation of the Constitution
tor progressive methods and verac
ity, this great paper, with a confid
ing confidence in the gullibility ol
its patrons most child-like and
bland—and with that same audacity
that it would have cabled from “Pea
Jay’s" sanctum a “special dispatch
to the Constitution” from Egypt
announcing the destruction ot Pha
raoh and his hosts in the Red sea—
after claiming—with an audacity
that would have mantled the cheek
of a brass monkey with a blush, not
only every county that was to act
last Tuesdcv, but every inch of vot
ing territory in Georgia, Smith Car
olina, Alabama, Florida and Louisi
ana—"just bcfori the battle, moth
er,’' came out in a most surprisingly
magnanimous editorial giving to
Major 1’acon every county that
would act on that day. Any man
with brains enough to tell him
when to come in out of the rain,
well k nows that Gordon and his
backers had selected his strongest
counties to test his strength in, and
he further knew that a loss of them
would leave the ltirg candidate
nothing but a hasty retreat back to
his New York office. Yet, in spite
of this knowledge the Constitution
“conceded" these counties to Ba
con, and was so “surprised” when
Gordon captured a few of his own
strongholds, that it actually had to
devote a half column of its valuable
space to a display head glorifying
over the event. The Constitution
well knows that its candidate has
no chance whatever of beinjj elect
ed Governor ot Georgia, and he is
only kept in the field with a hope
of coming the minority dodge again
on the people and thus defeating
Major Bacon and the popular demo
cratic will. So far from the Tues
day's contest being a victory for
Gordon, he lost one county, Ca
toosa, that he had thoroughly work
ed, and that directly belonged to
Atlanta influence. Just wait until
some big batch of counties in South
ern, Middle or Northeast Georgia
act, and the candidate of the At
lanta ring will see exactly how he
stands. We would like for the
great journalistic prophet of At
lanta to pen its predictions at least
a week ahead, and not just on the
heels of an election. There are
some intelligent men who read the
Constitution, and such stale jokes
as that Tuesday’s prediction gripes
and nauseates them—like the Hin
kle letter, (01 instance.
It seems that in Elbert county the
Gordon nicr. want a “court house
clique” to select delegates, while
the Baconites insist on a primary.
The Ring candidate and his suppor
ters are adopting all manner of ends
in their frantic ell'orts to break the
Bacor. column—from holding too
previous court house cliques in Lee
to voting niggers in Fulton.
We learn that Major R. L. Mc
Whorter, at Greencshoro, read to a
crowd of his friends a number ol
letters that he had received from
both Senator Brown anil the At
lanta Constitution, all written in the
interest of Gen. Gordon’s candidacy.
This straw shows the direction that
the political wind is blowing.
The Constitution prates about a
few republicans voting for Bacon in
the Pickens county convention. We
don't believe a word of it—(or so far
as we can learn every old moss-
back radical in Georgia is a dyed-in-
the-wool Gordon man. Throw your
political eyes around your county
and sec if we are not correct.
• * — _
Our esteemed correspondent from
Greene seems very blue about car-
rying that county for Bacon and
Carlton. We think he is unneces
sarily alarmed, as our information
from Greene is of a highly satisfac-
tord character.
The Bacon men in this section
*ay that the unfair and arbitrary
puhey of the Constitution is making
vot « Each issue of
the'm.iu^ he *P* ren *wed insults on
* 'diligence of its readers.
has instructed’
adler. 8 eu '°nal delegates for Cmw-
in the Pickens county convention,
that selected Bacon delegates.
This certainly comes with poor
grace from a sheet published in a
county that has agreed to remove
STILL FOR BACON.
The Hartwell son WlU Hot
Gordon, aa was Inr
un was, we bel
journal in tb«i v state
name of Hon. A. O.
masthead as a candidate for the
nomination for Governor of Geor
gia. We did this because we be-
THE NINTH GEORGIA REGIMENT.
There has been a great deal of
npty ttjlk in this ’campaign about
ajor Bacon’s resigning the position
all political obstacles and let “black I lieved that he was eminently qua)i-
spirits and white, brown spirits and
grey” mingle in political social
equality around »Jts j primary
ballot box, as will be the case in
Fulton county. We would like to
know if a white republican in
Pickens is not just as much entitled
to vote at a democratic meeting as
is a black republican in Atlanta?
The Constitution had better sweep
before its own door before assum
ing to itself a political dictatorship
over other counties, spiked with
ihsolcnt threats of not permitting
their delegates to enter the conven
tion. The Atlanta ring has so long
ruled the politics of Georgia that
the Constitution imagines it has the
right to boss and dictate to the dem
ocrats of the various counties as to
who they shall let vote, how they
must vote, and then, if they don’t
select delegates lavoring Atlanta's
candidate, that it has the right to
close the doors of the convention
hall against them. When a paper
assumes to itself such dictatorial
and despotic powers, we think it
high time tor the free voters of
Georgia to teach such self-elected
bosses a salutary lesson, by taking
them down a peg or two. The ar
bitrary methods and utter unfair
ness of the Constitution is made
more apparent each day. When
its own county, FuUon, decided to
let the Atjanta negroes dictate to
the white democrats of Georgia
what candidate they must support
lor Governor, the infamous scheme
was endorsed; but when a report
reaches Atlanta that a few white
republicans voted in the Pickens
meeting, this paper raises a great
howl and intimates that the dele
gates will not be allowed in the
convention. One thing is certain
—if Fulton’s nigger-chosen dele
gates are given seats, there will be
enough honest democrats in that
body to see that the popular voice
ot Pickens is not stifled, and don’t
you forget it. The democrats in
the various counties of Georgia are
getting tired of this tiling of having
their methods impugned and the
most infamous insults and insinua
tions directed at them for sim
ply managing their own affairs as
they see fit and proper, without first
asking the gracious consent of the
Constitution and the Atlanta ring.
Had Clarke and Pickens counties
chosen Gordon delegates, you would
never have heard a word from eith
er the Constitution or its imported
candidate. To show the utter un
fairness of the paper, did it not ap
plaud in Lee exactly the same tac
tics that it so bitterly denounced in
Clarke? Is it not condemning in
Pickens, an act that it is trying to
repeat in Fulton? Oh, consistency,
thy name ain’t the Atlanta Consti
tution or Gen. John B. Gordon,
either! The Constitution may be
Atlanta, and from a political stand
point, Atlanta may be the State of
Georgia; hut there is one thing cer
tain— the Ring is not and never will
be dictators over the acts and.moti ves
o( the democrats of Georgia. Just
put this in your pipe, Mr. Constitu
tion, and smoke it!
BACON'S RECORD.
The enemies of Major A. O.
Bacon, although they have dragged
even the gutters in their frantic
search for campaign material, can
not point to a single public or pri
vate act On the part of this distin
guished candidate in the slightest
degree derogatory to his • character.
Although he has gone through
three heated and bitter campaigns,
and his past life critically investi
gated by enemies, his record
to-day stands without spot or blem
ish. Is there another man in Geor
gia who could have submitted to
such a test without finding some
slight defect at which his oppo
nents could point? There is not a
more honest or incorruptible man
in this union than Major Bacon,
and if he is elected Governor, Geor
gia will take and retain a place
among the states of our Union that
will make her every citizen swell
with conscious pride. He is a man
who has made a success of every
thing he touched, and will give to
the aflairs of Georgia the same cau
tious eye and superior management
that has characterized whatever he
touches. It would indeed be a ca
lamity to defeat such a man as A.
O. Bacon just to gratify the hatred
of a political ring in Atlanta who
are conspiring to the overthrow of
this gentleman because they cannot
control him.
fied tor the position by his'long
training in the legislative council*
of the state, and from the numerous
endorsements he had received from
press and people. - This was before
General Gordon had announced
himself a candidate. It waa not to
be expected, therefore, that we
should transfer our allegiance with
out some very cogent reasons.
When General Gordon delivered
his eloquent and eflective speech in
Hartwell on Thursday of last week,
we were strongly impressed with
the apparent candor and honesty of
the man; and we then determined
that if Major Bacon should, in his
speech on Saturday following, at
tack Gen. Gordon’s integrity ol pur
pose in any of his public acts, with
out positive proof to sustain his
charges, we would transfer our
support to General Gordon. This
determination was not expressed as
we intended it should be in our arti
cle regarding Gen. Gordon’s speech
last week. The forms were ready
for the press on Thursday with just
space for the short article alluded
to, which was written hurriedly
and without time for proper consid
eration, just after the speech was
made, and the paper hurried to
pres*. When Major Baran began
his speech on Saturday, he stated
in positive terms that he had no
charge to make against Gen. Gor
don’s integrity of character, and by
no word did he in his long and ad
mirable address charge General
Gordon with committing any pub
lie act other than that of an honest
man inspired with the purest mo
tives,
This left us free to decide upon
what we regard as the real ques
tions in the campaign—the qualifi
cations and fitness ol the two men
for the duties of the chief magistra
cy of the state; and without hesita
tion we speak but our honest con
victions when we say, in our judg
ment Major Bacon is unquestiona
bly the best equipped man for the
important and responsible position
of governor of Georgia; and, there
fore, we will cast our vote for Ba
con delegates in the Hart county
nominating convention on the first
Tuesday in July next.—Hartwell
Sun.
of adjutant of the ninth Georgia reg-
Bacon at the i ment an d returning to the commis
sary’s post in Georgia during the
jyar. . There never was anything in
it; nobody believed it, and General
Gordon, who made the point on the
stump, probably never took the
trouble to get the facts.
There is a prominent citizen of
Augusta who was a member of the
ninth Georgia regiment and who
crushed this empty scandal in a talk
to the first ward Bacon, club Wed
nesday night. Everybody who
knows Mr. J. H. Alexander knows
that he would detest cowardice as
soon as he would silence slander.
Mr. Alexander was a member of
the ninth Georgia regiment; fought
with it through the war. He knew
Major Bacon then; knew him to be
a faithful; courageous, honest sol
dier, who followed his command, as
did thousands of others, with pa
tience and quiet devotion, until phy,
sical prostration overcame him, and
he retired on his surgeon’s advice,
That was all that there was in the
matter. Every one who knows
Major Bacon knows that such i» his
character, and such was his mistor-
fortnne; every one %ho knows Mr.
Alexander believes that these facts
square with the record. *
As for Major Bacon’s triends, the)
can say to the people of this stale
that he did kis duty in his humbler
sphere along with the thousands i
the army as thoroughly and as well
as Gen. Gordon did his duty, and
that even if strength and fortune
had placed him in command, he
would probably have something
more than his warlike rec<Hd to go
before the people upon in these
times of peace.”—Augusta Chroni
cle.
WHAT WILL HE DO WfTn IT?
Gen. Gordon ■* reported as say
ing in a speech at Hartwell, that he
was opposed to the “sale or lease” ol
the state road. There is sea rcely
any issue involved in this campaign
mere important than the disposi
tion of this valuable piece ot prop
erty. It is the people's property
and they are naturally curious as to
the views concerning it, of the man
who aspires to the highest office in
the state. Does the General pro
pose to run the road himself? Hi*
record as a railroad man will scarce
ly cause the thinking voters to re
gard this proposition with much of
favor. The history of all railroads
owned and managed by states, is
the roads become the took, of un
scrupulous politicians, or are an
Not even the friends ol the Ring ever rec,,rr ‘ n g source of trouble
GORDON ASA BUSINESS MAN.
GORDON AND FREE SCHOOLS.
Our Oglethorpe correspondent
of Wednesday calls attention to a
nice point in Gen. Gordon’s Hart
well speech, when he asserted that
if elected Governor he would dis
approve a bill selling or leasing the
state road to any one. This is a fa
tal stab at the tree school system of
Georgia, for it will be remembered
that half the rental of this road goes
to educational purposes, and largely
swells the appropriation for their
support How does this strike the
poor people of our state, who are
dependent' upon the little three
months’ free schooling for all the
mental instruction that they can
give their children? Gen. Gordon,
while poising as the friend of the
poor man; and i» trying to drt)w
the soldier vote te him by reviving
the memories of the late war, now
actually proposes from the stamp
tc rob them, by his veto, of the lit
tle education that the state gives
their children. The Atlanta ring
no doubt would like for the voters
to grow up in ignprapce, that ap-
peals could be made to their preju
dice instead of minds; but the wish
will not be. granted. Major Bacon
will be elected Governor,' "and the
rental to free schools from the State
road will hot be diverted.
candidate assert that he is compe
tent to be governor of Georgia from
a business standpoint, while Gen.
Gordon himself acknowledges from
the stump that Major Bacon would
make a most superior executive.
Now, can the tax-payers of Georgia
afford to place in entire control of the
intricate business aflairs of Georgia
a man who has proven «uch a dis
astrous failure as a financier as has
Gen. Gordon? Why, it would be
the greatest piece of folly imagin
able, forjudging from the past rec
ord of Atlanta’s candidate, in less
than twelve months Georgia would
be hopelessly bankrupt. Now, if
the people choose to honor Gen.
Gordon further, all well and good;
but do not let us imperil our credit,
and run the almost certain risk of
ruination to the business affairs of
our state, by placing at the helm a
man who has proved himself such
an utter and continuous failure as a
financier as has Gen. Gordon. He
is the last man in the world to make
Governor, and if the people elect
him, they will repent in sackcloth
and ashes, and that beiore many
months elapse, too.
Elberton Gazette: The people of
Franklin county invited Hon. P. W.
Davis to meet Gen. Gordon at
Carnesville on Thursday last, for the
purpose of discussing the issues
involved in the gubernatorial cam-
paign, but when waited on by a
committee of citizens for the pur
pose of asking the general to divide
time with Mr. Davis, the general
declined to do so.
The Constitution copied a little
paragraph on Dr. Felton from the
Banner-Watchman of two days ago
and published yesterday as a spe
cial dispatch from Athens, so as to
give the harmless squib more force.
The telegraph that carried that dis
patch costs only one cent a pound
for messages.
Elberton Gazette: Deputy U. S.
Marshal Yancey CarterJ is decided
ly the most enthusiastic Gordon man
we have yet seen. He seems to lead
the Gordon boom in Hart county.
In fact, we are told that Marshal
Nelms and all his deputies are en
thusiastic Gordon men. Why is this
thus?
and contention to the people and of
expense to the goveinment. The
only remaining alternative is to let
the road stand unsold, unleased and
unrun, and it will require but a very
short time to reduce it to the condi
tion so epigram matically described
ESCAPED WITH THEIB SCALPS,
Vm and Cfurler.
For several days past a number
of colored men wearing the uniform
of the United States army have
been teen upon the streets of
Charleston. Their presence caus
ed no litile surprise and gave rise to
ppned a recruiting
office here. There was an. air about'
the colored’ troops, however, that
precluded the iota of their being
recruit* v On the contrary'they look
more like veterans, and such they
proved to be.
Richard Rivers, one of the num
ber, was buttonholed by a reporter
yesterday and from him it was
learned that these were the recruits
who enlisted in Charleston in 1S51,
and who, having completed
term of service of five years,
accepted their discharge and re
turned home. Rivers served in
24m United States infantry, and
has been at Fort Sill, Indian Terri
tory, most of the time.
“Did you ever meet the redskins
in hostile array?”inquired the re
porter.
“No, sir,” answered the veteran,
“we never had a fight. When there
was fighting to be done the cavalry
mostly did it.”
“Had a good time?” ,
“Well, I can’t complain. Times
were good enough as times go. We
didn’t have mullet and watermelon
for dinner every day. but we man
aged to get along. Only one of the
Charleston recruits that I know of
died. His name was Benjamin
Brown. He took sick and died in
the hospital.”
“Not on the battlefield?”
“No, sir, hain’t 1 told yeu that we
didn’t have no fighting to do? We
couldn’t fight the Indians without
horses.”
“Have all the ChartestoD men re
turned?”
“Yes, about all as I knows of.
Their names? Well Bryan Gibbs,
Aleck Bennett, Solomon Frazer and
others. I don’t recall their names,
but they have about all come home.”
“Have you saved any money out
®f your pay?”
‘‘No, 1 can’t say that I have.
“Ob, yes, I suppose seme ef the
boys did; they could if they want
ed, but I didn't care about saving
anything.”
Private Ri
rivate Rivers, late of G Com
pany 24th United States Infantry,
became tired of the interviewing
process and proceeded down King
street swinging a light cane and
“doing the grand act on the boule
vard,” as the dudes say.
RUINS OfTTuaYNOPA.
A Sonora Prospector Thinks he has Found
The Ancient nines.
Louis Proto, a French American
black smith, miner, and prospector,
believes he has discovered the|mines
and ruins ot ancient Guaynopy, for
which men have risked and many
have lost their lives in the Sierra
Madre mountains during the past
120 years. Proto from La Trinidad,
Senoro some time in July, struck out
along into the high Sierras from
which he returned only last month
loaded down with the richest gold
and silver ores ever seem in that
region. He says that while wander-
ingin the mountains with no com
panion but a pack mule, he came up
to a solitary Indian, of what tribe he
was unable to learn, but believes him
to be an Apache. The Indian offered
to conduct him to some ancient
■iins and old mines in one of the
IMF 0*°**
hilariously drunk, and Shan pul*
a hot oven. Attar being well dried, the;
are pulverised, shells and all and adnlajo
TO COCAINE.
ce or a Doctor 'and
iter in a Hotel.
York World.
'Eastern than ofVtiginia.tn* tnhhtotomk
hat* "long sine* abandoned the nee V
quinine and sensibly resort to pre
vsntlon la the use ot pur* whiskey. Is
the malarial sections at tbs
West, Southwest and South. tUa
famed remedy Is now looked upon as worst
than tha disease. M tomtortsa whore ths
virgin sod la drat broken, ths malaria:
K ilson exuding therefrom spreads petti
oes far ana near. Years ago in 111
homes or ths tires settlers, an admixture 01
whiskey aud quinine waethe favorite doer
for the chills, but after years ot dosing is
this crude manner, quinine has long stact
their been given up and whiskey only remalni
have ln the flask, for family, ana medicinal nsa
Experience taught these settlers long agq
that the amount of qnlnlDO required t<
drive out the malarial poison ln the blood,
loft ln Its place. It not a wars* poison, t
condition of the system made worse ln* toad
of bqtter. Tha effects of the quintas wen
clearly deflned ln long continued bead-
aches, disordered stomachs, clouded
mental faculties, disturbed sleep, and njor
bid appetite,and the only virtue discovered
ln Its nto they thonght attributable to.tha
whiskey ln the mixture. The mealcAl
profession has very gratefully modified tts
belief in qnintn* ms a specific. Galliard’a
Medical Journal, October. 188$, eon
talnlog an article by ;L. B. Andes
son, M. D., Norfolk, vs, In which ths
learned doctor uses this emphatic lam
iungp: “1 hope I may be pardoned foi
qaylag that the present empirical
a utnine Is worthy of tbe darkest pi
Us dark ages, it Is a blighting shams and
disgrace to our profession.” The psopls
exposed to malaria now fortify thali
systems against tbe approach and Inroads
of the diseases proceeding from it, and by
the use of pure nnadnlterated stimulant
ward off attack. Now that Duffy’s pan
malt whiskey Is tbe only absolutely pun
whiskey, free from fusel oil. as has bets
tested by chemists; It Is the reoogn ted
cure in malarial attacks and so recognized
* 1 " people and the medical profession.
Y , May 24— Guests
1 The DelaVan house were aroused
at an early hour this morning by
unearthly screeching* that came
from onerof-the central rooms*; Pat
rolman Getchell, who was called in,
forced open the door and discover-
? d a man and woman tearing the
beds to pieces, overturning the fur-
ut. a, ss assart ,wrtwiHit**
CREAM
way and two streaks of rust.” We
have heard what General Gordon
does not favor doing with the road,
now we await a declaration from
him of what he does advocate in
this matter.
A* old soldier says: “Talk about
your war record and fighting, and
all such, I went through the war,
surrendered and stacked arms at
Greenesboro, N. C. I never saw a
commanding officer between me
and the yankees yet. I never had
to knock a general out of the way
to kill a yankee either. I am for
Bacon.”
Elberton Gazette: It has been es
timated by gentlemen present at the
meeting in the court house here on
Friday last,that there were ten Bacon
men in the meeting to one for Gor
don. We heard a Gordon man
aay he thought this a very correct
estimate.
A leading gentleman from Mor
gan says that county is solid for
Carlton, and there is no doubt about
bis capturing it He has an over
whelming majority in Madison,
and there is not a district in tbe
county but what will give him a
majority. ;■»-»• . >
- . . 1. : v bo
Capt. Carlton had a* well come
down. The Madisonian is filing
misspelled communications at .hit
unoffending head. This is the
Wrongest argument we. have yei
seen used in favor of the return pf
Mr. Reeao to congress. . *4 x j ben-
We have heard of several ' polit
ical flops of late, which seem to con
firm the report that the Atlanta
rinft bf8.qpcn.cd itVbahcl.,, 9 ,
. Mr. H. W; J. Ham is annoffU
is a cahdidate tor the leglslatui
Hall county.
by General Toombs as “a right ot | Bleat gorge* of the Sierra Madre.
Here Proto found antong many
ruined building, old furnaces, arras-
tra*, etc. The stone walls ap
peared to have been a large church,
from the ground floor ol which grew
large trees, appearcntly more than
100 years old. Proto cleared the
debris trom one of the old tunnels,
got into the ore in place and found
it to be abundant and very rich, the
“pay streak” being about six feet in
thickness and nearly pure metal, a
combination of gray copper and
sulphuret of silver known by the
Mexican name ol "petlanque”and to
the scientific world as fathle/s. This
ore is said to yield about 71 per cent
in silver. This pay streak represents
only about one-third the width of
the vein, which Proto thinks will
yield from Soo to 2,000 ounces to
the ton from wall to wall. He also
claims to have discovered some rich
gold-bearing veins of good size in
the same vicinity, as well as valuable
placers.
Guaynopa of history has been
seen by civilized men but once be
fore (if this indeed be Guaynope)
since the Spanish residents ot the
place were massacred by the Ap
aches, more thetl 200 years ago. The
tuins of the place indicated that the
buildings were once populated by-
1,200 or 15,000 people. The
Apaches resolved to distroy it as it
was in the heart ol their country,and
endangered them while returning
from raids against the grazing, agri
cultural and mining settlements fur
ther south and west. They collected
in the vicinity a large force of war
riors, and when a bullion train start
ed lor the city of Mexico they fell
upon and massacred the party, and
then made a descent in force upon
the town and destroyed the last of
the inhabitants.
If Louis Proto has made the dis
covery he claims there will be such
a rush to the Sierra Madre as will
trample the last Apache into the
eaith—for Guaynopa is right in the
very centre of their famous mountain
fastnesses, and tht venturous. Proto
was heading in that direction when
we met him ne~ar'the Chihuahua
line last summer.
The lava flowing Horn Mt. Etna
is now four hundred yards distant
from the town of Nicolosi, but it is
still hoped that a portion of the
town may be savedl
Havemeyer, the great sugar re
finer. is dead. He participated in
the Decoration Day exercises, act
ing with the old guard as an escort
to President Cleveland.
Gordon made a failure when he
applied for admission to the bar, ind
yet claims to be a smart man. We
think that just at this time ia the
history of Georgia railroads, that the
state needs a good railroad lawyer
in the governor’s chair.
Gen. Gordon will have t6 get the
legislature to increase his salary
make a special appropriation to feed
his invited guests after he gets to be
governor. He is inviting a big
crowd but the invitations will never
be accepted.
Bacon’s prospects in Morgan are
brightening each day, and his
friends now claim a decided major
ity. Gordon will probably carry
Greene, unless Bacon’s friends get
to work.
Authentic information trom Mor
gan county states that it will cer
tainly send Carlton delegates; but
Bacon's friends must bestir them
selves if they triumph.
The Clarke county meeting has
been offset by the Gordon club of
Atlanta. Clarke didn’t have to con
script a chairman, either.
The hospital rat is putting in good
work for Gordon. The old soldiers
who bore the brunt are for Bacon.
The latest news from Green is
that they are swapping off Carlton
votes for Gordon votes.
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SCHOOL BOY STRIKERS.
New York Sun,
The most interesting conditions
laid down in behalf of any set of
strikers are those which we find
in the Indianapolis Sentinel pro
pounded by a lot of schoolboys in
spired with an ardent desire for
reform im the methods of public ed
ucation:
I. A reduction of the hours of
study.
3. An increase ot the periods of
recess.
3. Noon to begin at 11 o’clock
and extend to 1:30 or 2,according to
the condition of the weather.
4. School shall let out any after
noon when there is a base ball match
ora circus within fifteen miles.
5. Any scholar who wants a “re
ward of merit” to carry home to his
parents can have it at wholesaie.or
cost price.
6. Ferrules to be made of soft
wood.
7. The old-time custom of punish
ing boys by compelling them to sit
with the girls shall be immediately
restored.
8. A boy who holds up his right
hand and says, “Please, sir may I
go out?” shall be allowed to go,
whether it be necessary or not.
9. The number of boys allow ed
to go and fetch a pail of water shall
be increased from two to four, with
proper allowance for time consumed
in going and coming.
to. No boy shall be punished for
offensive words spoken in debate
with another boy.
II. While believing in arbitration
on general principles, we insist that
two boys who have a grudge to
settle shall be allowed to fight it out
between themselves. No teacher
need apply a whip on account of
it.
12. A boy t»tiw tells on anotner
boy shall be boycotted.
13. No boy shall be kept in the
school except at his own request, as
when another boy islyingin wait to
lick him.
The exception to the principal ot
arbitration laid down in the eleventh
article is we think,to be commended
and we judge that people generally
will agree that this school boys’
strike is quite as sound as many of
those that have made a great stir in
the world of late.
AN ACTUAL TRAGEDY.
Flames on a Dylnc Mother Smothered by
a Babe's Embrace.
Deieret News.
For some time past Mr. and Mrs.
Stramann have resided in Denver,
Col. Last December Mrs. Stra-
mann’s father was so badly beaten
by a burglar that he died shqrtl) af
terward, and within a month' his
wife died of grief. These sad oc
currences had a serious effect upon
the mind ot Mrs. Stramann, who
has acted strangely ever since and
during the past week or two has
show* many evidences of insanity.
She was about 27 years ot age and
has a little girl 6 years old. One
morning Mr. Stramann got up
early and went to the stable to feed
his horse. When he got through
he started back to the house, and
when on the way beard three shots
in rapid succession. Fearing that
something had happened, he start
ed on a run for his bed rootp, where
he han left his wife and child sleep
ing.
As he entered he saw that his
wife lay dead on the bed, a pistol
clutched in her left hand, and their
child clasping the corpse of its
mother in its arms and crying,
“Mamma has killed herself!" Mr.
Stramann ran out of the house
shrieking. Neighbors who had
beard the shots and been attracted
by Mr/Stramann’s cries went to
his house and crowded into the
bedroom. They found the little
girl still clasping her mother’s life
less form, and it was with difficulty
that they could take her away. It
was found that her night dress had
been set afire by the flash of the
powder from the pistol. It was
smothered by the close embrace in
which she held her mother.
There is a scarcity of bread in
Buffalo, N. Y., owing to the baker’s
strike.
“You are the man who climbed
up the rope to my window,” shout
ed the woman, pointing her finger
at officer Getchell.
There were two bedsinthe room,
the couple having registered the
night beiore as father and daughter.
A search of the room revealed a
quantity of cocaine and a hvpoder
mic syringe. The woman attempt
ed to swallow a dose of the dtug
ahd to inject some into his arm, but
c ,C E>^o C * r restra ‘ ne d him until Dr.
S. F. Stagg, who had been sum
moned, arrived. Then it was learn
ed that the man was A. S. Hazen,
a -n ,e *i> CnOWn P h V sicia n of Sharps-
vine. Pa. About a year ago he be
gan to experiment on himself by
taking hypodermic injections of
cocoaine, and soon he became a
victim to the habit, taking sometimes
as much as . forty grains per day.
Experimenting with his daughter
also, he has made of her as great a
slave to the habit as himself.
A search revealed Dr. Hazen’s
diploma as a physician, a case of
surgical instruments worth probably
$JO°, a full doctor’s kit, and $9.75.
Miss Hazen asserted that when they
arrived in Elmira on Saturday night,
they had $125, but that a man had
come into her room at the hotel and
pulled her out from under her bed,
where she had crawled to escape his
notice, and robbed them. The doc
tor reiterated the tale, complaining
of the disappearance of a $100 bill.
Their story, however, is thought to
be purely imagination. The pair
were removed with much difficulty
to the city hospital, their supply of
cocaine was taken from them and
diluted, and decreasing doses were
given to them at lengthening inter
vals.
The man presented the appear-
ance of one suffering acutely from
delirium tremens, apparently un
dergoing all the tortures ot the
damned. He could not lie still a
moment, constantly shifting his po
sition jumping from his bed and
muttering to himself. He declared
he would commit suicide at the first
opportunity. His arms are covered
with the marks of the syringe, and
his face is badly burned or cut in
spots, caused, be says, by an explo
sion while experimenting with
chemicals. He is about 45 years of
age, fight complexion and sandy
moustache, and weighs about 135
pounds. The daughter appears as
old as the^ather, although she says
that she is only 19 years of age.
She is rather tall and exceedingly
spare. Five weeks ago, she says,
she was plump and hearty, and she
declares that cocaine has reduced
her flesh. She seems devotedly at
tached to her father, and talks oc
casionally to him, consoling him
with the assertion that he has had
lots of trouble, and that he began
to take the drug to drown sorrow.
At 10 o'clock Miss Hazen fell in
to a stupor, from which two physi
cians failed to arouse her. Finally,
at the direction of Dr. Hazen, who
declared that it was the only way
ner life, ia-ge injections of
cocaine were administered and she
revived, becamfc perfectly rational
and ate a hearty dinner. Hazen
himself had continued in about _
half crazy state on a limited supply
of the drug. He asserted that he
could not proceed on his journey
unless he was given his accustomed
dose, and finally it was thought best
to allow him to have it. Shortly
afterward he arose and dressefi
himself, and will proceed on his
journey as soon as he receives mon
ey from his brother at Sharpsville.
The Chicago grand jury have re
turned 34 additional indictments
against Anarchists. It is said five
additional persons have been indict
ed for participating in the Haymar-
ket riot, and that additional charges
have been preferred against those
already under arrest.
Chattanooga* Iune 2.—A ter
rible tragedy was committed just
across the Georgia line to-day. A
man named Werrick, while suffer
ing from delirium tremens, took a
razor and cut his wife’s throat and
she will probably die. The man
then beat his son in an unmerciful
manner before assistance arrived.
He was committed to jail and may
die from the effects of the spree,
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ri LARkE 8HKRIFF*5SALE—Will bo (old before
Vtta* courthouse door of ntd county. In the
city of Athou, on the Sr»t Tuesday In July, 19M
between the lex*! hours of ute, elf that tractor
parcel of Lead being and lying lo aald county,
ud on tha Athaes and Jefferson road, about throe
tolls* *ff“ the termer place, containing on* hun
dred and aevanteen (117) acres, more o- less, as
surveyed by c B chandler, April 4tk 1B»; more
Milftr described m fallows: beginning at a
gate post corner, between said tract and an*
ether tract Owned by A R Johnson, ruanlsg thus;
South 69 degrees, west 17,6* ehsins, to a stake
comer, thence SMthto degrees. West lASechalns
to a stone corner on the Athes* and Jtffrraon
road, these* along said reed North 67
degrees, West 1150 chains, to* stone comer
thereon, thence Nertb sis degrees. Esstie.l*
ehalns to a stone eoraer, thence due North 17,0
chains to a atone corner, thence North 81 degree*.
East 500 chains to a stone corner, thence North
10 degrees, West 92,60 chains to a ptna stump
comer, thence North 81% degrees. East 2uuu
ehalns te a slake cerner. Umaop Math 14 degrees.
East 14.S0 chains to a post corner, thence South
1J% degree*. Hurt 10,7* chains ted. stake oorner,
these* South 18% degrees. But 4 n chains ts a
^•'k xno. comer, thence South 10% degrees.
J*M 10 the beginning corner. Bounded on the
forth by lead* o: Foster and Hutchinaon, Rut
by land of A B Johuoa. South by Athena and
Jefferson mad aed Welt by lauds of Dr. James
Osmak, Bird* Kaon ud Hre Hutchinson. a*U
toad Is ha sold suhlsct to a mortgage, thereon,
toede by A R Jehnaon to Ferdinand Pklnlsy
wennUug te 8700. Levied on April 80, i860.
Ala*, a tot or parcel of laad in olarke county,
holag pert of the place whereon defaudaut
resides, beginning el * stone oorner at e big gate
end running thence North U8%, Weets so to a
Mens corner, thence berth l.iU, West 10,75 to a
suae eoraer. these* North 14”West 14.80 toe
■tone oomer, thence North 79%, hut 2, thence
North 89, East 5, thence Nona 80. EutJw,
•tone, thence South a 1-4, tut 10 to*a stone
Miner, thence South 49 l-g. Rut 9.68 to a stone,
thence Soots It, Gut 11,97 to a black oak. thsnee
South 411-*. Wegt 13,10 t» a beginning esnu^
eoetaUtng thirty oa* ecraC adjoining on tha
North-W«a a uwsgeoaiaitoas in aorta, snttoyad
and plattad by C B chaadlar, April4th, 19*1, and
kSsSSS
property pouted eat by the defendant tn.fl to
t-iii* Jaae 4th. 1888.
Jnnegwil JOHN W. WIEB, Sheriff.
4 DUINISTRATOR3 BALE.—By virtue of *n
A order of the conrtof ordinary of Clarkecooair
granted at the regular June Term, 1 will «'
before the court house door during the lff»*
hours of sale in the city ef Atheox. on the Ant
Tuesday la July, the following rery de«ir»blrcity
property, Tix: Lot j/o. l. fronting W foet, more or
ten on Pulaski atreet and running back on bo-
cock Arenur Jlo feet, more orljsa. contain inf
about 0^) one half acre, more or lew.
eleraat 12 room residence of Major B. M. B" 1 *
with goad well of water, good (2) two room bnc*
servant* home, and everything necemrf
comfortable home. Lot Wa. 2, vacant lot, front
ing an Pulaski n reel 105 feet, more or lea*.
running back 135 feet, more or Iasi; lhi« U one m
the moat desirable building lots ln ths city, being
Immediately on street car Tine, convenient
the churches, schools aud business potUommoi
the city, containing 3-8 of an acre, wore of *«*•
Eot .No* 3, fronts on aa alley, and ia about <5
by 105 feet, snore or leas, contain* about l** JJ
aa acre. There is on this lot a good two roo*
house, and a stable. I raseivo the right to cos
solidate any two of these lota and Mil them o-
gather or separately on tha day of sal* a®"*!: 1
tne purpose of paying debts and distnbuuo»-
Terms caah. , M
J. R. CRANK, Administrator <e boei*J»0»
Maj. Blanton M. Hill de<*a**d.
June8w4t
rjBORGU BANKS COUwTr.-Toall wbo*[}
IT may concern, M. L McDonald has in «
form applied to the undersigned for t*** 4 .***
letters or administration on me esiatsoi »
McDonald, Into ot said eouuty d«cea*«d.
Will nnth nrirm celfi snnlleatlnu on tht first.* 410 „
1 signature. May 28th. 1888.
T^rHlLL,OrdIns^
/GEORGIA OCONEE COUNTY.-To*n» f, *J]
IT To all whom U mtj cancern.
Colley Adm'r. of Margaret Colley deceajgY'JJ
in due form cf law applied to me for
dismission from said administration. *** 1 c*w.
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nature. June 7th, 1886 __
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