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VOL 7 HU.4JJ CARTIEKBVILLE AMKHICAN. “ 1882. i ATED
THE breach is healed.
The Two Executite Committees
Come Tog-ether.
Bartow County Democracy One* More
Ini ted od Harmonious-A Mass
Meeting Called, Ktc.
The two Democratic Executive Com
mittees, pursuant to a call from their
respective chairmen, met in the court
house, at 12 o’clock, on last Tuesday,
for the purposes set forth in said calls.
It will be remembered, that these eom
mittees represented the two factions ot
t He Democratic party in Bartow county,
created by the split in the mass meeting
held in the court house in July, 1886,
for the purjxise of selecting delegates to
attend the gubernatorial convention,
and to attend the congressional conven
tion for this district. Of these commit
tees, Maj. A. F. Woolley was made chair
man of the Bacon wing, and Col. R. H.
Jones of the one selected by the Gordon
faction.
Cpoii the assembling of the committees,
as above stated, Col.* Jones called the
names of his committee, and each mem
\m - was present, in person or by proxy,
as follows:
r. H. Jones, R. H. Dodd, R. I. Battle,
,].S. Beazley, proxy,L.Burrough, proxy,
W. 0. F. Stephens, A. W. Fite, [)roxy,
Martin Collins, proxy, P. Waldrup, Isaac
Ingram. On motion, Dr. Benham was
added to the committee. After which, he
announced his committee ready for any
business. Just at this juncture, Chair
main Woolley instructed J. B. Conyers,
secretary of his committee, to call the
names ot the delegates from the respect
ive districts in the county, and the fol
lowing were found to be present, either in
person or by proxy:
A. F. Woolley, J. B. Conyers, T. J.
Lyon, J. 1M lawks, P. M. B. Young, B.
A. Barton, T. W. Milner, J. P. Lewis.
There still being two vacancies on the
committee, the chair was, by motion,
instructed to supply the places by ap
pointment. He named Dr. King and Z.
W. Jackson, thus making the relative
strength of the factions equal.
Cpoii the completion of the roll call of
the members of the committees, Col.
Jones arose and stated that it was the
desire of his committee that past differ
ences should be laid aside, and that the
two Dictions should come harmoniously
together, and act as one body, and to
that end he stood.y ready to resign the
chairmanship of his wing, in order that
the two committees might fuse and elect
one chairman. Maj. Woolley said that
he heartily concurred in Col. Jones’ re
marks, and was ready to tender his resig
nation, so that the plan suggested could
be carried out and party unity in the
county once more restored. The remarks
of these gentlemen met with a hearty
amen from the members of both factions.
A. W. Fite moved that the two com
mittees unite and act as one committee.
Capt. Lyon amended the motion by mak
ing Col. R. H.Jonesand Maj. A. F. Wool
ley joint chairmen of the committee. The
motion thus amended, was unanimously
adopted, whereupon the joint chairmen
announced the two committees, thus
fuswd, as ready for business.
I bon motion, B. A. Barton was unan
inu usly elected permanent secretary of
the committee.
•1. B. Conyers, Esq., offered the follow
ing resolution:
Be it resolved: That the Democratic
Executive Committee of Bartow county
make the following call:
The Democratic Executive Committee
of Bartow county, Ga., in committee as
sembled, by virtue of the authority in
them vested by the Democrats of Bartow
county, Ga., do issue this, their call for
the assembling of all the Democrats of
Bartow county. Ga., in mass meeting at
the court house in Cartersville, Ga, at
1-o'clock, m., on the first Tuesday in
May, 1888, for the, purpose of electing
delegates to the State Democratic Con
tention. which is to assemble in Atlanta,
Ba., on May 9th, 1888; to appoint dele
gates to the National Democratic Con
tention which is to convene in St. Louis,
Mo., on June sth, 1888; to nominate a
candidate for President and a vicej-Pres
'dent for the National Democratic party
,){ the l nited States of America.
1 o this resolution, A. W. Fite offered
fhe following as a substitute:
Besolved, Ist, That a mass meeting be
hi at the court house in Cartersville, at
o clock m., on Tuesday, the Ist day
( and May, next, to elect delegates to the
Convention to be held in Atlanta
Bte 9th day of May, to elect delegates to
St. Louis convention;
|l Besolved, 2nd, That a convention, to
1 0 composed of delegates from each niili
!i,‘ district in the county, be held at the
"mrt house in Cartersville at 12 o’clock
* n ” on * uesday, the 3d day of July, next,
Die purpose of nominating a candi
nte for Senator, and to elect delegates
1 " Gie gubernatorial convention to be
hi in Atlanta the Bth day of August,
THE COURANT-AMERICAI.
next, each militia district to be repre
sented in said convention in proportion
to its Democratic strength, and to have
one vote for every twenty-five Democratic
voters and fraction thereof of more
than one-half, to-wit: Cnrtersville, 21;
Euharlee, 12; Kingston, 5; Adairsville,
10; Cassvilie, 7; 6t.h District, 6; Pine
Log, 6; Salacoa, 2; Wolf Pen, 5; Stamp
Creek, 3; Allatoona, 3; said delegates to
be elected by mass meetings in each mili
tia district, at 10 o’clock, a. m., on the
21st. day of June, next, at the place of
holding justice court therein;
Resolved. 3d, That none but Demo
crats who will be qualified to vote for
members of the General Assembly at the
next election shall participate in any of
the above mentioned meetings and con
ventions.
Resolved, 4th, That in the opinion of
this committee it is neither necessary nor
expedient to nominate candidates for
representatives, nor for the various coun
ty offices.
This resolution and the substitute pro
voked a lively discussion, which was par
ticipated in by Fite, Conyers, Lyons and
Gen. Young, the point of difference being
the question as to how the senatorial
nomination should be made, whether by
primary elections or by a convention of
delegates from the various districts in
the county, the three latter favoring the
system of primary elections. Gen.
Young presented some very strong rea
sons, showing how this method afforded
a better opportunity for a fuller and
freer expression of the wishes of the peo
ple than could be had by district conven
tions. At this juncture of the proceed
ings, Dr. Battle dropped a little bomb
into the meeting by a motion to the
effect that the counties of Floyd and
Chattooga be invited to join with Bar
tow county in a convention for the pur
pose of nominating a senior for the
42nd district. This motion was ruled
out of order by the chair, but not until
Capt, Lyons had gotten in a most veh<-
ment protest, and Gen. Young a few
words of hearty approval.
A motion was made, and carried, to
vote upon the resolutions composing the
substitute singly. The first motion being
adopted, Col. T. W. Milner offered the
following amendment to the second reso
lution of the subtitute, which was accept
ed by Fite:
That at the mass meetings to be held
in the several militia districts, it is
recommended by this committee that the
delegates selected to attend the county
convention be elected by ballot, and that
each voter record the name of the candi
dates favored by him upon his ballot,
and the delegates so chosen shall be held
as pledged to support in the convention
those candidates who receive a majority
of the votes cast in the district meeting.
A motion to amend this amendment
was ruled out of order.
After a short but heated discussion
over the amendment it was adopted,
then the resolution as amended was
adopted. The remaining portion of the
substitute was adopted without change.
A motion to table the last resolution
of the substitute, was lost.
There being no further business before
the committee, a motion by J. B. Con
yers, Esq., to adjourn to meet upon the
joint call of both chairmen.
Addition Makln. Shorter.
What word is that to which if you add
a syllable it will make it shorter? Short.-
Taylor’s Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum
and Mullein will shorten your cold and
cure your cough.
A good many people like simplicity in'
dress and try to advocate it among their
friends. They do not usually go as far,
however, as one Joseph Hopkins did
lately in Southern Georgia. Joseph
disliked “store” clothes extremely and
lost no opportunity of showing his con
tempt for them. When, therefore, the
other day a triend of his approached
thus arrayed both Hopkins and liis
brother remonstrated with him for such
impropriety and emphasized their re
marks by killing him with stones. Now
Joseph’s brother will be hanged on May
11th and Joseph will spend the rest of
his natural life where store clothes will
not be often seen, namely, in the prison
coal mines. In a conversation he said,
philosophically: “I reckon I will get used
to it. I will have to try, anyhow; but I
never did like a man what wore store
clothes.” It is not often that a man will
sacrifice so much for his convictions.
A Woman’s l|scovery.
“Another wonderful discovery has been
made and that too by a lady in this coun
ty Disease fastened its clutches upon
her and for seven years sln j withstood its
severest tests, but. her vital organs were
undermined and death seemed imminent.
For three months she cojiglied incessantly
and could not sleep. S*>e bought of via
bottle of Dr. King’s New Discovery tor
Consumption and was so much relieved
on taking the first dose that she slept all
night and with one bottle has been miiac
u lon sly Cured Her name is Mrs Luther
Lutz” Thus write W. C. Hamrick &
Cos., of Shelby, N. C.-Get a free trial
bottle at Wikle’s Drug Store. 2
Peculiar.
It is very peculiar that when you try
Dr. Biggers’ Huckleberry Cordial you will
never suffer yourself to be without it
again? It never fails to relieve all bowel
affections and children teething.
CARTERSVILLE, GA., FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1888.
THE SOUTH AHEAD.
She Furnishes the Best Facilities
for Iron Manufacture.
Profi.or Caldon Taki>* up the Cudgel for
the South Ajclnt Caned*-—The
Wonderful Resource*.
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Atlanta Constitution.]
Mr. J. D. Caldon. the well known min
ing engineer, is thoroughly impressed
with Georgia’s greatness, and when he
talks about her mineral resources he
grow’s eloquent. Yesterday lie was in
conversation with a representative of
the Constitution, and the subject of iron
ore was brought up.
“I have noticed,” said he, “in recent is
sues of the Toronto World a controversy
between Professor C. M. Dobson and a
Mr. Ledyard, in which the last named
speaks disparagingly of the
“New South” as an iron district com
pared with Canada. As an Englishman
and a ‘Britisher’ I here take the cudgel in
Professor Dobson’s behalf”
“Tell me something about it, Pro
fessor.”
“I have spent six years in the Pied
mont region of the “New’ Sonth” in ex
amining and reporting on iron and man
ganese properties for English and Amer
ican capitalists. As to Professor Dob
son’s capabilities I need say little, as he
is known favorably to the world in his
profession. He studied in the field with
one of the best mining engineers that
England ever produced—Richard Rick
ards, of the firm of Rickards Bros., of
London. He has examined mines all
through the United States, Africa. Aus
tralia and Europe. I notice Mr. Ledyard
has taken exceptions to Mr. Dobson’s
remarks on the ground that he was not
long from England and was not compe
tent to give an opinion. I will not go to
any length in answering this calumny,
but will say that during his recent visit
to the southern states I accompanied
him through the iron district, and found
him, from his work, to be thoroughly
competent to>- make a true report, and
from his remarks before the Commercial
Union Club, of Toronto, that he knew
exactly what he was talking about. I
believe in Professor Dobson’s right to
report favorably on our iron districts, as
lie has visited and examined them. I
gainsay Mr. Ledyard’s right to contra
dict him, as he is to us a complete stran
ger, and is talking of something of which
he knows little, except from hearsay. I
will leave the question ot “which is the
more competent” to future develop
ments, and will now prove by facts that
Professor Dobson’s remarks before the
Commercial Uyion Club, of Toronto,
w ere true.”
“Does Mr. Ledyard assert that iron
can be manufactured more eheapley in
Canada than in the Southern States?”
Yes; and I would advise him to read
on the subject of iron, as it is apparent
that he is ignorant of the fact that iron
is manufactured in the South cheaper by
far than in the North For instance,
take Cherokee, Lumpkin, Bartow, Polk,
Cobb, Whitfield, Fulton, Catoosa, De-
Kalb, Floyd, Fannin and Gilmer counties,
all of Georgia; these counties have by far
the largest quantities and finest quality
of Bessemer ores in America. Samples
from these counties, brought directly un
der my notice, average from 64 to 71 per
cent., with scarcely a trace of phosphor
ous. We have also the micaceous specu
lar ores equal in quality and quantity to
the island of Elba, in the Mediteranean,
with manganiferous ores and a very high
grade of limanite. Towns, Bartow, Whit
field, Floyd, Catoosa and Polk counties
have the finest manganese or pyrolusite
known. Mauganese is being mined and
shipped to Carnegie Bros., Pittsburg,
Pa., and to other large manufacturs in
quantities. But in a short time we will
have ferro-manganese furnaces situated
iu the center of the manganese belt,
where it will be manufactured into pig
and shipped to our steel plants in Bir
mingham, Chattanooga, Atlanta and
other Southern cities, where steel plants
are already ami others on the eve of
erection. You can easily see by this we
have the finest of iron ores, in great
abundance, with the advantages of
cheap labor and mild climate. Our ores
can be mined and placed on the cars at
from fiftv to sixty cents per ton. Our
transportation northward by rail or sea
is very cheap, and soon, we will have the
benefit of the Tennessee river, as the gov
ernment will soon complete the improve
ments at Muscle Shoals. You can per
ceive when Mr. Ledyard said he was cer
tain Canada could compete with the
“New South,” he seemed to have over
looked our natural advantages, and
most assuredly have forgotten of the
existence of the great coal fields of the
South, and where the lime, coal and iron
run parallel through several States. It
can be seen by this that all the advan
tages, as far as cheapness is concerned,
are in favor of the South. We do not
have to ship our ores to the North to be
manufactured; on the contrary, we can
and are manufacturing it ourselves. We
are shipping manufactured iron to the
North cheaper than it was ever made be
fore.”
“What about the prospects in the
South?
* “English capitalists and the iron kings
of the north have been pnrehasing lands
and mines throughout the south for the
last two years. In Birmingham, Ala.,
there are tw o steel plants in the course of
erection to cost $200,000 each, and two
already erected at Chattanooga. Seven
teen miles below Birmingham there is a
steel plant about to begin operations in
a town known as Bessemer. Two years
ago this place was a wilderness, to-day it
has a population of 5,000.
“Y’ou may take any of our southern
cities, and you will find that their growth
has been phenomenal. Atlanta, for in
stance, ten years ago had only a popula
tion of from ten to fifteen thousand, to
day the “Queen and pride” of the “New
South,” she stands with a population of
from seventy to eighty thousand.
“Chattanooga is another example of
rapid growth. A few years past and it
was nothing but a small town, to-day
it is a great city, and bids fair to soon
rival our own Atlanta. A stranger pass
ing along the bank of the Tennessee
river, and noticing the blast furnaces,
all in operation, would not hesitate in
calling it the Pittsburg of the South. I
only mention these facts as a proof of
how fast the iron districts are develop
ing, ami I think proves conslusivelv that
iron can be manufactured a great deal
cheaper than any other part of America.
What I would like to know is, if Mr.
Dobson’s remarks were untrue, how is it
that the keenest English and northern
capitalists are investing their money in
the “New South?” Certainly Mr. Led
yard does not believe these men would
put their money in a losing investment.
Mr. Ledyard bases everything on certain
contingencies. He claims if the tariff
was removed Canada could compete with
the southern states. I think this a very
erroneous idea. Here we have cheap
labor, and a climate where transporta
tion is open the whole years. In Canada
the labor is higher and the transporta
tion hampered, if not entirely closed,
for half the year by cold and stormy
weather.”
‘Have you anything else on the
subject?”
“Yes, but I have taken up enough of
your time. The subject is a broad one
and you will have to excuse me. But,
sir, if Mr. Ledyard doubts Professor
Dobson’s reports on the iron fields of
Georgia, let him refer to such men of
national prominence as Berkinvine and
Britton, of Philadelphia, Dr. Rufiner
and Professor E. P. Valentine, of Yir
ginia, Professor N. A. Pratt and Jno. M.
McCandless, of Georgia. These gentle
men's names are their reference. As to
myself, I offer an experience of twenty
five years actual service in “the field,”
six years in the district under discussion,
and I must say that the remarks of
Prof. C. M. Dobson in the Commercial
Union club, of Toronto, were not in the
least exaggerated, but unreservedly true.
I have one desire, that Mr. Ledyard will
consent to pay our section a visit. I
will gladly conduct him, and I am satis
fied that having once seen our resources
and noticing our climate and the cheap
ness ot our labor, he will not only be
converted to our ideas, but also be an
enthusiastic admirer of the “new south.”
At almost every place in Georgia where
factories have been established movements
are on foot to either build others or f*n
large those already in operation. The
fact is, factories though out the south are
[laying; handsomely, and for the life of us
we cannot see why more of our people do
not put their surplus money in the one
who have here and at least double its ca
pacity. It is paying now but would pay
still better if its capital were doubled.—
Gainesville Eagle.
The month of March of this year of
grace, 1888, is likely to be memorable
for the number of deaths of publicists
and men of affairs. Emperor William,
Chief Justice Waite, Senator Carnot,
father of the President of the French
Rebublic; Joseph W. Drexel, William
Dorsheiruer, Isae Hincklv, Henry E.
Pierrepont, Alfred Hunt, Thomas J.
Potter, Felix 0. C. Darle.v and the Sul
tan of Zanzibar are amongst the promi
nent men who have passed away. Some
of them, it is true, had passed the Scrip
tural three-score years and ten, but
others died when in their meridian. “It
is the pace that kills,’’ we have been
told; but if the principles of the gospel
of rest should be better understood, even
the hardest aud most constant work
would not destroy so many people whose
absence leaves a void in all the varied
forces of civilization.
tlou. Tom Milner will oppose Judge
Fain in the race for the judgship of his
circuit, and it is said by some of the Bar
tow people that the Judge will have ail
he can handle.—Marietta Journal.
NEWS FOR THE NATION.
W. tT. .N Discusses Matters of
Local and National Concern.
Mr. element'll View* on the Leading Ques
tions of the Day—A Young M, D.
Complimented—Other Mat
ters of Interest.
Correspondence < "oura.nt-American]
Washington, April 2d.
Dr. Robert M. Harbin, of Gordon
county, passed through Washington
some two weeks ago on his return from
New York, where he has just graduated
in Bell view Medical College. He goes
back to Georgia prepared to swing out
his shingle and enter the profession as a
full-fledged doctor. I learn from some of
his classmates (he himself being too mod
est to tell me) that he stood very high in
his classes and made a particularly fine
record at the college. But of course he
would do that. He is just the kind of
fellow to do anything well. I have known
him these ten years past, and for com
mon sense, industrious application and
moral worth lie has few’ superiors. He
went to Athens and graduated without
becoming a drunkard or a. gambler; he
went to New York and spent two years
without becoming a rake or a reprobate,
and now he returns to the good old hills
of North Georgia, a clean, cultivated gen
tleman to enter his profession, and wait
for people to get sick; which, ten chances
to one, they are not going to do. It is
certainly to be hoped they will keen well,
but if by any chance some of them
should get sick it will be fortunate to fall
into the hands of Bob Harbin, provided
he makes as good a doctor as he lfcgs a
man. He is one of those fellows who
ought to succeed —and will succeed if he
gets half a chance.
I suppose a Georgian in Washington
has a right to be interested in the coming
race for the legislature in Bartowcounty.
It seems to be anybody’s fight as yet,
but the Cou rant-American contained an
intimation some two weeks ago that
Major A. M. Foute would probably be
in the race. It is to be hoped that he
will. I was in Atlanta last winter while
the Legislature was in session, and it was
exceedingly gratifying to note the ear
nestness and industry with which Maj.
Foute attended to his duties.
There is a marked contrast—the con
duct of men who are elected to fill such
offices. At. least it appeared so to an ob
server. They say, and there is reason to
believe it, that it is no uncommon thing
for members of the Legislature to be seen
on a “tare” during the sessions in Atlan
ta. Being away from the restraints of
home they unbend themselves and have
a good time. Now and then they bob
up in t.hehouse, “catchtheepeaker’s eve,”
get off a tew flighty remarks, are quoted
in the papers as elegant and prominent
debaters, and then go out and take a
drink.
The real substantial work of legisla
tion is done in conference and committee
rooms. It is easier to make a speech on
a bill after it is presented than it is to
put it in proper shape for presentation.
Foute made a record as a worker. He
shirked nothing, and his pride was to
serve his people. He means to do right
and rarely fails of his intention.
I suppose I enc say, without being ac
cused of any selfish interest, that Bartow
county will do well tore-elect him.
I was standing in the rotunda of the
Metropolitan hotel last Saturday even
ing, when somebody slapped me on the
shoulder and greeted me with the exhu
berant salutation of: “Hello, Bill Neel!
TTow are you?” That was a genuine
Georgia greeting, and turning, I faced
Col. Henry D. Capers, of Adairsville. He
was fresh from Philadelphia and full of
enthusiasm over prospects of the new
Brott cotton gin, for which he is attor
ney, and which is now attracting atten
tion throughout the country. The first
gin has been completed in Philadelphia
and will be shipped South in a few days.
Col. Capers spent only a few hours in
Washington, and he could talk of noth
ing else than the wonders of his gin. I
undertook to edge in a word or two by
way of inquiry about local politics in Bar
tow and the Seventh district, but that
wasn’t in his line and he only gave it a
passing word.
By way of parenthesis he did manage
to say he was for Clements egain agemst
the field, and expected to help send him
back to Congress, becaused he believed
Clements could do ns more good than
any other man, but he wouldn’t dwell on
the subject, and soon drifted back into
cotton-gin eloquence.
I see the Philadelphia Times speaks
very highly of the new gin, and refers to
Col. Capers as the manager, “who,” it
says, “is as full of enthusiam over the
invention as he is of reminiscences of the
late war, which means a great deal, as
the Colonel can out-talk a camp-meeting
on war reminiscences.
$1.50 Per Annum— sc. a Copy
The tariff speech recently delivered by
Senator Colquitt in Congress is having
an immense circulation. Tens of thous
ands of copies are being subscribed for
by senators and members from various
parts of the country, and everywhere,
so far as I have been able to learn, the
speech has been well received by the
people. It will doubtless have a goood
circulation in North Georgia, and it is to
be hoped the people will give it a careful
reading. The leading national issue in
the next cainpain will be made up on
tariff and revenue reform as opposed to
protection, and every good citizen should
seek for some information on the subject,
in spite of its inherent difficulties.
I spoke to Mr. Clements touching the
tariff and internal revenue the other
evening, more for the purpose of getting
information myself than to get his views
for publication. He talked freely and
candidly on the subject,evidently having
given it much thought, and he is heartily
in favor of tariff reduction. He thought
it was the very height of folly, as well as
very wrong, to collect millions of dollars
from the people in excess of the needs of
the government, as is now being done;
and lie believes there is a fair prospect
for the passage of a tariff reform bill. T
asked his views on the abolition of the
entire internal revenue. System, but he
said it was impossible, or at least impol
itic, to express any positive opiiron on
that subject in advance of some farm'a!
action by the party. Personally he
would be glad to see the internal revenue
system abolished, if such action could be
had without interfering with the reduc
tion of tariff on the necessaries of life; but
to abolish the revenue laws would be to
cut off about $120,000,000 from the
Treasury, thus practically preventing any
important reduction of duties on such
necessaries as every man is compelled to
have in order ta live. He thought it
would be a mistake to reduce the tax on
whisky, while coal, iron, steel, rice, sugar,
and woolen clothing were taxed from 20
to 00 per cent.
Mr. Clements thinks it probable that
the tax on tobacco, which has come to
be regarded as a practical necessity, will
be abolished, and very puobablv the tax
on wine and brandy revised; but whisky
will be made to continue to pay tribute
to the support of the government.
But he did not know T would quote his
conversation in this column. He was
talking in a free and friendly way and
did not regard me as in any sense a re
porter. I merely write this down as I re
member it a week after it was said, be
cause I think you will be interested in the
topic. But when the subject comes up
for discussion in the House, whiah will be
very soon, Mr. Clements will probably
have something to say, and then his
views will be officially promulgated.
There is one thing, however, that can
be safely asserted, however, and that is
that Mr. Clements will be found in har
mony with his party on this great ques
tion. He will be in favor of giving the
farmer as good a chance as the rich cor
porations that have been able, under the
system of high tariff and protection, to
amiss great fortunes and oppress the
laboring classes, and he will favor the
cheapening of the ordinary necessities of
everyday living, before the tax on whisky
is abolished. He is opposed to the col
lection of any more money from the
people than is necessary to pay the actu
al and legislative expenses of the gov
ernment. And such articles should be
taxed for this purpose as can best bear
the burden without oppressing the peo
ple. W. J. N.
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Actvfceto Mother?#
Dr. Biggers’ Huckleberry Corded should
always be ued for children teething. It
soothes the child, s >ftens the gums, allays
all pain, cures wind colic, and is the
best remedy for the bowels. Try it.
Interest in Education.
The Xevv Orleans Times-Democrat has
lately been taking considerable interest
in the subject of immigration. It has re
ceived many letters of inquiry from
northern people thinking of moving
south, and says :
“In nearly all of the letters which the
Times Democrat has received ftom peo
ple in the north and west on the subject
of immigration, the inquiries have been
limited to the price of lands and the con
dition of the public schools in the neigh
borhood. It is quite evident that people
do not care to come to an illiterate or
schoolless section, no matter how fertile
its soil may be. The parishes which hope
to receive any considerable portion of the
immigration moving in this direction,
must be able to point to thorough and
efficient schools before they can get it.
“One of the main reasons why Texas
has done better in immigration than
Louisiana, is its possession of a better
school system—thanks to its large edu- •
cational fund. We should be moving
more actively in this matter.'’'
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I Use it; Myself.
Jno E. Jones, of Fort Valiev, Ga , one
of the leading druggists there, states that
he commends Dr. Biggers’ Huckleberry
Cordial because he uses it himself, and
knows of what value it is for bowel
troubles