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The Fort Gaines Sentinel
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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF CLAY COUNTY.
JOSHUA JOKES, Editor and Publisher.
FRIDAY, JULY Iff, 1H«W.
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The whole state is laughing, an ex¬
change says, at I tic ridiculously poor
showing made by the silvcritcs in
the meetings called to select delegates
to the much advertised Griffin conven¬
tion.
1 1 is rumored that three out of
the si:< gentlemen who signed the
call for a silver convention at Grif¬
fin have recently recanted, as it
were, and are now believers in sound
money.
The condition of cotton shows an
improvement of 1 ..‘I compared with
Iasi month and a decline ol T.ff com¬
pared with July, lHi»4. The recent
rains have done good in the Atlantic
Coast States and damage west of Mis¬
sissippi river.
Nothing more is needed to prove
that the people of Georgia are all
right on tlie money question. The
meetings held to choose delegates
to Griffin have shown that they have
not been I Hilled by the tree silver tin
pan campaign. Ex.
Here is a warning to the Iff to 1 fel¬
lows; An insanity expert in a New
York murder trial the other day testi¬
fied that •Mlie unrestricted indulgence
ol the imagination concerning matters
that are never to be realized may leave
the. human mind beyond the bounds of
reason.
A prominent delegate to the silver
4*0 mention said at Griffin Wednesday
that it Was the purpose of Ih silver
iti - to get control of the machinery of
the democratic party and send Pat
Walsh and Governor Atkinson to the
ITiited States Senate. He also said,
notwithstanding Toni Watson’s edict
to the contrary, “We are not going
into the Populist party; they are com¬
ing to us.”
Mr. (’. C. Dozier, one of Clay’s pro¬
gressive fanners and stanch Democrats,
showed us a growth of eorn a few days
since which is rather an unusual freak
of nature. It was a medium sized ear
surrounded by fourteen smaller ones,
which grew out of the top of the.
stalk *1 lie same stalk bore, besides
itiese, two other full ears in the usual
manner, but Mr. Dozier did not state
whether or not there was any corn on
the roots.
It is strange to me, after the world
has passed through so many revolu¬
tions and has so often felt the bad
effects of a depreciated currency in
producing first speculation and extrav¬
agance, then collapse, and then bank¬
ruptcies, that we will not see that it is
precisely the ordeal through which
tins country is now passing, and that
there is no escape and no remedy for
it until you get back to sound currency.
[From a speech of Hen Hill m 1878.
Ii was Mark Twain who insisted on
a “practical experiment" to prove
whet her or not two railroad locomo¬
tives could pass one another on the
same truck. The result satisfied him
that the thing could not he done. So,
the New York Son thinks Senator
Bacon would like to risk the entire
smashup of our monetary system for
the sake of satisfying himself as to the
effect of coining both silver and gold
•upon terms of exact and perfect
equality.”
Tom Watson protests against the
Populists fusing with the Democrats,
having doubtless read the following
ultimatum of Sister Mary Ellen Lease:
Sim says: “Lot the Populists fuse with 1
the Democrats and I will open tin
campaign against them with the same
vigor that I showed when I led them
on to victory. The Democrats are ras
cals and thieves. They are hunting
for office, but 1 will not stand silently I
bv and permit the Populists to be 1»- i
juded bv their false promises."
Thu newspaper* are indulging in
considerable speculation as to the prob
able fate of Mrs. Nobles, the white
woman of Twiggs county, who, with a
negro accomplice, has been convicted
of the murder of her husband and sen
teneed to be hung. If the sentence is
carried out she will he the second
white woman hung in Georgia,
The only other who has yet
suffered such a penalty in this state
was Susan Eberhnrdt, convicted of
the murder of a woman in Webster
«'<iunty, whose husband she wanted to
many. Notwithstanding the heinous
ness of the crime of which Mrs. No
hies is convicted, and her apparent
wanton and abandon cruelty, there is
a strong sentiment throughout the
state in favor of the commutation of
her sentence to life imprisonment,
The execution of a woman is a process
of law indeed revolting to all civilized
pe.oplc, but the evidence in this ease is
so horrifying as to banish from one’s
mind all the finer considerations for
the sex of the criminal and reveal only
the demon disposition with which she
seems possessed. Mrs. Nobles, in our
opinion, is not deserving of the name
of woman, such as the sentiment re
(erred to implies, and it is an insult to
pure womanly instinct to extend to
her in this instance sympathy in he
half of her sex.
Editor McIntosh, of the Albany
Herald, is a Democrat after our own
heart. In reply to an inquiry of the
editor of the Early County News
whether or not the Dougherty County
Silver League will vote the Democratic
ticket should the national democratic
convention nominate a candidate for
president endorsing the financial views
of Cleveland and Carlisle, the Herald
says; "Yes. It would he a hitter pill,
hut so long as the old republican party
survives and continues its campaign of
hatred and persecution towards the
South we shall vote the democratic
ticket. To put it stronger, if the
democratic party should nominate the
devil, and he had hoofs and horns, we
would vote for him as against the re¬
publican party that has dominated
this country and persecuted and slan¬
dered the South ever since the war,
and would seek consolation in the
thought that we were fighting the en¬
emy with some of its own lire.”
An imposing monument, fashion¬
ed out of rough granite is to he erect¬
ed at Fort Mill, South Carolina, as a
tribute to the fidelity and devotion of
the Southern slaves. It will be erect¬
ed through the efforts of ( apt. Samuel
E. White of Fort Mill, as a testimon¬
ial of gratitude to the humble and
faithful slaves who fed the Southern
armies while they fought, and who
protected with sublime devotion the
women and children committed to
their care.
In 1805 Jefferson suspended the
coinage of silver. In 18H4 a bill was
introduced in congress, and passed by
the political supporters of President
Jackson, which had as its avowed pur¬
pose to bring back into circulation our
gold which had disappeared and vir¬
tually put us upon the silver standard.
Jackson sanctioned the bill. No Iff
to 1 man can claim to he a Jeffersonian
or a Jacksonian democrat. He is no
sort of democrat on the silver question.
— .State of Dade News.
If the gold dollar went out of
lation under the act of 171*2. because
it was worth 5 cents more than,
silver dollar, and at a time when
the commercial powers were attempt¬
ing to maintain the bimetalie standard,
what will be the result if the ratio of
Iff to 1 he established when it is worth
forty-nine cents more, and the bimet
alie standard has been abandoned by
every commercial powet of the world.
Extract from speech of lion. Josiah
Patterson.
Every Democrat seeking enlight
ment on the financial question should
read the speeches of Hon. Josiah Pat
terson. They are an impassioned, com
prehensive statement of well authenti
rated Instorial facts and sound,sensible
deductions.
There will he wide interest in the
pending joint debate at Chicago, be¬
tween Mr. Harvev, author of “Coin’s
Financial School,” and cx-('ongress
man Ilorr. of Michigan. The debate
will extend over eight days,
ii tn>t mi of t ottonof thi> . y eai >
crop was received a-Galveston. Texas,
Moiulax.
GOOD TIMES IN GEORGIA.
There is abundant evidence, says the
Columbus Enquirer, that there will be
a phenomenally large corn crop this
year. Georgia has never figured ofti
ciallv among the corn states, but she is
beginning to raise the corn, all the
same. J.ast year it was in many see
tions of the state a surplus crop, and
large quantities were shipped. This
year the acreage in corn has been large
ly increased, and if there is no setback,
the eorn cribs of the Georgia farmers
will bulge with Georgia corn next fall,
If there should Iw* less cotton, there will
he more corn.
There are many fields upon the lulls
and valleys which last year and for
years previous were devoted to the
fleecy staple, that are waving green
fields of corn now. With the big corn
crop all the reports show that tlie farm
ersin a great many counties havedevo
ted more attention to raising hogs, and
when the hog killing time comes next
winter Georgia farmers will have raised
their own meat to a larger extent than
in any of the years since the war. With
an abundance of corn and meat, there
are apparently well founded convictions
that the price of cotton will lie higher
than it has been for several years,
which will more than compensate for a
short crop, if there he one. With fair
prices for cotton, and plenty of home
raised supplies, there is hound to he
good times in Gi orgia.
Notwithstanding the fact that ap¬
pearances are against her, old Mrs.
Nobles said she thought a great deal
of her husband. I’ut the defense did
not try to prove that it was a love-lick
she gave him.—Ex.
for Kent, Clivttp.
Metal-roof Brick Storehouse, 24x70.
Opposite post office on Hancock street,
between A. W. Holley's and Vinson *fc
Culpepper’s. II. C. McAllister.
from Day vi lie, Jr.
Warm days and hot nights have been
with us of late.
We are still having pleasant rains,
and even the grass looks happy.
Miss Ada Young, of Coleman, is vis¬
iting Miss Eva Owens.
Messrs. Lon .Stanley and Emmett
Shaw were visiting here Sunday after¬
noon.
Prof. Miller, of Cuthbert, was the
guest of Mr. Peter Day last Saturday
and Sunday.
Echo is so much better that we hope
she will take her plaee and let us hear
from her again.
Mr. Arthur Day, with his charming
sisters, Misses Emma and May, visited
relatives and friends here last Sunday
There were a good many young men
from Dry Branch visiting Master My
rick last Sunday, as he was on the sick
list.
Mrs. Hilary Wood ham, with her
husband and little son, from Alabama,
has been visiting her father, Mr. J. D.
Owens.
Mr. My rick Day was with home
folks Saturday and Sunday, and re¬
turned to Cuthbert Monday to resume
his studies.
A series of very interesting meet¬
ings are being held at Mt. Gilead
church, conducted by Rev. W. D.
Hammock. May much good he ac¬
complished.
Any one wishing tine watermelon
seed should let us know, for we know
of a patch in view of us that are a new
variety, as they can be carried in one’s
pocket.
Miss Ada Owens left with her sister
last Monday for Alabama, where she
will spend some time. We wish for
I her a pleasant trip. Cheer up, boys,
for lime is fleeting.
A. A.
^Machinery.
When you want any repairs done on
your engines, gins or other machinery
call on me. 1 will tlx it cheap and
guarantee satisfaction.
I. B. West.
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