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The Fort Gaines Sentinel
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JOSHUA JOKES, Editor and Publisher.
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LEGAL ADVERTISING.
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f»r«<i l«I mtlrn nn«l In a number of instance*
h**u MNlile. lu eolli-rt at all Till* rulr will h«
mttrtlf adhere*! to, anil to avoid delay mnl trouble
allhHcreatart (hotlld. In the ftttnro. aend the <a*li
bldi tin* ni|ry fof wh mlvertlie'mcnt*.
This year’s corn crop is estimated
at 2,400,000,000 bushels.
There are $2 ooo, 030 ,ooo in Lon¬
don held for loan at less than 1 cent
per annum, and that in a single gold
standard country.
Hon. B. K. Bussell is again at
home in Bainbridge, enjoying a short
vacation after having been engaged
in important committee work at
Washington, D. C.
Hon. Clarence Wilson, of Clay,
was elected chairman pro tern of the
Griffin convention, last week, and pre¬
sided over the deliberations of the
hotly with his accustomed dignity.
If the prohibitionists of this state
expect to conquer the whiskey evil,
by the dispensary system, they are
doomed to disappointment. Gcor
gians want none of South Carolina’s
experience in theirn.
The fact the free silverites had to
import a prominent Alabamian to
make the leading speech at the Grif¬
fin convention is regarded as signifi¬
cant of the absence of “big guns" in
the free silver ranks.
Speaker Crisp acknowledges that
the sentiment in Georgia on the
money question is divided, and that
the silverites haven t things their own
way. Mr. Crisp will have to make
still further accessions.
The Griffin convention howled
down a delegate who proposed that
a list of the delegates be made. Evi¬
dently those present, after finding
out “where they were at,” did not
want to go on record as being there.
The Leavenworth Times says :
Peflfer thinks the populist party has
done its work. It has certainly done
all the work this country intends to
let it do, and Peflfer evidently knows
when it is time to leave the sinking
ship.
President Cleveland or some mem¬
ber of his family, possibly Marion,
will start the machinery at the Cotton
States and International Expositfon.
The directors have arranged for a
wire into the grounds and another
in Gray Gables on opening day.
One redeeming quality of your
Uncle Lon Livingston as a congress¬
man is his fidelity to his friends and
energy in rewarding them with such
appointments as he is able to secure.
There* being nothing better to be had
he has recently secured for some of
his rural constituents conductors’
places on Washington City cable
cars.
Some of the papers favorable to
free silver, in their desperation for a
point of argument, lay great stress on
Hoke Smith s acknowledgement
he was once an advocate of free coin¬
age. They forget that “wise men
sometimes change their minds,” etc.
It is better to change from wrong to
right than to persist in wrong, even
in politics.
A wonderful change has come over
the dreams of tae Dawson News
since Chairman Hobbs, of the execu
five committee of the Second con¬
gressional district, declared himself
in favor of free coinage. In 1 recent
congressional campaign lie was
“Dictator” Hobbs, but the News now
refers to him as “the fearless old
democratic warhorse who so ably
fills the chairmanship of the district
executives committee.”
The Georgia melon industry has
been a failure this year, so far as the
I proceeds are concerned. Lack of
' demand and exorbitant freight
char K es have Ieft lhe producers with
nothing to show for their crop.
Melons are not now bringing enough
to pay freight to many of the leading
cities. Leading melon growers say
1 that there are thousands of car loads
of melons yet in the field, and any
number of cars can he bought on the
track at from ten to twenty dollars
per car. Melon growers are said to
he discouraged at the situation It is
evident, however, that the present
system of marketing this great crop
is defective. It will take some active
and intelligent work to perfect it, es¬
pecially to get the friendly co-opera¬
tion of the railroads.
The Macon News makes the fol¬
lowing comment on the Griffin con¬
vention:
Met.
Took a drink.
Talked it over.
Took another drink.
Heard a very long speech.
Then took » few more drinks.
Col. Kvan read some resolutions.
All hands took die same thing.
Resolutions were discussed.
Set ’em up once more.
Almost had a fight.
The same thing,
lies, adopted.
Another.
Z-z-iss.
BANG !
The Griffin convention, by which
the free silverites expected to dem¬
onstrate a strong silver sentiment in
this state, is a thing of the past, and
die powerful influence it was to have
on the financial question has not
yet revealed itself. That the con¬
vention was a disappointment to the
silverites is evident by their lack of
enthusiasm in talking of it. A state
organization was formed, officers
elected, and that together with a few
speeches, about covers the work of
the convention. Senator Morgan
fired the big gun in the way of a
speech, but if it contained any sound
argument in favor of unlimited free
coinage at the Populist ratio, our
mind is incapable of taking it in.
The Augusta Tribune, which is the
organ of the Third party in the tenth
district, and is edited by Mr. Cart
ledge,one Mr.of YValsh’s colleagues in
the Griffin convention, has this to say
of Mr. Walsh's speech: “Mr. Walsh
made a regular populist speech at
Griffin yesterday, He used the very
same arguments which he denounced
Mr. Watson for using less than two
years ago.”
According to the last statement of
the treasury our per capita money
circulation is $22.96. In 1894 it was
$24.30. Here we have a decrease of
$1 34 in the per capita circulation.
According to some of the would-be
financial leaders of the day this should
have caused a corresponding fall in
prices and depression in businesss
activity, but the contrary is the
result.
In its report of the attendance at
the Griffin convention, the
Constitution prints the pictures of a
number of Georgians who were not
an <l hundred miles ol Griffin. The
Consti. is enterprising as a newspa
l )er » ,UH ^ ’ s a hustler as 1 fake oigan.
But then < something had to be done,
you know, to sustain its predictions
of the magnitude of that convention.
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The Augusta Evening Herald on ;
the silver convention at Griffin: “The !
time has not yet come in Georgia 1
liticallv, when 1 opulists affiliate and Democrats, in The po- j j
can peace.
mixing up of the parties at Griffin
was a mistake—a serious mistake. It
was unwise. It was impolitic—a la
mentable error. It has hurt silver
very much in Georgia. ”
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A Floyd county farmer lias sold in
advance 100 bales ot cotton to a fac
tory at Rome at 7 cents. The farmer
says he will clear at least Si,000 on
the hundred bales, after all expenses
are paid.
DIFFER IN PEACE.
Editor Henry McIntosh of the
Albany Herald was on the right line
when he wrote the following which i
, The Sentinel endorses and com
| mends to its readers.
The agitation of the financial ques
tion has reached the point of over
shadowing everything else as a pub-;
lie issue or in the nature of a subject
of political economy, and the consid
eration and discussion of the two op
posing theories upon which the fi¬
nancial woes of the country are
sought to be paliated by legislative
enactment and administrative policy
have brought us to where honest dif
terences of opinion will arise.
Let us differ in peace.
- or the first time in many years—
aye, we might say since the war—
the Democrats of the South find
themselves confronted by an issue
upon which they are so badly divid¬
ed that if either faction should be¬
come recalcitrant and allow this dif¬
ference to effect their loyalty to
friends or party a serious and disas¬
trous disruption of the party of our
fathers is inevitable, and personal
friendships must end in wrangling
and lasting bitterness.
The issue of free silver coinage
and biinetalism as against the single
standard is on, and must be met, but
let us meet it in a rational way, and
make up our minds to tolerate the
honest opinions of those who do not
agree vitli us. And, above all, let
those of us who are democrats not
forget that we have a common ene¬
my to meet next year, and that we
will need the loyal co-operation of
each other to withhold the reins
of government from the grasping
hands of a party of sectional hate
and that has made for itself a record
for favoring the classes rather than
the masses.
As democrats let us settle our dif¬
ferences on the silver question inside
the party; as individuals, let us be
tolerant and conduct our discussions
of the subject upon which we may
honestly differ in a rational, sensible
way and in respectful and parliamen¬
tary terms.
From all I’arts of tile Stan- tile Verdict I>*
Bowling Gkeen, Flu., j
I have been a sufferer from a compli
cation of liver and kidney pain troubles, ao
oompauied with a severe across the
back. I aui happy to testify that after
nsiug Dr. Simmous’Hepatine or Liver
Cure I am completely relieved of my
trouble. ‘ W. li. Lewis,
From ilayvlllc, Jr.
Mr. Johnnie Hartley was in the
ville Monday.
Mrs. Smith and little Bonzavisited
Mrs. Peter Day last Saturday.
Mrs. Watson visited the family of
Mrs. E. J. Hartley last Saturday.
Miss Leila Young has been visit¬
ing Misses Eva and Maud Owens
the past week.
Those were queer fillies the young
ladies found last Wednesday after¬
noon while out walking.
Mrs. Bowman and children, of
Early county, are on a visit to her
uncle, Mr. B. F. Wolsey.
Mr. Eugene Owens, after an ab¬
sence of several weeks in the FYirt,
is with home folks again,
Mr. Peter Day and daughter. Liz
zie, and Mrs. Lena Hartley attended
Sabbath school at Mt. Gilead
Little Sallie Hartley returned
home Monday after a few days’ visit
to her grandfather’s, near Dry
Branch.
Mrs. J. D. Owens, with ‘Misses
Maud add Lottie, who have been
visiting relatives near Vilulah, re
turned home last Sunday.
The singing was very much en
j 0 y C( j by all last Sunday evening, I
an< j W e hope tor many more in the !
future, as we can surely keep the Sab- 1
bath holy by singing praises to God. 1
Owing to the siege of cholera this
year there is a great demand for
hogs at this place, as there are enor¬
mous crops of peas, groundpeas and
chufas being raised in this immediate
vicinity. A. A.
Si> Will You.
Jacksonville, Fla.. Sept. 10, 1804.
1 have been using Dr. Simmons’ Hep
atine in family for some time, auil I
eoufirm what is claimed for it.
F. ti. Shad, of Kolui f F urchgott & Co.
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