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The Fort Gaines Sentinel = rt'llMHHKO r.VKKV Kit I DAY. OFFicTal organ of clav county! ~ - - JOSHUA JOKES, Editor and Publisher. — ------ —- - - — r err. FIUD.VY, .TIT.Y 2(5, - LEGAL ADVERTISING. All low I paMUIu'd lii tli<* Si:v Tim i. rnnut (><• |Mil I fur hwraflor In advmirv. Tin* offlri-rp. nit «fll im flu |>nl>li»tu:r. having ex <-ri rtir. ll I-Iiiii-I<tcialili. »ronM> III liinklll!* colli'f I loin* 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. ! 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. ” 1 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. 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