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The Fort Gaines Sentinel
PUBLISH/.I) KVF.BV FRIDAY.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF CLAY COUNTY
JOSHUA JOKES, Editor and PubMsber.
FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1896.
LEGAL ADVERTISING.
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tinm. must br pnl 1 for h«Ti*afto*r hi advance, The
officer*.»« well »« the publisher, having ex eri
eererl considerable trouble In making collect Iona
lar ofllrial noticed, ami in a number of Instanced
Lava been unable to collect at all. Thin rule will be
strictly adhered to. and to avoid delay and trouble
aJI Interested should, in lha future, send the cash
with tho copy for such advertisements.
The Rcjtuhlicans will hold their
state convention in Alloutnnext Wcd
day.
The antis and aiivcrbugs have con¬
densed their platform into two words
—“(’uss Cleveland.” That is the way
the Dalton Argus puts it.
The Rrunswiek Advertisesr, which
has heretofore been the leading free
silver organ in the Eleventh congress¬
ional district, lias come over to the
side of sound money.
Ninety-two new cotton mills
and 400 other manufacturing enter¬
prises have been established in the
South during the first quarter of 1890.
And still the calamity howler howleth.
Col. M. C. Edwards, jr., of Dawson,
announces that he will be in the race
for the solicitorshin of the l'alaula
circuit. He makes the fourth candi¬
date, and there are three more counties
yet to hear from. Ugh!
Now that Crisp retires from the
Held of “jiut ’scussion” limp and
sore, says the Valdosta Times, is there
another champion of a debased cur¬
rency who is willing to meet Smith
and duBignon on the stump? Trot
him out.
The friends of lion. J. B. Bussey,
the present representative from this
district in the slate senate, are urging
him to become a candidate for repre¬
sentative of Randolph county hi the
lower branch of the legislature. He
would make a good on’.
The nomination of Johnson for gov¬
ernor was continued by the recent state
convention of Alabama Democrats.
Free coinage of silver at a ratio of lb
to 1 was endorsed. Wonder if the
Pops who helped to bring about this
result will “stand up to the rack”?
There are many people, whose pre¬
ceptor is the Atlanta Constitution,who I
believe that a single gold standard !
means that wo will have no other than
gold money. The density of their—
well what they don’t know about it
would make a good size book.
The Liiivolnton Nows says: You can
just put Lincoln down against Unde
Paps Aunt (Sallies snap senatorial pri-1 ;
murv on June 6, and anything else the i '
Constitution has anything to do with 1
as long as it remains a Populist daily ;
and tries to delude the people with |
untruths.
Governor Atkinson and Chairman '
Clay of the stale executive committee,
both five silvorites who were at first
in favor of an curly expression of the
ihe people as to their choice for Unit
ed Stales Senator, now see the error
of their way and have the manliness
to set themselves right, They have
both written letters, that have been
published, in which they repudiate
the measure as an unjust and unwise
proceeding, and advise its abandon
incut.
If we had no other reason for op .
nosing the election of Mr. Crisp to the
United States Senate, his disposition
to forestall llic nnturp MMbt.1
l«»H* »»•< “•M
. MteomoMh.lk IM k»
emeck. of "soap jmlymem eaamx be
.ucceMdilly refulwl, and that aueb
tactics arc those of the politician, pure
and simple, will not be denied. It is
a sad commentary ou latter day states
roanship when party loyalty, patriotic
purpose and honest methods give way
to such poluical avarice and ingenins
tcheming.
OL’K CLRKFMY IS HI METALLIC.
The advocate of the free, unlimited
and independent coinage of silver at
Id to 1 claim to he bimetallists, and
charge that those who oppose their
scheme are in favor of gold monomet
allisin.
It is easy, says the Atlanta Journal.
i to expose the fallacy of this contention.
1 Wc nave a bimetallic currency now.
We have gold and silver used in quan¬
tities more nearly equal than any oth¬
er country in the world. W<* have of
gold coin and gold certificates $(ilH,
000,000; of silver coin and silver cel¬
tiheates, $779,000,000. Great Britain
has of gold $580,000,000, and of silver
(subsidiary only) $115,000,000. The
German has of gold $625,000,000, and
of silver, $105,000,000. France has
of gold $850,000,000, of silver $450,
000,000. Austria-Hungary has of gold
$140,000,000, and of silver $120,000,
000. India and the Latin American
countries have no gold.
11 is because we want both gold and
silver used as currency that we oppose
a free coinage scheme which would ab¬
solutely and inevitably drive gold om
of circulation. There is no country
which lias the fiee coinage of silver
I hat is not on a silver basis and has not
monometallism. The New York World
lints the question clearly when it says;
It thus appears that while maintain¬
ing the gold standard, and so keeping
our country and its securities of every
sort in good standing in the financial
world we have “done more for silver
than any other country. We alette
among commercial nations are using
it as largely as we use gold for curren¬
cy, and at the same time we are keep¬
ing it at par with gold, as no free coin¬
age country in the world has done or
can do.
is it not folly, then, for silver Dem¬
ocrats to insist upon democratic defeat,
the loss of all the democracy stands for
and the inauguration of an orgy of Mc
Kinleyism, under the pretense that it
is necessary to work all this ruin in or¬
der to compel the doing of something
for silver? Is not our sound money,
gold standard policy the very best one
possible even from the silver point of
view? Is it not today doing more for
silver than could be done under any
other policy? Reflect
Consider facts. upon re¬
sults. Then say whether or not dem¬
ocracy should invite defeat by declar¬
ing for a change of monetary policy.
A writer in the Atlanta Journal sug¬
gests that while we are at it why not
make enough money to make every¬
body rich by providing for the coinage
of pig iron at a ratio of 1(5 to 1. If
the government’s frank makes 571
grains of silver worth a dollar, why
wont it make that much iron worth a
dollar? It is extravagance on the
part of the government to demand gold
and silver as money metal if iron will
,| w as wc ]j This writer concludes a
lengthy article thus; “I insist that the
free coinage of pig iron will do every¬
thing that is claimed for silver, and
infinitely more. The people will be
rich and prosperous. The once poor
man can pay all his debts with his old
stove. The railroads can declare div
blends on old rails, and the small boy
can pick up old nails and horse shoes
to 8U W ort ,he fmnily ' 1,1 fi,ie ’ l K,ver *
ty and debt can no longer exist J”
Verily, the millomum is close at hand.
Through the efforts of Congressman
Russell Chattahoochee and Flint rivers
got $53,000 lor their improvement—
$'25,000 for the Chattahoochee and
$8,000 for the Flint—in the river and
harbor bill. Ben Russell has made a
most efficient representative, and his
service to the party will not be for
gotten.—Thomasville Times-Enter
prise.
Tom Watson says in his people’s
party papei . (hal Mr. ( risp is not in
earnest about the silver question and
advocates it like a man who really
rtocsiFt care much one way or the oth
er ' Mr. Watson is mistaken, says an
Judge Crisp is defending a
wo* e* -lo tho l»« of M . aMlUy.
m,l you over notice lliat every
Mxoam u t |, c early
j >u(1 s „ naluri . l , primariw MVS lhc Ual .
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j into Judge further Griggs controversy refuses to with be driven Jesse
Walters, in the Second. We do not
think the judge's voice is getting weak.
but we fear for Ins knees.—Wavcross
Herald.
from Mind) Dell.
; There in a fountain flowing fieoly.
Though «'*• stand uj>ou the brink
Thirsting for the snarkiing drink. water,
iVo can never stoop to
Onee we drank at this same fountain;
Only once a drink it yields 1
To each person in a lifo time, 1
Tho’ it ripples through life's fields
| Tis the fount of youth we apeak of,
Where world is scarce in sight
Could you drink again different its waters life t
Would you live a
Hon. W. J. Greene says he is not a
candidate for representative. L If he :
was we would put him through all ,
rigid.
Crops are looking fine in this sec-1
tion, though badly in need of rain. !
■ Cotton chopping will soon be the
order of the day.
.
Wo hear that Mr. A. L. Foster will,
a P°P U * 18 ^ candidate lor representa
I ■ live. There are few better men than
Mr. Foster, but, oh!
Alabama has gone for free silver,
and Georgia will follow suit. [Espec¬ fixing j
ially if the Pops have a voice in
the policy of the Democratic party.]
We believe that if our friend Josh !
would come out here a few times more
j h 0 would become a Griggs man. We
don’t think lie could help it, as lie be¬
lieves in the majority ruie. [It is the
rule of the majority of the whole in
which we believe, “Quid.”]
Mr. J L. Ward, of Fort Gaines, was
here one day this week, lie, like all
others, says (Shady Dell is a pretty!
place, and thereby displays his good lie!
taste. Mr. Ward is a bustier.
hauls on one wagon two loads of lum¬
ber and one load of poplar poles.
last The Sunday editor with of the Skxtinel lie Shady spent j j
us. says
Dell is a pretty place. Come again,
friend Josh; and we will go fishing.
We will have everything in readiness,
and will guarantee plenty of lish. We
are always glad to have our friends
visit us.
“The melancholly days
have come, the saddest
of the year.” It is also
the season when humani¬
ty is more than ever af¬
flicted with “the fever
lurks”—that tired and in¬
dolent feeling that ren¬
ders existence a dull drag.
An ice cold glass of spark¬
ling beer, or perhaps a
more stimulating bever¬
age, would rejuvinate his
being, dispell his languor
and produce an Eli
motion that would sur
prise old Eli himself.
Hut it is only the purest
brands of beers and liq¬
uors that bring about this
happy invigoration and
not leave an after effect
more depressing than
your former state. Luke
Hurst has just what you
want. Ht has a fine line
of good old reliable
liquors, beers, &c., that
expert judges of such
goods say cannot be ex¬
celled in purity arc! gen¬
eral excellence. Don’t
buy “bust head” when
you can get first-class
goods of him for the same
money. Don’t forget that
he also carries a full line
of ___O__ the choicest cigars and
finest tobaccos. Be sure
to see him before buying.
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Wo*arJ C. Rash, Maa’gr.
FREE SILVER*
Will buy as much as the purest gold if you
follow the example of hundreds of lucky
bargain seekers and trade with
T. M r M L ® il & m r 5ro > wn,
Who is the acknowledged leader in the grocery trade, and
whose low prices and liberal dealing generally and have Family won
him so many friends. 11 is line of Fancy the
Groceries, Fruits and Confectioneries is
most complete in town and is guaranteed
AFRESH AND lH'ffK.U
^ r > C J •ything needed in the culinary dej 3 ent of the family
S. kept in stock wW n v’rvv to sa*is the demands of
all classes o! ::v. :ho ;e seclti g die plain sub
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stantials of life to hose of dain.y taste who call
for delicacies. Below is men-.ioned a fe.v
articles to gi\ • you an idea of his stock:
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Lightbrcad, i oh f ad Cocoanuts
Snow Flake Crr,3': ;ro, 1 r.t.cy Starch, Candy,
Gashen Butter. { :
Cream Cheese,
Apples, SCO, Groceries,
Lemons, ! .; ;y
Oranges, Bananas, Crockery, i Jars,
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Halsins, Jell; Glasses,
Canned Goods, Ti.cvare, Em Lets,
Fresh Sausage, <
Keg Pickles, < Tubs, Whips,
Sweet Pickles, IT gy
Chow Chow, lu Weis, (Shells,
Homemade Jelly, ! - '
Spices, Etc.
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We have just received a fresh supply of
All kinds of
Canned Fruits.
25 Boxes Bird Seed To be c ,o ;-L out at the b,,y<!rs
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Have Yoor SLOTHES
mad? to Order ----
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/Aercbaot Tailor?.
They Guarantee to Fit a.-;J Ptease You.
LARGEST
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Geo. £>. SPEIGHT'S.
gifips- BUY THE CELEBRATED
NEW HOME
SEWING MACHINE.
.T- TSUiy <L [la* The Ladies’ Favorite.
It is the Lightest Running, the
.J Pi .Simplest, the Most Durable and in ev¬
* - ery way the Most Reliable and Popu¬
lar Sewing Machine on the market.
Sold cheap for case or on easy terms.
■s ' IV, I^auilliii & Wimberly.
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First-Class Meats at all times,
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Beef, Pork and Sausage.
BURNETT & MOORE.