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THE J|g sun.
June 4 1 IS SB.
J. H. MAGILL Editor
i. T. MAGILL - - ■ - Assn't.
Rntered os »ecou<l ellM ruatler at th« Post Office,
Hartwell, Ga.
FOB GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA :
Hon. A. O. Bacon,
Os Bibb County.
EDITORIAL
•grUp. nays
The Sun was, we believe, the first
journal in the State to hoist the name
of Hon. A. O. Bacon at the masthead
as a candidate for the nomination for
Governor of Georgia. We did this be
cause we believed that he was eminent
ly qualified for the position bj' his lonst
training in the legislative councils of
the State, and from the numerous en
dorsements he had received from press
and people. This was before General
Gordon bad announced himself a can
didate. It was not to be expected,
therefore, that we should transfer our
allegiance without some very cogent
reasons. When General Gordon de
livered his eloquent and cflective speech
in 11 ait well on Thursday of last week,
we were strong')' impressed with the
apparent candor and Loue-ty of the
man ; and we then determined that if
Major Bacon should, in his speech on
Saturday following, attack General
Gordon's integrity of purpose in any
of his public acts, without positive
proof to sustain his charges, we would
transfer our support to General Gordon.
This determination was not expressed
as we intended it should be in our ar.
tide regarding General Gordon’s speech
last week. The forms were ready for
the press on Thursday with just space
for the short article alluded to, which
was written hurriedly and without time
for proper consideration, just after the
speech was made, and the paper hurried
to the press. When Major Bacon be
gan his speech on Saturday, he stated
in positive terms that he had no charge
to make against General Gordon's in.
tegrity of character, and by no word did
he in his long and admirable address
charge General Gordon with commit
ting any public act other than that of
an honest man inspired with the purest
motives.
This left us free to decide upon what ,
we regard the real question in the cam
paign—the qualifications and fitness of ’
the two men for the duties of the chief
magistracy of the State; and without
hesitation we speak but our honest con
victions when we say, in our judgment
Major Bacon is unquestionably the best
equipped man for the important and
responsible position of Governor of
Georgia; and, therefore, we will cast
our vote for Bacon delegates in the
Hart County Democratic Nominating
Convention on the first Tuesday in
July next.
Aheady the tongue of misrepresentation
has beeu let loose on (’apt. Carlton's
candidacy for congress in this district. It
is being said that he is a “Gordon man,”
and by others that he is a “Bacon man,”
with the hope of his enemies alienating
his friends. The truth es the matter is
that Capt. Carlton is neutral in the guber
natorial contest, as both the candidates for
governor arc his warm personal friends. He
will not have anything to say on the canvass
for governor, but he may be relied on to
“tote his own skillet” in the contest for
congress in this the Sth District.
Again, it is reported that neither Bacon
nor Gordon would be the democratic nom
inee for governor, and that Capt. Carlton
would be the “dark horse"—that he should '
be saved for that purpose, all of which is
the greatest wrong to a prominent citizen. '
Hon. H. 11. Carlton is not and will not be a '
candidate for governor of Georgia. He
has entered the race for congress to stay j
until victory perches upon a banner thatj
has never trailecLin the dust, and which |
has never been stained with the foul vapor
of treachery. His has been a career which 1
honorable men have to respect and honor. I
In the forum in the held er in the quiet'
walks of life he has alike been successful,
and his proudest boast should be that he
can point to them with pride. Such a man
in congress is needed, and such a man can
and will be elevated by the people, regard
less of the reports of pretended friends.—
Athens Banner.
President Grover Cleveland was mar
ried on Wednesday last to Mi<s Frances
Folsom, of New York. The wedding
was a very quiet affair, considering the
exalted station of the groom. President
Cleveland will receive the congratulations
and well wishes of the people of this
gnat republic.
THZ VOICE OF BLACK-
1 S ! ItOXG 1.F.T1 KK FKOM HON. J. <’. U
III.ACK TO THE BEHM KATS OF
GIO KG I A.
In Fnvor of the Election of Major Bacon.
Editor Chronicle : The invitations with
which I have been honored to address the j
people on the pending Gubernatorial ques- ■
lion seem to impose upon me a duty to
respond in some way. I cannot visit the
localities to which I have been invited,
and therefore adopt this method of briefly
giving some of my views. It must be a ■
matter of regret to all good citizens that 1
the joint discussions between the candi
dates who aspire to the high office of Gov- ■
ernor very soon became so personal that
their respective representatives agreed ’
that the unity of the party and the public ‘
good required that they should be discon- ;
tined. But when we come to think about
it, is it strange? Where gentlemen be
long to the same party, and agree sub
stantially upon the public questions that
must be determined during the administra
tion of the office to which they aspire,
there is little, if anything to discuss but
themselves, and this being so, the effort of
each is to make his competitor inferior to
himself, and hence personal abuse or de
traction. and a mere wrangle for office
must follow. This must be so until we
’ curb the disposition to pursue office for
the emoluments and honor it brings, and
learn that the people have some capacity
to select for themselves their own public
servants. As long as the people allow it
■ to be understood that no citizen is to be
, called into office unless he is willing and
■ able to conduct a long and expensive can
vass, in which his chief employment is to
be praise of himself and detraction and
abuse of others, who are engaged as him
self, the services of many, worthy mid
, qualified, who would, if properly called,
■ accept public station, must be lost to the
. State, for they have neither the taste nor
, capacity to pursue such methods.
To elevate the tone of our politics, dig
nify the methods now too commonly re-
I sorted to, inculcate the salutary lesson that
offices are not created to be dispensed as
rewards, even for the worthy, but to be
conferred and enjoyed for the public good ;
that they bring not only emolument and
honor, but impose the most sacred trust
and the gravest responsibilities, is far
more important than the political prefer
ment of any individual. These high ends
so devoutly to be wished for cannot be
attained unless they are demanded and in
sisted upon by the virtuous and intelligent,
whose interest and duty cal! upon them to
assert and maintain the control of public
affairs. Two prominent citizens aspire to
the high and responsible office of Gover
nor of the State, and the people who are
the original source of all power, and to
whom all offices belong, are called upon to
wisely and patriotically inquire what is
the business in Land? what the duty of
the hour? For in the heat of partisan
passion or false sentiment we may forget
these pertinent and controlling questions.
The business on hand is the selection of a
Governor, not the crowning of a warrior
We want a man to fill the Chief Executive
office of the State, not one to lead a gal
lant corps “into the jaws of death, into
the meuth of hell.” The duty of the
hour is to select that one who is best quali
fied for the particular service to be ren
dered. The office of Governor demands
qualifications entirely different from those
that would tit one for other high stations.
Its duties largely, very largely require
that the incumbent should be a man of
business habits and methods. We must
guard against the mistake sometimes made
in the church as well as the State that be
cause one is tit for or has been even dis
tinguished in one department or station,
that, therefore, he is qualified for all ser
vice. According to the divine arrange
ment and order in the church, “God hath
set some in the chinch; first, apostles;
secondarily, prophets; thirdly, teachers.
After that miracles; then gifts of healings
helps, governments, diversities of tongues.
Are all apostles; are all prophets, are all
teachers, arc all workers of miracles?
Have all the gift of healing? Do all speak
with tongues? Do all interpret?” Geor
gia lias furnished to the Christian world of
to-day one of its most conspicuous figures
—a man whose career is really phenome
nal—and yet 1 am sure tl at neither he
nor any of his friends will consider me
disrespectful or lacking in just apprecia
tion of his wonderful gifts when 1 say that
the recent conference of his Church would
not have thought of making him Bishop
or elevating him to a professorship in a
theological seminary. Why? Because he!
lis not distinguished or has no; rendered j
■ conspicuous and faithful service . By no ■
means, but because he has not the quali ■
cations that fit him for the office of a
Bishop or a theological professor. Jno.
i Milton. in one of his powerful defences of
| the people of England, said : “War has
made many great whom peace makes
1 small.” Let the thoughtful, reflecting
people of the State consider what office it
is to be filled and the duties of that office '
nnd the choice between the two candidates I
1 tbiak must be plain. The Governor.
1 shall be commander-in-chief of the army
and navy of the State and of the mililia
thereof. In case of invasion or insurrec
tion the Governor has power to call out
all volunteer military companies or the
militia, or both, for the defence of the
State. But these are not all his duties.
I'hey are exceptional and only required in
case of emergencies that are not likely to
conic upon us. For these purposes, or
for the mere formal and purely ornametal
duties of a dress parade, as required by
the recent military display in Savannah,
my choice might be different, but when 1
consider the daily practical duties of this
office and the qualifications that are re
quired for their discharge, I am forced to
the conclusion that one of these candi
dates is superior to the other by nature
and training. One of them. lion. A. <>.
Bacon, ia familiar with the legislation and
I the histtry of public affairs for the past
twelve or fifteen years, is a gentleman of
ability— not only cf ability, but adapta
bility to this particular office ; in short, so
worthy and well equipped that his com
petitor publicly and freely acknowledges
■his qualifications. The other was dis
! tingnishfd in war, for which he has been
highly honored already and still com
mand- the grateful ropect of all the peo
ple ; personally is brave, knightly, warm
hearted and generous. But may it not be
asked, without personal disrespect ami
■ with the highest appreciation of his rnili
; tary services, what are his qualifications
for the office we aro now called on to fill ?
His pursuits have been so foreign to the
' consideration of those questions; the study
iof which would qualify for the duties of
' Governor, and he has been so forgetful of
or inattentive to the public affairs of the
i Slate, that he recently issued a public in
| vitalion to attend his inaugural on a day
< several months later than that fixed by
I law for this interesting and necessary
ceremony.
Against the one who, in mj r opinion is
Lest qualified for the office, nothing has
been urged, ns far as I have heard, except
the fact that ha resigned the adjutancy of
a regiment during the war between the
States. Os course this has been, and will
be, tortured and perverted and exagger
ated, and will be made the most of among
the unreflecting and prejudiced. The facts
are not denied, as far as I am informed,
that he faithful/ did his duty in the field
until physical inabilility forced him to
resign, and then lie entered another depart
l ment of the service. What is there in
these facts to disqualify him for the office
of Governor or render him unworthy the
respect, confidence and support of the
most loyal to every proper sentiment and
memory that we all ought to cherish and
transmit? There were departments of
the public service in that period as useful
and necessary as military service in the
field. A just-judgment of any man's
record must be determined not so much
In’ the station he filled as how he filled it.
I honor the obscurest teamster that did
his duty, the nurse in the hospital that
performed the last ministrations of com
fort and registered the last message of
lose to the absent—every man and wo
man, in any department of the service,
who stood in his place and rendered the
best service he could. But among those
who did active service T would place the
most unfading crown upon the brow of the
private soldier who endured the severest
hardships, suflered the greatest privations
and fought the battles mi l won the vic
tories. At all proper times and in all
proper ways, we should honor the faithful
and true of that period. If it. could be,
mark the grave of every dead by worthy
memorial, and liberally pension every
living soldier. But this is not the time to
he unwisely moved by such a sentiment,
however lofty and worthy. It happens to
be within my knowledge that in another
State, not many years ago. the people
elected one Governor because he had taken
his life in his hand and gone into a district
that was stricken with yellow fever, but it
was not long before they began to think
that one might be the most noble and self
sacrificing philanthrophist and yet not
qualified to be the chief Executive ol a
great State. Let us not make a like mis
take. Not long ngo 1 had occasion to call
upon one of the largest merchants in our
city, whose success is the amplest proof
of his business management, to solicit em
ployment for one who had been unfortu
nate in business and lost everything. In
the course of the interview the merchant
called my attention to a gentleman in the
store, of urbane manners and faultless
dress, and said to me I have employed
that man to bow to, and smile upon the
ladies. Doubtless the merchant had been
wise in his selection for that particular
service, but if his judgment had been so
'perverted by the charming address of the
gentleman selected to greet the ladies, as
to put him in charge of his books and
finances bankruptcy would have been the
i price of his folly. The business in hand
\ is the choice of a Governor, the duty of
■ the hour is without partisan passion or
prejudice or intemperate sentiment, to se
lect that candidate, who isacknowedged by
his opponent to be worthy and who by
the fitness of things is better qualified for
| the office.
I have written hurriedly and under
! great pressure, hut nothing 1 hope that is
l unjust or unworthy of the consideration
of every g*od citizen. With a just appre-
I ciation of the honor done me by those
. who have in diilerent localities in the
State invited me to address them, and the
hope that the people may wisely choose,
1 am very respectfully yours.
J. C. C. Black.
l n<li£CNl»<l Food.
In the stomach develops an acid which
stings the upper part vs the throat and ;
' palate, causing “heartburn.” It also
evolves a gas which produces “wind on
the stomach.” and a feeling and appear
ance of distension in that organ after eat-'
ing. For both this acidity and swelling
Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters is a much bet
ter remedy than alkaline salts, like harts
horn and carbonate of soda. A wine
glassful of the Bitters, after or before din- I
ner. will be found to act as a reliable
carminative or preventive. This tine,
specific for dyspepsia, both in its acute
and chronic form, also prevents and cures
malarial fever, constipation, liver com
plaint. kidney troubles, nervousness and !
debility. Persons who observe in them-j
selves a decline of vigor should use this
line tonic without delay. 1
PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS.
■
No president has ever labored more
faithfully and assiduously than Mr. Cleve
land ; none has been more conscientious
in the fulfilment of every public duty.
Even at this time, when the country
would readily excuse a little inattention,
it sees that he has not forgotten his work.
—New York Herald.
I'anger! A neglected cold or cough may
lead to I’neiiinoni ■.* < n-uniption «.r other fatal
<li i a.se. Strong »• Pectoral Fi Is will cuie a
cold as by man c. Ke-1 i hinirfpr dyspepsia.fn
digestiou.sickheadache as thousands testify.
The wheat crop in this section will not
average 25 per cent. Iwo bushels for one
sewn is about all the farmers expect.—
Athens Banner.
We have heard quite a number of Major
Bacon’s supporters remark, that when he
speaks at this place, if his speech is not
more solid and practical than Gen. Gor
don's, they will abandon his support. —
Franklin Register.
If one half of what the Atlanta Consti
tution charges against Democratic usage .
and practice in Georgia is true no wonder
the Republicans draw such villianous
' pictures of us.—Albany News.
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher can no longer
draw an audience of any considerable size
in Washington. He is showing palpable
signs of mental decadence.
Hon. Young A. Daniel, of Madison
j county, has announced himself as a can
didate for the sonate for the 30th senato
rial district, subject to a district nomi
nating convention.
Uncle Billy Toombs, of Washington,
will be eighty five in August, and is active
and healthy. He has always been a ser
vant in the Toombs family, and was born
the property of General Toombs’s father.
Billy is a colored man of good character,
and has never meddled with politics.
\Ye say to the enemies of Bacon, that
his friends defy you to point your finger
at a single blemish in either his private or
political life, or show one good reason
why he is not eminently fitted to guide
the helm of state ! We are running Ma
jor Bacon for Governor on his own merits
! —not bj’ slandering and viHifying his op
ponent. If the friends of Gen. Gordon
can prove to the voters that be has supe
rior qualifications over A. 0. Bacon for
the office he seeks, then he should be
elected.—Athens Banner.
We have already said, and we repeat it.
that the present method of conducting the
compaign is calculated to make the people
think Gen. Gordon and Maj. Bacon and
their partisans are so embittered against
each other that neither candidate is fit to
be Governor. Indeed, there are already
indications, and they are daily becoming
stronger that the best interests of the
State require a man for Governor who has
not aroused the bvttev hostility of a very
’ large faction of his party.—Savannah
News.
Toccoa, Ga., MayJSl.—News reached our
; little city today of the remarkable death
of a little negro boy lire years old, son ol
( George Long, who resides about four miles
south of this place. His mother was away
prom home at the time, and the boy was
left alone. It is supposed that he was
1 playing in the fire and fell in burning
himself very badly. The tire was put out
by a little boy who was passing from the
| spring. The accident occurred about eleven
’ o'clock Thursday morning, and the child
died yesterday morning in gieat agony.
His father is absent in Alabama at work.
Baltimore, May 30.--The revival
commenced a month ago by the Evan
: gelists, Sam Jones and Sam Small,
came to an end to-night. It has been
the most successful ever held in this
city, the series meetings having been
attended by over 400,000 people, over
j 2,000 of* whom professed religion. The
I work of the Evangelists met with a
hearty co-operation from the Protestant
clergymen, and many churches report
a largely increased membership.
“ What’s the matter Si?” you m e not
i looking well. “ O nothing only a slight
, cold.” In two davs after the above con
versation “Si” was very sick with pneu
-1 monia. Had ho at first taken a dose of
SMITH’S BILE BEANS fl bran) he
i would have bran surely cured without
i harm. A cold .is congest! n; BILE
BEANS will relieve a c >ld quicker
than anv other remedy,as it relieves the
| congested part at once. For sale by all
medicine dealers. Price, 25c. per bottle.
According to Bradstreet’s figures the
industrial and commercial conditions
of the country are improving. The
i failures up to date show a decline of
,716 from the number reported last
j year.
Among our leading industries pro
duction is on the increase. Cotton
manufacturing is more prosperous than
'it was a year ago, and the manufac
turers are confident. The woolen mills
‘ are more hopeful. The iron and steel,
’ establishments will have a dull sum
mer, except in some special branches,
i but the general tendency is promising.
I
Washington Chronicle: One of our
hotel keepers tells the following: “I
■ saw a turtle's head cut off from the
: body and thrown down in the back
yard one day at 10 o'clock, and the
next day at about the same hour it
caught a chicken by the foot and held
it until we released it.” One of our
physicians coming up about that time
remarked: “Yes, I don't doubt it;
you may take a turtle's heart and it
will continue to beat until it gets dry."
We hear and read a good deal of ut
terance looking to flinging Gordon and
Bacon over and pulling in a dark horse,
or a third man. It is surprising what
amount of this there is—Atlanta
Capitol. |
DRUGS, DRUGS, DRUGS.
HAVING pur< based the entire stock of Drugs, Medic ineg. and fixtures of W. H. PAGE A
continue the business at the same place on tbc Corner, and exjiect tokeep on band a well Z *
stock of
Drugs, Medicines, Oils, Paints,
AND
Patent Medicines.
Respectfully solicit a sliaie of the patronage of any who may need goods in this line.
WILL FILL PRESCRIPTIONS
and prescribe for the sick in office, and will also visit patients when not otnerwise engaged.
C. A. WEBB, M. D.
—Mwrtkll'U TH aI II I I TBMW . TIIMi ■■ 'll f ■■■■ I
STILL THEY COME."
NEW GOODS! NEW GOODS!
AT
W. H. STEPHENSON’S.
AR SPRING GOODS. ’ '7 jr*- DRESS
Goods. l.adieC Misses TJ 4 \I r If \T S 2 a h "~'’ b,t !’* 1 G “, , ! ,S S 2 II( \f? L.’
Gent.-.' and Bovs’ 1 KA VV 1L jA In, Boys, and Ladi. sOLI I. /
T1JI) IP I ) 4*2 a good lot of JEANS. SUITINGS »i>d rtady-made CLOTHING.
1 JuJlVO* 11 I haven’t got what you want I will order it for yon. I keen , la
hand a full line of GENTS' EUKNISHING GOODS. CELLULOID COLLARS and CUl'tS; also LA
DIES’ COLLARS, CUFFS, LACES. EMBROIDER?, AC. A full lino of
GEHERAI MEfiCHAEDISB ai MILY GBBIH
alwavs on hand. HAMS. SUGAR. COFFEE. N. O. SYRUP. FLORIDA SYRUP, Ac. A fn'l lino of
PATENT MEDICINES and DRUGS. A lull line <>f HARDWARE and FARMING IMPLEMENTS
Hoes, Plows, Single and Dosiblc Foot Plowstocks. I also have on hand a lot of the celebrated
Josh Berry Grain Cradles.
Com? nnd price my Goods. I will do my best t»» please you in Goods and Prices.
With thanks for past favors. I bog a continuance of the sann?.
W. H. STET ENSON,
YUOR LAST CHANCE !
FOR FIFTEEN DAYS ONLY.
And if you want to buy
GOLD DOLLARS FOR 75 CENTS ’
Or. in other words, if you want sl.oo’s worth of Goods for 75 cents this is you?
chance. Mj' stock is entirely too large for this season, and I must reduce it. if low
prices are any inducement. 1 have some stoves that I will closeout at the following,
low prices :
No. 7 Palmetto Step Stove and Ware, 88.25..
No. 6 Palmetto Step Stove and Ware, 87.10.
1 will guarantee this Stove to cook all right. I would not offer them at this piief,
but want to close out the lot. Please remember, I don't charge anything for looking
at the Stove. . .
All kinds of CROCKERY, except cups and plates, at factory prices, lilts >s &
chance tor you to save 20 lo 30 per cent, on ware. And j-ust look *x. -u's ■
How is this for a Stunner ?
on Glassware. Goblets at 30c. per set, nice Glass Pitchers at 25c. ami 35c. each. Pre
serves Stands and Cake Stands from 271 c. to 471 c. each—former price 50e. to 7.«e.
Dishes of all kinds will be sold in same proportion. It does not pay me to wrap mp.
these goods at the price, but I have plenty of paper and twine and will throw that
in. and charge yon nothing for showing and wrapping up Goods. 1 mu-t
BOHE A. ©Z-EAET SWEEP I
! And you will be the loser if you don't take advantage of the bargains I am offering in
Crockery, Glassware,
Lamps & Lamp Fixtures, &c.
And I would remind you. if yon want to write a letter to you father. Mother, Bio
ther. Sister, Sweetheart, or anybody else, get a box ol that nice Paper and Envelopes
at less money than you will have a chance to buy it again. Nice Lead Pencils two o,
5c., sold elsewhere at sc. each. Penstocks al same price. lam closing out ad my
Blank Books, Stationary, Etc.
1 I have not space to enumerate the many bargains lam offering. But just come
. see for yourself and be convinced that
X X I
Slacks of g.O'l home-made TINWARE cheap. My stock of SI OX Eh.. Slo' -
FIXTURES. POTWARE, TABLE CUTLERY. WOODEN-WARE, Plclcii
FRAMES. WINDOW GLASS, Ac., is complete and will be sold at the
Eowest Zsiving prices!
We are always prepared to do all kinds of Tin and Sbcct-lron work. M e make a
| specialty of
Roofing, Guttering, and Valley Tki,
AND REPAIRING OLD TINWARE.
Will Pay Highest Prices for Hides and Rags.
ALL GOODS SOLD AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
fox—
Oss Carley Oil Co, 1 Pt, Tffly’s Paw Mills.
All goods sold for SPOT CASH. Please DON’T ASK FOR CREDIT, as the Boss
1 said he could not credit any more from this date.
Respectfully, __
J. W. AIOREIS,
Hartwell, Ga»-
gsKMwiwyagg'
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Towery, Bark Ml.ls. Cane Mills, Colt’s Celebrated Bower and Lever, and
Revolving Cot eon Press. Iron Fencing. &c. .
Also, Manufacturers’Agents for Portable Steam Engines. lur- n-
Wheels, Cook’s Evaporators, Yictor Cane Mills. Combined Threshers an.
araWws? &c. . Vnrtiue
Also, a full line of Hancock Inspirators, the Great Boiler Feeder,
Universal Injectors. Steam Jet Pump for raising water, and afu.l stoc ' o
ofuxll kinds for Steam Engines, Millstones. Bolting Cloth, and mill fine mg
ished at short notice.
For Descriptive Circulars and Price Lists. Address. , ■
311 THOMAS BAILED, ‘