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CAPTAIN HAMMOND TALKS.
HE GIVES HIS VIEWS TO THE CHI
CAGO RECORD.
Some Remarkable Ideas on National Poli
tics Are Put Forth by Him--It Is
Interesting Reading.
Captain W. M. Hammond, of Thomas
ville, has been talking for publication to
a representative of the Chicago Record.
The sharp division that . the
captain speaks of between the people
on the money question isnot so much
of a division as he seems to think. The
pedple of Georgia are as near unanimous
for the coinage of silver as a people well
be, and if there is ever a straight
out test of the strength of the two fac
tions the silver element will be oyer
whelmingly victorious. The captain
also fails to give Major Bacon credit for
his full vote in the legislature, which was |
more than 90. If our memory serves
us eorrectly.
The prominence of Captain Hammond
1n the politics of this section of the state
makes the interview one of interest, how
ever, and Tae NEws gives it below:
The Interview.
TROMASVILLE, GA., Mar:h 26.—Capt.
W. M. Hammond may safely be referred
to as the leading citizen of this section.
He is a lawyer and has been honored in
various ways by his fellow-citizens. He
has been repeatediy offered the congres
sional nomination and has been talked of
for the United States senate, but he pre
fers his practice and private life. He is
fcoked up tojwitL|:onfidence by all clas;-
es in southern Georgia as a leader, and
speaks with the vcice of an oracle upon
politieal and all other topics that attract
the interest and affect the welfare of the
people. The captain hasa great reputa
tion as an orator also, and was selected
to make the address of welcome to Gov.
McKinley when the pecple of Thomas
ville offered that distiaguished visitor a
public reception the other day.
It was aremarkable speech—one of
those warm bursts of eloquence that are
not often heard these days, for that sort
of oratory has gone out of style in the
northern states and can now be heard
only from the silver tongues in the soath.
It contained some rather striking passa
ges, which set the people talking and
caused much commotion, for Capt. Ham.
mond is not in the habit of using idle
words, and therc have been frequent
suggestions that he might take a hand
in the political evolutiou that is now go
ing on in Georgia and assist in the for
mation of a new party out of dissatisfied
material in the old.
““Yes,” said Capt. Hammond, as 1
asked him foran expression of his vie »s,
“‘it seems to me that people of the same
mind in all sections of the country
ought to be getting together. The dem
ocratic party in Georgia is very sharply
divided upon the money questi)n and
the tariff, and it does not seem possible
for us ever to get together again as long
as those questigns are parawount in pol
itics. It wonlfg be easier to predict what
will happen in the futureif all the sound
money men believed in a protective tariff
and all the free silver men believed in
free trade. The differences of opinion
that exist in the several factions make
considerable confusion, but the lines
must be drawn sooner or later, and I
think there will be developments in the
mnext six months that will bring together
those of both parties who agree on sound
money and protection, not only here but
all over the sountry.
“I think any effort to reinstate an ex
treme policy on the tariff will retard and
prevent such a combination, but on the
basis of the presentlaw, which seems to
be perfectly satisfactory to the entire
sountry, we can agree. There should,
no doubt, be some correction and amend
ments to the tariff by the next congress,
and our people will insistupon a restora
tion of the duty upon lumber. The coal
and iron interests have suffered some by
the reduction- of the duties upon those
articles, but I doubt if they can be re
stored, ;
“On the other side there will doubt
less will be a fusion between the silver
democrats and the populists, whieh will
not be difficult now that the latcey have‘
eliminated from their platform the sub
treasury scheme and several other wild
ideas. So far as I can see theve is noth
ing to prevent a fusion.”
““What is the numerical strength of the
two democratic factions in Georgia?”’
“Mr. Turner received 56 votes in the
«<awcus for United States senator last
winter. That represented the sound
money faction in the legislature. Mr.
Bacon received 83 votes. They represent
ed the silver men, the wavering element
and all other phazes of sentiment. Mr.
Turner's vote would haye been larger
had the campaign of education ben com
menced two months earlier. .
“Mr. Bacon's canvas was conducted on
the plan of the preacher whose salary
was paid in wheat. When a committee
of the church called upon him to com
plain that he was preaching unpopular
doctrines he rephed: ‘lt isn’t a question
of doctrines with me, Hut of wheat.,” So
it was with Bacon. He did not care so
much about political nolicy or principles,
but he was after votes, and he generally
gave the voters whatever they wanted
and preached oune doctrine in one place
and another in aunother.
“The sound money democrats repre
sent from 35 to 40 per cent. of the white
people of Georgia,and in this district we
got ggrmajority ofjoverjs,ooo. The senti
ment is growing, and the vote will be
larger at the next election.”
““What effect will the ‘progressive’
movement, of which Gov. Atkinson is
the leader, have upon the political future
' of the state?’’ ’
’ ‘‘Atkinson’s ‘prozressive’ party will be
| short-lived,”’ continued Capt. Hammond.
| “It lacksa distlnctive principle. It is a
couglomeration, made up of all sorts of
‘material for a temporary purpose. Gov.
'Atkinson is an enthusiast. He was ot
ithe choice of the regular organizatin
for governor, and started out on lines of
his own, appealing to the new genera
‘ tion; but while the young men voted for
‘him on that occasion they will not go
very far from home, The Atkinson
movement was not so much the develop
ment of advanced doctrines as it wasa
revolt against the recognized leaders of
the party in the state who held on to the
old traditions and the offices. My belief
is that the great mass of those who fol
lowed him will return to their former
Pplaces in the organization.
‘*Atkinson has some of the qualities
of leadership, but he will not be a perma
nent leader. He is enthusiastic, bold,
aggressive, eloquent and dashing, but
lacks bottom. His pretensc that he comes
from the people—that he belongs 10 the
poor white class—is either affectation or
imagination. His antecedents are no
different from those of thousands of
young men in this state who began life
when he did. We have all been pretty
poor down here.”’
“Is this protection sentiment a new
thing in Georgia?”
“No, sir; there were just as many pro
tectionists in Gergia four years ago as
there are today , but the growth of in
dustrial interests has developed it. 1
think the split in the democratic party
will be un tne financial policy ‘of the
government rather thanon the tariff.”’
““What class of people compose the
silver par.y?”’
““There are two. The more intelligent
and respectable parties are old-time dem
ocrats, who have gone off after the faila
cy because of their belief that we were
once prosperous in the 6ld times, when
we had free coinage eof silver, and re
member ‘the dollar of their daddies’ as
good money when the democrats were (n
power years ago. The other class are
men who want to discharge their exist
ing indebtedness with money that is
worth 50 per cent. less than it was when
the indebtednees was incurred. The
former class will ultimately return to
their senses.”’
“‘lf there were to be two candidates
before the country for president, one
representing sound money and the other
free silver on a 16 to 1 basis, which |
would cacry Georgia?”’ |
““The result would be exceedingly
doubtful, but it would require energetic
work on tee part of the sound money
men to carry the state,” l
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in results.”” Trial bottles free at sale-
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A Good Fit.
At the Wigan pantomime the other
night two ladies who lived at a distance,
having to catch an early train, were
obliged to leave the theater before the
performance was finished. Selecting, as
they thought, a quiet interlude, they
were passing out of the stalls, when an
actor sudcenly appeared on the stage,
and repeating a part of his role ex
claimed: ‘“There they go—the only twa
women I ever loved. One I couldn’t
have, and the other 1 couldn’t get.’’
The amusement of the audience and the
astonishment of the young ladies can be
imagined. —London Spare Moments. ‘
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REMARKABLE SHOOTING.
What Two Georgians Have Done With
Rifles,
Editor Si Hawkins, of the Covington
Enterpiise, is not to be turned do'wn
when it comes to yarns. Recently he
read in the Early County News a state
ment that Uncle Buck Anthony was de
cidedly the best shot in that section;
that e could take a lock of cotton with
one seed in it, stick a pin throagh the
seed into a board, stand off forty yards
and with an ordinary Winchester pick
every particle of the lint off the se>d and
never touch it.
Editor Ilawkins comes back promptly
with this:
“We wish that our old friend, Esquire
Marion Berry, was alive so that he could
give Uncle Buck a few lessons in rifle
shooting. The 'Squire, at the age of
seventy years, got our gunsmith, Mr.
Jesse Lamb, to make him a rifle that
carried 130 bullets to the pound of lead.
He once bored a hole in a gate post, with
a small gimlet, and stepped off cne hun
dred yards to show the boys how well he
could shoot off-hand. The first shot he
fired went through the gimlet hole with
out scraping either side, and for 120
straight shots he put every bullet
through the same hole, rubbing it so
slick with lead that looked if some one
had been swabbing it out with a greasy
rag. The 'Squire had great confidence
in his rifle, and with a little practice he
got so he could clip the wings off a
bumble bee in the air at 100 yards witl
out touching his body. The ’Squire got
so that he would shoot at a board at the
distance of 200 yands, and after the first
bullet went through the board he would
bet ten to ong that be could shoot 1,000
though the s:&le Lole.
It will be an agreeable surprise to per
sons subject to attacks of bilious colic to
learn that prompt relief may be had by,
taking Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy. In many instances
the attack may be prevented by taking
this remedy as soon asthe first symptoms
of the disease appear. 25 and 50 cent
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HEART DISEASE.
Fluttering, No Appetite, Could
not Sleep, Wind on Stomach.
“For a long time I had a terrible
pain at my heart, which fluttered al
most incessantly. I had no apfetibe
and could not sleep. 1 would be
compelled to sit up in bed and belch
gas from my stomach until I thought
every minute would be my last.
There was a feeling of oppression
about my heart, and I was afraid to
draw a full breath. I could not sweeg
a room without resting. My husban
induced me to try
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Dr. Miles’ Heart Cure
and am happy to say it has cured me.
I now have a splendid appetite and
- sleep well. Its effect was truly mar
- velous.”
MRS. HARRY E. STARR, Pottsville, Pa.
Dr. Miles Heart Cure is sold on a %osmve
gua.ranbee that the first bottle will benefit.
11 druggists sell it at 81, 6 bottles for 85, or
it will be sent, pr&paid, on receigt. of price
by the Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind.
—SO” D BY
Farrar» & Farrar
Tax Notice.
I will be at the following places, on
the dates named, for the purpose of re
ceiving tax returns for the year 1895:
12th District-—Monday April Ist, Wed
nesday Arpril 10th, Friday April 19th.
Bronwood—Tuesday April 2nd, Thurs
day April 11th, Monday April 22nd.
Sasser—Wednesday April 3rd, Friday
April 12th, Tuesday April 23rd.
Duval—Thursday April 4th, Monday
April 15th, Wednesday April 24th.
oOld 11th District—Frtday April sth,
Tuesday April 16th, Thursday A pril 25th,
New 11th District— Monday A pril Bth,
Wednesday Aprill 17th, Friday April 26,
Parrott—Tuesday April 9th, Thursday
April 18th, Monday April 29th.
Herod—Tuesday Apiil 30th.
Walis’ —Store, Wednesday May Ist.
Dawsow every Saturday in April and
court week. G. R. CANNON,
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Skins Wanted-
I will pay for otter skins from £2.00 to
$5.00, beaver $2.00 to $4.00, Raccoon 10
to 30 cents, skunks 20 to 40 cents, grey
fox 20 to 50 cents, red fox 40 to 80 cents,
mink 20 to 50 cents, wild cat 10 to 25
cents, Bring or send to
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“ Castoria is an excellent medicine for chil
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Dr. G. C. Osgoop,
Lowell, Mass.
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morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtful
agents down their throats, thereby sending
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I recommend it assuperior toany preseription
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H. A, Arcaer, M, D,,
111 So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N, Y,
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ence in their outside practice with<Castoria,
and although we only have among onr
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merits of Castori& has won us to look with
favor upon it.”
UNITED HOSPITAL AND DISPENSARY,
Boston, Mags,
ALLEN C. SMITH, Pres.,