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* iHE MACON TELEGRAPH. 'UBLISHEO EVERY DAY IN THE YEAR AND WEEKLY.- - ' < . ' J ,wt k - •'• ini .»• \ . . vi / Mgs THE MACON TELEGRAPH: SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 21, 1894. Office 569 Mulberry Street- I»w York tlltl.. mil 1C. (' Ml.mill mreM. NIK DAILY TELEGRAPH—Delivered b/ carriers In the city, or nulled, pounce free. 60 eentn a month; *1.16 tor,three month*; B.M tor *1* monlhe; 67 for one veer; every dny escept Sunday. 66. MB TRI. WEEKLY TELEGRAPH-Mon- day*. Wednesday* mud Friday*, or Tues day*, Thuradaya anJ Saturday*. Three monlhe, 61; ala month*, 67; on* r* ar " #*• tllK SUNDAY TBLEOKAPH-By mall, on* year, 67. tUnscitlPTlONS—Payable in advance. Remit by poelul order, check or real** tercd letter. Currency by mall at rl*k of mender. COMMUNICATIONS—All communication* should be addressed, and all order*, checks, drafts, etc., made payable to THIS TELEGRAPH. Macon,. O*. ANY SUBSCRIBER to the Dally reiecrapu wiucoufer a great favor on tbit olllcc by lnformlug u» if tho Tet- rgrapli fall* to arrive »• bb first mall train leaving 111... city after 4 o clock t. m. each day. APPOINTMENTS, Hon. Oharloa L. Bartlett will apeak it Fayetteville on file 17th, at Mellon- )iigli on tint lSili, at Waniur uu the puli nml nt Round oak on the --’<1. Further njipalimnenw will lie Ml* souttevd un limy arc made. MA.t. BACON'S AiTOl STMKNTS. DatvsaiivlUn, On., Seplomljer 1!-. Moiitlcello, tin., Srptumiwr S4. EFFECTS OK I'lltlTKCTION. During Ilia short service In congress, ihraliaiu Lincoln mails a brief aiwcch m the tariff, lu which Its sa.tl that ‘when nu American piild 620 for steel !o tin English manufacturer, America inti the steel untl England hid the 620; but when lie puhl #20 f ir steel td till American manufacturer, America had troth the ateel a nd the #20." Tills speech n being extensively reprlmerl m the llepuhlican uutvspapers. by tvhlclt li Is treated ns If It were proof that protec tion Is wise nttd right. .If Mr. Lincoln's argument were iomid, it would ho true (lint the United States has never paid a single pent for die hundred* of mUlloiT!' of dollars’ north of goods Iniporlial from ICiiglantl luring the Inst thirty years, for during that period more money lias came from England to the Lulled Wittes than inis .gone from the Lull 'd Wales to Eng land. All that vast amount of goods would Ini n pure gratuity to tho peoplo nf the United Wales, as n limiter of fact, every body knows that we li.tvo Dot received a dollar's WatIh of goods Irom ICuglnntl fur wlilelt we did not pny n full taiuivalmit—but wo did not pay In mouey. 'Ye paid In cotton, wheat, ment uud other tilings which wo run produce at lews cost than Gfeat Britain. Tlie purchase of steel which ileprlvetl the Aincrlt'.'lli steal maililfitel turer of the opporLuiliy to sell #2d worth of his product did not result In bending #2iVln money out - f the c.om- try, liul nffouied the farmer an oppor tunity, which he would olliorwlse not Imve luitl, of selling #2t) worth nf Ills' product to (leant Hrit.ilh. ThO steel In qumtUvi mils: us n rule he paid for with Amer'ean cotton or wheat or pork, for wldeh there will lie no market nud no demand until fho English customer with lila product la pormlttcd to oome lu and trade for It. Cotton Is low and whont Is left pretty much a* a drug on the hands of the Texas farmer today, Imsmiuso protection ha* excluded tho customer* who would otherwise consume those products. Tho Argentine Republic nml other whont nml rattle countrlra linvo heeh dorcl, op«l nud hnilt up |iy British rapltallstg and consumers who were excluded from this country by ualxmrnhlc exac tions. If some hostilities of protection uj>n> indefinitely continued, It will Ikj n quest ion of time when there would he no cum.aiiers even In I.lverpoil for American cotton. There Is neither souse nor patriotism, from a broad American view, In culti rating blindness to the disastrous trcnfl of r, protective system of repulsion and exclusion. When wo take #20 worth of English steel tve sell #20 worth of our Mirplun whent or other prisluct. When wo liny #20 worth of china or cheui'cnl* from (lermnny. we sell to them nt least #20 worth of our surplus pork or other pro. duet. As ifn' lemaud for our products Increase, the price* of cotton, wheat, pork, etc., will go tsp. in tuouoy or In kind. Qn tlie other hand, to exclude customers t* to bold our resources until they rot on our burnt*. .The farmer whose market has beea inotvllc<\ly cut off will Ivo ploch.il to thn famishing point to buy tho prot-hnwl product* ot tils own country. L.-g-shtllon which has brought hlotjwcil nigh to iliat eon dlttou has l«x*n a grievous trouble. Of Course his Inability to buy, brought oa by the commercial stagnation, tails‘at last upon the protceuM pot or privileged favorite who must depend upon tho victim whom ho lu* depleted, lichee we saw In the devastating reign of un mitigated MoKtnloylsm factories elo*- lug tlowe and protected Industrie* ily- Ink of rot. Protect :,.u It selitsh, nar row, short-sighted nud suUmUL are easily to be fouad. Pending tho suttlement of the tnriff question, busi ness men in all scetioiu of the country conilned their transactions to the annul neccaslik-s of their trade. The/ nude no special efforts to tncreaso their bus iness .but were ^contented to lot things rock along until they could make plans Intelligently. Till* of necessity reacted on pmgufocturers nml restricted their output. Tlie tariff question, except os regards n few articles, has been settled for some years ut all eveuls nod cer tainty bikes the- place «t uncertainty, depleted stocks have to be replenished; plans can lie made based on dellulto Information and the result !s busy Woinj shops anil factories, with an active distribution of good* by wholesalers nud jobber*. Tills means increased consumptive capacity and a return of prosperity. It can be a question of hut a short time when we In Georgia w.U feed .the effects of this rovlvnl which is' so ap parent in tlie Eastern trade centers. It is true that tho price of cotlou, the sta ple money crop of Georgia, is exceed ingly low,' and this fact umler crd.uary circumstance* might retard the return of g.skl times with us, hut I: Is equally true that this cotlou crop lias been raised at perhaps tlie smallest of any crop since the war, anil that the Geor gia farmers arc In better condition financially than they have been In u long tlirte, If report* from various sec tions of tlie state nre to bn believed, hence tlie low price of cotton will not hurt us as moch as it. would have done lu former years. Tim Telegraph finis sure that bef ire the end of i$0i tlie people of Georgia will he In better condition than they have been for a long time. UNHAPPY BRAZIL. From Brazil comes rumor which de clares dint those who wero most prom inent In die revolt which ,vns Anally suppressed by President l'dxoto will oneo more eiidc-tmr to overthrow lire republic and to proclaim n monarchy over nt least the pro-.-mco of Jtlo Grande do Kill. This tumor, however. Is denied by Adm.rsl Motto, who was one of the insurgent lenders during the recent rebellion. Not only is die denial very positive hut ;« column-charge la Died by 'die admiral, wllo says It Is strongly die opinion of many Brazilians that President Pelxoto will refuse to turu over III* O'llce to President-elect Mor.-ies when die day for dm tu.-uigura- thru of the 'utter comes nrohhd. The Mello idea Is tiiat Pnixjio will soon an- uouucc lilmsclf as a military dlctiiliir, and In support of this conclusion the admiral calls atliioUri to die fact that I'olxoto 1ms Increased dm army from 14,000 lo ii.OdO moil, hatt purdmsed •dent irsi.OW) i-el... mid 1ms ordered heavy ordnance nml largo quantities of defeuslve material for the forts now In his possession. Tim possibility of a dlctntomhip Is never remote in any of tlm South American countries; so Mel- lo's accusation Is by no means a strauge one, but it IS mulling less than absurd to talk of reestablishing a monarchical government In Brazil or anywhere else on this continent. Administrations In die United Slates may ami do nud will differ in politics, hut whether tlie execu tive and legislative powers lie In' the hands of Demoerals, Republicans, Pop. ulad* or Prolilliitlonlsts, there would he lnstaut action on the part of the United States should iiujj’ effort he umde lo substitute momniYlik-al medusls for r«- publlcan Instltutloais. cl dr Thursday who they desire to fill tho county office*. Thera Is one thing sure, uo matter who Is chosen the coun ty will bo tyell served. The Tuintllc Chronicle conics out this wook with a trade edition of twelve pages filled fo the lirau with good read’ lug matter and adverdsemeucs. A STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE. From the Providence Journal. The Oommerotoi and Financial Cftron- Iclc of Cut week throws a bettor light on the prospects and condition of the cotton goods Industry lutta nan been furntgoed by any author!.y up to tills dine. From U JJtwosi exclusively are derived me figures, milements of fao.a and Augsea.kmj 4n yrhuii follows. Two prj/apie juggewlona ore involved in t.ie -uvnd and logic of the CUrooioic's siu- istlcs and coadiiaions. Toeeei are, fir-sf toil a foreign marker. ;* required to absorb tne surplus gjJis wioich the future of Oovioa munuatciurin-g in „ne South is certain to produce, lue oioer toougnt U ■eiNtl hi' Che process of 4a-.a devw..jpnwuw » *u-u-ggk- tor existence mud; 'jake pkice oet-Wcen toe maou.ue- turcr* of tne North and Bouui, w-a.cn may entail m very unsod.'.ed demand for goods, and, cJn-aequentty, s sines of annoyaout-s in the oompelWlo.n for a market. Thougu these condUioas have been foresaadotved by dne -move- ittenit ot the Industry at -Che fSou-.a in •tne pa»c, uiey were never so pialn.y mu'nlfest as Uney are today. Tne Caron- loiu's iauem. sketch und atalilsOc* jt -fho Opemtron of tno Southern nvals place tne -w-hiyic subject betore one in t.ie oonclsest form posa/ole. The number of moils in -operation for a -whole or a paa-t of Vne year H'Ji-i, from Virginia-to Texia-3, was 321, agains t 314 for tne previous year, 2M for vne awelii- months of lMi-il2 und 283 in 1890-91, Going bia-ik 'ten -years from that lime, one 'finds taut -awoyrtHng to the BROWN 8G0RE8 HIS ENEMIES The Blue Ridge Solicitor-General Sav agely Attacks Mess's. Maddox and Glenn in a Card. STRONG LANGUAGE IS USED Kmfiliallc Dentals of € Which Have Been Maile Agalint Hlmby file Political Encmlt -Sup ported hy A Aid A vil«. Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov’t Report ABSOUiTELV PURE For sale at wholesale by 3. It. JAQUES & TINSLEY and A. B. 8MALI* In reply to It. I offer the- ptatement of that I will be attacked by bushivnackers Falls and the affidavit of Kincaid, as ”'“ m " •* Atlanta. Sept. 21.—Special!.)—SNlcltbr Gtffit-nil George -R. Brown of the Blue Ri'J-ge circuit today makes the foCIow- tng reply to :she dtrarges tfca't ‘ have been made against ®tm. His reply Is also imcWenr-itly ;m answer ’to -the dhuxges aguln-st JuUge George P. Go- ber. SohcObr Brown's card la nddreaaed to -riie people of Georgia, and Is In purt as follows: "Kimball House, Atlanta, Go., Bepit, 21.—To 'the People of Georgia: I have patJen-t-ly submitted during the present year to absuuh* upon my personal and official c.-.unieter until I feel (hat the time 'has arrived when I shiouad be census of 1889 iphe number of mlljt for ! hoard tn my own defence. I dislike no- t-lvj nrnnuftufture Of cotton goods in tho Sourit was 166. A comparison A that llgure wi-t'a the number of mills far 1890 and with those set tn operation during .the four years of ithe I'l-t-j-nt deciude indteatea -than the deve.opment of it'hls industry tn she Soutthern- states Itaa 'been particularly tvspid since the •SO's. The number of spindles in the same sraitce has increased from 661,360 In 1879-80 and 1,624,335 in 1880-00 to 2,187,- 242 in 1893-94. All the manufactories of the Norfh conu-In a totall ot ts„650,0000 torl-Oty, and aim adverse to newspaper oontroveretee. especially -with men of such characters as I kiw.ll deal wish in this article. Buit no man is so well catmWlshed In puMlo confidence that be cun afford to have all mwnner of abuse and opproblum heaped upon him, even by the lowest and most degraded of Wn feJl-ow-croikures, wlthsmt showtag the resenitroent dhu-t all horwist men nuttu- spindles. Rcckon6n-g_ Oie 'Dotal -number j rally feel by denouncing the slanders ' —- 1 and characterizing the-au’tlfors of them au they deserve, I ghnll address my self to the task of disproving every Charge thuit I have noticed which re flects on me as an officer of the state, of -Spindles, ithoso Wt:> unld 4n operailon In -the South tkt 2,390,000, we noli-e Wat to* Northern mlfla represent nearly »>* limes -as much producing oypacUy in m.ucilncry as -those tn ’We South. At Hr3. 'thought MBit -may denote so m.u-kvcl a lead for the Northern njanu- facturers Wait -their prosperity cannot possibly bo interfered w«h; but -Che * m .tall I. Iikn -KTnrlin kid iacrca'-se of #tpindlc* in fWvfc ‘Norttn rtaa not been w’.flrtveiy na gr«kvt a» that in tlve SuiiCh on the b;»ia of the capital loveMed, eay, in 1&80, for aevenul ypir.i. A cloud w'Wcfh 'wu« at ftret no blgg«T Cham a man'ehand hue grown rapidly to great «rt*e in vhe laftt four year*. • In 1838-9 the number of arpkidlee in the North, repreeentlnK all J: vh ®, l ,5 e !! in op-‘ration or not, wae 12,725,000. lha-t same year the number of «pindles in all Southern raiil* was 1,450,0Q0. From that time dbwn to and lncliidlnK the year Juut clcaeil the aggrega-W-Increase in the number of aplnd'.es in the South • a .iia ndi t.. *Ua \Tas61i jhti tvon# Macon Is begtimlng to feel the effects of the business revival. It will not bo Ioiik now before nil our business men arc busy, nml bill'd times will bo uinoug tho thlngs^tbat were. ’ Georgia doesn't lmvo lo go outside her own borders for Urst-clas* campaign speakers of national reputation. With Crisp, rimtth, Bacon, Tumcr, Wntsii, Qurrnrd. Black uud the other eloquent men who are preaching Democracy in every county, sbo nceils no outside help. If It 1* right for tlm federal govern ment to gather rain water to help the drouth-plagued farmers of tho 'Vest, It ought to ho proper for It to Apoud nt least a, much to ditch low lying und damp hinds for ihe fanners, of the South. It might go further and fertil ize tlm poor, worn out old fields nil over the country. It would only eo*t n few bilUons of dollars, and that would cut no figure with Popqlist financiers.' has been 841.064. In tho North «he ten er.il progress ol the industry, for the same period Is repr-wented , hy a total o! 835,000 new spindles. From these figures It Is easy to show that the pro ducing capacity, measured by eplndles, of the Northern mUla has lncpeaaM a trifle over 6 it>er centl, while that of the Southern mlHs has risen -to above 150 per cent, of what It was In J8S9. And the growth ot the spindle capacity ha* been regular and fairly isteaUy In the .Konth. but Just the opposite of that tn the North. The number ot thousand* ot new spindles each year for- this p jrlol- In the two aeotloa has been: North— 1889*9, 100; 1890-1, 10): 1891-2, 390; 1892-3, 209. and 1893-4. 75. South—1889-90, 275: 1890-91. 131;'1891-2. 146; 1892-3. 163. and 1893-4, 125. A number ot other important facts ore ascertained In studying .these fig ures In' relation «o oerUIn espeots of the cotton manufacturing Industry. In the first place, it Is seen that (he pro duction of cotton goods In -the South must be regarded ns permanent. lathe pext place the capacity of the Southern mills Is already very large. Comparing the aggregate of the spindles Is not the safest method bf arriving at the real tlgniflcant point of this seotlonal Com petition. Take a eltv like Fall River, however, ami imagine It set In the South. The mills of ■ Fall River now contain 3,546,489 spindles, against 2,300,- 009 -below Mason and Dixon's Its*. Or suppose nnothta- city with as many spin dles 4o be -planted among our Now Eng- Uvnil manufacturing towsn. I-ts com pe tition would prdbaMy dWocste tho cot ton goods mirket for several years. Passing finally to <he movement -which over/body knows Is now In progress among the Northern mills, largely if not wholly the result of the develop ment of ttfiji Industry In -the South, the onqulrer learn* that the struggle for ex istence has nlreadv begun. Tho Fall River and New Bedford manufactur ers lire more sharply competing among IhemsiJvcH for the loid In Ihe beat of marketable goods. The weekly newspapers of Georgia nvo tn lh» campaign for all It's worth. They nre Hill'd with fact* and argu ments which prove how utterly absurd aro the claim* of the Populists thru their success means relief to the people, nud It that majority does not roach the 100,000 mark on October It it will wo' be their fault. - * The I’opulltts propose to spend a mil lion dollars for the destmedou of the Russian thistle, yet we friil to see any demand lu the Georgia state platform ot the ropullsts fur an appropriation for the eradication of the aut grass la Georgia. This most Ire au oversight. GOOD TIMES IN SIGHT. There is'every reusost to believe that «e mv a bait lo eater Into a period of girulms healthy prosperity. From all •he primary markets In the E -t c un.-s the same story; a tremendous lum-ase lu the amount ot busim-~s l>- us done and a confidence among the mercantile classes which amount t,» a certainty that the perk*] uf depression Is at an erst arid all lines of basluqfc* will soon hr 'a a normal road-Doo. < The muse- of this business revival It liebooves every Democrat la Bibb oounly to sec that his taxes are paid before Oetobi?r A You cannot Vtite un less your taxes are paid, aud no Demo crat can afford to ul-ra swelling Atkin- > -u’a majority by tils vote. If Populist economy tn tho national government means tho expenditure of #6fi,tMO,0OD t O0fi. what 'voold the ex penditures und* au economical Popu list state govcrnm.'iit be? Mnciur's raerohauts who have been East laying In tbeif fall goods are re turning. They all eay that a phenome nal business » being done by the East ern jobbers. The citiiens of Bltoa county will de- A SOUTHERNER ON T11N SOOTH, From the b't. Louis Globe-Democrat. New York. Septl II.—J. M. Johnston of Moron. Go., a Southern planter, sbo till* 6.1)09 acres nml employ.* 590 negroes. Is Btayln-j at the Miu through aotel with his daughter. In commenting on Southern affairs last night, he said: •The'trouble with the pnsaint Demo cratic admlnlitrntlon I* that the party ha* not the brains to run the government. The South has no genuine rtsteemen. Crisp, of my state, to a bright msn, level- headed, but he la r.idly tn need of compa ny. The Income tax law wes a ircmen- uous mistake. It ought never to have pe»ed. It Is purely und simply nectlon.il lisrlskulon, and on n per with the tore* bill in that respect. The Democratic party had a good chance to show whit It could do. but when It got the power It dW not know what to'do with U." ••Who will succeed Patrick Welsh for L'ritM SiMw ssnator?" wa* ssked. "I’roheSSy Mr. llsron. lie is a man of marked ability. Hnw |* the tall lelectlon going fti thli stgls?" asked Mr. Johnston. “RepuMIran. by aje* msiority.'' ventured the reporter. "It will go Republican by at leut EOlWO majority, ’ said Mr. Johnston. "It's 4u tho air. I'vs consider use interest In the situation here this tail, and tne people down at the Cotton Exchange and around the hoist all talk the same way." ••Haw are your negroes getting ejong/' •Tretty-'WeU, but not aa well a* they ought. On mv place a aehcni u kept running the yfctr round, am the colored children can mostly read, but the old im provident habits Cling to the colored peo ple almost the same as ever. The most of them W*nd all the money tncy earn just aa quick a* they get hoM .of It. I had a sub-overseer who wus a good worker. I Induced ntm to let me put his money In the bank, lie accumulated 990) In wage* and owned- thn* good fat guiles by the end of the-year, then ha wauled his money, and tn splta nf my tut unseats took It out of lha bank. 1 hen he sold his mule*, and altogether had a pocketful of money. He buuld not spend it fast enough, and left the plantatian and gam bled It stray. But oa tho whole tho ne groes are Improving right along. Borne few of them ate thrifty, end •hey set the rest examples. A good many of them own plantation* of their own. Educa tion Is becoming more general." and ffha.il -give to the people of Geor. gla some of 'the reasons why 1 have been thus maliciously obtockcd,. and Shill ftaye something to Bay personally of 'the men who -have continually and relem»!e*!y pursued me for 'chc la*t two years, and have dragged my nsume in the most; vindictive und outrageous manner before the public -week after week In the columns of n newspaper published in this city. I sham speak Plainly and with the hope that ithls comilroveray, so far aa I am concerned, may be brought to n speedy and final conclusion. I have thought mhat surely In this goffd dtute Bh-.t-t human char acter Is not so ohcap that 9t oould be duim-ned and destroyed by gtlhe poisonous arrows of hatred 'and malice, fired from ambutfh by personal enemies. I have noWher had uhe time nor tthe ImcttniiUon to rush Into the public prints to de nounce every scrivener Who has seen proper 4o attack me. tnut there ts a limit td human paiticrtce; there Is a bduridnry beyond which no man should be al lowed -to pa-s3. If I must resort to he roic measures to protect -my reputation uind the good name of those dependent upon me ft lu tfebtor t-hult It should be done quickly, It cnay be wnplui-wnt, but Hite -the fiarip of lightning from the thunder aloud, let us. at leuet, hope that It will purify tthe atmosphere in compensaiUon for the flhbck irirgi; Pi gives. “I avus elected solicitor general of ithe Blue Ridge circuit by the general assembly In 1888 avf&hout opposition. In 1893 I -wus re-elected -without appari tion, receiving die earnest anti cordial indorsement of every sonuitor «n-l rep resentative -from the dreult. I desire 4b say that I have neVer heard of .any obarge being mode a-gulnet my official: receird -by any human being uritH the present year, -When -Hon. W. Y. At kinson announced: hts csdndKiacy <cr governor I. pledged him my ebrnerr., support. I made no aeereit of my posi tion, but went to work for him openly and actively and did not redox my ef forts until -he uvau trlumphdnWy nomi nated. -As a citizen of Georgia I had a right to my preference between the candidates before the people. I not only had -the right to support him. but -it wa* perfectly togltimnte thus I should do ovetvthing In -my power -Ur.it was honorable to aid him In his campaign. I did nothing ithrrt -was dishonorable. The charge has been openly made that .1 used .my office -to promote hls-lwter- rats. The charge has been peretotcmMy and repealtedty mode that oases -were selitled and indictments no) crossed In the Blue Ridge circuit for political t-wi-i zians, qnd -to advance -the ln’tcrests of my political friends. Each and every one of these Charges I denounce n» be ing utterly fo#se and mnllcioiw, and -the authors ot -them I brand as wMful ■and deKberane elanderere. •The first charge that I notice was that I continued itwo crlmi-md cases In Dawson- superior court against Mr. John D. Thomaa, the editor of the DhWsoirvttle News, find ah hontoroble and respected citizen of Da-wson coun ty. in order to secure his support ond Che support of his paper for ’Mr. Atkin son for governor. In reply ta' -thia charge I- deslri to produce the sworn evidence vof Mr. Thomne himself, who filed rise following affidavit, os an net of ehnple Justice to me: follows, which completely and fully ex onerate me.” The affidavit*, which absolutely re fute the charges, ore given In Mr. Brown'e statement. That of Fkills shows that (Mr. B. W. Thornton of Cal houn did hi* best to get Falls to make an affidavit implicating Mr. Brown, but he refused to do so, ‘The loot charge to that I told Mr. Eltlreo Cornet that If he would support Mr. Atkinson I ‘would represent him for nothing.' This could not have occurred In a criminal case, for the season that Mr.-Cornet had no such case in court, as ie shown by the following certificate of the clerk, to-wlt: " 'Georgia. Fannin County.—I, J. H. Davis, clerk superior court of Fannin oounty, hereby certify that at the Ot »y term. 1894. of Fannin county superior court, there were no criminal cases In nald court against Eldred Cornet, and no criminal eases In which he was In terested or concerned. The case against John Comet, who Is a eon of E’.-ired Cornet, was disposed of at the October term, 1893, of the court. “ ‘Witness my hand and seal this Ao- giwi in 189'. .r. h. nn-i-i r. a. O,' And Mr. Cornett maltrs this statement In regard to his afddavlt. which was pub lished: Georgia. Fannin County--Tn person ap peared before me the undersinnctl, Eldred Cornett, who, on oath, gays that ho na.1 no criminal ease in Fannin superior court at the May term. 1891, and no criminal ease in which he was interested or concerned. Deponent further swears that ho has seen published whut purports to have been an affidavit from him with reference to what transpired at the primary elec tion In Fannin county, and deponent swears that -all that pari of the affidavit In reference to fines Imposed on Elbert Falls was either not, correctly read to de ponent. or was changed after deponent signed lb Deponent did nit swear to the facts that said affidavit contained in ref erence to Falls. This August 4, 1891. Elder Cornett AttestJ. C. Powell, I have no redollccbon whatever < having any conversation with Ml Cornett at the primary election, but I am Informed he had a small appeal case on the civil docket, and that be In sists that he came t> me to employ me to represent Him, and tint I staled to him that l would represent him If he would support Idr. Atkinson for governs?. I do not recollect of making nny such statement to Mr. Cornett, or having any conversation with Jilin whatever. Out, If I did, whether It be right or wrong, 1 am ready to stand by it; hut, ns tho charge has no connection with my office, and does not relate to my official conduct, 1 will not pursue the subject further. •'I am not a candidate for any office, neither have I stated to unymttn tnat I expected to be a candplute tn the near future. I have had nothing to do with pol itics. except to support my friends In a quiet way, and help to fight tne batllea of my party, X nave contributed liberally of my time, labor and means to the sup port of each. I shall continue to do bo in future. I have stood In .the way of no Iran's ambition. It lure been my earnest desire to quietly attend to my own affairs, and keep out of personal controversies. "In 1892 I assisted In representing Judge George F. Gobc'r before a joint commit tee of tho general assembly appointed to investigate certain thorges made ugainst him. I felt that a good man was being outrageously persecuted, and f presented his case with all the power and earnest ness nt my command. Since that time, especially during the present year, I have been assaulted In the most shameful, merciless and cowardly manner, week ot ter week, through the columns of a news paper published in this cliy called the Atlanta Gazette, and In a little newspa per published In Acworih, Ga. The mis erable penny-a-llnei who pretends to edit the Post Is unworthy of my attentloi ‘ I have no acquaintance wltn ino Mr assassin who purports to edit the Gazctj and shall waste no words ui«n lim. Is but another Illustration of the ox , his master, the ass and ms master s ( The Atlanta. Gazette in mthlleh.-l t.. Johnson's Magnetic Oil cures all pain and It will never return again. Inter na! and external for man and bonat. Sold Uy Goodwjrn & Small, druggists. IMr. Thomas svrears most positively that Mr. Brown "never o* troy time ma'lc my agreement or understanding, os ever referred 4o 9-tld oases, In say manner, to Infiuenofl deponent's tsetton or conduct In the gubernatorial rose, rad his/never, «t any thn*. Wad any understanding or agreement with de- ponent tn reference to arid «««• «£ the charge Is a wilful unU deMbersto S "The r other charges relate to the pri mary election held In Fannin county. An affidavit hv been,published from occB. S. Hidden, in which he says that I fried to‘influence one Sam Boss, a Republican, to any that he was a Dem ocrat arul to vote in the Democratic primary. I do not think thit Mr. Hol den would Intent tonally do me an In- lue'ice. ole mad# his affldivU when iolttica! excitement was «t fever heat and without waiting to see what the truth of the matter was. In order that the nubile may know how much truth there ws* In tht« charge. I desire to submit an affidavit made by Mr. W. XV. Findley, a reenoi-toble citizen of Fan nin e-iunty. and Hen. IV. D. Smlth.who renresented hU district tn the last state no longer. If I am U *>e araassinatvi, it shall be in an open.fleii and in a fair fight. The public shall know who my accusers are. Their faces shall ba un masked, and I will srand before n»y ca lumniators face to face.*’ "The men who are responsible directly or ind.uectiy for all that raa Jbcert bom about him In the Atlanta Gazvutc, says Mr. Brown, are W. C.,t»ienn and C. D. Maddox. Then follow! a most flcatblng denun ciation of these two men. “Time and space would faU me in an effort to portray the unfathomable depths of rascality to wfoich these men nave de scended. The English language is inade quate to give them the lull measure of their deserts. Two more infamous, das tardly assassins never disgraced a civil-... Jzed community, or dlnnonor!d one or the learned , professions x*f this Among other things be says of them, are the following: "it is a union or all that is low, vulgar, mean and contempti ble in human nature. As a monumental liar, C. D. Maddox stands without a rival In this state. He ts u liar by birch, edu cation and training. He is not ouiy an habitual liar and notorious perjmer, but his moral depravity is only equalled by th# Imbecility of his mind. In conclusion, Mr. Brown nays: vi* brand these men nml eneh or tnem ns being political bushwhackers, ■-.personal' cowards and constitutional Hr/t. ir tnia denunciation la severe, it In lemuse the facts are true. *Tis nature's pic tine too severely true.' ” • SPECIAL NOTICES. FOR CLERK SUPERIOR COURT. I aim *a candidate for re-e’leotkm to th e office of clerk of the superior court ami earnefcUly desire the support of oil Democrats at the primary on Septem ber 27ih. ROBERT A. NISBET. FOR TAX COLLECTOR. I am a candidate tor re-election to tho office of tax collector of Bibb county, subject to Democratic nomination, and solicit the xuppoirt of the people. ALBERT JONES. FOR SHERIFF. I am a candidate for re-election to the office of sheriff of Bibb county and earnestly solicit the support of all Dem ocrats a-t the primary on September aT. G. S. WESTCOTT. FOR SHERIFF OF BIBB COUNTY. E. MACK DAVIS. Subject to the Democratic nomlno- tftm, September 27, 1894. 2>RS OF BIBB COUNTY, lation of my friends I herc- |ir.y*elf aa a candidate for fubject to the Democratic I come before g fsupport on these' untied In the head a»t all in live/ month. I now ing gentleme/ George R. ' Ed Kill#. A.', vester -Cha/ McGee, T./ Gham, epuf super in-to* rerpe^iv' ^ The Atlanta Gazette is published fo ! other purpose than to attack Eon. } Bacon, Hon, A. 3. Clay, Judge Georg* Oober and myself, end l am mCoi that It Is sent to the homes of tho pc of Georgia gratuitously every week, dened wl|h falsehoods and ?l#ndirs, „ have nothing to say about It, except tn reply to attacks made uyon n yacif. The other gentlemen are ab'o to fight tlielr own battles ond take taro of them^elvea They have pursued no with an appetite ns keen os death, #nd with a ««j» an steady as the march nr dm*. They have charged everything that tho mos^ undying hatred and unrelenting malice could sug. gest. The/ have scrupled at nothing. They have gone to my or'v&te life, and attacked my private character in. the most feroclouf add brutal manner. No gentleman would resort to this mod# o; warfare. No brave, honest man would shelter hlmseU behind the corporate i.;me of a. newspaper, and, like n cowardly bushwhacker and issas3ir\, fire from am bush upon his enemsls. 1 a»n detei mined nurd ‘MdManiu*, m. C. Parke, Syl* *• police, Jpseph a mes H. D. Wor- jsin. H. B, Calbvvay. /toft Home. Yourtf 5s. w. amason. jNCEMBNT. ..ounce myr*f as a candl- . re-elcotlon to the office of rer 'of tax returns, subject to Hho. ciutic primary, Taureday, Sep- »r 27, and respectfully ask Xthe *rt of the people of this county, R. J. ANDERSON. lUmUUIUHIIlltN Joyous throbbing life offered to the chronic invalid would be regarded with distrust] Long suffer- S ing leaves die patient hopeless—he believes no more in any cure. Would that such hopeless ones could read the testimonials of Tlils affidavit completely exonerate, Mr. Broom. • - . < v •Two or three nfil.-lavlu have boon nubllshret from men who state that th-v hesrj one EFhert Fall* amt one Webb Kincaid say that I agreed to help them to secure small fine* In etwee sr.tlnal rails mil azalnat one Grant Plowman. In oonaMertalon 3>f thrir support for Hon. W. T. Atkinson for jtoveftion I state moet poaltively and emphatically that I liad no such conrersatltm. unde- Stimilnx or agreement with the*f men or either of them, -directly or Indirectly, tn-1 the chance, so far an It relates to mreelf. la wholly and unconditionally false. The evidence that has been pro duced to, at met. hearsay evMcnce^tnd, Brown’s Iron Bitters g They point a way to relief and g health, and they are genuine! 2 _ , , Swhrt Water, Texas. St For twelve long year* I was a great a sufferer from kidney and other troubles, g and at times wa* confined to my bed. I E Med | number of medicines recom- 8 mended by sympathizing friend* and pre- ~ S scribed by phvsicians without receiving 9 . £ the !ea*t benefit. Then I gave Brown’s 8 * S Iron Bitters a trial, and two bottle* S brought me off my tack. Today I am s well and hearty. \V. T. cook. Sand then this: s ^ . , Ts» BSOOKO. Tbs*. ta. Alter beingundet ihecareof a pr,v*lc- £ ha for eight years. I commenced lilting B Brown’* Iron Bitters with the remit £ that l am entirely cured. It it the best £ remedy I have ever taken, and I certainly £ wish that every woman suffering as I did «. could know its value. £ Mas. Rosa Reece*. | Does the above knock | at your door? jp The Genuine has the Crossed Red Linen on the wrapper■ S B.otvu Chewcal Co., Bi'.-.tiorr. Md aaawaaa—wb——hbhwm NOTICE; OF REMOVAL. . uptown tJcket office of the Mu- |W Northern rallro.ul has been tl to J. W. Burke & Co.’s book , Mr. E. W. Btirke has been ap od aren't. Local nml through tlck- Jalso Pullman tickets, can be pur- ^jetl from him. Local and through rickets will also be sold at depot us heretofore. E. T. HORN. General Manager. erves the right to reject any or all bids. J. DANNENBEIbG. Chairman Board Public Works. MONEY TO LOAN. Seven per cent. Loans negotiated on Improved city property and farms. SOUTHERN LOAN AND TRUST COIL PANY OF OEOROIA. 638 .Second street, Macon, Go, LOANS ON REAL ESTATE. Loans made on choice real estate and farming lands In Georgia. Interest 7 per cent. Payable In two. three or five years. No delay. Commissions very reasonable. SECURITY LOAN AND ABSTRACT COMPANY. 420 Second Street. Mscon. Go, while in my-Jj K as a Confederate soldier, whlctWfprllally pa relayed my right aide, dlsajjlnc me so that I am not able to woJ sufficient to make a awppcmt. To «t,*t myself in any way’ affects mv ne no that it prostrates me at once. My wife la afflicted also; she has not betr a-ble to’ so to the table -ears some time nexl £r you to the fo’.rov,- rify my statement:, TAX NOTICE. The third installment of the city tdx is now due. aud lu compliance with the charter should be paid by Septem ber 15,-when the books will be closed and executions Issued for the balance. The city requires the money and tax payers are notified to pay and save costs, as executions will he issued in compliance wlth thc charter. A. R. TINSLEY, Treas. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS, Bids for the erection of an ettgino hosuo on the city hall lot will be re ceived until noon of Tuesday, Septem ber 25, at the office of the Board of Pub lic Works. Plans and specifications can be seen la the office of the city engi neer. Terms: Approved city vouchers, payable twelve months from date of completion of building. The board ro- PRE BIBB COUNTY ELECTION CINCTS. Ordered that the following be declared and established as the several election precincts taf Bibb county, vis: L For upper city (564th) district.—The county court house. 2. For lower city 016th) dlstriet.- Flndlay Iron Works building, corner Oglethorpe and Third streeta. 3. For East -Mason (514th) district.— Burns' store On Main street, near tho store of Ben L. Jones, on corner Main and Clinton streets. 4. For Howard (45M) district—McEl- roy's store at fork of Forsyth and Ltui- liv >-■,!.1l“. 5. For Razzard (519;h) district—New district court house on Thnmaston road near residence of J. A. Berkner. 6. For Warrior (4S2d) .district—New district oaurt house at Llzellt. 7. For Rutland (520th) district—New district court houee at Whiteside's store at fork ot Perry end Hartley Bridget* r -afl>. 8. For Godfrey (481st) district.—New district eburt house, about fifty yards wok cf new Houston, road and about opposite the Jcnes Chapel cemetery. ■A true extract fnn minutes of BIM> countv commissioners afjdate bf Sen- teraber IS. 1894. W. G. SMITH, Clerk, j m -4