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THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 30, 1887.—TWELVE PAGES.
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„ HO. Htaeoa liana
Got. Gordon la Plot Afraid!
Thin paper waa quiok to endorse Gov.
Gordon’s prompt action in regard to the
Bingham oamp. Hi* order coyered every
point in the affair. He ordered liingham’e
removal and prosecution; he appointed a
State offioer to take charge of the oamp;
he instructed the proper solicitor to bring
suit for damages against the lessees whose
agent Bingham was; and ho gave the lessees
only one week from the date of tbe report
to show cause why their lessee Bhould not
be forfeited.
Surely no one could ask more promptness
than this; and yet yesterday's Constitution
in an editorial on the question says:
Wa thick a little rao-e time apent In reforming
tbs methods of tbe buaaea would hire wonderful
effect, lit .would require leu demagogiam but
more courage, to tackle tbe wrongdoers, no matter
who It hurt, or helps, and might bring about more
practical results.
Suppose every lessee who permit, the law to be
violated was bounced u rigorously u Mr. Blog
ham, the whipping boss at tbe Griffin camp, hu
been. We should soon hear no more of outrages.
An ex parte investigation wu all that wu needed
to summarily bounce Mr. Bingham, but when tbe
I sue Itself wu to be considered, and the men who
employed Mr. Bingham sera to be discussed, there
had to be more formality and delay. Nothing could
b* done without notice. Thera hu been entirely
too much parade and too little practical results.
The Governor oould not have acted with
any more show of propriety in regard to
tbe lessees, end have acted with soy more
haste than he has. These lessees have
large money values in their leases; and
while they have no claims to sympathy, It
cannot be forgotten that they are entitled
to a hearing. In re gard to the subordinate,'
Bingham, who had beon guilty of theoruel.
ty, he had an investigation by Chief Keeper
Towers and Assistant Bhubrick, both relia
ble meu; but with tbe lessees it was differ
ent, and Gov. Gordon very properly gave
.them a short time to prepare their answer.
Bingham did not ask any hearing to have
the result of the “exparto investigation'
overruled or reoonsidered. It is an insioU'
ation that is as gratuitous as unkind, that
Governor Gordon has bad entirely “too
much parade and too little praotloal re
sults,” “when the case itself
was to be considered, the men
who employed Mr. Bingham
were to be diieussed," and that there “had
to be more formality anddelay." Bingham
was as much investigated os will be the
lessees. While it may bs true that
would .require less demagogiam but mors
courage, to tackle the wrongdoers, no met.
i.r who it hurts or helps, and might bring
about moro practical results,"
is equally true that Got. Gordon
has shown no “demagogiam”
in bis dealing with either Bingham or the
lessees, and it will be evideneed that
in dealing with the wrongdoers, he will re
quire no “more courage, no matter who it
hurts or helps,”
The inilnuttlon that Governor Gordon is
afraid of tho lessees, is a surprise, oomiog,
as it does, from the organ that in advoca
ting him for Governor, claimed that he
wu the soul of honor
end the exemplar of the best oonrage of
manhood.
For ourselves, we do oontend that in his
notion throughout this whole affair, Gov
ernor Gordon baa shown no “demogogism"
and he has given no cense for any one to
insinuate that he is afraid of the le
Light at Last.
TheTxi.xi .BAFH took occasion on yesterday
to commend Governor Gordon's action in
the latest outrage on oonvicts. To-day we
renew the language used, and urge him in
the name of the people of Georgia to press
the remedy he has applied to tbe extinction
of all control by the guilty parties ovsr tto
minds, souls and bodies of tho misers tm
creatures who have suffered in their hands.
To be a convict and to labor without
hope, day in and day out,
under the blue skies of heaven
and Id sight of the smiling fields and fra
grant words, and by tbe familiar streams,
yet with the chain of elavery upon one's
mbs, is, God knows, punishment enough
for most crimes. But when on top of these
is laid tbs cruel laab, when men who are
as human as him whose baud pens, or eyes
behold these lines are snbjected to bodily
abnse and mutilation differing in form only
from that of the Spanish inquisition, when
they are left to rot with disease and burn
with fevers,when the fair face cf their mother
earth is for them turned into a plague spot
and they are made to long for the refuge cf
the grave, guilty though they bo, depraved,
abandoned, even lost to hope, we eonfess
that tbe scene stirs us to bitter rebellion,
and we blush when men call us Georgians,
The humblest negro of tbe convict camp,
the blackest negro there, is entitled to good
air, water, food and humane treatment.
These are the inalienable rights of all men
who are suffered to Uve. The man
who would deprive one of them of
either, is better fitted for tho chains he
would make heavier. And yet the testi
mony is clear that such wrongs are often
committed in the name and under color of
authority from tbe people of Georgia! The
erics of the unfortunate, echoing upward
aud abroad, accnse the Stato in the courts
of Heaven, and damn (tin the estimation of
ail good men.
But, thank God, light is dawning—light
roseate with the courage of a man whom we
believe is to become the chcsen instrument
in the redemption of tbe people from this
shame. With all his errors, no man has ever
accused Gordon of inhumanity. Indeed the
people seem to have believed him when he
declared that his errors were of the head,
not heart. He is fast justifying their for
giveness and renewed confidence.
The Teleobapu has for many long years
fought in this cause of the convict and the
people of Georgia against the inhuman av.
arioe and greed that.have abused, threatened
and disgraced them. It is searred even yet
from its fierce encounters, but never hta
it been disoouraged; not even when single-
handed and alone it battled through the
long night with the stronger foe. The day
is at band when Georgia will no loager suf.
for brutes to stain her escutcheon with the
bloody sweat of diseased, starved and
beaten oonviota.
law
by i
It
The Insolence o( the Convict IUnx
Oould not have been more strongly Ulna,
trated than it has been within the past few
days. While the Legislature was engaged
in an Investigation; while tho publio press
wat urging upon tbe representatives of the
people immediate and radical reforms, in
the very teeth of tbe order of the chief ex
ecutive removing leasee* from the control
of a camp, cruelties were inflicted in an
other camp as shocking to all good men as
they were disgraceful to our civilization.
Immunity, the power of money and the
support of politicians have lured the men
who control the system to its destruction.
The convict syiUm mast go; it will go; it is
going.
A wnnxn in the Atlanta Gonalitntion
referring to tbe trial of Hilton for murder
ing Gamp, who killed Woolfolk in a duel,
is responsible for this statement.
Jndge Colquitt also told at ill about the trial
which waa harried op jaat than, aa a political cam-
lalgswas In (all blast. A jury wu akllUaliy
Considering tbe fact that J aJge Colquitt
defended Milton, it was rather a queer ad
mission tor him to make, if be mode it.
Tlie State Fair.
A few days since and we were called upon
to notioe the fact that the farmers of Hous
ton county, a large and rich county lying
contiguous to Macon, were making no
concerted effort in behalf of the State fair.
Now another eounty is reproached with
like iodifferenoe. The MarshaUvllle Times
says:
Wa ngrst that tbe ManhallvUls A (t (cultural Ho-
cist? will (all to make aa txbiblt still many very
Intonating Individual displays could aid wo hops
will bo mads.
Maoon county is near to as, and has an
organized agricultural society. It has
many tucceoafal and proiperons farmers,
and yet they seem indifferent
to the fair to be held more
particularly in the interest of farmers,
does not lie in the months of farmers
complain that they are negleoted and lm
posed upon, when they refuse to take an
aetive interest in the great exhibition of far.
mera.
And while on tbe subjeet, we may os well
correct an error promulgated by a Georgia
exchange. The Thomaaville Enterprise
says of the State fair;
It Is preeminently a South Gsorgit (slit and such
o t tho eountlao la this part cf tbs Stats ought
ssud somsthlng to swsll tho volume ot exhibits.
Not so. It is a State institution; not seo
tional in any particular. It is under the
manrgement and control cf the State Agri
cultural Society, which claims an active
membership in every county in the State,
from tidewater to the mountains. It is
Georgia fair, but not “pre-eminently a South
Georgia fair.” If South Georgia shall
its full duty towards the State fair, more
its credit and leas to the other sections
the State that fail or refuse to do theirs.
We ore pleased to notice that the Augusta
Chronicle comes up to the support of the
fair in tbe right spirit It tayt:
Tbs people ot Augusta should taka an lalerset In
the Stats (air at Macao. Our (srmsrs should go
thus with thslr products, our (actortee with their
good* sod our merchants acd mechanics should
than with thslr msrchsrdlse ted tbs products
thslr labor. Augusts end this aactlou should ho
represenlsd at tha State fair as her naoorcaa de
mand.
Augusta is an old and rich city capable of
git tog valuable aid and comfort to the
State fair and we hope to tse her industries
fully represented.
No matter who shall fail in their duty to
the State fair, Maocn will not. She wiU do
all and more than is asked of her, and the
men et the Agricultural Society now in
charge cf affairs will be certain to illus
trate the wisdom of their selection.
All who wish to see Georgia and the
Georgia farmer* at their beet will never
have a better opportunity than in October
Tux Passion Piay to b« given by the ne
groes of 8ummervUIe near Augusts, will in
tho nature of the things be a novel affair.
The whole talent cf tho eompuy selected
will have all it oan do to keep tht sublime
from mtrgtog with the ridiculous.
■h
Mbs. Clxyelamj has revived the inUrest
in IheGitvtland gHSaul rgieol tree by begin
ning a study Jof the same. The Cleveland
gaaesicgiral tree is s chestnut.
Flanking the Glenn Bill,
Before the Glenu bill baa emerged from
Senate committee, tbe House that pissed
ithss been ledintoa fltnk movement. The
Governor, by resolution, has been instruct-
not to pay sight thousand dollars per
annum to the Atlanta Oollege, which
teaches by precept and example social
equality. This is good enough so far as it
pea. It will be eminently satisfactory to
'prominent Democrats" who are en
gineering the defeat of the Glenn bill. It
intended to furnish a loop-hole, through
which the Senate, which has dallied with
plain duty, may escape its performance
altogether. The professors ot tbe Atlanta
University have violated the fundamental
of the State. Urged and backed
mischievous fanatics at the North, and
sustained by sundry weak-kneed politicians
the South, they openly declare their in
tention to continue to violate it. They sot
defiance the anthority of the State of
Georgia. The representatives of the people
Georgia, by the passage of the reeolation
referred, offer a bribe of $8,000 per annnm
these professors, if they will obey a law
wbioh has no penalty attaohed to enforoe
respect for, and obedienoe to it. The pro
fessors will refuse tho proffered bnbs. They
will continue to defy the authority of the
State, and It the Senate snail tail or refuse
do its duty, how, it may be asked, is the
constitutional mandate ot tho State of Geor
gia to be made operative?
These professors may assume that the
eight thousand dollars per annum cannot
be given or withheld by the Legislature
And in the opinion of many this position is
not untenable. Congress appropriated the,
land sorip to tho States not for common
school pnrposes, nor yet for the support of
literary oolleges, but for the foundation and
support of meohanicsi and agricultural col
leges. Has Georgia a mechanical and agri
cultural college ? If so, where ?
Suppose the eight thousand dollars per
annum is withheld by the Governor, and
tbe Atlanta University and other sohoois in
Atlanta and elsewhere contlnuo to educate
the two races in common, how oan they bo
reaehed and punished in the absence of a
penalty?
The discussion of this snbjeot has eluci
dated thereat opinions of the educated and
leading negroes of the Couth, in sundry
'mild expressions" from journalist Duke
and others. It has raised ^ storm among
those who, bsfllsd by the failure of military
reconstruction, still hope to control the
South through other means.
The Chicago Ioter-Oceon, an able leader
of this eiass, Bays to you gentlemen of the
Senate:
Death of Justice Ball.
The public mind has been prepared fee
tbe intelligence of the death of Justice Hall,
which event ocouned at Mt. Airy Saturday | THE COUNTRY PRESS ACTIVE IN
night. JaBtioe Hall waa a citizen of Ma-1 hFFORTS FOR EXHIBITS,
con, and was held in high esteem by onr
people. All the years of his professional I The Sanderevllle Herald's Able Editorial on
life have been passed either in this city or
the country contiguous to it.
His professional brethren will place upon
the records of the tribunal of which he was
an honored member, a proper testimonial
Banderavfile Herald.
We published lost week an appeal from
to his life and character as a man and a Hod. W. J. Northon, president of the State
jurist. A daily journal oan but record tho Agricultural Society, to Washington oouoty
loss sustained by soeiety and the State in tom-kean “Mbit at tbe approaching State
.. . . J J fair. We also urged upon the County Agri-
msaeatn. cultural Society and upon tbe county Grange
Ho was a ripe and learned lawyer, and ft and the good people generally, to confer
conscientious judge. As a citizen, he was I *nd combine for preparing an exhibit that
conservative in thought, expression and ao- would properly represent onr resources, and
., ,, ,., ’ , relied honor alike upon the county and
tion, and in all of his affairs was as open state . We renew the suggestion then made
and simple as a child. He had in every that the Grange and the Society, eaoh issue
position to which he had been called, ren-1 ® cftll for a foil meeting of th&r members at
dered the State distinguished service and in umtoto^o^to^theT wd'detomlne
every department of life had borne the part npo n a line of action. We will take pleas-
of a true and upright man. ure in publishing such calls if requested.
■——— I. We learn that a new feature has been sag-
A Terrific Arraignment. | geated that promises, if adopted, to invest
The Atlanta Constitution delivers itself I the occasion with extraordinary interest,
at isngth on the oonvict system. It holds That is that some particular day or days of
that the lease law in itself is a good one ®*hf "hall be made the occasion for the
... I grand re-assembling of the Confederate
and the exeontlve officers of the Stole have ? roop „ o£ GeorKU a ® d of aU the 8oath) RD(J
signally failed to exeonte it in spirit and let- j recew in fraternal intcrconnid the sad but
ter. No more powerful arraignment of the { u«»11uhou nuOuUtioQ and memories of the
<>•">“» S.1VSU5
could be possibly crammed into a space directed would brtog together,
less than this: Why ahonld not our Rrand old county to repre-
Th , s._|,.. -_w .a I senttd. Barely we sre not ashamed of our resources
The fault Is not with the lew, and jet In spite of of our magI f lflcent uble of our fertile
the continued outrage* that have been reported for | rolling lands, our rich allny<al river bottom*, our
yeare from the convict campa not a single leuee I level and productive eavannaa, and of tbe luxuriant
«... *- hi. i MM i I crops cf corn, cotton end cane, win at and oata ihey
hae been dlapoeaeeaed of hi* lease or suffered one M wel , w# cmnnot pIead the distance and
dollar aa far aa the publio know* for bis violation I inaccessibility of railroad transportation, aa every
of the law. There hae been skirmishing without P»*t of our country la traversed by railways, and
sad, but nobody has been hurt aic.pt a few sober- ^ l £ J “,S; o ^our ! SSi'lm»s’
dinates or outsiders without pecuniary Interest in I Nor can freights be plead, as they will be trans-
the lease and without responsibility for Its execn- ported free of charge.
1 Let the county make a grand rally of all of her
The members of the Legislature may be whipped
Into the support of such a measure. Already the
crack of the slavocrats' whip le about the ears of
the Senate, for the T auto ear u eays: 'The Olenn
bill has become a necessity. If that bill Is pigeon-
holed In the Beoate, a similar fata will await the re
sponsible persons at th* next election."
Of course, men who will rest quietly under euch
threat aa that are not worthy to alt in any LegUla
tore. The fact that • he threat la made is evidence
that the Senators are disposed to act more wisely
than the members of the Lower House. But
they are whipped In after the style of fifty years
ago, and if the bill beoomes a law, we venture to
•ay that lu leea than ten years the State of Oeorgla
will pension every teacher prosecuted under the
law, and will load with obloquy the name of the
man who proposed the Iniquity and the names of
all who voted for It.
'Though the mills of Ood grind slowly, yet they
grind exceeding email,
Though with patience He stands waiting, with ex<
actneea grind* He all. 1
Under this taunt fnd threat, perhaps you
hod heat save the eight thousand dollars
per annnm, for the new pension list, wg«
Rested by the Inter-Oaean. The mills of
the gods in a figurative sense, do grind
slowly and small. Gentlemen of the Benate,
yonr constituents have been ground betweeu
the upper and nether miltatonea for years.
Through their own patience, courage and
lojalty to their blood, and raoo, they have
escaped the horrors of negro domination.
Now they are openly threatened with the
THE STATE FAIR.
tho Situation-Other Papers on tho
Fair—President Northon Very
Highly Complimented.
Stand reunion of all the UrinT^
fttes who can possibly atiXe’
number of leading genial, an,?* ^
lingnished officer 8 , aro exp'^ J
‘•nt. An (. picul «!f r t ' ’ J
least huve a full roll call of *». mi<J# \
of the battles that were fonghtVW
soil Being a State organ "?
eleotive representatives ironS?'.
evrry oonntv in ths State, the '
cultii ml Society truly represent,*^
of Georgia. The Invitation ?!^' ^
that body is the united voice «»,!* 1
State. Georgia's
in the
w« .nd^eT'l I
every man who j on „ ht
aide; and few there are ot'enivivo* 1
federate soldiers who will not wii
an oldtime warwhoop of victor! (1
joy at the idea of a grand eSA* I
the soil of Georgia.
TUB SOLDIERS WAST IT
President Northen and his tid»k. 1
undertaken to have Confed,r«r i !l
day without due consideration sed ,
most earnest solicitation of 1
tho old soldiers.
first suggestion of” such’'*^'
GEORGIA EDITORS’ OPINIONS.
] available resources, and thus make an exhibit that
will be at once the pride and the admiration of the
| State and of tho whole country.
We want our ootton farmors that have made 18,
I 2*2, 21 aid even 26 bales to the mule to heve each a
I bale of cotton there. Those farmers that have
I made 50. 70 and 90 bushels of corn per acre, we
I hope will have a bushel of their beat acre com
Blaokuhear Georgian: The railroad should
raise a fresh air-brake fund.
Crawfordville Democrat: Our impres
„r „ : I uopa «m oiyb ■ uuiiuei vi meir dphi »cro corn
eion is that judge?, lawyers and juries are there. Such wheat grower* as Mr. Cullen Murphy,
all to blame for the escape front punish* | who made over 25 busheia per acre, and Mr. Jamea
ment of eiil doers; but chiefly the lawyers. I *’• 8mitb, Mr. Aleck and Wm. Goff, and Meesn. B.
_ ...... , . I B. and Frank Boatright, and 8. Vaiibrackle, most of
DAlton Citizen. ill there ever be a far-1 whom made 15 and 2>) bushels per acre, and other
mere' convention in Georgia composed of I such crops of which we have not heard, should send
none but farmern ? The so-called one that » l baB 1 he * ® f * lr » ud tbr * ahow oar c*p»bU
convened in Atlanta last week was largely j Let the buccrseful cane growers, that have made
oomperned of men engaged in other pursuits aoo and 400 gallons per acre of as good syrup aa can
Of life. I be found In Louisiana or Florida, each have a
Augusta Chronicle: Tho ChroLiola hails “S"!lorn.?!cal U^ P ta«fou. wat.rm.lon.
Governor Gordon a action with delight, and I bepa-kod sway In dry asnrt or ootton .Md aud bo
the people of Georgia will applaud him. I Jept (or.tbot.lrt we want Spanish pniatoee. Cubs
It »»in« M If thn nrrsnnt Rvst.m mnut on k»ma, Hsrtlor Yams, Pumpkin Yarns, Poplar Roots,
J,!??* !. “ “8 present system must go. ttc .. etc., aud wo want all tha various, of pass.
Civilization and humanity demand that it pumpkins and turnips to bo on hand,
should. And the sooner tbe better. stock asn j oultbt,
Btrnesvilie Orthodox Democrat: It would Ourstoek raisers should have soma of thslr nice
be a groat lose to Georgia if tho llacon Tel- D * T0 r* ™
EonJn should cease Jo fight the “Arianta .*£&
ring. Mach aa we differ from the 1 ELK-1 bronze turkeys, end Plymouth Racks end Aleutians,
oiupb on protective unff aud the sale of 1 etc, on hand,
the State road, we appreciate its honedt and l r°***T woods.
telling blows in defenoe of the people and beeldee ell this end these, we went wood
r r specimens there from our magulflc-nt forests, we
against tho boasti. | want b *od»oine varieties ot Yellow Pin# from our
line lends south of Ttoullle, we want
Beech, Poplar, Ash, Bweet Oum, etc..
came from a gallant solditr. smAi l
wounds. When it was determined t« I
the day, sysUmatio work wasaUbuskT
to make it agrand success. It wocltirli
for all those interested in the dav to until
selves in communication at ou'ce with 1
Went Northen, Superintendent Ki/
Secretary Grier. Lst no one who I
suggestion or can effer the sl'J
? ld >? „ tbi . s matter, . ait E l
he shall bo written to- |
let him put himself at once in comml
tion with one of the af aresaid
TUB OBAND BOLL CALL,
, The Fair gronnds are maguifleesj
just suited for just such a grand roll el
snrviving Confederate soldiers, ffd
sight it will be? How hearts will thro
tears well at tho thoughts of valor ■
memories of gallantry. It win b,’,.
when brave men, when unsung her*. I
onoe again meet, meet in ,jj|
perity. a
It is safs to B»y that it will be ths t,
est gathering of the bravest mea that j
assembled in Georgia since the wtr [L
year the already thinned ranks tie 1
member, by tbe scythe of uo.i'o.
year and many more wilt be miurnj
delay of this day to another Fair won'
cruel; it would deprive oomradei o( t_
eaoh other, who have not met sion]
“days of death,” for next year wonll b
late.
The Confederate Soldier.’ Dry can!
bnt a grand success. *
col. Dorset's oood wore.
CoL Dorsey of Ihe Georgia and thij
eon and Augusta roads has gives sji*.I
that he will have an ample number ofl
to transport all who wish to come ti
Fair. lie will use all despatch iu h»f
exhibits. He will have posters advert
the Fair, printed at onoe, and duly pul
Tho fare from Augusta to Macon ondra
will only be $2 60, or (3 00 with s i
for admission to tbe Fair.
Ferry Home Journal: While the citizens I !Pl* odld F ,u
of Macon and of the entire State would be X?' 1 * 2“ii
b. Poplar.
. , .... „ , , ... | from Ocoaoe, Ogwchw, Bdlfslo, WtUUmron'i
delighted to see President Cleveland at the I Swamp, b.ed Hill, Km aaJ Limasieo.. Lot small
Stale fair, the success of the fair is not do-1 specimens b. prspsrsd aid otiod and taken to the
pondentnpon the preeenoe cf I'reeldent I hhr lo show Its wealth cf our timber resources.
Cleveland. The fur will be held for the I irwraaLS.
purpose of shOB iog tbe urodnots of too soil I Let not out mineral resources bs overlooked,
and tha industries of Georgia.
Dawson Journal: The road has been, I Bendenvilie end Tenuille. We hope to see there
and will ever be, a ionroo of anuoyano * to Mm# speciiaeiie of the rich marl bwfe near Wartbea
th* ctntn ThnTA ia m. claim Bo^inst it nnv I and Huu U1U n#4r Bandenvllle, and some
the Btat®. ineie is a claim against it now foMil4( >h#lla elc . t cf m%ri0 . * n t m% u f 0 „ud
for two or three millions of dollars, raised I at these points: *ake them all along and let all aae
by Jot eph E. Brown, president of the lease I what a wonderful country we have,
company for betterment. Slmllw annoy- «dV
ones, *nl arise as long as the road is be Id ,b.‘ui™o?Mr. w.JTr^ks.M ZmV
FXKWUMS FOB THE LADIES.
There has been gome mUappreheuil
to tha three premiums of $100, liOisd
offered for exhibits by Itdies. Its |
miums ore for displays of genoini
work by any lady in the State. “
plays will inoluda any and everytt
icctcdof an accomplished lady, in tv
lousowife, or the mistress of a bona
AS TO OFENIXO AT SIOBT.
— -““B tbs lands o( Mr. w. J. Brooks end others naw Ksg
Ihe common property of the peoplo. Ills I ertsk, ud ot the kaolin indications to be fonnd
also an inlet to jobbery. Let it be sold. al« at these points.
„ ... * . * , _ , „ I Ssadtome pslat Horn Feint Hill on the lands o(
CuthbertEnterprUe; "Anxious Inquirer" Mr.M<wcs T.Twlntws bsilsr.-, tint nssd to bt
la giving Dr. Hawthorne a good deal of I ws*on»d all the wsr to Ansnsts, and Is ssld to bs
trouble iost now. tVe shall look for the of sscsilsnt quiUtr. Let tbe inswars mso also in
learned ^ Dootor’s answer to “IcqulmrV 0< U,,lr h “ 4 '
list charge with a deal of interest. Plagi> w, would not'fornt ths htossom rocks of opal
riam if contemptible, and we hope the gen- I that ere found near Warthen on or near the lends
lleman who has borne each a reputation I jP?*"*.* ■«”•■<»»*“”»»»<
heretofore for erndiUon will be able to re- mk »d
Ueve hims-lf of sueh a charge. Un'il then oorn.r sod Smsi^dupUr that will astonish
we reeetve jadement ^ I yoarselvee end the BteU also. Pander npon these
t . v mt. | ennesUone end net wisely end promptly.
Joneeboro News: The Gleen bill, I While the ebove is written mainly to secure an
which looks to tho caref nl lep- eshlblt at the Bute Fair, we hope the Piedmont
arstion of bUeks aud whitos in onr • u ‘ l “ d *• « h ‘b« **“ >» ~nt to
schools, has beeomr an abeolute necesaity ~ '
to. to. expeotad that T ne time for tbe holding of tho State far
to. n^bnt fhi. shnnlS onU S,ro fLci. »PP™«hing^ exhibition will eclipsed oth
subtle and horrible suggestion of misoegena- J?® st°t»!? "it'rtcd'hv ®™ held for y ** w M to 8® nnino BJ ® rit - Ths
tion. Do you think ths; will stand this? ESSSEZXXSS* AU&.‘uff.fl-
rt« - >h.. ... tnjiiv....» tt.. t. nt—.u h. a j. tt. t.n.t I 0[ ™*tiers ana a commendable spirit or nni-
Do yon suppose they are Indifferent to tho ty, should be nipped in tLe bnd.
do
i to
next.
Tbe death of Judge Hell makes it
saiy for the Legislature to elect a man for
hit place, promptly. The Telzobafb boa
no candidate to boost for the poeition, but
if, as it bts been informed. Judge James It.
Brown it favorably considered in oonneo-
tlon with the place, it does not hesitate to
■ay that his character, attainments and
public service, suggest him as on# who
will meet the requirements of the office,
and receive public endorsement.
Tbe eonviet system rt mains through pub-
lie neglect.
future of their children, beotuieyoa maybe
swayed by politietaus who are seeking their
own power and advancement? This is not
a question ot to-duy or to-morrow. It must
lest in ell of its force, eo long as the Gan-
oisitn and African oonfront each other.
The people expeet and demand that this
issue shall be fsitly and sqnarely met
Going into battle, the holders of slaves,
the sympathies of the whole world were
against as.
Standing by our race and blood, we can
appeal to tbe eid and suppoit of every man
of every clime, whoae white akin covers a
true heart
The mills of the gods have been grinding
for those who endeavored to enoomptss oar
.humiliation and destruction. Northern
°*‘statesmen have frankly admitted their ina
bility to solve the negro problem, whiob
grows larger end blacker. They have openly
confessed the fearful mistake they mode in
arming the negro with the ballot.
Huall we eradicate the natural and legal
linn, which for the best interests of both
should ever stand between tue two raoee?
Gentlemen of the Benete, your constitu
ents are eound on this issue. Yon have
not forgotten that a few years since
e politiesl faetion in this State started
a campaign with a pUlfjrm of pistitndes
that dodged the negro qoeetion. Perhaps
yon remember that ths banner bearer in
that cinteet, alarmed at popular disoontent,
called a conference cf his friend* and in
the end stepped on e platform made in con-
•onanee with tbe will of the peoplo.
commendable spirit
ty pervades their every notion and aneoees
Dodge County Journal: Major Hanson's will crown their efforts. Tho husbandman
remarks were well-timed, end he is emi- can send interesting specimens of his farm
nently correct; for the sneoess of the State products, and the mothers and daughters of
fair is attributable to tbe country p eaa their handiwork, and thus oooupy a corner
always. From tho country eomes the in the exhibition. Wo have some of as
crowd, drawn thither through the medium fine Jersey cattle in this section av can be
ot the country weeklies, and they are the found in tbe State, and the finest fowls we
one*.that carry the money* Major Hanson 1 have seen in Georgia are in yards at Mar-
•poke in the internet of the oountry press shallville.
throughout, and said U they were paid to Home-Journal.
advertise the frir.it wonldbe a great sue- President Northen, of the State Agrioul-
88S*. To Major Harain the weekly press tural Soeiety, is earnestly devoting his beet
of Georgia are under obligation*, and per- efforta to the coming State fair. With the
hape the Board of Trade will heed his hearty eo-operatiou he ia receiving from the
wordi - Mucin Board of Trade and others, it now
To Strangle the Olenn Bill. I teems to be an a*»ured fact that the fair
bl Louis oiobe-DemoenL _ ] will be the beet held in Georgia for many
. There ia laid to be a movement on foot I J Mn -
now among Georgia Democrats tending to I
strangle the Glenn school bUl-whioh has . Th ® atate Agrioaltural AwocUtion is to
alreeriv passed one branch of the Legieto- 2®*°°^°™®“°^“}*®^® of preil-
ture—ixfore it reaches the Senate. So long ?® Dl - Co VJL'„ J : f' oHh ® 1 ? u • practical
Tbs exceptional value of a thoroughly
trained reporter wu eeen in the Tblb-
obapb’s excellent account ot the Decatnr
riot that appeared in yesterday’s issue.
Although it wu only a short column, it
eontataed ell the salient points end the en
tire news tacts of ths affair. One did cot
have to wade through three or four col
umns of words to get at all the facte. The
credit for that most excellent pices of work
is doe to our Atlanta bureau.
re—before tt rescues me senate, so long ,—
public opinion alone howled et the bill, f * rm "> * D< ' "*• brto « <? ‘he support of th«
the Georgia legislators don't care a rnap. I assooietion a wide experience aud a thor-
Ai an Atlanta editor said, tbe people of ?“«“ knowledge of agricultural results in
Georgia were going to make their own Uwe, ^Bonth With such a leader, we see no
whether it suited anybody else or not. But **¥?“ the State fair this year should
tha queetioa of politicil advisability came °?*“® m » d ® * memorable one in the history
in, end a mange of policy will likely result ®* Georgia.
The President end Northern Democrats uy I ^SSeeS* 1 * *® to, l>ri**- . „ .
it wid not do to pau the bilL Now, let us I ^h* Agnoultnral Soeiety, at ito late
see whether the Georgians are really as In- P?e®“°8 *'*®‘* < * M president, Hon. W. J.
dependent u the Atlanta paper would have Northon, cf Hancock county. Almost for
us believe, and if any attention will be paid I, * ,2 time in the history of the soeiety it
to these wishes of their Northern frienai. I ** preeidoa over by a preotiael farmer and a
I successful buiiaeea man. Mr. Northen U
Kzperlenee the Father of wisdom. now in Mtoon, where the Fair will open in
Anniston Hot Blast. | October, giving his personal attention and
Rev. C. A. Evans, of Augusta, Ga , who efforts to make it a enceeu, We hope to
is expert in theology end reel estate, e man *•• the tpproechtog exhibit of the State
of affaire ends minister of the gospel, is | *»*r a brilliant ennoeaa, end e typical rep-
said by the Gazette to have delivered e ser- representation of the greet end diversified
mou advocating that men obey their wives, agricultural resources of Georgia.
The General hae been twice married. . .
. A grand national reunion of
Give tan Solid Country. | ALL EX-CONFEDERATK SOLDIERS.
PUtsborf Dispatch.
Talk enough his beta made about i solid
North end a solid South. Let the talk he Th * st * 1 * Fair Set* Aside October TO, for
made about S solid United State*. the Only Grand National Beonloo
Mother’s Smiles are tho sunlight of Homo. | “huMt!*
TL.r. . sMlefmt 1 lrl*t>r * :n
u.y ! :• l.'eifrj an; ;r;Mr*r.
Milled what a boon hr. nine’s “Fs-l si rh* : ~
■ptaicrigaon-u tor all ruiceou »nd mol*. I „ ^'the request cf a'l.rge number of cxi
due M which her MI Ullahla. Be lady who (Ivm ^foiederote aoldien, the mvnagirsof the
this wandetfal teaedy e trial will bodiaappointod I State Fair have dtcidcd to have e o
bythencuU. It not only acts peomptly upon *:i Confederate r Idiera' dav K
taBcttonaie*nnc*iRrt.u, hut lu taro norvtr t and I on,. V*, j™ , „ ,
tonic propottlM u<l r-palr th« whole I„? ~7 ** lec t*d H Vredneeday, Octob*
(•Kinin* •Jitcrn. Pnoo todeoodSe OOP dolUr. By ] the 25th. Tho reunion w:ll not be err. lined
■ to ei-Confedcrateo of Georgia; it will be
Power of tho IT*** 1
The hnby King cf 8oeto
be*m fnl.j tmbroidcre l p*ir
an K-gift. l*dy res: liog i» ‘ r .
Queen Urgent das i ‘"' | tM
V will jy.iAU >| wa w -, i. — /
come and make a large disp“J
horse*. „
Colonel J. 0. WeUtog will reW® ■
for tbe Fair, arid will brtog e
L °Mm.' Lnoy Perkins, of Union Po^
writes that she will have nft« a
One ot the many things thstthemu
ment is considering, is the aunt'
whether or not to keep the Poire;
night. The main reason offend tot ki
open at night, is to enable the thocsu
laboring people of Macon,who would c
wise have to lose a day's wages, to t '
groat Falr. |
From a ounal canvass of tbs .
imposition seems to be met with ■
avor. It would not be a bed idea for |
one whoee business srill detain hlo i
the day, and who would like tor
fair at night, to send a postal card to Si
tary E. U. Grier, saying be is in fsvd
keeping the f*ir open at night Thia r
be in the nature of a popular vote; •
would at least give tbe mansgsoesll
idea of whether or not sufficient ps
would go at night to cover |
cost of lightiug the grounds,
there be a general request (or
at night, it is likely that (it*
traotloni and fire works will be t“
Try tho postal card plan; don’t
your neighbor, but you sit dot* ]
now and write yonr opinion on s po*U
to whether it would be well ta kstf|
fair open at night.
Col. G. H. Jones, superintendent (
machinery department, wntee that I
decidedly in favor of keeping the I
open at night He thinks t-at the ® f
of such • vast exhibition and such s h
ful park being thoronghly lighted ;
night would attraot not only mtny v
who eannot go in the daytime, bal'
also induce many to return to u>* <’1
who had been there daring the d>y.
CoL Jones in bis letter also s*JJ *
very Important that the proposed t
built Into the grounds, became
number of exhibitors propose to muM
and heavy exhibits, and to* drsysgejr
too heavy; also that a number of era.
say they are also going to Atlanta “'j
there to Meooo, nod they won t ben e
unless the proposed track be rua tuw|
ground*. , fcjr ,
Mr. Waddell, of Ccdariewe, ttni
elected vloe-preeident at Urge ta
vorably impressod srith the eight'
He thinks it would throw meny «*
the treasury.
motes or KXBIBrrt AMD i
Inquiries for space end
coming in rapidly. ,
John F. Wall, of Esstman, 1
two pens of fowls. • „
J. O. Hamilton, of Vienne, wifi *
very fine young stallion. „ ■
Owen Darby, of Columbia “• j I
Chicago Inur^esan.
A man tseaped frem a (
WBMhlBg a aepaof M
together Hewrpepm ■»»*
scoundrel in j A W»thy* r
nseii to get scouniirelsr
paintinps from natore.
Mr. H. M. Fanaton, viei'P" -, ,
CetWUer A Street Fite Work* Co-vJ!
in the eity Monday to arrange •“—i
fire works. „ ... od I
CoL Grier will be out Monday. ^ J
I . 'in t,:H Mork ucainiooo. P
spirits over the suceeei of ta* ..w,
prospects are better than ever
thia time of tho yoar. M gt I
Ool. Grier has just board »»
tory in regard to tho 60 bon-P^y
Talbot * Sen are to tue to ,
(Unery. They say they.®" °
an engine as waa ever build.