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DAY, SEP'LMLMHEKi
1894.
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FRANK DISCUSSION NBfcDED.
The Telegraph has no disposition
whatever, In the discussion of the silver
question, to do the Atluuta Constitution
an injustice. We do not now see that
it did so in its comments on that pa
per's treatment oi the report signed by
the bimetallist members of the Herman
currency conference. Those comments
were based on the assumption that if
the Constitution accepted the conclu
sion of Herman sclcutisls as to the ne
cessity of re-cstablisliing bimetallism, it
must also accept Uitt.r conclusion that
such re-establishment is possible only
through an international uirreement.
Our contemporary contends that the re
port does not show that the German
scientists had reached the iutier con
clusion. It says;
"But the Telegraph I* entirely wrong in
Its statement of the conclusion of the
German bimetallists. Instead of declar
ing International agreement to be ‘the only
means by which bimetallism can be se
cured,' these eminent men, after review
ing the distressing effect of the demoneti
sation of sliver, concluded as follows:
" 'A tprovldkvu (Statemanahtp cannot
discredit silver and let it lose ita value,
when all human foresight la to the effect
that the metal will be absolutely Indis
pensable In the future.
" 'The present moment, witnessing an
Increase In gold production which may be
the last. Is precisely the time to carry
through an International system of bi
metallism, as this con now be done with
out any fear that gold will leave the circu
lation or attain an agio. Those who
prophesy a gold agio In caae of bimetal
lism overlook the fact that they
thereby aecrlbe to gold a scarcity and
dearness too great to allow of gold possi
bly continuing the sole standard.' ”
Thil extract from the report doe* not
contain the wonts on which the Tele
graph's assumption was based. That
mwujnptlon rested on the declaration
of the signers of the report that "If It
lie objected Hint the restoration of sil
ver would occasion fur Germany n cri
sis whose limits eetUJ net fee foreseen,
it mnat be noticed, (n the first place,
that we do not strive for any Interposi
tion In behalf of silver save on the basis
t)T an international ngreemom." Noth
in!! could he more explicit. It Is. In ef
fect, admitted that the attempt of Ger
many alone to remonetize silver would
precipitate a crisis whose limits caunot
be foreseen, nnd It is detsetl that the
signers of the report favor such action
on the port of Germany. They favor bi
metallism, lmt tile Inference which wo
drew that they were opposed to any
thing except tntcrnatiodal bimetallism
was not only justified blit made ucecs-
«iry liy the words of the report.
The Telegraph has no pride of opin
ion In this matter, and uo victory to
win. It desire* only that discussion of
tills great question, on the proper settle
ment of which It believes the future
1 rosjierlty of the country In large meas
ure depends, shall be honest and en
lightening. The people are entitled to
tliat sort of discussion lu their newspa
per*. If they do not have it, if their
Judgment is deceived by appeals to'
their prejudices or by the eonoga|ment
of tmporlant facts in tho problem they
nro called up»u i» suive, they win fan
Into error* disastrous to themselves nnd
rntadlng suffer'ug even on the genera
tion which will follow after them. Wo
do not thiok that rant about the sharks
of Wall street, gold-bugs, etn., nor at
tempts to rouse the national prejudice
ngainst Great Britain toneh the merits
of the silver question. On the contrary
they obscure the real pn.uts at issue
and prerent men affected by the preju
dices thus appealed to from studying
the question in the manner that they
should. It la In fact a question of cold
science, with which prejudice against
Wall Street aud antipathy to Great
Britain have nothirt* whatever to do.
A proposition In finance Is not neces
sarily wrong because Wall street favors
It nor charged with treuchcry liccnuse
favored by IxHntvml street. The men
who do business on Wall street aire self
ish, as arc other men. There Is no evi
dence that they arc morn selfish. But,
whatever they are, their prosperity de
pends in a general way on tho same
conditions that nro necessary to the'
welfare of men tiring elsewhere and en
gaged in a different kind of business.
The very first of Jbese conditions I* the
Hjcredness of contracts and the confi
dence in other men widen that sacred-
nuts makes possible.
As tho Telegraph has frequently
said, the people In tills country are
practically unanimous in favor of bi
metallism, and wo mean to latitude the
people of W all afreet. There (s a dff- '
ferenco of oplulon only is u> the meth
ods by which bimetallism miy ^
trangnt about Discussion, therefore
sbotlM deal with methods, not with a
principle which'to universally accepted.
Charge* of had faith can only tx-ispep
ate and make agreement as to methods
more dllllcult. Tlie controversy turns
on the question whether the free coin
age cf silver, w-.timut an international
agreement, would result in tne practical
demonctlXatlon of gold, by driving ,t
to a premium Hint would prevent its
circulation as money. That ,s the point
which ought to he discussed, about
which the people ought to have the full-
<at opportunity u> deliberately and
coldly make up their minds, without ex
citement and without prejudice against
"Wall street sharks" or “Lombard
street Jews." They ought to understand
that their purpose must he to advance
their own welfare, not to punish
“sharks" or “Jews."
We have seen no argument and uo
statement of facts which shakes our
conviction that free coinage at the pres
ent ratio, or at any ratio short of that
fixed by the markets, would result in
Bit exclusive silver currency aud the sil
ver standard of value in this country.
When the Constitution contends that
the value of gold is rapidly increasing,
it admits tffat the value of that metal Is
fixed by the demand for it as compared
with the supply. This same law of de
mand and supply must control the value
of silver, and we cannot see how the
former relation of silver to gold of 10
tv 1, at a time whoa both were in uni
versal demand ns moliey, can be re
stored while the demand for gold con
tinues to lie universal and, even with
free coinage, the demand for silver
comes only from the United States
anti certain semlcivillzed coun
tries of small wealth aud comparatively
insignificant commerce. Wo do not
mean to deny that the demand for Gi
ver created by the free coinage of that
inotai in the United States tvottld foil
to increase it* bullk n price. We think
such an Increase certain. We think,
further, that tho transfer of the gold
stock of the United States to Europe,
consequent upon the creation of an
agio or premium on that metal, would
result In a further narrowing of the
difference In the market pricb between
the two metals. But when the Consti
tution puts forward the great resources
of Gte United States, its "boundless
capacity for business growth and ex
pansion,” as proof that free coinage
would not result in a premium on gold,
we think It deal* in vague generalities
In treating a problem which requires
the, exactness of science for it* proper
solution. The experience of this coun
try has shown thnt a difference of half
a point between the coinage and the
market value of gold and silver was
sufficient to drive either dtac or the other
out of circulation. The present expe
rience ot other nations shows that the
free coinage of both metals means In
practice a silver currency nud the sllrer
standard of value. Nat one of these na
tions but what Is in a low state of de
velopment, poor. Ignorant and unhappy,
nnd moat of them are torn by internal
dissension. In not one of them is there
a free government In our sense of the
term, ami In the few where there ii a
semblance of orderly government n dic
tator, In fact if not la name, holds the
reins of power.
As we have said, .we have no desire
to misrepresent the Constitution. Wo
have no desire to get the better of It In
an argument. But we believe tliat It
is misleading, to the extent of its In
fluence, the people of this state < n the
s.Itw question, nnd do desire that it
change Its method of denliug with liter
silver question.
TIIK, SILVER QUESTION.
The silver question to not a practical
question In politic* at this time. Mr.
Cleveland's term will not expire until
March, 1807. Even If It were possible
for the free silver men-aml by free sil
ver men we ineau those who wish tho
United States to enter upou the free
coinage of adver at tho M to 1 ratio
without reference to the action ot
other nations—to gain the two-
thirds majority In tho house necessary
to override the president's veto, there
la no pooiblllty that In the alow-mov
ing senate they can gain such a ma
jority before that time. Agitation of
the silver question, therefore. Just be
fore the campaign which ends in tho
election of 18lki must lie barren, except
for the effect It may have on the popu
lar mind. In that elation, we have no
doubt, the silver question will be the
leading Issue, uuless in tbe meantime
the folly of the Id to 1 proposition be
comes so apparent tout neither of the
great parties will venture to support It.
In tbe two yeast which intervene the
work done by newspapers nud speakers
should be educational In character. The
end sought is, or ought to be, the wel
fare of the country, uot tbe triumph of
a theory, of a das* or even of a party.
It this work is to be educational the first
thing necessary to to nuke perfectly
plain the propoaltlon aud the true atti
tude towards it of *11 parties and alt
factions. Only after this lias been done
can the voters of the country render n
true verdict on its merits—a verdict
representing tbe dfliberate judgment of
tlielr informed Intelligence.
In the discussion so far this neces
sary work bas been almost entirely Ig
nored by the newspaper* and speakers
who support the Populistic proposition
lu Its extreme form, ft toy say with a
grout deal of vehetueneo that they are
striving fur a bimetallic system of coin
age, ami they denounce with equal ve
hemence as "gold-bus*." enemies of sil
ver, etc., men who claim for themselves
a more than equal loyalty to the bimet
allic cause. In doing so they assume
that tbe free coinage of silver will have
the effect of bringing ls>th gold and sil
ver Into use a* money on the same
terms as before 1S73. and also that men
opposed to tbe It! to 1 proposition, call
ing themselves bimetallists, are in fact
hypocrites and conscious Uarx.
It to possible by this sort of denun
ciation to excite discontent nnd Increase
the difficulties of government, lmt not
to hasten the final, because tbe proper,
settlement of this great question. There
is no doubt that tne men pn>fes*'io« io
lie bimetallists hot who are opposed
to the 10 to 1 scheme are ns lamest iu
tluir professions ns those who favor It
We think them far wiser. They are not
fanatical, not prepared to sacrifice ev
ery tiling to « single measure. They arc
.vet reasonable men.
If the friends of the pj to 1 ratio be
lieve that the adoption of their scheme
will result iu the restoration of silver
to Its former status in the currency
system of tlje world, or of the United
States; that it will not result In ex-
eluding gold from circulation; that it
w.U result in u true bimetallism und not
In silver monometallism— they should
devote themselves to the work of es
tablishing those facts. Tho opposition
to their scheme will disappear the mo
ment they are established. Opposition
In this country to free coinage at the
Id to 1 ratio or any other is entirely
due to the fear that it would result iu
silver monometallism. The gold mon-
ometall.sts of whom we near so much
arc a few doctrinaires without a follow
ing among the people. The mass of the
people—even Mr. Whitney estimates Do
[ier cent, of them and Mr. Whitney
knows only the people of New York—
are bimetallists. They want the free
coinage of silver at the very earliest
moment that it can be had, but they
want the free coinage of gold also, the
use of both metals as money, and they
are unwilling to make the experiment
suggested until convinced that Die free
coinage of silver does not mean the sil
ver standard of value and the ust; of
noth'ug but silver ns money.
OOME TO THE POINT.
The Atlanta Dress, Mr. Watson's pa
per, says thut trader a free coinage law
the batiks of New York aud Brooklyn
“eoultl uot buy 00,000,000 of silver
for WOO,000,000 in gold, for silver and
gold would ho on a parity, aud even a
goldbug Democrat would uot sell to tbe
banks of New York and Brooklyn for
one dollar silver worth two dollars at
the mints.” This is mere assortlcu, Mr.
Watson. Your business is to prove
that this statement is true. Tbe whole
silver controversy turns on It. Tho ex
perience of other nations Is against
you. In Moxico, for Instance, ns in
every other country where the coinage
of silver is free, anybody who is In pos
session of a gold coin of that country
can exchange it for about. t\vlce its
nominal value in the silver coins of tbe
country. A* a matter of fact, the coin
age of gold in Mexloo long ago ceased,
though under the law it is Just as free
ns thnt ot silver, nnd Mexican gold
coins tor this reason ore very scarce, be
ing no longer a part of the country's
currency. Why would not experience
In the United States bo 'tlie same? It
Is true that ours is a bigger nnd stronger
country than Mexico. But what have
bigness and strength to do' with the
value of metallic money, wbicli to pre
sumed to curry iU value is 1 tacit gad is
redeemable In nothing else? The gold
and silver money of the spialiest and
poorest couutry on the face of the earth
Is worth Just a* much ns tho gold and
silver money of tho greatest and richest
nation. Tho value In one case ns in
the other is fixed by tbe pooplo of the
world aud not by the law of tray par
ticular country. The stump off Its face
to merely a certificate given !•♦ the gov-
eminent of tho character and qulntity
of Its contents.
It Is very true that nobody would sell
to the banks of New York and Brook
lyn for one dollar silver worth two dol
lars at the mints, If the one dollar were
tbe same kind ot a dollar i s those given
nt the mint. But there is no reason
why anybody should refuse to exchaugo
two silver dollars for the quantity of
gold worth two silver dollars, r'hether
that gold bore tho government's certifi
cate that It was om. dollar or not.
THEY SHOULD BlfiluNO.
Our Tennessee exchanges denounce
In the strongest words tbev era employ
tbe perpetrators ot the terrible crlino
near Memphis two or three days ago,
when tlx manacled negroes were bru
tally murdered while in charge of un
officer. They arc right to so denounce
these hearties* criminals. There was
no excuse for their act. The crime with
which the men were charged I* not pun
ishable by death, tnit by a comparative
short term of imprisonment. Bren If
they were guilty, anil of that there to
doubt, their crime was a trivial one
compared with that of the men who
murdered them. But mere denuncia
tion uvll not do much good. Tbe men
who commit such crime* as this fin not
read newspapers. They know no pub
lic opinion except that of tbe narrow
anil Ignorant oommun.ty In which they
live. It is possible they belfevs.l they
were doing a public service—thut they
had the right to commit murder In what
they regarded as the rightful defense
of their property. Such n.cn cannot be
reached by newspaper*. They can he
reached only by the law. If tin officers
of the law, barked up by the riglit-
tblnklng people of the commuDity, will
ferret out there muderere, convict them
and bang every one of them according
to the due processes of tbe Law. there
will be no more lynching* forjlit- crime
lu Shelby county. iTh's I* wbat ought
to be done, and if the newspapers of
Tennessee can have (t dune they will
have nobly served their state.
work, in the order of our human life,
ought to be done hetweon the years of
fifty und seventy. Dr. Clark was to
years of oge, and the lust fifteen years
hare w!!s~*»d »he cxnanslon
trad expression of Ills maturest
and I watt thought. Nearly ail of
his books have been written during
dits period and tliay bear the marks of
that ripe scholarship that lias distin
guished him as a think".' nud speaker.
The young men in the mlUMry of bis
church will do well to study'the pecu
liar clearness and simple beauty of his
style.
As a man be was earnest trad posi
tive. He had decided convictions on
till questions under debate, nnd was
strong and logical In pressing the
< laima .of any cause that appealed to
his head and heart He will be missed
from a rapidly diminishing circle of
men who were lss contemporaries. The
scholarly and gift,si men of that “elder
day” will soon tie all gone to joiu the
great majority of the silent city.
ALL WIRING.
TUR DEATH OF Pit. CLARK.
The announcement of the death of
tbm distinguished man and minister of
the gospel will bring pain to a wide
c'.rele of friends In tbit nud other stab -
He had reached the uge wlu-rc men of
great leaning and research «lo their
best work. Indeed, every man's lo st
It Is not easy, apparently, to get at
all the facts of the shooting affray In
Hanoook county, In which the imiu Gas
ton was Injured and another negro
killed. Enough is known, however, to
make It plain tliat somebody ought to
he severely handled by the law.
No doubt Gaston Is n pestiferous fel
low. Probably he Is a swindler nnd
his emigration scheme merely a cloak
to a shrewd scheme for fleecing ignorant
and gullible members of lx.s race. Cer
tainly lie has Incurred the enmity of
many people and done the community
in which he lias operated much harm
by exciting antugoulsms, estrangiug la
borers from their old relations and ex
citing in them unreasonable hope of an
immediate nnd great change for the
better In (heir condition.
But, granting all this to lie true, tho
way to get rid of a pestiferous dema
gogue or confidence man is not to sliovt
him. The disregard for law and wil
lingness to commit crime shown by
those who do the shooting wilt do the
community more harm than a dozen
Gastons can do. There Is no good way
to get rid of such n character except by
appeal to the law. If ho has not vio
lated the law, he ought to be safe at
least In his life, however defective good
citizens may think the law.
The fact thnt such deeds are commit
ted at night Is pretty conclusive proof
thnt the doers of them know not only
that they are making themselves guilty
of a crime bnt that the public, opinion
Of the community is against them. If
it was right to shoot Gaston, or right
to drive him away—'which may nave
been the only intention of the mof)~
why wns It not done iu the daylight
by men whom nil could see nnd know?
'OOMULGEE* NAVIGATION.
There has been n grant deal or talk
about the navigation of the Ocmulgee.
ns suggested by President Smith of tho
Information Bureau, which has so far
had little result, but that does not mean
tnat the OcmuUvo u in lint be made an
important factor In the commerce of
Macon. Tito announcement contained
In -Mr. Smith’s report that steps will be
taken to put freight carrying boats on
the river at an early day is an Import
ant one nnd the Telegraph hopes that
the bureau and the board of trade will,
acting together, lie able to bring nboht
this result early enough to help the bus
iness of the season Just opening.
Perhaps the Populists propose to
simply print $45,000,01)0,000 of legal
tender tint money to carry ont all their
pinna. In addition to the ntouey al
ready In circulation this would give us
a per capita of circulation of nbout
$070. The Populist plntform cnli* for
n per capita of circulation of $50—as
high as they thought was safe. They
must have made a mistake somewhere.
If the rupul.q* propose to raise that
$45,1**1,000,000 by tho Issuance of
bonds, the annual Interest charge at
II 1-2 par cent, would lie ¥i,r>T.T,i**>,<**>,
more than three t'mrs the present an
nual expenditures of the government.
Additional taxes tu the extent of $22.50
per capita or $112.50 for each family
of five would have to be m!*e«l every
year to pay it Tretty good for n natty
of economy und reform.
If the bills introduced by Populists
in oungress had become lines we wou'd
have been saddled with on additional
debt of somethlojl >ver $.'I5.000,(II>0.000.
Tlila doesn't Include the amount which
would be necessary for tbe purchase of
the railroads. Tta» capitalisation of the
railroads of tbe country, according to
government figures, is about $10,500,-
000,000. Iiteliiditig this amount the
extra expenditures entailed by pro
posed Populist legislation would have
been more than $43.000,000,UOO; four
and a half times the entire money of
the world. Will Mr. Watson k.tally In
form the people of Georgia how tho
l'opulisU propose to raise this sum?
A reading of the hills seem to indicate
that It to just to be printed
Pension bills Introduced by Populist*
iu congress carry appropriation* aggre
gating something like two billions nnd
a half of doll in. Practically nil of this
money would go to the Nor*h uml \Ve*t,
but the South would have to pay her
share of It The Telegraph printed
some t.me ago a story of the champion
mean man who sold to bis son-in-law
half of a valuable cow. When the
young man wanted bis share of tbe
milk be wai informed that he lunl
bought tbe front ltnlf amt had no In
terest In the milk. AH he had to do
was to feed bis ludf.
earnest Invitation of his Bibb county
friends, and every Democrat In Bibb is
his friend. Judge Bartlett trail Judge
Clifford Anderson will also be there,
aud other Democratic orators have been
Invited.
Much has been said about divisions
in the Democratic party over matters
of tin,racial and other reform*, nml
much stress has been laid on the tact
that the Populists are united and har
monious. Hence It Is to be inferred
that Mr. Watson s party approves of
till those Wildcat measures Introduced
by the chosen representative* lu con
gress of his party.
The saving to the people effected bji
the first session of. the Fifty-third >■cm-
gross In government expenditures Is
something like $30,000,1**1. 'This Isn't
much In the eye* of the Populist states
men who deal boldly in billions, bnt to
us Common Democrats who nave to
work for our living it Is u pretty good
starter.
That's a good story the Telegraph
prints this morning about tho negroes
In Early county who Insisted on voting
for MaJ. Bacon in the congressional
primary, after they had heard Itltn
speak. Any man. black or white, who
Is open to convictitm is bound to vote
the Democratic ticket after he has
heard one of .MuJ. Bacon's speeches.
How do the hard working Populists
of Georgia relish the Idea of paying to
Northern pensioners nearly $71,500,0'K)
of their hardly earned wealth? That
would be about Georgia's share of the
money required to meet tjie expendi
tures provided in the (tension bills in
troduced in congress by Populists.
The mulatto party seems to bo fight
ing shy oi state t«citn« in this eamnalgn,
though It Is purely a state affair. In
uveury-three years of undisputed pos
session of the state government tin:
Democratic party has a record which
is absolutely unassailable. Maybe that's
the wherefore of their shyness.
Georgia Is free from fire nnd flood.
She has pleuty of land fairly aching to
be tickled Into laughing plenty by the
fingers of honest toll. She open* iter
arms to tho afflicted people of the
Northwest aud bids them come to a
state where the products of thc'.r toil
are always safe.
With Crisp, Turner, Bartlett, Lester,
Lawson, Maddox, liussell, Livingston.
Moses, Tate aud Black lu the house of
representatives, and Bacon nnd Gordon
in the senate, Georgia’s delegation In
the Fifty-fourth congress wilt stze up
with that of any state in the Union
After the Constitution succeeds In
reading out of the Democratic party
all who do not believe In its Populistic
views on thesllvcr question, what will
bo the difference between tho Populist
and Democratic parties and how much
will be left of the Democratic party?
If a Joint debate is arranged between
Mr. Atkinson and Judge Hines, we will
wsger a bright, new silver dollar coined
In 1S04, and which is maintained <>u n
parity with gold, that the Judge will
wish he hadn't before Atkinson has
spoken an hour.
Old Warrior I* going to Just spread
herself two week* from inlay, ant! the
Ihggest barbecue of the campa'cn is
wbat she is alining at Mr. Atkinson
will be there If b- will li.t.-h to the
The trouolo with John Temple Graves
to that somebody In nn ill-advised mo
ment spoke of him ns the "su re*
of Henry Grady.” He has clone his
little beat to live up to this lmt the
struggle bas been too great
The Athens Banner, under Its new
mtrangrancm, shows marked Improve
ment.' The Telegraph wishes the young
men who arc ruunlng It tho fullest
measure of success.
It was a great day for Georgia yes
terday . From Dade to Camden nnd
from Itabun to Decnlnr thousands ot
enthusiastic Democrats listened to ring-
Democratic speeches.
Unless all slgos fall, llm mulatto par
ty will he snowed under noo deep In
October In Gejrqta that Us- unholy
Pupiffu-Ropubllcan alllntev will never
be heard of again.
Now Arkansas Join* hand* with Ala-
bantu in pledging her renewed failh to
the principles of the part}' of the people
-not the People's party—by some 20,-
OuO sokd voles.
President Smith of the Bureau of In
formation say* Macon must have
freight boats on the Ocmulgee, What
Mr. Smith says generally goes.
MISS DAVIS DENTES IT.
Says the Statement In,'Regard to Her
Being in Favor of Womau's Suffrage
is False.
Richmond, Va„ Sept. 3.- The Dis
patch will say cditorlaUy tomorrow;
There to a newspaper story aHoat that
Miss Winnie Davis, being In favor of
woiuau suffrage, bas said that sit,.
Would vote the Republican ticket If
she had the right to do so. We luivo
It from the best nnthorlty that this
statement Is false in all of Its partic
ulars. Indeed, such a tnous’roiui prop
osition from ine of Mr». Davis' fam
ily would be impossible. The fict U
that Mist Winnie Davis Is opp t.-nl to
woman suffrage, lmt were she in favor
of it sh: caul.l never contemplate Join-
Ing a party which ha- so bitterly re
viled her father, to say nothing of its
hostilities to her people. The hearts
nnd lot of Mrs. Davis and her child;, n
are with the South, am! the teat tin-
of the pencil who attempts to put them
In any other pnaitlou Is inexplicable.
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CENSURED HARCOURT.
London, Sept. 5 —The trades union con-
Kfess, sitting at Norwich today, .
s resolution censuring Sir William Ver
non Hxrcourt, chancellor of the ext-ne-
quer, for the failure ot the government
to carry out the cUuse of the Newcastle
programme relating to the payment of
member* of the house of commons. The
vote of censure arts cerrl >d lu to in*. A
resolution favoring federation of tho
trades union councils was carried, nn 1
the parliament committee was Inrtnirt. t
to begin agitation to the end of getting
the mines act amended so as to ,orh;|
employment, under ground for more than
dght hours a day.
HAVi; NO FOB TO FIOHT.
The Fort Valley Correspondent Sees Dent
ocmttc Victory Ahead.
Fort Valley, Sept. S.—{Special
no runt* of the KreatTrovsdes aaiemtain^
in different parts ui the state to h.. 41
the doctrine of the greatest and grandest
party In existence by the mktosfof
era, mallei us glad we have no foe in th;,
county to fight. While several of » 0 j!
correspondents say that the moat of ml
crowd were Democrats with a scatter!^
of third partyltes, we could not get
a crowd toKhther In this count? un,,,.
wc should get some third partyltes from
some Other county. Thin county certain',
dee rvea to be called the banner r>mA
erratic county of the state, for If thereto
another county In the state si free from
the heresies of the Popuilatlc bombast^
office-seekers and demagosue*. we do not
know where It Is. Since they tried to ot
gannze and get together hut five debt lea
followers, we have heard nothing f, ora
them. They have probnbly become dli
gueted with Office Seeker Watson ana
Inconsistency Hines, their leaders an,!
have come back into the Democratic toll
where (here Is always a welcome.
Judge A. 8. Gllesls receiving assurances
of support for the speakership of t|,,'
next house from prominent men all over
the state. The Judge deserves every bit
of It, for he Is one of the ablest mPn in
the state and would make a model pre
siding officer. Houston has never oskej
anything at the hands c-f the Democrats
for what rhe has done end she now feel,
that she Is Justly entitled to somethlni-
an.l since she offers a man eminently
worthy of all the honor that could be
bestowed upon him. she hopes and believe,
she wifi be successful. Judge Giles, as
has not entered formatlly into -.he ree-
but has the matter under consideration. '
Bishop A. G. Haygood will preach «t
the Methodist church here Sunday morn-
Ing and evening. Bishop Haygood tin
many admirers and friends In Fort Valle,
and the prospects are that the church
be well filled to hear the well known di.
vine.
We have heard many expressions ot so-.
row at the death of Dr. Clarke at his
home In Macon Tuesday. Dr. Clarke had
many friends In Fort Valley, who fympj.
thyze with hla family In their rad be
reavement.
POPULISTS WERE SCARCE.
An Effort *b Hotol a Big Rally at Lou.
toitlte Failed.
LouIxvlile.Sept. B.—(Spetanij-'ine rr>
pie'.* party held what was Intended for
a big rally here yesterday at the fur
Ki-iniituw. but '-there were O'dv jhnu
300 people present, including over :w
negroes and fomtyolor htty Democrat*.
Messrs, West and Elllngtton.the jpaak-
ers, poured hot stiw'f Into our poor Dem
ocratic hides. Mr. West declared that
President Cleveland was In favor ;yf sa
ck: 1 equality, as he hod appointed a ne
gro as cotmul to Bolivia, nnd wj, in fa
vor oif mixed public schools in New
York state svhile he was go verbal. |{ y
tuld itiv.it Mr. Atkinsbn would be our
next governor by over 80,000 majtrity,
had never repudiated the state meat
made in Fannin county that if elected
pavemvor he would pardon certain con
vict. The PopuItUCs are In favor of gov
ernment ownership of raflro.nl.- ami not
In favor of fauroing out convicts. He
said tmt James tM. Smith of Ogl f.herps
«*>umy hsd so many that he ruble;
them to turpentine men at $1 a day
whep he only paid the mate *11 a year.
There was very little enthusiasm.
Both gentlemen spoke about an hour
each, but made no converts.
A CAPITAL OF *2,0(»,0W
Represented by Immigrants Who Will Lo- |
cats at and Near Tilton
Tifton, Sept. 4.-(Speclal.)-Mr. C. C. B. I
Baldridge, engaged here in January m ttu
real estate business, has located twem; I
families who control a capital of ovrt
*2.000,000. all ot whlcn win be tnvMtrl |
here.
Theae Immigrants are from IlUno!-,
Pennsylvania and Ohio, and haw coat !
on Mr. IJUHdge's recommendation oft
ttto resourcss ot this section, with this I
os a basts. It is Impossible to estimate the I
value of a well organised state httresa |
of Information would be to Georgia.
HOLINESS CAMP MEETfVI
Florvlila, Sept. 6.—(BpecUt.)-The In-1
dian Spring tvolliseu camp-mcedlns wl* I
r*»on be numbered with the tMnp ot I
the ptot. Only a few more services and I
the tents will be struck, the doors ot I
the hotels and cottages be closed, the I
grand stand -where thbusunito have Hi-1
toned to the wooing, entreaties anil
warning* of theae faithful men of G»l I
will be vacated, tbe wound of music will ■
be bushed, tho hIMs and da lea *#!!1 re-1
ve tbe rube no more, the shout* ot the |
waved nor tho cries bf the maumer.I
Wnai *'A«i i,.m been aceo®pk»M 1*1
theae taw days eternity only can rr|
veal. In all the vast crowds that have I
raVeered at this consecrated spot tnaM
day to day not a Single serious uvcldent I
has happened to 'anyone, and i mini
orderly or" welt behaved crcwd ccail I
hardly have been found. The Indus I
Spring and FlovINq railroad, under tM I
efficient management of that ctererekl
of men. M. A. Llndsy, assisted by M* I
equally clever nnd polite conducts. I
George F. Gilmore, has handled the tit-1
mendoue crowds without accident or I
delay. The crowd on Sunday was v*-1
rlously estimated ag from 7.000 to W.'IWl
People. The prospects are that many I
new cottages will be erected on the I
granatin before another year and that I
the crowds will be greatly Increowd. I
The Flovfila High School cper.t Mm-1
day next, September 10. Oruldonbl.'l
Improvements have been made on fit: I
building, the grounds have been boanti-1
fled, and with Professor C. R. Thins-' I
principal, Mies Marie Marshall aatlil;I
ant. Mlae Blnsfleld music teacher -an!I
ML-** Jordon In th# art department the I
Pupil* it is a brighter prvprct than ewrl
before. We have a fine location tot si
school, clever people, salubrknu cUnu.e. I
<*>«sp board -and one of the
•choele In the Mate.
MANCHESTER'S MARKET
Msaehedtfr, Sept. S.—The Guardian, in I
It* commercial article, xoys; The mati-tl
during the week has been quiet snd *»"■
appointing with little workable bttvncx.l
Order* for India continue in dlmlnlthedl
volume. China has bout fit Hght-weli|MI
shirtings very freely, but the business
South America ha* been poor, out
markets. Including th* United Sut.x. »r*|
buying steadily but moderately, *nd
fofite tr.de Is In o healthy oondtuoa
Manufaobire.-a of India staples an- Ur-
Heavy goods for China are In poor '
mnnd. but there I* some Inquiry W
bleaching cloths for China and the xtratu
settlements. Common printing doth*
moving moderately. In yams the move
ment Is hardly of the average maunllov*
hut Individual sellers have made tat
good progrese; the market Is sttady.
fx hy-'H W"' ".I
I- half th. lot tie. Don * Y** I
for your cough to ron into i
(XranpdoiL 'forre** »l« r *J**
/arSi ‘tteiprwarw*
VBhdhwi Mi ill ■*vUiw j-
AU th.' »!••■> * u » •* J
ttm Mftr in th* •W’JJI
<•••!><i•.11< n that it? 18 " I
V I ■ th.-m. g
You iiGtil Dr. Phtw* (
Medical Dbcovery,
thoroughly purify J our :
l*uil«l up trade nt®’ ,
_ flmsli, nml make ererj w®*
strong. It's a certain remedy for the*
of Con.su n intioo.
(trnrhA J**-
Dit. H. V. Pikrck: 7>ur fhr—TWO
Jw-wt tit*-tori pronoun * 1 '**! my
tion. I nt nearly !•>•». nnd °j®i [»
I oonclu-ltfl to try the "Goldra
coviry** I bought eight iM>tUea ^
raw aar with truth that 1 ftfl Juit W tmgta
d«v a* I <1:1 at twenty-fib**. nn<i |
* *<mI a day's work «*n th« farm. i m
_ny work to. ,
e tlmukf*
Truly, j
>rm.
era] Jtaxt- 4 *
r friend.