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She Jerald and <putrtisti[. Newnan, Ga., Friday, Oct. 21, 1887. WEEKLY CIRCULATION, 1,750. JA8. E. BROWN, Editor. The Piedmont Exposition. The close of the Piedmont Exposi- t ion to-morrow scores another triumph in the long series of successes th/tt have been achieved by Atlanta in the past few years, and one that stands as much to her credit as any she has yet ac complished. We doubt if it has been equal in all respects to the Cotton Expo sition of 1881, nor will it be so beneficial in its results; but it so nearly approximates that wonderful display as to merit com plimentary comparison. The indus trial exhibit is neither so large nor so varied, perhaps, and certain deficiences have been apparent in other depart ments; but it must be borne in mind that the managers have labored under numerous disadvantages from first to last—frequently contending against odds that would have discouraged a less enterprising people—and their ul timate success is alike creditable to t hemselves and to the thriving city of which the*Exposition is so splendid an advertisement. Serious complaint has been made because of the meagre fa cilities provided for the entertainment of visitors during the Exposition, and j.hv consequent hardships to which a fiirge numbfer were subjected—espec ially on Monday, Tuesday and Wed nesday of the present week. This, however, can be easily explained. An estimate was made of the number that would probably attend, and suitable arrangements for their entertainment were effected by the committee ap pointed for that purpose; but the at tendance so largely exceeded pub lic expectation as to completely upset the calculations of the Expo sition managers, and for once Atlanta had more people within her hospitable 1 imits than she could comfortably enter tain. It is estimated that, on several days, the number of visitors in the city exceeded the native population by sev eral thousand—just how many thou sand it is impossible to tell. Under this condition of things, therefore, it is not surprising that some were una ble to procure as comfortable lodgings as they could have desired, or that they failed to get lodgings at all. All things considered, we are obliged to admit that Atlanta handled her im mense crowds with remarkable clever ness, and it is really astonishing how she managed to do it so well. The visit of President and Mrs. Cleveland was a notable event for At lanta, and for Georgia, a recollection of which will be cherished by every man, woman and child whose proud privilege it was on Tuesday and Wed nesday last to do honor to the only Democratic President the present gen eration has known. It was a magnifi cent ovation that he received at the hands of admiring Georgians, and we mistake the character of the man if the warm-hearted welcome ex tended him evokes no reciprocal feel ing of regard and admiration for our people, and our section. Whatever doubts may have existed as to his pop ularity with the Democratic masses at the South are effectually dispelled by his Southern tour. Most generous ev idences of esteem have been mani fested on every hand. If these popu lar indications have any significance at all he is to-day the unanimous choice of the South for a second term, and it will be due to no lack of interest or en thusiasm on the part of Southern Democrats if he is not again selected as the standard-bearer of his party. We do not need to emphasize the statement that the Exposition has been a grand success in many respects, and it requires no prophetic eye to foresee the benefits that will accrue to our sec tion as a direct result of this magnifi cent advertisement of our native pro ducts and resources. We do not fawn upon Atlanta as many of our gushing country contemporaries are accustomed to do, but are none the less ready to give her full credit for such achieve ments as the Piedmont Exposition and all similar successes. Primarily, At lanta is benefited more than any other locality, as a matter of course; but in advertising her own resources and ad vantages she necessarily brings the State into prominence, and every sec tion is benefited more or less. We are not so selfish that we cannot appreci ate and applaud the enterprise of a community that does so much to adver tise the South as Atlanta has done for ten or fifteen years past, and it costs us no effort to give public expression to our approbation whenever opportunity offers. State Fair Notes. be State Fair will open in Macon t Monday, and from the extensive parations being made it will un- btedly be the largest and most mag- •ent agricultural, mechanical and k display ever undertaken by the ;e Agricultural Society. Thousands ntries have been made, and every artment is full to overflowing. In , the managers haye determined : it shall eclipse all previous exhib it 1 this character, and the energy ilayed in accomplishing this purpose es little room for doubt as to the suc- ,of their efforts. The following notes ii the Macon Tchgraph will furnish o idea of the character and extent of the preparations that are being made for the entertainment of ex-Pres- ident Davis and family next week; Mr. Davis will arrive in Macon Mon day afternoon. He and his family will be the guests of Mr. Marsh Johnston during their stay in Macon. They will leave Beauvoir Sunday night in a special private parlor coach, accompanied only by the committee of Macon citizens. No others will be ad mitted to the car. Mr. Davis’ health will not permit receptions on the way. There will be no demonstration on his arrival in Macon. He and his family will, on alighting at the depot, be driv en at once to the residence of Mr. Marsh Johnston. On Tuesday Mrs. Davis, Miss Winnie and Mrs. Hays (if she comes) and Mrs. Howell Cobb will be driven to the park under escort of prominent citizens. At the park these ladies will be presented to the people.. This public reception by these dis tinguished ladies will be one of the most delightful occasions of the Fair. Every Georgian loves and honors these noble women, and they will assemble in thousands to do them reverence. The managers of the Fair are ar ranging several nice little features m the way of surprises for Tuesday, to entertain the ladies Aid to especially honor Mrs. Davis. Mrs. Davis has been Mr. Davis’ partner in life through all the vicissi tudes of unsuccessful war, and during the darker, drearier, longer days of defeat. In all the hours of sadness she has been a true, noble Southern wo man, illustrating her sex and shedding glory on the women of the South. A Spartan wife and a Homan mother has this honored woman been, and the women of the South will gather in thousands at the park on Tuesday to do her honor. ... Besides this grand woman, there will also he present Miss Winnie, the daughter of the South, and Mrs. Cobb, the widow of that noblest of Geor gians, Howell Cobb. Wliat Georgian will not vie to do them all honor ! . Mr. Davis and family will arrive in Macon on Monday afternoon, and they will spend the week here. On the fair grounds the editors’ cottage has been fixed up handsomely, expressly for Mr. Davis. Here he will spend most of the time. One room will be furnished for a bed room, where Mr. Davis may rest as comfortably and as free from noise and excitement as if in his own home at Beauvoir. Messrs. Payne & Wil lingham have kindly furnished tlie cot tage free of charge, and the Macon China Store has generously supplied all table and other china ware. Din ner will be served Mr. Davis and family in tlie cottage every day that it may please them to remain on the grounds. The Legislature adjourned yester day, after a session of 147 days, and ac complished about as little needed legislation during that time as any that ever convened in Georgia. To paraphrase the language of an in spired writer, it did many things that should not have been done, and left undone many things that should have been done. There seemed to be an utter lack of harmony between the upper and the lower House—so much so, that when a measure passed one branch of the Assembly by a vote that would reasonably indicate its popularity, it was sure to be overwhelmingly de feated in the other. A SPECIAL, from Rome, Ga., in to day’s Constitution contains the follow ing startling announcement: “It has leaked out here that the Chattanooga, Rome and Columbus Railroad is soon to be put under contract from Bowdon to Columbus. Bids are now in for the entire line from Chattanooga via Rome, Cedartown and Tallapoosa to Bowdon, and the contract is expected to be awarded in the next few' days.” Does this mean that Carrollton is to be left out in the cold ? There is an epidemic of yellow fever at Tampa, Fla. A number of deaths have occurred, and new cases are developing every day. A collision on the Air-Line Railway yesterday resulted in the death of one woman and two men, and the injury of fifteen others. The Grand Lodge of Georgia, F. A. M., meets in annual convocation next Tuesday morning, in Macon. That Harrison Badge of 1840. Mr. Editor:—Four Turin correspon dent gives a description of a copper badge turned up on the surface by the plow in Meriwether county, with the name of General William H. Harrison inscribed on it, which he said carried us back to the heated political campaign of 1840, when General Harrison was elected President, and wonders if his old friqnd, Benj. Leigh, remembers that far back and could review the political issues that were discussed in that mem orable campaign. I would say to my much esteemed old Whig friend that that time appears to me as though it transpired last week. Before going further I would say to “R. A. T.” that I carry in my side pock et a satin badge worn at the great Whig mass meeting by myself on the 13th day of August, 1840, which he or any other person can see if desired. There was but one main issue in that campaign (outside of the corruptions that had been practiced by the party in power) and that was the United States Bank. The old United States Bank had beeh chartered in 1816 for twenty years, and in 1832 it was re-chartered, and General Jackson, then President, vetoed the bill. Jackson, I suppose, came to the conclusion that the bank was using its influence to defeat him in his then race for re-election to the Presidency and concluded that he would crush it, for he was very impatient with anything that seemed to oppose him. He, how ever, was again elected, but his enmity to the bank still rankled in his heart; so in September, 1833, in order to drive the bank out of existence, or to so paralyze it that it could do nothing during its re maining three years, he ordered all the government deposits removed from its vaults and deposited in State banks, which he had arranged with for the re ception of the public funds. The bank was chartered with a capital of thirty- five million dollars, with a specie basis of ten million dollars. The United States government owned seven mil lions of the stock and had its pro vatu share of the directory, and the bank was made by law the depository for all the public moneys for safe-keeping and disbursement. William J. Duane was then Secretary of the Treasury, and he would not obey the order of the Presi dent for its removal, and refused to be made a “cat’s paw” for such tyrannical despotism; whereupon, Jackson remov ed him and appointed one Roger B. Taney, of Maryland, in his place, who proceeded immediately to carryout the order of the President bearing date September 26, 1833. The reason the President gave for this high-handed act was “to preserve the morals of the peo ple, tlie freedom of the press, and puri ty of the elective franchise.” So it is plain to be seen that Jackson violated a law which only six months before he swore to execute. The financial and industrial interests in 1840 were in a most wretched condition, caused, in the first place, by a modification of the tar iff acts of 1824 and lo28, in the spring of 1833, which deranged the currency and broke down our industrial interests; and then in September thereafter, when the United States Bank was crushed by de spotic power, the country was indeed in a very deplorable condition'; and Jackson, after crushing the United States Bank, sought to crush all the State banks by establishing a sub-treasury as a fiscal agent, receiving nothing but gold and silver for public dues and paying no thing else to its officers and agents. About this time Jackson’s term was ex piring, when Mr. YanBuren was nomi nated as his successor. In his letter of acceptance, May 23d, 1835, he says: “I content myself, on this occasion, with saying that I consider myself the hon ored instrument selected by the friends of the present Administration to carry out its principles and policy; and that, as well from inclination as from duty, I shall, if honored with the choice of the American people, endeavor gen erally to follow in the footsteps of President Jackson—happy if I shall be able to perfect the work which he has so gloriously begun.” Now, Mr. Editor, the work spoken of by Mr. YanBuren was the work to break down all the banks by setting up this sub-treasury system, in which nothing but gold and silver would be received and paid out. Congress, or the friends of Jackson and YanBuren, were hammering at this thing for three or four years, when finally in July, 1840, the measure was carried and a specie currency was set up in the United States—or, what Jackson called the Constitutional currency—after which the Whig press and orators de clared that the policy of the Democra cy was gold and silver for the office holders and rags for the people. But in order to pass this abominable meas ure in the House they disregarded the great seal of the State of New Jersey and admitted two members from that State who were elected by frauds be ing practiced in the election precincts of Mellville and South Amboy. One Garrett D. Wall, I believe, was Sena tor from New Jersey at that time, and as unscrupulous a partisan a3 ever lived, and who was cheek by jowl with Thos. W. Dorr, of Rhode Island. I have no doubt he used his influence in the House to disregard' the Governor’s certificate of election to those claiming their seats by lawful .electiorij but for which the Administration could not have had members enough to pass the bill. Just think of it, Mr. Editor; a law requiring all dues to the Govern ment to be paid in specie, when the sight of one silver dollar would have cured any citizen of the sore eyes. And the reason of that scarcity of sil ver was the modification of the tariff in 1833. Modify our present tariff the same way and we will be in the same condition we were in 1840. Sorry I I have not space to say more. Benj. Leigh. State News. A subscription list is being circu lated to raise money to buy a good clock to place in the tower of ‘the town hall at Quitman when completed. The $3,500 voted by the State to the South Georgia College at Thomasville will make it one of the handsomest and most commodious in the State. The city fathers of Thomasville fixed the municipal tax rate on Thursday night at 50c. on the $100. This, not withstanding the many improvements projected and now going on, is the same rate as last year. .The taxable property of the town foots up $2,000.- 000. A big; hotel is talked of for Ameri- cus. Northern capitalists have cast a glance at the Watts House, and wish to buy it so as to enlarge or to form a syndicate with the proprietor and erect a large hotel of 200 or 300 rooms on the site now occupied by his store and dwelling. There are 2,200 hands at work be tween Macon and Yaldosta grading the Georgia Southern and Florida rail way. This road runs through the northeast corner of Worth county, and encircles Sumner for seventeen* miles without an apparent increase or de crease of the di tynce from v!i-> road to Sumner. The Washington Gazette and Chroni cle have agreed to fix the price of sub scription at $1.50 each. This is a sensi ble conclusion, as any man who has had experience in publishing a country weekly knows that it cannot be done successfully at $1 a year, unless it has a better advertising patronage than nine- tenths of them have. The ancient bojlfed buzzard may not have been a myth, as a belled buzzard was sent on his way rejoicing, Tuesday, in Albany. Buford Walters climbed up to the cone of Hugo Robinson’s dwelling and captured a buzzard. He carried it to R. A. Hall’s warehouse and procured a bell, fastened it around its neck and set it at liberty. Comptroller-General Wright is get ting matters in order for the publica tion of his annual report. The report requires a great deal of time for prep aration, as the majority of it consists in tabulated statements of the condi tion of various kinds of property sub ject to taxation. These tables are carefully prepared and the conclusions as shown by the resulting figures indi cate the increase or decrease in values through a period of ten to twenty years. Asa statistical book the report is exceedingly valuable, and is pre served carefully as a reference book. At Sparta last week, Hancock Su perior Court being in session. Col. C. W. DuBose, one of tlie attorneys for the propounders in the Dickson will case, moved to make the judgment of the Supreme Court, recently rendered, the judgment of the court below. To this the counsel for caveators objected upon various grounds already pub lished. To these objections counsel for propounders demurred. The de murrer Hon. Samuel Lumpkin, the presiding Judge, granted. To tlie de cision caveators will except, and take tlie cause again to the Supreme Court. In Brief, ami to the Point. Dyspepsia is dreadful. Disordered liver is misery. Indigestion is a foe to good nature. The human digestive apparatus is one of the most complicated and wonderful things in existence. It is easily put out of order. Greasy food, tough food, sloppy food, bad cookery, mental worry, late hours, irregular habits, and many other things which ought not to be, have made the American people a nation of dyspeptics. But Green’s August Flower has done a w'onderful work in reforming this sad business and making the American peo ple so healthy that they can enjoy tneir meals and be happy. Remember:—No happiness w.ithout health. Blit Green’s August Flower brings health and happiness to the dys peptic. Ask your druggist for a bottle. Seventy-five cents. Ctrtnouncemente. FOR MAYOR. I hereby announce my candidacy for the of fice of Mayor of the city ot Newnan. Elec tion second Saturday in December, 1887. Respectfully, J. S. Powell. Item Ctimertisernents. STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETING! Savannah, Griffin & North Ala. R. R. Office of the Secretary, Savannah, Ga., Oct. 17,1887. The annual meeting of the stockholders of this company will be held at Griffin, Ga., on Thursday, November 3d. 1887. Stockholders and t heir immediate families can procure t ree passes to attend the meeting on and after No vember 1st, at nearest, depots, upon exhibition of their stock certificates. Passes will be good for round trip from the 1st of November to the 5th, inclusive. M. 11. ChNNALLY, Acting Secretary. NOTICK! 3,000 ACRES OF LAND FOR SALE! I will sell at auction, to the highest bidder, (if not previouslv sold.) at Newnan, Coweta county, Ga., on the first Tuesday in Decem ber next, about THREE THOUSAND acres of land, lying on the line of the Atlanta and West Point Railroad, five miles southwest of Palmetto, in Coweta couuty, being the place where I now reside. Land to be divided up and not ali sold together. Terms—Part cash and balance on time—the proportion to be made known on day of sale. P. W. ARNOLD. RESIDENCE FOR RENT! The Me Kinley House and Lot. fronting the Baptist Church, is for rent. Possession given immediately. T. G. BURPEE. IMPORTANT NOTICE! If you are indebted to us, either for Furni ture or Uoffins, come up promptly and phy the account. We need the money now. THOMPSON BROS. To Rent, from ist of October Next! The house and lot now occupied by Mr. “Cit” Brown, known as the “Posy Place.” House newly covered. Elevated, healthy lo cation. Rich garden ground, facing east ward- Good water. Several acres Bermuda thickly set for pasture. Convenient to the square. Apply to .T. J. GOODRUM. PAINTING! The undersigned offers his services to the people of Newnan and Coweta county as a skillful and experienced painter, and respect fully solicits their patronage. House-paint ing a specialty, either by contract or by the day. Old furniture, organs, pianos, etc., cleaned, painted and revarnished. Address me at Newnan, Ga. ALLEN LONG. FULLER & NORRIS, H dealers in STAPLE a »d FANCY GROCERIES, DRY GOODS, BOOTS, SHOES, ETC, <; and general caterers to the DRY GOODS. We have just received an elegant line of Cassimeres, ranging in price from 35c to $1 per yard. A general line and complete assort ment of Prints and Domestics always on hand, consisting of Shirting and Sheet ing. 16-4 Sheeting, Brown and Bleached Drills, Dress Checks, Shirting Stripes, Bleachings, Bed Tickings, Quilt Linings, Assorted Flannels, Linseys and Jeans, to suit vour money. Our Motions and Hosiery lines are nice and complete. We can sell you Hose from 5c to 75c per pair. DRY GOODS AND GROCERY TRADE f* SHOES AND HATS. When you want anything in this line come to see us and we will save you money. GROCERIES, ETC. Our line of Confectioneries, Fancy and Family Groceries, etc., is our spe cialty, being unquestionably the most complete stock in this city. We keep always in stock a fresh line of eatables, such as Cabbage, Onions, Sweet Pota toes, Irish Potatoes, Apples, Oranges, Lemons, Bananas, etc. FULLER & NORRIS. Greenville Street, next door to Reese’s Drug Store. Desirable City Property for Sale. My business affairs calling me to the coun try, I offer for sale, at a bargain, my house and lot on Jackson street, where I now re side. The house is one nnd-a-half stories, well finished in and out, two halls ten feet wide, and includes all the conveniences of a modern dwelling. Kitchen, servant house and good barn on the lot. The lot contains three acres, and lies well. A good orchard of well-selected fruits. "Well of water that has no superior in town. Must be sold. Call or write. THOS. LEIGH. Newnan, Ga., October 7th, 1887. TAX COLLECTOR’S NOTICE. SECOND ROUND. I will be at the places mentioned below, and on the dates indicated, for the purpose of col lecting State and County taxes for the year 1887. Turin, Friday, October 14th. Sharpsburg, Saturday, October 15th. Senois, Monday, October 17th. Haralson, Tuesday, October 18th. Young’s Tanyard, Wednesday, October 19th. GrantvUle, Thursday, October 20th. Kirby’s Store, Friday, October 21st. Newnan. October 22d and 29th, and Tuesday, November 1st. Cranford’s Mill, A. m., and J. C. Mixon’s, P. M., October 24th. Cedar Creek Court Ground, October 25th. Sewell’s Mill. a. m., and Court Ground, p. M., October 29th. Handy, Thursday, October 27th. Hurricane, Fridav, October 28th. I, N. FARMER, Tax Collector. ARMED AND EQUIPPED FOR THE FALL AND WINTER TRADE! Breech-loading Shot-guns of the best English, German and American manufacture, at pri ces ranging in price from $12 to $35. Muzzle-loading Guns, for men and boys, from $2 50 to $10. Winchester Repeating and other Sporting Rifles. Ammunition of all kinds. Loaded Shells, Powder, Shot, Caps, and hunt ing equipments. The finest and largest assortment of Cutlery ever seen in Newnan. Pocket Knives, over 150 patterns and styles. Table Knives, plain steel and silver- plated. Razors, Scissors, Spoons, in all styles and prices. Our stock embraces everything usu ally found in a General Hardware Store—agricultural implements, carri age material, belting, grates, hollow- ware, and house furnishing goods. Tin-ware of home manufacture— “Simril brand”—at wholesale and re tail. Job work in tin and sheet-iron done at short notice. Large, commodious store-room west side of Public Square. Good goods at reasonable prices, and satisfaction guaran teed. Come to see us. It will pay you to buy goods of us, first, last and all the time. T. E. FELL & CO. E. E. SUMMERS NEW RICE! NEW GUNS! Why do I sell more Soap than any three stores in town ? Because I sell more Soap for less money than anybody else, and everything else in propor tion, such as Oysters, Sardines, Salmon, Mackerel, Tomatoes, Peaches, Okra and Tomatoes, Corned Beef & Potted Goods, Flour, Meal, Meat, Sugar, Coffee, Syrup, Tobacco, Snuff, and Cigars. In fact, everything to e&t. Vegetables and Fruits a spe cialty. E. E. SUMMERS. NEW BROOMS AND BETTER BROOMS! A QUESTION ANSWERED. Why is it that we can sell the “White Hickory Wag on” cheaper than any other wagon can be sold ? It is be cause they are made almost at our doors, and the saving in freight is a fair profit on a wagon. They are made of good material, by experienced workmen, and will compare in quality and finish with any wagons shipped to this country. For sale by } T. E.* FELL & CO As good FLOUR as the market affords, and if you don’t believe I am selling it cheap, try me. Georgia raised Barley and Rye. Good Coffee at 25c. Other things cheap in proportion. W. P. BROOM. FOR SALE! I offer the following bargains in real estate: <tO My Dwelling on Washington st.; <PO)UUU. ten rooms; lot 900x200 feet. QCrt Brick Store-house on Bay street; 4>lj0vJU. rerts for |150 per annum. <f>4 OCA My river place; 300 acres; two q)i 1 £(jU> framed houses. One hnndred acres of land In Campbell county. One hundred acres of land In Doug- . las county, near Salt j3piings. My reason for selling is, I have more real estate than I want. LAVENDER R. RAY". Newnan, Ga., Sept. 30th. $500. $400 Real Estate For Sale. A good farm three miles north of Grantville, on the Newnan road, containing 212 acres, more or less, commonly known as the Sam Leigh place. A bouse and lot in the town of Grantville, whereon Dr. W. C. Smith former ly resided. Also, a lot of 2)4 acres, with mod erate improvements, near the Methodist church In Grantville. Owing to failing health of himself and wife, and his children all being grown, M. S. Smith desires to break up housekeeping, and offers for sale his dwelling, with either two or fourteen acres attached, as purchaser may prefer, in the town of Grant ville. This is ODe oi the best improved place? in the town. Health, society, church ana school facilities all good. Titles perfect. Price and terms easy. Applv to M. S. SMITH, or W. A. TOST, Attorney. Grantville, Ga., Sept. 27th. 1887 FOR RENT OR SALE. Desirable residence on Greenville street ; six rooms ; good neighborhood ; convenient ly located, with large lot and garden, cor further information apply to A. J. LYNDON. sl S -.t-’J