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Itoj Herald and ^dcytisy.
Newnan, Ga., Friday, June 8, 1888.
WEEKLY CIRCULATION, 1,750.
JAS. E. BROWN, Editor.
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
FOB PRESIDENT t
GROVER CLEVELAND,
OF NEW YORK.
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT :
ALLEN G. THURMAN,
OF OIITO.
Cleveland and Thurman.
The result of the National Democrat
ic Convention, which met in St. Louis
on Tuesday last, will be found at our
mast-head this morning. As we pre
dicted last week, the standard-bearers
are Cleveland and Thurman. Cleve
land was nominated by acclamation,
amid great enthusiasm. Thurman was
nominated on the third ballot. The
platform adopted indorses Cleveland’s
message and favors tariff reform, un
qualifiedly.
County Democratic Executive Com
mittee.
The members of the Democratic Ex
ecutive Committee of Coweta county
are requested to meet at the office of
McClendon & Freeman, in Newnan,
on Thursday, 14th inst.. at 12 o’clock
si. The object of the meeting will he
to provide the manner of selecting del
egates to the Gubernatorial, Congres
sional and Senatorial Conventions, and
of selecting the candidates of the par
ty for members of the next Legisla
ture. A full attendance of the mem
bers is desired.
R. W. Freeman, Clim’n.
A Very Nice Scheme, But—
A writer in the last two issues of the
La Grange Graphic fatigues himself and
the many readers of that excellent
journal with a labored effort to show
that the Democracy of Troup county
are under some sort of obligation to
support Congressman Grimes for re-
election, even in opposition to the sug
gested candidacy of lion. John H.
Traylor, of that county; that the suc
cess of Mr. Traylor in Troup would
only result in the defeat of Mr. Grimes,
because he could not hope to carry the
District, and the effect of his candida
cy would be to get the convention into
a muddle, and then, by way of compro
mise, give the nomination to an out
sider, etc.
The writer of the article must he fa
miliar with the methods resorted to by
certain politicians in that county, be
cause the tactics suggested are precise
ly those that were employed in La-
Grange two years ago to compass the
defeat of Hon. A. D. Freeman and Col.
.T. IT. Fannin. The friends of these
gentlemen suspected at the time that
both Freeman and Fannin had been
immolated upon the altar of Mr.
Grimes’ ambition, the evident purpose
being to effect a coalition that, would
he serviceable to one or two ambitious
gentlemen in Troup county, who were
believed to he parties to a compact by
which the vote of the lower counties
would be delivered to Troup on de
mand, in return for favors rendered.
Whether such a compact was made, or
really exists now, we have no means of j that institution, four Synods being
knowing; but as the article under dis- j represented—Georgia, Alabama, Flori-
eussion was obviously inspired by a i da, and South Carolina,
partisan of Mr. Grimes, (and most like- Hr- Woodrow’s chair-the Perkins
Iy a party to the alleged compact,) we \ professorship of Natural Science, in
are constrained to regard the subjoin- j connection with Revelation—was filled
ed extract as a partial confirmation of i by the election of Rev. Dr. Francis R.
the suspicions entertained by the I Beattie, of Branford, Ontario,
friends of Messrs. Freeman and Fan-
supported for Congress two years hence
as a recompense for his abnegation in
declining to enter the present contest
is no more certain of fulfillment than
were the illusory hopes with which
Col. Fannin was stimulated two years
ago; and it is worthy of note that the
same faction which gave pretended
support to Col. Fannin in 1886 is the
same which is now trying to discourage
the candidacy of Mr. Traylor, and is
striving by circumlocution and chican
ery to again deliver the county to Mr.
Grimes. We say “pretended support,”
because if Col. Fannin’s friends had
been as sincere in their anxiety to se
cure his nomination as they were per
sistent in their efforts to defeat Mr.
Freeman, they would not have with
drawn his name from the convention
without making a further and more de
termined test of his strength. The
vote of Coweta, Meriwether, Carroll
and Heard would assuredly have been
given to Fannin in preference to
Grimes, and for the very best of rea
sons. This was unquestionably true,
so far as the vote of Coweta was con
cerned; in fact, the Troup delegation
had assurances to this effect at the out
set, before a single ballot had been ta
ken. Both Meriwether and Carroll
voted for Fannin at different times,
and his total vote frequently reached
as high as 12, while Freeman just as of
ten had no more than half that num
ber. Indeed, it may be said that Fan
nin stood a better chance to secure the
nomination than did Freeman, from
the fact that the Troup delegation per
sistently refused from the first to meet
the Coweta delegation in a spirit of com
promise, while the vote of Coweta was
virtually pledged to Fannin in the
event of a failure to nominate Free
man. In other words, Troup held the
balance of power, and at a juncture
when it was apparent that the name of
Mr. Freeman would soon be withdrawn
from the convention, she deliberately
flung it away and thereby defeated her
own candidate. Had she permitted his
name to remain before the convention
—or, rather, had Fannin’s friends man
ifested as much interest in his success
as they did in the defeat of Mr. Free
man—he would have been nominated.
These are facts, and seemed to be rec
ognized at the time by all save Col.
Fannin’s friends. There are a good
many other facts in connection with
that memorable deal that would prove
interesting to the Democratic voters of
the District if brought to light, and it
is not unlikely that they wflll yet find
their way to the surface before the
campaign is over, if it is to be conduct
ed on the line suggested by the Graphic
correspondent.
Meanwhile, it may excite some curi
osity to know if the alleged compact
between Mr. Grimes and his Troup
county friends can be carried out?—
can he “deliver the goods” two years
hence? Will the bargain be ratified
by such men as Hudson, Stanford and
Mobley of Harris, Carson and Wallace
of Taylor, Persons, Gorman, Mathews
and Martin of Talbot- or Butt of Mari
on ? Assuming that it may, and that
the other conditions will be fulfilled,
will the Grimes faction in Troup county
consent even then to the nomination of
Traylor or Fannin ? Or is the plum to
be reserved for somebody else? We
shall see.
Dr. Woodrow’s Successor Elected.
Dr. James Stacy has been in Augusta
this week attending a special meeting
of the Board of Trustees of the Colum
bia Theological Seminary, of w r hich he
is President. The Board was convened
to fill two vacancies in the faculty of
kinds, $1,706,400,513.6S; debt, less avail
able credits, $1,180,014,159.08.
What profiteth a man if he talk him
self hoarse clamoring for a reduction
of the tariff if he hath not the where
with to avail himself of the benefits to
be derived therefrom? Yea, aud what!
advantage is there in a protective tar
iff to him who hath naught to protect?
Verily, this is a two-sided question.
nin two years ago;
“The county of Troup nominated
Col. Grimes, and by indorsing him and
aiding in his second election we place
said to
! be one of the most scholarly men in
Canada. He is the author of several
works of biblical and literary note, and
is a linguist of ability.
The Chair of Biblical Exegesis, re-
the county in position to secure B TTprsman was filled
election thereafter of any man we may ; gently held by Dr. Dersman, was tilled
name from the count}'. Go back upon , by electing Rev. Dr. Petrie, of Char-
liim and Troup’s prospect of ever send- lottsville, Va. He is a young man of
mg a man to Congress will be as far off j 36 or 40 but one of the most eminent
as Defore his nomination, when Men- . ,
wether and Coweta_ county had al- j scholars in the crunch.
ways to be served. The writer thinks i TT „ . . , -
it is time for Troup to form a new alii- J- Henley Smith, of Atlanta, m a j
ance in Congressional matters. We communication to the Journal, recom-j
have been playing second fiddle long ; mends that as whisky is a necessary ar- !
enough for Meriwether and Coweta,
and now, when the golden opportu-
ity presents itself of placing Troup in
tide, and should be kept within easy 1
reach of the people for medicinal pur- j
the near future in the lead, we certain- poses, the entire sale of whisky should
ty ought not to be simple enough to let be confined to the County Commission-
it slip. er s, who shall keep none but a pure ar-
If this means anything, it means ; ^ Qn hand> and ^ it at actual cost .
that by supporting Mr. Grimes for re- He desireg to do away wifch bar . rooms ,
election in the present contest, any j and tLinks the plan he
suggests will
OBITUARY.
Longino—Died, in great peace, May
24. in Fairburn, Mrs. Elizabeth Longino,
wife of Mr. Thomas Longino, aged 77
years, 9 months and 29 days.
She was born in Anderson District,
South Carolina; removed to Georgia in
early life. She was sister to our vener
able townsman, Mr. James Brewster.
Over fifty years had she shared the joys
and sorrows of her beloved husband,
and for nearly sixty years had commun
ed in love with the M. E. Church. The
Rose of Sharon perfumed all the days
of her life, and her walk was fragrant
with the incense of good deeds. A
mother in Israel has indeed passed
away. In her the most sterling virtues,
womanly modesty and Christian
strength, blended to form a character
seldom equaled. Wife, mother, Chris
tian, were words of deep, unalterable
meaning to her; full of self-sacrifice,
yet full of sweet rewards. Though
strong in her nature, she preferred the
humbler walks of life—the green pas
tures beside the Great Shepherd; the
vine and fig-tree of home-life were to
her a boundless sphere of usefulness
and love. The hospitality of her home
had become a proverb, and every fea
ture of it was imbued with her restful,
large-hearted nature. The joyous and
the sad alike were sure of her tender
sympathy.
Over threescore years and ten she
ministered to those around her, sooth
ing childhood with her mother-touch,
admonishing in yearning love and re
buking in integrity. Dear Aunt Betsy,
yours is the face we see when we look
backward through childhood’s flowery
gates. Tender, hopeful and helpful,
who can fill her exalted place? “A
true queen among true women”; queen
of woman’s fittest kingdom—home;
queen of her husband’s and her child
ren’s love. It is meet that tears should
flow when such as she have passed
away. , ,
During her last illness she whispered
one day, “Accepted, accepted.” Ah I it
needed no dying testimony, when a long,
long life had recorded indelibly upon
so many hearts—“accepted, accepted.”
That hand that had clung to Jesus so
lovingly, through adversity, through
prosperity, still rested trustfully in His
as he breasted Jordan’s waves before
her. Knowing in whom she believed,
she “leaned her head on Jesus’ breast,
and breathed her life out sweetly
there.” , ,,
The magnet of love drew around her
an unusually large number of appreci
ative friends and relatives. Many a
tear will keep her memory green, and
the hearts she taught to pray will em
balm her evermore. The aged hus
band and loving children are now drawn
to heaven by the golden chain of a
mother’s love. In the “last great day,”
when^she numbers the children she
reared “in the fear and admonition of
the Lord,” let no dear form be missing
from her band.
Just as the glowing sun sank down to
rest, she quietly breathed her latest
breath; not even a sigh for the passing
earth, for was not heaven just in view?
As all Nature said, “Good night, good
night,” she gently closed her eyes of
love. What pen shall paint the immor
tal scenes upon which they’re feasting
now ?
Not dead—the star of Faith glows bright
Above the darkness of Death’s night;
She waits the resurrective word,
Not dead—accepted of the Lord.
D. B. W.
Oh! the dreams that ’round one child can
hover;
Oh! the hopes one coffin-lid can cover!
Died, May 28, little Dollie, youngest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Wood-
roof, aged nine months. A sweeter
blossom never bloomed upon a mother’s
bosom. Ah, “the angels have taken
thee, dear, because we were not wor
thy.” No lingering sickness changed
the rounded form; Life but exchanged
its blooming roses for the pure white
lilies of Death. Her eyes, of heaven’s
own blue, are gazing on the angels;
her lovely hair, of jasper-glitter, will
renew its glow in that “fadeless clime.”
But—
“Gcd will not all take back His gift;
Our baby’s ours, though in heaven.”
The pearly gates are transparent be
tween our souls and those we long for.
Kind hands covered the little darling
with snowy flowers, till she looked like
a newly-made angel, awaiting the
breath of life.
Bright-featured as the sweet 3 une sun
That played around her little face,
A precious human gem she lay—
Half-hidden in her robes of lace.
“Well done of God, to halve the lot,
And give her all the sweetness!
To us, the empty room and cot;
To her, the heaven's completeness!
For her, to gladden in God’s view,
For us, to hope and bear on;
Grow, lily, in thy garden, new,
Beside the Rose of Sharon!
Grow fast in heaven, sweet lily, clipped
In love, more calm than this is;
And may the anaels, dewy-lipped,
Remind thee of our kisses.
While none shall tell thee of our tears,
These human tears, now falling;
Till, after a few patient years,
Our home shall lake us all in;
Child, Father, Mother—who left out?
Not Mother, and not Father;—
And when, their dying couch about,
The natural mists shall gather,
Thy smiling angel close shall stand,
In old Correggio’s fashion.
Bearing a Illy in thy hand
For death’s Annunciation ”
D. B. W.
trict. What the mass of the people
are interested in, is simply, who will
make a competent Congressman, no
matter whether he comes from “above
or below the mountain,” and we will
glory in the day, and we believe it is
coming, when the people will rise in
their might and smasn the slates of
the politicians, and demand that men
of character, ability and statesmanship
be sent to Congress, regardless of sec
tion, mountains, or anything else.
Jefferson Davis, who was 80 years old
last Sunday,, has lived to see nearly all
of those who were most prominent
in the great civil strife in which he
played so conspicuous a part, pass
away. He was a distinguished man in
public life when Abraham Lincoln was
an unknown country lawyer, and yet
Lincoln has been dead close on to a
quarter of a century.
CHEAP
spring
CLOTHING!
For The Herald and Advertiser.
To Annie May.
My precious little daughter, oft my pen
Hath lingered with half-written thought;
But I must haste, the sunlight is going,
And life, like the day, groweth short.
Sometimes, little darling, night comes so soon
And finds us with task incomplete,
So I trace you these lines to read some day,
When the thought, of mother is sweet.
Maternity pleads for they warmest love
To heal the scars the world hath made;
Thus with angel touch thou didst seem to come
When on my heart thy form was laid.
In thy soft, clinging hands and loving eyes
I feel the answer of a prayer;
And God hath woven a tint of heaven.
Into thy baby face, so fair.
To a world of change hath thy young feet
strayed,
Where skies are sometimes soft and blue,
Where the brooklets ripple thro’ daisied
banks,
And water-lilies shine with dew;
Where the birds and blossoms and all things
bright
To thy happy young eyes seem fair;—
But, when the summer is faded and gone,
The winter will come, my dear.
So weave the summer-time all about yon,
Into your heart and life and face;
Be beautiful, dear, wherever you are,
With a beauty born of God’s grace.
Oh! be so lovely that angels will yearn
To carry you home to their God,
And mortals weep for the love they have lost
When you’re lying under the sod.
Like a glad, sweet summer thy pure young life
In its brightness hath come to me;
Its innocent beauty and clinging love
Will a deathless memory be;
Oh! trust me and, love me, my daughter dear,
Till the sun goes down in the West,
And the day breaks anew with never a night
To shadow the daylight ot rest.
Lila Dews.
Daisy Villa, May 29th.
NEWNAN WAGON
COMPANY.
AT FOLDS’ OLD STAND,
DEPOT ST., NEWNAN, GA.
We are now prepared to do
any kind of Wagon work, and
in the best and most workman
like manner. Nothing but se
lect material is used in the con
struction of our wagons, and
every vehicle of our manufac
ture is sold upon an absolute
guarantee.
All kinds of WAGONS,
(double or single,) DRAYS,
CARTS, etc., made to order,
with patent iron hub and axle
or otherwise, as purchaser may
desire.
Special attention given to
buggy, wagon and plantation
repair work. Buggies over
hauled and repainted, Horse
shoeing a specialty.
All work done by skilled
workmen, under the supervis
ion of an experienced superin
tendent, and WARRANTED.
Get our prices and give us
an order; we guarantee satis
faction.
D, J. FOLDS, Supt.
Line Cassimere Suits, $10.00, $12.50 and $15.00.
Alapaca Coats—all sizes.
We also have a few suits of the Anderson stock that we
will close out at a very low price. And if you want a
xrrr n pair of good 7
INU. / MEN’S SHOES. ilO. /
don’t fail to call on us; for we have a full line of that num
ber, and will sell them below
NEW YORK COST!
STRAW HATS to suit all—regardless of race, color or
previous condition.
And as for the following articles we will sell at Atlanta
prices—
SUGAR, COFFEE,
TOBBACCO, MEAT,
FLOUR AND LARD
(Choice Leaf is the grade we handle,) guaranteed to suit the
most fastidious.
SOAP! SOAP!! SOAP!!!
All kinds of Laundry and Toilet Soap, with safety-pin in
each wrapper.
ARNALL & FARMER.
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FARMERS’
SUPPLY
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candidate that the Grimes faction in
Troup may offer two years hence will
receive the support of the counties in
the lower end of the District. Such a
combination, if effected, would of
course exclude Coweta, Meriwether,
Carroll and Heard from further compe
tition for the office of Congressman,
and Troup would be made the pivotal
county in all future contests. This is a
close them by robbing the traffic of the
We have received a large
and elegant assortment of
1 Spring Clothing, comprising
I all the new styles and patterns,
which we are selling at aston
ishingly low prices. Can fit
Our Sentiments, Exactly.
Carroll Free Press.
A writer in the LaGrange Graphic, in : onfi'cnit oil taster
enormous profits derived under the li-: urging the renomination of Congress-' anyDOU} , ana bUit Last .
cense system. He admits that it is in-' manGrimesandlopwangl^oupcounty ^ Call early and make your Se-
expedient to do away with whisky en-' j^g^erycandidly that,Troup nominal lection, before the Stock IS
tirely, and that the local option law : ted Grimes before, and that if she ex-1 D j c J^ed over.
should be so amended as to supply al-; pects to reap anything from the new t iji „ n j Uftv har
coholic stimulants needed lot mediciu- i Fl our a ri vei We
nrimocWtihis time, and next time 1C1S y -’ L x J “
this lot at a bargain,
al purposes.
Grimes back this time, and next time
will be Troup’s chance. This little
The public debt statement shows the j trading of some of the small politicians
very nice plan, indeed, but so extreme- decrease of the public debt during the of Troup county, which is openly ac-
ly impracticable that not even the vo-1 month of May to have been $7,61S,695.96; knowiedged by the writer m the Graph-
ters of Troup are likely to be deluded ! decrease of the debt since June 30th, fo’^ueh small* politicians, who, ff they
by it. That Mr. Traylor will permit 1887, $99,414,577.94; cash in the treasury, ever ge t to Congress at all will have to
himself to be used in the furtherance $606,971,049.03; gold certificates out- get there by some such thimble-rigging
of such a scheme or that he can be | standing, $109,581,730; sUver certificates | ^he^^for their merits mil neve^
wheedled out of the race through the outstanding, $196,645,405; certificates of j Pum g S> however, that the people of the
machinations of the petty politicians deposit outstanding, $12,230,000; legal j district are indifferent to such wire-
who have been seeking for two years tenders outstanding, $346,681,016; frac-! pulling and manipulating. We do not
past to dominate the politics of that tional currency, not including the j Lttle tmdm^arrangcment!
county, no one will believe who knows ; amount estimated as lost or destroyed, i Tro county. We are tired of this
lhateentleman. The seductive promise $6,923,406.57; total interest-bearing . twaddle about the upper end of the
held out to Mr. Traylor that lie will be I debt, $1,021,060,862; total debt of all ! district and the lower end of the dis- j
bought
and will let our customers
have it the same way.
IW Burpee’s Fresh Water-
Ground Mea! always on hand.
Best Meal in the market for
table use.
j. I. & G. O. SCROGGIN,
West Side Public Square,
Newnan, Ga.
We desire to call the attention of our lady friends and
customers to our large and carefully selected stock of Spring
Goods, and respectfully invite an inspection of the same.
We are showing the correct styles of the season, in all
new colors and designs, of every fabric and material, We
have received this week—-
200 PIECES SPRING PRINTS,
ioo PIECES GINGHAMS,
ioo PIECES LAWN,
50 PIECES SATINE,
25 PIECES CHAM BRAY,
And a beautiful assortment of—
CHEVIOTS, DRESS LINENS,
CHECK MUSLINS, PIQUES, SOUDAN CLOTH
PERCALES, WHITE GOODS, Etc.
These goods are bargains, viewed in any light, and noth
ing better can be had. We get them at wholesale jobber -
prices (not in Atlanta,) and can save our customers the mid-
I die man’s profit. This we propose to do.
Remember, the BAY STATE SHOE is always the
;best. A large lot just received, embracing all the late style*.
15-FINGER JOSH BERRY GRAIN CRADLE.
The best Cradle made for harvesting small grain. Price
$3 25. For sale only by
HARDAWAY & HUNTER.