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I ' ipld and gjdpgrtiay. Newnan, Ga., Friday, July 27, 1888. WEEKLY CIRCULATION, 1,760. JAB. E. BROWN, Editor. NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC TICKET. FOR PRESIDENT : GROVER CLEVELAND, OF NEW YORK. FOR VICE-PRESIDENT : ALLEN G. THURMAN, OF OHIO. Hfetice to County Democratic Execu tive Committee. The Democratic Executive Committee of Coweta county are requested to meet ob the 1st day of August at the Court house in Newnan for the purpose of con solidating the vote and declaring the re sult of the primary election to be held oo the 31st inst. Also, for the purpose of fixing the time and manner of selecting delegates to the Congressional Conven tion to be held in Columbus on the 14th of August, and of selecting delegates to the Senatorial Convention, yet to be called; and of transacting any other business for the good of tfco party. It is important that ev- e*y member of the committee be pres ent. R. W. Freeman, Georgia has twelve members in Congress—two Senators and ten Rep resentatives—and not one is a farmer. The First District sends Mr. Norwood, a lawyer from Savannah; the Second District sends Mr. Turner, a lawyer from Quitman; the Third District sends Mr. Crisp, a lawyer from Americus; the Fourth District sends Mr.Grimes, a law yer from Columbus; the Fifth District sends Mr. Stewart, a lawyer from Grif fin; the Sixth District sends Mr. Blount, a lawyer from Macou; the Seventh Dis trict sends Mr. Clements, a lawyer from Rome; the Eighth District sends Mr. Carleton, a lawyer from Athens; the Ninth District sends Mr. Candler, a capitalist and railroad official from Gainesville; the Tenth District sends Mr. Barnes, a lawyer from Augusta. Is there any good reason why the farmers of Georgia should not have at least one Representative in Congress? The friends of Mr. Traylor think not, and if the farmers of this District will look to their interest they .will give him their earnest and unqualified sup port. Chairman. Tote Fair, Gentlemen. Judge Sam W. Harris has repeat edly declared that he would not be in the race for Congress. This being true, it is neither right nor fair for the friends of Mr.. Grimes in Carrollton to play upon the sympathies of the coun try people by representing to them that if Carroll will send an uninstruct ed delegation there will be a chance to secure the nomination for Judge Harris. If Judge Harris is not a can didate, (and he says that he is not,) the effort to get an uninstructed delega tion from Carroll looks very much like a trick on the part of Mr. Grimes, friends to secure the vote of that coun- countv and deliver it to Mr. Grimes when the convention meets. If Judge Harris really desires the nomination he should announce his candidacy; and if he does not, his alleged friends have no right to use his name for the pur pose of deceiving or misleading the people. As between Mr. Traylor, (who is a practical farmer,. an honora ble citizen and a.Christian gentleman,) and Mr. Grimes, (who has been in Con gress sinee-Decgmbef, 18^(>, and hasn’t made a speech or passed a hill that be came a law,) we are satisfied the peo ple in this end of the District will pre fer the former. We insist that the is sue be fairly presented. The contest is between Mr. Grimes and Mr. Traylor, and not between Mr. Traylor and a “dark horse.” We are not in favor of confusing the race 'with “dark horses” simply to compass the defeat of a good man, and it should not be permitted. > Congressman Grimes is distribut ing seed with a lavish hand in Troup, We understand that the friends of Mr. Grimes are trying to confuse the Congressional issue in Heard county by telling the people that Mr. Jackson is still in the race, and that Mr. Tray lor is simply running in Jackson’s inter est. This is palpably false, and will mislead no one who takes the trouble to ascertain the truth. Mr. Jackson is not in the race. The contest is between Mr. Traylor and Mr. Grimes, and no perversion of fact or distortion of cir cumstances will be tolerated by the good people of Heard. Mr. Traylor is deservedly popular in that county as, indeed, he is wherever known—and his friends will see to it that he is not mis represented by Mr. Grimes’ emissaries. “Can the District afford to stand idle and see Grimes defeated?” pathet ically wails the Columbus Enquirer- Sun. It can, Neighbor, it can. Mr. Grimes cannot expect the people to be very active or enthusiastic in his support when he has done nothing for them. His record in Congress, so far, has not been such as to merit indorse ment, and the people are not dispos ed to humor even an old custom for sentiment’s sake. The Meriwether Free Press is the name of a new paper recently started in Greenville, presumably in the interest of Mr. Grimes. There are several anx ious individuals in this vicinity who, for purely business x’easons, would like to know to whom the enterprise really belongs. “The tricksters have been exposed,” says the LaGrange Graphic, referring to Troup county politics. Glad to hear it. That is exactly what we have been trying to do for two months past, and hope now there will he no further op position to Col. Traylor «in his own county. Congressman Grimes is said to be in comfortable circumstances, so far as property is concerned. In addition, to a lucrative law practice, he owns a val uable piece of real estate in Columbus, from which he derives a nice income. It is not a hotel, either. Heard'and Harris counties. lie does not know the names of the farmers in those counties, it seems, but franks the packages and sends them out by the sackful to his distributing agents at Hogansville, LaGrange, West Point, Franklin, Hamilton, and other points in the counties mentioned, who go to the tax books and select the most in fluential farmers in a neighborhood, to whom the packages are addressed as coining direct from Washington City. It is a neat scheme, but the farmers have caught on to it, and at last ac counts public sentiment was reacting 3gainst Grimes. This is as it should be. The candidate who holds the vote of the agricultural classes in so small es teem as to believe that it can be pur chased with a few packages of Govern ment seed deserves defeat. If he had Aiy real interest in or friendship for his agricultural constituents, why did he not send the seeds out in time for planting, instead of waiting until the campaign opened? The average far mer may not know everything, but he knows enough to distinguish between real and affected friendship, and can not be hoodwinked in this manner. The motion for a new trial in the case of The State vs. Thos. G. Woolf oik has been overruled by Judge Gustin. The case now goes to the Supreme Court, but will probably not be passed upon by that tribunal before November or De cember. ing reckless charges, and although we had heard over and over of Troup county “selling out,” as it was termed two years ago, we should have never brought this matter to the notice of the public if we had not seen it openly, as we thought, admitted in the columns of the Graphic. Cor L:*Grnnire Reporter. After all the boastful grapevine talk about Talbot and Taylor counties, and assertions that it was impossible for Col. Traylor to be nominated, it now plainly appears to be the fact that Hon. W. R. Gorman has carried Talbot and has succeeded in having a primary ap pointed in Taylor, which means he will almost unanimously carry the county. How will it leave Mr. Grimes? If he were to carry all the counties below the mountain he would only have sixteen votes in the convention, but with the above named two counties going for Senator Gorman, he is left only with twelve votes, with Harris to contend for, which has previously been represent ed by Mr. Gorman, and is now in his senatorial district. But say he has twelve votes. In what position does that put him to dictate the organization of the convention, which some of his friends have evidently been striving for? This shows that Mr. Grimes can’t deliver the goods that have been expect ed here by nis advocates, and with Col. J. H. Traylor sweeping the counties north of the mountains, as he evident ly is, the prospects of the farmers* can didate are very hopeful and bright for the nomination after the assembling of the convention. Poor Grimes has adopted another expedient and sent out a lot of garden seed, and now there seems ’ to be but little left him but to call on Hall and others ot vivid imag ination, the burden of his cry being, “Help me, Cassius, or I sink.” Hamilton Journal. The Butler Herald admits that the selection of delegates to represent Tay lor county in the Congressional Conven tion was not exactly regular, but is op posed to having another convention to appoint them regularly. Talbotton New Era. The Enquirer-Sun is disposed to ridi cule a certain speech made by Mr. Gor man in 1884. It forgets that it advo cates Mr. Grimes as a very superior Congressman, and yet Mr. Grimes has never made a speech in Congress; so, from its standpoint, eloquence is not an essential qualification of a Congress man. Meriwether Vindicator. They make a mistake who say that a Congressman serving one term from the Fourth district has always readily been indorsed for a second term. When Colonel Henry R. Harris, the first Democratic Congressman from the dis trict after the w ir, was a candidate for a. second term in 1874, he was most bit terly fought, at and before the New nan nominating Convention. Capt. Persons, the next member, was not in dorsed or sent back the second time. Judge Buchanan, the next member, was strongly opposed before the con vention met at West Point in 1882. Then the balloting lasted for two or more days, the Columbus delegation earnestly working for the nomination of Hon. W. A. Little. Cols. Gunby Jordan and John King were two of the delegates, if we are not mistaken. A letter from Judge Buchanan at Washington was read to the effect that “My party needs the vote of every Democrat, and my duty calls me here. I would not abandon my post for a seat in Congress,” and still the Colum bus delegation stood out against in dorsement. Judge Buchanan was fin ally renominated, but indorsement had nothing to do with it. He owes his renomination to the fear that if he was not nominated Capt. Persons might come in. Col. Henry R. Harris was the next member. He was not re nominated fora second term or indors ed. Thus it would appear that the in dorsement idea has never prevailed in this district. Melville W. Fuller has been con firmed as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States by a vote of forty-one to twenty. The twenty Re publican kickers could say nothing against him except that he was a Dem ocrat. Have the farmers of Coweta received any seed from Mr. Grimes? When the Grimes faction in La Grange want to get up a hurrah for their candidate they hire the town hall and open a barrel of lemonade. By this plan they succeeded last week in getting up quite a demonstration in LaGrange; but it must have been embarrassing to the management to note the discouragiug slimness of at tendance from the country districts. LaGrange was pretty well represented, however, and Col. John Harrington, of West Point, sent his regards to the meeting. The principal speaker was Col. Be^ Thornton, of Columbus, who was'imported for the occasion, and who seems to have had no difficulty in arousing the enthusiasm of the “srnall- The Congressional Campaign. Carroll County Times. The people of Coweta have always believed that it was a trick of Judge Longley that nominated Tom Grimes in the convention of 1886, and they will fight Mr. Grimes this time. We op pose all this trading business. LaGrange Reporter. Col. Traylor is, emphatically, a man of the people and for the ptwiple. He is, also, a man of wide reading, broad culture, and statesman-like views, and a leader in every good work. Carroll Free Press. Talbot county instructs her delega tion for one of her own sons, W. R. Gorman. Hon. Henry Persons heads the delegation. So this explodes the idea that. Grimes carries the tower end of the district in his pocket. Bro. Grimes had a walk over before, but he^ has a hard road to travel if he gets there this time. Well might Grimes exclaim when he hears of the action of Talbot, “Et tu Brute." For was it not to a Talbot county man man that he gave the only appointment that he had at his disposal that was worth any thing, and has not Bro. Hall been writ ing to the papers over the district, tell ing of the virtues of Bro. Grimes; and nowHall ain’t able to deliver the goods, to give a quid pro quo for the fat place he occupies. The LaGrange Graphic wants to know where we get our information about the bargain made by Troup coun- The Agricultural Department. Mr. Editor:—1 will now, in as concise way as I can, answer the letters of your esteemed correspondent “Farmer.” Knowing that the Herald and Adver tiser will be crowded with matter con cerning the late reunion of old soldiers, I will only notice the material points It seems that “Farmer” takes it hard about the charges brought against his old classmate, and thinks it impossible for him to have been guilty of any crookedness in office because he was in college with him. I would remind “Farmer” that neither colleges nor ed ucation make people honest, and ask him to examine the books of some of the State Departments—the Treasurer’s books of Alabama and Tennessee, and other States I could mention. “Farmer” says that “Ripples” must have “dreamed that Commissioner Henderson takes The Century, either for office or for private use.” As ‘Tann er” demands the proof, I will cite him to Commissioner Henderson’s report for the quarter ending June 30, 1886, page 10, which reads as follows: “One year’s subscription to The Century, |1.’ I will here give my friend further in formation on the subscription business, as he seems to be a little incredulous. Quarter euding September 80, 1886, page 13, we find: Sub’n to Mocen Telegraph to January 22, Now, I ask in the name of justice, does not Commissioner Henderson re ceive a salary from the State—he draws $500 every three months—and is it right for the people to pay his private subscription to every newspaper he proposes to take? If the statute crea ting the office of State Commissioner authorizes any such extravagance I have never been able to find it. The toiling people of the State of Georgia pay their own subscriptions to newspa pers, and thousands of them toil from daylight to dark and are not rewarded one-tenth of what Commissioner Hen derson gets. Many of them drink branch water while toiling in their field* and yet they are taxed to pay for the rent of wells and for ice to go in the water that the heads of departments, their families and friends may use. “Farmer” says these are necessary comforts for use in carrying on the bus iness of the State. The common people have no such comforts, except at their own expense, and why the difference? Now for the water and ice. We have in report for quarter ending March 31, 1886, page 5— Mrs. O’Connor, 9 months’ use of well.... $4 50 Mrs. O’Connor, use of well 150 And for ice, page 10— Ice ticket. No. 1 12 00 Ice ticket, No. 2 2 00 Ice ticket. No. 3 1 00 Ice ticket, No. 4 2 06 lee ticket, No. 5 200 Ice ticket, No. 6 2 00 Ice ticket, No. 7 4 0C Ice ticket, No. 8 2 00 Ice ticket, Vo. 9 2 00 I reckon the Commissioner had gone into the packing business, as most of this ice was purchased in August and September, 1887—besides, we find a water cooler charged to the State. This, I suppose, was to cool the ice. The toilet soap comes in with a big bill after the ice and water. I wonder what the people of Atlanta want with a City Directory of Atlanta, just to lay up there in Atlanta? I suppose the merchants of Atlanta pay their own rental for telephones out of their own purses. “Farmer” says he can’t make the Agricultural Department, all told, cost the State over $14,200. He certainly didn’t take into consideration the amount of postage and telegrams, which averages about $500 for each quarter throughout the year; besides the amounts for freights, drayage, box rents, sacks, carpets, dusting, cost of seeds, etc. I notice that to one man the Commissioner pays as high as $12 per bushel for kaffir coin seed and to another only $4 per bushel. But, then, what kinsfolk have to sell is a little bet ter than what other people have. Now, by the time that the salaries of seven inspectors of oil and fertilizers at $1,500 each; the Commissioner’s salary of $2,000; $1,200 each to two clerks; $3,000 to State Chemist White are added, we get up a big sum. Besides, there is $10,- 000 annually appropriated which does not go to the payment of any salaries whatever, but is used to pay off those immaterial items of which “Farmer” speaks; neither traveling expenses of the Commissioner or any one else are to be paid out of said amount. That shrewd and artful committee of which “Farmer” speaks reported that for the year 1883 the Agricultural Department cost the State $26,318 03. Now, ‘Tanner” was a member of the Legislature for that year, if I am not mistaken, so his figures and the com mittee’s differ widely. “Farmer” says, that the inspection of fertilizers will pay into the State this year a revenue of $90,000. Now, who pays that enormous amount of revenue? None but the farmers of Georgia. Then the whole cost of the bureau comes out of the farming class es. Every farmer that buys a ton of 1887 :.... *10 Quarter endiug March 31, 1887, Sub’n to Scientific American and supplement.... Binders for same Sub’n to Augusta Chronicle to January 31, 1887 Sub’n to Augusta Chronicle, January, 1878 to Jauua ry, 1879 Quarter ending September 80, 1887, Sub’n to Macon Telegraph, January 22, to Julv 22, 18S7 CHEAP SPRIN G CLOTHING! . 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 NO. 7 PAIR OF GOOD MEN’S SHOES. NO. 7 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 pnees— 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. HEADQUARTERS FOR CHATTANOOGA t * guano in Georgia pays fifty cents as a revenue or tax, which is added to the price of the guano. But if the same guano was sold in the State of Alabama the purchaser would pay no tax on it and would get it at the same price that the Georgia farmers do. As “Farmer” seems anxious to know where I get my information, I will say that the crookedness of the Depart ment of Agriculture was made public and brought to light in and through the untiring efforts of Hon. W. Y. Atkin son, of this county, in the last General Assembly. In my next I will answer letter No. 2. 10 10 The Situation in Taylor. Talbotton New Era. Mr. Y. A. Steed, of Talbot county, visited our office yesterday morning and reported to us the facts concerning the mass meeting held in Taylor county on Saturday, tne 14th inst. Mr. Steed stated that he was in Butler on the day above mentioned and he attended the mass meeting of the citizens of Taylor, held in the Court-house at Butler. There were two hundred men in Sat urday’s meeting. Mr. Freeman Math ews was elected chairman. After tak ing some action in regard to the legis lative race, Mr. Edgar Stewart intro duced a resolution to the effect that the meeting held in Butler in May was called for other purposes, and had no right to take action in the matter of appointing Congressional delegates. A motion was then made by Col. CANE MILLS AND EVAPORATORS! / -OO- The best machines of the kind manufactured, from 1-horse power to 10-horse power. Can be adjusted to either horse, water or stea w. Now, here are two subscriptions to! the Macon Telegraph for the same vear. j S. Wallace to adjourn. A vote was T . . • taken and a division called for, and I guess the Commissioner sent one > motion to adjourn was defeated by copy to his friend “Farmer,” or some . a YO te of 15 to 1. A resolution was then passed naming -00- boy” element. Col. Thornton and j £y "politlcians^witb the lower end of Col. Traylor were in the Senate to-j the District. We are surprised at this - ,r; roo vpirs <t"0. and we can j question from the-Graphic, in view of gether three years ago, ^ ! the communications which have been , . ' ‘ , which Thorn- ! the communications which have oeen * think of no ground upon w hicn n published in that paper openly admit- pie ton could consistently oppose his tor in- j ting $hat such an “alliance” had been j sub other friend, and charged it up to the . State. I don’t think Mr. Henderson j August the 1st,as the day for holding:» ~ . i primary election in Taylor to elect del-1 was in office duung the years 18iS and ^ a tes to the Congressional Convention, j 1879, but I see that he or some one else : This resolution was passed without a j owed the Augusta Chronicle a year’s dissenting voice and was voted for by subscription in 1878-79, and that in the jjjgj She 'talked witb'Mu Freeman year 1SS7, September 30th, the State Mathews, of Taylor, who was appoint- paid it. I don’t know whether the peo- . e d one of the Grimes delegates in the of Georgia got the benefit of the, May meeting, and that Mr Mathews (who was the chairman ot the meeting . T i. 11—=> s:, , . subscription or not, I only know 1^ . j on Saturday last) stated that he would er colleague, unless it be that Tiay lo , formld, and opposing cant.uLi- n ot. See page 26 of reports of 183d-S&- not at t em at to take his seat in the Co- vnted for all temperance measures that cy ofTl I roup county man at tins r mt, . w find in report for quarter end- j lumbus convention under the May in- 188,: . I*-** but that he, would attend lon&ed and that Thornton as uniform-s Congressman two years hence. The i To subscription to Atlanta Journal to _ ly opposed thjs class of legislation. j Free Press is not accustomed to mak- j January i, isss the convention if elected on the 1st of *2 oo 1 August. SdiPCatalogues containing prices and be furnished on application. HARDAWAY & HU