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■moan, Ga., Friday, August 24, 1888.
WEEKLY CIRCULATION, 1,750.
JA8. E. BROWN, Editor.
RATIONAL DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
FOR PRESIDENT !
GROVER CLEVELAND,
OF NEW YORK.
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT :
ALLEN G. THURMAN,
OF OHIO.
STATE DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
FOR GOVERNOR:
JOHN B. GORDON.
FOR SECRETARY OF STATE:
N. C. BARNETT.
FOR treasurer:
ROBT. U. HARDEMAN.
FOR comptroller-general:
WM. A. WRIGHT.
FOR ATTORNEY-GENERAL:
CLIFFORD ANDERSON.
FOR CONGRESS—FOURTH DISTRICT.
THOMAS W. GRIMES,
OF MUSCOGEE.
the speeches of Messrs. Roger Q. Mills,
of Texas, and Wm. D. Bynum, of In
diana—delivered at the same place
about three weeks ago, under the same
auspices, and upon the same subject,
though from a Democratic standpoint
—were barely noticed by the Associa
ted Press, and but little more than
skeletonized by the Constitution, whose
reporter was on the ground ? But,
without referring to the manifest par
tiality of the Constitution, what right
has the Associated Press (which is sup
posed to be non-partisan,) to make such
invidious discrimination ? Does it mean
that the Associated Press has been sub
sidized, and is distributing campaign
literature in the interest of the Repub
lican party ? If it is a commercial en
terprise and non-partisan, as the cor
porators aver and its name implies, then
there is no reason why the speeches of
Messrs. Bynum and Mills should not
have been given the same publicity as
was accorded the speech of Mr. Mc
Kinley. If intended as a discourtesy,
it is inexcusable; if a discrimination,
it is highly reprehensible, to say the
least. The speeches of Messrs. Mills
and Bynum voiced the sentiments of
the Democracy of Georgia and of the
South; the speech of Mr. McKinley did
not, and was of no more national im
portance than were the speeches of
Messrs. Bynum and Mills.
whiskey from $2 to 25 cents a gallon is
not ‘free whiskey V”’
FOR REPRESENTATIVES :
W. Y. ATKINSON,
J. P. JONES.
Mr. Blaine and the Trusts.
Jas. G. Blaine, (who is really about
all there is left of the Republican par
ty worth mentioning,) made a speech
in Portland, Me., last week, in which
he stated that “trusts were private af
fairs, with which neither President
Cleveland nor private citizens have
any right to interfere.” This is
unquestionably an honest expression,
and a fair presentation of the subject
from a Republican standpoint. But
the fact is, Mr. Blaine and the Repub
lican party have-been dangling so long
between the devil and the deep blue sea
that he does not know what to say to
stem the tide of Democratic enthusiasm
and at the same time avoid injuring
the Republican cause. If he denounces
the trusts he will offend his friends,
the manufacturers and monopolists,
without whose pecuniary aid Republi
can success would be even more hope
less than it is now. And yet so close is
the intimacy that exists between trusts
and the high protective policy which
forms the basis of the Republican
platform, he cannot advocate the one
without defending the other. The two
evils are indissolubly connected and
cannot be disassociated, except by the
imaginary line that exists between le
galized robbery and premeditated ras
cality. By his advocacy of a high pro
tective tariff Mr. Blaine finds himself
in an extremity so embarrassing that,
to prove the sincerity of his views, he
must defend—
1. The sugar trust.
2. The cotton bagging trust.
3. The iron trust.
A The steel trust..
5. The tin-plate trust.
ft. The oil trust.
7. The lead trust.
8. The salt trust.
And he may be still further embar
rassed in trying to explain why, to re
duce the surplus in the treasury, (which
now amounts to $130,000,000,) it is bet
ter to abolish the tax on whiskey and
tobacco than to reduce the tariff upon
such common necessaries as sugar, the
tariff upon such common necessaries as
sugar, the duty upon which is now 82
per cent.; or clothing, upon which the
duty is 61 per cent.; or salt, upon which
the duty is 50 per cent.; or cotton ties,
npon which the duty is 46 per cent.;-or
jute bagging, upon which the duty is
54 per cent.; or lead, upon which the
duty is 68 per cent.; or crockery, upon
which the duty is 55 per cent.; or com
mon window-glass, upon which the duty
is 94 per cent.; or steel rails, upon which
the duty is 84 per cent.; or upon hun
dreds of other articles which cannot be
enumerated in the brief space allotted
to a newspaper article. But the Demo
cratic party hqs forced the issue, and
Brother Blaine is doing his best to
meet it—with what success may be in
ferred from the blatant declaration
contained in the remarks quoted above.
That is to say, he is compelled to de
fend the villainous trusts which have
been formed throughout the country
to rob the people, because they are the
natural outgrowth of the protective
tariff policy advocated by his party.
Hence, to attack the trusts is to
attack the only plank in the Re
publican platform that can be used
with effect in the present campaign,
without which Republican orators
would be at a loss for something to say.
Brother Blaine must be a mighty
miserable man.
The Bagging Trust.
A bill has been introduced in Con
gress to allow importers of cotton bag
ging a drawback on all importations,
equal to the present tariff duty on the
same. The effect of the measure will
be to admit jute bagging free and force
competition between American and for
eign producers. In fact, it is introduc
ed for the purpose of destroying the
bagging trust, thus protecting the
farmers of the South from the villain
ous efforts of the cotton bagging man
ufacturers to rob them. The bill was
immediately referred, and will be re
ported back and passed upon as early
as possible, so as to afford the greatest
benefit to cotton producers in prepar
ing their crop for market.
No stronger argument can be urged
in favor of tariff reduction than is thus
shown in the necessity for special leg
islation to protect the farmers of the
South from the operations of a tariff
which throws around them the glitter
ing phantasy of protection only that
they may be the more easily robbed. So
long as the present high tariff remains
Col. J. H.’ Estill, of Savannah,
member of the National Democratic
Executive Committee for Georgia, de
sires the name and postoffice address of
the chairman of the Democratic Exec-
tive Committee in each county.
All the Georgia Congressmen have
been indorsed by their respective con
stituencies except Ma Norwood, of
the First district. The nominee in that
district is Hon. R. E. Lester, present
mayor of Savannah.
Hon. Allen G. Thurman opened
the campaign this week with speeches
at Toledo, O., and Port Huron, Mich.,
and was received with great enthusi
asm at both places. Where is candi
date Morton ?
It seems to be Cleveland and Blaine
after all.
Is This Mr. Blaine'8 Scheme ?
Boston Special, 18lU inst.
Does Mr. Blaine honestly favor the
election of General Harrison? That
question was raised to-day in Boston
by a gentleman who has in the past
studied Mr. Blaine’s character pretty
thoroughly. He argued that Mr. Blame
is still a candidate for the Presidency,
and if he lives he will stand for the
nomination in the convention in 1892.
This gentleman also asserted that Mr.
Blaine would not have refused the nom
ination which fell to General Harrison.
He said that Blaine’s cablegram to Bou-
telle at Chicago as indicating his real
wishes meant absolutely nothing, and
the writing of it was no doubt regret
ted by Mr. Blaine, who now sees that
his hold upon the hearts of the people,
as evinced by the ovation in New York
and on the ‘journey to Augusta, is as
firm as ever. „
“He believes he could be elected,
said this gentleman, “and an election
to the Presidency is the single ambition
of his life. If Harrison is elected he
will be renominated. Harrison’s elec
tion in 1888 and his renomination and
possible re-election in 1892 would kill
off Blaine forever as a candidate, for
Mr. Blaine is growing old, and after
1892 his age would prevent his nomina
tion. Blaine is a consummate schemer,
although many of his schemes are pain
fully transparent.
“There are in my mind just three
ways of explaining Mr. Blaine’s state
ment. He either has not read the plat
form, he is insane, or he purposely tried
to stab General Harrison. It is impos
sible that he hasn’t read the platform.
No one who heard him speak would
say he is insane. To my mind the
third explanation is the correct one. I
heard the Portland speech myself. I
was surprised when I noticed how
BROKEN WATCHES
quickly he made his point concerning
in foi-ce, the bagging trust, the iron trusts,’ almost at the beginning of his
trust, the salt trust, the sugar trust,
and the various other methods of legal
ized robbery sanctioned by our Ameri
can system of projection, will flourish
like the green bay tree.
speech, as if he was in a hurry to do
the damage, and to do it so as to im
press it upon the crowd.”
The yellow fever is still epidemic in
Jacksonville, Tampa, Manatee and
Plant City,Fla.,though the sanitary reg
ulations are so strict that it is hardly pos
sible that the disease will assume the
form of a scourge. Thousands of people
have refugeed into the up country,
though even in Jacksonville the panic
is subsiding. Reports from the latter
city say that more vigorous measures
will be resorted to by the health au
thorities to isolate fever patients and
to reduce the population of the city.
The business of the city is naturally
demoralized, but has.not been wholly
suspended. There have been about
fifteen deaths in the State.
Senator Joseph £. Brown is re
ported as saying that the bill introduc
ed in Congress last Monday to circum
vent the cotton bagging and other
'trusts would not, in his opinion, amount
to anything, for the reason that the
manufacturers could combine with the
importers and keep up prices for their
mutual benefit. We hardly expected
any other expression from our senior
Senator; but, as lie claims to be opposed
to trusts, will he give the bill a show
ing by voting for it when it reaches
the Senate? We shall see.
By Whom is the Associated Press
Controlled ?
Hon. Wm. McKinley, of Ohio, mem
ber of Congress and one of the
leading Republicans of the coun
try, delivered a'speech on the tariff
at Salt Springs last Tuesday. The
speech, which was delivered under the
auspices of the Chautauqua Society,
was a very fair presentation of the
The storm last Monday was general
throughout the Western and South
western States. Great damage was
done along the river front at New Or
leans. Much damage was also done in
the interior, as well as to the cane and
rice crops in the lowlands. The rainfall
was heavy and the wind blew with
great velocity. The storm was also se
vere at Mobile, Morgan City, Memphis,
and other points along the Gulf coast
and the Mississippi, the property de
stroyed aggregating hundreds of thous
ands of dollars.
It is just too funny for anything to
hear the Atlanta Constitution and other
protective organs denouncing the
“wicked trusts.” If these able organs
would unite in the effort now being
made by the Democratic party to secure
a reduction of the tariff there would
be no trusts to denounce. Honest com
petition furnishes the only sure pro
tection that the people can have against
the machinations of the money devils
and monopolists of the country.
The State Convention of the Farm
ers’ Alliance met in Macon last Mon
day, but as their deliberations are se
cret nothing has been given out to the
press for publication. The delegates
county are Messrs. T. G
~ * from this - .
question from a Republican point of Dickson and W. S. Copeland.
view, and that is about all that need
be said. We should like to know, how-
t>y what stretch of couitesj , po
litical or otherwise, Mr. McKinley’s
entire speech was telegraphed o\ er the
country by the Associated 1 ress, when
The Macon Telegraph propounds the
following interesting campaign conun
drum : “How is it that a reduction from
47 to 40 per cenA on imports is ‘free
trade,’ and a reduction of the priQe of
Some Reasons Why.
New York World.
“Why are wages so much higher in
S rotected America than in free trade
Ingland?” ask the men who attribute
every blessing of this favored land to
high taxes.
These are some of the reasons why:
Because the United States have an
area of 3,600,000 square miles of terri
tory, while Great Britan has but 121,-
570.
Because the United States have a
population of only fourteen to the
square mile, while Great Britain has
289 people crowded upon the same
space.
Because the United States contain
over 4,000,000 farms that produced in
1879 a value of over $2,213,000,000, while
Great Britain is subject to the curse of
entailed estates and vast unproductive
preserves.
Because the United States have 150,-
000 miles of railway, while Great Brit
ain has but 19,000.
Because the United Status are richer
in mines, quarries, forests and other
natural productions, and offer a greater
diversity of climate, soil .and employ
ment to*their inhabitants than any oth
er country in the world.
Because, in addition to this greater
field and demand for labor, the intelli
gence, energy and productive skill of
our working people surpass those of
any other nation.
These are some of the reasons why
wages are higher here than in England,
have always been so, under low tariffs
and high tariffs alike, and would be so
if there were no tariff.
REPAIRED
-AND-
WARRANTED
BY
WALTER E. AYERY,
THE JEWELER.
Anyone wanting Watches,
or Jewelry can secure a big
bargain by buying now. My
prices are aKvays as low as any
’egitimate dealer, but during
the dull summer months to
keep trade moving and to gqt
in some money I will offer
cash customers great induce
ments. W. E. AVERY,
Newnan, Ga.
FARMERS’
The Bulls and Bears.
Atlanta Journal.
Readers of our daily cotton reports
have noticed the great difference in the
New York quotations for deliveries in
August and those for September and
October—the former being from li to
li cents higher than the latter. This
was due to the existence of a “corner”
for August, now shortly to expire. The
price was run so high as to put spot and
August cotton far above Liverpool quo
tations, and the hard-pushed “bears”
have actually been importing cotton
from Liverpool to fulfill their contracts.
A New York dispatch says: “The
steamship City of New York brought
about 12,000 bales as a part of her cargo,
and, according to report, 15,000 are now
on their way from Liverpool by other
steamships; while there is a large quan
tity in store at Liverpool ready to be
returned to this country at once if the
high prices of August are continued.”
They don’t make such corners when
the planters have cotton on hand and
can profit by the games of the bulls
and bears.
SUPPLY
STORE!
, We have received a large
and elegant assortment of
Spring Clothing, comprising
all the new styles and patterns
which we are selling at aston
ishingly low prices. Can fi,
anybody, and suit* all tastes
Call early and make your se
lection, before the stock is
picked over.
One hundred and fifty bar
rels of Flour just arrived. We
bought. this lot at a bargain,
and will, let our customers
have it the same way.
|d§F > Burpee’s Fresh Water-
Ground Meal always on hand.
Best Meal in the market for
table use.
J. I. & G O. SCROGGIN,
West Side Public Square,
Newnan, Ga.
CITY OF NEWNAN BONDS.
Six Per Cent. Semi-Annual Coupons.
Mayor’s Office, >
Newnan, Ga., July 20,1888.1
Under authority of an Act of the Gen
eral Assembly of Georgia, approved December
27,1886, and amended and approved Septem
ber 10,1887, authorizing the City of Newnan
to hold a special election to determine
whether the City should issue bonds, not
exceeding the amount of twenty thou
sand dollars; said election .was duly and
legally called and held on the 28th day of
Apri', 1888, the result thereof being In favor
of bonds to 1 he amount of sixteen thousand
dollars, with which to purchase property
and build and equip the necessary school
houses for a system of public schools for the
City of Newnan.
Under and by authority of an Ordinance,
adopted July 2,1888, by the Mayor and Coun
cil of the City of Newnan, in pursuance of and
in conformity to the above recited Acts of the
General Assembly, and of the .special election
by the qualified voters of the City of Newnan,
sealed proposals will be received at the May
or’s office in Newnan, Ga., up to 12 o’clock, si.,
on August 281 h, 1888, for
Chicago Herald: “The Philadelphia
Becord advises Mr. Blaine in his cam
paign tours throughout the country to
take his Scotch friend, Mr. Andrew
Carnegie, along with him as an object-
lesson in the beauties of protection.
He could exhibit to his followers a man
who boasts of making $1,500,000 out of
the tariff, and who belongs to a ring
that divides $100,000,000 a year as the
conjunct spoils of tariff robbery.
Wouldn’t that be a display of trium
phant Democracy ?”
New York World: “It is to be hop
ed, on every account, that the propos
ed joint tariff debate between Speaker
Carlisle and Mr. Blaine can be arrang
ed. That would be indeed a ‘campaign
of intellect,’ a ‘canvass of education and
argument.’ Mr. Blaine could not af
ford to aepept a challenge from every
ambitious debater. He could hardly
afford to decline one from a statesman
of Speaker Carlisle’s ability and rank.”
SIXTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS
of six per cent, coupon bonds, maturing as
herein set forth, to be delivered September
1,1888-
One thousand dollars to mature January 1,
1895.
One thousand dollars to mature January 1,
1897.
One thousand dollars to mature January 1,
1899.
One thousand dollars to mature January 1,
1901.
One thousand dollars to mature January 1,
1902.
One thousand dollars to mature January 1,
1903.
Fifteen hundred dollars to mature January
1, 1904.
Fifteen hundred dollars to mature January
1,1905.
Fifteen hundred dollars to mature January
1 1906.
’ Fifteen hundred dollars to mature January
1,1907.
Two thousand dollars to mature January 1,
1908.
Two thousand dollars to mature January 1,
1909.
The first six thousand dollars to be in denom
inations of one hundred dollars; the balance,
ten thousand dollars, to be in deominations of
five hundred dollars, with semi-annual cou
pons due on the 1st day of January and July
of each year, respectively. The principal and
interest payable at Fourth National Bank, in
the City of New York, and at the office of the
Treasurer, in the City of Newnan.
Bids must be aceompani d by certified
heck or certificate of deposit ol some solvent
bank or banker for five per cent, of the
amount of such bid, said check or certificate
of deposit being made payable to the Treasur
er of the City of Newnan.
Bids-will be opened by the Mayor and Coun
cil and declared by the 29th day of August
next, the award being made to the highest
and best bidder. No bid less than par will be
considered.
Copies of the Acts of the General Assembly,
proceedings of the special election and the
ordinance of the Mayor and Council of the
City ol Newnan authorizing this issue of
bonds, will be furnished on application.
J. S. POWELL, Mayor.
B. T. Thompson,
r. W. Andrews,
Finance Committee,
CHEAP
SPRING
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
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JLNL/. / MEN’S SHOES. -LN V-y. /
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.
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