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m i^rald and gdcyfay. ■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 VTA '-J PAIR OF GOOD 'NT/'Y r 7 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. ARNALL & FARMER. HEADQUARTERS FOR CHATTANOOGA CANE MILLS AND EVAPORATORS! -OO- The best machines of the kind manufactured. All sizes from 1-horse power to io-horse power. Can be adjusted to either horse, water or steam power. -00- fciF’Catalogues containing prices and all information will be furnished on application. ! HARDAWAY & HUNTER. •A K tm