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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER, FRIDAY, AUGUST 8,1884. THE TELEGRAPH & MESSENGER. Dally and Weekly. The Telegraph and Memkwger I* pub lished every day except Monday, and weekly every Friday. The Daily is delivered by carriers in the city or mailed postage free to subscribers at si per month, $5 so for three months, 15 for six months or $10 a year. ' . The Weekly is mailed to subscribers, pos tage free, at $1 50a year. 75c. for six months. To clubs of five $l.*i5 a year, and to clubs of ten $1 per year, and an extra copy to getter up af club of five or ten. ...... , Transient advertisements will be taken for ne Daily at *1 per square of ten lines or less for tho first insertion, and fifty cents for each subsequent Insertion; and for the Weekly at $1 per square for each inseitlou. Liberal rates to contractors. ... . . , Rejected communications will not be re- rned. °orrft*i>ondence containing important news u 1 discussions of living topics, is solicited, **nt must be brief and written upon but one Bide of the paper to have attention. Remittances should be made by Express, Money Order or Registered Letter. Agents wanted in every community In the State, to whom liberal coromlatlona will be ^ald.^ Postmaster, are especially requeued All communication! ahouliFbe addressed to Marseille* is threatened with ty phoid fevor and small-pox in addition to the cholera. ^he gazetting of the divorce law in France woe followed by thirty thousand “A naan cel, floating to and fro on I The sum Involved U large enough to the slack waters of politics," is how scare the poor population of West V ir- the Herald describes Butler. The dif- gi»iu. The unfortunate precipitation ference between Butler and Blaine then «t the subject In the late ftate conven- is merely a matter of life. The story of a remarkable escape from death by falling walls tomes from Washington City. A woman in the ruins of a live-story house is im prisoned for hoursina V-shaped spat e, her dress being held down by the tim bers. A man is caught 1>y the arm, and cut out after hours of hard work. Of seven people burled none, it is be lieved, were killed. JrsT before the hanging o! the three desperadoes who robbed an old man and liis family and burned their house, the Sheriff telegraphed the Governor that he would lose one thousand votes in the county if he did not respite them. Happily, Alabama had a Governor who could not bo intimidated from doing his duty by such tactics. The people of Jackson county will do well to keep an eye on that sheriff. The Georgia boys do not enjoy a mo nopoly in spelling. The following libels for divorce, including many of tlie sam p| ea 0 f t j le 8pe m n gof a man who first families of the republic. | was graduated with honofs at Harvard "Is Atlanta as clean as a city ought «>Ue«e, » , takc " * ! he to be?” asks the Constitution. Proba- Boston Herald from b.s examination bly so. Mr. Hammond seems to have = Prepa.nng ; orden!lry, bonder- cleaned it up very thoroughly. de “ ent <*“*»■ cla8,5 > ,,, icolate, comerce, chcepness, cituated, General Butleb does not steer his cristeline, poluted, teinpereture, satis- own yacht. His eyes are not built for (actorally, frecky, gasses, valey, Tindel steering. He has been known to start (Tyndall) Humbolt, stirage (sewerage), through a strait and hit everything in week (weak), boaring (boring), emmi- sight but the channel. nent (eminent), allum, orrange, dyco- _ — ■ 1 ■ . tcledous (dictotyledonous), deteriates Black Jack Looan started outtol^.^^ gu , tratefecat i on> painthtmself red before Ukingtbc field. decvagej devage , I)eb i e9 . Apanines. Ho has completed his nose when last heard from, and was engaged on the cornices of his noble jaw. The Philadelphia Record says: “Tho passenger lists of Wednesday’s outgo- The crop reports from Texas are not ing steamers were reduced by one-half unfavorable. Without some great and from their usual proportions at this unheard-of disaster, the .South is likely season, and fully three-quarters of the to do as it always does, viz: to make tourists were men, showing that busi- more cotton titan it should. ness instead of pleasure was the mo- - -«»» i tivo of the great majority who sailed.” The Arkansas Democrats seem to be Thig is an illustration of the old adage in a had fix. In Jefferson county they « Th#t it ia an m wind that Wow9 no . have been compelled to give up Kcpre- lwdy good ,.. The c h 0 i er a has fright- sentation in the Legislature and sup- ened t’ ne American tourist. The money port three Republican negroes. that is usually expended in Europe The Constitution so intimates that will be kept at home. It maybe turned the truck farmers have been struck by into ‘‘““P” for the Republican P"‘f. "stuffed club,” or, as the French have bot Btiu lt wiU 1,0 ke > ,t at homc *" it, //A« amoir. But perhaps the Con- P lace of 1,cin S B 1 aaa ''-rcd abroad, and stitufion meant a "stuffed cub.” I this ma - v ease the “8 ht mone - v market The dog days were ushered in with a I “Sholbeb Oms,” yelled a colored violent thunder storm in this section, sergeant in a Macon armory recently to If the old prophecy be true, that rain a squad he was drilling. As the squad will follow for forty days, we may ex- executed the movement a “storm seen- pect a damp time with the harvest ter” rushed through the room,and sciz- moon. ing his sword tho captain frantically "No weeds e'vtr's'prang up more endeavored to cut off tl.o glistening rankly than the existing crop of pugi-1 hcad ot the now terrified sergeant. At listic pluguglies,” says the I’hlladel-1 the enraged commander had dragged (our men all over the hall, anil the phia THmes, Tho Times 1b simply mis- taken. The crop of African politicians frightened sub bad securcda safe refugo is ranker far ranker. out on the sited, the former could have ' ibeen heard loudly protesting: “I done Nqw let Mr. Clevelsnd write a short tolc dat nigger forty times never to letter and pledge himself to construe mck dem sojers ljj' up de^ the Democratic platform to mean open arms in dis room after June and judicious protection. Oil this line the fust, an de nex’ timo ho done it he can go before the country with safe- dere's gwine ter lie a vakiccy in de ty to himsolf and party. sargincy. Let’s git outer ltyar till do . J , , . .. dislnfumiganta can git er underhold on Keieer ltaa been defeated in His as- K air „ An( , Uie mnipsny followed pirations for Congress. This is good lt , in dig na nt commander out on tho hut ia it likely that a district thataent aiJowalkj him to Congresa for several terms will furnish a better man. Keifer was a i Indiana and Wait Virginia, reprifrentative of liis people. Indiana and West Virginia are to be- It ia aaid that amall-pox steers clear come important lactora in the present of red headed people, and that the cliol- campaign. Since the loss of Indiana era has never been known to assault a in 1S70 she has been looked to by both cigarette smoker, ltumqr has it that parties with great solicitude. Tho fact Joe Harris is contemplating the cigar- that she docs not now hold an October ette, as a means of completing hia per- election, and tho lurther fact that alto aonal safety fumlshea a candidate for the A ice- ’’ «»« I Presidency, have induced the Demo- Tux chief objection urged against*^ to hank heavily upon carrying Mr. Cleveland is that he is new to tho InJiana . Such oj the Independent Re public eye. Mr. Blaine baa never had I p ukl ]f cana wb o propose to support Mr. this fact urged against him. The pub- 0Ieveland know something of Indiana lie eye ha* been fixed upon Mr. Blsino anJ tbe meana by which tlie State was for many years and has steadily refus- corrupted in the Hancock campaign, ed to return his confidential wink. ] ^ ew y ork Timet lias had a special It may gratily the taateaof those correspondent to look over the situation who control tl.e New York Erenmyln that quarter, and does not seem to Telegram to publicly advocate mlacegc- find any particular cause for congratu- nation, but it will not help tho Tele-! lation upon the result. It says : gram’, circulation in the South. The | "According to our Indianapolis cor- Ilerald ought to see that its younger respondent the people ot Indiana are brother is about to drop the fat in the not greatly alive to the new Issue in . politics. lie intimates that the had —«- character of Blaine does not seriously Honors are showered on Emory ^ him with Republicans, and that Speer in Ilia new home. But a little ^ a j ur( j y reform qualities of Cleve- wbile since and be was made ballet | aQ( j j Q not gpedglly commend him to master. Now he has been elected vice- [>e moc r»ta president of a bsaehall club. It la This comes from a journal that claim* within his reach to become middleman to cut f rom its party and to of a minstrel troupe and leader of a bavo burnc(J , u fc ri Jge> bra “ band - West Virginia has always been put "Ma, where where does parrots go down along with the solid South. But when they die?” asked a three-year- ““re are division* there in the Demo- ol<J after the death of a neighbor’s crajic party, resulting from unwise "Polly" had been diseased. "I don’t nominations, it is said. Farther, the •-now,” replied the busy matron aa Republicans are going to make an ac- Jje plied her scissors. “To parrot- tive campaign there upon the damag- Jije” gaspcil an older brother aa he shot Ing debt question. The situation has out tho door and made for open air. produced something akin to alarm. . ■«- — A correspondent of the Charleston First one State and then another Africa and Courier writes: State draws a requisition upon the "Senator Gorman will pay special Governor ol Illinois for the body of ex- attention to West Virginia from this Governor Moses, of Sooth Carolina. A time until the October election. He lew years ago he would have been I kno irs the State thoroughly, and he shipped prepaid to any point named, told the Democratic leaders in New but now it seems there must be a legal y or k that it was a point of danger to fight over every effort to get possession I the Democracy. Should it be lost to ot him. I the party in October the effect would tlon has been kept nlivp by the press, and it will take very wise counsels to heal matters up so that a hearty cam paign can lie closed up successfully.” Senator Gorman, it will be remem bered, is the chairman of the national Democratic executive committee, and he says it is a point of danger. In our own judgment it is quite too soon to calculate upon tho probable result in Indiana and West Virginia, but we give the expressions of tlioso in posi tion to form clearer and better opinions than our own. It is clear, therefore, that these States cannot at present be put down as certain for the Democracy. It is not a ; leasant fact, still it would appear to be a fact. There are some people so fixed in their faith, or sanguine by nature, that they are unable to look at but one side of a question, and who insist that things must be just as they desire them to be. They will not con template the situation in Indiana or West Virginia with any degree of com posure, for the simple reason that it fails to embrace certain Democratic ictory. There is another side of this thing. Senator Gorman may be entirely mis taken, and the New York Tittle, may have lost its cool judgment under the pressure of apprehension. There are other keen and ripe intellects that do not discover any cloud upon the politi cal horizon Their subline faith has given birth to the intensest enthusiasm and they may take the proper and cor rect view of the situation. We have a great Georgian, a veteran in political wars, and one who has made politics a vocation. As against tho unpleasant suggestions oi the New York Timet and Senator Gorman wc present the views oi Colonel J. Dorsey Alexander, as fol* lows: “All that is necessary for a national Democratic triumph is concert, defi niteness and harmony of action. While there is no doubt of Georgia giving a tfemendous majority for the Democrat ic candidate, organize atqpnce, letevery town and county unite its forces. ‘The elements of victory are everywhere. Consolidation will com plete the glorious work. ‘We have a disunited opposition. Se cretly disheartened by the grand op portunity presented before the rejoic ing Democracy. As to the magnitude of the victory now approaching no man can satisfactorily write or speak. It will be a deliverance from the rule, or rather misrule, of political dcbauclicrs; it is emancipation from tho oppressive evils of extravagance; it will be a joy ous return to the pure days of honest Democratic goverment; it will be the route of a party that had enriched itself to the impoverishment of the common people-, it will be the people's final assertion of tho majesty of free government and the grandeur of free institutions, of the great rejoicing that will spread over the land on the day of the Democratic there can bo no jnst measurement. The enthusiasm atChl- cago was but first roll of the long popular waves, holoro the outbreak of tho overwhelming oceanic storm.” The campaign will doubtless develop days of hope and despair, as all cam paigns are likely to do. To such ol our iriends who feel that they may possibly lose their enthusiasm, we would sug- gost that they cut out.Colonel J. Dorsey Alexander's views and paste them in their hats. In times of donbt and danger they may refer to them and he refreshed and re-invigorated. Southern History Ur Northern Authoree Since the war it has been a popular and prolific 1 industry of space writers for the Northern press to write up Southern history. While these efforts have doubtless been entertaining to the readers oi Northern journals, the wri ters in ail cases have shown themselves to be conspicuously ignorant and Inex act. The latest specimen comes from the Detroit Free Prett. It is said that this writer was made a humorist by being blown up ina steamboat explosion. An exploding boiler evidently destroyed a historian in its efforts to make a joker. It is credited to General Jackson tliat he said the barsting otthe “l’eacc- maker” aboard the Princeton bad knocked ail the sense out of Tom Ben ton. Perhaps the Detroit Free Prett Tnx death of Ike Hill, the whipper- he almost irreparable. It would be aa in..f the House o! Representatives, is a great a damper on the proapeeta of severe blow tothe Democratic majority Cleveland a* waa the loas of Maine In in that Izody. No man that may «uc- U»» “> Garfield, ami there would not ce<-d will rival him in his instinct to be »» «ood a chance of regaining it in f, rr. t out Congressmen who flirt with November. The Republicans have re- Hfin.1., and "look upon the wine cently gained many advantages there. when it is red,” and few men could There is a bitter personal fight within htd not before heard of hia duel with have tl.u persuasive and forcible power | the Democratic ranks. Tl.e cause ot; Gov. Winston, if need be to bring up .lelinquent* and! * b « difference reaches very deeply. It i He did not quarrel with Ben Hill in stregriere to SloU call. Ike lias saved ‘ I* * question of the disiosition of the ncctitlve session: di.l not throw an the reputation of many a Congress- State's share in the debt of the of.l: inkstand at him, and received no per- man and he will be Milly missed. I State of Virginia before the dirl-ion. j manent injury at hia hands. man suffered a similar fate. Discussing ante-bellum leaders, ho says: Yancey was born in the North, but went South when a hoy, end aa he (rew up. wee the moet ultra ol proolerery men. Ho opposed Com bitterly in the Convention ol ISIS, but did not figure tu conventions alter that. At Charleaton, In 1M0, he wea kept entirely In the background by Governor Wlneton, with whom he had (ought a duel. Winston’* Influ ence threw Yancey out ol politics tor a time. He finally met hie death In tho Conlcdcrete Congress in a (races with Btn mil, as has al ways been understood. Hill was a strong man, not st all extreme In his views—conser vative as became the Senator Irom the great Stats ol Georgia—the Empire State ol the South. Yancey quarreled with him one night In executive session, and In his passion threw an Inkstand at Hill, which, U it had struck him, would have done the work ol a bullet. Hill closed in with hie assailant, caught him. end In aell delenae threw him over a desk, Yancey struck foully, wea Injured Internally, sod did not long survive. We have never met aa much fiction and as little fact as ia contained in this extract, save in the editorials of the The Truck Mahdl Confesses. Because of their distance from the markets intended to be supplied, their inability to control the rates of the many railroads over which truck has to pass, and because of the peculiar methods of the Northern and Western commission agent, the Telegraph a year since warned the people of Geor gia against the rosy pictures drawn by an irresponsible journalistic bummer who was enjoying the hospitality of the South Georgia farmers. That tho Telegraph had any other object in view than the wellfare of the people from whom it derives patronage goes for tiie stating; that it desired to pre vent the people from accumulating money in which it would share in the long run, is an idea that could only have originated in the narrow precincts of a bullet-head, or found expression between the lunges of a prognathous jaw. Time has demonstrated the wis dom oi the Telegraph’s counsel. In every section where truck-growing for a distant market has been tried, loss and disappointment lias been the gen eral result. These are facts gathered from the locpl press, from the resolu tions adopted in truckers’ meetings, and from the voluntary admissions of those who have been misled. Recently the Telegraph undertook to show that the cry raised against the Georgia roads was not warranted by the facts. In this defense, singularly enough, 4 has been joined by the Con ttitulion’s great Truck Mahdi, who makes the following statement: “But before we give way to tears it may be well to state that the complaint of the farmers and the Constitution is not against the railroads in Georgia in particular, for wo believe it is gen erally agreed that our own roads have been reasonable in their charges. Against whom then is the complaint made ? In his new penetential mood the Mahdi again furnishes an explana tion, which we Italicize “The difficulty, if we mistake it not, is with the lines with which the Geor gia rdads connect, and there it no reme dy for it, to far at we know, ttnlett an appeal to what may be termed the telfith interesti of the roadt should be success fat. Unless such an appeal is success ful, a new industry that may be made profitable to the farmers and the rail roads will have to be abandoned. • * • * • « * The motto of Mr. Fink, the great pool com missioner, is that railroads should charge all a shipment will bear, and some railroads accept watermelons lor transportation with the understanding on their part that they are entitled to every dime the melons will fetch in market. This will do very well os long as the farmers are willing to raise melons for the benefit of the roads, but it an enterprise that cannot be kept up for many seasons. 1 Here’s richness and plenty of it, Tho great Truck Mahdi, who was lead the farmers ot Georgia to a finan cial paradise, says the ono remedy for the admitted lailure of tho truck grow ers lies in roads they cannot command, but to whose tender mercies they must appeal; roads that proceed undor a motto whose gism is that “they (the roads) are entitled to every dime the melons will fetch in the market. To.this, then, has tho truck boom descended. By the candid admis sion of the Mahdi, whose over whelming defeat at the hands oi Mr. Hammond seems to have had a good effect, it will be seen that - the South Georgia truckers are to lie arrayed in conflict with all the great railroads that lead tlirough tho States into Georgia, and that pending the conflict tho busi ness is to bo suspended. But why is it the Truck Mahdi, while pointing out the vast profits of trucking for a distant market, (ailed to deduct the known cost of transportathn from tho grand total? Why is it tho truck hauled by Georgia companies to the coast and thence by Georgia ships at a nominal rate to Northern and Eastern markets hasn’t proved profitable? We will not, in this hour of his gloom, harrow up his feelings, so rudely trampled upon by the people of At lanta, hut let him sleep aa peacefully aa he may in the shades of repentance and the wreck ot another set of golden prophecies, Tho Constitution calls attention to the following report of the meeting of track farmers in Quitman, which we cheerfully reproduce: The meeting wai organized by electing Col. W. A. lane president and re-iaettinf 1), Rountree to set si aecretary. The president briefly atated the object ol the meeting, and by requeat the aecretary read the editorial la the Valdoeta Timea, letting forth that the melon bualneaa waa a complete (allure, and could not profltably bo pnraued under the ex- laUng chargea for traniportation, and recom mending that the Induatry be diacontinued unleu the preaeut rate be materially reduced. On motion ol Mr. r. A. Glover laid editorla 1 was unanimous adopted a i the meeting. A number peraone oreaent related their pertenco during the aeaaon feat paaied. On motion ol Mr. J. P. Brooka, It waa ordered that the chair appoint a committee of three to prepare a written contract for algnaturca. not to grow aelona tor abipmant at the preaeut ralea ol Irelght, and to Invtu the eo^rperation ol the melon growera along the line ol the Sa vannah. Florida and Weatern railway, and notily the railroad ol the action In the prera- laea. Meaara. J. P. Brooka, R. I. Denmark and A. P. Perham were appointed aa the commit- tec. Cooalderable complaint waa ezpreaaed at the delay In the trana portal ton ot melooa, and tha exceaalve charge therefor. On mo- The lesson is easily read. Until the foreign demand for truck is such as will send agents into the truck region to purchase the perishables where grown, tho business of growing them is too dangerous to be followed. The man who forces goods of any de scription upon the market is placed at a disadvantage. When he must ship them to, and force them upoq distant markets, he becomes the prey not only ‘ the purchaser, but of thoso who are at liberty to handle them at any figures they may name. When the truck raised upon Georgia farms for foreign markets can bo sold, as is sold the orange crop oi Florida, to local agents, peoplo who engage in tho business can figure out their profits. But until that day comes disaster will follow every attempt, and all the efforts of truck farmers aided and seconded by a hundred Truck Mah- dis cannot change the result. Ii Geor gia railroads’should even haul the ship ments for nothing, there would bo no money in the business for the produ cer. ,. .. tlon, the meeting adjourned until 10 o’clock ten ablest.” Mr. tanccy was the | flm WriaevUy la Aoguat beat. most conspicuous figure at the Charles ton convention. He waethe leading spirit of the occasion. He had previ ously been very prominent and active in the politic* of Alabama, gucceeding the unfortunate episode which caused hia removal from Sonth Carolina. We In all other divisions of track has disaster been acknowledged. Potatoes, cabbages, squashes and cucumbers have practically been abandoned. The last stand waa made on melons. Can anything have been more completely vindicated than the warnings uttered by this journal more than a year since? Distance from the markets, foreign nil- road charges and the methods of dis tant commissiotv men have dealt the track business just such a blow a* was prophesied. A crowing Industry. The New York Tribune of a late date says: “Baseball players command high prices nowadays. Good pitchers bring all the way from $2,000 to $4,000, catchers are scarce at $3,000, in-fielders command os much, if not more, while very poor out-fielders will bring $2,000.” Few men in mechanical or profes sional pursuits throughout the country clear so much money as the outcome of a year’s labor, as these baseballers obtain during the few months of the playing season. Not only are these figures above the salaries of many Gov ernors and public officers, but there are numbers of highly accomplished and educated men calculated to shine in the many departments of life who do not and cannot earn such sums. Our Northern brethren are more prac tical than we are, and can see and seize advantages that pass us without notice. The young men of the North turn their hands to any and everything, and their heads also. Crowded popu lations and the diversity of pur suits give them opportunities which they are not slow to recognize. We are not an especial admirer or advocate of baseball. We recognize the fact that the strength, energy and wit devoted to this amusement, if bestowed upon the idle lands of the South , would add to their production. Wo have always felt a greater prido In the Southern youth whocould hold a steady plow and run a straight furrow than in tho one who could give a ball the most dexter ous twist. But the Sontb has as much if not more agriculture than is good for her, in the absence of other industries Tho failure of tho State to provide tlie money by which our young men can he educated in tiie mechanical arts gives us an idle population. In every Southern city there are young men liv ing in hopelossness and idleness. /They cannot all be lawyers or doctors, nor are there places (or them as clerks in public or private positions.’ It is piti ful to look upon them in their holpless- ness, and it is discouraging to know that their condition has not improved in years, and is not likely to improve. They are plucky, brawny and young. It is better (or them to become good baseball players, at such prices as are suggested at tlie beginning of this arti cle, than to bccomo billiard experts or short-card sharps. There is nothing dishonorable in earning legitimate money by becoming a baseball player, and, in the abscnco of something better, our young men who have nothing to do had better do that. Tho game seems to strike the popular taste throughout the land. It furnishes relaxation and amusement, that men, women and children crave. More, it will give money to men who seem to ho unable to earn it in any other way. Ho long as baseball is a popular sport, and a paying one, our young men should gather in tlie harvest and not leave the field to be garnered by imported professionals. Savannah and Augusta have amateur clubs that seem to be doing well, while Colnmbus and At lanta have imported men to earn money, that might be and ought to be kept here. Tho South must learn to be profi cient in everything that invites human competition, that accnmnlstes wealth and that is not dlsreputabte in itself. Bonks Winter makes a living as a tenor jin a minstrel troupe, Bunny Runnels, of Columbus, has (or years supported himself and family by ath letic performances, Johnny Lowlow, of Savannah, made money and reputa tion as a clown in John Robinson’s cir cus. Georgia has no reason lie ashaiped of the suc cess of any one or all of these men. It was better for them and the State that they have succeeded os sing ers, clown and athletes, than that they should have sat down at homo as hope less and idle drones, with the chances of liecomlng mischievous ones. We de sire to see Georgia excel in everything that ia just and honorable and wo shall always be glad and proud to note the (act that a Georgia nine has downed professional nine coming from anyj where else. Declination ol CoL Humber. By reference to a special dispatch in our telegraphic columns, it will he seen that Col. R. C. Humber decline* the nse of his name for the nomination of State treasurer. The many friends of CoL Hnmber will regret his determination, for be has folly de*erred any recognition at the hands of the people ol Georgia, for services rendered. Beyond this, bis blamelesa character and correct meth ods, personally and politically, gave pledge that he could solely be entrust ed with the financial concerns ot the State. Prouder than a Ssnatorahlo. Captain F. W. Dawson, of the Charleston Hews and Cottricr, referring to a report that he desired to succeed Senator Hampton as Senator, holds this language: “It is due to myself to say that, in my judgment, Senator Hampton de serves to be, and will bo, his own suc cessor, and tliat, furthermore, I am not a candidate for any public office, high or low, and will not accept any such, at tliiA time or hereafter. South Carolina can command my services whenever there is work to be done for tlie public good -, but I have no ambi tions or hopes outside of my profession a journalist, and, for such services I am able to render, I desire and can accept no other reward than the confidence and good will of my fellow- citizens.” Capt. Dawson is right. He holds a prouder position than the Senator from South Carolina and in establishing in Charleston an nble and fearless paper, has done the State more service than alUif her Senators have done since the war. Tho journalist who deserts the tri pod, who tears aside tho veil between himself and the people, to go down into tho dirty arena to scramble for political office seeks his own rain, which will surely and speedily follow. A striking case is fresh in the memory of all Georgians. Gregg Wright, whose brilliant genius and maturity of judg ment carried himwhile almost abcard- less hoy to the head of his profession, was turned away from his desk by the delusive promises of political honors. Whenhe had seen what a miserable, in sincere sot politicians were, how de ceitful were their ways and how tran sient and unsatisfactory their rewards, he became disgusted. It seemed to him an impossible journey to go back to the place where he once made and controlled these little puppets, and in his despair only found relief in an un timely grave. Captain Dawson would make as good Senator as General Hampton, but General Hampton could never make good an editor as Captain Dawson. The South cannot afford to degrade her honest journalists. Legialntlyo Candidates. It is time that the people oi Bibb county were casting about for candi dates to represent them in the coming Legislature, and that tlie plan of select ing these candidates should be agreed upon. It does not require reason or argument to enforco this statement. From an interview in another col umn, it will be aeon tliat Mr. Gustin, whose name is mentioned in this con nection, favors a nominating conven tion for given reasons. It also appears that in tlie event that ho shall offer his name, he will resign the position ol chairman oi the execu tive committee, which ho now holds This is eminently proper and right and is what we had a right to expect of Mr. Gnstin. In this, as in all other elections, the TiLtouAi-ii and Messen ger bos no candidates, save such as are given it by action of tiie party. It has, of course, personal preferences and will exercise the right of express ing them through the proper channels, As to the modes of choosing Repre sentatives, it has been tho established custom to do this by a primary elec tion, and we see no good reason for change in this respect. While a primary election affords large margin for electioneering it is not amenable to the charge tliat mav be laid against a convention, viz -. that ot packing. The tactics that might bo used by a combination npon a small body cannot he so successfully worked upon the voters at large. The people are Interested in having good Repre sentatives, andit is presumed that they are fully capable of making a correct choice. It certainly can work no harm to any man who has at heart tlie Inter ests oi tlie people to submit his claims to their decision. Bibb county is ono of the largest and most important counties in the State. It is expected ot her, with her great and varied interests, that she will send to the Legislature an able, intelligent and fearless Representation, one that Das a (nil knowledge of her wants and' those of the State, anti that will look to both with zeal and industry. Our judgment ia, and we but express tiie opinion of tlie large majority of the voters of tlie county, tliat representa tives should be chosen now as hereto fore, by primary election. Any oilier plan will be productive of division and opposition, and a contest,that for many reasons not necessary to particularize, should he especially avoided in the present campaign. Truck Farming. Many people in Georgia have been stimulated to engage in the business of track fanning by exaggerated figure* as to the profits. To those who desire to go at it in a sensible and reasonable way and to stick at it, the following ex tract from the proceedings of tbo Leo County Agricultural Society of Ala bama may prove interesting; Mr. William gtringtaUow, o( Montgomsly, Ala., commenced tbla dlacaaalca by reading quite an lutereeUng and bumoroue paper, gir Ing hia history, etc., (mm a a mall boy to the preaeut time—commenced track forming on twelve scree ol land, and manured at the rate ol alzty tooa per acre, and finally cleared flOO per sen on hia form ol twenty-fire scree. Do not tu* anything bat good land, end requires at letstlUO per sen to commence wltlL this being necessary (or labor, expense, etc., dur ing the year. The watchword lb track (arm ing la plant early, manure heavily, work rap idly end always be on time. Track forming will not pay except near a Urge city, which (uralahea a market (or such vegetables as will not pay to ship, ship nothing but the best sad without blcmtib. It wiU be noted that Mr. Stringfel- low’s experience proves that track farming will not pay, except where a hone market ia fonnd. Daring the present epidemic at Manei'les, France, the truck farmers and fruiterers were all rained by the.exodo* oi the citi zens, thug ruining their regular market. CEORC1A PRE88 POINTS. Mr. M. H. Shuelev has been nomi„.. , for the Legislature in Warren county ^ isn't staled whether he represents the!™!! i or the stock law eentimentof the counts " ' The Lowndes county Democrats are ne, fectly satisfied with Congressman 11, Turner and he is perfectly Satisfied ,i£ them-if he be as reasonable a man a. supposes. uae Foe the present year. Ware country turns an increase in taxable proper!, , the amount of $ 13 4 577. NeSriy^ cent, of tills increase is to be credited t„ Waycroes. ” “> uJu D T ,r x? a n a ° ! TJ’ 0t tbe °P lai «n that Mr. H. J. McGee, of Tattnall, will be nom inated for the Senate in the second distrire -competed of Liberty, Tattnall sadv. In tosh counties. Editor Gbdbb didn’t go off on the pra, excursion. He stayed at home to bZ Darien’s coming railroad. You can alw„, count on hit putting iu the right lick.! the right time. Tub Sumter county Democrats choia delegates to their various conrentiont on Saturday. McDaniel, Hardeman Crisp and Cleveland and Hendricks were enthn siasticaUy indorsed. The fence question threatens lo be a dit- turbing element In Hancock politic*. Tbe disturbance will not jostle the law at U «. ista. When the stock law settles down in a county, it settles to stay. Tuebe are no Indications of any opposi tion to tbe re-nomination ol Congressman Crisp in the third district. There is nrom. Ise ol commendable quiet in the Georgia Congreesional elections this year. ^ The Wsycross Headlight appear, to be ot the opinion that the moon regulates the schedule of the Savannah, Florida and Western railroad. It undoubtedly does- lully as much as It regulates the weather. In the Legislative race in Bcrevcn county Dr. Johnston received the nomination over his competitor, Mr. R. A. Brinson, by a majority of 218 votes. The nomination seems to have been stubbornly conteatai. “PaoMisiNo" voters are much sought it- ter by candidates, these days. A few days hence, malty of the latter will ait and re flect over what "mighthave been,” but for the fetal disagreement between Promise and Performance. The Brunswick Herald gives Hon. T. M Norwood, tho Congrcsaionsl nominee in tbe first district, its "ultimatum.” He can get along on that now. Later on, ot course, our contemporary will give him Its warm support, and in Novcmber-its vote. Tiie Senatorial contest in Hancock is warmer than it should be. Both tlie can didates are good and true men; but per sonal friendships are worth more than the gratification ol any man’s ambition. They are worth more to the candidates them selves—much more to their followers. Editor Tillman, of the Waycross Re porter, is now an “original Norwood man.' When the Democratic party speaks through its conventions he just drops Into line, holds the banner high up and strikes a double-quick step straight against the enemy. Tax Sylvttnia Telephone has entered its sixth volume, and has entered, we trait, its most prosperous year. The weekly press of the State, as a rule, Is fearless and Independent, open and good-tempered- characteristics that win their way with all right-thinking people. The Albany daily Medium has not yet oome to hand. It will be as bright ass new dollar when it does come, and it will not be so much hampered with “alloy." Editor Hanlon Is one of the brightest writers on the Georgia press, and ho seems to he uniformly good-tempered. Tbiri is no disposition to avoid admira tion for the pluck and persistence ot the Brunswick Ilerald. Bat it must bow to the inevitable. South Georgia hasn't got her nap out yet. Site will wake up liter on—towards the millennium. And maybe that will help to bring lt on. Who knows? Nominations for the Legislature, so far, show a deposition on the part of tlie peo ple to maintain the “average” oC put abil ity on the part of tbe members ot the com- Idr General Assembly. Where local ques tions bare decided nominations, it will be a mere matter ot chance whether the mem. her svill fall below, or rise above, th* past standard. It Is reported that Joseph H. Cobb will be an independent candidate for Congress in the fourth district, against Henry R. Harris, who, undoubtedly, will be the Democratic nominee. The latter will be elected aa a matter ot coarse. Tits people of Georgia can't afford to be represented in Congress by Independent annexes to the Republican party. In reading the results of tbe primaries In tbe various counties, ono can hat observe the unusual fall ness of the vote in all th* counties In which nominations,have best made by primary elections. There has i,eci> much complaint in Ueorgls, daring recent years, tliat nominations did not rep resent the preferences ot the people. By adopting the primary plan, this objection seems to be happily removed. Btrm county will famish the senatorial candidate in the 2flth district. Spalding and Fayette are tile remaining counties in the district. The Griffin .fun infers from the tenor of tho Batts county papers that “tbe race Is virtually between CoL M. V. McKIbben and Dr. R. W. Mays.” Both of them hkTO served ia the lower, House of the General Assembly. Tho contest will be decided by a primary election. Thus is a disposition in certain quarters in Houston county to ntako the S citato ria question a test in the choice of members of the Legislature. The election of a United Statea Senator is a very Important matter; yet we doubt its being made an fame In half a dozen counties out of the hundred and thirty-seren composing the State. There is no use denying tbe tact tliat, politically speaking, the people of Georgia are not hard to satisfy. The Mirror and Adrertuer reporta a re* cent reunion of the Beauregard Volunteers. This company formed a part of tiie Sixth Georgia Regiment, and was one of the best la the army of Northern Virginia. It Is a duty, it would seem, for the turvivora of these honored organizations to meet and recount tlie deeds of past campaigns, and Veep green the memory of fallen comrades. The Children of Confederate soldiers, who snrrlve, should learn the story of Hi* Con federacy from the lips of their veteran f ath ers. Alas, that the roll of such teachers hastens to rapidly to its in evitable extinc tion! Bucklen'n Arnica The beat aalre lo the world for cato