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Editor Homs Journal; Ad
article appeared in your issue of
September 12tli, signed “Plain
Farmer,” intended to be -a criti
cism of'my guano bill. I do not
object to criticism from any one,
especially from the source of
“Plain Farmer.” I have seen fa
vorable comments on the bill from
many of the leading papers of the
state, but if I am correct in guess
ing who. “Plain. Farmer” is, his op
position and criticism is the most
unanswerable argument I have yet
seen in favor of the bill. r lhis is
help to me so far as a reply
concerned. V
Only one charge he makes against
me I wish to explain, viz: my op
position to electing the Commis
sioner of Agriculture by the. peo
ple. He makes the charge, but
fails to give . the reasons offered
by me at the time. I do not be
lieve I will miss it when I say the
office of Commissioner of Agri
culture is one of the most im-
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portant m the state. Me has the
sole selecting and appointing of six
gaanO and fifteen oil inspectors.
Last season, according to official
tatements on file in his office, gu
ano to the value of over four mil
lion dollars was inspected by these
six inspectors. The state gets
nothing from the inspection of
oils. The fees allowed by law go
to the inspectors. The amounts
collected,by some of-. the inspect
ors of oils exceed the salary of the
treasurer of the state. • Here; you
have six guano and fifteen oil in
spectors, all paid high? salaries;
and what an office to be coveted by
designing and bad men, is the of
fice'of Commissioner af Agricul
ture I fear there are men in this
state who would willingly give the
salary of the commissioner for
electioneering purposes, simply to
get where they could exact from
every one of these inspectors apart
of their salaries, and by collusion
with Unprincipled sellers of . guano,
jeopardize the whole agricultural
interest of the state. But some
one will ask are you unwilling' to
trust the farmers of this state with
the election of Commissioner of
Agriculture? I answer as *• [ t an
swered during she discussion of
this bill in the senate, that I am
not unwilling to. trust 1 a majority
of the white farmers of this state
with anything.. When you say
commit it to the people, you say
commit it to many that are unre
liable and purchasable, I a^k-the
question : Isfi reasonable to sup
pose that a governor, owing his
election largely to the farmers,
would appoint a man of no stand
ing and reputation, and one not in
fnil sympathy with them? The
governor, in making the appoint
ment, does so under restrictions!
In the first place the applicant/ if
he is an applicant, must be a prac
tical farmer, and the governor
heretofore has been guided by the
wishes of the State Agricultural
Society in making the appoint
ment. :?T . v -
To shpw my regard for. the wish
es of the farmers of my~ section,
X will state that yhile this bill was
being considered, Senator Ballard
came to me and said that he
thought I was doing wrong in op-
posing a bill tjjat- - the farmers
wanted. I replied that if I kneW
their wish in the matter I would
certainly respect it The bill was
ithen postponed, to hear from the
.State Alliance, which was fo meet
in a few days in Simeon, Notwith
standing my views in. regard to.
the bill, I promised Senator Bal
lard that if the .State Alliance
would endorse the bill,'. I would
withdrawal!. Opposition and vote
for it. They refused to take any
action on the bill, and I voted in
accordance with my best judg
ment.
The bill haying passed, I shall
cooperate vith them in securing
the best man for the position.
.1 will state again that I do.noth*
object to criticism when it is done.
Don; pure motives and not from
personal ones, . When done
ttjes o'fmyrame-
— who liar-
criticism. So>"distorted are the
minds of some men that they will
never see the difference. Jsltany
wonder that’such men are'; always
distrusted and. looked upon with
suspicion by the' people? The
article of “Plain Farmer” bears
the ear marks and tactics of a well
known political sorehead, who has
been .a standing and perpetual can
didate for i years. His i platform
has always been petiioasa! abuse of
well known and respectable gen
tlemen of his section* and of popu
lar and useful institutions of the
state. He has stood ! square upon
that platform, proclaiming as far
as his voice could/reach, that Ihese
men and institutions were rotten
to the core, and not fit to be trust
ed, and every election the people
have answered him, “and thou, too,
Brutus.”
B. W. Sanford.
Back Sen's Arnica. Salve.
National Democrat.
For some time we have had. in j The difference between tbe
our mind the importance of some j Democratic and Republican par-
plan by which the great of • ties on the question of taxation is
A Deservedly Titled American,
Edward Scovell, the tenor of
the Boston,Ideal Opera, Company,
is one of the few men in the coun
try who h$s the right tqjarefix the
French title of Chevalier - to .his
name. He is a native of Detroit,
Mich., but has spent a great por
tion oh his life abroad; first as a
student of music and afterwards in
the various, opera houses of the
continent. He acquired his title
of Chevalier during the time that
President McMahon was at the
head of the French republic. One
day while riding in the suburbs of
Paris a carriage drawn by two
spirited and very much frightened
Russian ponies dashed by him.
The occupant pf tke i carriage was
a lady, very beautiful and very
richly dessed, and the coachman
had lost control of the horses.. A
moment after the carriage had
passed the coachman was thrown
from his seat, and the ponies
plunged madly ahead. ScoVell
put spurs to his horse and in a few
moments overtook the runaways.
He found himself unable -to. head
them;off, and so sprang 'from his
own horse to the. back of the near-?
est pony. After receiving the
thanks of the , lady, he regained
his own horse and rode away. A
few days subsequently he received
a message from the Minister of
War requesting his immediate: at
tendance, r He waited on the Min
ister/ and there learned for the
first time that the lady he had res
cued was the Minister’s,wife.The
muchly-obliged -Minister gave. a
dinner in the American’s honor,
and at its conclusion made a short
speech,eulogizing his guest, *and
concluding' with the words, “Rise,
Chevalier of France.”
Whomever heard of a
mine? Yet one has been discov
ered at Palmyra, 1 Wis.; It isn’t
precisely a Mine; in fact, being a
large quantity of eliees which was
buried, many years ago beneath a
factory and there in some manner
forgotten. It has just been
covered hud the. Xfihiable .product
is being quarried out by the pres
ent owners of the factory.
The Republican candidate for
Governor of New Jersey probably
does not mind the, inevitable jokes
about his extraordinary: name, for
if lie did he.could easily .make it
less conspicuous. That marvelous
and appetizing surname would
never fail to attract attention, but
Edward B. Grubb would be far
less likely to stir .the punstpr into
madness than E. Burd Grubb.
We beg leave to ' remark ■ that
Edward is unquestionably Grubb
for .the Democratic Burd—Nation
al Democrat
There is a movement on foot to
bring back the remains of Datiy
Crockett; the .hero of fihel Alamo,
to his birthplace m Tennessee.
He was born midway between
Greenville and Jonesborough*
where the landmark of his cabip
home if still to be sees.
Daniel Diawbaugb/of Peurfsfl-
nifu has resolved to carry his
claim or being the discoverer or
the people can become owners of
homes. We Want no socialistic of
communistic plan of/ distribution.
We want no plan by which our
good people will be enabled to em
igrate to some bjand of promise,
nor do we want any plan by which
ifien may win or become owners of
homes for which they have -not
paid a fair value. /.What w a do
want is some means by which ev
ery honest toiler may own a home,
be it a little cabin on a ten-acre
lot, or/a neat cottage on a hundred?
acre farm; we want the man who
works it to own iX-lb There is no
place on earth so sweet as home.
Be it ever so. jimnble, the owner
of a.home is a better . man and. £i
better citizen on account of its
ownership. W t -
When a man has a little piece
of ground and cam put daily labor
on it, every lick he puts there is a
permanent improvement forchis
loved ones. He will at once begin
to look to the good of society and
the country, for he feels that right
here my wife is to spend her fu
ture life; right here my boys and
girls are to be reared, and perhaps
will marry and rear families of
their Own. Then I must do .all in
my power tcTphrify and elevate so
ciety. I must help-to'build church
es and schools and home industries
right here. :
Tt is imppssible/for a man who
is a.renter to have this feeling.
He cannot work to improve the
land, because he knows ; that nine
times opt of ten if a worthless ne
gro wers'jtp come along and offer
one hundred pounds mdre cotton
per annum for the/faxm than he
gave, the negijo would get’the land
and he wouldfhave to move.
We want our .. -brethren to own
farms, and we waist those of our
brethren who have, the m.opey to
see to it that the worthy men have
an opportunity to do so. God
never intends a man to accumulate
wealth for his..own selfish! purpo
ses, buj; he . wants every man to
whom he has entrusted this wealth
to put it where it will do the most
good.
not a difference : between 47 and
40 per cent, which; ip a mere mat
ter of detail, nor > a /question be
tween a prohibitory; tariff on one
side and. free • trade on the
other, which ds a mere academic
discussion, of no interest ; to -prac
tical -men. But it is a difference
that lies at the very root of a l
government, a question upon which
it depends whether oar Govern
ment shall be of the people, for
the people, and by the people, or
a Government of all the people by
a very.few Qf the people for an
extremely? limited. ? class of the
people. The Republican party
says that taxes are blessings, and
the more the people of a nation
are taxed individually, the more
prosperous the nation is as whole.
The Democratic party declares
tiial taxes are burdens,land the less
we have of them thfi better, and
that the idea of enriching the
whole community by taking prop
erty in minute quad tities - from a-
great many/people and giving it in
large quantities to a few people is
simple rubbish- Sixty million dol
lars in one man’s pocket is a very
imposing evidence of his prosperi
ty, but the nation would' be better
off if. each one of 60,000,000people
had a dollar in ;his pqcket, al
though, it is tree that the $60,000,-
000 would not make much show
when divided up. Undoubtedly
it make’s money circulate to take
it out of one pocket and put it in
to the other, but that doesn't make
the = whole, - amount any ' greater.
And so it makes it circulate to take
from one man and give- it to an
other, but the process does not
bless the than itjis taken from.
f The Best Salve in the world
fpr Colds, Bruises, S ires, Ulcers,
Salt Rheum, Fever ‘ Sores, Tetter,
Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns
and all Skin Eruptions, and posi
tively cures Piles or. no pay re-,
quifeck >Tt is guaranteed?, toy give-
perfect "satisfaction or money re
funded. Price 25 cents per box.
For sale by Holtzclaw & Gilbert.
COTTON SEED.,
An Intelligent Toad;
Mr. E. L. Holdridge, of South
Butler, New York, is the owner of
a toad which has developed a re
markable degree of traetability
■and intelligence. In;eating the
toad has been trained to use a
small knife and fork, and it is said
cheese^to handle these implements with,
the grace and skill of an epicure.
At the.conclusion pf the meal the
toad regularly uses a small nap
kin to wipe its mouth. An act
which it performs with becoming
gravity. Mr. Holdridge is at pres
ent teaching the toad to use a
toothpick, but it is still very'awk
ward in the.- use of those , imple
ments, The toad readily 1 Walks
upright,- and apparently ignores
the characteristic hop of its pater
nal ancestors in the act of locomo
tion. It is also affirmed that the
toad is developing a degree ofiseon-
science,.as itihas .been known to
shed tears'of r emorse upon several
occasions when reprimanded by
Mr. Holdridge for .some. impro
priety or lack* of etiquette at the
table. .. . .
It is; said that the common, cow
catcher attachment, to . locomotives
is about the only article ,o£ com
mon use that has never been pat
ented. Its inventor, was D. B.
Davies, of Columb,us, .Ohio, who
found his model in the .plow. Red
lights on, the rear car of trains; it
is further. Said, were
In these days pf rapid railway
traveling it is interesting to read
the following extract from the
Belgian News: “In the archives of
the railway from Nuremberg to
Earth has been found a protest
signed in 1835 by the members of
the Royal College of Bavarian
Doctors, pointing..put the danger,
of the new mode of traveling. The
following are passages from this
remarkable document: . ‘Locomo,
tion by means of any kind of
steam engine should be prohibit
ed in the interest of public health.
Rapid change of place cannot fail
to produce among * travelers the
mental malady called 'delirium
furiosum. - Even if travelers con
sent to ran the risk,.. the state
ouhgt, at/least, to protectittte.g&eb-
tators. Nothing but lo'oking at a
londotive which is passing rapidly
is sufficient to produce the same
mental affection. It is, therefore,
indispensable to erection each side
of the line a paling 10 feet high.’ ”
..While a French gir| was play-;
ihg with a rope about her neck
the other afternoon in a Lnke
Yiiliage (N. H.i) tenement house,
the building was struck by ^light
ning, and the story goes, the. lope
was destroyed by the electric .cur
rent, but the child escaped unin
jured. A month ngo, it Is added,
the same gifl was struck aad-
thrown into a ditch by the locoffio-
tive of an express train; hot Was
unhurt. / -: ’
A charter has been granted for
a railroad in Liberia,. Africa. ; It,
will be thp first in tifat country.*
Its length will be 656 miles.
Tbe transition from long, linger
ing and painful -sickness to robust
health marks an epoch in the life
of the individual. Sack a remark
able . event is treasured in the
memory and the agency whereby
T will pay the highest market
price for Gotton Seed, delivered in
Perry.
J. Wr Claret
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HOUSTON SHERIFF’S SALES, .
Will be soldbsfore, the court li'oriae
door in the town of Perry, Houston couiti
ty, Ga., between the legal hours of sale;
on the 1st Tuesday in November, 1889,
the following property, to-wit:
AH- Of lot of land No. 90.lying north of
Big Indian creek, contauiuig t 27t£ acres/
more or less; all of lot No! 121 lying;
north of Big Indian creek, containing
100 acres, more or less, and the east half
of lot No. 120, containing 101 W acres;
niore or less. All lying in the l?-th dis
trict of said county, and aggregating’
229 acres, more or;less.-;*Levied on ari
the property of John fi. Wimberly to'
satisfy a fi. fa. from Pnlaski Superior
Courtth favor of J. O. Jelks k Bro. vs.
Jolpi.Il. Wimberly and D./F. Mathews.
Legal nofice of levy given/ ? :
Also, it same time and place, 140acres;
of land mere’ or less, off the southern;
portion of lot No. 115, in the 5th district'
of said county, cut off by a line running
east and west across the lot, and being
all of said lot except 60 acres off the
north part owned by D. F. Gunn .and
Mr. Hammock. TMs Jajadkndwii’a'stiie
Wiley LeverettihobiWplace, and on' which
froin Houston Superior Court, April
term, 1889, in favor of P. A. Crowder vs:
Wiley Leverett. Legal notice of levy
given. ~i •: • • a.
Also, at same tune, and plicd; .3‘Acres’
of land in the northeast comer of lofe-No.
77, on which is.situated the J. B. Wiih-
berlv residence and improvements;
10ti§' acres more or less, being
the northeast half of lot No. 92, in the-
12th district of said county. Levied oh
.tit:-
as the property of J ohn B. Wimberly to
a A fa. from Houston Superior
satisfy a fi. fa. from Houston Superior
Court, returnable to October term, 1889/
in favor of Abial Converse vs. John B/
Wimberly . Legal notice of levy: given.'
Alsd/?at sanfe?time' ahdplace, one black’,
mare mule named Lucy, about twelve'
years old. Levied on as the property of
W. F. Engram, one of defendants, to sat-’
isfy a -fi. fa. from? Houston Superior
Court, October term! 1881, iu favor of A.
S. Giles, Ordinary, for rise, etc., vs.'N. T.*
Johnson, principal, and W. F. Engram/
security. Levy made by J. W. Colyer,’
former sheriff, and turned over to me for
- r' : ; ' M. L; COOPEBj Sheriff.
P»rry, Ga; Oct. 3,1889.
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County BaSUfTs Sales.
Wifi be sold bafofe the court house,
door in the town of Perry, Houston
countyj Ga.; between the legal hours of
sale, on the first Tuesday.in November
1889, the following property, to-wit: '
Pi One steam engine, one Massey cotton-
gin, and one cotton press. Levied on as
the property of. Wiley Leverett, and in-
his possession, to riitisfy a fi. fa. from
Houston County Court, returnable to’Oo-’
tober term, 1889, in favor of D. J. Baer
vs. Wilev Leverett.
J.N. TUTTLE; C.B.
Oct. 3rd, 1889. . .. , ■
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