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ToMlifcei Every Thursday Homing.
Hoaston county having nomina
ted Hon. Thomas Hardeman for
Jno.H. HODGES, Editor and Publisher
Perry, Thursday, June 19.
Our Senatorial Situation.
By direct vote the democrats of
Houston county have declared
whom they would have serve the
23d district in the nest state sen
ate; yet it is not certain that the
eshoice of Houston will be the man.
While it is Houston’s time to
furnish the senator, according to
the accepted rotation plan, the
other counties in the district, Craw
ford and Taylor, do not accord to
Houston the right to name thejman
regardless of the opinions their
people may entertain.
The democrats of £!rwford and
Taylor will vote, as Houston did,
and will declare whether they de
sire Mr. Culpepper or Mr. Sykes
to be senator. The votes of the
three counties will be consolidated
-by the senatorial executive com
mittee, and the candidate who re
ceives the largest number of votes
in. the three counties combined,
. will be declared the nominee of
the district.
Precedent has positively estab-
lised this rule, and the people of
each county in'the district have in
turn sustained it. It is not our pur
pose to now express any opinion
concerning the merits of this rule,
but simply to assert that Houston
cannot consistently avoid its appli-
: cation now, even if her people were
so inclined. /
Four years ago there were two
candidates in Taylor county, and
Taylor’s right to furnish the sen
ator was acknowledged. However,
the other counties claimed the
right to express their preference.
' The senatorial executive commit
tee ordered a ..primary election to
be held in eaeKof the counties com
posing the district. The combined
vote gave the nomination to Mr.
. McCants, and he was elected.
Two years ago Crawford pre
sented two candidates, the three
counties engaged in a primary on
the same day,and the consoldation
of all the votes cast gave the nom
ination to Mr. Sanford.
This year is Houston’s time to
fnruish the senator, and the other
counties in the district have heen
•'utterly ignored, as if they had no
right to a voice in choosing be
tween the candidates presented.
They now demand the right, and
declare they will exercise it, that it
. has been accorded Houston by each
in turn. We do not know when
Crawford and Taylor will act, but
they will choose between the two
candidates for senator who were be
fore the democrats of this county.
No discourtesy to Crawford and
Taylor was intended. The failure
to invite their participation in the
: nomination was due to hasty action
by our county executive commit
tee, which body has heretofore ex
ercised no authority whatever over
senatorial politics. The mass
. meeting that named the county
committee evidently failed to re-
memember that precedent called
for the appointment of members
. of the senatorial committee.
This article is not intended to
benefit of injure either of the can-
. didates for senator, but simply to
place before our readers the true
situation concerning our senatorial
nomination, as we understand it,
In conclusion, we desire to again
. place on record our opinion that
the rotation system is unjust, and
hurtful to the best political inter
ests of the senatorial districts that
endorse and uphold it.
The alliancemen of Illinois will
nominate candidates for state of
fices.
At last there is vim in the gu
bernatorial race, thanks to Col.
Hardeman'and his earnest friends.
—Houston’s choice for govern
or has been elected every time
within the last twenty-five years.
Coi. L. F. Livingston has an
nounced himself as a candidate for
congress from the 5th - district of
Georgia.
A large .number of counties in
Georgia will hold primary elections
to nominate candidates within the
next three weeks.
President Harrison and Sec
retary Blaine are opposed to the
policy of the republican party in
the determination to pass a federal
election law.
—The Houston delegation to the
gubernatorial convention is com
posed of seven Hardeman ineD,
and five Northen men. However,
. the delegation will vote as a unit
for Hardeman in the convention
until he is nominated, or hope of
such a resalt is lost. One of the
■ delegates credited to Northen told
us Tuesday that he;voted for Har
deman and earnestly desires to
see him nominated.
HARDEMAN RESPONDS
its presides
appeal to
can -triumphantly Married in Houston.
ufidence
TO the CALL FROM HOUSTON. r posed in me by ther agriculturists- In .holy bonds of wedlock Mr,
of Georgia as an evidence of ; iny
fidelity to their interests.:. Their
cause has never suffered at my
Governor of Georgia, at the recent hands, and I assure them nqw, with
primary, and having officially no
tified him of the action of that pri
mary, he responds in the following
letter, which, while s omewhat
lengthy, we publish to the exclu
sion of other matter, believing that
it will prove of greater interest to
our readers:
Hac6n, Ga., Jane 13th, 1890.
To the Citizens of Houston Coun
ty: Tour confidence in me as
evinced by your votes in your pri
mary election June 7, at whicn
time you affirmed in no doubtful
manner your desire that I should
enter the 'gubernatorial race and
bear the standard of the democrat
ic party, demands my gratitude and
my services. This voluntary testi
monial of confidence from men
who have known me for years, has
touched the tenderest chords of
my nature, for it was given by per
sons in every calling and of every
profession and industry. I appre
ciate it in all its fullness as an ev
idence of their estimate of a life of
service to the great party they rep
resent, and to the unwavering
friendship and support so long
given to the great industries of
the people. This action on your
part is appreciated more highly
because it comes from merchants,
mechanics, professional men, farair
ers and zealous alliancemen, men
who have Jcnown me for a quarter
of a century and are, therefore, re
liable witnesses when they testify
to my devotion to their rights and
my fidelity to their interests.
I am not asked to accept the po
sition of standard-bearer as the
farmers’ candidate, or that of the
alliance or other profession, but as
the representative of the great
democratic party, which fosters
with zealous care the interests ofjall
classes, all professions, all indus
tries. Tha democratic party is the
party of the people, the defender
of their rights and protector of
their interests. Its cardinal prin
ciples are openly avowed. Rigid
economy in conducting public af
fairs, the raising of no more reve
nue than is required for the .nec
essary expenses o£.,government,
opposition to the fostering of one
branch of industry to the detri
ment of'others, and to the centrali
zation of the powers of the govern
ment. Exact justice to all men and
to all industries; special privileges
to none. Individual liberty un
controlled by sumptuary laws; the
faithful education of the rising
generation; hostility to any and all
monopolies by 7 legislation; to mon
ey trusts and combines, because
they rob toil of its earnings and
labor of its bread.
The democratic party is'in favor
of home rule, the free coinage
silver and a money circulation
equal to the demands of trade and
the necessities of the people. To
secure this last great need, I would
remove all restrictions upon stat
banks and repeal the law prohibit
ing national banks from taking
land as security for loans.
I gave my allegiance to this par
ty when at the close of the war,
amid the expiring throes of revoln
tion, it reaffirmed the great princi
ple of home rule and the right of
the states to regulate their own af
fairs. It was a dark hour in
Georgia's history. The armies of
the Union had burned her cities
and destroyed her property. The
federal government had disfran
chised our people, elevated our
slaves to the rights and privileges
of citizenship, supplanted civil ju
risdiction with, military rule,' re
moved judges from their benches
and-juries from their boxes. Civ
il officers were disrobed of then-
authority and the people subjected
to martial law. States were con
verted into military districts. Com
manding generals gave laws to the
people. Freedmen’s bureaux reg
ulated your labor contracts,, while
armed soldiers entered your legis
lative halls and seated men as offi
cers who were not even members
of the houses over which they pre
sided. Personal liberty was tram
pled under foot, while terror brood
ed over altar and homestead.
This was the condition of affairs
in Georgia when I, an ante-bellum
whig, espoused the eause of the
democratic party 7 , and called upon
the people, from the mountain to
the seaboard, to rise id their majes
ty and': put: the usurpers down.
Success crowned our 'efforts.
Georgia was redeemed—her ^gov
ernment restored to her people, her
white people of the state, who now
and will hereafter, (if no. dissen-
.sions are permitted* in our ranks, )
control the destiny or the state.
Of services rendered to the party
then, all Georgians can testify; and
no one will doubt my fealty now.
to her principles and to her cause.
As to my connection with and
fealty to the agricultural interests
of the state, whicli is the engross
ing topic of the present, I can only
refer you to my record in the past.
For twenty years a member of
yoor agricultural society-, selected
seven times with great unanimity
all the earnestness.of my nature,
that the aiffSe-^eal in'-"tlfeii- : inter
ests, the same support qf their
rights and demands that charae-
terizo my-record in.the. past will
mark and crown my. .pr.esent and
future efforts. I an no stranger to
your present condition, for as I
said to your last convention, ‘'all
of us feel and Enow that the agri
culturists of the south have been
and are yet in the throes of a dan
gerous crisis. The combinations
of capital-^long oppressive and ex
tortionate—became so tyrannical
and exacting in their demands,
that you have formed an alliance
for the protection and maintenance
of your rights. It is a holy era
sade against an army of extortion
ers who uublushingly demand the
fruits or your toil. There
trusts on the right of you, unfriend
ly combinations in front of you,
hostile capital allianees t on the left
of yon, each and all actuated by ft
common purpose to rob toil of its
earnings and labor of its reward,
though in so doing they throttle to
death the great industries of the
country. In your great struggle
against them take no step back
ward; retreat is disaster,- defeat is
ruin. Demand for yourselves
nothing but w’hat is right, submit
to nothing that is wrong.”
So act- as to command the sym
pathies of the whole people. Bely
not too much upon promises made
yon by men who, in their zeal,
may promise more than can be ac
complished. Remember the State
Grange(and no better organization
was ever instituted for the plant
ers’ welfare). It-drifted from, its
moorings, entered-into politics un
der the guise of direct trade, wher-
in ..great results were assured,
much saving in cost and much in
crease in piofits to every farmer in
Georgia. Some, high in agricul
tural positions now, ■ made these
promises then, (as they are mak
ing others now). They were never
fulfilled; distrust of the memb
in' their organization followed, and
the grange died, and upon its tomb
could be written: “Killed; too
much politics; too much promised;
too little fulfilled.
Profit by the lesson your own
history teaches you. I warned
farmers then'against too much re
liance in promises made by over-
zealous friends to secure votes for
political favorites. I fear the same-
road is being travelled again.
I ask not your support upon
promises for the future, for I could
not be so false to myself, as at-any
time, under any. trial, to be indif
ferent to your interests or disre
garclful of of your rights and ne
cessities. Identified with you, as
much as interest and sympathy can
unite us, kuowing your
cessities, I will lock shields with
your most knightly alliancemen
and together we will strike for your
rights and independence.
I ask not your support because
of my association with your order.
I seek no man’s vote upon the plea
of being an allianceman, for I have
been taught to believe that the al
liance organization was not a -po
litical one, to be controlled and
transferred at the will of those
power* My only claim appeal to
the farmers of Georgia must be
based upon years of devotion to :
and service in, their interests, and
a determination, as fixed as that of
my nature, to be ever found in the
rank of the defenders of then-
rights and the promoters of their
independence.
The people’s 'money should be
spent for the education of the
masses. A school system should
be given the country that will not
drive the farmer to the town and
city for educational advantages."
Give ample powers to your rail
road commission to carry out the
great puzposes for which that com
mission was established.
Keep the great principles of the
democratic party ever in view and
demand of yonr state and federal-
officials that they shall be carried
out.-
Federahbayonets will again be
seen at your polls.
Force bills and government con
trol of the ballot box are in store
for our people.
. The old party, whose bann er
you have placed in my hands,must
again take, its place before the
temple of our liberties and present
an unbroken front to these ene
mies of our social organization;
and.thereby maintain “the -politi-
cal as/we-ll as the speial integrity
of the white race,” and'all will be
well with us, peace in our.labd and
prosperity in our borders-
I have written you -thus plainly
my yiews because I cannot canvass
the'statej.apd.ain: willing -for .the
people I have served to judge me
by my acts and my words. ‘ '
' ! ■ Respectfully,
Thomas Hardeman.
P. S.—The many Mends through-
odf the state who have written me
on this subject will please take
this letter as an answer to then-
own, . T, H.
hu P(T,ogan' and Miss Kate
aimer were joined - Tuesday af
ternoon, near Oak Lawn, at the
residence of the bride’s father, Dr.
Joseph’ Palmer.
The ceremony was performed
by Rev. J. 0. Brewton, in his usual
happy style.
The groom is one of the most
prosperous and popular youD
farmers in Houston, and the bride
one of the most charming of our.
young ladies.
Our hearty congratulations are
most cordially extended, and with
their many friends, the Home
Journal wishes for the happy
couple all the happiness and pros
perity they desire, and the very
smallest amount possible-of disap
pointment and sorrow. They de
serve much good.
-A northern syndicate will es
tablish'. near Fort Talley next fall
the largest fruit plantation in the
south. While in Ohio last week
Capt. J. B. James made the trade
whereby 1100 acres land becomes
the property of The Albeaugh
Georgia Fruit ' Company. The
capital stock of the company will
be $100,000,-Capt. James has been
chosen manager, and most of the
land will be put in fruit trees next
fall. Good for Houston; especial-
good for Fort Yalley; exceedingly
good for the Ohio investors.
Col. Tom Hardeman will deliv
er a speech at Lawrenceville,
Gwinnett county, to-morrow, and
then several others in North Geor
gia towns. He will not make
complete canvass of the state, how
ever. The people are for Harde
man, judging from the expres
sions published, and if primaries
prevail, the nomination will go to
him easily. Houston’s four votes
are solid for Hardeman. They
will be so cast in the convention,
and as goes Houston, so goes the
state.
Extensive preparations are be
ing made at Eort Yalley for the
convention of the Georgia Weekly
Press Association, which will as
semble there on the 8th of July.
J. T. Olive, author of the famous
railroad bill, is a candidate for
congress, in the eighth district.
—Commencement exercises con
stitute a prominent feauture in the
afiaiis of Georgia this week.
—At Fort Yalley last Thursday
night Miss Mattie Fouriicy was
married to Mr. O. R. Flournoy, of
Texas, and the Enterprise says
three other marriages will take
place there within the next three
weeks.
CASTINGS
MACHINERY AND
OF
E. CR 0 CKETTand make yourself rich and the hops happy.
OB. OO LETT, Macon, (3a.
m
w.
J. ROSS & C0„
Wholesale Manufacturing and Retail Dealers in
Carriages, Buggies, Wagons,
ROAD CARTS,
HARNESS, WHIPS, ROBES, BABY CARRIAGES, ETC.
41 Jand 416 SECOND STEET, MACON, GA.
■Mil* IRON WORKS'
Macon, Q-eorgla,.
C D-FINDLAY, Proprietor.
Also, successor to A. B. I 1 arqnhsir & Co., and B. W. Witt & Uo., of tlio late Central
City Iron Works.
——Manufacturer and Dealer in
Steam Engines, Boilers, Saw Mills, Shaftings, Pulleys, sugar Mills, Syrup Kettles
Horse Powers, Mill Geariug, Castings and Machinery of every description
Steam, Gas and Water Pipe, and Fittings, Brass 'goods for water or steam, Steam
Ganges, Hancock Inspirators, Belting, Babbit Metal, etc.
EXTRAORDINARY
ineciai Bams this Weal,
300 pairs Men’s all wool
Pants at $3. Heretofore
—§6. We expect to make
a clean sweep of Spring
Goods, so offer above in
ducement.
—As an evidence of what indus
try and determination will do, we
note with pleasure the work ac
complished by Jim Rumpb, a one-
armed colored farmer, who
making a crop on Col. J. W.
Wooifoik’s plantation, five miles
north of Perry. He runs a one-
horse-farm, and his wife does the
plowing while he does the hoeing.
We are told that he “chopped oat”
his entire crop unaided. We have
seen him at work, au:l can testify
that he does his hoeing well and
carefully, as is also shown by the
condition of his crop, which is one
of the best we have seen this sea
son. Such energy deserves recom
pense, and*we trust he will be
blessed with a bountiful harvest.
BARGAIN NO. 2.
200 Boys’ Suits, 4 to 14
years, all wool, fit gnaran-
ted. , Your choice at $1.50
to $2. Never offered in the
country before less than
S3. We have received new
shipments of novelties in •
Gents’ Furnishing Goods,
Neckwear and Hats. We
invite a call to see above
bargains. Sweeping re
ductions in all depart
ments.
WACHTTO,
—In county court Wednseday
last a negro, Lon. Williams, was
tried for killing Jack Taylor, his
step-father. The charge was mur
der, the killing was with a shot
gun, and the evidence indicated a
a deliberate purpose to kill, con
trary to the information we re
ceived last week. The prisoner
was committed to jail.
CHERRY ST., MACON, GA.
PRACTICAL HINTS
To Those Contemplating ihe
Purchase
OF A PIANO.
You can buy a Piano from S15C upward. Lot
us know how much you care to invest, and we will
give the full value of your money.
The best instruments are suporior in all res
pects, and if desired must he paid for. There
o alternative.
What are you willing to pay?
We would suggest the following to aid you:
WEBER PIANOS.
The favorite Piano of the world’s great sings;
Patti and Nilsson. Positive evenness of scale, sus
ccptihihty of action, freedom from metallic tone
aud extraordinary durability, characterizes thia
HOME PRODUCTION
world famous piano.
EVERETT PIANOS.
“An honest piano at an honest priue,” or in oth
er words, a strictly first-class piano within the
reach of-those of moderate means.
The Everett Piano took the highest award at the
recent Georgia State Fair for superior tone, per
fect action, and elegiuce in design and finish.
The victory was complete, though the Everett
came in competition with most of the best known
Piauosof the world.
HARVARB PIANOS.
The summit of superiority in a low price ptauo.
The great parlor favorite on account of its not
being high-priced and shoddy, but low-priced and
reliable. Full Cabinet aud Grand.Size.
ALL HONOR AND GLORY TO GEORGIA!
The first of the southern states to invent and
ufacturc a Piano! And greater the honor and dis
tinction when is can be shown that the
GEORGIA MADE PIANO
has improvements which no other piano has or
can use.
A PEKFSC
So constructed that it
? SOFT PEDAL..
ao cousu ucuju mu* n be applied and held im
position for auy length of time without continued
pressure of the foot. With this wonderful Soft
Pedal arrangement the tone of the Piano is so
jTeatly reduced that a person practicing can
scarcely be heard outside of the room. Woith its
weight iu gold to persons of nervous temperament.
DUPLEX TOUCH.
A simple Improvement which enables the per
former to change the action from light to heavy;
the object of which is to strengthen weak fiugeis
and wrists. . Some persons can never become good
performers on account of weak fingers and wrists.
The Cooper Plano |the Georgia Piano] has solved
tnc problem in its duplex touch. No other piano
possesses these great improvements. In tone the
Cooper is grand, every note being clear as a bell.
We handle in our business pianos of nine differ
ent makes, and organs of five different makes.
Write for catalogues of difierent manufacturers.
Call on or address.
GEORGIA MUSIC HOUSE,
558 Mulberry Street, Macon, Ga.
N. B.—Our Pianos took all premiums at the State
Fair of 1889. Pianos represented by other firms
^— 1 A -jle premium. Merit will tell!
took not a t
MONEY TO LOAN.
Iu sums of 8300.00 and upwards, to be
secured by first liens ou improved farms.
Longtime, low rates and easy payments.
Apply to C. C. DUNCAN,
Nov. 20th, 1889.—tf Perry' Ga.
MONEY LOANS
On Houston farms procured at the low
est possible rates of interest. As low, if
not lower than the lowest. Apply to
W. D. Nottingham,
tf Macon. Ga.
mmwm® mrrm §©iiw§,
For Steam, Wa ter, XXan.l or Horse POwer.
PACKS UP OR DOWN.
FINDLAY’S CELEBRATED
I. X L. GOTTGir GINS,
FULLY WARRANTED.
REPAIRS A SPECIALTY,
Steam Engines of all makes, Boilers, Separators, and all kinds of Machinery
repaired.
OLD WifiRA/TORS MADE NEW.
BRICK MAKERS MACHINERY.
The different parts of the “SWORD” machine made and kept in stock at manu
facturer’s j.rices.
TIME AND FREIGHT SAVED BY ORDERING FROM ME.
Barrowand Truck Wheels especially designed for. Brick ‘ Makers, constantly on
hand. AH tfiopatterns otthe late “Central City Iron Works,” including the
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FINDLAY’S IRON WORKS, Macon, Ga.
K3A,Send foi Price Lists and Circulars.
W. M.
ZD !E3 NTIS T ,
Perry, Georgia.
Office oh Main Street, King house.
Z. SIMS,
DEN TIST,
PEBBY, GEOEGIA.
Office on Main street, lately occu
pied by Dr. W. M. Havis.
First-class-work. Prices moderate. Pat
ronage solicited. apl 28 ly
B. '&
Attorney at Law,
Pebry, - - - Ga.
Will practice in all the Courts of
this cirrcnit.
A €* BI&MltJk
Attorney at Law,
Judge of Houston County Court,
Pebet, Georgia.
Will practice in all the Courts of this
Circuit except the County Court.
WHAT
SCOTT’S
EMULSION
CURES
CONSUMPTION
SCROFULA
BRONCHITIS
COUCHS
COLDS
Wasting Diseases
Wonderful Flesh Producer.
Many have gained one pound
per day by its use.
Scott’s Emulsion & not a secret
remedy. It contains the stimulat
ing properties of the Hypophos-
plntes and pare Norwegian Cod
Liver Oil, the potency of both
being largely increased. It is used
by Physicians aU over the world.
PALATABLE A8 MILK.
Sold by all Iiruqgists. \
•COTTA ■OWNI.OtiwnUta.N.Y.
IIACOIT
STOZSigj J
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN.
, CROSKEBY EARTHENWARE
GEORGIA’S PRIDE the OLD RELIABLE
Glassware, Silveware, Woodsman,
Table and Pocket Cutlery, Lamps,
CHANDELIERS, OIL STOVES.ITINWARE.Etc. |
ARTISTIC POTTERY, HOUSEKEEPERS’ NOVELTIES.
Sole agents for City of Macon for the Celebrated Buck’s Brilliant
Cooking Stoves and Ranges. .
363 Second Street, 164 & 166 Cotton Avenue,
iMMt » a a fltWgtfc
Schofield’s Iron Works,
Manufacturers and Dealers in
STEAM ENGINES, BOILERS,
SAW MILLS, COTTON PRESSES,
IRON AND BRASS CASTINGS OF ANY PATTERN
A Specialty of Shafting, Pulleys and Mill Gearing, Iron Pipe Fittings,
Brass Valves, Lubricators, Packing Jet Pumps, and a fall line
of Machinists’ Supplies. Manufacturer’s agent for
THE CELEBRATED HANCOCK INSPIRATOR.
8@“Onr facilities for Boiler Building are nnexaelled.
J. S SCHOFIELD & SON,
MACON, GEORGIA.
1TEWM A1T 7 S
”^v r ‘Ib.olesa,le and IE3eta.Il
Millinery and Fancy Goods Emporium
555 CHERRY STREET, MACON, GEORGIA.
Headquarters for the Ladies!
r S THE LAKGEST Millinery and Fancy Goods Establishment in Macon.
Ladies visiting the city shonld not fail to call and examine onr beautiful ini!
extensive stock. It will pay every customer to do it, as we guarantee a saving cl
25 psr cent, on every article jold by ns*
We Sell Goods by Retail at Wholesale Prices.
As we buy direct from the manufaemrers and importers. Don’t forget the p!tu
's Headquarters for the Ladies!
mm m ©an
O. L. RENFROE.
J. TOK WHITE
RENFROE & WHITE,
310 Second Street, - - -
RETAIL DEALERS IN
Macon, Ga
BOOTS AND SHOES.
New Goods! Good Goods! Low Prices!
B@fc.Give us a trial, and you wiU be sure to come again. Polite and
prompt attention, and orders by mail attended to with the greateil
despatch possible.
M. C. BALK COM.
BEN. T. BAY.
BALKCOM & RAY,
DEALERS IN
Groceries, Plantation Supplies, and General Merchandise,
453 MULBERRY STREET, MACON, GEORGIA.
Handling Country Produce a Specialty.
IJgSfcFor customers outside'the city we will furnish anything ordered
at lowest market price.
HOB’T II. SMITH, Late of Smith k Mallory. CIIAS. II. HALL, Jr.
S3VCITHI &
MACON, - - - GEORGIA
DEALERS IN
MACHIITBBT,
STEAM ENGINES, Boilers,
Saw Mills, Grist Mills,
* ^ ’ '2
Gins, Presses,
Mowers, Hay Rakes;
achinery Supplies.
Office at Oolenmn Ray’hWarehouse.