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d the Methodist
The millionaire owner of the
York Mad and Express has
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allowe cl himself to be interviewed.
purchased the paper just be
fj He campaign for the
the late
Miu purpose of using its col
nnins in aid of the Republican
party- During the campaign lie
conceived the idea of winning
the Methodists to the sup
ver l»rty- This denomi
Mrtofbis »id. “ fa ™' of
Bfttion, lw «*
Oen Fisk, the Prohibition candi- ,
(l atc. The first move Shephard
raacle was to print a verso from
the Bible each day at the head of
the editorial columns of his paper.
According to his statement, ae
Jhen made a masterstroke byprin¬
ting pictures of the Methodist
Bishops, which attracted the
t he attention of the whole
denomination to his paper, Ac
cording to Shephard’s view, the
Methodists eagerly swallowed this
“taffy" and became so infatuated
with his paper that they read all
of the political bosh it contained
with avidity. Shephard did not
us6 this language in the interview,
but this is wliat it amounts'to.
He denied emphatically that the
Mail and Express was a- religious
paper. Shephards hypocrisy is fully
exposed by his own statements,
but he has very much misjudged
the large and influential religious
denomination lie claims to liar e
hoodwinked for campaign purpo
ses. Very few, if any of this; pow¬
erful denomination abandoned
their honest convictions and voted
for Mr. Harrison because the
Mail and Express published pic¬
tures of their prominent men, and
placed a text from tlie Holy Boole
at the head of his paper. Shep¬
hard shows himself to be the idiot
and hypocrite that lie is when he
makes such an absurb assertion.
Tlie negroes of the “original
abolitionist” village of Felicity,
Ohio, have a public school of
their own, but they would rather
their children should remain un¬
educated than go to school all to
themselves. They therefore insist
that they shall go tQ the white
public school. The consequence
is that Felicity is not happy, and
the white people are boycotting
the black ones with the idea gf
starving them into abnegation of
their legal rights. The people of
Felicity are not the first to show
themselves extravagantly fond of
the colored brother only so long
as he remains south of the Ohio
river.
The English papers have dis¬
covered in President Cleveland's
message traces that lie is a social¬
ist and an enemy of capital. This
is the English idea of those who
object to the concentration of
property in few hands at the cost
°f the masses. It is not necessa¬
ry to bo scared by a word. If
that is socialism, it is the same
kind of socialism that was imbed
God in our constitution, expound¬
ed by Webster, and is held by
j ev man ery in thoughtful the and independent The
United States.
socialism of believing that this is
[a government for the people is
I Ter y common in this country.
j speculations as to the prospec
A Ve constitution of President
[Harrison's slender cabinet hang on very
lis threads. The Indianapo
Journal printed, the other day
^ Uliana, portrait without of John M. explanation, Butler, of
aDl -l this any
is by some regarded as
indication that Mr. Butler will
e made the head of either a de«
paitnient or a bureau. He is the
i Z Id. P a dner of ex Senator MeDon
^ res klenfc Jackson says that
‘ ei- e are now 1,700 alliances in
breach Tc?gia, and that the membership
100,000 by Christmas.
There is a good deal of talk re¬
tarding f Daniel Lamont’s future
^’’apation. ;^?ed in the At infant prdSent industry he is en- of
Replug the baby quiet.
‘■° m e of Mr. Blaine’s friends
a" as sert positively that General
j J A 1 ! 011 has offered him the
A 8ecrfeta r y of state;
L^ett^nnty Um thirty-six Frameis has not Alliance less
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Are thankful to their many friends for their
favors the present Year that is nearing a close
and now wishes everybody a Merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year. Listen: We now say
we have a good stock of goods cheap and we
vite our Friends and Customers to come and
get their portion of them for Christmas.
Astonishing Candies,
We have a Good Stock of Oranges,
Apples, Cocoa nuts Jellies, and everything
sweet for Christmas. Also a nice LOT chi 1st -
mas Goods, Vases, Toilet Sets, China dolls and Many other articles too
numerous to JO mention. ALMMM CO;
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to towifand the lucky oAutry. one on Christmas evening. Be sure and come, every gmm
Miss Leua Bishop w* the
Hawes, the alleged Birmingham
wife murderer, was once an engin
eer on tlie Savannah, Florida and
railway, and was quite
well known at Savannah and along
the road.
There are elevon more eonvicts
in the Georgia penitentiary than
there were two years ago.
It is said that Northern capital
ists will build a woolen mill at Ce
dartown.
President Cleveland's order ex¬
tending the S ^P e
yules so as to u He tlm railway
mail service is an interesting sign
of the times. It is worth half a
dozen messages on the subjet.
There seems to be an organized
band of burglars at work at Doug
lasville. In the last few days at
tempts have been made to rob six
houses at that p.aeo.
I The republicans of Cobb county
have put out a negro candidate
; for bailiff of the Marietta district.
It is the first candidacy from the
; colored people that the county has
S had for any office.
CONYERS, GA., TUESDAY, Dec. 18, 1888.
Tiie Griffin News entertains the
fear that even the most active men
when they get into the legislature,
fall into the had habit of killing'
time. Tlie hard-hearted News
would quench the fires of legisla
tive eloquence and put a muffler
on the legislative bazzoo.
It is said that fifty gallons per
week is the wisky drinking capac
ity of one town m . Oglethorpe
county.
About 1,300 acres of land were
sold at Eatonton Tuesday, bring
mg about H per acre. This was
considered very cheap.
While a cage containing a can¬
ary bird was hanging at a window
at Marietta, Sunday, a large chick¬
en hawk darted down and struck
tlie window glass twice in an effort
to capture the songster, but the
barrier prevented and he flew a
way disappointed.
w. O. Felker of Tacmir's dis¬
tinct, Walton county, killed, on
Tuesday, Dec. 4, a hog only , 2
years old that weighed 750 pounds
net.
It was stated in Atlanta Ss turday
night that Gov. Gordon, one day
last week, stated to a personal
friend that he would be a candi
date before the next general as
sembly for the United States Sen
ate. It is not stated that there
was any condition attached to this
statement relating to the possible
candidacy of Senator Brown for
re-election. It has been reported
for some time, however, Senator
Brown would not be a candidate
to succeed himself and that he will
step aside at the end of bis. term
and let some one else go in.—Tel¬
egraph.
The Jackson Banking Company
threw their doors open for busi¬
ness with a paid up capitol of $25,
000 .
W. E Wilson of DeKali, m m
left a wife and four children with
support her old mother them. It with is hinted nothin^ that to
Mra. Adams carried off ccw fidera
ble money which belongs*! to her
husband's estate and sktor .Id have
been used to pay his dsfct Hm
No. 48.
A drummer from some Atlanta
house, and evidently a green linno
w :th the grip, got* -oh a yuan,
Circle last week an u cm .-mi for a
ticket to “Jerusalem. lie-depot
agent, with wide-eyed astomsn
ment, wondering if the man meant
to commit suicide right in the clo
pot, mildly suggested that be
-such station . Geo,
knew of no i
gia, but tht re was a CaM
Bethlehem. The drummer was
somewhat c onfused, hut retained
his presene j of mind sufficiently
to ejaculate that he knew it was
some- place with a religious
name.
The Soui h Carolina legislature
Ud pears to be opposed to free Tl,e
for members.
Senate l.»t passed a bill «««««*
quenlty been to made sue in i Goo^a -»
legislatures pass
but they have uniformly faded,
Georgia law-ma ker prefers to
nde • , nav 1 in£r
J Subscribe X ,, °
now xoi e l ' ,r
Banner.
Rev. E. R. CarsY/ell, Jr.
The Elberton church, in confer¬
ence, on 22(1 of Nov., 1888, unani¬
mously allotted the following res¬
olutions, as offered by Deacon D.
P. Oglesby—: Whereas, Rev. E. R.
Carswell, Jr., beleiving that lie
•an do more effective service for
our divine Master by entering into
i more extended field of labor,
and has signified his intentions
to sever the pastoral ge’atioi s
which he now sustains to the
church; and whereas Brother Cars¬
well has been our faithful and zeal¬
ous pastor for two years, during
which period we have been thrown
into the closet association with
him, and have known him better
only to love him more: and where¬
as, we deem it proper to give what
at best will be but a feeble expres
sxon of the sentiments of esteem
a id confidence which we cherish
toward Brother Carswell, and our
appreciation of his labors in our
midst. Therefore be it rosolved
by the Elberton Baptist church:
1. That Brother Carswell’sjgeni
al, loving and lovable disposition,
his purity of character, his earnest
piety, his firm and undaunted loy¬
alty tfrthe truth as revealed in the
Bible, his profound knowledge of
the truth, his powerful eloquence
in the pulpit, his intense, burning
teal in the divine service, all unite
to make him a most acceptable
2. That while we reluctantly
consent to a severance of pastoral
relations, wo cherish the hope
that we will frequently have the
pleasure of seeing Brother Cars¬
well in our pulpit, liis firesides
and that we assure him that we
will ever welcome his visits with
open arms and open hearts.
3. That wo heartily commend
Brother Carswell to those among
whom liis lot may by cast, as a
learned, eloquent and consecrated
preacher of God’s pure word.
4. That these resolutions he
spread on our church records, and
that copies ho furnished “the
Christian Index” and “the Gospel
Expositor” for publication. Rev.
Thos. C. Carter, Mod. prottem.
Geo. L. Almonds, Clerk.
Gold Mino Discovery.
East summe-i, while pulling fod¬
der, a son of George Brogdon, 13
years old found afloat rock on his
father’s farm Tull of gold.
This fall Mr. Brogdoh procured
the services of Mr. J. T. W hitoner,
an experienced miner from Dalr
In a few
thick.»!>«*»«»«
1 yield from thirty to fifty dollars
per j. ton. Mr. Whitener says it
is the riches t prospects he over
of rock and
Herald.
In v dew of the fact that more
than 5 :/00,000 voters cast thoir bal¬
lots for Cleveland and Thurman—
nearly or quite 100,000 more than
voted for Ha rrison and Morton—
vhy should democratsgivo up the
,
battle for tax reduc ion an I
reform/ Anil w -
publicans, A 1 \ T -A/', ^ , ct
tho will of t \e majO ’ ift *
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t]l( , ir legislation wn 1 ^
j n deffr rence to '
.~_ f the war Andrew Joyce
- y yj/ iri(:ttil ., Ga., and with bought numerous to
,tcc„ m o -em,
witlOhc money. Hedisap
peaml, an.l ne*k<* friemm nor
relatives heard >!#>"« " f h,m
ty ms, T I . nd _ j- Then, by acci
dent, his daugh ^ M
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learned that he w as 111 < Or
leans, and sent at oUO e for him,
Ho that in a Cu
says smeeb ^
ban pmoa suocossfn!
four
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prisone
COU nty alliancemen sav
'
chat they ar n , m n«pd ' to g-ivin^
,
cotton notes for guano, and an 1 that
thev will fertile ensuing year re
f 1 n «eto irivc such notes.
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