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d the Methodist The millionaire owner of the York Mad and Express has > T eff 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 LM v pis fes. .< 1 ■ 1 i 2t3 % ■ pp? ; c i ft I Mil ■ 'Jk m ■w m. mm Vol. 11. c- MW m "iy >' e w ... m .? 3 mm ■ m u Wi ■m 1 'Mm m j3(|§J iii...... |yp§! SfaSjsi £$3?* 1 |2 Em ■ 0 w w 1 m IS PEOPLE OF ROCKDALE AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES. H P & D. M. ALMAND £ CO. • 0 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; D-1. 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 * - 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 - 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 = d too_____ 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. B