The Rockdale banner. (Conyers, Ga.) 1888-1900, June 17, 1890, Image 2
ROCKDALE BANNER. SUBSCRIPTION BATES: Per Year, in advance.............•....... $1.00 Six Months............................ 50 r Entered at the Conyers Postoffice as Second Class Mall Matter. Advertising Job neatly Rates and made known on demand. Work promptly executed. All obituaries, resolutions of respect, etc., charged for line. at the rate of two and one-half cents per T. D. O’KELLEY, Editor and Proprietor, m & FOR GOVERNOH: NON. W. J. N 0 RTHEN OF HAN000K FOR COM. OF AGRICULTURE: COL. R. T NESBITT OF 00BB. We hope that the people of our county will be a little patient with our contemporary as he makes rash statementsand hurls the “lie” around when any one sees fit to find fault with his guardian angel Judge Henderson. They must re¬ member that should Judge Hen¬ derson not be elected, then “Othel¬ lo’s occupation is gone.” So he is interested to the amount of $15, 00,00 a year; that is if he does not feel under obligations to pour a part of that back in the jug. Wonders will never cease, it seems. The man in our county who weeps most over the poverty that pervades our farmers, who says that he will do anything even sacrifice principle itself for their interest, draws out of these same farmers $1500,00 a year for five or six months’ work. The myth that the crocodile weeps over its prey has lost its prestige in these days of the modern politician. What farmers most need in this country is the ability and inclination to do their own thinking. Brother Marcus DeWitt, Irwin calls the Banner a disgrace to journalism” because it allows the “boys” in the office to run a “guess who” column. We wonder if he would not also scoff at the W. C. T. U. column, had he only the courage to do so. Our neighbor should romember that non solum de gustibus non disputandum sit, verumetiam inter et stultum lata distancia sit, and al¬ low other people the same privil¬ ege he takes himself. If he choos¬ es to advertise the Old sleuth Li¬ brary and take his pay out of the slum, that is his business. If he publishes two and three cplumns of Mr. and Mrs. Bowser for a pe¬ riod of six months and we run a “guess who” column, that is just a difference of proceedure, you see. The points to be considered are (1) the good that may be accom¬ plished, and (2) the interest taken by one’s readers. T. J. LYON’S LETTER. CartersVille, Ga., June 9, ’90. Messrs. E. W. Jeter, M. W. Da¬ vis, Dr. Glenn, A. M. Helms and othere, Conyers, Ga., Gentlemen: Your favor of the 9th inst. to hand and carefully noticed. You ask me if A. F. Woolley, one of the Inspectors of the Department of Agriculture, ever told me that his salary was increased from $1,200 to $1,500, and that he gave the Commissioner, J. T. Hender¬ son, $125. As you request of me what I know as to the facts, I will state that Woolley told me that his ealary was increased $300 and that he gave J. T. Henderson $125. This he confessed to me since he wrote the article that he was not required to pay back any of his salary to the Commissioner of Agriculture. These are the facts and will not be denied by Woolley. Yours truly, T. J. Lyon, Pres. Bartow Co. Alliance. This morning we received a card from Camp Richmond at Augusta stating that the Volunteers were all O. K. we hope the boys will enjoy tkei r recreation We hear that our boys are having better fair than any other company in the camp. The thoughtfulness of our merchants in sending the “boys” provisions is highly com mendable. Three “cheers and a tiger” for the Volunteers. AUiancemen Speak. The following are the names of a few of Rockdale County Alli ancemen who were present at the meeting in Conyers the 7th jpst. and have said that the account Ban¬ ^cf proceedings as given by the ner in its issue of the 10th of June is correct. J. M. B. Goode, Secretary County Alliance; E. J. Argo; Dr. J. J. W. Glenn; M. W. Davis; Grier Quigg; H. L. White; w. R. Stewart; J. W. Almand; W. F. McDaniell; Joe M. McDonald; It. J. Guinn; A. M. McElvany; J. P. McDaniell; John W, McClung, and others. Also all of those gentlemen, except two or three, who signed the Solid South article entitled “Falsehood Refut¬ ed,” have said that our account of the proceedings were substantial¬ ly correct. And furthermore, we have yet to find a man who says that the proceeding as given by the Ban ner were incorrect. The article is as follows:— Mr. R. T. Nesbitt is the man who will we think next occupy the tnrejifthe^andoidstate offiteor gia. This lsjust as it should be. Judge J. T. Henderson is not the proper man to succeed himself; and foY the people of Georgia to in mTnd twoumleffied and° unde niable facts. Suppose the char ges about his inspectors, increased paying him a part of their wa frferSA'wWcrhrslnti'U manipulate to suit himself, about asking men to sign receipts paid for for more than they had been choice seeds, etc. etc., are all false, these two facts, remain, viz: (1) He has held the office eleven years (2) he tried to browbeat Rockdale County Alliance into an endorse ment of himself in their meeting a^ Conyers last Saturday the 7th “ According to the usages of the Democratic party eleven years are a long time to hold a small state office, the governor not being allowed to hold his but four years. Last Saturday, according to a call of the president, the County Alliance of Rockdale met to at tend to some important business; and it was understood that this oU fices. Judge Henderson, we have evei-y reason to believe, so under stood it. He came down from Atlanta on the 9:17 train, and kept When close to the courthouse. din the Alliance met after ner, before (there dinner) being he public went speaking in with and took his seat beside the president the faces where of all ho the coulcl house. see into in him When it candidate was proposed for commission- to endorse as er, he still remained untj} asked *,? retire, which lie remetantly him by the president. When outside he remained near the door till the members came out. The motion to endorse him was not renewed; but had it been, it is the common belief that he would not have recieved more than one tenth of the votes in the house, Now add to thi^ the fact that he is not properly eligible Alliance, to being mem bership in the neither a farmer, a farm laborer, teacher^Ucounty minister of the gospel; “physiciaru and fur- 'nor a ther that, instead of joining the sub-alliance nearest to him ac cording to the rules of .the order, !duiarorSkar u ctx and we have a series of facts un deniable that should shut him out from-j-e-election. ♦ • Mra. Nannie Hill from Fayetteville visited her cousin lastSunday, Mrs. Jesse W. Jones. Mr. D. M. Almand and wife will leave next Friday to go to Dahlonega where next week they will attend the commencement exercises of the North Ga, Ag. College and see their son Eddie H. take bis graduating degree. H. W. Hammock has been men¬ tioned to us as a suitable man to represent Rockdale county in the next legislature. We have no in¬ timation that Mr. Hammock is the least inclined to run and we believe he is not; but we are just as confi¬ dent that should he get his con¬ sent to make the race and be elec¬ ted, he would make a most faith¬ ful and able public servant. CAN’T SLEEP NIGHTS Is the complaint of thousands suf¬ fering from Asthma, Consumption, Coughs, Dr. Acker etc. Did you ever try is the s English Remedy? It best preparation known for all Lung Troubles. Sold on a positive Dr. guarantee at 25c. and 50c. M. R. Stewart, Druggist Falsehood Refuted. THE LITTLE SCHEME OF THE BANNER GIVEN THE BLACK EYE. Vindicated! A campaign rose nipped in the bud! A telling refutation of an un¬ warranted assault. Comment is unnecessary. We could have added a hundred to the list below, but for the incon¬ venience of seeing them. TO THE PUBLIC. We the undersigned alliance men were present at the meeting last Saturday and saw what oc¬ curred. We, in simple justice to Commissioner J. T. Henderson, desire to say that the editorial in the Banner of the 10th saying that he tried to “brow beat Rockdale county alliance into an endorse¬ ment of himself” is untrue. He did not ask the meeting to en¬ dorse him. G. j. Hollingsworth, G. W. Warren, D. F. Clotfelter, D. T. Vaughn, j-j- g j Q owan Hollingsworth, R. Christian, G. B. Almand, z. T. Almand. _ So lid South of June 14. “Behold! the mountain hath la bored and brought forth a mouse, From the heading of the above wonderful document, an unsus peering person might think that s<> me onG liad risen to make a re mark; but, the anticlimax ends in nothing but wind. The good men wko were induced to sign the , ‘ , T 1)ou , ht , ,, ‘W • S were that Judge Henderson ought not to be accused of trying to brow beat Rockdale county alliance into an endorsement of himself,” be cause “he did not ask the meeting to endorse him,” and this they did without having read our article f or themselves. Only two of the ° tlemen take om . paper \ 1 . He also . says . he could .. . have added a hundred to the list, but for the inconvenience of seeing them.” Shades of hades! We let .p^kdclc know better cornty answer Clicnce.ccn for them- wlK; selves. We will not call hard names but we ask ^ j s honest, or fair play, to , induce . , to . artlcle ,. , men sl S n an vliich contradicts the whole of an article when they think they are disagreeing with only one state men t in mat article? ^ ® state , upon the .. authority of . the signers themselves, that the document published has quite a different meaning from the one they thought they wore signing ^ kas often been in the past that a man has signed a heartless mortgage to his home, when he bought he was signing a simple promissory . note . How „ „ long i i lie fore men will do lheir own think ing! ~~—— - 1 ----, R° w a Beautiful Hymn Was Written One day Mr. Wesley was sitting by an open window, looking over bright and baautiiu. fields, Presently a little bird, flitting about in the sunshine, attacted bis attention. Just then a hawk came sjveeping down towards the *»*"«***, much frightened, was darting here and there, trying to find some place of refuge. In the bright sunny air, in the leafy trees, or the green fields, there was no¬ hiding place from the fierce grasp of the hawk. But seeing an open window and a man sitting by it the bird flew, in its extremity, to wards it, and, with a beating heart and quivering wing, found refuge in Mr. Wesley's bosom. He sheltered it from the threatning danger, and saved it from a cruel death. Mr. Wesley was at that time suffering from severe trials, and was feeling the need of refuge in his own time of trouble, as much as did the trembling little bird that nestled so safely in his bosom. So he took up his pen and wrote the sweet “Jesus lover of my soul, Let me to thy bosom fly. While the waves of trouble roll. While the tempest still is high.” Mr. J E Maddox has been urged by his to make the race for representative of Rock¬ dale county Should he run, ho wil*. make thing* lively for the boys: A hailstorm and waterspout in Baldwin county yesterday morning. A MEMBER OF THE ROCKDALE LLIANCE SPEAKS EIGHT OUT. Does any one know what is the matter with the editor of the Sol¬ id South? Has a bee stung him? or is Judge Henderson paying him to run his paper for his'special ben¬ efit? Or is he quarreling just to be in opposition to the Banner? It would seem the latter from the way he is continually scraping up any thing which he thinks sharp, or cutting, to say about the Ban¬ ner or its editor.' Mr. Editor, if you are as ‘green” as that knowing man (the editor of the Solid South) says you are, I reckon you are glad you have stock law in Conyers else you might get eaten up. Dont be dis¬ couraged, however, if your “guess who column” is the only proof of your ignorance; for your friend, the aforesaid editor, is green enough to condemn your columu (after having been informed every week since it started that it w?£s run by the boys in your office), and in the same paragraph start one of his own on his oivn hook, and leave the people to “guess who” you were. He also shows that he is either green himself or thinks his read¬ ers are, when he pretends, by a card of “refutation,” to prove the untruth of the statement in your last issue, but instead of doing so simply swears to something, which he can not he supposed to know anything about, i. e., “that Judge Henderson tried to brow¬ beat the alliance into endorsing him.” Now, no one under heaven except Judge Henderson himself can know whether that was his intention or not; we do know how¬ ever that he did not do it. But we must not be too hard upon the editor of the Solid South; probably if we had had a good paying position under Judge Henderson, and did not expect to be fortunate enough to secure it under another commissioner, we would be in favor of his election too. “If self the wavering balance shake It’s rarely right adjusted!—Burns, We over here would like to know when and by what lodge or lodges the Solid South was cho¬ sen as official organ of the Alliance (We ask for information having never heard of such a thing till it was announced in that paper a few days ago) If that has been done we would humbly beg leave to say that we think the valuable space of that mammoth weekly could be filled with something more important to the alliance than a rather (to say the least), personal quarrel with the Banner. A Member of the Alliance. The grave of a libcle son of the late Jefl’ersou Davis in Richmond is decked with flowers every day by and old gentleman of that city. 55 Bismarck is well versed in Eng¬ lish literature and has been known to quote twenty or thirty lines of “Lalla Roohk” on the spur of the moment. OUR VERY BEST PEOPLE • Confirm our statement when we say that Dr. Acker’s English Rem¬ edy is in all every way superior for to any and other preparations the Throat and Lungs. In Whooping and Cough relieves and Croup, it is magic at once. We offer you a sample bottle free. Remember positive this Remedy is sold on a guarantee. Dr. M. R. Stewart, Druggist. 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HEADQUARTERS PASSENGER DEPARTMENT GEORGIA RAILROAD, Gainesville, Jefferson and Southern, an Union Point and White Plains Hail oad. GENERAL ORDER, No. 1. To Augusta, Ga., June 7th, 1390. order alll Agents:—The Georgia State Troops having been to assemble at. Camp Hienmond Near Augusta, Ga., for one week Eucampraont, commencing on June latli, 1800; therefor) commencing June 14th, you arc hereby ordered to sell commands of 35 or more men, in uni form, Round Trip Tickets to Augusta, at one cent per mile distance traveled, issuing onj party ticket far the entire command. Extreme limit of ticket, June 35th inclusive. Sale 9 . tickets to commence on trains Nos. 3, 23 and 4, and connecting trains from branch lines J^oj T4th, and continue until departure of .No. 4, June 21st, inclusive. 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