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About The Solid South. (Conyers, Ga.) 1883-1892 | View Entire Issue (May 29, 1886)
id So-u-tlx Saturday by the i£gVS f proprietors. S 0 BSCRlW ION - $1 25. year • Ok months CO si men copy free. OIL J. L MYNATT. o^fPrins-His Platform on the , A Patriotic Letter. Ga., May 7, 1886-Col. Mpatt —Dear Sir: I lie sub L. feilow-citizens and i Sirs r . vour the time has ’ I feel that n8 to show some appre * nf vour valuable efforts 10n J.y in battling against Slower years the rights p the T for that ,le0l& tGeoi-ia. iithtbc We feel we, n people of the Common EiSdischarge, a debt which it for your End successful in struggle last consti- with b L(il corporations convention, our in the legisla in the courts (state and teder , Li railroad commis before the of Georgia. Questions ot inter , comprehending all > commerce, matters above alluded to, aie and will continue to be suo g 0 f concessional legislation. !e need, and Georgia needs, your in the congress of the United tes, and we hope you will not be se to your friends using your ne as a candidate for congress this district. earnestly favora lesiring most a reply at an early day’, we are ■v |> friends, etc., Moore, Harral Inman, W A I Pros. & Co., Wily & Green, In N. Dunn & Co., Tolbert, Jas Smith, Hoyt Bo., Izier Frank E Block, «fc Morgan, IIII Mooinaugh, f Drummond, Mickelbery & Lew |A MeDWilson & Co., Lamar, Ikin Lell & Lamar, J C Iluff, W A & Co., J J Barnes, J M Idler, E M Chapman, Moore Akers & Co., & Is., W Boyd, Draper, Fuller Son, IG T Dodd, H A & Con Haas, Kenney & McDonald, Eliovise Cry, & Son, AC Wyly, J A McCord, Wallace & Co., I ji Merchant & Co., W A Griffin, tiiton, Lewis, Morrison & Co., H A J C Carter, Carlton & fitii, J B Roberts & Co., B B Tur hv,f Sims. W G McGaughey, [air, Bros. & Co. COL. MYNATT JiOR CONGRESS. Rti.anta, Ga., May 21, 1886. — Issrs. IV. P. Inman, W. A. Moore, p G. T. Dodd, Harralson Bros. <fc L and others—Gentlemen: I am fcily sensible of the compliment It pay me in the request you make it I shall become a candidate for Loess from the 5th district, [at [ yon the services should attribute I have attempted any val to [render [kindly alluded the state by in the matters is to you, very Itifying to me. Questions of the pper regulation of the business of frying [leased by in importance. law have continually It is the pit [stand of the wise people to about manifest a henditures, concern public state and national; bake party alliances on the ques¬ ts of tariff, currency, etc., and metimes to go wild with excite snt on these subjects; but all Pse together are not so important the people as the present questions transporation. The number of em iiyees and amount of capital now gaged m this business on this eon lent seem almost fabulous. The imtry is but a few years removed *i the bloodiest stri fe of modern ■ms, to find itself confronted with e gravest issues between railroad mopolies and labor. Evidently p wisest statesmanship will benec !a,, y f° the adjustment of these wing evils. The commerce of p country is involved. The regu .i°n of this as between the states - v the constitution entrusted to cgiess. The feeble and favored rporations of a few years ago have wn into speculating monopolies [ the most insatiable greed, igislation has been necessary in ery 6 tale to prevent their extor £*■ “ 011 ln T this , the line. year 1877, Right Georgia be well has L peple. Insisted Hundreds to the great of thousands relief of aollars have been saved to the JiewitliGut C'7 e *tem detriment ot to the rail Mone is . immense, passenger tar L but far short a ' lnS to the sh 'PPer S and fee! j - m “mgratulawd , f ; dghlS upon ' Estate its whole- is CJX 8 n th f ir falthful mlmin lou state is ’ m - v fellow citi crS,.M •oinW ltlS [ llade lbe v ' c tims of 0n bythe railroa ^ to lation '■ [rgamstyon Thiscom in every p m I m n 1 m m m $■ Yol. 4. direction Atlanta is the highest. No amount of remonstrance avails any¬ thing. It seems to proceed from a cool deliberate purpose to destroy you, and with you the surrounding country. The legal authorities How frig¬ say a corporation is soulless. id then must be a railroad pooling association? Your commission lias recently come up to the conclusion that it has a right to interpose in these discriminations as between points within the state of Georgia although the shipment may come from the state line. But no sooner had they thus decided than they are cited before the federal court to show cause why they should not be enjoined from proceeding further in the matter. The roads stand be¬ fore the court coolly admitting that they set at naught the constitution and laws of the state, in their pool¬ ing arrangements, that their unjust discriminations and exactions are true as charged, that they are amen¬ able for these outrages upon a help¬ less people only to congress, and that congress having passed no law upon the subject, they are free to do as they please. It is not a question of right end wrong with them, but only a question of how much wrong they can do with impunity. They are driving your manufacturers to more friendly localities and your merchants to poverty. They are emptying your store houses and de populating your dwellings. Not long ago I asked a “magnate” why they treated Atlanta so. He said Atlanta “had spring and get up enough about her to stand it, but he thought they would let up on Atlan¬ ta soon.” No letting up has come yet. remedy is in the hands of the The people. They must assert the right to govern by the peaceable means of legislation. Combinations to vio¬ late the law and practice unjust dis¬ crimination must be made impossi¬ ble. These grand facilities for in ter communication with which God has blessed mankind, must not be left longer to the abuses of gain, greed and malice. They must be made to deal fairly and justly not only with their patrons, but with their The dissentions between the rail¬ roads and their laborers continual ly increase. So vast is the amount of labor on one side and capital on the other, that the nation trembles under the shocks of their onsets. These are becoming annually more frequent. It requires whole no prophet will to see that, soon the country be involved, unless in tbe guidance of Divine Providence we shall have wise legislation. To put these huge aggregations of capital under safety prop¬ er restraints of law will be a to them, a protection of the rights of their numerous employees, and a blessing to the country. No sane man ■would impair the usefulness of railroads. No just man would take from their owners that which is their’s. In the march of civiliza¬ tion and Christianity they are the most gigantic factors of the pro¬ cession. If I can play some humble part in the corrections of the wrongs to which you are subject, I shall be most happy. In compliance with your very flattering request, after some hesitation it is true, I am a candidate for the nomination of the democratic party to represent the fifth congressional district of Geor¬ gia in the next congress of ihe Uni¬ ted States. I shall be glad to discuss before the people the matters referred to by you, and in this response, as well as any other questions touching the rights and interests of the people. With the most profound respect, I am, yours truly, Mynatt. Pryor L. It is probable that Colonel P. L. Mynatt, of Atlanta, will be a candi¬ date for congress from tbe 5th dis¬ trict. Colonel Mynatt would make a most excellent member, and should the voters of that district decide upon a change Nat Hammond’s mantle could not cover more grace fully a better man.—Augusta News. The great woman question— “What did she have on?” Do all the good you can in the world and make as little noise about it as possible. The Central railroad extended courtesies to the value of $2,000 to the late Georgia Press Convention. Pulaski county has plenty of mon¬ ey in the treasuty to pay all court expenses this term. The treasu¬ rer’s report shows $6,600 on hand. The jurors and bailiffs receive $2 per day. ' V m TRUTH, JUSTICE AND PROGRESS FOREVER. CONYERS, GEORGIA, MAY 29, 1886. NOTHING FOE THE MURPHYS. A halfdazed looking girl stopped at the post office and called out: “Anything for the Murphys?” “No, there is not.” “Anything for Jane Murphy?” “Nothing.” Murphy?” “Anything for Ann “No.” “Anything for Tom Murphy?” “No.” “Anything for Bob Murphy?” “No; not a bit ” “Anything for Terry Murphy?” “No; nor for Pat Murphy, nor Denis Murphy, nor Pete Murphy, nor Paul Murphy, nor for any Mur¬ phy—dead, living, unborn, native or foreign, civilized, savage or barba rous, male or female, black or white, franchised or disenfranished, natu¬ ralized or otherwise. No; there is positively nothing for any of the Murphys, either individually, joint¬ ly severally, now and forever, one and inseparable.” the The girl looked at said: postmaster in astonishment and “Please look if there is anything for Clarence Murphy.” M. C. Kiser made a proposition $5,000 to give ex President Davis a home in Atlanta; and $100 a month if he would make that city his place of residence. Mr. Kiser says if this ain’t enough he is ready to make it more. . “When is a man dead?” asks an exchange. When he can gaze calm¬ ly for five minutes at a show case lull of fishing tackle and not want to hie away to a trout stream. The prohibition contest in Ma¬ con county, which was to have come off the fourth Monday of this month has by the consent of both sides postponed until the 4th Monday in June. It is done in order to give both sides more time to get ready. It was remarked last Monday by astronomers that the sun was with out spot or speck for the first time in five months. It was feared by Georgia politicians, however, that there was blood on the face of the moon. Janies McCart, an old man eigh¬ ty years old, was brought to Law renceville Wednesday and turned over to Sheriff Cosby, under a charge of burglarizing the house of Edward Johnson, in Bay Creek district. It is evident that the old man is not of sound mind He was lodged in jail* The state fair opens at Macon Monday, October 25, and continues for two weeks. The premium list amounts to $10,000. The craze for glass eating grows. John Bradner, of Marlborough, found within a big shad the other day a piece of a lamp chimney as large as a dollar. The contractors on the Georgia Midland prppose to use temporary telephone lines to connect them¬ selves with different points on the line. Richard Townsend will be hung at Valdosta on Friday, July 16 for the murder of Contractor Cohen. If you would not cease to love mankind, you must not cease to do them good. You can accomplish almost any¬ thing with a man if y’ou wiil take the precaution to give him a good din ner. A man, it will be observed, re¬ sembles a horse in this regard. A horse is ungovernable until you put a’bit into his mouth. Hampton has already begun “leg gin” for prohibition in Spalding county. “Every little’s a help.” Gentleman—“Boy! don’t you know that you shouldn’t smoke?” Boy—“I specs it aint just right— but dad’s gone away, and somebody must assume the responsibilities of this ’ere farm.” Hon. A. H. Stephens is reported to have said: “I never pass by a jail and see confined therein the prisoners, that I do not feel like opening the doors and letting them out. Not that I encourage crime. But the real guilty ones, the big rascals, who commit crimes on gi¬ gantic scales, are free as air, and the poor fellows, guilty of the petty of¬ fenses, are incarcerated and depriv¬ ed of liberty.” It is imitated in some of the newspapers that Mr. Cleveland will not marry until he gets ready. This is very queer. Many humble men have married before they got ready. Mr. Homer Jonas, of Norcross, robbed a bee gum last week which gave a yield of seventy pounds of nice honey. lis ! a9 CHEERS FOE GORDON. Newton county will select dele¬ gates to the gubernatorial conven¬ tion by primary election, to be held on the 10th of July. Gordon will sweep the deck, and don't you forget it. • Reports from the militia districts are that they are solid for Gordon. The true men of the county will never go back on the old soldier. There is a colored church in New¬ ton county whose members have a mania for funeral sermons. Oneold fellow’s funeral has been preached six times at this church within the past eight months. There is a gum spring in Newton county in which half a dozen chil¬ dren have been drowned. An up-country schoolmaster, whose wife was oneofhis pupils, had occasion to punish her one day. The next day the school house door bore this inscription: “School closed for one week owing to the illness of the schoolmaster. Rev. W. D. Heath preached an able sermon at the Presbyterian church last Sunday’, and made a most favorable impression on bis hearers. He will fill third a regular ap¬ pointment on the Sunday in each month for the remainder of the year.—Henry County Weekly. Newton county claims that its pre¬ sent population would entitle it to two members of the legislature. Hon. Wm. M. Nelson has been commissioned ordinary of Henry county, vice A. A. Lemon, deceased. The latter had held the office for many years. Lightning struck a negro cabin in Monroe, severely shocking a ne gro woman. For several hours she remained in an unconeious state. It is said that Jim Parker, color ed, an ex mail carrier, has left At¬ lanta this week to stump Southwest Georgia for Bacon. The country should protest against the abuse of men for having resign ed public offices. Resignations should be much more frequent than they have been. George Johns, the night watch man at the Georgia Railroad depot at Atlanta, about 9 o’clock Saturday night, shot James Lynch, a promi¬ nent book store proprietor, inflicting a painful wound in bis arm between the wrist and elbow. Smith—That dog of yours keeps me wake nights howling. It Jones—Why, I have no dog. must be my daughter singing. Smith—Is that so? Excuse me. I am sorry. I dont suppose she can be shot, eh? Some one boldly asserts that the American hen is not doing her du ty. You wouldn't have us believe that her son is setting would you? The friends of prohibition in Thomas are circulating qjbtain petitions, suffi¬ as the law requires, signatures to a cient number of to au thorize the ordinary to order an elec tion, to see whether Thomas will join the vast army that is marching against whisky, or remain with those who favor its continued sale and use. Dan O’Conner, the Lloyd street saloon keeper, who was seriously cut by Mr. Mose Hollingsworth Thurs¬ day night, continues to improve. Hollingsworth has given a bond ot $500 and again has his freedom. Young Genius (who has had all the talk to himself, and as usual, all about himself)—“Well, good by dear Sirs. Mellham: it always does me good to come and see you! I had such a headache when I came, and now I have quite lost it.” Mrs. Meltham—“Oh, its not lost! I’ve got it.” “Dear sir, may we ask you to sub¬ scribe to our charity concert?” No, thank you.” “But your brother is a subscriber.” “If I were as deaf as he is I shouldn’t mind becoming one, too!” The contested prohibition case in Baldwin county is slowly dragging along before the justices. The job of recounting the vote is a very slow and tedious one—only 35 being coun¬ ted Tuesday. A regular picnic of lawyers is engaged on the job—all tbe home lawyers, three from Eaton ton, and one of two from Macon. The anti’s are contestants, and, as the cost will likely be heavy, proba¬ bly several thousand dollars, it is a rather serious thing for them to they un dertake this matter. In case loose they will have to pay for the fiddling. No. 19. JUDGE STEWART FOE CONGRESS. It is high time in legislative par¬ lance, that the press should declare and the people meditate upon an important question—the nomination ot a congressman for this, the fifth congressional district. 'I his conclu¬ sion is reached with no inconsider¬ ate haste. We have carefully watch¬ ed and thoughtfully weighed every¬ thing relative to this subject, with out any partiality for, or prejudice against either of the distinguished men whose names have been men¬ tioned in connection with tnis high position. Our opportunities to reach the popular sentiment in this county have been frequent and full, and we do not hesitate to say that we only voice the expression of the county, in proclaiming the name .of one of Georgia’s most deserving and Christian sons—Hon. John D. Stew¬ art, of Griffin. Judge Stewart’s services to the, democratic party, to the state and country, have been continuously faithful and meritorious. His pub¬ lic and private life have been with out blemish or reproach. His pro fessional career as a lawyer is unex¬ celled. His record needs no defense —it is established and stands out in bold characters as a part of Geor gia’s greatness.—Douglassville Star. A young man had been arrested for kissing a pretty girl and she was on the witness stand. “You say,” said the attorney for the defendant “that the young man kissed you against your will?” “Yes, he did, and he did it a dozen times, too.” “Well, now, is it not true that you also kissed him during the affray ?” Objected to; objection overruled. “Now answer my question,” con tinned the attorney. “Did you not kiss the defendant also?” “Yes, I did, r replied the witness, indignantly', “but it was in self de¬ fense.” Case dismissed. The losses to this country, direet lyjand indirectly, by strikes,lockouts, etc., this year, it is estimated, will reach a thousand million dollars, and the physical sufferings.incident exclusively thereto falls almost on working men and their families. Here is food for thought. At this season of the year and at this stage of politics there is noth ing like keeping cool. Outside of the mere personal discomfort of be¬ ing hot and flurried it involves a fel¬ low’s liver in painful derangement. clearness It hopelessly obstructs of vision and causes one to stumble along the way as if incurably’ blind. Keep cool, boys, keep cool.—Isbma elite. A new name has been invented for the professional workingmen hands and who cal¬ have soft, delicate lous spots on their tongues. It is “jawsmiths.” A couple of visitors from a rural district in the house gallery were trying to pick out their congress man on the # floor. “I can’t distin guish him,” said one after a hope less visual observation. “Of course not,” was the honest reply; “he can’t even distinguish himself.” Bob Burdette says that three weeks ago an Indiana man taught his dog, a very finely bred, well-be¬ haved setter, to chew tobacco. Now the dog comes into the house by the back door, never scrapes his feet on the mat, never goes to church, is careless at his meals, gets burs in his tail, goes with a low¬ er grade of dogs and it is feared that he is beginning to take an interest in politics. “Why are y’ou going so fast?” ask¬ ed Senator Payne as Senator Hoar brushed hastily by him at the door of the cloak room. “Senator Blair is going to speak,” replied tbe judge in more of a panic than is usually with him. “Take my’ arm, take my arm, then and help me out!” cried Senator Payne, excitedly. “Don’t leave an old man in the lurch!” It is the people against the rings. Gordon leads the people and Bacon slides around a ring. Cleveland will gain strength by his marriage. Folks will sympathize with him. Eleven men got together in Whitesburg, Carroll county, several of whom were from adjoining conn ties, and passed resolutions pledg ing Carroll to Bacon. The eleven statesman then dispersed, and now seek to call the assemblage a “mass meeting.” The able Sparta Ishmaelite has come out for Gordon. goB mom -£^OF ALL KIND DONEllc* NEATLY AND PROMPTLY. ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON DEMAND. Pay for advertisements is always due after the first insertion, unless otherwise contracted for. Guaranteed positions 20 per cent extra. Entered postofliee as second-class mail matter. SHOT DEAD BY HIS fATHER. Several years ago there moved from Gwinnett county Mr. Jas. B. Tuggle, a highly respected and pros¬ perous farmer, to Walker county, Ala. Mr. Tuggle has yet living in this county quite a number of friends and relatives. On April 15 Mr. Tuggle and his son Joseph went out ’for a squirrel hunt. After being out for sometime, the son proposed to the father that they go down closer to the river; but the old man de clined, saying that he would go to the hills/ The young man left his father and approached Black the Warrior. river— they lived on the But a short time had elapsed : fter parting with his son, before the fath¬ er concluded to take a “stand” for a deer. He had been standing but a few minutes when he heard some¬ thing running through the bushes, and at once discovered it to be a deer. He raised his trusty rifle and fired, but was almost pa nil i zed when ho heard bis son cry out: “Oh, father, you have killed me!” His father > hastened to him at once, and discov¬ ered that he had shot his son through the brain. He had fallen, but bad gotten up and was wiping the blood from his face when his father reached him. The old man, wild with grief, asked his boy if he was hurt much, when the heart tireaking answer came' “Father, I will die.” The son lived about nine days after the sad occurrence and then died.—Lawrenccville Herald. An Ohio preacher is accused of hugging the girls in his congrega¬ tion. The accusation, it is presum¬ ed, is brought l>y a female member of the congregation who lias a wart on her chin and freckles on her face, and who was neither embraced in the list of girls hugged nor hugged in the list of girls embraced. “Mary, I hear that you have a new beau.” “Yes, indeed autl he is jetstone of the sweetest men in exist¬ ence.” “Why, you seem to be proud of him.” “Proud of him! Of course I am. What girl wouldn’t be proud of a man who can hug her? I’ve had a dozen beaux, and Charles is the first one who could do that.” There are three kisses in a world of miscellaneous kisses which may be counted true—the kiss the mother lightly lays upon her baby’s dewy lips, the mother gives her boy as he goes forth into the world, and the kiss wo press upon the still, pale lips of the dead. All the rest are like the strawberries in the bot ton of the basket—to be taken with suspicion. Col. E. C. Edwards, who moved from Walton county last winter to Sand Mountain, Ala., has moved back, thoroughly disgusted.. He r says every Georgian on Sand Moun¬ tain is anxious to get back to Geor¬ gia. The governor has refused the ap¬ plication for a pardon Rascal, made convicted in be¬ half of R. L. in the McDuffie county court for selling liquor in violation of prohi¬ bition. The case has been fought through all the courts, and this was the final appeal. Hon. H. H. Carlton, of Athens, is announced as a candidate for con¬ gress in that district. He will hold lion. Seab Reece a tight race. The Jackson News say’s Miss Laura Faulkner, of Monticello, who has been attending the Jackson High School, has become a spirit medium, and does some very strange things. Judge Daniel Pittman dropped dead on Whitehall street in Atlan¬ ta Sunday while in conversation with Albert Cox and ex-Mayor John B. Goodwin. The cause was the rupture of a blood vessel on the brain. Daniel Pitman was the ordinary of Fulton county for six¬ teen years. He married a daughter of the late John Neal, of Atlanta. He was 51 years of age. The Athens Banner appears to he of the opinion that General Gordon has “unjustly assailed Clarke coun¬ ty.” Nothing can be further from the truth than this. General Gor¬ don has merely criticised the little ring of politicians in Clarke who have refused to allow the people of that county to express their choice in the selection of delegates to the gubernatorial convention. We are persuaded that a majority of the democrats of Clarke county are in favor of General Gordon. Down with rings, and up with the people! Now is the time to smash „ the hydra headed monster which re gards the people as not being intel¬ ligent enough to govern themselves.
