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OIL J. L MYNATT.
o^fPrins-His Platform on the
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.