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’The jSolttl ,*t>onflL
M. D. IRWIN.
SATURDAY, May' 20, 1891.
('LURING RATES.
THE SOLID SOU I’ll AND
Weekly Constitution...... $2.00
Southern Alliance Farmer. 2.00
Missionary Weekly....... ..... 2.00
Detroit Free 1‘ress............1-70
Sam Small has not forgotten his old
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style when it comes to writing.
Texas had a terrible cyclone Wed¬
nesday. Many people were killed and
much damage done.
Sam Jones has just closed a twelve
days lecture at < lmttanooga for which
be was paid two thousand dollars.
The colored troops of tbe state met
in Augusta lust Tuesday for the prize
drill. An Augusta company took the
first prize and an Atlanta company
the second.
IN l HE SAME BOAT,
The Agricultural Department of
Georgia, ns now run, is a credit to
the S'ate and a benefit t > the farrn
eis. Messrs. Nesbitt and Hunni
cult an* the light men in the right
place -—Southern Alliance Farmer.
Respi eUiiDy referred to the con
sidefaltou ol Editor Irwiu, ot tin*
Conyers Solid South. —M arietta
Journal.
The Southern Alliance Farmer
and the Marietta Journal are in the
same boat. They declare a thing,
but da not product* the evidence.
Commissioner Nesbitt has been
very vigilant in reducing the salaries
of liis subordinates, but we have not
noticed any account of a reduction of
his own salary. He receives two
thousand dollars a year and traveling
expenses and does less than half the
work some of his clerks do. It does
seem that consistency would have
suggested a reduction of the commis¬
sioners salary also, If there was ex -
travagnneo in salaries in the depart¬
ment the commissioner’s certainly was
no exception.
IS NOT ENOUGH.
The Marietta Journal in auswer to
our article demanding of that paper to
publish some of the things which
Commissioner Nesbitt is doing for the
great and lasting good of the farmers
of Georgia make a kind of personal
attack ou tho editor of this paper,
displaying about as much sense as tho
Journal did in its advocacyj of Mr.
Nesbitt. It is uot too sacred for tbe
Journal ;.o p-m , wo trust. It may he
that th Journal prefers Mr. Nesbitt
to m tk*> his own statenemts before
the bublic, but ii it does the short
mention made was inappropriate.
In answer to Mr. Nesbitt keeping
Ms promises tho Journal gives the
reduction in salaries of him. The
Journal says that Mr Nesbitt saves
the state about $11,790.00 per year.
This is commendable in Mr. Nesbitt
and we gladly give him full credit for
all of it. It is nothing more than we
have advocated all the while. This,
however, does not settle the point.
This does n >t establish the fact that
Mr. Nesbitt is making the depart¬
ment such a benefit to the farmers.
If L<* should absolutely run the de¬
partment free it would uot noeessa
rially make it any more beneficial to
the farmers of Georgia. To is saviug
of the public funds goes into the state
treas try and a la -ge amount goes to
tbe education of the negro. This we
are stir * does not benefit the farmer
very much. It does not lighten his
tax Dm- increase the availibility of
Labor. What we wanted to know in an
honest, straight forwardway, was,
how was Air. Nesbitt benefiting the
farmers. We made no criticism upon
the (' rnmissiouor, nor upon any of
bis av \Yo ask for inform ition that
the public might kuow. We did uot
get if. H >wever, Mr. Nesbitt may
giys it to our people himself. We
hixust he will.
General Wade Hampton has an*
Bounced that his political career has
ended.
The third party convention was in
session in Cincinnati this week. It
was made up of 2,200 delegates, rep
senting all of the many workingmen’s
organizations of the United States.
It was an assemblage calculated to
make the old parties tremble in their
“boots.” It shows that the great
mass of the people are dissatisfied
with the manner in which the govern¬
ment is being conducted and they are
determined to change it. There is
nothing that will prevent the third
party movement from sweeping the
country but an accession to their de¬
mands by one of tbe old parties.
Unless this is done the People’s party
will be a certainty in ’92.
MR. NESBITT WILL SPEAK.
It is stated that agriculture com¬
missioner Nesbitt will speak here next
Saturday. We bespeak for him
patient and impartial bearing on this
occasion. He comes to speak to our
people about the department over
which lie presides, and this will be his
first appearance here since his candi¬
dacy for said office. In his canvass he
made certain charges and at the same
time said that the wrongs should be
corrected. The department, he said
should he made of practical benefit to
to the farmers. The people want to
know if he has kept his promises made
during the canvass. Mr. Nesbitt said
during his canvass that the inrpection
of fertilizers was rotten. The people
want to know if he has improved it.
The department, he said, had accom¬
plished the wonderful fact of intro¬
ducing Spanish ground peas in the
course of ten years. Now the people
wait impatiently for him to introduce
something new. Our people should
come out and hear what he has to say
for himself. No one should be more
ready to give Mr. Nesbitt credit for
anything he might do than The Solid
South, but we must first have the
evidence (hat he has done something
before we can commend him for it.
Mr. Nesbitt has reduced the inspec*
tors’ salaries to twelve hundred dol¬
lars each, this w ill save the state
eighteen hundred dollars. It is also
reported that he has reduced the
salary of the oil inspector in Atlanta
to fifteen hundred dollars. For this
he is to be commended. There has
never been a greater imposition on
the public than tbe oil inspection.
They do little or nothing and receive
a big salary, while some of the other
men do the work and receive much
smaller salaries.
THE GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.
It is an encouraging aud gratifying
fact that so many of our northern ex -
changes should be cal ing attention iu
praiseworthy language to the wonder¬
ful material development aud substan¬
tial growth of Georgia. The Now
York Herald says the south will back
it up iu the statement til t statistics
ore said to be dull aud stupid as a
general thing, but when you take an
inventory of your property and find
that you are worth just three times
as much as you were ten years ago
then figures become more fascinating
than poetry and more thrilling thau
oratory.
When the south pulled itself to¬
gether after the war it found that it
had uothiug but bankruptcy and
pluck as capital in trade. Its motto
was, “The past is nowhere; the future
is everywhere,” and it drew its belt
oue hole tighter and^'started iu the
rice.
The statistics which represent its
progress are as exhilarating and cheer
iug as old wins. Its coatjjoutput
twenty years ago was about two mil¬
lion tons; now it is nearly eighteen
mil ion tons. In 1SS0 it thought it
was rushing along at break-neck
speed because it bad erected mil s on
its streams a id m inufactured 1SJ,
0J0 bales ot cotton it bad raised, but
U i860, , 0 „ n only , ten , years later, . . is
factored 500,00 bales and made con¬
tracts for more mills
Before tbe war the sleepy negro lay
in the sun on top of iron mines whose
value was only suspected. Agricul¬
ture absorbed the people’s atten¬
tion and they let the negro sleep on.
Now’ the mines are worked, the
bonanza has been uncovered, dreams
of wealth have become an inspiration;
the roar of the forge, the hum of
machinery are heard everywhere, and
old Pennsylvania is beginning to
tremble in her boots as she surveys
her vigorous and daring rival.
Tbe south has rolled up its sleeves
and proposes to be rich again—richer
than ever. It has all the natural re¬
sources which attract capital and eu
t<rpiise. Young men from the north
on the lookout for a career are making
investments there, helping to develop
the country, and they always receive a
warm welcome. The tides of popula¬
tion, kept apart so long, are mingling
their waters, and unless the politicians
raise a row there won’t be any north
or any south twenty years from now,
and in their stead we shall have a
untied, contented and prosperous
country.
Therefore, hang the politicians an d
let the good wook go on.
Moses Speaks.
in an interview with a reporter of
the Birmingham Age-Herald Con¬
gressman Moses o! the Fourth dis¬
trict in reply to a question as to how
the Alliance'movement was progres¬
sing in Georgia said:
“The alli.inoe was on the gain all
over the state. T!i; alliance men
are determined toe mtinue the fig it
for relief.
Well, what relief do you thin k
would be of great benefit to the whole
people?
“More money. We have a. death
in money matters. The people need
money. They are heavily in debt,
and help must come in some way.
They want more money, and they
deserve honest money. As between
the beople of this country, who swin¬
dle aad those who sweat, the hoDest
representative has but one course to
pursue.”
“ flie farmer is forced to pay all
that is demanded for interest, but
has no say as to wha'. he shall r< s
ceive for his cotton crop. Aa little
money as possible is allowed < n
securities and enormous rates of iio»
terest are demanded ”
“The working people are too much
in the control of those who have been
able to gather together the corners
on necessities of life ”
“Just how to do this is the grea¬
test questisn of the day. This must
come and it does not matter much
just how this is brought about.”
“The money power now controls
both ends of the line and of course
human nature will not unassisted,
go a great wav in the interest of
those who are financially weak.”
Pcovish.
Fretfulness may be excusable in sick
people, but it isn’t pleasant to eneoun
ter.
“My dear,” said a sick man to his
wife, “this room is dreadfully warm."
“There is no heat coming from the
register,” answers the wife.
“Well, see if the dampers are right
at once. Do you want a man to stay
here and freeze to death?” —Youth’s
Companion.
Ai» I.usy Solution*
“I’ll have to get rid of Matilda,” said
Mrs. Yerser to her husband.
“During the week she (loos not ge!
through her work until dark: but on
Sundays, when she wants to get on;,
she manages to get through by 2o‘clock
in the afternoon.”
“Well, the way to get even with he;
is to let her go out every day.” —Ex
change.
The blackened teeth of the Malays
and Siamese are not produced, as ha.
been supposed heretofore, by coating
them with a mixture of betel and lime.
but by rubbing tbe u ^ th w j t j, a pagtl
made from charred cocoanut kernel?
This is carefully applied to the teeth
a 8 ain and a ^ lil1 - untU a b,ack varnLsh
hides the natural white.
Spring
medicine
The popularity which Hood's Sarsaparilla
has attained as a Spring Medicine is simply
wonderful. It i3 recognized everywhere as
the leading preparation for thi3 season, ana
no other article in the market begins to reach
the sale w'hich this medicine has gained. Any
druggist will confirm this statement. Hood’s
Sarsaparilla has reached this position of the
people’s favorite spring medicine, because it
does all that is claimed for it It contains
those properties which are known to medical
science as powerful in removing poisonous
impurities from the blood, and by their tonic
effect to restore waste tissues and drive away
weakness and debility.
“ I am having a good trade on Hood’s Sar¬
saparilla now, and those who use it think it
the best blood and tonic remedy on the
market.” J. F. Hite, Owensboro, Ky.
Hood's
Sarsaparilla
Is a concentrated extract of Sarsaparilla,
Yellow Dock, Pipsissewa, Juniper Serries,
Mandrake, Dandelion, and other valuable
vegetable remedies, every ingredient being
strictly pure, and the best of its kind it is
possible to buy.
It is prepared by thoroughly competent phar¬
macists, in the most careful manner, by
a peculiar Combination, Proportion and
Process, giving to it curative power
Peculiar
To itself
It will cure, when in the power of medicine,
Scrofula, Salt Rheum, Blood Poisoning,
Cancerous and all other Humors, Malaria,
Dyspepsia, Biliousness, Sick Headache,
Catarrh, Rheumatism, and all difficulties
with the Liver and Kidneys.
It overcomes That Tired Feeling, Creates an
Appetite, and gives great mental, nerve,
bodily, and digestive strength.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla is sold by all druggists.
$1; six for $5. Prepared only by C. I. Hood
& Co., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass.
N. B. If you decide to take Hood’s Sarsapa¬
rilla do not be induced to buy any other.
IOO Doses
On© Dollar
NOTICE.
I will be in CONYERS the first Sa l -
urday in each month. Patients desiring
to see me wi'l find meat the Drug Stoe
of Dr. W. H LEE & SON.
Dr L. G. BRANTLEY.
FOR OYER FIFTY YEARS.
Mrs. Winslow’s Soouiiing Syrup has
been used for over fifty learr by mill¬
ions of mothers for riu-ir children while
teething’, with perfect success. It soothes
the child, softens the gum, allays all
pain, enres wind colic, and is the best
remedy for Diarrhoea. It n il) rel eae the
poor dttle suffer r immedit tely. So'd by
Druggist in every part of the world.
Twenty-five cents a bottle. Be sure and
ask f< r “Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syr op,’
and take no other kind.
D’PdlATIOS F. ; R filSMMJN.
GEORGIA Rockdale county—
Wlier-as, G. P. Elliot administrator
of John Morgan, represents to the com t
in bis petition dimly file land enteied
on rec rd that lie has fully administered
John Morgans Estate this is therefore to
cite all persons concerned, kindred aud
creditors to «how cause if any they can
why slid adminisrator adminiatration should not be
discharged from his Dismission and
receive Letters of on the
first Monday in May 1891.
This Jan. 22d 1891. O. Seamans
to Apr, 18-91 ordinary
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efleett Ally care
Dyspepsia, Constipation, Sick
Headache, Biliousiisss
And all diseases arising from a
Torpid Liver and Bad Digestion.
Tiie natural result Is greed appetite
villa flesh. Dove small; elegant¬
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SOLD EVERYWHERE.
SAVE YOUR CHH-D'S Uff!
Should your little one be taken TO"fitOXT idernhrtuiocs
Group, YhsA would you do? VShax physician couJd save
its lire? ROUE. ___
Beldin’s CROUP Remedy
Is a tasteless, hannie>s powder, and is the aalf sJ tfagwar dL In
*0 years it has never failed. Order NOW from your druggist
or from us. Price, 6oc- A saiapie powder by mail for loc.
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