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Official Organ of City and County.
R. L. Hunter, Local Editor.
W. T. CONN & CO.,
W HOLESALE DEALERS in Sta
ple and Fancy Groceries, Tobac
cos, Cigars, &c.
Milledgeville, Ga., Feb. 20th, 1869. 5 6m
The Edwards House,
^est accommodations
for 1 ransient and Regular Board
ers. Special inducements for College
students.
WARREN EDWARDS.
Milledgeville, Ga., Jan. 1, ’86. 26 ly
WOOD YARD!
W OOD delivered at any time.
C. H. BONNER.
Milledgeville, August 3rd, 1886. [4 tf
Notice change of advertisement of
P. J. Cline & Co.
Call on Massey & Ennis for seed
rye, barley and turnip seed.
The exercise of the Middle Georgia
Military and Agricultural college will
be resumed on the 15th of September.
Navigation of the Oconee.—Mr.
E. J. Wilson of Montezuma, visited
this city last Thursday, by invitation,
to enquire into the feasibility of put
ting a steamboat on the Oconee river.
The Business Union of this city have
ordered a survey of the river, and
Col. Miller Grieve entered upon the
work yesterday. Our business men
have numerous projects in view for
the improvement of our city. Suc
cess will certainly crown their efforts
in some of their proposed enterprises.
Where there is a will there is a w ay.
The Adjutant General in his order
No. 16, named the military compa
nies in Georgia, which are organi
zed and entitled to such share of an
appropriation of money by an act of
the legislature approved Oct. 13,1885,
includes among others the Baldwin
Blues, Miledgeville Light Infantry,
DuBignon Volunteers and Blount
Volunteers. Companies not named
in this General order of Adjutant
General, are declared disbanded,
and their arms ordered to be return
ed.
Capt. W. T. Conn Nominated.
The organized Democrary of Bald
win have met and selected the man of
their choice to represent this county
in the lower house of the next Legis
lature. Unfortunately, there has been
a division of sentiment in our party
on a question of purely local interest,
and entirely disconnected from poli
tics. That question has finally been
settled according to the laws of our
State w hich are provided for the pro
tection of the lives, property and
rights of all its citizens and it is surely
the duty of all good citizens, not only
to acquiesce in the settlement so made,
but to remove as far as possible all re
mains of bitterness of feeling which
grew out of the contest which preced
ed it.
The Democratic party is the safe
guard of the people of the South.
Our bitter experience in the past is
sufficient to show us what would be
our deplorable condition, if that grand
old party should be broken up, or
even materially weakened by dissen
sions within it. Its preservation and
growth in power and strength is of
more importance to us than any mere
ly local question of State or County
policy that has come before us in the
past or that can, with any probabili
ty, be presented to the present gener
ation in the future. Any one who
would sacrifice the harmony of the
party on account of any mere local
issues would make a most deplorable
mistake. We therefore have a right
to hope and expect that all the mem
bers of the party, now that it has
spoken and named its standard bear
er in the coming election for the next
Legislature, will rally to the support
of our regularly nominated candidate
and use all honorable efforts to secure
his election.
And as regards our candidate, we
feel that we occupy a singularly
strong position. He has never been
an active politician, pulling w r ires and
using underhand methods for his ad
vancement to office. He has no ene
mies to punish and no friends to re
ward for partizan services rendered to
him to promote his selfish personal
interests. He has been no aspirant for
political preferment in the past and
now only becomes our standard bearer
because the office seeks him and not
he the office. This at least is liow
the matter presents itself to us and
the public “and is doubtless in sub
stance if not literally the exact truth.
And as to his qualifications for the of
fice, we must be permitted to say if
the Legislature should generally'be
composed of a larger per centage of
such men as Capt. W. T. Conn, the
great probability is that our laws
would be better suited to the w ants
of the people. Having served his #
country in the great civil war so long'
as he had a flag under which to fight
for her rights, he, like so many other
brave soldiers, entered upon the great
struggle for the prizes of this life with
but little more capital than his own
honest industry, and that most valua
ble of nature’s endowments, a large
share of good common sense. From
small beginnings, he rose year by
year higher and higher in the scale of
business prosperity, until he attained
his present most enviable position in
the commercial department of our
city’s varied interests. The same ener
gy, integrity and good common sense
which have made him so successful
in the past will, it is fair to. presume,
make him, if elected, a valuable mem
ber of our Legislature and a faithful
and successful upholder of our inter
ests in any matter which may come
before that bod}*. Let, therefore, ev
ery true Democrat work faithfully for
the success of our candidate till the
day of the election and we may confi
dently anticipate his triumphant elec
tion.
Hon. Robert^ Whitfield.
At the solicitation of a number of
jromment citizens, Col. Robt. Whit-
neld allowed the use of his name as a
candidate for the legislature. His
name was suggested with a view to
harmonizing discord in the democratic
party. He preferred to make the race
without a nomination, one of the can
didates (Dr. T. H. Kenan) having de
termined not to go before the conven
tion. His friends concurring in this
opinion, Mr. P. M. Compton offered
a resolution at the meeting last Tues
day, that in view of the division in
the party, no nomination be made.—
When it was decided that a nomina
tion would be made the large portion
of the meeting w ho opposed a nom
ination withdrew and Col. Whitfield
withdrew' his name from the conven
tion. He has withdrawn entirely from
the contest and the race will be be
tween Capt. Conn and Dr. Kenan.
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P. J. Cline & Co. are receiving and
opening new' goods every day: they
have bought one of the largest stocks
ever brought to Milledgeville.
Meeting ot the Anti-Proliitrition Party.
At a meeting of the Anti-Prohibi
tion Party at Amusement Hall, on the
24st inst.,"for the purpose of endors
ing a representative to represent
Baldwin county in the next Legisla
ture, Capt. P. T. Ennis w r as elected
chairman, and W. L. Jackson, Secre
tary.
The meeting was addressed, the
chairman stating the object of the
meeting, speaking for himself he said
he was a Democrat, and he presumed
all w'ho w r ere in the meeting w r ere
Democrats, if not, to take notice that
the meeting w r as a Democratic meet
ing, w'hich w r as cheered to the echo.
Col. Robt. Whitfield addressed the
meeting and for various reasons, said
he could not enter the race in the
present state of things, and for the
good of the party withdraw his name
from any connection with the candi
dacy for Representative, three cheers
w'ere given him with a will.
A resolution w'as offered endorsing
Dr. T. H. Kenan for the Legislature,
which w’as unanimously carried.
Dr. Kenan addressed the meeting
in a short, eloquent speech, which
was received with cheers, after which
the meeting adjourned.
P. T. Ennis, Chairman.
W. L. Jackson, Sec’v.
IFull (Q<l><L<tt
The convention which was held in
Sandersville on Saturday the 21st
inst., for the purpose of nominating a
candidate for Senator for this the 20th
Senatorial District was very harmo
nious in their action. Mr. Pringle,
presented by Washington county, re
ceived the unanimous support of the
convention, anew executive commit
tee composed of nine members, three
from each county, was elected. G. T.
Whilden of Baldwin was elected chair
man of Said committee.
Boarders Wanted.—I am pre
pared to accommodate college stu
dents on reasonable terms.
, W. H. Hodges.
Aug. 16th, 1886. 6 6ts.
If the temperence people of the
South are wise they will stick to local
option and not make a political issue
of prohibition.—Ishmaelite.
TO COUNTRY
MERCHANTS.
We have many lines of Goods—
that you cannot duplicate else
where in price or quality.
Send for Quotations.
ADOLPH JOSEPH.
Milledgeville, Ga., June 14th 1880. [Sly
P. J. CLINE & CO
•»
Have been opening and marking new goods for the past week.
Messrs. Cline and Goodman have returned from New York where
they have visited all the Eastern factories, and they have bought a
Tremendous Stock of DRY GOODS,
and they will he able to give the people
this Fall. Messrs. Lyons and Bannon from the Macon store, left last
Saturday, for New York where they will remain several weeks, and
whenever there is anything in the way of
tew
and Bargains
to be had, we will be certain to get them. Now is the time to
COMMENCE BUYING YOUR FALL GOODS*
You can make them up at your leisure. Don’t wait until cold weather, and you will not
be so pressed to get them ready. We can’t mention all the pretty things we have opened^
but we promise to keep you posted. Come and see us, we will take pleasure in showing
you through. . L
PETER U. CLINE & C0. r
Milledgeville, Macon and Griffin, -
Milledgeville, Ga.^Aug. 24, 1SS6.