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BEN. T. BHOCK, : Senior Editor.
ED. C. GRISCOM, : Junior Editor.
JTRENTON7 gTT AIJJ. ]O, 1888.
ANNOUNCEMENTS,
Senator.
We are authorized to announce T. J.
Lumpkiu, ol i'reuton as h candidate to
represent the 44th Senatorial district in
the next legislature.
We are authorized to announce Col.
J. C. Nisbett, of Cloverdale. as a can-
Oiuutc to represent the 44th StaiatOriai
district in the next legislature.
We are authorized to announce J. B.
McCollum, of Morganville, as a candi
date to represent the 44th Senatorial
district in the next legislature
We are authorized to announce Mit
chell Pope, of W ildwood, as a candi
date to represent the 44th Senatorial
distuict in the next legislature.
Representatlue.
We are authorized to announce T. J.
Kilpatrick, of Cole City, as a candidate
for Representative to next legislature.
We are authorized to announce J.
W. Blevins, of Rising Fawn, as a cau
date for Representative to next legisla
ture.
We are authorized to announce G.
W M. Tatum, of i'renton, as a candi
date for Representative to next legisla
ture.
Sheriff.
We are authorized to anhounco W.
A, Byrd, of Trenton, as a candidate for
re-eiection as sheriff.
We are authorized to announce ,J.
T. Wooldright, of Trenton, as a candi
date for sheriff.
T ax Collector.
We are authorized to announce John
Slaton, of Rising Fawn, as a candidate
for Tax Collector.
W e are authorized to announce the
name of Clayton 'Tatum, of Rising
Fawn, as a candidate for Tax Collector.
We are authorized to announce the
name of J. R. Acuff, of Morgauvillo, as
a candidate for 'lax Collector.
Tax Assessor.
We are authorized to announce J. H.
Corput, of fronton, at a candidato for
lax Assessor
We are authorized to announce w.
T. Hartline, of Cloverdale, as a candi
date for Tax Assessor.
We arc authorized to announce J.
R. Bookout. of Morganville, as a caadi
date for Tax Assessor.
“Twinkle, twinkle, little star,”
Jimmy, how did you get thar, “up
above the world so high like a dia
mond in the sky?”
*
The crank pf the “Lumpkin or
gan” has been turned, and sweetly
does the music it grinds out, fall
on the ear of an appreciatvo public.
“The people of Dade do not wish
to send a man of intelligence to the
State Senate, hut would rather send
some one who would be like a knot
on a tree.”
“The Trenton ring and clique
will Boon become sick of their own
physic.” Just as long as it don’t
gag us, we feel as if we could pull
through.
Col. Nisbett says tho greatest
effort and resolution of Col. Pope’s
senatorial career was: “Resolved
that a quart bottle he made to hold
a quart.” Passed without opposi
tion.
Nobody is going to have a walk
over, but the indications point to
wavd several knock-downs if the
gentlemen do not adopt the rule of
conforming their passions to reason
|and judgment.
Cols. .Nisbett and Lumpkin
will make “Rome howl,” while the
“little dirty sheet, and Lumpkin
organ” edited at Trenton will*ot
escape imscathod or be flattered |
with hopes oi earthly bliss.
Things have begun to bile, and
in the heat and clash of arguments,
reason and judgment is dethroned ;
personalities mispiaces public
issues, and political sagacity takes
flight with the winds of prudence.
Cor,. Pope says lie thinks the
candidates ought to desist speak
ing, and draw up the following
Resolution: We the undersigned
agree upon all the main issues of
tho day. Sighed. Cols. Lumpkin,
Pope, Nisbett and McCollum.
-♦ -«►
( 01. Blevins certainly wanned
things up and made the hoys drop
off-the limbs when lie referred to
belli goffered a $5,000 bribe, and
threatened to knock the man’s
teeth dcfwn his throat for so doing.
Every one thought a bomb-died
was going to L exploded, ‘but
crawled hack disappoint >d.
W(*J . HVC the lion’* ta.ii f>i<:h a
twiyt lent week that his respond*
roar ii -.s rot yet ceased to echo
through a.u little valley.
We simply gave the record with
out comment, and if it was one
worthy of the gentleman’s pride as
a far-seeing statesman, he should
have rejoiced at seeing it given to
the public for inspection; but on
the other hand, if it was such, as
in its bare form to arouse the gen
tlemans ire,we are then to infer the
record is not one to be handled too
freely in a hotly contested cam
paign, and that the Colonel so re
gards it.
We have no knowledge of ever
having solicited Col. Nisbett to take
the race for Senator, and if we did
it was meant to be no more sincere
than his solicitation to us to run
for Representative.
T. J. Lumpkin is now a candi
date. He is our partner in busi
ness, and to him we owe much. He
is qualified to fill the office he seeks
with honor to his constituency.
We can vouch for his integrity, and
personally we will contribute our
little mite to secure his election.
We never intended, nor have we
conducted our paper in his inter
est, but have preserved the neu
trality we promised up to the point
where we said it would end—when
trickery and lying began.
Because we gave abstracts from
the house journal of 1868-69, our
paper is dubbed the “dirty little
sheet,” and characterized as the
“Lumpkin organ.”
Our little sheet will compare
with the house journal of 1868-69,
and come out an emblem of purity
and cleanliness, save as tarnished
by the comparison.
As to Col. J.C.Nisbett,our friend
ship, has been as close as tho dis
parity of our ages would permit.
Socially he is a cultured gentle
man, and we respect him. In the
war he proved a gallant soldier,
and we honor him for it; but when
we approach his record while in
the Georgia legislature, distrust
takes the place of friendship, and
we see but a tarnished name,
where honor once was
his.
When Col. Nisbett took an oath
to uphold the constitution of the
State of Georgia, did he then com
prehend the sacredness of the oath?
and did he know the constitution
he had sworn to support? file
would doubtless answer yos. That
constitution provided that State
security should not be placed to
second mortgage bonds of any
road company. But a few weeks
after taking an oath so solemn, we
find the Colonel voting SB,OOO per
mile to the Alabama & Chattanooga
railroad, now the Alabama Great
Southern, and that on second mort
gage bonds, and after the road had
about been completed through our
county. A subsequent legislature
declared the bonds void, and pend
ing litigations of the State’s claim
in said road Coi. Nisbett was ap
pointed Receiver, and received a
handsome sum for his services. It
was only after the expending of
thousands of dollars that the State
got a release from the contracts
imposed upon her by a corrupt leg
islature.
Now, should Colonel Nisbett
feel agrieved at the course we have
taken, our reply will be by his own
acts he merits condemnation, and
we feel no regret from having ta
ken such a small part in the cam
paign in which he is a participant.
, Col. Nisbett seemed desirous to
convey the Impression, when he
asked the question, “why we had
singled him out,” that newspapers
are prone to assail the strongest,
and those of really eminent vir
tue, and that they became an ob
ject of envy, clamor and abuse;
and whenever they done so, it is
hut a sign of his strength, and ac
companiment of his success in do
ing service In the public. We
‘■‘orrv it the Colonel so miscon
strued our r< marks of last week, el
even harbored for a moment the
l thought we inlended them as re
| flections on his personal character,
jtorin doing so. he vouid unjustiv
I wrong and abuse our nnigment the
I ■'
sacred implement vve now employ.
However w» may dir- w:v.
Colonel on questions of political
economy and public interest, ’t is
not our design to rob him of that
which is his by birth We have
the greatest respect for Colonel Nis
bett as a 'citizen and a gentleman,
Cut candidly we do not think h* is
suited for the senate, and whatever
wo say in that respect, is from a
political standpoint, not personal.
Rev. J. L. Frater for nearly two
weeks has been fighting the devil
and the seeds of vice that seem to
be making sad wrecks all around
us of those whose life ought to be,
amidst such scenes, of the greatest
purity and peaco. It is one of the
largest and most incerestiug revi
vals ever held in the town. While
the number of conversions have
not been so great, the number of
penitents that throng the altar
nightlyjspeaks eloquently of the im
pression beingmade on the hearts
of the people. And ere the meet
ing comes to a close it is greatly
hoped and expected that the weak
points of immorality will be
reached, and an opening effected
in hard, obdurate hearts, through
which the Hood of Christianity
with violence may rush through, to
the advantage and refinement of
our sturdy strength as a people.
One of the most beautiful fea
tures and the most influencing, is
the constant labor of the .Chrirtian
ladies in bringing in the harvest
fiield of souls. A great work is be
ing accomplished by the calm and
resolute progress of earnest spirits,
and long as the interest mani
fested continues, in our judgment,
just so long the meeting should tie
protracted. Such zeal will surely
he crowned with success.
It is charged that Trenton had a
clique, and that said clique entered
the Executive Committee and
made a cnli for a primary to select
a State Senator, and subsequently
recined the call, and all in the in
terest of one candidate.
Trenton form a political clique?
No sir, she couldn’t do it— no two
men are of the same opinion here.
If the call for a primary was re
ceived by a “proxy committee”
and a “Trenton clique,” the origi
nal call was made in the same
manner. If it was recined by
fraud, the call originated in ini
quity. The same forces' employed
in doing a thing, can certainly undo
that particular thing. Because
Trenton rises to a man and pro
poses to “sit down” on a candidate
he must not it a clique—its
the individuality of the voter.
On the 4th day of July. 1869, the
public debt of Georgia was $5,827,-
000, as per report of N. L. Angier,
treasurer, as appears on page 13,
report of the committee to examine
bonds of Georgia; and on the first
day of 1871, the public debt had
reached the sum of $12,450,009, in
addition to railroad bonds en
dorsed by the State under the sev
eral acts of 1868-69, granting State
aid of $5,733,000, making the grand
total of the State debt and en
dorsed bonds, $18,183,000. While
this might be considered wise leg
islation, evolved from keen and
far sighted intellects, by some, we
beg leave to say, nature did not so
weigh our talents and impart that
modicum of sense, to comprehend
it in that light,
Hons. G. W. M. Tatum, T. J.
Killpatrick, and J. W. Blevins
will meet in joint debate and ad
dress the people a: Morganville to
morrow. The Representative’s race
waxes wtirm, and it is gratifying
to the democracy to see the high
plain upon which their canvass is
being conducted. Confining them
seUes strictly to the issues and
appealing to the judgment and
reason of the people, instead of
their passions, and between these
gentlemen we say hurrah for the
man that wins.
Can somebody tell us why the
candidates use up half an hour ox
plaining the recinding of tlv:* pri
mary. Everybody knows why the
primary was reeinded,therefore’tis
a “dead issue” and of no benefit to
am of the candidates “Let bv-
L'oin s bt. hv gon.-s,” or the “dead
past bury its dead.’’
GEORGIA —Pa >e County,
Will be sold before ‘he Court house
!. , r I.- (if TrctitO'i Dart..
countv. •bti.te of Georgia, on the lire-
Tuesday in September 1888. between the
legal hours of sale to the highest, bid
der for cash, the following lots, orpnrt>
of loJj of lend, iyiag west Lookout
creek as the property of B M . wilkin
son to wit:
Lots of lam! number one, thirty five
and thirty six, 11th J)ist. and fourth
section, of said county:, and io.s of
land number six and seven in the 18th
Dist. and 4th section, said county, con
taining 400 acres more or less. Said
land levied on as the property of B. M.
Wilkinson, to satisfy an execution issu.cl
from the Superior County of said county
if favor of w. li. Taylor ngainst said B.
M Wilkinson, This August Ist 1888.
Also at same time aud place will sell
L,ots of land number one, thirty-five
and thirty six, 11th Dist. and 4th sec
tion, said couuty, and lots of land num
ber six and seven in the 18th district
and 4t'h section, said county, contaning
400 acres moire or less. Said lands
levied on as the property of B. M, wilk
erson to satisfy an execution issued from
Dade Superior Court of said county, in
favor of S. B. Austin and Hettie A.
Austin against said B. m Wilkinson,
this Aug. Ist. 1888 w, A. Byrd sheriff.
Whereas J. E. Patterson admin
istrator of L. F. Hooke, Thomas
Hooke and Mary E, Ridley, repre
sents to the court in his petition
duly filed and entered on record
that he has fully administered
their estates. This is. therefore, to
cite all persons concerned, kindred
and-creditors, to show cause, if any
they can, why- said administrator
should not be discharged from his
administration and rccaivo letters
of dismission on the first Monday
in November 1888. This July 2d.
1888. J. A. Bennett
Ordinary.
Will he sold op the first Tuesday
in Sept . 1888 at the court house
door town of Trenton, county of
Dade, and state of Georgia, within
the legal hours of srle tho the high
est bidder for cash the following
property to-w:
One sorrel horse with white feet
sripe on nose, adout fifteen hands
high and about seven years old
One clay-bank mare seven years
old, and about fifteen hands high.
Fne bay mare mule sixteen hands
high, and about four years old, one,
firav horse mule about fifteen hands
liigo and about nine years old. and
one mouse colored horse mule about
nine years old, and one bay mare
mule about fourteen hanhs high
and about ,ix years old.
One, oue and one-fourth Tennes
see wagons and two Tennessee wag
ons each, being number three. One
set wagon harness, two pair plow
gears. Said property levied on as
tho property of S. B. Austin to sat
isfy an execution issued from the
Superior Court of said county in
favor of T. IT. B. Cole against S. B.
Austin, Thomas Cummings and
Jacob Green. Property pointed
out by defendant S » 13. A ustin.
This Aug.l ts 1888. W. A. Byrd
Shei iff.
~E. B. KETCHERSIDE
PhYSIGIAN : & : SURCkON
TRENTON GEORGIA.
Will practice in the town and
surrounding country.
rnmmui IXSTITLTE
Will Open
AUGUST Gili i, JBBB,
And Close
DECIimUIR, 1888.
This institution is reorganized,
and will he conducted on a strictly
Normal plan by
J. M. and H. E. WATSON.
Located at Trenton, Dade county,
on the line of the Alabama Great
Southern Rail-oad, 18 miles south
ef Chattanooga, with every advan
tage conducive to good health, in
cluding good air and three different
kinds of drinking water, in easy
access of the school building.
In arrangements the buildings
are unsurpassed by any for the pur
poses of a first-class school.
TUITION:
FirsA Grade, per month, - $ 1 00
Second'd rade “ - 2 (X)
Third Grade “ - 2 75
Fourth Grade “ 3 50
Music, with use of instru’nts 300
Tuitions Due and Payable Monthly.
Thorough instructions in Prepar
atory. Teachers, scientific and bus
iness courses.
Board can bo had from $7 to $lO
per month, in good families.
For further information, address
J M. & H. E. WATSON,
Trenton, Ga.
JOE SIMPSON
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