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\ViPCi-i:fin <Jeranrl emiom,* Glere
JtH aui his adm’B'ntration.
Poi'iC fart* ot K orid btt T e bn
:h ea'nwfil with Ye'iow Fever.
Dom Ftdio, emperor of Brazil,
j* 60 seriously ill that hecannot re
cover,
B.* n. iloei u*tneed feather
to niHkfl him a rooster. He b* been
crowing around everything in Wash
ington for eeveral months
Senator Thurman denies that he
has any aspirations for the Yice
presidency, lie say3 if he can’t
be Caesar, he wont be anybody.
The republicans are undecided as to
who they want to nominate for Presi
The people are more undecided
to whether hev should nominate
luv one.
Dan Sale, a negro, was lynched
one night last week in Wilkes
county, for making a criminal as
sault upoiTa young lady.
Dr. J. W. Hailey of Gainesville,
was -lected Vice-president of the
American Medical Association, at
the late meeting of that body in
Chicago.
The Banner-Watchman office
had a narrow escape from a de
structive fire on last Wednesday.
The lire originated in the grate
where some rubish had been left
Burning,
Four new United States cruisers
loive >ten added to the navy, and
ere now out on the ocean wave.
1 he £ tins are of the kind invented
by L out. Zalinski, one of which, it
snM, will throw a 900 pound
projectile.
Blaine, the pli. knight, will
again be pitted against Cleve
land. Blaine is evidently hard to
satisfy, but another race will con
vince him that the mission of the
republican party is ended..
Bat little ik oeiug naid as to what
t lu* of the Democratic National
Convention will be. ii our
thing certain; Randall and other* may
ctow, bet old Giover will do the fight
ing, if it takes grape shot and cannon
nails, with low tarriiT, free trade and
sailor’s rights to break through the
hMtery of iron and trace chain protec
tion.
The Constitution thinks that
the Pat Walsh’s vote in the State
Convention for delegates from.the
state at large, was one of the most
significant features of the proceed
ings.
We thought the way the conven
tion *at down on the Constitution’s
protectivetarifF doctrines, was the
most significant feature of the con
vention’s work.
A company consisting inainlv of
Capt. Homy Jackson, Hon. A, O.
jj.'tcon and Pope Harrow, have pur
asodiiickorymit Mountain, over
looking Tallulah falls, the summit
of which is 900 feet above the sea
level. They propose to make a
beautiful park on the top of the
mountain and pot therein a aplandid
hotel, which will be called the Hotel
Olympus. They will also rua a rail
road to tba top in time for the sum
rcer’a bmineM.
Cleveland’s chances for re elec
tion are better than ever. It is
thought that New Xork state will
give him a largely increased ma
jority. Indiana, though conceded
to be one of the doubtful states, is
backed by a well organized and
harmonious democracy, and Mr.
Cleveland’s tariff reform policy
will meet with the approval of 'he
party there and do him good. The
prospects are brightening all
around us for another glorious
democratic victory.
What Shall wk do With it?
Georgia is a big country and she
has some big debts t# pay. The
State road is a valuable piece of
property, and it will fall back into
the hands of the people in 1890.
For twenty years it has been in
the hands of a syndicate that has
paid into the Treasury a monthly
rental of 25,000, one half of which
goes to the public school fund.
What are we to do with this prop
erty? At the last session of the
General Assembly Senator Dean
introduced a bill providing that
the road be brought to sale for a
suin not less than $8,000,000, and
that the money be appropriated to
the payment of the state’s indebt
edness.
It was found upon investigation
that a large portion of the states
property connected with the road,
lay in Tennessee, and that other
valuable property belonging to
the road was scattered along the
line, and a committee was appoint
ed to make a schedule of the
property and report to the next
Legislature. Senator Brown, presi
dent of the Syndicate owning the
lease, brought in a large account
against the State for betterments,
and threatened to reduce the road
to the condition it was at the time
he received it unless the account
for betterments was allowed.
It is argued that if the road be
sold, one of the strongest props of
our school system will be knocked
out. but his may not be regarded
as a valid argument against the
sale, for the public school system
is supported at last, out of the pro
ceeds of the peoples property, and
they are as well able to support a
school system by direct taxation
as otherwise, and if the road can
be sold for what it is found to be
really worth we believe it would
be a wise thing to dispose of it and
remove the vexed question forever
out of the domain of politics.
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