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Dr. V.D. Lockhart,) Editors. Jno. Barton, l Bob Taylor has been re-nomi nated lor governor of Tennessee, Several of the Northern states have been suffering a severe drouth the past month. Fear is entertain ed the wheat crop in these states will fall short their usual acreage. The Salvation Army has about I laved out in all the principal cities of Georgia; son lo of them being charged with gross immorality and indecency, and held to snswer in the courts. The debate on the Mill’s Bill drags its weary length along, and it is now thorght that a vote on it will not he reached before the assembling of the Sr. Louie Convention. H,n, II 11. Carlton of Athene, made his maiden speech in Congress tho other day, in favor of the bill to create an executive department to ba known ts the department of agricul lure. The bill passed the house by a vote of 233 to 13. A great flood has taken plaoe'inthe Mississippi, which for destruction and snffeiing is unpie o lei ted. Hundreds o families have been rendered homeless, and thousands of acres of growing ciops ruined. Farmers are camped out in small huts on the high lands, while live stock anti poultry have been drownel in the floods. With this ifsue of the Observer Dr. Lockhart assumes chaige of the Elito rial columns. The doctor is an old newsps} ermsn of large experience— well posted in politics and matters o! gene ul interest. It is to be hoped his editorial work will make tho Columns of this paper readable ar.d pleacant. The E tg!e has been treated to some soda water lor which Editor Blatfsre turns thanks. With the delightful climate of Gainesville, its numerous pretty girls, and its refreshing soda water, we do not wonder at the Eagle being a bright paper, overflowing with newsy efferv^ssence. Tho Bloody shirters of the "big nairth” have been very busy for sever al years trying to* convince the world that the poor negro at the Sonth is al most totally deprived of the right of free suffrage. But ex Gov. Bullock, who was a stalwart republican, and is of the 6ame opinion still, gives the Bloody-shirters a black eye by writing a letter over his own signature, in which he emphatically declares that the negro vote at the South is not in timidated, and that their prosperity as a lace is 6afer, for variocs reasons un der democratic administration than it would be under republican administra tion. lie goes further, and shows that the rights of the negro, <o vote as he pleases is respected far more in the South than in tho Nmh. We hope that this manly and truthful state ment of Gov. Ballock tmy put a quie tus on some of the ugly stories circu lated in the northern papers concern ing political methods at the South, and also enforce the old maxim that ■"Charity begins at home.” We notiee in several Jf onr exchang es that the sleek tongued Mormon Eld ers are getting in their work in some of the rnral dir.ric sof Georgia. A more detestable set of scoundrels nev er disgraced any community, and wo advise people to politely request them to retire as soon as they make their appearance, and if they don’t do so at once, ride them on a rail, or tar and feather them a few times. Give them to understand that they must go, and go at once. Our jail is now without a ten ant. Where is there another coun ty in Georgia, with a population of 20,000, that can show an empty jail? Does not this speak well for the morals of the county? We have before remarked, and we assert it again, that there is les9 crime in Gwinnett, according to population than any county in the state, — [Lawrenceville Herald. Banks must be accepted as one of the counties without a prisoner in her jail for seveml months. Candidal* tor th*- Legialatnte are coming to tho front in alj)iniu<' coun ties. We lean that lion. R. S. West is a candidate for re-election iu Habet sham county, with li Lewis Davis and Mr Ivytle as opponents. II >n. H. W. J. than has announced for re election in Hall, and several othei candidates ate prominently mention ed viz: K L. B )om, F auk Dtvie, W. F, Finley and O'.hets li there are any cai.dt>la <?s for the Legislature in Batiks, they ate on a still hunt, we suppose, as none id them hare made public announcements, so far, though the names ol several men hive been handled pretty freely in con* nection with the o flee. According to the Washington correspondent of the Atlanta Con stitution, Chairman Candler of the Educational Committee, speaking of the Blair bill, said that he did not wish the bill smothered, but desired the committee to report on it, and would attempt to have them do so. As to the bill, he favored it with those provisions stricken out which give the feder al government control of state schools and text books. Without this stricken out he is opposed to it. —[Gainesville Eagle, The Observer is with Mr, Cand ler on this point. Strike out “fed eral control of state schools and text books,” and the bill is a good one. The Marietta and North Georgia Railroad is one of the most import ant enterprises in the State, and penetrates one of its richest sec tions, and yet our last legislature refused to extend its charter so as to enable it to enter the city of At lanta, for the reason that it would injure the state road. We do not think the people are ready to fool away the state road, but if this property of the state is to cripple enterprises and prevent those who have the means and tl e will to build up Georgia, and de velop her great resources, then we say it would ba wise to dispose of if, It is the intention of the pub lisher to enlarge the Observer at an early day. We intend to give our readers a live newspaper, de voted to the local interests of the county, and w*e hope our patrons will be patient with our short-com ings and give us all the encourage- ment they can, A good newspap er is the representative of every interest in the community, public a'hd private. We assure every one Of our readers that these columns shalbnot he used to promote the interests of any clique or faction/ nor shall they be used to encour age petty quarrels and contention among neighbors. The “public good” alone is the shiboleth by which we intend to so onward and upward to success. Already our subscription list has increased .te respectable propor tions, and we promise that before many days shall roll round we will give our people a paper that will be an absolute necessity to every family in the county. Cor,. Candler's Position. In a recent speech delivered in Congress by our able repreenla ive,Col.A, D.Oandler, lie states his view r s on the tariff question and the internal revenue in a very clear and forcible manner, and we be lieve his speech will meet the ap proval of all this Congressional District. He expresses himself in the language of the good, old-fash ioned common sense and democrat ic honesty as follow's: Go back to the old democratic landmarks, revise your tariff laws, adjust them with a view to raising revenue, and if they can, in doing this, afford protection to American manufactures, let them protect. That is legitimate protection, not robbery. That is the democratic idea of protection as taught by Jefferson and Madison and Jackson and the Chicago convention of 1884. It would put no duty on articles of prime necessity w hich are not pro duced in this country, I w T ould put a light duty, if any at all, on the raw materials used in our own manufactures, and on those articles of prime necessity which are partly pro duced at homo and partly imported from abroad, and i would put the heaviest revenue duty poseible upon the luxuries and superfluities of the rich wbo are able to paj for them how ever heavily taxed. If, after all this is done, a sufficient revenue f©r the support of the government, efficiently, honestly and economically administer ed, is not raised, 1 would, in the lan guage of Mr. Jefferson, “by the sup pression of unnecessary officers, of use less establishments and expense'!, re duce the necessary requirements of the government.’* By the repeal of these very laws a horde of “unnecessary of ficers’* can bo “suprassed,” and the 1,000,000 dollars paid to them annu ally for salaries would be saved. A. C MOSS. ATTORNEY AT LAW, HOMER, GEORGIA. Collections ma-le anil promptly remitter! P. M. EDWARDS, Attorney at Law, HOMER, GEORGIA. &T Will practice in all the Courts of’the Western Circuit. W. L. TELFORD, Attorney AT LAW, Homer. Georgia. ( G W. BROWN, oJe IMaystrille, Georgrinu FtF* Will do a general practice. Collecting a specialty. James M. Merritt, Attorney and Counselor at Law, Mnysville, Georgia, Dr. A. H. Stapler. HOMER, GEORGIA. Special attention given to Surgery, Obstetrics and Chronic diseases of long ct’inding. V. D. LOCKHART. PhysiciaN, ■Vomer, Georgia. J. W. Sumpter, GENERAL BLACKSMITHING. Homer, Georgia. JOB PRINTING ✓ Neatly done at this Office at low j rices. Come and examine work* Letter Heads, Bill Heads, Cards, Post ers, Dodgers, Tags, Circulars, Mort gage note, Justice Court Subpoenas, Fi Fas, Summons, Title Deeds, Etc. 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