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Dr. V. D. Lockhart, j _ Edito „.
Jno. Barton, )
lev. land wan nominated by arcla
fjon Tb a wanno more than was ex
peoted. The v i e President nomina
tion appears on arotherp*ee.
The 2nd Tuesday in August has
been selected as the time, and
Gainesville as the place for holding
t he next Congressional Con vent ion.
The basis of representation in each
county is two delegates for each
member in the lower house of the
(Jeneral Assembly.
Earthquake bhr.cks hn\e be*n felt in
(titdn quartern oi Columbia, 8 C ,of
lair Fome <f the people have vac t
i- ! their bou*es, and moved to o'tier
q larters of tha city. It is strange that
h .hocks have not been felt elsewhere
in i he ►tate
A erific tycloiie p-.fi-el near Milton,
<\,3:d let Tie track of the cy
clone was abont 500 yards wide and
25 n 1 in >n lenc'h Whole plnn’a
•u! o rn and o cc > w*re wiped
o I w*in ait-o ’O' . rupanied by a
ha i n*< rn and ii . or'ed that the
h . : e>c i* * erninea egga
Hie Georgia .State Sunday-
School Association will hold its an
nual convention in Gainesville, on
13th and 14th inet. The organiza
turn is non sectarian. The ap
pro idling convention will be an
occasion of great interest to the
people of our section, an 1 should
be attended by all Sunday-school
workers,
Mrs. Jackson has consented to re
moval of the body of iier late hus
band, Gen. ‘‘Stonewall” Jackson,
from its resting place in the Lex
ington, -> r a., cemetery, to ‘‘Jack
son Circle,” which is about one
hundred feet from the present
grave. This will be done that the
proposed bronze figure may mark
the grave on that beautiful circle
set apart for Jackson’s monument.
The Methodist General Confer
ence at its last sesion adopted meas
urea providing for the appointment
of women to the office of Deacon
ess. The duties of Deaconess are
to minister to the sick and poor,
the connection being voluntary, no
vows being required. Each Dea
coness will be under direction of
the minister, except when associat
ed together in a Home, in which
case a superintendent will direct
their affairs.
This is truly, an advance move
ment of the Methodist Church.
As will be seen by reference to
the proceedings of the Executive
Committee published in our last
issue, each district in the county
will be represented in the conven
tion by five delegates. The busi
ness of the convention will be to
nominate a candidate for represen
tative; to select delegates to the
Gubernatorial, Congressional, and
Sentor'a vl Conventions, and to ap
point anew Executive Committee.
A large part of this business, how
ever, will be done in massraeeting,
therefore, it is important that the
people remember the day and
come out and take part in the pro
ceedings. The convention and mass
meeting will be held on the first
Tuesday in July and the distr’O* price
ar‘*son the fourth Saturday in June.
At Rockdale, T*x., on the morning
of the 4th inat, the Mundane hotel, a
ihree story brick building, was burn
ed to ’he ground and eleveu persons
perished in the flames. Dr. W. A.
Brooks, the proprietor, wa* poled ott
of the flames with his kair and beard
singed off, and otherwise badly burn
ed, leaving behind him his wife and
four cl.i’dien, which perished in the
flames.
Give Them a Rest.
There ate gentlemen in Clarke coun
ty who have been on marly every
gran! jury rince the war It is an
outrage to tux the patriotism of any
citizen to he ihua roinpTed to serve
a long. The next legislature should
Hevi e h mie means ’o relieve them
None hut professionals have ever been
pay —[Dinner-Watchm □
IJ'.der our present jnty NystiiP, it in
the duty of the j: ry conimiMsioner* to
go over the list c re'nlly, and n< lect
the moht "up iglit, intelligent iXpe
riencid” men in the county, to s**rve
ae grand jurors. Bat somehow they
ofen make sad mistaken in the por
forraan'‘o of this duty. Men who are
proverbially known to bn* dishonest,
and worse than all, men who have
been charged with crimes, - and some
of them convichd of crime*, are pi cd
on grand This is not often the
case, but many men of 1 igh rntelli
and virtne are left out of the
jury box, while the ‘ sinsit A1
ecks” are chosen to trantack the most
ip’poriant lurinees (f the county.
No juries have been drawn for cur
county aa yet, an 1 we hope when the
commit liocers meet to select jnrymeu
they will Sihot none who are Rot
"woithy and well qualified.”
A young man camel A. M. Gard
per of Atlanta, ban published a eard
ever hi? own signature requesting the
barkeeptr* to refuse to sell him any
more liquor. He says that no one in
Atlanta is superior to him in his line
of business so long as be lets liquor
a’one, but ns soon as be begins drink
ing he is no good, and begins to neg
lect his work, snd bis family. The
following is his card:
“Notice to barkeepers: The domi
nating curae of our age is liquor. It
is gigantic with its pjwer, and has a
tendency to drag men doWu to hell ev*
ery day through its enticing sin. I
must confess with shame that lam one
of the demon’s victims. Therefore,
knowing wrhin myselt, that strong
drink is raging, and considering the
fact that I am unable to control my
appetite, I ask every saloon keeper to
refuse to sell or give me any intoxicat
ing liquor; and furthermore, I would j
be under everlasting obligations to my
fiends if tiny would never ask me to
with them.
•Tc saloon men and friends, 1 say,
by doing as I ask, yon will oonfer a
favor, not only on jour humble serv
ant, but upon my family as well.
* 1 remain yours, ete ,
“A. M Gardner.”
The above contains s good imosn.
of cheek. If Gardner does not want
to "smile” with bis friends be can re
fnse on vpibal grounds. Seemi igly, to
earry a point, his object i* 'egotism ’
Something for the Coming County
Convention to Think About.
We believe a “scrub race” for
Representative is what the people
want this time; and as there can
be no danger of electing a negro
or a republican, why not let them
have it that way? We do not wish
to be understood that we favor in
dependentism or any other undem
ocratic method; but it is generally
conceded that a Senatorial Conven
tion consisting of delegates from
the three counties to nominate a
senator, is about as far as strict par
ty organization work is available.
If we nominate a representative,
why not go on and nominate other
county officers? If one is necessa
ry why not all?
There are several aspirants, we
learn, and no harm can possibly re
sult to the party by allowing each
one to test his strength before the
people, Again, a nomination made
the first of July gets cold before
the election. By the time the peo
ple get in earnest about selecting
a representative, they may find to
their sorrow, that the nominee is
not the man the people want.
Hence an independent candidate
walks off' with the prize. We hope
the convention will keep these
things in their minds and proceed
to make haste with much caution,
lest the people repudiate their
work.
Literay in Brazil.
Some literary events have oc
curred in Brazil during the last
twelve months. Since the late ill
ness of Emperor Dom Pedro, Prin
cess Isabella has been at the head
of the government, as Princess Re
gent.
The abolition of slavery in Bra
zil has been going on for a number
of years—since 1871 we think—on
a system of gradual emancipation/
but Isabella was impatient with its
slow workings, and summarily dis
missed the Ministry, which was
not in sympathy with her plans,
and immediately formed anew
Ministry, composed of Abolition-
ists, and through her influence
measures were introduced provid
ing for the immediate emancipa
tion of all slaves. The bill has
passed the Chamber of Deputies
and the senate, and 1,500,000 hu
man beings are released from the
servitude of slavery. Isabella will
ascend the thrown of h6r illustrious
father, as the most successful cham
pion of human liberty that ever liv
ed.
A. C MOSS.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
HOMER, GEORGIA.
Collections mads and pr< mfitly remittee
P. M. ED WARDS,
Attorney at Law,
homer, Georgia.
Will practice in ail the Court*
of the Western Circuit.
W. L. TELFORD,
Attorney AT LAW,
Hombr. Georgia.
G. W. BROWN,
Maysville, Georgia.
Will do a general practice.
Collecting a specialty.
James M. Merritt,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
itlaysvill*. tiioi'(sia,
Dr. A. H. Stapler.
HOMER, GEORGIA.
Special attention given to Surgery,
Obstetrics disease* of long
Ntaoding
V. D. LOCKHART.
PhysiciaN,
Homer, Georgia.
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GENERAL BLACKSMITHING,
llomer, Georgia.
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