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Dr.V, D. Lockhart, > Jno. Barton, \ Editors.. * Domooratic Ticket. 1888- CLEVELAND AND THURMAN! For Congress 9th District, ’ A- W. CAROLER. For Reproßontfttlvo. J. N COGGINS “■ Tbe city of Atlanta covers 45,018 acres of )3*d. The United Sales Ci,n aino 9,000, 000 farmer*. Tin dernocra* c party is threaten ed with a bre-toin Clarke. Izaac May of Elsas, May & Cos., Atlanta, is dead. The Gull" Coast lias ha 1 a threat storm—-doing some’ damage. The Piedmont Chautauqua went out in a blaze of sky rockets, fire works and gasworks. Sam. Jo us tiiaks Cleveland is a brave man, w,th a back-hone equal to a circus pole. Sam has been there. The democratic campaign fund now foots up something over $150,000. It will be double that befo r o Oetobcr. Atlanta claims to be the second larg est mule market in the world. She sells over $d 000 000 a year. Tho recem ti ;<>da iu L< uieiana have done gie t da > ege t 'be rice crop. Also the sugar crop lias been 6ome* what injured. A eer'i in co gre-i m<n m a neigh boring state is out with the newspa pers beertt;-' tl.ey failed to whitewash his record t.fore the people. C' mptru'ler VVr ght thinks the di gest for th ■ s year will show an inorease over last rear of $1,000,000. This Bpeaks well tor Georgia. The Constitution seems to be much intere ted in baseball mat ters, judging from the enormous amount of news printed in its col umns en the subject. The primary election in Fulton county b-r s. nator, resulted in the election of Frank Rice by a ma jority ol‘ 30a. Another primary is ordered for representative. J. J, Cummings, a railroad con ductor. died of delirium tremens in Atlanta on Sunday night, lie was from Denver, Colorado, and has a wile living in that place. Dick Xow, the republican elec tor for tlie Atlanta district, will take the stump early in October. Mr. James Gray is fho democratic' elector. lie \\ ill lire hia first gun in Atlanta, Tt 18 h irmt., the malit’a wore call ed cut to arrest a gang of negro des peradoes in Charlotte, N. C. They entered buk yards of farm houses, kiiled chickens, tore up gardens and insulted and abused everybody. They were a gang of railroad roughs. An enormous “trust”—another name for a lag swindle, lias got hold of all the bagging in the country, and propose to make farmers pay enormous prices for it. The far mers alliance is kicking against it, but it is likely they will be power less to help themselves, .Murder in Mitsisnippi is becoming a disgrace to. tbe South. Nearly ev- e r y week she has a killing. Every litvls brainless, jack-leg law yer and politiaiau, that jnrups up, has to kill Eoinebody before he can make a record (!) with his friends. More justice at the end of a rope ia what is needed. By sotno means a report has keen circulated about Athens and elsewhere that Banks’ delegates to the Senatorial Convention did not intend to vote for McCarty, the nominee of Jackson’s primary. llow the impression got abroad is not known. Banks lias never ex pressed dissatisfaction to Mr, Mc- Carty. Her delegation voted as a unit for him in tho convention last Saturday at Oillsville. “When the wicked rule, the peo pie will mourn,” is the old maxim, but it is being verified every day, You have only to read of the cor ners in wheat, speculations in lard, oil trusts, bagging combinations, and thousands of other nefarious schemes of wicked capitalists to extort money from the toiling mil lions to be convinced of the truth of the saying. Of all the forms of oppres sion and misrule that this country has ever suffered from, the gigan tic trusts and combinations nowin vogue are the worst. The accumu lation of vast amounts of capital in the hands of afew individuals me naces our free institutions, and nothing short'of government inter ference will ever put a slop to it. Col. A. I). Candler, democratic nominee from this congressional district, will address the people in the court house next Saturday. Let all the citizens lay aside their work and turnout. He is one of the ablest representatives in Geor gia, and is thoroughly posted on all matters pertaining to the interests of the people, A more staunch friend of democracy is not to be found among the nation’s legisla tors. Come out and hear him, Tilings are about evenly distri buted in this world, Forth Geor gia may not boast of great fertility of soil or great wealth, but she can take the cake when it comes to good water, pure air and good health, What advantage would it be to move and leave all these, in search of a rich country, where yellow fever and malaria are rife, aud deadly disease lurks in every passing breeze? Be sat isfied where you are. It is reported that in the Hack ensack meadows of New Jersey, the mosquitoes are more than an inch long and have horns on their heads, upon which maybe counted the wrinkles indicating their age. Some of them carry a small hypo dermic syringe under their wings, with which to draw out the blood of their victims. Other mosqui toes die during the winter, but these Hackensack mosquitoes fat ten on snow-balls and get ready for the spring campaign. Protective tariff has favored them, Many of the people of this sec tion who emigrated to the West, have returned—some ol’theinwilh their families half dead and buried in a strange land. One young man with an interesting and heal thy family, decided a few' years ago to sell out his nice little farm in (Banks and go to Arkansas. He lived there two years, and during that time lot two of his children, and then died himself of typhoid fever. Ilis wife and the remain ing little ones returned grfef-strick en and sick, and are now battling with the world as best they can to earn a living.- The time of year will soon be at hand when the emigration agent puts in his best work, Flaming posters advertising untold -wealth, and cheap homes in the West, will soon be on every doad wall and Btore door in the country. Maps and circulars by the thousand will be scattered broad-cast over the land, to induce you to leave the home of your nativity and seek your fortune in the far West, Pay no attention to them. Look at the stfeam of pale and sickly, and dis consolated ones returning from that land, grief stricken and poor in purse, and you will be satisfied to remain in Georgia, even if you have to eat corn bread and drink branch water the balance of your days. Anew survey will be made from this point to near Eudora with a view of getting the Covington & Macon railroad extended to this place. A pleasant and harmonious conference was recently held between a commit tee of our representatives and Major Key and Colonel Machon, and the out look is pr> mining for the road to be brought here. Let oi l Newton put her shoulder to the wh -ol and s*cuie this extension, tor if we reject the lile al proposition made it will probably be the ast and best opp rtnnitv we wid ever have to ge this much needed line [Covington Enieruri*e A Grand Showing. Geomia - ' 'Xabla propei ty foots up 357 863 331 dollar*. This makes a net gain of 15 258 002 dollars over last vear The state has grown 123 000, 000 richer in nine years. Tno digeste from all of the counties in the state have been rceeiyed at the comptroller general’s office The property in the aggregate return ed by the 137 counties in Georgia sum up 227,803,331 But this does not include the prop erty returned by the taxable railroads in the state, which will aggregate 29,- 000,000 dollars. This makes Georgia's proporty foot up the snug sum of 357,863,331 dol lars. There is upwards of 30,000,000 of rialroad property iu Georgia, which is non taxable. The Centra), the South western, tbe Augusta and Savanah, and the Western and Atlantic roads are exempt from taxation. Tho digests from all of the counties show a net increase over last year of 11,255,002, and the net gain in rail .road property returned will amount to 4,000,000, which runs up the aggre gate net increase for tho last fiscal year to 15,258,002. Iu 1879, jußt nine years ago, the di gest showed the property in Georgia to be 225,003,419 dollars, and the rail roads returned the same year 9,868,- 129 dollars. So that in nine years, Georgia has gained about 120,000,000 in taxablo property on the digest, and 20,000,000 dollars in taxable railroad property. In other words, the state of Georgia ?s richer by about 123,000,000 dol lars, more than she was nine years sgo. C W. Hood & Son, HARMONY GROVE, GeeneraL Merchandise And Plantation Supplies. Onr stock of Dry Goods, Clothing, Hats, Boot* and Shoes can not be sur passed in Durability and Low Prices. Wo keep in Stock all that the farmer needs. Our Line of staple groceries are complete. We keep a full line of Fancy groceries, Dotions, etc. Also Bagging, Ties and Guanos. Country Produce taken in exchange for goods. Call and examine onr Goods. 19 w, A. Qmllian & Cos. Harmony Grove, Plantation Supplies- W e keep a good Line of Merchandise t*oods. and m fact o-*-orything to suit the wants of the Farmer at the very lowest figures. Call and examine Stock when in town. Country produce taken in exchange for goods. Hardman & Comp’y, HARMONY GROVE, dealers' in HardwarE & CutlerY. Our Line of Stoves, Tinware, Agricultural Implements, Etc., can not be found in better Quality and Durability, elsewhere. We also keep a good line of guns for the Fall trade. Call and examine our stock and prices. 19 W. W. JORDAN. HARMONY GROVE, Undertaker & Furniture Dealer. • • My Line of Furniture contains all that goes to make up the parlor, house hold, and kitchen. Also carry a full line of Caskets and Undertaker’s outfits From the Cheapest to the Finest Qualities. A fire Hearse in connection.