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>Tuo. Barion,
Democratic Ticket. 1888'
CLEVELAND AND THURMAN!
For Congr'M Bth District,
A.D. CANDLER.
For Senator.
W S- MCCARTY.
’ For Representative,
__ J- N- COGGINS
Athens Fair promises to be one
of interest.
has contributed a large
amount to the yellow fever suffer
ers at Jacksonville, Fla.
Atlanta has subscribed some
thing over $‘2,000 to the yellow le
ver sufferers of Jacksonville.
“Jim 1 ' thinks “Ken” will be the
next president. Mr. Blaine of Mr.
Harrison, you know.
The president’s letter of accept
ance of fhe rt nomination is len
gthy, but to the point.
The tariff bill will delay the ad
journment-of congress for several
weeks.
The negro* s of Bibb county
have nominated candidates for the
legislature.
Jacksonville is in need of nurses.
Her yellow fever sufferers are lack
ing in attentic n to some degree.
The 22nd annual encampment
of the Grand Army of the Repub
lic, held its quarters in Columbus,
Ohio, last week.
The democratic executive com
mittee of Jackson, met at Jeffer
son, 4th insf. Owing to lack of a
'quorum no business was transacted
All the leading papers of New
Turk City, compliments Cleve
land’s letter of acceplance in high
est terms. What else could they do?
Col. D. It, Baker, editor in-chief
of the Cincinnati Evening Post,
lias gone to Jacksonville to assist
the yellow fever sufferers.
New York City had contributed
$19,280 to the yellow fever suffer
ers up to 10th inst. Quite a liberal
contribution for the empire state of
ihe East.
'fhe 10th ir;st., Gov. Gordon and
other leading lights addressed the
Brotherhood of Firemen in Atlan
ta. They had a galla time ’mid
banners and music.
The lOtli inst. a bill was passed
in the House bv Mr. Blount of this
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state, authorizing the postmaster
general to advertise for and pur
chase improved mail locks and keys
The Ivansas Oity National Expo
sition opened 11th inst. Manager
Kumpf made the opening address
to a large crowd. The exposition
will continue seven weeks,
Kentucky has not forgot her du
ty in helping the Jacksonville yel
low fever sufferers. Louisville had
donated something over $3,000 up
to 10th inst. Other portions of
the state have contributed largely.
Cotton sheeting is now made a
substitute for bagging. The trust
syndicate can now have their own
way for the present, It is an af
fair congress can do nothing with
for the present.
Macon, Oft.. 10th, inst —Jim Mitch
ell of this place, who is superintending
a brickyard in Louisville, Jefferson
•county, became involved iD a qnarrel
with some of the negro hands and was
literally cut to pieces.
Texas had contributed $12,000
to th© yellow fever sufferers up to
10th inst. A good donation for
the “Lone Star State.” The cow
boys subscribed liberally, even if
they are always on the war-path.
During the past few weeks
North Carolina lias suffered great
damage from local storms and hea
vy freshets, causing great loss to
crops and dislocating railroad facil
ities in some parts of the state.
Over 1,000 members of the
Knights of Labor are thrown out
of employment in Jacksonville,
Fla, They are in need of help.
The Grand Master has issued an
appeal to the enlire fraternity of
'the order for help.
The Chicago Journal thinks that
young writers like Amelie Rives are
being pushed forward too rapidly and
calls for the establishment of “author
ative organs of criticism in your
midst.” Such organs would need
critics to conduct them, and there is
none.
A young lady in Newark, New Jer
sey, opened her eyes at three in
the morning and found a big burg
lar with a revolver in her room. She
was so mad at having her sleep dis
furbed that she jumped on the fel
low, pinioned hie arms to his sidp,
rushed him to the top of the stairway
and then pitched him headlong down.
The republicans of the 2nd con
gressional district, have nominated
Gen. Jas. R. Chalmers. This gen
tleman has caused that district
much trouble. It will be remem
bered hecontesd his election with
the duly elected democrat to a seat
in congress, several years age.
The 7th congressional district of
Mississippi, have renominated
their “silver-tongued orator,” Col.
Chas. E. Hooker, Col. Hooker is
one of Mississippi’s noted demo
crats and leading statesmen. He
has stood by her in the dark days
of radicalism. He has fought the
enemy without fear when shot
guns and pistols were glittering
around the speaker's stand.
Harrison has made his bow and
accepted the republican nomina
tion for president. His letter is
lengthy. His views sets forth a
high tariff and protective plafform
in every sense. He is opposed to
all foreign immigration. Hover, he
believes in friendly terms with oth
er nations so far as due respect de
mands it.
There is nothing exciting or of
renewed interest in his letter. It is
only the sterotyjied platform of his
party. Therefore, he deserves n©
undue criticism.
Politics in South Carolina are
gloriously mixed. The democrats
have fallen into line. Their bat
tle will be a hard one. They have
the republicans in front and the
independents in the rear to fight.
The independents will combine
with the republicans, This, with
the negro clement, will make
things pretty warm. The demo
crats only hope is to split the inde
pendent faction with the republi
can party. By this means they
carry the state.
Col. Candler says “it will be a
longtime before Mr, Pickett can
raise the dead carcass ofindepend
enlism in the 9tli congressional dis
trict.” The colonel generally knows
what he is talking about. Now let
the people show him they mean to
make his words good.
There may be several parties
away from Washington. If Mr,
Pickett ever has occasion to gD
there he will find but two. No
“sitting on the fence” about this.
Jut • Bagging.
The Constitution says boycott jat
bagging:
“The able managers of the jute
bagging trust have stirred up a big
ger fuss than they intended to. The
other trusts have racked along in a
quiet way, robbing and plundering
fhe people to any extent that
suited their convenience, but the
robbers who are engaged in man
ipulating the bagging steal have
succeeded in getting up a discus
sion that has alarmed the country.
The trouble with the trusl thiev
es is that in commanding the cot-
ton planters of the South to stand and
deliver they struck a parcel of people
who are ready to organize in their own
defense. The spirit, which originated
in the grange movement, and which
has been fostered by the various dis
trict and county agricultural associa
tions. has been fully developed by the
Farmer’s Alliance.
The alliance is one the most power
ful organizations in the country. The
New York Sun would describe it aa a
trust, and, so far as combination is
concerned, it is a trust, but it is not
organized for the purpose of robbing
or oppressing anybody; it is an organ
ization for the pnrpose of self-defouse
and protection.
The alliance was the first obstacle
with which the bagging trust robbets
has had to deal; but it has met anoth
er equally as powerful in the shape of
tho cotton underwriters belonging to
the marine board. These insurance
men, taking advantage of the situa
tion, hare adopted resolutions (which
we have noted before) to the effect
that they can not afford very m nch
longer to insure cotton in so insufficient
and inflammable a material as j ate bag
ging-
A few months ago, such a declara
tion would have been ieceived by the
farmers as in the nature of an attack,
bat now it affords another reason why
they should boyooit the bagging facto
ties, and wrap their cotton in coarse
cloth made out of the staple itself.
This would not only cheapen the in
surance, which falls on the producer,
bat would create anew demand for
the fibre to the extent that the cotton
bagging wonld be .msed. It is notori
ous that the disastious ootton fires
that oceur, originate in American cot
ton, and this faot, no donbt, has its ef
fect on the prioe of the staple.
As we have said before, and as we
will probably say again, if the south
ern planters will take advantage of the
situation as it exists to day, they will
be in a position next year to thank
their stars that the jnte bagging rob
bers stopped them in tne road and de
manded their purses.”
W. A. Quillian & 'Co,
HARMONY GROVE,
DEALERS IN
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Harmony grove,
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