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Jxo. Barton, - - Editor. !■■ Demooratlo Ticket. ISSB - AND THURMAN! For Congr 9. l h Distriot, A- • CANDLER. For Souator. W- s. MCCARTY. For Representative!, J N COGGINS Go to Work For the Party. It is the duty of every democrat to work for liis party. Work for its principles. To do this you must work for its organizations. In do ing this you have its nominees be fore you. Work for Uwm and you are doing the duty of all democrats. Turn loose all individual and pet ty feelings. These do not consli tute the democratic party. They are void of consistent reason. They alienate the true principles and organizations ot any party. They are the moans to corrupt all that is elevating. The republican party has proven this. It is time for democrats to wake up. No man can be a democrat and oppose its organizations. Every man in attendance at the convention—to be sincere—must admit that Mr. Coggins received the unprejudiced will of the con vention when it nominated him. Then, why at this late hour allow your sincerity to be convicted by a hasty passion, fostered and steal ing away your honest convictions through some advice otyour friend engendered into an imaginary or petty feeling? This is not true manhood. Neither can it bespeak the praise of intelligence. All in telligent people are presumed to know right from wrong. Intelli gent men never allow petty feel ings to steal their reasoning pow ers, If so Heaven would be void a saint to-day, How many are the vexations of life you have had to encounter? You came outconquer er by allowing your honest convic tions to down petty feelings. Messrs, i’ickeft, Griffin, and.Sud dutii, as private citizens are good men, and you dare sayin this sense would oppose right. But lake up their politics. Do they not in dorse radicalism when they oppose the i vinciples and organizations of the democratic party? They do. The Republican party is trying to break up democratic principles and organizations in every state in the union, thereby to break up the party. Messrs, Pickett, Suddath, and Griffin are helping them. It is useless tor them to say they are democrats. Tliev may have been iii lime gone by. By some means (hey have allowed their honest con victions to be downed and they have gone over to the republican party. Montgomery, Ala., has quaran tined against Decatur. It has been affirmed that there is no yellow fever in Texas The Mormons are moving to ilex ico to establish anew zion Sparta says she is again restored to communication. Mr. Bowden, city editor of the Jacksonville, Times-Union, died with yellow fever, 19th inst. The negroes of Guinnett have held side-shows and endorsed Pick ett's actions to be republicanism. To 20th inst. Jacksonville had 13 J new cases and fifteen deaths of yellow Fever. Morton seems to be completely “snowed under” in New York Nothing is heard from him. Thurman is still making his rounds through the eastern states with grand success. 'The republicans tried to force the Chinese bill on the president, but as yet they have failed to make the president agree with them. Bedell, a real estate clerk for the firm ot Shipman, Barlow & Shoat, of New York, has skipped with $204,500, Canada, no doubt, is enjoying his presence. The reports that yellow fever was in Hendersonville, N. C , and Asheville, are false. Both of those places are mountain towns, used for summer resorts. The democrats of Guinnett are organizing throughout the county for Candler. They intend to make Pickett’s vote very small and far apart. Gov. Hill of New fork, will make speeches in several states in the in terestof the democratic party Gov Hill is confident the democrats will carry New York The dates have been so arrang ed there will be no interference between Augusta, S. C., and Char leston, 8. C., in giving their expo sitions. The Charleston Festival is fixed for November 19 and 25th. Joseph Chamberlain, in his ad dress at Bradford, endorsed Glad stone’s policy. Chamberlain, evi dently, is not a tenant The gov ernment would be much better otT if ho was. Mr. L. Shackelford, editor of the Enterprise, published at Watkins* ville, died 15th inst. Mr. Shackel ford made the enterprise a bright and newsy sheet. His able pen will he missed among the exchang es, May he find the rest ot the blest. Legislative politics in Barlow county are pretty hot. The state road betterments, etc , are the im portant issues The fence question is considerably divided in that couu ty, and is a small item with the can didates. The yellow fever epidemic is on the increase in Jacksonville. It has struck Mississippi. Iler capit al, Jackson, is reported to have had several cases up to date, De catur, Ala., is also infested. She lias hud two deaths from the dis ease so far, and a number of cases now under treatment, Mr, Pickett spoke in Harmony Grove, Thursday. He speaks in Belton Saturday, Mr. Pickett’s platform, as yet, no one understands. He goes otF occasionally in a wild freak on temperance. Again, in other places he is just the opposite. He claims to be a democrat. This is easily done. Yet he is opposed to organ izations. He believes in taking hold of republicanism in an inde pendent guise to break down all organized democratic principles. So you see he is a democrat. The 9th district will hardly re cognize Mr. Pickett as a democrat ic opponent of Mr. Candler, Communicaled. [For tie Bauks County Observer.] Mr. Editor —ln you r issue of Sep tember 12th iDst.. I sea short article on the Farmtr’ Alliance and the Grange. Believing that your utterances in this article, and all snch expressions, have a tendency to discourage the far mers aud to deter them from making the proper effort to rid themselves of the many heavy burdens that oppress them, I ask a short space in oar coun ty paper to give my views. Ist., You say, “What the Farmers’ V.liance will amount to, the fnture can only tell. However, it will re quire a good deal of capital to make it amount to anything.” Now, I do not belong to the Farm ere’ Alliance, and will not have a great deal to say about it. This much, however, I will say, I have read the principles ot that order and believe that they are good and calculated to accomplish good, if the membership will bnt faithfully carry out the priii- ciples of their organization. But when yon say that “it will require a good deal of capital to make it amount to anything. 1 ' I think you may be mis taken. If this be true, most of our farmers bad just as well hang their harps upon the willow* and meekly submit to all the forms of degradation and thraridom that all of the exactii g combinations and trusts can impose upon them. Because a “good deal of capital’’ they have not got. 1 know too well that money is power, and that it is now beiug used with a profuse hand to grind the farmer; and 1 also know that if the farmers did only have a good deal of this capital of which you speak, they could do much better, but they do not have it, nor will they have it while all of these abominable oppressions continue. While momy is power, X am glad that it is not the only element of power, potent as it may bo. Associated action is also power, and to this, more than to cap ital, must tho farmers of our county look for relief. Let them be encourag cd to unite, and that with bonds not easily broken, and act in concert, and make a long pull—a strong pull—and a pull together for the betterment of their condition. In your article of the 12th you furth er say, “Several of Banks’ solid farm ers said last Saturday they never did got any good out of the grange,’’ etc. Now. this sounds iuDuy to me. They may have been solid farmers, bat I do not think they were solid grangers; where do they live? Sorely not in the southern part of our county. They do not belong to Banksvillo Grange, for all of its members been benefited. Nor is this all; uot only have the mem bars of the grange been benefited, but the whole community of farmers for many miles around has been greatly benefited. For fifteen years has onr grand band of brothers and sisters battled on, overcoming all opposing elements, and stand to-day with their colors bright, and with their banner unfurled to the breeze, and au out stretched hand to all solid farmers to come and unite with us and wo will do them good; knowing that there are advantages in many ways by being united in our noble order,. J. P. Gunnells, Bauksviil®, Sept. 20, ISBB. The question of capital referred to in the above, has been misconstrued. It was intended for the association oi which the farmer is to buy at cash fig ures on timely payment, and then re ceive highest market price for his cot ton, with the privilege of selling io any market, The grange confines h.s trade, either in cash or credit. Edito-. W. A. Qiullian & Go, HARMONY GROVE, DEALERS IN General Merchandise And Plantation Supplies. Oar stock of Dry Goods, Clothing, Hats, Boots and Shoes can not bo sur passed in Durability aud Low Prices. We keep in S'ock 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 our aoods. 19 Hardman & Comp’y, HARMONY GROVE DEALERS IN HardwarE & Cutler Y. e> 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 prioes. 19 Consult your Interests by Buying your DrugS& MedicineS FROM Wade And Sledge, ATHENS, 6- GEORGIA. We sell at’the lowest possible price, and gurantee every article to be abso lutely Pure. Orders by Mail will receive prompt attention. Remember the name and place.—WADE & SLEDGE, Druggists and Pharmacists. ( Between. Hodgson Bros,, and Talmadge Bros,, Clayton Street. , 16,