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HELD BY THE THIRD PARTY pELE-OATesTVio Delegates Selected to Co to^ The ^National Convention.at. Omaha— A Day Set for i he Congressional 'Convention.THE CONTENTIONIN ATHENS WEDNLSDAY.holdipK thecorgreMi(naUIt.wilt behaldin Athen. and wiU “ candidate for congress it w,k% no_ * If that man will be Mr. J. r. riM,,s ** Greene county. • ’01vehtipnthe26tbtThe delegates to the'Tuird party cop-vcoiioa arrived in. the.o.i y^Wedriesdij. morning and held their cpnveiition.un-tilWedaesday. afternoon about fou o’clock., ^ ...the convention was made up of delegates from all. the counties in the Eighth district, with the exception ol Madison andPutnam.The “Old-Free State” didn’t have any representative in the meeting, and [Romans of Putnam were not on hand.The convention was called to order at one o’clock by District Lecturer J.\ R Robins, who in ' .a 7 :few words stated the object of. the meeting to be the. selection of delegates to Omaha where the national convention of the People’s party meets on Ju’y 4tb to nominate candidates for President and vice-President. • . .Nominations for permanent chairman were declared in order, and Mr. W. M. Hairston, of. Elbert, placed in nomination the name of - Mr. W. Y. Carter, of Hart. Mr. Carter; was unanimously elected ‘ and made a few remarks thanking tbe convention for the honor conferred. Mr. A. J. Owens, of Franklin was elected permanent secre-Work of .the Board or Fquaii*, tlonat lts Last Session.The Boafil lt;f Equalization continnei get in its wotk. In some instance! l values given are raised, while ia others it is made lower, thos fquslizie the returns. *The increase of the rtturns .':Splt; ^ of by.the Board last Monday was tweiv ty-eight thousand, one bund ml “Tty-live dollars.Th8' in’orease '.on tbe property K1Vfn i by'white people amounts t« ^jo.r'so while .that made on the color d ta! payers was$l,175 00.Such was the result of the held on.Monday last.Democracy In The Lead tn That ‘ ■ County.Dr. A. S. Johnson, of Bowman, U is itv. Dr. Johnson is preside: t of tbe Young . Men’s - Democratic league o Bowman, which organized last Sat urday with more than a hundred members.tary.o,0.The roll of the counties was cilled and tho following delegates answered: Greene.—C. C. Oliver, C. C. King, Jos. H. Brown, J. L. Durham, B. F Daniel, I. H. McWhorter, J. J.‘ Finch T. H. Branch.Morgan.—G. H. Wagoner, W. T. Newton.Pntham.—Not represented.OconseV^itrW: Dcr-usm, J. dox.Clarke.—G. T. Murrell, T. N. Lester Madison.—Not represented.Franklin.—A. J. Owens, W. E.Cofer, Elbert.—W. M. Hairston, G. W Christian.• Hart.—W. Y. Carter, W. T. Tucker.Wilkes.—H.C. Walton, J.M.Gilbert, W. N. Powell, Thos. Harris.Oglethorpe.—C. C. Fagan, Ben Mur-rah, S. D. Durham, Wm. smith.Jasper.—G. D. Murrell, J. S.G. Wood. The chair appointed as a committee on credentials: Messrs. Walton,Wiles,- Murrell, of Jasper, Tuck, of Hart, Robins, of Greene, and Durham, of Oglethorpe.Theoommittee retired to .make op its report when the crowd called for sp.eches.Mr. C. T. Murrell Speaks.Mr. George T, Mu. rell, ex-president of the county Alliance of Clarke, was called for, and he made in substance the fpllowing spotch*~“A man asked me last n ght how stood. -; I told him I stood where I did two years ago. I ttrted then if the Republicans and Democrats did’nt quit wrangling and go to doing more for tbe people, the masses would rise up and put a stop to it.' That day has come. -never joined -the PeoploV party until this morning.I htva come to the de? liberate c nclusion that there is no lief to be gained inside ti e old parties. We muBt. get down to : busi-There - - is -difference. between a gold bug Democrat and a gold bug Republican. We must do aw ay with tbis gold .bug bush ness. The time will, come when the West and South will .unite and whip the East. Wall street dictates the poll' oy of our government and as long as continues we will grow poorer. It necessaiy for the masses to assert their rights, and they will win. I am delib-. erately a People’s party mar..” At this juncture Mr.- Morrell touched up the Young' Men’s Democratic club, Clarke ana in a jocular, manner said be expcted to see the editor of the Banneb .come over, to them . in six months, This is like a great many other things that the Third party expects see that will never happen in this world or the next;Mr.'E. S.'Anderson made ; afew re? marks, 'which were cut short by. the ro turn if the committee on credentials that reported all the'delegates entitled ,-o seats. '■ ~.;2 Tbe nominations for district delegates to Omaha were then made.The following were nominated: J. Robins,’ W. Y. Carter, JG.-T. Murrell B. E. Overby, Ben.Mmrah.W. Hairston,'W. T. Newton,A: P..Webb and E. M. Anthony. Upon the ballot boliigcuntcd Messrs;- J.- RrRoblns, T/Murrell, B.E. Overby;and W.CMtOT^were^deolared^.given power to applt; nt their ow alter-The doctor says Democracy is all right in old Elbert, and many tf twayfaring D mccratawho - were thinking 0fleaving the old party after hearing the speech of Hon. Thcs. G. Lawson a few lays ago, have decided that Democracy tl e best lt;f -all. Dr. Johnson is aR ron-ribbed Democrat, fearless, and nut-poken, and is doing some good work for the party.lt; ,The following were elected - delegates from,the State at large: v W. S. PeekBranob,Mr. Maddox,of Oconee, moved to •tract delegates to work' for' the insertion of the'plank of the Ocala platform providing for -the election ;;of jUnited States''Senators by- the people. ried. _, t .. .... _•Mr. W. Y- Carter.was elected chairman, of thedlstrlot executive coin{.,. paring the elecUon ,- of delir gates ' Omahasevoral arose and 'declined (aororihlr of being tlt;Tpoor to pay tl .way! It was decided that' the expnsese of delegates should ha borne by party.The conventiouYtWn adjcwrned. After, adjourjfmeht the -xccutive;an increase of ism, i 55meetingELBERT ALL RIGHT.IN CLARKE COUNTY JAIL.Wm. Goldsmith Is Now In the Custody of Sheriff Wler.W|lliam1 Goldsmith, alias Win. done--alias Chas.TBrim'pjoriTTSrrow itt t'Li'.c county jail.He is the negro who stole Dr. Wade’s horse, buggy and harness somo dayi since and was arrested in Ailii.t.-i. 'Die amenegro about a month ago forged order upon Mr. J. P. Wilson for let ihickens m the name ( f Mrs. F. W Lucas,D.\ Wade offered a reward for his arrest, and in'a lew days he was ca[tur in Atlanta.Wednesday Detectives Burke am Greene, of Atlanta, brought Golds 111 it!Athens, and turned him over t -Sheriff Wier.The reward was paid by Dr. Wadi and equally divided between Derectivi Green and Burke, of Atlanta, an Policeman B. F. Culp, of this city, afti paying the expenses of the Atlaui officers in bringing the prisoner over.A preliminary trial will be held in few days, and as the - evidence is cot elusive, Goldsmith will doubtless t boinl over t. the Superior court. Al serving a sentence for horse stea ihg, Goldsmith will again be tried c the charge of forgery.Died in Oglethorah County.—0 Moi day night June Gth, Miss Matti B. Elder, of this city, died in Ogl thcrpe county, at the home of it Bernard Christopher. She hail tl measles at tbe home of her father in tli city a few weeks ago, and recovered was supposed, and went on a visit friends in Oglethorpe, when she r lapsed and after afew days of serio illness as above stated, passed awa The remains will be iuterred to-day the burying - ground near Mrs. Fai brough’s in Oglethorpe county.WflEBE IS THE “LORD?”Hon. T. Bi.Hamilton,.0.’ Rome, Tal to the Banner About Lord Beresfcrd.Hon. D. B. Hamilton, of Rome, is the city in attendance upon the Univ sity trustees’ meeting, andjhe talks vlt; entertaining about the vanished “Lm Walters. Beresford, alias Sidney L oelles,. Walter’ Eaton, and Willi: Bond..l“Yes, the soonndrel as av;gentlemi came to Rome with nighest letters recommendation, ' which wi forgeries of. course, ’ as have found out later.-and with th and special requests written by w known parties that we entertain t royally, and '.with' these he tcok iu firm of Hamilton Co. and as a com and proven; scoandel he took in whole icltjr of Rome. _“Yes he is one of, the smartest n I ever law;”.. Inspector Burns, of N •York, says he is the - smartest mac ever saw and that no one can keep tl hands on him'. :“We 'have Ta pretty strong clue b which we are -diligently lowing., and, which hope'will ottimately land him in piidtentiary where he ’ belongs.” Fipicture shown the reporter he Is at S5 'yearsof agel will weigh 140 poui has a light blonde mustache, is alo bald,with greyeye3 and a Jewish a efface; The picture shown Is a © of one in the rouges’-gallery in 1 York:-;...“Yes, he was treated royallyiuBi even after helng;prove'n a scoundrel is no doubt some where else now wlt; Ihg the ’same game. His wife is now New York, and this kind little wot whowasso;faithful’toi the scounc•vriUever rue the'day she.met nim.‘ Welljhe is'a^smart fellow 1 any ' and forked Rome for all it . vras wo: and if hV is hot .caught,: will; W. iry;eomeother of thehospitable •« jot ' the South., v’^KM8j|gSSfcaYfMi. Vv'Kir 1
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Athans Weekly Banner
Athens, Georgia, US
Tue, Jun 14, 1892
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