The Progress., 1894-10-06

OF cash sent off for it to a1emarkab)
iIgn'e. Bastrop Appeal.
We hope orr farmers, or some o
them, will turn their attention +,
tobacco raising, as it can be don,
successfully and repays well the on,
who engages in it.
The nomination of Mrs. Julia Smjtl
Holmes as a member of the II],noi,
Board Of School Trustees IS cansino
much Comment among the fair sex
because it is the first time in the his.
tory of the country that the Demo.
cratic party put q woman on it's ticket
lAe Republicans seeing the ADVANTAGE
the Democrats would gain by nomi-
mating Mrs. Holmes, also nominated
Il woman, but it appears that the
women of Illinois are giving the
Democrats full credit for taking the
Initiative, and the result will be a cain
OF voters for the Democracy n. O
States.
We are glad to know that the Dem
ocracy IS awakening from its Rim
Van Wrinkle sleep, along this line.
In the entire list of delegates to
the Sugar Planters Nominating Con-
Ventlon Of the Third District, the
name of the only person who seemed
to be at home was Bro. l.. e. Bent
ley, Of the DonaIdsonyille Chief
We cOngrt tulate our confrere that he
got back to the point from whence
he started, All things come to those
who wait Baton Rough Truth.
Yes. Bentley is a whole souled
fellow, ali elegant gentleman and a
smart man, but it ~ a fact that he
has been Republican all his life we
believe, except about six years per
haps. We believe he favored tho
election or rather the nomination Of
McEnery III 1888, which was the first
time, to our knowledge, that be ever
came out in favor of the Democratic
party in the State. SO far as he is
concerned, he is simply, as Truth
says, returning to his first love Un-
like Capt. John, we cannot congratu-
late him on his return because we
think he has doue himself personal
harm, and that we do not care to
have occur and we are sure Truth
does not.
Yes, Bro. Hicks, there is nothing
dfaGer to the hearts OF the poor than
the tariff (''except the finance and
anti-options') and few other things
A dinner without salt, Bro. Hicks,
would be a poor dinner, but what
would you think of a FREUD who in
vited you to a dinner where the bill
of fare was salt alone.-Our Battle
Flag.
Where is the application, Brother
Tets.
"The Optic may be 'llttle insig
niticant sheet" aud its editor may be
a mistltsjournslist, as the Banner has
seen fit to dub it and It's editor, but
there is one thing that must be ad
mitted, that this paper lives and
thrives right here, without its editor
having to spend bis time running
about the country for outside sup
port. We don't abuse the people of
the town in which we live, by calling
them "mossbacks"I and such other
slushslinging nau&, and they there
fore keep US busy by giving US con-
slant employment and appreciated
orders. This editor may not be as
smart" as the editor who is not SO
'insignificant,' but somehow his pa
per is always sought after without
his parading around the country
aud telling the people in other towns
that he cannot depend upon his town
for support. This is a good town,
and these are good people, and just
as long as the sun goes down in the
west the Optic will live here and
Patterson Optic.
We don't know what Banner Optic
refers to. but we do know that it is
an extremely poor judge OF what con-
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