Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-05-01

ing. well watered, with free stone
springs, branches and creeks. There
are a great many rocks, many OF them
enormously large, in the grey lands.
This reminds me to say there is. II
miles south of here. what is known as
''the fiat rock" which covers more
than 100 acres. 1t is "a famous country
picnic place.
! Of course there will be very little
fruit this year,sbut | am told that this
is a very good fruit country. The
freeze that destroyed the fruit a few
weeks since. also killed many fruit and
other trees. Melons of all kinds are
raised in abundance here. Though
not rolling in wealth. the farmers seem
/ to me to be in better condition here
! than those around Brookhaven. | have
seen more pretty. handsome, but mod
/ est country homes during the two
months | have been in Georgia than |
ever saw before IN the same length of
time, or in five years a5 for that mat
/
gle horse. The stock law is in great
! favor. There isn't near SO much stock
as in Mississippi, but it is of much bet
ter quality Fine horses. mules. cows
and hogs is the rule. Most of the
farms are small; just enough land to
cultivate is all that is generally owned
! by one man. OF course there are some
very large land owners here, as else
where. \ good deal of commercial
fertilizer is used. as we'll as a great
deal of compost.
Mr. Editor, you need not talk around,
but there is huge scramble going on
in this State now between Col. W. \.
Atkinson. gifted lawyer, and Rev
Clement y. Evans. a noted Methodist
preacher. for the Democratic nomina-
ton for Governor. The Atlanta Con
stitution, the leading Democratic pa
per in the State. is for the preacher.
Great horrors! \ preacher meddling
with politics! He ought not to drag
his robes in the filth of politics" One
editor over here rose to say about that,
and nearly every other editor jumped
on him promptly and the little fellow
has scarcely been heard of since. II is
the preacher. it may be, who will not
stultify himself to vote with a whisky
party, who it is meant must not med
die with politics." If | make up my
mind to dishonor God by voting for a
whisky party, and DR.. Evans gets the
nomination, which now seems most
likely, [ will vote for him.
| noticed in a city paper the other
day that Dr. Evans went to that city
on Saturday to make political speech
at the opening of court on Monday
and the Baptist pastor invited him to
preach in bis church Sunday, which he
did, to the delight OF Il large eungrega.
ton. Don't tell Bro Parish that On
Monday when DR.. Evans, who, by the
way, was General in the late war, had
finished presenting his claims to the
gubernatorial chair, had skinned At
kinson and hung him up to dry, the la
dies present gave him bouquets to en-
courage him in his efforts to down his
wiley opponent, Thus the good old
Simon pure" Democratic fight for
the maintenance of good old JEFF
fersonian principles"t?) goes on. en-
join you, don't let this get out among
the elect Democrats Methodist. Bap-
fist, or what not in Mississippi DR..
Evans don't want to be bothered by
protests from outsiders, as he has all
he can do to down Atkinson. The fight
is a hot one. zach aspiraut is trying
to oUt-herod the other in proclamation
of never-dying and ever-increasing
love for the welfare of the dear peo-
pler Their self-sacrificing? is pure
ly Democratic and beautifully to be
hold
The great Atlanta Constitution has
for several weeks, had Cleveland across
its lap spanking him vigorously, be
cause, it says. he has deserted his par
y Pl"oIClh VII ANA OIhtI
questions of moment. AS matter of
fact Cleveland stands today where he
has all his public life and is guilty of
no desertion. In the last election the
Democrats performed this remarkable
feat; Elected platform and at the
same time President pronouucedly
opposed to the most important plank
in that platform. The politicians knew
this all the time, but the honest mass
es didn't. and the politicians mislead
them by the most bare faced misrepre-
sentation of Cleveland. Now it is
proposed 10 make Cleveland the Scape-
goat to bear off the righteous wrath of
the deceived people. The people will
do wisely to hold the campaign liar to
account instead of Cleveland. who mis-
led no one. Senator Morgan of Ala
Z bama, and ex-senator Reagan of Texas,
have recently proclaimed the slogan.
cleveland must be repudiated to give
the Democratic party chance"
THOs f. WATSON
is veritable thorn in Democratic flesh
in Georgia. The best tactics utterly