The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-28
DumGNoN's CANDIDACY.

Milledgeville Union Recorder: For sew
eral years past it has been freely pre-
dicted that Hon. F. G. duBignon of the
county OF Chatham, would, some day
be the chief executive of this great state.
Old politicians eager for high office glad
" accepted the help of this matchless
orator to secure the position they sought,
saying: You are young yet, and can at
ford to wait" And so the years have
gone by. Now his friends and admirers
feel that, IL he is to be Governor, there
is no longer any excuse for postponlnS
his candidacy He has been a patient
waiter-It looks like the time had come
to put him forward Existing conditions
point to him as the right man at this
time. 1t is generally conceded that the
winning candidate is to come from his
? section OF the state, and his brilliancy
as an orator, his long and able service
TO the party, his good judgment and rec
ognized craftsmanship, all point TO him
as the standard-bearer of the democracy
in 1902 Mr.. duBignon is native Of
Baldwin county. and she is proud of her
brainy son and will not hesitate, at the
proper time, to declare her preference for
him among the worthy men who have
been suggested for Governor. In Chat
ham county, his adopted home, 'duBign-
on Club has been formed to promote his
nomination. 1t would be well for the
friends of Mr.. duBignon in this county
to take under consideration the advisa-
biity of organizing now. instead OF
year hence. If the contest is to DO
pushed at this time, Baldwin should unite
with Chatham in forward movement.
A.. A LESSON IN COTTON BUYING.
Albany Herald: During the winter sea-
son when the better grades of cotton were
Z bringing ten cents and many were in
clined to hold on to what they had for
better prices, a substantial Worth county
farmer who had twenty or thirty bales
in Albany warehouses offered it for sale
and could get only 9l5 to 934 offered for
1t. The cotton did not class up to the
10 cents grade. Saying that he could get
10 cents for his cotton at Sylvester, the
farmer took what he had out of Albany
warehouses and shipped II over to that
place, where he sold it for the price
named. The incident created something
of sensation in local cotton and ware
house circles, and the Herald was called
on TO Jump on" the Albany buyers for
not paying as much for cotton as was
being paid at Sylvester. Careful inves-
tigation was made of the matter by the
Herald. and it was ascertained that the
price offered for the cotton was all that
vannah, New York and Liverpool, war
ranted. We therefore concluded that the
wisest thing 10 do in the premises was
TO say nothing about the matter and let
II blow over IL possible. for we didn't
feel that we could Jump on" the cotton
buyers in way that would satisfy those
who were accusing them of being in a
pool for the purpose of keeping down
the local market, without doing those en-
gagged in the business here an injustice
But the Sylvester cotton has come back
That same cotton was shipped back to
Albany warehouses and sold to Albany
buyers few days ago. And did it bring
10 cents? are we asked? Not quite. Il
brought 7lz cents. just 21s to 2% cents
per pound less than was offered for It
when 1t was carried away. and Just 2Ih
cents per pound less than the enterprising
but over-sanguine Sylvester merchant
paid for ID.