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is nbly and faithfully as he bad done' A CONVENTION j It was difficult to say, which fao-
iu the pns<. ' Of tlie Democratic jiarty will lion, the .Colquitt or Lostormen, had
convene in tlio Court House otljthe biggest crowd. A motion to nd-
IMiO Shall b(‘ GOMMllOl- ,Alio 24th Aii<rnst next for the fol >P nrn who made nnd carried, and the
The above question 1b a problem is too difleu’t hliL iUl^Uni IlLAL I'n IIIC IUI J
meeting in the Court House then
adjourned, this July 20th, 18#0.
JAMES K. HINES, Chm’n.
A. W. P.obison, Sec.
[COMM CNICATED]
Democratic Meeting.
At a mass meeting of the Democracy
|of Washington oounty held in the Court
For President.
W S Hancock
OF PENNSYLVANIA.
Flee President
W M English
'■* *■ ' OF INDIANA
Wor Governor.
;■ MON. R. E. LESTER
h-
l:
QF CHATHAM COUinTY.
FOR STATE TRBASUER.
for solution just at this time. The probability h Inwimr ntminRAA v\v*
■ do not point very strictly to any particular! n ' ,
Candidate. If the % bitternesH of feeling which is I iO flppOlllt to tllG
| now forming u prominent factor in the state Cam- fJonffreSsioUHl Convention.
Ipalgn,. continues until the convention meets, ami S'*.
ts made a disturbing element In that body, neither 2<1. To determine tll(3 HUIUM01’
j?™'® r^w.lncut candidate*"bind any .towing. f appo i llt | ng Delegates to tl.C
It is the duty of the couventlcn, liow» vt r, to figlit 11 ta o
j for princljde and not for men to bury personal Scildtoriul COUVCDtioil ftiul fix Up-
preferences for the public good. If the choice! \ /• • .• . I
is to b, r.s!o outside or .1,0 nuu ^vi.o.ni™ tho F llll ‘ of nominating ropre-j
first bo placed in nomination, Georgia has many 'gciltnti VCR.
noble and dlBtinguished sons who would do honor
io her great name, men who are not aspirants to # ,
that office t in any sense of the word, but, men,) CoillUlltlCC Id’ tl 10 llBllfll period !E, S. liftHglttflde, 68(J,
neyertlielesR. whom all Georgians would feel 1 /• ;•
prou 1 to honor. I'romluent among this nupberj *
are Gcuergl Lawton,of Savannah, Hon Thos. G. 8. B. JONES, Oh’m.
Lawson. Judge Superior Courts of the Ocmulgoo
Circuit, .linlgc Augustus, fteese, of Madison,and, . ^ j .
lion. elms. J. Jenklna, Augusta. AllgllSta Dots.
Judge Lawson lias been in our Colquitt delegates were elected
midst for the past week holdingto the State convention at the pri-
t*ourt for Gov, II. V. ‘ Johnston, !»«U’y election on yesterday (Sat- Arewdnihm’ wits offerd by Dr. J. S.
and he made a most favorable urdny) by a majority of between Wood, to which Mr. W. 0. Davis offer
impression upon our people. IaW »»<1 flvehumlred. •?,>.ub.llt,it» J.
facta number of gentleman have <Ji». Col q ui«
spoken of him iii connection withrP oe< ‘ 1 Market lift11 on 1 Ini]h- fc j 10 r080 j n ti O n was withdrawn by Dr.
. House in tho city of (Sandersville —.
Jd. io appoint ail Executive x nPS( i a y tlio 20tli of July. On motion of
Hon 0. IV Prin
glo was called to the chair, t14.il on mo
tion of I. Hermann, Johh 0. IIarmon,j
was requested to act as eecretary.
After an cxplanatio 1 of 111 ? ohjec 1 - of the
mooting and council!.ig harmony oud un
ity of action; tho Chairman declared tho
mooting oppL nnd ready for business.
HON. J. TV. RENFROE.
Comptroller General.
COL. WRIGHT,
Attorney General.
COL. ELY,
Secretary of State.
COL. BARNETT,
Gubernatorial honors and and all
seem to think he would be a most
excellent man to bring before the
convention to be held on the 4th
of August, in the event it becomes
day night, the Hull being crowded Wood whereupon Rov. TIiob. M. Harris
with between two and three thou
sand people.
The Anti-Colquitts had a meet
ing at the Opera house on Friday
We expect to support, the man
,^hat is nominated lor Governor
■by the Democratic party, it mat
ters not who lie may be, so be is
an honest man. Every one
has bis choice, so have we, but i!
we can't get ours we will take the
one that is nominated by the Do
moeracy on the 4th ol August
next, at Atlanta.
THE DA UK HOUSE
From all appearances now, it
don’t look as if we are going to
have any dark horses in the Gov
ernor’s rnco. We think that they
Will all have to take hack seats
this time and wait two years lon
ger-
The Two Thiiu> Rule.—This
is a Democratic institution and an
old land mark which should he
preserved in all our Conventions
for the nomination of candidates
for office, to abolish it would he
detrimental ,to our interest and
.probably,do the party an injury,
let it ho preserved.
State Auuhjui-tuiul Conven
tion.—Tliis Convention assembles
At Taccoa on I lie 10th of August.
This county will he ’ represented
by W. ll. 1* arsons Esq, Capt
Thomas E. Brown and Capt. 1
R. Taliaferro, as Delegates from
the Washington county Agricul-
\tural Society.
. Annual Hohticultubal Mkkt-
Inu.—The State Society of Ilor-
ticulture meets in Macon on the
3rd of August, Washington has
selected asDelegates from’thc coun
ty Society, Dr. G. \V. II. W liita-
kcr, W. H. Parsons, K. A. Sulli
van and Dr. IL: N. Hollitield.
Our old friend Judge Win Gib
son was marrii d last week, we ex-
accesary to make a choice outside of Tight with a crowded house to
entlemcn admitted to [be candi-l lie “ r from the niitLColquUt men.
dates. It is seldm one makes so fine W. E. Seliaufclo is hero again
an impression upon a community, with the firm of J. A. Gray, lie is
in so short a time, ns Judge Laws,looking splendid,
son has done bore. While we have! The Augusta Fire Company of
known him from reputation, lie was Angugtft| has a splendid hand en-
quito a stranger, to must of usi^ ne p or 8a ] e> p has the best ro-
peisonally, Ho is an able jurist, a i cort l of any Company in town,
brilliant lawyer and nil accomplish.Lverv prize they entered for they
ed gentleman. won the first. ‘ G.
It is tlio duty of tlio State con- J -
vention however to act harmon- T [c 'mmumcau.u.J
, • , , . In pursuance to a call made by E
lously, and to see to it, that their w , r 1 . „ „
. .. . , S. Lnngaiude, P. It. lnhnlcrro, Ben-
nrojualces for or against men, d
offered a resolution aud M. Newman esq,
a substitute to which J. K. Hines esq,
offered nn amendment, on a call for a
vote on the amendment thejehaiinpiftn re
["nested ..11 ill favor of tli£ amendment
GENERAL PRESENTMENTS.
The Grand Jury ( of the County
of Washington, selected, chosen
and sworn for the second week
.of tho May adjourned Term,
1880, hog leave to submit the
following Presentments, and in
so doing we feel it our duty to
express our thankfulness to al
mighty God for His hummer
able blessings .which His botiU;
ty has conferred upon us :
Wo find that the Grand Jury of
the first week of this adjoured term
have by their exhaustive labors ajud
their very able, full and complete re
port of the finauoia 1 , Eduo.iliounl and
other Public malters (leave us but
little of the affairs of the ,county te
examino into) in all of which we
nost heartily concur, after a careful
sxamination of tho pauper ( quoHtion.
We concur in the reccommeudation
to establish a home for tho indigent
poor of our county except that part
•if their lTccnrainendatiog relating
:o the chain gang,substituting tho fol
lowing:
ii'o.Ioavo <1m o' rju naf iroa
of the propriety of purchasing and
establishing Ja general suporvisipi
of the whole matter) of a Lomu for
the poor, aud the separate qustion ol
employing the chain gang thovoon
to the \ ireful consideration and dis
cretion ofcommittei s as appointed by
AN EXPLANATION.
Some of our friends seem to have
misunderstood our local of week be
fore last relating to Mr. Ranfroe.
It is singular that any one should
have failed to understand what, tp
us, seems to b e written. We think it
would not be good policy t > l.eaomi-
nnto Mr. Renfroe,, but if lie ghoy.ld be
nominated we intend to support him
to tho extent of our vote. In this
connection we wish to say that we
shall never, knowingly, <j u anything
to secure the nomination of a bank
man for Treasurer of the State, on
the ground that we do not wish to
put temptation in the way of an) -
body.—Sparta Ixhmmallite,.
Mrs. M. A. J. Butcher’s School
on west side of public square will be
he recpenfcd on Monday, July 12th
1880. Her son W. B. Butcher, will
take charge of advanced clnsetf, and
will give special attention to the Lan
guages, Mathematics and Penman,
ship. A liberal patronugo solicited,
july 6—ti‘.
County Board of Education.
to hold up their hats, their being ouch 'ho Grand Jury of last and this wee
crowding and confusion, the ^nuan H™ l»LW est . ** appoint Me«
announced Iuh inability to get a correct^
count, and on motion of Capt. P. R 'Lal-j \y’, u .t| 1( . M „ n j ]
aliiolc
iaferro, tlio chnirmann announced thatjj. 0 ,. 0I ,f t . r witli the a
R Talinferro
immitte appoint-
the meeting would repair to t the court fl j ^ ^i 1G Q rilIU | Jury of last week,
house yard and the count he made there, I 'Wo also with them would express
on a call for those favoring tho amend-our heartfelt sympathy to Hon.
not defeat the will of the people.
If this com so is pursued,the nom
inee will bo one of the distinguish
ed gentlemen now prominently
beforo thq people. If not, the
choice will ho what is usually de
nominated a dark horse, In tlii
contingency, wo repeat give us'Jebn C. Harman was requested t<
jfimin R. .Smith and twenty-three oth
ers, the people of Washington coun
ty met in mass mooting at the Court
house on this day
On motion of E S. Lingmade, E>q
Col. C. It. Pringje was called to the
chair, and on motion of Capt. Isaac
Hermann, of Marlin’s li ittory, Capt
mont in the yard, none appeared in fav
or of the same, but on a count ngainst
the adoption of the amendment there'
were Ml7. The meeting then assembled
again 1n the court house for business.
On motion of Rev T. M. Harris a com-
mittce of tticPo was appointed by the
oliair to invito those who had left the
meeting to return to it in order that we
might have harmony and ponc:e(t of act
ion.
Hershel V. Johnson in his present
evero affliction and liQpo that God
The Board will convene in rcg.
ular session on tho fipst Tuesday
in August, in tho court house in
Sandcrsvillc at 11 o'clock at
urltinli tijjnp nrtH onnaiitororj tl
question of Text Books.
The following tiamoil teachers
have been appointed by tho Boo rd
to consider tho matter, and arc
expected to be present at tl
meeting.
ltcv.T. J. Beck,Prof. IW.Duggan,
VV. II. Lawson,Miss Mattie Smith,
Rev. J. J.. Hyman, Henry Currell,
Miss M. A. J. Butcher, \V. T. As
kow Prof. Ii. S. Baker, Capt. II
D. Barksdale,tvlisa AnnaE. Gause,
J. R. Daniel, Mrs. S. C. Davis,
Publishers and agents arc hero
SCHOOL NOTICE.
NOTICE
Job Printing
Such as
Bill Heads,
Letter Heads
will LUssaml soon restore him to , , ...
, . , , . „ ,• by notinea ol tins action ot the
he.lLh und to his scat ns judge ol' ■'
either Jjftwsoii, Lawton, Reoso or
Tonkins.
Free Schools,
Nothing toads more to the pros
perity aud growth of n city tlmn a
well conducted system of free schools.
ilct as Secretary.
The chairman >n a happy and well
timed speech called the meeting lo
order, and explained its objecjtto he.
•o rcoonsidci - or ratify the proceed
inga of tho uiAae maotintf of .Tune
,, . . ... 11 he 1st, which elected delegates to
U an immigration society that ,, ’ . . , ..
i‘ . . .... the (lubernatorinl convention,
brings in, not single immigrants, but
whole families.
Ignorance und vico go ....
hand, and (he best w‘xy to prevent!'^ eleo,ion be hel d on t,ie 27th ofthiH
vico and to avoid crime, is to educate !"* 0, ‘ l *'• afc th « v ’“' k,im l ,recinct "
Dr. J. S. Wood then introduced a
hand j„ r08| dution to tho effect, tlint. aprima-
the children. Humanity, justice aiuj
throjighout the county, f >r the el' <
conomy all demand that’ education|' ion of d<:1 ^ ate8 ,0 tho GovernorV
be placed within the reach of everyl 00t, Y'" tic,n - the voters endorse
child. What capitalist would noV^ 0 " their , the,r ’ preference
.... * , . . , |tor Governor, and Unit the delegates
lamer pay a tax to educate children
than to try and punish criminals?
Ynv tax on property which improves
society and raises up a better class
of citizens, enhances ti 0 value of that
property, aud is really an income
instead of a tax.
Iu every community there are very
bo instructed to cast their
tho candidate who received tho high
est number of voles.
Mr. W. C. Davis, in the interest of
harmony, introduced as a substitute
for Dr. Wood’s resolution, resolu
tion to tho effect, that the meeting
poor children who do get un educ ; i-! ex l :,l ' e8B > opinion ll l' ( ' 11 the
tion, and who ojtei> become our host klst ,uu ‘-‘tiug, and that the pro-
and most distinguished citizens. This^ ceedklKB niee L* M g bo left
is generally done through “charity”
The clinir appointed T. M. Harris, J.
T. Youngblood and J. U. Floyd, who
reported that they had performed the
duty but received no response.
Upon a report of the oommitte consis
ting of Mark Newman and the secretary
on the cjunt on tho vote, tho chairman
declared the amendment lost. On mo
tion tho substitute offered by Mr. New
man for the resolutions offered by R"v.
T, M. Iliviris, wiib laid upon the table,
whereupon Mr. Harris offered Imh reso
lutions amended by himself, which on
motion were adopted with only one dis-
Kentine vole Tlio. ren»l"b<ws are »»
follows:
Whereas the. Chairman of tho Demo
cratic iSxeoiitivo Committee published a
“cull" fora Convention of theDemocratio
party of Washington oouuty for the pur
pose of i,onijnat,ng or electing Delegates
to the National' and St do Oonveutioi s
and whereas said Convention did iiBsem-
in pursuance of said “call” at the court
house in the city of Sandersville on tlio
1st day of .Tune and did then nnd there
proceed to elect or nominate delegates to
votes for l’ 0 *'' 1 ^0 National audState Conventions,
and whereas the notion of said Conven
tion was accepted in good faith in so fnr
ns the National delegates nro concerned,
aud whereas the instructions given to
t lie Gubernatorial Convention does not
express tjie wish of a majority",of the
Democratic party of Washington'Coun
ty orrelleot their preference: Therefore,
be it
this circuit upon which ho lias b< Ge
tho means of accomplishing much
good.
We would reccomond that Betsy
Thompson and Roso Mitchel bt
placed on the pauper list nnd tlial
etsy ’Thompson receive tied illars
and Rose Mitchel two dollars und
one half pel mouth from t'.io panpet>■
fund.
We would earnestly recoommend
with the last weeks ( ran 1 Jury and
quest our representatives in
the next legislature to introduce and
id vacate a bill changing the time ol
holding our Superior Cqurt from tin
liivt M .inlay in May and Noveiubei
to tin* first Mondays in J/urcli and
September.
Wc also recommend that the Hon. Or
dinary remove the ‘.lail to such otliei
point as lie may deem suitable, to see t<
it that everything is doue faithfully iu
such removal that the building h.i ns
HUCllit-, ILu out linuSl‘0 an oomtatAlion'i
aud iu fact that all necessary st ps l)
taken tiy him to secure to the citizens ol
the oouuty as good and as suitable a jail,
Board mid can be present to pres,
nt tlio claim of their various‘pub-
lieations at the time named.
Something Tor Musical People.
Wo have beforo us a copy of the July
number of the Southern Musical Jouru-
ual, a gem of a paper which no musical
can afford to be*without, aud we desire
to urge upon all our renders (who would
at a trilling expense keep up with the
li nes in musical matters, the propriety
of seudiog the small amount of #1.25
for ouo years subscription to th.e only
paper of the kind published in the
Southern Statrs. The present number,
in ndditiou to the editoruls and interes
ting musical sketches, embraces “The
Frolic of the the Frogs” Waltz; “Rom-
pin; Gallop;” NeurerMy God toTnee,”
a i^/ost beautiful solo and quartet, and n
ohttrfniifg song, “And Eyes will Watch
for Thee.” The music in this number
alone is worth ft years’ subscription nut
from $15 to $20 worth of select ohoice
music (no trash) is contained a twelve
.uoatL volttmo.
commence with any mouth. One dot
air’s worth of Sheet Music is given frei-
with each subscription. Ludden 0
Peters 1 Cardq
Election Tick*
els tye.
of tho teacher, and yet the paying — — 1 vr*—. r . , .
patrons of the school foot the'hill by I withdrew his resolution, aud the sub- ^ iVim'for the high
iu tact.
After somo discussion Dr.
out houses, well, uml fences as the pres
ent buildings are. Provided, That such
removal auirrebuilding shall iu no man
ner entail tho expense ( f one d illur up
on our Oouuty Treasury, and if in hi*
judgment it beoomes necessary to sol,
the present jail lot, he is hereby author
ized and requested to do so and to pur
chase another lot if necessary to carry
out this recommendation.
To his Honor Judge A. 0. Pate we
fool grateful for his kindness and courte
sy to this body during tlio pr. e mt ser
vice and thank him in the name of out
people for liis prompt, efficient and faith
ful discharge of duty ’ns well as for the
eloquent, aud comprehensive charge de
livered to this body, teaching as it did
lessons of morality that it is impos. i di-
over to forget tho sufferings of the
drunkard’s family and all the evils en
tailed by intemperance and lii’s beautiful\ORAND
mul deserv'd tribute tq the women, Join
honor .to Loth his head and heart and
that tliis able and distinguish!-
flaps, Savannah, Ga., are the Publish-
3 RAND JURY DRAWN FOlt THE
Fmsr Week, Nov. Tekm, 1880.
J It Daniel, 11 A Hooks, Wm Holmes.
Salon Slujipard I h Adams, Thos E
Drown, Ji siah Jones, 'Thos G Doolittle,
James Day, Shaclrach Dukes, M D G
M Summerlin, G L Mason. W M Cox,
Edwin Sindh, H G Wright, Chas Sal
ter, Green D Thigjieh, IF Watkins, S
L Gamer, JM Itaeliel, W11 Fyihjhum
Jno D Boon, Joseph D Smith, Mark
Newman, W D Robison, Jas II Rai
nier, Jared E Whidden, John T Veal,
I I'm llayiiejj Renfroe, John TQross.
Resolved, That while the Democrat!
party of Washington county lias the pro-
jl’oundest respect for Col. Lester and the
Wood highest appreciation for tlio many cxccl-
paying a higher rate of tuition than
tei)(l to him and Ins brido our
best wishes for a Ion*
py life.
a bap-
Tho Attorm*) General.
It gives us great pleasure to sec
Jhatthis able officer has been bo gen
erally endorsed all over the State.
The attacks mado upon Maj. Ely have
been gs unjust as they were un
kind, and carry their own refutation! high tuition which they think is en
on their face. The greatest sin urged 1 idling the teacher, while ;t is only
would bo necessary if all wore able
to pay for themselves.
Under the present Bystem those
patrons who have paeans nro taxed
Tor the tu t o 1 of those children whu
have no means, while wealthy citizens
having no children in school, pay no
part of this tax. This is not just, is
not equal, is not right.
Oftentimes patrons complain of
Against him is (they say) his waut of
ip, . ability which they insist is plainly
phown by the fret other counsel such
as Gen. Toombs and others had to
be employed with him in all the great
suits brought by tho State. By this
Jogic Maj. Ely has been deprived of
all meed of praise for the large sums
of money which his energy and le
gal ability largely contributed to
bring into the Treasury, and all cred
it for the signal success of those ef
forts ascribed to others entirely. The
injustice of such a charge is eviden
ced by the fact that Gov. Smith
thought it wise and prudent to em
ploy able counsel to assist Attorney
pen’l Hammond in all the heavy lit
igation prosecuted during his admin
istration, and we have yet to hear of
a single instance in which Gol. Ham
mond’s legal ability was questioned
or Gov. Smith censured for doing for
the State of Georgia what every pri
yato litigant doeB for his own inter
ests, viz; to procure counsel in num
ber and ability commensurate with
the magnitude of the interests at
ptake. We hope that Maj. Ely will be
[riumphantly nominated on the 4th
of August; in tho full belief he will
enabling him to instruct the poor.
And yet, many of the most deserving
poor decline this charity of the teach
er, or with grateful sadness accept it
because thoy know no other way by
which their dear children can escape
slitute of Mr. Davis went with it.
Rev. Mr. T. M. Harris then intro
duced a resolution to withdraw the
instructions given to tho delegates
selected by the meeting of June 1st;
md instruct the delegates to qastthe
vote of Washington for Gov. A. H
Colquitt. Maj. M. Newmau offered
as a substitute a resolution that the
instructions to tliy delegates be w ith
drawn. ui.d mat the delegates go un-
instructed.
J. K. Hines offered, as an amend
ment to Maj. Newuiun’s resolution, a
resolution to the effect, that it wu-.
the st use of tho xueeling, that we
proceed no farther with the business
in hand.
It was decided, that the votes
ignorance, gain an education, nnd should be taken by all, in favor of
take) a high and an honored 1 position |tliis amendment, raising tlreir hats
in society. ( All persons in favor of the amend-
Free schools make the- burden jment raised their hats, and the chair-
equal, make salaries certain audj. man decided that they could not be
therefore less, puls education within counted, as there were so many,
the reach of all, and therefore gives! The wildest confusion and cheers
every child an equal start in the race here ensued, which were continued
of life. for sometime.
Saudersvillo should without delay Propositions were then made for
proceed to establish free schools, the Colquitt men and Lester men
Tne opportunity is a gulden one, and g 0 out of the Court House, and form
should not be lost. Many of the best!two lines, aud see which were iu the
citizenc in Washington and sur-|majority. The confusion was so great
rounding counties would then has- that no proposition was put and car-
tliat so
tly fit him for the high pogjjiou
>f Governor of the state of Georgia and
if it shall appear that he is the choice of
t’.eOoi.v -ntion for that exalieJ position,no
oouuty in Georgia will supporthim more
unanimously nor more enthusiastically
than Washington, yet as the majority of
our people prefer the present incumbent
Be it the.-efun resolved.
That the delegated elected by this
convention be instructed to cast the vote
if Washington county for Alfred H.
Colquitt for Governor of the state o
JURY FOR 2d WEE!)
J S Wood, Jr, Jas V Hoyd, Tliom-
snowed that tins ahio and distinguished! u,s ' Wavlhen, W Ji Rraneis, R L /In-
Judge was not only a lawyer of ability, id raws, R R 'Taliaferro, J l 1‘aghesley
but als.) a Christian gentleman wlios Joseph W Sessions, Dr A Mathis, J
ideas of morality were of tho highest or-! j) //„//, S T McAfee, N R.Giles, U W
ler. A man whom ouy people feel proud, H Whitaker, Alex Bridges, Green J
for Judge Pale was born iu our county
anu educated in our city, and now after
an absence of a quarkr of a century lie
returns to us full of years and laden wjtl
honors.
To tho Solicitor General, Col. J. K.
Hines, we tender onr thanks -for valua
ble aid rendered us and for tlio faithful
performance of the dutieg of his office.
We recommend that these present
ments be published iu the 0 unity papers.
COLEMAN R. PRINGLE, Foreman,
S H B Massey, 'Charles I Duggan,
Wm Webster, Wm J Henderson,
8 11 VamBrackle, Beiij F Murphey,
SJa idmck Dukes,
Geo W II Whitaker,
F J Pearson,
James U Floyd-,
T J Gilmore, Ci’k.
Georgia. ,, n ,, „ ... .
i .L M Nprtbmgtou,
O11 motion of T. M. Harris the follow-jA Cheatham,
ing gentlemen were nominated C lelel e -;M L Warthen,
” . ' , , , . , iRufus F Cochran,
gates to tho Gubernatorial conventionij,,].., [, Q arncr
and elected by acclamation. ;
Hon. C. R. Pringle, Hon. Thos. Warthen,;
T. J. Youngblood, J. S. Wood Jr, Why Not I PHst Hancock.
P. It, Taliaferro, John T. Gross, | hew lurk Sun.
J. W. Sessions, lb 11. Green Brantley. I Why not trust General Hancock
pn motion tlie delegates woie author- with the q,clniinistration of the gon-
E'kins, J W Veal, v S Joyner, Jl G
Harris, J S Wood, Sr, D It Gumming
W D Barksdale., J E Weddon, G G
Waddell, Macon Warthen, Dr Win
Rawlings, IK J Henderson, Jas A Hunt
Theophilits J Sin th, Wm Webster, W
IJ Auunt.
AT THE
erenry
izml to appoint their own alternates in
case they could not attend personally
On motion it was resolved that the San
dersville papers be requested to publish
tlie above proceedings.
On motion the meeting adjourned
sine dio.
C. R. PRINGLE, Chairman.
J. C. Hakman, Secretary.
ten to procure homes here; our pop
ulation would be largely increased;
parents would save money; landlords
would receive increased rents; mer
chants would sell more goods; me
chanics yvopld and more houses to
build; every industry would be in
creased, and Sandersville with her
pied by the meeting.
At ibis point the chairman, Secre
tary, aiid Colquitt men left the house.
The Lester men .remained in the
Court house, and elected James K.
Hines, chairman, and A. W. Robi
son, Secretary.
A. motion was then made that the
DR. TANNER'S FAST.
Hew Youif, July 24—Dr. Tan
ner was somewhat weaker and
rather more unstable to-day.
Early this morning he complained
of a burning sensation in tlie stom
ach, and was given a few mouth
fuls of hot water, which stimulated
eral government as its chief execu
tive officer for four years?
We do not recqmend him as the
“superb ” That sounds too much
like an ass’s bray in this republic
of equality.
We do not recomcrtd him be
cause lie graduated at West Point
TRAVERSE JURY DRAWN FOR
The First Week, tfav At«i, I880.
Alonzo Dudley, Eli M Waminock,
II M JAlt'e, Win G Brantley, G M Joi
ner,' J K Newsome, Newton G Duggan
Jas M Smith, Jr, Renj E Dquis, H
D Walker, L IK Watkins, Robt F Star
ling, N ll Hooks, E W Rawlings, Thos
I Unit, Jas T Simpson, John T Smith,
Renj D Joiner, Retry 0 Wood, Wm E
Jordan, Moses A Smith, E A Garlic,
John J Jordan, John G Killebrey), Jas
A Vinson, James R Stephens, Bridges
Brice, H II Davis, Elb irt Tanner, J
J D Smith, J E Fulghum, E G Frank
Wm J O'Quin, B B Salter, 'Timothy T
King, Edmond J Orr.
TRAyERSE JURY 2d WEEK.
John Q Adams, Jas It Brown, S L
Cowart, G- L Duggan,It F Drake, IK S
Wammoc.k, J M Skinner, Joseph A
Salter, N J Renfroe, J R Boatright, A
C Armstrong, Alonzo Holmes, Julius
Greenwood, Wm Smith ( Mth Dist.,Geo
T Franklin Jas B Smith, Geo W Sel-
We regard that as rather against lers, Joseph Jackson, 11 A Renfroe, H
him.
But then we believe he graduat
ed rather low in his class, which
contained some members calculat
ed to make the institution unpopu
lar, as it aught to be.
But we support him on the
tlio gastric follicles, relieving his ground that his genuine American
S Smith, Alex A/ehcr, Wm Floyd, A
W Wicker,'S Vanbraekle, Robt J Mc
Coy, Lemuel A Hodges, Matthew "W
Johnson," Turner E Buug'hton, A R
Heath, Ja.i S Moye, Qeo W Brown ', T.
G Welsh r, Wviflurgamy, L A Glad-
din, John T Brown, John Q Amevson.
elevated and accessible locality and I proceedings of the meeting of June
her healthy climate, would indeed be list be ratified. This motion was car-
pontjowe R? servo tho State in future- oue ^ (he growing cities of Georgia. 1 ried.
distress, His physicians think
this au unfavorable sign; but he
says that during his fast at Min
neapolis he often experienced the
same sensation. He enjiqrs upou
the twenty-seventh day of liis
fast, with no other marked change
in his condition.
ism was too tough to be spoilt by
a military education, and that in
spite oi his epaulettes and decora
tions, he is pre-eminently a civil*
ian.
We are not afraid to trust him
for four years.
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