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Watson’s Appointments*
Quitman, September 20*
Jessup, September 21*
Mcßae, September 22.
Hogansville, September, 28.
Lawrenceville, September, 29* ■
Dr. W.II. Felton’s Appointments
Dalton, September 18*
Springplace, September 19.
Rome, September 22.
Cedartown, September 25*
Dallas, September 26.
Calhoun, September 29*
Cartersville, October 1.
Judge Hines’ Appointments*
Hamilton, Harris county, Septem
ber 20th.
Elberton, Elbert county; Friday,
September 2Stli.
Gainesville, Hall county, Saturday,
September 29th*
Dr. E. 0. Stafford’s Appointments
For the seventh congressional dis
trict are as follows:
Fairmount, September 24.
Sugar Valley, September 25*
Villanow, September 2d.
Post Oak, September 27*
Cohutta Junction, September 28*
Spring Place, September 29*
Tilton, October 1,
Dalton, October 2.
Hon. James Barrett's Appointments.
Hon. James Barrett, people’s party
nominee for commissioner of agri
culture, and Hon. W* R. Kemp, nom
bec for Comptroller-General, will
411 the following appointments:
Davis Mill, September 20*
Vienna, September 21*
Eastman, September 23*
Mcßae, September 2-i*
Ailey, September 25*
Ton. J. A. B. Mahaffy’s Appointments.
Americus, September 20.
Smithville,' September 21.
Cuthbert, September 22.
Fort Gaines, September 24,
Abbeville, September 25:
Collins, September 26.
Pembroke, September 27:
Savannah (at night) September 27*
Guyton, September 28.
Sylvania, September 29.
J. B. Osborn’s Appointments.
Fayetteville, September 20.
Macon, (at night) September 20*
Midville, September 21.
Statesboro, September 22*
Savannah, (at night) September 22.
Hinesville, September 24.
Jesup, (at night) September 24*
Brunswick, September 25.
Blackshear, September 26.
Waycross, (at night) Septem
ber 26.
Folkston, September 27:
Statenville, September 28*.
Valdosta, September 29*
Bainbridge, October 1.
Camilla, October 2.
All day appointments are under
stood to be at 10 a. m.
Iter. S. A. Walker’s Appointments.
Hogansville, 2 p.m. September 20.
Franklin, September 21.
Luthersville, September 22.
Carrollton, (at night) Septem
ber 22.
Carroll county rallies, September
24 and 25.
Bremen, September 26.
Cedartown, (at night) Septem
ber 26.
Rockmart, September 27.
Cartersville (at night) Septem
ber 27.
Acworth, September 28.
Big Shanty, 1* p. m.) Septem
ber 28.
Smyrna, (at night) September 28.
Roswell, 41 a. in., September 29.
Chamblee, (at night) Septem
ber 29.
The hour for the day appoint
ment when not otherv,i e specified
will be 10 a. in.
JO INI’ DEBATES
UIWIN AND MORTON TO MAKE
A JOINT CANVASS OF HIE
TWENTY-SEVENTH.
There will bo joint debates between
M. D. Irwin, populist nominee, and
Hon. W. J, Morton, demccratij nomi
nee, at tlie places and time named be
low. Every voter, white and colored,
invited to be present.
In Walton County.
Logansvil’e Sept. 23th 10 o'clock
W Unit: Grove “ “ 3 o’clock
Jersey “ “ night
Brook's Court H'se “ 21 10 o'clock
Cross Lane Acad’y “ “ 3 o'clock
Camps School H'se “ “ night
Shoals Creek “ 23 10 o’clock
Mountain Academy “ “ 3 o’clock
Good Hope “ “ night
Union Caapel Oct. 1 2 o’clock
Social Circle “ “ night
In Oconee County.
Watkinsville Sept. 24 10 a.m.
Salem “ “ 74 p. m.
Flat Ro.k “ 25 10 a. m.
Poplar Spring “ " 7J-p. m_
Mars Hill “ 26 1U a. m.
High Shoals “ “ 74 p. m.
Bogart, “ 27 10 a. m.
In Claike County.
Kinney District Sept. 27 3 o’clock
Athens (Club Hall) “ “ night
Sunday Creek “ 28 10 o’clock
Winterville “ “ night
Puryear's (Davis S. H.) 29 10 o’clock
Georgia Factory “ “ 3 o'clock
Princeton Factory “ “ night
Hon. C. IL Eilington and M. T.
Branch will address the citizens of
Columbia county at Appling on Sep
tember 25, and Lincoln at Liucoln
ton on September 28.
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Hon. Robert Todd’s Appointments.
Chamblee, September 22.
Hon. Claiborne Snead’s Appointments.
Madison Saturday, Sept. 26.
Col. C. J. Thornton’s Appointments.
Talbotton, Friday, September 21.
Cusseta, Wednesday, September
26.
Peek and Hines.
Judge J. K. Hines and Hon. W. L.
Peek will speak at the grand Barnes
ville rally on Saturday, September
22d.
Correct Form of Tickets.
A large number of tickets for the
state election, both democratic and
populist, have been printed by Hol
comb Bros, of this city, and sent out
to different counties in the state.
The question of their correctness
has been raised, and to settle the
matter Mr. Austin Holcomb, a mem- i
ber of the firm, submitted the ticket
as printed by them to the demo
cratic and populist executive com
mittees, winch approved them.
He also hands in the following
affidavit, with the request that we
publish same :
Personally appeared before me, a no
tary public for Fulton county, Georgia,
Austin Holcombe, of the firm of Hol
comb Bros., printers, who! on oath,
states that the at tached ticket was this
day submitted to Associate-Judges Sim
mons and Lumpkin of the supreme
bench. He also states that upon ex
amination sain justices agreed that the
form of said attached ticket was legal
in every way.
(Signed) Austin Holcomb.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 17, 1894.
John S. Parks,
Not. Pub. Fulton Co., Ga.
Following is the form of the
ticket:
For Governor:
JAMES K. HINES.
For Secretary of State:
A. L. NANCE.
For Treasurer:
C. M. JONES.
For Attorney-General:
J. A. B. MAHAFFEY.
For Comptroller-General:
W. R. KEMP.
For Commissioner of Agriculture:
JAMES BARRETT.
For Senator 19th District:
chas. .mcgregor.
For Representative:
F. R. POOL.
For. Ratification of Amendment to
Paragraph 1 of Section 2 of Article G
■ of the Constitution. ,
Against Ratification of Amendment]
to Paragraph 1 of Section 2 of Article
G of the Constitution.
For. Ratification of Amendment to
Paragraph Section 1, Article 7of
the Constitution.
Against Ratification of Amendment
to Paragraph 1, Section 1, Article 7of
the Constitution.
For Ratification of Amendment to
Paragraph :>. Section 4, Article 3 of
the Constitution.
Against Ratification of Amendment
to Paragraph ", Section 1, Article 3 of (
the Constitution. >
The Final Quietus.
Tn their desperate struggle to re
tain party supremacy in this state the
democrats have not hesitated to ma
lign and traduce Judge Hines, as
pure and spotless a man as over trod
the soil of bis native state. The
charge made against him by intern- (
perate partisans in Bulloch county,
was denied by him emphatically yet*
without bitterness. The sub-joined i
affidavits corroborate the statement'
made bv Judge Hines:
My attention lias been called to
an affidavit of J. 11. Miller, C. C.
Adkins, L. O. Adkins, and other cit-:
izens of Bulloch county, in which I
they state that they heard me in a
speech in the court house at States-1
boo, Ga., on April 16, 1894, “char- i
acterizo the negro as an animal, and
other similar bitter expressions con-I
corning the race.” This affidavit
tells but a half truth. I was era- ’
ployed to defend S. S. Sasser, charged
with the murder of a colored man
by the name of Shop Hodges. The
evidence disclosed that Hodges was
a man of remarkable pluck and cour
age, and Sasser insisted that Hodges
approached him with.a drawn knife
and said, “Wo will settle this matter
right here,” at the same time spring
ing at Sasser. In my argument be
fore the jury I compared Shop
Hodges to a ferocious animal about
to spring upon its prey.
I deny emphatically that I charac
terized negroes generally as animals,
and I deny that I used other similar
bitter expressions concerning the
race. I did not characterize Shep
Hodges as an animal. Ido not in
dulge in coarse and vulgar abuse.
I have likewise seen another affi
davit of C. A. Sorrier, J. F. Brady
and others, of tlie same date with
the above, in which affiants state that
they heard me in a spcach in the
same court house, on October 28,
1891, say, that “it would be as diffi
cult to commit an outrage on a tar
barrel or on a railroad tunnel as on a
negro woman, intimating that they
were already prostituted.” This
affidavit does not even tell a half
truth. I was employed to defend
some man, whose name I have for
gotten, charged with rape. It was
in proof that the woman, who was
alleged to have been raped, was a
common prostitute. In my speech
to the jury, I naturally argued, that
there was no occasion for rape, as a
common prostitute was always ready
to lavish her favors.upon any passer
by and that it was about as impossible
to conceive of rape upon a common
prostitute as it was to think of rape
upon a barrel or a tunnel.
That I stated or intimated that no
colored woman could be outraged,
or that I said or intimate 1 that all
colored women were prostitutes, or
that I spoke disrespectfully or un
kindly of the virtue of the women
of the colored race, is absolutely
false, and nobody knows that the
fact sought, to be proven by this affi
davit is false, better than the men
who signed the same and the demo
cratic bosses who circulate it.
James K. Hines.
Georgia, Bullock county: Person
ally comes the undersigned who, on
oath, say that they heard the argu
ment of Judge Hines in the Sasser
case, and that the above statement
by him as to that case is true.
11. H. Moore,
S. J. Williams
11. G. Everitt,
W. M. Proctor,
J. S. Brannen,
W. 11. Hollingsworth.
Sworn to and subscribed before
me this, September 17, 1891.
R. Lee Moore,
Notary Public, Bullock Co., Ga.
Georgia, Bulloch county: Person
ally comes the undersigned, who on
oath say that they heard the argu
ment of Judge Hines in the above
stated rape case, and that the above
statement by him as to that case is
true.
H. H. Moore,
F. N. Fletcher,
S. J. Williams,
11. G. Everett,
W. M. Proctor,
J. E. C. Tillman,
R. J. Proctor,
J. M. Tillman,
James Bishop,
D. C. Proctor.
Sworn to and subscribed to before
me this September 17th, 1894.
R. Lee Mooije,
Notary Public Bulloch County, Ga.
A CONFEDERATE GENERAL
Is Against Atkinson for Gov
ernor.
This morning Colonel J. N. Bateman
received a letter from Middle Georgia
which gave him much pleasure.
It was from an old confederate
brigadier-general, whom all the state
delights to honor, and holds the es
teem of every person with whom he
comes in contact.
It was a business letter, but the old
general took time to say :
“Hines stock is looking up all along
the line.”
Those are significant words.
The writer had not forgotten by
what means General C. A. was defeated
for the democratic nomination.
Get Wateon’s Roman Sketches.
Watson and Moses.
CARROLLTON, Ga.. Sept. 15, 1894.
When it was announced that Tom
Watson would be in Carrollton on the
15th the democrats of that town were
uneasy. Their da.y was the first Tues
day ; they had advertised their speak
ers for weeks and mustered up a small
crowd for the occasion. The thought
df a crowd gathering* in Carrollton
and the democrats having not hing to
say was more than they could bear, so
they tried to get up a joint discussion.
Tlie populists of Carrollton were un
willing to have a join’ discussion,
because they knew the crowd
would come to hear Watson, and they
wanted him to fully discuss the issues
of the day and explain the populist
position. The democrats telegraphed
to Moses, and the first thing we knew
a joint debate was published in the
.Journal and the Constitution. The
day came and the crowd came, 5,000
strong. At 10 o’clock the appearance
of Mr. Watson on the platform was
greeted with enthusiastic cheers.
Mr. W. T. Morris, in a lew well
chosen words, introduced Mr. Watson
which was the signal for renewed
cheers. Mr. AVatson first denied the
charges that have been made against
him by the Clay-Atkinson- Imines coin-
Hne.,v- . - \' e . .."’I?
Mr, ’ft’atson said he wS*,, for
the benefit of any local I' llinijilte but
in the interest of Judge Hines, and to
discuss state and national issues. He
then most ably and convincingly dish
cussed the state platform. In doing
this he made many excellent hits
against the democrats. The national
platform was not discussed fully for
want of time.
Mr. Watson showed that our plat
form is the same as that upon which
Mr-. Moses had been elected, that Gov
ernor Northen and L. F. Livingston
helped to make it, as the St. Louis
platform of the alliance; that John B.
(Jordon and the Georgia legislature en
dorsed it.
When Mr. Watson was told his time
was out he immediately ceased and
gave tlie floor to Mr. Moses. The crowd
was with Mr. Watson throughout and
he was interrupted by frequent cheer
ing and cries of “God bless Toni Wat
son.”
Mr. Adamson introduced Mr. Moses
with few remarks, stating that Mr.
Moses was not his choice lor represen
tative from this district, but the choice
of a majority of the democrats.
Mr. Moses was greeted with cheers
when he made his appearance on the
stand and was listened to with atten
tion. One man was a little unruly
about talking, but he was a democrat
and not in a responsible condition. The
crowd listened to what Mr. Moses had
to say and sometimes cheered him lus
tily. He tried to defend the demo
cratic party from the charges Mr. Wat
son had made against it, criticised Mr.
Watson for not discussing the railroad
plank of the platform, as they agreed
on the planks Mr. Watson had dis
cussed. Mr. Moses considered school
books and convict systems too insigni
cant to discuss, but opposed the popu
list idea of the state furnishing the pri
mary school books. The convict sys
tem was wrong but Mr. Moses did not
know what was right.
The most prolonged and enthusiastic
cheering of the day occurred when Mr.
Watson rose to answer Mr. Moses.
Every point that Mr. Moses had made
in the two hours was answerd by Mr.
Watson in a half hour. The criticism
of not discussing the railroad question
was answered by showing that Mr.
Moses’friends insisting on a joint dis
cussion had so limited the time that he
had no opportunity to take up that
question. Mr. Moses himself, in two
hours, did not have time to discuss the
full platform, yet expected Mr. Watson
to do so in one hour and a half.
Mr. Moses had ridiculed the people’s
party as a party that was dying out.
Just before Mr. Watson close i all who
had voted for Peek for governor were
asked to raise their hands; a goodly
number of hands went up, about one
third of the crowd. 'Then all who in
tended to vote for Hines, whether they
had voted for Peek or not, were told
to hold up their hands; with a loud
cheer the hands of the entire audience
seemed to lly in tlie air. When the
cheering had subsided a little, all that
intended to vote for Atkinson raised
their hands, and a liberal count for the
hands raised would be one hundred.
Though the crowd urged Mr. Watson
to speak on when the half hour was
up. saying they were willing to stay
till night to hear him. he closed.
Mr. Moses says he is coming again,
but if he does he will have to get Mr.
Watson or some other populist to draw
a crowd for him, for the democrats just
cannot muster up a decent audience in
this section. L. T. R.
Send 32 for the Press four months.
Richmond County Alliance.
Blythe, Ga., September IG, 1894. —
The Richmond County Parmer's Alli
ance will meet wjth the Belleview .\lli
ance, near Gracewood, on the first Sat
urday in October. A full delegation
from all sub-alliances is earnestly re
quested. Trust every oiticer will be
present, especially the- executive com
mittee, as there will be business of im
portance to come before the bods’.
A. Ll. Rooks. President.
Mr. Mattcws Accepts.
lion. J. N. Rosser. Chairman Executive
Committee- Fulton County, Dr. Eli
Gritlln, Chairman Campaign Committee
Fulton County:
Dear Sir—i notice that by the unan
imous action of your respective com
mittees, you have elected me to fill the
place on the legislative ticket, made
vacant by the declination of Rev. W.
O. Butler, without any solicitation
whatever on my part. Since the pub
lication of your action, under the pres-1
sure and earnest solicitation of friends, j
I have decided to accept the nomina
tion with the following declarations,
to-wit:
1 will make a clean race. I will not
bny any man’s vote. l\v any means
whatever, directly or indirectly, and I
hereby give notice that anyone having i
a vote for sale need not apply. I had
rather be defeated, than elected bj’ any
impure or fraudulent means,.
Secondly, I desire to make the race
on my merit as an honest man, and
state most positively that 1 will not be
a party to any foul methods.
Third, The time being so short it
will be impossible for me to make an
extensive canvass and I deem it un
necessary; if the people are ready for a
reformation, they will vote the reform
ticket.
Fourth. I will state that I stand
squarely on the Omaha platform, also
the state platform adopted May 17,
1894.
Fifth, If the people see proper to
elect me I promise a strict adherance to
these and all other matters as shall
from time to time present themselves;
trusting in a Righteous God, to over
rule all unrighteous and save our be
loved land from the unholy and corrupt
rule of wicked men.
Respectfully,
N. H. Matthews.
Sept. 15, 1894.
lion. Scab Wright in Cedartown
Cedartown, Ga., September 18. —
(Special.)—Thursday was the popu
lists’ day here. lion. T. E. Watson
was expected, but. being unavoidably
detained elsewhere. lion. Seaborn
Wright, of Rome, took his place and
made a satisfactory substitute. Though
there were only two days’ notice of the
rally, more than 600 voters assembled,
heard Scab Wright show up the demo
crats in their conduct of state affairs,
and many democrats decided to vote
the populist ticket.
At 7:30 p. in. a colored speaker.
Graves, addressed an audience of over
200 (a few whites being among the
number) in an able speech. He ap
pealed to the manhood of his race to
beware of the money, whisky and
tricks of the democrats. At the close
of his speech, the white men endeav
ored to get the people to stay and hear
one of the pet democratic speakers, but
without success.
Joint Debate in Pike.
Barnesville, Ga., Sept. 17. —(Spe-
cial.) — Last Thursday night lion. r. J.
Barrett and Col. John Redding held a
joint debate at Piedmont. It was Mr.
Barrett’s appointment but he divided
time with Col. Redding, and it goes
without saying that our populist nomi
nee wiped up the earth with Col. Red
ding. Os the 300 voters present not
more than 50 were democrats, and
many of these left before the speaking
was over.
At the close of the debate the crowd
yelled for Murphey, and declined to
leave until he responded.
Colonel Murphey, amid great ap
plause, rose and held the crowd for
forty minutes.
The occasion was a rousing success
for the populists, and you can count on
old Pike going for Tom Barrett and
Judge Hines.
Mr. D. C. Gowdyin McDonough.
McDonough, Ga., Sept. 16.—(Spe
cial.)—Mr. D. C. Gowdy, of Atlanta,
made a great populist speech here Sat
urday to a crowd of 1000 people. The
courthouse would not hold the people,
and the audience adjourned to the shade
outside.
Judge Hines was expected but could
not reach nere.
Mr. Gowdy made one of the ablest
speeches ever delivered in Henry county
and much good was done.
A Groat Explosion.
Tallapoosa. Ga., September 15.
) At 6.30 o'clock this morning
two of the wheel mills belonging to the
Southern Powder Company blew up,
completely demolishing b .th buildings.
One man was killed instantly and two
others were painfully wounded. The
shock was felt throughout the entire
town and many windows were broken.
DeKalb County.
The next meeting of the DeKalb
County Alliance will be at Tucker on
Thursday, the 27th day of September,
1894.
A grand reception will be tendered
the County Alliance. Basket dinner.
Good speaking. Good music. Come.
J. E. Maguire, President.
W. P. Lankford, Sec’y.
Sketches of Roman History, by Hon
Thos.E. Watson, sold at this office
For a Fair Election.
The executive committees of the
two parties, democratic and people's
party, met last Tuesday in Elberton
and passed a resolution looking to a
settlement of the contention and
strife between the two parties at the
polls; that is, so far as buying votes
is concerned. It is to bo earnestly
hoped that this will settle the mat
ter :
“We, the democratic and people’s
party executive committee, believing
that the honest voters of Elbert
county want an honest and legal
election, endorse the following:
“Resolved, Ist, That we discoun
tenance any fraud or illegality in
the coming elections, and that we
and each of us do solemnly pledge
ourselves that we will do all in our
power to have a free ballot and an
honest count.
Resolved, 2d, That we discounte
nance the buying of voters in any
way, shape or form.
Resolved, 3d, That we ask the
tax collector to furnish us with a
correct list of the tax defaulters of
this county, and that a copy of the
same be furnished the managers of
election at each precinct, and that
no one be allowed to vote in said
election whose name appears on said
defaulter’s list.
Resolved, 4th, That both political
parties shall be equally represented
as to managers and clerks, at each
precinct where it is possible.
Resolved, stb, That we ask all
honest men, regardless of party or
color, to assist us in carrying out the
above.
Resolved, Gth, That we ask both
of our county papers to publish the
above from now until after the No
vember elections.
T. M. Swift,
Chairman Dem. Ex. Com.
E. B. Starke,
Chairman P. P. Ex. Com.
Macon County Populists.
The populist nominees for county
officers in Macon county are : Sheriff,
D. Avery ; clerk of superior court, W.
D. L. Duncan: treasurer, L. Williams;
tax receiver, J. IL Claxton; tax collec
tor, J. B. Hall; surveyor, G. W. Wat
kins; coroner, John Smith.
Tho Daily Press four months for
two dollars.
Rives & Stapleton,
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Dealers in Groceries, Hardware, Stoves, Cutlery, Guns, Crockery, Fur
niture, etc.
Wo carrj’ the nicest, largest and best assorted stock of goods in our town.
We want you to visit our large double store and make it your headquarters
when in town.
Buy tour goods. Lowest Prices and Fair Dealing Guaranteed.
To AH Sub Resorts,
Mountain and Seashore,
TAKE THE
Souteii:—Railway.
(Western System.)
Solid Vestible Trains run in all directions with every con
venience of modern railway travel.
All agents are supplied with matter descriptive of summer
resorts reached by this line. C. A. Benscoter, A.G.P.A.,
Knoxville, Tenn.
W. A. Turk, G.P.A., J. J. Farnsworth, Dist. Pass. AgL,
Washington, D. C. Atlanta, Ga.
Judge Hines’ Refusal to Debate.
As foreshadowed in an editorial
in The Daily Press of Saturday,
15th inst, Judge Mines has declined
to enter joint debate with Mr. At
kinson.
His letter to Mr. Atkinson on the
subject will be found elsewhere in
this paner. In it Judge Hines states
his reasons for declining to debate
with Mr. Atkinson. He would
have been justified in treating Mr.
Atkinson’s invitation with the same
rudeness with which the chairmat
of the democratic executive com
mittee treated the communication
made to them at their solicitation by
the chairman of the populist execu
time committee.
This rudeness on the part of tho
democratic campaign managers de
served a severer rebuke even than
was administered by Judge Hines.
Surely he could not be expected to
enter into joint debate with tho can
didate of a party which wantonly in
sulted tho party whose banner hu
bears.
Denounced as nl’raud and Forgery.
To the Editor of Tub Daily Press:
In this morning’s Constitution it
published an article in which Mr. L.
P. Barnes says that he will, “tell tho
people of Atlanta what Watson did
with the resolution presented to the
state convention on behalf of the
Federation of Trades of Atlanta.”
It is certainly news to the officers
of the Federation to hear that'any
resolution was presented to the pop
ulist convention from that body, and
if any resolution was brought to the
convention and represented as ema
nating from the Federation, it was
fraud and forgery. The Federation,
presented not a word to the populism
convention, and no one was author-’
1 ized to use its name there in any
i connection. Consequently, MrJ
Barnes’ statement about the Federa
tion is without foundation.
S. M. White,
President Atlanta Federation of
Trades.
Get Watson’s Campaign Book.
The Campaign in the Eighth.
Editor Daily PiSess : y
Hon. W. Y. Carter, populist can
didate for congress in the eighth
district, spoke at Winterviile oni
Tuesday night, September 4 th, to
about five hundred people, to a most;
attentive and appreciative audience.
There were many democrats present,
who seemed to vie with the most en
thusiastic populist in catching every
word that fell from the speaker’s
lips. The speech made a fine im
pression upon all present and has
greatly helped the populist cause in
this section.
Two years ago this town was con
sidered the hottest hot-bed of Cleve
’landism in Northeast Georgia, but a
change has come over the spirit of
their dreams, as is sometimes the case
with sensible people, and always the
case when conditions justify it.
By request of the proprietor the
cotton platform of Mr. R. M. Mc-
Alpin was used by the speaker. It
was well furnished with seats and
swinging lanterns by tho handiwork
of Messrs. C. C. Fagan and D. IL
Anthony. The Winterville cornet
band delighted the audience w'ho
occupied the grounds for yards
around with some of their best
music. The occasion was one of
profit and pleasure to all, and was
the means of adding strength to our
cause.
From all quarters conies the cheer
ing news that our ranks are being
greatly strengthened by daily acces- j
sions. The people see and the peo
ple are moving out from under the
chains that bind and the yokes that
oppress. Geo. T. M.
Killed a Man in Self-Defense.
Swainsboro, Ga.. Sept. 14.—(Special.)
Marshal Joe Flanders shot and killed ■
Frank Whitehead, colored, this after*,
noon. Whitehead took the marshal’s
club and attacked him, so the marshal*
tired in self-defense.
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