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~*LiOCAL DEPARTMENT.
FIIIDAT MOHNI (, AUGUST 25, 1870-
The Marion County Agricultural So
ciety
will meet iu Buena Vista on AAVlncs
day, the (3th day of Seotember next,
at Buena Yista. All interested in
agricultural pursuits are cordially in
vited to attend and become members.
3t.
A MASS COAVKSTIOy
of the citizens of Marion county com
prising the Democratic parly, will
convene at the Court House at Bue
na Vista, on the 20ih of September
next, then and there to nominate a
candidate to represent the county of
Marion in the next General Assem
bly. Make all your arrangements to
come out on that day. 4t
—Some complaint of rust in cotton
reaches us from two or three sec
tions of the county.
—Some crops jtj Marlon county
have eutfoyed greatly from the
drought.
—lt was a refreshing treat to
snake hands with Bud II rvey, for
merly of Buena Vista, on Tuesday
last, who was on a business visit to
our town.
—A colored man lias just as much
right to be a Democrat as a white
man has. It is as much his party as
ft is tire white man’s party, Radical
ftowlera to tire contrary notwithstan
ding.
—Miss (Ora James and M' s s 1/izz.ie
Roberts, of Eufaula, Ala., are visit
ing the county apd stopping at the
residence of Mr. Reuben Brown. We
Jiope the young ladies will have a
pleasant time in- our snug “hog and
hominy” county.
—'The Democratic- Senatorial Con*
vention of the 24th Senatorial Dis
trict will meet in Columbus on next
AVcdnesday to nominate a candidate
to represent this District in tlte Geot-r
gia Senate, Chattahoochee .county
js entitled to the candidate under the
rotation rule.
—As the canvass for Representa
tive has become heated, wo respect
fully caution our people to a course
of moderation for the good of the
party. Do not permit your feelings
jto get the upper Ipind of your judg
ment. Do not place yourselves
where, in case of a nomination, you
cannot support either of the candi
dates before the people. Our per
sonal preferences should give way to
party requirements,
—The rumor indijstriou.sly circula
ted to the effect that Marion’s sup
port of lion. B. B. Hii.ton, for Con
gress, is only complimentary is a
mistake. AVe expect to do all in our
power to secure the nomination oi
Col, Hjntop-
Barbarity to a Helpless Child.
Mr. p. }!. ~yVells, of this county,
gives us the particulars of t|ic atro
cious attempt of a colored family,
pear Short and At taw ay’s mill, iu
this couuty, to drown a helpless
child left in their possession.
Sometime ago, a negro woman left
her helpless child, about three years
pld, in charge ot a negro family, liv
ing near the abovement'oned mill,
while she went on a visit to Talbot
pounty. The unnatural mother nev
er returned.
The family becoming weary of their
helpless charge, resolved to dispose
pf it foreyep, They placed it on the
edge of the mill-dam, in such a njan
per that when the child moved, it
would fall into twenty feet of water
aud be drowned. The ehild was
placed in that position on Thursday,
Aug. 10th, 1876. Mr. J. J. Helms,
the miller, went out on the dam, on
that day, and discovered it, in time
to save it from a watery grave.
Th“t heartless mother and barba
rous family deserve the civilizing in
fluences of the lash and the peniten
tiary.
SpJemclirS ILarSy Syrup,
Rev. W. B. Merritt, residing in
the lower part of this county, has
plaeod in our office a sample of very
lino syrup, manufactured by him
from the sorgho plant, on the 29ili of
July last, which is the earliest syrup
wo have heard made this year. It is
as nice a sj|pp!e of sorghum syrup as
any wo have seen.
The seed were planted early in the
month of April on fair land, and was
cultivated at a small cost. The va
riety is the species familiarly known
as the “China cane.” It may be
grown thick in the drill, attains a
good height, matures early and yields
abundantly iu the final results.
This sorghum syrup comes three
months earlier than that manufactur
ed from the tropical cane, and is on
this account valuable in economy and
profit. We recommend Us general
cultivation by our planters.
Curiosities.
Messrs. Daniel and David James,
of this cminty, sent us this week two
fine specimens of a prolific variety of
corn, which were raised on their re
spective places. Mr. Daniel Janies’
sample was a stalk of corn which had
six well developed ordinary size ears
on it, Mr. David James’ was a stalk
containing sev.en ears, well developed
and of ordinary size. The grains
were as large as common corn. It
appears to be an early variety of
corn, and on this account and the
number of ears to the stalk, it cannot
be surpassed for roasting ears.
Mr. Bobbie Williams brought to
our office a few days since, quite a
curiosity in the form of a section of
oak sapling. Two saplings appear
to have sprung from the ground a
few inches apart, and after growing
up a foot or two combined and form
ed one solid trunk. Tbs trunk is
two and a half fet long. After
reaching this length, it. divided and
foytned two seperate branches. Such
a curiosity in the fgrtn of an oak tree
is seldom seen.
Centra! Cainp- llee lln g f
Wo had the pleasure of attending
the Centra) Gamp Meeting, on Satur
day and Sunday last.
Several line scrmor.s were preach
ed during our stay, by eminent di
vines.
Thousands of visitors attended the
meeting. In fact the size of the
crowds rendered it uncomfortable.
The District Meeting was also held
at the Gamp Ground. We are satis
fied that holding the District Meet
ing at the caipp ground is unwise !
and impolitic. The camp meeting
interferes with the district meeting
and the district meeting with the
camp meeting. Besides this objec
tion, they are two separate and dis
tinct institutions of the Methodist
Church, and should not be combined
or consolidated with eueh other.
Furthermore, the tent holders are
liable to fall into the error that they
are not under obligations to enter
tain any but delegates.
It is desired by many Methodists
that this combination of camp meet
ing and district meeting be discon
tinued as soon as possible and never
resumed.
Many of the citizens of Marion
county were in attendance.
Little interest was taken in the
meeting, until Sunday evening, when
a revival influence spread among the
congregation.
The Radical journals of this State
do not desire to say anything of the
large number of Republicans who
are flocking to the Democratic ranks.
This is information they do not wish
to put before their readers. Take
Neinaho county, lor instance. We
are informed that of fifty of the old
names which were enrolled on the
Tilden and Hendricks club book the
first evening of tho organization of
more than half have been Republi
cans hitherto. —Omaha (Neb) Herald
Hem,.
Lamar is confined to his room.
■WITHDRAWAL OF MAJ. E. W.
MILLER.
Burna Vista, Da., {
August 21st, 187 G. )
1 Mr. Editor:
Some three or four weeks since, I
declared myself a candidate for the
Legislature through the columns of
your highly appreciated paper, 1
was induced thus to declare myself
by many friends, in order that wlmt
is known as the liquor law of this
county might he sustained and kepi
in force. I am now satisfied that
some other good and worthy citizen
living in the country will be more
available for the upholding and
maintaining the liquor law, and that
7am not the man. There is an un
compromising prejudice against me,
growing out ol the County Court,
and in addition to this there is an
irreconcilable feud existing and lias
for some time between the country
and town citizens, the country peo
ple alleging that the town people and
those in ils vicinity manifest a dispo
sition to control ail the ejections and
furnish all the officers. I do not
wish to be the means of still widen
ing this breach, blit, would rather be
instrumental in healing it, and hope
that the course I am now adopting
may iiave a happy effect in this di
rection. Mr, Editor, I hope the ma
ny readers.of your paper in this coun
ty, the good reflecting citizens, will
seriously consider this question and
will go to work to pacify the parties
in this matter that all may pull to
gether in the building up of the coun
ty town of Marion county.
After maturely considering th#
question.in the premises I have con
cluded Unit it is best for me to with
draw from the field and leave my
triends free to select from the many
aspirants some candidate more wor
thy and better qualified than myself
to represent them in the next General
Assembly. In this connection I re
turn my heartfelt thanks to the many
friends who bore me on to success
two years ago, and to those who liave
manifested their confidence and
friendship thus far iu my present
support. Hoping the people of Ma
rion county may be so fortunate as to
be represented in the Lower House
of the next Legislature by sonic good
and true map. I am, .Air. Editor, and
my fellow-citizens of Marion county,
yopr most obedient seivaut,
E. AV. MILLER,
WITHDRAWAL, or DR. T.
J, KUOOtiS,
Having yielded to the solicitations
of my friends, to the extent of per
mitting them to use my name in the
canvass for the Democratic nomina
tion for Representative, and finding
a number of very acceptable gentle
men in the field, I take the liberty
of withdrawing it, for the purpose of
insuring harmony in the party. In
retiring I desire to state that I will I
itivo my support tp the candidate ]
who is uncompromisingly opposed to j
the repeal ol the liquor law, I de- j
sire in tills connection to re'urn my
siifcercst thanks for the interest .they
have manifested in my favor.
T. J. Brooks,
To tlte Citizens oi Itfariou
County.
Fellow Citizens:
After an earnest endeavor to with
draw from the canvass, and failing
to obtain die consent ot my friends,
it therefore becomes necessary tor me
to define my position and let the peo
ple know wdiere I stand. The coun
ty court and whisky bills seem to be
and are the great local questions and
issues in this contest. And notwith
standing that is the war cry in this
comity, the great and grand princi
ples of reform set forth by the St.
Louis Convention must not be ignor
ed or forgotten, but should be urged
by every citizen with ail the earnest
ness and energy we possess. I can
assure you that that platform is good
enough and broad enough for all the
family. A general reform j-s greatly
needed, and especially retrenchment
is indispensable to meet the wants of
the times. lam in favor of a con
vention being called to change the
objectionable clauses in the constitu
tion. I believe the future prosperity
of the country depends almost entire
ly upon the change of that instru
ment. lam opposed to the county
court unqualifiedly and should I he
elected your representative, the act
creating the same I will certainly re
peal.
WHISKY BILL.
That bill has accomplished the end
I have always desired, although I
may differ with many good friends iu
the means used to accomplish that
end. Yet the good results attained
through that bill meets my full ap
proval. Fellow-citizens, I have been
brought up by parents who taught
me from my earliest cnildhood by
precept and example the strictest
i principles of integrity and sobriety,
and rather than dishonor their finnv’s
and cause the good results emana
ting from that bill to cease to tlo.v
to my neighbors and mv neighbors’
children, let me ba on this measure
bo disfranchised forever. Though wc
may differ in means, what are m ans
when compared to the good (lone.
I tell you they are nothing, nothing.
Consequently I can, m all faithfid-
DOBB, say to my friends that I can
accept the bill, as it now stands.
And if my name be cast out as evil,
God forbid that I should do anything
that will dishonor iny Savior or Ilis
precious cause.
Many want to know my voting re
cord since the war. That is a short
story and soon told. First, ! sup
ported Gordon and Smith for Gover
nor, Harris for Congress, eacli term,
Hinton for Senator, AV. E. Butt for
Representative; I did not vote fur
AV. B. Butt for the unexpired term,
neither did I vote for Harvey or Butt
for the reason that I paired with 8
or 10 voters, and believing that I
could accomplish more by that means
I adopted them; I voted for Miller
and some of the county officers, but
when and for whom I do not remem
ber. These, fellow citizens, are the
facts. The foregoing are my sincere
sentiments, all of which please con
sider. Respect fully,
J. R. Battle.
W. 11. HARRIS, COL., AGAIN.
AA r e refer to this presumptious in
dividual again, solely for the purpose
of correcting a wrong impression be
is trying to make upon the colored
people, to the effect tiiat our denun
ciation, was instigated by prejudice
against the colored people.
AA r c entertain the kindliest feelings
toward the colored people. Asa
journalist we are laboring for their
interests, as much as for the whites.
They do not hold a single right or
privilege, under the law, which we
would abrogate. AA’e desire their
elevation of mind and moral charac
ter as much as they do themselves.
So kindly are we disposed to favor
them, that we would overlook errors
of their commission, which we would
condenj unnsparingiy iu a white man
—because the latter has had oppor
tunities which the former iiave not.
When anyone tells the colored peop
le that wc tire opposed to them, he
is guilty of a falsehood. No intelli
gent wdiite Democrat is opposed to
the colored people—the Southern
whites are their best, (aud we might
say only,) friends.
AVe do not even blame the colored
people for being Republicans. AVe
are sorry that their ignorance and
prejudices make them so.
We did not denounce this fellow
Harris, because lie was a negro, or
a Republican, but because lie betray
ed our .confidence and the confidence
of ail the white people of the county,
reposed in him on account of a state
ment published in this paper, that he
did not intend to meddle with poli
tics, but to.confine himself altogeth
er to his ministerial labors. Having
given us this assurance, it was a
gross violation of his published word
to participate in a Radical Conven
tion, After writing his card to our
citizens, he still had the right to be
a Republican, but not to take any
part in politics, not even for Hinton
and Miller, whose partizan he claims
to be. By going to that A Vest Point
Radical Convention, he falsified his
word rendering anything he says un
worthy of belief. Had it been a
Democra'ic Convention, the moral
phase of the question would have
remained the same.
The colored people of Marion coun
ty do not know that the Radical par
ty is a mob of thieves, organized for
plunder. They do not know that
that party has stolen thousands upon
thousands of dollars from the colored
people of the South. They do not
know that that party has violated
every promise made to them. They
do not kn >w that that party is di
rectly responsible for the high price
ofcollee, sugar, tobacco, whiskey
and every imported article of con
sumption. Rut W. H. Harris knows
it, and still clings to that party,
knowing ad these things. Though
he may be personally honest, yet,
in joining a party of thieves he be
comes one of them.
Samuel. J. Tilden is not a big man
physically. Re is 5 feet ? inches with
his boots on, and weighs 117 pound*.
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