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Site gitcmt Wistu givoujs. ~*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*. m. CENTENNIAL 1878. 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