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X. 3VL O. RUSSELL,
Editor & Proprietor.
iltuciui V'iNtUt Marion !'<•
FIUDAY MUHMNO. SKV'TKMUICtt W, 187(1.
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC TICKET
FOP. PItESIDUNT,
SAMUEL J.TILDEN,
OF NEW YORK.
FOR TICK PRESIDENT,
TIIO.II/1S i HENDRICKS,
OF INDIANA.
l’residcnliitl LTmtvrs,
STATE AT LAKOF.
Hon. A. R. Lawton, Chatham;
Hon. John \V. Wofford, Barlow. Al
ternates : (icn. 1,. J. Garlrell, Fulton;
Hon. W. ]). I). Twiggs, Putnam.
Ist District—A. .M. Rogers, Burke;
t. is. jH'ienport, (alt) Glynn.
2nd District.-—U. E. Kution, Clay;
lion. J. L. Seward, (alt) Thomas.
3rd District.—J. M. Dul’ree, Ma
con; \V. H. Harrison, (alt) St< war
4th District.—AY. O. Tuggle,
Troup; E. M. Autt, (alt.) Marion.
stli Dist.—F. D. Pisinako, Spal
ding; W. A. Shorter, nit., Fulton.
Oth Dist. —Frank Chambers, Wil
kinson; M. D. MeKibbcn, alt.., Butts.
7th Dist.—Hon. L. N, Traanuell,
"Whitfield; Hamilton Yar;e\, at..
Floyd.
feih Dist.—D. M. Dußosc, Wilkes;
T. E. Eve, alt,, Columbia.
oth D st. —J. X. Dorsey, Hall; F.
L. Haralson, ait., White.
State Democratic Ticket.
for governor;
Alfred 10.. C-ofagialff,
OF DEKALB.
FOR COSCKBSS.
IION. IlLlltV . HAKKIS.
OF MERIWETHER.
FOR THE SESA'IE.
HON. 1> VVBD. C. CODY,
OF CHATTAHOOCHEE,
FOR TIIE LEUtSLA I I RE.
HOW'RLL ’S’. MOUJS.
County Politics.
We are grieved at the present sta
tus of our county political affairs. On
cur local page will be pro-
f ” vy* um nu
zens, liekT on Wednesday last, both
claiming to represent the Democrat
ic Tarty of Marion county. This
anomalous state of things needs ex-
planation.
On Thursday, the 17th of August,
the Executive Committee of Marion
together with a very large assem
blage of citizens met in the Court
House, in pursuance to a call of the
Chairman, ami determined the time
and mode of holding a nominaling
convention to select a candidate to
represent the county in the General
Assembly. On Wednesday la-t the
Convention met and complied with
the instructions of the Executive
Committee to the letter. The Con
vention was called to order by Judge
TV. 15. Butt, chairman of the Execu
tive Committee, and the proceedings
were carried on in a fair, legal mode.
Every white man in the county, who
was in town on that day, participa
ted in the meeting and helped to or
ganize the convention. The candi
dates themselves arranged for the
voting, selecting their own managers
and clerks, and the election was con
ducted in a fair, honorable manner
throughout. It was therefore the
only legal Democratic convention
held and its action is binding on all
the Democrats of the county.
A resolution was passed prohibit
ing all but Democrats from voting.
When the polls wore opened, howev
er, the friends of all the candidates
began a vigorous canvass among the
colored men, nearly all of whom were
Republicans, and succeeded in vot
ing eighty-two of them. This was in
violation oflh'o resolutions as well as
of common Democratic usage, but.
was not sufficient ground for annul
ing the convention, since all the can
didates Were equally censurable, and
only eighty-two colored men voted.
When the friends of three of tlie can
didates found themselves defeated,'
they withdrew from the regular le
gal convention, and organized ano
ther, over which Mr, W. G. Steed
presided. Wc will here state that'
a.l the members of this convention ,
had participated in the first convi it- !
tiou and agreed by los.olutiou t.o j
stahd by its nominee and that nearly
all of them voted subsequently in tin j
election. By these two nets they
guve in their allegiance t.o the first
convention and acknowledged that it
was a regular, legal convcniion >4 the
Democratic Party of the county.
'llu'sc facts show conclusively that
the convention which nominated
Howell T. Hollis represented the De
mocracy of the county, and that the
other was only a meeting of individ
uals dissatisfied with the result. As
additional proof that the latter meet
ing docs not represent the Democra
cy of the county, we call attention to
the fact, that two hundred and sev
enty-three white men voted in tie
first convention and only one hun
dred and twenty-three voted in favor
of withdrawing front the first con
vention and bolding another election.
Those who arc inclined to doubt, our
figures and statements are cordially
invited to our office and examine tin
clerks’ list of all who voted, w hich we
have in our possession to corrobo
rate our statements. Howell T. Hol
iis is the regular legal nominee oft! c
Democratic party, and, wo think,
ought to receive the vole of every
Democrat in the county.
We appeal to our dissatisfied
friends in Hie name of peace and
harmony, to abandon the idea of
bringing out, another candidate to
oppose the regular nominee. It wiii
only result in the defeat of the can
didate they bring out, and in Hu)
dismemberment of the Democratic
party in the county. Our party is
menaced in the District by an inde
pendent candidate for Congress, and
wc cannot, on that account, afford to
countenance dissentions in our ranks.
If we are divided the Radicals will be
*
sure to win and complete Democrat
ic triumph in State and naiion imle
firmtely postponed. Nothing could
please the Radical party more than a
split in our ranks. Let our wounds
i over ond nrir '•"-Hy
subside, and let ns again inarch on
to victory in one undivided army,
ishoulder to shoulder, a brotherhood,
of patriots, fighting s dely (Jr the
good of the county and tlio ascendan
cy of noble principles.
We shall support heart i'y Howell {
T. Hollis because we believe him to \
be die nominee of (lie lUinceralic i
party of the county, and not F<r indi
vidtial preference or personal motive, j
Ho is worthy our suffrages and our j
party demand that, wc support, him. |
Let us do it with a will—burying all I
past differences in one common cause
of party fealty.
Death of Mrs. Crawford,
It becomes our painful duty to
chronicle the d"ath of one ot our
most highly esteemed and best be
loved ladies. Sirs. Sarah J. Oraw
ford, after a long and severe ill
ness, passed to her final rest, on
Tuesday last, at 2.30 o’clock p. in.,
mourned by t.be entire community.
She has been long and favorably
known in Buena Vista. She died
in the faith, and her death gave
lie a happy release from long and
patient physical suffering. A more
extended r.ot'ce of her life and
character will be given in our next
week’s issue.
Hon. Henry I!. Harris was nomi
nated ns’tlic Democratic candidate
for Congress, by the Convention
which was held at West Point on tl.e
14th mst. This was affected on the
12Gt.h ballot, lion 1!. 15. Hinton, t.t
Marion, removed eighteen votes in
the convention, lacking only two
votes ot a majority.
Ocorgsa If lection*.
The following compilation from the
code pf Georgia regulates all f them:
The first Wednesday in October next
the Governor and members of tlm Leg
isleture will be elected.
' Tuesday after the first Monday in
Novembtr next, members of Congress
and Presidential electors will ha elected.
The first Wednesday in January next
the Ordinaries, Sheriffs, Clerks of the
Superior Courts, Coronets, County Sur
veyors, Tax Collectors and Tax Receiv
eisatoto he elected.
The first Saturday in January next
Justices of ihe Peace and Constable; are
to be elected.
To Shj B>ano< -:Uie HDssi'iy “1 |
Jlai-iun.
As the Chairman of the Democrat-!
ic r.xccuLv a i-vuiroittoe lor the conn
! tv of Marion, it becomes my hrjpcrn
livo duly to address you in .in fereucu
to the unfortunate occurrences ol yes
i un-day. Forgetting all persons and
| interests, 1 come to you in the name
I of peace and harmony, and in helm!l
! of justice and fair-dealing, and conn
] sel an i advise you, one and at), to
abandon and ignore all plans (com
ing from whatever source they may)
which tend to he dismemberment ol
the Democratic party. The record <4
the party in the past is one of which
all may Lc proud, and it should mu
in passion and disaffection be marred
Under order of il c chairman o( tlm
Democratic Executive Committee a
meeting of the citizens was > ailed on
the 17 ill day of August to determine
ihe lime and mode of nominating a
candidate to represent, the county ol
Marion in the next General Assem
bly. That meeting—one of the lar
gest ever held hi Hie county—deter
mined by resolution to hold the nom
ination on t lie 20th day of September
at Buena Vista by ballot; the candi
date receiving the lowest number ol
votes to be dropped at each succes
sive ballot until someone of the can
dida'es should receive a majority of
the votes polled, who should ba de
clared the nominee of the- party.
In accordance with that action the
peopleassembkd yesterday—the2oth
—and were organized by calling me
to the chair and A. M. C.’Russell was
md; S cretin y. The four candi
dates themselves seleclcd the mana
gers from different districts in the
coun'y, and they were regularly
sworn, as prescribed by law, to hold
tlie election. Secretaries were a's
appointed by them to kc p a Put o!
I he voters.
After the election had pr- ccedcd
for some time three of the candidates
withdrew bom die race Ibr the osten
sible reason that eo’orcil men were
allowed !o vote, when each of them,
VI Ilirli At . mb, v.v tot log ill Ol
I that rice that they could. Meeting
il !ho colit- lvoin, above where tin
election was beiilg held, and without
> proper it licet "on, some of t!,e very
men who had organized tin; meeting
cf ilie morning, and whose hallo s
had already b on Cast, organized ano
ther mee.ipg ami h lied from the
proposition and ph n of their own,
•••■lid called anotlnr election on the
27th in-t.
I must say in all candor I 'think
the bolt was without due reflection, ■
and I am now satisfied that many
good men who were in that meeting
now agree with me. Some have al
ready FO<xpreEsed themselves, and I
confidently hope the whole move
ment will bo abandoned, and 'no fur
ther effort be made to carry it out.
Recollect, iellow-Democrats, that
this is no time for schism and disaf
fection, but one forjrold united ac
tion, that oar party inay trininpta
and her banners have \morv inscrib
ed upon them all.
W. B. BUTT,
Chairman Dem. Ex. Com.
Buena Vista, Ga., Sept. 17, 1870.
Eseeutive Cwuimittec
The following is the Dcmocra ic
Executive Committee of tbe 4th Con
gressional District, appointed for the
ensuing two jours, by authority of a
resolution of the Congressional Con
vention, held at Wo ; .t Point on the
14th inst.:
W. P>. Butt, oi Marion, Chairman.
I). If Yancy, Chattahoochee.
Thos. W. Grimes, Muscogee.
J. T. Willis, Talbot.
Jack Blount, Harris.
W. T. Itcvill, Meriwether.
Albert H. Cox, Troup.
Alvin I). Freeman, Coweta.
S. W. Harris, Carr. 1.
Levi Ballard, Campbell.
W. J. Waddy, Douglass.
M. iShaekeliord, Heard.
E. W. Mn, LEU,
Chair. Congressional Convention.
Newspnpors of the District re
spect lull} t'.quested to coj)y.
Falling Through a Bridge.
land week Messrs. E. M. Tharp,
S. I>. Story and others started to
Columbus, with several wagon
loads of cotton. Mr. E. M. Tharp’s
wagon and team fell through Ruti
dlc’s Bridge, a few miles from
their destination. His wagon,
mule and cotton were seriously in
jured.
Mr. S. B. Story with the others
ofthe party, went to the assistance
of Mr. l'hiirp to extricate his team
and devise some means lor tlm oth-
er wagons to cross the creek.
While Mr. Story was attempting
to cross the stream on a sill, it
broke and precipitated him a dis
tance of smne fifteen or twenty
feet, into flic water, among the rub
bish ofthe broken bridge. A se<
•Jon of the railing foil on him, in
juring him seriously, hut not fa -
tally, by f artul bruises mi ihaTm-*
dV and limbs. lie is now rapidly
recovering from the effects ol the
fall.
After expending some time in
herculean labors to get the wagons
over the creek, the party finally
reached Columbus. The county of
Muscogee is to be censured for pet
mitting the rotten biidge to remain
so long without repairs.
DIFFERENCE.
The two great banners as they
float to-day:
Tihlen and Hendricks— Reform.
Hayts and Wheeler —Grantism
continued.
There they are. and gods ! how
iike a llaming meteor streams the one
—how like a superauuated dish-rag
fops the other. — Courier Journal.
Sixty-four out of the s'xt -i ne* Get
in an papers of Wisconsin are supporting
tih e i and Hendricks. Six!;-four six'v
ninlhs is a somewhat 'arger proportion
ihan exists in oilier States, hut a much
smaller proportion of the German vole
.hall this, if cast for Uncle Samuel, "ill
in ike him the Centennial President.
APPLICATION FOR DISMISSION
GEORGIA —Marion County.
Wliet-ea* Henry L. Aliiosti Exit-utor of IT.
L. Alli-rii il-eciiir'ed has applied for dismis
sion from said admit.iste anon.
ylll por-oni ii/lere'-ted are Iter -by requir
ed Jo tt/e (lieu-objection, if ttttv, wituin the
1- 1..--.
Wi ness my iiand this AuguM 2d. IS7O
-Js. il. I.ow K.
itiur -i.i—ants Ordinary.
Harion County Sheriff Sales.
Vi 7 ILL be sold before the Court Ho tse
V door in Huiavi Vista within tint leo.ul
of ! Oi'.tb - first Tuesday in Ov-
Itiia-■ u'X/, lit-/tollowi'.g prop. riy, to wit:
GO tunes - li of Lae North west corn
er of iu: no. 15, in the GOtli District of
said C-'intiy; said bm-i lcvie-l on with
a It fa issued i'.-om Schi- y Snperioi
iliuifi. i:t btvor of r>. A. Sellers Vs. Sn
util W. Ghtipmaii, .-idmiiiistral rix.
Said piuptrly tiol-.l as the propel ty o
t\. T. Citanimiti deceased.
ALSO,
Will be sold (iti the first Tuesdry in Octo
ber r.vxt Sli.* follow mg pi-opsity, to-wit
-j h . South half of lot no IOC and fifty acres
off of Ihe Nt l-.h West corner of lot no 10 5.
Levied on with a ti fa issued from Marion
Superior Court, in favor of E T Davis iidinin
instrator of Wm Davit) deceased, vs .V H ti-l
lis. Property pointed out by the defendant,
this the ith day of September 187(5
-op I—4w A, W. Davis.
Sheriff.
ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE.
GEORGIA Marion County.
15y virtue of an order from the Ordi
nary (Joint, of said eountv, I will sell
before the Court House, in said enmity,
on die fii st Tuesday in October next,
between I tie legal hours.ot sste, tile fol
lowing lauds, as the prohertv of Cyrils
IP. lioss, dene used, to wii: Lot of land
no.lBB, half of lot, no. 197, and fifiv
acre sot lot no. H 55, a ! l the 3lst Dis
trict of raid county. /Said for the ben
efit of the Beits and creditors of said
estate. Terms cash.
Robert Cranford.
ang 30-Jlods.
M iseellancns Advertisement
"lobbS’Ttarch polshT
PfcSHIWEI
A GREAT DISCOVERY.
By the use of which every family may pire
tlieir Linen tliat brilliant, polish peculiar to tine
laundry work. Saving lime and labor in iron
in';, more than its entire cost. Warranted.
Sold by Driiggi t* ssinl Groce s Every
where. A SK. FOR BOBBINS.
DOBBINS, BKO-S’. k CO., 15 N. l omtli Street-,
je3Q-3ta Philadelphia.
NEW V IRE PROOF WAREHOUSE
Corner Cotton Avenue and Jeiteekson Street
AMERICUS - - - - GJE O.
W T Toole, Same McG arrah
TO THU FARMERS OF I lillOV AMD SUKKOUXDIMO
COUNTIES. • '
We would roepectfnll.y inform you, that we have opened n Ware-House fop tho
storage and sale of cotton at the the above stand, and will he pleased to serve you
to the best of our ability. In addition to our Ware House business we propose
to do a aeuoral Com mission business. Advances made on co*t>u in too when
desired. National Dissolved Bone in store Xor sale. Come and see us—all we
ask is a trial. Respectfully, Toole k MuGaiiisah
sop 15—UOV 3. * - - w.
OF
McHICIMEL & STEVENS
Is on hand, consisting of
A. COMPLETE LINE OP
t ■
DRY GOODS,
NOTIONS,
CLOTHING,
HATS,
HARDWARE,
TINWARE,
CROCKERY
•fateat SiMl IRc&icincs,
GROCERIES,
TOBACCO, CIGARS AND BOOTS AND- SHOES;.
We asseit that we wifi lie glad to duplicate the Locular Retail Price*
Columbus or Ameriims on these Goods. V* mean business.. Give us a trim
and be convinced.. Our Stuck ol *
AIWJ
is the largest in tbe plats', and fur ibe money can't be undersold.
Come and see ns and oldim*.
Minim k STEVENS,
ISue-na Vi.stn, Ga., May a. 187(1.-d
TRANSPORTATION ARRANGEMENTS
OF TH
(y ITilf IgtiSil Jtgfo
icon THE
Accommodation of Visitors from all Points South
The Railways and Steamship Companies between Augusta, Oa., and I’lii
adelpbia, comprising the Atlantic Coast Line, will during the progress of the
(fenfemtiitt igwhiMtiou of tint Aluitd j? rates
preseni for the patronago of the South, routes of transportation and foi.ns of
tickets upon which to ieach Philadelphia, that iipmo isunfidy excel a|l other
lines in point of
Direc aily Movement
G mfortable Accommodations
Variability of Transit
Economy of Expenditure.
To enable this to ho done, (he combined resources of the Railway J,inra
■South of Norfolk, together with those ot the Babunore Steam Packet Company
and the Old Dominion Steamship Company wdl he employed an 1 ihf individ
ual tourist, the social party of ten, twenty or more, el' Hit) civic or miliiary
organization of 100 to 300, can each ho cared for in a manner that, will satisfy
their desires.
Price Lists, Time Cards and a'l needful information are now iu the hands
of our Agents.
It will be to the interest of every indivfilual and each organization propose
ing to make ibis trip to communicate with the unde signed,
A Centennial Exhibition Guide Rook as authorized by tbo Commission will
be given lo the purchaser of each Centennial Ticket,
May 54m General Traveling Agent.
Call on or sddross the following named agents of ttie Atlantic Coast Line:
Jonah 11. White, Macon, Ga.; A. L. Reed, Savannah, Ga.; 11. V. Tompkins,
Atlanta, tin.; M.J, Divine, Macon, Go.; W. J. Walker, Mo ugomery, A'a.