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C. W. HANCOCK, Proprietor
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- I Mnuon Superior Court. Etc.
Friday, May 23. 1884.
Official Organ of City of Amoncua.
Official Organ of Sumter County.
Official Organ of Schley County.
Official Organ of Webster County
LETTER FROM THE JUSIOIt.! Last Words of Col. Marcell us Kit Warren Goes to Fort Gaince.
Douglas.
Editors Sumter Republic an: I
hive jo»t read your paper of May tbe
2nd, and was much pleased witli the
Memorial address of R. W. Patterson,
I>q., and the aeeonnt of the Decora
tion day, its observance by the good
people of yonr section and lovely city.
I was very tunch pleased with the
editorial note io regard to the effort
now being made to establish a home
for disabled soldiers of the lost canee.
I am not surprised to see that, prince
of the gallant men of Georgia and tbe
South, Gen. John B. Gordon, taking
an active part in this great and glorious
work. He ne\-er misled a soldier in
PUBLISHER'S NOTICE.
Vo have hundreds of dollars of unpaid
'-uosrnpUons to the Rf-itjulican upon our
I woks. U e have wa'.*ed pationtlv and Im
patiently for money. .Ve appeal to all wb<
an- II arrears to settle up. We want th.
money, because we need it. We make th.
Those who are nnable to pay «
please carry out their good
m t intend to pay, wi
rso.
•n and Intend to |>ay,
Agent of the Sumter Ukpudlicj
authorized to take subscriptions and recei
lend him to o
Democratic County Convention.
America, Ga., May IT, 1884.
At a meeting of the Democratic E:
ecutive Committee held to-day i
Americus, the following resolution wi
unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That the Democrats of
requested
tbe
: House
mty o.
at 11
delegates te attend the Stal
tion to be held in Atlanta on tbe 18.1
of .June, to select delegates to th<
Chicago convention to nominate a l’res
idem.
i »n motion, it was resolved that th<
chairman of the Executive Committe*
designate dates to elect committee met
for the loth and old 16th Districts.
A. S. Cun*. Chairman.
I>. A. Small, Acting Sec’y.
Welistor Democratic Convent lot.
The citizens of Webster county ar*
requested to meet at the Court House,
in Preston, on the first Tuesday in
June next, for the pnrpose of electing
delegates to the convention, whi
meets in Atlanta on the l*th of Jui
to elect delegates to the national cc
vent ion, and to transact other bnsine
Jso. P. Beaty,
Chairman Ex. Coro.
The
atha-
i Erode*
first speaker of ot
House of Representatives
rick A. Muhlenberg, of Pennsylvania.
W. II. wTlTis.J. \V. Haygood, J
J. D. Frederick, S. T. Lofley, W. P.
Maxwell and J. 15. Murray, aro the
ilelegates from Macon county to tin
State convention to appoint delegate
to Chicago.^
The National Anti-Monopoly con
vention me: in (Ihicago on the l'>tb and
nominated B. F. Butler as candidat.
for President. Benjamin is the first
man in the field, and may pro-
last one getting ont.
The northern wheat crop is n
able promising this y
that the State of F
raise aO.OOO.Ortt) bushels. In Michi
gan, Missouri and Illinois, judging
from present indications,* there will br
an unusually fruitful yield.
This paper is emphatically f<
nomination ml re-election of C. F.
Crisp, as his own successor, member of
(’engross. He is a good one, and why
should the people want a better ?
if they should, where could a beth
s though'
There a
j be s
c political convei
lions this year: Anti-monopoly i
Chicago, May 14 ; Greenback-labor, i
Indianapolis May 28 ; Republican, :
Chicago Jnne 3; anti-Masonic, :
Chicago Jnne 19; Democratic, :
Chicago .Toly 8, and Prohibition, i
Pittsburg July 23.
The Panic.
All the great metropolitan hanking
institntiors are griping and
veting and caracoting and humping up
with the cholic and spasm of financial
disaster, Int the glorious old Sumtei
Rkpuklh-an remains calm and serem
aud "not a wave of trouble rolls acrosi
it’s peaceful breast.”
Judge Reid, of Kentucky, the Sn
perior Court Judge who waj lateli
cowhided by a lawyer named Corneil
son, committed suicide atMt. Sterling
on Thursday, by shooting himself with
a pistol. He was much depressed ii
apirits because of the prospect of hit
leing beaten for re-election, and it it
believed this unsettled his mind and
caused the rash act.
Lightning's Work.
Dr. Wilbur J. Rogers, a prominent
physician of Sparta, was strnck and
instantly killed by lightning on the
evening of the 14th, at four o’clock.
He was standing at the time by the
aide of his wife, who was severely
■hacked, but not otherwise hnrt. The
deceased had many friends, and his
sadden death occasions general sympa-
The Valdosta lime* speaks of the
"red breasted perch,” which expression
the critic of the Telegraph and Mes
senger justly designates as "modest
and inacenrate nomenclature.’ We like
the old word, it is familiar, nnobjec-
tionabh and free from any unwelcome
associations. Bat as its etymology is ;
not settled, onr fastidious and hyper
critical brother can relievo his mod
esty by deriving it from the word
belle; showing that the fish is the pride
and beauty of the waters, and that the
pronunciation has been changed by
long nsage among rode, uneducated
fishermen. He would do better to call
it “red bosomed” than “red breasted.”
OoucTiioarr, May 15, 1864.
Coart opened here Monday morning,
his Honor, .Tndge Fort, presiding. The
attendance on the session is very small
and the time of the Conrt has thns far
been devoted to the civil docket. No
case involving any large amount of
money, or calculated to attract public
interest lias yet l>een np for trial.
The call of the criminal docket is
set down for Friday. That docket is
light, and the offences it contains are
mostly of a minor and trivial character.
A nnmber of lawyers from other
points are at Court. Simmons, Hinton,
Goerry, Hawkes and Hawkins from
Americas; Hall and Felton.from Macon;
Wallace, Carson and West, from Tay
lor, Mathews, from Talbot; Watson,
from Lee, and Lloyd from Florida are
notably among the visitirg attorneys.
These bright, sunny days are so sus
picions for farming operations that Ttl-
den, Hendticks and other nominees are
crowded ont of the front seats and
King Cotton sways the sceptre and
commands the situation. The rains in
this county have been partial anil ir
regular and a* some points they need
-howers, while at others no such ne
ceadty exists. The average crop pros
pect, however, is decidedly favorable.
Oglethorpe, although somewhat over
shadowed by the phenomenal growth
snd prosperity of Montezuma, has yet
many interesting features. She has a
nnmber nf well stocked and snccessfnl
-tores, a moral and intelligent commu
nity, a flourishing reading society and
the prospect of an artesian well. I
might turn on the lights and show ad
ditional religions, scholastic and com
mercial advantages, enjoyed by the
people, bnt I postpone that agreeable
duty nntil my article can be read by
onr additional subscribers, expected to
be coming on in the sweet pretty 6oon.
Brannon of the Mirror and Chris
topher, of the Record, are scattering
onnd promiscuously, soaking whom
hey may induce to subscribe, and tho
irrepressible Tom Barney is abroad in
he land.
There is a window ia the Montezn-
aa hotel containing 5,000 different
nieces of glass, bnt notwithstanding
hat important fact, neither here Dor in
Oglethorpe do the landlords make any
eduction for professional quill men.
I stepped over to Montezuma last
■ight to try the virtues of the artesian
vater. I had to walk a foot-plank
•ver the trestle for a distance of 400
yards, and bnt for the fact that Messrs.
Minor and Hartfield kindly walked on
rach side of me and held roe np, there
night have been another place where
Warren fell, besides the classic so;! of
Banker Hill.
I lecture at Fort Gaines to-night. 1
•nt going to give my views of that city
r o the readers of th% RF.rrnLiu.\N, and
the people of Fort Gaines will receive
tn impartial verdict at my hands.
Hon. C. F. Crisp.
A correspondent writing from ir-
win county, to the llawkinsville Din-
patch says: “Hon. C. F. Crisp is gain
ing ground in this county. The few
that opposed him recognize the fact
that he is the proper man.”
Judge Crisp has made a most excel
lent Representative, and his friends
throughout the District feel prond of
him. He will,’no doubt,*be renomina
ted for Congress without opposition.
Beantifnl indeed is the tribute that
Jefferron Davis paid Jndah P. I5enja-
min. He concludes thns: Bearing no
malice to the land and the people by
whom he had been nurtured, from
whom be had received the highest
trusts and honors, he looked back to
the home of bis youth with fondest
recollections and most anxious wishes
for the welfare of all the people he had
left behind, and has died in a foreign
land with the peace of a guiltless con
science and the composure of a matter
mind. The pride of all Louisiana, the
love of all true Confederates, the ad
miration of all Americans who rejoi
in the glory of their countrymen me
long keep green the memory of Jndah
P. Benjamin.
If anybody thinks it an easy job
get np a newspaper in these dull days,
we would like to resign in their la'
for abont 24 hoars.—Albany Neics
Oh, bnt it is an easy job, the easi
job in the world “to get up a newspaper
In these dull days.” Yon can make
locals of snch things as Brown’s get
ting his fine horse shod, .Smith’s re
pairing the door of his smoke honse,
Jones’ application of Wizard oil to bis
sore finger, etc., etc. Then yon can
rnn to the depot and the hotels and
procure as large an assortment of cheap
personals as yon want. Clippings are
always handy and readily obtained,
and there is enough “Tariff” left to last
the editorial department all summer.
Oh yes, its easy to get np a newspaper,
bnt whether it’s easy to get up a real
iprightly, spicy, mindy paper, like the
Albany Nctrs, is another and a very
different qnestion.
of -
Bnt tbe
an.l
of the suffer
for this ti
of great men.
Southwest Geoi
lant and promisi
’iithless hand of u
t np one gal-
duriug the
Iis life anl bravery as a sol-
t to show what might reason-
b been expected of snch a man.
of the 1:5th. Georgia
laid’ his lile upon his
Regiment, who
country’s altar,
early on the morning of the 17th of
September, 1662, at Sharpsbnrg, Md.
He was in command of Lawton’s
Brigade, who were formed just to the
left or on the west side of the Boons
boro Pike Road. Colonel Cutis, of
your city, iu command of Artillery, had
part of his battery near the right of the
brigade, 1 think standing iu the Pike
Road.
The advance waB made upon that
part of the line, and the 13th Georgia
Regiment being on the right of the line,
fired the first volley in the opening of
that dread day. Colonel Douglas gave
the order, and as I was very neat to:
him, I heard distinctly and have never
forgotten the exact words, and while it
was not in the language of the tactics,
yet it was understood and faithfully
executed. This was tbe order :
In a very few moments Colonel Doug
lass was struck with a canister shot,
as lie stepped, under the instep, tbe
shot passing out through the heel. He
was picked up by some of the met
being a member of tho same company
to which 1 belonged, and from whom I
that day received a statement of what
afterwards occurred. They carried him
some distance and stood him down t<
mend their hold so they might carrj
him with more ease to him and them
selves, and while he was standing or
one foot holding to them, he was struct
in the left side of the abdomen, the ball
passing through him, ami from
of the wound, they all kne>
must he fatal. Still, they took him up
and carried him some distance; bnt his
suffering was so intense, and strength
failing so. he desired them to lay him
down, the balls, as well as shot
shell, still falling aioitrol them; and
these are his words, the last he uttered
“Lay me down, boys, and let mi
I had rather die on the battlefield than
in the arms of my wife.”
So he died. So died one of the
bravest of all the brave men that Geor
gia gave up on that day, a day foi
slaughter of men and heroic conducl
not excelled during that sickening and
Ax Eye Witness
. MaylOtb, ’84.
Hon. (’has. F. Crisp, onr immediate
presentative in congress, has secured
i appropriation of $2A,00(> for Flint
ver. $15,000to be used below Albany
id $5,000 between Albany and Mon-
znma. He has the gratitude of all
the people along the route of the river,
and they will not forget him when the
time comes to reciprocate the favor.—
Montezuma Record.
Roll of Honor.
We take the following notice from a
late nnmber of the Butler Herald. It
will be seen that Miss Mollie Salter,
mghter of ocr old friend Jesse Salter,
among tbe favorites.
Reynolds, Ga., May 5th, 1884.
Messrs. Editors:—Below find names
of those who compose tbe “roll of
honor” in my school for the month jnst
ending: Vannie Amerson, Beulah
Carson, Briggs Carson, Keith Carson.
Engine Dozier, Tinie Dozier Willie
DoztV, Lonnie Dozier, Willie Dock-
worth, James Hill, Enla Hodges, Rob’t.
Howard, Charles Ingram, Bennie In
gram, Emma Marshal], Edgar Mar
shal], Cbas. McCnllongh, Clinton
Newsom, Mollie Salter, Henry Thorn-
Letter from nn Ohio Farmer.
Americus, Ga., May 13, ’84.
Mr. Editor: I am a farmer from
>hio, and have been traveling through
he South for tho last month,
surprised at the evidences of growth
and prosperity every where anl predict
for this section a prosperity unparallel
ed in the history of this conntry. Yont
delightful and healthful climate, yonr
abundant coal, iron and water, yonx
long days, are evidence enough that
New England and the North will soon
be outstripped in the race. Already
the iron and cotton manufacturing in
terests are seriously affected by South
ern competition, and many of the mills
are being closed np on account of it.
One thing I notice, however, that yonr
land is worn ont and needs to be fer
tilized heavily, if yon want good crops;
and I learn that immense quantities of
money are spent every year for high
price superphosphates and chemical
manures. Why don't yonr people do
like we have begun to do iu Ohio—
that is, let every man make his own
fertilizer. We have found that
not necessary to pay the enormous
prices charged for high grade fertili
Let me give yon a bit of my own
patience in this matter for tbe benefit
of any of yonr readers who may be
using high grade fertilizer. 1 have
been spending every year about $400
u, Wm. Smith; 21.
/ W. D. ZIER.
for fertilizers, when I heard that other
farmers were making their own fertili-
md 1 determined to do so myselt.
and got of H. Brantley, Esq., a
ml farmer living near Zanesville,
Ohio, a formula giving tho
portions of the material and directions
make them without any i
chinery and with but little labor,
went to work then in tbe winter of
1881, when I had little to do, and
had enough made up to fnlly fertilize
my farm. It cost me just $10.00 a ton.
I applied this on a field along side of
some I paid $40.00 a ton for, and the
crops produced by my fertilizer were
tbe largest and best of the two. I have
been making it every year since for my
spring and fall crops, and save annual
ly over $1500.00. It requires no ma
chinery, is vtry easy to make, and
would save hundreds of thousands of
dollars yearly to the farmera of tbe
Booth. Can’t yon persuade them to
take hold of the matter ? I would like
to see the Booth advance in agricul
tural as it is advancing in mechanical
interests. Yours trnly,
SaIiuel Morris.
tljr sa
cheap and will' give satisfaction.
Try it.
Jojnr R. Shaw.
Thursday, the 1 Tub, I went to Fort
Gaines in obedience to an invitation of
the Library Association. 1 was met
at the depot by Col. W. O. Butler,
who is a banker of that city, a lawyer
of considerable distinction, nnd n man
of prominence, ability and infiaence.
Col Bntler was accompanied by Col.
II. II. Jonee, of the Southern World,
one of the purest men and moat gifted
writer* in tbe State of Georgia.
Behind a span of mettled steeds, we
took in the jacents and circumjacents.
The cemetery is in tbe midst ol a
Inxnry of beaatifnl natural scenery,
and its artificial works exhibit a
wealth of taste and care and tender
regard for those who are resting there.
1 was so charmed with the place that I
made it a second visit, and walked
alone aloug the streets and among the
tnonnnientn ot the silent city.
Near the ccmeieiy are some tracee
of tbe old fort, erected by Gen. Gaines
for protection sgsins the Indians, and
which gave to the city its name. The
position of the fort seems impregnable,
bnt the wary red man accomplished
its csptnre.
The city park i« destined, j>erbaps,
to be tne most noticeable feature in ih<
geography of that neighborhood. Tb<
attractions of nature will blend with tbe
blandishments of art in giving it an
unusual and extraordinary charm. The
trees are aligned with the precision and
regularity of soldiers on a prize drill;
the growth is varigated and the whole
work, thns far, executed with skill and
gracefnlness. The situation commands
a fine view of the fields and forests of
Alabama, while from the summit of
the cliff, yon look down to a distance
of 280 feet' upon the aloggish waters
of the Chattahoochee.
From the park we jonrneyed east
ward takings coup d' ail of th* black
and abnndantly fertile lands of clay.
Two miles from Fort Gaines we
•topped to look at tbe orchard of Mr.
J. E. Panlin. He has 25 acres of pear
trees. The trees are three years old
and only 25 feet apart. They i
green and luxuriant and promise
harvest of wealth in tha near future.
Mr. Panlin also shewed ns 25 set
of oats, the best I have seen for many
a day. The land is scarcely capable of
holding more. From Mr. Pantin'
returned to the city, looking at
fields by the road-side and passing the
elegant residence of Col. Tnrnipseed.
After .tea we went to Coleman'
Hall, where I said my piece to a large
audience. I do not, of course, know
how many of the ladies there present
were visitors, and how many
manner born,” but I will say, and I say
in earnest, I never saw an assemblage
of female faces which averaged better,
in the matter of comeliness than those
in Coleman’s Hall that night. Bnt
this is ticklish talk. Bnggs says,
“woman is a monstona jealous thing,”
and 1 must therefore drop the subject,
or ladies somewhere else will “rise to
a point of order.”
Friday morning I visited tbe office
of the Tribune. Brother Lewis is ev
idently well fed, and, knowing he was
an editor, I should have supposed he
boarded on a credit, had I not known
something about the handsome oat-
come of his interesting and widely cir
culated paper. He started the Tribune
five year* ago. There were then two
brick honsea in the city. He says he
has^boomed, and boomed and boomed,
and now he looks eat upon 13 brick
■tores and more in contemplation.
Col. Jones made two speeches dar
ing my stay in Fort Gaines. At the
completion of the Baby lectnre, he was
called ont and replied in a most felici.
tons effort. He denounced and praised
the lectnre; complimented and abused
the lecturer, and hoped that the next
Moses, who floated among the bnll-
rashes, might come in a basket marked
“Ivit Warren,” and be landed on my
door steps. His next address was to
the attendants of the Sabbath school
picnic, Friday morning. I was not
present, bnt I hear that everybody was
fascinated and delighted with tbe
speech. Col. Jones, by his saavitor
engages th* confidence and rasped of
immunity with which he min
gles, while with his distinguished tal
ts he never fails to command admi-
Yarions compliments were paid by
different persons to my humble and on-
pretentions lectnre. I appreciated all
those compliments. I gave them
hearing ear and a sincere and haarttelt
“thank von.” They were all balms
and benedictions to me, bnt some how
the compliment of Dr. West was pecu
liarly, not to say affectingly, toaebing.
It was couched in these imprpsaife
words: “Judge, I heard yonr lecture;
take this two-dollar bill and send
the Sumter Republican.” That
mark wlnt to the bottom.
I have never met with a more
fined, unaffected, cordial hospitality,
than that vhiph was extended to
by the people of Fort Gaines. I shall
always cherish pleasing recollection*
of my brief stay among them, and
heart foil of hopes and wishes for their
■access and prosperity.
Owing to indisposition, at the time,
I did not prepare to write np the busi
ness of tbe city, abont which I heard
tbe most favorable and flattering ac
counts.
Tbe artesian well ia being dug, a
saw and grist mill are in operation;
there are three churches, all supplied
with pastors, a foil and flourishing
Editor Sl-xxer Republic ax—Sir:
I have yielded to tho request of many
friends to give throngh the Sumter
Republic ax (if admissible) some reeol
lection or reminiscences of the protract
ed straggle between the contending
parties at the Plains of Dora, Sumter
oonnty, daring the period of time from
1842 to 1860.
I propose in this series of papers
reproduce and bring »>efore the pnblic
the principle actors, with their pecu
liarities, exeeatricities and morel
cellencies, so far as may be interesting
and exemplary in its moral, social and
intellectual bearing upon society. I
propose to exhibit a full and accurate
statement of the teachers, clerks, mer
chants, hankers, attorneys, physicians,
ministers of the gospel, together with
the number of the various grades of
military officers that were educated
the Plains of Dura doriog the period
of eighteen years, and sent ont to labor
in their respective avocations of life.
1 propose to show that there is not
city, town or village in within a re
sonable distance which rosy not justly
boast of the moral, intellectual and
professional strength eminating from
one or the other of the rival institutions
of learning at the Plains of Dnrn, Sum
ter county, (.’a. The parties or sec
taries may have acted from impnlse,
either with or without a purpose, but
God meaut it unto good.
While I may deal frankly and pro
duce many incidents and anecdotes
illustrative of the characters of tbe
principal actors in this wonderful
drama of life, tha readc.- need hat
fears that a single incident or act
come to light that would be offensive
or unpleasant to the most sensitii
Indeed, I know of no act that was p.
petrated daring the whole period that
would, if published to the world, bring
a blnshnpon the face of the most t
tive actor in this unprecedented btrng-
gle.
With the above assurance 1 enclose
for yonr consideration and disposal tbe
first number of the series of letters,
hoping that (if admissible] you will
withhold its publication a sufficient
time for all who may wish to read the
papers to obtain a copy of the Repub
lican. You can judge of the proper
time for its publication.
Respectfnlly, M. B. Piuke -
A Call to Prayer.
by the National Woma:
itian Temperance Union
of tiif. Pendino President!
ENTION AND CaMPAIOX.
Hkj
school, a nnmber of beantifnl residenc
es already occupied, and other* going
np, a pnblic library, a city hall, ate.,
etc., etc., and a great many so forths.
Ia the sections through which I
traveled, going and pqmiog, raw had
been irregular. In portions of Terrell
there has been no rain in a month.
Corn and cotton in Clay and Randolph
are green and growing, bnt a little
backward; oats will not average as well
as last year. I am inclined to think
track fanning is not carried on so ex
tensively aa it was in 1888.
I hope erg long to be able to revisit
Fort Gaines; if for no otfcer region (a
order that I may properly supplement
this rambling and unmethodical letter.
Meanwhile, to that much respected
To all Christian People: “Right
eousness exalteth a nation, bnt sin is a
reproach to any people.” Onr nation
is to-day a legal partner «•■ he busi
ness of celling intoxi.-. ■• / liquor as a
drink. This fact dell> *b greatest
most vital issue in national politics.
Government ot the people cannot suc-
cessfnlly co-exist side by side with a
traffic protected by law, whose result
is to render the individual incapable of
self-government. The homes of Amer
ica are imperilled by the saloons whose
patronage is constantly recruited from
the fireside and the cradle. We there
fore, mothers and sisters, wives and
daughters, beseech all who believe in
God, to join ns in solemn, earnest and
importnnaie prayer that the hearts of
the people may be so turned unto him
whose shoulder the government shall
be, that by some party snch principles
may be declared, and snch candidates
chosen, that Christian men can con
scientiously cast their ballots tor
tbe same, being assured that they have
thns struck a blow for National Pro
hibition ot the traffic in strong drink.
We name Tuesday, May 27th, as
this Day of Prayer, and urge all onr
local Unions to observe this date, enlis
ting all pastors and churches to co-op
erate, as far as possible, with ns, and
respectful j requesting pastors to preach
~~ the snbject of God in Government”
the Sunday preceding or following
this day of prayer.
We suggest the following pro
gramme:
Tuesday, May 27th, 10 to 11 a. m -
Snbject For the Leaders of the W. C.
T. U. That they maybe wise as ser
pents and harmless as doves in this
great controversy; that they have the
courage of their convictions and be true
the National motto, “For God and
ime and Native Land, that a divine
charity may pervade all their utterance
that they may meet argument with ar
gument, misjndgment with patience,
and all their difficulties and dangers
with prayer.
11 to 12 m. For Christian Pastors
and Editors: That their trumpet may
give no uncertain sound, that they may
ro apeak and write as those who shall
give account to God; that as leaders of
onr Christian civilization they may
demand the outlawing of the whisky
traffic.
1 to 2 p. m. For the Platfoi
Parties: That they may not seek to
revive sectional issue, or glitter with
old-time generalities, or conceal though
under subtleties of expression, bnt they
may pointedly declare that “The Sa
loon mnstgo.”
2 to 3 p. m. For the Presidential
qjqdijatps: That they may be men of
■nch personal habits as the metbers of
this nation might safely hold up
models for their tons; men committed
by character and pnblic pledge to Na
tional Prohibition; men who fear God
and work righteonsness.
3 to 4 p. m. For the Christain
of tbe Republic, with whom rests the
balance of power: That their spiritual
insight may be greatly quickened; that
their oonsoienoea may be alarmed; that
the cry from broken hearts, defenceless
homes and rained souls may stir their
whole being to its noblest possibilities;
that they may see that there is no post
ponement of duty which does not in
volve irremediable loss; that they may
he convinced that the right is always
expedient, and resolve to walk worthy
of their high palljng, «pd to nuke no
compromise with wrong; that they may
be inspired to see their duty to their
home constituency, and to represent
the women whom they love and honor
by outlawing tbe saloon and protect
ing the home.
Let the leaders be—one for each hour
dnly chosen and announced. Bible
texts, illustrating and enforcing the
i aud Proccediugs
The members of WebsD
Fnndar School Association
of the Snnday School worker
and children of the county, met at the
Baptist Church in Preston in Conven
tion on Saturday, May 17th, 1884.
At 9:30 a. m. Rev. E. J. Renton read
a portion of the 11th chapter of Deuter
onomy, aud offered an appropriate
prayer. The Convention then snng.
“Every day and Hoot” with spirit. At
tbe suggestion of Brother Benton tbe
Convention elected J. B. Hudson, Esq.,
President pro tem. The President in
a few explanatory remarks formally
opened the basiness of the Convention.
Committee on nominations was ap
pointed: I). VY. Nicholson, John Perry
and T. S. Chappell.
The officers elected were; J. H.
Stapleton, President: Geo. W. Dillard;
first Vice-President; \V. M. Sears,
second Vice-President, J. B.-Hudson,
Secretary, Geo. E. Dennard/Treasurer,
J F. Wright, Chorister, Smith Dav
enport, Marshall.
The Rev. E. J. Benton,--addressed
tbe convention, explanatory of tbe
Stato Sunday School Association. Re
cess for dinner.
_ At two o’clock p. ra., the Conven
tion reassembled.
The committee on constitution re
ported and recommended the adoption
of the constttntion of the Sumter coun
ty Sunday School Association, which
was adopted with amendments. The
Executive Committee of the county is
as follows: __
First Sunday-'School District, J. P.
Wise, T. S. Chappell, Wm. Jenkins.
Second Sunday School District, C.
K. Grnhbs, Mrs. Deliah Dismnke, F.
M. McLendon.
.Third Sunday School District, W.
L. Clarke. J. L. Bolton, J. D. Jones.
Fourth Sunday School District, R.
A. Bell. David Majors. H. M. Marshall.
Filth Snnday School District, J. E.
Moore. J. W. Tyler, John McDaniel.
W. M. Sears then addressed the con
vention on the importance of the Ban-
day School, and the necessity of pa
rents taking an active part.
Address of Rev. E. J. Benton, on
what to teach, how to teach, and when
to teach.
The report of tbe various Snriday
schools only showed abont nine per
cent of the children of tbe county in the
Snnday School.
The convention reassembled at 7:30
p. m.
Elder J. H. Corley then addressed
the convention on the objects and im
portance of the Sabbath School.
Rev. E. J. Renton addressed the
convention on the snbject of instruct
ing the children.
On report of the committee on mem
bership, 75 members were added to the
Association.
The thanks nf the convention
tendered Miss Nannie Coley, who de
lighted tbe convention with the beau
tiful music rendered upon the organ
To her efforts in assisting in the
music ami singing, is dne much of the
success of this most enjoyable occasion.
The thanks of the convention were
tendered to Mrs. Kate Bell for the
eet toned organ kindly loaned by
her for the occasion.
Convention adjourned to meet
at Weston on Saturday before the ttb
Sunday in August, 1884.
Benediction was then pronounced by
Elder J. II. Corley.
>n, President.
in Now York are the largest perhaps of
any mao in Macon, was as calm and
placid a, a ao utng in May. His cor-
respond.nl had kept him folly posted
daring the.day, and aa he had been
saved considerable money by a sudden
and Ine'ky transfer from tbe Marine
Bank to another bank, he felt
He did not think nor conld be are any
reason why tbe Sooth conld be at all
affected by the panic.
Captain Marsh Johnson, whoae in
terests in New York are heavy was ol
the same opinion. Macon was perfect
ly sale, and tbe most disastrous opera-
s of Wall street would
Mr. I. C. Plant, of the First Nation
al Bank, one of the shrewdest of oni
financiers, said it was impossible for
tbe Sonth to be hurt in the least. So
far as Macon was concerned, there conld
not l>e the slightest hnrt. In tbe first
place the correspondents of the Macon
banks were not affected nor concerned
the failures; in the second place Macon
people did not dabble in inch stocks as
caused the tnmb[e, and in the third
place people knew better, after theii
experienceof 1878, how to handle pan
ics. Lhe West, be said, might suffer
some, bnt not the Sonth.
flv# general topios here given, p»V
readily collated.
Yonra for a Republic whose raters
shall be men of God.
Francks E. Willard, Illinois,
Caroline It Buell, Conn.,
Mary A. Woodbridge, Ohio,
Esther Puoh, Ohio,
L. M. N. Stkyent, Maine,
Gaaeral Officers National W. C. T. U,
” B.—State papers please ropy
A Financial Crisis,
le news by telegraph from New
is distressing and alarming.
Stock gambling has carried the conn
»the very verge ol a general panic
and disaster, if it does not take the fatal
plnnge.
conversation with Major Speer,
the President of the Bank.of Americus,
be gave it as his opinion that tb«
reported failures of banks and busi-
msn in New York cannot affect
any banks here, and they believe they
cannot embarrass any banks in Geor
gia. The troubles of Mr. Seney and
the depression of railroad stocks at the
North may injuriously affect some rail
roads in the Sonth, bnt it is nc
lieved that they will be disastrot
general business interests in this
Augusta Cbomicle.
The news of the Wall street failnrei
as received in Augusta with some
tonishment and natural regret, bu<
» local or kindred panic was produced
here. The Chronicle conversed with
■eral Augusta brokers on the subject
and found that the general public wa*
out of stock speculation, and the fail
ure of thet-e securities with the fall of
Wall street manipulation was received
here without working disastrous effect
on the one haud or occasioning dire
distress on the other.
“Had this collapse* fallen two or
three years ago, remarked a solid bro
ker yesterday morning, a general panic
something like that ol 1873.would have
resulted; bnt the fact is that things have
reached so near hard pan that there is
no room for general stampede.”
“I would not be surprised at any
time,” continued he, “to hear of Jay
Gould’e failure. He has been carry-
fiqw he stands,
<‘How about Vanderbilt?"
“Vanderbilt owns bis securities and
property ont and ont,” continnea onr
friend. “He may be crippled in point
of wealth by depreciation, i ut will not
be embarassed financially. Besides, tbe
cream of his fortune is fifty million gov
ernment bonds, u^on which at any time
he may rajse money.”
Another financial authority did not
lievv ih.a the Lund* were wrong or
weak in themselves which were snffer-
New York; it was ontside spec
ulation of inside officials which had
done the work.
The fall of the Wards and Hatches
and Seneys,” said a prominent Georgia
merchant, is but the cleaning of weedi.
frftW commercial garden. Their loss
wiu be « blessing to tbe country.”
“The whole thing wili redress and
pnrify itself,” said awe 1 known econo
mist, and these molten exposures and
bankruptcies are opening the way foi
grand Democratic victory
The Press on tlie Panic.
What Some of the Leading Papers
Have to say ox tiie Situation.
Panics never occnr in an area of low
prices, and after a long coarse of liqui
dation. They take place only at the
culmination of great speculative activ
ity when prices are high and valnea in
flated.. They are absolutely impossi
ble at any other time. All fcaraof any
snch catastrophe at this time may there
fore he dismissed.—X. O. Times-
Democrat.
If all the wild speculators who have
been seeking to make large fortunes at
railroad spred by sndden convulsions of
the market should go up in a balloon,
the effect would be eventually benefi
cial to legitimate business, although it
might canse some temporary inconven
ience and disarrangements, bnt busi
ness people have not been overtrading
recently, and while we are complaining
of dull times there is no danger of any
commercial or financial panic.—X. Y,
World.
“Speculation did it,’ aaid Joseph
Patterson, President of the Western
Bank and Chairman of the Clearing
Honss Association, speaking yesterday
■if the New York panic. Wherever
there is speculation, there is uncertain
ty. Here in Philadelphia we do not
‘ertify checks; we give clearing honse
ertificates. which are only for bank
business, and are always covered bj
collateral. There is not one bank office
in Philadelphia who is disturbed, so
far as I know."—Philadelphia Times
Yesterday’s panic in Wall Street was
emphatically a panic among stock gam
blers, and nothing else. It did not
proceed from failures among merchants
nor from a withdrawal of credits from
mercantile circles. It began, eulmina
ted and ended in stock speculations and
went no further. To be sure, merchants
will be inconvenienced by its results,
bnt not long, and so soon as the wreck
is cleared away business will resume
its regular course.—New York Sun
The disturbance of to-day will noi
amount torn panic. Ontside of the spec
ulators, it will prove a mere flurry
which, like a storm, will pnrify the
atmosphere. At any rate.legitimate bn<
iness. honest enterprise and general in
dnstry cannot suffer long or seriously
from the collapsed reckless adventurers
and wild cat speculators.—Chicago
Journal.
The news from Wall v
lenotes another phase of the gambling
mania. The mud honses of th^ specn-
Dtors are falling and the quicker thev
go the better itwill be for the business
immunity. The failures of epecula-
The recent bank failures, with tbe
associated failures among New York
brokers, do not in any proper sense re
flect upon the integrity of the banks
generally or of the banking ayi
They only point ont the perils of such
iepartnrea from sound business princi
ples as custom has tolerated in many
"f the banks of New York.—Philadel
phia Times.
“Tbe country and solid commerce
are nntonebed. A great bank, a specu
lator, and a half score of lesser firms
went under. No failures have followed
elsewhere. Here, aa in Chicago, Bos
ton and Cincinnati, the heart of busi
ness is safe, sound and unhnrt.”-PAi7-
adeJphia Press.
Nothing has happened to make any
real property of less value to-day than
it was yesterday, or will be to morrow.
The action of Secretary Folger in pre-
clnsively disgorging some of the money
in the treasury that onght net
there, is wise and timely.
The houses which have gone down
^ ’ ’ 'by
§fertttemrot0.
STRAYED OB STOLEN.
W TfSLfi 0t 9 SJ M thankfully re-
eeived. If stolen I will pay a reward for
ttearreetoC the thief and delivery of the
T.*. .. U. I. FHEEUAH.
S5oo.il raiffi-i
ud at, Coen-
They are made from the
DELICATELY FLAVORED and HIGHEfr r.
i— .ic mln G"LD LEAF GROWN ir. Viralr’- - •
work of Incendiaries, and recognizing th* without adultkk
KCJ. Unt utabi. caarfuKi‘11 iTu-lr
ttiassni-s.i's
the sum of FIVK HUNDKED DOLLARS
for the arrest, with proof to dmTlet,any per
son or persons of said unlawful offense.
J. B. FELDER, Mayor.
before the gale have been
the shrinkage of tho immense volnme
of stocks which have been held for
purely speculative purposes. The fail
ures, then, more largely interest those
playing a similar game of spec
nlation.—Boston Transcfivf.
One noteworthy Csatare of this panic
is that the prices of commodities are
not appreciably affected. Cotton, corn
wheat, coffee and engar show no sym
pathy with tbe panic; the safe dividend
paying securities are not seriously de
preciated. Theee are trustworthy teste
of the effect of the scare upon the real
business of the conntry. They seem to
'how that (his io a rick bar's panic,
lue to tho withdrawal of th* “lamb*”
from the street, and the onlmination of
the liquidation that had been going on
for two year* or more. A vast deal of
fictitious wealth haa been created and
held in Wall street, and the time had
come for the reckoning.—Baltimore
American.
way for a
t fall.”
Telegraph and Messenger, 13.
The news of the panic in ^Y*!l street
wqs received in the city yesterday, and
read with considerable interest by bus
iness men. In the brokers .offices were
knots of men talking over it, and u hen
ever a telegraph man appeared on the
street he was subjected to a round of
inquiries for the latest telegram, just
as if Macon bad lost thousands of dol
lars by the shrinkage of Western Union
and others stock. Local bonds dropped
4 ljttlp in price, qnfl mopey loans held
baek. The brokers scarcely knew how
to quote any of onr bonds, and were in
a white heat of excitement. Tbe newa
spread like wildfire.
Major W. H. Roes, whose operation 1
A Georgia man olimbed three flights
of stairs to whip an editor, and came
down on the lightning rod with his
clothes half torn from his body. He
always subscribes for the paper in ad
vance now.—Tuskegee (Ala.) Xeics.
Maybe ao. The Georgia man may
have climbed three flights ot stairs for
the purpose of tackling aa Alabama
editor. Rot tha editors of Georgia are
a bad pack of mustard and nobody
ever climbs stairs to whip them, never.
These editor* seldom get sick at the
stomach without thtbwiag np pUtols
and bowie knives, and whea
them grows angry everybody hides ont
except those brave and dtGOtkss
who pay for their papers aad are thns
bonyed above fear by the charm of
approving
A Man With Seven Living Wives
Happy.
Reader! No donbt this will look
strange (a man with seven living wives
to be happy) but it is redly so and
vouched for, by the man in the moon,
but those yet donbting its truthfulness
I will refer to some stranger “impoi
bilitiee” than those cited above.
Everything (yon know) is possible
and even the Juggler if be explains and
yon the different ways and meam
he adepts and nee* to deeeive. can con
yon that he is doing ao “impos
sibilities,” Jbnt only a slight of hand
performance.
Stranger yet it must be to the mindi
of many that I am advertising and
filing GOOD GOODS for LESS
MONEY than our people here have
had a chance to purchase, and tbe
few words of explanation now following
will aaffic* to show and prove, that
what really looks impossible is nothing
more nor less, than using fair and
square means to accomplish it.
1st. Weare baying everything for
Cash.
2nd. We buy regardlees of quantity
if the prices suits.
3rd. We are always on the alert,
when whole or part of stocks of other
merchants, (for reason best knot
themselves) are offered at a sacrifice—
id we generally “take them in.”
4th. We have a man in New York
who never sleeps, and who watches all
anction and chance sales. He
buys, and is not ’a looker on in Venice.’
>tb. The last and most powerful
reason why we accomplish all this, is
the fact that the Proprietor is “wide
•wake,” that nothing conld be accom
plished, unless these goods bought so
cheaply are again disposed of quickly,
and in order to do this he is not only
anxious and willing, but is compelled
to dispose of them, no matter how small
the profit.
In conclusion I will say if you want
t* bay anything in the Dry Goods
Clothing, Shoe or Hat line, come exam
ine and price my goods before purchas
ing elsewhere, I am satisfied that I cau
that nothing is impos-
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But I am otill on hund with 56 Piece China T--a Sot, i:„-
86 00, S9 00, $12 00. $14 00 nnd $25 00. Dinner nnd Ten
combined for $25 0°, $-50 00 and $75 00. China WashrtJhd
Set* for $4 50, $6 00 »»d_$9 00. Chinn Cups, Plates nnd
r '" thou ' en < i ' These goods were ordered for FRED
GRANT, but he collapsed and couldn't pay for them. That's
why they are on the market.
Elegant French Bronzed, Marble and Amber Clocks.
k were imported for FERDINAND WALSH, but his
i t good and I must sell them at sacrifice. These were
oil for the hair and all toilet .
superior to every other thing of the
kind, just received at
Store.
i Hairs Drag
Fqnoy toilet articles, colognes, soap,
£., at
Dr Eldrldg©’* Drug Store.
Spices, teas—fresh, pure and gen-
Dr. Eltlridfe'a Plug store.
These
credit isn't w tuow .bib
intended for“wedding contributions, Md7re“ Mrtoinly i “dMd'iS"
for that busineaf.
ra ^ ne Sil '-er Spoons, Faks, Knives, Kpergnes, Jewel Cases,
Lake Rasketa.Card Receivers. Napkin Ringa,Cologne Sets, Wine
beta, Pie Knives, Cake Knives, and Fiah Knive's The whole
lot was intended for JOSEPH D. FIsH, but hia collateral
wouldn t reach around and I will sacrifice them like the rest.
In this department seekers of wedding presents, will find all thev
want, with our guarantee for 25 years.
IN FURNITURE f
It will make a wheelbarrow laugh to see how cheap it is sell
ing now. The man that will grumble at the outrageously Ion
prices will catch it in the next world.
Full Marble Dresser Suita $55 00, Wood top $25 00, Bed
steads high as your head for $4 50. Everything else in this line
slaughtered to make a healthier tone in the money market. If
you expect peaoe of mind in this world look well after your eating
and sleeping, and if t don't sell you cleaner and cheaper dishes
to eat out of, better beds to sleep on than any body, chaos i»
^ 100111 *8 neat without one of my Pillow Sham
Holders, $1 50. Every husband knows what a privation pillow
shams are; then why not rush io and get a holder to keep your
wives, shams and temper unruffled- ll I were to take time and!
space to tell you about my $12 00 Clocks ai $6 00, $2 00 Win
dow Shades at $1 00, $6 00 Lamps at $4 50,Peerless Spring Bette
8? «£• * lee P “d sweet as infant slumber, $1 50 to
f12 00, Brooms, stout^enough to polish sn Augean stable,soft anti
pliant enough to brush the snow from Rona s crest, going at 25
and 60 eta., mammoth Rocking Chairs that offer solace for tbe
weary father and surcease ot sorrow for the broken back mother,
at the small consideration of $4 00, and $2 00; Cornice and Cor
nice Poles finer than those in tbe Sultans Seraglio, only $1 25.
$2 00 and $2 6Q, Three Refrigerators at cost, Picture Frames
cheap, the handsomest we have had, both in Velvet and Wooo.
I must-ah ut up for the present. If | were to t»ay more you all
would get besides yourselves and rush in pell-mell and work me
to death. r