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DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION’
Friday, Augxut 8,1881.
Official Organ of City of Americas.
Official Organ of Sumter County.
Official Organ of Schley County.
Official Organ of Webster County
Th« Official Nolle
DEMOORmO TICKET.
For President,
GROVER CLEVELAND
OF NEW YORK.
For Vice-President,
THOS. A. HENDRICKS
OF INDIANA.
For Governor of Georgia :
Hon. HENRY D. McDANIEl,
OF WALTON COUNTY.
/'ongresa of tlic 3rd District:
Hon. C. F. CRISP,
OF AMEKIUUS.
For.fudge South western Circuit:
Hon. ALLEN FORT.
OF AMERICUS.
For Solicitor General of
Southwestern Clrcnit:
Hon. C. B. HUDSON,
OF SCULEY.
The cholera in France is noi
ing.
A. colored Cleveland c’nb ha 1 * organ
ized in New York City.
•F ust now the game of the inevitable
candidate is "Fishing for love."
The Creely expedition cost $750,000
besides the valuable lives ho crnelly
sacrificed.
Charles Bussell, of the London bar,
makes $70,000 annually at the prac
ticc of law.
Vanderbilt’s annnal household
j-onses arc said to be two hundred and
Hfty thousand dollars.
It is said that Mr. Beecher controls
3>,000 Brooklyn votes, and that all of
‘them will he cast for Cleve’and.
Sevonty biitha occur every minute,
making over one hundred thousand im
mortal sonls that are ushered intoexis
tence each day.
Rome has twelve passenger trains
•daily—six going and six coming. The
road to Tryon will soon be finished
and she will then have two more,
Tho government realised i
year, from three cents postage stamps,
forty-three millions, and from two
cent stamps, forty-one millions, in one
year.
As far as heard from there
single Democrat in the State of Dela
ware, who has boiled the Presidential
nomination, while swarms have come
in from the other side.
The Millcdgeville Recorder insinn
ates that the farmers of middle Geor
gia will have to use ladders in gather
ing their corn crops. The stalk8mnst
he of tho Cleve-land variety.
Carter Harrison has accepted the
democratic nomination for governor of
Illinois, aud he proposes to take that
state by the seat of tho pantaloons and
lift it into the democratic column.
Tell it in Gath, proclaim it in Asca*
lon that Gen. Ulyses S. Grant, the
step-father of his country, is going to
dnb in a vote for the man who had him
defeated in the Republican Convention
of 1880.
It is hinted that Cleveland will carry
Wisconsin. ’Twonld surprise nobody.
Ilayes only had 6.150 more votes than
Tilden in 1876, and this year the Ger
mans and independents are all in favor
of the Democratic ticket.
Last week a bet was made in the
Fifth Avenno hotel of $5,000, that
money being pnt up that Cleveland and
Hendricks would poll more votes in the
city’of New York than have ever been
for anv candidate on a Democratic
ticket.
Col Vilas told a truth that may be
borne in mind when he said that the
Democrats wished to pnt Cleveland in
the White House not for what he had
done bnt for what he would do. The
Presidential salary has long been a tem
porary pension, as it were, and it
about time tnat the office was bestowed
with an eye to the fntnre rather than
from recognition of past claims of can
didates.
The Louisville Courier-Journal
says: “It is reported from Alabama
hat tho Republicans of that State hare
fixed up several riots, with bloodshed
accompaniments, which are to go off at
the local elections, August 4. The
trouble is to be followed by a manifes
to, declaring that the Democrats will
not grant equal political rights to their
opponents. The entire scheme, if it
works, is intended to fire the Northern
heart.*’ It publishes a dispatch from
Birmingham, stating that carpet-bag
gers have been sent down from the
North for the purpose of inciting the
negroes to act) of violenoe, and that
when they get properly punished the
cry of Democratic intimidation will be
raised and no Republican electoral tick
«t will bo run.
The great demand for Shrineria In'
man Vermifuge is solely due to ita in
tiinsio value. Thousands use it to-day
in preference to any other, and say that
it destroys and expels worms effectually
The Third District Congressional
Convention convened at the Opera
House in Americas, on Wednesday,
the 6th, and waa called to order by Dr.
J. B. Hinkle, Chairman of the District
Executive Committee. After a few
pertinent remarks he vacated the chair,
when the Convention was organized by
the election of Hon. Mr. Nottingham, of
Houston as Chairman, and B. R. Cal
houn, M. Henderson and J. H. Hodge,
as Secretaries.
Every county in the District was
represented, with the exception of Cof
fee and Montgomery. The following
is a list of the delegates:
Dooly County—Dr. J. P. Thurman,
H. J. Morgan and J. B. Davis.
Houston County—John H. Hodges,
W. E. Taylor, B. W. Judge, and J.
N. Marshall.
Irwin County—J. W. Paulk, and
M. Henderson.
Macon County—J. C. Frederick, J.
H. McClnng and Jasper B. Murray.
Lee County—W. H. Long and J.
F. Watson.
Laorens County—W. G. Weaver,
and J. S. Chappell.
Pnlaski County—R. N. Hodge.
Stewart County—J. A. Fort and M.
i. Everett.
Webster County—W. W. Simmons
R. Stapleton.
Telfair County—Dr. J. II. Smith,
. C. McLennan and C. C. Smith.
Dodge County—R. R. Calhoun.
Schley County—Dr. J. N. Cheney,
Judge A. M. Caskey, H. W. Cockrell,
Hon. C. L. Battle, Dr. C. H. Smith,
W. D. Murray, C. L. Peacock, A.
Allen, W. II. McCrory, T. J. Battle,
Judge T. F. Rainey and J. M. Thorn
ton.
Sumter County—C. W. Hancock,
W. R. Stewart, J. H. Black, J. C.
Nicholson, J. B. Pilsbury,
Glovet and M. A. McCrea.
Coffee County
Montgomery County
Hon. R.N. Hodge, of Pulaski, arose,
aud in a very eloquent speech
nounced the name of Hon. C. F. Crisp
as the candidate of the Democratic
party for the Third District, which was
received with great applause
Hon. C. C. Smith, of Telfair, then
moved that Hon. C. F. Crisp be nomi
nated by acclamation, which motion
unanimously adopted, and Judge
Crisp was declared the unanimous
choice of the Convention.
A resolution highly endorsing the
course of Hon. Chas. F. Crisp,
last Congress, and ratifying the
nation ot Cleveland and Hendricks, the
Democratic candidates for President
and Vice-President of the United States,
iutrodneed by J. A. Fort, of Stewart
connty, was unanimously adopted.
A Committee of three was appointed
to wait upon Jndge Crisp and notify
him of his nomination. The Commit
tee retired, and in a few minutes
turned with the nominee. On their en
trancs into the hall, they were received
with gTeat cheering. After the appli
had ceased, the Chairman introduced
Jndge Crisp to the Convention, who i:
a very appropriate speech thanking the
Convention for the honor conferred
him, accepted the nomination.
A new Executive Committee to
serve for the next two years was then
selected. After a vote of thanks to
the chairman and secretaries for the
faithful manner in which they dis
charged their duties, the convention ad
journed sine die, with three hearty
cheers for the nominee.
After the adjournment of the con
vention, the new Executive Commit
tee met and perfected an organization
by the election of C. C. Smith, of Tel
fair, as chairman, and C. W. Hancock
ofSnmter, secretary.
The following compose the new
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Dooly—Dr. J. P. Thurman.
Houston—O. L. Miller.
Irwin—M. Henderson.
Lawrence—J. S. Chappell.
Lee—J. F. Watson.
Macon—J. H. McClnng.
Montgomery—John McRae.
Pulaski—R. M. Hodge.
Schley—J. N. Cheney.
Stewart—J. A. Fort.
Snmter—C. W. Hancock.
Telfair—C. C. Smith.
Webster—J. R. Stapleton.
Wilcox—S. Johnson.
Coffee—W. L. Wilcox.
Dodge—B. R. Calhoun.
All the counties in the District were
represented with the exception of Mont
gomery and Coffee. Telegrams were
received from the delegates of those
counties requesting the chairman
the convention to cast the vote of those
counties for C. F. Crisp.
!the SENATORSIIIP.
Th3 Recorder of Sunday, in its fee
ble way undertakes a reply to our edi
torial on the above subject. That pa
per Tery frankly eUted in its Murray
leader that its experience was "that in
the long run honesty was the best poli
cy in politics as well as in business.*’
Yet notwithstanding its late additional
experience, in the sad fato of its leader
and ticket, and the still sadder fate of
its little resolution, it is still pegg* n 8
away at its same old methods. The
scheme was to carry Sumter by saying
Schley had already declared for Mur
ray and then to carry Schley by say
ing Sumter had already declared for
him. Bat,
“The best laid schemes of mice and men,
Oft gang aglee.’’
The Recorder conti..n«-» t- insinuate
that certain parties in this city are at
tempting to deprive Scliley of her po
litical rights, defraud, etc. We call
upon the Recorder to give the names
of these parties. Speak out like a man
forever hereafter hold your peace.
It also insinuates that some ambitions
politician is kicking op a mue
take advantage of it to boost his
own political aspirations. Will you
please give his name also?
Bnt the Recorder patriotically de •
pricate, party division and dissension.
If it is honest about t ais, let it not pre
cipitate any more unpleasant and un
necessary issues, nor continue to agi
tate one, it has already precipitated and
had decided against it by an over
whelming majority, otherwise sinister
motives might after awhile be suspect
ed in a quarter where self-sacrificing
patriotism and all its kindred virtues
alone have heretofore seemed to be in-
Tlie Oldest Newspaper Man.
We have seen it repeatedly stated in
.everal Georgia paper, that 3b.ton
H. Martin and Mr. O. W. Hancock,
SliHLm liUUlYlJ.
O. T. WALKER. - Editor.
the former of the Home Courier, the
latter of the SorriR BnroeuoAS, aip
the oldest newspaper men in the State
that is they hare antedated all others,
in their bnainece. If we are not much
mistaken Her. Joehna Knowles takes
precedence of the shore two.Mr.Hnowlee
now edit! the Green.boro Home
Journal, a clean, strong paper. If onr
memory is not at fault, and our eatsemed
contemporary will correct ns if we miss
tate facta, Mr. Knowles waa connected
with the Athena Banner in *31 or *32,
whsn it was pnblishsd by Albon Chare
and Alfred M. Nisbet.In the intermed
iate yeara he has been associated with
the Georgia and Florida press, perhaps
not continuously, but nearly so. If there
is any man in Georgia, now connected
with a newspaper as publisher, printer,
or editor, who has been in the business
over fifty years we would like to know
who he'is. He ought to have had a
semi-centennial celebration His co-
laborers in the field .if news and letters
would have lmen pleased io have con
tribnted their indivUual efforts to have
madetiio veteran happy ou that day.—
Union and Recorder.
Oar esteemed contemporary is mis-
taken in his statement that Rev. Josh
ua Knowles is now editor of the Gretna -
borough Home Journal. The son, if
we mistake not, is editor of that paper,
and his father is devoting himself to
the Episcopal Ministry.
In reply to his remark aboot “ any
an in Georgia now connected with a
Ellavillo, fla. August 7.1884.
FOB THE LEGISLATURE.
We are authorized to announce the name
of Major E. S. BALDWIN as a candidate
to represent the county of ScWey in the
next Legislature, subject to the Democratic
nomination. aug»-tl
' FOB THE LEGISLATURE.
We ere authorized to announce the name
ot T. B. MTEBS as a fit and proper person
to represent the county of Schley in the next
Legislature. ______ “8 l ‘ U6
ELLAVILLE
Male and Female School.
earnestly request-
the first day.
Rates of tuition: All beginners SI 50;
Primary Class |2 00; Intermediate 52 50;
Highest Class 53 00.
auglw2t*
Sore eyes are quite prevalent.
Mr. Stephen Kent is in quite feeble
health.
T. J. Battle sometimes catches some
of our foxes.'
digenons.
If you are really anxious abont the
trade of Americas, cease to slander tho
motives of her people and all will be
well.
Mass Meeting on Saturday,
Elsewhere iu this i^sne will be found
e official proceedings of the mi
meetiug of the Snmter Democracy
Saturday last. There was no contest
except in the election of Senatorial
delegates. The ticket which was elect
ed by an overv» helming majority is as we
understand it, in favor of the nomina
tion of the best man they cau get nnder
all circumstances and aro disposed to se
lect him from the county of Schley,
s opposed to Mr. Murray for roa-
wliich have been decided to be
good so far as this connty is concerned,
and it would ho ont of place noi
discuss thorn. The opposition ticket
gotten np in the interest of Mr. Mur
ray and was supported by several per
sonal friends ami some others who
led to believe that the other tick
et had improper motives of
definable nature. Had the matter been
properly understood, there would have
been in all likelihood no opposition
to the ticket elected. It is composed
who are well-known in this
county, and who certainly have at
heart tho interest of the party and of the
country, and the slanderous attacks
which have been made upon them by
way of insinuation will hardly have
the desired effect.
The question which sprung the de
bate was, should Americns quietly
acquiesce in any selection made by
Schley ? whether the party so selected
be inimical to the prosperity of Ameri
cas or not ? One assumed that Snm
ter had no option in the case, and oth
that she could discriminate; but was
in honor bound to vote with any minor
ity of Schley, who might choose a citi
zen of their connty who had no illwill
bad blood towards the county town
of Sumter. Upon the agitation of this
question Mr. Simmons made quite an
able defense of Schley county’s rights,
and Mr. Gnerry contended that Ameri-
innst have some voice or why 6end
a delegation. That power he claimed
had its existence in the law of self-
preservation and it was perfectly legiti
mate to exercise it in this case. No
one, however, indicated a desire to
withhold from Schley her rotatory light
of furnishing the Senator for this
district.
FROM LaCROSSE.
In Webster County.
Preston, Ga., August, 5th 1884.
The citizens of Webster connty
met this day in accordance to previous
call by the Executive Committee for
the purpose mentioned in said call.
Hon. John P. Beatty, Chairman of
the Executive CommiHe, explained the
object of the meeting.
On motion of Hon. D. B. Harrell,
D. R. Shepherd was elected chairman,
and Geo. E. Thornton was appointed
secretary.
J. W. May and D. B. Harrell were
unanimously elected as delegates to
the Gubernatorial convention, to be
held in Atlanta, 13th inst.
W. W. Simmon* and J. R. Staple-
ton, were appointed delegates to the
Congressional convention, to be held
in'Americas, on the 6th inst.
The following named persons were
appointed as the Executive Commit
tee.
Tows District—J.B. Hudson and
W.H. Cosby.
Slaughter Creek—W. M. Sears.
California—David Majors.
Gooseberry.—George W. Dillard.
West©*—B. F. Barge.
Geo. E. Thornton, Secretary.
Mr. Editor: SincethelOth of June,
the rain fall throughout Schley county,
has been timely and abundant. Good
land, deeply broken, liberally fertilized
and wisely cultivated, is now clothed
with as luxuriant corn and cotton as
ever regaled the eye ot a Texian
Pharaoh. There is cotton in Bump
head district planted in rows seven
feet apart, the limbs of which are now
interlocking. Can the valley of the
Brazos or of the Nile surpass it ?
I regret to have to say that at least
20 per cent, of the cotton crop has suf
fered from imperfect cultivation
ability to borrow money to pay for la
bor, let “General Green into many
cotton field, and he has held his ground
against the weak forces assaulting
him. Some of ns, therefore, are sad
while others of ns are overflowing with
gladness.
Potatoes, peas and cane are fnll of
promise.
Mr. Stephen Kent, perhaps the old
t man in onr connty, except his
neighbor, Mr. Maston Holloway,
dangerously sick of gravel. Uncle
Stephen is honored by all who know
him for his integrity, industry and
kindness of heart. He is a ripe chris
in.
Rev. R. F. Williamson, assisted by
Rev. Mr. Boland and one or two local
ministers, led in a protracted meeting
at Connty Line Church, last week,
which bore abundant fruit. The mem
bers of the church were gTeatly beue-
fitted and the world shared largely
the blessings flowing from the meeting.
The Sumter Republican visits ua
once a week. We appreciate its visits
beyond onr power of expression. The
news it brings, the truth which it so
courageously defends and the good ser
mons it publishes, make it welcome—
doubly welcome. The Schley County
Department is read with avidity by
your patrons, and especially the ladies.
George T. Walker, its editor, is a
rising yonng man. He is the son of a
solid planter of onr connty. and the
husband of an educated, Christian lady.
He is very industrious in gathering
news, and his Department furnishes
yon with a lucid, truthful representa
tion of matters in 8chley once a week.
Bumtoead.
last Tuesday by the Connty CommiE-
bioners, lot No. 1, 70 feet front by 210
back, was sold to W. L. Murray for
$169; No. 2, 70 feet front by 210 back
to I. N. Mott, for $201; No. 8; 70 feet
front by 105 back, to O. L. Peacock,
for $100; No. 4, corner lot 70 by 105
to H. H. Singletary, for $176; No. 5,
corner lot, 70 by 105, to J. N. Cheney,
for $168; No. 6, 70 by 105 back to W.
D. Murray, for $175; Nos. 1, 2, 3 and
4 are between Dr. C. H. Smith’s Drug
store and residence; and Nos. 5 and 6
on the opposite side of the street and
Eastcf the post-office.
Tiie sales are on time, until the first
of November, and show clearly that
real estate is on a boom.
These sales will enable the county
to get ont of debt this fall and leave
little pocket change on hand.
The first mail went from Ellaville to
the new post-office, Lowe, in Macon
county last Saturday. It will go <
Saturday and Wednesday.
Notice to druggists and storekeepers,
guarantee Shriner’s Indian Vermifuge
> destroy and expel worms from the
human body, where they exist, if used
according to the directions. You are au
thorized to sell it on tho above condi
tions. David E. Foutz, Proprietor,
Baltimore, Md.
UN iHt Win FAIHl
newspaper, as publisher, printer or ed
itor, who has been in the business fifty
years,’’ we have this to say. We
now in onr sixty-fourth year. We be
gan life as a printer in Columbia, S,
C., at the age of thirteen, and have
pursued that business continuously
from then till now, making a period of
fifty years. We went from Charleston
to Columbia with a gentleman named
Samuel Weir, and began the trade at
that place early in 1834. After an ap
prenticeship of several years, we came
to Athens Georgia, at the age of 17 ;
and entered the office of the Southern
Whig, then edited by Mr. Phillip Clay
ton, and afterwards by Col. Beu Perley
Poore. From Athens we went to Mad
ison, Ga., and remained there about two
years, working in the office of the
Southern Miscellany, at that time
published by Col. C. R. Hanleiter, and
edited by the late Col. W. T. Thomp-
i, author of Major Jones’ Courtship,
was in the Miscellany that these in
teresting letters first made their appear-
, and we set up the manuscript of
tho courtship during that period.
From Madison we went to Penfleld,
Ga., and worked as a compositor in the
office of the Temperance Banner, pub
lished by that good man, Benjamin
Brantley, and edited by Rev. Joseph
Baker, one of the able- Biptisi Di
vines of his day. From l’entfeld we
returned to Athens, and resumed our
position as compositor in the Whig
office, where we remained several years.
Athens we went to Marietta,
Ga., and took a position as compositor
the Helicon office, a paper then pub
lished by Mr. James Benton. At this
place we tairied for awhile. During
stay in Marietta we were married,
and not long after that event bought
ont Mr. Benton, and became ourself the
editor of the Helicon. Up to this time
had served only as a compositor
the various offices we had worked. The
Helicon was printed on a Ramage
press, the platen being wood, and only
large enough to print one page at a
time.
From Marietta we went to Washing
ton, Wilkes County, Ga. and in con
nection with Col. James II. Snead, pub
lished the Washington Gazette for five
years.
By invitation of Cols. G. M. Dudley,
W. J. Patterson, Judges ILK.McKay
and Louis Bruner, we came to Ameri-
Jannary 1854 and established
the Sumter Republican which we have
ever since continued to publish.
These facts will satisfy the editor of
the Union and Recorder that the pro
prietor of this paper has been in the
printing business fljly years, as was
recently stated in our birthday article.
In the early part of onr career as a
printer, rollers now used had never come
into use, and the forms were inked with
buckskin balls which were slow and
laborious work.
We might fill many pages with the
memories of the past and the changes
which have taken place in the course of
a half century, but as our only purpose
was to answer the suggestions of onr
cotemporary, and as that purpose has
been accomplished, we will close with
the single appropriate remark, that no
other paper in Georgia has retained
the same editor as long as the Sumter
Republican.
S. J. Rees closes this term of the
Pine Grove scliol to-day.
Miss Jesse Brown, of Fort Gaines,
is visiting relatives in Schley.
An interesting all day’s singing and
dinner was conducted last Saturday at
Moss llill.
B. H. Wilkinson has left us to he
me a citizen of Americus, where he
will read law.
Dressing on the railroad will bei
pleted to LaCrosse this week, and the
stock gaps to Ellaville.
W. A. Daniel will begin a Singing
school at Andrew Chapel to-morrow
He will teach every Friday and Satur
day.
The change in the schedule making
the down train one hour later, will de
prive us of a direct daily mail, and pnt
ns one day late.
Maj. E. S. Baldwin is presented to
the voters of Schley, as a suitable gen
tleman lo represent the county i
House of Representatives. He
peer to any, and it eleetted will look
well to the interest cf the people.
T. B. Myei3 comes forward and of
fers his services in the Legislature to
the citizens of Schley. lie needs i
introdnetion to the people more than
known in the fact that he has been i
acceptable sheriff of the connty for fif
teen years
A few days ago while in a crowd of
gentlemen and ladies at church, ye edi
tor furnished the fun by palling from
his pocket wliat was supposed to have
been a hankcrchief; bnt unfortunately
it proved to he the junior’s bib with
strings, ruffles, Antes, fringes and flow
ery fixings, all over it that had been
pocketed a few days prior on a picnic
occasion.
Just about the time that sor
thought that the railroad was about
stop for want of funds, E. D. Huguenin,
of the firm cf English, Hugaeni
Co., of Macon, come in unsolicited,
and proposed to let them have
mnch as they or private individuals
wanted at ten per cent, interest, and
money is now going begging for bor
rowers. They are going to rope lots
of our cotton this fall.
As it is conceded that an Executive
Committee of a connty, a sort of a self-
elected body, and their views i
worth any more than any other like
number of citizens, and the people
ippoEcd to mass meetings, we believe
that there will be two nominees for the
House, one by the “mass meeting,
and tho other by the people, and if the
people bring out the right man he will
be elected in our judgment .
Seventeen members of the Salvation
Army were arrested tn Rochester, N, Y
Sunday afternoon last for singing on tl
public streets. One of the officers had
been warned against singing, bnt disre
garded the hint, aud was arrested. His
brethren and sisters determined to keep
him company and were accommodated
They made things lively for awhile by
singing. Ultimately the men and
were separated, hot they kept up
their mnsical performance till a late
honr.
Cassius M. Clay, iu the close of a
long life, goes back to the Republican
party. "Once a man ami twice a
child.”
Buckleu’s Arnica Salve.
The best Salve in the world for Cuts*
Bruises, Sores, Ulcere, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup
tions, and positively cures Piles, or
no pay required. It is guaranteed to
give perfect satisfaction, or money
refunded. Price 25 cents per box.
For sale by Dr. E. J. Eldridge.
Miss Lula Hurst’s Greatest Feat,
Miss Lnla Flnrst lias astonished the
whole world by her nnaccountable and
mysterious faculties- She has upset
chairs, tossed billiard cues, demolished
umbrellas and lifted many of the lieav-
i in America. But she has re
cently performed a more wonderful
feat than all the rest. Without any
appearance of mnsonUr exertiou or
physical effort she lifted a $3,000
mortgage from her fathers land.
Twisted Bones.
Mr. J. R. Stewart, of Macon Ga., a
well-known and trustworthy gentleman
makes the following statement: "My
son, who was between three and four
years old, was all drawn up with rheu
matism. His bones were twisted, and
he was all doubled out of shape. He
suffered intense pain, had lost his appe
tite, was cross and fretful. He was re
duced to a mere skeleton, and had to
be carried about on a pillow. As these
cases of rheumatism, where the bones
twisted and the joints Were all crooked,
had for years baffled the skill of the
most eminent physicians, I determined
to use Swift's Specific, as I had seen
testimonials from men whom I knew
to be trustworthy, of similar cases it
had cared. I used two large size bot
tles of S. 8. S. according to directions,
with the most satisfactory results.
My son commenced improving with the
first dose of the medicine. His suffer
ings diminished daily and his appetite
increased; he became cheerful and in
good spirits. Gradually he regained
use of his limbs, the twisted bones and
joints straightened ont and in less than
two months he was ertirely cured. and
could walk and get abont as well
any child of his age.
Beware of imitations of Swift's Speci
fic, gotten up by unprincipled pi
to deceive the public; some of
frauds bear the lie on their faces pur
porting to be vegetable remedies, when
they are really nothing but strong solu
tions of mercury and potash.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases
mailed free,
Thb Swift Specific Co., Drawer 3,
Atlanta, Ga., 159 W. 23d St. N. Y.
and 1205 Chestnut St., Phila.
On the first oi August we were shown
a corner of a cotton field in which cows
had been penned for a long while, prior
to this year. The cotton rows <
entire field were three and a half feet
wide, bnt early in tho season it
seen that the cotton would not have
l in that corner, so tho owner
ploughed up every alternate row, leav
ing the cotton standing two by seven
feet. The cotton has now spread until
the branches have met between
i, and the weed is six or seven feet
high. In onr opinion there are enough
bolls and forms on the cotton to yield
at the rate of two bales per acre.
It was by hair’s breadth that
tent holders of Buck Creek, camp
ground decided to have a camp meeting
this year, beginning on Saturday night
the 16th inst , and continuing four
days. They are bound to conduct it in
the fntnre more like worship than a pic
nic. If any one goes there with food
for the body and a helping hand for the
good of souls, they will be welcomed;
bnt if yon want to talk crops, politics
or love, go to an agricultural meeting,
a convention or a summer resort, for
you will not be wanted on the Camp
ground, and some one may ask you to
leave.
REGARDLESS OF COST OR CONSEQUENCES!
CRUSHING PRICES
JOHN R. SHAW’S,
205 & 20G, FORSYTH ST., AMERICUS, GA.
"I Have Suffered !*'
With every disease imaginable for
the last three years. Onr
Druggist, T. J. Anderson, recom
ending
"Hop Bitters” to me,
I used two bottles !
Am entirely cured and heartily recom
mend Hop Bitters to every one. J. D.
Walker, Buckner, Mo.
1 write this as a
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have of your Hop
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For nearly
Seven years, and no medicine seemed
to do me any
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Until I tried two bottles of yonr Hop
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well to-day as ever I was. I hope
"Yon may have abundant success”
"In this great and”
Valuable medicine:
Anyone! * * wishing to know
more abont my cure ?
Can learn by addressing me, E. M
Williams, 1103 16th street, Wash
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A month ago I was extremely
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And scarcely able to walk. No’
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And hardly a day passes bnt what 1
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“Hops” in their name.
At a meeting of the Schley connty
Democratic Executive Committee last
Thursday, it was organized with E. S.
Baldwin, chairman, andG. T. Walker
secretary. The Committee decided tha£
it was best to nominate a candidate for
Senator and one for the Honse of Rep
resentative at ten o'clock a. m.,en masse
at the Court house at Ellaville on Sat
urday, Angust 23d.
We would distinctly have it under
stood that the writer opposed a mass
meeting, and favored a nomination at
the precincts in order to get the voice of
the people, and thereby insure the elec
tion of the nominees. And furthermore
he objected to nominating a candidate
for the Senate, instead of electing four
(one from each district) delegates to
the Convention instructed to support
the most available man in Schley, and
none others.
'
FOR RENT!
That desirable dwelling house on College
Hill next door east of the Dr, Cooper lot.
and occupied at present by Mr. W. A.
Brannon. Possession 1st ” * *
Apply to
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st September next.
L B. HARROLD.
FOR SALE LOW,
Bran New Gin, Condenser,
FEEDER.
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Until SEPTEMBER 1st, next, I offer my entire
line of
Spring and Summer
DRY GOODS,
NOTIONS,
FANCY GOODS,
BOOTS. SHOES,,
HATS, C APS,
TRUNKS,
SATCHELS,
CLOTHING, Etc.,
At such PRICES that will FORCE SALES, and will be such
UNANSWERABLE ARGUMENTS that NO HOUSE CAN
MATCH NOR COMPETITION REACH. These are STERN
and STUBBORN FACTS that will CONVINCE and CONVERT
you on the subject of
GENUINE BARGAINS.
You will find there is ECONOMY and SOLID COMFORT
in dealing with us, and we will prove to you that we are NOT
GIVING YOU WIND if you will take the trouble to call on us.
If you do not improve this opportunity, SOME DAY when vou
realize what
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You have lost, YOU WILL BE SICK—“And Don’t Vou
Forget It.”
JOHN R. SHAW.
rmnb vodYmc ^ I V l or ^ rms in Americus who could BUY
GOODS FOR LESS, OR CAN LIVE ON LESS PROFIT, than
your humble servant, ALL DIED OR MOVED AWAY before 1
came here, 16 yeara age-
JOHN R. SHAW.
tttv'.u 0 ' ? RESTRICTION AS TO QUAN
TITY, therefore CITY and COUNTRY MERCHANTS as well
wutfl-w ANTE ^’ «■«SEK22 by g> T -
ing us a call before making their purchase.
JOHN R. SHAW.
71 BIT OS LEASE!
An old ratablizlMd Job Office in Atlanta,
supplied with an abundance of material for
doing general commercial printing “nu
lteated on Whitehali street, In the heart of
the city. Bent low. Two good prihtere can
make moner ont of the om». Wilita
rented on reasonable term*. Reason for
rentocg, bad
Jnly 3o
Atlanta, C
PONIES FOR SALE.
chUdren! Largeat herd ot tancy mnte in
Me® ■wanted to aeUThen“ “
per month or on. commission.
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Americus, Ga., August 1st, 1884.
NOTICE!
Railroad Contractors!
Sealed proposals will be received at the
Company’s office, People’s National Bank.
# until noon August 28th, 1884,
for tiie Graduation, Cross-ties andTrestling
on the Americus, Preston & Lumpkin Rail-
10 .« m Americns to Lumpkin. Profiles,
specifications and plans will be found ai
vhief Engineer’s offloe, Amerions, after
August 20th, 1884. Work will be let in
three sections. First, from Americns to
Lanahassee Creek. Second, Lanahassee
v-« ee £ Klncbafoona Creek. Third,
to Lumpkin. The
Graduation, Cross-ties and Trestlinz will
m P ^T ately ; The successful con
tractors will be required to begin work bv
September 15th, 1884. Each bid must be
awompanied by a certified Bank Check tor
$200.00 payable to President A. P. «fc Li
rvfnJw;*, f orfeited to the Com-
u -
W: J. PHILLIPS.
BAKERY
FRESH BREAD,
CAKES,
and CANDY,
DAILY, OF OUR OWN MAKE.
W. J. PHILLIPS & CO.
July26-3m
Cotton Avenue.
SCHOOL NOTICE !
Having secured the Ryluder AcadeMj
Having had a long and successful j
ence in teaching, 1 flatter myself that I win
be able to give satisfaction to all who v »>
patronize my school. Terms, rates, etc-.
heretofore. W. II. ALLEN. Principe-
julylivtf