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About The Hawkinsville dispatch. (Hawkinsville, Ga.) 1866-1889 | View Entire Issue (July 18, 1872)
liutohinsbtllc gispateb. By George P- Woods. THURSDAY .MORNING, JULY 18,1873 Public illootlng. Pursuant to call, a number of the voters of l’ulaski county assembled nt Wimberley’s Hall, in llawkinsvillo, on Saturday, 13th inst., for the purpose of electing delegates to attend the State Convention at Atlanta on the 26th inst. and organi zing anew Executive Committee, for the county. , Col. C. C. Kibbco, was on motion, elected Chairman of the meeting, and Geo. P. Woods requested to act as Secretary. On motion, Capt- R. IT. Anderson, C. C. K'bbee, S. W. Brown and James E. Boothe were elected dele gates to the State Convention with privilege to appoint alternates. The next business in order was the election of anew Executive Co.nmit lee for the county, the terms of office of the old Board having expired* Upou motion, Col. C. C. Kibbee was re-elected President of said ■Commit tee, and L. C. Ryan, Esq., A ice-I’res ident. Upon motion the President and Vice-President were empowered to appoint upon said Executive Com mittee one member Irom each militia district in the county. The Chairman then addressed the meeting at some length, setting foi ill the duties of all good citizens in the approaching Presidential election, and advocating acquiescence in the action of the Democratic National Con vention, and unanimous support of its nominees. Gen. O. C. Horne followed with a few appropriate and well-timed re marks, after which the following res olutions were offered and adopter! with but one dissenting voice : Resolved, That whilst we do not approve the action of the Baltimore Convention in accepting the Cincin nati platform, and nominating a can iidale from the Republican ranks as '..ire standard b/arer of tire Democrat ic party, yet, that we deem it the du ly of all good Democrats to acquiesce n that action, and sacrificing indi vidual prejudices and wishes for the sake of harmony and unity of action, to energetically address ourselves to tire work of securing the election of the nomiuees for the purpose of de feating the present iniquitous admin istration. Resolved, That it is the opinion of the Democratic party of Pulaski •ounty, that the approaching Presi dential campaign is one in which the contest is not of men, hut «f princi ple ; that the issue is not between Greeley and Grant as individuals, but (•ctween civil government and a mil itary autocracy; it is between the freedom of each State to promote the well being of its own citizens by such means as the judgment of its own people shall prescribe on the one hand, and federal subversion of the internal polity of the several States <»n the other; and it is between a hoped for honest administration of the government by wise and capable men, and its administration by the dirty tools of a corrupt and partisan faction. We, therefore, believe it is the con stitutional duty of all good citizens loooHijieratc together for the secure ment of a true, beneficent and nation al reconstruction and a complete ami entire change in the policy of the government. # Resolved, That the administra tion of our State affairs by his Ex cellency, James M. Smith, meets our hearty approval, and without in structing our delegates to the Stale Convention to vote for his re-nomi nation, we recommend them so to do. On motion, the meeting ad journed. • County Executive Committee. C. C. Kibbee, President, L. C. ltyan, Vice President, 148th Dist. G. M., Jas. K. Boothe, IB4tb “ “J. J. Kinchen, »BGth “ “B. B. Dykes, :{B7th “ 41 Wm. C. McNair, ;88th “ “ Col. Geo. W. Jordan, bllth “ “ Wm. McKinney, '.42d “ “ Col. O. C. Horne, 164th “ “R. O. Holton, 1236th 44 “Ira E. Stanley. Grady, of the Rome Commercial, niters the. political campaign with •is understanding. “Wc support 11 or nee Greeley simply because he • promised to kick from office the i:i.t-v k awl scoundrels who have so t>j in accursed the South and depleted b k l.casurj.” Let Ua all Vote 'Togi-ilier. There will be found on the first page ot this issue of the Dispatch the most important part of the pro ceedings of tlie Democratic National Convention, held jn Baltimore last week. Horace Greeley was nomina ted for President by a vote of GB6 against 33, and Grutz Brown, of Mis souri, received quite an unanimous nomination for Vice-President. The Liberal Republican platform was adopted with tut few dissenting votqs. The Presidential contest is now 1c tween Grant and the Radical party on one side, and Horace Greeley and the Democratic and Liberal Repub lican parties on the other. It is a contest iu which the Southern people should neither remain neutral nor hesitate in their choice. Greeley is for us—Grant is against us. Greeley has pledged himself in favor of civil over military authority, whereas Grant has maintained bayonet law in tiic South, and should he be rc-e! vo ted will perpetuate it iu all its most obnoxious features. Wc have only to look at the condition of South Carolina, whosu cil’zens have been so oppressed and outraged with the aboiuiunbic Ku-klux law, that they are now the most enthusiastic of any people for the election of Greeley, and dethronement of Grunt. Georgia sent to Raitimorc her tru est aril ablest men—brave men, who could not be led astray by corrupt influences. When we mention the names of Generals Gordon, Benuing. Colquitt, Wright, anel Cols. Uar tridge, Hardeman, Goode and others, who were among our delegates to the Convention, and cast their ballots for Greeley and Brown, could anything more he said to awaken our people to a sense of their duty ? They were elected by our State Convention, and went to Rultimore nntrnramelcd—free to vote as they chose. In this ca pacity they acted for ns, and wc should now go with them individual preferences should Ik? forgotten, and an unanimous (if not willing) support given the Presiden tial ticket. Like drowning men, wc must take any uisisiance offered us, even it comes not from our best lricnds. Well Said. When we rein -mber lio>v strenu ously the Savannah Republican op posed the nomination of Horace Greeley by the Democratic Party, when such act’on was timvlv, we can duly appreciate its magnaniinious surrender to the majority in >w that the Convention is over, and the noble and dignified course it promises to pursue in the coming contest. Our eolem |K>rary says : Wc would state, fill tiler,'that we do not feel called upon to enter into a .defense ot our consistency in sup porting the nominees of the National Democratic Convention. They come to us witli tin- approval of a vast majority of our political friends—the true friends of the South—iu every i part of the Union, and whatever may | have been our preferenc.-s, wc in ! tend, when the war comes, to be I lound iu the camp of our friends neither neutral, nor within the ene my’s lines. Whatever Mr. Greeley «nay be— and lie is pledged to sustain Demo cratic views i;: every essential par ticular—wc feel that by voting for him with tho only patriotic and con stitutional party in existence, wc shall be serving our country far more acceptably than by helping with our neutrality to prolong the reign of usurpers and tyrants. Caors in Southwest Georgia.— Tuc Americus Republican says; “Having just returned from a trip through a large portion of Southwest Georgia, wc are gratified to state that the corn mul cotton crops arc particularly promising. We con versed witli a number of intelligent and trustworthy planters from vari ous sections, who gave the most flat tering account of the growing crops. The general impression is that they have uot hail for the last ten or fif teen years at this date, anything like so promising a crop. We also learn from similar sources that there has Iwen at least a third more qorn plaut ed in some sections than for merly. It is reported that an intrigue is on foot to remove Jennings, the At lanta internal revenue man, and have W. L. Scruggs appointed. Jennings says the place is worth only $25,000. It is also wliisjiercd that Farrow is going back on Markham, and is work ing for the nomination for Governor by the Rads. Several kind hearted gentlemen have very kindly come forward and otrered themselVes as candidates for county offices. Den Hi or Hon. Linton Stephens. We are deeply pained to learn that Hon. Linton Stephens died at his residence in Hancock county, last | Sunday evening, at 5 o’clock, of con gestion of llic bowels. The case wes i a very sudden and severe one. He was attacked during the day on Sat urday, at his office, nnd went home witli some of his friends, suffering great agony and snyirg at that time that unless lie should obtain speedy rcl.cf, lie should die. His physician | was enabled to give him speedy re , lief, but a second attack on Sunday afternoon terminated as Mr. Stephens predicted. We learn that Mr. Steph ens met his fate with great compo sure, and remarked tiiat he was ready and Milling to die. Thus has passed from earth one of* the ablest men Georgia lias ever gree ted as son, and one whose every im pulse and aspiration was for her honor, her rights and her welfare. As friend nnd relative -he was almost faultless, liis devotion to his brother, lion. A. li. Stephens, was as strong, and tender, and constant its ever stirred even a loving woman’s heart, and to liis friends lie was bound by bonds forged in the fire of hearts that cannonized him witli a genuine unswerving nflrclion that lew men ever inspiic. lie filled many positions of public trust and always ably ami* faithfully, hut only one at all commensurate with his ability and deserts : that of .1 udge of the Supreme Court.—Ala coo Telegraph. lint lit’* Majority In 1808. In 18G8 Gen. Grant received 3,244,- 583 votes and Horatio Seymour 2.- f>08,125. Grant's net popular mapF ity was, therefore, 336,358. A calcu lation in the Tribune shows that Geu. Grant received 52.76 per cent, of the popular vote and Seymour 47.24 Grant's majority being 5.46 per cent, of the total vote cast. A change of three votes in the hundred would therefore have given the popular ma jority to Seymour. This shows on what loutish foundation Grant’s ma j jrity stands* The Tribune, com menting on the electoral tote, says : Turning to the electoral vote, it wilt be seen that the 22 Republican States (so classed in Table No. 2) cast 231 votes in the Electoral Col lege, and the 15 Democratic States cast 135 votes. So the opposition have hut to gain New York and Pennsylvania, holding their own in other Slates, to give them 199 elec toral votes against 167 for Grant. Then Democratic minority in the former Stale is Imt 2.7 I per cent.; in Pennsylvania it is 3.19. In 1869 nnd 1870 the Democrats carried New York ; and in Pennsylvania the Re publican majority was less in each year than in 186*8 and 1871. Should the opposition carry New York, Pennsylvania and Indiana, they may afford to lose Nevada, Oregon and New Jersey, and still have 184 elec tor.' 1 votes against 182 for Grant. A more favorable (but still reasonable) estimate might lie made for the op position that commencing with Illi nois, and going downward through Table No. 2, they could lay claim to 24 Slates, or 260 electoral rotes.— This should exclude Florida, where the carpet-baggers have the Legis lature. Sucli a classification would leave Grant 15 States, with 106 elec toral votes. Since 1868, the Democrats have re duced the majority against them by 134,431 ; and the Republican major ity,has lie. u attenuated iu neatly every Slate by the unpopularity of the administration and the ruinous and corrupt policy of the Washing ton managers. For instance, in Oc~ tober, 1868,%te Democrats had the small majority of 961 in Indiana; the Republicans had over 9,000 in the November following, but by 1870 the Democrats had readied a majority of 2,558. Texas, which was classed as a Republican State iu 1369, re-appeura in 1871 witli a Democratic majority. So with Missouri, wh oh gave a ma jority of 25,883 for Grant in 1868, hut in 1870, brought out a Liberal majority of 41,917 iu a total vote of 166,625. l-'rom AVu-liinglon. Washington, July 12.—A full meeting of the Democratic Congres sional Executive Committee was held nt the Capitol litis morning nt 10 o’clock. lion. Samuel J. Randall, who was recently elected Chairman of the Pennsylvania Democratic State Committee, resigned 'his position t»s chairman of the committee. Hon. 11. W. Slocum, of New York was chosen to till the vacancy. The committee was visited during its session by 4 Messrs. Casserly, Beck, .Marshall and other prominent Democrats. A conference took place between this committee and tiiat of the Liberal Republicans. Preparations were made for tho immediate publication of documents for distribution, nod a ! resolution passed asking the Chair man of the Democratic Central Com mittee of each State and of each county iu all the Slates to forward at once the names nnd post office ad dress ot the members of their respec tive committees for the purpose of enabling the Congressional ContntiU tee to forwatd documents to them for distribution. Germany has a newspaper one hun dred and eighty-six years old. Tclfait’• Poet. Some gushing, loke-stricken youth, over whom a dream of bliss lisa passed, pours forth a plaintive melo dy in the following verses, which come to us from the village of Cobb ville, in Telfair county. The author withholds his name from us, but appends liis initials to the bottom verso, which will no doubt lead to his detection by some of our subscribers in the vicinity of Cobbvillc. We might state that years ago, when the editor of the Dispatch first felt the electric spark of love kindle in his bosom, a dose of catnip tea relieved him of ail danger, but wc are too humane, at this advanced period of our existence, to prescribe such a remedy for any of our young friends. The verses below carry us bac!: to tiie “good old days.’’ Read them : I love you ! yes, tlie warm file blood That in these veins of miue doth run Should in one red, unbroken flood Gusli from my heart for one. I love you—love the very air That lans your cheek or waves your tress — Tlie glove your little Imnd doth wear, ’fliu earth your little feet do press. The rose that decorates your head, And every shrulPsuil every flower That are bruised by your gentle tread, Aie sweeter from that very hour. Cobbvillc, G«., July 4,1872. Atfjournnicnl of Pulaski Supe rior Court—Humorous Scene. Hog Level, July 6, 1872. Editor llawkinsviUe Dispatch: A short slay in your town is only necessary to find what a genial, warm-hearted class of citizens you have. Warm hearts every ready to greet tlie weary traveler, often re lieve us of tlie monotony so naturally attending the stale, business world. Your people are not alone as a class a clever |>eoplc, (the world uses this term) but it seems that the mem bers of your bar arc an open-hearted, social and agreeable band of gentle men, us evinced by a scene witnessed upon tlie adjournment of the Superior Court on the evening of the 4th inst. It appears tiiat just before the Court was adjourned some misunderstand ing arose amongst tlie members of thq bar in regard to some suspicious conduct of one of their number, of such a character as led them to fear tiiat the imputation might rest heavy on tlie craft. Not being disposed to submit, a Rule was drawn, requiring this suspicious brother to show cause, &c. The Rule was answered, but satisfactory cause not having been shown, the Court (indignant) deter mined to enforce the Rule and pre serve the unsullied reputation of t’.e fraternity—refused to hear argument or explanation, and amidst the ex citement growing out of this unfortu nate affair, this attempt to punish a contempt, tiic entire Bar was found iu contempt. Whereupon tho Court ordered the entire Bar, with officers of Court, into tlie custody of tiic Sheriff, without bait or main prize; whereupon the Court adjourned and in obcdicnee to -the order upon tlie Rule (which covered all the Bar) tlie entire batch of offenders were march ed ofT to cooler quarters, which were found at the Dn g tore of Falc At Cos., wiicre tiic order of tlie Court was executed in due form. Occasionally one of the culprits Would flinch, (not wink) hut the effi cient Sheriff, knowing the fondness of his prisoners for Rule, held each square to the Fount until the torture became intense, when he took them to Dykes’ and held them until he made them smoke fumes, which set tled around liis olfactories. This be coming unbearable, he vanished, and his prisoners escaped—each to liis quarters. As remarked, no man winked, therefore none were tight, except, [lerliaps, some article of dress which may have grown rather small upon an officer of court. Perhaps some member of the Bar could give a more accurate descrip tion of what transpired than Scribbler. Capt. Wm. Hughos, of Liberty county, has a field of rice in excel lent order, over three feet high, grown on land where most people thought corn could not be raised. Upiuud rice will grow and be fruit ful, but yet the grain does not pos sess the sweetness and taste of the lowland article. Generals Benning, Colquit and Gordon, and lion. Julian Hartridgc have been requsted by the citizens of Atlanta, each to speak apiece on the |>olitical issues of the day, in that city at such early time as will suit their convenience. A Kansas Citj widow rejected a suitor the other day. The forlorn lover revenged himself by getting the widows’ little son dead drunk. What a Citizen of Telfair thinks of Bbeep«Bienliug and llic DopLsw. As wc extend nil classes the right of an expression of their opinions throtffeh our paper, wc give place to the following letter from Telfair: ’ Cobbville, Georgia,> July 5, 1872 ) Editor Haw 'cina ville Dispatch: In a late issue of your paper ap peared an article advocating a dog law in the Shocp-raising counties. The people of Telfair have but little use for such a law. The lynch law is tiic law wc want. A feif persons liv ing in this county are a great deal more fond of mutton than the poor dogs. Sheep tare but middling in our locality during sheep-shearing time. Some of the rogues like wool better than their dogs like the meat. Iu fact, tiic dogs do but little damage in this vicinity, their character is far better than their masters’. I have it from a must reliable source that one man in <hc comity, who.never owned a sceep in his life, sold sixty pounds of wool this season, and lie keeps plenty of fresh mutton on hand besides. The question is, where does lie get ft, or is lie an advocate of sheep-stealing ? It is tlie opinion of some of our citizens tiiat the time wifi soon come when an honest man will-not own a sheep in the county. I regret to make use of such an expression, but the times seems to require it. In a short while 1 think I will give you a general history of a flairs iu the county. Yours, with greatest respect. * * * Tlie Colton 4'rop—Report« f llic New Orleans ICuai’il of Trad .-. New Orleans, July 6, 1872. To the President and Hoard af Di rectors of the New Orleans C\ton Exchange : Gentlemen Wo beg leave to submit, without comment, tiic fol lowing report of the growing crop of cotton, made up by us fro.u replies to our interrogatories during the month of June: Mississippi.— Wc have numerous letters from this Stale. In a few counticr planters complain of unfa vorable weather since the 15th of May, and some imperfect stands, but nearly all our correspondents repott tlie former as much more favorable Ilian lust year, and tlie latter ns being very fine. Taking the average of estimates, wc find that nb >ut 45 per eent of tlie crop, owing to long con tinned dry weather, did not come up until after the 20„hof May. The present condition of crops is gener ally excellent, and with a favorable and late full the yield is ex|>ccled to be “a full average." Louisiana —The weather, accor ding to ail of our correspondents, has liecn, since the 15th of May, very favorable nnd much more so when compared with last year. Fully one third of tlie crop is reported not to have come up until after the 20th of May. Stands are said to be gener ally good, thoug’ii iu some of the Par ishes on tlie Mississippi river, where a considerable portion came up lalei this is said to be not iu n very good condition. With good seasons, and Into fall, an average yield is looked for. Worms have apiieared in small numbers in tlie Parish of Natchito ches, and as is usual on their first appearance, have done no dam age# Texas.— Replies to our interroga tories from this State, date from 15th to 28th of June. Weather has been, since 15th of May, very favorable to the growth of the crop, and much more favorable in comparison with same period last year. The percen tage of late planting in the State is very small, say 5 per cent, and cot ton was generally up iu time. Stands and present condition are said to he very fine, and the prospect is, with an average fall, that a full average crop will be gathered, while with a late fail and favorable season appear ances indicate tiiat a very large crop will be made. Worms arc reported to us in tiic counties of Upshur, Lib erty ind Jefferson, but no injury to tlie crop has yet been done by them. Arkansas.— ln this State the weather has been, since 15th May, very wet nnd unfavorable, beaty washing rains baviug fallen through out ihe entire State, making the sea son this much less favorable for the growth of the young plant than last year. The stands and condition are represented as “not very promising,” the plant being ‘’small, backward and in the grass,” the wet weather hav ing prevented the proper working of the same. We have reported as planted late 35 per cent, and about 40 per cent, .os not having come to a stand before the 10th May. Our correspondents say that even with an avetage fall, less than average crops must be made, while with fa vorable seasons and late fall no mere than an average can be ob tained. Tennessee. —From this State our correspondence dates from Bth to 21st Jane, and the large majority report the weather since 15th May as favor able, and as mere favorable to the growing cop than same period last year, with very good stands, and gen erally in good condition. About 15 per cent, of the cotton was planted late, and about 20 pur cent was late in coming to a stand, which is re-, ported to have been perfected by 15th of May. Pros|>ects are promising in 4 this State for a full yield with an av erage fall and seasons, and for a large yield with favorable fail and good seasons. Alabama. —ln this State, accor ding to average of estimates sent ns * by over forty cometidents, there v as about thirty per cent, of the crop planted, which did not come up until after the 20th of Mapr. In twelve counties the late planting is reported not to linvc come to a stand before the Ist of June, although the weath er since tlie 15th May is very gener ally reported to us as- having been very favorable and seasonable, and as much more favorable when compared with the same date last year. With an average fail our correspondents look for a full crop, while they say, “should tlie seasons be favorable anil tiic fall late, a large crop may be ex pected.” m North Carolina.— Our reports from this State date from 14th to 20th June, tho weather since 15th May is represented ns having been generally favorable, though less favorable, when compared with the same date last year. Stands and condition are gen erally reportod as good, thsuqli in many parts of the State os small and backward, about oue-third of the crop was planted late, and a small in- * crease over this, say forty per cent was late in coming up, which on an average came to a stand on or about the Islh of May. With a favorable fall a full yield is expected. South Carolina. —Our letters from this State are not very numerous, ami date from 17th to 26th June.— The weather lias been dry, baton the whole more favorable than last year, since 15th May. Ouc-lialf of the crop in this State was planted late, and did not come up until ths 15th May. Stands and condition are said to be, 011 the whole, good, though in some places small, but clean and hbnlthv, and our correspondents are led to believe that with an average fall an average crop will be made, and tiiat a late fall, with good sea sons, will give this State a full yield. Georgia. — By the letters of our numerous correspondents in this Slate the weather, siace the 15th of May, is represented as having been generally dry nnd hot, nnd to have been much more favorable to the crop than at same period last year. They report as planted late in this State one fourth of the crop, and one-third as having come up late, say from the 20th to tiic 25th of May, nnd in some lew counties stands from the late planting were not secured until after the Ist June. The reports ns to stands and the present condition of the crops vary, hut, on tlie whole, are considered good, and witli an aver age fall a fair yield may be acticipn ted, while with favorable seasons and late fall a full crop may be expected. FijOß'OA.—Our report? from this S ate are meagre, dating from 15th to 24tii June. Weather has been very dry and hot since 1 sth May, and compares favorably witli seasons same time last year. Ten per cent, of crop planted late which eaine up übout 25th May. Stands and present condition reported as generally good, and witli average fall and seasons a full yield is anticipated, while with favorable season anti Into fall a large crop may be exacted. Perry Nugent, Cotton Factor, U. De Gas, Cotton Buyer, Harrison Watts, Colton Broker Richard Flower, Cotton Factor, Os the Committee on Information and Statistics. 4 aierpiiiun in Alabama. Montgomery, July 12.—The cotton caterpillar, iu unusual numbers, baa appeared all through tlie cotton belt three weeks earlier than ever before. The wet weather, which developes the worm, still continues. — l ?>«—■■■■—^ Constable’s Sale. Will lie sold before the Court llouso door iu the town of Hawkins?illc on the second Monday iu August, 1872, one me dium sire Mine, ot a brownish 01 black color. Levied on as 'he properly or James Sheppard, to aj.isiy one Pulaski County Court Ufa ! n favor of Secrest & Robinson, vs. said James Slicppaid. ALSO— At the some brae snd place, one Single hot *0 Buggy. Lei led on a9'lie property of Ephraim .Matin, to Mit’"6y one Pulaski County Court Ufa in favor ol J. K. McDon ald vs. said Epbtaim Marn. Properly pointed out by the defendant. JOHN A. DYKES. Constable County Court, july 18-Ids (Piintcr’B fee $2 a levy) ’ ‘ RED HOT. fTMIE Country Store and its polite and M. accommodating Proprietor arc kept red hst these warm summer days; in Selling Selling Baying Bacon, Bhoes, Chickens Corn, Hats, by tlie cart load. Flour, Tobaco, Eggs by the box, Staple and Snuff, rnu basket, Fancy Dr/ .Sugar, Hides, Goods, Cotree, Wool and all Syrup, other country # Produce, .And in taking especial care of their camping customers, j Come ye that feed on old Ned and jellies . . And you bet I can fill your empty - stomachs. J. 8. WILLIS. july!B-tf Haw kinsviile Ga.
