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TEIOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER IS, '8b!)
[$5.00 PER ANNUM
AS USUAL,
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AND
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GINGHAMS
Are acknowledged to be the
handsomest in the city. They
are selling rapidly, especially
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at
8c a, Yarc!
Make your selections befor
they are picked over too much
Our Fancy Ribbons
3 INCHES WIDE,
Which we are offering at the
marvelously low price of
25c a Yard
Are the talk of the town. If
you have not seen them yet, it
will pay you to call at once
and inspect them.
TT'or lO cts
We will sell you a beautiful
Ladies’ Union Linen Hem
stitched Handkerchief, which
is certainly the best value ever
offered in Thomasvillo.
Fov 5 cents
You .can buy a nice colored
bordered handkerchief, plenty
good enough for* the children
to lose at school. •
Wo have an elegant all wool
Saxony wove Jerseyat the as
tonishingly low figure of
$1.00,
Never before sold for'less than
one dollar aiul'fifty cents.
These are" but a few of the
plums 'we have in stock for
our friends; and lots more to
show, if you will just take the
trouble to come and look at
them. We intend to make
things lively this season, and
we have the goods and prices
to do it with.
We extend a cordial'invita-
tion to all to visit our establish
ment, whether you buy or not.
Weave always glad to see you
and show' vou what we have.
MUST THE BLACK
ON?
MAN MOVE
A Concensus of Opinion Upon a Very
Live Subject.
132 BROAD ST.
From the Hartford Courunt.
. The author of “An 4-Ppeal
Pharaoh” is by no means alone in the
opinion that ‘moving on’ might be
good thing—perhaps the best possi
ble thing under the actual conditions
—for the black man himself, and that
it would undoubtedly be a good thing
for the Southern states of this union
At their recent national convention
in" Indianapolis the colored Baptists
passed resolutions unanimously and
amid “deafening” applause, declar
ing that poor and oppressed peopl
had “always migrated westward
where they could get lands in new
countries, and thus grow up with
them and become the great men of
those new communities,” and asking
the President of the United States to
recommend to congress an appropria
tion of Sf)0,000,000 “to aid the color'
cd people to leave the South.”
In a recent interview Bishop Tur
ner of Atlanta, himself a negro and
leading spirit among the negro
Methodists, said to the interviewer:
The black men of the South
largely meditating the subject of en
gratioiij and if the Uuited States
would put on a line of steamers be
tween this country and Africa I be
lieve that at least a million would
leave the country within ten years,
-Nothing hut poverty keeps ns here
at present. Many of us do not believ
that any scheme ot emigration to the
West^ can be a remedy for existing
evils. Some of tbs Mexican author!
tics, I have been informed, are anx
ious that we should move in and settle
their unpopulated territory. I
told that we would be received with
open arms, piovided thut-wc could
come in n selfreliant condition.'
Governor Lee of Virginia says that
in his 'state the white man and the
black man are “drifting apart.” He
is sorry for it, but cannot shut his
eyes to the fact. The alienation is
increasing, the gap widening year by
year. As one of the results, the white
man is becoming less and less willing
to pay taxes—school and other—for
the black man’s benefit. “There
seems to be no hope,” "says Governor
Lee, “of ever establishing cordial and
kindly relations between them. This
is cliiefly the fault of the colored peo
ple, and they will bo the chief suffer
ers by it.”
Senator Wade Hamptou, of South
Carolina, not only thiuks with the
governor of North Carolina that the
departure of the black nmu would be
blessing to the Southern states, but
thinks further that the whole country
would share in the benefit, and that
the black man himself would be the
gainer by it. The senator seconds the
motion of the colored Baptists for an
appropriation of public money for
the purpose by congress. He says
Gen. Grant was in favor of it. If the
negro wanted to go into the Western
territories he would he for helping
them to do so, but he thinks migra
tion to Mexico or one of the islands
off the coast would be more judicious.
There is no doubt,” the senator is
quoted as saying, “that the colored
man is growing restless and dissatisfi-
The young onesare not so thrifty
the old ones were, and the cduca
tion they arc receiving is unfitting
them to ire laborers. Their presence
U.aiso keeping desirable' white immi
gration from the South. Taken alto
gether, if something is not done to
divert it, the friction between the two
races must -sooner or later end in
blood-shed and loss of life.”
On the other hand the Hon.- John
Maiming, an ante-bellum governor
South Carolina, who owned vast
plantations and many hundreds of
negroes and had an annual income
considerably • above half a million
dollars, tells the New York Commer
cial Advertiser that the pessimists
don’t see ^things ns they are and
consequently imagine perils that have
no real existence—at any rate in
South Carolina. “Go among the
industrious blacks,” ho says, “in the
villages and on the plantations.
Select the thrifty and self-respecting,
who are to lie found everywhere (ex
cept possibly on the sea islands), and
but one answer will be given. All
will testify to their growing prospeH
ty, and to their contented and peace
ful lives. They will show that the
so-called race problem is fast settling
itself, and that' time, education and
religious influences will soon obliterate
it altogether, if political demagogues
and sensational writers will but let it
alone.”
WHEN MEN MAKE LOVE.
A Hopeful State.
We have great hopes of Montana.
It is a young state. Iu fact it is just
being born into the union, but it is a
promising baby.
It is democratic to start with. The
people of that state have proved that
the}' despise the doctrine of taxation
for spoils. The people of Montana
evidently think that n tariff for pro
tection which fosters a levy of federal
taxation on the masses for the purpose
of fattening the pockets ot manufac
turers is 'an unjust and outrageous
perversion of the functions of the
government. These good people
have incorporated the following sec
tions in the constitution, which they
have recently adopted by an over
whelming majority:
Section 20. No incorporation,
stock company, persons, or association
of persons, in the state of Montana
shall directly or indirectly combine or
form what is known as a trust, or
raake^any contract with any person
or persons, corporation or stock com
pany, foreign of domestic, through
am their stockholders, trustees, or in any
manner whatever) for the purpose of
fixing the price and regulating the
production of any article of commerce
or of the product of the soil for con
sumption by the people. The legisla
tive assembly shall pass laws for the
enforcement hereof by adequate pen
alties to the extent, if necessary for
that purpose, of the forfeiture of their
property and franchises, or, in case of
.foreign corporations, prohibiting them
from carrying on business iu this
state.” ,
The young state of Montana lias
acted wisely and justy in electing
democratic officers, because the Dem
ocratic parly is the enemy of trusts,
subsidies and all illegitimate profits
that are now drawn from 'the people
under the pious fraud of “protection.”
The framers of the Montana constitu
tion did a good think when thev inser
ted a section^ in the orgnnic'law of
that incipient state which makes the
author or manipulator of a trick to
prices a public enemy. After a while
that class of depredators will learn
that this is a government of the peo
ple.—Macon Telegraph.
A Lively Actress Reveals Some Interest
ing Points on the Subject.
From the New York World:
“A Frenchman is the most delicate
and persistent of suitors,” said Marie
Halton, the Franco-American opera
boufle singer, in a recent interview.
“Repel his advance and he ' redoubles
his attentions. If you treat him cool
ly his bouquets gradually increase
size and beauty. Not all at once,
mind you. He does nothing to create
surprise and put the object of his
sentimental attacks on the qui vivo.
Your true Frenchman is an artist in
love as in everything else. The
bouquet increases in size almost im
perceptibly day by day, and delicate
attentions of all kinds which serve to
soften the perverse heart of a woman
are multiplied after the same careful
and mathematical fashion. The
amount of time a Frenchman will
give to the besieging of a citadel is, in
itself, the most deiicnte compliment
he can pay to the object of his devo
tion. And it is for this reason that
Frenchman are ussually successful in
their love affairs. Men who at first
acquaintance are positively distaste
ful succeod in mingling their person
ality, after a time, so thoroughly with
a multitude of pleasant attentions,
that the first unfavorable impressions
are altogether obliterated.
“The American, on the other hand,
carries into his love-making the ideas
which have proven successful in his
business. His chief object seems to bo
to save time. He measures his suc
cess in love not so much by what he
captures as the time he lias expended
in winning a victory. He it in .the^.
habit of taking’'everything for grants *
The Great Heart of “Sunset” Cox.
roin the Altoona Register.
There was a secret by which he
never grew old. There was a secret
by which he won his way independ
ent of his talents. There was a pow-
within him greater than talents,
was i:i his heart and not his head—
in his love for his kind that directed
his talents, that kept him unspotted
from the world of politics. That was
his secret and that heart was full of
Christian charity, of lirond tolerance;
he revered God, and by his great
kindness won his neighbor and dis
armed his enemy.
Don’t keep all your money in one
pocket.—Wise Old Proverb.] We
don’t. We carry our well-worn quar
ter iu the right hand pantaloons pock
et one day, and shift it to the left next
day.—Times-lTnion, Fla.
The Philadelphia Record, says:
“As long ns cotton shall be grown
and used for cloth, the cotton manu
factures established in the southern
states will be a permanent and
flourishing industry.
in his manner that he does so. No
woman wants a man to think that she
is easily won, and no mode of pro
ceeding could be more impolitic. The
American is introduced to a lady, and
in half an hour expects to be treated
like a life-long friend. I believe that
in your American game of poker what
you call ‘bluffing’ is a very ordinary
mode of procedure. As I understand
it ‘bluffing’ is an attempt to convince
your opponent that you hnvc a mort
gage on all the cards in the pack
worth having, nud you really have
nothing. That illustrates my point
perfectly. An American carries the
game of bluff into his wooing. lie
practically says: ‘I hold all the win
ning cards, and when I get ready
will simply lean over and collar the
pot.’ And he says this with n confi
dent air highly exasperating to his
opponent, who, of course, in this case
happens to be the lady.
“In the matter of presents, the
American is also very different from
the Frenchman. He is more lavish
than the Frenchman is, aud often
generous to extravagance. But he
shows little or no discretion. A
Frenchman is introduced to a lady
upon whom lie is desirous of making
n good impression. The next day lie
sends her a bouquet of choice- flowers,
and the next a box of boubous. It
4ilay be weeks after the introduction
before he will make a call, aud the
diamond stage is readied only after
months of acquaintanceship. When
an American meets a lady lie desires
to win; he will call the following day
and bring a diamond broocli or brace
let. The day following lie will send
a grand piano oftnything else which
happens to strike his fancy. Should
he receive no encouragement from
the lady ot his choice, he does not, as
in the case of the Frenchman, con
tinue sending presents until his per
sistence compels recognition. He
simply transfers his attentions .to some
other quaiter.
“The difference between a French
man and an Englishman may be seen
by the way each looks at a woman on
horseback. A Frepcbraan looks first
of all at the woman; an Englishman
first of all at the horse. The Ameri
can looks at both together.”
CHURCHMEN CALL A HALT.
A Law and Order League Organized Last
Night.
Macon Telegraph.
A war on the gamblers and disrep
utable characters in Macon will open
in a few days. The first step toward
the organization of the forces was tak
en last night, and as a series of meet
ings to consider the subject arc booked
for an early day, it is more than prob
able that all will be in readiness beiore
the close ol the month for a vigorous
fight.
As usual a large congregation was
present last night at the prayer service
in each of the city churches. At Mul
berry Methodist there was an usually
large attendance.
After the usual services, a leading
and influential member of the congre
gation arose and mjfde an informal
talk about the violations ol the city's
laws every day, to the great disgust of
all moral and law-abiding citizens.
He dwelt upon the subject at great
length, and as a result, a motion was
made to organize “a law and order
league,” to be composed of the leading
church members in the city.
The motion was most favorably re
ceivcd, and talks were made by a half
dozen on the subject of the moral
condition of Macon. The following
gentlemen were at last elected
committee to initiate the movement.
Messrs Isaac Hardeman,W. R. Rogers.
\V. B. Hill, W. G. Solomon and G. R.
Glenn.
This committee will call on the pas
tors and the leading members ot ail the
churches and lay the matter beiore
them and ask for their co-operation
and assistance.
The law and order league,” said
ne last night, who was in attendance
ed, and, what .is worse, plainly shows I on the Mulberry street meeting, "is an
absolute necessity. We have stood
this condition of affairs long enough,
and if only the good and true citizens
stand by us, we will rid the proud old
city ot her trouble."
“Immorality has gone far enough
when it debauches the young men of
the city, but when ■ it is extended so
that it is flaunted in the faces of tax
payers, we won’t stand it.”
‘ Yes, sir, this means that a ‘law and
order league’ will be the result of the
recent gambling tragedies and the con
tinued violation of the laws.”
RIGHTS OF THE NEGROES.
An Appeal Issued by the Illinois State
Convention.
SfitiNOFiKMi, Iu,., Oct. 9.—The
state conference of colored men ad
journed last night after issuing au
address to the colored people of the
state and nation, which sets fortli the
object of the organization just effected
to be to advance educational interests,
the abolishment of separate schools,
and to secure the employment of
competent colored teachers. After
reviewing the condition of the negroes
in the south, the alleged outrages to
which they are subjected atul the fact
that it is not a party, race or state
question, but oue of national impor
tance, the league makes the following
appeal:
We appeal to the American people,
to congress and the exeoutive head of
our government, to men of all parties,
to rise above partisau bate and bitter
prejudice, and bring to bear the majes
ty of the law, to the eud that the life
aud property of the American negro
may be as safe in Louisiana, South
Carolina, Georgia and Texas, as in
the northern states.
The address also calls attention to
the fact of the opening of new states
in the north-west, and advises the
colored people south to secure homes
there ns one step toward overcoming
the southern question.
Mclver and Baker will re-open the
Duvaf Hotel, at Jacksonville, about
Oct. loth. The house has been
renovated and refitted during the sum
mer, and is now in better condition
than it has been in since it was open
ed.
LIVY’S
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BLACK
HOSIERY.
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THE GREAT SUCCESS
M Inch our “< )nyx” Dyed Hosiery
met with last season, and the univer
sal satisfaction given by these abso
lutely fast dye goods has stimulated
us to still further improvement for
this season, by producing the good*
from Ingrain yarns, thus giving
greater strength and wearing qualities
to the fabric, and at the same time re
taining ajl the excellent qualities of
dye, which have been so thoroughly
tested and approved iu previous sea
sons.
Try a pair of Onyx, and you will
never wear any other stocking, for
every pair is warranted not to stain
the feet and clothing, and to withstand
the effects of perspiration, as well as
repeated washings. Furthermore,
any pair not found as represented, re
turn them and your money will be
refunded.
None genuine uulpss stamped with
above trade-mark.
FOR SALE ONLY BY
I. Levy & Go,
Mitchell House Block 2