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VOL. 1 -NO 142.
THOMASYILLE, GEORG1 A., SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 20, '889
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Op Letter.
We have heard
people wonder why
it is that at Lohn-
stein’s you can al
'ways find more
customers than at
any other place in
town.
This question we
can easily answer:
The people like to
. trade at Lohnsteins
store,
1st. Because they
receive every possi
ble attention and
consideration from
the proprietor, as
well as from the
salesmen.
2nd. Because
they find a better
selection of goods
at Lohnstein’s than
at any other place
in town, and
Last, but not
least, because a dol
lar goes farther and
reaches deeper at
Lohnstein’s than
anywhere else.
Politeness,square
honorable dealing,
excellence and
great variety of
stock, small mar
gins and quick
sales; These are the
cardinal reasons for
our flattering and
unprecedented suc
cess. And the good
work still goes on,
Come and see us
this week. We
will divide profits
with you.
Dry goods, cloth
ing, shoes, hats
complete in every
department. Bar-
f ains in every line.
hey are waiting
fbr you. Come and
pluck them. It
will pay you.
I 4it uVMiiMiJViii,
. • *.. Ihe Great Leader, and -Benefactor,
132 BROAD ST.
A Negro Outrage.
Persons who walked the streets of
that good republican stronghold,
Murray City, Ohio, one of Foraker’s
pet boroughs, last Wednesday morn
ing would have observed a “banner
with a queer device,” swung to the
bieeze.
It did not bear that favorite motto
of the Republican party, ‘‘the tarifl
is not a tax,” nor any other text of
the doctrine that high taxation
conducive to national wealth.
The republicans who swung this
banner seems to have been igoorant
of the fine points upon which their
leaders base their stupendous ora
tions. They had a simpler purpose
and went at it by more honest meth
ods. (Jpon their banner they inscrib
ed these few plain words: “No blacks
are wanted in this place.”
This elegant placard was at once
an announcement of a general princi
ple held by the generous people of
this good republican town and an
explanation of a little episode which
had occurred the night before. That
was nothing more than the burning to
the ground of the humblo home . of
George Washington, a peaceable ne
gro citizen. It appears -that George
and bis family were the only negro
inhabitants ot Murray City. Possi
bly George had read or heard of the
expressions of love and solicitude for
his race which are spouted daily from
the republican press of Ohio, and
had gone there hoping to find a prom
ised land equal to that which Moses
found for the people of Israel. . Ac
cordingly George Washington (col
ored) moved bis wife and babies to
the land of brotherly love, where
color is no consideration and the
black man has every chance of his
brother in white—according to Gov
ernor Foraker’s organs. He was the
only negro settler in the place, and,
according to the professions of our
republican friends, should have
been the recipient of marked kind
ness. At least he should have had a
showing. His property should have
been protected and he and his family
shielded from the danger of being
roasted in bed. But all his fond illu
sions were dispelled. A midnight
incendiary fired his poor home, and
as he stood shivering in the gray
dawn he could see the edict of the
good people of Murray City, Ohio:
‘‘No blacks are wanted in this place.”
No offense was charged against George
Washington. His crime was only
that he was black. He could not hare
been a dangerous or a turbulent fact
or, for he was the only negro man in
the city. A more outrageous or un
provoked exhibition of race prejudice
is not to be found in the history of
the country. A more cowardly at
tack upon a law-abiding, decent ne
gro citizen has never been known.
And yet it occurred in Ohio, a state
which is denominated by a party
which advocates the subjection of the
South to military rule at elections to
secure the rights of the poor, oppres
sed negro. The next time John Sher
man’s eyes are running over with
crocodile tears for the hardships of
the negro let him bathe the lawless
wretches of Murray City, O., in their
chilly flood.
When Joe Foraker poises next as
the friend of the suffering freedman
let him demonstrate his sincerity by
hauling up the cowardly incendiaries
who burned tho homo of George
Washington oypr the heads of himself
and his wife and children.
The above from the Macon Tele
graph, is commended to the prayerful
consideration of the men who are
howling about the rights of the negro.
The negro is as well protected in bis
rights at the South as he is at the
North—and in many instances ho is
better protected. Ifortherp mechan
ics, in hundreds of places, refuse to
work with colored mechanics. It is
far different down here; Southern
white and oolared mechanics work
together everywhere. A colored me
chanic is given a fair showing in the
South; he is not given a fair showing
at the North.
THEY WANTED M’lVER
But Ho Wouldn’t Go-“Why I Helped
Tend These Southern Boys and
Can’t Leave Them.
Duriug Gov. Hill’s recent visit to
Atlanta, the Now Yorkers tried to
capture Mclver and carry him to the
north.
They liked the looks of tho old man
and his fine record, and wanted him
to cast his lot with the great state of
New York.
When Gov. Hill and the distin
guished members of his party were
introduced to Mclver, the courteous
and dignified representative, it was
noticed that they were very much im
pressed by the solitary negro, in the
Georgia legislature. Gov. Hill asked
him how he was treated. He was
treated all right. Hon. Roswell P.
Flower perpetrated a witicism and
Chancellor Pierson seemed very
solicitous about Mclver’s political
future.
■ To the Governor of New York,
Mclyer said:
“There is but the difference of a
skin between us. You are white; *
am black. ’* -i/ttol aod stopped before a nice house,
It was not noticed that Mclver said . . . .... .
to Gov. Hill, “I am a democrat.”
But the climax ot the “entente cor-
diale,” so to speak, was reached when
grave Chancellor Pierson drew tho old
negro aside and said:
“Mclver, do they treat you right
down here?”
“Yes, sir; they alwayshave treated
Mclver right.”
“I mean, do they see to it that you
are privided for?”
“I drew myself up,” said the repre-
| sentative from Liberty, as he told the
' story, “I drew'myself up, and said, of A
course, they treat me right and pro
vide for me. Southern people always
treat the darky right.”
“Well,” Baid the chancellor, “if
you will come to New York with us
wo will give you a position in Brook
lyn. If you don’t care to come now,
come whenever you want to, aud we
will see that you are taken good care
of.”
“Boss,” said Mclver to the writer,
“I helped to tend so many southern
boys, I couldn’t leave the south. I
served for Colonel Jones, of Augusta,
before tho war. and when the southern
troops marched to the field I went
with them; I went with Colonel Dick
Aiken, and was with him at Fort
Pulaski. Clear to the end of the wni
I fought for my people and was cap
tured by Sherman in Georgia, That
was the last northerner that will ever
capture Mclver. I fought for the
south, and God help me if I go away
from the south in my old age.”
And the old man went back to bis
scat, honored by such a representa
tive, and tho team were gathering in
his eyes.
He went saying slowly to himself.
“The southern people havo treated
me kindly and I’ll stay among them
till I die-”—Atlanta Journal.
Cured of Flirting
From the Nebraska City Press.
“No more flirting for me, boys,”
remarked a drummer to some of his
acquaintances, one of whom was a
reporter on the Press. “I used to go
without smoking when I was dying for
a cigar, just so I could go into the la
dies’ car, but Im’ cured. On my last
run into Lincoln I met a nice young
lady. She was agreeable, and ot
course I made myself as nearly so as
possible, I had a pleasant half hour
with her before we reached the sta
tion, and of coutse when we got off
there I asked her if there were any
parcels I could carry for her. She
smiled bewichinsly and said that I
might help her if I would be so kind.
Then she pointed to the seat right be
hind where we sat, and there were
three babies, assorted sizes, asleep.
Well, I was in for it, so I picked up
the biggest ones, one on either arm,
while she took the kid. We marched
out and found a carriage, and I put
her in and was about to say good day,
when she smiled again so bewichingly,
and asked me to get-in. I rouldn’t
reluse, you know, sol wentalong. We
drove out to somewhere near the cap-
A man came running out, lifted out
the babies, kissed them, lilted out the
young woman kissed her two or. three
times and told the driver he might go
Would you believe it, She was so
spoony on that husband of hers that
she never said goodbye to me, nor
looked in my direction at all; and that
ain’t the worst of it. I had to pay the
carriage hire myself and lost a half a
day’s time in the bargain. That
woman cured me of flirting as long as
I live.”
Young Miss Wilgus—“Where are
you going, papa?” Rev. Mr. Wilgus
—“To the temperance meeting. We
iuteud to iuauguraie a movement to
save the young men of the country.”
Young Miss Wilgus—“Try and save
a real nice one for me, will you, papa
dear?”—Terro H&qto Express.
A clergyman, consoling a young
widow on the death of her husband,
remarked that oho could not find his
equal.
“I know I can’t,” replied the sob
bing fair one. “But,” she added,
witea heavenly smile. “I mean to
try.”
Theyo are qn the Notional pension
rolls i,7Q0 widows of Revolutionary
peusioners, and 17,000 of the war of
1812,
Laur—I tell you, Emily, I will
never marry the man who doesn’t love
me! Emily—I will never love a man
who doesn’t many me.
Columbia, S. C., Oct. as.—Some
very curious facts in connection with
the recent lynching of young Robert
Betrier for the murder of his mother-
in-law, near Lexington, N. C., have
just come to light. A party who wit
nessed the hanging says Berrier was
taken Irom the jail at 7:30 o’clock and
immediately carried to the outskirts of
the town under a large oak tree.
Here the mob stopped and asked the
prisoner if he was ready to die. Ber
rier said he would be if he would
meet his wife and babe in heaven.
The mob then informed him that he
would be allowed time to prepare for
death. About this time a drummer
who was in town came upon the scene
and asked to be allowed to pray with
the condemned man. His request
was granted, and he knelt down by
the side of Berrier and prayed very
fervently that God would save his soul.
During the prayer many hearty
“Amens.”and such responses as "God
grant it,” Jesus receive his spirit,” etc.,
went up from the mob. For more
than three hours praying and regular
services were conducted. A few min
uites belore midnight Berrier express
ed his willingness to die. He was then
placed on a horse with a rope around
his neck, and then, as an appropriate
hymn was raised, the horse was led
from under him, and his body left
dangling in the air.
The possibilities of Arizona, as men
tioned in the report of the committee
on irrigation, arc Inr greater than have
ever been estimated before they were
carefully studied. The valley of the
Gila is said to be as fertile as that of
the Nile. In that section alone there
are ten millions of acres that can be
reclaimed, one-third from the surface
waters alone. In New Mexico there
are 25,000,000 acres, and in California
20,000,000.
“Woll, I oan’t see any fun in atten
din' court,” said an observing old lady.
“Every time a witness goes to tell
anything that’s got anything to do
with the cose, all the lawyers jump up
and holler, and the Judge rules the
testimony oul.”—Pack.
Ben Harrison does sat fill the chair
YBcaled biy Mr, Cleveland. He is lost
|n its capacious measurement.
Dodging an Issue.
Two conspicuous instances of the
prejudice in the north against the
negro have occurred within the last
few days. On Tuesday, in tho Epis
copal convention in New York, an
effort was made to bring up the ques
tion of the status of the negro in the
Episcopal church. The negro, it is
well understood, is claiming a fuller
recognition. The committee of the
convention which had this matter in
charge made a majority and a minori
ty report. The majority report was
accompanied by a resolution giving
the negro equal brotherhood in the
church. The minority report stated
that the adoption of this resolution
would involve the acceptance of a
principle which, the minority be
lieved, it would be impossible to
adopt. The convention refused by a
vote of 100 to 121 to take up the mat
ter, and thus dodged it. The dele
gates who wanted it taken up were
from the south and west. Thoso who
opposed it were mainly from the
north.
A month or more ago a negro of
excellent charater, who has an unim
peached and unimpeachable record as
a soldier in the union army, npplied
to the Nathaniel Lyon Post, at Hart
ford, Conn., for ndmission to the
grand army. A strong opposition
to his admission at once developed.
After a month’s strugglo it was found
that he could not gain admission, and
his application was withdrawn.
There is prejudico against tho ne
gro in all parts of the country. It is
hypocritical for the republican organs
to pretend that it does not exist io
the north. It is stronger thero than
in the south, notwithstanding the fact
that the senior class at Harvard has
just elected a negro to the position of
class orator. If the republican press
would devote more of its attention to
prejudice against tho negro in the
north and hss to it in the south, there
would be less friction between the two
Bectious.
Now Going on
-AT-
LBYY’S
DrvMsHotsi.
Our Mr. Levy
having closed out,
while in Ne w York,
large lots of
Common ns slate pencils are, and
extensive as is their use in all the
schools of the country, their manu
facture is one of our most peculiar
industries. Thero is only one slate
pencil factory in all the United States.
It employs only twenty-five men, and
it turns out 30,000 slate pencils a day.
It hardly seems that this quantity
would be sufficient, but since chew
ing gum has come into such general
vogue the consumption ot slate pencils
has evidently fallen off.
A French mayor, who at one time
hold the office of slipeudary magis
trate, was about to perforin the civil
service of marriage “Mademoiselle gating, that OUr
X- —he said, addressing tho bride, °
“do you agree to take Mr. Z ,
here present, for your wedded hus
band ?” And, after the young lady
had replied in the affirmative, the
mayor, turning to the bridegroom,
delivered himself as follows: “Pris
oner at the bar, what have you to say
in your defenso ?’
Judge—Do you know the prisoner,
Mr. Jonc?
Jones—Yes, to tho hone.
Judge—What’e his character ?
Jones—Didn’t know he bad any.
Judge—Does he live near you ?
.Jones—So near that I know ho has
speot less than $5 for firewood in eight
years.—New York Sun.
“I don’t think Jones has been in
dulging too much,” said his kindly
believing spouse; “but still I thought
it rather odd of him that ho should
wrench the knocker ofi tho front door
and bring it up to me as I sat in bed,
saying that he’d gathered another
rose for me out of the garden; poor,
dear, simple boy I He’s just as lov
ing and sentimental as ever he was.”
—Troy Press.
“Well, what do you think of the
new neighbors who have moved in
next door Mrs. Pryer?” “I haven’t
had a chance to form an opinion.
They haven’t had a washing day yet.”
New Markets,
Modjeskas.
ALSO A URGE LOT OF
Misses' and Childrens'
Cloaks & Reefers,
direct from the
manufacturers, we
feel confident in as-
Prices
on them are
FAl BELOW
the cost of manu
facture.
Call early before
the choice ones are
picked over.
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