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About The Banner-Watchman. (Athens, Ga.) 1882-1886 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 31, 1882)
BANNER-WATCHMAN. MARKET REPORT. OFFICE OF BANNER-WATCHMAN. Oct. *8,1882 COTTON MARKET. Tone: Market: Hull ami c*sy. o»mh| MltiaiiiiK 10 01 MUVlHnu 9%(ft97, lwO\v Middling . i>‘.(o> Com! Ordinary 9 (4 Ordinary Stains ,(<18 RETAIL PRICES. 7Vmlay’# Quotations. Grain, Provision, Etc. FI.OUR AND GRAIN. FLOrR—Fancy 7 50(4 h 00 choice Family ft a0(ij 7 00 Extra 6 U0($ 0 50 siiverdne Bolted Meal. Bolted Orits Bran ....... . CORN—White, naeks. Mi ft 60(4 6 00 1 10(4 1 O.V4 1 C <0 1 10 100(4 105 Bulk :voa cents less OATS—Red Rust iTuof. Mixed Oats Rice Flour, Bulk iVurl t.rits Stock Men! HAV—Weatern Eastern . Northern Oholce.-rt...^..h.l •J0» MKAT. I'kOIIL'CK, AC. BACON—Smoked K. Side* 16 ®.... lAJiS 15 lasj® 14 ..'.'.I'.. ".'.!'.'.'.'.'. 3 *2® *» -. ....1 20® 1 28 •moked Shoulde 1>SWEATS. R. Side* l^>0K'Cl<«ur Sides.. Shoulder* Bellies HAM S—< 'nnvHssed In TOBACCO- T1KS— *d inon to Medium nkiiiR icy Chewing ern Jute HIDES—Wry Flint POTATOES—Irish, pc Sweet, p A 1*1*1.ES—Choice, pe OND >NS—per h. Standard A Crushed White Extra 0 MOLASSES—Black Strap. lft (4 87 (at 47 47 62 60 (41 25 8J,(4 10 (41 75 1 50 <* 1 65 (41 75 10 (4 11 6>,(4 .... 8 no . 40 (at 50 6 00 (4.. .. . 2 SO (4 3 00 . 3 00 2 25 (^r 00 . :4ft (4 40 . 20 (4 25 !»>• fat 15 18 (at 13S . 15 (4 18 5 00 (4 ... 3 50 (41 25 -3 50 (4 .. 90 ($1 00 .. NO (4 90 . 70 (4 NO 80 % . (4 1 00 10 <4 !■-* 10 (4 ll>. 11 0?.(4 !»S (4 9»,5 3X4 10 DECAPITATED BR1EFLETS- Country produce still Very scarce. Candler walking sticks are now out. •Speer’s speech at Jelterson was a water haul. Speer’s speech at Jefferson looked like n funeral guihering. That $2,000 turnout didn’t sit well with the mountain hoys. The merchants say that the trade of Athens is on the increase. A very small attendance at Jeffer son court—it being an adjourned term. The municipal contest will come next, and no doubt it will be a lively one. The struggles of independentism in dicates that tlie hour of dissolution is near. Hogs are getting fat, and stufled sausage will soon be tile delight oftlie liungiy. Mr. Dock Dorsey has a thriving lit tle store over neai the (leorgia rail road depot. about enough The farmers are complaining too much politics and not e cotton picking. Hon. John Stephens will be private secretary to Gov. Stephens. Mrs. John Stephens will preside at the mansion. Bill Holman's Texas pontes arrived on Wednesday. They seem to lie a better lot than he has brought out heretofore. No half rate messages will be re ceived at the telegraph olltce after 8 o’clock p. m.. as they cannot is* sent after that hour. Mr. John Tuck, the manager of tne poor house farm, will make 40 bales of cotton for tlie county, lie lias nine hands on the farm. There net er was sueh an acorn erop known as the one of this year. On many farms the lings are Tat enough to kill, and haven’t been fed at all. Madam Christine Nelson, the Swed ish nightingale, lias arrived in New A ork this week. She was anxious to know if Oscar Wilde had trimmed his hair. The blasting on the Georgia exten sion will soon lie a tiling of the past, as the railroad will soon be finished and the whistle of the engine will take tlie place oftlie evening cannon ade. Death.—Mr. A. \V. Vest, of Ath- ns, formerly of Franklin county, died on yesterday. HON. ALLEN L). CANDLER. The 1 Vmocratic candidate for con gress in the ninth district,will address tlie people on Ibe issues involved in tlie present cnnipuignat the following times and places, to-wit: Thompson’s Store, Gwinnett coun ty, Monday’ Oct. 30th. Jug Tavern, Tuesday, Oct. 31st. Wntkinsville, Oconee county, Wed nesday, November 1st. All who desire good government and ail wlio desire to hear tlie truth dispassionately spoken are cordially invited to lie present. If i itoi.ARV.—A young negro I my nam ed Albert Williams, bailing from <iicensboro, broke into i’rof. Gonzalez’s mn.-ir store on Saturday night and stole $ la. It was thought that lie was after stealing a piano or organ, but finding them too heavy to carry lie only took tl.o money. llriib run now gni-|. a fortune. Outfit worth »lo ,eiu free. For full particular* nddr-io. K. t,. Kl.leout A Co., Hi Hnrchiy St.. New York.oetil-ll Small pox in Chattanooga. It broke out ill tile Hamilton building house. Tiike tide annoyance* out of the way. If you nrc -inter.uk with it iroush oreold. use Dr. Ball's i uugti synip ui once. This old amt reliable rem edy will never dlftappnhit you All I>niKiri--t.- Focnd.—A pair of ladies black kid gloves were found at the opera bouse on Wednesday night. The owner can find them at this office. Tint Gin Dm rue. Work.—A negro mploved at Hutchersons’ gin, in Wii. terville, bad his hand cut off by tlie gin band. Our informant says that it was tit off as smooth as if it had been done with an axe. The Grand Jury.—-The grand jury of Jackson county was polled and it stood: Candler, 22; Speer, 1. The pe tit jury stood: Candler, 10: Speer, 2* This is authentic. 'Kali for Candler. AN UNUSUAL CASE. II 11 Wakski UNO. Ark.. Aug. S, 1NS1. sir a; -1 was cured of nr Safe Kidney nod Liver J I> Fukexax. Wanti.ii.—10,0OO feet wagon and car riage lumber. Call aud see me for par ticulars. 1*. I’KNSil\, Spring sir i t, near Gann A Heaves’ sta bles. l. idies! beautify your complexion with Glenn’s Sulphur Soap. TRADE NOTES :> I, ,,|.d with Sundry Local 1 turns, Lnconl cally Notod. Bbar in mind tlmt Lowe Co. keep only the W-4 uiiil purest liquors l their bar. Comkoht vhi.k ho«1* nml a tirst-cluss attention t un be hid at R. II L* mp kill's. Don't forget The only place in the city you can net the fa mous Maxi y’s sweetmash whisky is Lumpkin': K. 11. Lambkin keeps the finest bar-room i .he city ami the purest ami best liquors. The only ten-pin alley in the city ami the best billiard ami pool tames at Lumpkin's saloon. Ik you want to bo treated like a Lord patron age tlie popular saloon of U. H. 1-ampk Low*; Ji ('o., wholesale ami retail liquor deal er*. Br«»ud street, Athens, (ia. Remember. Ik you want the best cigar* sold in the city bay of Lowe Ai Co. Try ’ Punch and Judy.” Tiik best kc-g and bottled beer, porter ale, etc., always fresh at tlie bar of Lowe ticx SKRiso Is the-beat brand of rye whisky b jIU in Athens, although the Family Nectar i* oard to eclipse. Only found at Lowe CV Lows .C Co. can and will duplicate, if not un dersell, any lull of liquors sold in (ieurgia at wholesale. A trial ia all they ask. Opii friends from thd cotnitry can get the best aud e. vapest bottled liquors at Lowe *k t’oa. Our oountry coru whisky has a reputation throughout tlie Boutli. Try a quart or gallon. For the finest imported w ines, brandies and liquors of all kinds at Lowe Co’s. Lowk 0: Co’s cigars are the best in the No disorder character# or loafers are tolerated around the Par of 4 Lowc * Co. We keep the only our best and purest liquors—guaranteed Whiskies of the old Kentucky style are stead tiy increasing in favor with those people who seek absolute purity combined with that fruity and mellow flavor Vo he found only in the gen uine product of ’’Old Kalmuck ” J/arjxr * .Nrf- ,, n Couuti/ n is and has been for l *“- fore the public and has ns well merited , abroad. SoidiouVj li> J. It. D. Boussc, Athens, (i Hkinu your Job printing. binding book work zttv to the Watch nan oflice. Maaaninca amt mu'.if boun.I illank books mmlc. Ruling hamUumel} J me. Wo defy cnmpelilion in pri CVK Amt cU»* oi work from any quarto Beats Tiikm All.—A practical test made bv lirainblett A Bio. at Forsytli, allows that Olierry’a Fruit Kvaiiorator will do t •» iee tlie work of any in the mar ket. Write to McBride «St Co., who will give positive proof. —■ •> —— MY LIQUOR Has always conipianded the com mendatioii'of tlie most fastidious eon noisseurs for its purity, healthiulnesa and delieuey, in which qualities I am justitled in saying that it has never been excelled. By the slowness of fer mentation the gojieration of fusil oil is almost entirely obviated; and by the perfecCtiianner of distillation Blk deleteribu* substances are eliinin from the spirit. It is especiall; commended from its purity auilvr someiiess for uiedicimil purposes, I. W. 11 aitFKit, Distiller, Nelson County, Ky. ■' sole aren’t: J. H. D. BEU88E, Athens Ga. No License.—There are lifty-one unities in Georgia that have no li- liaed \>ar-rooms. Who Can Beat It?—Mr. T. A. Nunn, of Jackson county, has ninety- male relatives, old enough to vote and every one of them will cast their ballot for A. I). Candler. Trot ’em out. ANOTHER $500. THE SPEER MEN TAKE UP A COLLEC TION AND RAJSE A STAKE- They Deposit It at Short Hotice, Bat Get Their Money Covered- Boasts of Plenty of Money, But Where Did It Come From? visit to jeeferson. Walkino Match.—Another big six ays walking match is now going on in New York. We would take odds that it will not heat the go-as-you-please that Tommie Hampton got up in Athens last year. Speakino in Harmony Ghovb.— Hon. Allen D. Candler will speak at Harmony Grove on Thursday, the 2d of November, Iiet the citizens turn out and hear the true democratic principles expounded. Furman's Farm.—We see from tlie papers that Mr. Furman, who lives near Milledgeville, will make loOhales of cotton from 115 acres of land. This is certainly u big yield and shows to our farmers what kind of crops cun be made from using cotton seed for ma nure. Tiik IIooii Oni MANs.—We learn from our exchanges that the Hood orphans have I„'en well eared for. Most of them have been adopted in wealthy families, and those that have not lieen adopted will receive a good sum from the general government, for their deceased father’s War Reports. A IIi'iie Potato.—Mr. J. H. Thomp son, of Oconee county, brought tlie largest potato of tlie season to our of fice on yesterday. It weighed 9 pounds. His potatoes are not raised from slips sent from Washington, hut are tlie same sort raised liy tlie Plow- Boy of Pigeon Boost. Woman's Charm.—Gi> Is who think that it is necessary to W beautiful in or- ler to be attractive, should get. bravely over that notion. A young woman's plainness need detract nothing from tier loveliness, if only her disposition is amiable, her mind cultured, her heart kind and pure, and does not forget Skiff, the jeweler, tor anything she may need beautiful in the jewelry line, nor Miss McCartney for a nobby hat. They are perfectly lovely, and so Weoming. 29-d&wlL F. L. Winkler Yesterday, at 11 o’clock, our oflice was invaded by Messrs. Ham Bearing and Mem Little, who showed us a cer tificate of deposit for $500 in tlie Bank of tlie University, and asked to have it cov ered by 2 o’clock, or they would with draw tlie money and consider it a back down. We explained to the gentlemen that tlie Candler men had kept $500 awaiting their order in bank for ten days, wiien it was not covered and with drawn, and it seemed rather unfair for them to force us at such short notice. But they were determined, when we told them that while the Bauner-Watchmau had no money to bet, that they would find themselves accommodated. In less than two hours the money was in bank, and the bet covered. We have good apt' oritv for saying that fo- several days past the S|n:erites have been been hard at work raising this •‘pot,’’ and if reports lie true nearly eve ry Speer man in this entire section lias an interest in tlie fund. We had intima tion yesterday that it was coming, but as they hung on $45 we doubted their get ting up the full amount. This makes $1,100 already put up in large liets liy tlie Candler men of Athens, not counting the small sums wagered. HON.A.D. CANDLER Will AihlrcMM the People at MARTIN, FRANKLIN CO.- ON SATURDAY, NOV. 4TH. I^et every lovei of good and honest government he there to hear the •‘One-eyed Plow Boy.’’ CANDLER IN THE FREE STATE. Mr. Bridge Christy, of the DeolelerlUe Monitor Speaks Out in Meeting. We understand that Charlie 8hu- Imrdt, tlie butcher, of Athens, lias been busy circulating ihe report among foreign horn citizens that Coi. Candler said in his Athens speech he had rattier have tlie supportof one ne gro than a dozen Irishmen. And tlie the strange part ofit is, that sonic of them credit this barefaced falsehood. Every man who will think a moment, is obliged to know that Col. Candler has too much sense to make use of any such expression, even if lie felt it. We heard every word of Col. Candler’s Athens speech, aud will state positive ly that lie usetl no language in the slightest degree reflecting upon for eigners. We will not tell you what kind of u man Khuhardt is. About two years ago or a little more, he went to “Our Emory’s” office to collect a long-standing beef account. Speer saw him coming and slammed tlie door right in his face and locked it. Hhuhardt never resented this insult any more than a kitten, and is now ‘‘licking the rod that smote him,” by hurrahing for Speer and telliugunmit- igated falsehoods on brave and honest gentlemen.. RememlsT, voters, that Speer aud liis myrmidons cauimt even rhargt anything against Col. Candle, except that lie was aelerkin the Bullock legislative. Well, us he tells us hiuiseif, he was a clerk in that legislature, bat it was in spite of Bullock and the republican members o( that legislature. He rail as a democrat, and was elected by the unanimous votes of the democrats and three inde pendent members of that legislature. What was there wrong in this? And when that legislature was re-organlzed under a military order and a number of the democratic members turned out. Col. Candler was turned out with them and Ills place filled by a radical. Will Col. (?) P. F. Lawslie please hold “Our (?) Emory’s” shirt, while the lat te.-gentleman, supported by his ‘‘Dear Mat,” steps to the foot-lights and ex plains to an audience of honest and in- tclligent ‘‘pe-e pul,” how it is that at Homer ami at Carnesville lie denounced liis “My Dear Mat” letter as a base for gery, and at Athens ami *t Gainesville acknowledged it as authentic? “Con sistency, thou art a jewel,” and so art thou, Truth, but neither of thy immes is Emory Sjiecr! Friends, don’t lose sight of that in junction business. Can yon go ahead blindly and vote lor a man for re-elec tion to eougress, when you tnwr posi tively that he lias lieen guilty of acts which lie is afraiil for tlie people to know? This will he the east: ifyousup port Emory Siicer, as long as that in junction is maintained, mid he time not remove it until it is too late to publish those letters, mid don’t you forget it What hits become of Emory Speer? He ia up in the mountains, telling tlie A Pleaflinl ■frlp la Oooa Oompaap. Col. U»r- daman's Spaaoh. The pircus. Peeling tho Po litical Pulse ertha Crowd and round It Throb bing Tot Candler. Thursday morning, 1u : company a with T. W. Rucker, E$q., Col.J.'jf, Baldwin, together with Messrs. Allen and Nuee Candler, of Galuesville, we paid a visit to the flourishing little metropolis of Jefferson. Jackson is one of the largest, wealthiest and most intelligent counties in this part of the state, and is settled by a class of peo ple alike noted for their hospitality and selid independence. It was about 11 o’clock when reached Jefferson, which towni we found overflowing with people. It was a gala day, as it was eourt week, a circus was in town and Col. Harde man was to address the citizens. The speech was in progress when we ar rived, and we at once repaired to the court-house, where we found a good audience. Col. H. made a sound dem ocratic speech, that wa$ well received. He dissected the coalitloh movement and exposed its miserable aim. He stated that there are but two parties ha Georgia—democratic and republican ‘-•J^A. Story that That Tallies with ending and Philadelphia Railroad Vote. COLORED MISSISSIPPI CONGRESS MAN ARRA1GHS HIM. And Shows that Emory Speer Voted to Keep Dow the Poor Man. Bpaer Convicted of Working In thm Interest of Northern Capitalists. —and you mustelther ,vote with one or the other. ‘ >• A After the speech, together with sev eral members of the Athens bar, un der the leadership of a certain hand some Sunday-school superintendent, we went to see Orton’s circus, that is making a tour of the south by dirt road. The tent was well-filled, and it was a large one, too. We first in spected the menagerie, which com prised a dwarf elephant with a wart on its snout, a clulled snake, two toothless old lions, a ’possum, a par rot uud a monkey. The performance was as varied us the costumes of tlie uctors. There was no bleuditig of colors iu this show, but each perform er got himself up according to his own sweet taste. With the exception of Mr. Orton, wlio is one of the best bare- back riders we ever saw, and his sweet little children, whose perform ance on the trapeze was wonderful, tlie show was a failure. The horses looked like some “condemned” old army steeds, and In the grand entree one rider greatly marred tlie effect by having to whip his nag around the ring witli a section of fence rail. The ridiug was done altogether on pads, which is a great deal easier task thau walking one of those new crossings iu Athens. “The champion of the world” made his rounds by either sit ting a-straddle his Uoseuauti, or went asieep on the pad holdiug on by the mane ot his horse. The jumping wus barely passable, while the exercise on the cross-bars was simply thrilling. | the late John White, of the Georgia McComb, Miss., Oct.23d, 1882. Editor Banner-Watchman:- On the 17th Inst., I listened to a political dis- eussion between Judge Van Eaton, democratic nominee for congress, and Hon. John -R. Lynch, the negro who was seated in place of Chalmers, In the last congress. In the course of the debate Van Eaton arraigned the re publicans for passing a certain bill in the interest of the wealthy aud to the detriment of the poor. Lynch replied that democrats voted with them. Van Eaton dared him to name one. Lynch said Ellis, of Louisiana, and Speer, of Georgia; “for,” said he, “I did not get this from hearsay or the records, but I was with them and saw them do it.” Mr. Editor, I know nothing of this canvass only what I read from the or gans of both parties, but when a col ored politician of another state open ly boasts of Ids association with the representative of my old home and of the home of nty parents and relatives, is it a wonder that, I, too, should wish to see hint exposed ? I know nothing of the man Lynch’s standing in re gard to veracity, farther than the fact that Judge Van Eaton spoke of him as a gentleman, only objectionable on account of liis politics. If the information contain ed in this will be of any benefit to you use it. I would have written it in the form of a letter for publication, in stead of a private letter, but for the last five years I have devoted my time so entirely to business of another kind, hence my deficiency in composition, a branch I was never very proficient in. You will doubtless like to know who I am. I am a grand nephew of Among the most difficult feats we will mention two performers who man aged to “skin the cat” after several attempts. They had the ring full of clowns til the time. In fact, when the “stars” wasn’t engaged iu their specialties one would borrow an old suit of clothes uud play clown on his own hook. This didn’t work well, for the audience would often be con vulsed with tlie same old weather-beat en joke, as recited by different lips. Oue man performed the hazardous feat of tying himself to a slack rope and swinging nearly up to the top of the canvas. Then we had a perilous ride by the “Wild Comanche,” (a painted Irishman with atnrkey feath er stuck iu his hat). But the horse was not well trained and broke his walk, when the intrepid equestrian fell off'. The band was a bass drum, a pair of cracked eymbals and a fiddle, which gave us a disiiord of sweet sounds throughout the performance. Oue performer did some good balanc ing and another was very proficient in turning his hat on a stick. We have seen*poorer tumblers, too, but they didn’t charge for looking at them. But we must except Mr. Orton and his two little boys. Their per formance alone was worth the price of admission. Tuken as a whole it is not a very poor show. While outside of the proprietor there are no good ac tors, at the same time they have a va riety and will probably please most of people. We found Jackson county enthused over the election. Rose Duke intro duced us to about twenty Speer men, when his stock on hand ran short and he started over again. Where we found one mail for Speer we are sure that we saw thirty for Candler. And they are working, too. You heard politics all day, and the lowest esti mate we heard made on tlie county was 400 for tlie one-eyed plow hoy, while many are confident that it will go from t>00 to 800 for democracy. If the other counties will do their duty Jackson will her’s. Having served an apprenticeship in Ger many ami for the last, ten years plied his vocation successfully in America begs to remind tlie people of Athens and vicinity that he bus now on bund the largest and liest selected stock of Jewelry, Watches, Clocks, etc., ever seen in Northeast Georgia, and at prices a low that none wlio price will fail to j Imivs that he has removed that injuiie- buy. Call at Dr. Lyndon’s drug store, where lie may is- found. ocl2Sd-w. Laxh for Sale.—I will sell a good plantation five miles below Lexing ton, or I will exchange it for a place near Athens. The place lias one hun dred acres of good bottom land on it’ Parties desiring to purchase or ex change cun call on Heaves, Nicholson & Co., or I.tit Iter Burch. Octl4d4wlui. E.G. Roane. Lost.—On Saturday, tlie 8th, near Ja cob’s drug store, a gold locket, set on one side with a red; the other with# black stone. The Under will be reward ed by leaving the same with C’has. A. .Scudder, at Brumby’s drag store. "llARKBB BBNKKIT." Savannah, Ga., Keb. 21,1S81. H. II. SVAKNxa & Co.: sin—I have takan your “Hill’s Hair and Whisker Dye,” 60c. Church yard coughs can be cure 1 by Hale’s Honey of Horebound and Tar. Pike’s Toothache Drops cure Ip one tiinute. Speer on ths MountHina. Editor Banner-Watchman:—When Col. Price was a candidate for con gress, lit his speech in Jefferson here- ferr^i to tlie beautiful mountain coun try jte Represented j her beautiful val leys, magnificent scenery aud liospi- ile people. Emory Speer replied to fjtni, and with that peculiar s^iile of liis said, that the mountain people were a set of hog-backs and outlaws; that the hillsides were so steep that the farmers had to let each other down with a windlass to gather their corn, which had been planted with a shot gun into the rocky stiff. Let them re member this wheu they go to the bal- lot-box to vote. Col. Hardeman’s speech iu Jefferson was enough to convince every one that to oppose democracy was to op pose good government and all the vi tal interests of the country. From everywhere comes the good news-that the people are almost solid for Candler. If the democracy will only turn out arid work like Speer’s friends are working, the victory will be complete. * * * Jefferson, Ga., Oct. 28,1882. factory; a grandson of Col. Robt. White, of Jackson county; a son of M. F. Hinton, of Chandler’s district, in same county. Five years ago I was’eniployed by J. J. White, of this place, as a laborer, aud for the last three years I have lieen acting as su perintendent or manager of his busi ness. He is called the lumber kir.g of southern Mississippi, and operates one of the finest mills in the south. The debate was listened to by T. J. Venable, former book-keeper of Par ker & Cainp Bros., of your plaee; also liy J. W. Johnson, of Jackson county, (who was an ardeut supporter of Mr. Speer, but sairt after tlint he would liavetodrop him) and many oftlie bestnieu of tiiis place. Respectfully, J. H. Hinton. tiim and lias the letters with him, where upon lie proceeds to read a few letters. This is all bosh, of course, ns there never lias lieen any removal of the iiijiuietlou Bee certificate of Mr. Herrington, deputy clerk of tlie superior court of Clarke county. The Southron tries to claim all the representatives in the ninth district os independents. It claims Dick Yow, of Franklin, and we are informed by Mr, Allison, as reliable a man as there is anywhere, that Dick Yow is doing all in liis power for Candler, and is one of the rtddetl hut Candler men known. We saw 6ne Speer negro from Athens in this town last Tuesday, with about $25. We have known this same negro for about ten years, and never saw him witli $5 before. Where did he get tlie money? Mr. Hubbell will please an swer. The Jkusev Lilly.—Mrs. Laugtray, said to lie the handsomest actress in the world, airived in New York last week, on tlie steamer Arizona. We suppose the Americans will go crazy over her lieanty. We venture to say that there is many a mountain lassie iu north, east Georgia that would look equally os well if she only had the fine fixings. Bio Money.—The largest cheek ever cashed In the Athena national bankwaa diawn for over $40,000. That amount would almost break most banks an I make newspaper men feel a little weak. GUESSING AT MAJORITIES. T\tcc*n Herald, III tlie last issue ol tlie Southron Col. Law she has given an estimate of tlie majorities that Speer amt Candler will receive in the November election in the several counties composing the ninth district, showing an aggregate majority of 5,025 votes for Mr. Speer. We pro pose to make a guess too, based upon wliat we hear from the various counties in tlie district: To Mr. Speer, we give: Clarke liy a majority of 150 Fannin 50 Habersham 150 Morgan 300 Pickens 150 Towns 50 Total To Col. Candler: Banks 200 Dawson 50 Forsyth 200 Franklin 50 Gilmer 100 Gwinnett 400 Hall 000 J nek soil 300 Lnmpkin 150 Madison 200 Oconee . 250 Rabun 100 White • 200 Total ■; ;■•' 8,250 Candler’s net majority over Sjieer 2,400 And this Is no bulldozing guess, elth er. Many intelligent an<j well-posted democrats In this (Habersham) county, think that Col. Candler will carry the county, whereas we have allowed Mr, Speer a majority of 150 votes. Well informed democrats from Athens say It is donhtfnt whether or not Speer gets any majority in Clarke, aud we have#!- lowed him 150 in this estimate. An in telligent gentleman from Hall tells us that Candler’s majority from Forsyth will be 250 or 300 votes and we have al lowed him only 200. In Gwinnett the opinion prevails with many persons that Candler’s majority will run Irorn 800 to 1200, while we have allowed him only.400 majority. And ao it is, more or less, with the other cpnntles in the dis trict, and we ouly mention these facts to show that we are not over-oatimating Col. Candler’s probable majority. Weak muscles and nerves, sluggish ness of thought and Inactivity, cured by Browu’s Iron Bitters. ■ " • ■ LETTER FROM MADISON. Madison County, Oct. 25, ’82. Editor Banner-Watchman:—I no tice from an article iu the Gainesville Southron of Oct. 10th, that some gen tleman writing from Dowdy, in this county, assures tlie editor of that pa per that Mr. Hpeer’rs majority over Col. Candler will be two hundred and fifty in this county. Now, Mr. editor, you know that it is perfectly natural for a fellow, in his native heath, and in his own “ingun” patch, to feel that he is boss of the situation. So I pre sume it was with Mr. Madison on that Saturday night at his own corn-shuck ing. Tlie gentlemans assertion re minds us of the story of a hoy who went out to see the streets of a town, and saw a couple of dogs fighting and went liack to tlie house, and iu his ex citement told his father that there were five hundred dogs in the street, and the old gentleman being very much startled at liis statement asked him to “snake” a little, whereupon the boy stated most positively that there were fifty dogs, and tlie old gentleman urged him again to “snake,” just a little more, and the boy confirmed liis former statement with the clincher, “I’ll lie dunged if I didn’t see one dog and Ma jor Jones’ fighting." So it was with my friend “Madison;” he thought that Saturday night, at liis own corn-shuck ing, because he aud ills son Bill were for Speer, Madison county would go solid for him. In my honest and can did opinion, if Mr. Speer gets 250 ma jority in Madison county, our friend “Madison” will furnish the majority, aud ‘ill over three hundred votes that Mr. Speer gets in the whole county, from his own corn-shucking. I have got a son Bill, hut he isn’t old enough to vote, and I caq’t vote hut onee, so we can’t tally aguinstour friend “Madison” and his own coni' shucking, und his son Bill, but we can give you some solid facts. I have had occasion recently to visit almost every district in the county, and also vari ous portions of the adjacent counties, uud in answer to the various inquiries I made, I was unable to find a single man for Speer, who had turned over to him since the last campaigh; hut on the other hand I found any number of good, honest men, who supported Speer in three successive races, wl.o now say that they tire convinced be yond a doubt that he has proven trea cherous to his constituents, and they can follow him no longer, but shall fall iu with tlie democracy on the 7tli of November aud help save the coun try upon a platform of honest princi ples. Scrivener. ‘ LETTER FROM HABERSHAM- Habersham County, Oct. 25, ‘82, Editor Benner-Watch man:—I see in the Southron, or Sltuie-SUnger, an over-estimate for Speer in old Haber sham, his banner county. He must fall a “snake” or two The people in this county are getting theireyes open as to Mr. 8peer’s posit.on, politic&ily. Numbers of men who have formerly been for “Our Emory,” are now for Col. Candler, for these reasons: They question his (Speer’s) democracy; they dislike his “Dear Mat’s” ap pointment, and less his explanation for it; they dislike his bill of injunc tion against the Banner—Watchman office; they dislike his coalition prin ciples; they dislike his tendency to ward centralization, and many other things too numerous to mention. “My Dear Mat’s” appointment by Mr. Speer seems to have been his shortest method of purchasing ti e negro vote; but we hope that the intelligent negro is hot for sale, as they are as free as either of the distinguished gentlemen. Who should be independent, Speer or the people? A11 uandidutes are de pendent and the people independent, Our government is u democratic-re publican government, henee the rule should be democratic. The peo ple should rule—a majority of them When, according to Mr. Speer’s rule as many run os choose, a minority is likely, or most certain to rule. What has lieen the result where the minori ty ruled? Let our minds revert to I860, when the people went in seces sion, disorganization, war and blood shed was the terrible result. Let us be urfited and follow the timely ad monition ot our departed Washington. And especially should we obey the teachings of the sacred scriptures, kuowing that a house or kingdom di vided against itself cannot stand. Mr. Speer reminds us of a certain man’s religion. When he was with the Bap tists he was a Baptist, when he was with the Methodist he was a Metho dist, and when he was with the Pres- byteriaiis, he was that, or anything else that was popular. So with Mr. Speer. He will oppose democrats, re publicans, independents or anything else that hasn’t got a/i<>ap of Speer in it, and he will be the one that has most of Speer in it. So I speak from what I know. Col. Candler’s majority in Habersham will not be less than 200. Your well-wisher, William p. Dillashaw. THE RING OF THE TRUE METAL. Editor Banner-Watchman;—Is it nec essary that history should “repeat it self” ere some of our people learn that someeurses invariably produce the same effects when connected with our human passions? By lofty appeals to tlie pas sions of tlie French |ieople. Robispere aroused an element that could only ia: appeased by the blood of her best jieople, and not until her streets ran with blood did the sober sense of tlie people enable them to see that tlie sophistry of unscrupulous leaders had even lead them to tlie suicidal policy of destroying tlie greatness of their own beloved country. More than one American city can fur nish fresh evidence that it only requires the leader to produce life results in tills the‘-greatest country under tlie snn.” New York, Boston, Philadelphia and -t. Louis can each testify to blood)’ tesnlts and great destruction to material inter ests by this same devil’s agency; while the bloody riots which have occurred all over our fait southern land since tlie war arc enough to educate tlie most ignorant people up to it* fearful results. Every people and all classes are alike interested in the perpetuity of good gov ernment—in the protection of life, prop erty and the pursuit of happiness, but while these are the fundamental princi ple* of all governments, beware that de signing leaders lure you to a point where your senses will awake to find the de struction of “life, liberty and property.” Politics in many portions of our fair southern land have drifted from theii original moorings into what is called the independent phrase—into that perfect freedom of aetion which deluged tlie streets of Paris with blood. If Indepen- dentisHi in its present political sense— “ow ing no fealty to any political party” —he correct—then communism iscorreet and right. Blit, say you communism aims at the destruction of one of the fundamental principles of all govern ments. We answer that tlie two great parties of the country are founded alike upon the principles of the government itself and differ only as to matters of policy, measures for tlie public good and the rights and powersof the general gov ernment, and when a leader declares himself independent, and says that lie will never lie bound by party fealty, there can lie no party issues, and if there la* no party issues, then appeals a:e made to the parsions of men. Both the republican ami democratic parties owe fealty to the principles of their respect ive parties, and the principles ot their respective parties cover all the funda mental principles of the government. But the independent leader says lie will “never be bound by party fealty again." What more does the communist? Let the property holder beware; let the farmers of tlie land beware; let tlie honest patriotic mechanic and working- man beware; then: is danger enough in this political doctrine to destroy vour property and to wreck your liberty ami happiness. Only by keeping a ceaseless watch and guard can you preserve the liberties gained for yon by your fore fathers. Allow your leaders to appeal to your reason oiily, when they ask your suffrages. Remember that the Ameri can republic has a population more easi ly deceived than were the people of France, and that the results are not like ly to be less destructive. Another Lie Nailed. Daniki.svii.lk, Ga., Oct., 24th. ’82. Editor Banner-Watchman:—My at tention lias been called to an article which 1 noticed in your w eekly of the 17th inst., stating that it U rumored that Col. Allen 1). Candler left Danielsville without paying his board bill. My first thought after noticing said article was to treat Itwith contempt; then thinking that the idea of Col. Candler ever doing any such thing was simply too ridicu lous for any fair, thinking mail to be lieve. On reflection I was convinced, first, that justice to Col. Candler; and secondly, for information to tlie good cit izens and voters of the Ninth district, ami justice to myself, I should speak, with your permission, just enough words througii your columns to correct that false report. Col. Candler was invited to come to Madison county by her good citizens. He was invited by them to Danielsville au«l to address them on tlie political issues of the day. He came aud spoke to them and they were much pleased. Our citizens gave a county bar becue for that special occasion, and then Col. Candler liad a cordial invitation to the barbecue. We asked him here to speak and eat; now just think ofit. Who ever la-fore heard of an orate, after hav ing been cordially invited to address a good ami patriotic people, like tho e of our good old Madison, and to partake of a well gotten up and prepared barbecue, siirtering their orator even to think about having a kill to pay. Surely no one from Madison county ever did tell such a ridiculous and unfairfaced tale, as Col. Candler went away from Daniels ville ami never paid his board hill. I will repeat that every syllable ami word of the rumor or report that Col. Candler left my house at Danielsville with his board bill unpaid is positively false, from tlie very fact that lie never owed me an v such bill. Yet he, with an lion- e'tand patriotic heart—sueh a heart as he has always had the name of carrying when he got justice, when lie got ready to start from Danielsville, from niv house, still surrounded by many warm friends and supporters, took out liis money and not only offered but insisted on paying his bill; but I refused to ac cept or receive anything from him. The above facts I am able to prove by many good ami reliable persons as is necessa ry to substantia.e a trutli any where amonga trutli loving and abiding people. Yours respectfully, . Julius A. Green. LETTER FROM M’NUTT. ..... Misses Olla anBertha Dickerson, ofMomoe, lent their sporous voices to the Baptist,, choir, last Sunday They show thehiselves to be highly cultivated and polished young ladies Rev. W. A. Overton,of Union Point, has been chosen to fill the Baptist pul pit. We learn that he is a considera ble minister, aud is always sure to carry conviction and repentance in his sermons, and hides the soul be hind the cross where Satan never finds it. . The Baptist church will be repaint ed a* soon as the weather will permit it. A man told me to-day, that if he went to tiie election he would vote for Speer, hut then he did not want the people to call him a radical be cause he voted with them. Just so, my friend, if you root you must be called a hoe. c. r. d, Vigor, strength aud health all found in one bottle of Brown’s Iron Bitters. ATLANTA HERALD TACTICS. HOW IT GARBLES DISPATCHES, TO MISLEAD. An Infamy to widfih We Do Not Believe Another Paper in Georgia Would Stoop. McDermott's $300 Bet on Jackson County Is No Good. FIto Thousand Dollars to Bo Covered by the Speerltes. The Atlanta Herald of Thursday con tained the following dispatch: Athens, Ga., Oct. 28.—Five hun dred dollars is ready that Speer will carry Jackson county by three hun dred majority over Candler. This is the county Candler and liis friends claim by 800 majority for Candler. T. I). McDermott. Now this was certainly the wildest offer we ever heard, for even the staunchest Speer men lh Jackson concede the county to Candler by a good majority. In fact beta are made that it would go democratic by over 400 majority. So when the Herald, containing this magnanimous offer, reached Athens there' was a regular rush tocover Mr. McDermott’s money. But like all the wagers published in the Herald it was found to be a water- hauL Mr. McDermott said he sent no such dispatch, and to prove his words true produced a copy of liis telegram, which is as follows: “$500 offered oil Speer. Jackson, Candler’s 800 majority county (Can dler’s estimate) will go for Speer 300.” So it seems that Speer’s Atlanta or gan did wilfully, maliciously and pie- meditating!) - garble and distort this telegram to make it appear that a bet was offered on Jackson, when in fact the ouly reference to it wus a mere guess made by a Speer man,, which amounts to naught wheu unsupported by liis money. The $500 bet referred to in the telegram was the one made througii Mr. Little,^and that was in stantly covered by the Candler men. o it is seen that the bragging dis patches that appear in the Herald arc prepared in tlmt oflice for the sole pur pose of misleading tlie people and building up a false boom for Speer. A gentleman stated to a Speer man a few days ago that lie had $5,000 in the National Bank of Athens, which they could cover in sums to suit their convenience from $500 up. Now the Candler men are getting tired of this bragadocio, that means nothing. Every few days tlie Herald comes out with a flaming proposition from some one to bet on Speer, but wheu the party is hunted up it proves to be nothing but gas-work. Now let us say to the Herald that if your boss or his friends feel like putting up any money on the election of Speer ali they have to do is to deposit it in tlie National Bank of Athens. We are wearied of wind work. Either put up or shut off your gas. Curd From Mr. Thomas. Athknh, Oct. 28th, 1882. Mr. Editor:—My attention has been called to a statement in your issue of last Sunday which is calculated to in jure me professionally,-and as I pre sume you did not intend it, I ask space to correct it. You say, “In fact he (Mr. Speer) told his counsel, Mr. George D. Thomas? of Athens, that lie did not know what letters of his we had in our possession.” Tiiis puts me in the attitude of exposing secrets en trusted to me as his attorney, a spe cies of conduct that would be unjusti fiable. Your informant is mistaken; I never said such u thing; Mr. Speer never told me such a tiling; and if he had professional duty would always prevent my disclosing any thing Mr. Speer may have said to me as liis at torney. What I said was that the injunction only prevented tlie publication of true copies of his letters. There could be no impropriety in my making this statement, because I get that not from my confidential relatiou to him hut from the public records of tlie county. Though my intention as a citizen is to vote for Mr. Candler, Mr. Speer’s secrets entrusted to me as liis attor ney will be as sacredly kept within my breast as liis. Respect’y, Geokof. D. Thomas. SPEER’S TACTICS. THE RADICAL PARTY BACKING HIS RACE. The Terrorism He Uses in the Mountains. Hi* IU-Gotten Power With the Repub licane. Using Bln Office to Terrify Men Into Voting for Him. We have been permitted to make tlie following extract from a private letter written by a wei! known and reliable old gentleman of Blairsville, in Union county. It shows the mis erable ends to which Emory' Speer will stoop for personal preferment. Not content with ordering a U. 8. offi cer to superintend the polls in Ath ens, he is now engaged in a reign of terror among the mountaineers, and is using his power with the republi can administration to intimidate and frighten men into his support. Never was the darkest days of Bullockisiu freighted with more despotic tyranny than this man Speer is now trying to exercDe. But it will avail him naught. The free people of Georgia have bro ken the shackcls of radicalism, and never again will they submit to these galling chains. Freemen of the Ninth district, read the following, and then answer us, can you vote for such a ty rant? This is a bona fide letter, and tlie original can be seen in the hands of Rev. D. Cran Oliver: * * * Speer’s henchmen are doing all they can, and I believe there is a little of the Hubbell fund in tiie mountains. They are making all sorts of trades, promising office and threat- ning those in office. One man that I know was was arrested for violations of internal revenue laws, who was a strong Candler man. When Speer was here he promised to have his case settled in tlie United States court, pro vided he would vote for him. The man agreed to tlie trade; Speer wrote a letter from tiiis place to the com missioner of revenue at Washington, and iu a few days the man received a letter from the commissioner stating that Mr. Bigby had been instructed to hold up liis case and that it would lie all right; so you can see what power Mr. Speer lias with the radical party. Another man was postmaster at a little wayside town. He was threat ened, as he was astrong Candler man; he utterly refused to do their bidding, and lie was forthwith removed, and a straight out radical put in liis place. So you see what we have to contend with; it seems like the whole power of tlie radical government is made to tiear on our man. But why not, when Speer is nothing but a stalwart of the stalwarts? and his friends can no longer hide it; but 1 do hope and trust that there may be true democrats enough to beat him out. You said in vour letter that you did not knowhow l stood. I just wish to state that until you see it publisher! to the world that I am dead and buried, you may count me a full blooded organized democrat. Yours truly, J. J. H. MR. SPEER’S “MY DEA.RMAT" “I CARD FROM MR. DAVIS. Editor Bannei-Watchman:—When 1 charged Emory Speer, elected os a dem ocrat, by democrats, being in congress, to all ostensible purposes, a republican; that his favoritism with tlie president was gained by ids constant assistance in helping the republicans to make a quo rum on party questions; that liis treiich- erous course to the party that elected him brought forth the condemnation of every leading democratic paper in tlie country, and tlie declaration from liis fellow-congressmen of Georgia, that if Emory Speer was a democrat they were not; that iiis liberal “democracy” re ceived the applause of tlie leading re publican papers throughout tlie coun try, and approving nods and winks from republican congressmen, must have struck him as deeply as tlie lightning will inscribe treachery on liis political tomb, the way lie is mouthing my name around on the stump. Yours, Ac., f C. W. Davis. N. B. Speer says I pretend to lie a photographer. Well, that’s a fact; it is all 1 pretend to be, and my photograph ic house in not bnilt on sand, as is tlie political temple of Emory Speer. News From Morpan. We had the pleasure of an interview with one of the staunchest men of Morgan county on yesterday, and lie says that tilings in Morgan is stirred up; that men who never took any interest in polities are now moving heaven and earth to elect Candler. He suid that Wellington district that always had give Speer a majority, was now solid aguiust him, and that old men whose locks were gray, silvered from' age, were now spending time and money electioneering for the Plow Boy from Pigeon Roost. Our •friend saya-that if M organ drm 1 fgn~ Tb r Candler he Is in fafoLof* taking Mor- gau out of Hie J)inth district and ut- taching It tt> auy other.distiict, if it has to bo attached tq Cnfia onthe can nibal isiauds. Mr- Spaer in liis speech says that lie is not the president, tlie appointing power, and therefore is not responsible for tlie appointment of negroes to office. But wliat docs he say in liis letter to “My Dear Mat,” (and remember that he ad mits this letter in question) when he supposed no othereyes but “Dear Mat’*’ would ever see it. Here is tlie letter and we want every voter in the ninth district to read it: Housk ok Rkpbksentativks, ) Washington, D. C.—188- [- Athkxs, Oct. 8th, 1881.) lion. Madison Davis, Surveyor of Cus tom*, Atlanta, Ga. My Dear Mat:—i received your letter to-day, and reply at mice to say that I do not think that General Arthur will interfere with any of my appointments. The stalwarts are not enemies that I know of to the independents in tiie south, but on the contrary may perhaps give us justice. I have written a letter to tlie President, expressing my inter est in yourself and three or four others. It will be well to keep an eye on Mr. Pledger. * * * You are in tlie position to do me great good with the mountain men and I rely on yon confi dently do so. Let me hear from you frequently. As ever, your friend, Emory Si-kkk. Does lie say here the president's oyi- puiatinenD ? No. it is mu ajipointment*! Democrats, white democrats, can you doubt any longer that lie is responsible for the negro appointments in your dis trict? And will you vote for a man wlio turns out as good a man as Dr. Orr and puts a negro in his place? And yon colored men, you who have the man hood and the backbone to vote for whom you see fit, what does this letter prove to you ? It proves to yon that ?Ir. Speer is only interested in “My Pear Mat” and three or four others. Colored men, can yon vote for a man who insults you by expecting to buy all of you by sugaring “Dear Mat?" Have the courage and manhood to show by your votes that “Dear Mat” does not carry all of your votes ill liis pocket. Tlie truth is, no one can trust Mr. Speer. If necessary to success, he is false alike to friend and foe. He insults white men bv putting ne groes into oflice, not from love of the ne gro race, but. for his love for three or four, whom lie thinks can control tho entire colored vote. The Negroes and the Party. Republics From Flowery Branch. Flowery Branch, Oct. 25, 1882. Mr. Editor:—We had a com shuck ing on Monday i.iglit last at Mr. J. M. Little’s, 21 hands, 8 of whom were ne- 8 roes. We polled an election; for andler, 19; Speer, 3. Rkx. A friend writes as follows: “I have Just conversed with a reliable man from Hall county, and he savs in one district, (Polksviile) at. the election for members of the legislature, there were 80 voters out, and out of the 80 there was ouly oue Speer man, and he was not certain that he would vote for him. He also says White oouuty will go three to one for Candler.” Officer Mike White, of Atlanta, is in a bad condition, and hopes of his recovery is despaired of. He was shot while taking a prisoner to the cala boose. Avgusta Xetrs. The negroes have always heretofore felt that they were under more or less obligation to the republican party for their freedom. While they have been staves to tlie bosses of tiie republican party, it begins to look as if they felt the debt of obligation was cancelled, and tlie colored people are about to take a hand in their own emancipation. The Globe, a paper published by color ed men in New York, and tlie organ of the negro race, has this significant para graph in a late issue: “It cannot be denied that tlie republi can party in this state has been captur ed by monopoly power, and that ils suc cess will not lessen but increase tlie bur- dgiis of tlie people; it cauuot be denied tiiat the most des;>ei'ate and unscrupu lous wire-pullers stand at the wheel of the party’s fortunes, and will continue to advance interest in opposition to those of the people if success crowns their fiddly laid plans; it .cannot be denied that tlie republican masses are misrep resented in tiie men who have lieen pushed to tlie fore-front to luad them to victory and to administer the public af fairs.” Tiiis e.tidently shows that the negroes are growing restive under the treatment of being fed on hushaby the republican party. In the same spirit which this was written, says the Enquirer, Rev. McCants Stewart, a distinguished col ored divine, recently preaehed a ser mon at his church hi- New York and it ia tiiis whjch prompts Rev. G. W. Bryant, one of the best educated colored men in south, to canvass the third Alabama district in. tlie interest of democracy. The eyeaot the negroes are being open ed to the true condition of politics andi they are deserting the republican party.- by the score.
