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j The following friend in letter Randolph was county: received
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Spring Vale, Ga. Aug. 23 .
Dear George*
M write you tonight in regard to a
W|K>rt that is being circulated about
j B. The report says that you said
1 J » speech at Bluffton to the ne
IfFoeg their that the white men snould tip
hats to the nogro women, and
that you gave a dining at your house,
ed the negroos in and made
veur uau ghters wait on them; and
* <l night a posso of white men took
}oti out and gave you a whipping—
all that you could tear, aud that you
were given five tniuutea to leave;
that if you were ever soeu there
again they would kill you.
To My Friends; Tho abovo is a
cowardly He of tho deepest dye, and
the putrid soul of its author is too
loathsome and black to associate
with the devil, as ho would super
code his satanic mnjsity and take
full ehargo of hell. When demons,
groveling cowards (not men), stoop
to such vile methods for political
purposes, it dot's »t*om that it is timo
for gentleaten to ?»oi» and think,
0*O.X CUAITR,
Allianeo Wn.^houso,
Fort Gaiuoa, Ga., Aug. 27 , Hl) 4 .
What does the abovo report menu?
Is it an attack upon one of the mon
%ho is connected with the peoples*
party rank, or is it nn attack upon
the entire party. Will tho cowardly
liar ot slanderer say that it is a sam¬
ple of populism ? No, he does not
say such, for Clay county would rise
in her might and put to flight such
a character.
Now, we have no personal fight to
niako far Mr. Crapps, ns he is fully
able to stand in his own shoes. But,
when it comes to an attack upon his
daughters wo would respectfully ask
a hearing, not only a hearing but
something olso. We would like to
ask if this is tho democracy that tho
public speakers refer to that has
“protected our wives and daughters!”
Is this tho democracy that the famed
writers of Roman Catholicism has
been dealing with.
Is this the democracy that can
■ ho jury in Quitman
I come down in Clay
juality. t
IS"This tho democracy that abovo -
everything else should win ?
Is this the democracy that can put
negroes on tho jury in Macon county
at the sarno time hold out its
condemnation of such ?
Is this tho democracy whom its
leader, Grover Cleveland can ap¬
point a negro to n white man’s coun¬
try and afterwards luivo to give him
an appointment in America ?
Is this the democracy that hon
oi • i • ’rover Cleveland as governor
v v York, who signed a bill to
t o white and colored together
the schools ?
Is this tho democracy that is not
satisfied with trying to degrade G.
W. Crapps, roaches out his boll po
luted claws and attempts to drag tho
fair-names of his daughters into dis
.repute and shame ?
No; this is not democracy; God
forbid that it should bo !
If such was democracy it would
suggest the lie and countenance the
liar, it would condone the thief, es¬
teem the blasphemer, reverence
fraud, would turn lovo to hate,
scorn virtue and laugh at innocence.
As a people wo are not as ignor¬
ant as many think. tSlowlv but surely
we have been loarning. Wo have
begun to understand the situation in
which we are placed, aud we havo
begun to comprehend something of
the causes of the miseries with
which we are cursed But we are
not excited about it at all.
Mem. 8. B. Weaver, K. A. Tui nip
seed, J. A. Wash. A. King, J. E. Wom¬
ack, J. B. Grimslty aud J. W. Bass, at
tondecjgbe congressional convention of
party which was held at
on 29th inst.
match game of ball was played hero
4 Friday evening between the Fort
aud Columbia colored teams, re
in a score of 8 to 6 iu favor of
Gaines. It was a hot contest, aud
line plays were made on both sides.
TYBEE RAILROAD.
We hoc to advise that the Savanugh <fc
Atlantic K. R. (better known as the Ty
bee B. B. ), running from bavanuali to
Tybee, Ga., which was damaged by
storm last August, is being repaired, and
will be in operation in time to handle
-^Ue usual Bummer business as hereto¬
fore. Contract calls for the running of
iraai- ovei that road «n the 1st of May.
l »e summer schedules will be put m
oper.ttu»n as soon as possible, due notice
*-> which will l*e given.
Jjfnux- •s are n-queated to prepare
icket' to be placed on sale
TH,
J. C. Uailk,
G. P. A
SUBSCRIBE FOR
i a Reformer!
BILL, THE MONUMENTAL.
Oh, thou mighty, and all pusisant
Bill, thou curly-haired Bill, who can
stand flat-footed in thy socks and
straddle the tallest Methodist church
spire—thou who hast a lien on this
grand old Empire State of the South
—with one foot planted upon Look¬
out Mountain, tho other sunk into
tho marshes of tho Okeefeenokee
Swamp. Tbou stiaildleth the State
mighty one, as the Mexican Greaser
doth sraddle the mustang, and loap
eth her into thy nominating conven¬
tion, where thy corrupt methods
were received with exceeding great
eclat,
Thou art tho same curly-haired,
elastic-legged Bill, who with thy
cloverly trained mongrel pack, did
tree the General. Now, tako thy
rillo with which thou dids’t cover
the General up the tree, aud tip him
off tho stump—for if ho was a
“know nothing” during’ho race for
the nomination he is still tho same,
Bill, and unworthy of making a
speech in thy favor now. * So tip
him, Bill, tip him t
Thou who did heap anathema upon
anathema on tho old soldiers—thou
who did’st anathematize and coil thy
nasal projection at tho Methodist,
and swear in thy mighty wrath that
you would bo governor of Georgia
in spite of both, just give them an¬
other and more thorough lambasting
and tell them to scat! that they are
unworthy of casting a vote for tiiee,
oh, monarch.
Oh, thou towering ouo, who
can stand on a lovol with the sea
and pull tho whiskers of tho “Man
in the Moon,” chuck the planet Ve¬
nus, under tho chin, pluck tho Seven
Stars from their position, take thy
jug of “hair oil” and give Hines, the
“Shanghai,” a rousing shampoo, that
his head may wax exceeding attract¬
ive likeunto thy frizzly pate.
Lift thy rod that Fellow Jack
may como and consume this peo¬
ple, for no one but thee is worthy of
holding down the gubernatorial chair
dishing out tho fat offices to thoso
who kept the trail hot for thee: nor
is thore another but theo who has
tho powor to pardon convicts,
Oh thou mastodon of the Nine
teenth century, gatheretli together
thy host of judges, solicitors and
wirepullers, jump them up and d \ n
thy knees, pat ’em on the Lead.
givoth unto each a slice of pie, that
their political craws bo refreshed.
Take thy much prized comb, Bid,
with which thou doeth the corkscrew
act upon thy curly hat rack aud
welt the pops below their gall us con¬
nection, till every tooth in that comb
shall sing an independent air,
Take the old soldier, Bill, and
shako him till lus peg legs doth rat
tlo like the castanet; snatch his
crutches from under him, and with
them pound his war record into ob¬
livion.
Take the Methodist Bill, and slap
all their shouting propensities silly;
slap tho Evaus pie crust out of their
mouths; knock their love for the
Methodist creed blind.
Let go thy political pile driver and
bury both that they molest thee
not again. Knock their political ap¬
petites cold.
Turn thy stupendnous political pie
pan over the “Shanghai,” for he crow
eth lustily in thy wake.
Write thy glowing record Bill,
across tho blue yault of heaven in
the colors of tho raiabow, that this
people may see what a stem winder
thou art; for many there be who
knoweth not the unbounded length
and breadth of thy political glory.
Thou art a colossal peak of pre¬
sumption, and thine arrogance would
b It tho globe.
SHORT SNAPS.
L. S. Cohen has syrup barrets for
sale.
E. J. Hardin made a shipment this
week of 150 bales of new cotton, to A.
Norden & Co., New Nork.
The good citizens of Fort Gaines do not
approve of such things as occurred here last
Sunday. A hint to the wise is sufficient.
Mrs. Annie Sanders, and Miss Katie
Brown, of Coleman, are the guests of
Mrs. J. E. Graham, this week.
The Peoples’ party of the Eleventh Sena
torial district, in convention at Cuthbert
last Saturday nominated Hon. N. T. Cro¬
zier.
Mrs, J. M. Culpepper has been
quite dad sick for several davs, but wo
dre ^ to learn that she is improv- R "
ing :
We are glad to see J. M. Culpep¬
per at his post of duty agaiu, after a
brief illness.
G. W. Crapps received a telegran last
Monday announcing the death of Mrs.
f. C. Stanford, of jSui . Worth
ty, Ga.
We regret to chronicle the death
the infant son of Mr. Mrs. L. L. Sn’li
which occurred on last Friday. \V *
COL. PERRY DECLINES,
The undersigned, a committee ap¬
pointed by PeojrW the Senatorial conven¬
tion c* • party to eotifiy
Col. T Perry of his noninatiot!
aud to reauest his acceptance, beg
leave to make our report to the party
through the columns of your paper.
Col.Perry at first asked for more time
in order to ascertain if hi* nealth
would improve sufficiently to enable
him to make the race, but the fol¬
lowing letter speaks for itself:
C. II. Atlanta, Ga., Aug. II, 1894.
Committee, Phillips, Esq.. District. Chairman Senatorial
11th
My Dear Sir —The nomination
so Peoples’ unanimously tendered me as the
party candidate for P ;
I can not consistently accept in jus¬
tice to myself and the great cause I
would be expejt'd to champion.
You need a candidate actively in the
tho field, and one with courage to
speak from every hill top and valley
too—the righteous cause of a suffer¬
ing people thirty whoso loyalty to party
•for years is now being re¬
warded by tho most flagrant disre¬
gard of platform pledges.
Wonderful document is the Chi¬
cago different platform. It has evolved more
varieties of demoovrtts than
was ever known in tho histor y of
Huy government, democrats stamped
with the seat of executive approval.
For instance, the platform is a ver¬
itable incubator. It has hatched out
a whole brood of whisky trust fel¬
lows, another kind called sugar trust
democrats, and as for silver, why
eveiy feature of that plank has it’s
exponents in advocates running all
tho way from a ratio of 16 to 1 up
20 to 1, As for the Wilson tariff
bill, it is a regular Pandora’s box.
Only touch tho button and out
jumps any kind of stuff tho great
army of tariff manipulatiors want.
Weanwhilo cotton and wheat has
been cornered and those products
sold for less than it cost to grow
these crops. I am sincere in my
statements because I speak from tho
records.
ity Greatly of appreciating the unanim¬
my nomination aud regretting
my candidate, inability to servo my friends as
a I am most sincerely an
hutnblo advocate for the cause of
truth and light,
Respectfully,
Theo. J. Perry.
Wo request, in justice to all con¬
cerned and for the benefit of our
friends on both sides, that the differ¬
ent newspapers in Cuthbert, Dawson
and Fort Gaines copy this coimnni
cation. Respectfully,
C. B. Phillips,
R. H. Fletcher,
Geo, W. Crapps.
The Teachers’ Institute.
The Clay county teachers held their In¬
stitute at the Academy here last week, be
ginniug on 20th inst., and continuing
throughout the week. It Wiis one of the
most pi' ■' and interesting Institutes
that it h been our privilege to at
tend
Every teacher, one .and all. is indebted to
Superintendent W. Harper, of the Arneri
cus public schools, for his profound
thoughts and practical theories. All were
especially pleased and agree that the Board
of Education was very fortunate in securing
such able services.
Teaching is no longer a mere occupation,
in which any man can engage without
preparation and thought, but it has become
a science and an art, subject to the minu¬
test analysis and most rigid application. Our
teachers are beginning to realize their
sphere, and to see that upon them depends
largely the advancement of the n ‘ad and
morals of our people. We believe the time
is not far distant when the morals, instead
mind, will be the paramount consideration
in educating the youth of our country. De¬
veloping a good mind in a corrupt body, is
like grafting a good bud into a decayed tree
I —it flourishes but awhile, and bears no
fruit.
After a week’s hard work the teachers
voted thanks to their expert for his untir¬
ing efforts, and passed the following resolu¬
tions:
Whereas, Under our present public school
provisions there is not nor will there be any
available 'funds for operating the public
schools from January 1st to June 30th 1895,
and believing that a suspension of the
schools would be a calamity to the state, we
recommend that our state school commis¬
sioner use every effort to cause to be enacted
by the next legislature a bill appropriating
at least $300,000 for the purpose above set
forth.
2. We do most earnestly urge and implore
our Representative in the next legislature
to give his attention seriously to the ques¬
tion, and serve his country's best interest
by helping to secure the necessary appropri¬
ation.
The tuition runs as follows: $L 50, $2 00,
$2 50 and $3 00 per month.
The Albany Convention.
The Peoples’ party convention was
called to order at 12 o’clock on the 29th,
inst, by Chairman N T. Crozier, and W.
M. Picket, of Worth, was chosen Chair
of the convention.
Col. R. A. Turnipseed, of Clay arose,
and made a ringing speech, and put the
name of Hon. W. E. Smith, of Decatur
comity, before the convention f or stand
ard bearer of the Second Congressional
district. Smith. Smith! was heard from
overy quarter of the hall, and he was
unanimously Peoples' declared the nominee of the
Mr. Smith party.
is a young man 3S years of age,
possessed of sterling qualities, and among
the brainiest of Southwest Georgia, and
will make the race quite interesting to
Bright Ben, and the democrats of the Sec¬
ond district.
. If tho water tax is regulated by the
water, there will not be much collecting
done. J ust about one half the time no
water, bat the tax, it must ccme.
The Bainbridge Democrat seem to
thmk that the counties that endorsed
Guerry are not true to democracy, and
.t populists were allowed to vote for
GEORGIA AND ALABAMA
. ALLIANCE
Ware-House !
"The Old Reliable,”
E ARE STILL IN THE RING, PREPARED TO HANDLE ALL
Cotton in tho Best Style and Advantage to the Producers. Our
MR. G. W. CRAPPS will remain in ehargo of tho business, and
five years experience, capacitates hi.a for a Warhouse Man.
We have also secured the services of Mr. A. L. Foster, as As
Manager. Uncle Alex is too well-known to need recommendation,
your Cotton here for Honest Dealings, protection from tire and rot.
BRING YOUR COTTON TO THE
- WAREHOUSE!
G. W. CRAPPS, M’gr.
L- FOSTER, Ass’t. Manager.
THE RAY WAREHOUSE,
COLEMAN, GEORGIA*
I am again at my post of duty, ready to weigh and handle Cotton
the best advantage for my customers. Bring your cotton to the
RAY WAREHOUSE*
I Guarantee Satisfaction,
Joe Ray.
Politics are Playing, Out'
Read Something of Interest to Yourself and
Family Dollars are Dropning, and a Great
Crowd of Buyers are Catching Them
as They Fall. Not at the Mint
or Banks, but at
T. J. Whatley’s
The Trade Emporium,
The Bargain Store of Ft. Gaines,
SPECIALTIES:
New and Choico Lino of
STAPLE and FANCY GROCERIES,
BAGGING and TIES,
BOOTS, SHOK8 and CAPS,
DRY GOODS, ETC.
BIG STOCK OF LIQUORS
For the Wholesale Trade. Not over the Counter, by the Drink; but by
tho Pint, Quart, or Gallon. Great Inducements offered to ho
Jug Trade.
Honest, Straight Goods, at Panic Prices. Cotton Crop
Short and figures Dropping. Buy where tho
DOLLAR BRINGS BEST RETURNS.
Don t Come to Town to Trade and go Home Sorry
That You did not Call on
T. -I. What "* ey
A, S. BROWN, S. D. COLEMAN,
» BROWN & COLEMAN,
HUBERTAKERS!!
Have just received a New and Handsome Stock of
BURIAL CASES AND CASKETS
Which they offer at Reasonable Prices. They are also pre
partd to furnish a HEARSE, dig Brick and Cement graves)
In fact theirr is a Frst-class
Wi
* . ; ESTABLISHMENT,
Something Fort*Gaines has long needed. Patronage Solicited^
BROWN & COLEMAN