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A CARD j The following friend in letter Randolph was county: received muy 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