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| STATE DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
FOR OOVRRXOR,
A. 11. STEPHENS, of Taliaferro.
FOR SKCTKTARY OK HTATK,
C. BARNETT, of Baldwin,
FOR COM PTIW WXKR-tI RSERA L,
WM. A. WRIGHT, of Richmond.
FOR TREASURER,
I). N. SPEER, of Troup.
Ft>R CON<IRKSSMAN-AT-LAROK,
THOMAS HARDEMAN, of Bibb.
r.r l'.n|(rrM-i:t|thlh IHntrlct.
110N. SEABORN REESE,
Of Hancock.
r*r Ihr !■! Hon*** of *irrtnuilallm,
HON. A. G. MuCUKRY.
Election Ist Wednesday in October next.
The highest ambition or the Independent
is to get office and destroy Democratic
organization.
Democratic opposition to Mr. Stephens
may lead to his defeat. W hat then i Ihe
triumph of Republicanism.
Just think or it—that little old man “in
his dotage ” made a long speech in Macon
while the cyclone was sweeping over the
city.
The Savannah Times says General Gar
trell is working for nothing and paying his
own expenses. That's all right. He 11
make it hack when he goes to farming.
Mr. Stephens in his Macon speech stated
one fact that we have always held to, and
that is—“ There are but two parties in
Georgia, really, the Democratic party and
the Radical party.”
Mr. Stephens caused considerable mer
riment by a slip of the tongue in his speech
at Macon. In speaking of his record he
said: “There is my record. Compare it
with General Garfield's —Gartrell's (Some
how or other I almost always think of
Garfield when I say that).”
With all the nominees of the Atlanta
convention outspoken in condemnation of
independentisin, the Democratic wagon
can just roll right along, without any fur
ther misunderstandings among the passen
gers.— Macon Telegraph.
Jesso ; and the fore wheels of the wagon*
arc on Mr. Stephens’ chair. Let 'cr roll !
Mr. Stephens is rising to a grandeur he
never attained before. 11 is speeches are
full of strength, vigor, and clearness.
Wonderful man ! Grand old man ! Frail
almost as infant, he is the most conspicu
ous figure upon the American continent.
Were it not that it would debar him of the
pleasures of Heaven, we could wish that
he might never die, but live on through all
time an example of the triumph of mental
strength over physical impotency.
The Governor having been petitioned by
a large number of citizens to appoint llenj.
11. Hill, jr., to the position held by his
fathc", and Mr. Hill hearing that he was
considering the appointment seriously, has
written a manly letter to the Governor
asking him not to do so. This action upon
the part of Mr. Hill will bring his name
prominently,before the Legislature, and
may induce that body to elect him to fill
the place so highly honored by his lament
ed father.
The Telegraph says Mr. Stephens'
speech in Macon was much better than the
one delivered in Atlanta, and would be
far more satisfactory as a campaign docu
ment. Since Mr. Stephens in that speech
endorses fully the address of the State
Democratic Executive Committee, which
draws the lines sharply between Democra
cy and Indcpcndcnlism, the Telegraph an
nounces that it is prepared to give him its
unqualified support. We arc glad of this,
for the Telegraph is to be coveted as a
champion and dreaded as an adversary.
Thk Hartwell Sun says wc should
be ashamed of ourselves for calling Alex
Stephens ** Dry Hot.” According to its
logic, Mr. Stephens should be ashamed of
himself for saying the Democracy was af
flicted with the same coinplaint.' We
never heard of the word "dry rot" until
Stephens applied it to the Democracy of
his State and to the party to which lie pre
tends to belong. —Atlanta Critic.
Wc have no idea Mr. Stephens ever said
any such thing ; and if lie did that would
not justify the Cl itic in calling him “ Old
Dry Rot.” Suppose Mr. Stephens were
to say the Democratic party is afflicted
with corruption, would that justify the
Critic in calling Mr. Stephens corrupt?
The Critic's logic is too thin. There never
will be a time when any political party
will be entirely free from corruption or
“dry rot.” Mr. Stephens would never
speak of an individual as “ Old Dry Hot.”
A public journal lias a l ight to criticise a
public man's record, but it is never justi
fied in stigmatizing him with vulgar, un
feeling epithets and names. The Critic is
not by itself in this kind of warfare; it is
indulge 1 in to too great an extent by the
press of every pi'.ukil complexion.
KI N IIR4WIXUN FROM THE I‘IIEKK
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The yellow fever is increasing rapidly at
Pensacola, Fla.
There are 125 cases of small-pox in Bol
ivar comity, Texas.
Maine has gone Republican, as usual,
by an increased majority.
$4,300,000 worth of confectionery is
sold in New York City yearly.
The Savannah river roso 20 feet in 2 4
hours after the storm, at Augusta.
The Franklin Register hears of several
children dying in that county from diph
theria.
The Athens I'aimer- Watchman hears of
a great deal of cotton rotting in the fields
from rain.
A negro woman and hoy were killed in
a wagon during the storm by a falling tree,
near Beaufort, S. C.
A Virginia physician says lie bns never
known an habitual consumer of tobacco
to have the typhoid fever.
Mrs. Mary C. Yarborough, an aged
lady, was run over by n train in Atlanta
on the 12th, and instantly killed.
Gov. Colquitt is cxpecteil to deliver the
annual address at the North Carolina
State Fair on the 18th of October.
A young man named Thomas Danlaw
fell between the cars on the Port Royal
road on the night of 10th, and was crushed
to death.
Stephen A. Douglass was born tn Ver
mont, but he always said it was a good
State to be born in—provided one emigrat
ed young.
The Egyptian troops made a sudden at
tack on the British at Kassassin on the 10th
instant, but were repulsed with consider
able loss.
Win. A. Bain, foreman of the pattern
room at the Athens Foundry was killed
by a hugh boulder of rock from a blast
last week.
Judge Twiggs is said to be “sweeping”
things. Well, now, Scab Itccsc can get
him a sweeper’s place if lie prefers that to
a clerkship. —Macon I'ctei/rafih.
The Muscogee senatorial convention
ballotted SOI times before it nominated
Thomas DcWolf, of Chattahoochee. 'I he
nominee is a practical printer, and 74 years
old.
A little daughter of Mr. Z. L. Burriss.
of Anderson county, S. C., wns kicked
in the fnce by a mule last Saturday, break
ing her left cheek hone and probably des
troying the left eye.
Two negroes were killed by Saturday
night’s storm near Thomasville, (in., two
at Tallahassee, and live at Quincy, Fla.
A man near Darby villc, Fla., was blown
3tX> yards and killed.
Dr. Felton’s old friend. General Wofford,
asked him some questions at Dalton last
Saturday which the doctor found pretty
hard to answer. General Wofford is a
Clements man in the present emergency.
—Atlanta Constitution.
Tel-el-Kcher, the position of the Egyptian
army,was surprised and captured by the
British, on the 13th. Over 2.000 men
were killed. The Egyptians are in full
retreat to the desert. Arabi’s army is
completely demoralized.
The cyclone on Saturday night and
Sunday was pretty general over the South
ern States. Much damage was done to
crops, fences and timber. Contrary to
expectation it was no more severe on the
coast than in the interior.
Judge Erwin will retire from the bench
at the end of his present term, and, it i.-
rumored, will form a partnership with
Pope Barrow to practice law in Athens.
N. L. Hutchins, of Gwinnett., is, so far,
the only candidate to succeed Judge Erwin.
Two negro boys, aged respectively 8 and
12 years, were run fiver by the train on
tbc Carolina Central railroad a few nights
since, and their bodies were cut all to
pieces and the track was strewn with the
bloody fragments for a distance of fifty
feet or more.
Tn Wilkinson county. Miss., there is a
man who, in 18(10, registered a vow that
he would not cut his hair or shave his
whiskers until the Southern Confederacy
had gained her independence. Ho has
kept his vow and now his hair nearly
reaches to his knees and his whiskers are
long and shaggy.
Mr. Kcely, the inventor of the new
motor power, has signed papers pledging
himself to give the stockholders hacking
him more explicit information in regard to
his new machine, lie announced at the
meeting that he should in a short time be
prepared to run a train of cars from Phil
adelphia to Chicago at a cost of 50 cents
for motive power.
Mrs. E. E. Shipp, living with Mr. G. 11.
Walker, of Schley county, own a table
that was made by a revolutionary soldier
over one hundred years ago. It was made
by her great, great, great grandfather, is
of solid oak, and put together with screws
and glue, not a nail being used, nnd is to
day as sound and good as when first made.
It is two and a half by three feet, and
perfect in every way.
The grand jury in Gwinnett county,
before either Speer or Candler spoke
stood: Candler 20, Speer 3. After liear
ing Speer, 21 for Candler and 2 for Speer.
After Candler's speech, solid Tor the plow
boy of Pigeon Roost. In Hall county tbc
grand jury stood : Candler 22. Speer 1. In
Habersham that body of representative
men stood 1(1 for Candler and 7 for Speer.
Ibe Athens Banner thinks these figures
show how the mountain counties stand.
Henry Warl has answered the
question, ‘‘ls it wrong for a Christian to
dance?” in a characteristic way. “It is
wicked,” he says, “when it is wicked;
and it is not wicked when it is not w icked.
In itself it has no more moral character
than walking, wrestling or rowing. Bail
company, untimely hours, evil dances,
may make the exercises evil good com
pany, wholesome hours and home influ
ences may make it a very great benefit."
The democracy of the ninth district
were never so solid and combined as to
day. Each member of the party is gal
lantly at work, and we will bury Speer
and coalition next fall beneath a rousing
majority. Mr. .Speer knows that he is
defeated, and it is even predicted by some
that be will retire from the race. —Athent
Hun n er- Watch man.
Old Allen Gresham, an old colored man.
the oldest man in Burke county, residing
on Mr. Job Gresham's plantation, died
last Sunday morning. Old Allen is snid
to have been 112 years of age. which
makes the date of bis birth 1770. six years
before the Declaration of Independence,
lie was probably the oldest mail in the
State.— Waynesboro True Citizen.
MR. NTEIMIEXH’ WAR RECORD.
Extract from Ills Npevrh at Macon.
Now, my fellow-citizens of all classes—
those who do not understand me—all I
ask is, as did Themistocies, Strike, but
hear me—hear me to-night, nnd then if
you condemn me, do so. Now, it has
been said, intimations have been made,
that my war record was not right. 3ou
have heard part of that war record. I
have heard .intimations, seen it in news
papers, that there was a controversy be
tween Mr. Davis and myself, which ob
structed the success of the Confederate
government and ended in the failure of
the Confederate cause. 1 know there is a
general misapprehension in the public
mind about that relation between Mr.
Davis and myself. I aflirm here to-night
that there never was an unkind word or
an unpleasant word or controversy be
tween Mr. Davis and myself from the
beginning down. \Vc did disagree upon
some questions of policy, but when 1
pledged myself to the people of Georgia
in that secession convention, in a speech
you may have read and can now' read,
that ni}' fortunes in weal or in woe should
go for my people and my State, that
pledge has ever and on all occasions been
thoroughly redeemed. But mark you,
whenever 1 disagreed with the administra
tion of Mr. Davis I went directly to him;
1 never intended to be a schisrnatist, I
submitted my views. I saw, or thought I
saw, (excuse what may seem to be vanity
or egotism) I thought I saw great danger
from the superior shipping and naval
power North that our ports might be
blockaded. My idea was to get the forty
five hundred thousand bales of cotton that
wc then had out nnd abroad before the
blockade commenced, by giving the plan
ters nine cents per pound in eight per cent,
bonds, that would have amounted in all to
about two hnndercd millions of dollars.
By shipping it abroad we would have,
holding it there in Europe at fifty cents
per pound, a capital of at least eight hun
dred millions ol dollars.
All this you will see in my speeches.
Did that look as if there was any infidelity
or disloyalty to the Confederate cause?
The policy was not adopted. I believe it
was afterwards admitted. Dr. Craven,
Mr. Davis's physician, stated that lie ad
mitted to him in Fortress Monroe that it
that policy had been adopted the financial
troubles would never have occurred, and
there might have been a change in our
cause. Now, I state briefly and reverently
that there never was any personal contro
versy or difference between Mr. Davis and
myself. We differed upon several ques
tions, but never did I obstruct his adminis
tation ! Never did 1 do anything to dis
courage our soldiers in the field, but all
my labor was devoted to their welfare and
to their safety, and at my instance three
hospitals were established in Richmond
for the comfort and safety of Georgia's
soldiers. [Applause.] There may be some
here. Nay, did 1 not visit them, and my
own house Tn Richmond was a hospital,
where they were receiving my daily atten
tion with the attention of physicians.
[Applause.] 1 do not intend to dwell upon
this. The idea of my war record ! 1 did
everything I could ; I stood by the cause
to the last; I did not even lice from arrest.
I was taken, ns my honorable colleague
lias told you, to Fortress Monroe. If I
had seen fit to escape I might have sought
it in that way. 1 abided my fate. 1 was
determined to stand trial if ever they
brought it. and to vindicate the right that
I pursued, believing that 1 had committed
no offense against God or man in any con
nection with it. [Applause.] 1 was put in
a dungeon, low down, damp, dripping with
water, walls five feet thick ; 1 was there
for three months. There is where 1 con
tracted that rheumatism that has laid me
up and disabled me from walking for the
last twelve years. It was in that dungeon
in Fort Warren. That is a part of my
war record ! [Great applause.] I intend
ed to abide the results of the war. 1 was
committed to it. and I stood by the llag as
long as it was afloat. So much for that.
CunrisU'rNte Itoinls.
The Richmond people have again com
menced buying Confederate bonds. From
the favor in which several of our “rebel
Brigadiers” are held by the present Ad
ministration, who knows but that these
bonds may prove a good investment after
all? —Courier Journal.
(#riV" Valises, small and large, just re
ceived and fjr sale cheap. Benson \ Cos.
TiIRM'HOOL QUESTION IN NT I.Oll*.
Tlie Col#rd People Nel Their fhlMraa
to the White NehooU m*l treat*
a Sciitallon.
St. 1/iuis, September 12.— Great ex
citement exists in St Louis oil the question
whether colored children shall be sent to
the public schools where white children
are taught. During tin: vacation the
school board selected a site for a school
building for colored children located be
tween railroad tracks. '1 he colored people
objected to this location and threatened to
send their children to school with the
whites. Yesterday at the opening of the
schools colored children applied for ad
mission into the white schools, but the
principals refused to admit them. Ihe ex
citement grew apace and the hoard ordered
the schools closed for the day. Last night
several street fights occurred, and to day
the schools were again opened. A few
white children presented themselves, but
the colored ones were again on hand, and
yesterday's action was repeated. Some
of the teachers !c r t their schools. Finally
the schools were again closed for the re
mainder of the day.
The board had, meanwhile, rented a
building to serve as a school for the colored
children, but the negroes would not send
their children there, claiming the right to
have them enrolled in the white schools.
Fights occurred between white and colored
children this morning. The excitement is
growing, and it is not known how the
matter will terminate.
Deserving Articles are always Appreci
ated. The exceptional cleanliness of Bar
ker's Bair Balsam makes it popular. Gray
hairs are impossible with its occasional
use. __________________
linporlant to Farmers.
Editors News: 1 beg to call attention,
through the columns of your paper, to a
very dangerous practice among cotton
giiniers that has recently come to my
knowledge. 1 learn that when cotton is
fed to a gin in a damp state it clogs the
saws, so that the gin cannot be run rapidly,
but that if oil is poured on the saws the
cotton does not adhere to them—and it is
a common practice among giuners to oil
the saws whenever they have damp cotton
to gin. Oiled cotton will take tire spon
taneously at a temperature of about 110
degrees, a temperature often reached in
the sunshine, in close cars or warehouses,
and in the holds of ships ; and the practice
of oiling the saws of cotton gin* endangers
lives and property to an extent that can
not be estimated. Many tires at sea that
have not been accounted for may have
originated from this cause. 1 would be
glad if all papers in the county would call
attention of farmers to the danger of this
practice, of which, no doubt, most of them
arc aware.— Cor. Augusta News.
In all ages discoveries have been made
which at the time were not. appreciated.
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DOGS OF WAR ARE LOOSE!
And while the Arabs of the East arc murdering humans in cold blond, we will devot
our talents to to the more humane business of simply
SLAUGHTERING PRICES
Wc do this knowingly and willfully, because the people demand it. and the way we
buy our goods justifies it. You can’t be disappointed m our stock of
FALL & WINTER GOODS.
It's immense—every department full to overflowing, and so nicely selected that the
most fastidious will be unable to find fault with the quality of the Goods or the induce
ments we are offering. It will he to your detriment if you fail to see us, for we cer
tainly have a royal line of Goods
AJT BED ESOCED lEPESICIES I
Our Alphabet.
All kinds of Goods—new, fresh and clean—at the lowest prices.
3B
Buckets, Bran, and Best of everything.
c
Coffee in abundance, at the lowest prices ever known in this country ,*
Candy, Crockery, Cloth, Clocks, etc.
ID
Dry Goods—of which we carry a staple line. Drugs—such as you need.
IE
Essences, Eye-Water and Balsams, etc.
B A
Flour—several grades, from good family to best patent process.
Gr
Groccries, Guns, and Grindstones.
HI.
Hardware, Hollow-ware, Horseshoes, and Hats.
I
Inks—in bottles of all sizes.
T
Jute packing, and Just too many things to enumerate.
ZED
Kettles. Knives, Knitting Bins, Knit Shirts, etc.
Lamps, TiOgwood, Locks, and Lots of other tilings.
Much under this head, including Mighty good Molasses.
' ZfcT
Nothing but New Goods. No old shop worn stuff.
o
Oh ! just look at us! Opening new Goods every day ! Oils and Other things.
Powder and a Power of other things.
Q
Quick sales and short profits, our motto, as well as Quality and Quantity.
Rice, Rat Traps, Rope, and a Rousing stock.
S
Sole Leather. Shoes—all Sizes—all new—Such bargains ! A big lot of Home made
Shoes made to our own order, including a lot of Jack Whiting’s best Kip Boots.
T
Turnip Seeds, Tobaccos, and Tinware, at astonishingly low prices.
TJ“
Up with the times, and Under obligations to the trading public for past patronage, and
Under the impression that we will get our share of the trade this Fall.
Vinegar—best apple. Very great Variety of nice things in our stock, sold by men of
Veracity and Vigilant m looking after the wants of Visitors to our store.
"W
Wait no longer, but come on now and get your share of the bargains.
DD
Xcuse haste and a bad pen—we haven’t time to enumerate.
You should improve this opportunity, so come along.
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Zats about all we have to say just now. The Goods and prices will speak for theo SlTe
PRICES WILL TELL.
SODA—Sc. per pound. , _ 41 no I
GOOD RIO COFFEE—none of your rotten grained stuff—9 pounds Tor |
SARDINES—IO boxes for SI.OO. • t ?
CLOCKS—Good nickel cased time-keepers, $1.50. I
LADIES’ WORSTED DRESS GOODS, 10c. per yard. 1
JEANS, for Men’s and Boys’ wear, from 10c. per yard, up.
COTTON CARDS—4Oc. per pair. I
EEUSOU & CO., Hartwell, Ga.
SEPTEMBER, 1882. !