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DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET I
For Governor.
ALEXANDER H. BTEPHENH.
For Secretary of Stole.
. <• .''irk 0. BARNETT.
D. BPE
PolSil
W. A. WEIGHT,
l or Attorney General
CLIFFORD ANDERSON.
For Oomcreonua at Large.
THOMAS HARDEMAN.
As our railroads increase in j
length the rails follow their exam
me time the rails in gen
only sixteen feet
irty-two leet became
!; sixty feet rails have
been in use for a long time, and a
new mill in Chicago is prepared to
turn out rails one hundred and
twenty feet in length. Theadean
Is II True J I known a* "nut gall,” it became of
We learn that Capt. John A. a very itlack color, and made a
Cobb, who lias been for years a
member of the Democratic Kxecu-
tive Committee of this county, and
who has been honored by the peo
ple in the past with a Mat in the
Legislature, refuses to support A. j
capital v. uting ink.
WHAT JUDGE HAMMETT BATS.
A reporter of the Constitution
called on Judge Hammett at
' ofllce yesterday afternoon, i
Ii. Stephens’ for Governor/ Cupt! ' found him busily engaged with the
Cobb voted in the primary election i record book of the county,
and a true Democrat ought to sup-“‘ Telling him that the reporter had
port the nomination of Ids party, come to talk with him about his
tages claimed for the longer rails j H it is true ns wo hear it, then ink well, lie replied that it was a
are that they present fewer joints ' c *Pt- Cobb ought to resign bis place "°»']erfol thiu 8. and one which
. VC.. ii r ■■ i i ontheKxeeutiveCommitteetoBive could bo turned to a great advaut-
to be battered down by the wheel* | Wftyt0 one w|)0 wj „ sllst “ V age. "Why”,said,the* Judge, "we
and to react upon the latter. The ; nominee of the party. It is not tie- ale keeping the records of the
rails are also made much heavier ' sired to have on the committee one ' county with it and find it to lie
per Tool than they used to be to i "ho is antagonistic to the require- j e«l" a l if not superior to any ink
withstand the heavier rolling stock ! of lli » party.-S'nnter Itepvb. j «”hl. You may see lor yourself.”
I - b ; Itcan. 1 Tin* writing was of a very black,
now employed. I l ie t the Sumter flepubliean stop! glossy appearance, and it seemed
.. 7T. ’ . ■ j this nonsense. Sumter cc unty ha* u make a capital ink.
„ '' t ” e inat °h mono|ioly have i no i ruPr eitixeu or more upright 1 “Well,” continued the Judge,
Y<m are requested, through llw nsnal j combined to raise the price of gentleman than Capt. John A.Cobh, "that it will not corrode at all and
Horn at^Enilman/on. on"™ 1 U " n ' 111 ' ■ friction matches because they fear i lit* noble ancestor, the Hon. lion- that i' 1 the severest weather it nev-
the Tariff Commission will report | cl1 Col,b * wus “ man that Georgia er freezes. We found a little of it
To Ike Democratic Party of ihl Con
, gresslonal District.
THE BOAT, AUGUST SM, ISIS,
for tbs purpose of nominating a eaudid-
ota to represent your District iu lion grow,
mid to appoint an Executive Cuuimilteo
tor tbo enaning term; also to attend to
any ether bnsfoess which mey be con
sidered to the interest of the democratic
authorities of the E. T„ Vo. sod
Ga., Bail Road hare kindly offered to re
duce the (are of delegates to two cents
per mite going to and morning .from
said Convention, and the citizen* of
Eastman propose to extend to the Dele
gatee their hospitality during the (.'onven
tion. A. It. McAUTHIIR,
<!litu. Deni Ex. Com. 3rd Cong. Dial.
McAiituur. (1a.. duns 22,18*2.
HUNATOItLU, l,'(m r K.Vri«X.
..By virtue of the authority vested
.in nie, an Chairman of the Kcimto-:
rial Convention for the Thirteenth
District, composed of the counties*
of Sumter, Macon and Schley, 1 do
hereby request delegates from said
counties to convene at Americus,
on Tuesday, August 23d, at I2 in.,
for the purpose of - nominating a
Senator for said District.
ii L. O. Niijm, chm.
July 13, 1882.
• The congressional convention
meets at Kastman next Tuesday.
Thu Greenback party of this state
lias endorsed Arabi Bey, and now
lie will be sure to whip the Kng-
[ ...
The Ohio Democrats arc claim
ing that they will carry thirteen
Congressional districts in that
State In October, notwithstanding
the recent ltepublican gerrymander.
1 Allen I). Candler, of llall coun
ty; has licon nominated for Con
gress by the Democrats of the
Ninth district. He is a strong
man and: will ,giye Speer a close
raoe.
.iiliily Mahone eaves himself trou
ble of writing recommendations for
Ids spoilsmen by keeping printed
blanks,'which' he (Ills out. Truly
this is civil, ^service reform with a
vengeance,.
in favor of “tariff for revenue
only” on matches, ’.hey have acted
hastily. The Tariff Commission is
organized to favor protection, and
can be counted upon to do do so.
The people will not forget, how
ever, that a Republican Congress
could have given them cheap
matches along with cheaper neces
saries of life "ciierally, but
wouldn’t.
The election returns of the Ala
hama slate election have not ye
been consolidated. They will give
n larger majority for Hie state tick -
et than was at first anticipated,
while lint very few counties failed
to elect tlic regular democratic
ticket for members of the legisla
ture. Republicanism has received
u black-eye in'tint state, and it is
believed that in the congressional
election the democratic vole will
he cvev larger.
loved, mid,to our sorrow bo it said, la* 1 year, hut nothing was said
1 wc have in the State to-day but! about it, and during the coldest
| few public men who possess nbili-’ weather, when the thermometer
lies and traits of character equal to j wns at zero, I left it out ill the air,
those cf the lamented statesman, j a,l< l it never froze. We haven’t
it will not do to cbndemn every ' l"id it analyzed yet, but intend to
man who refuses to vole forStepb- 1 soon.”
ens in this race. Georgia lias sev-1 it is estimated that the cost of
enty-live thousand Democratic urn- i ,ts manufacture from the water is
jorit—the State gave Colquitt that 1 about a cent u gallon^ and a revo-
mojority in 1878—and surely Mr.! lution in the cost of ink seems im-
Siepliens enu secure enough votes ! niinent, if this mine turns out what
to elect him; oven if a lew thousand i il promises.
Democrats may refuse to voie for! Tour reporter this evening went
him. Georgia will probably stand j 10 this wonderliil well am) was
inure in need oilier Democratic mu-1 *kown all through and about it by
jority two years from to-day Ilian ! Mr. Kirk.
money to loan.
GrET 'THE !
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TJic Celebrated Cooper Traction and Farm Engines!
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Mill Engines and Saw Mills furnished to order. These Engines arc unsurpassed.
she does now, and the men who do
not choose to vote fur Stephens this
year will rally to the support of the
parly in 18Sf.
Since the Sumter Hepnblicnn has
seen fit to call attention to Cap!..
Cobb’s position, we hope i ( may not
be out of place fir iis to mention a.
case in this comity. Wc allude to
one who is a good Democrat, an
intelligent citizen and an able lar-
ycr. But lie announced before the
nominating convention that lie
It is situated about two miles
from Marietta, in the near side of
the mountain.
"Wo were prospecting for eopper
and sulphur,”said Mr. Kirk, "some
time during last, year, and came
across this water.”
“What i* the nature of the earth
in which it is found?” the reporter
asked hi in.
A RICH IT.RTII.IZKK.
“That’s the peculiar part about
would not vote for Baeou if nomi-1 ft/’ •'« replied, "limestone, ! think,
in his circular demanding 2 per tinted. Wc heard him say it. He hut whatever it i* it is eortainly
cent, all round, Mr. Hnbboll stated » lso *d'l lie would not vote for Gen-' v, ’ r y valuable, and there is an
that the desire of the committee oral ,p ook if no,n ! , *» te ‘ 1 l - Vet this j ab “"*'“ , ' c | u 't-jmmenae beds I
gentleman was elected chairman noticed that when I threw It ontof
and presided over the meeting that! . tbe * ,ba1, “** vegetable matter
selected delegates to represent l‘u- ' n "blob it fell would immediately
laski county in the State oouven-1 'l^ny—being acted on very mucii
tion. And aguin, he attended the I ? s 11 hy “ compost, and would eat
county meeting two weeks ago and j its wa i’ through the beds of leaves,
tried to secure a delegation for l thought that It would bo valuable
was to raise a fund with which “to
prepare, print and circulate suita-
bio documents to illustrate Hie is
sues which distinguished the re
publican party." The I’resident
is a good republican. Will Mr.
Hubbell send broadcast the mes
sage vetoing the River and Harlior
bill, or is not that a suitable docu
ment?
A committee of borny-lmndcd
Solons is investigating the labor
problem at Newport, and the Tar
iff Commission is wrestling with
protection at Long Brunch. Of
course workingmen nml tinners
can take grip sacks and post off to
delegation for
Judge Crisp. Now, it would not do
for us to condemn this gentleman
lor hisnctiou,or impugn his democ
racy, for lie lias worked well in
democratic harness, and has helped
the party in sore emergencies. But
Ids position Is comparable to that
of Capt. Cobh, ami as both arc good
citizens and democrats wc hope
nothing further may he said about
the mnttur. Let editor Hancock, of
the Kepublicnn, be more generous
toward Capt. Cobb. The Hnwkins-
ville gentleman we have justuiluded
to is suppolling Mr. Stephens bu
ns a fertilizer, and on my last crop
used some on my cotton. The dif
ference between those rows on
which it was placed could be easily
seen from those on which 1 had
placed the common commercial
fertilizer.”
"Then I bought a great deal ot
fertilizers, but have bought scarce
ly any this year, and wish I had
gut none. 1 intend to use it alto
gether in the luture.
His corn was ns fine as any we
had seen anywhere in the country,
and his cotton seemed to ho in per-
Xjiire * and Fire Insurance!
"> represent some of the hc-t nml mopt litoral Lift* ond Fire Insurance Couinaa'ee, and racial
attention i« called to thia bnmcb of our builne?*. CALI* AND SEE UN. ‘
R. T. BYRD tfe OO.
Americus, Ga., July 2, 1882 3m
Wesleyan Female Institute,
STAUNTON, VIRGINIA.
H* Open* September 20th 1882. One of tbo First
.Schools for Young Ladlu In the
lUnited Staten. Summndinee beautiful.
[Cl'RMte nmtir poised, Pupil* from 18 States.
'Terms aitiontr the Ileal in the Union. Board,
iWartiinr, Kmrllsh Coarae, Latin, French, Grr*
man. Instrumental Music, etc., for Scholastic
jear, fiom Sept, to dune, 9938, For f-'atalogaca
wiito to
REV. WII. A. IIAHR18, T>.P., Prca't,
Ju!>2tf Staunton, Va.
NEW
I hate ranted th«»
PUIS, eOMMUROIAL, ARTISTIC
IRINTING ! i
I’coplo ofleiHiirc who long for
light,reading will rejoice to learn
that the census volumes will lie is
sued some time in the near by and
by. Tnera will only be thirty of
them, comprlMhg* 1?;000 pages.
Tho Grcoubnckors of this state
met in convention in Atlnnta and
nominated Gartrcll lor Governor.
Thi*, wo believe, completes the
list, and those who have been wait
ing for a fall basket to pick (ram
can now make tbeir choice.
At a recent primary in the Third
Louisiana district, where Kellogg
i« after Congressman DarraU’s
scalp, filb ballots were fouud in the
Imx when only 359 person* li:ul
voted. '• Can Ttich things be, and
not over come ii* like a summer's
cloud?”
The Richmond Stale says that
Southern journals express the views
and sentiment*^>f tltoir party and
section, but that in the North per
sonal Journalism is the rule—that
every great daily in that section
reflects the individuality of a one-
man power. ''** ***"*'*
Sixty-seven oil mills in the South
have caused an advance in cotton
semi from $G to fl2r Of the 300,-
0t)0 tons of cotton seed in the last
year's crop, only one-sixteenth was
used, leaving secil enough as waste
to make 98,000,000 gallons, worth,
manufactured into oil, 103,000,000.
Mahone'a party in Virginia ia
calling londly tor Republican help.
In the Richmond Congressional
districts several days ago a man
got a Congressional nomination
from a Mahone convention over
the favorite by assuring tbe dele
gates that be was promised ample
aid out of Hubbell’
he would distribute
fhc.se delightful resorts to state cause Stephens is the nominee, but | fcot older,
’’’ ' “But it is not very inconvenient
to obtain large quantities of it to
be used as a fertilizer.” ,
“Not ut all. It j* but very little
harder than ordinary clay—about
tliulr case. Vet the producer* of j he would not vote for Greeley, and
theeountry who are ground and i**' 1 * her would Stephens, nml yet
taxed for the benefit «.r the prM. I !MY” m n' Ch U ‘ C ."-““‘T
. * . . „ , and choice of the Democratic party
legud classes swallow the Radical ! 0 | Georgia as Stephens is to da/
bait year after year, like simple
gudgeons.
Oh, things are gutting fearfully
mixed. Joe Brown, who is leading
Stephens to-day unit is bossing the
Democratic party of Georgia, in
1872 represented Georgia’in the
Nuliounl Republican convent ion at
Chicago, nml voted for Grunt's
nomination.
Now, gentlemen, let us all keep
in n good humor, ami let us not do
anything to widen the chasm in the
Democratic party in Georgia. Mr,
Stephens was nominated for the
purpose of uniting the Democratic
next year. Will the people permit | party in North Georgia, and if he
this? l j succeeds in doing so he will no
doubt be elected by n good majori
ty.—JlawL-imsoitle' Diomids.
When thu Democrats lost con
trol of Congress they left a surplus
in the Treasury, which was vastly
increased by thu unnecessary tuxes
wrung|froiu tho people by the high
tariff and internal revonuc system.
Keller, Robeson A Co. got away
with tliia, and propose to do like
wise wilii whatever is in thu vaults
Ihe “Gar” Fish.
For the bent Ut of our fishermen
wo publish tlie following from the
Griflln iStm, about the merits of
the “gar fish,” the meanest fish
that swims, and abounds in our
lakes and dead rivenc
“A correspondent of tho l'onl-
Appeat tells how a family was
poisoned by eating a gar fish—one
of those long mouthed, scaly-skin
ned, shark-liku fishes that are so
plentiful in soma of our streams.
Wo know them to he poisonous.
The writer of this article, while
fishing on Flint river several years
ago, happened to the misfortune of
catching ouo of these fishes that
was four feet long, the first one he
saw, and .being informed by a ne
gro cook that it was good food,
decided to try it About an hour
alter we made up our minds
never to eat gar fish again. It
doubled us up, then stretched us
out, then vomited us, then double!
like chalk, mid is very easily pul
verized, Come down and vou can
see it."
I. ha* tho appearance of caked
ashes, having a decidedly acrid
taste, uud resembling very much
common fertilizers. There seems
to bo immense beds of it of a great
thickness, and all are confident
that there is som. thing of value in
it. Mr. Kirk snys that the water
with the din is so strong that it
would completely eat up the leath
er of his shoes,
An Ink Mine.
Special i'urrrapoodrncD of Tlt« tVnMliiilion.
XI a it i ktta , Ga., August M The
country around the loot of Kenne-
saw mountain has always been no
ted for the richness of its mineral
dc|K>sils, hut it sees that it has nev
er been turned to any advantage
until of late. About a year ago
Judge Hammett, the ordinary of
Cobh county, being attracted by
tbo wonderful showing ol rich de
posits on the land of G. W. Kirk,
a well-to-do farmer, with that gen
tleman started the working of a
mine lor cop|ier and sulphur, ami
lias found it to pay well.
A short while since at the depth
of about thirty feet, Mr. Kirk,
while employed in the work of
blasting away tbe locks, noticed
collected at tho bottom of the well
a water of a very peculiar color,
resembling very much a rich wine
and having a puckering tongue
and stretched and vomited us ! tying taste to the mouth, evidently
again, agd kept up that style of ex-1 being very strongly impregnated
crcisc so vigorously that at the end
of about two hours wc would have
made a pretty good shoe string, so
thin and limber did it make ns.
While wrestling with that flsb a
first class case of cholera morbus
would have been hailed with de-'
light, so much relief it would have
'T’V Q^ng whcr after a night’s
’t fund and iLt Ji *‘P ati ' )n '* Bitcnsc joy in com-
sTund,andlhat par , |Mlrtlll(? company with
c it liberally. j tlie flesh <,f the gar lull.
with alum and copperas. He ob-
A8 A MEDICINE.
“I noticed, also,” lie said, “that
it possesses wonderful healing pro
pensities. 1 had one or two skin
sores on iny hand when I commenc
ed handling it, and no;iced that
they have I een completely cured.
I can refer you to some of our licst
citizens who have used it in this
manner, ami have round it in every
ease to give relief, and in several
wonderliil cures have lioen effected.
This Is due in some manner, I sup
pose, to ‘.lie amount of alum and
other mineral matters it contains.’*
Tbe staiti it leaves is indeilible.
There is evidently something in it
which should he found out, and
which may le of great use.
Your reporter talked with many
of the best citizen* of the place, and
all are of the opinion that there is
something of worth about tbe mine.
The ink is certainly wonderful and j
of as good quality as any sold, i
while a* a fertilizer, the cartli
around the mine promises to be of!
great use, and of lioth there is an <
abundance. . ,
There is one thing certain, even :
if neither would pay lor working !
them, there is certainly a paying
investment in the copper and sni-
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AMERICUS, -
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which I will rc|*lr and have rendy to btnn rollon
in tho cnniin#Km*nn. My friend* and the public
arc Mked to patronise in*. Rrnpectfnlly,
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Aipomu*, Ga., May 0, 1862.
• IN PRICES AND WORK j
WE ABK ALWAYS READY TO ?
: COMPETE WITH •
i MACON OR ATLANTA.
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served the flow lo be about flve ( phuP . Rich specimens of both are
fs» i' aj ’ f ? nd n ° llce<l lhat i found and tho native sulphur can
the nhnnJ lUe , ”| C l Waa d . u i 8 ’' h« wen collected about the worka
the more abundant became the j„ abundance,
supply. !
Being struck with the peculiari
ty of the water he brought a spec!
I.ace and Straw Bonnets,
Bound Hats,
Leghorn Flats,
Long Plumes, all colors,
Laces and Flowers.
Tl.n>. who In,, Dot },i purcbwl iMt
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A Vigorous Uronth
men to Marietta, where" it created , 0f 'h* 1 halr *» "hen pwmo'ed by oiiiig i. ' r I"' \ "\7I7" T
quite a sensation among the citl- '• FsikePs Hair Balssm. It always restore ^TOnOll Chip BfttS I z VV -Lwl m
quite a sensation among the citl-... , - r ,. . ,
zens. It waa found that with tin. I We joutlifisl color tail hwtralnoiay hair.
.■ . l t i‘ »•* Ilfs sn.l remove*alllrriutina l
addition of a lew drops ol what is l an.l dandruff.
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AGNES AYCOCK.