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VOL TV.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA. TUESDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER IS, 1882.
NO. 48.
w.
puiimsukd nr
Z>. GXiEBSWER.
OFFICE OS COTTON AVENUE.
PROFESSIONAL & BUSINESS CARDS
S-u.TS5dlisU.oii. Slates:
Till-Weekly Onr Yeab, - $4.00.
Weekly One Year, - - $2.00.
Sunday Issue One Year, - $1.50.
Official Directory.
AMKUICIK
Americas I# the county tent of Humter County,
Georgia, nml It riluiited — **-- * —
Georgia, nutl It •llunteu on tlie Bouthwcntern
Railroad, T1 miles touthw**t of Macon, and .sbont
eighty miles north or the Florida line. It is n
city of 0,00(1 inhabitants hr.mlifully tituntctl and
handsomely Improved. It Is tt.e centre of Dade
for a largo section, compris’iis some six counties.
It* average annual eotton receipts lieing ao.ixw
lialet, tlitf average market value of which is $1,.
fjljO.OOO. The climate Is mild, the air dry and pure,
ami Ainericus has for many years had the n»pu-
fath-n of being one of the liculthio>-t cities In
America. Being situated hut a short distance
abovotho tropical region, nearly all varieties of
frnlts, graint and flowers can he grown' success
fully, while vegeln'ion Is luxuriant and rapid in
its growth. The city has line public school', go- d
churches,, a large public library
isbrtl with scenery
■ completely fi ,
which H-mts 1,IM0 | wrens, a well organized lire
depurtnieiit which includes two steanieis, while
the streets are sewered and lighted. Three go;nl
hotels furnish the best of aocommodallous. It Is
the largest city in Southwest (icorgiu, and
C. R. McCRORY,
.A.ttorney at Law,
ELLAVILLi:, Oa.
Collections a Specialty.
April ft tf
THE UE0KU1A DEMOCRATS.
Til. Living lunll Succinctly Stated.
Atlanta, September 8.—To the
or a« ~
W. B. HARRISON,
PHYSICIAN AND 8URUE0N, £2£" Ke
Democrats of Georgia. The pccu-
liar condition of the political con
test now being waged in this state,
would seem to justify a clear and
succinct enunciation of the living
issues which require tbe continu
ance of democratic control. This
ANDEUSONVILLE, OA.
All calls will receive prompt attention. jneDuih
W. H. KIMBROUGH,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
LEESmmOII, - - GEORGIA.
Collections a Specialty.
Mayljwly
It prevents attractions possessed .Lv few cities in
the Bouth. Persons at a d'.stance looking for a lo
cation in the South, will supplied with all flirth-
r informatio.t they msv desire by addressing the
Editor of the Kecordku.
CITY OFFICER <.
Mayor—.1. B. Felde
Aldormrn—\V. P. Burt, P. ll. William'. It. E.
Co'-h, I.. II. Bosworth, ll. 1). Watts. W,.1. Har
per. City Council meet* every Monday evening.
I’ollco Force—City Marshal, A. 1*. Lingo.
Policemen—W. W. Wheeler, Put Erskine, J. W.
Cobh, B. II. Mitchell.
Boston Oak Grove Cometory—P. D. Hill
Hex ton Colored Oemetory— Itlchard Folder,
Bridge Keeper—I. P. I tut ford.
KIBE DEPARTMENT,
Isawsoia F. Collier,
Attorncy-at-Lsiw
—AND-
ltoal Estate Agent.
DRAY'JL’ON, OKOliaiA.
Twenty thousand acres of wild land for rale In
Dooly County.
11. B. MINTON.
J. C. MATUKWH.
HINTON & MATHEWS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Will practice in nil the counties of this Judplal
Circuit, nlso in Dooly county, in the Hupreme
Jonrt of tae Rule of Georgia, and the District
Chief—W. P- Burt.
Asdstaut Chief—I. C. Nicholson.
Wido Awake No. 1. (Hteamer.) Foreman, W.
Mechanics No. 2, (Steamer,) Foreman, If. D.
Watts.
Vigilaneo No. 2—Foreman, Mingo Glaze.
. Mlnai
Hook and Ladder—Foreman, Henry Anderson,
CONG RESBION AL.
Third District, composed of the counties of
Taylor, Macon, Hctiluy, .Sumter, Dooly, Pulaski,
Dodge, Montgomery, Wilcox, Telfair, Leo \Wt»-
st« r, Hicwart, Irwin, Coflee. Gen. Phil. Cook,
•mgresaman.
LEGISLATIVE.
Renntorinl District composed of tbo counties of
Sumter, Bchlojr, and Mieon Henator, Dupont
Ounrrjr. Representative* ""
John L Adder ton.
SUPERIOR COURT
Southwestern Circuit, composed of tbo counties
Court of tbo United Stales, and.In nil other courts
oy special contract.
Otflco m Hawkins' new building, Lamar Street.
July 12th, 1881.
Drs. Westbrook & Joiner,
Physicians and Surgeons,
ANDEUSONVILLE,
GEORGIA,
Thomas Fengin und
of Sumter,. Schley,
Loo, Webster and
B. Hudson.
Regular terms of Court are held ns follow*:
Leo county, second Monday in March und so:-
ond Monday In November,
Schley county, fourth Monday In March and
Monday in October.
Sumter county, second Monday In April and
wcund Monday in October.
Stewart county, fourth Monday in April
fourth Mouday In October.
Macon county third Monday in June ami
first Monday in December.
OOl’NTY COURT.
’ Judge, J. 1*. PiUbury. Monthly term of court,
first Wednesday in ovary month. (Quarterly term,
third Monday In Mtfrcli, June, September and
December.
ORDINARY’S COURT.
Ordinary, Thomas If. Stewart.-Court held <
isrr, TJn
first Monday of every month
COUNTY OFFICERS.
Clerk of Superior Court, J. If. Alle
Clerk of Superior Ci
Sheriff, J. W. Mize.
Tex Collector, W. It. Stewart.
Tax Receiver, J. A. Daniel
Treasurer, C. C.'Hhepperd.
Surveyor. M.O. Logan.
Coi oner, W, w; Ouerry
’ Commissioners, 8. K. Taylor, U. A. Hunilng-
ton, J. If. Black. 8. II. Hawkins, J. W. Wheatley.
Meet flrst Mouday of every month.
JUSTICES.
District No. »••».• H. White,* J I*„ W. II.
Phillip*. N. P. | As
Die:. No. 687, No Justice nt present.
DLL No. 1107, James II. Rogers, J. P., John K.
N. P.
Diet. No. 118ft, A. J. Williams, J. P., R. A.
Darden, If. P.
DisU No. 789, P. L. Mize, J. P., Jus. A. Stubbs,
JEWELEBy
TONSORIAL EMPORIUM!
AXDEUSOS A- J,UNFORD
R ESl'ECyFULLY announce tn the public that
their niitbor Blio] — * - — • 1
nil btieincsH home
Saturday until 12 o'clock p. tn. They have
recently tilted it up In a neat style and are better
prepared than over to wait upon thler customers.
All who may wish to have Shaving. Hair Cutting,
Slmmnooing, etc., dr.no in first-class style, they
vottld bo pleased to hr ve them call ou them. Shop
r '.ho entrance to Barlow Iloitse.
J. R. COVINGTON’S BARBER SHOP,
(Under T. Wheatlo, Store,!
Americas,
Georgia.
bistory of Georgia a coalition, or
radical and independent ticket, as
opposed to the regular nominees
of the democratic party. Hereto
fore, independent candidates bare
sprung up in two congressional
districts, and in a few of the coun
ties for tbe legislature. But never
before 1ms n thorough and deter
mined ellort been mode to carry
the stale by a combination between
radicals and disaffected democrats,
This unprecedented movement and
unholy alliance will be readily de
feated, it the people can but be
aroused from apparent apathy to
the true condition of affairs. The
immense majority by which the
party in power 1ms always carried
the elections since the state was
redeemed from the corruptions of
reconstruction and the radical
regime, has led the individual voter
to assume that his personal pres
ence at the polls was not necessary,
and it would now seem that where
the standards of democracy were
not placed in the hands of the
candidate of Ids choice, he is dis
posed to inactivity.
The apathy which grows out of
tiie prcvalenccof this erroneous idea
is further manifested in a disposi
tion on the part of some to disre
gard the moral binding force which
attaches to party nomination. Jnst
so long as men fail, as demoorats,
to accord to the nominees of their
'party a hearty and continuous sup,
port the hopes of the republicans
ment in our political fabric can
hardly be conceived. This stato
can never bo submitted to the
domination of the colored race, and
the people of Georgia will see to it
that neither by desertion Dorn the
democratic party nor by inactivity
therein, shall such a result be per
mitted. And yet to this inde-
pendentism directly nud logically
points!
There are hut two parties in
Georgia—the demooratio and the
radical. He who docs not belong
to' the one, necessarily attaches
himself to the other, and if he wears
the disguise of the “independent
than tbo interest of their stato re
quire, they should at once be de
posed. This can be readily aocom-
E lisbed within tbe party. Certain-
j tiie embracing of radicalism with
its “bossism,’’“personalism,” rings
and cliques cannot cure the evil.
Instead of desertion in the time of
danger, patriotism would point to
a closer ufilliation with tbo party.
Organization and combination far
the interests of the state must be
fostered. Rings and cliques for
selfish and personal gain must be
condemned in unmeasured terms,
and annihilated through tho regu
lar action of party machinery, Po-
litical alliances within the party,
bilities, and are only distinguished
by traits of ancestry and habits
acquired from social sources.
If
... will be fired to greater cnorgy and
1 or raoro untiring efforts. The exccu
Tho Barl*r Shop of tho Into *T. R. Covington
will bo continued under tho old name. Thanking
the liberal share of imtronniro heretofore given,
~ ox poet, by close a attention to burinem*, to
New Barter Stop,
SE tiytON l’EAfJIN, Prop’r.
I wonl.l respectfully announce to my friends
and customer* tint I nave opened up n
shop in
llarrohl, John
Cotton Ofllcfi,
otlicm. Everything
ATTENTIVE HELP. GIVE ME A CALL
nugd 8EADRON FKAG1N.
|10u covers coit'of Tuition* Stationery, Board,
Illustrated Stock Doctor
EXTCTCIsOFEDIA !
THE HOOK FOlt EVERYBODY,
J. W. JORDAN, Jr., Agent,
TIIE
PHtEEY FROM HER ASHES.
. Went .Side Syuhv Amcnrns, (ia.,
A ‘ SPLENDID STOCK
The finest fini-hed, most pleasant wearing and
elegant HOOTS AND fillOER made. Tbe
bam repairing done in tbe wont substantial
artistic style, and nil on reasonable terms. Refers
to every gentleman in America*. Call on n
my new shop in front of Col. N. A. Smith
Bee, yn Jackson Street. Ameriei
ANDREW
°OUDl
teles i Jewelry
Tlio Ziatost Soaiguo.
ALL REPAIR WORK
PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO
.T. E. SULLIVAN.
ARCHITECTURE.
.Drawing and
4VEEN ANNE AND EAST LAKE
or any other of tbo modern styles, no modified as
“ * • - - *
o unit both yonr taste and tour pocket.
Address a J. SLOAN, Architect,
febltl.l2tn Atm ricui, Us.
; KIDNEY-:WORT
IS A SURE CURE
I for all dlMBies of the Kidneys and
-LIVER--
haaapeelflo action on this mast Important
, _>a,waahllng It to throw off torpidity and
.inaction, etimulatin* tho healthyaocretlon
,ofthe Bile, and by keeping tho bowels in free
“ raBK"%SSS2S5&ft!
Idldrla. cUri.,hajflt^jLMJb,|
tive committee, feeling that a clear
and concise statement of tho true
issues involved in the present
campaign, would go far toward the
correction or the evils of apathy
and disalfectious at present exist
ing, earnestly entreat your careful
consideration of the following
views:
It is immaterial to the organized
democracy whether the republicans
fight under their own flag or wheth
er they assume tbe specious garb
ol independents.: Whence comes
“coalition indepcndeulism ?” In
dependence of action and of thought
1 “ rbrr is to bo admired, unless based upon
a consideration present or future.
If so based, it becomes tbe most
servile dependence, especially if
such consideration is to be paid by
tiie enemies of tho parly to which
the new-born ‘independent’ belong
ed. Offices are few and nspirnnts
many. The democratic party is
unable to place in tiie posts of
honor all of its adherents, however
capable they may he. But where
the claims of ono of such candi
dates have been rejected, there
may bo a prospect of success, witli
tiie assistance of the large colored
vote amongst us, if he runs under
some otiier name than “democrat.”
To this vote lie anpeals, and is
christened, in water anything but
holy, as “tiie independent demo
crat.” With seemingly plausible
arguments us to the unfairness of
party conventions, he carries with
him u few disaffected brothers, and
appeals to tiie radical part}’, com
posed in this state almost exclusive
ly of negroes, to elevate him into
office. The “independent,” in the
twinkling of an eye, becomes “the
dependent” on radicals The con
sideration he is to be paid is office
and spoils; tbe consideration they
arc to receive is increased radical
strength and decreased democratic
harmony and unity. If tiie coali
tion is successful, tbero can be but
one result—radical rule in Georgia.
So many years of prosperity
have intervened since tbe dark days
of reconstruction and republican
supremacy, that it may be well to
seriously contemplate wlmt is the
natural and necessary results of
radical rule in this state. It means
negro supremacy wherever that
race has tiie majority of votes. It
means negro supremacy, or—it it
be possible to contemplate a deeper
degradation in a .condition so
(alien—something worse where the
negroes, combined with disaffected
whites, have control. The simpliei-
conlition democrat,” he simply be
comes the more insidious in bis | having always in view the welfare
attacks upon the institutions of our i of the general public, aro entirely
stale. Cassius was a far more! permissible and necessary; but
dangerous enemy to Home than I when the object is tbe desire for
Hannibal. A conspirator in the ■ office or other personal benefit, ir-
camp is always more to be feared j respective of the interests of tiie
USj*«m,eT«iy
^smwsms pt>
ISOLD BY DRUGGISTS. Priced.
KIDNEY-WORT
ty of the average colored voter,
together with bis innate gentleness
and good nature, render him com-
parutivc.y harmless when lelt to
himself; but when aroused by tbo
manipulation of designing persons,
and urged on by the greed of power
and gain, a more dangerous cle-
than the enemy upon tiie open
field. This radical party in Gear
gia looks alone to tiie negro voto
for support, nnd to the administra
tion at Washington, its most cor
rupt branch, for supplies. Fed
from such a source—that has turn
ed the white house into a New
York political trading booth
what must be the growtli! Tiie
inactive or apathetic democrat,
however sound his course may ap
pear to him, unintentionally adds
to the power of radicalism in the
exact proportion that he dcercuses
the. strength of his own party.
For twelve long years republi
canism has proffered to our peoplo
tho issue between the whito raco
and the black race, and tlmt issue
is still prominently before us. We
have endeavored in overy honora
bly way to defeat it, and so far wc
have succeeded. Let us not now,
when we aro rcaobing tbo full frui
tion of present prosperity, fail to
meet this issue with bccomln
titudo and firmness. Jf wo
for a moment, if tho enthusiasm of
tho democrats, that enthusiasm
which is born of tho loftiest pur
pose that ever animated humanity,
pales before tbo advancing enemy,
years .of toil and arduous struggle
will not remove the unhappy
results. Tiie elevation of tho
negro to power, social and po
litical, which is the true aim of re
publicanism in the south, Is s meas
ure which tbo lriends of the coun
try should liopo to avert. And it
can only be avertud by the demo
cratic party, indissolubly united,
acting together in a vast harmoni
ous whole. To tho demoorats of
Georgia is entrusted the noblo re-
iponsibility of preserving the prin
ciples of our commonwealth safo
from the luthless attack of those
who urge the supremacy of the
colored race. Will the democrats
of Georgia shirk this responsibili
ty? Or will they not, as men true
and tried, boldly meet the issue,
and hnvlng boldly met it, as suc
cessfully vanquish? As democrats,
as Georgians, as citizens, as fath
ers, husbandb and sons, wo say to
you, let no trifling consideration of
personal preference or favoritism
deter you from your duty; but with
a clear conception of the magni
tude of the questions belore you,
support with your accustomed zeal
the distinguished gentleman whom
tho democratic party has selected to
illustrate its principles and to furth
er its high anil noble aims.
The democrats of Georgia huve
always extendod to the colored
raco that measure of justice and
consideration which is commcsu-
ratc with tbe rights of its members
as citizens of the state. To do
moro than this would impose bur
dens with which it would be wrong
to load them. To do less than this
would blot the civilization to which
we belong. The democratic party
can well afford to be, as It in truth
is Jnst to tbe colored race. It can
afford to bo generous, and it com
mitted to their education and im
provement ns rapidly as the re
sources of tbo state will permit.
But it recognizes that tiie great
interests of tiie commonwealth,
political, social nnd commercial,
are in tbe hands of the white peo
ple, and they should control those
interests by every honorable means.
There is no way so certain by which
these vital intercsty may ho sue-
rotcctcd and fostered as
by the 'administration of the gov
ernment at the hands of those
whom the democratic party places
in power. And bow can such an
administration be best secured?
Tbo republican party Useif is tbe
perfection of discipline, however
corrupt it may be in Its methods.
To meet it successfully upon tbe
political battle-field, untrained le
gions mast not be sent. Able and
honest party leaders are necessary
to organization; but whenever they
fail in their duty, or act otherwise
state, they become conspiracies,
and must and will be destroyed.
A democrat must be a patriot, and
no putriot can bo a conspirator.
With snob an enunciation of the
ends and aims of tbo demooratio
parly, surely it is unnecessary to
appeal to all persons who have ever
acted witli that party again to
buckle on their armor for tiie con
flict. Let all past differences bo
buried in tbe presenoo of the dan-
f ;cr now threatening us. Let not a
aneo or a shield be missing from
tbo solid phalanx when ibc day of
battlo conics, and as surely ns the
sun will rise on that eventful morn
ing, so suroly will victory perch
upon tho standards ol democracy!
Georgia calls upon her sons to d(
their duty, and that call has never
yet been made lu vain I
Wabhinoton Bissau,
Henry R. Harris,
Henry Jackson,
Sub-Committee.
The Boasted Superiority or the North
Over tho -Sontli.
* , . v.IftWtoB• ’?•
Hon. Cassius M. Clay, of Ken
tucky, recently remarked in sub-
stanco that the South was in no
special need of “Yankee push and
brains.” )lr, Olay was right, but
the assertion to tho contrary bus
been made so often at the North,
and of late years certain Southern
Journals have so rang tho changes
on this catching phrase that the
Northern peoplo are, in a measure,
excusable for thinking themselves
our superiors, and regarding oar
people as indolont plodders content
to live with but little thought for
the future. A brief glance at tbo
record of tho South, however, will
show that if there is any superiori
ty between tbo men of the. North
and South, tho advantage is with,
the latter.
Northern eapital has recently
done much for the South, it is true,
but tbe prosperity our sootion en
joys is of her own creation, and its
accomplishments afford a splepdlil
vindication of Sontliern tact and
pluck. The South of 1805 and tho
South of to-day form a contrast
such as only a land laid waste
by war and a land filled with pleii
ty can present. Great as was tbe
ante helium past of the South, tbe
years spent in tiie task of her re
cuperation are tbe brightest in Iter
annals. Almost entirely nnaided
her people rose from poverty to
contentment, and now look forward
with promt confidence of a splen
did future.
Wherein, then, lies the North’s
superiority? If it can he found
anywhere, Jt is in tho alleged fact
that the average Northern man is
better supplied with tbo world’s
goods than the averago Southerner,
and so lias possessed the means of
developing his section and benefit
ing himself. Probably in the past
this was in tbe main true, but that
it Is true to-day may fairly be dis
puted. Granted that the million
aires of the North outuumber those
of tbo 8outh by long odds, the
farmer, tbe laborer and the mechah-
fc of the former section derive but
little benefit from the disparity.
Tho Southern planter has tbo same
opportunity to maintain his family
from his land as tho Northern far
mer has, and besides has in HI*
cotton and tobacco surplus crops
tsr moro profitable than tbe latter
can pos8lbly.produce, while it is a
conceded faot that the laborer of the
Sooth is much more contented with
bis lot than bis fellow workmen of
tho Nottb. Wherein, then, is -any
superiority of tbe latter over the
tormer in any respect manifested?
From another point of view, too,
Northern superiority fails toappear.
Tbo Sontherncr who goes North
to improve bis fortunes, as a rulo,
fares os well, and often belter, than
tbe Northerner who comes South
for a like purpose. Tbe represen
tative men of either section arc
balanced in intelligence and capi-
tlio South can strictly be called
poor, it is not from lack of natural'
facilities or tbe capacity of her
people. Her resources aro mani
fest. The ability of her people to
develop them has been proved. All
she needs is capital, and with the
inducements she offers she will not
have long to wait for It. Already
it is botng attracted by tbe splen
did opportunities she offers for in
vestments, and while brains and
energy of tiie North will be wcl-
corned just as tbo brains and,ener
gy of the rest of the univerae, it
will not be bccansC of any alleged
superiority of that seotion.
Neither mentally or physically,
nor in any other respect, then, can
this vaulted superiority bo proven,
and its assumption is' purely gra
tuitous, while its recognition by
our seotion is absurdly belitting.
The theory that “one Southerner
was a match for five. Yankees” was
exploded long ago, but that tho
avrnge Southerner need-yield in
nothing to tho average Northornor
is a “frozen” fact.
Impure Breath.
Among all the dieagroeablo cause-
quenoos that follow the decay of the
teeth, an imuoro breath moat bo the
most mortifying and unpleasant toils
possessor, nnd it is the most inexcusable
and offeneive in soeiety; and yot the
cnase of it may "
oleansing
ly popular
PONT. It purifies, and. sweetens the
breath, ooola and *4frefches''tf^lhbutbj.
and gives a pcnrl-liko appearance to tho
teeth. Gentlemen who indulge in smok
ing should cleanse 1 their teeth with
SOZODONT, ha itreinnves all unpleasant
odon of the -weed. Ask yonr druggist
for it.
in tbe accumulation of wealth, Tbo
tax rcoeivers’ letnrns from five
oounties in the State shpw an ng-
i jregate jporeaied value "of $1,200.-
>41 oompared with tho assessments
of last year, and a simila ‘
of last year, and a similar increaso
is general throughout all' the*other,
counties. ' ! ’ •
Humbugged Again.
I sew so much said about tho morils o
Hop Bitters, and my wife who was always
doctoring, and neve* Well,'’'teased mo ho
urgently to get her some. I concluded to
bohumfmggodagain;and Infrfffiittl I did,
form less than two months'u«o of tho
Bitters, my wife was cured; afid eho has
remained so for eighteen months slnco. l
like suoh humbugging.—H. T., St, I
—Pumeer Prut.'
, Paul.
Tho Marietta - Ink spring lias
been sat down upop ,by tho State
Chemist, who pronouqjied it a
' How It Was Done.! i ■*
"How do you manage.” said a Isdy to
her friend ,"to appeal so happy, and good
natarod all the timer “lolways havn
Parker’s GIngir Tonic handy," was the
reply, ''and thus <uuily Imp inraplf and
family In good health. When ( am well
I always feel good natureil.”.. 1 < >
LaGrnngc now enjoys tho pleas-
use of.iravingn fuil btoodcd negro
postmaster,
“Itougli on Itais.”
Clears out rats, mice, roaches,
flics, ants, bed-bugs, skunks, chip
munks, gophers. 16o. Druggists.
nday
base ball games in the West, iui-
laltr * 1
mense multitudes gather!
tho contests between pri
elnb». ' ' hii-, oi
‘Bnchapalba.”
Quick, complete,'coro,
ing Kidney, ^ladder and
Diseases. $1. Drug
California brandy Is. good -to
keep. The longer you keep it,
without drinking,.any of it, thu
better it is for you. -•
Beware at Imitations.
Tbe delicate odor ot'Florc-klon Cologne."
isontirely novel, .Look for signature of
Hfscox & Co., N. V., on each buttle.
An old seaside hotel keeper says
the people who have the poorest
clothes always have ,,thp most
fun- ..',i „
Nervousness, peevishness and fretting,
—i olion connected with overworked
females’ lives, h rapidly * relieved by
lirowns's Iron Bitters.
The richest man in Mexico is an
Irishman named Patricio Milmo,
who owns a 400,000 acre farm, and
is reported to bo worth $10,000,000.
When he went to -Mexico he bad
not a dollar, but got a start by n
fortunate marriage.
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