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ious Recorder. or Webster Comity, I' FRIDAY, JUNE ST, 1884. ' <' -L JW ! ('O.NHREK8IUXAL*COXVE.\TION. The Democracy of the Third Congressional District ol Georgia, represented hy delegates, will meet In convention. In Amertcna, Ga., at the Opera House, on WeA andlTi AhkunI 6, IsSt, at -g o’clonk p. in;, for the pnrposc ol placing in nomination a candi date to represent said District in Congress; to appoint an Executive ~ Committee for the ensuing term, and to tranaset such other business .as may be considered to be to the interest of tint'parly. . r- : The coimties composing said district are ad-follow*, and are le spectively entitled to the number of delegates set opposite their ANDER80XVILI/K. Through the courtesy of Mr. J. M. Bryant, Superintendent ot the Andersonville National Cemetery, names: , _■ ilKfes' VA - - ...» Montgomery,. 2 Dodge,.. ...2 Pulaski, .2 Dooly, .. .. .2 Schley, .2 Houston,. . ...4 Stewart,.:... 2 ‘ Irwin, ...2 Sumter 4 guejh. ...2 Telfair,.. 2 Laurens,,... .7.2 Webster, 2 Macon,.... jV.i Wilcox, 2 By order of Executive Committee - J. B. Hinki.e, Cli’m. E G. B. MmutELL, Sce'y. AmeiiIcuh, Ga., June 24, 1884. All.pupcys in this district are re quested to copy. - The Mooon Telegraph is Flowery in its presidential predilections. The Democrats of Indiana have . nominated 0. P.Gray lor Governor and Instructed their delegates to Chicago for McDonald. | Ool. R. M. Hodge, of Hawkins ■ yillc, is proposed as Presidential Elector for, this district. He is said to he well qualified for the •placo, bejng a young Inwyer of fine attainments. Col. J. H. Ei Morning tfs' candidate consents to >*ji Is fo him a9_a.ni! ' grcsslve, Id- to odvanoo Slate. If he believe that 0 II, of the Savannah s spoken of as pyercor. if he o'face, tho Re ■41 regards j?',wlth pro- pil'd leffosition utcrests of the Id be elected we gin would rapidly - advance under' his administration. . Dnring the jjjqst week, in Wash ington City, five now Government frauds! oemo to light. Two of tho eliminate were known ollluials in ” the Navy Department, another was ' iil'tllO city poa't ollice, and the fourth was CoCllurnside, who only . a lew days agar was bailed out of jail, and.wiio a^flee was rearreslcd •op a new chargjKof appropriating $8,000 worth of waste paper and rags belonging to the Government. The fifth culprit was the disburs ing olllocr of the Stale Department whose accounts nrc$12,0(IO“8hoit.” 2“ The great-need or a through re >.fbrra in the administration of the ""j$ioyorn Dicut is strikingly domon- llfciil hy the faet Dial the Senate ^he United States, consisting Ut members, has 242 employes w&g pay from tho treasury. - ‘There ia not much hope of correct ing this by the direct action of ' j£be,‘!oTd fogies”of the Senate; but a House ol Representatives earnest and repoluto enough to refuse an SBMWPpmtlon ttf pay them could clear out tho rats. A few wore umu in Congress like Holmau and ’ could do it. Desi which article upon the Andersonville prison, written by B. V. One. The writer opens bis letter with the following paragraph: In ’ passing 'Through Georgia I had determined to visit tho once obscure little village that in 18C4 suddenly acquired a notoriety that will live—associated with all that is mo9t horrible in the world's re cord, of "man’s inhumanity to man”—as long as time lasts. Sup posing that a place so notorious as Andersonville could pe easily found, I had hover looked for it on the’'' map of Georgia until I started out from Selma, Ala bama, to find it. I then dis covered to my surprise that the ‘‘reconstructed'' Southern gentle man feign to know nothing of An- dcrsonville. They ntterly ignore its existence and assure you that its alleged horrors are Republican lies. 1 determined to give it such n personal investigation as alter the lapse of twenty years since its occupancy possible. Andersonville is not to bf found on any mail in the. South. I procured and care- fully searched, not only the railroad maps, but all others to lie found at HBSUTiira liAW-MAKEBS. Tbs most vital responsibility im posed upon a people is II jTori Ship of stal M, llberty nftd property hehoovrs to use caution in selecting those who are to represent us in our 1egijfls)fcej aswmbli«s. lyep.) them be worthy of their trnst, and competent to discharge the duties required of them. The Savannah Morning News makes the following pertinent remarks on the subject “The many defects in the laws passed by congress and the legis latures of the different states are fbf Subject or freqtatnt" comment. When the qualifications of many bf lbe' mefi who make these laws are considered, the wonder is that the defects nre not more numerous. The general idea la that If a man ia a pretty smart lawyer, or a suc cessful merchant, or a money-mak ing farmer, be is eminently quali fied to be a legislator. Pew' atop to consider wlieth< r he is familiar with the laws already in force or the needs of the country as to fu ture legislation. The consequence is that legislation is almostalwayB controlled and directed by a few bookstores, and on none—not even . men who are skilled legislators or In the railroad guldcs-can this j who , iave lhe tact lo to be place bo discovered, although it is | 11 n station on the Central R. R. of, Georgia. Some told me it was on such. While some counties select legis- the line between Georgia and South lalors who don't know enough to Carolina in Anderson county; oth- i, ave an y influence in the body of ers said there was no such place. But while staying in Montgomery, which they form a part, others Ala., 1 met Henry Booth, a former, 8e,cct tho8e wl, ° lbink ‘hoy know resident of Fort Dodge, and dtir- I everything. Some of the most use- Ing the war a member of the Thirty! ful and influential members of legla- Second Iowa Volunteers. He told i )ative bogie* are tllofie „ ho never me where to find Andersonville. It i , , , ,;iu , . is a small station sixty miles south m “ kc B P e ® cke * »” d “> d °'“ of Macon, in southern Georgia, and ] dace bills. Their names rarely ap- its name is now given out as An- . pear in the journals, bnt they do demon. The "villo” has been drop- j effective work in the committees in t0 , hCtter dh «“ ta tl,C I Pooling good bills, or killing spot that baa become a synonym *. ,. ■ . ®° ’ . ° for more fiendish barbarity, and j lhose tlmt ttrc unnecessary or im- cold blooded cowardly cruelty, > proper. There are always more than was ever before perpetrated 1 than enough members who can by a people professing civilization 8pcak am , | ottd lhe calendar with 8inco the (lava ol tbe tbumb-scrovr.J t iii , P . . . the rack and the faggot. ' , bills and fortunately there The italics in the above arc the , nc "'- v al , W8 - V8 8 few who 08n 8 P cak writer's, from wbiafciv is evident weU and t0 lhe P oint ’ and 80mc that be thought it of parlieuiar iin-, porluncc. And now to show how . easily a nisn may he mistaken—to , , . . , put it mildly—we have lying ; t»*e country that nearly every legiw- wbo propose laws that are salutary in their effects It is fortunate for the courts and *»..* i\i - »A Kfmarkable Han. Mr. Elijah B. Pate, one of the most highly esteemed aud substan tial citizens.of Dooly county, was in Hswkinssilloon Wednesday last and called at onr office and gave us a pleasant talk. Mr Pate is, in many respects, u remarkable man. Ms Is now about 10 years old and has never taken a dose ol medicine -«-aot even castor oil— during his 'ioag life, and he is now able to do las much work as the most of men. oaqupied the same dwelling “ and it is said that for that many as born in Pu- moved to Dooly a perhaps, with oldest settler of d nine children of whom, except ig. He lost hit war. All his riod and are Uv. fore us a pocket map of Georgia, published by G. F. Cram'A Co., ot Chicago, aud puruhnsed by us in Aiuericus, on which wo 'find the station of Andersonville in more than ordinarily plain letters. We also have a large map hanging in our office, on whioh the station of Andersonville is dopioted as plain ly us other stations in Georgia. Some of the limps issued by North ern railways and used hy Northern tourists do not show Andersonville on them; but that is not the fault of the people of the South. During the past winter tho Central Rail road Company, operating the Southwestern railroad, upon which Aadcrsonville is sitnnted, exten sively advertised their road ns the "Andersonville Route” to Florida. Whilo the people of tho South have always deprecated the suf ferings of the Union prisoners nt Andersonville prison, and the peo ple of this vicinity did what they could to alleviate thorn, they have nevor been guilty of the mean and cowardly subterfuge of striking Andersonville from their maps, nor is there that bittornesa of feel ing uxialitig which the writer would have his readers infer. On the very day tlmt tho paper containing Ex- Gov. Guo's letter was published a gentleman Irom Ohio was engaged iu decorating the graves of the Federal soldiers in the National Cemetery-, a work in which ho was assisted by the people of Anderson ville. It is through such letter-writers that tho people or the North have got au idea that the people ol the South have a hatred of everything north of the Ohio river, and yet these same letter-writers arc more hospitably treated than strangers would be iu the North. The Democrats or Ohio, in their recent state convention, resolved that Tilden should receive the unanimous nomination for presi dent, which occasions a revival of hope in the heart cf - the Atlanta Constitution, which comes out in a aUaro U sSbstan.‘ | doublclcadcd editorial, conveying cltixens of their !»lorlorn hope that Tilden may yet Hawklutvllle he the Democratic nomine* for L president- i lativc body contains a few sound constitutional lawyers, to whose scrutiny all bills are subjected Were it not for them there would be no end to litigation and the burdens It imposes on tho people. It would be well, perhaps, for the legal profession to preponderate in every legislative body, provided solid, reliable, unostentatious law yers were selected. But the great est and most extensive nuisances aro the conceited, noisy shysters who know little and care less about the science—for it is a science—of legislation. In selecting law makers the im portnnee ot no class should be un derestimated or overestimated. It is proper that every important oc cupation and profession should he represented,-but the representatives should he selected with especial re gard to their knowledge of the needs of their constituents and their pe culiar fitness for the work of legis lation. They should not lie men of narrow views, fitted only to their own walks in life, but they should he men who are iueapable of doing iujusticc to other avocations or classes, aud who take broad, liberal views ou public questions, with due regard to propriety, economy sod tho public good. Whilo legislators betray or dis appoint their constituents, the con stituents themselves aro almost in variably to blauie, and the com munity that selects an incompetent and unworthy legislator is just as sure to suffer as the one that seleots an incompetent and unworthy judge court, clerk or sheriff.” L’OHJMUB A|^Vyt»y H. K. Tki KxflrHl OauilulOa. son, wilt, our Stewart and Marion; and not with- out interqst to ail our readers; 18owrlToR PiiAbuby: 1 “1 see that effort to get-the Columbus and Al bany Railroad. I hope they won't sucoeed in doing so.” Major B. H. Hood: "I have bren informed that they are, end I noticed a few days ago an article In Ibe Celumbus Enquirer giving the superior advantages that the city of Columbus would have in the Gutbbert route, which indicates that not only the Outhbeit people, but that the people of Columbus are making an effort in that direc tion.” "What do you think the chances are for them to get the road?” None. If a road from Colum bus to Albany should ever be de termined en it would be found lo be almost impracticable to carry it around by Cuthbert. In the first place you cant find capitalists who wonld invest their money in railroad running through a country that would place them in opposition to an already well established line that they could not successfully compete with. You can readily see on the map of Georgia, at a glance, that each a road would run so near the Chattahoochee river that it would have to compete with the river for every dollars’ worth ol freight car ried.’ By that route would they not have several miles of the road al ready graded?” “Yes, they claim 47 miles, but that is almost worthless if it was properly located,for it is grown up with undergrowth, and besides the bed ot the road is almost washed away, until you can hardly recog nize the original line of the road and then it was originally graded in such a zigzaz condition as to make it worthless for all practical purposes. It is at least ten miles away from i direct line from Al bany to Cuthbert No company would use the old road bed (aside from State aid) if it was all gra ded.” “What is the chance to have the S. F. A W. Railroad extended Irom Albany lo this place?” “Well, 1 think that company has decided about like all other rail road companies in tho State—that they will not invest any more money in Georgia Railroads under the present existing laws.” “Wbat do you think of the Rail road Commission?” "Without entering into any de- tails I think it should be modi fied. Tbie Is one of the biggest questions that has ever come before the people of Georgia. To find ex- aotly where our interests are loca ted will require legislation by un prejudiced men of experience, tak ing into consideration, impartially, both sides of the question, looking to the common interests of both people and railroads. Without safe legislation on this subject our people would bo left to the mercy Another Poor Haa Struck hj Fortune. The man who has a prize in a lot tery Is regarded as the liapniest of mortals. At the last drawing of The Louisiana State Lottery two Memphis men drew $16,000 each. Mr. B. J. Dorsey, a foreman upon the levees along the Mississippi, has been living tn humble circum stances at 33 Jaokaon st An Av alanche reporter repaired to the corner ol Jackson street, and in quired where Dorsey lived. Q. “You mean the man that drew the lottery prize?” A. “Yea." “He’s moved away. He used to live in that little house over there, hut he's of a grinding monopoly. With inch legislation as now exists the the railroads are placed under an absolute monarchical rule. ‘Our aim should lie to legislate so as to prevent extremes of any oharaoter emanating from any direction.” “1 have learned something from this inters iew. Good morning.” The peculiar eeet known as the “Shaking Quakers” deserves credit for many inventions of the present. More than half a century ago they ooru for food, and they first raised f irepared and vended garden seeds n the present styles. From their first methods of preparing medical roots and herbs for market sprung the immense patent medicine trade. They began the broom-corn busi ness. The first buzz-saw was made by tbo Shakers at New Leba non. This la now in the Allia- ny Geological Hall. The Shak. era invented metalic pans, first made of brass and silver AU dia. tilled liquors were abandoned as a beverage by the Shaken sixty yean ago, and during the past for ty yean no fermented liquor ot any sort haa been used except aa A Young Patriot. Richard Lord Jones was born at Colcbestei, Connecticut, on May 15,1767. He enlisted at Hartford, for the If fain James the Third Cor commanded by Col; Samuel B. Webb, the father of the venerable General James Watson Webb, and was the youngest enlisted person on the pay roll of the Army of the Revolution. He was immediately placed under Abe charge of Band master BaUentine, -and instructed to play the fife. w*m The regiment was at one time engaged in an enterprise having in view tbs destruction of a large quantftv of lumber on Long Island; but the colonel and a number ol the men,among whom was Richard, were captured whilo returning, after a successful expedition, by the British sloop of war “Falcon” and taken to Newport. Upon the arrival of tiie prisoners nt Newport, they were taken before a British officer ior examination. The colonel being called forward, was followed by Diek, who was anxious to learn what his own fate #as to be. The British officer, no ticing the little fellow at?the heels of his«olonel, sternly inquired: "Who nre yon?!’ “I am one of King Hancock’s men,” answered Dick, straighten ing himself proudly. “What can you do for him?” ask ed the officer, with a smile, and so strong an emphasis on the “yon” that Diok answered defiantly: “I can fight for him.” “Can you fight one of King George’s men?” “Yes, eir,” answered Diek very promptly, and then added, after a little hesitation, “if lie is not much bigger than I.” The officer called forward the boatswain’s boy, who had been oil- nonsly looking on; then turning to the young continental asked: “Dare you fight him?” Dick gave the Briton, who was considerably larger than-be. a hasty survey, and then answered: “Yes, sir." “Then strip,” said the officer, and turning to the British lad, “strip, and do battle for King George.” Both bsys divested themselves of all superfluous clothing as rap idly as possible, and wont to work at once, and in dire earnest. It was a “rough and tumble” fight; first one was on top and then the other, cheered in turn by cries of, “Give it to him, King Hancock!” and “Hurrah for King George!” It was a memorable encounter for both contestants, but at last tbe courageous little rebel got tbe bet ter of his adversary. The young Briton shouted “cuougb,” and was rescued from tbo embrace of his furious antagonist. With a generosity natural to great minds, but seldom displayed during tho warofIndependence, the British officer ordered the discharge of our young hero, for bis pluck, and be was set at liberty.—From “The Youngest Soldier of tho Rev olution,” by W. W. Crannell, in St. Nicholas for July. model, but was four times as large. Then tbe workmen copied in this | pile of plaster every feature of the j |_ model section, measuring and meas- term oUbrceyears, in Cap- Uirlpg^agaiurand again, from dot| mes Watson’s-company ofi to ,dot, oorrwting, by haeiqis of ; ird Cornecfcicut Regiment, p] lam binds, lnd jp atientiy trying J - ’ *--- rt -' n "and retrylng.tillvan exact copy- only in proportions four times as large—was attained. “The great irregularity of the drapery made it necessary to put three hundred marks on each sec f ATTENTION! Uow the Great Statue was made. Charles Barnard has contributed to the July St. Nicholas a very graphic and popular account of Bartholdi’s great Statnu of Liberty, from which we make the following extract: “In the first placo, there had to be a sketch or model. This was a figure of tho statue in clay, ive an idea of how it would . The publio approved nfthis model, and then the first real study of the work was made—a plaster statue, just one-sixteenth tbe size of the intended statue. “The next step was to make an other model just four times as large, or one-fourth the size of the real statue. Tills quarter-size being finished, then came the task of makine the lull-size model in plas ter. But this had to bo made in sections. For instance, the (list section would include the base on which the figure stood, the feet, and the hem of the garment. The next section would include a circle quite lound the long flowing dress, just above the hem. Tbe third section would stand above this and show more of the folds of tbe dress, and reach part way up to tbe knee. In like manner, the whole figure would be divided into sections. “Tbe quirter-size model was first divided in this way, and then to Brat originated tho drying of sweet lay out tbe full-size plan it was only necessary to make a plan of each section four times as large as tbe section actually was in the model. Every part of tbe model was oov- evered with marks or dots for guides, aud by measuring from dot to dot, increasing the measurement four times, and than transferring" it cr guide-marks, io. order to insure an exactcorreipondence In propor tion between tbe enlarged sections of tbe full-size model and the sec tions of the quarter-size model. Each of these, moreover, bad to be measured three times on both mod els, and alter that came all tbe re- measurements, to prove that not a single mistake had been made. “When these sections in plaster had been completed, then came tbe work of making wooden molds that should be exact copies both in size and modeling ot the piaster. These were carefully made by hand. It was long, tedious and difficult. Each piece was a mold of a part of the statue, exactly fitting every projection, depression, and curve ol that portion of tbe figure or dra pery. Into tlicse wooden molds sheets of metal were laid, and pressed or beaten down till they fitted the irregular surfaces of tbe molds. AH the repouese, or ham mered work, was done from the back, or inside, of the sheet. If the mold is an exact copy of a part of the statue, it is easy to see that tbe sheet of metal, when made to lit, will, when taken out and tamed over; be a copy Of that part of the statue. “These sheets were of copper, and each was from one to three yards square. Each formed a part of tbe bronze statue, and of course no two were alike. “In this complicated manner, by making first a sketch, then a quar ter-size model, then a full-size mod el iu sections, then hundreds of wooden copies, and lastly hy beat ing into shape three hundred sheets of copper, the enormous statue was finished. These three hundred bent and hammered plates, weigh ing in all eighty eight tons, form tbe outside of the statue. They are very thin, and while they fit each other perfectly, it is quite plain that if they were put together in their proper order they would never stand alone. These hammer ed sheets make the outside of the statue; hut there must be also a skeleton, a bony structure, inside, to hold it together. This Is of iron beams, firmly riveted together, and makiag a support to whioh the cop per shell can nc fastened.”' Atlanta Wins the Walk. Atlanta, Ga., June 24.—The re turn six hours go-as-you-please foot race between Macon and Atlanta oecurred here to-day at Kelly, Ros ser A Company’s warehouse. The attendance was fine during the first four hours and exceptionally good at the close, fully four thousand people witnessing tho finish. The gate money is estimated at $2,500. The contest was gotten up for the benefit of tbo Macon and Atlanta libraries, and after paying the foi- lowing prizes the remainder will he divided between the libraries of the two cities: First prize, $150; second, $100:third $75;fourth, $50und fifth, $25. Tho walkers appeared on the track at five minutes ol 3 o’clock, and promptly at 3 o’clock the word go was given hy the starter. The entries were: Macon—McKay, Querry, Ford, Tankcrsly and Forester. Atlanta—Alfred l’ratcr, Mil Wells, Sam Green, Charley Byrd and Frank Mitchell. The start waB made at a rapid pace, with Prater in the lead. IIe made the first mile, and then con tinued in the lead to the finish, keep - ing nearly all tbe lime two or three milcsulieud. A bout 4 o’clock'Byrd left the track, and at 8 o'clock Ford, who was head man in the Macon taem, fell out, getting sick. At the close of the contest the score stood: LIQUORS, BEERS, CIGARS, 1 hare aud always kepp on hand u full supply. Imported and I)omp«tlc Liquor*, t ‘ (u|||i pagfic, Oljrira, ete., pte;, which I nm apllii,,- LOWEST MARKET PRlCKH. Als.rta Fr- Assortod Stock of Fresh Ciiieiunati llccr ah llnmolii i Ahvay» on hand at 5* p. r glu*.' Free Lnncli from 10:30 A. M. to 2 P. 1 I have lidded to my pi: Billiard and Pool Table v untIMhe end of the Full Supply of Ice on I JAKE ISRAELS, Mrs. FRED LEWIS’ BOOK STIlliC, MRS. FRED LEWIS Miles. !.a| IHOFFFRTNO BARGAIN?* IN KVKItY THING UtiKD IN THIS bOHOOL ROOM. SUIIOOL BOOKS. KXEHOISE BOOKS. SCHOOL PAPER, SLATES, PENCILS, PENS, INK, SCHOOL HAGS IIKK LINK OF STATIONERY! IS C'OMl'J.KTK, .v»l> IIKit I.IXKOF Miscellaneous Books! Paper Sacks and Wrapping Paper! AND TIIK Latest Periodicals! AI.WAVS ON HAND. HIIK AI.WI.KI ' I s CIGARS! A NEW HAT FOK THE PICNIC- Mrs. ELAM Prti«r McKay Well* ... Green :*4 7 Tankersley 32 12 Mitchell 32 7 Ford 24 -I Forrester 25 t? Byrd 17 3 «wjr£'a-/-s -lift :-j -. jSfca 3 Prater, thewiunerof the contest, is a deputy marshal under General Lougstreet. In addition to win ning the first prize money he also gets a special purse of $100, offered for Atlanta’s man winning the race. ; i f ri« UB! coin’ to live in a fine house iu Ft. medicine. Pork and tobacco areals > Pickering now.’’-Memphis (Tenn.J j numbered among the "forbidden Avalanche, June 4. 1 articles.” A CARD. ~ To .11 wli» ore suffering from the errors to tho larger model, an exact copy i au q iauucntionn of ynuto, nervous just four times as largo Was made. I weakness, early decay, loss of manhood, For each of these large sections, however, there had to be a support of some kind, before the piaster eould be laid on. Having marked ou tbe floor an outline plan of the enlarged section, a wooden frame work was built up inside tbe plan, Then upon ibis frame-work plaster was roughly spread. It soon re sembled, in a rude way, the corres ponding section of the qusrter-sise you, FREE OF CHARGE. This great remedy was discovered by • missionary in South America. Send a self-addressed envelope to the Rev. Joseph T. Inman, Station D, New York City. OK TUB VOLLOtVINU PATTERS' 1 "southern 111, I I s CAPE JIA >. AND MOHK COM 1 NO ■' CAI.r. AND MKK TIIKM AND MARK V" 1 1 SKI.KCTIi.N. F*resli —AND— COUNTRY PRODUCE! 1 am now prei>*rt‘il lo furnUh tb« i whh '.ole meats, •Utfh m I^f, Pork. M»tt»rr. '* Kll. I ftlw hare on hand »t »!• p , lt and Kiwi Come around and try me. edtl.a AV...IU-, .... Suit l. V. 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