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Americus
Recorder.
Established 1879.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 1885.
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I'ROFESSIOMU-BUSINESS CAK IIS 1 Louisiana State Lottery Co.
AMERICUS.
THANKS.
1885.
FLLAV1LLK. FIRST CONFEDERATE CAPITAL
A Correction The Election Home Inttrcillec Note* About Mont-
*o nery.
Kelayilli. January 7—The re- , i nofudeti in the ol)jcctg of inter .
ported marriage of Mr. Q. T. Allen est pointed out to straugers
Americus is tb3 county seat of Sumter
oant?, Georgia, situated on the South
western railroad. 71 miles southwest of
Macon, ami about 80 miles north of the
Florida line- It is situated in the finest
gee tion of Georgia, raining a greater vari
ety of agricultural and horticultural pro
ducts than any other part of thu South,
combining all the fruits, grain and vege
tables of the temperate and semi-tropical
,, oncs __wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice. Irish
and sweet potatoes, peanuts, chufas,
cotton peas, sugar cane, apples, pears,
peaches, grapes, plums and other fruits.
The climate is mild and equable, and one
of the most healthy in the world, the air
beintf pure and cry and most beneficial tor
lung and throat diseases. All kinds of
outdoor work can be performed without
inconvenience from summer heat or
winter cold. Americus has a population
_ of 6,000, is beautifully situated on high
snd rolling ground and toasts of some of
the handsomest business blocks in the
South. The city has fine public schools;
good churches; a large public library,
one daily, one semi-weekly and two
weekly newspapers; a new opera house,
completely furnished witu scenery and
capable of seating 1,000 persons; a well
organized fire department, including
two fine steamers; the streets are well
paved, sewered and lighted; there are
two tionring mills, a cotton seed oil mill,
planing mill and variety works, carriage
factory, and a number of minor manfacto-
ries; about two hundred firms are engaged
in mercantile business; three banks with
an abundance of capital; two good
hotels turoish good accommodattion.
Americus is the cejitre of trade for six
counties comprising the richest agricul
tural section in Georgia, the average an
nual cotton receipts being 30,000 bales,
which will be largely increased by the
completion of the Preston and Lumpkin
railroad now in process of construction.
It is the largest city in Southwest Geor
gia, and has been appropriately named
the “Commercial Capital" of that sec
tion, and it is rapidly growiifg in popu
lation and wealth. As a place of busi
ness residence it presents attractions
equiled by few cities in the South.
Property of all kinds is comparatively
cheap, although rapidly advancing in
value; the inhabitants of both city and
conntry are cultivated, courteous and
hospitable, with a cordial welcome to im
migrants. To enterprising tradesmen, jn-
diciouH capitalists and industrious farm
ers this section of Georgia offers tine op
portunities. Any information in regard
to city or country will bo cheerfully fur
nished by addressing the AMERICUS Uk*
COKDKH, Americus, Ga.
•• We do hereby certify that ire supervise
the arrangements for all the Monthly and
Semi-Annual Drawings of The Louisiana
State Lottery Company,and in person man
age and control the Drawings themselves,
and that the same are conducted with hon
esty, fairness, and in good faith toward aL
parties, and we authorize the Company to
use this certificate, with facsimiles of our
signatures attached, in its advertisements:
Commissioners.
Incorporated in 1S68 for 25 year* Ly iho Letriul*
are for Kdiicatlonal un.l Charitable i.urno«tH-
'»'!» « capital <>t *1.000,000 t<» ivhirli a u -. rv
lino of over $560,000 has since been added.
By an overwhelming popular vote its franc hi*
WRH made a part of iho present State Conatitutioi
adopted December 2d, A. I>., 1879.
My
atoned I,
Jt never train of jtoilponet.
Ititiraud Hlngle Number Drawlnsi
take plare mouthy.
A SPI.KMUI) OPPORTUNITY TO
WIN A FORTUNE. FIRST GRAND
DRAWING, CLASH A. IN THE ACADEMY
OF MUSIC, NEW ORLEANS, 'II ESDAY
January J3, 1883 -176th Monthly Draw’
tng.
CAPITAL PItIZE, $75,000.
100,000 1 ickcts at Five Dollars Eaeli.
Fractions, in Firths, in Proportion.
LIST OF PRIZES:
1 CAPITAL PRIZE $75,000
] do 2ft,U00
10,000
12,000
10,000
1<|,000
10,000
1,000,..
200,..
list,.,
nation Prise* of $7!
to,00(1
. 30.000
25,000
25,000
280..
4,500
2.250
1,967 Prize*, amounting
Application for rates t
only to the office of the <
For further Information write clemly, giving
fml address. POSTAL NOTES, Exprett
Money Orders, or New York F 1
ucy by Exp
npany in Ne
Money Ordi
nary letter.
•3 and upv
til l.j fliiirt.. at ,
xiwn.e) n l
LAWYERS.
J C. H. McCRORY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ELEAVIDLE, GA.
TERMS—All claim a from $30 or under, $3;
train § it) to §800, ten per cent ; over §500, wren
percent. No charges unleaa collections are made.
May H-tf.
r M. A. DAUPHIN,
607 Seventh St., Wnahlugtn
Make I*. O. Money Orders paynele an
Savanuali, Florida A H esterii
railway.
MISCELLANEO US.
Etlwr J. Ml’lcr. C, Horace McCall.
Moiiiiinoiit.il Marble Works,
-Mil. I, ERA ((CALL, I’rnprletors,
HoatLwest Corner of the i*ublic Square,
AMERICUS, GA.
Monuments, Tombs, Etc., Etc
oftl,« best Italian and American Marble.
,ro * Hulllugf for Cemetery Kudos
only ure *> » Specialty.
Anderson ville School
Will (1 |.en Sprint: Term January
12th, 1HH4-
Tuition *15 00. *20,00 and *25 00 per
annum- less public fund .bruit *3 00 p i
Hoard ami tuition ten dollars p. r
f-ks) month, paid monthly in ad-
‘D'-e. Music $3.00 per mouth. For
rtber information app.y to
A. J. CLARK, l’rincipal,
, And arson ville, Ga.
dec!7-iueodtf
1885.
E. MATHIS, Pri
1 aill take charge of tbe al.ove school
on Monday January 12th, next. I have
“* 11 f ° r th * peopte of Americas before.
" oul '> re8 Pectfuliy „ 8 k a renewal of
Iheir support.
Terms, Rates, Etc.:
In'ene?| D ?“ rtm,,Ut per nioDt >‘.
Plrtt-CUsa, per month,
(All trains of this ro
Meridian time, which i
■Savannah time.]
36 minutes slow
Huiierintemlent’* Office, »
Mavannsh. Nov. 1, 1884. f
QN^AND AFTER SUNDAY^ NOV t, 1N4,
r Trains
id will r
ATLANTIC COAST LINE EXPRESS.
IrAtve SatMnnah dally at r. 12
Arrive nt Savannah dally at....
Arrive nt Jesup daily nt
Arrive nt Way cross daily nt....
Arrive at Culfnhan daily at. . .
Arrive nt Jacksonville dully nt.
*lo s at ull regular stations h.
and Jacksonville.
FAST MAIL.
Leave Savannah daily nt
h daily at.
7 40 p i
8 10 a i
9 25 a l
1 50 a i
2 30 p i
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tally at
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Arrive nt Tlomaoille daily
Arrive at Rainbrfd^e dally
... 8 17 p l
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many friends and patrons w
please accept uiy sincere thanks and w
wishes to this, the beginning of the n
ye ir, for the many well wishes and liber
al patronage bestowed upon me in the
past twelve months, since the existence
of the Bargain Store. My friends and
customers may rest assured that this is
no hollow, and done for the intention of
receiving your “sympathetic’ pa’ronage
| in future. On the contrary, 1 ask the
patronage of those only that are satisfied
of having been treated fairly and square-
j ly and have saved money by trading with
us. 1 ask no favors, but expect your fu-
i ture patronage upon purely business prin-
i ciples and the fact that I can, and will,
save you money in your purchases.
I will start the New Year of 1885 with
the same promises (which were carried
out), of those made in 1*84: viz : To sup
ply and offer to the trading people of
Americus good goods (bought in large
quantities and chance sales) at prices that
regular houses cannot compete with.
Armed with a determination tc please
and win—backed with much better facil
ities and experience—cncouiaged by the
liberal patronage and (lit good financial
result of tbe past twelve mouths, I am
ready to open the campaign for 1885,
In order to reduce my Fall stock and
realize the cash to purchase my Spring
stock early in February, The Bargain
Store has prepared, at a large expense,
and will offer during the mouth of Janu
ary, a nice present to every purchaser of
goods from 50 cents upwards.
These presents arc useful articles, and
In many instances costly, and are select
ed out of The Bargain Store stock. Each
purchaser of 50 cents worth, or more, of
goods will receive a nice box, which will
contain the present, and in instances
where the present is largo and bulky, an
order for them will bo found in the box.
1 ho present will be duly handed over to
the lucky recipient, as soon as the order
is presented. This is a bona fide pres
ent, and customers will find that my
prices for goods will bo in accordance
with my proposition to close them out at
reduced prices.
Wishing you again a happy and pros
perous Now Year, I nru respectfully,
S. M, COHEN, The Bargain Man.
jtnltf
acd M iss ftizzic McMillen was in-I .Montgomery, says a correspondent
correct, ami wc cheerfully make the ! of tlie Baltimore Sun,are the house
correction where Jefferson Davis held court
. 0 ' . , i during the period that the pro-
Jan. 8.— Ihe election passed off j visional capital of the Confederate
quietly. Pr. Cheney was re-elected States was in Montgomery, and a
Clerk Superior Court, James F. splendid and imposing mansion
A MASCOTTE.
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riving at Brunswi. k (via B. Jt \Y. Rullw
12 45 p m.
Basse UK era for Fernandinu, Waldo, Ocala,
burp, Gainesville, Fed Hr Key and nil stmio
Florida Ralls ay and Navigation Company
pupil
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id points take this trt
10 06 p in , Mobile 2 4
pinjt* car* NVuycross t
charleston express.
annsb daily nt 1 m p i
Savanuali daily nt ....1 80 p t
1-sop dt'ly «t 8 81 n r
daily at ft 00 p r
7 18 |. r
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Arrive ut sav
Arrive st J-*si
Arrive nt Wa
Arrive at Callahan dally at.
Arrive at Jacksonville dally
Stopa st all r.-ifnlHr static
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Js« kson ville
I Jacksonville.
Piillfnsii parlor
JESUP KXPRK8I
(.save Savannah dsiiy at 4 20 t
Arrive at Savannah dally at ... .8 45 t
Arrive ut Jesup dally at 7 00 t
Stops at all regular and fta* sta;ions bet«<
Havana.ih and Jesup.
ALBANY EXPRESS.
Leave Savannah daily at 7 20 i
Arrive at Savannah daily at »i Ifi a
Arrive at Jesup daily at 9 .58 p
Arrive at Wnycnas daily at || :i& »
Arrive nt Callahan daily st I i5 s
Arrive nt Jacksonville daily a* 6 1ft a
t Dupont dally i
“alt dai'j
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l«tent d h n ‘‘‘ the end oi
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MIX
Savannah to
ake this
DURHAM’S K *y- °caU, \V id wood, Leewloirg and aUatstlons
onovRo h 1
hTAIIAKB TIKBIIE 11
'connections at Jacksonville dally with People’s
»e Steamers and Kallros.L for «t. John's river.
GYLES,
SANTA CLAUSE
and
CHRISTMAS GIFTS.
Ami now boys niuce wo have gathered
our crops and hungup our meat, let uk
all go right to GYLFS THE CLOTHIER
AND HATTER at American, Ga., and
g» t tih each a nioe suit of Clothe*, Shirt*,
Drawers, Under-Shirt*, Handkerchiefs,
hock", Gloven, Ncck-wonr, Suspender**,
nn Umbrella and real Leather Valike.
Kometbing UHeful, as well its ornamental.
Nono of your "gew-gawa" for uh. We
want HubstantialM, and Gyles haw tbe
goods and the place to get your money’s
worth. He won t Hell you a shoddy arti
cle. No he won’t.
The big custom be has just freezes to
him because they know he won’t misrep
resent, never mind under what circum
stances. So now gather up the boys and
fall into the procession, and the orchestra
will strike up to the tune of “Yankee-
Doodle."
W’e all of us have come to town
And come these many milm.,
To buy our clothes of first class Gyle. 1
From clothier, Frank A. Gybs.
Then whoop up, boys, don’t mind the I
howl,
These other merchants make,
For Gyles you kuow can beat them all —
lie always taken the cake.
Meat Marlxet
PROVISION STORE.
\V. H.&T. M.C0BB
vi„« pur-
Woods Sheriff, Judge T. J. I)oz
Ordinary, L. A. Uylcs Coroner,
C. It. Tondce Treasurer, J. M.
Thornton Tax Receiver, W. C.
Kelley Tax Collector. I’. F. Dix
on, It. II. Slajijiy, A M. Caskev,
C. L. Peacock, Robt. Patton were
re-elected County Commissioners.
PROM PRESTON.
Preston, Jan. (i.—Christinas has
come and gone once more, with all
its joys and sorrows. Many
changes have taken place in the
past few days. Some have died,
some married, and others moved
away. The clerk of the weather
seems to have been on a bender, as
we have had about a dozen kinds
of weather in a week. Sowing oats
will he all the go here for tile next
two or three weeks.
Some two weeks ago I)r. Julnlec
Smith returned from Florida, quite
sick, and is still very feeble.
Married, at the residence of the
bride’s mother, on December 14.
Miss Charlie Pickett and Mr. David
Sbippy, Rev. M. Page officiating.
At the residence of the bride’s
father,on December 31, Mr. Jcptlia
A. Reeves and Miss Eula IS. Sears,
Rev. VV. W. Mabry officiating. We
wish them a smooth voyage over
the sea of life with no breakers in
their pathway. * \.
A IIIG III.AZE AT TIIO.HASVILLE.
■ rue.l Out-
Tiio.masvim.e, Ga., Jan. 7.—Fire
was discovered about 1 o’clock this
morning in MacIntyre's brick
building on Broad street, occupied
by S. Goldstone, a dealer in dry
goods, and MacIntyre & MacIn
tyre, lawyers. The building and
its contents were destroyed, as
was also the adjoining building,
recently occupied by I. Levy, a
dealer in dry goods, who had the
day before moved into the Mitch
ell House block. This store was
to have boon occupied by Silva, of
Savannah, in a few days. The
McLean building, occupied by Mr.
Isaac, a merchant, and the Times
oibce, was slightly damaged. The
store occupied by Mrs. A. E. Me-
Cleiian and the Western Union
telegraph office was threatened,
and the goods and office were
moved witii slight damage. Mr.
Goldstone is insured for $10,500.
Mr. MacIntyre has $4,000 insur
ance on the building, but nothing
on his library, valued at about $5,-
000. Mr. Levy has $.'i,000 insur
ance on the building. The origin
of the fire is not known,
TWO FIRES AT COLUMBUS.
Columbus, Ga., Jan. 7—Last
eight, about 12 o’clock, tire was
discovered in a small grocery store
in the lower part of the city, oppo
site the entrance of Star Park, oc
cupied by I’. E. Griffith. The build
ing was the property of Captain C.
A. Klink. The firemen arrived at
the scene too late to save the store
or its contents. The stock of goods
was an entire loss, anti was insured
for $n00 in the Western Insurance
Company, of Toronto, Canada.
The building, a small frame struc
ture, was insured lor $200 in the
Underwriters’ Agency of New
York.
At the same hour (ire broke out
in the upper part of the city in two
brick buildings known as the Cen
tennial stores, the property of Col.
George D. Swift, and occupied by
Good mini Bros, dealers in ueneral
built before the war by a rich plan
ter named Cole. The Davis resi
dence, which is now used for a
boarding house, is a aodest double
two-story f'arne, standing back
from the street, with a sprinkling
of trees and flowers in front, and
would attract no attention if it was
not for its associations. It is known
as the “Jeff. Davis House,” and its
occupants, when inquired ot as to
their domicil, think it is sufficient
to say: “I am at the Jeff'. Davis
House.” Tbe Cole mansion, which
is one of the largest private houses
to lie found anywhere outside of
the great cities, is built of brick
and stuccoed, with massive Corin
thian columns adorning its front.
Its outbuildings and appendages
are somewhat in the English 9tylc,
and the grounds which surround it
cover un entire square. In the
cheap times when it was built,
much of the labor and timber be
longing to the owner, it cost $100,-
000. A few years after Lire war it
was sold to the present owner for
$0,000; but ptoperty has since
again gone up so much that no one
else in Montgomery, it is said, has
money enough to buy it, and keep
it up. Corinthian columns were
tlie style in Montgomery before the
war, for there is scarcely a man
sion belonging to tbe planters of
tlie old regime that these tall pil
lars, reaching almost or quite to
tlie roof, do not stand over as
watchful sentinels. Montgomery,
as is well known, was before the
war excelled by few, if any, cities
of the South as a centre of wealth
and culture. Its boundless hospi
tality was proverbial. A relic of
former times told raetlial when the
capital of the State was moved from
T uscaloosa to this place, “society”
made it a point to call on every
member of the Legislature and ten
der to him the freedom of its
homes. This practice was l^ept up
until near the end oi the war. Mem
bers of the Legislature in those
days were almost without excep
tion »olid men, either rich planters
or professional men, and almost in
variably came in their own equip
ages, attended by a retinue of ser
vants. Some of tlie planters came
in the great, heavy chariots of the
olden days, drawn by four and six
horses. More of the old time man
sions are in the possession of the
families to whom they originally
belonged than would be supposed,
although not a few have gono into
the hands of strangers, snd in two
or three instances their spacious
corridors and apartments are ten
anted by the beneficiaries of public
institutions.
A IIIG SENSATION.
Loutslaua
Every Dollar of the Money.
In order to verify tbe rumor
that Mr. J. II. Kuttner of George-
town. Ky., had drawn $30,000 in
the Louisiatfia State Lottery Com
pany, held December 16th, a Press
representative went to Georgetown
on Monday to see Mr. Kuttner and
get the facts in the case from his
own bps. Mr. Kuttner was found
in his Btore, and extended the
Press reporter a smiling welcome.
He is a Polander, having migrated
to this country about thirty years
ago. When the war of the Rebell
ion came up he joined the Confed
erate army, and was seriously
wounded at the bitllc of Fordou-
che, Louisiana. After the war he
engaged in tlie dry goods business
nt Shclbyville, K v., and for awhile
did a flourishing business. He
failed, however, about two years
ago and went to Georgetown, where
he established himself in the dry
goods business on a small scale.
About a year ago it occurred to
Mr. Kuttner tlint he would try Ii is
luck in the Louisiana State Lot
tery. For seventeen months he
invested a dollar each month, Arm
in the belief that his time would
finally come. With his faith in the
fairness of tlie management of tlie
Louisiana State Lottery undemin-
ished, he invested in a one-Iiifth
ticket lor the drawing which came
off on the 16th of December, 1884.
He took in with him two partners,
Mr. Dock Laws and Mr. C. C.
Barbee, both of Geargctown. Mr.
Laws was a barkeeper and Mr.
Barbee a saddler. On tlie after
noon of December 17th, Mr. Kutt
ner received a telegram from New
Orleans announcing that his ticket
had drawn onc-flfth of the capital
prize oi $150,000. The news was
too good to believe without a little
investigation. Accordingly, Mr.
Kuttner deposited his ticket in the
Second National Bank of George
town, and went at once to Cincin
nati to tlnd out the truthfulness of
the report. At Cincinnati the re
port was fully confirmed, and Mr.
Kuttner at once ordered the Sec
ond Nationul Bank of Georgetown
to collect tlie $30,000 lor him
through the Canal Bank of New
Orleans. The money was prompt
ly paid by the Canal Bank in full,
not a cent being deducted for com
missions. The money was brought
to Georgetown by the Adams Ex
press Company and deposited in
the Second National Bank to the
credit of Messrs. Kuttner, Laws
and Barbee, each owning a third
interest in it. Mr. Kuttner will
invest his money in a tobacco man
ufactory at Georgetown, Mr. Laws
intends buying a Bluegrass farm
with his, while Mr. Barbee lias al
ready invested in a hotel at George
town, and will engage actively in
the hotel business. Mr. Kuttner
says that there has been a remark
ably heavy demand for tickets in
Scott County since his success.—
Lexington (Ky.) Weekly Press,
I):c. 31.
COTTON 2V-VK1MUB
keep ou tiao-l Iki* very beat cut. ,»q
ItL'L'u iq.iil- i ll. IVIIVII VU'D I GoodimTh Bros, dealers in general
DLLf y I "lilt. KID A.lU K.HKAuE, j tuorchandise. The firemen arrived
•ud ai«o a run imp of here too late to save the buildings
Green Groceries and Provision*, or t,leir contents, but prevented
embracing nil kinds of WijrUblri an t Fmiu tn from Spreading. Good-
i 1 B ~ l . h . er *’ **« in , su ^
eustoBi^r* «ood good* at the loweat price#. I lor fl.oOOin the .Northern Inrur-
k.Sr’„ 1 r]:“,^ry r ]“ < VJjJ. f " rLi,t ' 1 *’*'" 1 *, ance Company of London-, which
Amencm. tit, is. i8na~.it is less than its value. The two
A XI OIIXJDTI Oftl werc in,urcd for $2 500,
UuNoUrnr IIUNl ■'l ,jal| y divided between the West-
i btw«tpooiiiTorAinodTforth#abortdi**•»«.bytt« cheater Company and Williams-
I burg Company, ol New York.
i^MUfmttV.LCASi^TUATitsMuu.jMM I Both fire* are thought to be of in-
“^"TKYI ceudl.ry origin.
Ur.r ea OUO c*i>« M.udi la a Uain*
ot Pokar.
Hawklnnvillu Ntwg.
On New Year's day three neatly
dressed men arrived in Hawkins-
ville, sud stopping at the Joiner
House registered as Sylvanus Cole-
man, Ogden, Utah,—Beatty, Rome,
Ga., and — Kirkpatrick, Macon,
Ga. Late in the afternoon of the
same day they were joiued by two
of our most prominent young busi
ness men and a quiet game ut poker
was engaged in. The game, it
seems, was kept up until a late
hour at night and resumed early
tlie next morning, and when it Qn
ally terminated one of the Hawk-
insville players found himself just
three thousand and fifty dollars
poorer than he was when the play
ing commenced. This was more
than he could hear, and believing
that be had been unfuirly dealt
with, he had tits gamblers arrested.
They were conducted to tho office
of Messrs. Hodge A Hodge, where,
after considerable parleying, they
decided to disgorge to the amouot
of two thousand three hundred
dollars, and this amount, together
with a check for $750 turned over
by the successful Iiawhinsviile
player, was placed in the hands of
the attorneys, after which the vis
itors were allowed to go on their | has won lor it and for ’bin! the'
Cleveland Resigns.
On Monday Mr. Cleveland re
signed his office of Governor. The
telegraph gives the lollowing brief
account of the matter :
Governor Cleveland arrived at
the executive chamber about hall-
past 10 o'clock. He was at work
in Ilia office until about 2 o’clock
this morning. He was very pleas
ant, and looked us bright and as
frcsli as usual. Shortly after his
arrival he penned the following :
To the Legislature : I hereby re
sign the office of Governor of New
York. • Grover Cleveland.
Governor Hill, in his message to
the Legislature, says :
“It may lie safely asserted that
tlie administration ol Governor
Cleveland lor two years past, has
more than met the just expecta
tions ol the people, and made its
lasting impress on the annals of
the Slate. It has been brilliant in
its alerting integrity, safe in its
true conservatism, bold in its ef-
ferts for reform, faitlilul iu its ad
herence to pledges and vigilant
in its opposition to corruption.
Its straight forward and business
like conduct, united with an un
impeachable honesty of purprMc,
way- The successful Hawkinsville
player afterwards got hold ol '.he
$750 check snd destroyed it.
We have no comments to make
on the unfortunate affair, more
than to say mat our citizens gen
erally deprecate it and hope that it
will s.rvc as a lasting lesson to
the young man who lost bis money
and •* • warning to other* similar'
ly Inclined. •
warm approval of his political
Iriends, the sincere respect ot his
opponents and the unswerving and
tinsellisb support of the independ
ent citizens everywhere. That he
may meet with tlie same degree of
success in the greater office to
which be has been called, is the
earnest wish of all tbe citizene of
thle state and ot every lover of
good government.