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Americus Recorder.
W. I.. ttLKIINKR, editor. ~
Metal Organ of Sumter Comity.
(Metal Organ or Webster County.
FRIDAY, MARCH 13. INN.',.
GEORGIA BAY AT THE EXPOSI
TION
The following address has been
issued to the people of Ueorgia by
Hon. DcWitt C. Bacon, Commis
sioner for this state to the Exposi
tion:
One of the leading and most at-
trative features of the World’s Ex
position is the setting apart of
some particular day for some par
ticular State. Already a number
of States and Territories repre
sented at the Exposition have had
their days, and in every instance
the result, has been most satisfac
tory; as it brought together dele
gations from all sections of the
State and their friends from other
States. “Georgia Day” has been
tells about j arranged for the 24th of March,
and it is the desire ol the Commis
sioner from Georgia, his assistants
and the management of the Expo
sition to bring together upon that
occasion as many Georgians as can
avail themselves of the opportunity
of going.
NORTHERN IMMIGRATION.
Wc are pleased to see that the
Sumter County Agricultural So
ciety, at its last meeting, took up
t&e question ot immigration and
made the first step toward forming
an immigration bureau, for the
purpose of collecting, publishing
and circulating information regard
ing this county, with a view of in-;
ducing immigration. It is a timely !
step in the riebt direction, anu we
Rope that it will be promptly fol-
lowed by such other steps as will
aoon give us a live and effective
•rganization.
To show the netd of such an
organization, and what a'fine.field
is opened for it, wc give a few ex-
tracts from letters which we have
received from the North this week,
and they arc but a sample of the
letters we arc’ receiving almost
daily in reference to a short sketch
•f this county published in the
Prairie Farmer a couple of weeks
ago.
A farmer from DesMoines, Iowa,
writes: “I see a piece in the Prairie
Farmer setting forth the good
qualities of Southwest Georgia.
The correspondent
erops and yields, but does not say
anything about stock. We North
ern people like to raise stock. Now,
as I havc.some notion for the South,
I would like to know about the
stock business—if hogs, cattle and
(beep do well there. 1 want to
know what kinds of fruit can be
profitably grown there; if you have
good water or not, and whether it
is a timbered country or prairie,
and if a Republican dare speak his
mind or not, or if they will allow
free speech as we do in the North;
if they will allow a man to vote his
sentiments without being molested
The cold blizzards in Iowa this
winter have caused many people to
think about going South. Now
Hr. Glessner, as you are the pub-
fislier of a paper, suppose you print
a circular setting forth your coun
try just as it is and answer the
qnestions I have asked, and more
if you think of any, and send the
circulars to me and I will distribute
them in our country. People in
this State are not acquainted with
Hie South.”
A larger from Pleasant View,
Michigan, writes: “Please send me
•late copy of your paper, as I wish
to inform myself concerning that
portion of Georgia in which you
are located. I wish to know some
thing concerning the soil, climate
advantages of market,. schools,
churches, society, etc. I have lived
in this northern country of almost
endless cnows nearly nine years,
and I am entirely disgusted with it,
and intend to change my location
ss soon as possible. I have ICO
seres here, and as soon as I can
sell for anything at all I shall go to
a warmer climate. How are taxes
with you? Here they arc abomi
nably high. At this writing we
have over three feet ol snow, and
will probably have a heavy snow
fall yet before this month is out.
What can improved lands be bought
for, and wbat could one rent for,
provided one would like to rent for
a year or more?”
A 1’reBbyterian minister at Wat-
seka, Illinois, writes us, asking a
number of questions as to climate,
soil, etc., and says: “If you will
please answer me all or a part of
these questions by letter, you will
greatly oblige mc,*as I am intend
ing to take a trip through the
South soon to look for a more
healthful borne. I am troubled with
Bronchial nfiection and must make
•change of climate."^ 1 am a'min-
Jitter oi tue gospt-i oi tuc Presby
terian branch of the church. A
portion of my congregation would
IBce to settle in the South where 1
#0 and form a colony.”
ThcEC an-i numerous other lit.
tors wc I lave answered as far as
possible by private letter and by
■ending copies of the Recorder un
til it has b icome a serious buri'en
tons, both in time and ex|>ense,
and yet we could not answer them
as fully as wc could have n isbed.
We are, therefore, pleased to see
•me of our citizens take some Or get married.
steps toward furnishing the infor
mation asked for in a complete
form, and especially pleased to see
the farmers of this county moving
in the matter, for it will give assur
ance to their Northern brethren
that they will be welcome be.-e and
will bo treated with kindness when
they eome. Wbat the farmers of
PLKVEIjAXD IS BUFFALO.
r _ J for word, as be delivered it. When | PRESIDENT CLEVELAND
as Mayor be was called upon to j
deliver the address at the laying of
the corner stone of the new Young
Men’s Christian Association build-
United States He is tbe twenty-
fifth President, and tbe second
citizen of Buffalo who has attained
this county have started tbe peo- “ lat 1 flr8t 0D ? bei "S
1 ' the late Millard Fillmore, wbo be-
plc of Americus should aid, for to
fill up tbe county with industrious
and energetic farmers will greatly
increase tbe tiade and prosperity
of the city. Any aid that the Re-
coBDEitcan render in this enterprise
will be cheerfully given in tbe fu
ture, as it has in tbe past.
Buffalo Commericial, .March 4.
At Washington to-day tbe Hon.
Grover Clc-eland, of Buffalo, was , . , .
duly inaugurated President of tbe ‘ n f s ”° n “ ohawk . , street - a f^porter
ttnffdfi «tnt„= i= »h„ I of th ® Commercial approached him
to obtain a pledge of the manu
script after the address was deliv
ered. “Oh, here it is; you can take
it now,” said the Mayor. “I wrote ■
it out, but I know it, by heart.” It
was the same way with bis speech
at the semi-centennial anniversary
of the city held July 3, 1882, and
also with bis speech at the dedica
tion of tbe Fitch Institute.
VICE PRESIDENT HENDRICKS AND
THE CABiNET.
ten, as her husband doss, their modest, OU.
fashioned mansion in the extreme southern
portion of Wilmington, overlooking Deb-
ware bay. Mr. Bayard is probably worth
1100,000, 180,000 of which he inherited from
his father.
came President on tbe death of
President Taylor, in 1850.
Only three years ago the new
President was Major of Buffalo,
and on March 4, 1882, he would
have said “impossible” and “redic-
ulous” to any one who would have
predicted to him the event of to
day. The circumstances of bis
public career and bis wonderful
Fen and Pencil Sketches of the New Ad
ministration—The Men Who An I
Guide the Ship of State Under the
New Democratic Regime.
Congratulating Gen. Black.
Danville, Ills., March 9.—The
appointment of J. C. Black, of this
city, to tbe office of commissioner
political fortune are well known; | ^ B .i Jmo favombl,
but a few little reminiscences inci- . J ” J
but a tew little reminiscences inci
dentally bearing on bis advance
ment, may not be out of place.
It is a well known fact that in
tbe fall of 1881 tbe local Democracy
were all at sea in regard to a candi
date (or Mayor. Mr. Cleveland was
busy in his law practice, and was
regarded as out of politics so far as
being a candidate for any office was
concerned. In tbe Hancock Presi
dential campaign be took very lit
tle part, and only made two or
three speeches. One afternoon, just
before tbe City Convention, Law
yer Cleveland, who had been busy
in court all day, entered tbe restau
rant of bis friend, Michael Doll. At
one of the tables sat a group of
Democratic politicians discussing
tbe Mayoralty question. As Mr.
Cleveland enteied one of them ex
claimed: “There’s the man we
want.” ond be was invited to join
tbe circle. On sitting down it was
suggested to him that he become
the Democratic candidate for Mayor.
Mr. Cleveland laughed tbe idea tc
scorn. “Wlmt do 1 want to be
Mayor for?” be said. “I’ve got
all I can attend to, and besides if
I wanted an office it would not
be that of Mayor of Buffalo.” Tbe
ceived by tbe people of tbe north
west. Since the announcement of
the president’s choice, General
Black has received many letters
from senators and representatives,
expressing congratulations. Many
telegrams have come from citizens
of nearly every state. His mail
also baa been very large. General
Black is especially moved by
the ,feeling displayed by bis
fellow-townsmen, irrespective of
party by tbe veteran soldiery and
by the congratulatory resoulution
of tbe Illinois house of representa
tives, forwarded to him Saturday,
by its speaker. Commissioner
Black left the city to night for
Washington, in obedience to the
president's wish. But lor this sud-
GROVER CLEVELAND, PRESIDENT OF TEE
UNITED STATES.
In 1870, Mr. Cleveland was chosen sheriff
DANIEL MANNING, SECRETARY OF THE
TREASURY.
What Mr. Manning is he owes to hfnuelt
His boyhood was so hard and short that at
nine years of age he was forced to earn a liv
ing ns office boy in The Albany Argus, where
he learned to set type, making his way into
William Cassidy, the editor's, good graces.
of Erie county, N. Y., and served a single . i y ’ “« or s ; 8°°“ fSnces.
term. In 1881 he was elected mayor of tbe _4th a hIbIS J* ^Sht-faccd, active lad,
city of Buffalo, in the same state, and on No- 1 d ^ 1 ?™ ple ° f “Jbig things,
vember of the following yearhe Z eXded i BOon f . mad ,° “'aUabfe as a reporter.
...... -i-IT In time Cassidy mado him citv oditor. and
governor of the state of New York by the
largest majority ever given to any candidate
for the same office in any state of the Union,
and on November 4 was elected president.
Such is the brief but remarkably brilliant
political career of President Cleveland. He
is descended from a New England family
noted for its religious zeal. His great grand
father was a Congregational minister of Nor-
den departure he would have been j ^chCcnn. His father, Richard Cleveland,
tendered a grand banquet by the a .^ s V yterian - Ho married n Mifa
citizens regardless of party. The TtheV™
residence ol the commissioner lias • of Essex, N. J., where Grover wan
been visited to day by hundreds of j born March 18, 1837. Receiving
citizens, taking leave of him and i common * ch ool education and a brief
_ V ■ . ' rniirui C\t cflulv of nn nnndnr
Governor McDaniel and staff 1 , to- conference broke up, satislied that
gctlicr with several State House Mr - Cleveland could not be induced
extending their congratulations.
His family will remain in Danville j
for a time.
President Cleveland Kissing (lieBible.
Baltimore Sun.
There was no intention of the I
Officers, will be present in a body.
Tbe General Assembly have been
specially invited to attend, and
ma.<y of them have consented to
go. It is especially desirable that
all of tbe following organizations
should arrange to take part in tbe
tbe various features of tbe occa
sion: The agricultural organiza
tions of every character in tbe
State, the various military organi
zations of Georgia, commercial and
other civic associations, and tbe
public generally, so that the inter
eats of the entire State may be
represented.
Our Constitution and laws pro
hibit tbe appropriation of money
from the State Treasury to enable
tbe State Government to make an
exhibit, but individuals have con
tributed in means and articles for
display, and we are not without a
creditable representative at the
Exposition. Georgians should
show tbeir sympathy with this, tbe
grandest exhibition ever inaugu
rated, and attend in large numbers,
especially ou tbe 24th inst., Geor
gia’s Day. Thousands of Georgians
will be there from tbe great South
western States, and it will be a
grand and joyous reunion of old
friends who have not seen each
other in years.
Special reduced railroad rates
have been recently established.
Within a distance of six hundred
miles of New Orleans tbe rate is
one and one-quarter cents per
mile, and over six hundred miles
one cent.
These rates will enable a man
from any section of Georgia to go
to New Orleans and return at a
sum not exceeding $15, and special
rates may be arranged with the
railroads for organizations.
The New York Times, in speak
ing of the inauguration, says the
impression made by President
Cleveland in Washington yester
day was marked and favorable. It
was a severe test, when it is re
membered that personally he was
entirely unknown to nearly all
those who assembled in vast num
bers tc receive mm, and that when
he entered tile national capital as
Presidentelect be entered it for
tbe first time. His perfect self-
command and easy and dignified
bearing, with the strength of tbe
address which he delivered, gave
new confidence to all classes of ob
servers.
It is said that there is a man in
Memphis who can’t live without
noise. He should hire a couple of
colored carpenters to shingle his
bouse.
to run. Then came the celebrated
“Stni-chamber” City Convention
at Tivoli Hall, engineered by tbe
late James G. Muldoon, who was
Chairman of the Committee. Ad
mission could only be bad by
ticket, and tbe Commercial that
afternoon beaded its report of tbe
convention, “Muldoon’s” Picnic, a
name which always stuck to it. Mr.
Cleveland was unanimously nomi
nated for Mayor, and a committee
of three was appointed to see if be
would accept. If not they were in
structed to offer tbe nomination to
Alderman George W. Partridge.
In order to facilitate Mr. Cleve
land’s acceptance John C. Sheehan,
wbo bad been renominated oy ac
clamation for Comptroller, was
withdrawn and Timothy J. Maho
ney substituted. It was about 5
o’clock in tbe afternoon when Mr.
Cleveland appeared in the conven
tion and made a short speech, in
which be said that he accepted tbe
nomination with reluctance, but
would do so because be was a
Democrat, and as such could not
fail to respond to tbe call of bis
party.
Tbe famous veto of the “street-
cleaning contract swindle,” as it
was called, Monday, June 2G, 1882,
did more than anything else to
make Mr. Cleveland’s reputation
as Mayor, but as a matter of fact,
its effect was entirely discounted
by tbe Aldermen, wbo, as was said
at the time, nearly tumbled over
one another in tbeir baste to re
scind tbeir action in the matter be
fore the Mayor’s veto came in.
This they succeeded in doing, but
tbe veto was afterward read and
ordered received and filed. Its
effect, of course, had been entirely
forestalled. On tbe morning of the
day it was sent in a reporter of the
Commercial called on Mayor Cleve
land to ask for an advance copy of
the ex-pectcd veto, to print >n the
third edition. “Well,” said the
Mayor, “I’ve got a veto prepared,
and I think it a pretty stiff-one,
course of study at au academy, young
Grover determined at tile age of eighteen to
go west and seek his fortune, so he started
for Cleveland, O., being attracted to that
city because it l>oro his name. On his way
there he stopped at Buffalo to visit his uncle,
Mr. Lewis F. Allen, who offered him a clerk
ship in order to prevent him going further
west. This position he accepted, and soon
Chief Justice to open the book at after, determining on law as his profession,
any particular place, and no desire 1)0 eutero<1 1,10 office of Rogers, Bowen &
Rogers to study. In 185!) he was admitted to
, . j , . . I the bar. Four years later he was appointed
should be anything prearranged . assistant district attorney for the county of
of President Cleveland that there i
about the ceremony in any way, I Erie, which position ho held for three years.
noy, but was defeated. In 1871 he became _
member of the law firm of Bass, Cleveland
& Bissell. Mr. Cleveland is one of a family
of nine children.
The particular place where he kiss- ! In 1865 he was nominated for district attor- I re P utatiun -
ed, therefore, wa9 the result of ac
cident entirely. As the type U9ed
in tbe biole is small tbe lips of the
President touched six verses of tbe
112tb Psalm from verse 5 to verse
10 inclusive. They are as follows:
A good man sbowetb favor and
lendelb; be will guide his affairs
with discretion.
Surely be shall not be moved for
ever; the righteous shall be in ever
lasting remembrance.
He shall not be afraid of evil tid
ings; bis heart is fixed trusting in
the Lord.
His heart is established, be shall
not be afraid, until be tee his desire
upon bis enemies.
He hath dispersed, be hath given
to tbe poor; bis righteousness cn-
dureth torever; bis born shall be
exalted with honor.
The wicked shall see it, and he
grieved; be shall gnash his teeth
and melt away; tbe desire of the
wicked shall perish.
Cassidy mado him city oditor, and
on Cassidy’s death years afterwards ho step
ped into his place. Perhaps tbe rarest luck that
ever befel Daniel Manning was the liking
William Cassidy took to him. The editor of
Tbe Argus was not only a keen politician, an
accomplished scholar and a brilliant writer,
but he was one of the most highly bred men
ever known in Albany society. From his
honest Irish parents young Manning got the
rugged constitution and powerful frame that
have been to him more than a fortune and a
college diploma. But from William Cassidy
ho learned suave courtesy and easy dignity.
It has often been said that no man could as
sociate with Cassidy and not learn to behavo
like a gentleman. Mr. Manning has been the
president of a bank, a leader in tbe enterprise
of Albany and the greatest singio power in
his community. He has great common sense
and business sagacity, qualities that have
mado his paper a power and turned the oppor
tunities it threw in his way into tile roads te
an honest and a handsome fortune. He is a*
adroit and imperturbable politician, who
uses candidates rather than others fit
his game. Ho has never until now
held an office, though he has disposed of
many. He has Jong been a disciple of
Samuel J. Tilden, and as chairman of the
democratic state committee he has a national
THOMAS ANDREWS IIENDRICKS, VICE PRESI
DENT ON THE UNITED STATES.
Thomas Andrews Hendricks was born in
Muskingum county, Ohio, September 7,1810.
1IUR5ED TO DEATH. In 1823 his father settled in Shelby county,
Ind. Thomas graduated at South Hanover
college in 1843, studied law at Chambersburg,
„ „ , „ , Pa, was admitted to tho bar there in 1843, and
-0LUMBU9, Go., March 10—News returned to Indiana to practice. In 184S he
bas reached here to day of a most
horrible crime enacted near Lump
kin, Stewart county, yesterday af
ternoon. Employed on the Am«ri-
cus and Lumpkin railroad are a
number of negroes from Birming
ham, Ala. Bad feeling has existed
between them, and tbe negroes of
tbe neighborhood, and yesterday it
found full vent in a most horrible
muraer. One of the Stewart county
negroes lost his pocketbook and
offered fifty cents reward for its
recovery. One of tbe Birmingham
negroes produced tbe pocketbook,
was a member of the legislature, and in 1850
a delegate to tho state constitutional conven
tion. From 1851 to 1855 he represented the
Indianapolis district in congress, from 18551
1859 was commissioner of the general land
office, and from 1863 to 1869 was a member of
the United States senate, in which he was re
garded as the democratic leader. As candi
date for governor of Indiana he was defeated
in 1860 and 1868, but was elected
in 1872 for the term ending January 1, 1877.
as a candidate for the vice presidency. In 1876
he shored tho defeat of Samuel J. Tilden. Mr.
Hendricks has a patrician face and bearing, a
ready voice and cold light blue eyes. He can
make n graceful speech and talks well always.
He belongs to the intellectual and rapidly in
creasing order of smooth-faced
His
whereupon he was accused by tho “' ,mri ‘ ly built fact-, Roman
looser of having stolen it/ Tbe j
trail- ot Ills character.
WILLIAM CROWN IN SHIELD ENDICOTT, SECRE
TARY OF WAR
Ex-Judge Eadicott wai born in Salem
about 1827. He graduated from Harvard col
lege in the claas of 1847 and married hit cousin,
a daughter of George Peabody. He has two
children, a son and a daughter. Judge Endl-
cott was admitted to the bar about 1850. Gov.
Washburn appointed him to a sent on tbo su
premo bench in 1873, which he held until 1882,
when he resigned. He Is a member of the
Massachusetts Historical society and of the
board of overseers of Harvard college. Judge
Endicott is a direct descendant from Gov.
John Endicott Until tho Bell and Everett
campaign he was an old-line whig. At that
time bo come into tho democratic party. As
a lawyer he has been very thorough, and in
pleading a case very dignified. As a judge he
stood high in rank. Ho has never been prom
inent in politics, until he was the nominee of
the democratic party of Massachusetts for
governor last fall, and although defeated he
raoeived a very handsome vote.
Birmincbad) negro indignantly
denied tho charge, and a general
fight ensued between the two fac-
but I don’t want to give it to you | ti b on8 . The Birmingham negro, who'
because I am afraid tbey won t re-1 wa8 accuse ,i stealing the pock-!
ceivc it. It makes a man sick, he et b 00 k, was terribly beaten, tied!
continued,“to think of theiraction,. llaad and foot and t y brown , lto a
and I ^ve u 8ed some plain Ian- j Iog but . The but was then fired
f' lag< 7 „ l le . , '' ! P orter suggested an d burned to the ground. The
that the Council was bound to re ; 1J00ple wbo vUitcd tb % 8Ceno ROon |
cetve an official communication | Awards saw nothing of the un I
from tbe Mayor, and after some i fortunate man h„r. hu „i,i I
. tT -. ft i « i fortunate man, but his charred re-
persuasion Ills Honor’s scruples mailu . The rin , eader8 of h
about allow,ng an advance copy faction8 flcd the country, mid at
to be taken were overcome, on the ; . , V 1
the last accounts had not been ar-1
to be taken wore overcome, on the
pledge, however, that if the docu- i vested"
ment was not read it should not be j ’ , , |
printed. | The custom of giving inaugural
We say that Mr. Cleveland was ; balls originated on the occasion « f
always very clever to the news- I the second inauguration of Gen I
paper men, in giving out bis public Washington, in Philadelphia, in
1793.
William C. Whitney was born at Conway,
Mass., forty-five years ago. Ho is tho son of
Gen. James 8 Whitney, of Boston,
amt son-in-law of Henry B. Payne’
of Ohio. Ho graduated at Yalo in
1863, ami then at Harvard law
school Coming to New York ho took a desk
in tho office of Judge A. It. iAwrenee. Here
This ball was given in pur- THOMAS r. bayard, secretary ok state. bocume familiar with tho intricate
..... • *» . 1 -m. — u . laws of Gotham, which it afterwards became
J5B=S=i532BS!=a ***^= =73:
Dancing Illustrious family Thomas F R.., „ r ,i ■„ !-t J“°k place m 18,5, at tbo time whoa the
lie Iin uii-I his fifty-seventh year. Ho l« ta'/'wcll built. dragging through
ie meet- irons re-election of George Wash- healthy, has bee,, sixteen years in the senate, SjoiShttamhJ.lilS»»b!!. 0 72”T“ iVe,y
8 nollon ‘ ington,the President or tbe United “•Washington as a typ, ?h™^ L
, U.ciir j States, the anniversary ol the t^Xht’^IS.anaba^^eS!!^ reason*. It i* not to be prammed
PifHent form of government of the nine of whom are dauihtera Mra ? at *7*?* ^ provc * < l ! the exi ’°P tion An *
United States; and a parting leave -Tends a pm of XlrthS ^TPSSZ
-ith the members ot tbe present band in Washington, though .ha much pro was not an im^STo^!‘ g Tb.
documents, all of which be wrote
biaiself, after consultation with bis
clerk, tlie Hon. Harmou S. Cutting.
Wc notice a dispatch from Wash
ington says that he intends to de
claim bis inaugural address Irotu
memory. This is characteristic,
and it is an old habit witii him 1.0
write out and memorize what he
has to say. lie did so at the meet
ing of the bar called to take
on the dealli of his Irienil
and beautiful speech. It was I UniLe.l Srats..- SSL. . . B * y * nl *»* Jackson’s remark aboutofflcebolders-
Lbougbt to be impromptu, but the
reporters knew otherwise, as they Congress.”
Representatives
of the United States are respective
ly ii vited to a ball, on
1793, to be given by the Dancing
Assembly, in honor of the nnini-