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_■ Ordinary, ‘ v
Recorder.
ESTABLISHED 1879.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, ERRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1890.
WILL AN INDEPENDENT OFFER TO
REPRESENT SUMTER COUNTY
In the Next General Assembly—What a
Local Politician Has to Bay—Op.
position to the Alliance Way—
What Will Develop P
“It is not certain that Cults and
McDonald will represent Suinter
county in the next general assem
bly.”
That was the rather staggering
remark made to a Recorder
porter yesterday by a well known
dabbler in local politics.
"What do you mean ''"questioned
the reporter.
“I mean just what I said, which,
in plain words, is that there may
be one or two independent candi
dates lor Representative before the
people when the general election
comes oil'. You see, there is a feel
ing existent with some to the effect
that the Alliance, as a secret order,
should not attempt to control poli
tics any more tbau should the Ma
sons or any other secret order.
While these parties who seem to be
dissatislied are ready to acknowl
edge the right of the Alliancemeu
to endorse a candidate or candi
dates, they say that the members
of the Alliance ought not to be
bound by any secret oaths to sup
port Alliance candidates against
any and all others. This, it is
charged, is the way the Alliance
votes are worked."
"Yes, but the gentlemen nomi
nated .were named by a democratic
primary," suggested the reporler.
"Democratic in name only," went
on the speaker. “Why it is any
thing but Democratic to go into a
meeting and swear to vote for any
one two men in opposition to hell,
heaven and earth, you may say. It
is on the undemocratic policy of
such proceedure that the proposed
contest is being agitated."
“But Sumter is a democratic
county.”
"You are right, and the leaders
in the movement I apeak of say it
is in the interest of that democracy
that they move. think the plan
is to give the Alliance one of the
representatives without any oppo
sition—to concede them that mueh,
but there will be a terrible struggle
for the other man. The impression
seems to prevail with the opposi
tion that with Che outside vote and
the negro vote, which will go to an
independent, no matter if he is the
staunchest Democrat in the world,
they can defeat the Alliauce can
didate."
"But can a man be found who
will make an independent race?”
“It is thought so. One of the best
runners in the county will be ap
proached on the matter, and he
may consent to run. It is urged
that he would not be bolting his
party in view of the way the Alli
ance vote is controlled. The whole
thing lingers, however, on what
this gentleman says. That’s all I
can tell you now."
It will be seen from this that
nothing is certain in politics, and
that it will be well to keep an eye
on all politics and politicians—
especially those in 8uinter.
Consolidation of Returns of Primary
Election.
A consolidation of the returns of
a primary election held in Webster
county on the 25th Inst., for Gover
nor, State House officers, Congress
man and Executive Committeemen,
showed the following result:
Governor—W. J. Northern
Sec’y. of State—Phil Cook.
Treasurer—R. U. Hardeman.
Att’y. Gen.—G. N. Lester.
Comp. Gen.—W. A. Wright.
Com. of Ag.—R. T Nisbet.
Congressman—C. F. Crisp.
Executive Committee—Town dis
trict, J. W. A. Hawkins, G. E.
Thornton; Weston district, H. J.
Perry; Slaughter Creek district,
W. M. Sears; Gooseberry district,
C. C. Tracy;- California district,
H. M. Marshall.
Delegates to Gubernatorial con
vention—Dr. J. T. Dismukes and
D. W. Nicholson; alternates, W. J.
Sims and J. W. A. Hawkins.
Delegates to Congressional con
vention—J. B. Hudson and W. M.
Sears; alternates, S. R. Stephens
and R. J. Dixon.
The new Executive Committee is
requested to meet in Preston, Sat
urday, August fltb, for the purpose
of organization.
J. R. Stapleton,
Chinn. Dem. Com.
THE ALLIANCE NOT AFRAID OF
INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES.
The Recorder’s Announcement Yester
day an Eye-Opener- Samples of
Street Talk—An Allianceman
Speaks Out—Hay Put Out
a County Ticket.
WEBSTER WAIFS.
Weston, Ga., July 30.—Some of
the farmers are pulling fodder.
They say this rain will make the
cotton shed.
The election last Saturday result-
ed iu more fences and better ones.
Mr. Bill Mercer was over with
whole head full of his every day
yarns, making everything on the
grounds laugh until their sides
ached.
The washout on the C. S. railroad
last Sunday was very bad. There
Is one engine down, south of Rich
land, turned over down a six or
seven foot hill.
Miss Georgia Reeves, of Dawson
has been spending a few days with
her relatives near Weston.
Mr. L. N. Saunders,of Greenville,
Ala., returned home last Monday,
nfieravery pleasant visit to his
friends and relatives in Weston
Dr. A. R. Patterson’s horse ran
away with his buggy last Tuesday
morning, breaking the shafts and
dash board, but doing no other
damage.
Prof. J. H. Whitchard and lady
nro spending vacation with friends
and relatives in Terrell.
Mr. W. J. Sims is having his new
store enlarged. It will be occupied
by Mrs. Flowers, of Brookline, as a
milliner shop.
Work is under full headway on
B. F. Barge’s warehouse.
Messrs. William Princo and Ed.
Pinkston, of Parrotts, made ’Wes
ton a call Tuesday evening.
Re-Union at Montezuma.
The Confederate veterans had a
gala day at their re-union at Mon
tezuma yesterday. Several went
up from Americus, and they report
quite a crowd present. The boys of
'Cl and ’65 had quite an enjoyable
time recalling war time experiences
and mingling with each other after
years of seperation. An elegant
feast wns set for the veterans by
the good people of Montezumu. m
Among those present were Gov
ernor Gordon and General Phil
Cook.
The Seventh Georgia will have a
re-uniou at Tajbotton to-morrow.
Several will go from Ainericua.
A New Car Coupler. *
Mr. H. J. Webb, of Sumter, has
invented and patented a car coupler,
the object of which is to provide a
simple and inexpensive means of
coupllugand uncoupling cars, with
out necessitating a person going be
tween thecars and endangering life
or limb. He is having a coupler
made, and it will be given a trial on
the 8. A. M. road in a short time.
A Lauzhablo Incident.
One day this week u laughable In
cident occurred at the Jackson
street crossing, which, if it had not
been for the prompt action of the
engineer, might have proved fatal
The yard master had been transfer
ring cars from one portion of the
yard to another, and was heading
in on a jddc track to pull out a cou
pie of cars, and while crossing
Jackson street a negro switchman,
who was riding on the step in front
of the engine, jumped offtoehauge
the switch. In jumping his foot
caught and threw him under the
step. The engineer saw the predica
ment of the negro and immediately
reversed his engine and applied the
airbrakes.
The negro was roiled under the
step a short distance, and when the
engine was stopped commenced
hollowing :
"For God's sake, white man,
back off! Back off! You think a
negro is made of iiou ! For God’s
sake back off!”
Mercer University.
In our advertising columns will
be found the advertisement of this
old and well kuown University.
The faculty Is larger than ever and
the trustees have spared no expense
to make it one of the best. For any
information wanted address Presi
dent Nunnally.
Albany Bucket Factory.
Messrs. Parker and Wessolowski,
of the AlbanyBucket Factory, were
in the city yesterday showing speci
mens of their wares. They make
cedar, cypress and oaken buckets,
and make them in good styles, and
at such prices as will enable them
to compete with Northern manufac
tories. They got some good orders
from our merchants. It Is such
manufactories that will build up
this section and enable ns to talk
of boycotting.
The announcement in yesterday’s
Recorder that there might be au
independent candidate for Legisla
tive honors in Ku inter county prov
ed an eye-opener to the people, dr‘
rather, to some of the people of
Americus. It was the subject of
many conversations during the
day.
Every voter, almost, iu the city
expressed his opiniou as to the fate
of such a candidate and the prob
able lesult it would have on the
election.
"A good man would make a good
race, I can tell you,” was the know
ing remark of a Forsyth street mer
chant. “There is considerable op
position to the Alliauce having
both men, and the gentleman who
spoke iu this morning’s Recorder
is right iu saying that an indepen
dent, no matter how good a Demo
crat he may be, would receive the
negro vote.”
“Yes,” said a Lamar street mer
chant who was near by, “that’s ail
right to talk, but you listen at me
a while. There is no uso talking,
the Alliance is ‘the people' just
now. Why, the Alliance controls
the majority of the negro laborers
and voters iu this county. You
know a man can control his own
employes in a measure, at least.
Cutts and McDonald will represent
Sumter county in the next General
Assembly.”
• These are samples of the talk on
the streets.
A prominent Allianceman was
seen by a Recorder reporter and
asked what he thought of the tall;
of an independentcandidatefor the
lower house.
“Sumter is aDemocratlc county,"
was the reply. "She always has
supported the nominee. The can
didates have been selected by a
Democratic primary—they nre
Democrats. The Alliance is able
to loek after its own Interests, and
none of us are at all shaky as to the
result. We know several things
that the public at large doesn’t.”
“Will the Alliauce put out a
ticket for county officers ?" was
aBked.
The Allianceman smiled, then,
thinking for a moment, he said
"No, not ns an Alliance, or or
ganization. There is to be aDehio
cratic primary to nominate county
officers. The Alliance is every day
gaining prominence as the Demo
cratic party.”
That's all he would say, but the
smile which accompanied his last
remark was such as to mako oue
think that the Alliance will take a
hand in the county elections.
The political Usue is n puzzle. It
may be solved by some of thecoun-
ty officers walking the Alliance
gang plank.
Nothing is certain.
Religious Revival—Crop Proapecta-
Porionals.
Dawson, Ga., July 30.—The gos
pel tent was taken dowu last Thurs
day morning, folded up and carried
to Elaius of Dura by wagon, and
the grand meeting, which was not
ready to close, was moved to the
Methodist church aud continued till
last Sunday night, having been car-
ried on very successfully three
weeks. Thirty-live persous were
added to the membership and were
baptised at the close of the meeting
Sunday night by the pastor, Rev.
E. M. Whiting. Tills wns such a
glorious meeting, and was eujoyed
so heartily that all regretted to see
the tent removed, and hope to see a
magnificent church arise very soon
upon the same spot.
The Baptists wiH commence a
protracted meeting here next Sun
day, and it is hoped and expected
that the Methodists and Presbyte
rians will co-operate with them
and work vigorously and pray earn
estly for the success of the meeting.
We have had an abundance of
rain for the last two weeks through
out the county, and on sandy lands
the cotton crop is being seriously
injured by rust. Caterpillar flics
are becoming numerous iu many
farms. The fodder crop, which
promised to be the beet for years,
will be almost a failure on account
of dally rains. Corn, cane and po
tato crops are very good.
Messrs. E. B. Bridges and L. C.
Durham have consolidated their
stock' and formed co-partnership in
the mercantile business.
Miss Dink Ogletree, of George
town, and Miss Annie Ogletree, of
Eufaula, are visiting our city, the
guests of Mrs. Mary C. Baldwin.
Mr. R. L. Seville is at Indian
Springs, taking a much ueededrest.
Rev. E. M. Whiting Is at Plains
of Dura assisting in the tent meet
ing. J. A. F.
PROPERTY GOES UP AND THE TAX
RATE COMES DOWN.
Something About Amerlcut’ Growth
—The Valuation of City Property
Foote Up Over $3,000,000—
Taxes Will be Reduced
-Cheering News.
A CHILD KILLED.
A Tree Fall* on a Six Year Old Child
and Crushes It.
bollc yield* at once to Lamar’e
Diarrhoea Mixture.'
Parties who wore in the city yes*
terday from Webster county gave A
Recorder reporter the details of t
terrible tragedy, which occurred
there Tuesday afternoou.
•Simon Johnson is one of the best
known negroes iu Webster county.
He owns a small place there and
works hard for au honest living.
Ho has a wife and two childron,
one a boy about six years olu. It
was that boy who was killed.
Tuesday afternoou it was too wet
to plow, so Simon got his axe and
sought to improve the time by cut
ting dowu some trees for wood.
When he went to the woods he took
the little boy with him.
8imon worked away on a large
tree and when it was ready to fall’
ho forgot to waru the boy to get out
of the way. The tree fell to the
ground with a crash. The boy wad
caught under It and terribly
crushed. Wheu Simon reached hini
ho was dead.
Simon ha* many friend* among
the whites in Webster, and they ara
all sorry to hear of his boy's death;
Whose Horse P
Yesterday Policeman Cobb found
a looso horse on the streets.
The animal bore evidence of hav
ing been driven very hard. His
appearance gave rise to the thought
that he may have been stolen from
some one in the county, driven to
the city and turned loose. Or It
may he that the animal had just
come iu from a drive and walked
out through a gate carelessly left
open. No one wus seen by the
officer who recognised the animal.
The horse is now nt Lockett’s
stables, where the owner can get
him by pnying all charges.
A Week of Prayer and Braize.
During this week the good people
iu and around the Plalus of Dura
will enjoy a week of prayer aud
praise. A largo tent tabernacle has
been erected, and In that the ser
vices wlil be held. 8ome of the
most noted divines Ir the State will
be present and take part in the ser
vices. An effort will be made to
liaVe Sam Jones preach at least
one sermon there during the meet
ing. It is also on the programme
to get the authorities of the S. A. M.
road to put on tickets at reduced
rates to parties in the city who wish
to attend the meetings.
Here’s good uewB!
The city tax rate will no doubt be
reduced this year.
Volume after volume could be
Ailed with what has been said about
the progress of Americus, and then
tbe half would not have been told
about the city’s wonderful growth.
On every side, the sound of the
trowel and the hammer Is heard.
Houses have >prung up here and
there like mushrooms. Mauulacto-
ries have been put iu-operation aud
arc being completed. New people
have come to swell the ranks of her
citizenship. Public improvements
have kept up with private enter
prise and the Americus of to-day is
not to be recognized ns the Ameri
cus of a few years ago.
Persons who have not visited the
city In several years can scarcely
realize that it is the same place.
Last year the city probably did
its greatest growing. The result of
this is that the valuation of city
property as given in to the clerk
and treasurer, instead of being a
little more than $2,000,000, as was
tbe case last year, amounts to more
than $3,000,000. To put it in round
figures, the increase In value this
year over last is $1,000,000.
Great flgureB these; and they
mean great things to the taxpayers
of Americus.
They mean that the tax rate will
be decreased!
Speaking of tbe tremendous in
crease in tbe value of the properly
of the city and Ita probable effect
on the tax rate, City Clerk and
Treasurer Brlneou bad something
to say yesterday. He is undoubt
edly the best posted man in the city
in regard to such matters, and what
he says on the subject will be of
interest to city taxpayers,
Tbe substance of Mr. Brinson’s
remarks Is tbst the tax rate will
certainly be reduced. He eays that
a tax of one 2% per' cent,
will tide the council over nice 1 -
Jy, enabling them to keep up public
improvement! at tbe present rate.
Even a lower rate than this may be
fixed, but it will uot likely go over
the sum uamed.
That means despite the fact that
special taxes have beeu levied tor
publio improvements, the total tax
to he paid by Americus people will
be less tbau it was last year, with
out tbe special tax.
This news will be hailed with joy
by the tax payers, and real estate
will probably take on a fresh boom
because of it.
And still Americus grows!
Aotion of the County Executive Com
mittee.
The Democratic Executive Com
mittee of Sumter county met at 10
o’clock Saturday morning and pro
ceeded to consolidate the returns
from the several dlstriote of the
primary election for Representa
tives to tbe Legislature, held the
day previous, with the following
result
Fifteenth. 73 77
New Sixteenth at z«
Old sixteenth at 38
NewTwenty-SIxth <7 38
Seventeenth 1M 103
Twenty-eeveutu 173 SOS
Twenty-eighth 80 77
Twenty-nluth 39 39
Old Twenty.sixth 39 33
Total 905 690 137 Ml
The returns showed the follow
ing members of the County Execu
tive Committee eleoted from the
several districts:
fifteenth—Thos, E. Hewitt.
New Sixteenth—W. A. Poole.
Old Sixteenth—A. D. Gatewood.
New Twenty-sixth—J. D. Glover.
Seventeenth—J. F. Ross.
Twenty-seventh—J. A..Ansley,
sr., J. C. Carter, jr., N. A. Ray, W.
L. Mnrdre.
Twenty-eighth—E. B. Wallace.
Twenty-ninth—W. H. Glover
Old Twenty-sixth—J. W. Oliver.
It was recommended by tbe old .
committee that tbe nomination of
candidates for county offices be
made by primary election.
After voting thanks to the retir
ing chairman, the old committee
adjourned to make way for the
new.
The new committee met aud or
ganized by the election of J. A.
Ansley chairman, and W. L. Mnr
dre secretary.
Mr. J. F. Ross moved that all
subsequent nominations he made
by primary elections, as recom
mended by the old committee,
whleh motion was carried unani
mously.
There being no further business,
the committee adjourned, subject
to tbe call of chairman.
ELECTION ECHOES.
Polltleal Primary Paragraphs.
Just In Time.
Mr. A. L. Rees, who has been vis
iting bis old home for several days,'
returned to Savannah a few dayi
ago just in time to have hie wifi
present him a fine eleven poirtu
baby boy. Snpt. Reee received a
telegram yesterday announcing its
birth yesterday morning.
Took the Till.
Yesterday some one entered Mr.
H. D. Watts’ store aud took from
his safe one of the drawers, which
was used as a depository for small
change, aud the store keys. After
relieving the drawer of its contents
aud the keys, the tilt was thrown
into a woodpile nearby.
During tho afternoou Henry
Kendrick wus arrested for the theif
and carried before Judge Pilsbury,
hat owing to alack of evidence he
was dismissed.
The keys have uot been recover
ed, hut they will do the thief hut
little good, as Mr. Watts lias had
all his locks changed.
Mill Dams Broke.
A heavy rain fell in Webster and
Stewart counties on Sunday morn
ing, the most severe that has fallen
there in many days. The mill
dams of Samps Bell, Rees aud ,Mr.
Ponder, iu Webster, and those of
Measre. Bud Majors and Sawyer, In
Stewart, were bioken and washed
away. The stream* are all swollen
and bridges era being awopt away
like so much trash. Possibly others
hgve been washed ewey, but no
further news coaid be learned.
Wbereever there are children it
la neccessarv to provide against 1q-
discretion in eating in the Spring
and Summer. Keep a bottle or
Lamar’s Diarrhea Mixture always
nt- band.
Thojr Need Help.
The Christian people of Americus
never hdd a better opportonity to
help a family in distress than at
prcient.
There is iu the city a family
which Is In a really pitiable condi
tion. The wife is sick with typhoid
fever, the little baby is suffering
from a doathly disease andtbrhus-
band is broken down aud unable to
work from long watching and nurs<
lug. There is nothing in the house
to eat aud the occupants are really
suflering for the necessities of life.
It is indeed a sad case and the good
people of Americus should uot be
slow to come to the aid of tbe un
fortunate ones.
Any contributions of money or
other things for these people can
De left cither with Rev. Mr. Hayes,
of the Methodist church, or Rev,
Robt. Adams, of the Presbyterian
church.
It Rained and It Poured.
That section of country around
Americus embracing Marlon,
Schley, Webster and Stmfrart coun
ties was visited by. a rainstorm
Sunday. The raiu fell'Id torrents
and a number of dam* gave way to
the pressure.
It was feared that this.fain would
damage the cotton crop,arhich was
never more promising than at pres
entment a .prominent planter told a
ItECORdRlb .tnsn yesterday tbit It
would not. >He said, that it would
cause count* to shed some, but that
would prove A benefit; as it would
give the weed s chance to (soil in
August, whtobJh - the best -.mouth
for cotton, by long odds.
bb¥p-
We rise up to remark that op
posing an Alliance ticket savors too
much of a friendly bout with abuzz
saw,
If the Alliance wants anything
more, they can just reach up and
take it off the hook, and no ques
tions will be asked.
A heavy shower of rain has no
more effect upon an Allianceman
than upon a duck.
It won't do to pit light infantry
against heavy artillery. We have
had that much experience in war.
The fence seems to be a pretty
safe place to sit on in this section.
There is one thing that can be
said of Messrs. Brady and Dodson—
they couldn’t be made to run iuthe
face of defeat.
A Georgia congressman says the
Alliauce has not split the Demo
cratic parlor—it has simply swal
lowed I
Ye believe him.
Will be Beady.
“You can say that, the improve- '• 11
ments on tbe public school building
will be ready by the time named in -
the contract,” said Alderman Wil
liams to a Recorder reporter yes- .
terday.
This is good news to the people of > gj
Americus, for the old building has
been for a long time Inadequate to-
the demands of the school. When
completed tbe addition will make
quite a sbauge In the appearanceof
the building.
Americus has always been proud
of her public school system, but
under Prof. Bizien’s able superin-
tendeeny they are especially so.
These schools rank among the best
In Georgia.
Quit the Rood.
Mr. Dan Borum, the pioneer
drummer of this city, who has been
withMessrs. P.C. Clegg*Co.,since
their opening in Amerious, ami
who went with the Americus Gro
cery Company when It wsefonued,
has quit tbe road and will soon
open business In Americus. Dau
has many fntnds in tbe towns lie
visited in Southwest Georgia who
will miss bis monthly calls, as well
as bis happy smile and heartygrasp
of the hand,
ard’a B. B. Cologne,'yon _
falnly buy a large bottle after hav
ing tested its merits. It is an ar
ticle that you never tire of.
For the Alliance.
Joe Mize wants it distinctly un
derstood that he is for tlie Alliance
for any office within tbe gift of the
people.
