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THE BARNESVII XL GAZETTE. VOL. I. r i?lieir Support. Said a gentleman to us yesterday, speaking of the independents, in the race for the legislature, “Did you know that Messrs Gardner and Baker expect to carry a large colored vote?” Of course we said they must expect this, if they have any hope of being elected. Said this gentleman, they say they will go; more colored votes in llarnes ville than Messrs Hunt ami Matthews. So far as this matter is concerned, there are a. great many prohibitionists among the colored vot.iv>. How they will vote in the electi nr we do not know. They have as much cause, ex cept to vote against the democratic party, t<> support Col. Hunt us they have tjyVote for Mr. Gardner. It may Boon this line 'oat Mr. Gardner hopes to got that vote. In t.liiseonnection wo reproduce a poition of the address of Hon. 11. !>. Bendthe chair man of the democratic executive committee of Meriwether county to the democracy < . his county He says thi; leads me to inquire how many parties th no arc in Georgia. Mo | fair minded in.in can say there are hut two —the Democratic and Republican. | A thousand side issues may bo thrown into any campaign, but the solid, indis putable fact remains that there ate but two political parties in Georgia the Democratic and Republican., One, the party of intelligence, of truth, of j high social standing, of good order, of decency, of morality, of honest govern i ment, of peace and sobriety. The other, the party of corruption, of fraud, of riots, of social disorder, of communism. Hook upon one picture and then upon tfcs other, and say which you will choose. There is no room to doubt. He that doubts is damned already. With the success of flic one you may expect wholesome law sto be enacted laws for the protection oi your person, your property,and for the protection of the sacredness and purity of your fam ilies, With the success of the other you may expect disorder, misrule, offi cial theft and robbery, and corruption j in the highest and lowest public posi j ions and a general decay of public morality. "But,’’say some, “there is an Inde pendent party.” I deny it. Asa party organization, there is none. And, as Alai. Hark, my distinguished and able predecessor as Chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee, has truthfully said. “Independenceof de mocracy means dependence upon radi- • calisra.” And 1 say it, without fear of j successful contradiction, that no man j ever ran as an Independent who ex pected to be elected without radical support. Is the love of office so great, or personalism so strong, t hat any man would tarnish the fair name of our county by aiding the lie publicans in liis candidacy as an independent to de feat the wishes of her law-abiding, intelligent and peaceful citizens? I am loth to believe it. The (Is ifiln News catches up a Pike county liquor man and publishes his views as being from a nan "who is in ! a good position to know the status of j political affairs down there and shrewd enough to reason from given premises.’’ 1 The editor shows his partiality for that side of “Pike’s politics’’ by devoting a column article to the anti’s opinion of the situation. If the editor had been liberal enough to have given the public his name, we could see the force of the interview more clearly. In the absence of the name we are left to surmise that the interview has a purpose to accom plish, The ways of interviews are not always lighted up by midday suns, and the public are often treated to dishes they would not purchase and pay for, of t heir own Selection. Monroe Advertiser: There is a pair of steelyards owned by Mr. Fleming Harp, of Monroe county, 805 years old. They are said to be as good as new, and have been handed down from Mr. Harp’s ancestor, Mr, Tlionms Martin. He claims that their age is correctly stated, as he can trace their descent from father to son. This makes them the oldest in existence. , Four hundred girls in a New Ha ven factory struck Because they were not permitted to borne the windows on a hot day. In a few hours the proprietors surrendered, and the windows were opened to their utmost capacity. BARNESVILLE, GA., SEPTEMBER 25, 1884. How Shull We Vote. Alii. Editor: As the election dav is near at i hand and we have several 'candidates | who are soliciting our votes, we must | necessarily make a choice of the lot, jas we cannot vote for all of them. If we should conclude to choose be tween them on personal grounds it would be difficult as they axe all clever gentle men: but on the ground of clever ness, we might go out side of the whole lot and find hundreds of men l in Pike county as clever. On the ! grounds of ability, we could fi and swe ll others their equals fperhjipe. And if we should conclude to select i our landidutes on the score of demo cracy. alone,we need not coniine our ; selves to the gentlemen who are ask- I ing is to vote for them; because the county is full of men whose demo, ra oy is as unquestioned, and as much | Jeffersonian as either of the candi j dates can boast. Why not follow this plan and Vt | every voter in the county nominate 1 and vote for the man of his personal preference, regardless of what any other man or set of men, says or j does? Some say this plan wont do and illustrate it by the oft told tl© of the handle of sticks, which resists the strongest efforts, but being se parated one by one are easily des troyed. If we acknowledge the force of this argument, then we concede j the necessity for concert of action organization, and agree that the! above plan will not be practicable, j On the 29th day of Aug. aecor- j dance withtheactionof theexecutive committee, the democrats of Pike I county assembled at the various pre- j rimls, and elected delegates to a j convention in Zebulon which was ! to present two men as candidates for the legislature. In voting for These delegates, ; each individual, when lie cast iiis ' ballot, yielded bis personal prefer- ! cnee and prejudice to the judgment of (he delegates who were to repre sent him and bound himself in nil honor, to abide the action of these men. The action of that convention . :s too well known for me to com- j meat upon at length. They nomi- , nati and Col. Hunt and Dr. >lls Mat thews as the candidates of the and m-, ocrntic party. They are good men democrats as true asVJsteel men of acility, worthy to lu: supporded, anil j the only Democratic party before the j people. Messrs Gardner and Baker may j be democrats, but they certainly like \ a considerable amount of being nom- j inees of the democratic party of Pike j I county. The surest proof of this is the f act j of the endorsement which the tie | groos gave them at their recent paw wow. I have never known in all its history for the radical party to en dorse a democrat in full accord with his party The idea of a committee of nine men going into a back room about five minutes and numbering two men for the people of Pike to I vote for, and one of these men being a member of the committee, that put himself out as a candidate, and have the hardihood to claim themselves is the democracy, at least to white folks. I don't know what they claim to the negro. This is the cheekiest proceeding the most miserah.’'- farce T have ever seen enacted before an intelligent people. Messrs Gardner and Baker may cry out Jeffersonian Democracy out the dark spot of independenfcism j will not, cannot be hid. It stands j out in bold relief, their actions con ; firm it. The pitying hand of time may efface some of its hidious black ness; hut they stand to day befoer the people of Pike county as disor ganize! s of the democratic party they are branded, by their own actions as independents and coalitionists. They have suffered an overweeing ambition to crush out their patrio tism and party fealty, and in their mad career they call upon the peo ple to aid them in tlu T murderous onslaught upon the only party which will preserve and perpetuate the principles of a government of the people by the people. Veritas. niscT'imiimiions At must While Citi/on, l *. A novel point under the four teenth amendment t> the federal const itntiou has arise! in Texas. The question is whether tl) -J amendment prohibits State legislation discrimi nation against white a ■ well as col ored ciliz.i us. A'a wpi Nsed by the Texas Legi.-. luturc in 18( ; tt makes i, criminal for any white person to many a negro but impose s no penalty upon a negro who marries a white. Under this act Fanil Francois (White) was convicted of miscegenation and sent to the Penitentiary. The constitutionality of the law has been affirmed by the State Supreme Court and by the United States District Court in Tex as. The case is to he carried to the Supreme C -u t, of the United States. lilt* • i-itins' Statnitics. The < : parity of the steel rail mills of this country is about 1,600,000 tons per annum. About 600,000 tons went into new roads last year, and the amount used for renewals, new second track and sidings is es timated at. 650,000 tons, or 5.12 per cent of the total amount of rails in 1 track. This rate is equivalent to a ! renewal of the road, once in 18. J ! years. At the end of 1883 a little more than half the track in the United States was iron. The consumption of rails for maintenance ran down from 10.30 per cent in 1872, when steel rails were first, used, to 592 per cent in 1877; then back to 11.16 per cent ill 1881, and receded again to 542 per cent in 1883. The produc tion of rails increased from 83,091 in 1872 to 1,301.393 in 1882. Last year the production was 1,156.911. The price of rails, a little less than 820 per ton at the mills is the lowest known in this country. f.ending dentists use and recommend Holmes Wa.vi and Dentifirce to cure diseased gums, sore month etc. Try it. Those i i 1 1 ted of job printing will please hear in mind that the Gazette job ctliee is prepared to tarn out, cheap and at short notice, all kinds of work. Call early and get Jjyonr cotton state meats, circulars, pouters, hand hills, bill heads, letter heads, visiting cards —in fact, any kind of printing. A TALE OF TWO CRUTCHES. A Well Known Citizen ot Atlanta Lays Down iiis Crutches. 1 have only a lew words t say, which fere to flfctothat have been com :ed to iny lied for t\\ • months with what v.as called Nervous KL'Mimatbun, or Sciatic?, i was only enabled J to hobble about occasion ,!ly by Hie use of crutches, ..ml In this con- ion I commenced Hie use of H U U., lour • tiles of which en j abied me t> discard the -sc of my crutches and attend to business. I 1 iad previously used al! well re romniemled inert. • mes without relief. It lias been over two months since using B. B. 8., and I consider myself a permanently cured mam J P PA VIS, Atlanta, (in. (West End j FRIGHTFUL NASAL CATARRH. Pieces of Bone. For four years 1 have been afflicted with a j very troublesome catarrh of (he head. So terrible has its nature been that when I blew niv nose small pieces of bones would frequently come out of my mouth and nose The din ; charge vrrn copious and at times exceedingly offensive. blood become so impure that iny general health was gi- ally impaired, wall poor appetite and worse digestion, j Numerous medicines were used without re! ef, until I began the u >e of JJ. B. 8., and three bottles acted almost like magic Since their use not a symptom lias returned, and I fe<l in e v cry way quite restored to health. 1 am an oid citizen of Atlanta, and refer to al ! most any one living on Butler street, and more particularly to i)i L. M. Gillum, who knows ot my case Mps klizabbtti Knott. We will nui:! (n application to anyone inter ested in blood and Skin IBs- ases, Scrofula, ilhpuinatisxn, Kidney Troubles, etc., wonder fiu and unquestionable testimony of cures cfleeic'l by the use of B. H Ik, the quickest Blood Pm •tier ever known Largo bottles $5.00 j i . v six for oft. Sold by alt Druggists, or Ex- ! j picsacd oa n empt of price BLOOD il-vI.M CO, Atlanta, Axil* I i S)r Samuel llodges’ ALTKKAXI ve C< IMPOUND SARSAPARILLA -VNU Oil IDE] PO TA.3 H. THIS COMPOUD IS PURELY VECETABLE El' i i-l,i *1 eor iu:n'.ltxil, is parlectly harmless In ttsolt, an i;_o con tlin, form: o:i J I e- m mi pi .ve itul. efllclont and pleasant medleiniM for the remove in- > i--. , rli: i mAttain Scrofuls, Scald Head or Tetter, eld Chronle Sores of all klud i p. n iin, al! I l-M'vos arising from an Impure state of Blood. It Is also good an Appjtl/. jr an I,for sp at and ■ PHI Iy; This medicine is notsecret nostrum; its formula is open for Inspection to; any pn elan, and we Invito any and all physicians who will take Uie trouble to examine Into Its grit CAtvIPBELL BROS., Druggists, Sole Manufacture *s Superintended by San’i Iloddes corner Broad and Summer street, ’ lTice'si per bottle, or.sl k bottles for#J. For k ilo by druggist generally. Try a bottle. ALSOMAHUFACTURERS OF ETIIIIII’IIK I'llli 111 vim A never failing remedy for exlernal, Internal or cling I'dfM,; | .sone gohutnewltlioiilthe trademark testimonial Tills Ih to certify Hint 1 w.is iffltcti ,1 wllh Riles for twenty veins, I tried every reme.iy offered me Finally l used the lsi hloplan ointment,ami found II llie very best pv p.iralion I ever used. II will give aim < t imu < dlute relief and will tlrmUj wITeQi a | rmnnenf <*ciV R. A, IKE’ VND. of Breen. Vliilllps ,v i 'o.. NfLabx die Tenn CAMPBELL BROS.Druggists, Corner Broad and Summer jan 10 Street, Nashville, Tenn. The Atlanta Constitution very cor rectly speaks thus of a good man and one deserving to lie given the place he seeks to fill: “Mr. A. E. Single ton, of Upson county, will be a can didate for doorkeeper to the next senate. He was one of the bravest confederate soldiers; was wounded in the breast around Atlanta, and at Lovejoy had his foot shot off by a cannon ball. He would make a ca pable officer if he should be elected. Judge Harry Wells has the prospect of a line demand f >r the “Farmers and Drainers combined level and combinj ed Plane Table.” He is now prepared to sell farm and county lights. Call and see him. Hats 7 Hats / Silk Hats, Felt Hats and Bonnets Cleaned, Dyed, and Shaped in the latest styles, Hats Made to Order By the Boss Hat Man, ERNST KINSEL, j seplSdwtf 16J4 Whitehall St., Atlanta. aceA month ami board for three live youn* Hivwiufin or.adlcßln each county. Addrwra ; V. NV. ZttJGLER .v CO., Pliiladclphtu. ~jar i* 1 i BiSiSgMSSSflil :AS CCscale Cos. duMLEa,JS?®' RI , Scales of all Kinds, Tracis, Etc. Chattanooga, Tenn. | Send tOT CatalOgß sep2o-iv 0. II- B. BLOGBWOBSH, Attorney - at - Law, FORSYTH, GA. Prompt attention toall business entrusted to him. tl 0 The Southern Tele | graph Cos. is now pre | pared to send and re j ceive messages at all hours at this point with greatly reduced tariff. Call on R. L. Swatts, operator, at post office, and get rates. Quick time a specialty. sept.u FOR RENT. I will rent for the year l*-85 th Wellmaker place, hair a mile from the corporate limits of iwruesvllle; house containing six rooms and stove room, with vr acres open land If desired. Also my home place half milo further from town, house containing eight rooms, with any amount or land desired, both places situated on the Thomas ton road, and very desirable pla* ecs ror ]crMons wishing to school tlicir children. Possession given at once. b<'p4d&w3u T. R. Hivr£*fc. NO. 39