THE BARKESVILLE GAZETTE
PUBLISHED BY
J. C. McMICHAEL.
Thursday, December 4, 1884.
Entered the ]*ot office nt Brnevllle an see
oiid chwiH matter.
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Our Trouble vsTheirTrouble.
Bo far ns the colored race in con
cerned the southern whites arc
more or loss perplexed with the
colored race a* laborers and ser
vants. The Nortliern whites given
over them profitable laborers and
law-abiding useful citizens in the
question with the Southern whiten.
How to make ibern Republican vo
ters and keep them ho is the diffi
culty with the great majority of the
Northern whites. Judge Tourgee,
the Northern man, who secs the
gouth through the severest glasses
in the United States or elsewhere,
in his “Appeal to Caesar” estimates
that in 1900 eight of the Southern
states will he black Republics,
having so large a preponderance of
colored population that neither vio
lence nor fraud can prevent them
from being under the political con
trol of the colored people. As bitter
a nature toward the South as Judge
Tourgee’ can take the figures of the
census and work out any sort of
preposterous lie, he may desire. So
fur as the southern white is eon
corned, he has no such fear as
Judge Tourgee. It will never he
the province of the colored race, in
the South to revolutionize history
and reverse the order of rule, as be
tween the Caucasian i ace and Hams
decondants- Wo arc well aware
that the colored race in the South
has more rapidly increased since
the war, than the white race lias.
We are aware that more whites
have emigrated from the South,than
have whites migrated South. Ad
mitting that this state of popula
tion may continue to 1900 the su
perior standard of intelligence and
morality of the white race will
make it tin* ruling element.
The Northern philanthropist ad
vises the education of the negro, in
order to counteract the evils tnat
will come from these eight Haytian
states after the next quarter of a
■century. This done and there will
come the political power our Nor
thern friends predict for them by
the year 1900 by virtue of increased
population. Owing to the fact that
they would ho more concentrated
and localized, they would he more
powerful than the Irish vote, they
would be the balance of power. They
would determine the complexion
of the electoral college and fix flic
character of the United States-sen
ate. This proposition admitted,
how important is this education.
If educated by partisan teachers as
•would almost necessarily be the
ease, the whole people would not
been benefited by their education?
The negro race is bound to furnish
the greater part of our political
troubles for many years to come.
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Politics at Home and Abroad.
The problem of self-government
in Franco seems to be a dillieult
one and the difficulty lies in the
temperament and history of the
French people. Institutions, after
all. are a small matter comparative
!y. The government of England,
is republican not because of its in
stitutions, but because its charac
ter represents the discipline of
training more than a thousand
years of history. The French sen
ate has made a very important
modification of its constitution,
which will bring it more into har
mony with the general system of re
pubicanism embodied in the French
government—a system which com
bines features of both the English
and American systems.
By a vote of 145 to 117 it lias
abolished life senatorships, and as
the present Senatorships expire they
will be replaced by nine year terms.
Considering the temperament of the
French people, we are not prepared
to say that this is a wise stop. This
makes the government more ilexi
ble and more immediately respon
sive to popular emotion and agita
tion, and hence it is an experi
ment not without peril. A senate
made up of life members made the
government more stable, but the
French Republicans feared undue
influence from the Executive on the
senate, and in order to guard
against this peril they have thrown
the government more open to those
disturbing forces which will proba
bly agitate France for years to
come.
It is difficult.to understand,at'this
distance the intricacies of German
politics. Parties seem to he brok
en up. as in America. There is a
wide divergence of opinion. These
>vith Bismarks personality all com
! bine to complex and confuse the*
| political student on this side of
the water.
As best we can judge the recent
j German elections indicate a fur
! ther lease of present power by Bis- j
marek, further concessions to Rome j
a spread of extreme socialistic
opinion which will probably undo
considerable of the chancellors j
work. The clerical party in the j
Reichstag will hold the balance ofj
power. The socialists against
| whom the Government has so long
| put forth its energy has largely in
creased its majorities in the great ;
German cities, a fact which must
cause some anxiety to Bismarck, j
While he has practically subdued
Europe, his own capital sullenly
refuses his leadership, and by rap
idly increasing majorities declares
the most deadly opposition to his
system of government.
Russia by long patience has
plucked another fruit of conquest.
She has pursued a tireless, sleepless
.policy of aggression in Asia, until
the Khiva has been annexed to the
Empire. It has appeared for a
long while only a question of i ime,
and now it is accomplished on the
ground of violation of the treaty of
1883 by the Khiva and his in
compctency to rule. This is one stop
in that eastward march of Rus
sian rule which will eventually em
brace all Turkestan.
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It is rather amusing to read the
comments of some of the Northern
press on the election of Cleveland.
They even publish that one negro
has committed suicide, rather than
be re-enslaved. They also describe
with considerable gusto the exo
dus of the negroes from the Ken
tucky line into Ohio. All this is
rather amusing to the quietude of
Georgia on the subject.
While the Republican press and
politicians are refcponsibe for such
fears, if they really exist, it should
bo the especial pleasure, as no
doubt it will, of the Democratic par
ty to teach the negro that his rights
are dependent, not upon any party,
but upon the constitution of the
United States. As wo see
the situation of the ne negro,he
has not had so bright a prospect
“since freedom.”
The senate has passed the bill ma
king large appropriations for pub
lic schools, chiefly to be expended
in the south, where the negro large
ly resides. It is only left to the
House, which will no doubt pass it
and the increased provision for the
colored man’s education, afforded
under a National Democratic ad
ministration, and in nearly all the
Southern States, under state Dem
ocratic administrations, will go far
to assure the colored man that he
will be protected by the Democra
tic party.
W. A. Pledger, the chairman of
the colored national committee has
called a meeting of the committee
in New Orleans on December 17tli
to take into consideration the pros
pects of the colored race under
Democratic rule. He advises the
committee to watch the assurances
made by democratic leaders that
the negro shall he protected in his
rights and property and says: [f
we are to meet iff th good govern
ment from a party that we have
feared and detested we will he
pleased to say well done.
The business men of Montgom
ery Ala., met en masse, and passed
resolutions condemnatory of the I
sentiments uttered through the edi- j
torial columns of the Cincinnati i
Gazette and forwarded a copy of j
the resolutions to the Mayor ofj
Cincinnati. The resolutions took j
the most hopeful view as to the se
curity that would he extended the
negro so far as his liberties and
protection to life and property are
concerned. They were very severe
on the disturbers of the peace and
inflamerg of the public mind.
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The Sam Randall jubilation in
Atlanta last Friday was largely at- !
tenned by the rural towns and dis
tricts. It was decidedly a success,
in point of numbers, and pvrotecnie
display. The vast multitude that
lifted up their faces on Marietta ;
street to behold the commanding
form of Mr. Randall, and listen to
his eloquent and patriotic words,
only understood the situation, af- 1
ter reading the Constitution next !
day. Such at last was the case with
us.
Gordon Institute.
In view of the fact that the fall
term of Gordon Institute will!
close on Friday next, we called on
the treasurer of the Board of Trus-I
] tees, Mr. J. W. Stafford, and asked
I him if there was anything we could
say about the operations of the
school this term, that would inter
est the public.
Well, said ho, “two hundred and
J eleven pupils have matriculated
this term, and the school has mov
ed along very pleasantly. It has
been reported that Professor Larnb
j din would simply exercise a gener
jal supervision over the school
| without teaching any class. This
I learn is not the truth. Professor
Lambdin will teach some special
classes in addition to exercising a |
general supervision over the whole
school.”
The same plan of conducting the
Institute next term we suppose?
“Yes, the council have voted th e
appropriation for the school year,
which will not expire till next Ju
ly, and the rates will he the same
next term they have been during
the pas; year.”
There will be some change in the
faculty, we suppose?
“Yes, Prof. W. 11., Woodall has
resigned and Professors A. 15. Per
due, of Milner and 11. 15. Brooks of
this county, and Miss Augusta Ri
viere have been engaged for next
year.
Something has been said about
engaging Miss Laura I. Bacon of
Albany Ga., to take charge of the
Art Department, and 1 suppose
she has been engaged, and has ac
cepted the position.”
Quito a number of boarders came
in at the opening of the term and
from all the information we have
the number will be increased next
term. One of the drawbacks to the
school and to the towns increase of
p ipulation is the want of dwelling
it iiises. We have several applica
tions from parties desiring to rent I
houses for another year, but the
dwellings are all occupied.
Since writing the above we have
received the following:
En. Gazette :
Perhaps your readers would like
to know that the outlook for Gor
don Institute is more encouraging
than at any time in its history.
Its catalogue of students for the
year just closing is the largest in
number by at least fiifty of any pre
vious years list, numbering this
year two hundred and seventy two;
m a word, the prospects for an in
creased attendance next term are
are so cheering that I have employ
ed three teachers in the literary de
partment in the place of ProfWood
all, resigned, and Miss Laura I. Ba
con of Albany to take charge of an
art department which already prom
ises to be self sustaining. I slialt
probably not take more than one
class to my regular work next term
but will spend my entire time in
visiting the different rooms, exam
ining the various classes and stu
dents, suggesting modes of instroc
tionto the teachers and exercising a
thorough supervision ovejthe whole
school.
Heretofore I have not been able to
do this, owing to the fact that my
regular classes demanded my whole
time, and left me no time for syste
matic supervision or examination.
I know nothing personally of the
progress of any pupil in the school
except those immediately in my
classes, and was unable to advise
or suggest to the teachers special
places for the special cases that
come up in every one’s experience
as a teacher simply because 1 had
no personal knowledge ol the dif
ferent eases, except in a very gen
eral or indefinite way. Under my
arrangements for the next year, l
am sure there will be uniformity in
the methods of instruction and
supervision than there has ever |
been.
1 can now promise my patrons
what I have never been able to do
before, that every child in Gordon
! Institute will receive instruction
from me directly at-stated intervals
and indirectly at every recitation,
for all teachers will follow my me
thods. Permit me to express my
gratitude to the generous people
of Barnesville for the earnest and
enthusiastic support which they
have alws given me and which has
placed Gordon Institute in the
front of all the schools of the state
and assures that the brilliant pros
pects will soon be realized beyond
our most sanguine expectations.
Respectfully, Chas. E. Lambdin,
President Gordon Institute.
Robert J Burdette, who has made
the Burlington Hawkeye newspap
er famous has abandoned the sweet
paths of Journalism for the golden
apples that grow in the lecture
field. He is now one of the
finest humorists of the
of the age and the readers of the
Hawkeye will be sad without him.
He will give bis whole time to lec
turing since be is offered SIOO c
night by regular engagement.
S. F. Mann,
Is in Granite Hall with a complete k of Books. Btationery,
stoc
*Xmas t Presents*:*
Musical Instruments, Music Books and Sheet Music.
nov27 . Gold Pens and Pencils a Specialty.
B. G. Lockett & Cos.,
Manufacturers of the Celebrated
Chattahoochee River Brick
Office No. 33 South Broad Street, Atlanta, Ga.
Wh offer the best brick made in the South at prices to suit the times.
We fill all orders on the shortest possible notice. For prices and par
ticulars call on T. B. LYON, our local agent at Barnesville, Ga.
Hays & Mansfield,
MACON, GEORGIA.
Rough & Dressed Lumber,
Mouldings,Shingles,Laths,Building Material.
Send Orders to them and they will be promptly filled. nov2o
Sash, Doors,Blinds,
fOTPAINTS, OILS, GLASS, VARNISH, BRUSHES, ETC'.JM
Wall Paper and Kalsomine,
For Decorating inside of Dwellings. Send for sample cards and prices.
My stock of Iron and Slate Mantels, also Grates, Fire Bricks, ite., is the
largest in this section. Get my prices before buying.
nov2o T. C. BURKE, Macon, Ga.
Tin and Iron Roofing.
z And Galvanized Cornice.zz:
We wish to announce to the people of Barnesville and surrounding
country that we have the latest improved machinery and tools for put
ting on Tin and Iron Roofing, and defy competition in this line, as well
aspumbing, steam and Gas fittings.
Stoves,Ranges,Oil Stoves, Pumps
Bath Tubs, Wind Mills, Terra Cotta Ripe, Water Closets, Hot \\ ater
Boilers, Marble Wafh Stands, Iron and Galvanized Pipe, and everything
to be found in a first class plumbing a. 1 tin roofing establishment.
ORME & REYNOLDS, Macon, Ga.
Ruggies and Carriages.
The undersigned has in stock a full line of the OELEBRA ILD
LIGHT RUNNING COLUMBUS BUGGIES, SINGLE and DOUBLE
and is the only agent in Thomaston for those superior vehicles.
The Milburn Wagon Also in stock.
A full line of Harness, Rugs, Whips, Saddles, Briddles at lowest
figures. He has also a first-class
LIVERY STABLE
well oquiped with splendid horses and nice buggies. Give him a call.
J. W. F. HIGHTOWER,
*cplß-3m Thomaston, On.
i New Gasoline
TORCH .
For outside linliting, street venders, meat markets |
grocery stores, halls, or wherever a brillint light is re- j
. „ nuired,this Torch gives satisfaction.
J. C. McMICHAEL, Agent, Barnesville, Ga.;
T Hull Vapor Cooking Ctoves.
These Stoves were awarded the Gold
Medal at the Cotton Exposition in At
lanta, Ga., and are rapidly taking the
place of the wood and coal stoves ; they
do all kinds of cooking equal to a
range, and without soot, smoke or
wicks. No ashes to bother with, stole
is always ready, can cook a breakfast
in twenty minutes, hake biscuit in ten
or fifteen ; more than seven hundred in
daily use in Atlanta and are giving ex
cellent satisfaction.
For further particulars address
THOMAS KIR KE A CO.
55 Peachtree St.. Atlanta. Ga.
Successors to Hull Vapor Stove ( o.
J. C. McMichael, Agt., Barnesville.
HARD WARE
; We keep the best assortment of
BUILDER'S
Hardware -
AND CARPENTERS’
Tools
!to be found in the city, and at
prices that
tDefyCompetitiom
Examine our stock and
Be Convinced
WE ARE ALSO
Headquarters !
FOR
PARKER’S BREECH LOADING,
COLT’S BREECH LOADING,
PIEPER’S BREECH LOADING,
ANI) THE CELEBRATED
HARRINGTON & RICHARDSON
HAMMERLESS
Shot Guns!
We also koep a full line
Single & Double
MUZZLE-LOADING
GUNS.
| Remington Rifles, Winchester
Rifles, Parker Rifles,
Smith & Wesson
PISTOLS
Hunting Coats. Vests and Pants,
Gun Implements, Brass
and Paper Shells.
Powder 8c Shot.
Shells Loaded to Order.
Clark
Thompson
k Cos.
45 PEACHTREE ST.
Atlanta, Ga.
SIGN OF THE
Big Padlock.
