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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8,1874.
(JAM.AIIEK, Editor.
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES
roll congress,
1 lon. E. Hinilh,
OF DOUGHERTY
FOII STATE SJLNATOR,
001. .liin- Mcl>onald,
{>F THOifAS.
COR KI: I > U KiE vr V TIV K,
Capt. 11- <*. 'ruriicr.
1 OUR TICKET
is rsrw complete. And nt bur must head wp
propose U) preset)( l l weekly to our reader*.
Our ticket in Oapt-'.W. E. fiu<ith of Dough
erty, for Congress; On). James McDonald
of Thomas, for Hcunlor, and Fuji!, 11. G.
Tumor, for rt'i>reiienttitive. Tliiii in not n
raoo betwnop these gentlemen and their
opponents, but it in the peoples lin e.
Tho respectable itml responsible class of
tin; comm unity luivt) selected therm gen
I ieineli as competent and qualified agents
to represent them in the national and
Htute counsels, therefore it is the peoples*
retie, not the candidates; and it i the peo
ple that is to be successful or be defeated)
and it is therefore incumbent upon every
intelligent voter to enter upon his duty
with earnestness anil seal; not with the
purpose of elevating the vuuditlutes to po
sition, hut with the determination to re
claim their lust heritage, and save their
country from ruin. Can it bo possible
that there is a white man or a semtihlo ne
gro in the Districts that can't see feel and
spppreciate the dangers of a Democrat
ic defeat in the coming elections ? Every
other portion of the .State is dearly re
flaamtsl, ami light, brilliaut, liopeful light
is shining info this, our (lark Radical cor- j
nor of tlm jSteto- P’t every man go to i
work and try and disabuse the minds of the
blank people. Hliow them clearly tlmt the
object of the Scalawags arc to get office by
their votes, regardless of tbe consequences
to them that must necessarily follow their
ill-iulvised conduct. It needs hat to call
tlie attention of the negro to then- own short j
political history and the facts to which they
are perfectly cognizant to convince them
tlmt tho white Radicals have no use for j
them but to get office by their votes. Con
rinco them that it is not dangerous to bo
Democrats; assure them that a Democratic
ldack roan will bo respected for his manly
re-uomieiatiou of the political heiisies of
tbe lUtlical party aud tlmt iu his person
and in the exorcise of nil his legal and politi
cal rights, he will bo pro tee toil hy all tlm
while people of the South. Convince
him that if lie persists in his cnemnity
to the interests of the white ruco that lm
may lose home anil employment, uud sus
tain.nice for himself and family.
m a.
IS IT FALSE t
From nn article in the Rpurtr of this
tVeek, wo loHiii tlint nil effort is being nuiili
do vindicate tho character of Bov. Milton
C. .Smith, against charges preferred against
him through the columns of this paper in
n recent issue. In which the citizens
of the 17th District of Thomas county and
the members of Bold Spring church, in a
public meeting declare to bo uncalled for
and false. Who the citizens of the 17th
District are, and ivliat members of the Hold
.Spring church that composed tho august:
assemblage, that preambled us out of place
and n'solved our article into fidsohood, we
know not, but if it was nil assonibiago of
the citizens of tho 17th District generally,
we don't care to extend our acquaintance
ill that [Miction of Thomas county, and if it
iUS a general meeting of the members of
tlie Bold Spring olimvh, we have no desire
to fellowship.with that congregation. But
our doubts era of Bitch n character as to
amount almost # disbelief in the exist
aneeof sr„'H i whitV washing assemblage,
atnl the causes that originate the doubt ale
these: Ist. TVc knots* u great many men in
Tiiomas county amt judging those of Hit*
17th Distrust by those in other sections of
the county, we are forced to believe that
injustice has been done the people of that
District in an effort to mislead the public
mind in other sections of the country, that
they endorse the political comae of Uov
M. 0. Smith. In fact we earnestly believe
Hint injustice lias been done or attempted
to be done tlie citizens of that District, by
fmltlishifig tlieir < ndorsenient of thwpofiti
eal character of Milton C. Smith. Hut if 1
they diil meet ami so endorse him politi
cully, they must either bo ignorant of his
political record or they have forfeited every
claim to the manly virtues of true Demo
crats. t
Don't they know, or have they entirely i
forgotten, ot art' they entirely ignorant of
all that has flunspired'in the last thirteen
years. If they are thus ignorant and un
informed, wc hope some intelligent politi
cal missionary w ill visit that District, and
in a series of lectures end conversations,
inform the citizens that from 18(51 to 18(55-
Mie armies of the Nbrt h'enii>owd off tie
physical power of the world, invaded our
once happy country, murdering our fath
er*, brothers and sous. Insulting' our
mothers, sisters and daughters. Robing,
[.hindering and burning our homes, slid
devastating tho oonutry generally; and
that our depleted, hungry, starving,
uaked, armies had to surrender to the
combined soldiery of the world, and tell
them who was the first man, to extend the
right baud of fellowship, and join the
party that murdered yrair sens, insulted
your daughters, robbed you-of your prop
erty and burned your houses? Tell them
that it was the Ilev. M. C. ,Smith. Who
was among the first to join tho radical
party and ask for- office at the hands of
tile newly fledged American citizens of
African perfume? Tell them it was Milton
C- Smith.
Who was it while Statu Senator, did all,
in Ins power to degrade the white race iu
Georgia, and devste the negro to a polili- j
cal su;teiiori'y? Tell them it was the Itov. ,
Milton (’. Smith. Who is it that since his
term of o-iico has expired, lias been a
faithful, and consistent enemy of tUe white |
race, and eofistunt odvor.te of carpet-bag. j
scalawag, negro auprermioy in Georgia?
Tell them that ft is the Rev, -Milton C.
Smith. Who is it that, as Senator and as i
s citizen i ndorsed tile flagrant, and mi
righteous amendments to the constitution
slid the oppressive, imcoustitutftrti'af, see
tionnl and eltiss legislation of congress? -
Tell them Hilt it in till! Dev. Milton ('. j
Smith. Who was it that on the evening of the
day of the election for Ordinary in Thomas
county in u drunken liublmb and splutter,
thanked God if his sol) was defeated, that
a Democrat won not elected ? Tell them’
that it was the Rev. Milton ('. Smith. Who
|is Milton 0. Kiyilh, anyhow? Tull tlm
citizens of the. 17lh Dislriut, thut he is
the identical man wiiose pdfitlriil record
tiny are said hi have endowed in n public ;
meeting.
And tbo Bold Spring church to'which bo j
pleaches is said to have endorsed liim tut a
true, Christian minister, olid denounces our
statement in reference to his debauchery,
as false. Wo have a high respect for the
Methodist people; and indeed for every j
Christian denomination. Therefore we
sny, if there is such u church us Bold Spring ,
church, anil tha members amt in a public
meeting and uudoraed the past ministerial
histoiy of Milton 0. Smith, us they are
represented to have done. They are cer
tainly ignorant of the facts in jeference to
his past conduct, or ignorant of their duty
os members of a Christian church, or their
oonsnmnte hypocray is only paruleled by
the l’lymonth-Beecher white washing com
mittee. Every well informed man in
Thomas county is thoroughly posted as to
the habitual ibiinkness of Rev. Milton C
Smith for the last four or five years, and
! ev'-ry well informed Methodist know Unit
he has twice been brought liefore the church
authorities to answer the charge of driink
| eness, Slid by his repenting in sackcloth
i amt ashes, and open confessions of his
wrongs nml promises of reformation, the
mantle of charity was thrown around him,
and the church tried to save him, and we
air glad of it, and hope it will provo a
i blearing to him and his family. We have
! made no attack upon his family; wn learn
that they are highly respectable; we
! bavn’t ought to say against them, nor
i against Joseph or his father's private char
j actor, lint the acts of a minister of the
! Gospel which may bring a reproach upon
5 the church is the legitimate property of
the press, and it is so with political acts; and
tve propose to handle them with gloves oft'.
Our charges were of a political charac
ter, and every Radical that hadn't de
nounced the Civil Rights Bill, came within
their scopo. Mr, Smith and his son both
i laid ample time in which to denounce the
; infamous measure, but they wouldn’t do
it. If, however, they will now denounce
j the thieves, and all their political borisios
j and join the party of law, order, peace and
! prosperity, and tight against the rings,
cliques, marauders, and thieves they have
so hmg advocated and sustained. We will
j lake them in and try to elevate them to a
; standard of political decency and respectu
bilily.
Gathering from the Quitman Kepmiei
tbo bonis of tbe foregoing article, and since
writing it, tho Southern Enterprise comes
to us with the full report of the said to be
meeting, of the white citizens of the 17th
District, and the members of tho Hold
Hpring church.
And wo hero copy ouo or two of their
resolves, and the first resolve is:
Ursolreil, That tlm statements of the
Editor of tlm Independent iu regard to Rev.
M. (J. Hrnitli are false.
It is duo to our readers to show them
that wd have perpetrated no falsehood in
the article complained of. Our first men
tion of liis Reverence ueeui;s.ui the midst
of the first paragraph, .and is in the follow
ing words: "And I say unto yon, that
there is one Joseph ol Thonmavillo, sou of
one Milton. ”
Is that false? If so, it hi the only asser
tion that wo will fall short of proof to sus
tain. We further stated that he was form
erly a Munster of the Gospel, and that In
had become an high priest of Radicalism.
Is that false? Hasn’t he been a minister of
the Gospel? Hasn't he been a Radical?
Isn't he a Radical now? Who is he going to
Vote for, for Congress? Isn’t lie. in favor of
the Civil Rights Bill? If not?, why didn’t
he say so through hU oracles, the citizens
of the 17th District and the Bold Spring
church, three or six mouths ago. We said
he turned his garments, wrong side-out.-
That was a metaphor. Wits it a true one?
Was he a tVuo,consistent, minister, when he
was sc-ffill of mean whiskey on the streets
in Thoiuasville, that his eyes was protru
ding like two white door knobs? If that
didn't turn him wrong side out, it is very
certain that it made him so transparent that
tlie inner man could he seen, and
nothing of the saintly minister was visible.
Next resolve:
/>VWrc/, That 'o linving known Uev.
M. U. Smith for yews, regard him as n
liberal ntirisbim gentleman and a zealous
useful minister of tho Gospel of Christ.
Boos this Hold Spring church organization
speak tho truth, when they say they have
known Kev. At. C. Smith furyetirs? If so,
how eon they as Christians, say that he is a
zealous useful minister of the Gospel ol
Christ, Can they as consistent church
members, believe that an habitual drunk
ard can be a nsefnl niinister of the Gospel? 1
If they knew him May know he has been
drtink. If they don’t know him, they are
guilty of falsehood when they say they do.
If they can endorse a drunken man as a
useful minister of the Gospel, they are
hypoonts, and unworthy of church mem
bership. Next:
Umo/red, That we do hereby condemn
the course of the Editor of the Indepen
dent we writing that unchristian and bad
spirited editorial as many statements there
in are fa'se and are calculated to retard !
the usefulness of a minister of the Gospel
where he is not well known.
Wu are truly glad that, with the bold
Kpring elmiehe* knowledge of Rev. M. (*.
Smith's past dissipated history and tlreii
endorsement of it, and him, its a worthy
minister, thut they condemn ns for pub
lishing what they consider an unchristian
nrficU* in which is embodied the uncontro
vertible charge of Ids nposlncy. We ure
said to have written falsely concerning the
brother. To sustain our charge, we refer
our readers to any one or ull of tb official
members of tho Methodist church at
Thocnisville, and if they don't say that lie
has been arraigned twice before the church
for drunken ess and found guilty upon his
own confession, strongly cornboratcd by
other testimony, we will readily confess
that we have done him injustice. We think
the Bold Hpringchurch hasdisgraced itself,
and the Democracy of the 17th District is
sold to the dutch, if they are correctly re
ported by the resolutions of the said meet
ting.
Jf M. 0 Hmith and his son “Gopho”
ha* reformed politically we would be glad
to know it certainly, but we mnst have
bgtter authority than those who endorse
his (tast character, before we can believe
it. We believe ih the possibility of a po
litical regeneration, but we arc constrained
Ito believe that before u first class Radical
can pass from his low, dark state of degra
dation uud corruption, to the true light
uud honor, and integrity, of a gentleman
and a Democrat, he will have to paits
i through all the grudes of penitence and
grief, mourning in backcloth anil ashes;
uud must necessarily pass through the
awful ordeal of “Whecpin - and whaleii, and
Hunuthiu’ c r teeth.”
PUBLIC SPEAKING.
Hon. J. It. Alexander and Oept. Wm.
M. Hammond, of'i'liomasville, will address
1 the citizens of Brooks county at Dry Lake,
on Friday tho llth inst., and at Har
mony on Saturday the 12th. Cupt. Tur
ner ami Cupt. Hunter is expected to at
tend.
Wo are glad thut our friends of Tlionnit
villo are going to take an active part iu the
present political campaign; we are glad
they have made appointments and are go
ing to make speeches. That’s right; hut
we think they have bean ill advised as to
tho places of their appointments. Wo
would just ns soon expect to hear of their
catching a whale iu Dry Lake as that they
lmd found a white Radical in the District.
This part of tlio political vineyard was
worked early and has been kept clean all
the time, and we feel confident that it will
bring forth an abundant yield without any
further cultivation; therefore wo think tho
labor bad better bo bestowed whore it is
most needed nml w..eru tlic crop is not
ready to lay by.
TIIE NOMINATING CONVENTION.
The delegates from the various Districts,
as will lie seen by reference to the report
in another column, met on the Ist inst.,
and with perfect harmony and unanimity,
Capt. H. G. Turner, was nominated!!* the
candidate to represent Brooks county in
the next Legislature. Thcdclegatjes acted
wisely in selecting a candidate who gives
complete satisfaction throughout the coun
ty. We feel exceedingly industrious and
anxious to work during the present cam
paign, but for Turner, wo will have noth
ing to, all the the white men are for him
and the toiisible negroes who feel an in
terest in their comity will vote for him.—
A man who has lived in Brooks county as
long ns Cnpt. Turner has aud is so w ell
know u as to be the choice of every white
roan, it is needless for us to refer to his
qualities of heart or his eminent qtrolien
tions of mind. He is tho peoples choice
and we ure one of them.
ANOTHER PREACHER IN TROUBLE.
The Rev. Mr, J. A. Irwin of St. Louis,
is in serious trouble; poor innocent preach
er, did nothing after preaching three
times during the day, but got drunk and
I beat his wife and tried to kill her because
slio was guilty of the 1 milady-like act of
! staying at homo and attending to hoi
, household duties. Tho Rev. (lent was
I earofully stowed away in the Boose by the
i city authorities to await an investigation.
i Of course he is a good, pious, sober Chris
tian geutlhmun, and the wife a bad woman,
His reveranoe, however, is very anxious
that tho whole matter shall be kept a
secret, therefore we w ill uot make it pub
lic hut give it to our readers in strict confi
dence. Don’t say anything aboWt it, and
do not loan your paper this week, or the
Rev. Gentleman might be exposed.
FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
Ou the 2nd iaut., at Bliu-kshear, the
: District Convention nominated Mr. Juli
an Hartridge, as their candidate for Con
gress. This was an excellent selection, as
Mi-. H. is doubtless one of the ablest men
i in the State.
A. H. STEPHENS
was nominated at Augusta as the candidate
for Congress in the Bth District.
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Address of tlie Democratic Executive
Commiitee of Brooks County.
7b the Citizens of Brooks Gonnty:
Another campaign, freighted with more
than ordinary results, has opened upon us.
Another political contest, with it-s atten
dant excitements and struggles, has
dawned, and is now nearing the third
hour of "the‘day. Already the few who
dictate to and order the colored people
how they shall vote, have flooded the
Country with electioneering documents,
calling on that deluded race "to stand by
their party." the so-called Republican {
[tarty, as their only safety and refuge.
Under the baneful influences of these de
signing, self-constituted leaders, they have
sounded their battle slogan, "Social Equal- !
ity,” in acts, not to he misunderstood, al
though covered by the specious words I
“equal rights under the law.” In the:
face of the truth of our past history, these ,
colored people, unfortunate in their ad
visors, are led to belieVe that “equal
rights under the law" have been, and are
still, denied them, atnl that the path to
this, their political Mecca, is only to be
found through- the doors of hotels, ears,
steamboats theatVes, churches, and all
places ol public resort, that they must
demand the unprecedented compulsory 1
privilege of laving thair di ed- la-side, your I
lan ruled mothers, sisters, wives and
daughters; that the climax of tlicir !ib
cities rests entirely upon the. enactment
of that snjn of iniquities, tin) misnamed
"Civil Rights Bill, the practical results
of w hich will be tho compulsory associa
tion of the two races under certain cir
cumstances, at the dining tables, nml in
bed-ryoum of boarding houses and hotels
to make the lawless and unscrupulous
black man (and We believe there art: but
few of this class among ns) with his ig
norance and unaccomitable prejudices the
companions of your wives mid daughters
on the railroad curs and ii|sin the
steamboats to force you to sit through
the hours of divine service iu close
proximity to these same creatures, who lire
not only offensive to the white jieuple. (
but also to the respectable portion
of their own race; to stand at mellow twi
light over the grave of a departed loved
one, and as you strew thut hallowed spot
with floral offerings, bedew it with affec
tion’s tear,and seek communion with the de-'
pai ted kindred spirit, uud have your solemn |
thoughts distracted anil dispelled by tbe
wild, loud-mouthed chant uu a neighbor
ing plot, \A Hy evil minded intrusive rah- 1
Me. Neither the haunts-of life, nor the
tenting ground of tho dent], will lie secure
from their presence. The attempted
abolition of that distillation of races, the j
which the God of nature has decreed,
is the trying ordeal through which you
must now pass. The waters may 1m; deep,
the storm may beat, with pithless violence
but if your heart* are itnbued with "wis
dom", justice ami moderation,” if your
souls ure manned with true courage, und !
your muscles knotted- with unflinching tie- ]
termination, victory iu ours. Legislative
enactment may att. nipt to pull down this 1
barrier, but tled; effort will prove futile,
and sooner or later rebound with crushing
weight ilium the mongrel breed who now
sock, by one inhuman effort, to pollute
the veins and corrupt the blood of the
whole Houlhern white people.
Then be np mid doiitff. Let every roan
in Ottr entire distret. Who has the true
interest of his section and of the whole
country fit heart, arouse himself to prompt,
effective action, anil determine to know no I
! defeat. Remember, this in our country —
ours hy every principle of l ight nml jus
tioe, us between the tivo contending fac
tion*. Remember that here was the home
of yonr childhood; that ytvt-r this soil clus
ter iu rich profusion the delights of man
hood; that here rest all that, is sacred of
those loved ones who have passed away;
: that we are linked to Georgia by no com
icon tics, mid that her grand old hills and
valleys, and her ttron ns are hallowed by
I u throng of altered memories.
Oiir standard beaters are now in the
1 field with "victory" os their watef -Won 1 ,
and we, the people, must rally around
them, a Color gum and, iu solid"ptmumx, and
by our votes, bear them onward, Kiiruionht
< ing every obstacle, over riding everv
! barrier, till ilie goal is e-Ichcd, till the
j victory is won, aud the high places of our
beloved land Are elcunscdof their Augean
impurities, andVne whole*country blessed
ey„m itji the buuigu influence., of wis
dom, pnnty nhd troth.- '
j Tho notes of victory arc already p tiling
out iu joyous strain from other Hfittts,
! uud wo must oil the "Me;.”of October anti
! November next send buck, if possible, a
i swelling volume of lmppiiir harmony.
In the past, questions, of governmental
' policy have divided our people. To-day
’no such ideas are before an. For nine
years we have endeavored to show the
colored people their best interests; to do
1 moiistruto to them that tlicir iliten-at* are
1 identical with our intervnts, atvrt to lure
1 them fruni tlm pernicious influences of
I base, th signing men, tvlio have been mis
! Iciid’ng them, nml who have trampled uu-
dor foot, with ruthless wauteni.i-ss. every
thing of *h elevating nalutV. every princi
ple and country, for self-aggrandtz lent.
And what is the result of these efforts on
our pari ? To-day, this very hour, they
are, in this district, mustered into tho
service of tin- renegade Whitelv, and are
ready, willing, even anxious to do his bid
ding, whatever it may be.
Wc have styled this iron a renegade,
and why? Because the party, the Repub
lican party, with which he affiliates, imd
of which he is an ardent Supporter, have
heaped up for themselves a record of in
famy unequah and in the annuls of the
world; because for Line years of uninter
rupted pence, they have held the reins of
power and have driven the ship of stab
into eminent danger, both polilitcnl and
\ financial; because they have saddled the
general government and every slate in
which tlu-y bad tlie Rsoendeucy with debt,
heavy beyond precedent or necessity,
| because they have displaced iutalUigeuce,
integrity and honor, and have supplanted
them with low cunning, theft and dis
honor; because they have dethroned the
pure, the noble anil the good of onr land.
. and liavi’ exalted* creatures of avarice and
ignorance in their littad; liecunse the
legitimate of ait these acts
have been and me {ho depreciation of
j property located here, to hut a fraction of
\ its former value; loss of confidence in
| monetary affair* of our section, and [iov
-1 orty and suffering resulting therefrom.
Do you doubt these elintges against that
I politieai paty ? We [>(>iut you to ,South
Carolina, Florida and Louisiana for veri
| fioation of tlieir truth. There is a teach
j ing, "By their fruits shall ye know them,”
which has not been "(nor call it be) im
proved upon since its utterance by Divine
authority. Now, weign'tlie Radical can
didate for Congressional honors in this
District, by Ibis inspired'rule, and he will
bo found sadly wanting'fii every essential
requisite for a true statesman and a man.
That moral and political deformity,
i declares through the columns of liis organ
! the issues of this to be "love of
[tlie government," ’and “eijnal rights
under the law,” but these flimsy pretexts,
have mi foundation save in his own
, scheming brain. No siu;h issues are be
fore ns, and if they wore this creature and
I his party stand la-foreAc world in direct
antagonism to these principles, and that
too, self-convicted by volumes of testi
mony unimpeachable. Convicted on the
first count, uot by detached portions of
their past doings, but.by their whole his
tory, written in imk-llible ohuracters on
the minds of this great American people.
Convicted on tlie second court by the
records of our courts, ami of our general
assemblys, as well as I>* the history of the
country. The white people xhove been
and are now willing to ami do accord the
colored people equal rights under the law.
but they are not willing to humiliate
themselves to the low standard of social
equality with that unfortunate race.
Rather welcome almost any other fate
than this. Since the days of Noah the
Cauosssian race have enjoyed ami now
occupy tlie highest [finical of human
greatness, and this age, and especially
this section, must not lower that' proud
standard.
Do you need any other incentive to tlie
preservation of the distinction of races?
Then listen to the mulatto's boast of the
mixed blood coursing his veins and hear
him taunt you with this deep humiliation.
Hi ■ar him in defiant tones claim you as
his brother, and his equal, and it does
seem that no skulker will be found ou the
trial of the pending issue.
And what is that issue? Ou one side
are arrayed the colored people, and, we
are glad to say, but a few bud White men;
on the other side are arrayed tlie white
people anti sensible colored men. And,
when you sift the grounds of difference
between these hosts to the bottom, yon
will find it rests solely in groundless fears
in the miuds of the "colored people that
the white people Seek to again make them
slaves, or to impose grievous burdcjis on
them.
Protestations against such designs, back
ed up by unmistakable acts pointing in the
same direction on the part of the white
people, alike lmve no effect to disabuse
their minds of these false impressions,
w hich are kept alive by those who seek
positions of profit, by such a course. Aside
from these fears the happiest relations ex
ist in this county between the two races, <
which wo trust may continue. In the name
of nil you cherish as dear or sacred, we 1
urge you to preserve these relations.— j
Demonstrate by continued kindness to j
these ignorant people that no such danger
exists save in too scheming minds of dc j
graded, designing political tricksters,
whose names will go to posterity covered j
with infamy darker in its character, if pos- [
Bible, than tlmt which has blackened tbe
name of Benedict Arnold and the t<>rics of
1776, aye, and which has tarnished tho:
escutcheons of their descendants with its
damning taint to this very hour.
Then, countrymen, would you transmit
to your children the heritage of pure uu
mixed Unncassian blood? Would you see
tbe present redeemed from the thraldom
of ignorance and prejudice? Would yon
unfurl the banner of peace all over this
fair land and invite tho white w inged an
gels of security, happiness and plenty
amongst us? I)o you earnestly desire to [
preserve untarnished the proud legacy for
which our father* jieid so high a price at
Bunker’s Hill, at Valley Forge, at Trenton, '
and at York town? Then be men. Be
true men. Come to the poll# in October
and Novi inber next., remembering
"That truth crushed to earlh will rise again.” (
remembering that if we ure true to those
principles which the God of nature bus im
planted iu our bosoms, that He who holds
the destiny of nations iu His band will
give us it glorious, unprecedented victory.
By order of the Excretive Committee, j
J. B. GREECE, Chairman. 1
I. A. Amtitirrox, Secretary.
Democratic Nominating Convention. 1
Qcitman, Ga., Sept. Ist, 1871.
In pursuance with a call by the Demo
cratic Executive Committee for Brooks
county, a meeting of the party was held!
iu the Court House this day for the pur- ,
pose of nominating a candidate for Rep
resentative to the Legislature.
On motion of I). R. Creech the meeting,
was called to order hy fleeting .1 tnige F.
R linden Cla.irman und requesting Dr
J. 1. Groover to act as Secretary.
In n few practical and forcible remarks
the Clmirmuu, on taking his sent, stated
the object of the meeting, briefly review
ing the imi*>rtant issues before ns, and
invoking bis countrymen to act wisely
firmly—but not rashly.
Ou motion of Cupt. T. ,T. Livingston tin
delegates to the Con Ten tie a rctiis and to tie
Grand Jury room to nominate a cun hi
date.
It was moved and t- rrietl that the t-.♦<>
third system be d, and the delegates
vote by districts.
The names of Cupt. H. G. Turner,
James Alderman and R. M. Hitch were
put in nomination; mid on tlit* first ballot
Cupt. Turner was declared elected.
A committee of three wan, liy motion,
appointed to retire and inform Cupt. Turn
or of bis nomination.
Cupt. Turner returned v. iU, tVf mm.
j mittee, uud in. person ni-n pit and tbe truiti
luifi-TO, eaearly amt fcireiMy defining bis
po-.ilion on tie- bogus bond qneatiim' and
i the civil rights bijl t
An address fj-.Jn the DemoOatie Execu
tive Cdmmftiee of Breoks ctmuty was
tend, after yiyicli t apt. JI. S ttlter w;,s
| culled upon to iidilress, the meeting. He
respond and ill n few shi'Ct hut appropriate
ami well timed relbarhs.
By inotioO of i). Jt. Cn-ech the (Quitman
papers were lequeried to publish the pro
ceedings ol this eouveutiou.
i The eoavcntiou then adjourned.
K. U. HARDEN, Chairman.
J. I. Oboovee, lieeretury.
The Kcxsas Radicals Go Rack
On Gran*.
The Radicals of Kansas met in State
I Convention, at Topeka, ou the fit'.ih iust..
; and after nominating a candidate for
Governor, administered a ship in tho face
■to Mr. Grant by passing the following
, resolutions:
Resolved, That the powers of the (Jen
: erul Government having been stretched
to ail unhealthy extent to meet the crisis
! of civil war ami reconstruction should Ik
restored to their normal action.
Resolved, That the present peace poli
cy of dealing with tno Indians failed to
j afford adequate protection to tho frontier
settlers, and we are ill favor of truusfer-
I ring the Indian Bureau to tho control of
the War Departanont.
Resolved, That drunkenness is one of
the great curses of modern society.
Resolved, That the unwritten law sot by
i the example of tile father of his country
in' declining a re-election to a third
Presidential term is as controlling as
though it was incorporated in the nation
al constitution, and ought ucver to he
I violated.
***y
I There is a gentleman living rn the >Sout h
; w estern Railroad, near Columbus, Georgia,
j who bus thirteen daughters. lie buys
; clothing for them by tlie wholesale. Thus,
when last to- Columbus, In- bought 370
I yards of caliuo, 100 of law n, 13 corsets, 2(5
: pair of shoes, and other goods in propor
tion. Unlike many fathers who have only
one daughter, he paid cash for all his pur
! chases. Though an old man, he has never
bought a bushel of corn or pound of meat.
; lint raises them himself, lie lias never
• sworn an oath, and does not owe a dollar
A little girl in the infant class of a
Broolyn Sunday school appreciated better
tho difference between being good from
choice aud necessity than many ciders. At
the close of a recent session the teacher
said. -Reekie, my dear, you were a very
good little girl to-day.’ ’Yes’m, I eould t
help bein’ good. I got a ’tiff neck,’ the
youthful Beekie replied, with a perfect
seriousness.
Ilannoek Jim stepped into the cigar
store at Boise, Idaho, a few days ago, alid
asked to borrow a pencil. As Indians are
not generally good writers, he was asked
why he wanted it. "Oil, nu- play poker—
me want to mark ’em cards.”
Never marry for wealth; but remember
that it is just as easy to love a girl who has
a brick house, with a mansard roof and a
silver plated door-bell, ns one who hasn't
anything but an auburn head aud an amia
ble disposition.
♦
Professor Smith said in a lecture, that
“Filtration is sometimes assisted by the
use of albumen;” but the composition got
the remark into shape in this ruinous fash
ion, “Filirtation is sometimes arrested by
the use of tfklerraen.
—.- ♦
“Youear/tior thste hr dark,” said a lec
turer. “Nature has intended us to see
our food.” “Then,” inquired a forward
pupil, “how about a blind man at dinner ?”
“Nature, sir,” answered the professor,
“has provided him with an eye-tooth.”
Tin* querist fainted;
A NEW CHEAP STORE!
North West corner of Horiven anil Depot btreeta.
QUITMAIV, s : : s : (EOH(*IA;
Marine just relumed from tin Kaatirn Marks Is, and having pnp;hae a put lai 1 cou pielo
a>w)rtmeijt of Meirhamliw? n thomont favoral>l tROUi tl>p
can si 11 giasla on terms more favorable than hoictoforc offered iu this market, fitock couaialutK of
DRV-GOCDS, READY MADE CLOTHING, . 0 . %
FURNISHING GOODS, HATS, CAPS, BOOTS, SHOES,
HARDWARE, WOOD AND WILLOW WAKE, GROCERIES,
A general assortment, Family anti Fancy; autl the patronage of my maffy friends ami
acquaintance* earnestly etdieited. ,
Call anti examine for yourselves.
SepoS-m K. M. McCALL.
NEW STOCK.
rpil Fa UNDERBIGNED HAVING PORCgASEJ>
1. in p6iiM>n in tlu* Eti.ru Citic, a largo alia
w< n stock of
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
a now prcparetl to offer peculiar induct-u;e:ita to
ld many eitatomers and the public generally.
His stock embraces a complete variety of
Drv UootJ*. Heady Made Olntbing,
Mats, Calls, lksits and Sboea,
Hardwuc. Tinware,
Crockery anil Glass wsre,
All kinds of Woodwarc and
* coMrt.KTK AssoarstEirr or
FAI) It T OROCKBItt,
all of -.vUicli be offers on the mbst rcnsnnsMc
terms. D. K. CIIRECH.
mmmmmamsmmßmammmmsmmmmMmßmm
t. 1. orTLJCABTIX, | /OHS KLAMNEHY.
u h GITLMAUTIN & CO.
COTTON FACTORS
—ASD
COM JItoHON MI’.UCHANTS,
Hally's Block, Bsy St., - - Savannah, On
ApiUa for Bradley’* Phiaphate,
Jewcll'H MilU Yarns A Domeatk*, Ac.,
am! Iron Tun fr wfe at lowest
inarkt 1 rates.
l*rompt attvnliou given to aU busiw *►
entrust A-d to us.
Liberal Cash Advancea made ou CfMUdgn*
ii>Bs*a****i***iaia*
"PHELiP DZIALYNSKI,
<.lontmiMs’on lt'iil.
(.n>B KV RUSH K, i
!!. v Strei t, - - - SAVANNAH, GA.
aug 2U-4ni
A. n. <KK D>nJ.KJE 811 MYFJIK.
GOODMAN & MYERS,
Mjvftuftu’txV'.i htu i-r offtr
Tobncen hik! Cigar*.
13S Buy St,, - - SAVANNAH, GA.
HttfC T< in
VrA*. if. -'I - WM. W. 1)010*1*.
TISOti & COUPON,
G3TTSN FACTORS
AND
Coin mission Merchants,
112 !saj St., HiiratiutGi, Ga
Bagging and Tie* advam* A iji Cos
Uta-ral CASH ADVANCES made mi ra*igti
un ntM of t.'etkm.
COTTON HOLD ON AMUVAL, AND PfIO
OKKDS KKTi.'twMD BY EXA’BES*, WHEN
OWNER SO INSTIU7CTH.
Prtmipt ;vuil care fill at toution guaranteed to i’ll
busiiit HH.
JBBSiHESBBBBBBBBBBBiBBBiiBBii
(). A. 1\
MIKE, THE MIXOLOGIST,
Cun Lm found at
MIKE’S HEADQUARTER’S
Cor. liity Lane Cw Whitaker St*.,
SAYAN MAH, U\,
Constantly on hand the bust awsortment of
Air*, VVlnta, Hegim ami Oyster*.
Country orders for Oysters promptly attended
: to,
31. T. QITXAN.
sag 29. l.v
GEOUGIA 11 hooks Corsnr.
flaooKs Corirr OnmsxnY,
August Utli, 1871.
To Ai.l Whom it May Conckbn.
Owen Yates and .tames M. Yates, having in
proper form applied to me for permanent letters
-f Admini.-tratinn on the estate of William Yates,
Sr., late --f said county, deceased, This is to rite
all and singular, the creditors snd neat of kin of
William Yates. Sr., to.be aud appear at my office
within the time allowed by law ana show cause. If
any they can, why is rmanent Admiiihdratiou
should not be granted to Owen Yates and Janies
At. Yates on William Yates’, Sr., estate.
J. 51. SHEARER,
Ordinary.
aug 15-4 t
S3 A DAY GUARANTEED
|B S_ uwlftg our WELL AUGER AND
ff DRILL in *od twio cy. HIOnr.ST
„ ■tkstimcwials FROM OOTEIINORS
o S3 & 3 <F IOWA. ARKANSAS ANI> DAKOTA
•t&r S < '*i*joue* rrt-e. W. GILES. gt. Louia. Mce
COTTON GINS & SCREWS
K rNDKRvSIONED HAS THE AGENCY
for some of the BEST MAKES of Gins
1 and screws. Among them tho
Massey (>in,
made at Macon, Ga. A verv Superior Gin made
by Miwrs. Mesbiu A* Goodrich, of Augusta, Ga.
and the celebrated
Winship Gin,
made by the Messrs. ‘Wmdtdnj.**, of Atlanta, Ga.
1 can also supply planters with the
“K(U eSK COTTON SCREW,’?
which packs in Eleven Rounds. A Ivy the
MS RET COTTON SCREW,
AND THE
CK A-Wi HORSE ihewrß.
Together With ,iH-sizr of SUGAR Mtr.LS AND
BOILERS. Parmer* i need of anything in the
line will find it tu their interest tv call and
sec Ulc.
W. K. BAKN ES.
July 2.-tf,
Vagrant Notice.
N’OTTCE IS HLKUIY GIVEN to AI.L GON-
Ceme*l that the vagrant laws of the, sState
of Gcnirgla will be rigidly enforced in Brook*
County, and I rbjfjmdAilly lf-fplent all grad titi
aonatoaid in biingiug all tie* who \\kw in
curred penalties of the law promptly before
t!ie Comity Court, that they may be dealt with
according to law. Pernon* abb) to who
have no tiiribie moans of nuppoH itiunt lire by the
labor of eotuelK*dv, and if there in power itk tho
law to Kiippre** thia evil, tho juniendgnod in
tend* to apply the remedy.
EDWARD It. HARDEN.
Quitman, Ga., July 15th. 1874. nollUt
Notice.
N'OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT ON ANI>
after thirty day* from date, tlu* Sheriff"*
advertiviing in Bn*** ('ountv will he publimtied
in either
depeudeut, at the option of partied iutt-reted.
Join T. Thkashi k.
Sneriff BrookM County.
Quitman, Ga., July 11,1874.
TAX
ASSESSMENT NOTICE
FOR 1871.
The OridfiarieM ninat advertise iim#Bpat K 4
copy of Hucli order for tliirty dayn at Hr* d*or
of tu® Court Houmo and ill puidic. Oazcvb;, if
one ia puhlinhed within tlu* hunt* of ilicirrcw
poctiyee*mutiea and ftmiiah the Tax Collcs tor
i with another copy:
li'win'a Revikunl Code, I’a r . 578.
! OtTicx Coltntt Court—for county nnrpßoa -
Quitiuan, (la., July 27th, 1871.
OfiT>KßF.i>, That th< following aMacwmont bo
, made on the Slate Tat for the County of Biooks
for the year 1874; and that the Tax Collector of
brook* county collect the aanu* to-wit:
I E<r tbe redemptii>n ofoonbty Uhulh 49 per cent
j ** general comity fMiqfxmea ** “
: “ a Special pauper fund 5 ** “
True ex trait from the niiiiuUai of the County
Court, for comity purpoMe*.
Jnlv 27th, IS7I. EDIYARI) It. HARDEN;
30-aI J. C.C., B. r.
NEW YORK im-HOOK.
A DF.MtK R VTIC WEEKLY. Entiddirihoi! PCri'.
i It supptHtH Wlirt’K SUPREMACY, |ridiiical iof
B*m iai. TemiK, $‘J per friar. To ilnb, ntffm
: cofdew for *B. Spoeimeu copies life.
j DAY-fMM>K, New York City.
E. A. DA MON & CO.
I\IIOUTMIfB AM)
Wholesale Li<{ior healers.
FINE KENTUCKY WHISKIES.
408 & 410 Elm St.,
or POSIT K HOITUKKt IIOTKI*,
IriOiiis, Mo.
E <I TABLISKED 1853.
R. li. I OWAN, Agent for Georgia, Alaham.-r^fid
nttriila, apr4o-ly
CREECH i NEWSOM,
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i')E.VLia:s ff.f
D R Y G 0 0 J) 8-,
GUOCERI MS.
Liquors, Flour, Bacon, etc.
QUITMAN, GA.
msvlO-tf
! l _ -
OLD FURNITURE MADE NEW !
GRAINED, STAINED AND VARNISHED-
Prices Within Heath of Alb
| BEDSTEADS,
BUREAUS,
TABLES,
STANDS,
WARDROBES,
BOOK-CASES, Ac.
No matter how had the Faints is soiled;
refinished so as to look like new, by arp
| entire new process. Prices within reach
j of all.
BRING YOURFURNITURE.
Hoahe,. Sigri, Fre*o, Landscape and Orna
mental Paintiiig.
GRAINING, MARBLING, PAPER HANGING
AC., BONE IN FIRST-CLASS STYLE.
SMITH & ADDISON,
Quitman. Ga,
juh-4tf 7
DWIGHT L. ROBERTS,
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
112 Bay St., - . - SAVANNAH. GA.
an*; 20-Fihi-