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i * 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. -♦ *♦- - 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, - 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-