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J. N. HALE, Editor.
OFFICIAL ORCAN OF THE COUNTY.
OFFICIAL ORCAN OF THE'ALLIANCE
The platform adopted by the
State convention is the best we
ever read.
xt is sail that Hon. George
Hillyer will be a candidate for
Congress against Livingston.
Judge Hillyer will have a hard
road to travel over in Douglass
and Cambell. The manner in
which the Fulton county dele¬
gation to the late co iventi m
treated the Hon Joe James will
make it against him. Mr. Hil
yer’s friends w v -re too anxious
for him to go to Chicago.
We know* of no act of Hon.
L. F. Livingston since he has
been in Congress to put him in
had order with the Democratic
party. He was elected as a
Democrat; bus acted with the
Democrats and has done as
much or more for the Demo¬
party in the district as
any man'in it.
On the presidential question
we stand where we have al¬
ways stood, l^ersonally, we
prefer Cleveland for his honesty
and ability, yet believe it lin
posible for him to carr^ New
York and think it best to nomi¬
nate a Western man. This is
the way we have always ex¬
pressed ourselves.
Rockdale’s delegation to the
late convention worked for no
man. We selected our candi
date for chairman of the con¬
vention and our delegates for the
State at large to the Chicago
convention at the dictate of no
caucus, man or set of men.
We voted always as a unit, the
vote being cast by Judge Geo.
W. Gleaton, and did our utmost
to carry out the will of our peo
pie. It was remarked often in
the convention that Rockdale’s
delegation w*as on« of the best
there. They never lost their
heads. They went there unin¬
structed and remained so. Com¬
promising with each other and
working for the best.
PRIMARIES.
We believe that it is the pres¬
ent and fairest plan for all. the
people to have primaries, Let
the polls be opened in every dis¬
trict and the people allowed to
express their preferences freely
and fairly. We will have more
to “ primarily. ”
say
A COLD RECEPTION.
C. C. I 5 ost came down and
spoke to the Third I’artyites
and the Democrats last Satur¬
day, The reception at the train
was very cold. The highest esti¬
mate puts the number present
at toe speaking at 325, includ¬
ing women and children, white
and black. The speech is said
to have been the best ever de¬
livered here on his side of the
question, yet it was calmly re¬
ceived—but little enthusiasm be¬
ing awakened. A Third 1’arty
was organized in the evening
with less than 50 Third Party
men present.
It was a poor “ rally ” and
showed plainly that the noble
people of Rockdale county are
not yet ready to divide and fol¬
low after Yankee turn-coats of
the Post stripe, and leave them¬
selves at the mercy of negroes
and their radical sympathisers.
The situation iu the tenth
district is beginning to look very
Black for Tom W arson.
The Hanging.
SEABORN SMITH WAS SWUNG INTO
ETERNITY AT COVINGTON, ON THE
20TH OF MAY.
Last Friday at 12.55, Seaborn
Smith, charged and convicted of
rapeing a little 14 year old ne¬
g ro gj 1 -j > was hung at Covington*
Ga. He ascended the scaffold
without a tremor and went
down to his death without a
word of reproach for anyone.
He said ho was guilty of the
crime and that he was going
straight to the devil. His neck
was broken by the fall and he
was dead in six minutes. Sher¬
iff Anderson had things admira¬
bly arranged and was ably as¬
sisted by his bailiffs and Sheriff
Austin of Rockdale and the on¬
ly Newton Glass, the Sheriff of
Henry. We return thanks 'to
Sheriff Anderson for courtesies
shown. There was only a small
crowd present and everything
passed nicely and without a
hitch of any kind. Below is a
history of the crime for which
notice we are indebted to Col.
James Anderson of The Star.
HLSTORY OF THE CASE.
On the night of December 27,
1890, Seab Smith committed a
a brutal outrage upon the per¬
son Leila Aiken, a young mulat¬
to girl, 14 years old, near the
Georgia railroad, about 400
yards west of Covington depot.
The crime was committed
about six o’clock in the evening
just after dark.
At the time the outrage was
committed, Leila Aiken, in com¬
pany with several other children
one of whom was her brother
and another her sister, was on
her way to the African church,
near the depot, to attend a
Christmas tree.
Her home was not far from
the railroad, and in going to the
church the children were travel¬
ing along the railroad track.
When they reached the strip of
woods above the depot, they
were met by a negro mail. He
stopped them and asked who
they were, and where they were
and where they were going.
They told him who they were,
when he caught hold of Leila
Aiken, and said: “You are the
one I want,” at the same time
dragging her away from the
road, and Jnto the woods. She
struggled to free herself from
him, and swore she hollowed as
loud as she conld for help. Two
of the little hoys struck the man
in the back, and the man drove
them away. The children all
ran away and cried for help.
The man carried Leila a short
distance into the woods, aw ay
from the road, where lie threw
her down upon the ground,
choking her severly to prevent
her from making a noise, while
ho committed the outrage upon
her person.
The man then ran off and es
caped.
Some persons having heard
the cries for help, came to I,ei
la’s assistance, but Luc man was
gone. He had dropped his hat
or cap, however, la the scuffle
with Leila, which was picked
up by some of those who came
to her rescue.
The girl was carried to her
home, when she immediately
informed her mother of what
had happened. Her clotles
were tom, and her throat was
considerably swollen from the
choking she had received. The
prints of the man’s fingers were
left upon her throat. She spoke
in a hoarse voice, and complain¬
ed of her injuries.
Dr. Frank B. Wright, a prac¬
ticing physician, who was liv¬
ing near the Affrican church,
was sent for, and made an ex¬
amination of Leila’s condition.
He found her person badly
bruised, and she was suffering
from the injuries the man had
inflicted upon her.
Some colored men arrested
Seaborn Smith, the next morn¬
ing after the outrage, and car¬
ried him to the court house, and
turned him over to the sheriff.
A preliminary trial was held
before Judge John P. Harris,
and after a thorough investiga¬
tion of the case, in which he
was indentified Dy Leila Aixen
and the other children as the
man who had assaulted Leila,
Seab Smith was committed to
jail, to await the action of the
grand jury,.
At the March term of New¬
ton superior court, Seaborn
Smith was indicted by the
grand jury for the crime of rape
He was put upon trial at the
same term of the court, was
promptly convicted, without a
recomendation to mercy, and
sentenced to be hanged in May
following.
Col. James F. Rogers was en¬
gaged as council for Seaborn,
and the court appointed Col. Ca¬
pers Dickson, of Oxford, and
Judge George W. Gleaton, of
Conyers, to assist Col. Rogers in
the management of the case.
The prisoner was, therefore,
ably defended by his counsel,
but was convicted by the jury,
and was sentenced by the court
to be hanged.
An application was then made
before Judge Boynton, by his
csunsel, for a new trial, which
was overruled.
Judges Dickson and Gleaton
carrieu the case to the supreme'
curt, which high tribunal affirm¬
ed the judgement of the court
below, and the last hope of sav¬
ing the life of Seaborn Smith
from the gallows was gone!
There was, consequently, noth¬
ing further his counsel could do
to save him, and at the March
term of our superior court, 1892
Seaborn Smith was again Sen¬
tenced to be hanged, by Judge
Richard H. Clarke, of the Stone
Mountain circuit, who fixed the
date of the execution May 20,
1892.
by I he help of god
IT WILL REMAINbO.
Carnesville Tribune,
The negroes of our count v are peace
able iiua contented in u.« ir spheie
Let them ieiu«ia oo. L uat "Lille
man, unless he i>e a demagogue of tLe
lowest type, desiie to make of the
colored vote is of our country restless,
dissiatislied hunters after place and
power? what whi'e man in the south
worthy to be tru-iteU a» a icaao. ui
l tied times, would seek 10
Col
Wl'tJbt irom white Demociats .the dig
uity of governmental control?
We of the South feel the weight of
% grave responsibility in our deft ‘ n 6 s
wiih an inferior and unlettered lace.
We would give to the negro |the ut
most security and protection and
liberty iu bis humble sphere, bu this
is a white man’s government In
other days ot strife and dissension
the white voters of the South have
been enabled to hold the balance of
power, and , . by the help 0 f heaven
white supiemaey will endure, despite
the treacheous efforts of cowardly
men to heap indignity upon our
ple that the most bitter peo¬
South-hater has Republican
not dreamed of accom
plishing.
SHOES.
Ask my agents for W. L. Douglas SW_
II n**t for sale In catalocneP. yoor n|n.. .-u " k
dealer to send for yon? “ ecur ll 1 J7!?r the
agency, and get them for ®
t?“TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE., qy
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FOR iBffifrJxteaaK foh
(W A 3 $
WHY IS THE ES
W. L. DOUGLAS
THE BEST SHOE IN THE mLDnRmMOm»
It is a seamless shoe, with no tacks or wax thread
to hurt the feet; made of the best fine calf, stylish
and easy, and because ice make more shoes of this
graae than any other manufacturer t it Equals hand
sewed shoes costing from $4.00 to $5.00.
£*£■ 00 shoe Genuine offered Hand-sewed, the finest calf
Imported ever for $5.00; equals Freneh ^
shoes which cost from $8.0.i to $12.00
«A OO stylish, Hand-«ewed comfortable Welt apd durable. Shoe, fine The calf, best
shoe ever offered at this price ; same grade as cus¬
tom-made shoes costing from $6.00 to $9.00.
50 Police Shoe; Farmers, Railroad Men
** ° and Letter Carriers al X wear them; fine calf,
seamless, edge. smooth inside, heavy three soles, exten¬
sion One pair will wear a year.
50 fine calf; no better shoe ever offered at
fen this price; one trial will convince those
who want a shoe for comfort and service.
25 and $2.00 Workingman’s durable. shoes
given are them very strong trial will and Those who
nave a wear no other make.
$2.00 and $1.75 school shoes are
their vjO worn by the boys everywhere; they sell
on I merits, $3.00 as the increasing sales show.
Bom C* B 9 Dongola, liand-newed shoe, best
imported shoes costing from very $4.00 stylish; $6.00. equals French
Ladies' to
Misses the 2.50, best fine $2.00 Dongola. and $1.75 shoe for
Caution.— ar6 See that W. L. Douglas* Stylish and durable.
price stamped the bottom of name and
are on each shoe.
W« L. DOUGLAS, Brockton* Mass.
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IN ITS WORST FORM.
Benton, Laf. Co., Wis., Dec. ’ 88 .
Bev. .J. C. Bergen vouches for the
following: James Rooney, who was
suffering from vitus Dance in its wor>t
form for about one and a fourth years,
was treated by several physicians with¬
out effect; Tonic two bottles ot Raster Koenig’s
Nerve cured him.
Toussaint, Ohio, Oct. 35 1890.
I used Pastor Komig’s Ner.e Tonic
for a lady 26 yea s old; every two or
three weeks she had a serious attacK of
railing sickness, driven aecompau ed with head¬
ache and was r,o undo s-; she "as
sent once to an insane asylum. The
doctors cmld nor, relieve her; l began
whh one bottle of tour medicine;ashe
had taken three-quarters of it, and she
wrote to me a few days ago: “l he
medicine helps me much; I think anoth¬
er bottle will cure me. ”
Kev. abmand Hamelin.
MACHINERY, ETC
SAWMILLS
-$160 TO $900.
Ernies and Boilers
TO SUIT. 100 IN STOCK.
Large Stock of
SHAFTING,
PULLEYS,
DBeltlaCh
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SUPPLIES.
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Peddlers are not sa
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keeping and Shorthand tat
perieneedteachers. Tonsaai]
in good paying positions, j
rate. Students receive!daij
circulars,
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Spectacles, SILVERY.]
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No. 10 Whitehall Siree;,
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mperted and bowl
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because the higher hud tkeffl,
the weaker they
got it he wi 1 order it®
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ladies who haven- Hi
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because initwthne-IOOgnar^ the makers
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Sage’s remedy has iro
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