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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUITONi ATLANTA, Giv TUBSDAT JESST 2’5 1888.
THRODGHDIXIE
WHkT THBSOUTHBRK FOLKS ARE
SAVING ANOiDOINO.
rr.al..« alum <M up VroubUaM Bsvoral arp
fthot-A Kurdar and dulolda-Pamral Firaona
Browsed - * Ladr Bad Oaar bp an
JUalna-oiftar Inlaraallni Wawi.
Alabama,
Oliver Jarkaoti,charred with themunlcrofM.
county Jail hen total. .
hla store banted over hint to conceal the crime.
Kentucky.
Mcaoa Dawson, colored, rerand to pay hla
fare on the Owenaboro and KaabTillo road re.
cantly, and waa ejected by tbe combined of-
forte of Condnotor Thompson and apanenger
near JtuerotviHe. Aa tba train moved
off Dawson Jumped on the platform and
bepan firing a revolver through the crowded
coach. Keren ahote were fired and A. II. Clin
ton, a farmer, received' three of thorn, being
fatally wounded, A11-the otbera atrnck the
aeete and did no damage. Dawaon was cap
tured and taken to Jail. There la much Indig
nation and aome talk of lynehlng.
Went Virginia.
A murder and anieide occurred in Lincoln
county, Monday night. Mrs. Margaret
Donau, widow, became inaane from religione
fanaticism and imagined that aha had Men
railed neon by the Lord to sacrifice tho lives
ofbenelfand her three children to divine
wrath. Karly in the evening the threw her-
arlf upon her knees and spent several hoars In
wild tarings. She then arose and arming
herself with a large, sharp carving knife,made
her nay to the room occupied by her three
daughters, aged twelve, ten and
rut tire throat of each child and
blade Into her own heart. The bodice were
discovered yesterday by neighbors, who state
that the room waa so bespattered with blood
at lo liear a very strong reiemblanco to a
Slaughter house.
Virginia.
Tbe following Is tbe history of thetragedy
at Martlnsborg Hqtnrday night. May 14:
"Kal.rday night an anonymoua circular wee
issned and posted up all over town. It seri
ously reflected onW K. Terry, a young busi
ness man, and hla father, tbe late William
Terry, a prominent cltlsen. Monday morning
Terry telegraphed for bit two brothers, J. K.
and benjamin Terry, living at Aiken station,
1*0 miles away. They arrived at 1 n. in., and
after u brief consultation went to the printing
office and demanded the author of the card.
Tbe printer told them it waa Oolonel P. D.
Spencer, a member of tbe town board and ono
of the' "
tires returning from their work, the Terry
brothers started in tho direction of Spencers
factory. When about half way they were mat
by Spencer, with his brother and several
friends. W. K. Terry addressed a few words
to Spencer, who told him not to shoot. Just
then aome one fired a pistol and the shooting
lierama general. Forty ebota were fired. W.
K. Terry waa shot from the rear, the ball en
tering near hla spine and lodging In his right
breast. Jake Terry waa shot through the ab-
domeu and fell dead, lien Terry was shot
through the neck and In the body. Spen
cer waa shot In the hip, and his busi
ness partner, Tarlton Brown, received two
balls in the groin, and Is thought to be
fatally wounded. Jonas, a saloonkeeper.
It. L. (tregory, clerk at Lee hotel, and Sandy
Martin, colored, a mechanic, are all seriously
hurt. The last two were hit by stray tolls.
The Terrys are well known and members of
an old family and occupy high sootal position.
Mono of them are married. Saturday after-
the tan bill parsed by the town toard of whl
lug
kh
nuwmvi p*mm m uioiuxwr, uuttuwuiu uuv lUI—
tify in the popular opinion the card which
followed It at night, aud which brought on the
tragedy.
Tennessee.
A gloom waa thrown over Lenoir* Saturday
rvaiung by a terrible accident, which resnltbd
In the less of fire Urea. Ham Winton, a woll
known colored flat boatman, partly loaded
hi- barge with grain at Lapsers lauding about
time miles above Lsnoiri and drop
per! down to Mr. William IlntteU’s landing,
one and a half miles east of Lenolre, where he
finished hla load of grain, llo took Mr. Wil
liam Buaiell, hla daughter, Mrs. Samuel P.
Jrrkauu and her little daughter Annie, aged
i gbt yean, and Andrew liall
a white tenaut of Hr. Unssell
aboard aa paaaengan and started for Lenolra.
When about a mile east of Lenolra tbe boat
suddenly began to sink. Mr. Bussell, who is
advanced in yean,mule a heroic ellbrt to
save Mrs. Jackson but without avail. She and
Mr. Hall, who had also grasped her, sank to
rise no men. Three negro boat bands reached
the shore aud came to the rescue of Mr.
Iltasell who was completely exhausted and at
the point of drowning. Ham Winter, who was
a large mueoular man and aa expert swimmer
ndn
ed on the Black Warrior. But a short time had
elapsed after parting with bis son, before the
father concluded to take a “stand" for a deer.
He had been standing but a few minutes until
ho heard something running through ths
bushes, and at once discovered
It to be a deer. He raised hla trusty
rifle and fired, but
be beard hla son cry
bare killed me!" Ills father hastened
at once and discovered that he had shot hla
son through tbe brain. He had fallen, bathed
gotten upend was wiping the blood from his
face when hla father reached him. The old
man, wild with grief, asked bis boy if be waa
hurt much, when tba answer came: “Father, I
will die.” In a letter to his brother in Bnfoid,
In this county, Mr. Tuggle says that no pen or
tongue could depict the horrible feelings he
bad, to see the life-blood of his son ebbing
away, and to know that he had given the fatal
blow. The son lived abont nine days after the
sad occurrence and then died. The son leaves
a wife and seven children.
There Is a colored church in Newton county
whose members have a mania for funeral ser
mons. One old fellow's funeral has been
preached six times at this church within the
put eight months.
Colonel A. J. Pound, from Milledgevllle, waa
in Hawklnsville last week iust from a visit to
tbs cattle raagea of Wilcox, Irwin and Worth
counties. He purchased lut week six hun
dred head of beef steers from the-atock raisers
of the counties named. He will pass through
Hawklnsville this week with the first drove,
which be will take to Macon. He ssys the
cattle are In fine condition. The winter wu
very cold,but dry, and the cattle have fattened
rapidly since the young grass came out.
The Boms Bulletin says: The Mormons
even while they are emhamaslogly on the
defensive at home, are at work aggressively in
the'
_ . loir
elders have mads fifty converts In the neigh
borhood of Seney, and ire learn also that they
bare made one hundred converts around Fish
Creek. Even in the suburbs of IComc they
have left their tracts and attempted to mako
converts. There onght to be some law to stop
the spreading of this blight. Why should not
the law against emigrant agents fit the. r case 7
Tbe following wu received from Darien,
Saturday, and will explain itself: “I am
alck, captain,” said Steward Hurittsman to
Captain Lowery of tbe British bark Lydia at
Dohoy. "Please do not carry me to sea with
PROGRESS OF THE CAMPAIGN.
[Continued From Eleventh Page.j
old Houston will vote almost solid for Gordon
A well-known gentleman who has just returned
from Lumpkin, Stewart county, tayr. “I never iaw=
ouch a revolution In sentiment aa there haa been
in titewart county. A few weeka ago Lumpkin waa
solid for Bacon. Last week out of elgbty*one white
voters In |the town of I.umpkin bat three
mil. dviiii n. a uiie icKKc 1
the 16th Georgia wrltea ilia following:
"Maykvu.le, May W, 1886.—To General John B.
Gortyn, army northern Virginia. General order*
No. 7, John H. Gordon move your division to tbe
front and take charge of the cxecutire chair."
Tbe following was received last night:
On Boa it n Stkauks John J. Bcav. vi a Cl d a a
Bi.cfp, A la.-fSpecial. 1-The vote of the “Mulbat-
ton Fishing club," of Home, for governor,taken om
the steamer John J. Seay, waa for General John B.
Gordon, nineteen votes; Major Bacon, two, and
tw o undecided. Miuutton fi*h ino ci.ru,
Per Commander Seay.'
The recent statemant In jjila column that both
i he above wai pot to type, we notice in TW* Con-
smurfo* that Major Bacon ha* acknowledged,
that be did resign. That settle* it!
A coimpondent from Cuthbert writes that,
giving Bacon all the doubtful men and non-com
mittal men. Cuthbert stands one hundred and six
for Gordon and sixty-four for Bacon. A vote taken
In a country district stood twenty-four for Gordon,
three tor Bacou, with nine to bear from. Cuthbert
claims* that tho first Gordon club In the state-was
organized in that town with Captain M. I. Atkin*,
an old veteran, as chairman.
Lexington, Ga., Way 21.—[Special]—We
regret to comet our worthy home paper, the Echo,
but In order to lay before the readers of the kiate,
wc will »ay that the vote In this place before the
arrival of the speakers waa 26 to 1! for General
Gordon, and not aa the Echo claims, 22 to * for
l(a*ar Bacon. Wo note many changes from Bacon
Ion after the speaking, and more to follow.
nnsuua*ggasis. let, put the Advance down for
General John B. Gordon for governor, and, while
you arc about it. Just euter Cherokee county on
ilie tame line with It. The “right arm of Lee"
will be strengthened in Cherokee by'an over-
v helming majority, either In the primary or gem
Cakroi.f.ton, Ga., May 22.—Editors Consti
tution ; We are nearly solid for General Gordon,
♦he treatment he received from a few in Augusta,
haa made him many friends here. We are rar-
.. .1 little Annie Jtckeon and tuailo a noble
effort to lave her, but they went down to
gether with the little girl’s arms tightly
ids,pad around his neck. Mack Higa, a negro
haat band who could not swim.was also drown
ed. Diligent efforts ban bean made to recover
the tod Ha, but without enooeea. Little Annie
Jarkaon’a hat and a basket, found stout half
e mile below tho annkan heat, are the i,uly
tracts of tha loatonaa that have been diacov
Mn. Karr Jones, a widow, “4 yean old, waa ran
over Ora transfer engine at a railroad nuuiiut
Iff, bash,Ills, and instantly killed, toll:a hot"
rlWy mutilated. The roenuer'a Jury rendered a
verdits vxouerattne the railroad and alanalman at
the eittatug, Mrs. Jonea had some cows and wav
aiiempltug to drive them homo when the acvldont
occurred. Tho flagman signaled tee approachtag
engine, tint she appeared not to notice (lie Mgnals.
Mia Jotoa waa In comfortable rlrcuniMauoe* she
was childless ami has a brother hi Alabama.
Iter it mains will be Interred at Mb olivet ceme
OEOnatA NEWS.
IheKew* alike Week Throughout the Hlalr
Itrlefiy Chronic Ird.
It is reported that many dead fish are. seen
Hotting In tha waten of I.ittlo river. Tho
guano deposited In the fields along this stream
hao been washed Into tho river by the heavy
“Cm l tha waten
Mr. Tom Moore, of 8paldlng county, had tho
mbfortunetoaticka twig in hla eye while
plowing recently. Aa he waa running the for-
row the mule passed under a neack tree and a
awaylng limb dew hack and inflicted a severe
thoogh fortunately It mimed the
ptipiL
Iknt Valley Mirror Wo met t candidate for
^«iff in I'erry the other day who exhibited
the left.ear of a rabbit, tha right foot of a
* P**°* J* iwrcoon root, a
Mahnyeand thtae coppers with peculiar dales.
He claimed that ,B,:h 1 » MObi nation of luck-
tatrmaefi waa tmposaible to be overcome, and
“• —** aarv of election. Bart Bateman was
grato'ng his head very cordially, so as to re-
WW »«— o< tho benefit,
dmstafte! * aerere rain and wind
rtST feoff 1 .? l r J ** ? , UI *' V 4 down
or promt *? 0Ml f-, About four
rivet, nearly
SmwtiE. I ™®“* on M Vinson a
"4 the roof blown off
HLSSaJLifn? blmpson lost several
it&t*, ana caused anch damage »»y flooding.
Owinytt Hertid: Several yean ago there
moved from (»winnctt countv kfr v-—— n
Tnjgto a highly £SURa’JSjSSlfi
,lr - Tuggle has
jy liviBg.ln this county quite a number of
friendayid relatives. Out day Mr. Tag*!, and
Aftefbia7?S/!S!Ll? t M #r *.*t° lrreI hunt.
tawinuSstouStolS %| | Mfi,"Wli«»tat
Captain
yon.” But tba captain was luesora’
“Well, then,” Continued the stewn.d, “I will
poison yon on tho trip.”
"None of yonr throats wiil change my de
cision,” answered Captain towery; “I will
carry yop and all tne rest of tha Dutch a
of b— along to sea with mo.”
Captain towary then told tho steward to
fetch a pitcher of wattr into tho cabin, bat tho
latter affirmed that he wu too sick to more,
whereupon the captain went for the water
blmaelf.
llarlttiman then pulled a revolver
froth bis pooket and fired
at tho captain, the bullet slightly
gracing hla finger. Captain Lowery, however,
fell when he wu fired at and Harittaman,
struck with terror at hla own dead, senta bullet
through hla own heart.
The evidence et the coroner's inquest shows
that tod feelings bad oxiatod between the cap
tain and hia steward for a long time. The
. ury camo to tho conclusion that: "Steward
llarittsman came to his death by e plstelahot
fired by his own hand,”
Headers of Till: Co.VKTiTC'TIoir romomber
that in lut November tbe large torn with all
the corn, fodder and hay of Mr. John Worley,
of (Ulmer county, was burnedup, and supposed
to bo the work of an insendiary. Mr. Wor
ley's little boy wu sleeping in tho barn at tho
timo it wu burnod, and was
caught in tho flames and burnod
to death, Dave Dover, of (Dimer county, wu
ebargod with tho arson, and Friday even
ing the Jury rondared a verdict on hia can,
after sitting a day and a half. The Jury
remained out about one-half hour and ronder.
cd a verdict of "not guilty.”
Near llomo, Saturday, Matos Byrd,
a rolorrd man. waa struck by lightning, two
miles from tho rlty. Ho had Just emerged
from bis house, and was standing in tho field
near a tree when struck. He wu instantly
killed, Tho ground on which ho was stand-
wu considerably torn up,
Lowndes superior court convened lut wesk.
Only a fow civil oaaeo wore disposed of, u tho
criminal docket wu reached on Wednesday.
Bobert Spencer wu pnt on trial for tho mur-
dorof Henry Williams in this county last O v
tober. (treat Interest wu manifested In the caso
of the State re. Bichard Townsend, tho mur
derer of K. 1*. Epperson, the sheriff of Bradford
county, Fla., near Vnldosta, on Chrlatmu
time. Tho trial commenced
Tuesday morning. From the beginning tho
courtroom waaerowdod with eagsr spectators;
there wu hardly standing room to be fonnd.
Tho jury retired to mako up tkolr verdict Into
in tho afternoon, and in about an hour return
ed and pronounced the defendant gniity of
murder in the lint degree. Townsend
bad maintained throughout tho trial a
•liocal indifference to hu surroundings. Ho
1 seemed not to realize In the least tha momen<
toua crisis ho wu rapidly reaching. But whan
f the court to stand up and
life had
he wu ordered by tbe court to stand ui
wu told that the laat effort for hit lit
failed, and that be muat surely dlo on July
iHiskw, nuu Hilt us lUUIt BUIl'iy UIU uu el Uly
H»th, the time Appointed for hit execntlou,
large beads of perspiration ooxed from hit
forehead and hit frame shook with fear. Ho it
one of the moat desperate characters that ever
went to the gallows. Noth white and colorodJ
agree that he deserved hia fate.
Turpentine hands of N. 8. Larjtfe Go., at
Nahunta,rioted Thursday night. It appears that
Jsary promised to pay them off on Saturday,
and failing to do bo tbe men struck in a body
and gathered at the depot. When tho train
rolled up they began putting on their baggage
when Lary, with two of bis men. came up and
t>egan throwing It out again. One, Ford, col-
•red, produced a gun, whereupon Lary and
is men began firing and a regular fasilade
-curred. Tpon investigation it was found
hat the Ford brothers, colored, were shot, ono
of which died iu half an hour and the other is
not expected to live. N. 8. Lary also recalved
a wound in the back, hut not serious, Allis
quiet now* _
Elections were held inKoyston and Carnosville
districts of Franklin county last Saturday on
the eteck law question. Koyiton went for
stock law by three majority. It is supposed
that Gamrtvillo went the same way, but the
returns had not been received.
A whisky war is going on at Oglethorpe.
One glass of calamity water ami two glasses of
beer can be bad for a nick.
Missis Annio Burghard and Miuuio aud Carrie
Davis, are charming young ladies who live out
at Masccv’s, some miles from Macon.
A few tiaya ago they decided to go a pleasur
ing, and procuring a boat* they launched boldly
out upon the pond. They did not proceed far
!*efore the boat became unmanageable. Itwea
4 oVlrck when they set out, end abont daak
they drifted on to a snag and eoutd not help
themselves. The boat was slowly filling,
•ml at length they got It off, end reached an
other mag, a considerable portion of which
was cut of water. For five mortal hours they
remained in this perilous position. Their
shouts and shritks failed to attract attention,
ftKd firm some cause their abaenee was not
retired. About !>:30 Mr. Houser heard a faint
"halloo’' away up In the pond, aud suspecting
some ono was out there in distress, he went
iu search of e boat. Finding all those around
the pond stove in, he had to go some distance
with a cart and hauled e boat to the lake,
rustled around and procured a paddle and
started to the resene. When ha reached the
younr ladies the boat was filled with water
and the
andexh
for governor. Thus do the truly good rally around
the standard which always could be found where
the battle raged hottest in Fort Gaines the people
ore six to one for Gordon; In the county—well,
there are old soldiers and the sons of old soldiers
there who never go back on an old commander.
A LaGrange letter says:
“Ihe Bacon men do not want the primaries.
They say all that is necessary Is for a few of tne
wire heads to meet In the courthouae and namo
the delegates: but the Gordon men think differently
and say others besides politicians should have a
voice in the aflairs of government. When the
Bacon men speak of the people, they say *d—n the
people; they don’t know what thoy want.’ ’’
“An Old soldier of tbe Western Army.” writing
from Dallas, makes the following request: “Please
tend, by freight or express, some few Bacon men,
so wc can see what they look like. Paulding Is
heart and hand for Goruon.”
Mr. Bam Mayer says that “every man In the town
of Cochran with tbe exception of four or Are will
vote for Gordon.’’
The DouglAMille Ktar says:
We know the people iu this section prefer Gen
eral Gordon to any and all men who have been
spoken of for governor. The cut-and-drled court*
honse delegations that have been named for Bacon
In a few too previous counties will not be tolerated
by the democracy of Douglas. Bacon Is, n® doubt,
as good a democrat aa Gordon, but the general has
suca a place la the hearts of the people in this
bailiwick that they will see that he 1* not greased
out or the delegation fr?m Douglas with anybody’s
Mr. ' J. H. Btrickland, of Fslrbum, polled the
street Tuesday, taking tbe first thirty white men
, he came to, resulting 28 for Gordon and 2 for Ba
con. A suneylng party In the county, nnmberlng
thirteen, was also polled, and 11 were for Gordon
and 2 for Bacon.
The Washington Chronicle quotes John Garrard
, thus; -I am surprised that anybody should think
of beating Gordon whilo the oUl soldiers ate liv-
<n* I want people to know that I say so."
writer from Miteholl county ssys that
_.le that county was strongl * ~ —
weekaago.it la now debatable
to town to rote for Gordon. Another says
If necessary walk to Augusta to cast his vote for
him, and so it goes.
A correspondent writing from Albany, says,
''Dougherty county is more unanimous for Gordon
than I ever remember to have seen it for any can
didate outside of Its own limits.”
Mr. L F. Blalock writes from Faycttesville that
he doe* not know of more than a half dozen Ba*
con men in Fayette county and that It is solid for
Gordon.
Hon. R. If. Baker, of Lumpkin, is in tbe city. Ho
says that if the people ofhln section gets
chance at the ballot box that Gordon will sweep
every county. Mr. Bacon says, “I was for Sim
mons when he was In the race. When be came
out I was for Gordon. I could not get my consent
to vote against him. If tho people get out to vote
With a view to determine the relallvo'strength
of General Gordon and Major Bacon in the guber
natorial contest In Floyd county, and also for the
f iurpOMj of calling a mass mcctlugfor organization
n the Interest of General Gordon, the writer, with
properly prepared petition partially canvassed
ihe city or Home fora couple of hours. He did
not know the sentiments of the gentlemen ap
proached on this question. Tbe result of the
two hours’ canvoi s was overwhelming in favor of
General Gordon. During the canvam ho secured
the signatures of seventy-live representativemon of
all trades and callings, and found only flvomen
against Gordon and Iu favor of Bacon. This lain tho
proportion of fifteen for (Jordon to ono for Bacon. Tho
result thus obtained shows that Rome is over
whelmingly for General Gordou. It Is but reason
able to conclude that this ratio will bo maintained
In the outside county districts. He has Ulked to
a number of representative citizens from the
Ladles and gentlemen: Without intending to
disparage Major Bacon, an honorable man, worthy
the respect of any audience and a true democrat,
and without intending to indicate my personal
ntest, I now have the honor
j a man who needs no eulogy
sullied as tbe stainless snow, a man whose states-
maushln Is as broad as humanity; a man whose
sympathies are as limitless aa human anfWrlng; a
man whose name is familiar to us all and a house
hold word In our home*; a man whose record,
public and private, Is a part of onr history: a man
of whom his friends proudly say as of George
Washington, “first In war. first la peace
and first In the hearts of hfs
countryman;” a man whore object In being with
you today he can and will best explain for him-
self.
It I* now my privilege to Introduce to you that
war-worn and battle-scarred veteran, patriot
1 Christian gentleman, General John
The Hawklnsville News comes out strongly In
‘favor of primaries. It says that
—The small minority, composed of those who are
convenient to the county site, and who assemble
at county conventions or mass meetings, do not.
and cannot voire the actual wishes of the grand
aggregate vote ofthc country,
executive committees o
e creatures of-the pt. r ._
and not bosses or dictators. These cxccu
live x ommlttees should consult the Interests of tho
people. Are they doing this when they call a
county convention and thus compel men iu the
mo*t remote portions of the county to come to
the courthouse under- pain and psualty
of being disfranchised and denied an
of rueh gross misconduct towards a gallant soldier,
a great statesman, a true, tried, and devoted gen
eral. To dishonor General Gordon would be dishon-
that the truth Is that it is dominated by a regular
Gordon tornado!
Mr. M. I. Atkins, of the old 5Ut Georgia, Cuth
bert. Ga*, writes that a Gordon club was organized
on three hours’ notice, and over a hundred names
enrolled. He adds that tho ladies sr« solid for
Gordon, and that this I* two thirds of tho battle,
and that tbe wives of many Bacon men are for
Gordon, which insures their ultimate conversion.
Forsyth county will havo her democratic mass
meeting to select delegates to tho gubernatorial
^and congressional conventions on thb first Tuesday
A Carteravllle veteran, who faced tho bullets re-
gsrdlesa of their danger, wants Information. He
asks:
1 want to ask yonr medical man whether one
ever gets well ora severe attack of typhoid fever.
How Jong docs It take'.’ My captain, myself, and
another roan had bad cues of It Just before we
went to tbe war.lMi. i managed to get round by
ttllllamsburg, Bharpsburg, Fredericksburg, and
tbe other “burgs,” and got home In I860, wo got
In*? a difficulty at Bharpsburg, and tha captain got
killed. The other man had the same misfortune
a* Petersburg. Tho typhoid fvver wa4 not • Jw-
to us. hut tho biulets got two or us.
a quite tired, and often
net* or the county
entitled to no greater or less privileges than the
county products. If an expression ortho people is
what is desired, and it certainly should be, why
not present tho opportunity? Why call a county
convention and thus use means to prevent tho
people from speaking out at tho ballot box? Many
men, by leaving home ever so early, could
not get to the county seat in time to participate in
an nvantloo*
Masscngale says that inside tho Incorpora
tion * -* -—*- — —' —
elch
put
It was Hon. J. C. C. .Black who satd, with tho
Augusta Bacon meeting nndcr his eye; “No cau*o
Is worthy of success that has to resort Uv any un
fair means.” Yet Major Bacon has not disclaimed
the action of the Augusta clsqaem.
''Taxpayer," In the LaGrange Reporter, says
that a man’s being a soldier has nothing to do
i recommend quicker than Oeneral John B.
■v.uon and his friend. Colonel W. B. Jones.”
To which Colonel W. B. Jones replies, that after
nrgniy io me war aepinmeni ror commissary ana
bureau agents than Major A. O. Bacon and his
friend, “Taxpayer.”
Up to date, Colonel W. B. Jones seems to do
have lived In Hancock county for thirty-two
years, and have been sheriff for four yean, and I
never made a mistake aa t® bow this county would
an election, and I tell you now It lx
in. It ba- w — *— ” '* -
four votes for (
4 loo.”
Mr. R. II. Jonos, of Goldsboro, Go., writos: “I do
lot think there Is en* ^ 11 * *-
season a mess of coll
Woodvillx, Ga., May 22.—[Special.]—Dur
ing bis speech yesterday. General Gordon took the
vote of the large crowd In tbe courthouse both for
himself and Major Bacon, and tho result was
about 4 or 5 to l in favor of tbe gallant old hero,
notwith.xtauding the fact the Bacon men voted by
holding up both hands and wero largely helped
out In tnefr vote by a good delegation from Ogle
thorpe, Morgan. Taliaferro and Clarke countioxthat
did all they could, besides voting for him, to whoop
him up In old Greene; but it’s no go, and you can
put down a solid delegation from this county for
Gordon. Give the people a chanco, and the old
man is certain to get there. Victor.
Rome, Ga.. May 22.—[Special.]—Tho Daily
Bulletin will tomorrow annouuco that it will sup
port Gordon for governor. This action was decided
on at a meeting of the directors of the Bulletin
publishing company today.
Columbus, Ga., May 22.—[Special.]—The
democratic executive committee of Mnscogeo
county met today at ten o'clock and Issued a call
. - — *- * * **mthe
Tho
s meeting will
. new execu-
business to come beforo the i
felt very
1 waa sometimes qul
satloua made, perhaps the mast lathe charge of
want of duty on the part of General Gordon tn
seeking a re-election to.ttoe senate and then shortly
afterward In resigning his place.
General Gordon was first elected senator in 1875,
and gave »lx year* of brilliant and faithful service i
In the senate to Georgia and the aoutb.
Towards the close of hla term he was made the
ui me irnovii i
I. Kutunlljr .nd properly urnerxl Gordon
Rht Ihe anrwer of Ids peoplo to Iht. chxrg. in
un.ulmou. re-election to tho aenxte. ill. can-
dWrcyw.i in .mcMtre forced npoo him.
In Koto, when he .ought to resign, why should bo
h.ve deferred hu re.feu.tloa? llo wu .tout to
t>!.ce It In the bends of .d.mocrstlc governor. Ho
b>d* right to rienme thut this democratic kov-
In hisplsce.
such appointment, t
slon, at any time, w]
umed
MARRIED IN GEORGIA.
Mr. J. E. Bound, and Mlm MlUle T. tonger, At
lanta Mr. W. M. Mtddfetoooks.nd Mlm M title
Turner. Hamilton Mr. E. 1. Moultrie mid Kite
Medea* .Hay. Mae.
. fii* legislature not
slon, at any time, whether couarees had
or not, and donbtleai would tore ext
tight. Suppose Governor Colquitt, Instead of ap
pointing Governor Brown senator, had
appointed General Lawton, Hon. c. C. Black or
M.nie othcrduttoftulshcd Georgian to tha aouala.
would anyono hare complained of the resignation,
or IU time, manner, clor It le evident that It Is
not General Gonlon’a resignation, bat Governor
Hroww’s appointment which is Ida real complaint.
UtthogtnUemen*who now abuse Gordon, coma
nut and ray what they mean. Let Major Bacon
come out and say hu griorance
wu and U that Brown wu appointed,
but when they do, let them put tho responsibility
when it eelougs, on Governor Colquitt, who made
suited ae to the appointment; who, It la known,
wuopptmd toll, and who publicly so staled la
the speech be made at the time, and which has
oarer torn denied by any one.
Tha Marietta Journal calls upon Major Baron tor
a deflo it® answer, thus:
Major Itacoti lo ItTlnf toexptaln his resignation
at adfatantottka Ninth Georgia regiment during
tha dretyrarof the war, used the following lan
guage in hu speech at Katooton, which we find re
potted in the Macon Telegraph: “Who asserts It
Ilea, who luatnuatualt lias, wets repeals It after
hearing me today Ilea than teat resigned any
public tnut.intpeamertn.saar. whanmyaarytoat
would tooeCt nqrpeepte ormshy. and when I
a miserable subterfuge of awkwardly constructed
language to convey a dental thu don not deny.
1st the reader cloealy obaarre thu Malor
Baron doe. not deny the rharge of resigning, but
qualifies hla remarks by wring, "whsnTsraa phys
ically able to ame.” IfMaJor Bacon resigned and
let! the army the lint rear of the srax tocan-e he
wu not "physically able to senre." ha ought to
hare tho manhood and frankness to say so without
equivocation or circumlocution. If ha was* phvs-
lrally able” to coma home and "atrra" tn the
commissary department or u a tax gatherer, u
charted he did, he ought to aey to. without formu
lating a sentence with a view to dccteve or becloud.
Any blackguard can u<e the epithet "liar."
but docs the true facts lutttry u digni
fied a gentleman as Mr. Bacon In udng
smh language. The question Utah: A member
of tha ntath Georgia retiment. In which Mr. Ba
con wu cnUstcdTametts s
that Mr. Bacon: ‘
meat after the
deciding upon the
luuuc eiiu urnnuu ui rctuctinff dOltffAfeM to tho
gubernatorial, congressional and senatorial con
ventions. .There was no exproaton on tho part of
tho committee of a preference on the manner of
the selection of delegates, and this will bo de-
bv the mar—“**— * ‘
to General Gordon to speak !q Carrollton, and that
he refitted to sign it, and that there wu abont
twenty w bo dla sign it, and one-half of them
Bacon men.” It Is strange, and cannot be ac
counted for In any way except that Major Bacon
wuovertoseetheTlmea In April, and in all
probability fixed it up and tuned its fiddle for the
campaign. The truth about the petition is that
thro was abont 200 names on it, and not exceeding
six Bacon men. Wc wish some one would tell ux
why it Is that country newspaper editor* can'l
tell the truth, especially where theytake aides.
The following description of a courthouse meet
ing, from the Hampton Enterprixc, Is well worth
reading:
colonel A. secs Colonel B. and Colonel C.in tho
town, make out resolutions to suit tbe mau to be
nominated—select a chairman from the Mime
clique—get up three of the name sort and two
from the country, for a nominating committee.
Then wrlto to the 15th or 16th G. M, districts each
to send two delegates to a county convention,
naming the day, etc., to nominate a candidate for
congress, or governor. The day arrives such men
as have time and inclination to leave home or
wish logo to town attend. The colonels call the
meeting i%the courthouse. By preconr-"*--*
agreementtne resolutions are handed tot
gate from tho . country to read,
country delegate Is asked to move
the! adoption, one from another country
district to second, a country delegate is a\ke<l to
move for Colonel Sninks to be chairman. Another
countryman seconds, still another moves for the
^ resident to anpolut delegates to the state conven-
on (the prcsldeuthasthe list In his vest pocket).
All the time the colonels are running the machine
with a good supply of “taffy” for their dear coun
try friends. The delegates walk into a courthouse
room and stay fire minutes and the work is done.
The favorite candidates having previously traded
with said colonel*. The district delegates go
home, thin’-* *'—* “
when they
number of men In Cuba. We have been there.
This beats ‘‘primary elections,” to keep the people
from having any voice in tho matter. Thb Is
democracy, “Iu a horn.” This started “Indepen
dent bin” in Georgia. We wrlto facts-are not in
terested in the least. Still these are none the less
facts.
The Chronic le then goes on to print a letter from
“Palmetto,” who is vouched for as doing business
in Augusta, in which occurs the following:
: If there was a son of the palmetto state In that
• audience Wednesday night who has not forgotten
the splendid service rendered by thb magnificent
Georgian to "the prostrate state*' in '76, and foils
to repay it In some small measure now. the blood
of the cavalier b flowing In waning tide through
his veins, and hb heart no longer responds to the
sublime sentiments of gratitude. Some may say
that ’76 b ten years gone by. even as others are
laying thAt “the war b over,’’ but to men of noble
natures there are debU that are never paid as long
as there b anything which the creditor may receive
that tho debtor can give. To those who have
come on life’s stage since confederate days,
the old itory of what the eouth owes her heroes
dllkca ** ...
may appear no argument to urcoibat the confed
erate warrior deserves well of hb country; but to
t lie actors In those terrific evenb there b nothing
more seemly than that "affluent fortune should
empty all her horn" Into tho hands of those who
wrought with Lee and Btonewell Jackson, and
tlncc Lee followed Jackson to the shadows tho
grandest and best of tho confederacy is embodied
and personified In John B. Gordon. And so It was
with a sharp pang that I witnessed the respect and
attention never withheld by an Augusta audi
ence from clown and ring-master in a circus
denied to thb battle-scarred hero of “the lost
cause.” Recalling, as no confederate soldier can
fall to recall, the many battlo-flelds made more
grandly glorloua by thewpiendtd valor of thb king
among men It seemed like sacrilege to hoot at ant
Jibe him. coming, as he did, with the dignified
bearing of a hero to talk to his own people. It Is
not forme to say whether Georgia has canceled
her obligation to the worthiest living confederate
genera), but I know that there b a debt of gratl-
kudo yet abiding and-duc him by all South Caro-
llnans, and should ono of them having a vote In
this election need a reminder I trust |hc will find
It here.
I |The Dawson Journal comes out for General Gor
don. The editor, 8. T. Jordan, says.
I have no war to make on Bacon, butas a member
of Gordon's brigade and one of hb followers I ad
mired. and still admire, him for hb worth. Hit
record as a soldier b spotless, and today he standi
a living monument of of grandenr to bis country
men. To the friends of Gordon I say stand by
i well worn tale, and to such it
auea ms Diooa ror you; ne rougni no commis
sary department or conscript officer’s position. In
time of peace you called him when bayonets ruled
your state to lead you and ho was elected govornor
but was counted out. When our*Uter*tates wero In
trouble you sent him to tliolr relief. Yon sent him
to congress. He went, and did nob resign until
every itate in tho union'was restored to her proper
place. Why reject him now? He b the same Gor
don today, anal say let him be governor. I be
lieve he wil^be If the people an allowed a voice by
a vote In the primary election Terrell has ever
been for Bacon, but thb time I believe ihe will be
for Gordon.
Mr. Thomas M. Swift writes from Elberton. Ga.
nndcr date of May 2fe 'The heavy rains for the
Hon O. A. Bacon
General John a Gordon ...
I did not miss a farmer who came Into the store
end thb is the exact result. Itshows how the
> wsof .. .
coo positively assert that lie did
i one epithets asd circnustoea-
ttoa aaa "phnlcal ability” acdacarer "yr* M
“no,” Mr. Homo, lmt you teaigur Juba U. Gar-
den di Jn't-tmt Ought the entire four years. Since
Jo of the state the unmanly conduct of tho
Augusta Baconltce finds condemnation. Says the
Charleston News and Courier.
Major Bacon has small cans# to congratulate
himself or to thank hb partisans for tbe rudeness
shown to General Gordon in tho operahouse at
Augusta on Wednesday night. The operahouse
Is not Augusta, and Augusts is not Georgia; and
the people of the state are not what they are be
lieved to be if they do not resent ina *
pertinent way the insult offered to the
dicr with whose name, more closely
that of any other living man, tbe honor and glory
of Georgia,are inseparably linked. Hb brief and
ungraceful triumph on the operahouse stage may
1 very well cost Major Bacon the victory ho seeks on
the stump and at the poll*.
The Washington Gazette tells the following anec
dote of the days when Commissary Bacon was col
lecting tax in kind:
Mr. Miltou R. Barrott, of thb county, was a
soldier nndcr General Gordon during thu war. One
day on a long march Mr. Barrett was sick and
scarcely able to keep up with the other troope,
when tne gallant (Gordon discovered hb condition.
The general dismounted, mado the sick soldier
ride, while he himself walked all tho day. It is no
wonder that Mr. Barrett b one of the most en
thusiastic supporters of Gordon tn Georgia. We
publish tbla in Justice totwo old soldiers, although
we are not of their present persuasion.
Judge R. N. Rodgers, of 8heltonvllle, writes to
General Gordon: “I was In tho army four years,
ragged, foot-sore and hungry, and frill never go
back on a man who was with us there. I
am tor you beetdee, because of
your inconuptibiUy, your integrity and
eminent fitness for the governorship of this great
state. When you arc elected Georgia will have
tha best, and most distinguished governor of
any Mate in the nnioo.”
Hr. L. N. Bates writes from Griffin, Ga.£that the
modi, o( SutdlDi county Mow Geaenl John B.
Goruon, ina know him well. Tne reeuUUUut
teren-elfha of tbe people of tbti county ere lor
him lira, end but for tovemor.
Tbe Cuthbert Appcxl rare Tbe political oppo
nent! of Generaltiordon tore taken occxrtoo to
deny thathocrer ipant any portion of hla salary,
while a public officer, fer the benefit or tbe poor
confederate Kldten. We hare beard or many
aneb eaaea throughout the troth, and here In
Bandelph county we hero a hTlnir wltnMeia the
perron or ona o( our beat cltiaana «o tbe liberator
and tenarealiy o/ttcnaraMiordou la tba days of
the aoutb'. poverty end dtatreo. Mr. W. ft. Cleve
land waa the recipient orfayon from General Oro-
don In those day* fer which batwin netrerceoa
to love hu nnme. Be aye he applied v> him then
and waa promptly aaWtd. Mr. Clare land la an
cnthuatartlc admlrarer of hla old commander, and
utility, him hla unqualified lupnort.
Mr. E. I*, rerrooa, or compnayE, Ninth Geonta
r.’Blmont, and lieutenant In Andenm'a aklrmlah
battalion, wrltea from tienayathusit _
Buttons conit,Tcnox: I notice In Tax poxrn-
Tvnott that same orthe boysare say In, that Ad
jutant Bacon crawled Into the “provlttoo wagons
at heme;whcn affaire tot lively at the fhrat."lrt»
little rtrangehut I don’t remember erer having
heard him "atuwer to roll-cail' after any orthe
battles the Ninth tieorgta participated In; he that
n. it may, i'll bet hedon'tget one vote ontoT the
regiment. I ran hear Gordon get raging like a
lion down on tongxtreet'a^eft at the wilderness.
He 1> a man for any state to to proud of and a fit
govenin, fern gallant people. .
Tire Cherokee Advance pou ittair on record fe
the next governor of tienrttatkni:
Gordon's record la inch an ona ms wo admire—
hla nooed aa n aotdJar, aateaimn. citUen and fi
nancier; hia heroic fignt and gallant campaign tn
the memorable dark days or 1WA. end the igno
ble manner In which he wu cheated <
govenonbtn then. It aeema noth
cause every true democrat and lover or i
food gomtuneul to want u> repay Mas fee that
Cght, and at the same Urns do honor tn the euro.
irno-
orthe
LI
i-le and the farmers stand on the question noi
rcre the people.”
A gentleman writes from Elberton. Ga.: "4
ighl
I rl
i peo-
w be-
^ tswol
General Gordon saw him. and noting his condition
got off of his hone and made Seymour ride. Gen
eral Gordon walked along by tbe side of the horso
for six miles, end when his courier came he had
Feymour sent back In the ambulance. Such in
stances are well known to his old soldiers in El
bert county, who will rally for nim to a man when
tbe time comes to elect delegates. Mr. C. R.
Adams, of Ibis county, who was with General Gor
don daring the war says, hi* heart Is as big as
Stone mountain?” ^
A Hasty Programme la Haralson.
Tbe executive oommlttee of Hamlmn connty
met on Friday to decide by what method dele
gates to the gubernatorial convention would be
elected. There were eight members of the com
mittee. Four members voted in favor of a primary
election, while four members voted in favor of a
courthouse meeting. Tbe chairman. Mr. A. B.
Fitto, who la tho strongest Bacon man In the
county, cast his vote against primaries and In favor
of courthouso meetings. This vote decided the
case against primaries. The next question wo^the
time of holding the meeting. The Gordon men
insisted that the meeting should not be harried up
to as to prevent foil notice being given and
the peoplo Brought out. The Bacon men Insisted
on holding the meeting on the first Tuesday in
June. Alter considerable discussion, it wu agreed
to suspend the vote until the action of the state
executive committee, then meeting in Atlanta,
could be heard ; U being understood that If the
state committee called the convention late enough
to allow a meeting on the first Tuesday In July, to
postpone It for that date. When It was heard that
the convention had been called for the 28th of July
the Gordon men supposed of course that the meet
ing would be postponed nntll the first Tuesday nf
July. The Bacon members of the commute,
however, insisted on the meeting being held
the first Tuesday In June and carried
a motion to this effect through the committee.
Great dissatisfaction resulted from this, (breed
process, and Messrs. John L. Rowe and A. o.
Alford withdrew from the committee and filed
their protest against this snap Judgment bclnx
taken. The course of the Bacon men shows that
they ate opposed to primary elections and also
opposed to reasonable time being given in which
to bring the people out to the county meeting.
Their course haa created much indignation
throughout the county.
The State Democratic Executive Committee,
The state democratic executive committee met
in Atlanta last Thursday at the Kimball house,
and was called toorder by J. II. Pothill, the chair
man. Atlanta and Augusta were named for hold
ing the gubernatorial convention Atlanta was
selected by a large majority and the convention
will be held on the 27th of July.
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Mbs Lucy McCormick. Hawklnsville Mr. Wil
lis nB.Cheney,Stone Mountain....Mrs. Francis
Aibmorai Plowshare Mr. J. H. Fannin, Macon
*Zvr?P. B. Thomason, Madison—Mr. T. IX
Swann. Rockdale county. .Mr. Andy Mathis and
Mr. Hardy Mathis, Sewannee Mis. Andrew P.
Mto Tetkottow—.-Dr. J. M. JohttaoD. ytaeta--
Mn. Mary nuort. Heart Monty Mra. Gaecft
A. JSfkaao. Chattahoochee rooxty Mr. Oeeoe
ca»ea, Cbmibant roomy--*®* <H*»> CNareka*
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