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Jno. Barton, - - Editor.
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The alliiUic*' sloro at Lodi has
been sold out.
Col Locke has been appoint
ed postmaster at Macon.
Blackburn ha* boon re elect
cdsenatorol the Kentucky leg
isiature.
Someone broke into the ne
gro alliance store at EitonO-n
and robbed the safe of i5425
The best for Okefeenokoe
swamp is suid to be 12.} cents
per aero.
Cov. Foruki rof Ohio, lias
written his farewell message.
He doesn't tell in that message
how he fooled Murat iulsteau
i.i the forgery business.
Mrs. V ictoria K. Henderson,
the female m lonshiner of Hab
ersham county, told a pitiful
story,and her sentence wassus
pended.
Anew name is given the in
dependent voter. He comes
uuder the title of the “Kanga
roo Ballot.” This “aniinule”
is neither American or demo
cratic.
The house of Mr. Ohas. Wells
of Atlanta, was sold by the
sheriff to pay what he owed as
one of the bondsmen ofex-tix
Collector wilson. This was ev
erything Mr. Wells had in the
world.
The population of Atlanta,
according to the new directory,
is nearly 90,000. In ISSO At
lanta’s population was 37,000.
Within the past ten years an
increase of 53,000 has taken
place. In 1900 the population,
with this rapid move, will be
about 200,000.
Gov. Gordon has issued an
order prolonging the time
granted the public printer to
deliver the new acts passed bv
the last legislature, until the
10th of March. It was shown
him that it would be impossi
ble to publish the.. Rook at the
time required, and he, there
fore, consented to the prolong
ation of tiie time.
An Ohio paper in speaking
ot the alliance, says, “The bur
ly yeomanry wants to ceize
our legislature. They will be
equal to the Chicago anarchists
after awhile, in wanting the
United States to divide proper
ty with them. However, some
would be pleased wit h 40 acres
and a mule, a sack of dour and
I'vo sides of bacon for the pres
ent.”
A young Englishman in Ne
braska writes to tite sheriff of
‘•Georgia” to look up the ne
gro who offers .f 15,090 to the
white man that will many iiis
daughter, as he is ready to,
close the trade.
It would seem from the
above, taken from the Athens
Banner, that a good opinion is
a .rood of the Georgia negroes’
wealth—especially among “de
luv white trash,” as the negro
would have it. himself.
Near Birmingham. Sth, inst-.,
Mrs. Naples shot, her husband
twice. Raplee was a hotel
keeper. Ho had been absent
-hiring the day and came home
.rin! .v r . Using some hard
r ire.- ->w -rd h ; s wife, she be
ar , sensed—picked up a
I died two shots. The
i, . i , ..feet in Hardee's
’ - .!<: , lek.
-... a mob of DB-
groes, in masks, in .Spartan
burg, S. C., visited the house o(
a negro, who was living with a
white woman (who he claims
was his wife,) took him out, tied
him t a tree and gave him a
thrashing—thirty nine lashes
Then ihev turned him lco.ie and
told him to leave the county.
The white women was mot mo
tested, but was simply warned
to leave the state. — [Jackson
Herald.
An important law passed by
the last legislature, touching
the tiling of deeds, mortgnges,
an.l laws, went into effect Jan
uary 1.1800. Tiie law declares I
that, deeds, mortgages and liens 1
do not go into effect until they J
are ified in the office of the!
clerk of the superior court. The I
effect of this law is this: If A j
gives B a mortgage, and a lien,!
;,nl subsequently gives the j
same to C, and C files his first
with the clerk of the superior,
court,, his will take precedence.
This will require the tiling o!,
deeds, mortgages and liens im
mediately after they have been
drawn up.
In connection with tliit law
tlieje is a section which requires
that executions from all courts
he tiled with tie clerk o( the
superior court within ten days,
and that if filed after expiration
of ten days, they take ellect,
from the time of filing.—[Jack
sen Herald.
Tliis office is in receipt of the
first number of the Oarnesville
Enterprise, published by He
Connell & Phillips. It is a neat
siieet with patent outside. In
politics it will be conserative.
This, of course, means that the
paper intends to stand in the
‘•middle of the road.” Accord
ing to the tone ot Franklin
county politics, the new enter
prise proposes to keep in the
old rut.
Tiie Journal wish the pub
li fliers a rich harvest. But we
have always found it best to be
an organizer. Na paper can
stand cn any other footing.
If the top-rail refuses to stay
on, it is generally remodeled
or put lower for the swine to
leave their wallow and rub up
against. Now it may be tiie En
lerprise proposes to remodel
the tiiree political parties of
Franklin into me. vVe hope
this will be the case. Let it be
the democratic party that
makes the one, brothers of the
Press. Take the staia from
your county’s democratic ban
acr as far as possible.
A Black Record.
Judge Lynch was more ac
tive than the regular constitut
ed courts last year.
For the United States at
large, there were ninety eight
legal hangings during 3859.
Against this insignificant num
ber Judge Lynch rolled up a
total of 175.
In the south 139 persons met
their deaths at the hands of
the lynchers. The north fur
nished thirty-six such execu
tions.
This is a very black record. It
is a bad one for the north, and
a bad one for the south. But
it reflects greater discredit up
on the courts. When judges,
juries and sheriffs do their
whole duty, people do not
think about lynching.
In some exceptional erses
Judge Lynch will always put
in his work, even in the most
orderly community. But such
cases are rare, and all lynchers
should be prosecuted te the full
ex tent ot the law. YV here they
arc concerned in the exception
al alluded to, they
•,; . : he harmed by a ju
ry of their peers. —[Constitu-
tion.
Race Figures.
The following are very inter
esting statistics cm the race
problem, taken from the Lou
isville (Kv ) Courier-Journal.
“Statistics make dry logic,
but they are sometimes inter
esting and in the case of the
negro are suggestive. In 1799
when the first census of the
American Union was taken, the
population was 3,929,214, o!
which 3,172,00 G were whites,
and 757,208 were blacks. Thus
the latter constituted 19.1 pin
cent, of the entire number.
From 3 790 until 1808, negro
slaves from Africa were impoit
ed into this country in great
numbers, and after that, al
though the trade was prohibit
ed by law, they were for many
years smuggled iu to a great
extent. During the sime time
the accession to the whites
from immigration were very
small. No account was kept,
but the best authorities say be
fore 1820 not more than 5,000
or 6,000 Europeans came here
annually, the number being
too limited to have any elfect
upon the growth of population.
Nevertheless, throughout that
period the proportion of the
colored population was steadi
ly declining, and continued to
do so long afterwards until
1870.
Belween 1870 and 1880 the
per centage of the colored pop
ulation gained a larger place
in tiie total. In 1870 it was
4.880,009, or 12.7 per cent, o*
lho whole, having declined
from 19.1 per cent, in IS7O,
a very great loss. In 1880 its
percentage was increased to
13.1, much to tiie surprise of ail
those who had given such af
fairs any study and attention*
This, however, is easily account
ed for. The census of 1870, it
has been proven, was taken in
a slovenly manner, especially
in the southern states. For in
stance, from 1870 toISSO, ac
cording to the two census
reports the population of
South Carolina increased more
than 40 percent., which,in the
manifest absence of immigra
tion, is preposterous, and can
be accounted for only on the
grounds that tiie figures of 18-
70 were too small. This seems
to have been likewise true of
(he other extreme Southern
States.
Some claim that the appar
ent gain between IS7O and
1880 was legitimate and assert
that the increase of the color
ed race is more rapid in free
dom than in slaver}-. Every
indication, however, points in
the opposite direction. In 18-
60 the negroes formed 14.1 per
cent, of our population. Be
tween 1860 and ISBO, skipping
the 1870 census, they lost
ground. Between 1800 and
1870 they made 1 heir heaviest
loss since 1790, according to
the census reports. T'hs latter,
however, is contrary to all rea
son, for during that decade the
whites were engaged in a great
war, which cost a vast number
of lives, kepi down the natural
increase and reduced immigra
tion to nominal figures. The
negro was suffering no losses,
and moreover, was for seven
years of the time in freedom.
Every circumstance supports
the belief that bo did not re
ceive bis true standing as to
numbers under the census of
1870.
Some states, which formerly
held slaves, considered separ
ately, exhibited figures equal
ly ns interesting and signifi
cant. In tho North' rn row of
southern states, which was nev
i r great owners of slaves, the
negro is fast becoming a very
small factor in the population,
'fake our own state, Kentucky.
In 1790 the negroes numbered
one sixth ol the population. As
the state was settled through
out and wealth ac.umuluted,
their proportion increased un
til ] B3O, when they were at the
highest point, amounting to
24.S per cent, at the whole.
Since then they have lost
ground—with increasing raj i 1
itv since emancipation—umil
iii 1880 their percentage was
only 16.4. They even lost be
tween IS7O and 18S0, when
they apparently gained for the
whole Union. They probably
do not now number more than
13 or 14 per cent., and in a few
decades may not number 5.
Iu Missouri the story is the
same as in keutucky. By the
first census of Missouri in 1810
the slaves were one fifth of the
population; in 1830 they were
17.9 per cent.; in 1880, but 6.7
per cent. Thus m Missouri,
formerly a slave-holding state,
the negro population can not
be considered of any moment,
whatever. In Delaware and
Maryland the experience has
been similar, though not so
great an extent as in Missouri.
In the northern tier of south
ern states the negro will disap
pear as a factor in current ev
ents.
Further south the struggle of
the whites for complete su
premacy in numbers will be
harder, but we have every as
surance that it will be victori
ous. Before the war South
Carolina, Louisiana and Missis
sippi were tiie richest ©f all
southern states. Therefore,
they owned the most slaves
and the negroes outnumbered
the whites in each of the three.
In Mississippi and fc'outh Caro
lina the proportion between
the two races lias varied scarce
iy a fraction for several census
es. In Louisiana the whites are
gaining; there the negroes were
58.0 per cent, in IS6O, and but
51.5 per cent, in 1880. The
whites are undouotedlv now in
a majority in that state. In
Georgia, Alabama, North Car
olina, Arkansas and Tennessee
the proportion ol the whites is
slowly gaining upon that of the
negroes; in Florida and Texas
very rapidly. In fact, the great
immigration to the latter state
has completely discounted the
negroes, who, in 1850, Were
•ne-third of the population and
are now only one-fifth.
Another important fact not
to be lost sight cf, is the rapid
ity with which the negro is in
creasing in the northern states,
thereby causing a constant
drain upon those in the south,
since the natural increase of
the negro in a cold climate
is not sufficient to main
lain the original number. To
scatter as much as possible,
the colored population through
out tiie Union seems to offer
the best solution of the prob
lem. Wherever tiie negroes
are not massed in number they
increase very slowly, or not at
all. Their civilization is also
greater, as the proportion of
whites around them is larger.
As their cultivation improves
their roproductiveness decreas
es. They breed enormously in
some of the low lying semi
tropical counties of Mississip
pi and South Carolina, where
they are sunk to almost origin,
al African barbarism, and the
whites are few; the ratio oi in
crease decreases in exact pro
portion vs they travel north.
Thus it seems that the col
ored problem, while it still must
long be a sore vexation, will
gradually decrease in import
ance.
A MAN UNDER THE BED
ffgr Would not Create snob Bn excitement among the laliescr 'll*
right of MADDEN’S great Display of Bjigains is Creating. D .!•<
Cansirg a peileet Rush among Buyer*, and not a tea” rows among <>
gry and j.aliua competitois. Let *<m icr, the wkolo lion tii.e
JlaDucn ie not under the bed, but Lc is selling at
Under Bed-Rock Prices.
Hence the rnptnre of Buyers and roar of competitors Do you w
a little exei'ennut? Take in toy store. Ce-i you read iherse puces ui i
keep away? Athens* best Cotton Cnecksouly 5 eta. pci yaid. i 1 -t
■ hiitiog (heavy) 5 eont's per yard. 4 1 4th sheetisg (heavy) 6 on-.
Ginghams (,i great bargain) 7 I 2 couta jor yard. Calico from sct*
up. Thoae prices speak for them>olve*. !)• it i let rhe son go down
wi'bont bringing your live senses to my store and putting me to too
| test.
DON’T GO TO BED WITH THIS ON YOUR MIND
and dream of Coming to morrow —to-morrew the batgain biidsnry
be all flows away and have you the etnpiy t ost. Come, couio today ;
filing tour neighbor. Do somebody a good turn and put him on the
track of n opportunity as rare as snow iu J uly. Come straight to
I. A. Madden, maysville, ga
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Bush’s Drug Store*
At Crawford’* Old Stand, Clayton Street, Athens, Georgia.
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
Fine Ti-ilet Poaps, Biashes an 1 Combs. Fany Article* in great
variety. £jj?“l , hysiciang prescriptions carefully dispensed.
Athens Music House
112 Clayton Street, Next Door to Pcstoffioe, Athens, Georgia.
Haselton & Dozier, Proprieties,
... ’ " D. P. Haselton, Thee. H. Dozier,
1870,-Fonr Car Loads Cooking Stoves and Ranges Ha-re bcen-1889.
ordered to Commence the season with by
E. E- JONES!
THE LEADING STOVE
Dealer oi nforllieast
My prices can not be leal! "
Vviih Released Facilities, I am
pi-paied to suit all purchaser".
01,9 *° * 4 sfcsJ&ss.
Roofing, Guttering, Tin and
Sheet Metal Work! Tinware
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