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;» ‘v jSfiij pm if, HAWKINS, Ed. and Pub > gistered at the Post office in Gib • .at ss Class Second Class Mail Matter and -« Heading Matter. Official organ of Glascock county, tions Legal strictly Advertisements amd Subscrip cash in advance. SUBSCRIPTION BATES t One Year » - ($1.00 Six Months - 50 three Months - ' L. ■ 28 GIBSO–, GA<, Sept. jgIII— 16, 4892 Where he leads we will follow. Democracy in Glascock is im proving. Dont mind What they Bay jttet beep right on Working. Washington ebunty Will be grot ty apt to gb fbr Black. Peek will be beaten for governor abuot ninety thousand majority. The Gibson Record is Working for Black and democracy Black is gaining ground every day. A blind man can almost see that. Prospects a,re daily brightenning this for democratic success in dis trict. It is hot statesmanlike for Mr. Watson to denounce people as “in famous liars.” ? - "— I . iJO Hh ii II-I ■i.-. - ry. rt* Four states have acte . Two went democratic and two. republi can, where was the third party? The young democrats pf the tenth tee doing yaluable work for the grand cause of democracy. Major Black is an able and elo quent speaker. He can out meas ure Mr, WatsOn.in every particu lar even in looks. , / r ■* ..... G 1 *•; Major . Black and Mr. W utipon are hers^al will friends, not render and eyen theih . oth- this flrak on? labored harder for Mr. Watson ,two .years ago than the ,1 ed itor pf this,paper, apd we would do lha same now if we thought he Ws righ t. ----- - ^fessrS Ma series of jointidpbales and between Watsoh Black ended it thoinson yesterday. Both speakers did all in their power for their respective partjes. lt t. - The joint del bate" in A1 LUgustalast Monday night between Messrs .Wat son and Blackj Was – terrible affair; The third party ites and also the democrats acted disgracefully; There are 950 white voters in Grden county, andin the Greensbo ro democratic club alone there are 650 solid demobrata on the roll. * Some say this paper abuses Mr. Watson. That is not true, we have never written an article abusing Mr. Watson. Personally we admire the man. _ Mr. Watson’s tirades of abuse up on his" neighbors, kinfolks and friends, and his wild advise to the colored people are doing both white and colored more damage than will "be repaired in years to come. Arrangements^ been conlplet ed where by excursion, trains to the world’s fair, by whatever road they arrive in Chicago, will riin within the exposition grounds and , LD>T'Harge their ’ passengers there. No transfer, of passengers at any point will be necessary. t ( : h r- r H I ------ , J The Augusta Evening News has frequently heard of late that Mr. La imar L. Flemming will be the ne3C t mayor ot Augusta; He is popular with old and youtig alike and would be a sure winner; He is an aggres isive and progressive young man , Who keeps ,ahreftst of the tim<r8 ‘. and would make an excellent chief nacuUvo fof thd city. aum p. 'SISTwAX^m — He Curses and Hits A Hancock Dem ocrat. Congressman Thos. E. Watson gave a free exhibition of himself yesterday as a prize ring fighter in one of the Georgia Railroad pas senger coaches. H3 jumped a Hancock county democrat who stated he had deser* ted the old party, hit him twice, onc e in the back of the head and then again under the left eye, at the game time stating, as^told by an eye witness^ he Was “a God damned liar,” and [by his show of temper nearly [frightened ithe la dies into a panic andcaused one to go into a panic ahd cafised oh6 to go into hysterics. This was the sensational theme of discussion in nearly every por tion of the fcity late yesterday af ternoon apd last night. The Story comes from gentlemen who were eye witnesses of the affair and who in unmistakable language, con demned Mr.) Watson for using the language he [did and showing his temper in a pugilistic manner be fore a coach full of ladies. The afternoon train bn the Geor gia road which arrived in the pity at 4,; 15, brought down a delegation of democrats, about four hundred in number, the majority of which came [from Sparta. Among the delegation was Mr.. Frank Jordari, a farmer of Hancock county. When the triin reached Thomson, Mr. Watson got on and weht into the ladies coach, there was a great amoufat of o going on and among those out Jordan. on the platform, yelling was Mr.' When the train started the-.crowd, upidejj that is those who could M^.JordinjB get- aLdiji sol Black; the democratic Waflp> uaHi sold p “Ypuaje a G-d dainn liar, 1” ex claimed Mr; Watson* and with this th,e nimble Congressman sprang to his; ,feet and dealt Mr. Jordan a blow ithe oq the hfcCfc hf th'^hehd, As Happock mjm [faepd [about to see who struck him; he gpt anoth jab under the left eye fr,om ithe cobgressman, who by this time had ire thoroughly aroused', and was going in for the third round with much alacrity as the first, but by time other gentlemen in the car interfered, and gpt between the and had them , parted before Mr. Jordan could get in a coun terl * .i ' »» Pandemonlum reigned supreme in the car. Ladies began scream and excited men rushed in from the other cars and everybody was force to get as near the as possible. Ope lady had hysterics, and there was intense excitement everywhere. '"Cooler heads,"however, 1 came to the ffont and finally got matters quieted down* . Mr. Jordan was sben after the tram reached the city, and be stated he was very sorry the fuss occurred where it did. He did not know that Mr. Watsbn waB in the car, he said* when he entered cheer ing as he ahd the crowd had been doing while on the dutside. The statement he made in reference to Mr; Watson, Was true, however, and he is willing to repeat it at any time. Mr. Watson [struck him from the rear and when he turned to see who hit hmq he was struck second time. . , He could baye struck Mr. Watsoh but whs afraid m the fuss that ^ bpUise d place under-his left eye, the result of Mr. Watson’s Second blow.—Augusta Chronicle. Killed BjfTneCaw. Monday morning the 9 o'clock incoming pas–Ager train on the Augusta, Gibson and Sandersville railroad, jugfas it reached the limits of the city, rani over and killed Lu la Bailey, colored, 18 y^krs of age. The unfortunate victim ofche Bad accident was deaf, and to this was due moe fy her awful end. She was walking on the track of the Narrow guage road, coming to get some Washing to cairy back to her mother when the train, in charge of Engineer Williams, came in sight. When Engineer Williams saw the girl he gave the customary signal of warning, thinking that the girl would leave the track when she heard the Waffling. Being deaf, of course she did not hear the Whistle or the bell, and just |as she was in front of the barrel factory she was struck by the train. When the cowcatchef Struck her she fell backwards. Her head struck the pilot and she was throWh into the airmailing on the right of the track. The train was stopped and the cfbw, with conductor Reaney, rushed forward, picked the girl up and put her in the baggage car, at the same time a physician was sent for. The girl’s head was cut and her skull cracked. Her body was hot injured in hny way. When the train reached the yard of the t'har lott, Coluihbia and Augusta railroad Lula Bailey breathed her last before the doctor could arrive.—Augusta Chronicle. Northen Is The Man. The colored people recognize in Governor Northen a friend ahd they are sheading last out for of him the every Bej " ay. The issue japeJ e’s Choice, tblfi SavAVihi^ A'colored man’s 118 in- natarnnr ran ox anw^ver From nor since aj; ovpr Governor the state woAre x Steph^is. racei ving encouraging news that tlie colored people are going to support him. Let the good Work go, on and show to the governor that we are people when they who appreciate done for gohd Us. things colored are Some few papers in the state are fighting him, but we hope will our ea see rned contemporaries soon see them error and turn over . on, the side of right. Let the minister, tea-' chers and every colored man in the state who loves education, law and order stand for the governor. lyes paiop fibb. PROIM'.M. WHITMAN, Scientific optician, •^. Chronicle Office AUGUSTA, GA. -^VEHICLES OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS^* INCLUDING -•» Ext e n si ot Top Car r i a g e s - %’ Backboards, One .it* Different Grades ahd Styles, Sanies of All Kinds, Buggies, Road Carts, Sulkies, tw' i ‘ Horse Farm Wagons Tyrpehtine and Lumber;Wagons. r r We Sell Everything On Wheels From the) Cheapest Road .Car rndFaim Wagon to the Finest "Landau and Vfctmia Made. ....... We Recently Bought rt , A targe amour.t of the bankrupT etock of Goodyear, ^and^an give our friends and the public the benefit of th: w See Our Goods andlPriCes Before BMug ". * DAViSON MERY Augusts. f ■tkr .T' 44 Broad St., i Slight of Hand BARGAINS. A That’s Tfje Kind of bargains you read of are, surely. | They ments, look but all you right find in the out advertise- there V is a screw loose somewhere'' - The bargain is not a 7 bargain at all. PRICES – You already W// * know we ^ 'SQUARE ® don’t do tha£j »1 Bort of athing When W6 say bargain IT IS A B-A-K-G-A-I-N. For instant we ha>e now tt lot [of j TWILLED DRESS [OOD at sets. Worth 8 e, Our HATS and MlLLINAIi\ r £GOODS are fiqw offefed at 1 GpeatlySReduced Prices and as oar prices arfe always way below of What others ask, you know it means *A BARGAIN C. J. T. BALI 624 Broad Street, a . Augusta, Gas Pendleton PouftdrY* Marine Works CHARLES F. LOMBARD, Prop. -MANUFACTURER OFJand DEALER IN- - Mill Machinery} EngineB and Supplies. REPA1P WORK A SPECIA TI. Good Work ahd Low prices is hiy footto. ^ m*6l5 to 627 Kollock (llthj Strebt,” AUG tJStA GEORG1 -WlnteR C loti)In ©.• o 0-0 o 0 LOTHIKGJTD^BE DEPENDED ON 0LOTHING THAvT WON’T RIP, Ifll,OTHING^THAT AI WILL KEEP COLOR, ; 0LOTHING— -CORRECT STYLES For > [Men. Boys, "children, Stsut Men, $lim Men, every T shape) and sifce man and}* boy can ie /bund at’the Tailor-Fit .Clothing Store of eLEVY Ceor^fa'. – m 338 Broad Street, Augusta ,* it