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AMERICUS, CtEORGIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1890.
jjETTEBS FROM THE PEOPLE.
sonal in its nature, will b* published.'no
matter whether it accords with the views
or this papor or not; provided, always, that
tlie subject-matter la of sufllclent Interest,
in our Judgment, to warrant tho publica
tion.— [Ei>. Hkcordkh.]
LEE'S COUNTY CAMPAIGN.
A Hod Hot Race Opened Up-The He
gross Getting Fat on It.
Leesburg, Oct. 15.—Weopen our
little communication this morn
ing by giving you a gentle remin
der. In your personals of yester
day you referred to Capt. J. W. For
rester as being in Leesburg on
business. Weil, be Is hereon busi
ness, of course, for be is a business
man and never out of it, but he is a
citizen of our burg, bis family is
here, and bis farming Interest, are
here, and bis headquarters are also
here, and wo don’t want the public
impressed otherwise. We are
proud of our citizens, all of them,
and wish we had two to one just
such.
The campaign for county officers
is getting pretty yarrn. The strife
is with the whites alone, and the
average darkey is having a picnic
hanging around from grocery to
grocery and tho last-man that sets
’em up to them they are going to
vote for him, excepting any
slip, .nd four-fffths of
them are sure to slip.
Somo favor a nomination, others
oppose it. This, however, is left
with the Executive Committee.
They are all level headed and will
decide as to the host course to per-
sue. As to ourself, we always did
oppose primaries. As tothewhys
and wherefores we will not try to
explain.
Dr. Johnson, a Methodist divine,
preached a rousing sermon here
Sunday.
Miss Ruby Young, a charming
young lady from Coney, is visiting
Miss Bueiah Walden, of this city.
Farmers are a little backward in
gathering their orops this season on
account of scarcity of labor.
The health of our town and Its
vicinity is perfect, except an old
chronic case or two, of which Mr.
James Hines is the principal suf
ferer. Fooie.
WESTON ITEMS.
Newsy Items and Personal Montlon of a
Growing Town.
Weston,- Oct. 14.—Mies Gussie
Kimbrough has returned home
after a pleasant visit to friends
and relatives In Dawson, much to
the delight of her many admirers.
Miss Maude Saunders returned
home last Sunday from Dawson,
where she has been visiting friends
and relatives.
Mr. Roe Edwards, one of Atlan
ta’s most popular drummers, paid
3ur merchants a visit last Tuesday.
Your correspondent is glad to
iay that his long felt want will
won be filled, as cards are out for
the reception of Dr. W. F. Walker
ind bride of Dransville, at tho resi
dence of Hon, James P. Walker, of
;L.» place, Thursday evening at 7
I’clock.
Aliases Alary and Florence S»on-
lers spent last Sabbath with their
jrother, Air. AI. F. Saunders.
Mr. J. E. Dennard went to Daw-
ion to-day on business.
Air. M. F. Saunders went to
[’arrots to-day on business.
Mr. John Seay gave Weston a
tall last Sunday.
’Possum hunting is the order of
light now.
We are glad to see Mr. J. J.
Askew up again, after a severe Jat-
ack of aickneBs.
Miss Maggie Jackson returned
lome last Wednesday, much to the
egret of all the boys,.
Dr. A. K. Patterson says he has
>een trying the bachelor hall busi-
less for the past ten days, as his
vife has gone to visit her sick
nother at Elleaville.
Air. H. J. Aspen and wife are st
anding the Primitive Baptist As-
loelatlon at Sumter City.
We haVe heard of people way
laying the highway and eavesdrop
ing, but we never heard before of
if any one waylaying the railway.
There is a young girl of our ac
quaintance who spent most of the
dabbatb day thusly engaged.
Mr, W. C. Daniel came In town
to-day at the head of nine Juries of
:otton, for which he got tho highest
market price.
Dr. O. T. Kenyon visited relatives
in Lumpkin on last Sabbath.
There will be preaohing at the M-
E. church of Westou Saturday and
Sunday by Rev. J. S. West.
Messrs (jobb and Briusou passed
through our town Tuesday with a
drove of Texas horses.
Air. 0. N. Leverett went to Lee
county Tuesday. •
Air. T. F. Collier, of Sasser, spent
a few days with his family at Wes
ton this week.
Mr. T. A. Coleman went to SasBer
Tuesday on business.
There will be an excursion run
from Weston aud all other points
along the U. S. R. R. to Columbus
to Barnum A Bailey’s circus.
Mr. J. W, Bell, ofTennessee, was
Id town a few days since.
Messrs. Tracy, Jones and Tlm-
mermau were lu town Sunday.
DAWSON NEWS.
Dawson, Oot.15,—Mr.S.J.Cook.of
the Albany News, and Alias Blanch
Roberts, of Dawson, were married
at noon to-day, at the residence of
the bride’s father, Mr. J. B. Roberts,
Rev. E. M. Whiting officiating.
They left this afternoon for Albany,
the home of Mr. Cook. May their
happiness never grow less.
Col. J. A. Foucbe has purchased
the residence of Mr. R. A. Bishop,
on Orange street, but as be cannot
get possession for several months
yet, be has rented and moved into
Mrs. A. P. Wooten’s residence on
Alain street.
Mrs. A. P. Wooten came down
from Buena Vista last week and
will return to her home there next
Friday.
Miss Katie Thomas, of Sumter
county, is spending some time with
her sister, Airs. B. F. Christie of
the city.
Messrs. A. J. Baldwin A Co. are
getting along flneiy with their
mammouth building. They carry
building material to the second aud
third stories by steam, using the en
gine of their variety works.
The cotton compress has been
completed aud will do its first work
this afternoon. Afauy of our citi-
zetis will be present to witness the
operation.
Dr. G. W. Farrar has lust begun
the erection of a new brick store
between Mr. C. L. Mize and Miss
P. S. Newberry’s. * •
Dr. W. C. Paschal is having a
glass front put into Mr. Mize’s store.
Afessrs. Lee Lamar and Julius
Sears have opened Jivery stables at
Parrott and are making a good be
ginning.
DOTS FROM MONTEZUMA.
Montezuma, Ga., Oct. 15.—A
maitt meeting was held at Ogle
thorpe yesterday to discuss the
fence problem and other matters of
importance. For want of harmony
very little was accomplished. A
resolution wag at last passed asking
that stock be kept up until the
crops could be gathered.
The church and people of Alonte-
zuma will send to the Rehoboth
Baptist Association, which meets
at Houston Factory on the 4th Sun
day, an invitation to meethere next
year.
Tho Aracou county Sunday School
Association will hold its next quar
terly meeting at Garden Valley on
the 4th Sunday.
Rev. Mr. Strayer, of Baltimore,
lectures here to-night on the Chris
tian solution of the negro problem.
Cards are out announcing the
marriage of Aliss Eula Averctt and
Mr, W. D. Easterlin, all of this
place. It occurs on the 23d inst.
DOTS FROM RONEY.
MOSSY DELL NEWS.
A SOLEMN DUTY.
Mossy Dell, Ga., Oct. 15.—Some
of the farmers are about through
picking their cotton aud have gatli
ered their corn, which has turned
out a great deal better thau expeo
ted, while others are not through
picking their cotton.
Air. Cut pepper's school commenc
ed last Monday morning with
fourteen pupils, wbioli Is a very
good beginning, for the farmers
have their children busy helping
them gather their crops. We hope
Mr. Culpepper Is the right man in
the right place, and that he will
get a good school.
Mr. Stephen Markett Is up vial
ting his mother, Airs. Sarah Mar
kett, who is very 111, and we fear
that her recovery is hopeless.
Mr. Tommie AudersoD, of Tam
pa, Fla., is visiting his many rela
tives aud friends in this neighbor
hood. We were well pleased to see
Mr. Anderson again for it has been
a good while since be left here.
Mr. Robert Davenport of near
Americus spent last Sunday In our
midst. He made some of the young
ladies wear a broad smile. Come
again Bob.
Some of the peoplo of this neigh'
borhood are attending the Primi
tive Baptist Association at Sumter
City, which is now in session.
8. S. D.
SOME BAD NEGROES.
L
Roney, Ga., Oct. 15.—About two
months ago Air. John Tlson owned
a little flee dog which went mad
and bit one of his children, but the
child has m>t showed any signs
of hydrophobia yet. The dog, after
biting the child bit some hogs which
have died since. So the child Is
liable to an attack at anytime.
Mrs. S. M. Wynn lost a large meat
hog last Friday, tlfat was without
a doubt run mad. It was supposed
to have been bitten by Air. TUon’s
dog.
Rev. D, F. Howell, of Kentucky,
spent last Friday night with Dr. A.
J. Logan. He Is making up a sing
ing school at Concord, also one at
Shiloh. He proposes to teach for
$1,60 a term of ten days, and all that
goes to him at Concord can also go
at Shiloh, time giving his pupUs at
one place a chance of going twenty
days for $1.60.
Mrs. Sallle Dupree, of Webster
county, i» visiting friends and rela
tives near Boney. -
Tbore la a great deal of sickness
In this vletaity at present. Dr-Lo-
gan has all he can do. Boney.
Special to llECOliDKK.
Lumpkin, Oct. 15.—There are
fourteen prisoners in Lumpkin jail,
three of whom have been caught
and put in during the past week by
Troy Holder.
Last Friday Troy arrested two
negroes in Louvale, named Will
Porter and Lige Yarbrough. Por
ter is charged with assault with in
tent to murder a uegro named
Henry Beall, the cause of which
grew out of gambling. Yarbrough
is charged with carrying concealed
weapons.
Tho other day Troy reoeived a
telegram from Air. J. D. Shirling,
of Louvale, telling him to come at
once. On arriving at Louvale
Troy found Mr. Shirling suffering
from nu ugly wound in the head,
inflicted by a negro named Chat
man Brewer, with a rilie. Mr.
Shirling is agent for Mr. T.C. John,
son at Louvale, and Brewer had)
been stealing his cane. Shirling
got after him about it, when the
negro became very abusive aud
they came to blows, when Brewer
hit Shirling over the head with his
rifle, Shirling fired at him twice,
slightly woundlug him in the side
and breast.
Troy started after Brewer at 9
o’clock at night, and at 3 the next
morning had both man and rifle.
All the negroes mentioned above
havo bad commitment trials be
fore Judge Harrison, and have
been bound over.
Hurrah for our next Sheriff-
Troy Holder.
THE STATE FAIR.
An Address to the Voters of the Third
Congressional District, By the Chair
man of the Executive Commute.
Tho Exhibit Bulo—The Program at
Mapped Out for the Fair.
Editor Recorder—Please do mo
the favor to call attention to tho
rule requiring entries to be mado
on exhibits to be in place by 9
o’clock p, in., Tuesday, Oetober
21st. A strict observance of this
rule will be essential to the success
of the elaborate program that we
have arranged for the Intertain-
mentof visitors. I beg you will
note that program, which Is as fol
lows:
Oct. 22, Georgia Day, when the
members-elect of tho next General
Assembly will be present. At
night a Chautauua .lecture by Dr.
I. S. Hopkins, subject, “Better
Schools Through Better Terms.
Oct. 23, National Day. Meeting
of Congressman. A lecture at
night by Dr. J. B. Hawthorn:
“The Ertucal Features nf the Tariff
and Labor Question.
Oct. 24, Trades Display. Lecture
at night by Dr. G. A. Nunnaliy.
Oet. 25, Childrens Day. Lecture
at night by Prof. Chas. Lane. An
alysis of Laughter.
Oct. 27, Education Day. Night
lectuto by Dr. G. B. Smekler.
Oct. 28, Alliance Day. Speeches
by Ben Terrill and others and lec-
^Oct. 30, Manufacturers Day and
lecture at night by Dr. I. W. Lee.
Yours Truly,
B. W. Jem isox.
Secretary.
At a recent session of the Demo
cratic Executive Committee of the
Third Congressional District, held
In Hawklnsvllle, Ga.,the following
resolution was unanimously pass
ed.
Resolved, “That the chairman of
tlie Executive Committee of the
Third Congressional District be re
quested to write and have publish
ed iu tlie papers of tho district, an
address to the voters urging upon
them the importance of voting for
congressman at the election to be
held on the first Tuesday in Novem
ber next, mud that he impress upon
them the importance of their turn
ing out in full force and casting
their vote for the Democratic
uomiuee." .
It would seem that from the out
rageous acts # of the Republican
party In turning out Mr. Turpin, a
democrat from Alabama, who was
elected by a majority of more than
thirteen thousand votes to make
'room for AfcDuflie, a Republican,
aud in tho case of the Hon. C. R.
Breckenridge, of the State of Ar
kansas, which together with the
fraudulent seating of the two ne
groes, the ono from South Carolina
and the other from Virginia, would
be enough tc stir the forty thous
and voters of this Congressional
district to tho very great impor
tance of giving to the Hon. CharleB
F. Crisp, the Democratic nominee
of this Congressional district, the
full vote without more.
It has been continually charged
upou our Hon. Congreesman be
cause there lias been such a slight
opposition to him and because
there has been suoh a slight vote
polled In his favor, that his party
practised fraud and intimidation.
The Republicans have endeavored
to make capital out of this small
vote and are ready at ail, times to
make all manner of unfounded
charges against our people And
Congressman in consequence of it.
Tho Hon. Chas. F. Crisp has
dared to stand and fight Boss Reed
and his gang against great odds
and thereby ho has been singled
out bb a special mqrk for their mal
ice and hate. He no doubt Will
suffer and feel all the darts of mal
ice and political venom that the iu
genulty of the cohorts of Republi'
canlsiu can invent and on the
slightest pretence they would not
hesitate to perpetrate upon him
the same wrongs they have perpe-
traeed uponBeckenbrldge and Tur
pin should the least occasion offer
itself.
This Republican majority in the
national House of Representative
has passed the infamous Lodge
bill, qy whlou the majority seek
masquerading under tbe gnlse of
freo ballot and fair count to perpe
tuate their power by assiduously
destroying the liberty of American
citizens. Its nefarious purpose is
to establish a supremacy of Ignor
ance over Intelligence in the South
ern States and thereby engender
race antagonism and sectional ani
mosity.
The passage of this bill in the
House and its defeat, for the pres
ent In the Senate by only strenu
ous efforts, dearly demonstrate
the animus of Reed and hia min
ions. This bill should It
become a law will ursurp the
legislative functions of tlie State
government, and will bring the
federal machinery into intermin
able conflict and collision with the
statutory efforts of the people of
the various commonwealths of our
union to Institute a general, practi
cal and permanent reform. This
species of federal interference in
the registration of their sovereign
will by the people is despotic, cen
tralizing in its tendenoy, dangerous
to the peace and prosperity of the
people, revolutionary in Its nature
aud In direct contravention of the
government ss bequeathed to us by
our fathers.
The Republican party has impos
ed unequal and oppressive burdens
upon the people.
We have seen how the Speaker
In the House of Representatives,
with an arbitrary disregard of all
parliamentary rule* andpreoedents,
has sought a tyrannical and fla
grant degregation to prostitute the
position intended only for the true
patriot aud statesman. We have
seen with what shameless servility
the majority of the last House of
Bepresentntatlves displayed in
yeilding ready obedience to the
Speakers despotic ruling. We
have Been how the treasury has
been depleted, in schemes gotte*>
up to pension soldiers, giving mil
lions of dollars to Northern men
who never fought a battle, or even
' smelt tbe smoke of one. We have
seen, too, how our honored Repre
sentative has stood A times single
handed and fought with courage
and manliness these Iniquitous
Ropublieau measures, We also
have seen the efforts mado by his
opponents to crush him.
Will the Democrats of thia sec
tion lie still and send Judge Crisp
baok to Congress by a slender vote
aud oause him to take the
ohanees of being unseated by
partism and unscrupulous majori
ty in the next House, and rub the
risk of having him counted out be
cause no more votes ware polled
for him? The outlook Is perhaps
that the Democrats will have the
majority in the next Congress but
this is by no means certain. The
party cannot afford to loBeorrun
the risk of losing tbe services of so
valuable a man sb our honored
representative. If tbe Democrats
should have the majority In the
next House of Representatives, tbe
friends of Judge Crisp will no
doubt urge his name for Speaker
of tbe next. House. His chances
are tbe best.
Will the Democrats , of this Dis
trict be lethargic and fail to do
their duty on the 4th, day of Nov,
and thus miss so great and oppor
tunity to see one of Georgia’s no
ble sons so proudly honored?
No! My fellow countrymen, let
not the asperspn again be flung at
our honored Jrepresentatlve, that
out of forty thousand votes iu this
district, only nine thousand favor'
ed nlm. For him the grand old
party that we love and for the
grand principles of constitution at
liberty which we cherish, and for
the devotion whloh we bear to them
and to the honorable Chas. F. Crisp,
let us with one accord exert our ut
most to have a large vote polled on
that (lay.
Tho cohorts of Republicanism are
actively at work against onr lion
ored representative. There Is a
duty and a sacred duty for every
voter in this district. Let us not
forget to perform that duty as a
pleasure and In honor to tbe grand
principles which our fathers baye
fought for and for which the Dem
ocratic party Las so long contended.
Yonr Obedient Servant,
J. E. D. Shipp,
Chairman Congressional Com
mittee, 3rd District.
A BLOODLESS RIOT.’
GAEAT EXCITEMENT IN THE CITY
SATURDAY AFTERNOON
An Angry and Excited Mob of Negroes
Create Considerable Disturbance—Offi
cer Ray In a Close Flaoe—Full Particu
lars of tho Blot.
LACK OF COTTON PICKERS.
Nearly Half the Crop Yet. to be Picked.
Lots of cotton in the fields.
No one to pick it.
These are two facts that .are
staring tbe farmers in tbe face.
A well-to-do farmer told a report
er yesterday that he had eight
bales of cotton in his fields, aud as
he hid only his family to help him
and could hire no hands for love
or money, he would probably lose a
great deal of it.
A ptoiuineut banker informed a
reporter that hut few hands would
work at all, and that those who
would work were paid Iron seventy-
five cents to * dollar a hundred.
The standard price has been for
years fifty cents a hundred.
“One dollar per hundred,” he
said, “1b aboutjone-fourth what the
farmer receives for bis cotton when
marketed.”
Nearly half the cotton crop is
still In tbe fields and it la to be
hoped that some arrangements can
be made to have It plotted, aa the
"cotton money” Is an Item of great
importance to the South.
Missionary Festival.
In the shady- grove of the M. E.
Church tbe little Missionary Socie
ty of little folks gave a festival yes
terday afternoon for the benefit of
a little Mexican girl, In whom they
are Interested. The afternoon was
a bit chilly, but not enough so to cool
their ardor and eagerness a* they
waited on their friends. Quite a
neat little snm was realised and
there was some little rivalry as to
who sold the most. We hope
that all their endeavors will be
heartily encouraged.
Tns Recorder was the recipient
of a beautiful waiter of flowers,
cake aud lee cream, and we tip
our bat to the tender hearted
donors.
The Grand Lodge of the Knights
of Honor will meet in this city in
April next, and the Lodge In this
city Is already at work preparing
to give them a grand reception.
Very great excitnient was erdated
near the court house Saturday
afternoon about 3:80 o’olook.
Americus came very near having
a serious riot.
In addition to the usual large
erowd of negroes In town on Sat-'
urday’s during the cotton season,
the Antioch Primitive Baptist asso
ciation Is meeting here and car
loads of negroes have been coming
in on every train.
Slnce-the negro flremanlo tourna
ment last year there has not been
such a large crowd of negroes in
tbe city as there was yesterday.
Consequently If the negroes bad
ontinued in the riot, the blood
shed .wonld have been fearful.
The follov lng are all the facts in
connection with the riot:
Officer Ray, while trying to clear
the sidewalk in front of Guice’s
store, politely asked a negro named
Tom Stallings to move out of the
way. Tbe negro ’ refused, cursing
Mr. Ray at the same time. Mr.
Ray then told him if he did not get
off the sidewalk he would have to
arrest him; to which the negro re
plied that “he wasn’t able to move
him.”
When Ray. attempted to arrest
the negro, he drew his knife. Mr.
Ray tried to hit him with a elnb,
but It was wrenched from him by
the negro's brother, Dallis Stal
lings.
Mr. Ray then drew his pistol.
Felix Stallings, Tom’s father, had
a hickory stick, with which he hit
Ray, breaking it across his arm and
shoulder so that ke would drop the
pistol.
About this time, the erowd of
negroes closed in around the con
testants, with cries of "out Him,"
“take him aloose,” “don’t let him
be locked up," etc,
Messrs. JatneA Cloud. E. H.
Woodard, G. S. Cobb, Zack Graham
and Gib Cameron then oame up
and assisted Ray in the struggle
that followed.
Tom Stallings cams very near,
cutting Mr. James Cloud, and Mr.
Ray’s pistol was snatched from him
the trigger cutting a gash In
IiIb hand as it was snatched from
him.
Mr. Ray, with tbe assistance of
the above named gentleman, suc
ceeded In locking up Tom Stallings,
when officer Feagan came up when
he and Mr. Ray then looked up
Dallis Stallings and Felix, his fa
ther.
By this time several officers
came up and order was restored.
About half au hour later officers
Wilkins aud Ray arrested Henry
Bird, one of the participants In the
row, and locked him up.
While the officers wero coming
in with bird another Stallings
opened bis knife ami tried to as
sault the officers but was olubbed
by Mr. Feagan.
When taken in the guard house
Bird drew his knife and tried to
out Mr, Wilkins but dropped his
knife on the floor.
Numbers of witnesses have been
summunsed to appear at police
court Monday morning when the
four negroes will be tried.
When the police court Is through
with them, tbe State 'will take
them In charge and they will vory
probably be sent to the penitenti
ary.
The charges against them are as
follows:
Felix Stallings, assault, resisting
an officer and rioting, can be re
leased under a bond of $1,000.
Torn and Dallis Stallings, resis
ting officer and rioting, can be re
leased under bond of $1,000.
Henry Bird, resisting officer and
rotting; bond $1,000.
The Stallings were born, raised
and freed on tbe old Kelce Daniel
place near the city.
Other negroes, who participated
in the row have not been arrested
and as there names are not known,
they will probably not bo prosecu
ted.
During and after the riot con
siderable excitement ' prevailed
everywhere.
Threats of different kinds were
made by tho negroes, such as jail
breaking, incendiarism, etc., but
nothing has occurred yet.