People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-12
goods. The result at Stone Mountain
shows that it was done.",

Canton FOR the Devil VS.. Canton for Chris.
IN the early summer the Methodist
people had a revival at the Methodist
church. Quite q number OF CONVEX
sions and nccessions. The Cherokee
Advance said "Cantou was for Christ. {"
Last Wednesday the devil began his
revival.
The evening before the train brought
up all the Negro filth of Woodstock
and Lickskillit districts. Accommoda-
lions and whisky were furnished Tues
day night by "the men who control" in
Canton. Their supposed friends around
Canton were invited to come Tuesday
night and help manage them and give
them whisky.
Next morning the show opened.
Whisky in certain house and the
stables back of the Pickett hotel, The
imported Negroes voted first, then took
their position from the brick block
south of the court house to the public
well just on the west. Sorry to saw
that Il number of our citizens took
position with them. Bad company
sure. 1t was the first scene of the
kind ever witnessed by your humble
writer. My pen would fail to picture
the scene. The new coined" silver
half dollars brought to bear in delud-
ing the uneducated aud buying their
votes. One continued deluge of Ne
groes and deluded white men passing
to and from the drinking cesspools
then hugged and armed to the polls
and voted by the bosses.
Then they want back to the filth
pools. Came back and attempted to
vented repeating in most cases, but
could not prevent Illegal voting in
some cases.
Skies district contains many good
citizens; but sad to say that their pre-
cincG was selected as the receptacle OF
Canton's Illegal voters Those whom
we drove from the polls in Canton went
there and voted. slA
A crowd of voters from Walesca re-
peatea at Canton. We have their
names Some from Cobb's voted in
Canton. We have their names. We
have the names of the illegal voters Of
our own county.
"The men who control run the
courts. 1t is bad chance to do
much. Meantime the crowd between
the court house and hotel were going
TO and from the cesspools, the solic-
itor still exhibiting his new coined"
silver to deluxe ignorant voters
Good men We're astounded. Sober
men were Disguised. Said they would
never vote with that crowd again The
pastors of both churches would not
vote Afraid OF contamination. l
think they should have put the seal of
condemnation on this revival of the
cause Of sin and satan, by voting the
reform ticket.
VIII they go to their pulpits and
openly denounce such wickedness in
high places? If they are afraid to do
SO, if they will allow me the use OF their
pulpits will do it for them.
The first lick ever received from 4
man, in anger, was for denouncing such
wiclzedness. DR.. Huckabee received d
blow on the head with loaded cane at
the polls Wednesday night from the
same man.
Tom Bell, the peoples candidate, did
not furnish one drop OF whisky. His
friends did not furnish drop. He did
not spend one cent in money. We did
not drink drop of whisky. We did
| not arm but one man to the polls. He
| was blind man. We did not furnish
drop of whisky in the county. We
| did not spend dollar in money. Our
friends all over the county were cool,
calm and deliberate. All good men
and women all over the county speak
in the highest praise of the new party
and its adhereIts.
The returns came in and were con-
solidated. The Christian gentleman,
Judge Hines, carried the county. The
increase of the ,populists over the vote
of '92 is 400 Cherokee is for Christ
and Hines. God be praised. The hon
est colored voters of Woodstock and
Liclzsliillet voted with the people.
Rev. Land and his friends voted with
the democrats. A number of the re-
publicans voted with the people.
j. ID. DOBBs