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BALD WIN COUNTY.
Ealdwitt Sheriff’s Sale.
W ILL tic sold before the Court House
door in the city of Milledgeville, du
ring legal sale hours, on the first Tuesday
In May. 1883 :
One lot of land lying in the city of Mil
ledgeville and known in the plan of said
city as lot No. 3 in square 73, hound* don
the north by McIntosh street, on the west
by Jackson street; said lot containing one
acre more or l* sc ; levied on as the proper
ty of A. C. McKinley, by virtue of a Supe
rior court li fa issued at the August Term of
Baldwin Superior Court, ISSO, in favor of C.
H. Wright .V Son vs. A. C. McKinley. Levy
made this April 2d, 1883. Defendant noti
fied bv mail. Property pointed out by
Plaintiffs.
Also at the same time and [dace: One
house and lot in Harrisburg, lying in the
321st (list, G. M., containingoue acre, more
or lose, b ainded on the north by lands of
Win. Woodall, on til** south by Sam Wilson,
on the * ast bv C. R. It., on the west by
Louis Randolph. Levied on by virtue of
two Justice Court li fas, one in favor of A.
II Stephens, Governor, and one in favor of
Nathan Moss vs. Harry Washington. Lev
ies made bv Wm. Durden and returned to
me, March’31,1883. c ^ gh , ff
April 2,1883. 38 tds
To All Whom it May Concern.
GEORGIA, Baldwin County.
Court <>f Ordinary, April Term 1883.
WHEREAS, Mr.-. Sarah W. Case.admln-
\> jstrat ix upon the estate of I)r. George
li case deceased has filed her petition in
Li i C()U rt for letters of dismission from
her trust as such administratix.
-i llare therefore to cite and admonish
all nartiet* interested heirs or creditors to
li, ,w caii.-eoiiorby the July Term next
; , .. ,art,to I"' held on »lie first Monday
in ,TuIv 1" !. wiiviettersof dismission from
Bawl trust should n *t i»e granted to said pe
titioner as prayed for.
Wnness in v Imnd and official Signature
this hit! tiav of April, 1883.
: ■ DA N1 EL B. BANW(>RD, Ordinary.
To ail whom it May Concern.
GEORGIA. Baldwin County.
( ’t >ritT of Ordinary, April Term 1883.
\\ T HEliK Vb. P. 11. Compton has tiled his
\ ? uetitioii :u -aid court for letters of ad-
oivii upon the estate of William
M. Gray late of said Slate land county, de-
C ’H i ' * are therefore to eileand admonish
nil ..artie. i"‘. 'rested heirs or creditors to
Show cau-e or bv the -May Term next of
sait! court to be held on the first Monday in
S , . V |, v letters of administration
^. ’.''ude of said deceased, should
not be grant.* t to said petitioner as prayed
f °VVitness my hand and official signature
Mim'rBA.MELB- SANF(>BD, Ordinary.
To All Whom it May Coucern.
GEORGIA, Baldwin County.
Court of Ordinary. April Term 1883.
WHEREAS Mrs. L C. Miller adminis-
YV tratix upon the estate of Otto Miller,
deceased, lias filed her petition in said
court for Iettersof disnns-ion from her
trust as such administratrix.
These are then tore ♦-> cite and admon
ish ail parties interested heirs or creditors
to show cause on or by the July Term
next or said court, to be held on the lu st
Monday in July 1883,why letters < f dismis
sion from said trust should not bo grant
ed to said petitioner as prayed for.
Witness my hand ami official signature
this 2*1 dnv nt April, 1883.
38 3m.] DANIEL B. SAN EORD, Ordinary,
To all Whom it May Concern.
GEORGIA. Baldwin county.
Court of Ordinary. April Term. 1833.
W 1IF.RVS Mark Jotmston. Jr.. Guardian of
William 8. Mvn- k. who is now of age,
and also Guai.Uau of Mrs. L. J. .»I\ri.'k. ileccased,
has Hied his petilious in said court for letters of
dismission from his trusts as sucli Guardian.
These are therefore lo vile and admonish all
parties inter* >: - l. heirs or creditors, to show
cause on or *»v t*io Muv Term next, of said
court, to beheld on the first Monday in May, 1
why letti
mon
Voluaie LIII.
[■Federal Union Establ'shed in 1829.1
[^Southern Recorder “ “ i8io. f Consolidated 1872.
trusts should not be g
as prayed for.
Witness ill* hand an
the 2*1 day April, ism.
ssim.i DANIEL f
from bis said two
aited to said petitioner
die ial signature, tills
AN FORD, Ordinary.
To all Whom it May Concern.
GEORGIA, Baldwin County.
court of ordinary, April Term. iss3.
W IIERF.CS. Mrs. Lena Lewis I - filed lier
petition hi said court for letters of ad
ministration upon the estate of K. G. Lewis,
deceased, to be grabb-d t<» Walter l'aine. Clerk
of the Superior Court of said County.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all par
ties interested, heirs or creditors, to show cause
on or by the Mav Term next, of said Court, to be
held on the lirst Monday in May :-why letters
of administration upon the estate of said de-
eased as aforesaid should not be granted to
said petitioner as p**:ne*i for.
Witness my hand and ofilcial signature, this
2nd day of April 1 ■**>:;.
SS mi. DANIEL B. HANFORD. Ordinary.
To All Wiiom it May Concern.
GEORGIA, Baldwin County.
Court **t Ordinary, April Term, 1883.
\\niEREAS, Samuel Evans, has filed Ids
M petition in naid Court to have Walter
raine. Clerk of Superior Court, appointed
administrator upon the estate of J. M. D.
Webb, late of said County, deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admonish
ail parties interested, heirs or creditors, to
show cause on or l*v the May Term, next,
of said Court, to be held on the first Mon
day in May. 1883, why letters of adminis
tration upon the estate of said deceased,
should not be granted to said Mailer
Paine,Clerk. Ac., orsome otherproper per
son, as prayed for.
Witness my hand and official signature,
this 2nd, dav of April 1883.
38 lm] DANIEL I>. SANFORD, Ordinary.
To All Whom ii May Concern.
GEORGIA, Baldwin County.
Court of Ordinary, I
March Term, 1883. J
V1THEREAS, O. L. Brown. Administra-
M tor upon the estate nt E. V. Brown,
deceased, has filed his petition in said court,
for letters of dismission irotn his trust as
such administrator.
These are theretoretocite and admonish
all parties interested, whether heirs or
creditors, to show cause on or by the
June Term, next, <>i said court, to tie
held on the first Monday in June. 1883,
why letters of dismission from his said trust
should not be granted to said petitioner as
prayed for.
Witness my hand and official signature,
this utli day of March, 1883.
34 3m.1 DANIEL B. SANFORD, Ordinary.
To all Whom it May Concern,
GEORGIA, Baldwin County.
Court of Ordinary, March Term, 1883.
ITMIKKEAS. Waiter Paine, administrator np-
VV on the estate of Maria Purvey (c.) has filed
hi* petition in said court for letters ol dismis
sion from his trust as such administrator.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all par
ties interested, heirs or creditors, to show cause
on or by the June Term next, of said Court,
to be liel*l on tbe first Monday in JunelSS3,
why letters of dismission from his said trust
should not lie granted to said petitioner as pray
ed for.
Witness my baud ai.d olhclal fignature, this
6th dav of March. 1-S3.
*4 3m.) DANIEL B. HANFORD, Ordinary.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
GEORGIA, Baldwin County.
A LL persons having demands against
the late firm of W. G. Fowler A Bro.,
arc requested to present them to me in
terms of the law. ami ail persons indebted
to said firm of NY. G. Fowler A Bro., are
requested to make payment at once.
J. G. FOWLER.
ililiedgeville, Ga.. March 27th, 1883. 37 6t
Wanted ! !
B Y one competent and reliable, a place
as Bookkeeper; toopen or close an old
set of Books; as copyist of merchants
accounts, or legal documents. Address
C., Box 66—P. O., Milledgeviile, Ga.
April 3rd, 1883. 89 It*.
tatk ivotice.
M Y books are now open and I am ready
to receive the State, County and Wild
Land Taxes, for Baldwin county. My of
fice is at Die Carriage Repository and
Furniture Store of L. W. Davidson, where
I will be in attendance daily from 9 a. m.
until 5 P. M., until the first day of June, at
which time my books wiil be closed.
J. H. McCOMB, Tax Receiver.
Milledgeviile, Ga., April 3d, 1883. 39 2m
DrTpT M. CARRINGTON,
O FFERS his professional services to the
citizens of Milledgeviile and vicinity.
Office on Wayne street, next door to Dr.
Harris’ office.
Milledgeviile, Ga., AprU 24th, 1883. 14 4t
Piano for Sale.
A GOOD second hand, sweet toned,
Plano, recently tuned, is offered for
sale at the Oconee House. Price seventy-
five dollars. Original cost six hundred.
Milledgeviile, April 10th, 1883. 33 4t.
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
This powder never varies. A marvel of puii-
ty. strength and wholesomenesa. More econom
ical than Hie ordinary kinds, and cannot lie sold
in competition with the multitude of low test,
short weight, alum or phosphate powders. Sow
only in cans. RoYaj. Baking Powder Co., ids
Wall at., N. Y.
August 22, 1882. 6 ly.
EDITORIAL GLIMPSES.
There wiii be ten ex-Governors in tho
next U. S. Senate. Georgia furnishes
two.
Milledgeville, Ga., May 1st, 1883.
MEMORIAL DAT
In the last six months Georgia has had
four Governors—Colquitt, Stephens, Boyn
ton and McDaniel.
Mr. Lapkins of Beauregard Miss., had
six thousand dollars in a trunk blown
away by the cyclone.
Memorial Day was observed in the ci
ties and towns of Georgia with unusually
impressive ceremonies.
The Atlanta Star has been sold to the
Atlanta Journal. It is a pity such a bright
Star should set to rise no more.
The green three-eent stamp will have
been in use thirteen years when the new
rate goes into effect next October.
KEROSENE OIL!
GEORGIA INSPECTED.
TIRE TEST 1-20 DEGREES.
I N STORE, and tor sale in lots to suit
purchasers, at
Lowest Market Price.
W. T. CONN & CO.,
The Grocers.
Milledgeviile, Ga., March 19,1883. 30 tf.
Late Wilkin to Buy
—anything in—
Millinery & Fancy Goods,
will do well to call and price goods at
M.L. BRAKE &BR0’S.,
before making their purchases. They
nave a very nice line of Hats at the follow
ing prices: 10c, 15c, 20c, 25c. 40c, 50c, 60c
and 7oc. Also, a very cheap line of Laces
lor Trimming.
Milledgeviile, Ga., April 24, 1883. 41 tf.
minute* Tooih ache Drops cure in one
For Sale or Exchange.
•>*»•> I O ACRES OF LAND, 51 miles
l from Atlanta—Georgia Pa
cific R. It. running through it—well tim
bered, fine farming land. Will exchange
for Baldwin county land, or real estate in
Milledgeviile. For particulars, address
W. T. MAPPIN,
April 24,1893. 41 5t.] Milledgeville, Ga.
CHEAP M
THE MACON ICE FACTORY
Will furnish Ice at
cent per pound.
May 1st, 1883. 42 It,
LOCAL AND BUSINESS NOTICES.
Kerosene Oil for sale by
41 4t) Massey & Ennis.
Speckled seed peas for sale by Massey
A Ennis. . [42 at
Exchange on New York, for sale by
April 17th, 1883. (2t.) G. T. Wiedenman.
See the “Jerseys” at T. L McComb’s.
See the “Summer Silks” at T. L. Mc
Comb’s.
Sec tho Herculese Shirt, at T. L. Mc-
Comb’s.
S**e the Fashionable Clothing, at T. L.
MeCo nib’s.
And don’t fail to see the 25c Towel, at
T. L. McComb’s.
KENTU CKY
Is the “head centre” of what may be call
ed tho “Straight Whisfcey Interest,” making
whiskies v. hich bring the highest prices, ap
peal the most cultivated tastes and develope
t he only true flavor and boquet that identi
fies and distinguishes the beau ideal “Oil of
Corn.” I. W. Harper’s Nelson County
Whiskey Is a standard Kentucky Whis
key.
Sold by H. E. KRENTZ, Milledgeville,
Ga
March 6th, 1883. 23 6m.
Phcenix I’avk Murder Trials —Tim
othy Kelley was tried next to Curley. The
Jury returned a verdict on the 20th that
they were unable to agree. On the follow
ing Monday he was put on trial again and
the answer of the jury was the samo as
on the first trial.
Tho dynamite conspirators wore brought
into court on the 20th. The prisoners after
a hearing were remanded for a further
hearing on Thursday.
Dublin, April 20.—Eugene Kingston,
wlio was arrested in Liverpool, YVednes-
day, on suspicion of being connected with
tho Phoenix murders, was arraigned in
court to-day, and after a hearing was re
manded to answer the charge of conspira
cy to murder.
Dublin, April 20.—'When the disagree
ment of the jury in the Kelly trial became
known, crowds of people in tho streets
around the court house became excited
and indulged in cheers for Kelly and the
Jurors. _
Additional precautions are being taken
in Dublin because of numerous letters
which have been received threatening to
blow up tha public buildings with dyna
mite.
Patrick Egan, late Land League treasu
rer, who is in Philadelphia to attend tho
Land League Convention, says, that tho
dynamite party] will have little following
in the convention. He said it was neces
sary for Parnell to remain in Parliament
to sustain the Irish cause in that hodv.
Mr. Egan thinks that the success or the
Irish cause depends in a large measure
upon the support of the Irish element in
America. The dynamite element from
present appearances, will have a poor show
ing at tbe great Irish convention at Phila
delphia. The object of the convention is
to aid in securing national self-government
for the Irish, at any rate local self-govern
ment, with laws and privileges at least
equal to those of any other portion of the
kingdom and land laws that will favor and
encourage the industrial interests of Ire
land. Every friend of humanity and jus
tice will be giad to see the Irish success
ful in their efforts to obtain these and all
other ends calculated to promote their
prosperity.
A report has been received from Cairo
that El Mahdi, the False Prophet, has
captured tho town of Khartoum in Sou
dan.
Jules Sarduu, the French novelist, is
dying.
FROM DR. C. C. CLARK, OSWEGO, N. Y.
“ * * * I have made sufficient experi
ments of Colden’s Liquid Beef Tonic to
enable me to say it Is by far the best of all
the preparations of the kind (food and ton
ic) that I have ever used. To the sufferer
from chronic diseases, or the convalescent,
it is Invaluable, as It is both nourishing
strengthening.” (Remember tho
The Queen of Italy has a Neapolitan phy
sician who sits at the royal table to pre
vent Her Majesty Trom eating unwhole
some food.
It is seldom we have an opportunity to
present our readers with two sweeter po
ems than the two printed on the inside of
this paper. Thoyaregeras of purest wa
ter. _
The Star Route Cases.—Mr. K'*r, on
the 24th. concluded his argument against
the Star Routers. Attorney General Brews
ter will probably take part in tho closing
argument.
Belfast, Me., boasts an Irish beauty who
works In a ruiM there; The manager is
obliged to let her off from her work half
an hour before companions, that she may
escape the crowd which gathers dally.
We are indebted to Mr. Edwin A. Nisbet,
of San Bernadino, California, for tho week
ly perusal of "The Argonaut,” published at
San Francisco; Cal. It is the ablest and
the boldest paper published on the Paci
fic Slope.
To be bold and self-reliant at tho light
moment, to do what is expected in what
ever post one has to fill, is the secret of
success, both on tho Held or battle and
elsewhere, Madame de Serigno wrote ;>
her grandsou.
Mrs. Stover, daughter of tho late Presi
dent Andrew Johnson, died Sunday in
Tennessee. This leaves Mrs. Patterson,
who formerly presided over the White
House, as the last survivor of the late Mr.
Johnsou’s lauiily.
Statistics of crime in seven or tho larg
est cities in the United States, and based
upon population, show that San Francisco
leads in tiienumberof homicides, followed
in the order of mention by Cincinnati, Bal
timore, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago
andTloston.
* A writer on etiquette says of hand-sha
king that it is indicative of character, and
classifies hand-shakers as aggressive, su-
peieilious, lymphatic, imperative, suspi
cious aud emotional. A gentleman must
not take a lady’s hand unless she offers it,
and is warned not to “squeeze or retain it
even then.”
Our Agricultural readers, and those who
are mechanics, are requested to look close
ly at the advertisement in-this paper of
Schofield's Iron Works, Macon, Ga. This
firm are so well known in Middle Goorgin
that it would superfluous in us logo into
particulars in this connection. T ney have
i lie public confidence and we have never
heard any other than kind and complimen
tary words spoken in their behalf.
The Election last Tuesday was the qui
etest, perhaps, oyer held in Georgia. In
one or two counties the polls were not open.
Tho Atlantapapers do not publish the re-
tm ns, so little interest is felt in the result.
It is thought that not more than 40,noo
votes were cast in the State. The negroes
did not veto anywhere.
Judge William M. Reese, of Wilkes, who
was for many years a member of the Stall*
Senate, always had a free pass over the
Georgia Railroad by virtue of his official
connection with that road, and he always
returned to the State Treasury the mileage
allowed him for services as Senator. This
is a rare exception, if not the only one on
record. _
Tho legislature will assemble in Atlanta
on May 9th to count tho vote for Governor,
who will be inaugurated on the 10th. The
legislature will bo limited to this business,
as no other subject was mentioned in the
call. The Constitution dannot see how the
total expense or this extra session can
reach over $5,000. It considers the state
ment of some of the press that it will cost
the State $50,000 as absurd.
“Why even the Constitution’s table
gave Hancock and Burke to Bacon.”—Ish-
maelite.
Tho Constitution’s table of tho 8th of
April, forecasting tho first ballot in the
Convention gave Burke to Jones and not
to Bacon. Tho table is before us as we
write. It was this estimate of tho result
of the lirst ballot by tbe Constitution
that caused money to be lost in this city
ana elsewhere. Had Burke voted as the
Constitution placed her dolegate9 in the
column, Boynton would have beaten Ba
con on the first ballot, and men who lost
money would have won. These are facts
that cannot be overthrown by claptrap.
Mr. Stephens, says the Augusta Chroni
cle. was not a man ordinarily to admit
that any political problem was loo tough
for his solution, but he had to confess that
the Negro Question was beyond Ills ken or
demonstration. It is growing more and
more exasperating but will probably, in
the dim future, solve Itself in some unex
pected way.
When this great question puzzles our
wisest and best men we, of course, do not
presume to offer a solution. But it is plain
thRt the only way to preserve peace be
tween the'races is for the colored man to
occupy a subordinate position. When it
comes to competition with tho white man
the negro can never have an equal chance.
As laborers they are, perhaps, the best we
can get—and we are getting along smooth
ly now, but wo cannot hope that this state
of tilings will long exist. Various schemes
are on foot for educating the negro. Edu
cated men, generally, have a repugnance
for manual labor. Would it not be wise,
looking to the future, for Congress to col
onize the colored people in the great West?
Instead of placing this immense domain
in the hands of millionaire speculators on
the plea of Education, give the portion
that would fall to this illiterate race, to
them, in fact, to be homes for th**m and
their children forever. Turn the joke or
forty acres and a mule Into a reality. If
the negroes were wi6e they would unite in
petitioning congress for this groat boon
while it may be had. This opportunity
will soon have p&Bsed aw&y forever, and
they will bo left among the whites—hewers
of wood and drawers of water, for the
races cannot blend harmoniously, and the
whites wifi maintain the ascendancy at
whatever cost. Then let the colored peo
ple have a State of their own in the great
west, where they can have their own State
government represented in congress aiul
in their own legislature—let them have
their own railroads and telegraphs, schools
and colleges, merchandize and farms.—
Then they would have a fair chance. It
would be better for both races, for each to
depend upon itself. Education will raise
hopes in the minds of the negroes that can
never bo realized as the competitor of tha
white man. The plea will give offices and
commissions to interested men for awhile,
but, “by the sweat or his brow shall man
earn his bread,” is the law, which will nev
er be repealed, for the masses; and blessed
are those who do so "uoder their own vine
and lig tree, with none to molest or make
them afraid." The separation would in
terfere with the white man who expects to
make money out of the labor of the negro,
and the negro would feel that he was go
ing from home, and sorrow would be felt
by Individual members of both races; but
the old kindly relations of master and ser-
and strengthening.” (Remember tho vant are dying out, and the thoughtful or
name Coldhu's—take no other.) Of drug- both races should look to the interest of
jj l8te I their children.
At Milledgeviile was celebrated with un
usual interest. At the time appointed,
4 o’clock p. m., for the forming of the pro
cession, all the business houses in the
city were closed. At that hour Prof. D.
H. Hili, Jr., Marshal of the day, formed
the line at the junction or Wayne and
Gteene streets. The order, as published
in the Union «fc Recorder last week, was
strictly carried out. First, the carriage
containing the Orator and officiating cler-
. gyman. Next, a carriage containing of-
I fleers of the Ladies Memorial Association.
Next, Company A Cadet Corps. Next,
Baldwin Blues. Next, Company B„ Ca
det Corps. Next, Veterans of the Con-
i federate Army. Next, young ladies rep
resenting Confederate colors. Then stu
dents of the college, and citizens.
! The procession passed up Greeno and
into Liberty street, and then to the ceme-
• tery. These streets on the sidewalks,
were literally packed with people. In
j the procession wo saw a countryman in
bis wagon, from which he had just sold
' a load of wood, as seir satisfied as though
he was driving a thousand dollar team.
Arriving at the cemetery the beautiful
; grounds were at once flooded with a mass
i of humanity embracing the infant of a
: few weeks age, the colored brother and
| sister, and people you rarely see abroad
except on such an occasion. At the gate
we saw this motto, and it was so embed
ded in flowers we had to pause several
minutes to re id it: It was, “We honor
those who honored Honor.” The grand
stand was soon surrounded by an im
mense crowd. Doctor Cook, president of
the College, offered a feeling and fervent
prayer. Dr. Tiios. H. Kenan arose and
handsomely introduced the orator of the
day, Rev. Morgan Callaway, D. D. The
Doctor aroso aud made a short ad
dress, in which ho paid a brief but fitting
tribute to our honored dead. While he
honored patriotism aud valor, he preferred
to look away from the graves of the past
to the bright future of our people in this
the best country in the world. At the
conclusion of theaddreBSthe crowd surged
off to tho Soldiers’ Monument, which was
beautifully decorated. After some sweet
singing led by Mr. John A. Orme, the cadets
tired a salute. Thegraveof Gen. Doles was
next visited, and tho usual salute was
fired by the Baldwin Blues cf which he
was Captain when the war began.
Then tho grave of our lamented and
spl iiriid young man. Capt. Bern Hertv,
was visited, and the “Blues,” ho so much
loved, and fought with all through the
four years war, fired tho customary sa
lute.
Here tho ceremonies ended, and the
great throng dispersed to view the par
ticular graves of the lost and loved. The
day was charming. Mature lent her most
propitious smiles to make a memory of
this sacred day, unnmrred, and “beautiful
exceedingly.”
We wandered around for some time,
admiring the beautiful decorations of the
soldiers’ graves. Ail were respected, none
neglected. And thus we closo the account
with a beautiful sentiment from Hon.
Henry W. Hilliard of Augusta, Ga. “If
the spring, teeming with verdure, brought
but one rose (o us, the l»est use we couid
make of that one single fl«wer would be
to place it, bedewed witli tears, upon the
grave of a Southern soldier.”
MEMORIAL DAY IX AUGUSTA.
Nature was clothed in its loveliest hues.
The sun’s rays guililed softly the blue arch
of lieavsn; the air was balmy aud the peo
ple of both sexes came out in crowds to do
hunor to the confederate dead who could do
no more than offer up their lives In sacri
ficial testimony of their devotion to tho
lost hut sacred cause. Nothing was left
undone to show the generous and roman
tic devotion of the vast assemblage to our
noble and heroic dead. They had passed
through the fiery aud rugged tracks of war
In vain. No, not In vain, for though the
cause was lost their deeds were glorious
and tiie living are nourished Into strength
and hope of a glorious future, based upon
tli** wondrous achievements of their heroic
efforts. They failed, alone, because no
powers can overcome Impossibilities.
There wore grand thoughts, enchanting
Illusions, noble sentiments in their hearts,
ami we cherish tiieir memories with more
affectionate devotion in defeat, than we
would have done in triumph and success.
More, mortal man cannot do than to lay
down Ids lite upon the altar or his coun
try. The. writer of these few sentences re
gretted that a temporary painful affliction
preventi*d tiis participation, personally,
in the tribute of the vast multitude who
assembled in Augusta's boautlful “city of
the dead.” The clergy, tho military, the
police force, and thousands of citizens,ami
above ail the ever true, patriotic and faith
ful women were there to give perfection to
the ceremonies, freshness, beauty and life
to the scene. YVe are indebted to tho city
papers for the full report.
The ceremonies began with a prayer by
Rev. J. L. Tyler, after which the aet-om-
plishcd Hilliard, in his peculiarly eloquent
ami graceful way. Introduced tiie young
orator of the day, Mr. C. Henry Cohen, who
did credit to the occasion and himself by
the Toree, tiie truth and dignity of his sen
timents, and tho felicity of tho stylo in
which he conveyed them to his auditors.
The ceremonies concluded with a prayer
by Rev. G. T. Gmtchius, after which the
military slowly filed around tha section
and the crowd gradually dispersed.
DEATH OF GEN. BROWNE.
Gen. William Montague Browne died at
Ids residence lu Athens, on the 28th of
April, of pneumonia, aged 56 years:
He was born in Ireland, received his ear
ly education at the famous school of Rug
by and graduated at the University of
Dublin in his native country. Educated
for the diplomatic service, he began life a
finished scholar and a train**d statesman,
hut led by an irresistible desire to visit
America, ho came to New York while a
young man, and finding the prospects for
a successful life fair in this land as com
pared with the doom that was irrevocably
sealed upon his own Emerald Isle, he ac
cepted tiie position of editor of a New
York journal.
He subsequently came to Washington to
take charge of the Washington Union, then
the organ of President Buchanan’s admin
istration. Here he remained advocating
Jeffersonian Democracy until Georgia se
ceded from the Union and the storm of
war had riven the pillars of the nation.
Fully imbued with the doctrine of State
rights, he came with the Georgia delega
tion to Montgomery, at the convention of
Southern representatives, with the purpose
of offering his services the Confederacy,
and was soon after appointed Assistant
Secretary of State, under Gen. Robert
Toombs, the Cabinet officer.
When the Confederate Government was
removed to Richmond he remained in the
service of tho government there until he
was appointed Brigadier-General in tho
conscript service Georgia, In which service
ue acted until the close of the war. He
then settled in Athens, Georgia, but lived a
short time at Griffin, quietly devoting him
self to agricultural pursuits. About ten
years ago he whs appointed Professor of
Agriculture, and Political History In the
State University, which position he filled
with ability to tho day of his death.
Joaquin Miller is credited with the re
mark that “the newspaper is the six-
shooter of civilization.” Yes, and tho
beauty of it is that a newspaper is always
loaded.—Atlanta Journal.
Yes, and leaded too, In some of the bar
rels.
rp“Faet, brilliant and fashlonoole are the
Diamond Dye colors. One package col
ors l to 4 lbs. of goods. 10 cents for any
color.
The Great Cyclone.
A terrific cyclone struck the State of
Mississippi, on Sunday April 22J, about
the town of West Point, doing great dam
age and killing and wounding many peo
ple. Tillman and LawreDce and Wesson,
small towns, suffered heavily, while the
town of Beauregard was reduced to ruins
by the storm destroying every house of
any size, and killing and wounding fully a
hundred people.
The cyclone seems to have jumped en
tirely over Alabama, though considerable
damage was done at Chattanooga.
Tiie main part of the cyclone struck
South-Western Georgia, a little east of Eu-
faula, Ala.
Tho following particulars, clipped from
our exchanges, will give the reader some
idea of the fury of the 9torm fiend:
At Covington the rain fall was nine
Indies and nearly all the creek and branch
bridges are gone. Several houses in the
county were blown down, but no loss of
life is reported.
At Eastman, in Southwest Georgia, the
storm was severe, blowing down the house
of John Register, and killing two children.
The house or Sam Harris was destroyed
and his wife and children badly Injured.
In Southwest Georgia much destruction
is reported. No less than twenty-live
deaths, and the number of persons injured
cannot lie estimated. Many houses were
blown down, and in Americus five persons
lost their fives.
At Chattanooga fully ten thousand dol
lars damage was done, while in the town of
Beauregard in Mississippi, not a single
house of any description is left standing,
aud tiie town of Wesson four miles above
shared a similar fate. Uuudreds of people
were injured and the number killed is ap
palling. West Point, Mississippi, Tillman,
and Lawrence in the same State, and other
towns were almost annihilated. Such a
cyclone was never before seen In those sec
tions.
In Iowa on Saturday night a number of
towns suffered almost complete destruc
tion.
A portion of the cyclone struck points a-
long the Athens branch of the Georgia R.
R., doing groat damage to property, but
with little loss of life; and tho heavy rain
accompanying caused great destruction of
mills, dams, bridges and fish ponds in
Northern Georgia.
In Dooly and Dodge counties, in Ga.,
there were many lives lost, and crops and
barns and dwelling houses ruined. In
Sumter county there was great destruc
tion of property with much loss of life.
In Dougherty, near Albany, the track of
the tornado was marked with some of the
saddest scenes. One we copy below, taken
from the Albany Advertizer:
The scene on Captain Bacon’s place beg
gars description. Every house on tho
plantation is completely wrecked, and near
ill** ruins of the dwelling we found the re
mains of Capt. Bacon and his baby boy.
The lireless bodies had been taken out
from under the limbers by some of the
people of the neighborhood, and had been
laid outside by side on a little platform
that had been improvised out of boards
taken from the wreck. About a quarter
of a mile away, in the houso of Richard
Bryant, colored—the nearest houso that
was left standing—lay little Berty, tiie
next youngest son of Captain and Mrs.
Bacon, witli Die ribs of his right side brok
en, a fearful contusion on the leg, aud a
gaping gash on the head. Over him was
the frantic mother and only surviving
brother, surrounded by a few sympathetic
neighbors. Oh, the wails that went up
around the patient little sufferer and back
toward the dead. “Oh, father! Oh. baby-
dead! dead!!” Strong men had to turn
aside and weep, for not one of them could
speak a word or comfort to the bereaved
and suffering ones in tin* presence of such
woe, death and misery! But we cannot
dwell now upon this sad scene. Were we
to indulge our sympathies, tiie many in
stances *>f human suffering that we wit
nessed would preclude anything ilkeade-
scription of the disaster.
On the Bacon place, the dwelling, barn
and stables, and all tho houses in the ne
gro quarter—nine in all—were completely
demolished. Capt. Bacon, Mrs. Bacon and
their three children were the only occu
pants of their house, there being no ser
vants on the place. It would have been
cruel to have plied Mrs. Bacon with ques
tions concerning the terrible disaster.
While lamenting over the u<*ath of her
husband and baby, however, she said that
the former lost his life in trying to save
the latter. “Oh my dear Ben,” she once
exclaimed, “lost his previous life trying to
save our darling baby!” It seems that
Capt. Bacon, Mrs. Bacon and tho oldest
son. Van, a bright youth or twelve or
thirteen years, had got out of the house
before tiie final crash came. Mrs. Bacon I
was blown out. How Capt. Bacon got out
is not known; but when last seen he was
making his way into the house from
whence came the screams of the youngest
child, a little fellow about six years old.
Little Berty says lie crept down behind
the organ in tiie sitting room, and re
ceived his injuries by having that instru
ment thrown upon him by heavy timbers.
It would seem that Captain Bacon reached
It is baby and had taken him in his arms
before the crash came, for the two were
found together, with one of tiie sleepers of
the main part of the building across their
bodies. Little Johnnie—that was the ba
by's name—hail the entire back part of his
head crushed in, and the father’s head was
crushoJ very much in the same way. Their
heads and bodies were dreadfully man
gle*!, but their features were not disfigur-
o*i, and eacli looked perfectly natural In
death. Van says that when lie got to his
father lie took him by the hand and tried
to speak, but in vain. Little Johnnie also
opened his eyes and' looked piteously at
him, but never spoke. Both expired in a
few miiiutes, with tiie heavy timbers still
on them. Mrs. Bacon and Van tried in
vain to extricate Hie bodies, while little
Berty, with his ribs broken, a severe
wound on the leg and a fearful gash on the j
head, walked to the negro-quarter to sum- j
mon assistance The conductor this little
fellow, as well as that of Ids older brother ;
and their mother, was heroic in the ex
treme. Van, the oldest bov, was the only i
one who escaped unhurt. Mrs. Bacon re- i
ceived a severe scalp wound, and was bud- i
lv bruised about I he body, hut she never '
faltered. Little Berty bore his suffering j
like a soldier, and it was not until 3.30 j
o’clock in the afternoon that medical aid j
arrived.
A portion of the cyclone jumped over in- !
to South Carolina, striking Barnwell coun- j
ty and causing great loss of property
This was, probably, the same part that j
did much damage] in Southwest Georgia, j
skipping the entire territory between the j
Octnulgee river in Georgia and the county
of Barnwell, In is. C.
AN AWFUL STORY FROM HEARD.
Mr. Hoop, a thrifty citizen of Heard
county, lived on tiie banks of Ulllahiitclde
Oreek. He had a good farm, grist mill,
barns, Ac. His family consisted of him
self, wife, three small children and his
brother. They retired as usual on Sunday
night. A negro boy also slept in the house.
During the night tho flood swept the dwel
ling into its angry bosom carrying with It
all the inmates. A Gmstitution reporter
thus tells the balance of the story :
The house turning and reeling reached
the current of the creek and then dashed
swiftly down the foaming water. After
going a hundred yards or so it struck a
tree with such violence that tiie shock
Shivered it to a mass of floating ruins.
Roop caught a mattress and as she was
carried away in tiie restless tide could see
in the glare of tiie lightning his wife and
children struggling for life. It was beyond
his power to reach them or (o give them
the least assistance and soon they were
lo6t to his sight forever. Down the tor
rent he dashed on his mattress raft until
it seemed he had been carried miles away.
Tho mattress lodged for an instant against
a small tree and the desperate man clutch
ed it. He climbed high enough to escape
the current and was saved. Though an
expert swimmer he could never have got
ten out of the rushing current from which
the tree saved him. Holding on to a limb
all night long ho suffered untold agony
for he realized that his loved onos must
all have been lost. When day dawned he
saw that ho was throe quarters of a mile
from home. The creek had become calmer
and gone down some, hut he was still a
hundred and fifty feet from shore. He had
strength enough to strike out and swim
that distance. Ho went hastily toward
what was his home. Though he knew well
uow awful the storm had been, he was not
prepared for the reality. A more desolate
scene Is hard to imagine. Every building
that had stood on tho premises was gone.
Dwelling, mill, smokehouse, ginhouse,
store, all swept away In the pitiless tor
rent. Worse than all, there was no sign
of wife, children and brother. It seemed
almost a cruelty to have been saved to look
on such a scene. Just across the creek
lived Mr. Britt Merrill, and his home was
also demolished. He and his wife would
have been lost had they not gone to spend
the night with some of her relatives. Kind
neighbors came to tho help of Mr. Roop
as best they could, but his awful trial al
most broke him down. All his earthly ef
fects and all his dearest loved ones were
gone. A search was begun for the six l>od-
les. Late In tho afternoon the remains of
two of the children were found a mile
away, where the receding waters had left
them. All Monday and all Tuesday the
search for the bodies of Mrs. Roop, the
lost brother, the child and the negro was
continued without success. It Is suppos
ed they must have been carried Into some
dense swamps or covered in the great mass
of drirtwood aud trash caught up in the
flood.
Tho following 13 the latest and truest
report from Wesson, Miss. It is heart
rending indeed:
“Wesson, Miss., April 2C.-Clara Barton,
President American Association of the
Bel Cross, Washington:—The associate
society for Capiah county is organized and
doing splendidly. In this county there
are about 100 dead, 2.70 wounded, 1,000
homeless and everything, houses, bedding
and clothing, blown away. In a course of
20 mik-s the desolation is complete, and no
more worthy occasion for sustaining aid
could be placed before a sympathizing
and generous public. All is not yet known
but It Is appalling as it Is. Money is need
ed at onco to pay nurses and to buy food,
clothing, etc. We think an appeal to the
New York Chamber of Commerce is advi-
sablo. Ail aid should come through the
parent association at YVashlngton to the
New Orleans assoeiation.
[Signed] “F. R. Soitthmayd, Sec’y.”
The first place in Mississippi that was
struck by tne recent cyclone, was a small
settlement on Pearl river. Many residents
of the place were assembled on Sunday in
tiie Methodist church, tho quarterly cir
cuit being in session. One side of the
building foil in. The minister's skull was
fractured, and he will probably die. The
congregation, as If by inspiration, fell on
their knees, and the benches kept the fall
ing timbers from crushing them to death.
Only one man was killed outright, and he
rushed out of the church, when the limb
of a tree fell on him and broke his neck.
In Sumter county, Ga., the cyclone did
terrible work. Mr. .IT is. Lockett had his
residence torn to splinters, and he was se
verely gashed. A little girl had her scalp
taken off, exposing tho skull. A quarter or
a mile further itstruek Mr. \V. T. Wood
ruff's place, about 4 o’clock in the morning.
Six persons were sleeping in tho house—
Mr. Jt Mrs. Woodruff, a three year old
child, negro nurse, and Brown Burkhalter,
a nephew of Col. Jack Brown. All were
killed except the latter. Tiie babe two
weeks old was found in its mother’s arms,
both dead. A failing chimney killed both
Mr. and Mrs. YVoodruff. Many other
places suffered terribly, but not with such
a frightful loss ot life.
The storm was very severe at Chatta
nooga, Tenn , at Des Moines and Denver,
in portions of Louisiana, in portions of
upper Georgia, and some sections of South
Carolina. Bad accounts come from Bar
nett, Ga., and a part of Lincoln county.
All the houses on Mr. J. W. Martin’s place
In Lincoln county were destroyed, also
tho residence or Mr. Tom Brooks whose
wife was killed while he and Ids son were
Injured, the former thought to be fatally
wounded.
Whether all these disasters were caused
by a single cyclone, or more than one, it
is difficult yet to say. We merely group
together a few fact9 and incidents of this
great calamity In which probably a hun
dred and fifty persons lost their lives and
double as many were severely injured.
TORNADOES AND THEIR CAUSES.
Washington, April 26.—The officers of
tho Signal Bureau say that the reports
that tbe tornadoes which wrought such
destruction In Mississippi, Georgia and
Teunesseo were one tornado, are mislead
ing. Tho tornado, in Mississippi, had no
connection with the tornado In Georgia.
They were different storms; they were lo
cal affairs and were generated at different
points, as the great storm of the last few
days advanced from tho Northwest and
met the warm currents from the South.
Those local tornadoes are always liable to
occur; they are the offshoots of a main
storm, and are not, as has been represen
ted, themselves moving over tiie country
for any considerable distance. They spend
their strength and disappear, as was tho
case with the Mississippi and Georgia tor
nadoes in the immediate neighborhood of
their creation.
CARD OF MESSRS. DAY .V TANNAHILL.
We have the pleasure again of railing
attention to the card of Messrs. Day A
Tannahill, which appears in another col
umn. It will be seen that the House rep
resented by these gentlemen was estab
lished in 1818. During all those long 65
years (for 40 years of which time we per
sonally knew the Proprietors) it has stood
without theslightest blemish upon its mer
cantile escutcheon. At no period ha9 it
Stood higher than it does now. The pres
ent proprietors have ample m**ans and
possess those high traits, as merchants,
that Induce them to furnish their goods
at tiie lowest possible rates to their cus
tomers. We commend this House most
cordially to all our regular subscribers,
and to the thousands to whom we send
specimen copies of our paper.
NO FOREIGN PAUPERS NEED APPLY.
Washington, April 17.—Tho Stale De
partment officials say there need be no
Irish paupers landed in ttiis country. If
the English Government, or if private
parties are sending out such people, the
Collectors of Customs in the cities where
they are landed can send them Pack at
onco at the expense *>f the vessels bringing
them. A law permitting this was passed
within a few years, and it applies to all
persons who are in danger of becoming a
public charge.
Such a law upon tiie statute book? We
were rot aware of it. We have supposed
there was eome sincerity In the declara
tions made by our fourth of July orators
and public writers, that our country was
the asylum of the oppressed. We should
like to know who voted for the bill to send
back an Irishman, German, Englishman,
Frenchman, or inhabitant of any other
civilized country, because ho was poor.
Who has dug our canals and built our
railroads but Irish and other laborers,
many of whom lauded on our shores with
nothing but their strong arms and well
developed muscles to sustain them in
battling with misfortune and poverty.
What would become of many of our own
people but for the same dependence?
Shame upon our country if that is really a
law of the land.
Bay City, Mich., Feb. 3, 1880.
I think it mv duty to send you a recom
mend for tiie benefit of any person wishing
to know whether Hop Bitters are good or
not. I know they are g.xjd for general de
bility and indigestion; strengthen the ner
vous system and make new life. I recom
mend my patients to use them.
DK. A. FRATT.
Georgia Press.
Atlanta has voted for the cow law and
stock law.
Only forty-one votes were cast for Gov
ernor in Wilkinson county.
Jones, the wife murderer of Oglethorpe
county, will be hanged on the 18th of
May.
Mr. Jas. P. Harrison has bought Rev.
Mr. Nunnally’s interest in the Christian
Index.
Gov. Boynton was married on yester
day to Miss Susie T. Harris, of Walton
county.
Dun’s Mercantile Agency reports an as
signment by D. A. Jewell's mill in Hancock
county.
Rev. Sam Jones is conducting services
at Trinity church, Atlanta. There is much
interest manifested.
All the mules being busy a couple of
young men hitched up a calf a day or two
ago and drove into Americus.
General William M. Browne, professor
in the State University,is lying hopelessly
ill, at Ids home in Athens.
Savannah, April 26.—Henry Hull, of
Henry Hull A Co., bankers, died suddenly
in a street car this morning.
It is probable that the Cyclone of Sunday
night, April 22d, chopped out a good deal
of cotton in Southwestern Georgia.
Henry county claims that Governor-elect
McDaniel was born at Flat Shoals, and
must be credited to that county instead of
to Walton.
T ie borers of the Thomasvllle, Ga., arte
sian well have already got to the depth of
1,700 feet. H they go much further they
may strike hot water.
The Gainesville Eagle says that a young
lady living near the line of Forsyth coun
ty swam noross the Chestatee river throe
times without stopping, one day last sum
mer.
It is said that Capt. Hutchins of the Ath
ens Branch railroad is tne politest conduc
tor in tho United States. He n*»ver asks a
lady for her ticket without pulling off his
hat.
Brunswlcklias established direct trade
with Europe. The arrival of the bark
Northern Queen, British, from London is
announced, as also that of tho German
bark Union.
Mr. W. \^. Woodruff, the noted fruit rais
er of Vineland, near Griffin, died on the
22d of April. Mr. W. married Miss Fannie
Huson, daughter of Mr. Frank Huson,
formerly of this city.
Upon Major McDaniel’s return home
from Atlanta, last week, he was met at
the depot by the entire population of Mon
roe, and escorted to his residence.at the
head or a torchlight procession.
A rich Atlanta moichant walks in to Ids
business from Edgewood, though he
holds a season ticket on the railroad and
owns a turnout. He says tho walk is
worth more to him than his horses.
Vote in Richmond.—Tho total vote, in
Richmond county for Governor, was 311;
all for McDaniel. The people will not turn
In force unless there is a contest. We have
never heard of a single Democrat who is
opposed to Mr. McDaniel.
J. T. Danforth, of Ben Hill’s district,
owns a half Jersey calf, thirteen months
old, that is giving milk alth* ugh she has
never had a calf. A few weeks ago the
calf’s udder began to swell and Mr. Dan
forth had her milked with success.
An Old Citizen Gone.—Mr. John Mc
Kinney, an old and respected citizen of
Augusta, died yesterday afternoon. He
was at the time of his death one of tbe
oldost living citizens of Augusta, and re
membered her when She was but a village
compared with the present city. Well
known and honored in both the city and
country, he had hos s of friends, all of
whom will learn of his death with sorrow.
Hi9 funeral will take place from the resi
dence of Mr. J. E. Barton, this afternoon at
4 o’clock.—Chronicle A Constitutionalist.
TIIAT HUSBAND OF MINE
Is three times the man he was before he
began using “Wells’ Health Renewer.” $X.
Druggists.
A beautiful assortment, of Hamburg
trimmings just received at tiie Empire
Store, Macon, Ga.
Major Edgar Gilmer Dawson, a distin
guished artillery officer iu tho Confederate
service, died at his residence in Baltimore
on Tuesday. Major Dawson was a son of
the late Seuator W. C. Dawson, or Geor
gia, and was horn in Columbus in 1830. He
married a daughter of Dr. Win. Terrell,
who survives him, together with three
sons and a daughter.
THE TREZEVANT CLAIM.
Major Greene, who went to Washington
to collect the Trezovant claim money, has
returned empty handed. The following let
ter will explain why he does not bring the
pittance that is causing so much annoy
ance:
Treasury department, third auditor’s
office, Washington, April 17th, 1883.—Sir:
It appears from the records on file in this
office, that the state of Georgia is charged
with a balance of $474,407.24 moneys ad
vanced to said state by Joseph Clay, dep
uty postmaster. The exact date of such
charges cannot be given as the ledger en
tries are not dated. From entries made
before and after the advance seems to have
been made In 1777. You will therefore
please furnish this office with whatever
evidence the records of the state may af
ford, relating to tho matter. Your early
attention to the same is requested, as the
settlement of the claim of said state has
been suspended for explanation of the bal
ance above referred to.
I am very respectfully,
E. W. Keightley, Auditor.
Hon. James A. Greene, Agent State Geor
gia, Washington, D. C.
That was a hard blow it was at first
thought. The obstacle differed material
ly from the first plea set up. Yesterday
Colonel Avery went into the archives room
and arter a thorough search among the
musty papers found what is considered
enough evidence to show that the old
claim has boon settled. Among other
things tne following autographic loi
ter from President Washington:
“New York, August 10,1789.—Sir: Agree
able to the resolution of Congress of the
2d of June, I do myself tho honor to en
close to your excellency an act for settling
the accounts between tho United States
and the Individual s ates. I have the honor
to be with due consideration your excel
lency’s most obedient and mo9t humble
servant. G. Washington.
His Excollency George Walton.
The act provided for the appointment of
a commission, and it will be seen that the
letter of Washington Is dated considera
bly later than the date of the claim men
tion by Auditor Keightley. The following
autograph letter of Alexander Hamilton
oert&inly must 6how that the claim has
been settled.
Treasury Department, November 13th,
1793—Sir: The commissioners for settliog
the accounts between the United States
and individual states having made their
final report to the president, dated 29th of
October, 1793,1 am to announce to your ex
cellency that a balance or nineteen thousand
nine hundred and eighty-eight dollars has
been reported by the said commissioners
in favor of the state of Georgia.
I have the honor to be, with respect your
excellency’s most obedient servant,
Alexander Hamilton,
Secretary of Treasury,
His excellency the Governor of the State
of Georgia.
It will be seen that sixteen years after
the date ot the four hundred thousand
dollar claim, the state and the nation hail
a settlement which showed a balance in
favor of the state of nearly twenty thou
sand dollars. The facts were forwarded
to theauthrities in Washington yesterday.
—Atlanta Constitution.
OUR NEIGHBORS.
MERRiwBjng^ April 26- 1833.
Editors Union a Recorder;
and D kmSat n M ft8 , tllr0Wn hom a mule
and killed at Mr. j.*,. stiles’ on Tuee-
day.
Miss Sidney Distnukea and Miss Min
nie Lawrence have returned from visiting
friends at Americus.
A mad dog killed at this place on Mon
day. The citizens en mass turned out to
mob him. Mr. E. Z. Brown mounted his
steed and followed him nearly a m n e ancJ
Prof. Wingfield armed himself and follow
ed gallantly.
Decoration day, redolent with its rifled
sweets, brings memories of too sad a
thing to write more. E.
WILKINSON.
From the Southerner.
Mr. Jim Mason presented tho editor with
a bunch of ripe cherries.
Grand Pic nic and ball at Toombsboro,
May 3d.
Some planters near Gordon think they
will be able to ship ripe peaches by the
30th of May.
The route for the railroad to No. 16, C.R.
R. will be surveyed immediately.
Mrs. Jas. Denton of Gordon has raised
about forty dollars to have tho Baptist
church plastered.
ThU3 far there has been about 125 tons
of commercial fertilizers Sold at Gordon
this season, an*! only about 50 bushels of
western corn sold. This last news speaks
volumes for the farmers.
There are several people fi?ing near Gor
don, who have comfortable cives in which
they can shelter themselves when a storm
or a cyclone conies. We hear of one man
who will build a chimney to his next win
ter.
Robert Hatfield has got the best plow
horse in the world. He has also got two
and a half acres of land that yielded 1dm
1,050 pounds of lint cotton last year. And
not long ago a tree fell on this piece of
land, four cuts of which made 430 rails,
and enough of the butt left to make 1,200
feet boards.
WASHINGTON.
I From the Herald. |
Mr. W. H. Parker is dead; aged about
60 years.
Mr. H. P. Thigpen and Miss Sallie E.
Burress were married on tho 15th of April,
and Mr Geo. M. Lindsey and Miss Gillie
A. Wood on the 17th, ail of this county.
Tho editor’s table was supplied on
Monday with strawberries of his own rais
ing.
Mr. Turner went out turkey hunting one
morning this week mid killed four gobblers
at one shot.
Gardens were perhaps never more prom
ising at this season of tiie year.
The beautiful spectacle of receiving three
young persons into full membership was
witnessed at the Methodist Church last
Sabbath.
On Saturday last the engine tender on
tiie S. A T. railroad took lire near Tennille.
by fire being conimunicattsl to an oil can,
and lietore it couid be extinguished tho
woxlen work or tho cab was badly burn
ed.
• The oust of holding the election in San-
dersvilleon Tuesday last as Judgo New
man informs us was $)4.00. and as the vote
polled was only 102, it makes the cost of
each vote about 14 cents. The game is
hardly worth the candle.
HANCOCK.
From the Sunbeam.
The polls were opened on Tuesday in
front or the stores on Broad street. This
.is what we would call an <>t>en ballot.
Mr.andMrs. Henry Fraley of Baldwin
county were in Sparta oil Sunday. Mr.
Krale> Is one of toe thoroughly indepen
dent farmers of Baldwin, as is attested by
his beautiful home and tiie magnificence
of his surroundings.
Rev. L. A. Patillo was In Washington
county last week and was informed by
one of the most reliable farmers in tho
county, that there had not been a single
sack of Western corn sold iu the county
this year and that country corn was plen
tiful at sixty-five cents per bushel. It
pains us to state that Hancock’s corn crib
is In the West.
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Talmage on Husking.
Ears of Corn that Don’t Mind It, and
Others that Do.
“My hearers.” shouted Rev. Dr. Tal
mage, from his pulpit iu the Brooklyn
Tabernacle, on a bright Sunday morning
last November, “going at the rate of forty
miles an hour last Wednesday, I got this
sermon on husking. God has arranged
that the ear and the husk shall bo parted.
Every rheumatic pain is hut a thrust of
tho husking-peg; every neuralgic twinge
Is only a twist of the husker. Thus he
takes away what hinders your soul’s lib
eration.”
Poetry is permitted to preachers; but
the fact Is, nobody wants to be husked, nor
does any one believe that tho body is to
the soul what tho husk is to the corn.
No the other hand, Nature teaches
us to fight tills husking process. Hence
most people are thankful for whatever can
abato those “rheumatic pains’ and
“neuralgic twinges.”
Ttiat, at toast, was the view taken of the
subject by M. Alfred Baer, a French gen
tleman who, at his pleasant home, Green-
mout, near Sing Sing. N. Y., said, tha other
day, to a reporter:
“My lite has at times been rendered al
most intoleiable by Rheumatism. I had
tried different remedies without result.
But Parker’s Ginger Tonic gave me great
satisfaction. You may toll Messieurs His-
Cock A Co. or New York—the proprietors
—that I certify to its perfect efficacy, as
the Tonic has completely restored my
health. Please say, also, that they are
welcome to use my name, and ask them
to accept my thanks,” added the courteous
Parisian.
Rheumatism Is a sympiom of kidney
disease, not an affection *>f tiie joints or
muscles. Parker’s Ginger Tonic purifies
the Blood, and acts with a success beyond
that of all other preparations in cases of
Dyspepsia, Liver, Kidney and Stomach
disorders, amt in common Cough# and
Colds. Prices, 50 cents anil $1 per bot
tle. The latter the more economical.
DEATH OF AN EMINENT DIVINE.
Greensboro, April 27.—Rev. E. Wads
worth, D. D., one or the most eminent min
isters of the Methodist Church, died here
last night at 8 o'clock in the 73 J year of his
age. He liad served as President of La-
Grange College, Professor in the Southern
University, as pastor of churches in
Lynchburg, Montgomery, Mobile, Greens
boro and other points, and as presiding el
der of the Mobile district.
“The best advice may come too late
Said a s fferer from Kidney troubles, when
ask**d to try Kidney-Wort. “I’ll try it but
It will be my last dose.” The man got
well aud Is now recommending tiie reme
dy to all snff**rers. In this case good ad
vice came just lu time to save the man.
Hill’s Hair and Whisker Dye, 50c.
The most difficult arithmetic that a man
has to face is when he tries to reconcile a
$20 salary with a $30 wife.—Puck.
CATARRH OF THE BLVDOER
Stinging irritation, iullamation, all Kid
ney and Urinary Complaints, cured by
“Buchu-paiba.” ’$1.
Atlanta voted on a cow law the same
day her citizens voted for Governor. It
was very proper that, haring voted for
a “bully” Governor, they should pay their
respects to the other klne.
WHO WOULD BE SO CRUEL, SO UN-
natural, as to refuse to buy one bottle of
Shriner’s Indian Vermifuge, when h-* knows
that worms are destroying his child? This
Is no trifling matter.
For sale by John M. Clark, and E. A.
Bayne.
It’s a Fixed Fact!—It’s a fixed fact
that the Empire Store is the leader of low
prices InMacon. Below a fist of a few of
the many articles can be seen.
Albatross cloth at 25 cents per yard.
Kyber cloth at 25 cents per yard.
French buntiDgat 25 cents per yard.
Nun’s veiling at 20 cents per yard.
Fine Unen lawns at 18 cents per yard.
Dress ginghams at 9 certs per yard.
Good checked muslin at 9 cents per yard.
Send for samples.
The defeat of prohibition In Decatur
county is the first check given a cause
that has swept everything in Georgia for
the past two years. There are now fifty-
two counties in tho state from which li
quor la shut out. Tills comprises about
one-third of our territory and contests are
being arranged In fifty additional coun
ties. The drift i9 unquestionably toward
prohibition, the experience of the counties
that have tried It Is favorable, and I
judge there must have been some local
reason for Its defeat in Decatur county.—
Atlanta ConstltutionJ
You’ll find silks In all styles and colors at
the Empire Store, Macon, Ga.
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