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THE ALBANY NEWS.
OLD SERIES—Vol. 37. }-
ALBANY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 22 1880.
{ NEW SERIES-Vol. 14, No. 40.
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THAT I All tTILt
BEADQFABVERB
For the Splendid Light-running
WHITER MACHINE
Id T diflkTeol style*. at price* from f» to f«5 com*
■her, el*o, that I carry a splendid stock of
General Merchandise,
Fine Liquors, Tobaccos, Cigars, clc.
Gan ayd price my goods before baying elsewhere.
Very respectfully.
K, S. STEPHENS.
January 2^ lSSfr&a
LAWYERS
Z. J. ODOM,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ALBANY, GA.
Collections, large or small, a specially. Will at
tend promptly to all basioess entrusted to bis care.
mplS-79 lr
W. t. JONES, JESSE W. WALTERS.
JONES & WALTERS,
attorneys at Law,
ALBANY, GA.
Ofice orer Centra! Railroad Bank.
innlS-ly
Lott War* en,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
JALBANV. oa.
DOCTORS*
At HOLMES. W.M.DxMUSS
Drs. Holmes & DeMo3S,
3>I
Albany *
W. A. STROTHER, M. D.
ALBANY. GEORGIA.
Office over Gilbert's M Store.
All orders left at the Drug Store will receive prompt
attention. jan 7-1 y
Dr. E. W. ALFRIEND,
a lCSf BCTFULLY tenders bis serrices.Tn therm
i rJoaa branches of bis profession, to the citizens
M Albany and surrounding country. Office opposite
Court House, on Pine street.
HOTELS
The Old Reliable
BARNES HOUSE,
rise Si., Albany, Ga.,
THE JOHNSON HOUSE,
SMITHVILI.K.4UA..
I* the plane to stop an.l get a GOOD.
SQUARE MEAL.
MARKET SQUARE,
SAVAHNAH, OA.
Rates $1.50 to $2.00 per day, according
to location of rooinn.
JOSEPH HERSCHBACH,
April 29, 1880—ly. PROPRIETOR
J. W. JOINER,
WATCHMAKER and JEWELED
LOCATED AT
W. II. Gilbert, Ag’t, & Co.,
BROAD STREET.
I, UAUUUUJ
AND JEWELRY!
ATOCK COMPLETE!
Repairing a Specialty !
O'er Otuioui solicited.
fn U, lMt-tlU aor U J. W. JOINER.
Letters from the Officers of
Worth County in Reply
to the Vindicator.
Isabella, Ga., July 19,1880.
KtUtort Albany .Vein:
Dear Sirs : I notice in the second
number of the Worth County Vindi
cator an article signed “Voter," which
I consider to be a very unjust, prej
udicial and base attack upon the of
ficers of our county. As I am one of
these officers you will please permit
me to briefly reply to it through your
columns:
Mk. "Voter:” As I am one of the
officers of Worth county, perhaps one
of those poor ones that you have ref
erence to in your communication in
the second number of the Vindica
tor, for you make no exception. I
would snv that my official ads are
under the immediate supervision of
the Grand Jury, which is composed
of 23 of the most intelligent and up
right citizens of the county. They
have not complained, but on the con
trary have at each and every term of
the court reported niv work as satis
factory. Tlte court nor any one else,
notwithstanding my long stay iji of
fice, have ever prepered a rule against
me for neglect of duty or agriev-
ances.
I seldom apply to any other coun
sel than the statute !atr of Georgia,
unless in doubt of sonic tceluiic.il
point of law for advise.
I would ask if you are so blind, so
'gnoraut and so base as to not know
that the ablest jurists in our land
need advise at times? Do you not
know that the mind of man is limit
ed? Do you not know that there ever
was a Franklin, Webster, Washing
ton or a Socrates ? No. You, like
Argus, have an hundred eves, and
they, unfortunately for you, arc al
ready in the peacock's tail.
When was the Tax C’ollectoraround
for your Poll ? Didn't Cupt. Alford
pay it for you ?
I hope the Vindicator may be of
much benefit to you, as von so highly
appreciate it. Are you a subscriber
for it ? and have you paid your suh-
scfipitnul akJuuca ssa M, luUr«ot in
the concern? I was thinking of try
ing to get up some subscribers, but
will wait for advise upon this point,
as I do in niv official transactions, so
you say.
I admit that wc need a Courthouse
and Jail, but am of the opinion that
the substantial tax payers will not
agree with you as to Capt. Alford's
place being the place to build it,
though bring out those hoys and be
sure to put several of those square
meals in your old carpet sack. I
mean that old one you brought with
you when you came to this country.
Von are accustomed to carrying it I
know, and it will not weary you.
Should you chaDce to drop in here
(Isabella) without ore of those square
meals Mrs. Sumner or Mrs. Cox
might want a little pay for one, and
the one you got when here before.
I have no objection to cither of the
gentlemen yon name for office, but
am surprised at their not being from
Capt. Alford's place.
As your ting is hoisted,
Anil your banners unfurled,
Come out from the breastworks
And let your tail curl.
Yours as ever,
C. G. Tipton.
Isabella, Ga., July 18,1880.
Editor* Albany 1Veics:
Dear Sirs: In justice to inyself
the Hon. Grand Jurors and the other
officers of Worth county 1 hope that
you will allow me space in your col
umns to reply to a piece written anil
published in the Worth County Vin-
lieator of last Thursday’s issue, writ
ten by some unknown person, and
signing his name “Voter,” in which
said Voter speaks of the poor officers
of the couuty, the cliques, rings,
square meals, and the removal of the
county site, or as he calls it, the coun
ty “scale,” to Alford’s place, on the
15. k A. K. It., at .Sumner. From his
writing it appears that his object is
to blame the officers of the county
because the county site has not been
moved. lie says that he is a hack-
woodsman ; and from his writing I
must confess that I do believe he is a
backwoodsman, and one that lives
far out in them. He, from his writ
ing, is opposed to an officer asking
legal advice, which leads me to he
lievc that lie thinks lie knows the
Jaw. Rut I must request him to re
frcsli his memory, anil read the Con-
slitution of the State of 1877, and by
reading that lie will find out that it
requires two-thirds of the legal votes
of the county, voting at an election
held for removal to some particular
point before it can he done, and if lie
should fail to read that I will refer
him to a hill passed at the last l-cgis
hiturc, which hill was introduced by
the lion. G. G. Ford, of this county,
Providing the way, (See page 44, acts
of the Legislature of 1879) which say
that there shall he two-fifths of the
tax payers of the county petitioning
the Ordinary to order an election for
said purpose; and then it shall re
quire two-thirds of the tax pnyers
voting for one particular place, as
shown by the last tax digest made
out. Before then it cannot he done,
and I ask, Mr. Voter, lias it ever been
done. I will ask him another ques
tion, and this is it: Have not the
Grand Juries at every term of the
court advocated tiic removal ques
tion, and tried to get 11.3 people to
comply with the law that the ques
tion might be settled ? Haven't (hey
gone ahead and appointed commit
tees to locate the place, and have they
done so; are they not voters of the
county, and, in the eyes of the law,
its guardians? Do you, Mr. Voter,
consider that ihc promise of a three
thousand dollar Courthouse <gm and
will buy the votes of the county? If
you do you arc sadly mistaken. The
people of Worth at times may be
led, but I will tell you that when you
undertake to force them you will find
that to be the most unpleasant job
you ever undertook. And as for
square meals, 1 can say this much,
that I have been here nearly four
years and I have never known the
day or the time but what I could get
as many square meals as I wanted,
anil any one else, at Mrs. Sumner's
or at Mrs. Cox’s, and that which was
good and plentiful; and I will defy
any gentleman that has ever been to
either of the places to deny it.
Xow, sir, I will refer to the Code
of Georgia, section 3,920 and 3,923,
which requires the Grand Juries of
the county to inspect and examine
the books of the officers of the coun
ty, and if they find them not proper
ly kept to report them for the same.
Has anything of this kind ever been
done ; and if the officers are so poor
why is it that Judge G. J. Wright
and the other Judges compliment
the officers for the good condition of
the county ?
Do yon not know Hint such pieces
reflect badly upon the voters of our
county? Now, sir, I will say this
much, that so far as cliques and rings
are concerned I want to know where
you will find one, unless it is about
whore Mr. Voter lives. I an in fa
vor of removal, provided that the
county site can be moved lo the near
est central point on the It. & A. It. It.,
and to the host advantage of the peo
ple at large.
I was one of the Vindicator’s
best friends, and had began working
fo* it, and would have inserted a no
tice in the August issue, notifying the
people that 30 days thereafter the Or
dinary’s official notices would he
published in the Vindicator; hut not
because I have ever been mistreated
by the Albany News. I have nt-
wajs been treated as kindly by its
editors as I could wish. And I now
say that wc officers will refrain from
said notices.
Very respectfully,
T. M. LirfiTT.
A roolonce more,
“For ten years my wife was con lined
to tier Us] with sueli a complication of
ailments that no doctor could tell what
was the matter or cure tier, and I used
up a small fortune in humbug slid)'.
Six months ago I saw a U. K. flag with
llop Kilters on it hilt, mill I thought
I would Is: a fool once more. I tried it,
111 tin: U. S. there is one ileiilisl for
every 4,000 persons.
“X” From Koine.
The Eternal Hills, Politics, Etc.
• Rome, July 15th, 1880.
The city of hills I hills that discov
er the peuk of Alto and tint long
dusky outlines of Pigeon and Taylor!
Far away Die dim, misty summits oi
the Blue Ridge mingle with the sky.
In tlicir silent, voiceless majesty they
speak of the days tiiat arc gone.
Whcu Xcncphouc led home the “im
mortal ten thousand when Aga
memnon marshalled his cohorts un
der the walls of Troy ; when Moses
received the law amid the tliundcr-
ings of Sinai, those mute monitors
stood there as they stand to-day.—
Those peaks glowed in the frcsli sun
light of creation's first morning witli
the same sombre and impressive
beams which full on them
now. “And so ’twill be when I am
gone." Sentinels, upon ctcnity's
watch-tower, their solemn vigil is
“yesterday, to-dav and forever.”
When centuries upon centuries shall
have passed away, their summits
will bask in the same bright beams,
anil their lengthening shadows lin
ger and fall upon the same lovely
valleys
“’Though other feet shall walk these
dells.”
The health in this section is good,
crops promising amt rains plentiful,
while the rust and the caterpillars
are visitors seldom expected, rarely
arriving and never specially disas
trous.
Rome and its adjuncts—Forest
City, Hillsborough and Desota, so
well and favorably ventilated hy the
city papers that any comments on the
subject would be like the repetition
of a “thrice told tale.” I see newspa
pers from everywhere, and I declare
to you that the American people are
praising Hancock. I have known
dead celebrities to be lauded in this
niamier, but not the living. Neither
Grant, Lincoln, nor even George
Washington ever raised the wild, ir
repressible, universal outburst of ap
plause that now rings from shore to
shore. I'm tired of it! “Upon what
meat dotli our Ctesar feed that he
hath grown so great.” I'm a candi
date for the position of elector for
the Stale at large on the Weaver
ticket.
I sec that Judges Vason and Jones
have both got Col. Tift by the cars.
Gentlemen, two upon one is foul
play. Come, let the Colonel alone;
lie’s only getting the bile oil'of his
stomach. Col. Tift is a gentleman
and a patriot, and I would be glad
to see him elevated to such a position
as is merited hy his eminent talents
and unquestioned' integrity, hut in
camping on the Colquitt “horn” lie
has exhibited a good deal more pluck
than discretion. Our fricml, Green
B. Mayo, once hail a light with a
friend of his in the piazza of a hotel.
After dealing some study blows, all
of which Mr. M. was unnblc to repel.
The friend at last landed him over
the banisters with the stroke of a pro
digious cudgel. Badly stuned and
terribly bruised, Mr. Mayo rose from
tiic ground and looking back witli a
defiant air—“Now, g—<1—n you, I
reckon you’ll let mo alone.”' Col
Tift did his best in tiic Dougherty
primary convention, bound himself
powerless to repel the Colquitt.furor,
and us lie fell overboard, well might
he exclaim: “Now, Colquitt, dog
gone you, I reckon vou'l let me
alone.”
I'm about done writing my-vapory
squibs for publication. The end of'
July will be tiic end of my useless
scribblings. I jested about it before,
I'm in earned this time. I will save
paper, postage and time hy quitting,
mid harm no one. Those editors who
have kindly sent their paper free, ex
pecting mi occasional letter, need
send them no longer with that expec
tation. Next week's letter to the
Sumter Republican will positively
he Hie last from X.
Actors And Tlicir Habits.
Our actors are not, as a class,
church-goitig, and even the “little
church around the corner,” though it
be the chosen spot for histrionic fu
nerals, is seldom visited by the pro
fession except on such sad occasions.
One reason why the theatrical profes
sion do not attend Sabbath services is
found in their exhausting labor or
Saturday, when a “matinee” is got. -
erally added to tlicir usual perform
ance. Many of them go througli the
week’s labor on a stimulous and arc
at its close utterly worn out. To this
may be added that disinclinations to
hear solemn truths which generally
marks all classes which minister to
the lovers of pleasure. Such is the
general description of the play-actors
life. Having referred to the "little
church around the corner,” whence
so mnny of this profession have been
borne to the grave, the suggestion
may be offered how few of this num
ber reached even middle life! It may
be said, indeed, that no other profes
sion has in the same time been visited
with such early mortality. Actors
have a hard life, and are soon worn
out. A few yqars ago Lydia Thomp
son’s troupe of blondeB was a promi
nent feature in the dramatic world,
but most of the number are now in
tlicir graves. Many of the young per
formers now under engagement in
the theatres of the city are sinking in
health, and the roll of the early dead
may soon receive some additioal
names. 'William Niblo lived to be
ninety, but lie was not a player nor
even a manager, in the present accep
tance of the term. The old-fashioned
stage life was not as destructive as
tiic present, and yet long life was
even then a striking exception. The
only player that ever passed four
score was Macready. Mrs. Siddons
readied 75, which was ten years moro
than tlie life of her gifted brother,
John P. Kemble. The senior Booth
died at 55, while Cooke was but two
years older at the lime of his death.
Kean died at 45 and his son (Charles)
was not much older. Garrick lived
to GH and left the record of a very ex
emplary life. Turning to tlio Ameri
can drama, 1’iacidc readied three
score and ten, and Forrest was not
much older. Ilackett reached the
unusual age of 75, while Cliarlottu
Cusnian was hut little past CO. Such
is the best record of long life tiic
drama can boast.—[Troy Times.
A correspondent writes lo tiic Post
the following significant letter: Gen.
Winfield Scott Hancock was horn in
1824. Was nominated as a candidate
for president at the twenty-fourth
presidential election. It is twenty-
four years since the Democrats have
had a president. In Cincinnati,
twenty-four yenrs ago, Hie Democrat
ic party nominated a Pennsylvanian
for President and elected him. Gen
eral Hancock was nominated on the
24th of June, and will carry the
twenty-four slates named below at
the November election: Alabama,
Arkansas, Connecticut California,
Dcleware, Florida, Georgia, Indiana
Lousiana, Kentucky, Maine, Mary
land, Missouri, Mississippi, New
York, New Jersey, North Carolina,
Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Caroli
na, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West
Virginia.”
Morgan county is experiencing
another terrible drought.
J. W. SHEFFIELD,
Americas, Ga.
W. S. BELL,
Albany, Ga
SHEFFIELD & BELL
DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF
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SWEEPS
HOES! HOES!
We desire lo call your special attention to our
Improved Sweeps
TIIE
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If yon want to repair that old buggy or wagon, come and see ns and we
will fit you up with new material.
If the flies trouble you, come and bnv one of our FLY FANS or FLY
TRAPS.
We 'keep the Largest Stock in the City!
Therefore we CAN and WILL sell goods cheap fot Cash.
Come and seo us whether you want to buy or not.
SHEFFIELD & BELL,
Next Door te Gilbert’s Drug Store, Albany, Ga.
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Imported and Domestic
FRUITS, GANDIES,
CIGAR8, F *£SJi if*
TOBACCOS, GROCERIES.
FISH, OYSTERS, &c
0. J. FARRINGTON,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
Announces to his friends and former patrons that
he has opened a
Hercbant Tailoring Estakluhneat
In IttlUnghara.a Building, up stairs. Will cut and
make Costs, Rants and Vests in first-class style and
as cheap as any house in the State.
I keep always on b uid a full line of Cloths. Come
and examine my goods, and hare your Spring Suits
made right away. Kesjiectfuliy,
O. J. FARRINGTON.
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ATLANTA, GA.
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Circular No. 8.
Office of TIIE RAILROAD COMMISSION.
Atlanta, Ga n June 19,1880.
U PON a full showing ot two month’s business by
the Columbus A Rome Railroad, the.allowance
of 25 per cent.on ‘•Standard Rates,” is continued as
the “Standard Hates” is allowed as a
maximum.
JAMES M. SMITH, Chairman.
K. A. BACON, Secretary.
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