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DA FLY ENQUIRER • SUN; COLUMBUS GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 28, 1886.
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A Laboratory Analysis of the Brother in
Black.
Hit PecalUrlticH, Prariilections aid Sonjrs-Pn.
neraln, Exfundons and Waierimdomi—A Funeral
that Unlaed a Klee Crop—The St, Johns River
ItouMtabout and the Mnstr He Makes with Ills
Mouth.
One day during the last presidential campaign
I stood in the midst of a mixed throng at a politi
cal meeting in St. J hns parish, Berkeley, South
Carolina. A negro lawyer had the stand' and his
dearth of ideas necessitated frequent repetitions.
He began his speech by saying, “I aro glad I’m a
negroand he got off the same thrilling senti
ment about five times in the first fifteen minutes.
On the outskirts of the crowd there was a white
man who deemed ft a part of his patriotic duty to
confrise the speakers of the opposite party when
ever he could. On this occasion he was loaded
to the gunwhale with country-
made corn Juice. But he stood by
his post; in fact, he leaned against it. About the
fifth time the colored politician exclaimed, “Oh,
I am glad I’m a negro,” the hilarious democrat
gave a lurching hiccough, and pointing a long
bony index finger at the speaker, replied: “You’re
d—d easy satisfied.” But it has always been a
question with me whether the "in vino veritas”
rule held good in that case. In other words, ft
li&> often been a question with me as to which
one of them was right.
Who would not be a nigger? (A man who
spells it with one g is too stingy to give the nig
ger the benefit of the other one.) People who
p ty niggers because they are niggers are
wasting their sweetness on the desert
air. Yes, who would not be a niggor? No
sickness can bleach him, no sun can burn him.
His complexion defies the elements and his con
science defies the decalogue. He gets more sap
and sustenance and sleep and contentment
wedged into his three score years and ten than
any other man of any other race.
Negroes ? I have seen them bare
headed and bare-footed and almost bare
bodied, but I never saw one thoroughly hungry
in my life, except in his own imagination. I
know a museum keeper who will give $10,000 for
the hide and skeleton of a nigger that starved to
death. They don’t die that way. After applying
the law of nature’s compensations all around
It would be hard to discover just where
Cuffe gets left. Caucasians who laugh at Cuffe’s
little number three brain ought to remember that
he has a thicker box to keep it in than any white
man that ever lived in any age or country.
The nigger is not nature’s parody on the white
man. He is suigeneris. Ethnology does not explain
it, but in one sense the nigger race is the most
stable in the world. I do not mean in character.
In that he vascilates like a child. In that, like
Reuben, ‘unstable as water he does not excel.’ I
mean he is stable in his nature and customs. No
-climate, nor association, nor training can mate
rially effect his nature and customs. In this re
gard his nature is a very Mede and Persian law.
You may teach, you may polish the nigger if you
will,
But the horse-laugh and flat foot will cling to
him still.
There are climates that militate against morals.
Go to a New England village and find a dozen
■staid and pious deacons, who take their hymn
books and silver-headed canes and silk beavers,
and walk demurely to church with their wives
and children each recurring Sabbath morn.
Place these dozen deacons on one of the South
Sea islands aud drop the curtain, leaving twenty
years between the acts. When the curtain rises
on Sunday at 11 o’clock, twenty years after the
transfer, do you find them en route to the
sanctuary filled with meditation and resonant
with religion ? Do you ? You find them on
their way to a cock fight with as many gaffed
roosters as there are ex-deacens, with
their arms sticking out at the elbows
and their unshorn hair protruding through the
tops of their hats. This is, in a general sense,
fact, not speculation. Here is where the stability
of the nigger conies in. Find him in New Eng
land, and find him twenty years later on a South
Sea island. You will find him in both places
with a fu«l stomach and a ragged back, and he j
will tell you in both places that a watermelon
and a funeral are God’s best gifts to
No
vicissitude cuts deep enough to curtail his taste
or corrupt his nature. The nigger! God bless
him. I have sat with him in his
‘‘Little old log cabin in the lane,”
and heard him tell about “hanks” and
aperrits who passed him in the
darkness and pulled their hot breath |
in his face and whispered strange secrets in his j
ear; I have stood about the hunter’s camp fire j
with him on the bayous of Louisiana and in the j
wilds of Florida, and I have 3een bis black skin j
glisten and his white eyes roll in the red glare of
the rude fire-light as he related the seventh- j
heaven ecstocy of his religious experience; and I
have interviewed him when he was arrayed in j
clerical broadcloth aud gold-rimmed spectacles
and carried the ordination papers of an African
Methodist Episcopal bishop in his pocket; but all
the time, in all these phases, he was the same
nigger to me. And he will be the same nigger
forever. Neither civil rights nor the Blair educa
tional bill will ever penetrate skin deep into
him. To the last syllable of recorded time his
soul will feed alternately upon jigs and religion,
and the blast of Gabriel’s trumpet will catch him
fingering with his banjo and his Bible.
The weakness of the nigger for funerals is a
well grounded tradition as well as an ever-
recurring fact. When a member of a colored
community dies he becomes at once a canonized
saint. He may have been shiftless, lazy aud un
reliable, but the Jordan of death over which he
has passed has washed him whiter than snow'.
The grave purges him into a cherubim.
His every word and act aud
look for months preceding his death
is conned and rehearsed with awe and rever
ence. Ask one why he pays such superstitious
homage to a dead friend whom he would not
have trusted with hi.® wife or his chickens while
living, and he’ll answer: “Of course we must
show him respect. Enty he libin wid Gaud een
de New Jurusluin now?” The family that has
been lucky enough to become proprietor of a
corpse, and consequently a sort of ex-officio board
of directors of the ftineral, at once takes a leap in
the social scale. Everybody wants to get in with
them and be friends with them. For the inti
mate friends of the family are the honorary
mourners, and they alone can sit with
the regular mourners on the^e served seats
and “weep with them that weep.” Rivalries for j
the position of honorary mourners frequently
arouse bitter and life-long enmities. The rice
field negroes of South Carolina die like philoso
phers and are buried like lords. I knew a white-
haired patriarch, a colored preacher there, who
must have died with simon pure old age, if any
man ever did. He claimed to be 112. I think he
was older. His life light went out like a candle
that burnB out in it* socket, and, like a shock of
corn that is ftilly rifce for the eternal harvest, he
was gathered to his fathers. He literally shouted
his way through the Mb en gates of death. And
perhaps he had a right to do it.
He had lived up to tbe measure of his
capacity. It is true that wlie“ bis numerous
progeny stood about his dying couch there were
more children there born out wedlock than
in it, but that fact appeared tc •ccasiou him no
concern. I doubt if he ever thdWSht of it. That
was merely a difference of opinio® between h m
*nd the orthodox moralist, and i iS he hone9t, y
1 thought! with the odds agfdnst thtj moralist. He
! looked typon thfc marriage ceremony ius uomo-
I tiling fdr the exclusive use of white people, and
j something upon which a darkey had no more
claim than he bad to civil rights. Aud he never
ceased to deride the doctrine of civil
rights. When this old man was buried the
hands on six plantations lost two days from
work in the most busy aud critical time for the
crops. His death left a deep impression on the
rice planters, and several of them were visibly
affected by ft. I heard one young rice planter
swearing a quarter of a mile away as he sat on
his fence and saw the ftmeral procession with its
hundreds going to the grave on the one side and
his crops goiug to the demnition bow-wows on
the other.
But Cufle’s chief joy is the cheap railroad ex
cursion. For days before it comes off it is his
morning prayer and his evening meditation. It
makes no difference where the excursion is go
ing. One place does as well ns another. It is
the excitement and ihe ride that Cuffe wants. In
a southern sea coast city where I lived once a
railroad got up a grand annual colored excur
sion to another city, 200 miles away. The colored
porter of the office with which 1 was connected
was a character. He signed his name “Wilyum
Riley.” “Strapped” was “Wilyum’s” chronic
condition. He was even with the world in one
sense—he owed about as many as he
didn’t owe. I loaned “Wilyum” three
dollars to buy a round trip ticket
with. That was three years ago. But he will
pay me some day, I know. For he said he would.
After he had purchased his ticket he appeared at
the train into which the darkeys were packed
like black peas in a pod. “ Wilyum” was arrayed
in a grass linen duster and a battered beaver, and
wore bis breeches in his boots, which had red
tops. He v as going to a city he had never seen.
He didn’t have a nickel In his pocket, or any
thing else of value nbout him, except his ticket.
He was not even armed with a lunch to fortify*
him against the uncertainties of an absence of
two days and a night. And yet a
happier and more radiant smile
never fringed the ivory of any nigger on
earth. He strutted up and down the length of
the train and bowed to the ebony “ladies” with
the air of a prince. There was not a care or an
apprehension left for him in all the world. I
envied him. Who wouldn’t be a nigger? The
train pulled out on its tedious journey. When
dinner time came Wilyum went to the water
cooler and took a glass of water and tightened
his belt two notches for dinner, and then sat
down to enjoy the scenery. Arriving
in the other city late in the after
noon Wilyum began to realize that he would
have to rely entirely on his diplomacy
for his bed and supper. He encoun
tered an; aged nigger fishing on the
docks. Wilyum approached the aged nigger aud
the following dialogue ensued:
Wilyum—“Enty I bin see you somewha befo’
dis? Seem lak I see yo’ face een Cba-alston dis
Christmus gone bin two yeah.”
Aged Negro—“I ain’t no Cha-alston nigger. I
raise een Virginny.”
Wilyum—“I ain’t oat nuthin seuce yistiddy.”
Aged Negro—“Wat ail you? Appetite dun fail
you, or hab nuthiu fur to eat?”
Wilyum—“I ain’t hab nuthin’. JWho eber heah
ob my appetite fail me?”
Aged Negro—“I ain’t got no grub een my
house, bruddah, fur gim you. I jis cutu down
heali Air ketch some catfish fur me an’ de ole
’oman suppah.”
Wilyum—“Does you know a black ’oman name
Miz Lindy Washinton wot live een Yamasce? 1
see her dere to de big meetin’ een August.”
Old Negro—“Oh! hush, chile, you ain’t know
Lindy Washin’ton fur sho, is you?”
Wilyum—“Who? me? Cose I knows uni. I stay
at lie husbun tent durin’ ofdebig oainp meet-
in’.”
Aged Negro (throwing down his fishing pole) —
“Cum heah, bruddah, and gin me yo’ ban’.
Lindy Washin’ton my wife’s si stall, chile. You
say you hongry ? You go home wid me. De ole
’oman bound Air skeer up some grub Air you,
and you shill hab de comp’ny bed wat we keep
fur de presides’ elder w’en he cum on he quar
terly rouu’.”
Wilyum—“Tank you, sail, I will. Wat yo’
name, uncie? I want to put lira dowu fur ricko-
leck you by.”
Aged Negro—“Who? me? My name Isom
Ithett. I blong to ole Kuroel Rhett wat live an’
die right heah ’een Beaufort. Oh! he was a man
w’en he was libin’. Nun dese yer wite folks ’een
dese days ain’t bin know wat rich was. Kurnel
Rhett own six plantashuu and tree hundred uig-
gnh. I was he carridge driver, aud he ’low he
trust me same is he do his own chile.”
“Wilyum” was entertained royally by Uncle
Isom and his wife, to whom he represented him
self as a newspaper man, and considering the
condition of “Wilyum’s” finances he was in good
trim to personate one of the profession. Nor
can it be said that he was practicing a deception,
after all. “Wilyum” lit the lamps and swept the
floor in a newspaper establishment.
The ambition of the average young negro’s life
is to be a roustabout or deck hand on a steam
boat. It is a weird sight to stand on the upper
deck of a St. Johns river steamer, which is
leaving Sanford at night, and watch their antics
and hear their songs. Generally the wives and
sweethearts of these fresh-water sailors arc on the
dock to bid them good-bye as the steamer casts
off her lines. To northern tourists it is a forty-
horse circus, and I have sometimes thought that
the steamboat officials actually required
these performances for the entertainment of
their passengers. As the boat sounds her gong
to back oft*, these roustabouts may be seen in the
glare of the electric lights roosting on railings,
rope coils and cotton bales like a convention of
dilapidated scarecrows. The women on the shore
begin in a weird voice:
“Farewell, broilers, ef you bound to go;
We’ll weep for to see yo’ face once mo’.”
The scarecrows respond :
“I’ve lef my gal ’mongst Sanford scenes,
For she is young, jist in her teens,
Roll Jorden, roll.”
Then the women on the receding shore
fairly “whoop it up” with the following:
“Ducks nlttv cards an’ chickens drink wine,
An’ monkeys grow on sour grape vine,
Corn starch puddin’an’ pumpkin pie,
De gray cal scratch out de black cut eye,
Roll Jordan, roll.”
And back comes the refrain from the boat:
“Forty pound of ginger bread an’ fifty weight of
cheese*. ,, ,
A great big pumpkin' an’ a bandbox u pens.
Hull Jordan, roll."
The roustabouts continue with this
"Dip me, have me!
Sisters you an’me
Come git in de boat for we all gwine to (loat.
For to dip in de golden sea.”
Tlie women reply:
■•Good Mr. Jesus settin' een de prow,
Conte all you niggah’s an' make yo bow.
Oh! I look down ou de worl below,
An’ watch dem white trash shublm snow,
While angel llshes da nip my toe,
As I dip c-en de golden sea.'
And then the men proclaim the following
piece of sacred history—
"Ole Adam he was de fust built man,
Dat’sjis what de good book say
An' Ebe cum next, den sin began,
Dal's jis what dc good book say.
Ebe bit de apple right in two,
A wicked ting fur Ebe to do,
Yas! Dat’s wnat de good book say.
The nigger is a tropical creature, and in Amer
ica. the south is ltis natural home. The southern
white man is his best friend, and his natural pro
tector. Realizing this, the nigger is rapidly
identifying himself with the political party upon
which the south rests its hopes of advancement
and progress. The brains of the white man and
the muscle of the negro will yet construct out of
the south and her resources another Eden, whose
architecture and railways and schools, whose
towering steeples and waving harvest*, and per
colating fmntains and pendant fruits, will rival
in beauty and nurpass in reality the faldod para
dise of Mahomet. H. D. H.
Tnlliot Suporlor Court.
Talbot superior court has adjourned, after a
two weeks’ term. Wush Maxwell and Henry
Thomas, both colored, were found guilty of
burglary and sentenced to the penitentiary.
Betsy Mason, colored, who was tried for assault
with intent to murder, was found guilty of asdftult
and battery. Oliver Harris, colored, was found
guilty of simple larceny aud recommended to the
mercy of the court.
Funeral of Colonel Alexander.
The funeral of Colonel i\ \V. Alexander took
place from the Episcopal church yesterday morn
ing at 10 o’clock. The services were conducted
by Rev. Dr. W. C. Hunter, and wore attended by
a large number of friends. The following gentle
men were the pall-bearers: N. N. Curtis, C. B.
Grimes, E. E. Yon go, J. M. Russell, John Pea
body, John C. Woolfolk. A. C. Flewellen, Geo.
W. Dillingham.
Answer to Two Correspond outs.
NVe generally furnish by private correspond
ence prompt answers to this paper on business
matters. We deviate slightly to-day in that the
answers have more or less of public interest, and
will answer other like queries.
1. L. S., Ocala, Fla.—We do not at present feel
at liberty to disclose the name of the author of
the ’‘popular medicine ’ articles. Wc fully
concur with you, however; they arc ‘enter
taining by being free from technicalities, and
valuable by their originality.” We can
also add: Any fact that requires technical
ities aud circumlocution to express it is scarcely
worth the printing in a newspaper. We invite
your special attention to “ Advancement in Med
icine” in this issue. It is Aill of interest.
Guardian, Troy, Ala.—1st. No, the state does
not furnish any of the money for the public
schools of this city. 2d. None but residents of
Columbus have access to them. 3d. They aro
free absolutely as to tuition; only a small inci
dental charge is made scholars to partially cover
use and abuse of books and for fuel, both being
furnished by eity.
MSI' OF I, I ITT FK ft.
List of unclaimed letters remaining in the Co
lumbus, Ga., post ollice for the week ending Sept.
26. If not called for within thirty days will be
sent to the Dead Letter Office:
Andrews miss J
Bailey miss P S
Baker S icol)
Beasly mrs M
Billingly miss M
Blucknall E G
Browths U
Bryant missN(col)
Brown J
Bullard W M
Campbell M
Cornell miss A
Carlton T
Chester G
Chapman mrs M E
Clayton mrsG W
Clark J W
Clinton miss M
Coleman miss F L
Coleman R
Cook G (2)
Collins C
OondayJ
Cox W
Cues miss F
Curtis miss J
Daniel H (col)
Dawson miss C (2)
Denson rev J M
Duncan J R
Ely miss W
Dunn mr
Esop miss F
Ferrill M M
Federli A
Fegans G
Foster miss D
Fomby E
Fort A
Fuller mrs K
Gardner A N
Galloway W H
Hammond L H
Harrison C
Harris mrs A
Hamene mrs S
Harrison H
Hawkins miss J
Heath C
Henry miss M
Hix mrs L
Horne W C
Hunly M M
HuntG D
Jakes A
Jinkins miss L
Johnson miss L
.Tones Z
Jones miss A
Kidd mrs V E
Kimbrough A
Kooch miss L
Laprade II1’
Larner miss A
Lay field H
Lawranee G
Lewis J
Lewis E
Lewis mrs N W
Little mrs M E
McCrary miss A
McGehoe mrs C
MamnerSchmidt J
Merritts H
Melton miss R
Moore miss A
Moone J
Marion mrs M M
Murphy miss L
Mirax mrs M
Nathan & Openhimcr
Nelson It
Norman T L
Nobles mrs N A
Norton mrs HM
Parker W
Parker miss P
Patterson B
Pearce W P
Pender mrs C
Peterman mrs A
Purkins I
Perry E
Register F R
Reed E
Renfroe AI
Raw miss P
Robinson M (col)
Roddgers miss M
Sapp miss G (2)
Searcy A
Shore miss M E
Simpson R
Smith miss .T
Smith miss M
Smith mrs C
Stafford R E
Stanton miss E
Thomas G
Thoinus N
Thomas miss T
Thomas E
Turner H R
Turner A
Turner mrs M
VinouC
Vincent W
Wade miss L
Walker A
Wald roup i
Walton mrs A
Walter M
Whitaker F M
Williams mrs S
Williams mrs P
White mrs A
Wigan/, mrs W
Wilson miss M
Willis mrs M A
Willis miss V
Worley W
Yarbrough E T
v arbrougli J F
When calling for these letters, please Bay they i
are advertised, giving date.
THOS. J. WATT, P. M j
God UIohh tlie Children.
Nothing has been so productive of health and |
diminished so much the suffering and mortality i
among children os Teetiiina (Teething Powders), j
Tebthina allays Irritation, aids Digestion,
Regulates the Bowels, Strengthens the child, I
Cures Eruptions and Sores and makess Teething I
easy.
All Druggists and country stores keep Tbhth-
ina. Brannon <fc Carson, Columbus, Ga.,
Wholesale Agents, supply the trade at manu
facturer’s prices. iy4 d&wlv
I give the largest piece of Lorillard’s Climax To
bacco in town for 10 cents. Lorillard’s Fine Cut
Tobacco, at Crane’s Cash Store. dtf
Superior Spectacles and Eye Glasses a specialty
With C. SCHOMBDRG,
dtf The Jeweler and Watchmaker.
F. G. WIM4I.YN,
General A.net ioneer. Ileal KNtnle,
Stork and Mond Agent.
Special attention given administrators’, execu
tors’ and assignees’ sales, selling and renting
Real Estate at public or private sale. Office over
Abbott & Newsom’s corner.
For Sale—My Residence on Broad street,
jell if F. G. Wilkins.
Tlie f lly Regis fry Mat
Is now open for registry ofall citizens desiring to
vote in the approaching municipal election.
Those who are liable to a street tax and have not
previously paid it, are required to pay at time of j
registering. M. M. Moore,
sept 18 lino Clerk Council. |
A Curd.
I consider it too soon to make announcements !
for the election which takes place in January,
1887, but as others are doing so I wish to say to j
my friends and fellow-citizens that at the proper j
time I shall announce myself a candidate for j
Tax Collector, and hope to merit their support. I
N. G. Oattis.
Wimberly, Ga., September 1st, 1886.
sep2 dtf j
Choice Goshen Rutter, Extra CreamC'heese,
Chipped Dried Beef, Boneless Pig’s Feet and
Choice Tripe in 3 lb. tins, Boston Baked Beans,
Cooked Corn Beef in 1 and 2 lb boxes, Imported
and American Sardines, Spanish Queen Olives,
Finest Olive Oil, Stove Polish, Bath Brick, Sapo-
lio for house cleaning, at Crane’s.
dti
Ilf*IH4)yhI Notice.
We have removed to No. 1022 Broad street, be- j
low the Central Hotel, where we will continue to |
keep the choicest line of Cigars, Tobacco and
Liquors.
We call especial attention to our celebrated
Imperial Wedding Whisky and fine brands of
Key West and Havana Cigars, and kindly ask
our friends to favor us with their orders.
Louts Buhlkr & Co.
Sole Agents for the Celebrated Aoheuser and
and Budweiser Bottled Beer.
sep!9 tf
Local H<;ppeninfl9 in Brownevillc and
Girard for the Week.
Ilrou.ii'Tilh 1 Still I’rmrrcssiim ItHiglnns Nofc*.
Tlie IVnrk of l>« utli—A Colonel In Trouble.
Minor V< »vh Topics an<1 IV r so mil Matters,
Thelittleci’y of Browtieville is still puraulngthe
even tenor of its way, without jarring or discord
or exhausting excitements of any sort whatever.
Business has commenced slightly to revive, and
as the season advances it i8 to be hop* d to see
times more lively, the people more cheerful
and money move abundant. It Istxtremely for
tunate that there has been hut little sickness up
to this time and fewer deaths than for any sum
mer of the past ten years. The hot went her,
which has been unusually severe and protracted,
is beginning at length to yield to refreshing
breezes a.vl more endurab'e temperature, mid
nlready the people are looking pleased at the idea
of the depart ing summer. The town officials re
port a continuance of good order, and say the
town wau never so quiet in its history. It is
pleasant to note that the good people are im
proving in all respects, socially, mentally, moral
ly and in a business point of view.
Church Now*.
The last quarterly conference of the year for
Girard and Trinity was held at the latter church
last night, Rev. J. M. Mason, P. E., in the chair.
To-day this divine will finish up his labors in
this part of the district by sermons at Trinity
morning and night. The best of friends must
part in this world, aud yot the parting always
brings sadness. Those who have Hat under the
ministrations of Rev. Mr. Mason during the past
four years have learned to venerate him as a
minister and love him as a man, and all in the
community will regret that the time has come
when he must sever his connection with the dis
trict. Alabama has but few abler ministers, and
none who labor more indefatigably in the Mus
ter’s vineyard.
There will be services at the Browneville Bap
tist church this morning aud evening conducted
by the pastor, Rev. J. W. Wilson.
Rev. H. J. Redd, of Northport, Ala., will
preach at the Primitive Baptist church in Browne
ville to-night. All friends of the denomination
are invited to attend and give him a hearing.
Rev. J. M, Brittain has been called to the min
isterial charge of the valley Fro® Will Baptist
church, has accepted the call and will enter upon
his duties next Sunday. The call of Rev. Mr.
Brittain gives general satisfaction to the church
and community, and it is confidently expectod
that the good work will prosper in his hands.
Rev. John Fuller, who has resigned this
church, is a faithful and good man, and his
brothers in Christ greatly regret to extend to
him the parting hand. Mr. Fuller will preach his
farewell sermon at 11 o’clock this morning.
Death of Miss Lucy Ely.
The people of Browneville and Girard were
shocked and grieved to hoar of the death of this
charming young lady, which occurred in Atlanta
last Thursday, whither she had gone two weeks
since to spend some time with relatives. Miss
Lucy was the daughter of the late Prof. M. B.
Ely, and was just expanding into lovely woman
hood. She hail grown from a little child in
Girard and Browneville, and in each place was
well known and greatly beloved. She leaves a
stricken mother and sister in Browneville, who,
while they have abundant sympathy, cun only
look for supporting grace to Him who doeth all
things well.
A Colored Colonel In Trouble.
Col. Robert DeVniighn, the colored bootblack
in Browneville, seems to lie the corning man
among his race in that vicinity. Bob having
acquired a competency in his original pursuit,
was aspiring to ministerial honors, but alas, in
an untimely hour he fell -fell into the bunds of
the “perlecce” and was locked up. His offense
was aiding and abetting in street fights among
the b-hoys. Bob looked like a very interesting
picture as he gazod through those unfeeling and
remorseless bars. Messrs. Cummings and Smith,
willing to stand for Bob’s better behavior, he
was released from “durance vile” and is now at
liberty. May he long enjoy its sweets.
Browneville Brief*.
The dust is very plentiful.
A good shower would be a welcome visitor
about this time.
The doctors report little or no serious illness,
and tlie sexton made no interment during the
week.
The county line brick store which James Hum-
mersgill commenced a few weeks ago is now un
der headway.
There was a pleasant social at the residence of
Mr. <i. W. Doles Friday night, so the young peo
ple say who attended.
There will be a Sacred Harp singing at the Prim
itive Baptist church at 3 p. in. to-day, conducted
by Prof. Irvin and others.
Mr. M. C. Moon has opened a shoe shop in
Sutumergill block and is doing well.
A negro man aged about 70 was married
the other night on a doctor’s certificate of births
and deaths. There were no bona fide license in
town; a wag fixed up the bogus affair ami the
old mau made the trip. So they say.
Mr. Jus. Moon and Miss Lizzie Eliott were
married on the 23d by Rev. Mr. Huckabee at
Broad Street church.
Davy Echols, colored, who claims to have been
here when the river was a branch, und helped to
dig it out, was married to an aged friend the
other night.
A festival will la* held at Carders Hall on
Friday and Saturday nights next for the benefit
of the Good Templars lodge. A worthy caiisc.
Come and help us The knights are especially
invited to attend and help us.
There will be a called conference at the Moun
Olive Baptist church of Brownville next Thurs
day night. All of the members ure expected to at
tend.
Hive the Devil Ills Due.
Old chronic, eye-sore book accounts tend to
keep in memory trusted frienus, but with us
these are altogether too expensive us a luxury,
worthless as a keepsake, unsuitable forachaim
string, a dead drag on tlie market, and not fit for
soap grease. Enemies, poor devils, owe us
nothing, because they pay u» they go. From the
former, good Lord, deliver us just now; to the
latter we make this earnest, stirring und feeling
appeal, aud do hereby most cordially and re
spectfully solicit their highly esteemed, val
uable and substantial patronage, at the Lively
Drug Store, Lively, Ala.
GlBAUD NEWS.
The Outlook in the Town of Uiranl Religion*
Revivals —Current .News mid Personal Notes,
Matters arc wearing a cheerful aspect about the
village. The district hands have been at work
on the roads and are putting them in most ex
cellent order. That speaks well for the village
government. The public schools will open on
the 4th of October with a full corps of teachers.
Everything considered, the people of Girard
have cause to congratulate them
selves upon the improvements, in
a public way, which have been and are
now occurring in their community. With so
fair a start as they now have, with the great pro
gress they have made within the past two years,
with their many natural advantages and with
the fine social and moral tone which now per
vades their midst, surely no mere difference of
opinion or of policy will do more than create a
temporary ripple upon the surface. I knufy* of
no community of people throughout the limit.-, r f
the state who, everything considered, are more
fortunately situated. If they continue to advance
for the next five years ns they have for the past
two they will indeed have occasion to rejoice in
their surroundings.
(it ii re li Notes,
The now Baptist church is getting fairly under
headway and bids fair to be a handsome
structure.
The revival meetings at the Methodist' church
were continued nightly during the week with
encouraging success. Wc hear that Mr. Cum
mings will continue them another week. He
will conduct services to-day ami to-night.
II Irani Bus dp.
The brick woik at the ravine is progressing
rapidly
The Good Templars claim to be still doing a
good work in Girard, where drunkenness is a
rarity.
Bennett Brothers will remove their store to the
Snyder building next week.
Mr. Win Howard has rented the upper rooms
in the cyder building cud will open a boarding
bouse. He thinks the enterprise will pay.
Ominous posters impart the pleasing informa
tion that the tax collector will bo around in Octo
ber.
Fall turnip crops have almost entire failed in
Girard owing to the hot, dry weather.
There were only two interments in he ceme
tery during the week. Both were children, and
one a non-resident.
Judgment Day.
The following is clipped from the letter of the
Wuukeenah correspondent of the Monticello,
Fla., Weekly Constitution. The author of the
letter is Mr. Tote, of Waukcenalt, Fla., who is
personally known to a member of the Enquirer-
Sun staff as a perfectly reliable man. It is re
produced here simply for what it is worth to dif
ferent readers who may regard it differently. The
most remarkable thing about ft Is the coinci
dence of dates in the prophecy of I’rof. Wiggins’
earthquake and the old woman’s judgment day.
It is to be hoped that the two programmes will
not conflict with each other:
“There is considerable excitement among the
colored people over on Lake Jackson. An old
colored woman was taken sick on last Thursday
a week ago. The next day she apparently died
and was laid out as a corpse, but it was discov
ered she did not become rigid. On Saturday
morning she arose on her couch, and. in a very
emphatic voice, advised a number of persons
present that she had been on n visit to God. She
indulged in a lengthy experience, and warned
them that the world would come to an end on
the 29th of tlie present month, and that she
would finally die on the morrow at 10 o’clock,
and sure enough the old woman did bike her de
parture ut the hour stated, and she was buried.
This occurrence has greatly alarmed the colored
people of the neighborhood, and many will look
ror a grand destruction of earthly things on the
20th.”
, : CITY JDKI U VTOItE.
Drugs. Fancy A riIcles anti limit Nun*
ilric**.
We are now receiving a new supply of all Fancy
Goods and Staples in our line.
An endless variety of Bristle Goods, Tooth
Brushes, Hair Brushes, Nail Brushes, Baby
Brushes, Shaving Brushes, Blncking and Cloth
Brushes. The best 25c Tooth Brush ever sold in
this market. A beautiful Child’s Crush for 15c.
Combs of any kind and style.
All makes of Face Powders. A beautiftil assort
ment of Puff Boxes, PuffH and Sachet Powders.
A large line of Colognes and Extracts from
every maker of prominence. Our White Rose
Cologne cannot be surpassed in the United
States.
We carry the largest und most varied assort
ment of soaps of any house in the city, from 5c to
75c a cake. A special bargain at 50c per dozen.
Our drug department is kept supplied with the
best and purest drugs. Our motto being the best
only. We have secured the services of Mr. Win,
McLendon, jr., of Thomasville, a graduate in phar
macy, and in every way qualified to fill prescrip
tions, to which work we give special and careful
attention.
Wo have a full line of Teas and Spices, which
we guarantee pure.
Large lot of Slate Sponges.
Give us a call. Polite attention given all.
CITY DRUG STORE,
dtf Geo. A. Bradford, Manager.
To 11»4* Voters of .11 ( oiinfy.
I respectfully announce myself a candidate far
Treasurer of Muscogee county, and earnestly
solicit your support. I need the office, and will
be thankful for your assistance. I am here to
stay. Election on the first Wednesday in Jan
uary next, 1887. Jordan L. Howell.
sep23 1 h se&w
NV anted.
A sot of books to keep ut night by a competent
bookkeeper. Address "Horace,” Enquirer office.
sep22 wed fri&se
For ftult* nl ii llartf-aln.
Three handsome Hanging Lamps and one set
of Parlor Furniture. W. C. Pease.
»ep22 codtf
NrllOOl 4>l' MiimIc.
I will resume my class in music October 1. Am
better prepared Jian ever to instruct, and desire
young ladies us well as children. Lessons vocal
and instrumental. Musicales monthly. Public
entertainments every three months.
sepl‘2 se&wed t scp26 Miss Mary Kivlin.
Superior SjuMdaeles and Eye Glasses a specialty
with C. Sciiomuuro.
dtf The Jeweler and Watchmaker.
Arbuckle’s Ariosa Coffee is self-settling, always
full weight, and six pounds for one dollar.
dtf It. H. Crank.
<’4>111nil*tt* IMireitosiitg Agency,
Being frequently called upon by parties at a
distance to purchase goods and quote prices in
this market, have decided to make it a specialty
in our business, and hereby solicit orders from
all who may wish any assistance in the matter
| of buying or having goods made up in any par
ticular style. We are supplied with all the latest
| Paris and New York fashion books, which we
consult in selecting buttons, trimmings and dress
| goods, also in purchasing cloaks, wraps, gloves,
! bonnets, hats, and every article that is required
I in making up a complete outfit for a lady.
! Special attention given to bfidul outfits and hull-
j room costumes. Our most accommodating and
experienced merchants will give us the benefit
I of their personal aid and good taste in filling all
I orders. Address all communications to
Miss Mollih Lewis,
Columbus, Ga., P. O. box 113. |
j sepl2 wed&ee tf
TOWN LOTS
For Salt* lit WiiY4*rl.v llall. R< orgia. I
We will offer for sale on November 1st, 1886, at j
the above mentioned place, immediately on the j
line of the Georgia Midland and Gulf railroud (a !
new road that is being built from Columbus to |
Athens, Ga., connecting with the Central, East j
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia, Richmond and |
Danville railroads). Lots suitable for building j
residences, stores, etc. Waverly Hall is situated in i
the “garden K|H>t” of Georgia, farming lands j
yielding above an average. The best school and i
church advantages already established. Society |
is as good ns any city in Georgia or elsewhere.
People are alive to anything progressive, and !
willingto lend a helping hand to any who umy I
locate in our midst. It is one of the best trade |
point* in Harris county, being thickly populated I
I already, and only needs the new ruilroud now J
being built to make it the nicest town in the state.
Heulthftilness of the place is unexcelled. Water
the best. Between 2500 and 5000 bales of cotton j
I will be shipped from this point coming season,
j This alone will be worth the consideration of
I thoughtful business men who wish to do a good
I business without having any heavy expense. To
j those who wish to give their children the very
best educational advantages, our |>cop]c especial
ly ask them to come und locate among us. All
parents ure well aware of the advantage of edu
cating their children in the country than in the
cities in a moral point of view. Lots will be
sold without reserve or limit to the highest bid
der. Any further information or inquiries will
be choerftilly answered by applying to
J. H. Pitts & Son,
Bepl(lwed,se,td or W. I. H. Purrs, P. M.
*‘.\ol II <lll4*ttt J4»ll 4»f ItraillN.*’
Wichita, Kan., August 22, 1886.
To the Agent of the Mutual Life -Dear Sir:
Success in this world is not a question of brains.
Last winter I made the acquaintance of a gen
tleman who used to be worth $250,000. During
these years he took out $11,000 15 year en
dowment in the Mutual Life. When it had run
11 years he broke up in business and lord all but
his policy, for which the company paid him
I $8,000. This gave him a second start. He said:
“if I had not taken an endowment policy I
would now have to work by the day, as the
money paid for the insurance would have gone
into the business.” Respectfully,
D. C McKinnon.
J Need we say anything relative to the ad visa- I
| bility of preparing a financial umbrella for the j
! proverbial “rainy day” by taking a policy in the !
Mutual Life. I). »■’. Willoox, !
| dtf Agent Mutual Life Insurance Co. j
For lax 4 ollector.
1 announce myself as a candidate for Tax
Collector of Muscogee county (election j
January next;, and respectfully solicit the sup- .
port of the voters of said county.
aug29 dtf wlin Oliver P. Poe.
Wafrh Unking:.
J. If. Bramlrall, Practical Watchmaker ami
Jeweler, makes a specialty of repairing fine
and complicated watches that have been in
jured by accident or otherwise, at moderate
charge. dtf
F4>r 4'4»rom*r.
1 hereby announce myself a candidate for Cor
oner of Muscogee county, and ask the support of
the voters. J. II. Patrice.
sep22 wed&se
For Tax K4*4*4*i v4*r.
I announce myself a candidate for Tax Re
ceiver of Muscogee county, and respectfully
ask the support of the voters.
»ep22 tf J. H. Harrison.
tf AltliUTN IIY TELKCiBAPH.
C'olton.
Liverpool, September 25. — Noon.— Cotton
market business good ut unchanged rates; mid
dling uplands 6' rt d, Orleans 5 7-16d; sales
12,000 bales—for speculation and export 2000
bales.
Receipts 5000 bales -1600 American.
Futures opened irregular, at following quo
tations :
September 5 19-6ld
September and October 5 13-dP«z5 14-64(i
October and November 5 8-64f«>5 9-64d
November and December 5 6-61
December and January 5 bA'Auyfr 6-64d
January and February 5 5-6P»i.5 6-64d
February and March 5 7-0ld
March und April 5 9-6UI
April and May not quoted
‘Penders of deliveries for to-day’s clearing 00
bales of new docket and 00 bales of old docket.
2 p. m.—Sales to-day include 10,200 bales of
American.
2 i*. xi. -Futures: September delivery, 5 19-04d
sellc s; September and October, 5 13-6id buyers;
October aud November, 5 7-6-kl buyers; November
and December, 5 6-61 a buyers; December and
Jnnurv, 5 56id buyers; January and February.
5 564<1 buyers; February and March, 5 76kl
buyers; March and April, 6 964d buyers; April
and May, 5 I164d buyers. Futures closed
steady.
New York, September 25.—Cotton firm—
sales 206 bales; middling uplands
Orleans y 9-lGc.
Consolidated net receipts 20,667 bales; exports
Great Britain 00, to continent 00, France 00;
stock 272,057.
VIHIRLK SUPPLY.
New York, Sept. 25 The total visible supply of
cotton for the world is 1,040,627, of whicn 681,-
097 is American, against i,14-1,061 und 801,161
respectively last year. Kereipts at all interior
towns 65,577. Receipts from pluntaiuns, il-1,473.
Crop in sight 213,865 bales.
NEW YORK AND NEW ORLEANS FUTURES.
New York,September 25 Net reeeiutsOO, gross
0305. Futures closed firm; sales 96,100 bales,
as follows:
September 9 16-100(^0 17-100
October 9 17-100^9 18-100
November 9 25-100(n>9 26-iOO
Deoei.iocr j .jo-100w,« 31-100
January 9 38-10QW.9 39-100
Febru.'iy 9 47-100^9 18-100
Marc.1 9 56 100fg»9 57-100
April 9 6-1-100(^9 65-100
May 9 73-10074-100
June 9 81-100(40 82-100
July 9 89-ll)0(«.9 90-100
August not quoted
Green & C■>., in their report on cotton futures,
say: it lias Oeen a strong market throughout. A
liberal issue of October not ices caused a oreak of
2-«v3 points on near options, but that was about
the worst shown, and from which a partial re
covery win afterwards secured.while late months
stood up well and were taken freely in exchange,
a great deal of business being of a swapping
character. There was also some firm buying, in
cluding a few outbide orders.
New Orleans,September 25-2:35p. m—Futures
steady; sales 11,800 bales, as follows:
September g 93-100 bid
October 8 9.3-100(^8 91-100
November 8 86-100to,8 87-100
December 8 88-100^8 89-100
January 8 96-100^.8 97-lt0
February 9 06-100(u>9 07-100
March 9 16-I00(g»9 17-100
April 9 26-100(a*9 27-100
May 9 36-100(0-9 37-100
June y 47-100i*» 48-100
July 9 54-100(^9 55-100
Galveston, September 25—Cotton steady; mid-
lings O'./jC; net receipts 6102, gross 6102; sales
1208; stock 45,211; exports to continent 00, Great
Britain 00.
Savannah, Gu., September 25.—Cotton firm;
middlings 8 15-16c; net receipts 5637, gross 5637;
sales 2350; stock 45,609.
New Orleans, September 25. —Cotton market
quiet; middlings 9'..,c; net receipts 2735, gross
•*609; sale.* 900; stock 33,690; exports to Great
Britain 00, to continent 00.
l*roviNi4»iiN.
Chicago, September*25 Flour dull, unchanged*
southern winter wheat $4 15(^4 50. Mess pork -
September $9 15(«-9 67' y , October $9 45^ 9 67',.
November $9 47 J . < /" 9 7o. Lard September $7 25
fy/7 .‘10, October $0 15(a6 30, November $6 07 1 \
i'($0 10, Short rib sides for cash $6 90. Boxed
meats drysalted shoulders|6 25 short
Umcr Hide8 Ut 10 ^* 7 15, The mui 'ket ruled
New Orleans, September 25.—Rice steady; no
prune offerings Louisianna, ordinary to good
<•1 3!,|C. .Molasses steady; Louisiana open kettle
good prime to strictly prime32c, prime 20"i 22c,
fair 15(i/ 16, good common 13(a Me; centrifugals,
hrmer prime to strictly prime 10(Vi.20c, fair to
good lair 12«(j 13e, common lo good common 11
12c.
IjOuisville, September 25. Provisions, market
steady; Bacon, shoulders $6 75, clear rib $7 30,
cu-ar sides $8 VI'Bulk meals—clear rib sides
•j. 20, clear sides $7 65; mess pork $10 75. Lard
- choice leal $8 uo "« 25; hams, sugar-cured, 13c.
Grain.
( iiicAuo, September 25.—Wheat -September
i~ » " « c ' October 73 1 , 73",c, November 75*
, » .«•. cm n closed September 36'.,(.» 37c, October
3». , "3. _.e, November 3K v" 39* „c. Outs closed—
September 25* M c, October 2V25' „o, Novem
ber 26' J‘i 26*.,e.
Ujuimvillk, September 25.—Grain, market
quiet: Wheat, No. 2red 73c. Corn, No. 2 white
42*.c. Oats, new No. 2 mixed 27c.
Kngur hiiiI Cnflco.
New Orleans, Sept. 25.—Coffee dull and
lower — Rio, in cargoes, common to prime,
9‘ *((J'9%c. Sugar quiet, steady—open kettle, prime
5’ *c, good fair to fully fair 4U,(« 4 7-16c, fair4' t c,
common to good common 4 1 ■. <f (a>4 , V h c: centriftials
firmer; white 5*4(o,5 7 hC, choice yellow clarified
5 7 ^c, prime yellow clarified 5\ta 6c, seconds 4*4
C.
Kosin anti Turpentine.
New York, September 25.—Rosin dull-
strained $1 00<g,$l 07 j a* Turpentine dull, at
85%c.
Savannah, September 25.—Turpentine quiet,
at 35c; sales 100 barrels. Rosin firm —good
strained 90c(«*$l Q7K; sales 500 barrels.