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COLUMBUS ENQUIRER - BUN: SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 10, 1886,
A Short Retrospect of the History of the
Enquirer-Sun.
VfcftMni Who Own and the Mon Who Make It—A
Paper That Sprang Into Existence In the liny* :
•fOs furls mul Stage four hen How It lias Kept j
Paae with the Progress of the Dh) -It Taken All ;
the fount!*) in It* Scope of Unet’ll Incas.
Tlie history of this paper la coeval with that of
ColumhuH. When only n few rude log huts
vmrked the site of the now beautiful and flour-
whing city, the Enquirer flung its banner to I
the breeze, which has never since trailed the |
dust. Among its first readers were the wild red
wen of our native forests. Through all the vary
ing vicissitudes of the city, through weal and
woo, through adversity and prosperity, the old
paper has lived on, though many of its old
editors and publishers have gone down to “the :
vile dust from which they sprang.” but not
“unwept, unhonored and unusing. M lake all old
papers it has had an eventful experience, and its
fortunes have fluctuated like those of the men
by whom it was supported. Its col
umns, from the first, contained faithful
records of all important events of the city and
section. It sprang into existence in a slow age,
without the experience and facilities for news
getting of the present. period of “bright light,”
and it is interesting to compare its old and new
issues. The best talent from the first was brought
to bear in its editorial management, and several
of its first editors won for themselves imperish
able renown. At t lie time of its birth there were
no daily papers in Georgia and but few in the
union. Railroads and telegraphs were not
dreamed of in this section. Those were the
days of ox carts, and stage coaches were
•onsidcred a luxurious mode of travel, j
It took six weeks to go to New York, and news j
from Europe in fifty and sixty days was consid- J
©ix d fresh and spicy, and the publisher of such
“late” intelligence was pronounced exceedingly |
enterprising. Hut presto! a half century has j
•lapsed since then. Railroads are everywhere.!
Telegraohs flash the news from every quarter, j
and telephones talk it from state to state. Time j
and space seem likely to be annihilated, and yet
the world moves on, thrones and dynasties turn- |
ble, and humanity lives and dies as usual.
A nil IKK HISTORY OP Tim ENQUIRER-SUN.
A brief outline of the history of the Enquirer |
may not he without interest. It was started by
kliraheau H. Lumur, the last week in May, 1828, i
and it is consequently now in the 69tli year of its !
age. Yet, as was said of lapses, “its eye is not
dim nor its natural force abated.” It is neither
n hoary-headed nor mossy-backed institution,
but claims to be youthful and wide-awake. Mr.
Lamar retired from the paper in 1830, and was
succeeded by .lames Vunness and Hon. H. \V.
Hilliard, whos history is well known in this
section. Lamar seems to have been again con
nected with the paper in 1834, when he sold out,
went to Texas, afterward became first president
of that republic, and died therein 1849. After
this W. B. Tinsley was proprietor for a short
while. He was succeeded by W. L. Jeter and H.
W. Flournoy. In 1838 Flournoy, Marks &
Chapman were editors and proprietors. On the
19th of July, 18-13, R. T. Marks sold his interest
to Flournoy, Ragland & Fetor. Rutland and
Flournoy were at the helm for many years,
Flournoy dying in 1868 and Ragland in 1873.
Flournoy was editor duriug a strong period of po
litical excitement, and his pen was considered u
power in the land. Prior to the death of Mr.
Rugland, Mr. T. K. Wynne was associated with
him for several years as co-proprietor. Upon tlie
*tleath of tlieir father, Ragland's sons ran the
paper for about a year, when it was bought ou(
by A. R. Calhoun, of Philadelphia, who in 1878
sold out to W. L. Salisbury and C. A. KUnk. Mr.
Klink retired after a short but brilliant expe
rience, leaving Major Salisbury as sole proprietor.
This public spirited gentleman was murdered in
April. 1878, after which Mr. John King became
the proprietor and conducted the paper until tlie
16th of April. 188(1, when a stock company was
organized and purchased the paper, Mr. John
King becoming general business manager.
OF THE EDITORS
"who succeeded Mr. S. \V. Flournoy not much
need be said. Their labors are still fresli in the
minds of the public. Col. J. H. Martin has long
borne the reputation of being one of the finest
political writers in the stato. Major A. R. Cal
houn was emphaticUy a vigorous writer, but
fortunately for the people of this section his
career was as brief ns it was brilliant. Mr. J. G.
Do Vo tie succeeded Calhoun and was justly re
garded as one of the best newspaper men who
ever tilled tlie editorial chair. After his death on
April 4, 1881, Mr. John King became the editor,
but tlie duties of the business and editorial j
manager were so heavy that he placed Mr. j
Eugene Cranberry in editorial charge, and who !
has since that time filled the position, to what !
degree of success the readers are left to judge for j
themselves.
THE NEW ORGANIZATION
was perfected April 16, 188(5, and under the ;
charter and name of Enquirer-Sun Publishing j
Company, took formal clmrge'of the paper. The |
following are the oflicials and stockholders:
\ John Pen- <
is. Thomas 1
John Peabody, President.
John King, General Manager.
Directors—John King, T. J. Pea re
body, R. A. Carson, Jus. A. Lev
Chaffin.
John King W L Clark
J A Kirven & Co George P Swill jr
T .1 Pearce O C Johnson
J M Frazer Brannon & Carson
I) E Williams Peabody A: Brannon
A V Boatrlte G Gunby Jordan
Thos Chaflm C B Grimes
A C Chancellor Eugene Cranberry
A 1 Young, treas’r W A Little
S J Whiteside C E Hoohstrasser
G M Williams W () Johnson
G J Peacock W J Pearce
T W Grimes Dr N P Banks
Jas A Lewis W C Turner
I) F Willcox M E Gray
J C Reedy EJ Rankin
A S Dozier L H Chappell
C T Porter T E Blanchard
T M Foley J 8 Garrett
Col Iron Works Co C A Etheredge
A P Thornes L L Cowdery
G M Dews E N Clemeucc
Roll in Jefferson C J Thornton
11 M Moore G E Thomas, jr
John N Barnett Carter & Bradley
Geo B Whiteside B H Crawford
Geo Y Pond I) P Dozier
C A Redd C A Klink
John Blacknmr J M Fletcher & Son
Soule Redd J T Kavanagh
Toombs Crawford J F Clegg
Jno W Riddle J F Flournoy
J H Hamilton A lllges
M 1) Hood & Co J Kyle & Co
Phillip Gettinger Sternberg & Lowenberg
Wells & Curtis J F Pomeroy
A I Young Mrs A Rankin, trustee
J B Hill Dr N J Bussey
M O Berry Dr Geo Phelps
I)r Geo J Grimes Mrs M S Allen
A M El ledge Mrs E G Springer
McNeill & Levy W S Do Wolf
L F Garrard J K Orr
F J Jenkins W J Thomas
The stockholders are, as it will be observed by
all wno know them, the representatives citizens
of Columbus and include a very large majority of
the representative business men. The list em
braces merchants, manufacturers, bankers,
Urwyers, doctors, real estate owners and dealers,
cotton factors, brokers and ever)’class of business
in the city. It is an organization with which
the citizens of the city are thoroughly identified
and to which they give their cordial co-operation,
Those composing the stock company rre in foil
sympathy with any and all movements to advance
the progress of the city and the larger the field of
usefulness occupied by the paper, the more is it
jftleasing to them.
TilK RUBINHM OFFICE.
The entire general management of tbe paper
is under the charge of Mr. John King, and the
following arc the officials and assistants:
John King, General Manager
Felder Pou, Secretary and Treasurer.
L. M. Harris, Mailing Clerk.
EDITORIAL STAFF.
The editorial stalT is composed of the following
gentlemen:
Eugene Cranberry, Editor-In-Chief.
Henry I). Ilovvrcn, Associate Editor.
W. O. Johnson, City Editor.
T. J. Jackson, Reporter.
COMPOSING ROOM.
W. (L Turner, Foreman.
Robert F. Ellis, Assistant Foreman and Chief
Ad. Compositor.
Neal Bray, Proof Reader.
COMPOSITORS.
J. F. Brock J. W. Pate
W. S. Kennedy Wiley Williams
J. II Garrison T. II. Daniel
J. F. Wise T. J. Jackson
G. W. Tillinghast F. A. Monroe
J. F. i-’ontie J II. Parks
S J. Johnston J. W. Lewis
M. W. Wagner E. B. ( hafin
J. I). Renfroe J. A. Hhaw
J. B. Chafln George Weaver
Charles Lcdsinger Ed. W. Johnson
J. D. Kennedy P. N. Simmons
PRESSMEN.
M. Van Cook, Pressman.
Moses Finney, Assistant Pressman, and two
others.
CARRIERS.
Will Montie, Folder.
Willie Jackson George Hoffman
Thomas BunIi Guy Williams
’allie Branch Steve Jackson
Willie Half man Edward Koran
Alonzo Chadwick James Hodman
Willie Hill
Newsboys— Emmett Lewis, Mitchell Rowe,
Daniel Summers, Lockie Tnnkcrslie.
TUG HOARD OF DIRECTORS.
'flic board of directors, as named above, con
stitutes a body of the representative and leading
l of our city and section. Each individual
man on the board has achieved signal success in
life through his own acumen and efforts, and the
same number of better bussiness men could not
be selected from the registration roll of any city
in tlie country. It is in a large ineai-ure due to
tlieir names, their influence and their work that
tbe paper is now increasing its business so rapid
ly from day to-day, until it goes daily into al
most every business house and family in the city
and community and a large territory outside tlie
limits of this state and Alabama. It may not
be amiss to show ourselves
What Prayer U and How It Can Be Made
Effective.
Faith ami Karuestni-ss Among the Kssmthil Pre.
requisites—A Columbus Gun-Club Han Talks
About Guns—Tbe Flint and Steel Guns—Way
to New Improvements- Our Private NaturaiM
Discovers a Spider.
Sitting in the back room of a business house
the other day were half a-dozen gentlemen.
Among them were two ministers who rank
among the most gifted in the state as well as the
most zealous and pious. The question was
asked?
“ What is prayer?”
The gentleman propounding tbe question went
on to say that although we all pray, yet a gieat
number are unable to give the definition of this
one simple word. The minister addressed re
plied :
“ In its simplest definition, prayer is an address
to God. It must be the expression of thanks und
of adoration, or it is not a prayer from the heart,
and if a prayer is not from the heart, it is not a
prayer at all. Every Christian will testify that
prayer brings close connection between God and
man. Take a child away from its parents und
give it to others who will care for it, and if the
child shows evidence of love in return those who
have him in charge will do for him all the more
willingly, and will become deeply attached to the
little one. .So it is with God. He is good and
merciful to us, and if we acknowledge His good
ness to us by going to Him in prayer ajid asking
His care and guidance, a
FEELING OF CONFIDENCE,
as it were, is established between us and God.
We feel more of the ’ove of God in our hearts as
long a* we pray. We are kept in close connec
tion with Him. One of the strongest points in
favor of prayer is devotion to God—a feeling of
trust. If one of His children cries out “Lord,
teach me Thy will,” He will ntonce manifest
Himself to that one. Prayer is the natural out
flow of tlie human heart. Some have hail to
struggle against prayer. Prayer is the sponta
neous utterance of tlie poor troubled soul.”
THE ABOVE WAS ENDORSED
by the other minister and then he went on to
add.
AS OTHERS SEE US,
lienee we append what one of tbe leading jour
nals of tlie state has to say in expressing its
opinion of the Enquirer-Sun:
“We have always thought that the Columbus
Enquirer-Sun was as near being a faultless pa
per as it was possible to make a southern journal.
It has singularly blended ehterprisc and progress
with ability anil dignity. It has been an excep
tionally clean journal, while goahondativc and
newsy, it has preserved to an unusual degree a
certain individuality which lias always marked it
a decorous, sturdy southern conservatism—an
adherence to exnltcd methods and south
ern sentiment. The Enquirer-Sun has
always seemed to us the most typical south
ern paper of the south, and amid all of its un
doubted demonstrations of progress it has main
tained its southern individuality. This sterling
paper has just taken another step forward. It
has assumed the customary eight-page form, and
looks as cosmopolitan as possible. The Capitol
heartily congratulates the Enquirer-Sun on its
new and nobby toggery—its modern suit—and
wishes it the continued success it deserves.”—
Atlanta Capitol.
We could fill columns with complimentary
press notices, but we desire now to speak more
particularly of
the present and future
of the paper than the past. It is the aim of the
present management to placo it upon the highest
possible plane and to keep it up to a high stand
ard. The profits of the paper are a trust fund for
its improvement, and though its progress has
been marked, the goal of its ambition has by no
means been reached. It must be the inferior of
no paper in this section of the country, and no
pains or expense will be spared to accomplish
this end. Its miscellaneous matter will bo of the
best character, the telegraphic service as good as
can be obtained, tlie local news will be given in
full and general subjects will be discussed in a
fearless and impartial manner. It will be the
aim to place everything before tlie reader in the
most attractive and palatable manner. It is our
purpose to make each succeeding issue of the
Enquirer-Sun better than Its predecessor, and
in this we loci assured that we will have
THE SUPPORT OF THE PEOPLE
of this city and surrounding section. The list of
stockholders show that it is emphatically a
Columbus institution, as the principal busiuess
men of the city are its owners. There is perhaps
not another paper in the United States where
there is such a unanimity of sentiment in regard
to it, and where the interest of all centre. The
management feel that they have a grave respon
sibility in tlie trust of conducting the enterprise,
and this trust is held sacred. The confidence of
the people here lias noflbeen misplaced and their
trust will not bo abused.
The Enquirnr-Sun will be a paper for the
people, and it must and will fill all demands for
a first-class paper in each and every particular.
The ItuMioH County Register.
The Russell County Register, which now lies
upon our table, is one of the newsiest, neatest
and best weekly papers that comes to us from
Alabama. It is published by VV. C. Gucrry, an
old typo of the Enquirer-Sun office, and Wilmer
Waddell, one of the most sterling young men of
his county. Guerry has entire charge of the me
chanical department of the paper and has a
knack of making his paper look like a picture.
No young mau in his community stands higher
in every way than friend Guerry, and it is a
pleasure to know that liisefforts are appreciated.
Mr. Wilmer Waddell is at the editorial helm,
and he guides his craft with a skill aud discre
tion that would do credit to an experienced jour
nalist, though lie is yet in his teens. He has al
ready made himself prominent among men who
are themselves prominent, by the superior ability
shown in each issue of his paper. No young man
in Alabama has a brighter future stretched out
before him; nor is any young man in the state
more popular with those who know him best.
These young gentlemen offer the business men
of Columbus a valuable advertising medium for
presenting themselves to the people of Russell
and adjacent Alabama counties, and-a liberal use
of its columns would prove beneficial to them as
well as bestow patronage upon two young gentle
men, than whom there are none in the state
more worthy.
“Tom Paine, tlie noted infidel, took great pains ;
to ridicule the Christian. He seemed to be par- i
ticuUrly turned against prayer. He seemed to j
have no faith in prayer, but while he was taking
his noted trip around the world a ffarftil storm ,
overtook tlie vessel on which lie was a passen- I
ger, the winds were shrieking through the masts i
and the waves well nigh bearing the vessel down,
but where was Tom Paine? He was in one end of j
the vessel
ON HIS KNEES
praying to God to have mercy on his soul. I :
don’t say this to ridicule the man. 1 think it is I
to his credit. It shows, as I said a few moments !
ago, that prayer is the spontaneous utterance j
of a troubled heart. The trouble |
with most of us if that we never j
think to call upon God until we are in trouble.
Man was made to pray. Go into all parts of the
world and you will find people engaged in prayer.
How do you account for it? Prayer gives strength
to man in the time of weakness. Prayer secures
for man the most precious of God’s blessing.
God does not cast these prayers away to the
swine. He saves His richest blessings for those
who love Him best. In order to receive an
answer to p ayer, it is necessary to believe God
is able to answer prayer. A man might pray
from year in to year out, and if lie had no
faith in his prayers himself he would
never receive any benefit. The great move
ment of the church during the last two or
three centuries io the result of prayer. Some of
the most celebrated men the world ever knew
were men of prayer. Luther, Knox and Finney
were all men of prayer. Prayer is not designed
to change God, but is the organ by which we
receive the fulfillment of the prom's?s of God.
There is a special power displayed by God in the
answering of prayer, I don’t see where there
can be any inconstistency or lack of reason in
priiye.. God knows man’s every thought, and if
we refuse to pray we cannot live the life of con
sistent Christians. God is full of love, he lias
the power and the wisdom, and is willing to hear |
the prayer of every sincere heart,”
POINTS FOR GUNNERS.
(Joiip Are file Long Single-Barrel Flint ami Steel.
Some of the New Gtms.
Now-a-days many a lucky sportsman has made
the rafters at night and the welkin in morning
ring merrily with tlie old song:
Come out, ’Lis now October,
The hunter’s moon’s begun;
And through the wheat and stubble
Is heard the frequent gun.
To be sure we have not much wheat hereabout
and the old stubble is as bygone as the long sin
gle-barrel flint-lock that the bard who penned
the foregoing lyric probably took pot-shots with
at coveys on the ground. We have changed all
that in these days, aud now “down charge” is
seldom heard, quick work is the order of the day,
and “Die on boy” tlie order of the horn on wide
prairie and in bosky wood. How we long to see
tlie dogs quarter the ground in free ranging
strides, then halt and draw on the birds, whir,
bang, bang, and what stays belling goes to bag.
Blit none of it this year for ye scribe—so he went !
gunning in a long talk with one of the Columbus
gun club by way of a pleasant aggravation of his
mit cry. If you can’t get a thing it is some consola
tion to
TALK IT OVER.
The gun has evo uted marvelously in the past
twenty years. We can remember when the pin
fire first came in; then the central tire; and
old sportsmen patted their long-time friends and
scorned the gun that broke in two. When a
breech-loader went into the air, and a good many
of the early weapons were inclined that way,
how the chorus of “I told you so” rang out, and
when choke bores came to the front how com
plete wu° tlie discomfiture of the old boys. Now
vve have hammerless and magazine guns, and,
strange to say, we are getting back to the small
bores used by our grandfathers; for the other day
we were shown a twenty,which was listed at $375,
“very suitable lor a lady,” und any number of
sixteens of about the same figure. Tnat was an
imported gun; but there are] some mighty good
weapons made in this country, although the
great majority are imported, either finished or
in the rough, from the workshops of Birmingham
and Liege.
St. Paul Church.
Preaching at each service by the pastor.
There will be special services at night during
the week. If sufficient interest is developed by
the meetings they will be pressed. The pastor
hopes to see a generous respouse to these efforts,
on the part of both the church aud the public.
At 11 o’clock to-day the series of sermons on
The Soul and Immortality will be begun, and
will be continued from week to week at 11 a. m.
ou Sundays.
Open Air Meeting.
It is intended (D. V.) to hold this meeting this
afternoon at 4 o’clock. It is hoped several
ministers will be present and aid in the exercises.
Some religious papers will be on hand, but we
hope others will be sent to the meeting.
J. H. Campbell.
St. Luke Church.
In consequence of the indisposition of the
presiding elder, Rev. W. M. Hayes, the pastor
will preach at 11 a. in. aud 7:30 p. m. to-day.
ABOUT GUNS.
Talking with the gun club man lie said: “The
cheapest article on the market is wholesaled at
$1.50, with a discount of 25 per cent, for cash, and
it is in high favor among the colored population of
the south. The next grades are $4 and $8 25, aud
you can get a double barrel for $ 10. These are
muzzle-loaders.
THE CHEAPEST BREECH-LOADER
is a musket converted with the Sneider action.
This will cost you $2.85, and is a clumsy but
stroug weapon. There are a number of single
breech-loaders, side snaps, top-snaps and other
snaps, ranging up to $10, but none of which are
of much account, and the double guns,which run
from $11 up. A warranted gun of Aiutrican
finish cau be purchased from $50 to $75, which
will do as good work as anyone could ask.
“But the coming gun is the hammerless, and
very handsome ones are finished in this country
and wholesaled at from $100 to $125 in the lower
grades to $325 for finest work. Magazine guns
ar« also eoining to the front at about the same
figures, aud although these latter are as yet some*
what of an experiment, the experience of those
who handle rifles is in their flavor.
“The novelty this year is a duck gun composed
of seven 32-bore barrels inclosed in one which
shoots simultaneously seven long bullet car
tridges and will kill at 200 yards. Other new
ideas are combination shot and rifle barrels side
by stde, and also over and under, and a new
double gun, which is choked and rifled on the
choke so that a bullet is twiste! when fired.”
ON THE GRADE VINKS.
Our Private Naturalist Discovers u Queer Spider
und a Queer IV eb.
Entomology is not the strong point of the pri
vate naturalist of the Enquirer-Sun. In all can
dor, he can’t say that he has any knowledge in
any branch of natural science, but that is
“neither here nor there.” What he lias in mind
now is new to him and may be now to others.
His grape vines are infested, or ornamented with
the queerest spider webs, made by the queerest
looking and queerest acting spiders he. ever saw’
The web spreads in a very open and expansive
fashion, over a space of three feet or more in ir
regular diameter, in the centre of which is a
more compact structure down
which runs a white aerated stripe like
lace, as much finer than Mechlin as
Mechlin is finer than a fish seine, so closely
woven that it appears solid, and so formed that it
looks like a perpendicular stairway. And this is
not a wliim of our spider. It is seen with little
variation, in the web of even’ one of the species.
The private naturalist never saw anything like it
before, and in many years no such appearance
has been discovered on the same vines. The
spider is still more singular than his web. He is
three-fourths of an inch long, with a flat head
shaped like the ace of spades and as white as
snow, depressed below an oviform body, as black
as ink and glossy as velvet, with a row of dotted
or serrated markings all around the edge of
a rich yellow or almost golden color
so brilliant that it can be discovered on
tlie black surface before the body can be seen in
form at all. Two long legs close together pro-
trude ’on each side of the head, a smaller one
on each side of the neck, and one on each side
of the lower end of the body. He is a spiteful
“cuss.” If a hand be advanced close to him he
will jump viciously at it. I. he is disturbed by
a stick or a motion of tlie hand lie will swing
himself backward and forward in his coil with a
sort of wrathfol jerk, as if he thought he was ;
“spiting” somebody, and keeps up the motion I
for several minutes. He is a queer fellow, the !
handsomest in his race, the oldest in his work. |
and the most petulant and spiteful in his tern-!
per, and so far as the p. n. has seen or learned, |
lie is a new comer in this vicinity.
LOCAL LACONICS.
—Chicago defeated Boston by a score of 12 to 3
yesterday, thus securing the pennant.
—Several weather prophets have predicted
that it will rain by Tuesday night.
—The steamer Aid leaves to-morrow morning
at 10 o’clock for Florence.
—Mr. G. VV. Kelley, who lives at the Dessau
place on Rose Hill, is lying at the point of death.
—It was Joe Salisbury instead of John whom
the committee appointed to award the medal
offered by Prof. Hough, complimented so highly.
—A car load of wood caught fire from sparks
fr*m the engine on the Mobile and Girard
freight train yesterday morning just as it came
into the city. Fortunately it was discovered
and extinguished before any damage was done.
—There will be baptising in the river this even
ing at the usual place, between 3 and 4 o’clock,
by Rev. \V. S. Ramsey, of the African Baptist
church. Rev. Ramsey hoped to have the pool
at the church ready, but was disappointed.
Quite a large number will be baptized.
—Tlie little daughter of Mr. W. H. Luttrell, of
Waverly Hall, was reported as in a dying condi
tion yesterday.
—At the First Baptist church this morning the
subject of the pastor’s discourse will be “The
Fountain of Youth,” and at night “El Dorado.”
—Yom Hakippurim was generally observed by
our Israelitish citzens yesterday. Theii stores
were closed and appropriate services were held
at the synagogue.
—The reporter noticed a large dray load of
hardware leaving the door of one of our promi
nent hardware merchants yesterday, marked to a
retail dealer at Richland, Stewart county. These
goods were shipped via Fort Valley and Americus
to Richland. We are informed that this is a
frequent occurrence with our merchants.
—Jailor Brooks informs us that there are now
fifteen prisoners in the county jail, besides the
chain gang crowd, twenty-seven in number. The
health of the prisoners is unusually good.
Harried Yesterday.
At the residence of Mrs. L. B. Comer, on Rose
Mill, yesterday afternoon at 4:30 o’clock, Mr. R.
P. Sommerkamp and Miss Carrie Dudley were
united in marriage, Rev. G. G. N. MacDonell pe.-
formed the ceremony. T he groom is employed
as salesman in the dry ’ goods establishment of
Mr. Meyer Green tree, and is a genial, upright
and energetic young gentleman. Tlie bride is
the accomplished daughter of Mr. Enoch Dud- |
ley, of Russell county. and is one of Alabama’s
fairest and lovliest young ladies. The young
couple have a host of friends who will join the
Enquirer-Sun in wishing for them a happy and
prosperous future.
THE (TTY (’OrUT.
Fifth Dai’s Proceedings of the October Term.
Judge Porter Ingram Presiding.
The following businca was transacted iu the
city court yesterday:
The State vs. William Johnson; adultery. Nol
prossed.
Tne State vs. Joe Marion: larceny from the
house. Nol prossed.
The State vs. Amenda Stevens; larceny from
the house. Plea of guilty and sentenced to pay
the costs or serve three months on the chain
gang.
The following were drawn to serve as t raverse
jurors at the January term :
Andrew Dorcli,
T. P. McLendon.
F. M. Dennis,
J. \V. Mullins,
H. P. Fortsou,
James C. Moore,
James M. Brodnax,
Adam Barr,
Hurry Cooper,
A. C. Chancellor,
A. S. Mason,
E. A. Musgrove,
T. W. Bates,
Asha Bivins,
Samuel Crane,
R. J. Boyd,
B. A. Riggers,
E. G. Tapper,
R. S. Du (fee,
F. M. Frederick,
R. R. Dimon,
A. R. Davidson,
B. A. Fogavtv,
George E. Glenn,
James Clegg,
VV. C. Curry,
VV. C. Duffel,
P. J. Riggers,
A. S. Dozier,
S. D. Moore,
VV. M. Cooper,
Isadora Blascoer,
J. A. Cartledge,
J. S. B. Crossman,
L. C. Red field,
J. C. Duck.
Court took a recess until the 22d of this
month.
HOTEL ARRIVALS.
CENTRAL HOTEL.
F. O. Miller, Fort Valley, Ga.; Chas. VV. Mun
roe, Wynnton; S. J. Bickerstaff, Seale, Ala.; Mrs.
J. W. Long, Alabama; Jos. Summers, Harrisburg,
Pa.; F. L. Perry, Savannah; S. H. Henry, Au
gusta; H. A. Names, Pennsylvania; J. H Harris,
Alabama; T. I. Hervy, Tennessee; H. Middle-
brooks, Tate Springs; A. D. McNeely, Dauphin,
Pa.
RANKIN HOUSE.
Jacob Gleich, Columbus, O.; B. Freeman, Bal
timore; John Kern, Baltimore; A. L. Sylvester,
Walter M. Dean, New York; E. M. Head, Louis
ville; VV. E. Murphey, Chipley; T H. Hill, Chip-
ley, Ga.; VV. S. Wallace, Butler, Ga.
For Sale.
The desirable residence of Mr. O. C. Bullock
on Fourth Avenue ; also a desirable residence on
Second Avenue. Souls Redd & Co.
One of Nature's Oddities Who Flourished
in the Olden Time.
Who Wan He ami Where I)itl He Conn* Krom—Ilia
Career In tlie Went in Other Dnji-A Marriage
TliAt Depended on a Game of Poker.
I’ll never forget “Reliable Rube.” He bobbed
up in Kansas City one day ’way back in the
forties. He had nothing particular between
himself and bankruptcy, except a tanned com
plexion and the gold-filling in liis enormous
teeth. When Rube opened his mouth it looked
like a carpet-bag frill of little tombstones. He
often alluded proudly to the gold filling in his
teeth, and said that it was n great satisfaction to
a man, who had been raised well, to know that
no upheaval of the financial world could ever
bankrupt him entirely. But when
Rube was drinking and play
ing poker if he became strapped, he
would bet the gold filling his teeth without
hesitation. Belting tbe filling in his teeth gen
erally gave Rube luck, and he’d do it every time.
He generally required the opposite party to put
up fifteen dollars against the gold filling, the
condition being that the filling was to be de
livered, or its equivalent, on demand. One night
a man from further west named Brazos Ben
won Rube’s gold filling, and drawed a pair of
old-fasbioncd tooth pullicans on him to collect
the debt with. Rube wore off the window sash
around his neck and escaped amid great ex
citement.
Nobody knew where Rube came from, or what
his name was before he came to Kansas City.
They just dubbed him “Reliable Rube.” In those
days it was a matter of etiquette to always give
a stranger a new name and never enquire about
his old one. Some of our aldermen and most
prominent citizens had left the effete and worn
outeasttoavoidthecxpen.se of a trial in the
courts, believing that the same money could be-
better invested in the new and growing west.
you see when o man has dropped one or two
farms belonging to widows into tlie gaping jaws
of a jack-pot, or has thoughtlessly severed a
neighbor’s windpipe or goozle with a bowie
I knife, explanations are not fitted to that particu
lar case. Absence, and a heap of it, in the pre
scription you want filled then. Reliable Rube
may or may not have had an experience of this
kind. But he was a “mysterious stranger.” I j
never knew why they called him “Reliable
Rube.” I don’t say Rube would steal, but he
practiced tricks at poker that would have
smelt as sweet by any other name.
Rub* stuck to hi^business as constantly as any
man T ever saw. He allowed no frivolous temp
tation to lure him from it. His business was to
work a free lunch route four miles loug “day by
day,” like the manna fell. When Rube got
through with a lunch route il looked like a split
shoe-string. Rube worked his lunch route 364
days in the first year he got to Kaunas City, and
the 365th dav that he didn’t come, he was sick
and sent a substitute The barkeepers on Rube’s
route held a meeting one night, and signed
his death warrant. It was agreed that on a
certain day every piece of cheese on the route
should be plastered with “Rough on Rats,” and
every other customer notified except Rube. Sev
eral men put on clean shirts to go to Rube’s
funeral. Clean shirts were only worn at fonerals
and weddings in those days. But Rube worked
the route as usual, and fattened on “ Rough on
Rats.” He got so he would grumble if they didn’t
give it to him. The barkeepers decided he was
not a human being, so much as a cheese-eater.
When Rube was not on his route he boarded
with the widow McFadgett who kept a boarding
house, in connection with three cows, on Percival
street.
One day a young man from Boston named St.
John Fitz Andrews arrived in Kansas City. He
put up at Tie boarding house of the widow Mo-
Fadgett and the three cows. He said he came to
see the sights, and the general impression was
that Rube would show ’em to him before he
left. The Boston young man was docked in all
the colors of tlie rainbow, and he had a $50 bill
crowded into every crevice of his clothes. He
was a regular mine, an unsalted mine: and Rube
played him for all he was worth. The day after
he struck Kansas City Rube took him over liis
lunch route with hi in under pretense of
showing him the town. The dude
set ’em up in every bar when they were
going up the route. The old bums a’nd spungers
found they had a bonanza. They sent across
town for the boys who spunged for drinks on the
other lunch route, and as business was dull they
all came over In working the lunch route back
Mr. St. John Fitzandrews found an enthusiastic
audience awaiting him in every saloon, and that
night he went to bed only comfortably drunk, and
$75.60 out of pocket. That was a pretty good
showing considering he had been with “Reliable
Rube.” The next morning Rube began the route
alone and finished it alone. St. J. F. A. was in
bed, liis head sandwiched between a wet towel
and a pillow, and he was sobering up on the j
widow Me Padgett's milk—that is the milk of her [
cows. By night lie was up again. A' 8:30 p. m. ]
»S:. John Fitz Andrews and Reliable Rube sat
down to a game of draw, in the widow Me Fad- 1
gott’s parlor. The boys stepped in at nine to see |
how the game was progressing. They !
never had any doubt blit that Rube j
would come out all right but they wanted to see
how long it would take him to do it. When the
game opened Rube’s only capital was $5 and he |
had borrowed that from the Boston tenderfoot to
start with. During the first fifteen minutes the
tenderfoot bluffed Rube and won his last $5.
But Nat Goddin, the head barkeeper in
the “Lone Orphan Saloon,” loaned Rube j
another $5 at 10 per cent, an hour, and
the game proceeded. At 11:50 p. m., when
the boys came in to see how the game was going,
Rube had $675 of the tenderfoot’s money aud the
wind was still blowing his way. Rube took Nat
aside and paid him the $5 he owed him, and told
him confidentially that if lie got two more good
hands dealt him he expected to marry
the Widow McFadgett and the three j
cows and go to editing the boarding house. !
At 2 a m. the two men for some reason adjourn- j
ed to the tenderfoot’s room and the game pro- !
cceded. At 5 a. in. Rube emerged from the j
young man’s room. Rube had $900, three suits !
of clothes and undercloths, and a diamond ring !
and a gold watch. He had won everything the;
tenderfoot had. He had left him nothing but '
the bed sheets to cover with. After Rube
left there was a sound of low
weeping in the young man’s room. He was
alone with his conscience. Rube hadn’t got that.
At breakfast that morning Mr. St. John Fitzan
drews, of Boston, did not show up. He seemed
to know that his appearance in the only costume
he had at his disposal would occasion remark.
Mrs. McFadgett sent the servant girl to his room
to see if he was sick. 8he went in without knock
ing, and reported on her return that the
young man from Boston was not very
sick, but that he was only a relic
of his former grandeur. She said that if called
to see him professionally she would prescribe a
suit of clothes to be taken immediately. As
there was no man servant iu the house and the
maid servant declined interviewing St. John
again, it began to look as if he were going to
starve to death in his room in spite of the fact
that he had paid his board in advance. At last,
however, he was rigged up in a suit of the
deceased McFadgett’s clothes, in which he
waddled to the telegraph office and
sent the following dispatch to Boston :
“Dear Father : Have struck western cyclone.
Blowed clothes off back and shoes off feet. Please
remit at once and get me out of this unnatural
country. P. S.—I promise never to stand on two
queens again—providing you send the money.
“Affectionately, St. John.”
The money came and the young man went.
Rube married the widow and the three cows, and
they might have lived happily ever afterward if
Rube had not run away with a circus the follow
ing winter. “Reliable Rube” is a mystery yet—
especially his whereabouts. H. D. H.
Tlu* Lee Bonk.
In another column of this issue will be found
an advertisement for canvassers for the “Memoirs
of Robert E. Leo.” This work was edited by
General A. L. Long, military secretary to General
Lee. and contains reliable incidents relating to
! the private life and history hitherto unpublished
I of the great Christian hero, who Is honored, not
! only in the south, but throughout the world.
J General Long has been assisted in this work by
j Brigadier-General Marcus A. Wright, agent for
j the United States in the collection of confederate
| records.
j This work makes its appearance at a peculiarly
! propitious time, on account of recently published
personal recollections of the actors in tlie various
military and political events of the late war. The
contributions by Stephen*, Johnston, Jefferson
Davis, and others of the south, and by Sherman,
McClellan, and especially General Grant of the
north, have created an interest which can only
be satisfied by the publication of such private
papers as were left by this great southern leader.
General Lee seldom gave public expression
of his opinions, and though numerous works
have been devoted to his career, no author pos
sessed so personal and so intimate a knowledge
of General Lee himself and of his career as Geo-
eral A. L. Long, who shared his most intimate
confidence fr om the earliest days of the war to
the final closing scene at Appomattox.
There was no braver or more devoted soldier
in the southern army than Captain W. B. Ken
drick, the sole agent of Georgia for the sale of
this book.
Personal.
Miss Callie Law, of Union Springs, is visiting
relatiles in the city.
Hr. Joseph Flournoy, who has been visiting
relatives here for some time, left for his home in
Colorado yesterday.
Mr. Robert L. Johnson left for Athens yester
day to attend school.
Mnj. J. F. Waddell, of Seale, is in the city.
Mr. George Venerable left for Bowling Green,
Ky., yesterday, where he goes to attend college.
Capt. J. A. Shepherd went over to Butler yes
terday.
Misses Maggie and Lula Ellison, of Ellerslie,
are in the city.
Messrs. John G. Owen and John Willis, of
Waverly Hall, were in the city yesterday.
Mr. W. II. Boynton, of Lumpkin, will make
Columbus his future home.
Miss Berta Dozier, of Hamilton,passed through
the city yesterday en route to Barton, Florida,
where she goes to take charge of a school.
Miss Ella Willis, of Cottage Mills, is the guest
of Mrs. C. D. Willis on Broad street.
Col. J. M. Brannon and Miss Mattie Brannon
wer* in the city yesterday.
Mr. E. B. Pickett is out again after having suf
fered for several days with a rising on his foot.
Miss Beachie Cushman left yesterday for Ma
con, where she goes to finish her course at the
Wesleyan.
Col. W. T. Revill, editor of the Meriwether
Vindicator, was in the city yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Worrill, of Talbotton, passed
through the city yesterday en route to Mulberry
Grove, Harris county.
Mr. A F. Truett, of Hamilton, was in the city
yesterday.
Miss Bennie Crawford left yesterday for West
Point to visit friends.
Miss Claude Lewis, of Seale, is in the city,
en route home from Atlanta. She is the guest of
Mrs. Marcus.
Mr. H. Middlebrook returned from the Tate
Springs last night.
Simeon Howard, son of Rev. J. W. Howard,
and Rev. Marion Hendrix, will leave to-morrow
for Macon to attend Mercer University.
Miss Maggie Mahaffey has returned home from
P nnsylvania after a visit of several months,
bringing with her Miss Alice Mahaffey, of Clear
field, Pennsylvania.
Professor W. E. Murphey, of Ohipley, is in the
city.
The friends of Mrs. E. A. Meyer will regret to
learn that she is quite ill at her residence, corner
Broad and Ninth streets.
Mr. R. P. Spencer and wife returned to the
city yesterday.
Excellent Work.
For several weeks past the editorial force of
this office has been on double duty, so to speak.
In addition to the work of getting up the regular
daily issues of the paper, the editors have been
engaged at every spare moment in devoting
themselves to collecting tlie facts and putting in
shape tlio various articles which are placed be
fore the readers this morning. In this work they
have been very greatly assisted by Mr. B. J.
Daniel, of Seale, who came up atom* request.
Mr. Daniel is by no means a novice in journal
istic work as he has several years experience
upon daily aud weekly newspapers. He is a
spicy, pungent writer and withal one of the
cleverest and most courteous vouug men in his
section. We would fall short of a duty did we
not express our appreciation of the energy, en
terprise and care which lie has devoted to this
paper during the past ten days.
Another Gin House Bhrned.
The gin house belonging to Mr. James D.
Smith, near Box Springs, was destroyed by fire
Friday evening, together with six or seven bales
of cotton. The loss on the cotton was about
equally divided between Mr. Smith, VV. E. Cov
ington, W. A. Phillips aud a negro, whose name
we failed to learn. The gin was running at the
time, and the fire is supposed to have been
caused by a match in the cotton. There was no
insurance.
The Itunkin House Drug Store.
Mr. J. F. Shackleford, the proprietor of the
Rankin House Drug Store, is now receiving a
fresh supply of Colognes, Extracts, Toilet Soaps,
Tooth Brushes, etcetera. Tlieir drug department
is well stocked with fresh aud pure drug s. The
strictest attention is paid to their prescription de
partment, and only the best drugs are dispensed-
Tke proprietor has secured the services of Mr. W.
F. Sullivan, formerly with Brannon & Carson,
who would be glad to have his friends call, aud
they will be assured of the best attention.
Mr. Shuckleford handles the best brands of
cigars which can be found in the market. The
attention of all lovers of the weed is called to his
stock of these goods.
Dr. Shackleford is an experienced drug man
and is in every way worthy of the most liberal
patronage of the public. Give him ajcall when
needing any article in the drug line.
Columbus Business School.
The impression seems to prevail to a certain
extent at least, that the exercises Friday night
marked the closing of the school and that a
vacation would follow. This is erroneous. The
school will meet as usual Monday morning at 9
o’clock; the night class at 7:30 p. m. Penmanship
will hereafter be included in the regular course,
and will be taught without extra charge. Those
desiring only p nmansliip will be taught for $5
per month. All takiug the regular course have
the privilege of reviewing it at any time free of
charge. A. S. Hough, Principal.
The Steamer Aid will leave at 10 a. m. Mon
day for Florence. T. D. Huff, Agent.