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Georgia Enterprise.
COVINGTON GEORGIA.
FRIDAY MORNING AUG. 1, 1873
tttAlN TIME AT COVINGTON,
pown Day Bessengcr Trail. arrives at.. 10.08 a.m
tip Day Passenger Train arrives at 3 :u P> ra
Down Night Passenger Train arrlves*t....K 10 P-m
Up Night Passenger Train arrive* at 013 p.:u
li'^
Bead the Bankrupt notice', published elsewhere
ih thU paper.
toVliigton war blessed With gentle and refreshing
showers, on yesterday hiofnittg.
We sec that thete are about 75 Granges o( the
Patrons of husbandry organized in this State, and
tiic number h still Increasing.
Mr. A. t). Caper* will address tho people of Ll
thonia next Tuesdaj, tho sth oi August, and the
feople of Madison on next Tuesday week, the
2lb inst.
A gentlemen in Covington planted a patch of
corn on the 27th of June, and on the 26th ol July
some of it measured six feet in height. We don’t
think this can be beat for ‘‘high.’’
The sluggish town hog now revels In tho luxury
t an undisturbed wallow, around our public
pnmps, and the merry cackle of the miller’s geese
is dally heard In our midst.
A little child oi Mr. W. E. Gathright died In
Covington on Friday morning last. It was buried
in Oxtord on Saturday, The bereaved parents
have our heart-lclt sympathies.
The degree of “LL. D.” was conferred on Hon.
A. H. Stephens, by Bowdoin College, in Carroll
county, at its late Commencement. This it a title
most worthily bestowed.
About 50 loads ol nice green oak wood, suitable
for splitting into stove wood for cooking purposes,
can easily be dlsuosed oi at this office, upon im
mediate application.
We learn that Col. J. T. Henderson will leave
ifor Philadelphia, in a few days, to purchase the
■iron for the Covington and Oxford Street Railroad.
This looks tike bnsiuess.
Messrs. Branham & Jones h ivc made some very
necessary changes In the arrangement ot thecount
.crs in their Drug Store, which add greatly to the
appearance oi the store.
Mr. F. P. Reynolds informs us that lie had a
splendid rain at hie house on Tuesday evening—
the first good rain he has had in about five weeks.
It was much needed.
On last Thursday night the store of Mayfield A
Baker, of Conyers, was broken open, and some f4O
extracted irom the drawer. This, with probably
a lew cigars, was all ihe thieves got.
Anderson & Del.anev have Turnip Seed, and
other good things, while Stephenson & Thompson
will be delighted to sell you all the sugar and to
bacco you want.
The regular Communication of Golden Fleece
Lodge, No. 6, F.\ A. - . M \ will be held next Friday
night, the Btli inst. The Brethren will take due
notice thereof, and attend promptly.
Mr. G. W. Adair, of Atlanta, was unanimously
elected President ol the Georgia Western Railroad
on Tuesday last, vice Col. L. P Grant, resigned.
This makes him emphatically “Georgia Western
Adair.”
“ One of tho most outrageous steals known to
the civilized world,” is the vigorous description of
the late ‘back salary grab,* as given by a recent
convention of Kansas farmers. This settles the
question.
Mr. Hans Weltmon Grady, of the Atlanta Daily
Hcrnid, and Monsieur Jules Bonifiiee Gorman, of
the Talbotton Standard, are the only übiquitous
editors within the limits of the Georgia Press As
sociation.
We would like to ask why it is that Brown’s
bridge, on Yellow River, is not rebuilt ? It is a
much needed convenience for the people of that
vicinity, and ought to be attended to at once by
whoever has the matter in hand.
Last Saturday was about the dullest day Cov
. Ington has seen since the war. Hardly a living
soul threw oft the languor of the P. H. upon our
streets, or roused the studious clerk from his dili
gent perusal of “ the latest new book.”
“ Sacred to the memory of Tabittia, beloved
iwife ot Joseph Wright, Thomas Andrews, Eben
Halstead, Charles Dean, and Edwin Murray, by
iher devoted husband, Cyrus Morgan,” is the sug
gestive inscription on a Vermont tombstone.
The Constitution says the first Street Railroad
-ever built In Georgia was constructed by Mr.
Johnson, at Stone Mountain, about thirty years
ago, and G. W. Adair, of Atlanta, was one of the
first drivers.
Next Saturday week is the time appointed for
the big Railroad Meeting, at Snapping Shoals,
’he people ot that section are in earnest about the
iiroad, and we hope our town will send a strong
drgntion to represent our interests in the meet
ing. Don’t forget the day—August 9th.
■Sunday seems to he a favorite moving day by
ot our roving population, ns scarcely a Sab
bath passes but the inevitable one horse wagon
with Its load of household plunder, including the
.“ old ’oman and baby,” is seen moving on some of
£he bgck sweets of our town.
Mi-. \ym. M, Auderson, of Llthonia, was married
to Mrs. Martha A. Lassiter, at the residence of her
father, in Covjqgtou, it* Elder Wnj. L. Beobe, on
last Tuesday evening. Thus our handsome wid
ows continue to attract and catch the distant
sparks.
Judge D. A, Vason.of Albany, is spendinga few
weeks in Oxford, witli Col. If. I). Capers and Prof.
Callaway. He served on the bench under the ad
ministration ot Gov. Charles J. Jenkins, and is a
distinguished jurist, an ablclawycr, and an honest
man.
We are compelled to tip our old 10 rent straw
hat to Wayne county—in the matter of babies. A
Mrs. Strickland, in that county, recently gave birth
to three fine boys, and they were all doing well ~t
last accounts. We acknowledge the Indian grain,
and hope Mrs. S. will live to see all hor boys com
missioned as (quartern)astern ii) pur next war, |
A negro convict, by the name of George Henson,
who was in the chain gang oi Grant, Alexander A
Cos., was whipped to death, a lew days ago, and
tho party who committed tho outrage has been ar
rested and committed to Jail. So say tho Atlanta
papers ot yestorday.
Those wishing to procure bargains In such goods
as they need, have only to call at the store ol Lkk
A Mon, where good bargains are always to be had,
but whoro they are now offering tho most extra
ordinary inducements oven offered to purchasers.
Just try them.
Ii any ol our rendors know the whereabouts ot
a young gentleman of the colored profession by
the name of JetrPrior, or of Miss Rosanna Driver,
likewise ot the national color, they will do the dis
tressed parent of these “ lost chil’un” a great kind
ness by communicating the sumo to Riley Driver,
colored, North Topeka, Kansas.
The musical tinklcofthccolorcd school bell now
daily enlivens tho denizens of West Covington,
while tlie studious colored pupil from the tender
age of 40, down to tho diminutive urchin, may be
seen each day, witli slate and arithmetic iu hand,
wending his way toward the classic halls of that
notorious edifice of learning.
“ There won’t be any leader In tnlr paper on
Tuesday, owing to the death of our heavy editor;
but look out for an old ripper on Wednesday,”
is the simple announcement of a Western publish
er on accouut of the death of the editor. He evi*
dently belongs to tho “ knock down and drag out"
Club.
The Money Order Office Is now open tor busi
ness at tho Covington post office. The Charge
for sending money by this system is 5 cents for
$10; 10 cents for S2O; 15 cents for s.io; 20 cents
for S4O; nnd 25 cents lor SSO. The Order Office is
closed daily at 5 o’clock P. M., and the Post Office
is closed at 6 I*. M.
The log carrlugc and machinery of a steam saw
mill passed through town owe day tills week,which
BOttlewbat aroused the wonder oi some of the town
wliittlers as to what it could be. Thegeneral con.
elusion among the knowing ones was, wc believe,
that it must the Samttown Hook and Ladder Com
pany returning irom the Baltimore fire.
Work was resumed on the Covington nnd Ox*
ford Street Railroad oh Wednesday morning last—
it having been suspended for the past two weeks
on account of the absence oi the contractor. The
cross-ties and stringers are now being put down
around the Public Square, and made ready for the
iron. We presume the work will be pushed for
ward to completion.
The question of the “largest circulation,” has,
for some time past, been confined exclusively to
the Atlanta papers, but we regret to see that it
is beginning to agitate our solid yet staid Athens
cotemporaries. Brethren, say no more about the
matter. Everybody knows that ice have the lar
gest circulation of any paper in this Country) and
yet we never boast ot It;
Our geographical exchange says most of its
family friends and relatives are off from home
spending summer: that St; Paul is in Minnesota,
Elmira is in New York, Elizabeth is in New Jersey,
St. John will remain in New Brunswick, Charlotte
is in North Carolina, Augusta is away down in
Maine, while Marietta will stop here iu Georgia.
And so the world goes.
Tiiose ol our subscribers who take the Enter
prise at the Covington Post Office, are hereby in
formed that we have prepared boxes for the papers
and they will hereafter tie distributed at the Book
Store, by Mr. M. E. Elms, rlext door to Branham
& Jones’ Drug Store. Subscribers will do welltb
remember this, as the papers will be scut to the
Book Store, after this week.
Athens Commencement comes off next week.
Hon. A. 11. Stephens will deliver the address be
fore the Literary Societies on Monday. Bishop
Pierce delivers the Anniversary Address before
the Alumni, and Bishop Beekwitli will ;*reach the
soimon, next Sunday, A night train on the Athens
Branch connects with the down night train on the
Georgia Railroad, and passengers will be trans
ported lor half fare.
Mr. It. 11. Butler was married to Miss Julia
Kennady, in Atlanta, by Rev. G. H. Pattillo, last
Wednesday evening, They have gone to Tallulah
and Toceoa Falls, where the atmosphere is pure
and cool, and the song of the affectionate mosquito
is not heard in all the land. In such a delightful
place, how can a day pass them by without afford
ing all the pleasure they desire ? May they ever
be happy.
Our telegraphic dispatches of yesterday inform
us that twenty-two Chinese females, recently ar
rived Irom Hong Kong, were sdd at public auc
tion on Wednesday, at San Francisco. The price
obtained for young girls was about $450, while the
middle aged and old women only brought from
SIOO to S2OO each. Alas! for the pqpr friendless
heathen Chinee I cannot Sumner and his abolition
confreres ralso a sympathetic howl for them ?
Last week we stated in this column that Mr. S.
L. Talmadge, of Monticelio,had committed suicide
by faking laudanum. Since that time we have re
ceived an anonymous communication from Madi
son, denying that Mr. Talmadge committed suicide
and stating that he died from disease of the heart.
He had been in the habit of using laudanum to
alleviate bis sufferings, but died from the effects
of the disease.
We are requested by Major Wood, Treasurer of
the Street Rail way Company, to give notice to all
those stockholders who had not paid in their in
stallments, that they must call at his office and do
so at once, as the money is needed to pay for iron
and other material now being recsived. We hope
this will be sufficient notice, as every subscriber
must surely see the necessity for making prompt
payment.
“•fjie Undeveloped West, or Five Years in the
Territory?.” is the title oi anew book now being
(he National Publishing Company,
Atlanta, Ga, By J. H. Jteadle, It is a large work
with 244 illustrations, .and gives complete de
scription ol all that vast reg.' on °f country between
tho Mississippi and the Pacific: its resources and
climate, inhabitants, natural curiOs.'ties, With
a thrilling account of Life and Advei.’ tul ’c on the
Prairies, Mountains, and Pacific coast.
We nre glad to see that the Street Railway Com
pany has commenced the work of putting Mown
the cross-ties and stringers ready for the iron,
around the Public Square, and leveling the dirt
over the same, 03 the high bank of dirt where the
road bed lias been graded, had become not only an
eve-sore to our citizens, but was a great ineouven
ience to our merchants, in obstructing the ap
proach to their stores. We trust this obstruction
win 1)( , entirely removed in the course of a (civ
days.
A convention ol tho ex-Cadets of tho Georgia
Military Institute is to bo held in Atlanta on tho
first day of September next, to which every ex-
Professor and every ex-Cadet of this old Institute
is invited. All tho Railroads centering In Atlunta
will convey members of the convention lor one
(arc. We trust every cx-Cadet who loves the
memories that cluster around hi* Alma Mater,
and who cherishes a hope of seeing her resurrected,
from tho nshes In which Sherman hurled her, will
attend this convotitiou.
It is antioitnocd that a petition, numerously
signed, by some oi tile most prominent citizens of
New York State, lias been presented to Gov. Dlx,
lor tho pardon of young Parricide Walworth, now
in Sing Sing prison for life. GdV. Dix has written
to Judge Davis, before whom Walworth was tried,
asking him to transmit him a copy of all the testi
mony, letters, and records, in the rase. New, If
Gov. Dlx does pardon him, then, nil wc hav# to
say is, Hint the fear of the law will never deter us
from killlug whole neighborhoods Of people.
The Pomologlst* of the State are moving in the
matter of organizing a Stdte PomOlogical Society)
and a meeting for that purpose has been called to
convene in Atlanta on the 29th of Augitst. We
arc pleased to see our lruit growers waking up to
the importance of stieh an organisation. The fruit
growing interest ot out 1 State hns gfown to be an
immense nnd important one, and wc hope to see
a strong delegation sent up Irom tills county, who
can properly represent the fruit interests of the
county in tho organisation of the State Pomologi-
Cal Society;
Charlie Boyd, a colored nigger of the shop-lifting
profession, was arrested in the Western portion
of the county, on Wednesday, and brought to Cov
ington by Constable F. M. Ayfcs, on yesterday,
nnd congnitted to jail on the charge of having en
tered the shoe shop of Mr. S. D; Hight, on the
night of the 23d of July, aftd taken tlicfefrom boots
and shoes to the value of $35. Mr. Iligbt has re
covered most of the stolen goods. Charlie is an
old acquaintance of our jail, and will have the
opportunity of enjoying its body-keeping hospital
ity until September Court. Moral: Never steal
boots and shoes for tho sake of renewing an old
acquaintance
••<•••!
As the papers arc giving publicity to the fact
that A. TANARUS; Stewart, the great merchant prince of
New York) was greatly astonished upon taking
an inventory of his assets, to find himself worth
only one hundred millions dollars, it reminds us
that tliis information somewhat astonished the
writer of this when he saw the trifling difference
between that sum and the amount of ready cash
he had at his command was only ninety-nine mill
ions nine hundred and ninety-nine thousand nine
hundred and ninety-nine dollars and eighty-five
cents; and yet, with only this difference between
us and A. T. Stewart, we doubt if a cold, discrim
inating w'orld considers us rich.
A correspondent of the Sparta Times & Planter
makes tills reference to the learned and eloquent
discourse of Rev. W. P. Harrison, delivered at
Oxford, last week: “ His theme was ‘ The Apo
tlieosi of Science is the Antichrist of Prophecy.’
For more than one hour the speaker held bis au
dience spell bound. He spoke of tho deification
of science by the infidel philosophers of the age—
Darwin and Huxley ami Tyndall. Science was
omnipotent—science was God—science could tun
nel the earth, ride the ambient air, connect conti
nents in iron bonds, delve into the depths of the
Sea, send life tingling along the nerves ot dead men
—but science could not account lor sin ; this was
the dark spot upon the disk which the spectroscope
of science could not display—so as to define its
origin nnd its cure.”
We arc requested to state that Capf. .1. M. Levt
has a limited supply of I Vilcox <C Gibbs' Sewing
Machine Needles for sale, at his Jewelry Store,
in Covington. Those who are using the Wilcox
A Gibbs machine would do well to supply them
selves at once, as they cannot be bought this side
ot New York.
4-4*.+.
Oxford dooks lonely and sad since the
College boys have left.
......Dr. Yancey can hold hjs head high.
He has beat them all. Boy ! f3 pounds,
.Some of our gardeners have planted
their turnips.
......The people ate itching for a free show
of some sort.
Lovo not, young man,' love not; the
thing you love may dye!
Dr. Horace Bates has returned from
his visit North. lie looks ns hearty and hale
as a young man of 30 years.
A warm debate took place in the Coun
cil room between some of the members At the
last meeting ol that body.
Dr. Edward V. Branham has the heav
iest practice of any young physician in this
section of the State.
The peoplo in tho vicinity of Starrsville
had a pleasant pic-nic at Dabney’s bridge on
Alcova river last Saturday week.
An attempt has beeu made nearly every
day this week to get up a surprise party in
town. So far every effort has failed.
Complaints are being made by some
town farmers about hogs and cattle foraging
on their corn patches.
The boys are a little blue because their
favorite barber is going to be absent a few
weeks,
The Literary Society of Covington will
be re-organized this Fall with Oapt. Jas, M,
Pace as President.
We lenrn that a shoe shop was entered
in Covington, one night last week, and several
articles stolen therefrom.
Hon. A. B. Simms, one of the most
promising young lawyers in Georgia, is visit
ing Monticello this week.
....Our county will be fully represented
at Athens Commencement next week. Sev
eral of our most popular young ladies leave on
to-moi‘row for that city.
Old Whitten rolled in a few more bar
rels of “that fine whisky” on Monday. Our
sampling clerk pronounces it ‘bully’ in case
of sicknesfl.
We raise our hat to the many personal
friends of our fellow-townsman, Mr. Win. B,
Lee, and modestly announce that he is the
happy father of a bouncing boy.
Our widows seem to excite the admira
tion of the opposite sex, and meet wi’.'n better
success, as concerns attention,| than ffo some
of our “younger Bisters.”
A Newton county man had a hoe pat
ented last year, and the consequence is that
the cotton patch lie planted this Spring hns
been turned out fur a calf pnsturo.
The Covington colored bras* band paid
their compliments to the colored Sunday School
Celebration at Conyers, by ‘blowing’ for them
last Saturday.
Add. Harper shot at a negro in his we.
ter-melon patch the other night. Tho chap es
caped unhurt, leaving • 5 bushel basket be
hind fur Add. to remember him by,
A shrewd old gentleman oneo said to
his daughter: “Be sure, my dear, you never
marry n poor mnn : but remember that the
poorest man in tho world is the one that hns
money nnd nothing else,”
Partridges will be more plentiful in this
Bounty this year than they were last. Freed
ffiett report that drove* of these bird* ore daily
seen in the old fields along the banks of tho
rivers aftd Creeks,
Whether Judge Hall will sentence
Charles Kelly to he hung or only send him to
the Penitentiary for life* nt the next session
of Newton Superior Court, is a question which
is being often debated by our side-walk gen
tlemen of leisure.
,;i...Mr. Isnnc P. Henderson left Covington
Monday morning last in a fine turnout to
apend a week abroad. lie departed in a South
ern direction from town and it is ‘supposed’
he went to tho Springs—or some where
else,
Dr. W. A. Shelby has proven himself
to be a scientific physician. Ili* practioo is
rapidly increasing, and his popularity with his
profession and the people generally, indicates
that at no distant day ho will become ono of
our leading medical men.
Chns. Kingley’s simple, eloquent ad
vice to his daughter should be graven on ev
ery female heart:
Be grod, sweet maid, and let those who w ill bo
clever,
Do noMe things, nor dream them all dav long,
And so make life, death, and that vast Forever
One grand, sweet song.
The cere of Covington are pnssing
through the fiery ordeal of a revival nt their
Cliutchcs this week. Both ‘machines’ are at
work and the meek voice of the converted Af
rican is sweetly wafted skyward on the wings
of the midnight breezes.
Several papers in the State are boast
ing on the politeness of conductors on certain
roads. Now, we desire to remark that the
Georgia Railroad has a set of ns jovial, good
natured, nnd aocommodating Conductors as
any road on the globe.
What has become of the orgaftizntidn of
the Friends of Temperance? They have dis
continued their weekly meetings altogether,
nnd many of the members are Straying far off
from tho fold. Strange thnt a Society with
such pure and nobfe purposes xcffi’t livo and
flourish in our town.
A grand barbecue will come off at Cen
terville on Saturday, August 2. Centerville
is 10 miles from Cofington and 7 from Social
Circle, and a Targe crowd will no doubt be
present and o gay time may be expected. If
possible we shall send a man to represent our
paper on that occasion.
Our slumber was disturbed on Tuesday
night by three individuals with a fiddle, trian
gle nnd horn. They lingered ’round our bed
roomjuntil a late hour and were only persuaded
to leave by a bull-dog being unchained and
turned loose in the front yard.
.Gib Shaw rises on his haunches nnd
says that the widow he is‘sparking’ lives in
Oglethorpe county and not ih Alabama. He
further remarks that she is (he best looking
woman in that section of the State. Gib do<s
not claim to be a relative of the man wl)6
couldn’t tell a lie 1 Oh, no 1
......Three eullud damsols carried a turn of
pennyroyal to church on fast Sunday night to
keep the fleas off. The boys in black tried to
ascertain where the weed had beertf placed and
a row ensued. The Marshal was sont for but
arrived tot)' late, for the whole tribe was tco
much engaged in shouting praises to attend to
“ worldly affairs.”
Two Depot swains serenaded two Cov
ington girls on Monday night and sang ‘Come
where my love lies dreaming,’ when the old
man stretched his neck out of the window and
squealed, “No they won’t I reckon ; when
them gals goes to see such a sight I’ll be with
’em. Trot along home, now, we are tin and of
snch music.” They left in a fox-trot, cussing
at every jump.
A semi-monthly pamphlet entitled 'The
Dark Side of New York Life and its Criminal
Classes from Fifth Avenue down to the Five
Points,’ is out and oan be obtained at the
Book Store of Davis & Ellis. It will be com-,
plete in twenty-five volumes, and will no doubt
be rloh and racy reading.
....„A Newton oounty gentleman hns been
called upon by a oommitte of Northern and
Eastern politicians for the purpose of ascer
taining if he would accept the nomination frr
Vice-President of the United States in tho elec
tion of '76. If they must have a Vice-Presi
dent from Newton oounty, and this mnn won’t
accept it, then we are willing to make a mar
tyr of ourself and bear the trials and tribula
tions of the position for forff years. That is,
if he won’* take it 1
We learn that a most brutal murder
wits committed at Loganville, Walton county,
on Friday last. A young man by the name of
Hammett shot an old man by the name of
Rockmore in the neck nnd then beat his brains
but with the butt of his gun. The difficulty
is said to have arisen from the faot thnt Ham
mett shot and struck the house of Rockmore,
and when reproved for it turned and killed
his viotim in the manner above stated. An
drew Ilammott is about 21 years old, and Pe
ter Rockmore, the murdered man, was over 50
yoars of age nnd left a wife and several chil
dren to mourn his loss. Hammett made his
escape on the night of the murder but was
captured in Jasper county on Sunday.
Moore Bagby heard that another big
meeting would oomo off near Social Circle
the other Sunday, and wlion he went down
discovered ho was a month ahead of time. He
left for tho country and ‘squozo’ nineteen gnl’e
hands, nnd camo bnek to Covington woeping
bccauso there was no body else in that neigh
borhood to squeeze.
The singing at tho M. E. Church is
abominable, nnd an improvement should he
made. A choir should he organized and then
thoso who can’t sing won’t ho expected to sing,
A majority of the members were in favor of in
troducing an organ in the services, but this
mot with sueh bitter opposition by a few of
the older membors thnt it wns given up,—
All know nnd acknowledge that good musio
adds greatly to religious services. Then why
oppose the orgnnizntit.fi of a choir or the in
troduction of an organ in the services? Wo
hnvo some male and fcmnle rnttsioiaflt who
nre equal to any in the State, and who would
take pleasure in furnishing music—hnvo pro
posed to do so, but their proposition was ig
nored, and the consequence is that the singing
is worse now than ever. If no other way can
he arrived at let our ehurch-going musieisbs
organize an independent quoir and take the
songs when they nre given out nnd sing them.
This will meet with no opposition, and the im
provement will be so great that our “good old
fathers and mothers of tho Church” will will
ingly consent that it be continued, and if it
helps things any that the organ too bo brought
into use, Wlint say the singers of Covington,
shall wo be forced to submit to inferior music
in our Church, or shall we make ono moro
effort to improve it?
Our office hns hnd a visitor. He came
in with nn interrogation point in one eye, nnd
a stick !□ one hnnd. Ono eye was covered
with a handkerchief and one hand in a sling.
His bearing was that of a man with a settled
purpose in view,
“I want,” said he, “to see the man who puts
things in this paper.” ,
We intimated that several of its earned a
frugal livelihood in that way.
“I want the man who writes them Itemi,
you understand.”
We explained to him lhat there were times
and seasons when the most gifted among us,
drivon to frenzy by the soarcity of local events
and by the clamorous demands of an insatia
ble public, in moments of emotional insanity
plunged our powerful pen into dangerous sub
jects.
“Just so,” said he, his voice trembling by
the recent loss of half a dozen front teeth.—
“I—l want to see that mnn—that man what
printed the little peice about pouriog cold wa
ter down a drunken man's spine of his back,
and making him instantly sober. I want to
see that mao, if yon please. I want to talk to
him,”
lie leaned his stick against our desk and
spit on his serviceable hand and resumed his
hold qn the stick as though he was weighing
it. After studying the stick a moment, he
added in a louder tone s
“Mister, I came to see that man, I want to
see him bad.”
We told him that particular man was not in.
“Just so. I kneW it. They told roe at Wood’*
store before I came.here that the man I want
ed to see wouldn’t be anywhere. I live seven
miles from here, and I came to see that man,
I guess I will wait until he comes."
lie sat down by the door and pounded the
floor with his stick, but his feelings wouldn’t
allow him to keep still.
“I suppose none of you didn’t ever pour
much cold water down any drunken man's
back to make him instantly sober, perhaps."
None of us had tried (he experiment.
“Just so. , I thought just as like, as trot you
had pot. Mister, I have. I tried it Sapdey,
and t want to see (he man who pnnfecj! that
piece. You see, Bill E ,he lives .next door
to my house, when I live at ail, and he gets
tight every littlo period. Now, when he’* so
her, he’s all right if you keep out of his way;
but when drunk lie breaks dishes at home and
sometimes he gets his gun and goes out. coll
ing on his neighbors, and it ain’t pleasant.
“Not that I want to say anything about Bill,
but he came home drunk, Sunday, and broke
all the windows out of his house, and follow
ed his wife around wlffi the carving knife,
and talking about her liver, and then he, lay
down by my fence and went to sleep. I had
been reading that little piece—-it wasn’t much
of a piece—and I thought I would pour some
water down his spine, on his back, and make
him sober, it would bo more oomfortable for
his wife, and a square thing to do all around.
So I poured a bucket of spring water down
old Bill’s spine of his back.”
“Well, did it sober him?” said wo. Our
visitor took a firmer hold of his stick, looked
around tho room, and replied, with deep emo
tion ;
“Just so. I suppose it did mako him sober
in less timo than you could bat your eye;
but, mister, it made him mad. It made him
the maddest man I ever saw, and Col. Bill is
a bigger man than me, and stouter than mo.
lie is a good deal stouter. Bla—bloss him, I
never knew he was half so stout until last
Sunday j and he’s handy with his fists, too. I
should say he was the handiest man with his
fi9ts in Newton oounty.”
“Then he went for you, did he ?” we inno
cently asked.
“Just so. Exactly. I suppose he went for
me about the best he knew how ; buk I don’t
hold no grudge against friend Bill. 1 suppose
he ain’t a good man to hold a grudge against;
only I want to see the man who wrote that
foolish little piece. I feel us though it would
soothe me to see that man. I want to show
him how a drunken man acts when you pour
water down tho spine of his back. That’s
what I come for,”
Our visitor, who poured water down tho
spine of a drunken man’s back, remained un
til f> o’clock, and then watched Pitts ’Billiard
room all night for the man who printed that
little piece. P. S.—The man who writes them
little pieces left last night for the North Pole
to take a vacation until the year 1999.
The Chronic I *.A Si u in I is tlm only,
daily in Augusta, nnd those who tiro interested
in the cotton and other markets should eub
seribo for it. * It is ably edited nnd woll con
ducted, and is worth twieo the subscription
asked for it. Those who wish to subscribe can,
leave their names nnd money at this office and
they shall .receive the pnper regularly.. It i*
owned and edited by Messrs. Walsh k
of Augusta, and will he mailed to subscrihera
at $lO per/innum, $5 for six months, end
$’2,50 for throe month*.
Tho Church nejnbers'in this vicinity
are reininetjl that the rules of the Church will
be enforced if they violate nny section cf the
Discipline. The sermon of .Rev. Mr. Wade
worth on this subject, last Sunday, was a for
cible and pointed one. nnd wns listened to,
with marked attention by oil his interested
hearers. If the policy laid down is properly
and strictly enforced it will do more for Use.
cause of Christianity in Covington than any
protracted meeting hns done for many years.
Newton Sheriff Sales'
WILL be sold before the Court House door
in the city of Covington on tho ffVsb
Tuesdny in. Beptejnber next within the legal
hours of ee.lo the following property to-wit:
One thousand acres of land more or less in
tho first district, originally Wolton, POw New
ton oounty, being tho plantation on whilh
Robert Howard now lives, levied on as tho
property of said Robert Howard, to satisfy a;
fi. fa. issued from Newton Superior court in
favor of Daniel 11. Wilcox & Cos., vs* Robert
Howard. > .
ALSO Three Hundred nnd Sevonty
more or less, known as parts of Lots 212 and
213. in the first district originally Walton, now-
Newton county, levied on as the proporly of
William* J. Terrell, to satisfy a fi. fs. issued,
from Newton Semi-Annual County Qourt, in
favor of Green B. Turner, vs.. William A.
Dyer, Williams J. Terrell-, makers, and Benja
min F. Carr indorser: Property pointed out
by J. M. Pace, Attorney,
NEWTON ANDEftiON, Sheriff.
July 80, 1873.
trackers
8 DIFFERENT Yarietics j,ust Irom the Bak
ery. ANDERSON & DeLANEY. .
To Smokers.
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' fSTYhe Finest Cigars in town can bo fonml at,
J. K. Davis’ Book Store. Cigars from sto 30 ct*.
Tobacco.
Stephenson & Thompson’s is the place to bay it
They have all grades, from the lowest to
W. 0. Stulfs’ A AAA, at low figure^
TURNIP SKKII!
SEVEN TOP, RED TOP, GLOBE,
FLAT DUTCH, RUTA BAGA.
4gp“Fresh Seed from Bulst’s Seed De
pot. Just „
Fine Sugar.
One Hhd. Demarara Sugar, CHEAP.
BY STEPHENSON & THOMPSON. -
Cheese.
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A Fresh Lot Just received by
ANDERSON & DeLANEY.
AT COST, AT COST
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BARGAINS, BARGAIN'S
SPLENDID INDUCEMENTS
We Mean Business!
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Mozambiques worth’ 35 to 40 cen ii
selling at 22 cents. ....
LEE & SON.
We sell Grenadines worth 25 cents af
10 cents per yard.
Irish Linen from 50 to 75 cents. f
LEE & SON.
Eggs at less than the “cost of product
tion.” .
Large lot of Stationery at cost.
Small lot of Fruit Jars which we will
sell regardless of what they cost us for
c&sh
LEE & SON.
Bankrupt Notice.
TIIIS is to give notico that on the 12th day
of May, A. D., 1873, a warrant in Bankrupted
was issued against tho estate of Elias
of Conyers- county of Rockdale, and State of
Georgia, who has been adjudged a Bankrnpf
on his own petition, and that'the payment of
any debts, and the delivery of any pi sporty
belonging to suoh Bankrupt to him or for hit
use, and the transfer of any property by him,
are forbidden by law; that a mealing of tk
creditors of the said Bankrupt, to prove thair
debts, and choose one or more Assignees of hia
estate, will be held at a Court of Bankruptcy*’
to be holden at the Register’s Office in Griffin,
Ga., bofore Alexander G. Murray, Esqniro,’
Register, on the 6th day of August,’ A. D *
1873, at 10 o’clock A. M.
W. H. SMYTH,
United States Marshal, as Messenger.
~ MORPHINE.
A Pure article at the Variety
Store of G. S. Whitten.
Vienna Beer.
A lot of genuine “Vienna Beer.” Vary
healthy—will make the sick well, and the wait
‘weller,’ T. N. PITTS,