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Berrien tCtumtij AYtos.
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VOL. VI.
BERRIEN COUNTY NEWS.
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY.
airofasigiottal (terto.
F. M. DUKE, M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SUR6EOM.
Office and residence, Tilton, Ga.
jaul-ly
Dr. \V- I- S ikes >
Practicng Physician and Surgeon
Ijj^AIjEL A//!, GA.
services to the citizens
ol Worth,
comities. jnne 28-lyr.
Dll. J. A. FOGLE,"
ALAPAHA, GA.
Returns tils sincere thanks to the
citizens of Beri ion, Irwin and Cotfee
comities for their past liberal patron
age, and solicits a continuance of the
Mime. Charges as cheap us any other
physician in the county.
mnr29-tf.
A. J.CROYATT,
ATTCRKEY AKD COUNCILLOR AT LAW,
BRUNSWICK, GA. jelß-81
G.b7 MABRY',’
Attorney at Law,
BRUNSWICK, GA
Practice regularly in the counties or
Glynn, Wayne, Appling, Cotfee,
Ware, Pierce, and Camden of the
Bmuswick Circuit, and Tellair of the
Oconee Circuit. jelß 81
"L."eH wll7LlsmGEß,
Attorneys at Law,
Alapaha Iterrieu Cos. G.
Will practice regularly iu the
counties of Berrien, Irwin, Coffee,
Ware, Clinch, Lowndes and Worth,
and elsewhere by special contract.
We are prepared to give any infor
mation as to location and value of
lands, aod will buy and sell for a
reasonable commission on proceed* of
same. janl-tl
a. r. pkepi.es. h. b. teepees.
4. T PEEPLES & SON,
Attorneys at Law,
Nasiiviile Berrien Cos. Ga.
Practice iu the counties of Berrien,
Irwin, Codec. Clinch. Echols, Lowu
des, Colquitt and Brooks. Refer to
Bench & Bar of Southern Circuit.
HOTELS.
W. H. HARRISON, Proprietor.
(NEWCASTLE STREET)
Bntnswidc, - Georgia.
Table always supplied with the best
the market affords. jelß-81
BATILLA HOUSE.
WYCROSS , GA.
South side of the railroad—twenty
pyards trom the depot.
LAXU iimsi:.
7 ay cross, (Georgia.
E. LANG, Proprietor.
The Abany House.
MERRICK BARNES, Proprietor,
ALBANY, - - - - GEORGIA
This house is well furnished and in
very way prepared for the accommo
dation of the traveling public. Ru
hr satisfaction guaranteed. The ta
ble is supplied with the best the
country affords, and the servants are
unsurpassed in politeness and attention
to the wants ot guests. Omnibusses
convey passengers to and from the
different railroads promptly free of
charge- Charges to suit the times.
Marshall House!
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA
JOHN HR ESN AN, Manager.
A quiet Family Hotel, noted for
its coirflortable rooms and the Excel
lence of its Table
■\V :■ append indorsements from high
f. hvvity . "Having stopped at the
Marshs;! House whi e o Savannah,
•(- roost cheerfully endorse it to
Ladies and families, us being strictly
s first, class House in nil of its apimiut-
Diut.ts, hu i unrivalled in the excel
lence (iU table. ’ A. 11. Colquitt,
Governor of Georgia ; AV D. Bloxiinan,
to vernor of Floiida; Geo. F. Drew,
Ex-Goverror of Florida ; Hob, 1.
M. Norwood, Ex U- M. Senator tram
(fa ; Hon. Geo. It- Black, Member
House Representatives, Ga.
Summer Rate*) 82 00 and 82.50
per day.
Swimming.
Every boy and girl should be
taught how to swim, and be trained
to it. Most boys learn of them
selves, while the reverse is true of
most girls. This latter fact is a
grave mistake. The mistake is more
serious than formerly, becauso so
large a portion of our population
spend weeks or months every year
at our watering places, and because
travel on river, lake aud ocean, and
sailing in boats and yachts for pleas
ure have increased to such an ex
tent. *For these reasonsTas well as
others, a knowledge of the art has
become a necessity. The live* that
were recently lost in consequence of
the collisions and burning of steam
boats might most of them have been
saved had all the passengers known
how to swim.
The mere consciousness of ability
to swim and the feeling of familiar
ity with deep water that it creates,
would either prevent or greatly di
minish the panics that are so disas
trous iu cases of accidents on the
see. Besides this, the inability to
swim of persons who are in the
water when a disaster has occurred,
greatly imperils the lives of those
who can swim and are abundantly
able to care for themselves; for the
swimmers arc often overpowered by
the wild clinging to them of the
luckless persons who are drowning
near by. The time to learn to swim
is in childhood and youth, and
every parent should see to it that
all his children become experts in
the art. It is an easy art to learn.
There are people who live in boats
whose children even swim like
kittens.
Prohibition.
As iij pi'oj;i’uiV-uLi us'd ilo praoVicmi
results, the Charleston News aud
Courier furnishes the following at
NVedgefield, a railroad station in
that State, notorious for its de
bauchery:
Now mark the change. The few
who owned the houses aud lands of
the place determined that there
should be no more liquor sold in
Wedgcfield, and for this purpose
would neither rent or sell their
lauds and houses. The barroom
closed up, and there has been no
such curse here, or whisky sold in
any way since. Soon the talk of
building a church and school house
sprang up iu the stead. These huve
been realized with all their benefi
cent results, aud other churches are
projected. The place has grown
almost as by magic. Industry and
thrift prevail. Lauds have ad
vanced iu value iu a ratio exceeding
anything previously dreamed of iu
this county. Population has in
creased. A healthy moral tone pre
vails to such uu extent that if a man
of auy respectability “gets in whis
ky,” as the common phrase is, he is
ashamed to be seeu about Wedge
fitld, lor hi re public sentiment con
nects degradation for such a condi
tion. And the course of events in
this good way is decidedly onward.
Wedge field has been modest, and
bus cared but little about her growth.
Some of the facts aud figures would
do to publish, aud they may be
given at some future time.
“If you arc a qurot,honest citizen,
how did those skeleton keys aud
brass knuckles happen to be in your
coat pocket ?” “I reckon, judge,
me aud the policeman meet have
changed coats in the sanfflo. We
were very much excited.”
A female eorrespoudeal/ complains
that her husband euts onions aud
snores. Now, a man who would
snore with au onion flavored breath
should go somewhere and start a
desert.
A Boston artist painted a picture
of a bull-frog having a spasm iu a
pot of paint, and the critics pro
nounced it a fine copy of Turner’s
great painting, “Tne Slave Ship.’’
“lIEW TO THE LINE, LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY WILL.’
ALAPAHA. GEORGIA. SATURDAY JULY 2, 1881
GEORGIA NEWS.
The Advance says. caterpil
lars have made their appear
ance in that county.
The Athens Banner says
two more large diamonds have
been found near Senoia.
Three colored men hare
taken $l,lOO worth of stock
in the new cotton factory be
ing organized in Augusta.
The merchants of ..Arlington
advertise quinine for sale,
which leads us to conclude that
Arlington is a shaky town.
Mr. J. H. Butt, of Gaines
ville, Ga., is the gentleman so
famously known as “Cousin
Pete,” in “Major Jones’ court
ship.
It is charged by some of the
newspapers that Emery Speer
will vote with the republicans
at the next session of Congress.
His friends deny the charge.
►Several of our exchanges
speak of the “can’t-get-aways”
being very numerous this sum
mer. An empty pocket book
is a heavy anchor,and will hold
a fellow tighter than a tar
plaster.
On account of the position
Col. R. A. Alston took against
the convict lease system, the
colored people hold his memory
in high esteem. They meet an
ually on the 24th of June to
decorate his grave with
tiowers.
Gen. Henry R. Jackson, of
Savannah, recently’ received in
New York, $150,000 for ser
vices rendered in a railroad
case This added to his fee in
the Guif railroad case makes
the sum ot $220,000 fees re
ceived in the two cases.
The Penny Local thinks it
a shame that the city of Savan
nah should nurse 400 bar
rooms. It all of them are lib
erally patronized by the inhab
itants, we would suppose a
temperance boom would be
hard to start in that city.
“Fence or no fence,” is a
question being debated by the
people ot DeKalb county. The
editor of the DeKalb News,
who went to Nouth Carolina
with the Coweta county com
mittee, comes to a very dif
ferent conclusion from the one
reported by them, and will
vote for fence.
Raum,the revenue man,says
there is more violations of the
revenue law in the ninth dis
trict than any other district
in the State, and that Emery
Speer is responsible to a great
extent for it, by giving encour
agement to the“moon shiners,”
in order to make himself popu
lar with that class ot people.
At a recent public meeting
in Nevvnan, Ga., a committee
ot five men were appointed to
visit South Carolina and in
vestigate the practical work
ings of the “no fence” law.
After visiting several counties
they have concluded that the
law is of great benefit, and re
commend its adoption by the
people of Coweta county.
PODUNK ACADEMY.
EXAMINATION IN REVISE* GEOGRAPHY.
Hearing that the Rodunk Academy,
near Macon, was about to close for
the summer, a Tolegraph reporter
hired an ox-cart yesterday, and rode
out to report the closing exercises.
The day was delightfully warm, aod
a pleasnot breeze animated the slen
der regetatiou along the way. The
suow having melted, the reporter left
his overcoat aud did not feel the need
uf it during the day. Arriving at the
academy, he wa escorted to a seat in
the front row, and Professor Squibs,
the tat and jolly head of the institu
tion, ordered the class in revised ge
ography to come to taw. The move
ment was executed in fine order, aud
the class was ready for business.
Singling out a bright-eyed boy, about
the ceutre of the class, the Professor
began the examination
“What is the capital of Georgia?"
“Atlußta.”
“Next !"
“The Gate City."
“Correct, go up. How is il
bounded ?”
“Bounded on the north by Tenues
see, on the South by Flordia, on the
west by Alabama and ou the east by
South Caroliua aud the Atlautic
ocean.”
‘‘What is the character of the peo
ple?"
"They have no character.”
‘•What is the population of the city ?’
“Fifteen hundred thousand.”
“Give us a description of the city.”
•tThe Gats City : s noted chiefly fer
its railroads. Every railroad in the
United States leads out of Atlanta and
into it. It has a canal that runs up
hill from the Cliattahfl|HH^M^a
■ -f 'tsaraaSiw !
K noted
dep.
1 i u
to them
City. It sever grits uor
eld. The only thing that prevents
oranges aud bananas growing there is
the want of room. In this city every
man lives off his neighbor except the
the last raau, who is supported out of
the treasury.”
“Correct. But what about the
military ?”
“There is only one company iu t\s
Gate city—the Gate City Guards.
They fired the first gun iu the war,
went into Virginia first and came
back last. Foreigners have pto
nouuced them the old guard of Na
poleon iu disguise.”
“Eutirely coirect,” murmured the
professor. “Now,” to the next,
“where is Augusta?”
“Augusta is situated upon the
Augusta cuual.”
“How is Augusta governed?”
“The government is despotic. Win.
Moore aud P'eas Stovall own the city
and run the canal.”
“Give me some (acts concerning
Augusta ?”
The city was discovered by Colum
bus when only knee high, aad rebuilt.
It mnsists entirely of Green street, a
caual and the mills. It is situated on
the Savanuah river just opposite
Hamburg, noted for its trestle works,
Hue lace and river edgings.”
“is that all ?”
“That—that —that is all.” The
prolessor reflected a moment and nod
ded his head. Then turning to the
mxt studeut continued:
“Where is Mncou?”
“Macon is situated on the Oeunul
gee river iu Bibb county.”
“What übout it?”
“It is a city ot twenty odd thous
and inhabitants. They are energetic,
progressive people and now have the
city ou a boom. No city in the
{south has hi ad i the progress Macon
has iu five years. New houses, store-,
unterpiises and projects aro coßtiutia
ly advanced aud finished.”
“Well.”
“But thorn is a class of people in
ihs limits that swing on to the coat j
phis ot other days. They are the peo-
pie who carry with them each a wet
blanket. Whenever they bear ot a
new enterprise, or whenever they
catch a man striking out into anew
direction they immediately cover him
with a wet blanket, and with eyes
rolled to heaven, mouth drawn dowD
aod discouraging twang in their tones,
whiDeout: “Impossible, impossible ;
you will ruin the city, you will ruin
trade, you will ruiu the church, you
will ruin the streets, you will ruin the
park, you will ruiu the cemetery, and,
worst of all, you will ruin ua.’ The
city needs many things yet to make it
solid in every respect, but it needs
nothing worse than a dozen or so of
Grst-class funerals, headed by corpses
wrapped iu wet blankets.”
“Bully for you,” roared the fat pro
fessor, bringing his fist down upon the
table with a force that shot a stream
ot iuk from the stand to the ceiling,
and freckled the lace of a boy who
was shooting spit-balls up there,
“liully for you. But is that all?’
“No, sir,” murmured the timid boy,
diggiug his little Huger nervously in
his paut’s seams, and eyeiug the re
porter sideways as he huug dowu his
head—“No, sir. The livest paper iu
the State is published there—the Tele
graph and Messenger.’’ The reporter,
exclaiming “Oh, my !” in an audible
toue, blushad to the roots of his hair
aud modestly withdrew. As he
rounded the corner he looked back
and beheld the fat professor escortiug
the smart boy to the head of his class.
—Telegraph and Messenger.
Lorenzo Dow one# became exas
perated about farmers, for some rea
son or other, and preached at them iu
the following mauner:
“The average western farmer toils
hard, eariy pod late, often depriving
himself of needed rest and sleep—for
what? To raise corn. For what?
To feed what? To get
money for which to buy more laud?
Why, he wishes to raise more corn—
to feed more hog9—to buy more laud
—to raise more corn —to feed more
hogs—to buy more land—and in this
circle he moves until the Almighty
stops his hoggish proceedings.”
—■
“As illustrative of the times,
Judge Battle, of Schley, relates the
following: Tweuty-seven wagons
went from Harris county to Colum
bus for supplies, only three of which
returned with anything. An ac
quaintance of his came by private
conveyance from Mississippi to
Schley county, and during the trip
it was impossible at places to get
long forage, and not once was the
horse fed on home made corn.” —
Americus Recorder.
“llow do you like Austin ?’ asked
a gentleman of old Uncle Mose. “I
like the town fustrate, but I feels
sorry for de folks, dey is so pore.
Yesterday I wauted to get change for
a five dollah bill. I put my han iu
my pocket, aud hunted for eber so
lyug and I aiu’t found it yet. I nebber
scad u towa where it was so hard to
git change loah a five dollah bill.’
A Daubury bootblack was in South
Norwalk when the train went through
there on its way to Hartford with the
nation’s military dignitaries. “Did
you see General Sherman asked a
citizeu this moruiug while having a
shine. “No; was he looking lor
me?” was the response. The citizen
was shocked. —Daubury News.
A citizen weut into a Norwich
hardware store, the other day, aud
inquired : How much do you ask for
a bath-tub for a child ?” “Three dol
lars and seventy-five cents,” was the
reply. “W-h-e-w !” whistled the
customer. “Gue3s we’ll have to keep
on washing the baby in the coal scut
tle till prices come down.”
_ *♦ —• —-
It is remarkable how many tlrngs
will explode—bottles of catsup,dough
nuts, soda-water fountains, boilers,
roast potatoes, and now man. At
least,we read ill a u >vl that'Eugenie's
lather, upon hearing this, e<plo<wd
with iudiguutiuu.'’ This should teach j
fathers never to fool with indignation .
$1 50 Per annum.
People who really pick their teeth
are those who buy sets at dentists’
shops.
Dr. Chapmau, of Charlotte, Mich.,
over 100 years old, committed sui
cide recently.
Venture not into the company of
those that are iufected with the
plague ; no, though thou think thyself
guarded with nu antidote.
To pronounce a man happy merely
hecuuse he is rich, is just us absurd as
to pronounce a man healthy merely
because he has enough to cut.
‘‘What a beautiful tbißg,mv dear,
ie a rosy cheek.” “Yes, husband,
j hut how great the contrast when
the blush settles on the nose.”
A writer on physiognomy would
like to know if large ears denote a
miserly disposition, why a mule is
so apt to squander his hind legs.
“Just take a bottle ot my medicine,”
said du agent to a consumptive, “aud
you will never cough again." . “Is i t
so fatal as that?” gasped the sufferer.
No man ought to complain if the
world measures him as he measure*
others. To measure one with his
own yardstick may be hard, but it is
lair.
“Scissor* and lighting I" shouted
an irate subscriber who could find
nothing but mi*ceilany and telegraphic
news in his paper.—Keokuk Gate
City.
The New York Herald say3 tha
Dr. Holmes is like oue of the fabled
apples which grow ruddy aud mellow
on the side toward which the suu goes
down.
A firm or individual tying to do
business without advertising is like
a man winking at a pretty woman
in the dark. ""He (nay know what ha
is doing, but she _ ean T i see n!
It is said that a coou can be
caught by leaving whisky in its vi
cinity, but the average hunter
would rather drink the whisky aid
take the chances cm the coon.
“Oh, Lord,” prayed a Methodist
minister,“keep me humble aad poor."
“Oh, Lord,” prayed the Steward who
followed him, it thou wilt keep him
humble, we will keep him poor.”
“Marie ! what’s tlmt stra ge noise
at the gate?” “Cats, sir.’ “Cats!
Well, when I was young cals didn’t
wear stove-pipe hats and smoke
cigars.” ‘ Times are changed, sir.”
A gentleman was compluiniug that
he had iuvested a rather large sum of
money and lost it all. A sympathiz
ing trieud asked him if he was a bull
or bear. To which he replied;
“Neither ; I was a jackass.”
At a Ciuciauati weduiug lately the
organist euteriaiued the uudieuce
awaiting the bridal pair by a series of
voluntaries, the last ot which unlucki
ly was * Trust her not, pne is fouliug
thee,” at which he wus hard at work
as the bridal procession wa.kei up
the aisle.
“E.la, is your father at home?’*
said a bashful lover to his sweet
heart. “I want to propose some
thing very important to him.’*
“No, Clarence, papa is not at home,
but I am. Couldn’t you propose
to me just as well?” Aud he did
with pemect success.
Josh Billings says: “i haven’t
much doubt but that man spruug lrom
the monkey, hut what bothers me is
where the monkey spruug from."
Why, Josh, monkeys spriug trom
trees. It is astonishing that a mail
of your perception should never have
noticed this fact.
The U. 3. cavalry at Fort Sill,
are ordered to co-opara e with tha
Choctaw maiitia under Gov. MoUur
taiu, iu removing the white intrud
ers, and their stock, from the
Nation. Over 8i)0 families have al
ready crossed the border, leaving
everything beLlad, aud much desti*
1 tutiou prevails.
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